Vernonia eagle., February 25, 1943, Image 1

Thursday, February, 25, 1943_________________________________ Vernonia, Columbia County, Oregon_______________________________________ Volume 20, Number 8
Colby Says
Defense Unit
Here Good
Vernonia Civilian
Defense to Have
Drill on March 29
“Vernonia has a good defense
unit,” said Ed Colby, field repre­
sentative of the state office of
civilian defense, in a report issued
following his visit here January 12.
At almost the same time as his re­
port was received here, the date
set for an all-out drill embracing
all local units of civilian defense, in­
eluding the state guard.
This drill will take place on
Monday, March 29 sometime be-
tween 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. An
application has been made for per­
mission to use the siren, just as in
an actual air raid, as the signal to
go into action. It is desired that
the public observe this drill and
offer criticisms. Skeleton plans were
made at a civilian defense meeting
Tuesday night, and a further meet­
ing will be held March 15 to check
up on preparations.
Change» Suggested
Mr. Colby’s report suggested that
an independent drivers division be
organized. Since that time, however,
three women with cars have been
secured for light transportation du­
ties. He also suggested that auxili­
ary firemen should supplement the
regulars, but equipment available
is only enough for these 11 regu­
lars. Vernonia lacks a rescue squad,
fire watchers and nurses’ aids, but
as civilian defense requirements are
flexible, it is possible to get along
without these units.
Checked as adequate on the re­
port are: staff corps, messengers,
auxiliary police, wardens, demoli­
tion clearance, road repair, decon­
tamination, food and housing, medi­
cal corps, A.W.S. In addition a nur­
sery has been organized as well as
as a rural' fire protection unit under
J. C. Moran. The report stated that
working headquarters are suffic­
ient and a fair supply of medical
and first aid items are available,
It mentioned the shelter center as
having arrangements for food, wat-
er lighting, and blackout.
Rationing Reg.
Begins Today
Beginning today (Thursday)
at 5:00 p.m. Vernonia people
will go to the Washington
grade school to register for
war ration book two. Regis­
tration Thursday closes at 9:00
p.m. Hours on Friday and Sat­
urday are 9:00 to 12:00 a.m.,
1:00 to 5:00 p.m., and 6:00 to
8:00 p.m.
The member of each family
who registers must take with
him or her the war ration book
No. l’s of each member of the
family along with a filled out
consumer
declaration.
This
form is found on page five of
this issue.
Point Rationing
Aftei Registration
The sale of canned fruits and
vegetables, fruit and vegetable
juices, frozen fruits and vegetables,
soups, baby foods, and dried fruits
will begin Monday, March 1 through
the use of war ration book No. 2
and point rationing. Registration
for this book begins today here and
continues on Friday and Saturday.
Incidentally, the grade school
teachers are devoting their time
to this task without extra pay. They
will spend long hours on this job,
as they did on fuel oil, gasoline,
and ration book 2. This task is per-
haps their biggest and most-compli-
cated, and registrants are asked to
cooperate by having their forms
properly filled out ahead of time.
Buying Made Easy
Consumer buying of processed
foods will be made easy by the re­
quirement that every store mark
the point value of each rationed
item either on the package itself,
or on the shelf, bin, table or count­
er where it is displayed, the OPA
has announced. The OPA suggests
that consumers keep on hand a
newspaper copy (the Eagle is un­
able to reproduce this table until
next week) of the official table
of point values, and a list of the
weights of the most generally used
rationed items. This information
will make it possible for consumers
to plan their point spending at
home. Once they decide what partic­
ular items they want and they know
the weight of each, it will be com­
paratively easy to locate the point
Last Sunday during the morning values on the official table of point
worship, a beautiful community ser­ values and to budget points before
vice flag was dedicated at the Evan­ going to market.
gelical church. This project and
service was sponsored by the Wo-
men’s Missionary society of that
church, On the flag’s center field
of white are approximately 225
blue stars, each representing one of
the men, now in some branch of the
service, who has lived in Vernonia.
There is one gold star representing
Technical Sgt. Ted DeWitt, son
Hurbon Lilly, who passed away at
of Mr. and Mrs. Harley DeWitt of
Ft. Lewis last week.
Keasey, leaves here this afternoon
Rev. Allen Backer preached the
for the army air base at Pueblo,
dedicatory sermon. After this ser­
Colorado, after spending a 6-day
vice, Rev. and Mrs. Backer sang
furlough here. Ted received his
a duet, “God Bless Our Boy.”
technical sergeant rating,
which
The list of service men represent­
ranks almost on the #top as far as
ed by this flag will be published
‘non-coms are concerned, on Febru-
in a future edition of the Eagle.
ary 1. He is a flight chief in the
ground crew, which means that he
directs the repairing of planes
which are damaged.
Sgt. DeWitt had a call to go
overseas,but that was cancelled. He
expects that a real “across-the-
The Nehalem Basin PUD’S hear­ pond” order will come soon. Before
ing before the hydroelectric commis­ going into the service in November
he worked in the O-A log-
sion in Salem Monday was attended 1941
J. W. Nichols, J. C. Moran, C. Uhlin ging camp setting chokers,
and Albert Schmidlin of this dis-, Weather at Pueblo has been simi-
trict, and Charles Schmidlin of a lar to that of (Vernonia, Sgt. De­
nearby district. J. R. Beck of the Witt said. When several inches of
O.S.C. agricdltural department fur­ snow became hard-packed, he ex­
nished data concerning the agricul­ perienced a non-too-pleaaant slide
tural future of the area, supported under the power of a 65mph wind.
by local data from George Nelson,
Correction: Joe McNutt was pro­
county agricultural agent.
Although much time was spent on moted February 1 from the rank
the agricultural aspect, Mr. Bender of hospital apprentice 1/c to phar­
of the Bonneville power administra­ macist’s mate 3/c. A statement in
tion testified from the financia this column last week was to the
viewpoint. No definite information effect that he was promoted from
as to the outcome of the hearing third to second class pharmacist’s
mate.
has been available.
Community Service
Flag Dedicated
Strawberry
Work to Need
Local People
High School Pupil«
To Go to Bank«
Saturday« to Hoe
John Hartwick, who has 47 acres
of strawberries on his farm near
Banks, was in Vernonia Tuesday
looking for people to hoe his fields.
Those people from other parts of
the country whom he usually hires
either cannot get gasoline to travel
to his farm, or are otherwise em­
ployed. He was able to find some
workers here, and other are to get
in touch with his sister-in-law, Mrs.
Frank Hartwick, here.
Daily transportation will be pro­
vided. Plans are being made at the
high school to take a busload of
students to the field each Saturday.
This work will probably continue
until picking time, when a much
larger number will be needed. Mr.
Hartwick anticipates trouble in ob­
taining pickers, and hopes to have
the cooperation of Vernonia people,
as saving the crop is so important
this year.
Position Filled
By Pacific Grad.
Miss Lucy Howe, mid-term grad­
uate of Pacific university, began
Monday at Vernonia high school as
girls’ physical' education instructor
and teacher of one freshman and
one sophomore English class and
advisor to G.A.A.
She replaces
Mildred (Mrs. Herschel) Tracey,
who was forced to resign last week
due to ill health. Mrs. Tracey has
returned to her home in Cottage
Grove, where she will remain inac­
tive for six weeks.
Miss Howe attended high school
in Forest Grove, as well as college.
She was a member of Phi Lamb Da
Omicron, women’s sorority, presi­
dent of the Pan-Hellanic society,
member of Associated Women stu­
dents and women’s athletic associa­
tion and vice-president
of
the
Y.W.C.A. there. Last spring she act­
ed as Pacific university May queen.
Children Immunized
All Vernonia grade school and
kindergarten children who had nev-
er before been immunized against
diptheria, as welt as many pre-
Bchool children, received their first
treatment Thursday of last week.
The shots were given by the county
health nurse and the city health of­
ficer.
Are in It
Several Attend
Hearing in Salem
Roberson,
who is
flight engineer on a flying fortress
in the ferry command, landed in
Portland Sunday night, February
14, and spent several minutes with
his sister and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Merlin Whedbee and little
Mike, whom he had not seen in over
a year.
Jim Vike, torpedoman 1/c > >■
now back at sea abroad a new nub-
marine.
Fireman 1/c Harvey “Bud” Red-
mond of Birkenfeld will leave this
week after spending several days
visiting his parents in Birkenfeld
and friends here. He is stationed
on a cruiser which is being repair-
ed in San Francisco.
Whst good does it do an army
man to have his wife visit him?
Perhaps this - X doesn’t always hap-
pen, but Elgus Frank was made a
corporal during the time his wife
visited with him while he was taking
radio operator training in the coast
artillery at the University of Cal­
ifornia at Los Angeles. He has
now finished his training there and
has been transferred to another
base.
(Continued on page 6)
Red Cross Drive Starts March 1
45 County Men Recently
Inducted Into Service
Announcement was made this
week of the names of men recently
inducted into the armed forces
through the Columbia county selec­
tive service board. The new selec­
tees include Verle James DeVaney,
Homer Ellsworth Copely, Albert
John Kallunki,
Gordon Crandall
Warnick, Reno Orondo Beardsley,
Walter Allen Buckner.
David John Carlton, Lawrence
Perry Wickstrom, Howard William
Carter, Floyd Henry Swardz, Jack-
son Mothershead Iaeger, Don Rich­
ard Brumley, Thomas Herman Nel­
son, James Todd Albee, Artemus
Leon DeHart Jr., Marven Elwin
Grace, Norman Harold Elliott, John
Trtek, Murvel Kenneth Frank, Elvin
Ellis Larson, Norman Hugh Thom­
as, Herbert Lincoln Erickson, Nor­
man Jay Tolleshaug, Francis Ger­
ald Murphy, Herbert Ray Carter,
Bill Tanner.
Homer Len Chamberlain, Kenneth
Derrell Nielsen, Lionel LeMont Hill-
mick, Bert Lewis Chamberlain, Ray­
mond Frank Zielaskowski, Charles
F. Tracer, Raymond James Ollila,
Cart Strom, Jr., Raymond Max Hal­
lock, William C. Flippo, Harry E.
Jones, Donald W. Bower, James J.
Mattson, Joseph E. Shumacher, Paul
Hooper Dyer, Ronald H. Harring­
ton, Garnett J. Cratsenberg, Harry
L. Hallman, Everett Hale Greenman.
Assignments Stated
Two of the selectees listed above
asked for marine corps duty and
were so assigned, while 16 were
assigned to the navy and the re­
mainder went into various branches
of the army. Selective service regu­
lations provide that inductees may
request service in any branch of the
Pringle Says Date
Of Hanging Wrong
An item printed in the Engle’s
"County News” column last week
contained one discrepancy, accord­
ing to William Pringle, Sr. The
item concerned the publishing in a
national detective magazine of a
story about the robbery-murder of
Joseph Schulkowswi, a young farm­
er living near St. Helens.
According to the item, the mur­
derer, August Schieve, was hanged
at the Columbia county jail July
1*. 1912. Mr. Pringle says that the
hanging occured sometime before
1906, because in that year the pres­
ent county court house was built.
The murderer was hung in the old
courthouse yard and therefore the
date given was incorrect.
Mr. Pringle also remembers that
the killing took place near the
eight-mile spring this way from
Yankton on the old St. Helens road.
Victory Book
Campaign Started
With the Vernonia public library
as the only collecting station des­
ignated to date, the Victory Book
campaign has begun locally. Miss
Zonweiss Douglass, librarian, is in
charge. Preferred books are those
which have been popular within the
last 10 years,x current best sellers,
and technical books, especially of a
very recent nature.
Those who have books to contrib­
ute are asked to leave them at the
library as soon as possible. Collec­
tions last year amounted to nearly
400 volumes.
armed forces. However, assignment
to the service requested depends on
whether a vacancy exists.
Six men left Saturday for ser­
vice. All six had asked for immed­
iate induction which, since volun­
tary enlistment have been suspended,
is equivalent to enlistment. Papers
have not yet been received back in
the cases of the six who left Satur­
day, so it is not known whether
they were accepted.
Hurbon Lilly Rites
Held at Ft Lewis
Masonic and military funeral ser­
vices were held at 9:00 a.m. on
Monday, February 22 at the post
chapel at Fort Lewis,
Wash­
ington for Hurbon Lilly, who was
inducted into the army from Ver­
nonia on January 22. Mr. Lilly
died at the station hospital at Ft.
Lewis at 8:10 Wednesday night,
February 17, after being ill with
measles and pneumonia.
Interment took place at the post
cemetery, where a Masonic burial
service was conducted under the
auspices of the local lodge, Henry
A. Green, No. 250. Members of the
Tacoma and Vernonia lodge partic­
ipated. Station Hospital Chaplain
Barney C. Crockett, first lieutenant,
A.V.S., of Pvt. Lilly’s section and
unit conducted funeral services.
Hurbon Lilly was born December
8, 1906 at Rochelle, Louisiana, and
came to Vernonia in 1924 with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Lilly
who are the only relatives here. He
was a member of the Vernoqia Ma­
sonic lodge and was employed by
the Oregon-American Lumber cor­
poration in the mill here before
entering the service. He worked 15
years as a transfer operator.
He was a member of the Metho­
dist church and of the Order of
Eastern Star. Mr. Lilly served for
one year in the coast artillery df
the U. S. army and was located at
Fort Stevens. At the time of his
death he was with the detachment
medical section, service command
unit 1907.
Fire Tuesday
Damages Shack
Originating from a stove pipe
at about noon on Tuesday, Febru­
ary 23, a fire destroyed the ceiling
and roof of a one-room frame
shack occupied by Mrs. Dennie
Dickerson, 72. Had the blaze not
been brought quickly under control
by volunteer firemen, it would have
endangered the T. R. Henderson
home on Second street Mrs. Dick­
erson’s house stands behind and to
the left of the Henderson home.
(Mrs. Henderson is Mrs. Dickerson's
daughter.) The elderly lady expects
to stay with other relatives for the
present.
Most of the household equipment
was taken from the building when
the fire started. Part of that not
removed was such that the water
damaged it.
Class to Start
An advanced first aid class will
begin next Tuesday, March 2 at
the high school. The meetings will
start at 7:30 with Lee White as in­
stractor.
A borne nursing class was to
have started, but not enough women
Attend St. Helena Dinner
Members of the local Red Cross signed up to warrant a class at this
executive committee, Emil Messing, time. It has therefore been cancelled
Mrs. R. D. Eby, Mrs. A. J. Hughes, for the present.
and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sandon,
were among those present Monday GIRLS SELL WAR STAMPS
The Campfire girls at the grade
night at a dinner held in St Hel­
ens on behalf of the Red Cross war school have sold more than sixty-
fund campaign. Speaker of the ev­ four dollars worth of war savings
ening wax Major General G. R. stamps. They sell to the students
Cook, commander of Camp Adair. every Monday and Tuesday at noon.
Study Club to
Head War Fund
Campaign Here
Preparations are being made lo­
cally for the Red Cross war fund
campaign to start March 1 under
the sponsorship of the Vernonia
Study club. Mrs. Judd Greenman, as
chairman of the civic committee of
the club, assumes the chairmanship
of the campaign. Headquarters will
be located in the post office, where
a minimum of one dollar may be
exchanged for a button and a Red
Cross memberhhip card. However,
at least triple the minimum is de­
sired this year.
The drive will be extensively car­
ried out through solicitation. Rep­
resentatives of the Study club and
other organizations will carry on
this work after each is designated a
district.
Red Cross People Here
John K. Scott, state representa­
tive of the American National Red
Cross, was in Vernonia Tuesday
with Mrs. Kathleen Kope, county
Red Cross executive secretary, and
explained how the war fund would
be spent. Mr. Scott is located at
500 Columbia building in Portland.
Fifty per cent of the total Red
Cross funds is spent for service to
the armed forces. The remainder is
used as follows: 25 per cent for
preparedness in thia country and
assistance to civilian population, 15
per cent for the local Red Cross or­
ganization, 10 per cent for the
handling of disasters (the Red Cross
assisted in 172 major disasters in
this country during 1942). These
percentages prevailed during the
year ending December 31, 1942.
More than 15 per cent might be
spent in this county, Mr. Scott ex­
plained, should a disaster occur
here or the civilian population in
any way need assistance. He gave
as an example the Willamette valley
flood. In excess of $30,000 was
spent there, and more will be spent
Military Gets
Assistance
Of the $125,000,000 which the
national campaign is expected to
bring, 60 per cent will be used in
direct assistance to the military,
20 per cent for the local chapter
and Red Cross organization, 10 pet
cent for disaster expenses, and the
balance for the continued prepara­
tion, and expanded operation of the
Red Cross in the United States.
Although $8,700 is needed for
the local Red Cross budget, $10,000
is the local quota—approximately
25 per cent going into the national
fund. However, said Mrs. Kope, if
additional funds should be needed
here to care for service mens’ fam­
ilies, this money would be granted
by the national headquarters.
Flag« Dedicated
Two flags, one American and
one Christian, were dedicated dur­
ing Sunday school services at the
First Christian church Sunday. Rev.
W. O. Living done spoke concerning
the meaning of each banner, “Amer­
ica” was sung ar.d each flag was
given the appropriate salute. The
Loyal Women of the church con­
tributed the emblems.
TO HAVE MATCH
The Hillsboro and Vernonia state
guards will meet in a rifle match
at the Vernonia Gun club range this
Friday, February 26. Visitors are
welcome.
Dimout Aid
Sunrise
and
Sunrise
Feb. 25—7:57
26—7:55
27—7:53
28—7:52
March 1—7:50
2—7:4F
5—7:46
4—7:44
Sunset
Hour*
Sunset
6:52
6:65
6:54
6:56
6:57
6:58
7:00
7:01