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County
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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
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■_____________ 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