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4______ Thursday, July 1, 1943_______ Vernonia Eagle
County
News
St. Helens
PORTLAND MEN PLAN
50-TON PLANT
Members of the county court
agreed at their session Wednes­
day, June 23, to lease to two
Portland men a 25-acre site on
the north edge of Columbia City
as a possible location for a 50-
ton smelter. The lease will go to
A. A. Muck and his son, A. A.
Muck, Jr., but its terms have not
been definitely outlined as yet.
From discussion it appeared
that the Portlanders wanted this
promise of a site in order to go
ahead with their application to
the federal government for funds
with which to construct the pro­
jected smelter. The plant is in­
tended to make sponge iron from
deposits to be found in the Scap­
poose vicinity.
SIMERAL NAMES
3 ON WAR CHEST
Mayor R. W. Simeral last week
announced appointment of the
three men who will represent Co­
lumbia county on the Oregon War
Chest, the recently-organized unit
which will coordinate drives for
the various causes, such as USO,
China Relief and virtually every­
thing but the Red Cross.
Named te represent the county
were N. F. Swarthout and R. E.
Pollock of St. Helens while Sim­
eral is the third member.
Clatskanie
CONSOLIDATION
APPROVAL
GETS
Harold Aspinwall and Fred
Mardorf were elected as direct­
or and clerk for the Clatskanie
school district, the consolidation
of the Marshland and Clatskanie
schools was voted favorably, the
budget was accepted as was the
excess tax valuation and the turn­
ing down for the purchase of a
new field site were the results of
the annual election held on Mon­
day at the Clatskanie grade
school.
SCHOOL BAND PLANS
FOURTH OBSERVANCE
Plans are being . made to have
the school band play on Sunday
afternoon, July 4, in observance
of Independence Day.
This year of all years should
bring recognition of that day and
what it means to our people,
thinks Leslie Irvin, music instruct­
or of the Clatskanie schools. The
band has been practicing on
Thursday evenings at the high
school gym.
Rainier
IWA SPONSORS
BLOOD DONORS
DAY
International Wood Workers of
America local union 5-128 is spon­
soring a special turnout of blood
donors at the St. Helens station
on Friday, July 9. *
Efforts were originally made
to have the Red Cross equipment
come to Prescott, but proper fa­
cilities Tor the work could not be
easily arranged and it was decid­
ed instead a special day at the
station in the St. Helens high
school gym.
Friday, July 9, is a day dur­
ing a week of vacation requir­
ed for mill repairs and the men
are to use this opportunity to
promote a blood donors’ day.
ing to an announcement made last
week by William Reid, postmaster.
Mr. Reid’s announcement addres­
sed to patrons of the postoffice,
says:
“ . . . This advance in rating
is made by the increase in postal
revenue due to your greater use
of the postal facilities during the
past year. For this increase in
patronage you have the heartiest
thanks of thé postoffice depart­
ment.
l&nafiAbott
by
J ame S P reston
The movement among New Deal
ers to strengthen their control
over war production has been con­
nected by some observers with the.
creation of the office of war
mobilization. Some new dealers
have felt that such posts should
have been filled from among their
ranks or at least from the ranks
of certain financial circles.
Industry as a whole and indus­
trial representatives loaned to the
government since the start of the
rearmament program according to
well-informed
lawmakers,
have
combined to bring about an
achievement of arms production
that has won the admiration and
respect of the entire world and of
American voters in particular.
The acclaim that has been ac­
corded to industry for its accom­
plishment is known to have piqued
some of the more sensitive New
Dealers, who feel that their polit­
ical party was unjustly cut out of
the credit. They do not believe
this contributes to a very good
stage-setting for the opening of
the 1944 political campaign. In­
formed congressmen say it is the
New Dealers’ hope that they can
take over more of the direction
of war production planning.
While it is a question as to
whether or not they can do it,
the New Dealers, according to
these congressmen, seek to push
the bonafide industrial planners
and production men further and
further into the background. The
industrialists in government, how­
ever, who are the objectives of
this drive, have won influential
friends in congress.- many of
whom would go to bat for theft
if the going became too hard.
In cooperation with the indus­
trial planners serving the govern­
ment, industry is taking the initi­
ative at this critical stage of
strain on the industrial economy
to preserve the American business
plant as much as possible. One
example of this activity is the vol­
untary and increasingly wide­
spread practice of a preponder­
ant number of large war contract­
ors to spread business to thou­
sands of smaller firms. This ac­
tion is widely acclaimed in con­
gressional circles.
The Forum
MISSIONS AT THE FRONT
Our Soldier* Find a Seventh-Day
Adventist Mission in New Guinea
by A. J. Campbell
(Missionary for many years in
the South Sea Islands)
Another great area to become
involved in this global war is New
Guinea, together with the many
large and small islands adjacent
to it. The mainland of New Guinea
is, next to Greeland, the largest
island in the world. The first
European to visit the island was
either the Portugese Dom Jorge
de Meneses in 1526 or the Span­
iard Alvaro de Saavedra in 1528.
The story of the progress of
Christian missions in the Territory
RAINIER POSTOFFICE
of New Guinea is a thrilling one.
RISES TO 2ND CLASS
Rainier postoffice on July 1 Among the most active have been
wilt be raised from a third to a the Seventh-day Adventists whose
second class postoffice, accord- first mission station was begun in
the Ruin area in southern Bou-
' gainville, where a European mis­
sionary and native teachers from
the Solomon Islands located. Here
Marvin Kamholz
at the village of Lavalai many of
Editor and Publisher
the people yielded to Christ, giv­
Winifred Romtvedt, Reporter
ing up their idols, their smoking,
Entered as second class mail and their chewing of betel nut.
From this beginning the work
matter. August 4, 1922, at the post
Bougainville. and
office in Vernonia, Oregon, under spread over
northwest to New Britain and Ra-
the act of March 3, 1879.
baul, which was the capital of
Official newspaper, Vernonia, Ore the Territory of New Guinea.
The next places to witness the
arrival of the advent message were
the islands of Mussau and Emirau
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in the St. Matthias group, almost
touching on the Japanese man­
dated islands to the north. On
these two islands nearly 2,000
NATIONAL ÉDITORIAL—
souls yielded their live« to their
association
newly found Lord.
Tn the Admiralty Islands to the
north of the mainland of New
The Vernonia Eagle
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THE 1JKETBOOK
of KNOWLEDGE
. . .“Thank God for Yonr New
Testament”. . .
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At The
Churches . .
“With the New Testament as
an inspiration we held morning
and evening prayers ’. . . each in
turn, one of us would read a
passage . . . we found that one Assembly of God Church
more than any other bespoke our
Rev. Clayton E. Beish—Minister
needs. This we never failed to 9:45—Sunday school with classes
read.” (Turn toe page 13, Matthew
for all ages.
6th chapter, verses 31 to 34.)
11:00—Morning worship.
—Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker 7:30—Evangelistic service.
“The next day I decided to 7:39—Wednesday • evening, mid­
take out my Testament. Captain
week service.
Rickenbacker and the others seem­ 7:30—Friday evening,
Young
ed a little relieved when I start­
Peoples’
Christ
Ambassadors
ed to read. I know I was. Some
service.
of the parts I read seemed to fit
exactly our predicament. I don’t Evangelical Church
—Rev. Allen H. Backer, Minister
remember what they were now,
but I knew then that something 9:45—Sunday school.
was turning the pages to some 11:00—Morning worship service.
very enlightening passages. Every 7:00—Junior and Y. P. Christian
Endeavor.
so often we’d run across a pas­
sage that would force hope back 8:00—.Evangelistic service.
into us like a dry sponge in a 8:00 P. M. Wednesday—Prayer
meeting and Bible study.
basin of water. The way God
(and I know it was God answer­
ing our prayers) sent food and Church of Jesus Christ
water to us is enough to make Of Latter Day Saints
Sunday school convenes at 10
anyone believe. If my experiences
can help anyone understand God a.m. at the I.O.O.F. hall under
a little better, or put someone the direction of Charles Ratkie,
straight who is in doubt, I cer­ branch president and Van Bailey,
tainly will help. There is some­ superintendent.
thing now inside me that won't
permit me to forget that God St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Rev. Anthony V. Gerace
stayed right by us out there.”
Rev. Frederick Thiele
—Cpl. John L. Bartek
Mass:
9:30
A.M. except first Sun­
“I looked back and saw Johnny
day in month—Mass at 8:30 A.M.
Bartek reading his Testament . . .
I thing it would’ be a great thing Confessions from 7:45 A.M. on.
if every soldier and sailor boy Church of the Nazarene
could be provided with one of Located in old post office bldg.
those indestructible little volumes.
—Rev. George Hartzell, pastor
I joined in the prayer service. I 10:00—Sunday school.
was convinced that no human ag­ 11:00—Morning worship.
ency wa ¿oing to save us. I
We welcome everyone to our
found I could say more than half services.
the Lord's Prayer now’ without
assignment. Typical w a s an 1. g.
It’s Up to the West . . .
stumbling along behind the others. First Christian Church
How big would a square box be, named Alva Johnston, whose Satur­
allowing for an inch thickness irl day Evening Post article, "Seattle’s
I will remember this particular
—The Livingstones, Ministers
each of the six sides, made of 15 O n e-M a n Revolution,” published
service-—and what followed—for­ 9:45—Bible school, a school for
early
in
1937,
still
stands
as
the
billion board feet of lumber? Yes,
ever. Each fellow prayed individ­
all. M. L. Herrin, sup’t.
15 billion board feet—how big a most amazing miscellany of misin-
’formation ever printed about the
square box would it make?
ually. The boys made promises 11:00—Communion service and
That’s the 1943 war order for box West.
to lead new lives if God should
sermon. Subject for Indepen­
and crating lumber. The War Pro­ It was in that article that the
spare them. I guess we in those
dence Day: “Freedom Indeed.”
duction Board has thrown a far term, “s k i d r o w,” first appeared.
rafts know more about one anoth­ 7:30—.Evening song, communion
heavier part of the order or West­ Johnston apparently got his dope
ern loggers and lumber workers. during three days spent in a Seattle
er than ov.r mother ever did. And
and sermon. Subject: “Who
than our section of the timber in­ 'hotel room. Seattleites say he did
that’s probably just as well. I
Started This?”
dustry could normally be expected .it with mirrors. Anyhow, in his
don’t mind acknowledging that out 7:30 Wednesday evening—Prayer
to carry. The pine mills are, of article “skidroad” was distorted into
course, always large producers of “skidrow,” and was moved from the
there in the empty ocean I made
meeting. Lesson: Heb. 10:19—
box lumber. The fir mills, however, Main Street and Yesler Way area
resolutions
and
I
have
kept
them
7:30
Friday evening—Women's
to
the
waterfront.
Now
you
see
hav e never been set up for this
. , . Four months ago I couldn’t
missionary meeting at home of
business, but now they must take it. "sktdrow” applied to every city’s
The South, the Northeast and the rough and rowdy district, in news
be with anyone fifteen minutes
Mrs. Robert Tunnell.
Lake States can’t fill the bill for stories and articles. Well, who cares?
without an argument or a fight. I
box lumber that the Government To get back to the point, a mob
saw little good in anyone and be­ four- or five-year-old child an­
has put up to them. So some of of ignorant and irresponsible East­
lieved only in Jim Whittaker. swer the telephone. A lot of time
their proper share has been put up ern journalists built up an entirely
to us, and seemingly without any false picture of the West in the de­
Now I accept every one as being is wasted trying to make the child
doubts that the Western fir and pine pression years, out of the strikes,
decent and good until he proves understand a message, or even
,the “ham-and-eggs” movement, and
industries can make good.
otherwise.”
Well, why not? Since Pearl Har­ bo on—manifestations which we
to find out if mother is at home.
were
showing
in
common
with
the
bor what large regional industrial
Lt. James C. Whittaker
It is not the feebly old or the
rest
of
the
country.
It
was
simply
group has made a better war record
(Quoted from news reports of weakly ill who call upon “Infor­
under the toughest imaginable han­ She old “Wild West” on a new angle,
the experiences of Captain Rick­ mation” to a degree that is liter­
dicaps, than the Western timber in­ t was the bunk. The war has shown
dustries? Where is there a brighter who’s crazy.
enbacker and his comrades who ally crippling to the service. In­
record of a solid production front The West Will Win the War . . .
were adrift for 21 days in Octob­ vestigation has proved that the
of managers and workers? Of war In. all varieties of industrial war
er-November, 1942, on the Equa­ principal offenders are the lazy
orders shipped and delivered on .production it is the West that has
time?
torial Pacific)
■set the shining example of keeping
young, who have seemingly neither
So Western loggers are reward­ peace on the job. The West holds
Submitted by G. F. Brown the strength, nor muscle, nor the
ed with a yet bigger and tougher the records in ship and plane build­
war job. That’s how it happens with ing and in lumbering, mining and
sense of fairness to lift themsel­
the Marines, who are also pretty oil production for the war effort.
MAKE IT SNAPPY
ves off their spines to look up a
good.
And amid the whole, production in
That’s the rule for wartime tele­ number in a city telephone book.
Who’s Looney Now?
'the woods and mills, despite dire
They simply ask “Information” to
phoning. Why? Listen in . . .
Five or six years ago Eastern shortages of men and equipment, is
do it for them. The result is a
newspapers and magazines were outstanding.
By Emily Post
packed with sensational articles Western management and labor in
serious overloading of the tele­
One
urgent
wartime
require
­
war
industries
have
shown
the
that pictured the people of the West,
including Californians, as on the run world how to team up to produce
ment is the speeding up of our phone equipment; and a retarding
for Revolution and worse. The what it takes to beat the Nazis and
use of the telephone—also, the on the war effort.
pieces were all written by literary the Japs, how to hang up their dif-
BE CAREFUL
necessity
of taking with good
gents who for the most part were 1 feyences and give ’er snoose to back
One
last
word is on the care we
visiting us for the first time. Not up the boys on the battle lines.
temper occasional shortcomings in
should take of our irreplaceable
one. to my knowledge, spent more That is to say. the West is show­
telephone service.
than a week in the region on an ing the world how to win a war.
Every minute we talk on a tele­ telephone equipment. Don’t stand
phone line, a certain amount of the instrument where it is easily
Guinea the same process of regen­ of the average native, and makes equipment is in use. Until we re­ knocked off, or near a radiator,
or in the very hot sun, or where
eration is going on. The gospel him constantly expectorate the lease this by disconnecting, no it can be rained on. Don’t let the
one
else
can
’
use
any
part
of
it.
makes characters of sterling worth red juice. The marys (womenfolk)
cord get snarled tight. Material
of all who will yield to its mar­ wore spotless print smocks, and Also, the longer the distance of so treated becomes wasted and
our
call
the
greater
the
number
velous cleansing influence.
all the boys were wearing clean of operators involved in making waste helps the enemies.
When several soldiers were at­
Contributed by Mrs. Tom Turner
and holding connections.
tempting to escape^ from New lap-laps (loincloths).
At
this
point
it
is
important
to
“
That
evening
we
enjoyed
a
Britain in January, 1942, they
BUTTER PRICE REDUCED
came unexpectedly to a certain sumptuous repast which included emphasize courtesy due to the
BY OPA
operators.
Now
even
more
than
village in the mountains, and of a whole variety of native vege­
A reduction of five or six cents
this experience one of them writes tables, bananas, and papaws, and ever before, they are under un­
usual strain; and it is poor sports­ a pound in the retail price of but­
“We were endeavoring to reach
the coa^t, which entailed our that was indicative of the hospi­ manship to hold them accountable ter went into effect Thursday,
June 10. The OPA intends to af­
crossing a high and extremely tality we received for the next for what they cannot help.
If we could see our operator fect the roll-back with a minimum
rugged range of mountains. We two days. On the second evening
had passed through several rather we were invited to the ‘evensong’ putting in her plugs over and over of financial loss to the dairy in­
dirty, ill-kept villages which con­ conducted by the mission boy; and again on long-distance calls to dustry, from the farm through
tained very few gardens and to listen to them sing with feeling ask for our exchange, we would the retailer. With the subsidy paid
scarcely any surplus native foods. familiar hymns, and to hear the not snap her head off because she to them by the government, buy­
We were feeling particularly tired mission boy read a short lesson does not put our cal) through ers of butterfat will get as much
and hungry when, one evening, from the Bible, brought us much more quickly. If she finally calls for their butter as before, and will
we arrived at a small village and nearer home .... We felt ’deeply us only to ask if we "still want be expected to continue to pay
were met with the welcome sight grateful to those natives who gave that line,” we should realize the going prices to the farmer. “But­
of extensive gardens surrounding us such help (the natives later al­ jam she would be in, were she to ter shall include butter manufac­
the clean, welt-laid-out native so carried for them for five days put long distance through and tured by a farmer on his farm
over mountains), and grateful to then find no reply at our end. from milk produced on his farm”
houses.
“It was Saturday, and we heard those who had taught them the In other words, courtesy demands according to an amendment to
the sound of singing from the principles of cleanliness and hon­ that we answer “Yes, please.” po­ maximum price regulation No. 289
under which maximum prices were
large ‘houselotu’ (church) in the esty. which they are now putting litely.
BE BRIEF
established for creamery butter.
center of the village. We waited into practice. It was the only Sev­
Heretofore, the problem of those
until the service was over, and enth-day Adventist village we pas­
then approached the luluai (head­ sed through, but I can honestly of us who are busy has been how OPA PROSECUTES
man) of the village, and told him say it is one of which I have the to induce an idle chatterer to let VIOLATORS
we would like some food and a most pleasant recollections. It was us cut off! Now it is different.
In the four months ending April
We not only can but must learn 30, the courts handed down deci­
house to sleep in. He immediately a credit to their church.”
From my 16 years’ contact with to be brief or we will find our sions in 1495 civil and criminal
offered us his own house and in­
sisted on our having it while the missions in the Solomon Islands telephone service rationed.
cases involving 1676 defendants
BE PATIENT
women of the village set about and New Guinea. I can testify to
accused of violating the price and
A detail to keep in mind it to rationing regulations, according to
preparing a meat for us. The most the marvelous influence of the
striking thing about the villagers gospel when it is received into wait long enough to permit one to OPA. Of the total 1437 cases in­
was their shining white teeth. It the heart and life. The change come to the phone before conclud­ volving 1613 defendants were de­
was the only village we passed that is made through the influ­ ing that no one is at home and cided in favor of OPA. Only 58
through in which the natives did ence of the word of God makes hanging up.
cases involving 63 defendants, or
A peace-time custom now doub­ les« than 4 percent of the total,
not chew the betel nut, which so all the difference in the world.
discolors the teeth and mouth Contributed by Mrs. Dennis Davis ly out of place <s that of letting a were dismissed.
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