Derno
Higher Wood iVeeÀ August 1-7 to Honor Vernonia Men
Ceiling Here to A WS Civilian Volunteers In Last Draft
Call Total 13
Be Considered
Matter Referred to
OPA Regional Office)
Following Meeting
As a result of a meeting held
Wednesday, July 21, at the grade
school, rather than the city hall
as was scheduled, J.E. Turley, dis
trict -fuel rationing representa
tive and E. A. Westering, associate
price specialist, have recommended
to the regional OPA office in San
Francisco that the ceiling price on
wood in the Vernonia area be
raised. Portland OPA officials had
been under the impression that
•this is a wood “surplus” area, but
were convinced by local dealers
that the low ceiling prices in ef
fect here in many cases makes it
impossible for wood to be profita
bly delivered,
making
this
a
“shortage” area.
About 25 people, including Judd
Greenman, vice-president and gen
eral manager of the O-A corpora
tion, J. E. Tapp, O-A wood dealer
Frank Baker, who heads the Clark
and Wilson logging camp, which
supplies its employees with wood,
and Archie Adams, who has prob
ably been the most handicapped by
low wood ceiling prices, were pres
ent at the meeting. All dealers re
quested that the ceiling be raised.
An explanation of wood ration
ing was made, the priority No. 1,
or industrial users class, being
clarified. At the meeting it was
stated that the bakery, two cream
eries, and Emmons’ hatchery only
could be classified as industries
here. However, Mr. Turley investi
gated the matter more thoroughly,
and Monday gave the interpretation
that commercial cooking in hotels
and restaurants would be given
first priority for wood fuel. Heat
ing space in hotels and restau
rants is not included in the No. 1
priority.
The opinion was expressed by
several that a decision on the ceil
ing price might not be made in
time to help the wood situation
this season.
Pioneers of Dixie
Mountain to Picnic
The annual Dixie mountain pi
oneer picnic will be held Sunday,
August 8, beginning at 10 o’clock
at the Tannock picnic grounds,
states Charles L. Nelson of Scap
poose, president of the association.
All former settlers of Dixie mouir
tain, their children, and friends
are invited to be present at that
time.
All those attending should bring
a basket lunch, states Mr. Nelson.
Book Tbreos Obtainable
Those who have not received
or applied for ration book No.
three may apply at the local ra
tioning office from August 1 to
15. The supplemental form, which
is available at the office, should
be accompanied by the part of
the original application which was
kept—if application was made
and all or part of the books were
not received. If no application
was made for any members of the
family the supplemental form
alone is required of course.
CARETAKER
HIRED
Robert
Thompson
has
been
hired as caretaker for the ceme
tery replacing Ed Sessman, who
quit last week. Mr. Thompson and
his family are moving to the
house provided for the caretaker
this 'week.
PORTLAND
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Volume 20, Number 30
Vernonia, Columbia County, Oregon
Thursday, July 29, 1943
The week of August 1 to 7 has been designated by the IV fighter
command as aircraft warning service week. Governor Snell, along
with the governors of Washington and California, have issued procla
mations to this effect." The purpose of this week is to honor the more
than 150,000 Pacific coast men and women who are giving freely of
their time as volunteers in the U. S. army air force aircraft warning
service to protect coastal communities from enemy air attack.
This service is truly the eyes and ears of the IV fighter command.
The ground observer corps main
tain hundreds of observation posts of the wings of the AWS, though
strategically located
throughout familiar to its members, mean
this area. These posts are con very little to the general public.
stantly manned by volunteers who The aircraft warning service is an
report all aircraft sighted to the active part of the army air force,
filter centers. The aircraft warn and the members of the g ound
ing corps also a volunteer organ observer corps and the aircraft
ization man the filter centers, warning corps are as much a part
then plot the reported planes so of the army air force as any pilot
that they may be identified by or other military personnel. The
army, navy, or civilian aircraft letters “AWS” should be as fa
authorities. If they find any plane miliar to the public as are OWI,
so plotted, unidentified,
orders OCD, or OPA.
are immediately issued
by
the Volunteers Wanted
Last, but not least, an effort
fighter command to intercept the
aircraft in question. This is a 24- toward recruiting new volunteers
hour a day, every day of the week will be made. In many of the
job, without which our air protec areas, an acute need for addition
al volunteers is felt, while in
tion could not function.
others, a waiting list is quite
ISSUE TO RECOGNIZE
desirable because there are con
OBSERVERS
stant changes in personnel, so it
A» next week's edition of
is necessary to make an effort to
the Eagle will fall during
ward recruiting in practically all
AWS week, or August 5, it
areas. Thus the policy of AWS
will be an AWS issue, in par
week will be recognition of the
ticular recognition of those
AWS by the public, a sustaining
who serve as ground observ
program to keep people on the
ers at the local post.
job, identity of the AWS as part
The main efforts in holding a of the army air force and recruit
concentrated aircraft warning ser ing to get extra personnel.
vice week are four-fold. First,
the recognition of persons now
serving as volunteers in the vast
aircraft warning service for the
work they have done. Second,
to make it a sustaining program,
keeping these full-time volunteers
cn the job; for they have learn
ed to do their work efficiently,
and have spent
many
months
gaining valuable experience. As in
any organization these veterans
are, indeed, valuable, and must
be made to feel that they are
still needed. Third, the identity
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Examiner Due August 5
A traveling examiner of opera
tors and chauffeurs is scheduled
to arrive in Vernonia on Thurs
day, August 5, and will be on
duty at the city hall between the
hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
according to a recent announce
ment released from the secretary
of state’s office.
All those wishing permits or li
censes to drive cars are asked to
get in touch with the examiner
during these hours.
Those Who
Are in It
Homer Michener, 21, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Michener, has
completed
his
primary
flight
training as a naval aviation cadet
at the U. S. naval air station at
Livermorle, California, and has
been transferred to another sta
tion for intermediate training. He
is a graduate of Vernonia high
school.
In a letter, received July 16 by
his mother, Mrs. O. S. Poynter,
Bob Tindall of the navy wrote
that he is in a hospital In Austral
ia. No information was given as to
his injury.
Melvin Harper, who is with the
Seabees -at Dutch Harbor, Alaska,
has been promoted from fireman
1/c to machinist’s mate 2/c.
Mrs. James Loop received word
recently from her husband, James
L. Loop, BM 2/c, and thereby
learned that he is stationed in
Alaska. He had just received his
rating of second class boatswain’s
mate.
An Associated Press dispatch
from “with the United States
seventh army in Sicily, tells of
the landing of the first flying
fortress in Sicily— “Dirty Girty,”
and guess who was on board. Yes,
it was Technical Sgt. Walter
Parcells, the radio operator, who
is a graduate of Vernonia high
schorl and the son of Mr. and
Mrs. L. B. Parcells, now of King
ston, Washington.
Although the emergency landing
“Dirty Girty” made was interest
ing reading,. probably • the best
news the dispatch contained was
that it wa3 Sgt. Parcells’ last
flight before going home for a
well-earned rest. He has flown on
50 missions over enemy territory
and thus qualif.es for home leave.
Walter Ray Ballard of Ver
nonia entered the navy through
the Portland navy recruiting sta
tion on Wednesday, July 21.
Larry Marshall, who is a CM2/c
in the Seabees, was recently trans
ferred from Camp Perry, Virgin
ia to Camp Lejueni, New River,
North Carolina; his wife, the form
er Montana French, who is in the
WAC, was also recently transfer
red—from Camp Ruston, Louis
iana to Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Friends who wish to write should
use the following address in writ
ing to him: L. T. Marshall, CM
2/c, Plat. 3, C.D. 2013, N.C.R.G.,
Marine Base, Camp Lejueni, New
River, North Carolina. Her address
is: Aux. Montana Marshall, 5th
Co., 21st Reg., Ft. Oglethorpe,
Georgia.
Clayton Aldrich, 17, enlisted in
the marine corps at Portland last
week. He was placed on an inac
tive status and returned home,
awaiting a later call to duty.
Private Aldrich played football
at Vernonia high school for three
years, graduating in May. He is
working for the Oregon-American
Lumber corporation. His parents
are Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Aldrich.
KEASEY—Pvt. Verle DeVaney
is now in a replacement battalion
in Australia. He wrote that they
are having winter there now.
More “Those Who Are,” page 6
Dimout Aid
July 29—5:50
30—5:51
31—5:52
Aug. 1—5:53
2—5:55
3—5:56
4—5:57
5—5:58
8:45
8.44
8:43
8:41
8:40
8:38
8:37
8:35
Eighty-nine Men
Inducted Into Armed
Forces from County
In what appears to be the se
cond largest induction call for
Columbia county, 89 men were
accepted for service in the var
ious branches of the United States
armed forces two weeks ago. The
June call of 61 was above av
erage, but 90 were inducted in
April, 1942. Most of the 24 men
who were inducted into the navy
left for training fast Friday, while
many of the othA-s took a three-
week furlough and will leave
next week. Fifty-six went into the
army; two were accepted as army
aviation cadets; and five as ma
rines.
Of the 13 Vernonia men who
were called, four, Keith Walker,
Lynn (Elmer L.) Brady, Calvin
Sasse, and Fred Lusby, graduated
from Vernonia high school this
spring. Leland Errend is a grad
uate of 1942. Several others are
undergraduates or have attend
ed the high school in recent years.
It is interesting to note that nine,
or exactly half, cf the boys who
graduated this spring, are now in
the service, although two will
probably not be called until fail.
List Given
The following men were re-
cently inducted into the army of
the United States:
James H. Malone, Jr., Houlton;
Xeith W. WalkerfS'Vernonia; Mer
lin J. Tuom, Clatskanie; Lyle K.
McDonald, St. Helens; James Wil
liam Burns, Rainier; Lyle W. Wil
liams, Rainier; Lowell R. Ander
son, Clatskanie; David B. William
son, St. Helens; Robert Junior
Hall, Vernonia; Ralph Henry Ol
sen, Rainier; Elmer L. Brady, Ver
nonia; Marvin Anderson, St. Hel
ens; Harley P. Thomas, Goble;
Calvin
K.
Wemmer,
Rainier;
Wayne C. Bredleau, Houlton: Ed
ward W. Larsen, Houlton; Ver
land R. Pierce, St. Helens; Ever
ett B. Newland, Rainier; Ralph
L. Kreiger, Vernonia; Marion A.
White, Goble;
Leo J. Haberman, Vfernonia;
Robert D. Griffith, Portland; Le
land S. Errend, Vernonia; William
H. Johnston, St. Helens; Robert
E. Davis, Rainier; Edward J. Za-
horak, St. Helens; Clyde A. Davis,
Sandy; Roy Salmon, St. Helens;
Daniel I. Heman, Rainier; George
H. Guentner, St. Helens; Clyde
C. Lepin, Rainier; Ernest Rolf
Rosen, Scappoose; John R. Ken
nedy, Warren; Owen R. Johnstun,
Rainier; Raymond
J.
Johnson,
Clatskanie; Ethelbert I. Harring
ton, St. Helens;
Many in Army
Edward B. Arner, Vernonia;
David R. Tucker, Rainier; Robert
Eugene Olinger, Vernonia; Walter
T. Mollenhour, Scappoose; Dale
L. Heglund, Columbia City; Carl
Randa, Clatskanie; Robert Alfred
Johnsen,
Rainier;
Robert
W.
Thomas,
Woodson; Charles L.
Vale, Jr.,
Rainier;
Gerald
L.
Turner,
Vernonia;
Charles
D.
Hanson, Forest Grove; Wallace
C. McGilvra, St. Helens; Dale M.
Miller, Prescott; Joseph Sienko,
Jr., St. Helens; Hugh C. Ells
worth, St. Helens; Donald C.
Dewey, St. Helens; George R.
Gressett, Rainier; Archie L. Kar-
ovnen, Clatskanie;
Bernard
C.
Japs, St. Helens;
Robert
Dale
Gosser, Vernonia; Vernon Vincent
Griffin, St. Helens; and Earl Dan
iel Roberts, Kerry.
Navy
Men
Night Shift
Due for Some
While repairs are
being
made to a turbine at the Ore
gon-American mill here,’ be
ginning Monday, August 2,
men and women employed in
the dry assorter, shipping de
partment, and planing mill
will work
a
night
shift,
form 5:30 p.m. to 2;30 a.m.
The repairs are necessitated
by wea? and tear, and it can
not be , determined exactly
how long they will require.
Because a number of work
ers affected by
the night
shift are observers on the lo
cal AWS post and have been
serving at night, it is urgently
requested that extra volun
teers take over their duties
while the night shift is in ef
fect. The night shift at the
post is 6:00 p.m. to 6:00
a.m., and the two on dutv
take turns sleeping. Anyone
who can servo should
see
Chief Observer M. A. Oakes
or call 774.
Trapper Funds
Added to Budget
Walter Keene of Vernonia, gov
ernment trapper
for
Columbia
county, will be kept on the job
due to protests made at the coun
ty budget meeting at St. Helens
on Wednesday, July 21. When
the original budget was drawn up,
the usual allotment for that pur
pose was omitted partly because
it was felt that Columbia county
was paying for control of preda
tory animals in bordering Wash
ington and Clatsop counties, which
do not provide for such work.
When the Nehalem Valley Goat
Milk Producers’ association was
formed late in June, the tenta
tive lack of protection against
predatory animals was mentioned
and representation ■ at the budget
meeting was planned. It is under
stood the state and federal gov
ernments will appropriate similar
amounts, making a total of $900
a year.
Teachers Start
Gym Roofing Job
Because of the difficulty of
getting help, the work of re
shingling the high school gymnas
ium is being done by teachers
when they are not working at
their summer occupations. In ad
dition to applying new shingles
to the sloping part of the roof, the
flat roof over the locker rooms
will receive new composition roof
ing. The job was started Monday
and will probably take several
weeks.
In addition to R. L. Spencer,
janitor, and teachers W. W. Mc
Crae, Harold McEntire, Ray Mills,
and 0. E. Robbins. Emil Messing
is taking part in the work.
Skull Fractured
Marlene Schroll, young daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Schroll,
suffered a fractured skull Mon
day night when she was hit by a
2 by 4. A scaffolding was being
put up at the high school gym
and the little girl, unseen by
workers, slipped into the path of
the falling
timber.
Wednesday
morning she seemed to be getting
along satisfactorily, but will be
in bed several weeks.
Aircraft Rec.
Classes to
Be Next Week
Instruction Open
To All Observers,
But Not Required
Aircraft recognition classes will
be held two evenings next week
at the union hall at 8:00 p.m.,
Mrs. M. B. Steers, teacher of the
classes, announces. The two
ev
enings will be Tuesday, August
3 and Friday Auguste, and at
tendance either night is all that
is necessary, although those who
can are urged to be present both
evenings. In addition, afternoon
classes will be given if necessary.
Those who cannot be present at
night should get in touch with
Chief Observer M. A. Oakes by
phoning 774 or sending a card.
The classes are open to all who
are registered as regular or sub
stitute observers on an AWS post.
More observers are needed at the
local post .and new observers who
sign up before classes start may
have the instruction. Mrs. Steers
is post instructor as she attended
an AWS school in Portland for a
week during June. She will teach
the recognition of both American
and enemy planes.
Although it is highly desirable
that observers take the course, it
is not necessary that they do so.
Several to Camp
At Church Meet
A good representation is plan
ned by the Evangelical church
here for the annual summer camp
and convention at Jennings Lodge.
Scheduled for August 1 to 10 is
the C. E, convention, while from
August 9 to 11 the women’s mis
sionary convention will be held.
The Evangelical conference will
be from August 11 to 15. As
Rev. Backer and his family plan
to camp
at
Jennings
Lodge
throughout the session, all ser
vices at the church here will not
be held.
There will be Sunday school
every Sunday, but no evening
services on August 1, 8, and 15.
On August 8 the laymen will con
duct the morning worship service,
which will be omitted the 15th.
Leaving Sunday afternoon with
Rev. Backer for the C. E. meet
ing are Eileen Enos, Dorothy Ro
land, Norman Riggins and Sally
Kasper. Eileen will stay for the
entire session, while the other
three will return the 9th. Dele
gates to the missionary conven
tion are Mrs. Bill Nissen and Mrs.
Mary Smith, although only Mrs.
Smith plans to attend.
Mrs. Gerald Riggins is lay del
egate to the conference, while
Mrs. Dave Marshall is her alter
nate.
Apply for Sugar Early
Those who need more canning
sugar than the 10 pounds allow
ed from ration stamps 15 and 16
in book one are asked to make
application for additional sugar
several days in advance of the
time they will need it. With many
other assorted rationing applica
tions to take care of, the clerks
for the local board cannot be ex
pected to act immediately .on sugar
applications, which must be ac
companied by ration books one
for the applicant’s family.
Listed
The following were inducted in
to the navy:
Melvin J.
Beyer,
Woodbum;
Orin W. Adams, St. Helens; Roy
E. Boothe, St. Helens; William
E. Schöning, St.
Helens;
Roy
Marvin Elliott, Rainier; Lyle G.
Paulsen, Rainier; Nevin L. Hawk,
Clatskanie; Calvin J. Sasse, Ver-
nonie; Wilfred E. Holce, Mist;
Helfred A. Carlstrom, Goble; Don
ald Lloyd Gish, Goble; Warren
C. Leve eke, Clatskanie; Fred L.
(Continued on page 6)
Many Books Issued
Between 800 and 850 A renewal
gas books have been issued by
the kcal rationing board, and ap
plications are still being received
and the books sent
An A book holder who has lost
the back of his old A book may
apply for a new book without it
if he includes with his applica
tion his car registration card and
a statement that he is entitled
to use the car and that no renew
al has been issued.
NO MORE ACTION
REQUIRED ON BOOK 3
No local board stamp or ac
tion is required on the new
ration book three. A space on
the front cover of the book
provides for "local board ac
tion,” and some people have
inquired at the local ration
ing office to see if some pro
cessing had to be done there.
The space for personal de
scription is to be filled in by
the owner of the book.