Thursday, August 12, 1943
Week Calls
Attention to
AWS Workers
Capt. Young, Sgt.
Smith Talk at AWS
Picnic Here Sunday
The public has been inade in
creasingly aware of the AWS
through the efforts of the press
and radio during the week of Au
gust 1st to 7th that was set aside
as aircraft warning service week.
The press was most cooperative,
advertisers contributed many col
umn inches of space paying trib
ute to members of the AWS and
the people as a whole were most
responsive to appeals for recogni
tion of these volunteers. Under
Secretary of War Robert P. Pat
terson, stated:
“I have had previous occasions
to emphasize, as I do now, that
our present organization for air
defense of the continental United
States absolutely requires an ef
ficient ground observer corps and
aircraft warning corps.
Volunteers Necessary
“Without these volunteers, we
would be inadequately prepared
to meet attack from the air—an
attack very definitely within en
emy capabilities. This is one of
the vitally important services open
to the civilians of this country
who are willing to devote spare
time to war work and I should
be glad to have such use made of
these remarks of mine as will
be of assistance in making its im
portance understood.”
Many
activities
were
held
throughout the west coast in cele
bration of AWS week.
Here the AWS picnic held at
Bib Eddy park was fairly-wel'l at
tended by observers and a good
time was enjoyed. Captain Harry
L. Young and Sgt. Lynn Smith,
accompanied by their wives, were
here from Portland. The army con
gratulated the post on its rating
for the past year; it’s recdrd is
hard to beat.
New Reason Brought Out
The army representatives gave
the observers a new thought as
to their importance. Without the
AWS posts scattered throughout
the country, there would be no
picture shows, no street lights, no
public gatherings, no driving be
fore sunrise or after sunset and
no operation of the sawmill at
night. They explained that radar
cannot be used over land, hence
posts and observers must be used.
It was mentioned that paid
posts are not as satisfactory as
those manned by volunteers. The
Japs have invented an incendiary
leaf, the army men said, which
could be distributed by the hun
dreds of thousands from
one
plane. These leaves ignite when
they have
absorbed , sufficient
moisture.
Plane Classes
Due Afternoons
Classes in aircraft recognition
for observers at the local post
will continue to be held, but Tues
day afternoons from 2:00 to 4:00
o’clock at the union hall. The
dates on which afternoon classes
will be held are August 17, 24 and
31. After that time, evening in
struction will probably be resum
ed.
Attendance to date has averaged
about 15 individuals at each class;
several periods of instruction are
required in order to learn to re
cognize the 53 different planes.
Mrs. M. B. Steers is class instruc
tor.
Dimout Aid
August 12—6:07
13—6:08
14—6:09
15—6:10
16—6:12
17—6:13
18—6:14
19—6:15
8:25
8:23
8:22
8:20
8:19
8:17
8:15
8:14
Vernonia, Columbia County, Oregon
Those WTio
Are in It
JAY TAGGART ON LE^VE
Captain Jay Taggart
arrived
Sunday at Tigard to spend two
weeks on sick leave before return
ing to the Bushnell general hos
pital at Brigham, Utah for obser
vation. His confinement, at the
hospital was due to illness. Cap
tain Taggart, former manager of
the Joy theater here, had been
stationed at Camp Young, Cal
ifornia. Mrs. Taggart, daughter
of Mrs. Harold Dow, had been with
him there, but returned to Tigard
about a month ago.
WRITES OF MOSQUITOES
Cpl. T/5 Frank Smejkal sent
Friday via air mail to the Eagle
the kind of letter we like to re
ceive. He says:
“I have been receiving the
Vernonia Eagle regularly and en
joy it very much as it is the best
way to get all of the news from
back home. I am now at Ft.
Pierce, Florida and it is a nice
camp with the exceptions that
this wonderful Florida sunshine
comes down in great big drops
quite frequently and we also have
mosquitoes. The other day we hung
up a strip of fly paper and two
of the little mosquitoes took each
end of it and carried it out on
the trash pile. . .
“Will close hoping this letter
will find everyone back home in as
good health as I am. An interest
ed reader of the Vernonia Eagle
Cpl. Frank Smejkal.”
The Eagle will not attempt to
verify the mosquito story.
M. K. FRANK TRANSFERRED
Word was received last week by
the H. H. Frank family that their
son, Pvt. Murvel K. Frank, has
been transferred from Greenville,
Pennsylvania to Pittsburg, Cali
fornia.
MARINES TO LEAVE
Clayton Aldrich and Chester
Bass, who recently enlisted in the
marine corps, are due to leave
Friday to begin training at San
Diego, California.
RETURNS TO TEXAS
First Sgt. Elgus R. Frank, ac
companied by his wife, the former
Maxine John, left here Monday
night after spending six days with
relatives and friends in Vernonia.
This was Sgt. Frank’s first fur
lough during his year’s training in
the army. He has been at Fort
Bliss, Texas for six months and
received his first sergeant stripes
just before leaving the fort on
his furlough.
CLIFTON HIATT IN STATES
After being stationed in the
Hawaiian Islands for some time,
T/Sgt. Clifton Hiatt is back in
the United States and visited with
his sister, Mrs. R. R. Reynolds,
and friends here from Monday,
August 2 until the following
Thursday. He had been doing ra
dio work on the islands as a mem
ber of the army air corps and is
now on his way to New York for
a new assignment.
E. H. WASHBURN PROMOTED
E. H. “Skinny” Washburn of
the coast guard was a visitor
Thursday and Friday of last week
wearing “something new” on his
sleeve. The coast guardsman had
returned Sunday, August 1 after
spending two weeks in the U. S.
naval hospital in Seattle and it
was during his stay there that he
received the rating of first class
mail specialist—hence the new en-
signia. He and his wife are now
spending two weeks at Seaside
before he returns to duty at As
toria.
LT. MEEKER ON FURLOUGH
First Lt. and Mrs. Everett
Meeker were visitors here Thurs
day night as Lt. Meeker is on a
15-day furlough. He has been sta
tioned in Alaska as a bombadier
in the army air corps, but will
now be stationed somewhere in
the United States. His parents
are former residents of Vernonia
and now live in Portland; Mrs.
Meeker is from Salem. Lt. Meeker
has received the air medal and
distinguished flying cross.
NAVY GUNNER VISITS
Following completion of train
ing as a tail gunner in naval
aviation at a field near Miami,
Florida, Mancel Lee Rose receiv
ed the rating of petty officer
third class and was here on leave
from Thursday until Sunday. He
now reports to San Francisco for
assignment. The aerial gunner,
together with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Rose, now of Vanport
City, were guests at the home of
his aunt, Mrs. E. L. Lloyd in Riv
erview. Another aunt, Mrs. O. B.
Atkinson and her husband and
children were here Thursday to
see Mancel, who graduated from
Vernonia high school in May,
1942. He enlisted in the navy al
most a year ago, September 22.
WAC VISITING HERE
Here from Washington, D. C.,
where she does clerical work in
Reed hospital, is Wac
Maude
Ramsley, daughter of Mrs. A. P,
Bays. She arrived here Wednes
day' of last week to visit friends
and relatives, and will leave next
Tuesday, August 17, reporting to
duties in the nation’s capital on
Saturday, August 21. Wac Rams
ley left May 17th of this year
for training at Ft. Oglethorpe,
Georgia, and about a month ago
was sent to Washington for ac
tive duty.
FRITZ HAUSLER OKAY
Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Hausler
heard from their son, John F.
“Fritz” Hausler, this week. It
was the first letter in three months
from the coast guardsman, and
he reported himself “all right.”
Mor® “Those Who Are,” page 6
Office Now Open
Tuesday Nights
Office hours at the local ration
ing office in the bank building
have been changed to the public’s
benefit. Monday through Friday
it will be open from 9:30 a.m. un
til noon and from 1:00 to 4:30
p.m. Saturday hours will be 9:30
a.m. to 12:30 noon.
For the convenience of those
who are unable to attend to their
rationing business during the day,
clerks will be on duty at the city
hall from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. ev
ery Tuesday night.
Deaths in County
Are 17 for June
The 17 deaths occuring in Co
lumbia county during ’June were
attributed by the Oregon state
board of health to the following
causes: tuberculosis, 1; cancer
tumors, 1; diabetes, 1; apoplexy,
3; heart disease, 2; pneumonia, 2;
digestive diseases,
1; accidents
other than motor, 3; miscellaneous
known causes, 3.
One case of measles and one
case of mumps were the only di
seases reported for the week end
ing J-uly 31. Seventy-seven percent
of county physicians reported.
Banks Hop Man
Reciuiting Here
Ferd Hartwick of Banks hopes
to find in Vernonia about 100
hop picker* to begin on Septem
ber 1, or shortly thereafter. Al
though the price has not been
definitely determined, it will be
better than that of last year. The
hops this year are bigger and bet
ter, too, so pickers should be able
to do well.
As before, school busses will
be used to transport the pickers.
Children 10 yean or more old
will be allowed to pick provided
they yield 50 pounds or more
daily.
Volume 20, Number 32
Spoilsmen Organize Here
County Over
Top in July
Bond Sales
Estimated $2100 in
Stamps, Bonds Sold
By “Molly Pitchers”
Columbia county again went ov
er the top in war bond sales dur
ing July, according to totals just
computed by the state office,
which show sales of $131,047, or
102 per cent of the county quota.
“If Oregon is to continue to set
the pace nationally in war bond
sales, it will be necessary this
month for every family to again
measure its war bond responsibili
ties,” declares a statement from
E. C. Sammons, state chairman,
war finance committee. He urges
that each family take counsel,
considering first, their total in
come; second, their total expens
es, and then determining the sum
that can be regularly invested in
war bonds until the war i* won.
Filling Book, Urged
Also being emphasized for Au
gust is the completion of stamp
books started during the Shangri-
la and Molly Pitcher campaigns.
Stamps draw no interest until
they have been converted into
bonds.
An estimated $100 in stamps
and $2000 in bonds were sold here
6n Saturday, Molly Pitcher day.
Almost all war savings stamps and
bonds were sold that day by
"Molly Pitchers” working on the
street and in the post office.
Membess of the American Legion
Auxiliary on duty were Mrs. Ruby
Biggs, Mrs. Harry Culbertson and
Mrs. P. Weidman. Mrs. O. Vike
also helped out in the sale.
Another group which has taken
up the sale is the Rainbow Girls.
They are now selling stamps,
stamp corsages and bonds daily
on the street.
Fuel Oil Blanks
To Be Mailed
Consumers of fuel oil for heat
ing or hot water purposes who
are now registeied with their lo
cal ration boards will receive by
mail in the next few days renew
al application forms for rations
-for the new heating year starting
October 1, the district OPA an
nounced.
The
renewal
blanks
should be filled in and returned
to the boards promptly by mail to
expedite issuance of the coupons.
All consumers who applied for
rations for the 1942-43 heating
year, including those who have
received part of their next year’s
ration for summer filling of stor
age tanks must fill in one of the
blanks in order to receive rations
for the coming heating year. The
renewal form, R-1167, is simple
requiring name and address of
applicant, address where ration
will be use<^ whether or not a
smaller ration than previously is
sued will serve, name of oil sup
plier and type of oil used.
Consumers do not need to go to
the boards in person but are ask
ed to mail in their blanks and
coupons will be issued and mailed
back by the ration board as soon
as instructions are received from
the OPA.
Joint Green Guard
Harold Fowler of Vernonia was
recently added to the rolls of the
Green Guards from this county.
He is one of ten thousand young
Oregonians who are doing their
share to Keep Oregon Green. The
next few weeks will be critical
and dangerous weeks in the for
ests of Oregon, according to State
Forester N. S. Rogers, and every
citizen it asked to help prevent
man-caused fires.
Carnival Due
Here Tuesday
The Browning Bros. Amuse
ment
Co.
and
Browning
Amusement Co.
of
Salem
will open their carnival here
for five nights starting Tues
day, August 17 at 7:30 p.m.
under the auspices of the
City of IVernonia. The show
closes Saturday night, Au
gust 21.
The carnival will operate
rides and concassions, and
operates under government
dimout regulations. The show
will be located on the city
ball park grounds.
Recent Accidents
Are Several
Three accidents, two of which
were quite serious, and one of
which could have been serious,
have occured in this vicinity in
the past week.
Monday night at about 11:00
o’clock Clarence
Cornutt was
found in the feed chain in the
fuel house at the mill. He was
taken to thé Emmanuel hospital in
Portland suffering from a frac
tured skull and a deep scalp
wound. It is thought that he fell
from a ladder.
Wednesday night, August 4,
about 10:30 o’clock the model A
roadster driven by Jim Fluke
swerved from the highway going
toward the mile bridge at River
view, knocking down several mail
boxes grouped at the roadside and
hitting the guar<j rail of the
bridge. The car was a total loss,
and Clarence Fowler, one of the
occupants of the auto, suffered
multiple lacerations on his face
and a fractured right arm. Mrs.
Fowler and Mr. Fluke were bruis
ed.
Richard E. Merritt of Portland
was driving on the Rock creek
road Sunday, when his auto hit
a power line pole, left the road
and turned on its side, held up
by brush in the ditch. The car
was only slightly damaged.
Vacation at 0-A
Mill Is Next Week
The Oregon-American Lumber
corporation mill here will be down
through the week of August 16
to 23 so that bricks In the fur
naces may be replaced. All wdVk-
ers will be involved, with the
exception of repair crews. The
shut-down would have been held
during the week of July 4 had not
the arrival of bricks been delayed;
no vacation would be given if
the replacing of the furnace bricks
were not necessary.
It is hoped that the entire mill
may operate on a day shift basis
when operations resume Aug. 23,
according to Judd Greenman, gen
eral manager. A night shift has
been running in some parts of the
mill since Monday, August 2 due
to repairs on the turbine.
Goat Milkers to
Meet Here Friday
Petitions Ont
To Start Rod
And Gon Club
Interest Shown in
Re-Organization of
Rod and Gun Club
Considerable interest is being
shown here in the reorganization
of a rod and gun club, and a
meeting for the purpose of select
ing a name, form, and officers
of the organization will be called
the early part of next week. Pe
titions are being ciruclated in the
Nehalem valley, including Mist
and Birkenfeld, to gather the
names of sportsmen who wish to
join the organization. Three pe
titions are out at present; one
circulated by J. A. Bush had 50
signers by Wednesday.
The Nehalem Valley Rod and
Gun club was active here several
years ago. The need for a new
organization is especially felt be
cause Nehalem valley streams are
becoming r.aore and more depleted
of fish—to the extent that out
siders are no longer attracted to
the Nehalem valley to fish. The
club would seek the planting of
fish in streams in this locality.
Forquer Services
Held Wednedsay
Funeral services for Lena Mary
Forquer, who passed away here
Monday, August 9, were held at
the Bush Funeral home at 2:00
p.m. Wednesday with Rev. Living
stone officiating. Interment was
at Forest Grove.
Mrs. Forquer was born Decem
ber 11, 1888 at Salem, Wiscon
sin and died at the age of 55
years, 7 months, and 28 days. She
is survived by her husband, Harry;
two sons, Jess of Gaston and Pat
rick, who is in the merchant ma
rine and stationed on Catalina
island; two daughters, Lucille Al
len and Evelyn Hiskew, both of
Portland; two brothers, James
and Charles Peacock of Ruming-
ville, South Dakota; and
nine
grandchildren.
Patrick Forquer is expected to
arrive Friday morning from Cata
lina island.
Booklet Contains
Story of County
Presented as a supplement to
the St. Helen* Sentinel-Mist of
last Friday, August 6 was a 40-
page booklet published by the Mist
Publishing'company and giving the
story of Columbia county. Aim
of the St. Helens newspaper in
preparing and printing this first
complete story of the county was
to present this area in it* true
light to people outside the county
iself. Several thousand copies will
be used by the St. Helens chamb
er of commerce, and more copies
are available for distribution else
where in the county.
The Nehalem (Valley Goat-Milk
Producers association will hold
a meeting at the Vernonia high
school this Friday, August 13 at
2:00 p.m., announce* Mrs. L. O.
Gillham, secretary.
The purpose of this meeting is
to discus* the development of bet
ter markets for this section.
Everyone interested is urged to
attend.
Contained in the booklet is the
atory of each of the county’s maj
or towns, their products, indus
tries, and capacities. Two pages
are devoted to the Oregon-Amer
ican Lumber Corporation her*. A
description of Vernonia and the
Nehalem valley, as wet! a* of an
other concern of this vicinity,
United Loggers, follows. Th* first
pages of the booklet give the out
sider a general picture of the
county.
SPEEDER LOSES COUPONS
One local man, caught speeding
50 miles per hour in Washington
state, lost 5 gasoline coupon* as
the result of a hearing held here.
Although plan* and work on the
publication were started before the
outbreak of the present war, all
material was revised and brought
up to date.