County
News
AGENT ASKS FOR
REPORT ON ALDER
ST. HELENS — In a letter to
Judge Ray Tarbell, Kenneth C.
Miller, industrial agent for the
S. P. & S. railway last week ask­
ed for an approximate cruise of
Volume 21,
the amount of alder in this coun­
ty. Miller added that his company
had in prospect a party who
wishes to install a mill and dry­
er to cut alder for furniture.
There is a considerable amount
of alder in the county, and in
the past its disposal has been
somewhat of a problem since it
is not suitable for sawmills or
Coupons Will Be
for pulp wood. Miller asked that
Similar to Motion
the report to him disclose wheth­
Picture Tickets
er the alder was tributary to
According to information re-
Clatskanie or Westport, but indi­
cated that if the stand was suit­ leased by the local ration board,
able it would not necessarily have new T coupons will be issued in
to be in those districts.
strips similar to strips of motion
RED CROSS AIDS
picture tickets. They are to be is­
FIRE LOSS SUFFERERS
sued for use beginning January
CLATSKANIE — Through the 1, 1944 in a new identification
efforts of the local group of Red
Cross workers and the county folder containing on the front
(such as
organization, the Tackett family all the information
which recently lost all belongings name of operator, make of car,
in the fire that destroyed their etc.) previously noted on the
home and took the life of their cover of the T book. In addi-
three-pear-old son, are now able
tion, boards will mark on the
to keep house.
A money purse was collected folder the range of serial num­
by the local directors of the bers of the ration coupons en­
county Red Cross board, Vilas closed within. This folder must
Shepard, Harriette Bailey and be kept with the coupons.
Present TT coupons issued dur­
Merle Harrington. Woolen blank­
ets were sent from the county in gthe past quarter became in­
Re dCross and other articles valid for 'use by consumers after
needed at once have been sup­ December 31, 1943.
Under the new plan of issu­
plied.
ing T coupons in strips, only
PAY RISE OF 5c HOUR
coupons within the range of ser­
EFFECTIVE AT PAPER MILL
ial numbers written on the out­
ST. HELENS — Employees of side of the folder may be used
the St. Helens Pulp and Paper by operators of commercial ve­
Co. are enjoying a 5-cent an hicles and taxis in obtaining gas­
hour increase in base pay, as the oline. Thus it will be relatively
result of approval, given to the simple to detect and trace the il­
negotiations of union and com­ legal acquisition and use of such
pany representatives last Septem­ coupons.
ber. Base pay for common labor Clerk* Have No Authority
is now 90 cents an hour, effec­
Some people may have the
tive from the first day of em­ impression that the clerks in the
ployment. All other classifica­ ration office have been given
tions in the mills will receive authority to pass on different
the 5-cent raise uniformly.
types of business but this is not
true. The clerks have no author­
SCOUTS HARVEST YULE
ity or power to perform any
TREES; SALE UNDERWAY
adjucative
function. Their duties
ST. HELENS — St. Helens
people in the market for Christ­ and responsibilities are vital to
mas trees won’t have to waste the efficient functioning of a
gasoline and time in an excur­ board but are limited to the per-
formance of administrative acts
sion into the hills after them, for
members of Boy Scout troop 205 under the direction of the board
and their scoutmaster, B. D. chairman.
Charles H. Nevius of Astoria,
Lund, spent most of a recent
Sunday collecting the Yule trees. who ¡3 the feild price represen­
tative for this district, spent most
ST. HELENS REACHES
,of Tuesday at the rationing of­
WAR CHEST QUOTA
fice checking the meat and res­
ST. HELENS — This city has taurant surveys and also the
reached its quota of $8,750 in price files.
the Oregon war chest drive, the
E. A. Landis, field operations
figure being pushed over by a officer from Portland was also
$3,000 contribution from the St. a business visitor at the local
Helens Pulp and Paper Co. man­ rationing office on Tuesday, He
agement and another $835.60 makes regular trips to assist the
contributed by paper mill employ­ board with its business.
ees. The total announced unof­
ficially last week was $4,400 in
round figures.
Other major contributions re­
cently announced were $1,816
from Pope & Talbot employees
and $1,273 from the employees
The American Legion of Ver­
of the Fir-Tex plant.
nonia_ has planned a program
be
whereby its members will
able to accomodate people living
in the outlying districts of the
Upper Nehalem Vallep by hav-
ing an emergency delivery ser-
vice to deliver important mes­
Mr. Hensler, a magician who sages from men who are in the
is sponsored by the Oregon State armed forces.
Health department, was a speaker
Sometimes it 'seems to be al­
at the Washington grade school most impossible to get telegraph
Monday evening. His talk was an and telephone messages delivered
illustrated lesson on the four to persons living out of town
principals for healthy teeth, and and who do not posses a phone.
this Was brought out by his tricks
The legion feels that it can
of magic.
eliminate a great deal of delay
by volunteering its services and
During the school assembly asks that anyone feet free to
program on Friday, December 10, ask any members of the Legion
Mr. Ruh was in charge of a pro­ for this assistance if at any
gram entitled, “Stage Door Can­ time there is the problem of re­
teen” and during the week he ceiving a message for someone
made a canteen in the hall of the and there is no way of deliver-
school and sold candy and trink­ ing it.
ets which brought receipts of
$16 which will be turned over War Chest Fund Growing
to the USO or the Red Cross.
The War Chest fund is steadily
growing and it is felt that the
quota of $3,500 will soon be
Club Plans Sing Time
A community sing is being reached. The amount turned in
sponsored
by
the
Business by the committee working with
Womens chib of Vernonia. The Mrs. Harry Culbertson is $995.55.
program and a tree will be given This does not include the sum
in the Washington grade school that will be donated by the
auditorium on December 20 at union for which the mill workers
6:45 p.m. Everyone is invited to and loggers worked overtime to
help in the war effort
come and enjoy the evening.
Number 50
Vernonia, Columbia
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Thursday, December 16, 1943
New T Coupons New Food Rationing^'i'oken Plan
To Be in Use To Start February 27, OPA Says
On January 1
Legion to Deliver
Needed Messages
Magican Speaks
To School Mon.
The manufacture of two mil­
lion ration tokens, smaller in
size and more than twice the
number called for in the origin­
al plan, was started this week by
the Osborue Register company
of Cincinnati, the office of price
administration announced last
week.
The order calls for the man-
ufacture of 1,100,000,000 red
tokens to be used in making ra-
tion change in buying meats and
fats and 900,000,000 blue tokens
to be used in buying processed
foods.
To Be in Effect Feb. 27
The OPA has announced:
(1) The new ration token plan
will go into effect on Sunday,
February 27, 1944.
(2) Food retailers will get
their supply of tokens from
the nation’s banks. Applicatin
should be made immediately.
(3) Tokens will be distribut­
ed about February 22, 1944.
(4) Strirps of stamps, each
having a value of ten points
under the plan, regardless of the
numeral now appearing on the
stamps, will be validated on a
horizontal or across-the-book bas­
is rather than on a vertical or
up and down basis, as at pres-
ent.
(5) A regular schedule of
validity dates will be establish-
ed. This will provide a total of
five processed food stamps worth
50 points for each consumer at
the start of each month. Three
meat-fats stamps worth a to-
Loggers to Play
First Game Fri.
The Vernonia Loggers will
play their first basketball game
of this season when they meet
the Seaside Seagulls at Seaside
on Friday, December 17. The
first home game will be played
on December 21 when Forest
Grove will come here to meet
the Loggers.
Coach Orle Robbins hae been
working with the team every
night, getting it ready for the
coming battles. The team is shap­
ing up pretty well but is minus in
heighth.
The Vernonia high school stu-
dent body presented its three
one-act plays Friday evening be-
fgore a capacity crowd. At inter­
mission between the plays the
Glee club and high school sex­
tette sang and one -of Miss Lucy
Howe’s dancing pupils from Gales
Creek danced two numbers. The
proceeds of the play amounted
to over $110.
tai of 30 points, will become val­
id every two weeks.
Token* Smaller Than Dime
It was planned originally to
make the tokens a shade smaller
than a quarter. The size has been
sharply reduced and the tokens
will be smaller than a dime.
It costs the government nearly
$1,500,000 to produce a ration
book. With tokens in use to sup-
Schools to Close
For Yule Time
The high school and grade
schools of Vernonia will close
for their Christmrs vacation on
Friday afternoon of December
24. Programs have been arranged
in the schools and in individual
rooms where the students will
receive treats and exchange
Christm: s greetings and wishes
after which they will be dismis­
sed and will not return to school
until January 3.
Services Held
Here for Soldier
Services were held here for
Cpl. Donald Marvin Osborn, who
died at Los Angeles, California
from injuries received when he
was struck by a car. It seems
that CpL Osborn and a compan­
ion had hitch-hiked a ride from
their camp to Los Angeles and
were thanking the driver of the •
car for their ride when another
car, apparently with a sleeping
driver, ran upon the sidewalk,
hitting both of the boys. It was
reported that Cpl. Osborn lived
but three hours after the acci-
dent. No report as yet has been
received as to the condition of
his companion.
CHI. Donald Marvin Osborn was
born on December 30, 1911, in
Wheatland, Oregon and died in
Los Angeles on December 5 1943.
He is survived by his mother and
step-father, Mr. and Mrs. O. B.
Bittner, of Vernonia;
three
brothers, Lloyd of the army,
Thomas of Vernonia- and Louis
Bittner of Portland; two sisters,
Hazel Linfoot and Ruby Hoyt of
Portland; and his grandmother,
Mary Osborn of Salim.
Funeral services were held here
Sunday, December 12 at 4:00
p.m. at the Bush Funeral home
with Rev. W. O. Livingstone of­
ficiating, after which he was tak-
etno to Hopewell where the in­
terment was made on December
15.
The girls glee club of the high
school is planning
to
carol
throughout the city on December
22. This was done last year and
was met with such a welcome and
enthusiastic response that it was
decided to do it again this year.
Church Program
Set for Dec. 22
Last week’s issue of the Eagie
stated the program for the Ev­
angelical church was set for De­
cember 23, but since the school
program has been slated for that
night, the church chose Decem­
ber 22 for the night to give its
program, which will take place
at 7:30 p.m. Numbers will be
presented from every depart­
ment of the Sunday school and
a play will be given which is
entitled, “Gifts for the Christ
Child.”
Stamp* Have 10-Point Value
Under the processed foods and
meats-fats programs all stamps
will have a value of ten points
each, regardless of the numeral
now appearing on the stamps,
Strips of stamps will be validated
on a horizontal basis, beginning
with A8, B8, C8, etc. It was de­
cided that validating the strips
of stamps on a horizontal, rather
than a vertical basis would not
only make it easier to tear them
out of the books but would as­
sist in eliminating the present
numeral value of 8, 5, 2, and 1
from the housewife’s mind and
in educating her1 to the fact that,
regardless of the value now
printed on the stamps, they will
all be worth 10 points.
Christmas
Cantata Date
Set for Dec. 19
Churches to Give
Evening of Music
for Public Hearing
There will be two Christmas
cantatas given on the evening of,
December 19 at the Evangelical
church at 7:30 p.m. The cantat-
*8 are entitled. “The Birthplace
of Christmas,” and “The Chorus
in the Skies.” They will be giv-
en under the direction of Mrs.
Irvin Ackley with Miss Eileen
Enos accompanying. Those sing­
ing in the cantata in the soprano
section are: Leola Cason, Ann
Summers, Murel Knight, Mary
Stubbs, Helen Frank, Cassie Liv­
ingstone, Sue Eversaul, Ivy Mast­
ers, Olive Masters, Pauline Hol­
comb, Bonnie Holcomb, Evalyn
Morris, Vona Weidman, Joyce
Culbertson. In the Alto section
there are: Grace Laramore, Beth
Frank, Amy Kamholz, Zella Junk­
ins, Alice Malmsten, Allie Dick­
son, Maude Wells, Lona Weid-
man, Delia Jones, Minnie Malm-
sten, Beth Backer, Juanita Green.
For the tenors there are: Elbert
Stiff, E. J. Douglass and Allen
Backer. The basses are: Elmore
Knight, W. O. Livingstone and
Sidney Malmsten.
School to Give
Program Dec. 23 Francis Davis
Dies December 8
The grade schools of Vernonia
will give a Christmas program in
the auditorium of the Washington
grade school at 8:00 p.m. on De­
cember 23. The program consists
of an operetta entitled, “When
Santa Forgot the Smiths.” Sev­
eral musical numbers will be giv­
en by the girls glee club and the
boys chorus. The students will
also give solo and group numbers.
The music director for the
program is Mrs. Maude Kobow;
Mrs. Dorothy Sandon is in charge
of the dramatics; Mrs. Ozona
Ruh is the pianist; and Paul
Gordon will have charge of the
make-up. The property managers
and helpers are Mrs. W. G. Heath
Mrs. Walter Mathews, Mrs. Lo-
vine and Mrs. Rose Steen.
The schools wish to state their
appreciation to Rev. Allen H.
Backer for his Cooperation in
changing his church program
night from December 23 to De­
cember 22.
Francis Davis died on Decem­
ber 8 at the home of Mrs. Maude
Rogers where he was being given
care. He was born on January
11, 1864 in the state of Illinois.
He is survived by two sons,
Merle Davis of Vancouver, Wash­
ington and R. E. Gardner of
Vernonia; one brother, W. A.
Davis, Vancouver, Washington;
two nephews, Carl and Art Davis
of Vernonia.
Funeral services were held De­
cember 12 at the Bush Funeral
home with Rev. Clayton E. Beish
officiating. Interment was at the
Vernonia Memorial cemetery.
Package Quota
Reached Here
KEASEY — Pvt. Philip Keas-
ey who is stationed at West Vir­
ginia, visited hi» parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ted Keasey. and family
recently. He has returned to his
camp.
According .to Mrs. Harry San-
don, chairman of the camp and
hospital committee for Vernonia,
the quota has been Teached for
Vernonia which was 100 pack­
ages to go to hospitalized ser­
vice men and men in isolated un­
its.
Several more donations were
STATIONED
ENGLAND
received for the fund: the Pyth­
According to a letter received ian Sisters donated $4.00; Mr.
by Mrs. Laird, Lt. Desmond E. and Mrs. Harry Kerns gave $2;
Laird is now stationed somewhere and the American Legion aiuxil-
in England.
iary gave $6; the Rainbow Girls
have donated $14 45; in addition
VISITS PARENTS
the Mother's Service club and the
KEASEY — Pvt. Ivan Reed, Rebekahs both have made several
who has been visiting his par­ packages and donated them to
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Reed, the fund.
left Monday to visit his sister,
Mrs. J. W. Nichols, Mrs. H. H.
Mrs. Johnny Ballreck, in Port­ King, and Mrs. Sandon, the Com­
land. His parents and brother mittee, wishes to thank the peo­
accompanied him. Mrs. Albert ple of Vernonia and vicinity for
Kreiger went as far as Forest their cooperation in helping to
Grove with them and visited Mrs. fill the quota.
Al Bohma.
HAS FIVE-DAY FURLOUGH
SPENDS LEAVE HERE
Pvt. Albert Kreiger Jr., who is
stationed at San Diego, Californ­
ia, spent a five-day furlough
with hi» parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Kreiger and family.
Mitchell DeHart arrived home
Tuesday, December 7 from Camp
Farragut to spend a two-weeks
leave visiting with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. DeHart.
WRITES FROM NEW GUINEA
HOME ON LEAVE
KEASEY — Verle DeVaney,
who has been in the service for
nine months is new a staff ser­
geant. He reports that he is now
in New Guinea and that Tojo
drops some of his funny little
bombs there every night. He says
one landed 900 yards from him.
Eugene Slape, brother of Jack
Slape of Vernonia, is visiting
the Slape family while on a 15-
day leave from, the navy. He has
been stationed at Camp Farragut
and expects to return to that
camp on December 21.
More "Those Who Are,” page 6
State Officer to Speak
Rawleigh Wheeler, state traffic
officer, will speak to the high
school student body Friday, giv­
ing them some sidelights on the
confession of Robert Myers, con­
fessed murderer of two Clatskan­
ie people.
plement ration stamps of a single
denomination, war ration book
fgour can last 96 weeks, At
least three ration books, at a
total cost of about $4,500,000
would be required
to carry
through this period if ration tok-
ens were not used, The total
cost of the new ration token
order will be about one-half the
cost of three ration books that
otherwise would be used.
Consumers will obtain tokens
from the retailers as change in
connection with a given purchase
of rationed foods. The consumer
may then use these tokens when
purchasing rationed foods from
any retailer at any time, since
tokens will not have an expira­
tion date.
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GETS PROMOTION
George Laird who has been
stationed in North Africa, has
received a promotion to captain.
He writes that the weather there
is much different than ours, He
says it seems rather odd to see
fresh garden peas growing this
time of the year.
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