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Thursday, June 3, 1943 Vernonia, Columbia County, Library, u of o Post Watchers War Meat Management Due CD Sponsoring Due Aircraft Under County Committee Program Set Training Soon For June 14 Post Representative To Attend School, Then Teach Others The IV Fighter Command an nounces that it is to inaugurate a training program of aircraft recognition for members of the army air forces ground observer corps. Members of the corps have proven themselves to be compe tent and faithful in their essen tial part of the active air defense system, and the army air forces believe that they should have an opportunity to study aircraft re cognition similar to other air force personnel. Proves Importance According to Milton A. Oakes, chief observer on the local post, the fact that the IV Fighter Com mand is going to teach the ob servers the same course that mil itary personnel ' Teceiv.es should prove that observers are an im portant part of the defense sys tem of this Pacific coast. The army air forces wouldn’t waste valuable time and money teaching civilians aircraft recognition if it were not vitally important, says Mr. Oakes. The first school will begin on June 6th, according to Oakes. One person from each post may attend these schools and will re ceive one week’s concentrated in struction. Time will be spent as follows: 25 hours, aircraft recog nition; 10 hours, study of the manual for observers; 9 hours, general discussion and field trips. The 'person who attends this bourse must pass military examin ations and upon graduation will be known as a post instructor. Representation Planned From the local post, Mrs. M. B. Steers will probably attend the school in Portland during the week of June 13. This post instructor will be sup plied with official aircraft recog nition training aids and he, or she, will return to Vernonia and con duct a similar course. This course will be under constant military inspection, and will probably be gin here about July 1. People in terested in the work should con tact Chief Observer Oakes for more details. Mr. Oakes has learned that the observers will be asked to recog nize a total of 55 planes, both friendly and enemy. After hear ing Sector Sergeant Smith explain the teaching method, Mr. Oakes thinks that task will be simple and interesting. He says they ex plain everything with stories and pictures, making it seem like a game. Vacation Bible School Planned Daily Vacation Bible school will be held at .the Assembly of God church beginning Monday, June 7, and continuing two weeks, ending June 18. School will begin at 9 a.m. and close at 12:00 noon. All who live in and around Ver nonia are invited to send their children. Provision is being made for all children over four years of age. The Sunday school bus will pick up and return all children who do not live within easy walk ing distance from the church. Those who desire to send their children by bus should contact the pastor, Clayton E. Beish, 660 2nd St. or phone 742. Dimout Aid Sunrise June 3—5:22 4—5:22 5—5:21 6—5:21 7—5:21 8—5:20 9—5:20 10—5:20 Sunset 8:55 8:5« 8:57 8:58 8:59 8:59 9:00 9:00 Columbia county will have an ^official war meat committee to assist in controlling black market activities and to assume responsibility for local operation of the national meat management program, the county USDA war board announced this week. County Agent George A. Nelson said that the war board had received instructions from Chester Davis, war food administrator, to set up a war meat committee for this county, the members to include livestock pro ducers, meat handlers, health officials and community leaders. Announcement of the committee will be made soon, according to Price Schroeder, secretary of the Columbia county USDA war board. The . committee’s main and im Mrs. Nettie Bell Peterson, res mediate task, the war board has ident of this vicinity for 63 years, been informed is to obtain public died at her home here Friday, May understanding and support of meat 28, and funeral services were held programs so that this extremely on Monday, May 31 at the Pres byterian church in Clatskanie with important food may serve its full Rev. W. 0. Livingstone officiat est possibilities in the war. ing. Funeral director in charge Committee Will Approve was Jewett A. Bush. Interment The committee will review and was at Clatskanie. Mrs. Peterson was born Septem pass on all slaughtering permits and quotas, and will carry on edu ber 30, 1871 in Kansas and at the time of her death was 71 years, 7 cational work with consumers, months, and 28 days old. She was livestock and meat handlers and a member of the Natal Grange and livestock producers to prevent president of the Nehalem Yalley black markets from interfering Pioneer association. Survivors are: two sons, Ira H. with the prosecution of the war. of Vernonia, and Richard G. of In his instructions to the war the U. S. navy; one daughter, Mrs. board, Mr. Davis said: Inez Taylor of Hood River; and “The meat situation is critical. three grandchildren. We must obtain meat for our soldiers, sailors and marines, and for our allies, as well as to as sure that meat is made available in legitimate channels of distri bution to meet civilian rationing requirements.” May, 1943 was drier in Vernon To do this in the face Of in creasing demand from consumers, ia than that mqnth in the past two and to avoid black markets, Davis years, Ed Sessman’s weather rec sted l. three “musts” which the ords reveal. Despite the fact that county war meat committee may much of the month was wet, only 1.45 inches of rain fell. Rainfall take as its charter. They are: 1. That livestock be routed in in May, 1942 was 2.43; and in to normal commercial channels, May, 1941, 4.15. Highest temperature recorded preferably to federally-inspected was on the 24th, when the mer plants. 2. That the slaughter permit cury hit 81 degrees. A low tem system and the consumer ration perature of 29 degrees was re ing program are made to work ef corded on the 14th. A 30-degree minimum was the figure for both fectively. 3. To promote sanitation in the 1941 and ’42. Maximum for May slaughteiing and handling of meat, of those years was 78 in ’42, and to prevent waste, and to conserve 86 in ’41. meat by-productS. Mrs. N. B. Peterson Passes On May 28 May, '43 Not So Wet As Supposed Education Needed The great majority of Columbia county citizens realize that food is a weapon, and are anxious to cooperate in any programs to as sist in winning the war, the chair man believes. Many of them, how ever, are not familiar with regula tions and do not realize that the black market consists of the sum total of many small violations of necessary wartime rules, he point ed out. The committee’s responsibility, he continued, will be to acquaint all concerned with the meat pro grams and the reasons for them, and to impress on dealers, handl ers, producers and consumers that meat that is slaughtered and sold outside of the slaughter quotas and permits, the price ceilings, or the rationing system, is black market meat. Response to Sale Of Poppies Good Cigarettes Sent To Service Men A semi-formal dance will be held by the Vernonia Service club every two months, Mrs. O. Vike, chairman of the dance committee announces. The next one will be Saturday, July 10. The other dances which the club sponsors will be held every two weeks, the next to be June 12. The latest project which these dances have made possible was the sending of two cases of cig arettes to service men—one to North Africa, and the other to Australia. A percentage of the price of the cigarettes, which equalled »50 in this instance, was paid by the club under a plan worked out by the makers of a popular brand of cigarettes. Chance to Donate Blood Continues The American Legion Auxilary Those who wish to contribute wishes to thank the citizens of blood at St. Helens, when the Vernonia for so wholeheartedly Red Crosg mobile blood bank is patronizing the poppy sale, the there the 2nd and 4th Friday of proceeds of which will be divided each month, should contact Mrs. between the Veteran’s hospital in Frank Hartwick, captain of the Portland and local welfare work. local motor corps. A trip will be They feel that the following de made on June 11, and, although serve special mention for making one carload of donors plan to go, the sale a success: Mrs. Earl At it is possible that more donors kins and helpers at Wilark, Mrs. may be taken at that time. Trips L. L. Wells’ group of Cub scouts will be made in the future as and several other boys and girls in volunteers are secured. Riverview, Mrs. P. Weidman’s group of Cub scouts and other Examiner Due in Week A traveling examiner of opera boys and girls of Vernonia, the tors and chauffeurs is scheduled Vernonia Eagle for publicity. Their "thank you” list con to arrive in Vernonia on Thurs tinues: the Boy scouts, Mrs. O. day, June 10 and will be on duty Vike, Jack Heenan for delivering at the city hall between the hours poppies to Mrs. B. Hawkins at of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., ac Camp McGregor and Mrs. Emma cording to a recent announcement Clark for sale at Timber and released from the secretary of state’s office. Mrs. Ralph Valpiani, Pittsburg. Guadalcanal Marine, Several Movies Are Promised at School Veteran Marine Commando Sec ond Lt. Torginson, discharged be cause of wounds received on Guadalcanal, has promised to sne-’k here Monday, June 14 as one of the features of a civilian- defense-sponsored program to be gin at 8:00 p.m. at the Washing ton grade school. Another part of the program which should prove especially interesting locally is movies taken of Clark and Wilson logging and Oregon-American lum ber manufacturing. Some of the loggers and mill workers here will thus have the opportunity to seo themselves in action. The show is every bit free, and citizens of Vernonia as well as those of the surrounding territory are urged to attend. Civilian de fense workers are requested to be present to see movies of the lat est methods of rescue and protec tion of the civilian population in case of enemy attack. Flag Picture Included As June 14 is Flag day, a short reel, “Flags on Duty,” will first be shown. Following will be song shorts, including “Anchors Aweigh” with background scenes of the navy and “Keep ‘Em Rol ling,” a rousing patriotic song with production scenes. Words of the chorus will be on the screen, so the audience may sing. The next film will dramatize the duties of an air raid warden and show how he carries on during a raid. The rescue unit, a training film shows the way a rescue unit properly plans and carries on its work. The two following pictures are: "Safeguarding Military In formation,” and “What to Do in a Gas Attack.” Lumber Films Due The remaining three films con cern trees and lumber. “The Tree in a Test Tube,” features Laurel and Hardy, who show some of the many things the average man uses that are made of wood. It also shows some of the tests to which these products are subjected be fore they are offered for mili tary use. “Wood for War” stres ses the vital need for forest pro tection to save manpower and timber. The local scenes make up the third picture on lumbering. All of the pictures mentioned have been definitely promised. Aircraft Watchers Win Recognition Inspection of the local aircraft warning observation post was made by Staff Sgt. Smith on Thursday, May 27. On behalf of the Fourth Fighter command, he wishes to praise the observers on their splendid community morale and high efficiency. Quite a number of observers have received 100-hour awards and 500-hour medals for service on the observation post and the remaining observers are striving for similar recognition, the army man said. Two of the faithful observers on the post, Mrs. Frank Morris and Mrs. H. A. DeWitt are to be complimented for substituting on the Baker Point lookout on St. Helens mountain. This lookout is supervised by the forestry de partment and its observers look for both planes and fires. This is unusual in that H is the first time that aircraft observers have been known to perform duties on a forestry observation post. NO VACATION GAS ALLOWED Mileage rations may not be al lowed for vacation trips, the OPA has instructed the local rationing office. Reports to the contrary are false. Volume 20, Number 22 May Bond Sales Less than April Bonds sold at the local post office during May total-* led $18,018, the postmaster reported. This is less than half of the April figure, which was $39,918.75, but surpasses both the February and March totals. Rites Held Sunday For Joyce Turner Joyce Arline Turner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Turner, passed away here at about noon on Friday, Map 28 at the age of 16 years, 9 months, and 28 days. Funeral services were held on Sunday, May 30 at the Bush Fun eral home, and interment wa3 at the Vernonia Memorial cemetery. Besides her parents, Miss Turn er is survived by three brothers— Robert of Portland, Sgt. George of the U. S. army, and Marvin of Vernonia; one sister—Jean of Vernonia; a grandmother, Mrs. Dollie Jones of Burns. Joyce Turner was born August 1, 1926 at Boelus, Nebraska and came with her parents to Vernonia before she was a year old. She had not been in good health for some time prior to her death. Closed Several Days Two local concerns were closed during the last few days of May because they had used up their sugar quotas for the month. These business, the Pal shop and the Vernonia Bakery, had already closed every Tuesday. By June 2 they had received new quotas and were able to reopen. Shingle Mill Badly Burned In Fire May 27 Cleaning Up for Rebuilding Started; Damage About 50% Starting in the engine room shortly before 3:00 p.m. Thurs day, May 27, fire quickly swept over the Cedarwood Timber com pany shingle mill on the site of the old Bennett Lumber company, west of the Rose Avenue garage. It was estimated that the mill was 50 percent destroyed and the loss was $3500 to $4000. No insurance was carried as it was thought impossible to obtain it or the mill. L. C. Cotner, owner, arrived from Los Angeles, and lumber has already been secured to rebuild the mill. Most of the machinery will be usable after it is overhaul ed. Many of the shingles in the mill at the time of the fire were saved, and three railway cars standing close by were pushed away from danger. Before the blaze broke out the motor was started, but had not been thrown into gear—the sec ond shift was about to begin. Suddenly, as an explosion, flames burst and quickly spread over the dry, grease and oil saturated building. Flames were thus spread by the time the alarm sounded, but the volunteer fire department was quick in arriving at the scene. Because of the fire’s start, it could not be quickly extinguished. Larry Thompson is manager of the mill. Those Who Are in It Proudly displaying the gold bars of a second lieutenant, Low ell Hieber arrived here Tuesday from Camp Lee, Virginia, where he finished officer’s training on May 28. Lt. Hieber’s furlough will end June 14th, when he must report to Presidio, San Francisco, California to attend a special school for 30 days before return ing to Ft. Warren, Wyoming. After enlisting in the quartermast er corps in December, Hieber trained at Ft. Warren and then was sent to Camp Lee. Lowell is obviously enjoying his visit here with his wife, his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. C, F. Hieber, and friends, who seem to share the opinion that he is looking fine. After over two months’ training in the navy at Farragut, Idaho, Seaman 2/c Melvin Schwab ar rived here Thursday, May 27 on leave. After visiting his father, Lee Schwab, and family, Melvin left Wednesday morning for Far ragut, from where he will report for sea duty in several weeks. Melvin says he is feeling fine and has lost that weight which he couldn’t get rid of as a civilian. Seaman Schwab was just about two weeks late for high school commencement. He was presented his diploma in absentia on May 14. A broken wrist brought Cadet Holly Holcomb here Friday night on furlough from Santa Ana, California, where he is in the pri mary training stage of becoming a pilot in the army air corps. He is to report back on June 15. Edgar Culbertson has completed the course of the radio operators’ school of the marine corps signal battalion at San Diego. As he was one of the high men in the class, he was raised to the rank of pri vate first class. PFC Charles George, who has been stationed at Camp Roberta, California, is now at Ft. Benning, Georgia for an advanced course in motor mechanics. He will return to Camp Roberts in August. From Cpl. William E. “Bill” Larson, now a Technician 5th grade, comes an answer to this column’s recent inquiry about him. He’s with an amphibian training force at Ft. Ord, California, but let him tell about himself: “I saw that little article it* last week’s paper, so I thought I’d better do something about keep ing those good Vernonia people from wondering about me. First I want to thank whoever is re sponsible for sending me the Ver nonia paper (it’s J. A. Bush, Bill). It’s very thoughtful of them and I appreciate it very much. I look forward to it every week, even though it is a few days late. “I’ve been with this organiza tion since I was drafted, two years and four months ago . . . Up until August, 1942 I was the battalion mail clerk. Shortly after that I started cooking and have been at it ever since. I started cooking just after we arrived on the Mojave desert last fall—so I learned it the hard way. We spent about two and a half months out there. It was pretty rough, but a good experience. “We left San Luis Obispo in February and have been here at Ft. Ord ever since. So far I’ve spent my life in the army right here in California. I suppose I should consider myself lucky, but, like the rest of the fellows, I’d rather be over there and help get this war over with.” Harry Ohler of Timber gradu ated recently from the navy pre flight school at St. Mary’s col lege, California after 3 month’s training. He has been assigned to the naval air station at Norman, Oklahoma for his primary train ing. Bernard Lamping, son of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Lamping, was as signed to the medical corps at Camp Grant, Illinois, and arrived there May 20th. Tn the first let ters home he said training is stren uous, keeping him busy from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Bernard’s brothers, Bud and Bob, are in the air corps. More "Those Who Are,” page •