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Thursday, July 1, 1943 Vernonia, Columbia County, Oregon Large Owl Is Shot Thursday Stars Added To Church Service Flag An enemy which the «chick ens of Treharne have lost is an exceptionally large screech owl shot by Dan Richards Thursday night when it was almost dark. The nocturnal creature, with a wing spread of approximately 4 feet and a weight of three pounds, had taken one hen, so Mr. Rich ards shot at the owl when he spied it in the top of * maple tree. Although it was hit. the big bird did not fall for 15 minutes; those claws an inch or so long must have helped. 58 Additions Made at Dedication Service Held Sunday A star for each of 310 men and women who have gone into the service from Vernonia is now contained in the service flag which hangs in the Evangelical church. Fifty-eight stars have re cently been added, seven of them for women, and a dedication ser vice was held Sunday morning at the church. The center of the flag has a large “V” for Victory. Glenn Ely read the roll of service men and women. This was followed by a prayer of dedica tion by the pastor. Mrs. P. Weid man sang: “There’s a Star in the Service Flag for Me.” Name* IWA Installation, Speaker Tonight At the meeting of I.W.A. Local 5-37 tonight, Thursday, July 1, Harvey Nelson, district president, will be guest speaker and will in stall officers of the local union for the coming year. The meeting is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at the I.W.A. ha’.l here. Mr. Nelson will speak on the progress of the CIO in the Columbia river district. Represented Following are the names of those for which stars were recent ly placed on the flag: Larry T. Marshall, Conrhd J. Meiwes, Forrest Moak, Charles C. Moulton, Francis Murphy, Pat McGraw. Joe Netka, Alma Jean Norman, Elliott Oakes. Deloss Powell, Maude Ramsley, Walter Rude, Robert Roeser, Linwood P. Reynolds, Francis D. Savage, Mel vin Schwab, Ben Spencer, Clair Sunnell. Paul Schaefer, Jennie Mae Turner, Jim Templeton, EI- vere Thompson, Jr., Fred Wall, Jr., Milbert Wienecke, Norvan K. Wikstrom, Robert Workman, Ed ward A. Renich. Harry Hall is to be installed as president, along with other of ficers as follows: vice-president, Rufe Bramblett; financial secre tary and business agent, John Elder; conductor, Otis Fuller; trustee, John Gritdahl; warden, Dudley Spofford. Messrs. Hall, Elder, and Gritdahl are delegates to the district council. Other* Listed Irven Ackley, Irvin Armstrong, Cecil D. Andrew, Robert Acord, Lewis Adams, Tommy Bateman, Forest L. Blount, Harvey Beaver, Nelson Beaver, Wesley L. Brady, Melvin Baker, Harry Culbertson, Jr., Art Campbell, Harold L. Cal- .hoon, Ida Zonweiss Douglass, Bill Duncan, James Gray, Elmer Good man, Donald Holtham, Helen Her shey, Anson Henry, Lawrence Harwood, Jackie Heenan, Lyman Hawken, Jr., Albert Krieger, Jr., Phillip Keasey, Bernard Lamping, Harry Lazott, Jr., Jack McDonald, Marjorie Meeker, Montana Mar shall. Buck-rake Takes Less Hay Help y à A number of Nehalem valley farmers are solving the manpower problem as far as haying is con cerned, through the use of buck rakes. Constructed as a rack to be pushed before a truck or tractor, these devices are made almost en tirely of wood. Once in shocks oj windrows, only the driver is need ed to load the hay. At the barn the truck backs away, leaving the hay to be pitched into the mow. Although buck-rakes are not new by any means, last summer is probably the first time they began to be used in this valley. Harry Culbertson, Vernonia’s black smith, built two last summer and four this year—more farmers plan to have them made. Each one takes about two days of time to complete. Matt King, Cecil Hoff, Bert Davis, and Homer Davis have one each of this haying equipment, while Claude Johnson at Mist has had Mr. Culbertson build two of them. Volume 20, Number 26 Next Sunday, July 4, 1943, is the second Independence Day of this war. It’s a day celebrated because this America became a free nation on July 4, 1776, with the adoption of the Dec laration of Independence in Indepen dence hall by the Continental Con gress. Still this Independence Day the United Nations, of which this country is a strong member, is engaged in a total and global war against the Axj3 powers of the world. The Nehalem valley has at least 350 men, and women, who have worked or attended school here, in the various branches of the armed forces in training camps in the United States, or on duty and in action overseas.. Not only do those on the home front wish their service friends and relatives returned to their homes, but freedom for the whole world, as well. Surely, then, Independence Day is a fitting time for each one to rededicate himself to activities which will help to bring the Axis to defeat and uncon ditional surrender. War or essential civilian work . . . contributions to war fund drives . . . donation of blood . . . aircraft spotting « . . war bond purchasing . . . enrolling in civilian defense, the state guard, or Red Cross service groups . . . partici pation in salvage drives . . . summer crop work . . . avoiding idle talk . . . avoiding unnecessary travel—patriotic citizens are doing these and many other things which will speed victory, and most of them can do more. The sacrifice may be great—but not so great as that of the men and women in uniform. Nehalem Valley Goat Milk Producers Form Assoc. The Nehalem Valley Goat Milk Producers association was formed at a meeting held Saturday after noon at the MacDonald hotel fol lowing talks by County Agent George Nelson on opportunities here for goat raising, and by Wil liam Blatter of the Cornell Goat Dairy in Portland a« to the prof its in selling goat milk. O. G. Weed was elected president and Mrs. L. O. Gillham, secretary treasurer of the association. A future meeting is planned. Mr. Nelson stated that goats help kill brush and that land in Columbia county is well-suited to pasture for them. He also men tioned the need for a county ap propriation for the control of predatory animals. In order to get this, the appropriation must be sought at a budget hearing set Early Application Urged for July 21. There is a "splendid Applications for the next “A” opportunity” for goats here “as gasoline ration book, which will far as feed goes,” said Mr. Nel be used beginning July 22, and son. are obtainable at service stations, Serving as chairman for the should be mailed to the local ra meeting, Mr. Weed introduced Mr. tion board as early as possible, Blatter, who has had practical ex if they are to be received by the perience raising goats. He has applicant before the current book travelled considerably and finds expires on July 21. Applications that the coast range has the best should be sent to the board serv pasture for gcat* of any region ing the town in which the origin in the United States. He believes al application was made. that making cheese is the best Applications have already start future for goat milk producers; ed a steady flow into the office there is greater profit therein here. than in selling milk. A jr';c if 90c a pound for butterfat and 30c a gallon for 4% milk is now available. Mr. Blatter explained that two cheeses are made from the same milk. One is white and the other brown. Brown goat cheese is the most valuable as it contains most of the food values; in fact, it is often helpful in the curing of certain diseases. The possibility that a cheese factory for goat milk might be built here was discussed. Between 200 and 250 gallons of milk daily, would be needed for the factory. Five hundred goats would insure the factory’s continuous operation and 200 goats, if good ones, would produce sufficiently. Local producers find that their goats produce at about the latter rate. At present, as represented at the meeting, there are 200 head of goats in the Nehalem Valley, and 176 of them are milking now. Attend FBI School Twenty-two members of the lo cal civilian police attended in As toria Monday night an FBI school for policemen. Although the in struction was primarily for regu lar police, a few pointer* on the perfoimance of their duties were noted by the volunteers. The men were transported in George Johasor.’- icht.l buz. “TT” Books Mailed A new “TT” gasoline book, which replaces the “T” coupon becomes valid today, July 1. The new books have been mailed from the local rationing office, with the exception of questionable cases. Those who have not received their “TT” books should mall the office their certificates of war neces sity. C & W Loggeis Ready for Fire With the organization of a fire fighting unit by Earl Atkins, Clark and Wilson Lumber corpora tion at Wilark is preparing in ad vance for possible fires. The men have been divided into three lines of defense. The first line of de fence will be called to fire fight ing first, ' and the other groups as needed. In this way logging op erations can continue. The first line of defense is composed of timber fallers and buckers. Those in its first squad are equipped with crosscut saw« and hand tools, while its second squad ha* power saws and hand tools with which to work. Organized into the second line of defense are trail diggers and fire pump men, the first squad to be of section men, and the second, of loggers. The third group to be called only if the lj-t two need help, is composed of bulldozers and their operators. Two Dances Here Planned for July Two dances will be given in town during July,, both at the Legion hall with Glen Davis’ or chestra playing. The first will be a semi-formal affair Saturday, July 10, with the Mother’s Ser vice club as sponsors. The next will be Saturday, July 24, as a benefit for the local state guard unit, Co. C. The profits will go into the guard’s general fund for any expenses which the unit may have, such as mess for bi vouacs. Before, members have had to contribute whenever expenses have occured. As the service club has en gaged Mr. Davis’ orchestra for each second Saturday, the guard’s dance will be in lieu of that of the club. Mr. Davis’ orchestra plays at Natal for the Grange there on alternate Saturday nights. Director Elected; Clerk Is Chosen At the annual school meeting of the high school district Monday night, Antone Smejkal was the unanimous choice of those who voted for the position of director for a five-year term. At the school board meeting which followed, Oscar Weed was again elected chairman of the board of directors, and Ray Mills was appointed to serve as clerk. Mr. Weed has been a member of the board continuously since 1919, except for the eight years time during which he was sheriff of Columbia county. Of those years he has been chairman every one except one. Director* Chosen Serving Vernonia as Red Cross directors will be the same people a* before, Mrs. A. J. Hughes, J. W. Nichols, Emil Messing and Mrs. R. D. Eby. As insufficient votes were cast in the election held here, these individuals were appointed to serve again. Resulting from an election at Wilark, Mrs. Grace Cantwell will serve in the director capacity there, replacing Mrs. Harry San- don. Stores, Camps, Mill Schedule Holiday for 5th Post Office to Be Open; O-A Camp Gets Four Days Vacation Most Vernonia people will ob serve« next Monday, July 5, a* a holiday, as it follows a Sunday holiday, Independence Day, July 4. Monday, stores will be closed, and the mill and camps will not work. The post office, however, will be open as usual. While stores O-A mill, and Clark and Wilson employees will have Sunday and Monday as a holiday, the O-‘A camp will close down Friday night and resume work Wednesday morning, July 7. A week’s shut-down had been planned for the mill, but as ma terials for the repair of the boil er were unobtainable at this time, a general shut-down will come later on. If the weather which prevailed over the week-end. Monday and Tuesday continues—as a sharp contrast to that of the several weeks past, most vacationers will be well-pleased. The opening of the swimming pod this week, with the installa tion of the dam on Rock creek completed, was welcomed by youngsters, and the holiday will give others a chance to enjoy it. Simultaneous with the favorable weather, a state highway crew, on which several women are em ployed, is in this vicinity making road repairs, including the rocking and tarring of the section of Bridge street on Corey hill. (Due to the holiday, the Eagle will be one day late, reaching its subscribers in this vicinity on Fri day.) Trap Set; Trapper Encounters Bear A bear who had been killing livestock in the Rock creek coun try lately most likely will not bother them further. The government trapper here was called to assist the farmers in the territory. He pulled a trap and set it Monday afternoon. But in order to complete the 4et, he had to make a trip back to his car. Returning to the trap, he met the bear in the trail. Not expecting such an encount er, his only weapon wa* a small caliber pistol, but he shot the an imal several times, knocking it down. The bruin, however, got up and left badly wounded. Dogs later trailed it about a mile, and then turned back no longer interested. It is supposed that the creature died. Archbishop Visits Church Sunday Members of the St. Mary’s Catholic church here were honored Sunday by the presence of Arch bishop Howard of Portland, who read mass and held a first com munion and the confirmation of a class. This wa* hi* first visit here. Stinday afternoon a reception and tea for th« archbishop was held at the C. L. Anderson home and members of the congregation had tHe opportunity to meet the church official. The morning service was very well attended. • Dimout Aid Sunrise 1—5:24 2—5:25 3«—5:25 4—6:2« 6—5:2« «—5:27 7—5:28 8—5:29 Sunset 9:05 9:06 9:05 9:05 9:04 9:04 9:04 9:03
