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County News HEN LAYS PECULIAR EGG TO TOP IDAHO EFFORT ST. HELENS—Columbia coun ty hens refuse to take a back roost, or nest, to any others, ac Volume 22, Number 13 cording to a letter from R. C. Bruce, Goble, route 1, to The Oregonian. The letter remarks: “I note with interest the art icle in the Oregonian about Mr?. J. A. Cloward of Idaho and the big egg her hen laid. Yes, she has something to crow about, all right. “But our Oregon hen is on the job and lean go the Idaho hen one better. She laid two eggs, Dealers Required one inside the other, both with To Deposit Coupons perfect shells. The outer shell By April 10th measured seven by nine inches. Effective April 1, 1944, the fol The outer shell also had yolk and white in it. lowing coupons and acknowledg ments will become invalid fcr COMMERCIAL FISHING transfers of gasoline: “B” and SEASON IS OPENED “B-l” coupons issued on form CLATSKANIE—The earliest OPA R-527B and “C” coupons date for years was set for the issued on Form OPA R-528B salmon season when nets were and R-528C: Strip “T” coupons put into the Columbia on March which do not bear the designa 21 at noon. The law reads that tion “second quarter”: “E” and the new # open season began at “R” coupons issued on Form noon Tuesday and would extend OPA R-530, R-530A, R-531, and until April 1 with a week end R-531A. closure from noon on the 25th These are the coupons issued to 6 p.m. Sunday. This extra fishing period will before the simplified forms, and compensate to some extent for bear the words “Permits delivery the throe weeks closure in May of one unit of gasoline, etc.” and June and the 45-day closure The R-530B and R-531B are not affected. in December and January. Dealers must by April 10, Operators agreed last week to pay ceiling prices of 20c a pound 1944 surrender any of the above for salmon and 12c for steelhead invalidated ration evidences to provided the runs are not too their distributor or to the local heavy and that fresh and frozen board for exchange for inventory coupons. Distributors must de markets can handle the catch. posit these coupons in their ra COUNTY NEWS . .. oew tion bank accounts on or before REPORT SHOWS April 20, 1944. Consumers hav PUD SUCCESS ing invalidated coupons repre Clatskanie—The first annual senting currently valid ration al report of the Clatskanie P. U. D. lotments, may exchange these is in the ¡mail to the patrons, coupons for other rationing ev showing the financial report, his idences. tory and workings of the Clatska nie Peoples’ Utility District since its organization on November 2, Club Hears Speaker Glen Hawkins, engineer for 1940 to December 31, 1943. Clark and Wilson, spoke to the Similar reports will be issued an nually and the directors might forestry club at the high school well be pleased with the finan on Tuesday, March 23. He dis cial operations of the district dur cussed map reading and methods ing the initial nine months of op by which logging operations are planned. eration. The district’s finances, during these first nine months, have a- mounted to a gross income of $46,244.62. Of this amount $3, 049.98 has been set aside for payment on the bonds when they I become due. The amount of $5, 781.64 which remains is the net TRANSFERED TO OKLAHOMA profit earned after all expenses, It is reported that Lester Gal including retirement of bonds, loway has completed his training has been paid. at Camp Farragut, Idaho and is now at Norman, Oklahoma stud M c K enzie case ying avaition ordinance. His bro AGAIN POSTPONED ST. HELENS—Another post ther, Lyle Galloway, remained at ponement, this time indefinite, of Farragut where he is in the med the trial of Christine McKenzie ical corps. was ordered by Circuit Judge H. VETERAN WAS FORMER K. Zimmerman last week when a RESIDENT HERE physician’s certificate was filed Sgt. Byron D. Bennett, son of stating that the complainig wit Mr. and Mrs. C. Walter Bennett, ness, Bert Mills, was ill and un of Springfield and also a former able to attend court. resident of Vernonia, is a veter The charge is theft of a type an in action on Guadalcanal with writer. Mrs. McKenzie has pend the 164th infantry. He has been ing a suit for $20,000 damages in the South Pacific loi two against Mills, charging false ar years. . rest. The suit was filed after the Pfc Helen C. Bennett of the criminal case had once been dis Wac is now at the station hospit missed in justice court, and be al, Fresno, California. fore the grand jury indited Mrs. Sgt. Byron Bennett used to McKenzie. work in Vernonia and is a grad uate of Taft high school. Pfc PINBALL DECISION Helen Bennett is a graduate of IS DEFERRED ST. H>ELENS—The annual li Vernonia high school and also cense fee for operators of pin attended the University of Ore. ball machines and similar devices WINS FLYING CROSS was increased from $300 to $500 Everett R Meeker, a former a year when the St. Helens city resident of Vernonia has won council adopted an ordinance to the distinguished flying cross that effect a week ago Monday and air ¡medal with cluster,- in night. action over the Aleutions. He The council delayed action served as a bombardier in the however on a companion ordin 11th air force. ance which would have increased Everett Meeker graduated from the license on each pinball ma Vernonia high school in 1937 and chine from $10 to $30 a month. then went to Oregon State Col After hearing the objections of lege and later joined the air the operators and proprietors of corps. While attending high school establishments in which the ma he was outstanding in athletics chines are operated the council such as football, basketball and voted to defeT final decision un track and participated in all til after further investigation. school activities. A spokesman for the operators explained that no objection would GETS ADVANCEMENT According to word received be made to the increase in the operator’s license though he de here a short time ago by Mr. clared it would be the highest in and Mrs. F. R. Olin, their son, the state. He insisted however Dan, has been advanced to 1st that the proposed tax on each Lieutenant. Lieutenant Olin is machine was unreasonable and in the signal corps attached to that it would result in the ma the air corps at Robins Field, chines removal from many if not Florida. The advancement has all of the places in St. Helens in been received within the last two weeks. which they are now operated. OPA to Change Gas Stamps On April 1st Vernonia, Columbia JO Motor Mon. To Blood Bank Vernonia was well represented at the Hillsboro blood doning cen ter Monday when 10 local people motored there to give a donation. However only six of the group were able to give, as the two who drove the cars didn’t donate Those making the trip were: Mrs. Jane Wasser and Mrs. Orene Robertson who drove their cars, Mrs. Addie Herrin, Mrs. Frank Hartwick, Mrs. Hazel White, Mrs. McCoy, Mrs. Allen Ray, Mrs. Jer ry Bramblet, and Mr. and Mrs. Ted Keasey. The next visit to the doning center will be made on April' 21. Red, Blue Stamps Good Indefinitely From now on, the red ana blue stamps in war ration book 4 wilt be good indefinitely, just as shoe and sugar stamps are, Willlard Case, district OPA food rationing executive, has advised. “There is no change in the rate at which stamps become good,’’ Case explained. “Housewives may continue to budget their family purchases of rationed foods on the basis of three red stamps (worth a total of 30 points) every second Sunday, and five 'blue stamps (worth a total of 50 points) the first of every month.” The introduction of tokens for change has made it possible to remove the expiration dates on stamps, Case explained. Before tokens came into use, storekeepers had no adequate way of making change for customers who had al ready spent their stamps of small denominations. Those Who Are in It EXPECTED HERE ON VISIT Cpl. Mason McCoy, former Ver nonia high school coach who has been training at Camp Adah- Oregon, has completed his ad vanced stages of training at that camp and is expected to visit in Vernonia the later part of this week. RETURNS TO FARRAGUT MIST — Howard Jones has re turned to Camp Farragut, Idaho, where he is in training. He has been home with his family for a couple of weeks. High School Seniors to Graduate May 1 Dr. Giesrbach to Deliver Address At Commencement Commencement date for the Vernonia Hign School seniors has been set for May 24. Arrangements have also been made for a speaker for the even ing. Dr. Giersbach, who is presi dent of Pac. Univ, and much in demand as a platform speaker will deliver the main address for the evening. The commencement will be held in the Washington grade school auditorium, at which time a class of twenty-two members will be graduated. This class has been considered of small size throughout the entire four years of enrollment, but the exigencies of war have created an addition al drain upon it, therefore it will be one of the smallest graduating classes in many years. High Boys Work Hard On Track About 30 high school boys have turned out for track this year and are working hard. Not many of these boys have had ex perience in track previous to this time. • Several meets are likely this year. The Beaverton relays will be held April 21 and the Hay ward relay will be held April 28 and 29 in honor of Bill Hay ward, veteran Oregon track coach Due to war conditions, this meet was not held last year. The last meeting was held, in 1942 at which time Vernonia won the championship. The local team will return this year in defense of its championship. Thursday, March 30, 1944 Red Cross Fund Gain Continues The amount of Red Cross funds received to date during the present drive is $4,201.23, it was announced this week by Mrs. Harry Culbertson, who is in charge of the drive. The drive has been carried on by a number of local organizations. They have made it successful by an excellent job of solicitation and an enormous amount of hard work. The participating groups are: Rainbow Girls, American Legion and Auxiliary, Womens Relief Corps, Pythian Sisters, Business and Professional Women, Re bekahs , Order of Eastern Star, Vernonia Service club and the Vernonia Study club. Local 5-37, IWA has turned in Winter Storage Order Effective The OPA “Consumer Wintet Storage Program” • does not change the basic solid fuel ra tioning policies of OPA. Also, it does not indicate the probability of any excess of solid fuel sup plies during the coming year. It is designed to assist the deal ers, to move at this time, the solid fuel stocks now on hand. To keep a steady flow of solid fuels into the Pacific Northwest from mines and mills, where it cannot be stored. To make the most efficient and economical use of delivery equipment and man power. Besides the Hayward meet there will also be the Columbia county meet, the district meet, and the state meet. The dates for these events have not yet been settled but will not conflict with the other dates. By these means, to make less possible any accute ¡solid fuels shortages next fall and winter. Such shortages, may result not oí .¡ í from any backing iq> of sol id fuel supplies, but also should the fuel oil supply become so scarce as to force fuel oil con sumers to turn to solid fuels for their heat, cooking and water heating. Christian Church Plans Meetings Any dealer participating in the OPA Consumer Winter Storage Program must fill any order in priorities number one and two that he may have on hand or may receive later. Special meetings will begin at The present happy condition the Christian Church on Sunday in which there is sufficient solid evening at 7:30 o’clock, with a fuel available is due to a nice meeting conducted by the 90 and balance. Ar change in any of the 9 men of the church. The Evan component factors of this bal HOME ON LEAVE gelical Church is planning to co ance would disturb the whole MIST — Mr. and Mrs. Millard operate in these gatherings, Rev. structure, and might result in Garlock are entertaining their Allen Backer will preach on Tues» some real hardships next winter. son, who is home on leave from day and Friday evenings. Thurs the navy. day evening will be observed as The effective team-work of the the Annual Communion Service. dealers and the government agen MISSING IN ACTION The pastor will preach the rest cies must be further encouraged MIST — Second Lt. Milton A. of the week, and special items of and developed to take care of Henderson, B-24 Liberator Co interest will be introduced at each Northwest solid fuel consumer-re pilot has been missing in action service. Th public is cordially in quirement problems for 1944-46. over Germany according to word vited. received from the war depart The first step is to take advan ment to his parents at Nehalem. tage of current favorable condi While his home was at Nehalem, DATE SET FOR MEETINGS tions by keeping solid fuel sup Special Evangelical meetings plies moving from producer to he spent much of his time here with his brother Joe, who now will start at the Evangelical dealer and thence to consumer too is with the Merchant Mar church with Rev. Floyd R. Sart- because they can be most effect ine. Milton had been awarded weli as the Evangelist on April ively stored under wartime con the air medal with oak leaf clus 20 and will continue through ditions on the consumer’s pre ters and the mission from which April 30. mises, and because any backing- he did not return was the 20th up now of the flow of these sup over enemy territory. Milton re RECEIVES PROMOTION plies at consumer level cannot be The parents of Cpl. Loren S. completely absorbed by the deal ceived his early training at Fort Knox, Kentucky. He then was Lionberger received word last ers. Such backing-up this spring transferred to the air forces week of his promotion to Sgt. can result in the loss of solid winning his wings at Stockton, Sgt. Lionberger has been trans fuel production. ferred to a new company. He is California. now in the 8th Traff. Reg. group. RETURNS TO CAMP KEASEY — S lc Wilmore Hodgson, who has been visiting his parent«, returned to his camp Monday evening. ON FURLOUGH HERE Pfc. George E. King arrived home Saturday morning for a week's visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. King, while on furlough from Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. 1 April 18 Last Date OVERCOME BY GAS Fred Thompson, Pharmasict 3c, is reported to be recovering in the U. S. Naval hospital at Shumaker, California, where he and two other boys were over come by leaking gas while work ing in the refrigeration depart ment of the hospital. He is the son of Walter Thompson, who formerly lived in Vernonia. More “Those Who”, page 6 Those people who intend to vote in the May primary election and who have changed residence from one precinct to another, who have moved here from some other place, who did not vote in the last primary, or, in the case of women, who have mar ried since last voting, must reg ister by April 18th. Registration is cared for at the city hall by Loel Roberts, city recorder. the largest amount, totalling, $2,665.82 which has been solicit ed from the men. Misses Ivy and Olive Masters have turned in the second largest amount which is $606.00 The three schools are display ing “We Gave 100 Per Cent” signs as well as many of the business houses. Seniors Choose Cast for Play The Vernonia high school sen iors have chosen the cast for their play entitled “The Patsy,” which will be given on April 28. The first practice for the newly chosen cast was held last Mon day evening. Members of the ca-t and the characters they are to play, are as follows: Gerald Di- ley, portrays Mr. O’Flaherty; Nina McDonald, as Sadie Buchan an; Fred Busch, as Tony Ander son; Larry Brady plays Billy Caldwell; Marvin Turner as Bill Harrington and Phyllis New as Mrs. Harrington; Jonnibel Hat field as Grace Harrington; Mary Hall as the sister, Patricia Har rington; and Irene Driscoll plays the part of Trip Busty. • Boston Terrier Wins Contest Bush’s Caesar’s Last Son, a Boston Terrier owned by Mr. and Mrs. Jewett A. Bush was a re serve winner at his first show in New Orleans, it was an nounced here this week. The animal is scheduled for several shows in Texas during the month of April. The shows will be held at Beaumont, April 1; Houston, April 2; Victoria, April 4; Cor pus Christi, April 6; San An tonio, the Sth; Alamo Heights, the 10th; Austin, the 11th; Waco, the 13th. He will be in Dallas on April 15 and Fort Worth on April 16. Caesar’s Last Son was two years old on December 25 and is a product of Vernonia. His father won championships in the east and indications are that his son will do likewise. Meeting Attended By School Heads A meeting of the Columbia County Health Association was held March 30 at the home of George Conyers in Clatskanie. Both the local school heads, Mr. Paul Gordon and Mr. Wallace McCrea attended this meeting at which time Miss Jane Allen, Field Adminis’rator for the Oregon Health Association met with them giving a very interesting talk in relation to the work of the as sociation. Seek» Office E. H’. Condit has entered his name as candidate for represen tative for Columbia county on the Republican ticket at the pri mary election. Mr. Condit is weit known in Columbia county and in Vernonia, as he was grade school superintendent here for several years and has served as county school superintendent. SCHOOL HEARS DR. HULIN Dr. Hulin of Pacific Univer sity spoke to the high school stu dents Tuesday morning at 10 a.m. He is in charge of admis sion« and discussed the opportun ities offered by Pacific Univer sity. He also discussed in gener al the offerings and require ments of college work.
