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County News Oertio^^® Eagle TWENTY-ONE ATTEND BLOOD BANK CLATSKANIE — Twenty-one persons from this locality ans wered the call for blood donors at the Columbia county blood bank recently. In all 146 appear ed to give the much needed sub stance for blood plasma. Coming the day after a holi day the large turnout was moro than was expected. Blood will not be taken Friday, December 24th, which would be a regular time, since the laboratory work ers would not be able to have ■Christmas off. RED CROSS BUDGET FOR ’44 OUTLINED ST. HELENS — The regular monthly meeting of the executive committee of the Columbia coun ty chapter of the American Red Cross was held in the jury room at the county court house last week. Announcement of a tentative budget for 1944 was made by C. E. Throne Jr., county chairman. He estimated the chapter would wind up the year with a cash balance of $3,072.93, which would be applied against the new budget of $6,185, estimated ex penditure for next year. This will leave approximately $3,000 to be raised in the annual war fund drive, which will begin on March 1. Mr. Throne stated the chapter had been in debt to the national headquarters in the sum of $1,- 100 at the beginning of the 1943 drive. Sufficient money was tak en in, however, to discharge the obligation and give the chapter a working capital of $8,700. This drive was rated the best ever held in the county. Some $16,000 moneywas collected. LEGION AUXILIARY STATE OFFICERS DUE RAINIER — The*state officers of the American Legion Auxil iary will be here to meet with the local unit when it holds its regular monthly meeting Monday afternoon December 13. The meeting will be held at the home qf Mrs. A. R. McCall VOLUNTEERS AT BLOOD BANK TOTAL 146 ST. HELENS — St. Helens and Columbia county people turn ed out strong in response to a plea for additional blood donors last Friday when the Red Cross mobile unit came here and as a result there were 146 volunteers, six over the minimum, and more than had showed up for any re cent visit of the bank. One of the surprising things about this unexpectedly good showing is that it came on the day after a holiday. MORE FILINGS WITH CLERK SHOWS GREATER ACTIVITY ST. HELENS — November fees in the county clerk’s office added up to $721.35 and brought the total number of instruments filed for the year to 3,586, con siderably more than at this time in 1942 when the number of fil ings was only 3,105. December will be a fairly busy month at the clerk’s office and if receipts are normal it appears that the year's filings of instruments will exceed 1942 by about 500. A prime reason for the in crease in filings, according to County Clerk J. W. Hunt, is a rise in the number of real es tate transactions, this rise being reflected in an increased total of deeds and mortgages filed with the county clerk. While real estate business has been show ing a rise, the number of chattel mortgages filed has declined con- siderabley. Last month for example, only 22 chattels were filed, white nor mally the clerk’s office would handle 50 or 60 of these instru ments. Reason for the decline, of course, is the fact that dealers no longer have new automobiles and trucks for sale and used car activity, while brisk, does not make up for the lack of new merchandise. The decline in chat tel filings is pretty general all over western Oregon, Hunt be lieves. Thursday, December 9, 1943 Vernonia, Columbia County, Oregon u °* ° 1 ■ "■ '■ ■" 1—1 "a Volume 21, Number 49 Information on Nov. Ration Death Takes Schools Purchase Tires Released Report Told Two Vernonia Jeeps by Dec. 7 Here By Board Men This Week Grade Schools Make High School Buys Industrial Food Users to Apply In Short Time According to information re- ceived by Mrs. Paul Gordon, clerk of the local ration board, the former FF tires, once known as grade H’s, revert to grade III and are to be sold on grade II certificates. No more truck recapping cer tificates are required after De cember 1 and tractor and imple ment tubes are a new quota it em and are to be issued on cer tificates for those requiring the type of tube and to be accounted for on the R-7 at the end of the month. The “twilight tires” branded with the “O” may now be re capped starting December 1. This practice was formerly forbidden. Industrial users will make their applications for all food allotment on a single form be tween December 15, 1943 and January 5, 1944. Previously, three separate registrations were required under the sugar, pro cessed foods and meat-fats ra- tioning program. Registration for persons oper- ating more than one establish ment will be identical under all rationing programs, allowing an industrial user to register each unit he operates separately, or to group them under a single registration regardless of the kind of rationed foods he uses. Community Sing Planned The Business Women’s club of Vernonia is sponsoring a com munity sing to be held at the Washington grade school at 6:45 p.m. on December 20. There will be a Christmas tree and program. Everyone in invited to attend. The ration report for the month of November was releas ed by Mrs. Paul Gordon this week. The following business was cared for during the month: the issuance of 6 special shoe stamps and 11 rubber boots; there were 5 coal and wood heating stoves, 2 oil and 2 coal and wood cook ing stoves issued; There were 34 late registrations for book No. 4; also there were 15,416 points issued for 125 men for supplemental food for remote areas; The number of tires issued for passenger type cars were 18 grade I and 23 grade II; for truck and busses there were 28 new tires and 7 recapping servic es and 36 new tubes. The number of gasoline cou pons issued for A were 19; B, 107; special, 22; € supplemen tary, 37; issued special. 2; E, 17; R, 23; T-l, 8; and gasoline pur chase permits for special mileage was 445 gallons. Loggers to Play 1st Game Dec. 17 Basketball practice is under way according to Coach Orle Robbins, with about 25 boys turning out. The coach is faced with the prospects of having to rebuild his team due to so many of the boys going into the ser vice, The team is minus such stars as Fred Lusby and Robert Kent who played with the Log gers last year. Lyle and Les Galloway are planning on enter ing the service around Christ mas time and this wilt deal a striking blow to the team. The Loggers will get their first taste of battle when they invade Seaside on December 17. Other preceeding games will be played before beginning the con ference season which will start the first Friday in January. GRADUATES TAKES BASIC TRAINING Homer Michener, son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Michener graduated November 27 from the naval air training center at Corpus Christi, Texas and was commissioned an ensign in the U. S. naval reserve. He received his preliminary flight instruction at the Liver more, Cglif., reserve air base, and is now stationed at Mel bourne, Florida. Pvt. George B. Armstrong has arrived at the infantry replace ment center of Camp Roberts, California for his basic training He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Armstrong of Vernon ia. Before entering the service he was a truck driver. TRAINS AT CAMP ROBERTS Second Lieutenant Harry Cul bertson, Jr., who has been sta tioned at Chanute Field, Ill., ar: rived home Thursday, December 2 and will be home until Decem ber 11. He received his commission while at Chanute Field, but is now stationed at Sacramento, Calif., at a weathe’r station there. He has been in the service almost nine months, leaving college the day after graduation for training in the army. Pvt. Frederick H. Mulkins has arrived at the infantry replace ment center at Camp Roberts for his basic training. He is the husband of Mrs. Fred H. Mul kins of Vernonia. Before enter ing the service he was a logger for Frank Cameron. BROTHER WRITES AGAIN Mrs. Helen Spofford has re- ceived another one of those en- tertaining letters from her broth er, Claude Veal, who is some where in the South Pacific. He has charge of a crew of men getting out logs for a govern- ment saw mill. The mill is a small portable kind, They cut about seven thousand a day of mahogany", rosewood, teakwood. and other rare kinds. Of the natives he writes, “we see only the male natives. They have their women hidden after the Jap occupation of this island, The men are of medium size. most of them are high class and educated. There was a Methodist mission here. I’ve talked to sev eral that spoke fair English. I’m glad that you are sending the Eagle. I’m making a mahog- any chest, and I am sending Elsie a bracelet made from a Jap plane. There is quite a story about it to tell later. I am going fishing this afternoon. We have nice sea bass and tuna here.” GETS COMMISSION HOME ON LEAVE Angelo DeRoia was home on leave from the Seabees . He was stationed at Camp Perry, Vir ginia, but after spending a week here he was sent to Gulfport, Mississippi where he will ed as instructor, He has been in the service for five months. RETURNS TO HOSPITAL Bob Tindall returned to the hospital in San Diego after spending a 35-day leave with his mother, Mrs. O. S. Poynter. He underwent the third operation since his injury which was re ceived in the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He is reported as re- covering nicely. IN ENGLAND Lt. Clifford Bergerson is re- ported to be in England now co- piloting a plane. More “Those Who Are,” page 6 Frank Davis and Corporal Donald Osburn Called Frank Davis died at 9:25 a.m. Wednesday, December 8 at the home of Mrs. Maud Rogers where he was receiving care. Mr. Davis is an uncle to Arthur and Carl Davis of Vernonia. Funeral arrangements have not been made to date, pending word from Mr. Davis’s son in Vancouver. Soldier Dies Cpl. Donald Osburn is report ed to have been killed in line of duty. He is the son of Mrs. O. B. Bittner. Several reports have been received as to how Cpl. Osburn met his death. One re port was that he met his death while enroute to his camp after being home on furlough. Anoth er report is that he was killed while on maneuvers. No definite information has been received as yet but details will be printed in next week’s paper. Both funeral services will be held in Vernonia and the Bush Funeral home will be in charge. Gift Collection Reported Good Mrs. Dorothy Sandon reports that the collection of gifts for the hospitalized service men are coming in fine. The schools are participating In' this collection and the students are reported to be doing a very good job. The first load of Christmas gifts will be taken to St. Helens Thursday, December 9. It is urged that anyo»e intending to donate, take their apekage to the Vernonia Auto Co. as soon as possible as December 10 is the last date that they will be received. There has been a drive on among the schools of Columbia co-unty for membership in the Junior Red Cross. It has been reported that there is a 100 per cent membership throughout Co- lumbia county. The membership fee was I set at 50 cents per room and the have Vernonia grade schools been reported being highest in fees the county with their amounting to $20.00. Weather Report Told for Nov. The weather report for No vember shows the maximum tem perature as 62 degrees November 9, and a minimum of 22 degrees on the morning of November 26 and 39 degrees in the evening. The maximum temperature for that, day was 56 degrees. No vember 24 was another cold day with the minimum of 27 degrees in the morning and 42 degrees at night. The maximum of that day was 51 degrees. During October there were 35.22 inches of rainfall. The to tal rainfall for the month of November has not yet been fig ured. Dec. 23 Program Set at Church Thursday, December 23 is the date set for the Sunday school and church Christmas program at the Evangelical church which will take place at 7:30 p.m. Numbers will be presented from every department of the Sunday school and a play will be given which is entitled, “Gifts for the Christ Child.” Second Purchase Grasshopper by Bonds The Vernonia grade schools had set a goal to purchase a jeep by December 7, which was Pearl Harbor day. Such enthusiasm was displayed by the students and faculty that enough money was raised to purchase this jeep by November 2. They then set their goal for two jeeps to be purchas ed, by December 7 and that goal was also reached on December 6. The first jeep purchased was called the “Original” which was priced at $1165. The second jeep is called the “Amphibion” and is priced at $2090, The total amount Received in stamps and bonds through this drive is $3300 which brings them well over their goal. The Vernonia grade schools are not stopping on the bond buying just because this goal is reached. They will start another drive after the first of the year to purchase jeep number 3 which is priced at $3000 and is callej the “Grasshopper.” The Vernonia high school started its drive for stamps and bonds on November 9 and brought it to a close on Decem ber 7, Pearl Harbor day. The total amount received from each class in the school was: for the freshman class, $1,201.90, which was high class in the drive; the sophomores were second with $609.40; the juniors third with $256.25; and the seniors fourth with $229.00. The faculty also participated and raised $1,175.00 bringing the total to $3,471.55. City Council Meet Held December 6 The Vernonia city council held a regular meeting on Monday evening of this week and agreed to lease the golf course for $100 per year and that the tenant keep the building insured and in repair and that the tenant sign an agreement that in the event of a bonified sale he would vacate. It was also stated at the meei- ing that it is customary, in fact necessary, that people in the beer business apply to the li- quor commission for a renewa! of their beer licenses. Current bills and regular bus iness were also taken care of at the Monday meeting. Honor Roll for Six Weeks Given The honor students of the Vernonia high school for the sec ond six weeks period of this year are: for the freshman class, Miriam Corll, Cora Dusenberry, Elna Morris and Mildred Wolff; there was one honor student for the sophomores, Patricia Berg; for the juniors, Phyllis Bonsilaw, Tommie Lou Holcomb, Max Mil- lis, and Shirley Ray; the senior class had three honor students who were Eleanor Corll, Lorraine Mahar and Beverly Turner. Blood Donors to Give at Hillsboro The blood donors from Ver nonia and vicinity will go to Hillsboro to give their donations in the future instead of to St. Helens. Due to the bad road con- ditions between here and St. Helens, as compared with the road to Hillsboro, it was decid- ed that it might be possible to more easily obtain transportation for those making donations. Tiny Baby 3 Month* Old Little Mary Edith Branton, who weighed a pound and one- half at birth, is now a little over three months old and weighs seven pounds. She is still being cared for st the Lloyd Maternity home. Visitors are welcomed to come and see the wonderful progress thia tiny girl has made, according to Mrs. E. L. Lloyd. Miss Esther Willers acted as faculty advisor for the drive with Ellen McDonald and Irene Dris coll as student assistants. The amount raised during this drive will purchase a flying jeep known as a “Grasshopper” and will leave a balance of $471.55 This total is regarded as un usual for the length of the drive and the size of the school. Stu- dents are urged to continue to participate in this buying pro- gram. Another drive will be planned in early spring. This drive is another qf the activities partici pated in by Vernonia high school in the Oregon Schools at War program. Hunters Asked to Mail Tags Now Those hunters who, this fall, held special tags for the killing of doe deer, antelope, bull elk or cow elk, are requested to mail in immediately the attach ed check-out cards if they have not already done so. Several hundred persons have failed to check out although this is required by law. The check-out card must be mailed in even if a hunter did not kill any game or go out hunting. Hunters are being given this notice to comply with the law and the names of those failing to respond then will be compiled and turned over to the game law enforcement officers. Student Honored At Assembly Ralph McDonald, who was a junior in high school this year was inducted into the armed forces Saturday, December 4. On Friday, during the assem bly period, Ralph was presented with hie football letter which he earned this year, and the squad with which he played, pre sented him with a gift which was a utility set. The school is going to miss Ralph but feels that he will be of good service wherever he goes. Christmas Cantata To Be Given Soon The Christmas cantata entitled, “The Chorus in the Skies,” and “The Birthplace of Christmas.” will be given at the Evangelical church under the direction of Mrs. Ervin Ackley. There are about 35 members in the chorus comprised from the Evangelical, Christian and Assembly of God churches. The date on which the contata will be given will be announced in the next issue of the paper.
