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County News GOING SLOW ON BOND QUOTA CLATSKANIE — The total of $56,689 had been sold in war bonds and tax notes in Clats kanie up to Tuesday noon of last week in the Fourth War Loan drive. Of this amount $54,869 was sold at the First National Bank in Clatskanie and $2,000 at the Clatskanie post office. Of the bonds sold at the bank, $29,775 were E bonds; $8094 F bonds and $600 in G bonds; $7000 of I; $200, tax notes. The J. C. Penney Co. store of Clatskanie purchased $2000 in bonds in this drive. Memorial For Dance Bond H. Michener Sale Good Slated for Sun. KLEPP MARINE WAYS LAUNCHES SECOND BARGE Captain Writes of Accident at Sea Resulting in Death RAINIER — The second and possibly final wooden sea-going barge built by the Klepp Ma rine Ways was successfully launched Monday morning of last week. In a letter received by Mr. and Mrs. H. mer Michener from Cap tain W. D. Anderson explaining the sudden death of their son, Homer Michener, on January 29, he writes: “On Saturday fore noon, Homer and the other mem bers of his flight were engaged in a routine practice flight. They were flying at an altitude of from 18,000 to 20,000 feet and were engaged in gunnery prac tice over the ocean between Vero Beach and Melvourne, Florida. Homer was last seen at 9:45 a.m. At that time he was about sev en and one-half miles at sea, about mid-way between the two places. As soon as he was mis sed, a search was started for him. Planes from this station and from naval stations near us searched the ocean all day Sat urday and coast guard boats al so engaged in the search. The search was resumed at daylight Sunday morning and continued all day. It is indeed with deep regret that we are forced to the conclusion that Homer crashed at sea and went down with his plane.” WAUNA AND WESTPORT MILLS TO GET AWARDS CLATSKANIE — The Army- Navy Production award will be given to the Wauna Lumber com pany and the Westport LumBer company, on recommendation of the war production board, for their fine records in production of war materials. The award consists of a flag to be flown above the plants and a lapel pin which every man and woman in the plants will wear as a symbol of high contribution to American freedom. CAR IN RIVER FIVE YEARS RAISED BY DREDGE ST. HELENS — A 1936 Olds mobile, reported stolen in Port land by the owner, Roy Urie, in 1939, was recovered Tuesday of last week from the Columbia river by operators of the Perry Burcham dredge opposite the mill dock. The car was totally wrecked, with the pounding it received from the dredge and possibly from a number of vessels which have paraded past the spot in the past five years. The tires were still partly inflated and ap peared to be in fair shape but it is reported the fabric has de teriorated to a great extent rend ering them worthless also. The car was stored in the St. Helens Motor Co. garage to await disposition by the insurance com pany which paid the claim of Mr. Urie at the time of loss. Memorial services were held for Homer at 10:45 on February 2 in the station chapel. The ser vices were attended by his brother officers. Homer was inducted into the navy a week after Pearl Harbor and was stationed at Bremerton, Washington for a year. He then joined the air corps and was sta tioned at Marysville, California; Livermore, California; and Cor pus Christi, Texas. He received his wings on December 24, 1943. The accident which resulted in his death occured just six days before his training would have been over and he would have been sent to a carrier on the Great Lakes. Memorial services will be held for Homer at the Ohristian church at 3 p.m. Sunday. Febru ary 13. Wallace McCrae will rep resent the schools in a short talk. The address will be given by Rev. ,W. O. Livingstone. The star on the service flag will be changed during the morning Bible school. $1 BUYS ENTIRE KINDERGARTEN, FOUND ST. HELENS — An Ameri can soldier in India with a few extra dimes—and a drag with the mess sergeant—might very well come home after the war with the makings of a good-sized orphan asylum, for the Indian people don’t put an inflationary price on their children, judging by a letter received this week fiom' Pvt. Frank Trtek, son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Trtek Sr. of Scappoose. The price per child in over- populated, under-fed India is four cents, American money. ’ $1,100,000 $1,000,000 $900,000 $700,000 $600,000 % $400,000 $300,000 I $200,000 $100,000 Examiner Due Here A traveling examiner of opera tors and chauffeurs is scheduled to be in Vernonia Thursday, Feb ruary 17 and will be on duty at the city hall between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., according to a recent announcement re leased by the secretary of state. All those wishing permits or li censes to drive cars are asked to get in touch with the examin er during these hours. AWARDED AIR MEDAL GETS ADVANCEMENT Lt. James L. Smith, former Vernonia resident who attended high school here and also work ed as a clerk in the post office for some time, has been awarded the air medal and also the oak leaf cluster and has been recommended for advancement ment to first lieutenant, accord ing to word received by Emil Messing in a letter from Lt. Smith’s mother, Mrs. S. J. Smith of Willamina. Melvin Leon Lousignont of Birkenfeld, now on duty at a naval operating base in the Brit ish Isles, has been advanced in rating, through competitive exam ination, to Machinist’s Mate (En gineering) third class, it was announced by the 13 th Naval district. l/ousignont was called to ac tive duty in January, 1941, and was advanced to fireman second class in January, 1943. His broth er, G. G. Lousignont, is serving in the U. S. army. FURLOUGH HERE ENDS $800,000 $500,000 Institutions Get Paper Drive Reserve Rations • In Full Swing On February 15, 1944, local ration boards will issue to all group two and three institutional users a reserve allotment amounting to 25 per Cent 6f their January - February allot ment. It is very important that these users note that this is not a bonus but is known as a reserve allotment which is necessary due to a changeover in the allot ment periods. The board also stresses that this 25 per cent will only be granted once and the prudent operator will build it back during the March-April per iod to tide him over from April 15 to May 1 when he can apply for his May-June allotment. This 25 per cent is also intended to take care of any increase in bus iness the institutional user may experience, which will save him and the board the extra work of coming in to the board and ap plying for supplemental allot ments because of increased bus iness. Beginning March 1, 1944, in stitutional users will apply for and receive this allotment during the first fifteen days of the per iod. For example, the March-Ap ril allotments cannot be issued prior to March 1, since it is ne cessary that the operators bring in records covering the period of January and February in their entirety. Lt. Dan D. Olin, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Olin, returned to his camp at Robin’s Field, Geor gia Monday of this week. Dan had been home on furlough but as he became ill with the flu when he arrived home, he was granted an extension of time. He has finished his training in the signal corps and expects to be assigned to active duty in the near future. His wife, the form er Miss Beth Billings of Salem, did not come west with him but will return home as soon as he leaves for overseas. Robert Olin, another son, is at Quonset Point, Rhode Island as a Lieutenant (jg) in the navy training school at that point. Jack Olin, the grandson, is at UCLA Los Angeles in the naval officers training school there. TAKES SCHOOLING Pvt. Eddie Elmo Smith, 24, Houlton, son of Mr. and Mm. Ben Smith of Vernonia, recently arrived at the State Teachers college at Eau Claire, Wisconsin, for.a course of army air force in struction lasting approximately five months prior to his appoint ment as an aviation cadet in the army air forces. During this per iod he will take numerous aca demic courses, as well as elemen tary flying training. Upon com pletion of the course he will be classified as a pilot, navigator, or bombardier and go on to schools of the flying training command for training in these specialties. Mote "Those Who Are,” page 6 Thursday, February 10, 1944 Audit.. ¿o' Aid Rond ale Here The stamp and bond dance ’ The auction that is slated for which was sponsored by the Friday evening, February 11 at American Legion was reported the Joy Theater is expected to to have had very good return < boost the sale of bonds and war and helped to boost the Colum stamps for Vernonia. Free mer bia county goal. There were $350 in bonds sold at the dance chandise is being contributed by and $177.65 in war savings Vernonia merchants. stamps. There was a good sized The purchase of a Rond admits crowd and everyone reported an you free to the show »or for one enjoyable time. dollar any person may be admit- Those Who Are in It 4 th War Loan Drive Goal * $1,198,800 Vernonia, Columbia County, Oregon Volume 22, Number 6 The paper drive which is be ing carried out by the elementary schools is in full swing. Resi dents -of Vernonia have until February 14 to contact the schools and give their donation to the paper drive. All waste paper must be bundled and no bundles must be more. than eight to 10 inches deep as they will be too heavy for stnall children to carry. Residents who have no child ren attending the elementary schools may contact a neighbor’s child who attends the school and he will see that the paper is taken to the school. Flu Strikes At High School The flu has delt a mighty blow at the high school, crippling its teaching staff including Wallace McCrae, principal, who was ill part of last week but was able to resume his duties on Tuesday. Mrs. Sam Hearing Jr., has had to give up teaching for the rest of this year due to illness. Mrs. Marvin Kamholz is substituting for Mrs. Hearing for this week and Mrs. Robert Martin, the former Alvena Connell and also a former Vernonia high school teacher, will begin teaching Mon day and will continue to fill out Mrs. Hearing’s term. Miss Esther Willers is also re ported to be confined to her home with the flu. Miss Lavine, teacher at the Washington grade school has been unable to resume her duties at the school due to the flu. Mrs. Ramsey is substitut ing for her. , Club’s Efforts Show Results The efforts of the Vernonia Service club are beginning to show favorable results. Articles that have been turned into the Red Cross during the last two weeks are: 34 knee bands, 12 stump socks, 33 cross word puz zles, 2 wool piece afghans, 11 jig saw puzzles and about 600 used valentines and Christmas cards. The club voted to purchase $10.00 worth of yarn for crochet ed afghans. Old sweaters and knitted garments are being un raveled to be used in making others. Woolen garments are be ing washed and ripped open to make the piece afghans. They are to be crocheted, using brighter colors of used yarn. The club members have 12 scrap books near completion and have received 16 hanks of yarn for knitting from the Red Cross. The service club meets every second and fourth Thursdays. The next meeting is slated for Thursday, February 10. Jeep Nearly Purchased According to Paul Gordon, principal of the elementary schools, the schools have nearly reached their quota of the pur chase of the “Grasshopper” jeep which is priced at $3,000. The schools have already purchased $2,500 in bonds and stamps and have received over $6,000 for the three jeeps combined. ted to the show and receive 75c in war stamps. The amount received at the New Ration Quota Announced The quota of tires for the month of February has been an nounced by the local ration board. There will be 23 grade one passenger type tires avail able for this month and 19 grade three tires and 26 tubes. For the busses and trucks there will be 26 tires available and 11 tubes. The amount of gasoline avail able will be 157 gallons for is suance to hardship cases. There were five coal and wood hepting stoves allowed for this month and two oil heating stoves and three coal and wood cooking stoves. The monthly ration report for the month of January is as fol lows: There were nine pair of boots issued. The number of A gasoline coupons issued were 430; B, 319; and issued as spec ials were 171 coupons; C, 481; E, 288; R, 434; T, 3195; -pur chase permits (R-571), 346; and inventory coupons, 28. There were eight ration books three and four issued to late reg istrants and two books issued as replacements. Eight books were surrendered to the local board. Ten shoe coupons were issued for the month of January. There were six coal and wood heating stoves issued and one oil heating stove, also four coal and wood cooking stoves. Dog Catcher Needed for Co. The Columbia County Dog Control board needs a man to serve as dog enforcement officer. This post has been va cant for the past two years due to the drop in the license fee income. This will be filled if the board can find a man who will handle the job for a dollar an hour. The dog catcher will have to pay his own expenses, including travel. Anyone interested in se curing the job may get the de tails by attending a meeting of the dog control board at the courthouse at 10 a.m. Wednes day, March 1. According to the supervisors of the county dog control board it is now time to pay the license fees. The law requires that every owner, or person keeping a dog over the age of eight months within the State of Oregon shall, not later than March 1 of each year, or within 30 days after he becomes keeper or owner of such dog, procure from the coun ty clerk a license for such dog by paying to the county clerk a li cense fee of $1 for a male or spayed female dog and $1.50 for a female dog. Any persons who shall fail to procure such license within the time as herein provided shall be required upon procuring such license, to pay as a penalty an additional sum of $1 for each dog. « Play Performance Reported Good The junior class play entitled Blithe Spirit was presented Fri day evening at the Washington grade school auditorium to a moderate crowd. The play cast was reported to have given an excellent performance and af forded many laughs and a very enjoyable time to those who at tended. After the play a dance was held by the junior class at ths Odd Fellows hall. local post office during the month of January, 1944, through the sale of bonds amounted to $41,906.25 and the war savings stamps amounted to $438.50 for the same time. For the first eight days in February, or up un til 3 p.m. ca Tuesday afternoon the post office had sold $11,100 in bonds. AAA Meeting Set For Valley Points Meetings have been scheduled by the county AAA committee to take applications for January dairy subsidy payments. These meetings will be held in the fol lowing places: Rainier city hall on Monday, February 14 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Clatskanie Odd Fellows hall on Wednesday, February 15 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Mist grade school Thursday February 17 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and in Vernonia at the Washington grade school on February 19 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Persons planning on attending these meetings are asked to bring their milk and cream state ments. The 1944 farm program can be signed up at the same time if the signing has not al ready been done. Hardship Gasoline To Be Issued , The local ration board has been given discretionary authori ty by the office of price admin istration to issue, subject to quota restrictions, limited “per sonal necessity” gasoline rations in situations not provided for in the regulations where lack of gasoline would cause undue hard ship, administrator Chester Bowles has announced. Beginning February 1, boards will be given small monthly quotas to handle these exception al cases, while the board will have full authority to act at their own discretion in passing on the applications for “hardship” rationing they will be required to stay within the quota. The quotas are to be assigned by the national office on a county basis. The amount of gasoline avait able for the first month is only 3,600,000 gallons, an average of about 20 gallons a day for eacK board of 5500 local war price and rationing boards. 26 County Men Called Recently There were 26 Columbia coun ty men recently inducted into the armed forces. Those going in to the army are: Edwin Ernie Jurvakainen, J. Paul Burch, George Merton Meeker, Thomas Vernon Dews, Dale Payton Prichard, Otto Alfred Tetz, Her man Lothar Schuetze, Melvin Joseph Setvin, and Frank How ard Lines Jr., of Vernonia. Two entered the army air corps. They are: Glenn Raymond Murry and Robert Joseph Mc Neil. Those entering the navy are: Vieno Edwin Hanhi, Carl Ernest Dahlman, Forrest Theron Wy- sock, Edmund William Sackhoff, George Franklin Smith, Howard Gale Jones of Mist, Donald Ham ilton Holliday, Clarence Van- Orron McTaggart, LeRoy Junior Morby, Wilmore Auston Hodg son of Keasey, Wesley Rae Crank and Wayne Harold Rohl. The following men transferred to this county and were also in ducted: Franklin Edward DeRos- sitt poined the army and Kenneth Lorenzo Kyle and Richard Tingle, navy.