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Vernonia, Columbia County, Oregon Thursday, May 13, 1943 City Budget Thirty Plane Canning Sugar Requests Watchers Are Allowed Beginning May 15 Again Omits Direct Tax Needed Here Chief Oakes Says Many Observers Have Left Post Recently Thirty people are badly needed for volunteer service as watchers on the aircraft warning service post near here. Chief Observer M. A. Oakes said Tuesday. Free transportation is provided volun teers. Those willing to serve a certain number of hours each week should see Mr. Oakes, phone 774. Some training will have to be giv en new. volunteers on the proper procedure for turning in flashes. The post was operated last week by using substitutes, as many observers have quit the post during the last few weeks due to work elsewhere and vari ous other reasons. It is necessary that the post have watchers 24 hours a day and volunteers are urgently needed to maintain the high rating the post has earned during the past seven months. Awards Given at High School Wed. Wednesday was “award” day for the high school student body, for on that afternoon student body officers were sworn into of fice, basketball and track letters were awarded, and model airplane certificates were presented. Letters were presented to the following members of the basket ball squad: Fred Lusby, Bob Kent, Les and Lyle Galloway, Lewis Lane, Jack Nance, Gerald Riley, .Larry Brady, and Melvin Schwab, the manager. Track, lettermen recognized were: Fred Lusby, Lewis Lane, Fred Busch, Glen Justice, Harry Lazott, Jimmy Johns, Leonard Belongia, Bobby Schwab, Max Millis, Bobby Condit, and Gerald Riley, the manager. Committee Check* Models Preliminary to the awarding of certificates to model airplane builders, a civilian committee met Monday night to approve the planes for shipping to the navy for its use. This civilian commit tee consisted of the following: Emil Messing, chairman, Paul Gordon, Cecil' Johnson, J. W. Nichols, M. B. Willard and Harry Culbertson. The making of solid airplane models is a continuation of last year’s project, but is an activity period enterprise this year. It is sponsored by the U. S. office of education and the U. S. navy, bureau of aeronautics. ' Certifi cates of awards are given to those making models which pass inspections. The awards are pro gressive and indicate the approp riate rank, the requirements be ing cumulative. The following students won awards: Procedure by which housewives will obtain sugar for home canning and freezing of this season’s fruit crop on and after May 15 was re leased Monday by the office of price administration. As previously announced by Price Administrator Prentiss M. Brown, sugar for home canning is being allotted on substantially the same bas is as last year—that is, one pound for each four quarts (or eight pounds) of the finished product, and by essentially the same procedure —written application to the local board. A top limit of 25 pounds of sugar per person is set in the new reg ulations, which become effective May 15. The OPA emphasizes, however, that the 25-pound figure is a maximum, to be granted only in the relatively few cases where this large amount of fruit will be canned and preserved. At a meeting of the grade school board Saturday night, two 5 lb*, for Jam Allowed bus contracts were awarded where Within the 25-pound per per three would normally have been son limit, any family can apply given. This was one of the changes for sugar to put up jams, jellies made in school bus schedules re and preserves at the rate of five sulting from the ODT’s require pounds per individual. This is a ment to eliminate unnecessary more generous allowance than last stopping and excess mileage. After year, when sugar for preserves studying the system, the upper was limited to one pound per per river bus route, now being driven son. Motive for this is stretching by Mrs. Tom Crawford and butter and margarine ra’tions. Said Mr. Brown: . “The more George Johnson, was combined to use only one bus, and Tom Craw fruit and vegetables put up at ford was awarded the contract. home, the less demand there will George Johnson was awarded be on the limited civilian supply the Camp 8 route, formerly driven of commercially packed foods. I earnestly appeal to those who by Crawford. Other routes will home-can fruits and vegetables to remain the same, except that the travelling of the same road twice use their processed foods rations on Stoney Point will be eliminated. sparingly. It must be remembered High school and g:ade school that millions of war workers and students share the busses; other others in essential industries have neither the time nor the facilities bus contracts were awarded earlier in the year. to put up fruits and vegetables The budget committee met in at home. They must depend en conjunction with the board S tur- tirely on commercially - packed foods. Every can of the commer day night and a budget was ap cial pack that is saved for these proved. It will ^be published in this paper at a later d te, and folks through home canning is a direct and important contribution will be voted upon at the annual school meeting on Monday, June to our war effort. We can run the total into hundreds of mil 21. Bus Routes and Drivers Changed lions of cans. Let’s do it. Board Receive* Applications Local boards throughout the country will receive written appli cations under the new provisions on and after May 15. No special form is required unless it is plan ned to sell the home products, and application may be made in person or by mail. The applicant must furnish the following: 1. A copy of war ration book one for each person for whom home-canning sugar is sought; 2. The total number of quarts or pounds of finished fruit to be put up; and 3. The amount of sugar to be used for making jams and jellies (not more than five pounds per person, within the 25-pound over all maximum.) The board will record the num ber of pounds of sugar granted each person on the cover of his or her war ration book one. Last year, housewives were re quired to fill out an official form in considerably greater detail. Coupons Used Home canning sugar allotments under the new program will be in the form of “sugar allowance coupons” in denominations of 1, 3, 5 and 10 pounds. Housewives thus can spread their sugar buy ing over the entire canning sea son, instead of making a single Carroll Keasey—It. (jr. grade), purchase as they did last season It., It. commander, and commander when boards had only purchase aircraftsman for completing 9 certificates for buying in quanti models, including one 4-engine ty to issue. bomber and planes from 4 na Each sugar allowance coupon tions; Lloyd Stuve—It. (jr. grade) will be marked with a serial num it., and If. commander aircrafts ber of war ration book one and man for completing 8 models, in the book itself must be presented cluding a torpedo bomber and to the retailer for checking when biplane, and planes from 3 na ever a sugar allowance coupon is tions; Lee Lindsley, It. aircrafts “spent.” Unless the numbers on man for completing 7 models in the books »nd the coupons cor cluding a seaplane. respond, the coupon is not valid The following boys and girls and the retailer cannot complete received cadet aircraftsmen certif the sugar sale. icates for completing up to three Gifts Limited planes of any type: Jimmy Frazee Gift* of home-canned foods, Ralph Keasey, Melvin Snook, Ralph Sturdevant, Donald Atkin both fruits and vegetables, may son, Geraldine Keller, John Wil- be made but no one person may coxen, Beverly Turner, Mary Hall, give away more than a total of Betty Hall, Glenn Shipman, Billy 50 quarts. Any gifts made in ex cess of that amount and all sales Marshall and Dale Roland. Glenn Ely has been supervisor can only be made against the eol- (Continued on page 6) of the project. Budget Meeting Held Wednesday, May 5; Budget Is Increased No direct tax will again be levied in the City of Vernonia for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1943 and ending June 30, 1944, the city budget drawn up Wednesday night, May 5 reveals. Total estimated expenditures for the year are $20,482.50, compared to estimated receipts of $25,814.- 50. The last budget estimates re ceipts at $26,792.09, and that higher figure is due only to a larger amount of cash on hand— the actual' receipts estimated are the same, water rentals to bring the most money, $11,000. Last year’s total budget was less, $19,775—the higher figure for the new budget due mostly to raises in salaries of city employ ees. In addition to higher salaries, the building and grounds expens es are estimated to be $1100, as compared to last year’s figure of $650. The cemetery expenses have been raised from $460 to $770. Most decreased item is the street and sewer budget, which was $2000, and will now be $1250. Volume 20, Number 19 39 Seniors Are to Graduate Friday Thirty-nine seniors of Vernonia high school (two of them already serving in the armed forces) will participate in com mencement exercises at the Washington grade school auditor ium this Friday night, May 14 at 8:00 o’clock. Dr. U. G. Du bach, dean of men at Oregon State college, will be principal speaker of the evening, while Joy Willard will deliver the val edictorian address. The processional and recessional will be played by Mrs. Sam Hearing, Jr., and invocation and benediction will be spoken by Rev. W. O. Livingstone and Rev. AJlen Backer, respectively. Greetings to the class of 1943 will be extended by Miss Lillian Laird, after which the high school sextette will sing “Venetian Love Song,” by Nevin. Wallace MrCrae is to present awards and introduce the speaker, while O. G. Weed, chairman of the school board wi.l present diplomas. As Melvin L. Schwab and Arte- mas L. DeHart, Jr., left during the last semester of the year, they will receive their diplomas in absentia. There will be a short reception in the library immediately follow ing the exercises. For the second time in the history of Vernonia high school, caps and gowns will be worn by the graduates. PUD Abandons Purchase Plans At a regular monthly meeting of the Nehalem Valley Public Utility district here Sunday even ing, the board of directors took up the matter of the purchase of the Oregon Gas and Electric com pany properties and decided that there is no possible chance to get together with the company on a price. They plan to wait until aft er the war, when they would build a new system—unless a lower price should have been arrived up on. The PUD directors’ and attorn ey’s salaries were paid and ar rangements were made to call a Honor* Shared budget meeting in the near fu-> ture. It is understood that no tax Robert Kent and Arthur Tousley Members of the budget commit share the honor of being saluta- will be asked for in next year’ tee are A. L. Kullander, chair torian of the class. Robert is also budget. man, R. M. Aldrich, Harry Kerns, president, while Fred Lusby is Ray Mills and Roy Raymond. A vice-president; Rosaile Roediger, meeting will be held on Monday, secretary; Ruby Thacker, treasur June 7 at 8:00 p.m. at the city er; and Miss Beck, Mrs. Hearing, hall, at which time all persons and Mr MoCrae, advisors. subject to the tax levy mav appear Class colors are green and white to speak ‘Tor or against the bud the flower being the white carna Miss Marie DeBolt, music teach get. tion. Motto chosen by the seniors er for the Washington grade is: “Before Us Lies the Timber; school and high school band in Let Us Build.” Grade school commencement ex structor, has completed work on ercises will be held Thursday (to a standard length tnovel, “Life night) at 8:00 p.m., also at the of Her Own,” and is to send away grade school. the manuscript this week with the (A list of the high school grad hope of publication. Miss DeBolt Montana F. Marshall uates will be found on page 6 of staried the book in the summer Bakers and cooks is the only this issue.) of 1941 under the supervision of section of the WAAC specialist Mrs. Beulah S. Thornton at the school that will be in operation at Oregon College of Education at Monmouth. It was completed und Camp Ruston. Additional training er the personal supervision of at other specialist schools will be Dean Alfred Powers and the lat taken at other WAAC training ter half of the book was written centers. Upon completing the basic Miss Roberta Sword, graduating in Vernonia. course, auxiliaries will also be el senior at Vernonia high school, “Life of Iler Own” is the story igible for officer candidate school was appointed life guard for the of a young women in search of city’s swimming pool at the post at Ft. Des Moines. poned city council meeting Mon security and happiness who finds Machinist’s mate 2/c Reggie day night, and will be on duty it in a sense of spiritual attain Watson was here Tuesday and for the summer as soon as weath ment, aided by attention to envir er permits the pool to be opened. Wednesday from coast guard Miss Sword received life-saving onment and all factors that con tribute to one’s well being. The training at Hammond, Oregon. and water safety training from • several themes—search for secur Noble Dutton, life guard here sev ity and happness, religious de Captain Robert Rushing has eral summers ago. She has enter velopment, and love—have been been in New Guinea for nearly a ed county and city swimming woven together in an attempt to meets and is a capable swimmer. make interesting reading. Port month now. Other business .accomplished by land and a fictitous town, Wilton, P.F.C. Louie Tunnell, after the council was the approving of Oregon, are the settings for the spending much of a 15-day fur monthly bills and the sale of sev story. lough here, left Monday to return eral lots, and setting the value If published, the novel will to his camp in Los Angeles, where at $1.00 per cord of stumpage he is a radio operator, works on which is being taken from the appear under the pen name of a searchlight, and also does guard cemetery property for wood. Camilla Mariott. duty. Tunnell arrived in Portland Miss DeBolt plans to teach in April 30 and was met by his California next year, as teaching brother, Robert Tunnell, and his Deaths, Illness Added According to a recent tabulation standards there have been low mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. in ths Oregon Health bulletin, ered and will continue her stud George Tunnell. During his furlough, Tunnell there were 17 deaths in «Columbia ies. She will spend the summer in and his parents visited in Scio county during March. The causes San Jose, her former home. with Mrs. Millard Urban, his sist were as follows: influenza, 1; can er, and her family. Mrs. Urban cer and tumors, 3; diabetes, 1; Inventories Necessary and son then continued on to heart disease, 7; pneumonia, 1; Local merchants who handle Bend with him to visit their digestive diseases, 1; nephritis, 2; rationed foods are reminded that accidents other than motor, 1. three brothers. A special chicken when the point value of any mer Disease cases reported for the chandise goes down, or up, they dinner was served to 19 guests on Sunday, May 2 in his hon^r first time during the week ending must take a point inventory of by his mother, sister—Mrs. Henry May 1 were-, 4 cases of measles, the affected merchandise and file Ade, and sister-in-law. Fifteen 1 of chicken pox, 10 of mumps, the same with the local ration guests were present for lunch 1 of syphilis, and 1 of gonorrhea. board, Eighty-three percent of physicians that evening. This was Tunnell’s first fur reported. lough since he enlisted in the army December 16. 1941. «'■ Sunrise and Sunset Hour« Booklet Available Copies of the booklet, "You Sunrise Sunset KEASEY—Pvt. Roy Juola, who and the War,” are available free May 13—5:41 8:34 has been stationed at Duncan of charge at the Oregon Gas and 14—5:40 8:35 Field, Texas, is home for a 10-day E'ectric • company office. This 15—5:39 8:36 f"rlcugh with his father, Tom pamphlet was prepared by the 16—5:37 8:37 Juola, his sister, Mrs. Vernon U. S. office of civilian defense, 17—5:36 8:38 Lindsley, and his two brothers, and tells what part each man, 18—5:35 8:39 Clifford and Russell. 19—5:34 woman and child on the home 8:41 26—6:33 More “Those Who Are,” page 6 front ean have in war service. 8:42 Grade Teacher Completes Novel Those Who Are in It Aviation Cadet Philip J. Millis, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip J. Millis, this week reported with members of class 43-H at Good fellow Field, army air forces bas ic flying school near San Angelo, Texas, where he has begun the next-to-the-last stage of his flying training in pursuit of wings and a flying officer rating. At Goodfellow Field Aviation Cadet Millis has stepped up from the slower primary training planes to speedy, military-type BT13A trainers. Here he will learn navi gation and radio code, night fly ing and precision formation and cross-country flying. Next stage in his aerial education will be ad vanced school, where he will win his wings and his long-awaited assignment to duty. Millis, a 1940 graduate of Ver nonia high school and a member of the state track team, set sev eral track records and was a member of the all-star football club as well. He had been in pri mary flying school at Bruce Field, Ballinger, Texas. Private First Class Luther M. Ball, who is stationed at the west ern signal corps training center at Comp Kohler, California, has been promoted to the grade of corporal, according to an announcement by Colonel Harry E. Storms, com manding officer. Corporal Ball, a resident of Vernonia, is the husband of Bar bara Ball of 134 Bridge street. Camp Kohler is the signal corps’ newest training center and the only such post on the west coast. The signal corps is responsible for installing, operating and maintain ing the the army’s vast communi cation system. By whatever means necessary— radio, telephone, telegraph, tele type, rockets, or runner—the sig nal corps’ mission is to "get the message throagh.” One of the first enrollees of the Women's Army Auxiliary corps to arrive for training at Branch A of the fifth WAAC training center at Camp Ruston, La., is Roberta Sword To Be Life Guard Dimout Aid
