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Library, U Vemonia, Columbia County. Oregon Thursday, April 15, 1943 Recent Tests Show Hearing Defects In Co. Logging Truck Tipover Blocks Bridge Street Total of 99 Grade Pupils Have Defects; State Average Lower Tail of Piling Fa'll To Clear Light Pole Tuesday Afternoon An accident which caused no damage other than the loss of a little gas and oil, but was, instead, difficult to untangle occured here Tuesday afternoon at about 3:30 o’clock. A Union Car and Steel company logging truck and truck trailer loaded with piling, estimat ed to be 38 yards long, was turn ing from Bridge street' north onto Weed avenue. The tail of the pil ing did not clear a light pole and •>« a result caused the truck trail er to upset, landing on its side. The driver was not injured, nor wag the truck damaged. The front truck had turned up Weed ave nue before the rear truck upset; it remained upright and attached to the piling. As the piling lay be tween the right north corner of Weed and Bridge and the left south corner of Weed and Bridge (these corners are not parallel) traffic went around the block be tween Weed avenue and Third street. Principal problem was removing the piling from the road; the truck trailer was easily pulled up right by the wrecker. The piling had to be pulled bit by bit in order to protect the hydrant and was afterwards pulled to its destina tion. T. G. Patterson of Seaside and Norman Bergstrom of Tre- harne were the two drivers and the trucks are owned by Under wood and Martin. The Union Car and Steel company hauls the pil ing up Weed avenue and across the tracks. It is dumped on Ruth avenue and loaded into railroad cars there. Grandma Sauer Passes April 8 Grandma Sauer, over 73 years old and resident of Vernonia since 1923, passed away on Thursday, April 8 at Kings (Valley, Oregon, where she was staying with Rev. and Mrs. H. R. Scheuerman. Fun eral services were held here at the Bush Funeral home on Mon day afternoon, April 12, with Rev. Scheuerman officiating. Inter ment was at Tacoma. Margaret Laura Sauer was born in Ohio on January 21, 1870. She came to the western country in her young womanhood and early did domestic work for her sup port. On May 7, 1906 she was united in marriage with A. W. Sauer in Montesano, Washington. Later the family moved to western Oregon. In 1923 they came to Ver nonia, which has since been her home. She was converted early in ‘ life and joined the Baptist church. She joined the Evangelical church when she came to Vernonia and continued to be a faithful mem ber. Relatives left behind are: a sis ter, Mrs. J. M. Ritchey, Flushing, Michigan; a niece, Mrs. Dorothy Simpson, Blanchester, Ohio; a step granddaughter, Mrs. C. B. Ed wards, Longbeach, California; and a stepson, F. A. Sauer, Tacoma, . Washington. Mrs. Sauer fell asleep in the arms of her Saviour in Kings Valley on April 8, 1943 at the age of 73 years, 2 months and 17 days. Additional Training Due On Monday, April 19 and Wed nesday, April 21, all first aiders, ambulance drivers and their crews of the casualty station are to meet at the I.O.O.F. hall beginning at 7:30 o’clock each evening. Pur pose of the meetings will be ac tual practice and discussion of the first aiders duties at the casualty station in addition to regular first aid duties. First aid bandages and traction splints will be reviewed. of O A total of 99 pupils in Columbia county have hearing defects ac cording to a report by Ruth I. Peffley, public health nurse. This is 6.3 per cent of the pupils tested in the recent hearing survey con ducted by the Oregon State board of health under the auspices of the county schools and county health department. The average incidence in the state is 5 per cent but the larger number of children having had measles and other illnesses recently may have accounted for the larger percentage in Columbia county. The total number of pupils test ed in the county schools was 1711 in the ten larger schools and 18 selected pupils from other schools. Counting 559 goup retests and 213 pure tone a.dicmeter tests, a total of 2501 hearing tests were given. Physicians in the county inspected the ears, noses and th oats of 86 of the 99 pupils. These doctors, who departed from their office practices to do this, commented on the clear relation ship between hearing losses and the pathologies observed by them during their examinations. Parents Raising 13 Billion Dollars Task of American People Coming as it does upon the heels of income tax payments, the people of America face an acid test thus month to raise thirteen billion dollars by the end of Ap ril in the treasury’s second war loan drive which opened April 12. A substantial part of this huge financing, the most stupendous ev er undertaken by any government in the world’s history, must be done through the sale of govern ment securities to people in or dinary walks of life. Columbia county’s goal is $2,- 000,000. Due to an error, it was announced last week to be slightly higher. High government officials have pointed out that the nation must not fail in this duty to our men on the battle fronts who are now carrying the offensive to the en emy at every stage. It is obvious to every thinking man and woman that as the United Nations take this offensive against the dicta tors, the cost of war operations increases in proportion. Term» Bigger Now The American people must no longer think of war costs in terms of equipping a soldier, building a tank or plane or a ship. They must now think in terms of the cost of battles, invasions, and new offensives. Attacking armies cost more money than equipping that army and that increased cost must be met by buying more war bonds Livestock Meeting Due Columbia county livestock assoc iation members, butchers, live stock men and farmers of the county are invited to attend a meeting of the association at 7:45 p.m. this Friday, April 16 at the Yankton Grange hall .according to E. A. “Lode” McDonald. Harry Lindgren of OSC will be among those speakers who discuss the meat and livestock problems of Columbia county. Nurse Rep. to Speak Misp Aileen Dyer, chairman of the committee on recruitment of student nurses, is due to speak before the girls of Vernonia high school next Wednesday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock. Representing var ious Oregon nurses’ associations. Miss Dyer will not only tell the girls of nursing as a war service, hut also of nursing as a career. and second war lean securities. It should be the objective of ev ery American to invest these loose dol’a s, idle dollars, in govern ment securities, not only from a patriotic standpoint, but from the standpoint of their own financial security. There is available dur ing the second war loan a type of security to fit every pocket book. Course Completed by 13 Thirteen men and women have completed the standard first aid course in a class taught by Clyde IIa>mon and have taken their test. In appreciation of Mr. Har- m n’s instruction, the class pre sented him with a car blanket. Cooperate The important phases of the hearing program were completed by inviting parents to the schools to receive an explanation of the hearing losses and by distributing the test results to the principals of the schools. A total of 59, or 62 per cent of the parents came to school and after interviews with Dr. Warren H. Gardner, consult ant in hearing and vision of the Oregon state board of health and with Miss Peffley, 54, or 90 per cent, of the visiting parents prom ised to see physicians. The remain ing parents will be visited by Miss Peffley in the near future. Principals were given instruc tions regarding special seating of certain pupils. Those with one bad »«r were to be seated so that the good ear faces the class. Oth ers should be seated near the front and should be cautioned to watch the teacher’s lips. Still oth- e-s were recommended for spec ial coaching in weak subjects. Those Who Are in It Haro'.d Davis graduated last week from the La Junta, Colorado advanced flying school as a second lieutenant in the army air corps, and was sent to Denver, Colorado Monday for further training. Mrs. Davis left Portland Monday night to visit him there. After five days he will be sent to Florida on a temporary assignment. He is a bomber pilot. mission as second lieutenant in the U. S. army, according to the war department. His course includes such subjects as dynamic meteor ology, synoptic meterology, air mass analysis, meteorological lab oratory, auxiliary charts and dia grams. Colonel Edward C. Black is commanding officer of the Grand Rapids post. Among those receiving the in duction call this week were Art Campbell and Joe Netka. Art re ported to Astoria on Wednesday, while Joe reported to St. Helens on Tuesday. The recent promotion of Harold Cason- to captain brings up the question of how many captains Vernonia has. As far as is known, there are the following: W. F. "Red” McDonald, former high school teacher here; John Jay Tag gart and R. H. Rushing, former Vernonia residents. The highest ranking officer is Major Buford Wilkerson, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Wilkerson and a graduate of Vernonia high school. Volume 20, Number 15 Mercury Up To 83 Monday Local residents have been more than comfortably warm the past few days, and many failed to appreciate the sud den rise in temperature. The mercury hit 83 degrees on Monday, while Sunday high temperature was 76. Tues day’s maximum was 79 de grees. Last year no higher tem perature than 74 degrees was experienced here in April. Sunset Pupils May Come to Vernonia Directors from the Sunset grade school district (No. 87, Washing ton county) have asked that the Vernonia grade school' take their pupils who number six at present, on a tuition basis starting with the next school year. This will be done if no school is held in the Kist district next year, as the ODT would not allow pupils to be transported the much greater dis tance to Vernonia if it were pos sible to- transport them to the Kist school. For the past several years Sun set pupils have attended school at Timber rather than in their school which is located between Timber and Kist. Transporting them the • six miles to Timber next year would be impossible as no bus is available. A Vernonia schoolbus now picks up high school students a short distance from the Sunset district; 3t4 additional miles each trip would be used in getting the §unset children. April Project Is For Camp Clatsop (Vernonia went over the top in its drive for athletic equipment and money for the Tongue Point naval station and now has the project for April of furnishing a day room for Camp Clatsop. How ever the Vernonia Service club has agreed to take care of that project. The club has also furnish ed Vernonia’s dollar toward handi craft materials for the Barnes General hospital, and has contrib uted an additional $5.00 to that hospital. Their $50 contribution for Tongue Point was responsible for Vernonia’s topping the quota. “The whole community should ap preciate the fine work the Ver nonia Service club te doing, and as field representative for this community we wish to thank ev ery organization and individual who contributed to the Columbia Camp and Hospital Servce coun cil,” is the statement made by Mrs. E. H. Condit, Mrs. J. W. Nichols and Mrs. Harry Sandon. Contributions for Tongue Point not before mentioned are one dollar each from the Pythian Sis ters and the Christian church la dies’ aid. Teachers to Play Part in Harvesting According to the monthly bulle tin of Otto H. H. Petersen, coun ty school superintendent, Colum Wilton Roger, was transferred early in March from Jefferson bia county farmers face a critical Barracks, Missouri to Westover summer season as there are no Field, Massachusetts, where he is longer migrant laborers to har attending school as a member of vest their seasonal crops. Teach the Airborn Engineer battalion. ers will probably be asked to su pervise platoons of children du> Raymond K. Thacker, petty of Wednesday of last week was a ing the harvest season and attrac ficer 3le, ha, been transferred to happy day for Mary Katherine tive salaries will be paid, Mr. the submarine service, for which Norris not only because she was Petersen said. he volunteered following gradua elected May queen, but also be A brief course of study is be tion from the U. S. naval training cause she heard from Jack Baker ing written by two Vernon a school for electrician’s mates at for the first time in three months. schoo'men, W. W. McCrae and E. the University of Minnesota. He is somewhere in the Eastern H. Condit, for the purpose of giv hemisphere. ing teaching facta and suggested Upon successful completion of procedures. County teachers will his course in the weather training P.F.C. Charles W. Dübendorf then present the material pertain school of the army air force tech was recently transferred from Tul ing to their localities to the pupils. nical training command at Grand sa, Oklahoma to Garden City, This instruction is intended to in Rapide, Michigan, Cadet Harry M. Kansas. crease the children's crop harvest Culbertson will be granted a com- ing efficiency. More “Those Who" on page 5 Pre-Easter Services Due At 3 Churches Special Meetings Set For Evenings Starting With Next Sunday Three local churches, Christian, Evangelical and Assembly of God, are planning special services prac tically every night next week— the week preceeding Easter Sun day, April 25th. Passion week services will be held at the Evangelical church beginning on Monday and contin uing every evening except Satur day. They are scheduled to begin at 8:00 o’clock. At the First Christian church services will start next Sunday, April 18, when a pre-Easter pray er meeting is held at 3:00 p.m. It is sponsored by the Women’s Missionary society and the theme will be one of devotion and hope “Beyond the Cross.” Special ev ening services all next week will be in the form of devotions and short sermons—special n»usic will also be featured.. Subjects of the pastor’s talks will be: Sunday evening, “The Hour of Hope”; Monday, “The Hour of Trust”; Tuesday, “The Hour of Faith”; Wednesday, “The Hour of Persecution”; Friday, “The Hour of Death.” Thursday evening there will be no preaching but instead the annual communion service will be observed. All even ing services at the Christian church begin promptly at 7:30 o’clock and special services for Easter are planned. W. M. Lamar will conclude his evangelistic meetings at the As sembly of God church Sunday ev ening and starting on Tuesday, April 20, Nicholos Pirolo, D. D., lecturer and author, will bring prophetic messages beginning at 7:30 each evening, the final one to be on Easter Sunday. Local Tracksters To Enter Meets Two track meets are in the of fing for the high school track squad— the 3rd Beaverton relays to be held this Friday at 1:30 p.m. at Beaverton and the annual county track meet to be held next Wednesday, April 21 at Scappoose The winning team at the county meet will be county champions and will thus qualify for the dis trict meet—which determines who will enter the state meet. A number of schools in this area have been invited to the Beaverton relays and events will include: shuttle hurdles, high jump, shot put, 3-mile, 1-mile, sprint medley and distance med ley. As a special added attraction there will be a coaches’ race, a 50-yard dash. A trophy will be awarded the winner. Mrs. Greenfeldt Dies Mrs. Jennie M. Greenfeldt, 78, died in Portland Tuesday, April 13. She was a Vernonia resident until last October, when her hus- ban, August “Dad” Greenfeldt died. She had been living with her son, E. D. Carter in Portland. Other survivors are two sons, R. J. and E. S. Carter, both of Port land, and six grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral services will be held Friday morning, probably at 10:00 o’clock at Miller and Tracey’s par lors in Portland. The remains will be cremated and the ashes brought to Vernonia. Dimout Aid Sunrise and Sunrise April 15—6:25 16—6:23 17—6:21 18—6:19 19—6:17 20—6:16 21—6:14 22—6:12 Sunset Hours Sunset 7:57 7:59 8:00 8:01 8:03 8-04 8:05 8 17
