Let’s Be Sociable
Local Couple Wed
Here Sunday at Church
The newlyweds spent several
days' honeymoon at Seaside. He
is employed by UntteU Loggers.’ —
Wilmg B. Gatto and Arthur W.
Roady were married at 1:00 p.m.
Sunday in a double ring ceremony
read at the Christian church here.
Rev> W. O. Livingstone was of
ficiating minister.
Attending the bride was Mrs.
O. E. Edwards, while the best man
was Mr. Edwards. A reception
followed at the couple’s home on
Corey hill.
Mrs. H. M. Condit entertained
the Friendship club at her home
Thursday, July 15.
Revealing of birthday friends
will be held at the next meeting
—at the home of Mrs. John Biggs
on Thursday, August 19.
SPAR Recruiting
In New Location
Fruit Gathering
Trip Is Made
Oregon and Southwest Washing
ton headquarters of the SPARS,
women’s service of the United
States coast guard, have been op
ened at a new location in Portland,
806 S. W. Morrison street, it is
announced by Ensign Frances
Huxley, officer in charge.
KEASEY—Mr. and Mrs. Herb
Counts and daughter, Betty, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert McDonald, Mr.
and Mrs. Vernon Lindsley and
daughter, Mrs. Sam Smith and
Claribel Lindsley made a trip to
Green mountain Saturday for
cherries and strawberries.
Freddie Lindsley, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Lindsley is visiting
his uncle, Kenneth, for a few
days.
Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Mead and
son. David, and Ralph and Walter
Anderson of Green mountain
above Banks visited at the W. J.
Lindsley home Sunday. They all
had a picnic on the creek. Mr.
Mead is a cousin of Mrs. Lindsley.
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald McDonald
helped Herb Counts put hay in
Sunday and Monday.
Mrs. Verle DeVaney and son,
Jimmie, are visiting at the J. O.
DeVaney home now.
Mr. and Mrs. Herb Sturdevant
and family visited at the Albert
Krieger home Monday evening.
“Every woman 20 to 36 years of
age who is interested in joining
the SPARS and thereby releasing
a coast guardsman for combat
duty is invited to visit or write to
this office,” said Ensign Huxley.
“Anyone calling in Portland will
be welcome to drop in at the cool,
comfortable lounge at our new
headquarters and secure complete
information on the SPARS with
out becoming committed in any
way.”
Sent to Florida
All SPAR recruits are sent to
the new SPAR training center at
the Hotel Biltmore, Palm Beach,
Florida, for indoctrination and
advanced training for special dut
ies as those of yoeman, storekeep
er (having to do with pay and
supply), aviation mechanic, para
chute rigger, radio repairer and
many other classifications. Upon
completion of training they are
assigned to shore stations in the
"United States.
Women 20 to 49 years of age
qualified as officer candidates are
sent to the coast guard academy
at New London, Connecticut, for
training.
SPAR recruiting offices at
Portland and throughout the na
tion formerly were associated with
offices of naval officer procure
ment but now are operating sep
arately. The training program also
now is separate from that of the
navy women’s reserve.
Head Office, Portland, Oregon
DEPOSIT
INSURANCE
CORPORATIO
How About That Oil?
Have you neglected to have that oil in your car
changed when you know it should have been
done? If so, better drive into Heath’s as soon as
possible, and drive out w’ith a car that’s rid of
that dirty oil which was certainly doing no good.
Heath’s Service Station
Phone X57
Molly Pitcher Tag Day, August 4
Friendship Club
To Meet August 19
St. Helens Branch of the
United States National Bank
RAL
Vernonia Eagle
At the Mile Bridge, Riverview
Telephone Operators
Needed Now!
Experienced or inexperienced
APPLY TO CHIEF OPERATOR at any of the
following exchangee:
McMinville
Camas
Newberg
Clatskanie
Sandy
Forest Grove
Vernonia
Gresham
Woodland
Hillsboro
Our telephone sendee is absolutely essential
to our fighting forces and to every war industry.
WEST COAST TELEPHONE CO.
Thursday, Julv 29, 1945
Valid Period lor
Coupons Flexible
Provision for allowing ratkn
holders to use B, C, E and R gas
oline coupons beyond the fixed
period for • which they were is
sued and until renewals are ob
tained have been announced by
the district OPA, effective July
24.
This is the effect of an amend
ment to the gasoline rationing
regulations substituting “earliest
renewal dates” in the case of sup
plemental; official, fleet and non
highway rations for “expiration
dates,” previously used.
The amendment also provides
for issuing all B ration books for
a fixed 3-months period, rather
then on a “time-tailored” basis.
Individual rations will be tailored
by tearing out coupons. In the
Eastern shortage area, B books
will continue to be issued for 4
months.
Expiration Later
The modern Molly Pitcher will greet you throughout the nation on
August 4th when brigades of Mollys will tag every buyer of War Bonds
and Stamps. They will carry on the tradition of the Revolutionary War
heroine who has gone down in history because she ¿ided her fighters at
the battle of Monmouth in 1778.
Few Red Stamp
Costs to Change
The red stamp cost of meats
during August will be substantial
ly the same as at present, while
the housewife will pay an addition
al two ration points a pound for
butter and one point less for
shortening, lard, salad and cook
ing oils, the office of price ad
ministration announced Tuesday.
These changes are made in the
OPA official table of consumer
point values for meats, fats and
dairy products, which is effective
from August 1 through September
4-
X
In contrast to previous months,
the changes in meat values are
negligible, with the major revi
sions confined to the fats and oils
group.
The two-point increase in the
value of butter, which places the
ration cost of this item at 10
points per pound, is offset some
extent by the cut of one point
in lard, shortening, Salad and
cooking oils. No change is made in
the value of margarine, which re
mains at the July figure of four
points per pound.
Moit Meats Same
The point values of all popular
types of meat will be the same in
August as during the present
month. Plates, jowls, and fat
backs—pork cuts which are used
for rendering lard—are reduced
one point to reflect the one point
cut in lard v/ilue.
In the canned meat category,
meat spreads are dropped to five
points per pound, the same value
as potted meat, a similar product.
Pigs feet (fresh and cured), and
pork backbones may be purchased
point free beginning August 1 as
the ration values of these items
have been reduced from one point
to zero points per pound. This ac
tion is due to the unusually large
supply of these items which the
government agencies do not pur
chase. Canned pigs feet, bone in,
are assigned a value of one point
for August, as compared with a
two-point value during July. The
point value of boneless canned pigs
feet will be the same (three) in
August as in July. Ready-to-eat
pigs feet, bone in, are reduced one
point.
FARM LAND VALUES
SHOW INCREASE
Farm land values on March 1,
1943 were higher than they were
in 1942, the bureau of agricultur
al economics said, in explaining
that the index of average per acre
values had risen to 99. (1912 to
1914 equals 100). The index of
average per acre values in March
1942, was 91. A low point of 33
was reached in 1933 in the after
math of inflation started during
the last war. One anti-inflation
ary fore« at the present time is
the fact that many farmers have
been using a considerable part of
their cash income to pay off mort
gage debts.
Board Handles
Wire Applications
Procedure through which farm
ers of Columbia county may apply
for copper wire for farmstead
wiring is explained by W. C. John
sen, chairman of the Columbia
county USDA war board, which
has been given the responsibility
of handling a distribution program
on this farm supply item locally.
Mr. Johnson said that both new
and old users of electricity may
make application to the county
war board for an allotment of
wire and if they meet standards
for essential permitted uses, the
board will issue them a copper
wire allotment certificate provided
the county quota is not exceeded.
The applicants will then present
this certificae to a local dealer
for purchase of the wire. The cer
tificate must be used within 10
days after it is issued or it will
become void. The certificates will
be used by the local dealer to ob
tain supplies or to replace his in
ventories
copper wire.
Approvals Limited
Mr. Johnson emphasized that ap
proval for copper wire will be
given only for essential needs
which will add to the food pro
duction program or save labor on
the farm. The number of livestock
and poultry on the farm will de
termine how much wire can be al
lotted for a farm. The maximum
amount of wire which can be al
lotted will be the minimum that
will take care of essential needs
for the duration of the war.
Mr. John-on said that while al
lotments of wire will be released
for essential food production and
labor-saving purposes, it cannot be
made available for dwellings. Also
new farm users of electricity must
be able to qualify for power line
extensions before they will be eli
gible for copper wire under the
new distribution progiam. To qual
ify for a power line extension, a
farm is required to have a speci
fied number of animal units and
be within a reasonable distance
from a power line. Old users of
electricity who wish to extend
electrical service on their farms
are required to meet the seme
standards.
Small Purchase* Excluded
Farmers will not need to apply
for certain smail purchases of
wiring materials under this pro
cedure. WPB priorities regulation
No. 19 provides that simply by
certifying to his local dealer that
he is a farmer and needs the equip
ment for production purposes this
year, a farmer may purchase up to
75 feet of irfbulated copper wire
(except for household use), up to
75 feet of certain kinds of cable,
and some wiring fittings. In new
farm construction which requires
approval of the war production
board under conservation order
L-41, wiring needs should be in
cluded in the application for ap
proval of »vch construction, in
stead of through the new distri
bution system announced recently.
However, coupons will not ne
cessarily expire and become inval
id at the end of this fixed period,
now to be known as the “earliest
renewal date,” but may continue
to be used until a renewal of the
ration ‘ has been obtained and is
valid for use. This will also apply
to non-highway users holding E
and R coupons.
Previously rations could not be
used after they expired and regu
lations required that coupons • so
invalidated be surrendered to war
price and rationing boards within
five days after expiration.
Under the amendment ration
holders will be permitted to apply
3
for the renewals within 15 days
before the “earliest renewal date”
or at any time after that date.
•
PROGRAM TO AVOID
CLOTHES RATIONING
A program to make clothes ra
tion unnecessary, recently an
nounced by Donald M. Nelson,
chairman of WPB, contains these
six points: (1) increased produc
tion, ('2) orderly and adequate
distribution, (3) more “volume”
merchandise, (4) allocation of ma
terials to essential needs, (5) in
creased imports of burlap, and
(6) proper care of clothing by
consumers. There is an adequate
supply of textiles to meet civilian
needs, the WPB has determined.
No Matter
How B usy
You Are,
Take Time
Out to Relax!
There’s a time and
place for everything,
so when you have put
in a good day’s work,
come into Dessy’s and
put yourself at »ease
over your favorite bev
erage. .
Dessy’s
Tavern
AN ALL AROUND FOOD!
Bread is equally good for you in the summer as
in the winter. It’s an economical form of energy.
Serve vitamin-enriched, extra-delicious Vernonia
Bakery bread—white, whole wheat, butter crust
or raisin. Everyone likes it!
Vernonia Bakery
Closed Every Tuesday
Phone 991
Lunchbox Problems?
Packing a lunchbox or two every day can be
come quite a problem. Shopping at Sam’s will
keep lunchbox contents varied and tasty, as
Sam’s shelves contain a large variety of foods
which will make lunch packing easy—breads,
pastries, lunch meats, spreads, fruits, and vege
tables—to make a balanced meal.
SAM'S FOOD STORE
GROCERIES, FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
An Independent, Home-Owned Grocery
Enough to Go Around
Now, for the first time in yean,
both farmers and manufacturers
can work for the biggest possible
yield without thinking about the
market. This year they can sell all
they can produce.
As things look now, this condi
tion is due to keep up for some
time, but we can’t count on its
lasting forever. Ctrtami, at bod,
wantt a pniftrit, baill ra warl So
it’s high time that everybody con
cerned—and that is everyWy—
gave some thought to keeping
things running after the war.
, You're busy* we know. So are
wd. The important thing right
now is seeing that there’s enough
of everything to go around. But
we’ve been devoting a little atten-
lion lo the problems of the future,
too. We feel that the people who
have the producing job to do can
contribute a lot to the solution of
those problems.
And we hope that you, too, busy
as you are with growing more
food than this country’s ever pro
duced, Will be turning these
problems over in your mind. For if
America’s farmers and manufac
turers, working together, can’t
find a way to keep the richest
country on earth producing
enough for everybody, and let the
producers make a living in ths
process—if they can’t, why then,
who can? Gmrral Eltctrit Cs,
Scbtntclad,, N. Y.
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