County
News
NICKEL COFFEE BACK
AGAIN IN CLATSKANIE
CLATSKANIE — The nickel
cup of coffee has already ap­
peared in some of the Cra.'skanie
restaurants
that have
been
charging 10c.
The great American 5c cup
of coffee was again brought
back by the new ruling of the
OPA order in which a new ceil­
ing price will take effect July
31, was made.
COUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE
HAS BUSY MONTH
Buck Rakes Prove Aid
To Farmers in Haying
BUCK RAKES fro pBass theyrli
One means has beer, found to
at least partially solve the prob­
lem of labor shortage on farms,
especially during the Laying sea­
son. That means is the buck ca«e
which is used to shock and haul
hay, thereby relieving much if
‘be need *' r labor.
ST. HELENS—The short-hand­
ed county clerk’s office had one
of 'the largest months in several
years in recording of instruments
in June, according to the month-
end tabulation. The total fees
collected by the office was $944.-
45. There have been
larger
months in the office business
due mainly to one or two instru­
Many farmers in the Nehalem
ments of exceptional length, but valley now have the rakes along
June,. 1944, was more or less
with farms over the rest of the
a record breaker in the number
county, and a good many of
of instruments handled.
pistribution of the fees was them have been built by Harry
as follows: Circuit judge, $33; Culbertson who has completed
district attorney, $20; migratory 15 in the past two years.
chattels, $16.50; reporter, $125;
The rakes can be made to be
law library, $27.50 and county
powered
in
several
ways,
treasurer, $722.45.
.those in use in the county lusing
PEA CROP HEAVY;
all methods of motivation: by
HARVEST NpW ON
ST. HELENS—Harvesting of a horses, cars or trucks and tract­
bumper pea crop in the Warren ors. The speed by which the hay
district and on the Scappoose can be moved from the field to
diked land district is in progress.
stack and the doing away with
The peas are threshed, boxed and
rushed to the Maling cannery at much of the need for hay hands
Hillsboro soon after they are has been of great aid to farmers
threshed so that they are fresh who have been asked to increase
when canned or barreled.
An official of the Maling com­
pany told H. T. Anderson of LOGGER INJURED
Louis Schrpeder, faller for
Scappoose that the crop this
suffered severe
year was the best for the past Clark-Wflson,
seven years and due to favorable contusions about the face and on
weather conditions the quality the scalp as a result of some­
thing unknown falling on him
was excellent.
Growing of peas in the south during logging activity in the
section of the county has be­ mid morning Tuesday. He was
come an important industry and unconscious for 10 minutes, he
there are several hundred acres believes, before being sent to the
devoted to this crop in the diked doctor’s office. He was able to
go to the office without aid.
land district.
I
Those Who
Are in It
ELMER MICHENER WOUNDED
Staff Sergeant Elmer Michen-
er was slightly wounded during
action in the South Pacific, ac­
cording to the official message
received by his mother, Mrs.
Otto Michener. The telegram re­
ceived Monday morning stated
that the mishap occured June 19;
Sergeant Michener had been in
action since June 2.
Mrs. Micher.er received a let­
ter from her son, Elmer, Wednes­
day, in which he states that he
received shrapnel in an ear and
was but slightly hurt.
DISLIKES HEAT
Irving N. Armstrong came
home on furlough from Camp
Barclay, Texas last Friday, July
7, and will be here until .the 18th
Armstrong, who is in the mech­
anized division, is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Armstrong and
has been in the service for over
a year. He states that the heat
of 110 degrees to 115 degrees
in the shade (“if you can find
the shade”) is too hot, and for
that reason the Texas climaite
he would gladly trade for the
cool Oregon nights.
The Armstrongs have two oth­
er boys in the service: Walt, in
the tank corps at Camp Bowie,
Texas, and George, in the field
artillery in New Guinea.
CHURCH GETS NEW ROOF
Rev. Allan H. Backer, Gerald
Riggins, L. E. Stiff and Frank
Morris are shingling the roof
of the Evangelical church and
after two week’s work, have
almost completed half of the
job. The workmen aLso will do
some alteration on the tower
which houses the bell; the struc­
ture of the belfry permits water
during rainy weather, to fall in­
to the interior of the building.
GRADUATES FROM GUNNERY
Cpl. Robert F. Olinger, son of
Mr. and Brs. Walter Olinger, was
graduated this week from the
AAF training command's flex­
ible gunnery school at Bucking­
ham field near Fort Myera, Fla.
Now qualified as an aerial gun­
ner, he will soon become a mem­
ber of the army air forces’ bomb­
er crews. He will receive his
crew training at an operational
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training field in the United
States then go overseas. Hun­
dreds of gunners are graduated
each week from the huge gunnery
school near Fort Myers where
the shooting ranges from skeet
with a shotgun to firing from a
power operated turret in the huge
‘bombers over the Gulf of Mex­
ico.
He entered the
army
11
months ago, and has also com­
pleted 'the aircraft mechanic
school at Goldsboro, N. C.
HERE FROM WARRENTON
Reginald Watson was here the
4th on pass from Warrenton to
visit his wife and his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Watson. He
is stationed at Warrenton with
the coast guard.
ART KILBY DUE HERE
Art Kilby is due ito visit his
former home soon, after being
away for four years. Art, son
of Clint Kilby who was formerly
in business here, was off the
U. S. S. Arizona just two dlys
before it was sunk at Pearl
Harbor. Since that time he has
been doing aerial photography
in the South Pacific.
DON MORRIS HERE
Lieutenant Don Morris arrived
Monday afternoon to visit his
family, the Frank Morrises, until
Saturday. Don, an aviator, has
been stationed in Florida.
HOME FROM ALEUTIONS
Bob Depue is on furlough un­
til the end of this month after
seeing duty in the Aleutians Is­
lands for the past 26 months.
He is with the aviation engineers
and says his outfit has little
time for activities other than
work, their duties requiring them
to work seven days a week. He
is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Depue, his parents, and friends
while here.
CUMMINGS HERE
Bruce Cutamings, Machinist’s
Mate lc, is home on leave to vis­
it his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Cunlmings. He has been in
active service for two years in
the South Pacifié.
HOME ON FURLOUGH
First Lieutenant Ernest Akers,
cousin of Frank Hartwick, is now
production yet who have been
unable to obtain help to meet
increased demands.
Most of the rakes built last
year were for farmers in the
Nehalem valley, Mr. Culbertson
stated, but his orders this year
have been coming from more
distant points in the county.
Tire Tubes Made
Ration Free July 1
According to the office of
price administration, after July
1 all tubes for passenger cars,
trucks, tractors and implements
were removed from rationing.
The district board also states
rules concerning the changing of
passenger tires from one car to
another. Permission may be
granted to switch passenger tires
from one car to another, provid­
ing the cars involved are regis­
tered to the same person and
that the board feels 'that the
switch will be in the interest of
rubber conservation. A person
who has a B or C ration book
and who has obtained grade 1
tires cannot switch these tires to
another car having an A book
and eligible only for grade III
tires.
The local board authorizes only
■the changeovers and tire switch­
es specifically stated above.
Truck tires on trucks owned
by the same individual or com­
pany can be changed from one
truck to another without permis­
sion from the board but these
tires can be mounted only on
trucks.
Report from OPA
Office Releasee
Mona Gordon, in charge of the
local OPA office issued the fol­
lowing data for rationing for
the month of June: for gasoline
there were 207 A coupons, 1300
B coupons and 1028 C coupons
and 5478 truck coupons released.
Fifty-three grade I passenger
tires were granted; 25 recaps,
45 new, 24 for trucks and other
vehicles, 24 new tubes, 100 hard­
ship tires were listed.
Only 1 ration book number 3
and 4 was replaced.
Applications for canning sugar
numbered 441;
1424
per­
sons were granted the 24,795
pounds.
Other grants were 14 pairs
of shoes, 1 oil heating stove, 5
wood cook stoves and 4 wood
heaters.
at his home in Banks on fur­
lough. Akers was in on the in­
vasion of Africa and had the op­
portunity to visit Major “Red”
MacDonald with who he attended
O. S. C.
IN FRANCE
-«on
Thursday, July 13, 1944
$91,000, Total Donors Get Cooperative
Of Bonds Sold Diet Order Organization
In Fifth Drive
Explained
Series E Purchases
For Remainder of
Aug. to Help Quota
Oa Wednesday afternoon, Mrs.
R. D. Eby, chairman of the
Fifth War drive in this locality,
announced that the amount of
bonds sold in the drive amounts
to $91,000. This figure includes
series E, F. and G. Clark and
Wilson employees bought $23,-
800, while the O-A employees
purchased $21,125. The women
solicitcrs going from house to
house sold $46,075.
The City of 'Vernonia purchas­
ed $10,000 in bonds, while the
local lodges were accounted with
$1,200, the approximate figures.
All series E bonds purchased
before August 1 will be credited
toward the Fifth loan drive, ac­
cording to Mrs. Eby, although
the campaign officially ended
July 8. Anyone desiring to buy
additional series E bomls is
asked to inform the solicitor who
called on him previously so that
the transaction may be completed
before August 1.
Game Group
Adopts Rules
Hunters in this area may now
acquaint fltemselver with the
final hunting regulations for the
1944 season ns the Oregon state
game commission has adopted the
final rules
Information; regarding tags is:
“There will be issued 3,000 spec­
ial tags co take female spike
buck -or immature deer in a spec­
ified portiqn of Grant and Baker
counties; 54)0 tag to take ant-
lerlesr. elkin n section in the
northeastern part of the state;
and 200 buck deer and 300 doe
deec tags in the Hart Mt. Na­
tional Antelope Refuge. Applica­
tion blanks for these tags are
now available p.t the game com­
mission office. No money should
be remitted, rowever, for, if by
August 1, more applicants are
received than tags to be issued, a
drawing will be held and the suc­
cessful applicants notified
to
send in their fees. Doe deer tags
are $3.50 for resident, $5.00 for
non residents.
“Antelope tags will be issued
in the order received as soon »3
the tags are printed so that the
fee of $2.50 should accompany
eacn application.”
A summary of the hunting
seasons and bag limits is avail­
able for study at The Eagle of­
fice, Heath’s Service Station and
Hoffman Hardware.
JOINS WAVES
Miss Mildred Weed departed
Monday for Hunter’s college,
New York, to undergo training
as a WAVE. She has been a
teacher here in the Washington
grade school for several years.
Jack Heenan writes that tak­
ing care of one’s correspondence
in a fox hole somewhere in
France is not too easily accom­ DON PETERSON WRITES
Mrs. Frank McCabe received
plished. Jackie, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Heenan, was in on the a letter from T Sgt. Don Peter­
beginning of the invasion of son recently stating that he is in
Europe and writes his parents England and that he doesn’t have
that he ha^ seen quite a lot too much to complain about. He
of action but can’t write much. writes of his receiving a letter
He sends greetings to all his from Postmaster Messing and
Vernonia friends. Jack is attach­ how much he enjoyed the news
ed to the 146th Engineers com­ Emil sent. Don attended grade
school and some of his high
bat battalion.
school here; before he went into
EGGERT IN OAHU
the service he lived at .the Hotel
Mrs. Joe Eggert has received MacDcnald while he was employ­
word that her husband, Pfc. ed in the woods.
Joseph Eggert, has arrived safely
overseas and is stationed on the COLUMBIA RIVER
island of Oahu in the Hawaiian FALLING SLOWLY
ST. HELENS—The Columbia
group. He is a radio operator.
river continues to fall slowly but
ROBERT KENT HOME
steadily each day and last Thurs­
After
being on duty for 10 day morning the government
months. Aviation Cadet Robert
gauge at the dfty dock showed
Kent, was home on leave in June seven feet ahfve zero.
to visit with his family, the
However, the tide was in and
Robert
Kents of Wilark. Bob that made a difference of pos­
is working very hard at the U.S. sibly a foot. At low tide the
navy pre-flight school at Athens, gaugr would register about 6
Georgia.
feet.
Warning was given this week
by Mrs. Frank Hartwick to those
people who intend making a trip
to the blood bank at Hillsboro on
July 21, the next doning time,
not to eat canteloupe on the day
of the trip.
The warning is given because
those who go and who eat the
melon that day will not be ac­
cepted as donors. Other diet
rules for those who are to donate
are: eat no fatty foods such as
butter on toast or cream in cof­
fee. The donor may eat dry toast
black coffee, fresh or canned
fruit or fruit juices.
Any mother having a baby less
than nine months old will not be
allowed lo give blood. Also any
girl less than 21 years ot age
will not be permitted to donate.
Boys 18 to 21 yesrs must have
a permit from their parents in
order to donate. All donors must
wait from eight to 10 weeks be­
tween donations and v. ill not be
permitted to donate more than
five times a year.
Peggy Hatfield
Honored by Lodge
Genevieve, better known as
Peggy, Hatfield was honored at
the recent meeting of Grand
Chapter of the Order of Eastern
Star ’ by being asked to sit at
the press table during the ses­
sions. When "Eastern Star of the
West,” official publication of
the lodge, was published, Peggy
found her complete report of the
Oregon Grand Chapter printed.
In addition, the magazine carries
a story of the year’s activity of
the local chapter of which Peggy
is secretary.
Council Sells Lot
The city council, meeting
Monday night of this week, in­
stead of the usual time last
week due to the 4th holidays, ap­
proved bills and agreed to sell a
lot on Second avenue to Mr.
DeHart. No action, but discus­
sion was made of the trouble
being caused by so many dogs
which are allowed to run at
large in the city limits.
OPA Office to Close
The local OPA office will be
closed Tuesday of the coming
week, it was announced this
week, so that the office force
may attend a district meeting
which will deal with price and
rationing. The meeting will be
held at Astoria.
REA Representative
Tells Set-Up to Group
Here Tuesday Evening
A thorough explanation of the
organization of a rural electrifi­
cation administration cooperative
was given to those who attended
4he meeting held at the Lagion
hall Tuesday evening of this
v eek. The explanation of the Co­
operative was given by A. D. El­
lison who is associated with the
applications and loans division
of the REA in this region. Mr.
Ellison is conducting a scries of
meetings throughout the district
in 'order to explain the set-up so
that it may be thoroughly under­
stood.
In starting the meeting, Mr.
Ellison gave some of the history
of REA, stating that it was or­
ganized in order to make elec­
tricity available to rural areas
that would not or eould not oth­
erwise benefit therefrom. He told
that there are now 803 operat­
ing REA cooperatives in the
United States and that the ex­
perience has been that the smal­
ler organizations are not as suc­
cessful as those of larger size,
hence the intention to include in
this district the Jewell REA, the
Mist and Vernonia areas, and
areas in Washington and parts
of Yamhill and Multnomah coun­
ties when the set-up is ready to
go-
There are several areas in
this proposed organization that
are not now served by electricity
and the first move after the war
when materials are again avail­
able will be the construction of
lines to serve those areas. One
of these is the 11-mile section
'between Pittsburg and Mist in
this valley. There are others in
Washington and Yamhill counties
which will also be served.
Mr. Ellison explained further
that the membership fee of $5.00
is the only assessment made to
become a member of the coopera­
tive and that, should the organi­
zation experience financial dif­
ficulty, the property of the mem­
bers is not liable for assessment.
The government, in making the
loan to finance the cooperative,
takes a mortgage only on the
lines and equipment of .the REA
and not on any property of ths
members themselves.
Explanatory
meetings
have
already been held at Scroggins
valley and at North Plains in ad­
dition to here. Buxton residents
met Wednesday evening and a
meeting is being held in Yam­
hill county tonight, Thursday.
NELSON TELLS OF MEETING
PARK GETS WATERING
Dairy farAers interested in
The city park turf was water­ making applications for May and
ed for the second time this sum­ June dairy feed payments are in­
mer last Friday evening, the new formed that the AAA committee
fire truck pumper being used for has scheduled a meeting to be
that purpose. The pumper was held at the American Legion hall
recently installed on the truck on Wednesday, July 19, from
which the city has purchased and 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. So an­
will have built into a new fire nounces George A. Nelson, sec­
truck.
retary of the county committee.
Veterans Of Foreign Wars
Increase Membership
The local Veterans of Foreign
Wars moved its meeting place
Wednesday of last week from the
small 'building at the back of
Paterson's to the upper story of
the John Edickeon building on
Bridge street.
According to Jack Nance,
commander, the need of expan­
sion was necessary due to the
increase of membership. Plans
are on the way to make improve­
ments on the place, the work to
be done by the members.
The Vernonia chapter of the
organization came into existence
in 1935 and since then has in­
creased its membership twice.
The national organisation was
founded in 1899; its objectives,
according to the official publi­
cation
"Foreign
Service,"
are
briefly embodied in the words
of Abraham Lincoln: *'to care for
him who shall have borne the
battle, and for his widow and his
orphan.’ ’’
Those objectives are foremost
in the minds of the ex-service
men here on the home front.
Aiding the soldier back from the
front looking for work, the
drive to create a V.F.W. veteran
welfare fund of $1,500,000 to
help in rehabilitation program,
the V.F.W. preparation to aid
veterans in claiming compensa­
tion and insurance, and the fi­
nancing and later building of a
nursery cottage at the V.F.W.
national home in Michigan are
the aims of the organization in
carrying out the
words of
Lincoln.