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V County News WAR BOND SALES ARE SATISFACTORY CLATSKANIE — The sale of war bonds in the Fifth war loan is progressing satisfactorily ac cording to the workers in this area. Standard Oil Co. made its reg ular purchase of $5,000, to be credited 'to the local quota. Clats kanie quota in E bonds is $80,- 500 and the quota in F and <1 bontjs has been increased to $18,- 750. MAINTENANCE IS ONLY ROAD WORK NOW ST. HELENS — No new road work is contemplated in the War ren and Yankton districts accord ing to Uther W. Clark who has 'been road supervisor in these dis tricts for more than 25 years. The principal reasons are short age of labor and the impossibility of securing needed materials. The Yankton district compris es all of that territory west of the western limits of the city and extends beyond Trenholm and is one of the largest districts in the county. The principal work will be keeping the highways in best possible condition for travel. CHERRY PICKING READY TO START WARREN—J. A. Bacon, who has a large cherry orchard sev eral miles west of Warren, ex pected to begin picking the crop Friday or Saturday of last week if weather conditions continued favorable and has engaged a number of pickers. Indications are that he will harvest a good crop, which he usually sells to a cannery at Vancouver. He said others who have cherry orchards are preparing for picking. An other large grower is E. E. Wist, whose place is on the Scappoose dike lands. As the cherry picking season begins there is a falling off in strawberry picking; in fact, in the St. Helens area, which com prises Scappoose, Warren and Yankton, the crop, which was a small one, due to the short sea son, less acreage and scarcity of pickers, has been just about dis posed of. Local merchants made every effort to get a supply ito equal the demand, but some canneries had contracts with the growers and most of the supply was taken •by them. West of Rainier, where there is considerable acreage on the higher land, picking is fairly well underway and will continue for some days yet. ODD FELLOWS ELECT PUZEY NOBLE GRAND CLATSKANIE—G. F. Pu-zey has been chosen to head the Clatskanie Odd Fellows lodge for the second time, at the election of officers held recently. Mr. Puzey had been noble grand pre viously in 1908. 5 th War Loan Bond Show Nets $1762; Parades Add Interest Two parades with serenades before the Joy theatre on Sat urday and Sunday nights served is “pepper-uppers” for the ad vertising of the free show “So Proudly We Hail” which was presented the night of July 4. Admission to the movie was the buying of bonds by adults and of war stamps by the youngsters. On Saturday night, Doug and H s Jive Five in Cason’s truck with the army jeep leading, pa raded through Bridge street, go ing to Riverview, returning to stop before the Joy theatre tq play several dance numbers. On Sunday night, Red O’Brien and his orchestra in the Nehalem , TL DOESN’T LIKE ENGLAND SEES FAMILY Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Wilson of Mist have received several letters from their son, Cpl. Ray Wilson, who has been in England since March and is serving in the en gineers. He says that England is somewhat like Oregon except that it is colder and he doesn’t like it. He states in his letters a wish to say “hello” to his friends and by all means' to have a good drink of beer for him when he arrives home. • Staff Sergeant Ellis Woolridge arrived in this country last week after spending over two years on islands in ¿he Pacific. He is a member cf the 41st division which was organized in the coun ty from the Nat’l Guard. Ser geant Woolridge, his wife, the former June Michener, and their daughter, whom the soldier fath er had not seen since she was three months old, are visiting here with the Otto Micheners. GIVES KIDS BAD TIME In two letters received here by Mr. and Mrs. Tom Turner from their son, George, who is on duty in the South Pacific, he told in the first that he was in the hos pital to recuperate from exhaus tion, a cold and fpver, after spending some time giving Tojo and his kids a badl time. *That let ter was written on June 5th. In a V-mail letter written the 8th he tells that he was feeling much better and was going to join his outfit again. OVERSEAS FO Delbert Dow, husband of Zonweiss Dow, the former Zon- weiss Douglass, is now overseas and has participated in a course designed to bridge the gap be tween training in the states and soldiering in active theatre of war. At one of the air service command stations known as con trol depots, FO Dow was care fully processed by classification experts who make certain that he is fitted for the job assigned to him. His next station will be one from which America’s fighting planes take off to smash the Nazi war machine. HERE FROM CAMP CHAFFEE Cpl. Elgus Frank arrived in Hillsboro Tuesday, June 27, to see his wife and infant son, John Howard. All three were home here Saturday. Cpl. Frank will leave Friday of this week to re turn to his station at Camp Chaffee, Arkansaw. JACK ANDERSON HERE $400,000 $350,000 $300,000 $250,000 $200,000 $150,000 $100,000 $ 50,000 $ 25,000 Creamery truck paraded through the streets following the same course and finally halting before the theatre to play several num bers. Results cf the sales at the free show on the 4th were released from the post office Wednesday morning and showed that the 3mall crowd in attendance bought $1762 in bonds and stamps. Particular recognition of ef fort and expense given for the showing of the movie is paid to the Harold Dows, owners and op erators of the theatre. Thanks are also due Dan Cason and the Nehalem Dairy for the use of their trucks for the parade and to the two dance bands, Red O’Brien’s and Doug Culbertson’s. Those Who Are in It $510,000 $450,000 u ■_____________ Thursday, July 6, 1944 Post Office Year Ends with Bond Increase REA DistrictMeet Planned Tuesday Volume 22, Number 27________________________ Vernonia, Columbia Jack Anderson arrived Sunday to visit his family, the C. L. An dersons, from Camp Carter, Missouri. STATIONED ON ISLAND Jack Childs has been, since March 1, stationed on an island, Galapoges, off the Panama Canal, The island is uninhabited except for the boys there and the liz ards, according to Jack. Being Just two degrees off the equa tor, the climate is very hot, so the boys wear only shorts. When Mrs. Roosevelt called there, she felt they should wear more cloth ing, but Jack is willing to argue the point. Ships seldom stop there so practically everything, incluidng supplies, is flown. Weighing only 200 pounds, Jack must be proof enough that the food is swell. HOME ON LEAVE Kenneth (Mike) Anderson ar rived in Vernonia July Sth to spend his leave from Camp Far ragut with his wife and daughter. REPORTS AT FARRAGUT Aaron Wagner, owner of the Pal Shop, left Saturday from Portland for Camp Hill, Farra gut, Idaho. Mrs. Wagner spent Friday and Saturday in the city with her husband before his de parture. STAFF SERGEANT HERE NATAL—Staff Sergeant Floyd Deeds drove home from Camp lEClis, reaching here Wednesday of last week, to spend his 10- day furlough with his family, the Noble Dunlaps and Mrs. Mary Peterson. AT FORT LEWIS Jim Rainey is stationed at Fort Lewis; his wife and son are also living in that vicinity. MULLINS CONVALESCING Larry Mullins is able to be about again after being very ill with scarlet fever. Not realizing how ill he was, he kept watch in the rain several nights, think ing he was coming down with the flu. When he did report to the doctor, he was immediately hos pitalized, receiving special nurs ing including intravenous feeding. He was due to be home at this time on leave from Camp Farra gut where he is in training. BOOT TRAINEES HOME James Fluke and Bob Glassner are among others who arrived home this week from Farragut, where they have complefed their boot training. LEAVES FOR COLUMBIA Jack Olin was here from Thursday until Saturday, having ccmpleted his training in naval school at UCLA. From Portland he goes to Columbia university where at the end of four months he will receive his ensign’s com mission. ART TOUSLEY HERE Arthur Tousley was here to viait the Fred Tousleys and the O. S. Poynters June 26 before leaving to report to Case college, Cleveland, Ohio, the first of July where he begins training in eivil engineering. Art, who graduated from Vernonia high school lat year, and has been attending the University of Washington naval training school this year, was one of four to be accepted from his class to study civil engineering at the eastern college which is de voted exclusively to engineering. Sales Show Gain as Compared with Total of Last Fiscal Year June 30th marked the end of the postal department fiscal year and makes possible a listing if the totals of business in 'the var ious departments this week, the figures being compiled by Emil Messing, postmaster. Of interest at this time is a comparison of the bond and stamp sales for the year just ended with those of the previous fiscal period. Bonds issued here increased considerably, ithe total for the year just ended being $336,318.- 75 as compared witn $249,995 for the 1942-43 period. Stamp sales for 1943-44 decreased from $13,952.60 to $6,725.75, evident ly die to the fact that people were not spending money in smalll amounts fo,r stamps but were making investments in larg er sums and obtaining bonds which begin to draw interest al most immediately. The number of money orders issued totaled 18,207 for $335,- lp9.86 which is a decrease from the sales of the previous year which totaled $389,417.43. Fees charged for writing the orders for the year just completed brought $2,665.57. The last year’s postage stamp sales were $12,771.90. Money deposited in postal ings amounted to $169,031 withdrawals were $117,143. amount on deposit June was $222,000. sav and The 30th ATTENDS GE MEETING Jewett A. Bush spent Thurs day afternoon in Portland attend ing a imeeting sponsored by the General Electric company. Theme of the ’gathering was post war development in the Pacific North west as influenced by the Bonne ville and Grand Coulee dams. CASONS HEAR FROM SON The Dan Casons received, July 4, a second letter from their son. Captain Harold Cason, since his being wounded by shrapnel dur ing the invasion of France. He writes that one leg has been op erated on and that he is able to be up in a wheel chair and hopes to be able to rejoin his outfit in a few weeks. Captain Cason states that he regrets that after spending so much time in training that he should have to be taken out so soon. (He was injured on June 13, after only seven days action; apparently he took pant in the first day of the invasion.) To the People of this Community This is a home front communi que on the most vital war action now in progress in every com munity of the land—the Fifth War Loan. We are ad vancing on our objec tive. How ever, we must make certain that we reach and pass our goal by July 8. This can be done If every one of U3 puts something extra of ourselves into the fight. Noone needs to remind you that it is an American trait to go into a sprint with the goal in sight We started this push June 12. Reports from every city and town in America tell us that the num ber of individual bftyers of extra War Bonds today has reached an unprecedented total. We all know that in addition to numbers we need fire power. Your extra War Bond is absolutely essential. The greater the stockpile of War Bonds, the easier it will be for us to get this war over. This very moment our boys are waging a life-and-death struggle. Every additional War Bond you buy will play its part in the out come. Last month's War Bond, last week's War Bond, yester day’s War Bond are already in the embattled foxholes. Today is another day for the home front just as today is another day for the boys on the battlefronts. Another step in the organiza tion of the West Oregon Electric cooperative, the REA, is an nounced this week with 'the sched uling of a mass meeting to which electrical users ajid prospective users are invited next Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock. Arrange ments have been made to use the Legion hall for the meeting. This meeting, the directors of the cooperative have stated, is being held so that all questions concerning the REA set-up may be answered and details of the method of operation may be ex plained fully so that all may un derstand the advantages to de rive from the cooperative. Some and possibly all the di rectors will be in attendance as will a representative of the rural electrification administration to answer questions and explain de tails of the cooperative. Frank Taylor Is Named to Post To date, the cooperative has completed a deal with the Ore gon Gas and Electric company for purchase of its property, a contract being signed by the two. It is hoped that the, coop erative may assume the business during this month. Purchase of the electric com pany property is assured now that a contract has been signed between the cooperative directors and headquarters of the REA for a $460,000 loan to the district. 3 Softball Teams Ready Three adult softball teams have been organized and are ready to play, Orile Robbins, park manag ers, stated this week, and an at tempt is being made to obtain sufficient players for a fourth team so that a four-team league can be formed. Teams organized so far are the O-A, the soldiers, and the high school boys. Columbia county republican First competition was staged central committeemen and women, meeting at St. Helens Wednesday to limber up but the last Thursday, June 29, reorgan contest wasn’t considered part of league play, Robbins said. ized the county group officers The manager also announced and elected state central and congressional committee mem the hours he will spend on duty .at the swimming pool as: 1 p.m. bers to represent this counity. to 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., From Vernonia, Frank ,E. Tay with the exception of Mondays, lor was named state central com on which day he will not be on mitteeman to serve with Mr». duty at the park. George VanAtta, who was elected state committeewoman. Mr. How ard and Mrs. Dorothy Coldwell were chosen congressional com mitteeman and woman. The hree county central com mittee officers are Dr. A. C. Bailey, chairman, St. Helens, Mrs. Alice V. Wood, vice chair man, Rainier, and Mrs. Leila Bushman, secretary, Scappoose. Motorists Speed Dp to 49 miles A majority of the motorists traveling on the Pacific high way during May drove at speeds of 49 miles per hour or under, according to the safety division of the secretary of state’s of Attending the meeting from' fice. The monthly speed checks here were Mr. Taylor, Mrs. Oscar made by the state highway de Steele, precinct commit! eewoman partment indicated only eight and Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Powell. per cent of the drivers held their speeds below the 35 mile war time speed mark. , Two Houses Being Built United Loggers, Inc., will have two new houses for employees with the completion of construc tion work by Jack McGown and Noble Dunlap, who have been oc cupied for the past several weeks with carpenter work on the units. The houses, both to have three rooms, will be completed and ready to occupy when fin ished. They will be wired for electricity, painted, and will have built-ins, the walls being finished with ply-wood. It is likely that the houses will be moved to ithe vicinity of Cor vallis when completed. School Staff Complete The teaching staff of Vernonia high school is now complete for the coming year, announces Wal lace McCrae, principal. The dis trict is fortunate in having re tained the entire staff of last year. NEBRASKA PICNIC SLATED The three Kaiser shipyards in Portland are sponsoring a Ne braska picnic to be held in Port land at Pier Park on July 23. The affair usually held annually, should be of interest to a number of local residents. Thé 49 mile per hodr mark, however, was slightly lower than the dominant speed for other months of this year. In April, 85 percent drove up to 51 miles an hour; in March and February it was 50 miles an hour and in January it was 51 miles an hour. In view of the vital need for conserving gasoline, tires and motor vehicles, secretary of state Farrell urged more' motorists to hold their speeds under the 35- mile limit. Federal Car Use Stamps Needed Motor vehicle owners are warned that they should have purchased the federal car use tax stamp by this time and should have the stamp displayed on the windshield. The stamps are obtainable at the Vernonia post office for the convenience of those residing ir. thia district and will continue to be on sale until the end of the month of July. After July, this month, stamps will be obtainable only from the collector of internal revenue at Portland. HALL GETS NEW ROOF The hall owned by IWA Local No. 5-37 is being remodeled this Mr. and Mrs. Richard Tunnel] week with a new roof and in and two sons, Vernon and Del terior changes. The building was bert, spent the week here visit formerly a two-story structure ing relatives and friends. The but the top story has been re Tunnells, who are former resi moved and the roof is being dents of Vernonia, now live in placed on the first story. The in Bend where Mr. Tunnell is em terior of the hall will be finished ployed in the woods as a bucker.. with beaver board. Tunnell« Here