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County News LUMBER WORKERS ■GO FISHING” ST. HELENS — Paralysis of the lumber industry in the Pac ific Northwest, which spread to St. Helens on Tuesday, had ex tended even farther by Thursday and there were Strong indica tions that it would come to no early termination. Starting in Washington last week the tieup moved into Oregon on Monday when Portland mills “went fish ing” in accordance with a unani mous vote taken at a Sunday meeting. Mills at Warrenton, Westport, Prescott, Wauna, Astoria and Lebanon were down and perhaps many more unreported. Every lumber worker is reported ready to stand back of the movement. DAVIS SUES FOR $20,000 Those Who Are in It SENDS PICTURES A letter and pictures of scenes where he is stationed in the Pac ific theatre of war were received here this week from DeLoss Pow ell, BM lc. The pictures were sent to his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Powell and the letter to Emil Messing. In it he mentioned that the war situ ation was improving and that he hoped it would be possible to be home for Thanksgiving and for •Christmas. ST. HELENS — William E. Davis of Vernonia, this week filed a damage suit against Charles J. MAIL COMING BETTER and Frances V. Christianson, al Sp. (M) lc Tom Bateman is so of Vernonia, asking $20,000 receiving his mail more quickly for damages done to his repu than he did when first stationed tation as the result of an infor in New Guinea he writes to post mation filed by the pair with the master Emil Messing in a letter county court charging Mr. Davis received a few days ago. The let with insanity. ter arrived in ’2 days, which According to the complaint, to him meant that the ink was the Christiansons filed the infor hardly dry. Tom also mentions mation on May 6, and on May 8 that air mail is delivered there he was arrested and brought to more quickly than is V-mail. St. Helens for a sanity hearing. He was forced, according to the ITALIAN MONEY SENT Sgt. Harold (Bob) Wagner, complaint, to return to this city on May 15 and “appear before writing from somwhere in Italy said court and an insanity com .tells of visiting Naples and Pom mission and submit to an exam peii and of seeing Mt. Vesuvius ination as to his mental condit in eruption. He also mentions tion and capacity.” He was re that he is getting along fine, gets good chow, sees lots of shows and leased after the examination. M t Davis is represented by has one day off a week. He in cluded in a letter to J. W. Nich Glen R. Mitsker. ols two pieces of paper money used in Italy. One was of Italian issue and is valueless at the pres ent time while the other was is sued by the armed forces and is acceptable! to merchants in Italy. Tax Installment Due June 15 Those people who decided to pay their income tax on the in stallment basis are receiving not ices from the collector of intern al revenue telling that the second payment is due on or before June 15, this month. The notice contains among oth er information, the amount of the last credit, the amount of the unpaid balance and this notation: “Under the current tax pay ment act, the second quarterly installment of your estimated tax for ithe current year will be due on the date shown hereon. If you have previously paid one-fourth of the estimated tax, the amount now payable will be orte-third of the “total unpaid balance” en tered hereon. In other words, the amount now paid should be suf ficient toi make your total pay ments (including this one) equal one-half of the estimated tax, un less you are now amending your declarations. . .” Seven Donate Blood Monday Seven ladies from Vernonia motored to Hillsboro Monday to donate a pint of blood at the doning center. Those making the trip were ,Mrs. Otto Carlson, Mrs M. J. Lamping, Mrs. Wm. Heath, Mrs. ,L. L. Wells, June Wasser, Mrs. Gerald Ball and Clara Kerns The mobile unit will make only one visit a month at the Hills boro donyig center throughout the summer. Their next visit will be made on the third Friday of the month and on each third Fri. thereafter. The next visit will be made on June 16 and it is hoped that several car loads will be able to go from Vernonia. Mr». Grenfell Die» Here Mrs. Francis E. Grenfell died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Luther Choate, Wednesday, May 31. The body was taken to the Bush Funeral home from where it will be taken to McMin nville for interment. MEETING ATTENDED June Wasser, Orefle Robertson and Eurma Hartwick attended the Red Cross meeting which was held in St Helens Monday even ing,‘May 29, at which time Mrs. Emma Mae Erickson, who is field representative of the Red Cross of Oregon, was the guest speaker. TAKES BASIC TRAINING James Fluke is now stationed at Farragut, Idaho, for his basic training. GETS PROMOTION The promotion of Hugh E. McDonald from the grade of Staff Sergeant to Technical Ser geant was announced recently somewhere in England by the Commanding General of the AAF eighth fighter command. Sgt. McDonald, 27 years old, is a crew chief with a P-38 Light- bening group, whose planes are engaged in escorting heavy bomb ers to Germany and occupied countries. He entered the Army in March 1942 and has nine months of service overseas. Before entering the service Sgt McDonald attended the Vernonia high school and was also a clerk in the E. J. Bell Hardware store in Klamath Falls, Oregon. BROTHERS TOGETHER Two brothers, Bill and Jim By ers, former residents here and former students of the Vernonia high school, write from England to Mr. and Mrs. Lee J>csse that they are flying together and in the same ship. Both are lieuten ants in the AAC. Jim writes, Well a miracle has finally happened. Bill and I are together in the same sqadron and it is really swell. We fly together all the time. We have been going pretty steady lately and the going is sometimes pretty rough. It is not too bad though. “Bill and I have the same ship and we call it “Detour”. I sure hope the Heinies take it to heart. STATIONED IN ENGLAND A letter has been received from Sgt Loren Lionberger that he is in England. He states the coun tryside there is beautiful, much like a well kept lawn. Gladys, wife of Sgt Lionberger has enlist ed in the Waves and will enter Hunters College in New York for her boot training in July. She hopes to get in the nurses corps. GETS PROMOTION According to word received re cently by Mrs. D. P. Spofford from her brother, C^ude Veal he tells of being promoted to ship fitter third class, in the Seabees. He also states he has finally re ceived the February issues of the Vernonia Eagle. He put the poems written about the Yanks in Australia and it’s reply on the bulletin board and he reports the guys got a big laugh out of them. Tour Arranged Postmaster Undertakes To Experiment Dish Turning Project Station June 10 Farmers to Make Study of Forage Growth, Possibilities A tour of the Northrup Creek Experiment Station has been ar ranged for Columbia county far mers for Saturday, June 10, ac cording to Geo. A. Nelson, coun- l‘y agent. Important experiment al work on forage production is being carried out at this station on logged off land and will be of importance to Columbia county farmers. It is important to improve our forage production to meet ithe constantly increasing supply of livestock in the county. All farmers interested in at tending this should arrange to ar rive at the experiment station a- bout 10:30 a.m. Bring a lunch along which can be eaten at the buildings or on the grounds. For those who have not made the trip to the Northrup Creek Experiment Station before, it is located in Clatsop county below Birkenfeld. A sign on the main highway gives directions to the station. Grade Buildings To Get Repairs The closing of the grade school here last week makes possible the start of necessary repairs to the Washington grade school struc ture, Paul Gordon superinten dent, said this week. The work this year will not of necessity be as extensive as has been the case in former years. To make the work of the pri mary teachers easier and more convenient, the primary library books are being separated from the other library books and are being placed in the primary rooms. Other interior work will include refinishing of the art room and a new roof, the old roof being badly cracked. Little work is necessary at the Lincoln school bet a new flag pole will be erected sometime during the sumir.er. Work at the Washington school will be under the supervision of James Latimer, janitor. Pre-med. Student Helps on Com. Joy Willard, Vernonia, fresh man in pre-medical, at the Uni versity of Oregon worked on the. cleanup committee for the fresh man fireside held late last week in the alumni hall, in Gerlinger. The fireside was sponsored by the freshman commission of the YWCA. Two freshmen and two seniors discussed, “What Have I Gotten Out of College?” Skits, group singing, and refAshments filled the rest of the program. Miss Willard is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Willard, Vernonia. Hearing Slated June 10 The annual hearing of the Ore gon State Game Commission re garding prospective hunting reg ulations will be held at ten a.m. June 10, at the Commission of fices in 616 Oregon Building, Portland. Under consideration will be seasons bag limits and other reg ulations concerning game birds and game animals, and anyone interested is invited to attend. ALMOST USO DANCE At least 25 service men were in attendance at the Legion dance Saturday night. Ticket Taker Harry Culbertson stated this week, the number being suf ficient to make the affair a USO dance. All servicemen are Admit ted free to Legion dances and are not charged for lunch served during intermission, it was stated. A project of considerable mag nitude hag been undertaken by Vernonia Postmaster 'Emil Mes sing who is making two sets of dishes, one a service for six and one to serve four people. The making of the dishes is being done as a part of his hobby of wood working, and when com pleted one set will be a gift to his daughter, Mrs. Helen Annala and the other will go to a friend, Mrs. Hilda Wheeler. Included with each service is a cup, saucer, bowl, pie plate, and plate and with each com plete service a cake plate, salad bowl, creamer and sugarer. The work of forming each dish is done with a lathe in Mr. Messing’s shop. In order to make each dish uniform with other similar dishes in the set, dies were first marfo to be used as patterns. For example, in making cups, a pattern was first made and used for all cups in the set thereby making it possible to have all Cups of the same size and shape. After the turning and sanding, several coats of laquer finish are applied, each being sanded be fore the succeeding coat is added until a sufficient number have been put on. Both sets are of bird’s eye maple burl, all the wood being obtained in the forest in this vicinity by Mr. Messing who has spent many hours searching for the wood and bringing it to his shop. Due to the expensive kind of wood and the effort ex pended in making the dishes a value of $150 would 'be placed on the service for six and $100 on the four if they were being of fered for sale. Fall from Bridge Results in Death Harry Howard Henderson, 22, son of Mr. Beryl Henderson, fell from the Youngs Bay rail road bridge trestle at Astoria Sunday morning and was drowned. A coast guard patroling boat recovered the body shortly after the accident but artificial respiration did not succeed. What Henderson was doing on The two periods in which con ■ he bridge was a mystery. The sumers may apply to local OPA tender of the S. P. & S. bridge boards for home canning sugar said he saw a man coming along allotments have been designated the bridge trestle, coming from by the Portland district OPA ra the Astoria side toward the open tioning division, Willard Case., draw. He said the man stopped foed rationing executive, indicat once at a platform, looked ed Tuesday, under the modified around, then resumed his course program for obtainig canning su toward the open draw, until he gar just announced from Wash slipped and fell into the water. ington. He apparently swam a brief In the first’period, from now time before disappearing. He through June 15, consumers may was a fisherman living in War apply for up to ten pounds of renton and also a former resi sugar per person. In the second dent of Vernonia. period, beginning June 16 and Burial services were held continuing throughout the re Thursday, Junel at 4:30 p.m. mainder of the canning season, at the Vernonia Memorial ceme consumers can get an additional tery. allotment not to exceed a total of 20 pounds per person with that granted in the first period. Ap plications during the second per iod must show disposition of su gar issued during the first period, Case explained. All of the types of home can Applicants still get 25 lbs of sugar per person for the season, ning jars and closures which Case said, 5 pounds of which are were available on the retail mar obtainable with sugar stamp 40 ket last summer will again be manufactured for 1944 canning, in ration book 4. Persons who do not apply in reports Miss Lucy A. Case, Ore the first period may obtain their gon State Callege Extension Nu full 20-pound-per-person allow tritionist, on return from the ance in the second period if their Chicago food conservation con application justifies thig amount. ference. Glass manufacturers are Case indicated. Those who have however, required to make a con already obtained their full 20- siderable percentage of glass top pound allowance for the season jars, which gav trouble last sum are not affected by the new rul mer when screwed down too tightly before processing. ing, he added. Rubber rings for 1944 will bo made from reclaimed rubber and synthetic rubber and will con tain no new rubber. They will be black and will require dif ferent handling from previous rings. The directions which will A singing convention is to be come with new rubbers should be held at the Assembly of God carefully read. church, 2nd and Maple streets on No restrictions have been Sunday 2:30 p.m. Churches in placed on the manufacture and Vernonia are invited to partici sale of tin cans for home use. pate. The afternoon service will About 50,000 new hand-operated be given over mostly to singing tin can sealers are expected. with many special numbers to be Pressure cookers will be much sung. The service will be cli improved, as the war production maxed by a gospel message. board has approved use of alum inum for 400,000 of which 300,- EXAMINER DUE JUNE 8 000 will be 7-quart size and 100,- A traveling examiner of Oper 000, 14-quart size. Manufactur ators and chauffers is scheduled ers promise dial gauges on the to arrive in Vernonia, Thursday, majority of 1944 pressure cook June 8 and/ will be on duty at ers. the City Hall between the hours Approximately 400,000 hot of 10 a. m. and 4 p. m. water bath canners have been al All those wishing permits or li lowed. They will be deep enough censes to drive cars are asked to for proper coverage of quart get in touch with the examiner jars, it is predicted. Like pres during these hours. sure cookers, they are unration- ed. Canning Sugar Program Modified Canning Equip. Outlook Good Song Convention Slated Sunday REPORT CARDS MAILED Report cards are being mailed this week to Vernonia high school students due to the fact that school was in session until the last day of the term which made it necessary to fill in grades after the close of school. VISITS BROTHER Lt. Merle Frazee and a friend, Lt. Henry Fredricks, visited at the Ed. Frazee home last week while enroute to Mose« Lake, Washington, from Thunderbird Field, Arizona. Monday Set for Opening of Park Grounds Orile Robbins to Head Activities There During School Vacation Time Definite results of several weeks planning by members of the city park board will be evi denced Monday, the.opening date set for the beginning of activi- ities at the playground. An nouncement of the opening data was made Wednesday by Wal lace McCrea who has been instru mental in bringing about organiz ation of the grounds for recrea tion of Vernonia children for the summer. Supervisor to be in charge of the swimming pool and athletic games will be Orile^ Robbins, high school coach, who will spend reg ular hours at the park each day. His hours will be from 10 to 12 a. m. and the swimming pool will be open from 1 to 5 p.m. and 'I to 9 p.m. when ithe weather permits. Supplies have been ordered for roftball so that both iboys and gi.ls teams may be organized im mediately and a tennis court net has also been obtained. In addi tion to these two games those who wish will have facilities for horseshoes, basket ball and foot ball. Some interest has been shown by adults for a softball team, it is mentioned. If suffi cient numbers wish, a team for grownups will be organized. School Plans Repair Activity Refinishing and repair work is underway this week at the 'Vernonia high school building with the close of school last week making possible the start of that activity this week. Calsomining and painting of walls and wood work will be done where needed, floors will be refinished and a new covering placed on inclines. Another annual job will be the application of tar to the roof, the first warm day being awaited for that part of the repairs. The work is being done by C. A. Mills and Herb Condit under the supervision of Bob Spencer, janitor. School Budgets Being Published Readers will find on inside pages of the Eagle this week two budgets, one for the high school district and one for the grade school, both setting forth infor mation regarding proposed ex penditures for the districts for the coming 1944-45 school year. Along with the budget publica tions are several other legal no tices telling of the dates and pur poses of the school districts’ an nual meetings. Farm Slaughter Rules Taken Off All restrictions on farm live stock slaughter have been re moved for an indefinite period effective May 25, the WFA has notified the region state AAA of fice. This puts all livestock on the same basis in this respect as hogs have been for several months. The change is intended to facil itate the movement of livestock from farms to the consumers, better to balance the numbers of livestock on farms with present and prospective feed supplies.