County
News
CITY RECORDER
RESIGNS POSITION
RAINIER—The city council
a week ago Monday evening
accepted the resignation of
Blaine Bradley as recorder and
appointed N. N. Blumensaadt
to serve for another 30 days.
Mr. Blumensaadt’s tenure may
be controlled by developments
in the operation of the soap
factory of which he is manager
and which is now under new
ownership.
Mr. Bradley, who was elect
ed to the office of recorder in
the election of
1942, two
months ago asked for a leave
of absence on account of his
health.
TRAFFIC PATROLS TO BE
ESTABLISHED FOR KIDS
ST. HELENS—The city coun
cil has given its blessing to es
tablishing safety patrols at six
danger points on the city street
system where school children
cross. The patrol is sponsored
by the American Legion and
that organization will provide
the white Sam Browne belts
and hats the youngsters direct
ing the traffic will be required
to wear while on duty.
The patrols would be estab
lished on the highway at Mc
Bride school, the highway and
Columbia blvd, in Houlton, 6th
st. and Columbia blvd., 4th st.
and Columbia blvd. and at 3rd
and St. Helens streets.
The city also agreed to es
tablish a 25-mile speed limit
within the city limits on the
highway and will contact the
highway department who will,
it is said, erect appropriate
signs.
LOCAL SOAP PLANT
CHANGES HANDS
RAINIER—Sale of the Rain
ier soap factory to J. L. Schil
ling Co. of New York is re
ported by N. N. Blumensaadt,
local manager. The sale was ef
fective October 27.
The plant here was formerly
owned by D. J. Keefe of Boston
Mr. Schilling was in Rainier
October 10 and inspected the
plant.
Mr. Blumensaadt received the
information that Schilling plans
reopening of the plant and the
manufacture of at least 4,000
gross of soap bars. Further ac
tivity will be dependent upon
market conditions and the abili
ty to acquire materials from
which to make the soap.
The plant was operated brief
ly a few months ago but diffi
culty in supplies and lack of a
ready market probably discour
aged the Boston owner.
LUMBER TAKEN BY
BARGE 240 MILES
ST. HELENS — Years ago
transportation of lumber from
the lower Columbia to points
on the upper river was not
dreamed of but in this year of
1943 it is a reality, and lum
ber from the St. Helens mill
of the Pope & Talbot company
is being taken some 265 miles
or possibly more, upriver. Al
most every week three barges
loaded with from 225,000 to
250.000 feet of lumber are tow
ed to Portland and there deliv
ered to the Portland Tug &
Barge company whose fleet of
tugs take the barges to Kenne
wick, Wash., some 240 miles up
stream from Portland.
From Umatilla north and east
the Columbia either narrows or
becomes more shallow—deep in
some places and shallow in oth
ers, so the barges are loaded to
draw not in excess of four feet,
whereas for towing in deep
places of the river they could
be loaded to from 6 to 8 feet
in depth.
So far as St. Helens is con
cerned the lumber delivery is
an outlet for approximately one-
sixth of the output of the mill
and furnishes employment to a
number of persons loading the
barges as well as the local tow
ing company whose tugs tow
the barges to Portland.
One Hour of
Pay to Go to
War Chest
Union to Help
Boost War Chest
Drive for Vernonia
At a meeting held on Octob
er 29, Local 5-37. IWA, voted
to adopt the national CIO plan
which is to deduct one hour’s
Wages per month to go to the
war chest drive.
Vernonia’s quota
for the
drive is $3,500. The chairmen
of the local committees, Mrs.
H. M. Culbertson and Mrs.
Harry Hall, have turned in
$703.80 of this amount.
The drive for funds in this
locality will be relatively brief
as it is anticipated that it will
be entirely cleared up by the
end of the month, if not be
fore. It is felt that the wage
deduction of the union will be
a big boost in bringing Ver
nonia over its quota.
Schools Observe
Armistice Day
There will be a joint observ
ance of Armistice Day and Na
tional Education week by both
the grade schools and high
school on Friday, November 12
at 2:00 p.m. in the Washington
grade school auditorium. Amer
ican Education week is sched
uled from November 7 to 13
inclusive and the theme to be
carried out will be “Education
for Victory.” Victory on all
battle fronts is the goal of the
schools.
The schools are rendering in
dispensable service to the na
tional war effort and in prep
aration for the peace to come,
they are confronted with a
deepening crisis. Many of our
local teachers have been lost
to the profession and
many
throughout the country are in
the armed forces.
American Education week is
sponsored jointly by the Na
tional Education association,
the American Legion, the U.
S. Office of Education and the
National Congress of Parents
and Teachers.
Program to Be Given
The program here will open
with a bugle call and is out
lined so that both schools will
take part and also the local
Amercian Legion Post will par
ticipate. The principal speaker
for the afternoon will be Neal
Marfitt. There will be an in
troduction of the Legion com
mander and taps will sound at
the close of the program. The
public is invited to attend the
program.
Pomona Grangers Hear
Explanation of Prices
The regular meeting of the vide for the lend-lease program.
Columbia
County
Pomona
The meeting was presided ov
grange at the Yankton grange er by Worthy Master Ray Tar
hall on November 6th heard an bell of St. Helen’s and Warren
explanation by County Agent grange acted as host. An inter
George Nelson of the govern
esting and well balanced pro
ment roll back of prices. In his
gram
under the direction of
report, Mr. Nelson stated that
the government will pay the Laura Carmichael, lecturer of
farmer dividends for the milk Natal grange, was given during
and cream that he has sold the evening session.
during the months of October
and what he will sell during
the months of November and
December. The payments will
amount to 5c for each pound
of butterfat and 45c per hund
red pounds of milk. The pur
Lieutenant General Delos C.
pose of this program is to help
keep down inflation, it was ex Emmons, commanding general
of the western defense com
plained.
J. D. Perry, county represen mand disclosed this week that
tative, spoke of post war work some question had arisen in
as
to
that is now being carried on in several communities
parts of the county, but stressed whether or not shielding of
that there is still much to be street lights should be removed
done. Worthy Master Ray Tar as a result of the western de
bell appointed each subordinate fense command’s proclamation
grange master as chairman of ■ No. 20.
a committee to plan post war
Proclamation No. 20, dated
work in their respective com October 28, 1943, suspended
munities.
regulations on
the
Pacific
H.E.C. Chairman of Pomona coast effective November 1. It
grange, Inez Langdon of Chap did not abolish them.
man stressed that we must save
“The matter,” General Em
more food, for we now waste
as much at home as is needed to mons said, “depends entirely
feed the men in service. The on future events. Should the
saving is necessary also to pro- military situation make it ne
cessary, the dimout might have
to be reinstated.
Dim jut Rules
Not Aboiiihsd
Oil Companies
Bid for Lands
ST. HELENS—Although no
lease has been signed with the
county court,
representatives
of one of the major oil com
panies seeking drilling rights
on Columbia land are busy at
the court house checking titles
to find owners of properties
they are interested in. It is
believed that the county is own
er of the bulk of the property
sought.
Exact number of acres on
which a lease will be sought has
not been announced, but the
oil company men indicated that
it would be considerably in ex
cess of 5,000. One of the two
concerns which are currently
bidding for the chance to do
some “wildcatting” on Colum
bia county land has had a core
drilling crew and four geolo
gists conducting testing opera
tions about five miles east of
Vernonia.
Because of wet weather,
these workers have stopped
their operation. It was indi
cated, however, that they will
resume work in the spring.
Before the court can grant
a lease of county properties to
any of the oil companies, it
will be necessary to hold a
public hearing and to advertise
the location of the lands up for
lease.
Newton Jasper Parker died at
his home in Vernonia on No
vember 9 at the age of 76
years. He had been a resident
of Vernonia for 69 years. He
was born in Brown county Kan
sas on February 22, 1867. He
is survived by one son, Walter
Parker, Vernonia; two daught
ers, Mrs. Della Leavitt, La
Grande and Mrs. Hazel Hazen,
Portalnd; four brothers, An
drew and George Parker of
Vernonia. Albert of Clatskanie
and Pete of Powers, Oregon;
five grandchildren and six
great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday, November 11 at 2:00
p.m. at the Bush Funeral home
with Rev. Allen H. Backer of
ficiating. Interment will be at
the Vernonia Memorial ceme
tery.
TRAINS AT SIOIJX FALLS
In attendance at the four-
week army service forces depot
course No. 8 at Camp Lee, Vir
ginia at
the
quartermaster
school is 2nd Lieutenant G.
L. Hieber who was specially
selected to take the advanced
course of instruction in modern
depot and warehousing methods.
In addition to intensive class
room work, the officer is also
undergoing an intensive pro
gram that
stresses
physical
hardening, military tactics and
weapons.
Pvt. Lewis R. Adams, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Alva E. Adams,
has been assigned to the tech
nical school, army air forces
training command, Sioux Falls,
South Dak. for • training as a
radio operator-mechanic. Upon
completion of a 20-week course
he will be fully trained to take
his place as a member of z«
highly skilled bomber crew of
the army air forces.
In civilian life he worked as
a logger for the Hobin Logging
Co. He graduated from Ver
nonia high school in 1942, and
while in school he played foot
ball with the Loggers.
He was inducted into the
service on June 17. 1943 at
Portland and was previously
stationed at Kessler Field be
fore going to Sioux Falls.
According to a letter receiv
ed by Dr. and Mrs. R. D. Eby,
from Cap't. Robert Rushing, he
is convalescing in a hospital in
Australia.
Selective service registrants
who have failed to keep in
touch with their local board
should remedy this error at
once, it was urged last week
by Columbia
County
Local
Board No. 1. Together with
this announcement there is re
leased a list of
registrants
present carried by this local
board as delinquent or suspect
ed of being delinquent.
Local boards throughout the
country are presently reviewing
the file of each registrant who
is a delinqent or suspected of
delinqency. Commencing No
vember 1 the local boards have
listed all delinqents and sus
pected delinqents and have be
gun the process of reclassifying
the registrants and ordering
them to report for induction.
A complete list of the delin
quents failing to report for in
duction will be presented to
United States attorneys and
facilities of the Federal Bur
eau of Investigation will be uti
lized to round up selective ser
vice registrants who have fail
ed in their duties.
Commander H. H. King of
the local post of the American
Legion announces a campaign
here to conserve gas due to in-
creased war activity in the Pa-
cific theatre which nécessitât-
es additional need of gas for
fighting.
Mr. King urges drivers to
share their cars with others as
every car on the road today
is a vital part of our fighting
material strategy. It is a life
line between the home front
and our battlefronts across the
world. Civilian
transportation
keeps the production line at
work and keeps the equipment
moving to our fighting forc
es.
In the campaign it is urged
that every car be given a rest
when possible and that cars
that are used carry a capacity
load of persons.. Every car that
remains at home is doing two
things: lengthening their lives
and saving gas, thereby streng
thening the war effort.
Shoe Rationing
Information Told
Loggers to Play
Rainier Nov. 11
TRAINING AT CAMP LEE
IN AUSTRALIA
Selective Service
Board Policy
Calls for Care
Save Gas
November Is
Urged Here Christmas Ma
According to information re
leased in a rationing news let
ter to shoe dealers from the lo
cal rationing board it was re
vealed that when making a re
Shield Removal Explained
fund to a person who returns a
“Removal of street light
new pair of shoes or in cases
shielding is entirely up to the
where
an order cannot be filled
The board pointed out that
communities "themselves.'
local boards are now reclassi to a person who has surrend
“It should be pointed out, fying fathers to fill" calks and ered a valid ration stamp, this
however, that such removal that delinquents will not be al person should be given a spec
would be expensive and require lowed to play a game of hide- ial shoe stamp obtainable from
considerable
manpower.
It and-seek with local boards. As the ration board (in no case
should also be mentioned that serting that many of the de return a loose stamp from a ra
reinstallation of shielding, if it linquents may be delinquent tion book). Instead of the
should be necessary, would not through neglect rather than stamp being dated as in the
states past, it should have written on
only be expensive in money and wilfulness, the board
manpower, but would require that the best time to clear up it the number of the last war
any misunderstandings which ration stamp which has become
critical material and time.
have arisen through neglect is valid. Such special stamps are
“Available information indi now.
then acceptable during the same
cates that approxiamtely 40 per
validity period as the stamp in
The list of registrants now dicated on it. This doesn't
cent of skyglow in metropoli
tan areas comes from unshield carried by Columbia County change the fact that dated
ed street lighting. This informa Local Board as delinquent or stamps issued by ration boards
tion also indicates that hori suspected of being delinquent are good only for 30 days from
zontal shielding of street lights follows:
date issued.
does not materially reduce the
Carl Ingmar Sundberg, How Children* Shoe* Increased
volume of light upon streets
ard Lyman Nutt, Loranzo Revs,
and sidewalks.
Additional
childrens shoes
Chas. F. Mattingly.
are
to
be
manufactured
con
“It may be advisable in cer
taining no leather and no rub
tain areas visible from the sea
ber except scrap rubber pre
to remove street light shielding
viously combined with fabric.
to the seaward and thereby re
These shoes of size three and
move a hazard caused by re
smaller in youths, misses and
duced light in those exceptional
childrens ranges and all sizes
areas. Should the dimout be re
The Vernonia Loggers will in the infants range will be ra
stored. these lights could be meet the Rainier Columbians on
kept out entirely until shield the Rainier field on Armistice tion free,
ing were reinstalled.”
The ordinary gym .shoe, ten
Day at 2:00 p.m. This is the
Dimout restrictions were or last league game for this year nis shoe and sneaker containing
iginally proclaimed in August, and may mean the championship no leather and which have a
1942, to reduce skyglow that for the Loggers if they come sole made and fasented to the
might silhouette shipping
as through victorious. The team upper by a vulcanized construc
seems to be in good condition tion have been released from ra
targets for enemy submarines.
and promises a good battle and tioning.
an interesting game for observ
ers.
Those Who
Are in It
Long Time
Resident Dies
Delinquent
Registrants
Get Warning
Quota Increase
Noted for Stoves
According to information re
leased .by the local rationing
board there has been an in
crease in the quota of stoves.
Coal and wood heating stoves
have been increased 50 per
cent and oil heating stoves have
been increased 100 per cent.
Also coal and wood cooking
stoves have increased 50 per
cent.
Flue Fire
Damage Small
A flue fire damaged the roof
of the J. W. Brimmer house on
Rose avenue Tuesday afternoon.
Water damaged some articles
in the house but the furniture
was not removed as Mrs. Brim
mer had the fire nearly under
control by the time the fire
department arrived.
MEETING ATTENDED
Brotherhood to
Meet Nov. 16
Wallace McCrae and Paul
Gordon attended a meeting Sun
day in St. Helens at the home
of George Conyers, president
of the Columbia County Health
association. The meeting was
called for the purpose of dis
cussing the annual sale of
Christmas seals.
The Brotherhood of the Ev
angelical church will meet Tues
day, November 16 at the church
at 7:30 p.m. All fathers and
sons are invited to attend.
A special program and speak
ers will be arranged for the ev
ening and refreshments will be
served.
TimeThisYe.
To Mail Early I*
Only Way to Avoit
Emergency in Dec.
Delivery of the annual fl
of Christmas gifts and co
on time, always a serious p<:
lem, "will be more than a pi
lem this year—it will be
impossibility — unless ChE
mas mailings are made lar^
in November,” Postmaster C
eral Frank C. Walker war'
in a dispatch received this W-
be Emil Messing of the
nonia post office.
“Transportation facilities >
burdened to the limit with ■
materials and personnel |
the postal service has sent m.
than thirty-one thousand exj
ienced employees into the ar1
and navy,” Mr. Walker warn
“The only solution to 1
Christmas problem is: Mail
November. Mark your pare
‘Do Not Open Until Christm.'
That is the only way to av
disappointment on Christn
Day not only for many civilii
but aLo for millions of me
bers of the armed forces v
are still in this country.
Only Way to Avoid Emerger
"It is also the only way
avoid the possibility of a Chri
mas emergency in the transp
tation and postal services,
the public will cooperate
mailing their Christmas p
cels during November, we <
handle a small volume of lig
last-minute mailings, such
cards, up to December 10—1
we can do that and avoid
eergency only if November
really
‘Christmas
maili
month.’ ”
Postal officials pointed c
that the volume of mail n<
is far above any previous 1
cords, that railway cars by t
hundreds have been diverted
war service and that the i
lines have only about half
many planes as they once c
erated.
•
More than two hundred th<
sand temporary employees n<
mally are employed to help wi
the holiday postal rush. T1
year, the extra employees m
be largely women and hi
school boys and girls who a
unable to work the long hoi
usually required
and
wh<
work will be relatively slow.
Mail Must Cover Longer Peri
To deliver the Christm
mails on time, therefore, it
necessary that mailings
spread out over a longer peri
so that available transportai
equipment and postal person!
can be used during more weel
It will be utterly impossible
make the deliveries by Chri
mas if mailers wait until t
last three weeks before the h<
iday, as in norrdal years.
There is another reason f
shopping and mailing earli
than ever before. Retail stop
are short handed. Purchase
can avoid shopping in crowd
stores, long waits for servi
and other inconveniences
late shopping if they buy no
Postmaster General Walk
observed that his warning
not an attempt to tell the pu
lie what to do; it is only an a
vance notification of what w
happen if they mail late. I
feel- that the public is entitli
to the facts and that when thi
know them, they will decide
mail in November.
CARDS REQUIRE 1ST CLA1
Information was
receiv
from Emil Messing, postmasti
that Christmas greeting car
for soldiers overseas must
sent in a sealed envelope a
prepaid at the first class ra