Thursday, August 19, 1943
Vernonia, Columbia County,
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Brown Book 3 5 Counties Pledge 70 Per Local Price
Ration Stamps Cent Oregon 3rd War Loan Panel Given
More Bnties
Good Sept. 12
Success or failure of the third war loan drive, set to start September
9, will depend largely on the work done in the five metropolitan coun­
ties, according to figures cmpiled at the state war bond office.
This quintet of counties, headed by Multnomah and including Hood
River, Washington, Columbia and Clackamas, had an outstanding pro­
Stamps to be Used
duction record in July. Their combined sales totalled $6,479,209, or
For Meats, Fats;
108.6 percent of quota.
Uniform Dates Set
At a conference at the Benson hotel in Portland last week, chairmen
Brown ration stamps in war ra­ from the five counties, W. S. Fin­ C. Sammons, a state chairman of
tion book three will be used by ney, Hood River; H. L. Larson, the war finance committee.
consumers to purchase rationed Clackamas; Larry Hilaire, Mult­
The “Figure it out* yourself”
meats, fats, oils and rationed dairy nomah; W. L. .MacKenzie, Wash­ plan is as simple as it sounds. It
ington
county;
Irving
T.
‘
Rau,
Co
­
products beginning Sept. 12, the
is merely this: You compute your
lumbia, agreed to accept respon­
OPA announced Tuesday.
family income by the month, total
sibility
for
70
percent
of
the
Sep
­
This is the first official an­
your monthly expenses and ar­
tember goal. This will mean in­
nouncement validating stamps in
range for the difference to be put
the recently distributed war ra­ creased proportionate quotas for in war bonds through the payroll
each
county
involved.
tion book three, a replacement
savings plan.
book containing ration currency to More Deduction* Urged
“These are not idle proposals,”
Before the drive gets underway says Sammons. “They are as vital
be used as the stamps in current
every concern in Oregon will be to final success as any part of
ration books run out.
At the same time, OPA set the asked to cooperate in bringing its the war program. Our boys at the
validity dates for red stamps X, employee personnel to fuller par­ front, those in convoys on the
Y and Z in war ration book two. ticipation in the payroll deduction high seas, those in maneuvers pre­
paring to go, are all concerned
These stamps, which will expire program.
Need for all employees and em­ with the question: ‘What can I
on October 2, are the last of the
red stamps series in war ration ployers to understand the “fig- do to help?’ The ‘Figure it out
ure-it-out yourself” program of the yourself’ program is the ordinary
book two.
war
finance committee and its citizen’s answer to this same ques­
The validity dates for the red
and brown stamps (each series connection with the major effort tion. Loyal Americans are acting
to win the war is stressed by E. now.”
worth 16 points) are as follows:
BOOK TWO Validity Expiration
Date
Red Stamps
Date
October 2
August 22
X
October 2
August 29
Y
September 5 October 2
Z
BOOK THREE
Brown stamps
Algiers and what was then the
October 2 WRITES OF AFRICA
September 12
A
Recent letters from Pvt. Bob front. In a letter received by Walt
October 2
September 19
B
September 16 October !30 King, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry before he left Kingston, Mac­
C
October 3
October ■30 King, tell of his reaction to .Af­ Donald said he was "moving on.”
D
Walt, together with his mother,
October I30 rica, where he is now stationed
October 10
E
October 17
October i30 with a repair squadron of the Mrs. L. B. Parcells, and his sister,
F
As in the past, stamps will be­ army air corps. Here are some Ethyl, arrived here Sunday even­
ing to visit friends for several
come valid on successive Sundays, pa.-ts of his letters:
but, thereafter, they will always
“. . . It isn’t as warm as it days. They have been staying at
expire on the Saturday nearest has been and it even rained the the home of Mrs. Pareells’ cousin,.
the end of a month. This will give other day for the first time since George Johnson.
Walt is now entitled to service
consumers and the trade the ad­ I hit the continent. I went out
vantage of knowing the day of the and stood in it for awhile just to in the United States and will prob­
week on which the meats-fats feel at home. I could just about ably be an instructor. The one
stamps will always expire, and will imagine myself behind Grenia’s thing he seemed to enjoy most
permit them to plan accordingly. or at Keasey with a fishpole in while at home at Kingston, Wash­
Between September 12 when the my hand. (Maybe the African sun ington was his mother’s cooking­
in contrast to army rations. In­
first series of brown stamps be­ has been getting me.)
come valid and Oct. 2 when the
“. . . Five of us are in a tent cidentally, Hugh Caton, who had
final sets of red stamps expire and arguments and discussions of just finished officer’s training, and
both red .and brown stamps will everything from war to labor un­ Walt came from the east coast on
be used for purchases. After Oc­ ions, and even states and cities the train together.
tober 2, only the brown stamps are frequent. At
our
present NOW IN PACIFIC
in war Tation book three will be jobs we have quite a little
Sonny
Schalock, watertender
used for purchases of meats, fats time off but we are up at night
2/c’, is now with the navy in Pa­
and rationed dairy products. The and the hours are no good.
brown stamps in war ration book
“. . . They have a few peacties cific waters after spending some
three are similar in size and have and apples over here, but they are time in the Atlantic.
the same point value as the famil­ no good. I wish you could see
iar red stamps of war ration book the tiny marble-like green, mostly RETURNS TO AUSTRALIA
Sgt. George Turner is now back
two. *
rotten, apples . . . The Germans
left the place in a bad state as in Australia from New Guinea, he
far as food is concerned and I said in the first letter hi« parents
suppose it will take time for them had received from him in four
to get on their feet again . . .
weeks. He reported himself fine
“Every once in awhile I have and willing to go back.
been guard over Italian prisoners
Rev. Allen Backer, minister at —mostly small, dark, skinny guys. FOWLER NOW SERGEANT
Ben J. Fowler, in a letter re­
the Evangelical church here was They never give
anyone
any
ceived
by his sister, Mrs. Charles
ordained by Bishop E. W. Prae- trouble and are quite willing to
Melis, tells the good news of his
torius of St. Paul an elder in work. . .”
promotion to a sergeant. “From
the Evangelical church Sunday
now on you can address me as
morning at Jennings Lodge where ENTERS NAVY
Fred Thompson, who attended Sergeant Ben J. Fowler instead
the annual business meeting of
the Oregon-Washington Evangeli­ high school here several years of a lowly corporal,” Ben wrote.
cal conference was in session. with the class of ’42, left Portland “The lieutenant came up yesterday
That afternoon Rev. Backer was Wednesday, -August 11 to begin and walked in and said, ‘Good
assigned to return to Vernonia for duty with the navy. Fred gradu­ morning, Sgt. Fowler, how are
ated from Lincoln high school in you this morning,” and it took
another year.
Rev. H. R. Scheuerman, who Portland and had been working in me several minutes to figure out
was here before Rev. Backer, the shipyards until he started what he meant”
Sgt. Fowler is stationed at Long
will go from Kings 'Valley to Mon­ school at OSC at the winter term.
Beach, California.
mouth.
TELLS OF MAJOR’S WORK
&
Major W. F. “Red” MacDonald HEADED FOR RADIO DUTY
Philip C. Estabrook, 22, son of
is “sure doing a swell job,” says
Births Number 43
There were 43 births to Colum­ T/Sgt Walt Parcells, recently re­ Mrs. Catherine M. Munson, 831
has
completed
a
bia county parents during June; turned from the African theatre 3rd street,
total deaths in the county during of war after completing 50 mis­ month's instruction at the navy’s
that month numbered 17. Accord­ sions over enemy territory, being pre-radio materiel school at the
ing to the Oregon Health bulletin, shot down twice. MacDonald, form­ naval armory, Michigan City, In­
disease cases reported in the coun­ er Vernonia high school teacher diana. Ultimately to be assigned
ty during the week ending August who went into the air corps after to active duty as a radio spec­
7 included 3 of whooping cough school closed in 1941, took part ialist, he now will be transferred
primary
radio
materiel
and 2 of mumps. Sixty-two per­ in the invasion of Sicily and will to a
undoubtedly take part in future school for further training.
cent of the physicians reported
The training just completed has
invasions, the veteran Flying Fort­
served as a “refresher” course,
ress radio gunner thinks.
Parcells has been in contact with proriding instruction in mathemat­
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August 19—6:15
his former teacher almost since ics, fundamental electricity, and
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the two arrived in North Africa; general naval indoctrination. He
8:10
21—6:18
he missed seeing him in Sicily and was selected for this special trin-
8:08
22—6:19
Tunis, but did get to talk to him ing upon the basis of his civilian
8:07
23—6:20
when based near Constantine in experience and results in a ser­
8:05
24—6:22
Africa. There he was in charge of ies of aptitude tests taken during
8:03
25—6:23
ail passengers, freight, etc., which recruit training.
8:01
26—6:24
was transported by air between More “Those Who Are” page 6
Those Who
Are in It
Minister Ordained
Elder Sunday
Dzinouf Aid
Board Given Authority
To Adjust Price
Complaints Heve Now
New and important steps were
taken by the district OPA Thurs­
day evening, August 12, to hold
the line against rising prices when
authority to adjust
complaints
on price matters was delegated
to price panels of all Portland
war price and rationing boards
and to 15 boards in other coun­
ties >n the' OPA district, Richard
G.
Montgomery, director, an­
nounced Friday.
Decentralized authority for price
panels to deal with price adjust­
ment matters on a friendly, coop­
erative basis in their own com­
munities among their own neigh­
bors is expected to acquaint mer­
chants with the price regulations
and forestall need for enforce­
ment action, it was emphasized.
The price panels have been estab­
lished and are being trained to
keep dealers and consumers in­
formed of OPA pricing regula­
tions and the need for observing
ceilings.
Advise, Not Police
Delegation of authority to ad­
just price complaints, which form­
erly rested with the district OPA
office, was made to the chairman
of the local boards, but in actual
practice the price panels will do
the educational work with the
merchants. The panel’s relation­
ship to the community is purely
advisory, not of a policing nature.
Complaints of violations of re­
tail regulations and of those per­
taining to sales by private parties
may be made to local war price
and rationing boards which are
now authorized to handle them.
Vernonia is among those towns
in the Portland district having a
price panel board which was dele­
gated this authority. W. O. Liv­
ingstone is chairman of the board
and it meets the first and third
Tuesdays of each month in Dr.
Bittner’s office. It meets on other
dates if necessary.
Recent Call Takes
46 County Men
Forty-six Columbia county men,
21 for the army, 23 for the navy,
and 2 for the marine corps, were
recently inducted by the Columbia
county board. Among those cal­
led is Mason McCoy, who resigned
last summer as coach at Vernonia
high school to go to Roosevelt
high school in Portland. Another
man from |hig community on the
list is Paul R. Cummings.
The following were inducted:
ARMY: Edward Francis Wade,
Ernest Eli.ier Keltz, Massn Mor­
timer McCoy, Lindsay Wallace
Lain, Theron Elmer Thompson,
Enos James Kucera, Hubert Le-
Roy Guthrie, Raymond Willard
DeVin,
Herbert
Eisenschmidt,
George Edward Richardson, Fred­
erick Claire Fogel, Melville Cook
Hemenway, Joseph Vance Havhk,
Ragnar Edwin Johnson, George
Wayne Headlee, Leonard Ralph
Anderson, John Elmo Hathaway,
Ralph Edward Powell, Herman
Dennis Kunnanz, Joe Francis
Brady, Aubrey Francis Hurt, Jr.
NAVY: Boyd John Glover, Iv­
an D. Smith, Paul Roy Cummings,
Arion Redmond, William Alfred
Larson, John Conrad Josephson,
Harold Vincent Schefstrom, Milt­
on James McConnachie, Richard
Emanuel Hald, Bertram Alexand­
er Garner, Jr., Frederick Frank
Mardorf, Doyl Silas Huff, Don
Harvey Rockney, Walter Freder­
ick Johnson, John Murgic, Donald
J. Randall, Clarence Jensen, Ro­
bert Joseph Kocamik, Daniel Fran­
cis Housley, William Francis Watt,
Andrew George Willard, James
Bennett Hoag, Ernest Wm Lock­
ard, (transfer from Baker county)
MARINE CORPS: Howard Wil­
liam McGlone,
Loren
Delbert
Smith.
Volume 20, Number 33
Tiny Hen Egg
Found Here
Walter Kent, Vernonia’s
water superintendent, thinks
he has one for Ripley—the
smallest banty egg he has
ever heard of or seen. He
found the egg in his banty’s
nest on Wednesday, August
11; it was the last one laid
by the hen before she start­
ed setting.
So light is the egg that it
couldn’t be weighed’ on scales
at the post office. Scales
used at drug stores in filling
prescription proved the tiny
egg weighed 24 grains. it
is only 11/16 of an inch long.
E. Nygaard Hurt
In Woods Accident
The condition of Egil Nygaard,
who
suffered
ruptured
lungs
when his chest was crushed by
piling which rolled on him at
about noon Tuesday, was still
doubtful
Wednesday
morning.
Five minutes after the accident
occured at United Loggers camp
a truck had brought the victim
into town. He was kept alive for
three hours with the inhalator
and then taken in the Bush ambu­
lance to the St. Vincents hospital
in Portland. Dr. Eby says that
the American Legion’s inhalator
was the only thing that saved his
life.
A telegram received later Wed­
nesday morning by Lew Floaten
from Mrs. Nygaard said that he
was under an oxygen tent and his
doctor gave him a good chance to
recover.
Damage to Ball
Park Is Feared
Ih the interests of the city
park as an athletic fieftl, W. W.
McCrae urged the city council
Monday night not to allow a car­
nival on the park in the future.
Others share his views, he said,
that considerable damage will be
done to the field by the carnival
currently playing there. If the
field is to be thus damaged, the
high school principal explained,
there will be no use trying to keep
a turf on/the field. Time and
money were spent last spring in
order to put the field in top con­
dition for this fall’s football sea­
son.
Considering that the percentage
of intake received by the city
from the carnival is usually equi­
valent to money spent on the
field, that no other location is as
suitable, and that the turf may
not be badly damaged, members
of the council present expressed
the opinion that the
carnival
would not be allowed there again
only if the field doesn’t rally aft­
er a thorough soaking and a little
time.
As two councilmen, L. G. Ad­
ams “nd J- "E. Tapp, were out of
town, there was not a quorum
present.
Several Donate Blood
Local women
who donated
blood in St. Helens last Friday,
even though it was Friday, the
13th, were Mrs. Louis Huntley,
Mrs. Glen Gibson, Mrs. Howard
Reeher, Mrs. R. W. Workman,
and Rona Workman. The mobile
blood bank will next be in St.
Helens on Friday, August 27, and
anyone who can go at that time
should contact Mrs. Frank Hart­
wick.
Oil Form» Sent
Fuel oil applications have been
mailed out from the local ration­
ing office to those who have
been previously receiving oil ra­
tions and the forms should be
mailed back as soon as possible.
The new rations will be more lib­
eral and time to recalculate each
ration will be required.
Wed., Sept 15
Set as Opening
Date for School
One High, Two Grade*
Teachers Lacked;
Several Repairs Made
Wednesday, September 15 is
the date which has been set for
the opening of the high school
and grade schools here. This date
was agreed upon at a grade
school board meeting Saturday
nigt, and approved by the high
school. This will be the first time
school has started in the middle
of a week. As late a date as pos­
sible was set because of the large
number of students engaged in
hop picking and other seasonal
harvesting, not to mention high
school boys working in the mill,
and at Red Hat forestry camps
this summer. The compromise in
dates is also due to plans for
closing next spring early enough
to allow students to pick straw­
berries.
Faculty lacks at present con­
sist of a commercial and social
science teacher at the high school,
and a first grade and an art
teacher at the Washington grade
school.
Floor* Refinished
Repairs on both buildings are
progressing satisfactorily. The re­
shingling of the high school gym­
nasium roof is half finished, and
the refinishing of all floors is
nearly complete. Wood for the
winter is in and painting and ckl-
somining of som« of the walls
and woodwork has been done.
At the Washington grade school
a downstairs room has been pre­
pared for use as a classroom—the
floors and walls painted and the
brick wall plastered. The supply
room has been divided to make a
reading and lost-and-found room
for the children. Also the floors
have been refinished and the gym
floor readied for another year of
hard use. Rather than purchase
new curtains, the old ones were
taken
down,
patched,
turned
around, and put up again. New
furniture is to be obtained for
the teachers’ room.
Rod, Gun Meeting
To Be Tonight
First meeting of the rod and
gun club which is being organized
here has been called for 8:00 p.m.
Thursday (tonight) at the Bush
chapel on Third street. From 75
to 80 Nehalem valley men and wo­
men have signed petitions to be­
come members.
Anyone who is interested in a
rod and gun club, stocking this
region with fish and game, and
investing $1.00 dues in the or­
ganization is urged to be present
at the meeting tonight.
"Buy Your
Bonds Here!"
“Any stamps today?” “Want
to buy a U. S. war bond to­
day?” Such
queries come
from the lips of local Rain­
bow Girls, for the local or­
ganization is seeing that two
of its members set up their
table on the street each aft­
ernoon and go about the not-
too-difficuit task of selling
investments in the war, U. S.
war
savings
bonds
and
stamps.
And the girls are making
sales; there's no doubt about
it! Last week they took in
for the U. S. treasury $93.90
from stamp sales, and sold
five $25 bonds, as well as
one $50 and one $100 bond.
This ia the first time that
individuals have devoted daily
effort to the exclusive sale of
bonds and stamps here.