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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (May 25, 1944)
I County News RAINIER BOY NAMED “STATE FARMER” RAINIER — Carl Blunk, a sen. ior in Rainier high school was selected at the annual conven- tion of the Future Farmers of America, as one of the boys meriting the degree • of that or- ganization. The basis of the a- ward is upon proficiency and leadership in the science of far- ming. JOHNS DISTRICT GETS DRAINAGE Clatskanie — The Johns dis- trict is to get approximately 800 feet of dykeing on Bradbury slough, which will be all rip-rap- ped. The work will be done un der the direction of Army Eng ineers from Portland ST. HELENS ENDORSES PLAYGROUND PROGRAM ST. HELENS — Under the di rection of several local organiza tions, larger and better play ground facilities are going to be provided for the children. It >s recognized that a wholesome and healthy environment is the best possible investment for the de- velopment of the youth in our communities. Awards Given High Students Several awards were given to high school students at their assembly period Friday, May 19. Miss Marjorie Lolley won the award for the drama club. This award is a trophy given by the student body of the high school. The decision is made by three judges who have viewed all per formances for the year. Marjor ie Lolley was judged the best in all dramatic performances for that time and Douglas Culbert son was named second best. Mar jorie won the award for the part played in “Blithe Spirit” in the part of Madame Arcatie. Those winning track letters were: Max Millis, C Glen Justice, Fred Busch, James Johns, Doug las Culbertson, Ralph Keasey, Bobbie Condit, Paul Schmidlin, Duke Byers, Jack Nance, Joe Enneberg, Jimmie Ray and Dale Roland. Basketball letters were issued to Jack Nance, Fred Larson, Dan Rollins, Geraldi Riley, Duke By ers, Dickie Colsen, Ralph Sturde vant and Max Millis. , The following G. A. girls won awards: Wilma Hansen, honorary go-id pin and seven-inch letter; Dixie Stewart, seven-inch letter; and Jean McDonald, June Snid er, Doris Stevenson and Gladys Pierce all five-inch letters, while Patsy Thacker, Hildur Sundquist. Phyllis Belongia, Ruth Zimmer man, Elna Morris, Barbara Keas ey, Evelyn Stevenson, Carolyn Sword, Jean Peasnall, Eleanor Dass, Pat Garlock, Virginia Dosch, Joy Watson and Dorothy Hogberg all won numeral letters. These girls had no interschool competition this year although they played the local grade school in two games. Those winning honors in the Keep Oregon Green Guard were Russell Snook, Melvin iE. Snook, Charles Slape, Jimmie Rusow, Don Parker, Lynn Michener, Jim Frazee, Dale Grenia, Earl Spof- ford, Frank Aspinall, Melvin Ber- gerson, Verliir Crume, Donald DeWitt and Robert Falconer. During. this assembly period, the senior class presented Miss Wilers with a gift in apprecia tion of work done on the play. They also presented Marvin Tur- ner with at box of candy for helping in their play. Church Plans Celebration The Christian Church in Ore- gon, will celebrate its 100th an niversary of its beginning in this state at the State Conven- tion at Turner, Oregon, July 1944. Extensive preparation is being made for this celebration. Rev. C. A. Bates, formerly pastor at Klamath Fals, has been em ployed to cover the state in preparation for this event. Rev. Bates will be at the local Christ ian Church both morning and evening on Sunday next to pre- sent plans for the celebration, Rev. Bates is a forceful speak- er, the public is cordially invited. ------ ----- . ------- - Scouts, Cubs Will Assist in House- to-House Selling Governor Forrest C. Donnell of Missouri stole a march on the public by accepting the first A- merican Legion Auxiliary poppy, veterans of dedicated to the World War I and the present war, in February, It was pre sented to him by Mrs. Lutie Leng Smith, chairman of the na tional poppy committee of the auxiliary, in Kansas City when Governor Donnell arrived to at- tend the Lincoln day dinner. He expresed delight in being the first to wear a Memorial Day poppy and evinced great interest in the auxiliary’s poppy program, acording to Mrs. Smith. Mrs. Smith said, in presenting the veteran made flower, that it was given to the Governor in appreciation of bills for veterans that were passed by the legisla ture during Governor Donnell’s administration. , The poppy sale will start in 'Vernonia Saturday morning ear ly, May 27. There will be a house to ho-use sale with the boy scouts and cub scouts assisting. Several girls will also assist here and in Riv erview-. Auxiliary ■ ladies will be selling on the street all day. Headquarters for the poppy sale w;n j,e ¡n Light Cd. office. The auxiliary has 1200 poppies to sell this year. Memorial Day Program Told Memorial Services will be held honoring the dead of all wars. Those wishing to attend, will gather at Rock creek near the bridge, where the relief corps will hold their Memorial Service in memory of those buried at sea. They will then march to the Le gion Hall south of Bridge Street on First Street where the relief corps will hold their graveside services. The American Legion will then conduct their services in memory of the departed comrads of World War I and those of the present war. The memorial service for those of our boys from this war will honor ¡those from both the Army and the Njvy. Those taking part in the pro gram will meet at the Legion Hall at 9:45 a.m. The committee will appreciate the cooperation of all organizations and religious de nominations and all the school children. Ration Sticker Check to be Made A windshield sticker check will be made soon to see if the stick ers are properly displayed to serve to identify the type of gas oline issued toi the individual. These stickers may be obtained at the local OPA office. Beginning June 1st the local board will issue the new B and C four coupons. KEASEY — Cpl. Warren E. G.llham is spending a 20 day fur lough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Gilham. He is enroute to another camp. He says Oregon sure looks good to him, as he hasn’t been home for the past 30 months. able to meet quirements for enlistment. Her son, Arthur H. Tousley, is an apprentice seaman, in the Navy V-12 unit at the University of Washington, Seattle. S“he graduated from Vernonia Union high school and attended VISITS MOTHER Behnke-Walker Business College, NATAL — Eugene Elliot is' Portland, Oregon. visiting his mother, Mrs. Fred Since September, 1943, Mrs Johnson while on leave from the navy. Tousley has been a stenographer with the Iron Fireman Manufac HOME ON LEAVE Bob Schwab spent the week turing company, Industrial Divi end here on leave from Bremer sion, Portland. Previous to this, ton visiting his father, Lee she was a cashier - bookkeeper with Oregon Gas & Electric Co., Schwab and friends. Vernonia, for three years. VISITS PARENTS Jimmy Snider spent Sunday visiting his parents and friends while here on leave from the navy. He is on duty at S’eattle at present. SPENDS FURLOUGH HERE Pfc. Murvel K. Frank is visit ing his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Frank, while on a 20-day furlough. Pvt. Frank has spent the past several months in the Aleutian area. TRANSFERS TO NEW YORK Miss Leatha Tousley left a week ago Sunday for New York where she will be stationed in the Waves. She visited her father Mr. O. S. Poynter, a week be fore leaving. TRAINING IN WAVES Beginning the training which will prepare her to release a U.S. Navy man for service at sea is Mrs. Leatha iEthel Tousley, Ver nonia. who has reported to the WAVES indoctrination school at Hunter College, New York City, it was announced recently at the WAVES enlistment headquar ters for Oregon, at 735 8. W. Alder street, through which her enlistment "Was handled. Mrs. Tousley is the first wo- man from the Pacific Northwest to serve in the navy with her son. By joining the WAVES in the short period before reaching her 36th birthday, after her son became 18 years of age, she was Mrs Tousley has been active in civilian defense work in Port land and Vernonia and as a mem ber of the American Legion Aux iliary. She is the daughter of O. S. Poynter, Vernonia. SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND Pvt. Loran E. Atkins, husband of Mrs. Mary Atkins of Wilark Oregon is now stationed some where in England and has parti cipated in a course designed to bridge the gap between training in the States and soldiering in a:i active theatre of war. At one of the Air service com mand stations known as Control depots, Pvt. Atkins was careful ly processed by classification ex- ^perts who made certain that he was well fitted for the job as signed to him. Security training, personal hygiene, a talk by a rpecial service officer informing him of facilities for healthful rec reation, and a lecture by »the chaplain are all in turn part of the O. I.’* preparation for his overseas duty. His next station will be one from which America's fighting planes take off to smash the Nazi war machine. Before entering the army, he was employed as bulldozer op erator by the Clark and Wilson Lumber Co. at Wilark, Oregon. Thursday, May 25, 1944 ■ Vernonia Precincts Voting Results Show Local Tiend of Election Friday Given below are figures on last Friday’s election as to results in the four Vernonia precincts. Turnout at the polls was very light, be ing one-third of the county’s registered voters and, although the dem ocrats have the greatest registration, almost 1,000 over the republi- cans, the republicans voted in greater numbers. DEMOCRATIC PARTY National Committeeman Lew Wallace Clarence F. Hyde Howard Latourette REPUBLICAN PARTY National Committeeman 118 140 102 Charles L. Paine Ralph H. Cake 168 176 Convention Delegates National Committeewoman Nancy Honeyman Robinson Emily F. Edson Charles T, McPherson Natalie E. Panek Nels Peterson Harry Winkler Douglas B. Anderson Bruce Bevans Harry D. Boivin W. A. Delzell James W. Eckersley Henry L. Hess Thomas R. Mahoney J. F. Ulrich Charles J. Officer 159 170 185 169 227 106 114 141 169 159 193 223 245 Presidential Candidate* Franklin D. Roosevelt 361 Vice President Candidate* Lew Wallace Alben W. Barkley 21 2 U. S. Senator Willis Mahoney Walter W. Whitbeck Edgar W. Smith 300 147 214 Representative O. Henry Oleen 303 State Treasurer William T. Lambert 277 Attorney General Bruce Spaulding 278 State Representative J. D. Perry Manley J. Wilson 306 292 District Attorney w. w: Dillard 311 County Official* 337 242 Vernonia Girls Win Honors Miss Joanne Nichols was named this year’s winner -of the Hall- Turnbull plaque for the outstand ing senior in journalism, other than Emerald editor, at a ban quet for Oregon Daily Emerald staffs at the Eugene hotel Friday r.ight, May 19. Miss Nichols has been associate editor of the stud ent newspaper. Miss Nichols was editor of the Vernonia high schorl paper( “The Timberline” four years ago and was valedictorian of her class. She won the scholarship trophy and also won a scholarship to the University of Oregon. Miss Lillian Hedman received the “O” pin T ot two years of work on the school paper at the University. Miss Hedman graduated from Vernonia high school in 1941 and was also editor of the Timberline, While in school she spent two years working on the school pap- er and was also a scholarship winner. Miss Winifred Romtvedt who was a former resident of Vernon ia and who graduated from high school here in 1942 has been e- lected assistant news editor of the Emerald. She too has been editor of the high school paper and was a scholarship winner. 84 138 National Committeewoman Mrs. George T. Gerlinger Convention Delegate* Wm. Pringle, Sr. L. A. DuBois HOME ON FURLOUGH i Vernonia, Columbia ('Ark'",®iiejon Volume 22, Number 21 Poppy Sale To Start Here Early Saturday u •* ° C. M. Rynerson L. B. Sandblast Mary Shand Robert O. Welch Howard C. Belton Henry Black Robert Campbell E. P. Dodd Robert: S. Farrell J. 0. Johnson Herman E. Lafky Phil Metschan Glen R. Metsker Riley Monehead Lowell C. Paget Ruth Rose Richardson Custer E. Ross Paul B. Wallace W. O. Winslow Fred H. Cockell Louise Nash Wallace R. Telford 173 83 79 44 59 59 48 82 35 149 86 98 112 102 48 65 68, 86 110 86 39 55 81- t I 1 4 1 9 1 1 The new re-application form contains only six simple quest ions which the 'board needs ans wered in order to renew rations for private dwellngs for next year, and is to be filled out only by those persons whose oil ration last year was for the same ad dress as this year. 4 2 1 U. S. Senator (Unexpired) Chas. A. Sprague Henry Black Guy Cordon John McBride 124 10 75z 12 U. S. Senator Wayne Morse Earl E.' Fisher Rufus C. Holman 119 33 76 Representative James W. Mott Dan Harmon 123 104 State Treasurer Leslie M. Scott 203 Attorney General George Neuner Leroy L. Lomax 72 201 182 County Officials Virgil L. Powell M. R. Calhoun J. W. Hunt Fred Watkins Gladys E. Peterson . John E. Eilertson Chas. N. Rogers Ï64 217 226 186 211 188 193 R. C. Representative Due Mrs. Emma Erickson who is general field representative for the Red Cross in Oregon will be in Columbia County next week and will be at the 'board meeting which will be held at St. Helens. All local members who are able to attend are urged to be present at this meeting. County Boys To Get Free Farm Training Columbia county boys 14 years and older have an opportunity to receive free training to become full-fledged full-time member* of the crop corps as farmer workers this summer on jobs paying $75 a month or more plus board and room, according to Geo. A. Nel son, county agent, and Kenneth Asbury, farm labor assistant. Under the arrangements made by the Oregon agricultural ex tension service emergency farm labor office, these teen-age boyr will be given a weeks training at Oregon State College in ^tractor driving, dairy work and general farm chores, after which they will be sent to farm home* where Thanks Given By V. F. W. The V. F. W. wish to thank their many friend* who so gen erously suported their show to raise funds for the V. F. W. National Rehabilitation program. Through the sponsoring of this • show they were able ito raise $240.00 for the program. Connie Anderson, Fund Chairman. 132 State Representative E. H. Condit Fred W. Herman Householders of Vernonia were urged today by the locai OPA war price and rationing board, to return their next season’s fuel oil renewal forms by mail as promptly as possible, The forms were mailed out by the board to all fuel oil users in this area, the sooner these forms are filled out and returned by mail to the board the sooner they can begin processing them and issuing oil ration coupons.. The forms should be returned within seven days. 8 8 67 S Vice Presidential Candidate Thomas Dewey Wendell Wilkie Stassen Henry Black Wallace Warren Geo. Bricker Franklin Roosevelt Householder* Must Order Part of New Supply Immediately The earlier these coupons ar t issued the better, because it is necea» try for consumer* to order part of their next season’s supply of heating oil immediately. When dealers make their first deliveries during the summer, they are able to give consumers better delivery service throughout the heating year because it will help them solve their pressing manpower and delivery problems. More im portant, filling consumer’s needs early will add appreciably to dealer’s storage capacity and thereby allow more oil to be brought in now for use next winter. Presidential Candidates Wendell Wilkie Thomas Dewey Geo. Bricker Franklin Roosevelt Henry Black Douglas McArthur Stassen OPA Urges Return of Oil Blanks Soon requests have come for such help. Transportation both to Corvallis and to the farms, and living ex penses during the training period are provided: Russel Adams, assistant state farm labor supervisor, who is in charge of the training program, says that the number of trainees will be limited to ten or twelve boys a week at present. He re ports that farmers have shown considerable interest in request ing help from these teen-age boys. Additional information about this training and these jobs may be secured from the office of the County agent in the Columbia County Court House in St. Helens 10 Donate Blood At Hillsboro Ten ladies from Vernonia do- nated a pint of their blood at the Hillsboro doning center Fri- day, May 19. Those donating for the first time were Mrs. Esper- ence Fulton, Mrs. Charles'Justice Mrs. Jim Rusow, Mrs. Earl Car- ricker, and Mrs. Joe Eggert. Those making donations more than the one time were Mrs. Freda Biggs, Mrs. Huntley, Jean Zimmerdahl, Ruth Baucom and Helen Frank. Mrs. Frank Hartwick and Mrs. June Wasser drove their can and Mrs. Eggert and Miss Frank motored to Hillsboro on the bus. The next visit to the doning center will be made Monday, May 29. 8th Grade Picnic1 Held Friday H The eighth grade class held their annual picnic Friday, May 19 at Big Eddy. The class was supervised by the following tea- chers: Mr. Phelpa, Mrs. Harry Sandon, Mrs. Griffis, I and Mr. Paul Gordon. The 52 eighth graders were reported to have had a real good time playing ball and eating all of the ieo cream they wanted and drinking all of the pop they could hold. The annual all school picnic will be held at the school Thurs day, May 25, which will mark the close of the school year. f
