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County News CITY PLAYGROUND OPENED MONDAY ST. HELENS — Supervised and organized play for children of school age in St. Helens open ed Monday on the high school grounds. The playground activities start at 10 a.m. The program will be continued for about two months. Softball teams will be organized as one of the first steps in the program. Among the numerous other activities planned, there will be instruction in tennis. The playground was made pos sible chiefly through contribu tions by the Fir-Tex Insulating Board icompany, the St. Helens Pulp & Paper company and Pope & Talbot, Inc., an allocation by the city and some private contri butions. ANNUAL SCHOOL ELECTION HELD CLATSKANIE — The only name to appear on the ballot at the school election June 19 will be that of S. J. Martinson, who is running for the office of clerk of schcol district 5. No one filed petition for the position of member of the school board. The term of Nathan Van, who has served the district for around 15 years expires. OLD CITY HALL BUILDING SOLD ST. HELENS — The principal item of business transacted at the last city council meeting was the acceptance of a bid of $5,- 000 for the old city hall, prof fered by Cecil L. Magone, one of the owners of the St. Helens Furniture company. Mr. Magone presented a check for $3,000 as down payment and agreed to pay the balance before Jan. 1. ■PICK ’EM YOURSELF’ WAY TO GET BERRIES ST. HELENS — The straw berry season, which should now be in full swing, is practically over and few of the locpl mer chants had any of the berries to sell this v/eek. The reason is that due to labor shortage less acreage was cultivated and then when the crop ripened, few pick ers were available because of higher wages offered in ship yards and local industries. About one-half of the crop will go to waste, a grower who has four acres stated. He made arrangements with pickers that they could take half of the pick and dispose of such as they saw fit. His berry patch was pretty well cleaned out. There are few, if any straw berries in the local markets and the advice of the merchants is to “go and pick them yourselves” if you want strawberries. STRAWBERRY PICKING STARTED HERE RAINIER — Strawberry pick ing started last week in the Fern Hill community and will be in full swing soon. At present, pros pects are for a large crop. AMPLE WATER SUPPLY FORECAST Volume 22, Number 25 ------------------------------ • Hunting Rules Decided Tentatively for 1944 Members of the Nehalem Val ley Rod and Gun club and other sportsmen in this vicinity may get a tentative idea of the regu lations on hunting in the state from a release by the regon State Game commission last week. should accompany the applica tions. Hunters here may learn in more detail the regulations ten tatively proposed from a more complete account appearing else where in this issue of The Eagle. The commission, at its meeting held Saturday, June 10, formulat ed temporary hunting regulations for the 1944 season. These regu lations are not final, the commis sion says, but will be adopted finally at a hearing to be held Saturday, June 24. Some Cheese Off Rationing The commission states that special big game tags thia year will be limited to 500 cow elk tags for an area in Umatilla, Wallowa and Union counties ly ing just ¡south of the Oregon- Washington line; 3,000 doe deer tags for an area in northern Grant county; and 2,500 ante lope tags. Applications for tags will net be accepted, however, until the final regulations are de termined and then no money Bush to Act on Budget Committee ST. HELENS — Three county men, Jewett A. Bush, Vernonia, E. iE. Wist, Scappoose and G. R. Evenson, Clatskanie, have been appointed as members of the budget committee for Columbia county in addition to the three members of the county court. The annual meeting of tlia group stained yesterday, June 21, and wa<- held in the county cu'troom. Prepara’ion of the budget will probaibly require two days. It is expected that this yeqr an additional amount will be ap propriated for the sinking fund for road o’!ng throughout the county, which was created by the budget committee a year ago. Five Teachers Needed in Grades Seemingly like many other oc cupations where the turnover of employees is high, is the grade school district here. According to Superintendent Paul Gordon, there were eight .teaching posi tions vacant at one time since the close of the last school year. At present, the number of vacancies has been reduced to five, three new teachers having been employed for the coming year. However, there still re mains five vacant posts with the possibility of others arising dur summer ST. HELE1NS—There is little probability of a water shortage for St. Helens this summer ac cording to the city engineer. The new reservoir has a goodly supply with a capacity of about 3,000,- 000 gallons, being almost filled. The engineer believes the sup ply may be slightly diminished as warmer and dry weather comes. $510,000 $450,000 $400,000 $350,000 EDNA THRONE, HONOR GUEST OF STARS CLATSKANIE—Edna Throne, grand committeewoman of the grand chapter of Oregon, O.E.S., was honored at a reception given for her recently. $300,000 S E $250,000 R $200,000 I People Urged To Use Tokens The people are being urged by the local OPA office to use their ration tokens when possible an! not to collect and hoard them, but to keep them in circulation. A list of retail ceiling prices for beef, veal, lamb and mutton are available to the public and may be obtained at the local ra tion office. Vernonia, Columbia O' $150,000 E The point value of all cheese in group two and three is re duced to zero, effective June 18. Group one cheeses remain at their present point value. In group one, all products contain ing thirty per cent or more of the above type of cheese require points. For example: Five-ounce jars of Old English, Old York, Veri-sharp and smooked cheese contain 30 per cent or more of cheddar cheese, thus requiring points. Macaroni and cheese dinners which contain grated dehydrated chees ’o not require points. To clear . ..e name cheddar cheese, it is the same as American cheese as for example: Tillamook cheese. Battleground, Brockfield and sim- ilas brands. All of these cheeses require ration points. Children Urged To Play at Park Accoiding to Park Supervisor Orile Robbins, there have been about 25 boys who have turned out for softball at the city park so far this summer. This isn’t enough boys to form a league as is desired. However, It is be* lieved that as soon as the straw berry season is oyer, more boys will be on hand for the recrea tion program. It has also been reported that only about four or five girls have turned out and it was anticipated that sufficient girls report to organize three girl teams for softball. Softball games will be played from 10 to 12 o’clock ev ery day and the pool will be open from 1 to 5 and from 7 to 9 in the evening. Every boy and girl interested in the park program is urged to report to Mr. Robbins as soon as possible so the teams may be organized. Pedestrian Death Reduction Noted Oregon the second safest state in the nation in 1943, so far as pedestrians were concerned, has a 26 percent reduction in pedes trian fatalities so far this year. according to secretary of state • Bob Farrel. Seventeen pedestrians have beer killed in traffic this year, compared to 23 for the same per iod a year ago. For the year 1943, Oregon won second place in the national ped estrian protection contest, spon sored by the American automobile association, the state of Wiscon sin winning first place. Strong emphasis on pedestrian observance of traffic signals, a- voidance of the dangerous prac tice of crossing street« between intersections and greater care on the part of both pedestrians and drivers is responsible for the improved showing in pedestrian accidents, Farrell said. $100,000 s AUDITOR VISITS $ 50,000 E $ 25,000 I J. R. Draudt, board operations auditor, from Portland spent Tuesday »working at the local ra tion office. Visit from California Mr. and Mrs. James Davies, Sr. arrived here Monday from Hunt ington Park, California to visit until Friday at the James Davies, Jr., home. u o* ° Thursday, June 22, 1944 — Few Berries Available in Groceries Here Local Strawberries to Be on Local Shelves In Greater Quantities Apparently the strawberry sit uation here is much the same as in many other places judging by the response given by grocery men here this week when ques tioned as to the amount of ber ries they have had to sell. Berries obtained from sources outside the valley have been of small amounts, some stores re porting practically none and oth ers saying that a few had been obtained but that no more were likely to be forthcoming. Growers who have any great amount of acreage planted must contract their berries for sale to processing plants in order to obtain fertilizer, hence the rea son for the lack of berries on many grocery shelves. however, the situation is brightened somewhat for local home canners by the information that locally-grown berries, which do not appear on the market as soon as those, grown in other places, are coming on now. Mention was also made by grocery men that there is con siderable excessive ¡buying of canned foods that -»ere recently declared point-free by the OPA. It is the opinion here that, should that situation be evident over the country as it ir here, point values will likely oe re turned to those foods. Poppy Sale Returns Given The American Legion Auxil iary wishes to thank the follow ing chairmen of the different districts who helped in the sale of poppies: Mrs. Mae Tallman, Timber, Boy Scouts and Cub scouts, Vernonia, Junior Auxil iary and Auxiliary members, Mrs. Elarl Atkins, Wilark, Mrs. Bert Hawkins, Camp McGregor. Thera were 1200 .poppies Ito be sold in these districts and a total of $133.22 was received from the sale. After paying for the poppies, a certain per cent will be sent to headquarters to be used for hospital and child welfare work. The remainder will be retained here for local child welfare. Fire Proves To Be- Smoke The fire which occured about eight o’clock Tuesday morning proved to be nothing but smoke which was acused from a screen which was placed over the chim ney of the Wilkins house on Clap- itol hill. The only damage that was done was caused by the fire axes when holes were chopped in the floor and walla in an effort to find the cause of the smoke. Food Survey Termed Good A food survey for the month of June has just been completed With a check being made at 10 stores. Six of these stores were found to be in full compliance and four were found to have minor violations. This was termed to be the best survey yet made. City Buys Bond At the regular city council meeting which was held Mon day, June 19, the council author ized the treasurer, C. F. Hieber, to purchase $7,400 in bonds which will bring a maturity value of $10,000. Vernonia Bond Quota Raised The Vernonia area quota on E bonds has been raised from $76,500 to $80,400 and the F and G bonds has been raised to $18,750, it was stated *by county chairman Irving T. Rau this week. The total over-all quota for Columbia county has been raised to $1,408 of which $383,- 439.50 has been sold. The Order of Rainbow Girls here is assisting in the bond drive and Minute Maids sell bonds and stamps at both dances and at the theatre. As an additional stimulus, Mrs. R. D. Eby, local chairman, says that a Dodge sedan will be given as an additional urge to bond purchasing by the men of Clark and Wilson and the Oregon- American with the purchase of an additional series E $50 bond. Blood Donors Make Trip Fri. A group of Vernonia ladies made a trip to the Hillsboro blood doning center Friday, June 16. Those making the trip, were Mrs. Fern Lane, Mrs. Allan Ray, Mrs. Harry Junken, Mrs. Hazel White, Mrs. Tobyne, Mrs. Frank Lane, Mrs. O. G. McEntire, Mrs. Lewis Morgan and her mother, Mis. Bessie Tapp and Mrs. Den nis Davis. Mrs. Fern Lane and Mrs. Cleve Robertson took the group in their cars. Mrs. Robert son and Mrs. Tobyne were unable to make their donation. The next trip to the Hillsboro doning center will be made July 21. Those wishing to make a do nation on this date are urged to get in touch with Mrs. Frank Hartwick, local blood doning chairman. Grade Voting Here Lighest In Many Years Director, Clerk Are Chosen Monday; Tax and Budget Accepted This is the smallest vote in many years was the opinion of the directors of school district No. 47, Jt., Monday evening at the annual school meeting of that district held at the Washington grade school. Turnout for the election was a mere handful as compared with last year when the auditorium was well filled and considerable interest was ev ident in affairs of the district. Four matters required the at tention of the few that appeared to cast their ballots. Rufe Bram- blett was again named as direc tor and Lee Schwab as clerk to fill the two office vacancies. In the matter of the budget and the six per cent limitation, both received a “yes” vote of 100 per cent, no dissenting ballots be ing cast. Likewise, the two can didates received 100 per cent of the ballots cast for the offices. $1,000 Bond Purchased Miller’s Department store pur chased a $1,000 war bond this week, Cecil Johnson, local man ager, stated Tuesday. This pur chase of a $1,000 bond is the third to be made; by the store lo cally. Vernonia and Columbia county bond quotas pill get cred it for the amount. Those Who Are in It IN HAWAII Ross Wilkins, who is in the merchant marine, is now in the Hawaiian Islands and will prob ably be there for two weeks, was the information received here by Mrs. Wilkins. He has been in the marine for a year, taking training up until three months ago when he was placed on active duty. GETS PROMOTION Bob King, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry King, has received another promotion according to word re ceived here by his parents m a letter received June 15. Bob had been promoted to corporal about two months previous to receiving his sergeant rating. The letter received by Mr. and Mrs. King, a V-Mail, was written June 2 from his base in Italy where he is on duty with an air corps re pair squadron. MEETS SCHOOL MATE In a letter received recently by Mrs. Helen Spofford from her brother, Claude Veal, he writes that he met Phillip Keas- ey and that they both had been on the same island for some time but hadn’t seen each other before. He says that Phillip is fine. The two boys graduated from high school together. GETS PROMOTION Lt. Lowell Hieber received a promotion to 1st Lt. on D day, June 6. He has been stationed for some time at Camp Ellis, Illinois. WRITES FROM PRISON CAMP In a letter received last week by Mr. and Mrs. George W. Laird from their son, Desmond, who is in a prison camp in Germany, he writes that he is well and not to worry for the Red Cross has been taking care of all their needs. He says the Red Cross is a wonderful organization and is doing a marvelous work there. He notified his sister,’Marguerite Burton, to make a $50 donation to the Red Cross for him. He also wrote that he is al lowed to write only three letters a month but is able to receive any amount of mail that is sent to him. He mentioned he would like to hear from his friends here so his address is available from his mother, Mrs. Gorge Laird, or at The Eagle office. GRADUATES Gene Lewi« Goodman, son of Mrs. Tom Juola, was graduated June 3 from the naval air tech nical training center, Norman, Okla., after completing a course in aviation ordnance. He received the new rating of Pfc, Marine corps, it was announced ¡by the navy department. Pvt Goodman enlisted in the navy in July, 1943, and after finishing recruit training he en tered the naval air technical training school in February, 1944. He will now be transferred to a naval unit afloat or to an other shore station for further instruction and work. VISIT PARENTS , MIST—Armor Reynolds of the U.S. army is home from a camp in Florida visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Reynolds. HERE FROM RHODE ISLAND Jsmes Davies arrived here last Thursday from Davisville, Rhode Island to visit until Thursday of this week. He is in the marine corps. GET WEEK’S TRAINING Two more boys left this week to take the week’s training at Corvallis in tractor driving, dairy work and general farm chores. They were Murray Brownhill and Leland Ragle. This makes at least four boys from this vicinity who are taking this training. ENLISTS IN MARINES Miss Rona Elizabeth Workman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter O. Workman, has enlisted in the marines. She will be at home for six weeks yet before being on call to active duty.
