County
News
POLITICIONS LOSE
INTEREST
CLATSKANIE—Interest
in
county politics has been nil, or
practically so, up to this time.
No candidate have filed their
intentions of running for the of
fices of the county which will be
filled by election with the excep
tion of judge and one commis
sioner.
There are two months, how
ever, in which this filing may be
done before the filing deadline.
Voter» Must Register
Notices have been mailed out
by the county clerk’s office to
several hundred Columbia county
people to advise them that if they
wi. h to ballot in this year’s elec
tion, they must register.
According to Oregon law, reg
istration will close April 18 un
til after the primary eieclk.: in
May and then re-open until 30
days prior to the general election.
Those who must register in
clude those who have moved from
the precint in which they former
ly resided; those who failed to
vote in either the primary or gen
eral election in 1942 or those
who changed his or her name.
PAPER SALVAGE
YIELDS OVER TEN TONS
ST. HELENS— Paper salvage
drives in Scappoose , Warren and
Vernonia yielded 10 tons of sal
vageable paper in the first day of
the campaign-and it is expected
that more than 18 tons will be
picked up in the three day drive.
Paper picked up will be sold to
the Pacific Paper Board Co. of
Longview, which will send its
trucks here to get the material.
A contract price of $10 per ton
has been agreed upon, but Mr.
Petersen, county salvage head, in
dicated that a slightly higher
price might be obtained for this
lot. Money received from the sale
of the paper goes to the county
salvage committee and to the
Junior Red Cross.
Although tin cans were to be
picked up at the same time as
the paper, response in this portion
of the drive was not so satisfac
tory. Petersen had no figures for
Vernonia, but said that the
drives in Warren and Scappoose
brought in only about 1500
pounds of flattened cans. These
containers have been shipped to
Portland where they were includ
ed with Multnomah county col
lections to make up a full carload
which was dispatched this week
to the detinning plant in San
Fransisco.
RAINIER POLIO DRIVE
SUCCESSFUL
RAINIER— The March of
Dimes drive just closed, netted in
all $152.25 for the local commun
ity. Of this $22.18 was taken in
by the Rainier theatre and $10
by the high school. The rest
$120, which had been turned in
to Roland Curteman, local chair
man, included $40 raised by the
grade school. Organizations that
contributed included: Beaver Val
ley grange, $5.60; Hudson ladies
aid, $5; W. B. A., $2; Westway
club, $1; American Legion Aux
iliary, $3; Eastern Star, $1; and
Active club, $2.
A number of individuals contri
buted $1 or more, the balance
came out of the coin collector
boxes.
The box at the Northwestern
Electric company contained $41,
which included company dona
tions. One individual turned in
a $10 bill to the chairman of
the drive.
ESCAPED PRISONER
RETURNED
ST. HELENS------ Alfred G.
O’Day, one f a trio who took
French leave of the Columbia
county jail early on the morning
of Dec. 6. was picked up a week
ago Saturday morning in Walla
Walla, Wash, by Union Pacific
detectives and Sheriff Schick of
the Washington county. O’Day
was returned here late Saturday
by Sheriff M. R. Calhoun and
Sgt C. E. Throne Jr. of the
state police.
O’Day Questioned
Questioning of the Scappoose
man, who was being held in jail
here on a contempt of court
charge at the time he escaped,
was going on Friday morning and
no disposition of his case had yet
been decided upon. However, Cir
cuit Judge Howard K. Zimmer
man is holding court this week
and if O’Day agrees to appear on
a district attorney’s information,
be may apear before Zimmerman
some time this week.
So far, no forma! charge lias
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Volume 22, Number 8
Ci Vernonia, Columbia County, Oregon
Your RED CROSS
Delinquency itea cross Drive Plans
Increase Noted Made Here; IWA Makes
Children Lack Care
of Parents, Reason
for Much of Gain
1944
WAR
FUNQ
This year, with service flags in windows of nearly every home, Red
Cross will mean so much more to Americans. As depicted in this repro
duction of a 1944 Red Cross War Fund poster, many windows also will
display the symbol of participation in the cause of Mercy and Humanity
—the Red Cross.
Voters Urged
To Register
Astoria is Hoop
Tournament Host
Voters are urged to register
or re-register if he or she has
moved from the precinct in
which residence“ w’a’s' 'formerly
maintained, if he or she failed to
vote in the primary or general
election in 1942, or, in the case
of women who have married
since last voting. The voters are
urged to register as soon as pos
sible in advance of the coming
election in order to avoid the
last minute rush.
According to the Oregon law,
registration will close on April
18 until after the primary elec
tion in May and will reopen until
30 days prior to the general elec
tion in November.
All persons wishing fo sign le
gal notices and petitions must
be registered in order to make
the signature legal.
Local residents may register
for both the primaries and city
election^ at the city hall. How
ever, separate registration must
be made for each.
The nineth annual basketbail
tournament for District number
five will be held at Astoria Mar.
2, 3, and 4. Thursday’s game
will be played in the U. S. O.
pavilion.
The counties to be represented
at this tournament are: Colum
bia, Clatsop and Tillamook. The
teams playing from Columbia
county are: Rainier, St. Helens,
Vernonia and Scappoose. Tilla
mook High is the only team rep
resented from Tillamook county.
Seaside and Astoria will play
from Clatsop county. Elight teams
are < needed for the tournament
therefore the host school which
is Astoria, will play their second
team, making the required num
ber.
The opening game will be
played at three p.m. Thursday
afternoon with Scappoose playing
Astoria’s second team. At 4 p.m.
Tillamook will play either Rain
ier or St.Helens. At 7:30 p.m.
Seaside will play either Rainier
or St. Helens depending upon
which is the winner df the for
mer game. The main event will
be played at 8:30 p.m. when
Astoria and Vernonia will meet.
Coach Robbins will rest his
team after the Clatskanie game
which was played here Tuesday
to get them in readiness for the
tournamnet. This is a double e-
limir.ation tournament. A team
must lose two games before they
are eliminated.
Commodity Prices
Must Be Filed
The
following
items are
classed as cost of living commod
ities, and prices for them sold
during March 1942 must be filed
at the Local War Price and Ra
tion Board by all retailers selling
them. Hay forks, garden and lawn
rakes, dirt shovels, axes, house
paints, rolled oats, fertilizers,
bulk and package vegetable seeds
insecticides, floor brooms, corn
meal, bulk and package table salt,
packaged flour mixes (cake, pan
cake and biscuit mixes) only;
cod liver oil (liquid); ice. Coke,
coal, firewood, trellises and ar
bors, screen doors, cigarettes and
tobacco, sprinklers for lawns,
flower boxes; also all items cov
ered by complete listings of G.
M.P.R. available at the ration
board.
Special commodities that were
accepted from this registration
and filing are as follows: flour
(except as stated above), mixed
feed for animals, linseed oil, cake
and meal, and manure.
been filed against him although
District Attorney Walden Dillard
has indicated that he may be el
igible for several counts. O’Day
waived extradition in Washington
and it is possible he may decide
to enter a guilty plea here th’s
week.
Spare Stamp No.3
Now Good
Spare stamp number three in
ration book number four is good
for the purchase of five point»
worth of any kind of pork prod
uct except lard. This stamp is
valid between February 18 and
26 inclusive.
This includes smoked or fresh
and canned meat which is 100%
pork. Also all types of sausage,
regardless of whether or not it
is made from pork.
GRADERS MEET ST. HELENS
The Vernonia Grade School
basketball teams motored to St.
Helens Friday where they met
the St. Helens team for a double
header. Ver.onia won the first
game which was played by their
second team with a score of 16
to 10. The second game was won
by St. Helens with a score of 15
to 18.
Thursday, February 24, 1944
Recent arrests of a number
of Columbia county juveniles and
the conviction on felony charges
of part of the number arrested
brought to light the fact that
juvenile delinquency in this coun
ty has increased about five times
in the last 18 months to two
years, according to R. W. Wheel
er, state patrolman. The increase
in this county is noted along with
increases in general throughout
the country.
The recent convictions by the
county judge of the juveniles
was for the theft of accessories,
tires and gas from automobiles.
Shortages of some of these items
and the impossibility of obtain
ing others probably accounts for
their attraction to those who
have been convicted.
Other« Being * Watched
Several state policemen in the
county have devoted much of
their time this past week to get
ting information in order to
make the arrests. Only one boy
ffom Vernonia was among the
charged and convicted, and has
been sent to the reform school
along with the seven others who
were listed from ST. Helens and
vicinity. Those named were:
Dwayne Bodell. Robert Daoust,
Billy O’Brien, Eugene Marshall,
David Hitesman, Richard Hewitt,
Gerald Spicer, and Lloyd Wing
Jr. The patrolman stated that a
number of others are being
watched.
Squeeze-Inn Purchased
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh S. Divine
have purchased the Squeeze-Inn
from Mrs. Sadie Morgan and will
assume ownership Wednesday,
March 1. Mr. and Mrs. Divine
formerly operated this place of
business, having been away for
six months, since their previous
ownership.
SPECIAL MEET
A special meeting will be held
at the Evangelical church on Fri
day, February 25. This service is
in keeping with the day of
prayer and every one is invited
to attend.
Large Fund Turnover
Mrs. Harry Culbertson has been elected chairman to be
in charge of the Red Cross drive for this portion ctf Columbia
county and has made appointments of those individuals and
groups to be in charge of conducting the fund solicitation
which is to begin March 1. The quota for the Nehalem Val
ley, which includes Vernonia, Wilark and Mist, is set at the
figure of $4,000.
A solicitation of both the business and residential districts
will be made. Mrs. Marvin Kam-
holz and Mrs. Ben Brickel will
canvass the business district
while different womens organiza
tions will canvass the residential
district. The Rainbow Girls will
take Corey hill; the American
Legion Auxiliary from the rail
road to Rock creek; the Pythian
Sisters east from Rock creek to
the O-A hili; the Rebekahs the
O-A hill and Riverview; the
Womans Relief Corps Treharne;
the Service club the residential
district by the mill. The Eastern
Star will have representatives at
the post office to take subscrip
tions from those coming into the
post office.
Drive Get« Big Start
Local 5-37, IWA made a can
vass for the Red Cross fund at
the same time as the war chest
fund canvass was made during
the latter part of last year. Dur
ing that time $2,665.82 was re
ceived from members for the Red
Cross fund and on Thursday ev
ening, February 17 at the regu
lar union meeting Mr. and Mrs.
Fisker of St. Helens were pre
sented with the local's check for
the Red Cross.
Some of the union members
wished their donations to go to
their home county and conse
quently a check for $143.84 was
mailed to Clatsop county and one
for $110.37 to Multnomah coun
ty.
This year, February 27 is be
ing observed by the Red Cross
chapters as Red Cross Sunday. It
is hoped that the churches will
make universal plans for this oc
casion.
JUNIOR CLASS GIVES DANCE
The Junior class of the Ver
nonia High School' gave a dance
which followed the basketball
game on Tuesday night.
Those Who
Are in It
CO-PILOTING FORTRESS
Second Lieutenant Clifford C.
Bergerson Jr., who formerly
lived in Vernonia, is a co-pilot
of a flying fortress crew of the
8th AAF now carrying out op
erational missions over Germany
and enemy-occupied Europe.
The lieutenant has participated
in five missions so far and has
alrerdy received the air medal.
He was commissioned a second
lieutenant in June, 1943 after
successfully completing primary,
basic and advanced training. He
was assigned to his fortress crew
at the Great Falls army air base
for training preparatory to over
seas duty.
Lt. Bergerson was a student of
Pacific University at Forest
Grove at the time of his enlist
ment.
JOINS WAVES
Leatha Tousley has enlisted in,
the Waves and will be sworn in
on April 15. She expects to leave
for New York on June first to
take officer’s training.
HAS MALARIA
In a letter received by Mrs. O.
B. Bittner from her son, Pvt.
Lloyd Osborn, who is stationed
in the Hawaiian Islands, he
writes that he has been in the
hospital 11 days with malaria
fever but is feeling fine other
wise. He has been in the Islands
three years and hopes to be
home soon.
Home on Leave
Ensign Harry E. Ohjer arrived
home
Monday from
Corpus
Christi, Texas. He will leave Sat
urday to take up his work as a
naval aviation instructor at which
he will work for the next one
and a half years.
RETURNS TO CAMP
Cpl. Eigus R. Frank left Tues
day for Fort Bliss, Texas .after
spending a week on furlough
visiting friends and relatives.
His wife, who had been in El
Paso with him for the past six
months, remained in Vernonia.
Dog Licenses
Are Now Due
A last warning was issued this
week by officials that only five
days remain in which dog licens
es may be paid by owners of the
animals without being assessed
an additional charge to the reg
ular cost of the licenses.
According to a notice which
has been published by the Colum
bia County Dog Control board,
“every person owning or keeping
any dog over the age of eight
months within the State of Ore
gon shall, not later than March
1st of each year or within 30
days after he becomes owner or
keeper of such dog, procure a
license for the animal."
Residents in this vicinity may
obtain the licenses at the city
hall for $1 for a male or spayed
female dog and $1.50 for a fe
male dog. A penalty of $1 will
be charged after March 1st.
Shooting Match
Held Here Friday
Company A of the nineth bat
talion of the Oregon State Guard
from St. Helens met Company C
of the ninth battalion from Ver
nonia in a shooting match which
was held here on February 18.
This was the first match that
Company A has had but this
may develop into a series of
matches with
different com
panies.
The scores from the five high
est men from each company were
recorded. From St. Helens they
are as follows: Baseec, 154;
Murphy,
146;
Dudley,
137;
Campbell, 126; Nelson, 123 mak
ing a total of 686. For Vernon
ia there were Fetsch, 186; Zim-
merdahl, 179; Nichols, 178; Kell-
mer, 178; Hanson, 172, making
a total of 893. Coffee and, dough
nuts were served after the match,
VACCINATIONS URGED
Pre-school age children are
urged to have the vaccination for
smallpox which will be given by
Dr. Eby and the County Health
nurse, Miss Ruth Peffley at the
Washington Grade School on
March the second. They will start
giving vaccinations at 9 a.m. tak
ing the pre-school age first and
following with the students.
PAPER TOTALS 10 TONS
The local grade schools col
lected about 10 tons of paper
during the local scrap paper
drive. This paper was taken to
the Longview paper company.
The school recieved $11 per ton
for the paper and thia money
will be turned in to help the
war effort.
MEETS SCHOOLMATE
Mrs. Herb Counts recently re
ceived a letter from her son,
Eugene Cleveland, who is sta
tioned in the south Pacific. He
mentions meeting Chet Shoe
maker there and that they hadn’t BROTHERHOOD MEETS
seen each other since being in
The annual brotherhood meet
the eighth grade. He also men ing was held at the Christian
tioned working with lumber that church Wednesday evening. This
was marked O-A. Eugene is sta annual meeting is observed
tioned on the U. S. Cetus.
throughout the world. The offer
More "Those Who Are," page 6* ing which was taken goes to cas-e
for the prisoners in the armed
forces.
TRAILER HOUSE HAS FIRE
The local fire department was
called out about 9:00 a‘m. Tues SENIOR CLASS HAS PARTY
day morning to stop a flue fire
The Vernonia High School
at one of the trailer houses park Senior class gave a party in
ed on the city lot on second honor of Lester and Lyle Gallo
street. The fire was put out way on Wednesday evening. The
without any damage being done Galloway brothers are home on
to the house.
leave from the Navy.