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County News CLARK-WILSON BUYS TIMBER LAND FROM U. RAILROAD BLOWN UP AT ROCKY POINT SATURDAY RAINIER — Train 24 had tough sledding getting back to Portland Saturday night, a week ago. After an engine failure west of Rainier, they stopped here 25 minutes, first buying a “T” pipe connection at a local hardware store, and then in stalling their purchase. After making brake tests the train crew proceeded mer rily on its way but at Scap poose they were held up be tween five and six hours be cause a contractor at Rock Point had set off an overen- thusiastic blast that blew up the track, blew down the wires and piled a lot of stone where it did no good to traffic. EIGHT FROM CLATSKANIE THREE TIME DONORS CLATSKANIE — Eight of Clatskanie’s blood donors at the blood bank in St. Helens recently were three-time donat ors and eligible for the Red Cross silver button. Fifteen from this locality gave blood the last time. Only 96 persons presented themselv es at the Red Cross mobile bank. I nthe past Columbia ocun- ty’s goal was 120 donors but due to the great need for plas ma the county will be asked to suply 140 volunteers for the twice monthly visits of the unit. COLUMBIA ‘OIL* GETS BIDS FOR COUNTY LEASE í Eagle s. ST. HELENS — Their sup- ply of standing timber in the Nehalem valley almost gone (the estimate is that all will three years at the outside) Clark-Wilson Co., largest log ging operators of the county and owners of the major single stand of Columbia’s timber, are looking for other logging chances, a news article in a Portland paper revealed last week. The company purchased 30,000,000 feet from the U. S. forest service east of Esta cada in the Mt. Hood national forest reserve and there is much other timber adjacent, enough for several years’ log ging at least. ST. HELENS — Maybe Co lumbia county has oil and gas in commercial quantities and maybe it hasn’t, but there ap pears to be no shortage of peop le anxious to get leases on county property in order to find out what in the way of petroleum products is stored beneath it, Judge Ray Tarbell said last week. Recently, the county court has had requests from no fewr than four separate parties, all seeking leases. Some of the pe titioning groups have been re luctant to mention the com pany or organization they rep resented, while other have giv en this information to the court but the names have not been re leased for publication. At any rate, it now appears that representatives of one of the major oil companies who are now working here will be the strongest bidders for a lease on several thousand acres of county land. The law re quires that the land be adver tised and that persons desiring to lease it make bids. The court however, is not required to ac cept the highest bid, or any bid at all for that matter. At present, oil company em ployees are cheeking titles at the courthouse of the land which is sought and Tarbell said that he thought the adver tisement for lease bids might be made in about a month. MORE PASSENGER TRAINS ASKED ON S. P. A S. LINE RAINIER — Astoria, Seaside and officers from the Tongue Point naval base Monday ap pealed to George Flagg, Oregon commissioner of public utilities for an order directing the S. P. & S. railway to give the lower Columbia river line additional passenger train service that will make it possible to leave the lower river towns in the morning, spend a portion of the business day in Portland and return home the same ev ening Astoria has grown from 10,000 to 17,000 and Seaside is a city of 5,000, and that and the added army and navy per sonnel in the area have created Vernonia, Columbia Couiu,. Thursday, November 25, 1943 V of o___________________ Volume 21, Number < Drive for Old Clothes, Rags On Till Dec. 4 Yule Season Contest Givei By V.B.W. Ciu Needed to Aid in Relief Purpose» of Liberated Peoples Window Displays To Be Judged, Prizes Given According to C. F. Hieber, chairman of the local salvage committee, a drive is now on for discarded clothing and rag collection. Any clothing which the owner knows will be used now or in the immediate future, is not wanted. All types are needed for men, women, boys, girls, and infants, and any unwear able clothing which can be re duced to rags is also requested. Donors are asked to see that woolen garments are brushed and cotton garments and rags are clean. Mending is not re quired. Shoes are not wanted, nor rubbers, rubber boots, over shoes, galoshes, slippers, leath er leggins, leather gloves, hats, caps, neckties, garters, garter belts, girdles, corsets, veils, spats, rubber coats, diapers and masquerade costumes. The Business Women’s c of 'Vernonia is sponsoring window display contest, wl is the third annual contest Vernonia. The last coni proved very favorable and it anticipated that great intel and participation will be she this year. The merchants who are pl ning on participating are uri to notify either Mrs. Ir Ruh or Miss Anna Mae Ram The prizes that are to offered this year are for f prize $5.00 in war stamps i a second prize of $2.50 in si stamps. The display entries will judged on Saturdap, Decern 18. The judges that have b< chosen are not members of Business Women’s club and 1 be impartial as far as the b iness firms or the business c is concerned. Why Clothing Is Needed The question may be asked as to why the old clothing is need ed. Clothing is needed to aid in the rehabilitation of peoples in liberated countries abroad and for emergency relief pur poses at home. Rags are des perately needed by our armed forces and industry for wiping cloths and for other essential uses. The local salvage committee announces that this drive will close on December 4. They also ask that when donations are ready they be taken to either the Evangelical or Christian churches. Auxiliary to Giv Dance Dec. 4 In the Struggle of Today Let's Remember Their Struggle Our forefathers came to America in the pursuit of freedom and happiness. No mod ern inventions simplified life for them in th s unexplored land. They had to clear forests to build homes, till the soil to plant . . .and always be ready to fight for their lives. Winters were bitter and summers often brought unending days of scorching sun. But their perseverance kept the colonies thriving and so a new nation was born ... a nation that in a surprisingly short time became the greatest land on the earth. Not for nothing did the early settlers sweat, hunt, and build to form a country they could call their own. They fashioned America with an eye to generations to come. And we are a generation that came. Are we going to lose the freedo n our forefathers struggled for? We must all do our share in today’s struggle for Victory ... we must protect our heritage. Xmas Seals to be Mailed Nov. 24 The annual Christmas seal sale to finance the campaign against tuberculosis in Vernonia is getting underway. The high school secretary class will ad dress the envelopes for the Christmas seals while the Wash ington grade school journalism class will enclose letters, seals and book marks in the enve lopes and get them ready for mailing. J. B. Wilkerson will handle the returns of the sales and take care of the book work. The mailing of the seals will start November 24 and will be mailed in different groups on each day through the remainder of the week so as not to make the returns so rushing. The Bangles, which are a tuberculosis symbol of a two bar cross have arrived and will be sold to the grade school children for 1 cent and to the high school students for 5 cents. The sale will start on Novem ber 29. RECEIVES PROMOTION «ñS? Those Who *5? Are in It HEARS FROM SON Mrs. J. 0. DeVaney received word from her son, Sgt. Verle J. DeVaney, who is somewhere in the south Pacific. He men tioned that he had not had any mail for a long time. He also mentioned that he felt fine and was thinking of home. COMPLETES BASIC WORK OIL COUPON VALUE SET The value of period two cou pons for fuel oil which are val id for the transfer of oil from November 30 to February 8, 1944, has been officially set at ten gallons per coupon. BAKERY TO OPEN The Vernonia reopen Friday closed for several the illness of Mr. FRIDAY Bakery will after being days due to Massey. SCHOOLS TO VACATION The Vernonia schools will observe Thanksgiving with a two day holiday which will be Thursday and Friday of this week. tremendous congestion. It was also asked that the train be ad ded to avoid the neceaaity of spending two nights in Portland to transact a day's business. Aviation Cadet Holly V. Holcomb, Jr. completed his bas ic flying training in October at the army air force pilot sihool in the west coast training cent er, Gardner Field, California. He has been sent to an advanc ed flying school to finish his pilot training. Upon the successful conclus ion of this course, he will re ceive a commission as a flight officer or a second lieutenant in the army of the United States. He was accepted as aviation cadet at Portland in July, 1942. FORMER STUDENT WRITES Sgt. Fred Ritchie is visit ing his aunt, Mrs'. Harold Dow, for four days this week. He is a former student of Vernonia high school. While in school here he was active in boxing. He entered the service three years ago and was stationed at San Franciaco, California for six months and was then ship ped out. He served with the 40 MM gun crew and has seen action in the Caribbean area. He wears three ribbons, an American Defense Service Med al, good conduct medal, and a medal for serving in the Carib bean area. Sgt. Ritchie wishes to ex press his thanks to the Mother’s service club and to the Rainbow Girls for the gifts and candy received while > in foreign ser vice. SON IS INJURED Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Walker received word Saturday that their son. Sgt. W, L. Walker, had been injured while directing mortar fire. A shell exploded prematurely causing serious in jury to an artery in his leg. He is in the hospital at Pine Camp, New York. Sgt. Walker has been in the service for two years and three months and is reported to have been injured on November 14. GETS TRANSFER Lt. Lowell Hieber who has been stationed at Camp Lee, Virginia, will be transferred this Saturday to . Columbus, Ohio where he will continue his study for four weeks. Promoted to corporal in the marine corps, Philip B. Keasey, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Keasey, was graduated Novem ber 23 from the parachute rig gers school at Lakehurst, N. J., at the naval air station lighter- than-air base. The graduating class included sailors, marines, coast guardsmen, Waves and women marine reserves. Spars also now are being trained as riggers. Rigger trainees learn to pack and repair all types of para chutes and to keep flight cloth ing and life-saving equipment in repair, and upon graduation are sent immediately to duty as riggers. Women rese rvists go to naval air stations, where they relieve shor-based men for sea and overseas duty. PARENTS VISITED Ben Wilkerson, AK 1/c, who has been stationed at the Ko diak naval air station for six teen months, spent a few hours with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Wilkerson, last week, on his way to San Francisco. From San Francisco he will be sent to some pre-flight school for training in the air corps. Home on Furlough Walt Fleeter, who has been in the service for over two years, arrived home October 25 and remained here until No vember 22 when he returned to San Pedro, California. More "Those Who Are,” page 6 Juniors to Give Play Soon The junior class of the Ver nonia high school is planning on staging a play sometime be fore Christmas. The play is entitled "Blithe Spirit.” The cast has been chosen and is as follows: Charles, Douglas Culbertson: Elvira, Helen Fowl er; Dr. Bradman, Marvin Turn er; Ruth, Mary Beth Lish; Mrs. Bradman. Shirley Ray; Edith, Thelma Hobin; Madame Ar- cati, Marjosie Lolley. The first rehearsal for the play was held Monday evening, November 22. Main Street Is Destruction Scene Several Vernonia merchants report having difficulty with younger boys of the city who have been using store front awnings for play. Some of the awnings have been damaged which causa* quite an expense to replace or repair. One mer chant remarked, “We all like active boys, but I eesild buy a war bond for what it will cost to replace the awning. Let’s not forget for a moment that we are still at war and there is a scarcity of many items which makes it difficult for replacement.” Each year the rehabilitat _ and child welfare committ of the American Legion Au iary hold a Christmas party the purpose of obtaining gi for the gift shop at the v erans hospital and child v fare center in Portland. This year the Auxiliary sponsoring an old time dai at the Legion hall on Saturd December 4. Receipts from dance will go into the Chr mas fund, half to be sent the veterans hospital for gift shop from which serv men hospitalized there 1 choose gifts free of charge send to their families, other half of the fund will sent to the child welfare ci er in Portland, where gifts be wrapped and sent to child of service men and vetei of world war one. The music for the dance be furnished by Jess Ta; and his six^piece orchestra. Mist Woman Buried Nov. 20 Mrs. Annie Amanda Jo son died at her home in M on November 17 after a lo illness of three years. She v born July 24, 1871 at Heap ia, Michigan. She moved w her family to the Nehalem v ley in 1920 and has lived h< continuously until her dea She i( survived by her hi band, Wilford R. Johnson, Mi one son, Rymal, Neah B three daughters. Jeanette Su land, Mist; Loretta Foster, hambra, Calif.; eneva Bo; Forks, Washington; one bre er, Grattan Bennett, Holtvil California; two sisters, M Sadie Heckman, Bend; M Mabel Hess, Simi, Californ five grandchildren and o great grandchild. Mrs. Joi son was active in commun church affairs as long as health would permit and activities will be long ret bered in that capacity. The Jewett A. Bush Fune home was in charge and se ices were held at the -V church with Rev. W. O. I ingstone officiating. Interm was made at Mist on Nov< ber 20.
