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County News NAMES FOR MEMORIAL SOUGHT ST. HELENS — Service men who have lost their lives in the armed forces will be honored by having their names placed on a memorial plaque at Portland’s Victory Center, it was announced this week by Irving T. Rau, chair man of the Columbia county war finance committee, and E. C. Sammons, state chairman, Oregon war bond staff. Families of men eligible are re quested to turn in names either to Mr. Rau or the war finance committee, American Bank Bldg., Portland, Oregon. The Victory Center at Portland is one of the outstanding war service structures in the United States, according to national war bond leaders. It is the fecal point of Oregon’s war bond sales effort which has established this state among the leaders of the nation. “We think it is particularly fit ting that Victory Center should be honored by converting it into a memorial for those who dedi cate themselves to make it pos sible.” BANK DEPOSITS AT ALL-TIME HIGH CLATSKANIE —7 Deposits in the First National Bank in Clats kanie have reached a new all-time high of $2,381,255.30, as revealed by the bank's published statement this month. This trend toward greater de posits is true all over the United States, according to H. B. Hager, cashier of the local banking in stitution. COMPANY BUYS ADDITIONAL LOTS ST. HELENS — The Harris Construction Co., which has a home construction program in progress in Houlton, acquired 10 additional lots in the White sub division from the S. L. Fisk & Co. real estate firm last week, it is reported. Construction on addi tional units will begin at once, it was said. Streets have been graded and graveled and are now ready for ¡use in bringing in the materials. Rev. Floyd R. Sartwell Services Coutinue At Evan. Chui ch Revival services at the Evan gelical church continue through Sunday night, April 30, with the exception of Saturday. Rev. Floyd K. Sartwell, evan gelist, is pastor of the Portland Wichita Evangelical church. With experience in the evangelistic field, he is better able to present the gospel of Jesus Christ to meet the need of individual lives. Rev. Sartwell is the coordinat or and announcer for the Evan gelical hour broadcast which is heard on stations KWJJ, Port land; KSLM, Salem; and KWIL, Albany, each Saturday evening at 7:30 p.m. Attendance at the services is on the increase. All are invited. Come and bring your neighbors and friends. God has been bles sing his word as it has been sent forth. God’s word says, “Blessed is he that readeth and they that hear the word.” Come and receive a blessing. 'IMwdjbüiMifa DOUBLE DUTY L_ DOLLARS _J Volume 22, Number 17 Vernonia, Columbia County, Qr«i Those Who Are in It HOME ON FURLOUGH KEASEY — Pfc W.R. Punce from Camp Adair is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Linds- ley and family for a few days while on furlough. IN MISSISSIPPI KEASEY — S 1/c Wilmore Hodgson is now stationed in Mississippi. REPORTED ILL IN HOSPITAL MIST — Charles Melis who went into the marines last fall has been quite ill in a California naval hospital for some time with rheumatic fever. VISITS FROM BREMERTON Eugene Slape visited his broth er, Jack Slape and family while on a 48 hour pass from Bremer ton. JOINS NAVY Leonard Belongia enlisted re cently in the Naval Reserve and was called for duty Tuesday. ENLIST IN NAVY Pete (Glen) Shipman will leave today, Thursday for the Navy. He enlisted a week or more ago. VISITS HERE Henry L. Mosman, who has been stationed in the Aleutian Islands, spent two days of his 30-day leave visiting his sister, Mrs. Gene Shipman and family. He is on his way to Los Angeles where he will await a new assign ment. GETS 48-HOUR PASS Bob Schwab visited his father, Lee Schwab, while on a 48-hour pass from Bremerton. GIVEN INFANTRY BADGE Sgt. Byron D. Bennett, 26, son of Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Bennett of Springfield, Oregon and formerly of Vernonia, was given the infan try badge for exemplary perfor mance of duty in action against the enemy during a major cam paign while serving with the American forces at Bougainville. Sgt. Bennett, squad leader in a machine gun squad, heavy weapon’s company, in an infantry regiment, whose members are veterans of the battle of Guad alcanal and received a president ial citation for service in that engagement, took part in the first offensive action by any U- nited States army troops during the present conflict. At the time that he received the notice that the combat in fantryman badge had been a- warded him, Sgt. Bennett was engaged in his second campaign against the Japanese in the jun gle of Bougainville, Solomon Is lands. For his participation in the campaign at Guadalcanal and here, Sgt Bennett is authorized to wear two bronze battle stars on his Asiatic-Pacific campaign ribbon. HERE ON WEEK END PASS Buddy George visited here Sunday while on a week end pass from the coast guard sta tion at Astoria. VISITS PARENTS John Vike is visiting his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Vike, while on a furlough from the Aleutian Islands. He says the green trees sure look good to him as there are no trees on the islands. ATTEND PROM Mr. and Mrs. Cloice Hall at tended the Junior Prom here Saturday while he was on a very short leave from his ship which was docked in Portland. SPENDS WEEK END HERE Lt. and Mrs. Glen Hiaber vis ited relatives here over the week end while he was on furlough from Tennessee. SPENDS FURLOUGH HERE Pvt. and Mrs. John L. Moore visited the past two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Laird while on a 14 day furlough from Camp Abbot. RECEIVES AIR MEDAL Fuel Oil Program Is Streamlined Lt. Geo. J. Lenhart, USNR has just received the Air Medal and a citation from the war depart No Increase of ment signed by Frank Knox, on Amount Likely behalf of the president, for a For Coming Year daring rescue at sea of another aviator off the coast of Southern Highlights of the streamlined California. Lt. Lenhart landed his fuel oil program for the coming plane and performed the rescue year, as announced by James C. under very difficult and danger Scully, regional fuel rationing ous conditions, the citation reads, representative, are: and due to his skillful airman 1. There probably will be no in ship, no damage was done to his crease in supplies of fuel oil for plane and the life of another next year, and there may be less pilot was saved. Lt. Lenhart is the brother of kerosene next year, according to Mrs. Geo. B. Conner. the Petroleum Administrator for War. If more is availabe, coupon SPENDS FURLOUGH HERE Lt. and Mrs. Lowell Hieber values will be increased. arrived home • last Wednesday from Camp Ellis, Illinois where 2. To make dealer’s storage fac Mrs. Hieber had been visiting ilities available, approximately % her husband for the past month. of the ration will be made avail Lt. Hieber leaves today to re able to consumers for summer fill turn to his duties. up, but these rations must be budgeted. Phyllis Slape Wins Contest The annual poppy poster con test sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary has just been concluded and the following awards have been made: First place Phyllis Slape Second, Albert Woolsey Third, Dickie Elliott These students all attend Washington grade school and by coincidence are all in the sixth grade. Their art instructor has been Miss Mary Taylor. The winning posters, on dis play until Saturday in the win dow at the Oregon Gas and Elec tric company, will be entered in a state contest. All others will be used in advertising the sale of the American Legion memorial poppy to be held near Memorial Day in May. Tire Inspection Records To Be Kept Effective April 20, 1944, the program of periodic inspection of passenger tires will be eliminated at the request of the office of the rubber director. The objective of the program has been large ly accomplished since most motor ists are now aware of the ex treme need for tire care and con servation. A consumer will still be required to have his tires in spected and approved for replace ment, however, before a certifi cate may be issued him. It is nec essary, as well, that tire inspec tion records be retained. 382,688 Total For Oregon Cars Motor vehicle registration in Oregon during the first quarter of 1944 totaled 382,688 vehicles, an inccrease of two percent over the registration for the same per iod of 1943, secretary of state Bob Farrell disclosed today. Increases were reported in all classes of registrations, private passenger vehicles, busses, and trucks. Motorcycles, however, did show a slight reduction. Registration fees for the first quarter totaled $1,113,243.31 in comparison to $1,107,635.55 of a year ago. June Mailing Planned 3. To handle this fill-up, simple re-application forms for next sea son’s fuel' oil rations will be put in the mail to consumers begin- ing early in June. These forms should be returned within 7 days so local OPA boards can start issuing coupons. 4. The new fuel year will start Sept. 1, and will be devided into 5 heating periods. Coupons will be vallid throughout the fuel year instead of expiring periodically. Fuel oil coupons which hold over from the present season may be exchanged during September for currently valid coupons. 5. Heating and hot water ra tions generally will remain the same, but all oil and kerosene heating stove rations will be re viewed. 6. The new application form will ask several additional questions, including: number of children un der 6 (raised from 4); type of heating equipment; type of equip ment used to heat hot water, number of persons living in house and months hot water is heated. Consumer* Get Advice 7. Next season’s revised stub, attached to each coupon sheet, will explain that a 5-unit coupon is worth 50 gallons, a 25-unit coupon worth 250, and other in formation to help the consumers budget. Local OPA boards will write on the coupon stub the tot al gallonage value of the coupon sheet, which will correspond with the consumer’s total rations ex cept where more than one sheet of coupons is issued, when the total for each will be noted on the stub. 8. Rations for R-1101 consumers other than private dwellings, such as apartment houses and office buildings, will remain unchanged. 9. Industrial, commercial and governmental consumers using fu el oil for processing, and not for heat or hot water, will continue to receive the rations they need on a quarterly or semi-annual ba sis. They willl not be asked to fill out the heating renewal form required of other consumers. Scout« Hear Hieber Restaurant Survey Made by OPA Members of the Vernonia Boy Scout troop heard a talk by Lt. Lowell Hieber Monday night. He told the boys that much of the basic training in the army was the same type of training as that the scouts receive in their work. Lt. Hieber is here r.ow on furlough from duties in the quartermaster corps of the army. A nation wide restaurant com pliance survey is being made this week to check on prices as well as filing compliance. The survey is being conducted by two volun teers, Mrs. A.L. Kullander and Mrs, Cecil Johnson. The survey is expected to be completed this week and it is reported that no violations have been found here. of O Thursday, April 27, 1941 Senior Class Prepares For Play Presentation The senior class of the Ver Turner and Lewis Lane; program nonia high school will present a committee, Eileen Enos chair play entitled “The Patsy”, by man, and Eleanor Corll; costume Barry Conners, on Friday, April committee, Phyllis Warner chair 28 at 8 p.m. at the Washington man, and Betty Hall; and the grade school auditorium. The advertizing committee, Bettie Lou play is a three-act comedy. The Patsy refers to the young Gouge chairman, Aichie Christen er daughter of the family who is sen, and Loraine Mahar. Mem victimized by her mother and bers of the stage crew are: Mr. patronizing sister. It is a very Robbins chairman, and Gloria popular play and has won much Lamping, with Evelyn Morris as applause on the professional general manager in charge of stage. make up. Cast Works Hard The cast has been working hard for the last few weeks and expect to give a creditable per formance. Those in the cast are as follows: Marvin Turner plays Bill Harrington, the father; Phyl lis New as Mrs. Harrington, the mother; Jonnibel Hatfield cast as Grace Harrington, the older daughter; Mary Hall portrays Patricia Harrington, the abused younger daughter; Larry Brady makes a dashing young suitor for Grace in the character of Billy Cal'ldwell; ^red Busch presents the part of an amorous suitor to Patricia by the name of Tony Anderson; supported by Nina MacDonald and Irene Driscoll in the rolls of a girl friend named Sadie Buchanan and a female taxi driver called Trix Busty. Jovial, good humored Gerald Ri ley represents in a most convinc ing manner, the part of a busi ness man. Dog Returns As Winn r Bush’s Little Caesar’s last son, a Boston terrier belonging to Mrs. Jewitt A. Bush, returned this week from Fort Worth, Tex as where he was winner in a show of Boston terrier males. He made the entire southeastern circuit, taking second best in each show except the one in which he was judged winner. He will return to the mid-west cir cuit in early June. Committee* Named The different committees in charge of the play are: property committee, Wilma Hanson chair man, Marjorie Keasey, Beverly 8th Grade To Give Plays The local eighth grade students will give two, one-act plays on Friday evening May 12. The ti tles of the plays to be given are, “Wild Cat Willie,” and "Buying a Suit for Jimmy.” The grade school orchestra will play and the girls sextet and glee cub will sing in the interval between the two plays. The cast for the play entitled, “Buying a Suit for Jimmy” is as follows: Mrs. Goodwin, Martha Wells; Jimmy, Murry Brownhill; the clerk, John Schram; Mrs. Dqncan, Kathleen Condit; Alice, Pat Gibson; Miss Randolph, Vir ginia Melis; Bertie, James Elliot; Mrs. Mason, Jean Turner; Jane, Florence Tisdale; and the stage manager and announcer will be Bob Sunnell. The cast for “Wildcat Willie” is: Willie, Charles Richardson; Gladys, Joanne Alexander; Kath- ie, Grace Potter; Celia, Marion Sherburn; Joe, Delmar McDonald and Vernon, Kenneth Bacon. 10 Make Trip to Blood Bank Fri. 10 women from Vernonia mo tored to the Hillsboro blood do- ning center Friday, April 21 but only eight of the ten were able to give blood. Those making the trip were Mrs. Mary Stubbs, Mrs. Dennis Davis, Mrs. Gardner, Mrs. Zelma Dow, Mrs. L.O. Gillham, Mrs. Krause, Mrs. Mildred Jesse, Mrs. Ella Cline, Mrs Eleanor Gib son and Mrs. Ruth Steers. The next trip to the Hillsboro center will be made on May 19 and the mobile unit will also be in Hillsboro on May 22. REDECORATION JOB DONE The Bush Furniture store is receiving a complete interior re decoration this week. SUNDAY SPEAKER SLATED Mrs. Hattie Menzies, for many years a missionary in India, will speak at the Christian church on the evening of Sunday, May 7. This guest speaker is unusual ly interesting and the public is cordially invited to hear her. Rev. W. T. Mugford Interest Shown in Revival Meetings Great interest has been shown in the revival meetings at the Assembly of God church. A good crown has been in attendance each evening. Rev. Mugford’s messages have been both inspir ing and enlightening as he has pointed out the truth of personal salvation. His messages in song have been much enjoyed by all who have attended. Last Sunday a mass meeting was held at 2:30 p.m., when Rev. Mugford spoke on his interview with Father Devine, the black blasphemer. This coming Sunday, April 30, there will be another mass meeting when Rev. Mugford will speak on the interesting sub ject, “The Price of Peace, and My Experiences in World War No. I.” The evangelist will be relating his personal experiences in England during the first World War. Messages for the week begin ning tonight are as follows: Thursday, “The Texas Tragedy”; Friday, "The Nation’s Need”; Sunday morning, “God’s Precious Jewels”;.Sunday afternoon, "The Price of Peace «nd My Exper iences in World War No. I”; Sun day evening, “Hell’s Blackout”; Monday, “Will Everyone Go to Heaven?”; Tixsday, “Touching Jesus”; Wednesday, “Halting rfeavenward”; Thursday, “Sal em's Sad Supper"; Friday, "America’s Greatest Question”; Sunday morning, '“Living to Die and Dying to Live”; Sunday aft ernoon, "From an English Pit to an American Pulpit”; and Sun day evening, “The Last Cail.” eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee* Buymore#'^t^now \®Fninre security, too!