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County News STEAMER ANCHOR CUTS OFF POWER ST. HELENS — St. Helens in dustries were without power for more than 24 hours Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning of last week as the result of a freak accident which oceured on the Columbia river. A steamer dragged an anchor across two power cables of the Portland General Electric com pany a little north of Linnton, tearing the cables from their moorings and resulting in the power shutdown. NELL MARSHALL FIRST GALLON BLOOD GIVER CLATSKANIE — The city has its first gallon blood donor, when Nell Marshall gave a pint of blood for the eighth time at the blood bank in St. Helens for Col umbia county on Friday of last week. Twenty-nine donors from this locality made the trip to the county seat. However, the county quota fell short of the 140 pints expected. A total of 124 pints of blood was given by the many donors. MRS. E. H. CONDIT SAID TO BE GRAVELY SICK RAINIER — E. H. Condit of Clatskanie, who was just elected to represent Columbia county in the legislature, was a Rainier visitor and reported that Mrs. Condit continues to be gravely ill in a Portland hospital. JURY FOR TRIAL OF KUKKA NAMED ST. HELENS — A jury of eight men and four women was named in Columbia county cir cuit court last Thursday morn ing to hear the case of the State of Oregon vs. Wayne Kukka, charged with rape. Hearings were begun before noon Thursday, with the follow ing jurors hearing the testimony: F. i E. Malmsten, Eula M. Mc Cutcheon, Ernest R. Abbott, Ruth Puzey, Kathryne Ickes, Joseph Kocarnik, Harry E. Condit, Wm. Brannon, Ira H. Peterson, Claude Poff, Maudileen Beck and Fred Busch. The complaining witness, a Clatskanie girl, was on the stand from the time the case opened until the noon recess, and had not yet completed her testimony. Vote Bules Out Stock at Large Sixty days after November 14 will mark the deadline for per mitting stock running at large, according to a notice received this week from county officials. The information on stock at large reveals that the law was voted upon November 7th when 19 ballots were cast for and 141 against stock running at large. Ttie measure appeared only on precinct No. 4 ballots. Official wording of the notice is: Notice is hereby given that in 60 days from the date of this notice, it will be unlawful for stock to run at large in Verno nia No. 4 voting precinct in Col umbia County, Oregon. Roads in cluded are Beaver Creek, high way 47 and the Timber road. to Mail Parcels Blood Bank By Dec. 1 8 Donate The Hillsboro blood bank do nations were swelled last week by the" contributions of blood by eight people who were pres ent from here. Donating blood were Mrs. Fritz Hausler, Mrs. Ira Baucom, Mrs. L. O. Gillham, Mrs. Lee Bundy, Mrs. D. H. Cal- hoon, Mrs. June Wasser, Mrs. Frank Hartwick and Mr. George Johnson. Urgent demands for increased donation has been> made by the Red Cross, the unit visiting Hills boro now being able to take 200 pint at one visit. The unit will be there again on Thursday, November 30 and an attempt will be made to have a delegation again represent Vernonia at that time. Mrs. Hartwick will make arrangements for the visit. . Basketball Next Undertaking Basketball will be the next Logger undertaking "with the completion of the football sea son last Friday and the storing of suits for the season, accord ing to Coach Orlle Robbins. First turnout for court play will be Monday the 27th and Robbins will begin preparing for the season by elimination until he has one or two squads of 20 players. The regular county schedule of play starts January 5th and continues through Feb ruary 23 but attempts are being made to slate several pre-sea son . games, correspondence hav ing already been sent for that purpose. Full schedule will be announced later when complete arrangements are made for the games. The coach believes prospects for a good team are high this year judging by the boys who will appear for the first turn-out Farm Procedure For Gas Told Procedure by which farmers obtain gasoline rations for com mercial vehicles under the new OPAODT program for transport rations was announced jointly this week to clarify questions which have arisen. To speed action, farmers must file applications, whether for sup plemental gasoline during a cur rent quarter (form R-597) or for regular quarterly requirements (form CWN-1) with county farm transportation committees, not with local OPA boards. After taking action the com mittee will forward the R-597 to the applicant’s own local OPA High school students were the beard which will issue the g-so- guests of grade school students -line coupons. Wednesday afternoon at the Application for certificate of. Washington grhde school for a Thanksgiving program. A play by wai- necessity (CWN-1) or for a the grade dramatics class and permanent change of gasoline re directed by Mrs. Harry Sandon, quirements, must also be sub talks by Richard Lalli and Dudley mitted by it direct to the ODT Spofford and music by the high district office. Itinerant farm op school sextet comprised the aft erators, however .will be handled by the committee direct with ernoon’s program. ODT and not through local OPA boards. Play Work Started Thank* Program Held The Evangelical Sunday school began work Monday evening on the Christmas play “And There Were Shepherds,” to be given in the church on the evening of December 24. The play is com posed of dramatic material, tab leaux and musical numbers. Mrs. Dan Cason, program chairman, will be assisted by Mrs. Delbert Dow as musical director. MILL REPAIRS PLANNED The O-A mill will not operate from Wednesday night until Monday morning of the coming week due to a shortage of logs and the need of repair work which will be done during this week end. ( a Urged by P.O. Late Delivery Likely For Packages, Cards Sent at Later Time Postmaster Emil Messing, along with other postal authorities in this counry, strongly urge the earliest possible mailing of Christ mas packages and cards this year in order to assure delivery by the December 25th date. The plea is urgent for the cooperation of everyone to mail gifts destined for other cities by December 1. Logical reasons for the need for early mailing are given. The num ber of trained employees available for distributing and delivering mail will be seriously reduced and the mail transportation facilities curtailed due to war operations. Over 40,000 postal employees have entered the armed services, creating a serious shortage in trained personnel. Facilities are simply not available to transpo'"'’ a>,d deliver, m the last three weeks before Christmas, the tre mendous quantities of mail that in peace times has been moved then. Some mailing of Christmas articles has already been com pleted here, Mr. Messing stated, in mentioning that the Vernonia Service club has mailed its gifts to service men in the United States. Other packages are be ing received but unless special effort is made by local people, much of the mailing will be late for the December 1st deadline which must be complied with to assure timely delivery. Buddy Christmas Besponse Good The local responce to the “Merry Christmas to a Buddy” campaign has been even better than expected as mentioned by those in charge of the affair. The campaign is one to raise funds for the purchase of Christmas gifts for service men who will be on the high seas on Christmas day and who will not have the opportunity to participate in a Christmas program or receive gifts from home. Chevrolet dealers throughout the nation were asked by the Red Cross to arrange the obtaining of funds for the gifts. Packages are being prepared now and will be placed on ships which will be sail ing near the December 25th date. The campaign here has been sponsored by the I.O.O.F, Amer ican Legion, V.F.W., I.W.A., F. O.E., and other groups. Many in dividuals have also contributed. League to Help Sale The high school Girls League will aid in the sale of war stamps in this, the Sixth War Loan Drive by selling warsages to the gen eral public and at the school. The warsages, similar to corsages, but made of 10c and 25c war stamps may be sold in a booth downtown, Miss Esther Willers, league supervisor, stated this week. The home Ec. class is mak ing the warsages. Attendance of Minors at Dances Considered Mon. City councilmen have had their attention called to a problem which has arisen here concerning the attendance of minors at the weekly Saturday night dances and gave the mater some considera tion at their Monday night meet ing. Principal offenders, it has been mentioned, are children of ages approximating 11, 12 and 13 years who are present without parent or guardian care and who have no one to escort them home following the close of the dance. The council has issued a warn ing that, according to regulations imposed by ordinance, the spon sors of thi dances are responsi ble for allowing the youngsters to attend and may therefore be held liable. Considerable discus sion of the matter brought out pertinent thoughts Monday even ing that parents permitting their children to attend public dances alone were contributing to the beginning of child delinquency. Victory Exchange Sale Starts to Make Showing Sales at Vernonia’s newest business, the 6th war loan vic tory' exchange, are beginning to add up even this early in the course of the drive according to Mrs R. D. Eby, local chairman for the war loan. People are asked to visit the exchange as often as possible as new articles are being placed on display ev ery day. Opening hours are from 1:00 to 5:30 p.m. week days and from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Saturdays. So far $35 worth of merchandise has been sold. People who have or will pur chase bonds by December 5th from the solicitors making the house-to-house canvass will re ceive a ticket to “Guadalcanal Diary” the free show to be at the Joy Theater on December 5. One showing will be made and will start at 8 p. m. Craft Observers Asked to Watch Although the aircraft warn ing service has not been active for some time since the immed iate danger of bombing of the west coast has decreased, those who acted as observers at that time are urged to participate in watching for aircraft accidents. Information concerning the ob servation of accidents was re ceived here a short time ago by Frank Morris who headed lo cal aircraft warning observers. In reporting such accidents ob servers are asked to: 1. Give the location; 2. the time; 3. con dition of the personnel; 4. the name and telephone number of the observer; 5. other informa tion that would prove useful con cerning the accident. Reports are to be made to the nearest police officer, the sher iff or the Oregon State Police. Chest Total Listed Tuesday The total amount subscribed from various districts in the Upper Nehalem Valley, Vernonia business firms, organizations and schools toward the Oregon war chest is listed as $1,301.43 by Mrs. Harry Culbertson, local chairman. With the subscriptions from Local 5-37, IWA, the a- mount will exceed the $3,265.00 quota, Mrs. Culbertson stated. The amount subscribed by IWA member^ will be announced later. Helping to make the drive a success were: Harry Hall work ing through the IWA, Mrs. Har ry Sandon, Mrs. W. G. Heath, Mrs. Ben Brickel, Herman Dick son, Mrs. A. J. Hughes, Mrs. H. Holcomb, Mrs. Ralph Valpiani, Mrs. O. Robbins, Mrs. John Ti tus. Mrs. Wm. Bridgers of Mist, A. F. Baker of Wilark, and Mrs. Annie Jonhnson and Mrs. Zella Bellingham, both of Birkenfeld. Play Beadiedfor Dec. 8 Showing High school junior class mem bers are working now for the presentation of their annual play which this year will be Char ley’s Aunt”, and which will be staged Friday, December 8th at the Washington grade school auditorium. The play is one that has had a popular reception wherever shown. The juniors will present the modern version of this hi larious force under the direc tion of Miss Esther Willers, high school dramatics coach. LAST SHOT GIVEN The third and last diptheria shot for pre-school and first grade students was given Tuesday by Dr. R. D. Eby assisted by Mi« Ruth Peffley, county nurse. The O-A contributed wood, J. E. Tapp provided the hauling ser vice and the Oregon Gas and Electric is furnishing electricity, all without charge, to add to the convenience of those who are donating their time in operating the victory exchange, Mrs. Eby mentioned. Those Who Are in It GRADUATES F. W. Deeds, whose mother, Mrs. Nellie Dunlap, lives on the Mist Rt., was graduated in an of ficer candidate class at the quar termaster school on. November 10th at Camp Lee, Virginia. A colorful parade climaxed successful completion of a 17- week course in supply operations and field tactics that reflected lessons learned on world battle fronts. GETTING BETTER George Turner writes his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Turner, that he is recovering from a skin disease contracted while engaged in jungle fighting and is no long er confined t o bed. He urged his parents not to write him -until they hear from him. LEARNING GUNNERY Lewis Lane is now stationed at Kingman army air field. King- man,Arizona. He is attending gunnery school and will then take mechanics on B-29’s. He reports that the weather is fairly good, but nothing to- compare with “good old Oregon.” After grad uating from gunnery school in six or seven weeks, he will then get his first furlough. MARINER HOME RIVERVIEW — Larry Grice, merchant mariner, who is on a 30-day leave from New Guinea, arrived unexpectedly at the Ralph Mahar home last Friday evening. Finding no one at his home in Banks upon arrival, the mariner guessed that his wife and children were helping their Grandpa Mahar celebrate his birthday. He states that on his way home the two ships ahead of the one he was on were torpe doed by Japs. HOME FROM OVERSEAS RIVERVIEW — Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Smith were pleased to have r.s their guest last Wed nesday, Sgt. Tandy of the air force. The Smiths had not known the Sgt. previously but the fact that he had been crew chief on the ship flown Iby their son, Major R. D. Smith, while he was operating in the Mediter ranean area was introduction enough to enable all concerned to enjoy the meeting. Sgt. Tan dy has just returned from over seas duty and is visiting at his father’s home in Vernonia. WITH 5TH ARMY Included among those fighting with the 6th armored infantry battalion, veteran combat unit of the 1st armored division now on the 5th army front in north ern Italy are Pfc. Elmer Lynn Brady, rifleman, aon of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Brady, of Vernonia and Pvt. Charles D. Hanson, ri fleman, Keasey. The battalion landed west of Oran, North Af rica, in the 1942 invasion and took part in he Tunisian cam paign and the drive on Rome. Both boys have been together since entering the service. KILLED IN ACTION Melvin Rose, aviation machin ist’s mate, was killed in action on March 22, the navy depart ment has informed his father, Bee Rose of Portland. He was in stantly killed when a B-24 bomb er of which he was a crew mem ber, crashed against a mountain at 2700 feet elevation. He had previously been reported missing in action. Rose enlisted in the naval reserve in August, 1942, had his technical training at San Diego and technical training for Loggers Take Loss from Prep Friday County League Penant Won for First Time Since Season of 1941 Forty six minutes and forty seconds had ticked by in Friday’s state championship playoff on .the local field against the power ful Columbia Prep Crusaders and Vernonia’s Loggers were cling ing to a 13 to 12 lead. With just one minute and twenty seconds to go, Matarkey broke loose around his own left end, pulled away from a desper ate Logger tackler, and scored the winning touchdown in as thrilling a game as has been seen on the local turf in many years. Malarkay’s run assured the Crusaders of an undefeated sea son and broke the locals string of eight straight wins. Get Quick Score The opening minutes of the game foreshadowed what was to happen. The Loggers recovered a Prep fumble on the first play from scrimmage and In five plays sent Millis over right tackle for the first touchdown. Byers’ try-for-point was blocked leaving the score 6-0. The record crowd had hardly settled back in their seats when the Preps ex ploded a perfectly executed for ward lateral from O’Hanlon to Harrington to Richards to knot the count. The old statue of liberty was smothered by a hard- charging iVernonia line to leave the score 6-0. After the teams had changed ends of the field at the quarter the Loggers started their second drive which carried them over the goal line as Millis covered the last 18 yards on a buck over the weak side. A log ger pass from Nance to Millis scored the extra point to leave the score, as the teams left the field, 13-6. Weight Takes Toll The scond half found the su perior weight of the Preps tak ing its toll. Larson was on the sideline with a broken hand aa the visitors pushed goalward and scored from the twelve when a pass clicked on the fourth down. Th conversion failed—score: Ver nonia 13, Columbia 12. With the timer’s clock clicking off-the seconds, this looked like the game until the determined Preps took the ball on a punt on their own forty and aided by a suc cessful forward-lateral drove to the goal line and crossed on a reverse with only 80 seconds to go. The. conversion failed, seal ing the score off at Vernonia 13 Prep 18. A desperate dying at tempt by the Loggers to pull the game out of the fire failed when Malarkay intercepted Nance’s pass to Larson as the timer’s whistle sounded. Statistics show a marked su periority for the Loggers on the ground. The locals gained 261 yards by rushing as against 139 by the Preps. The Preps excelled in passing as they threw fifteen passes and completed eeven. The locals threw five passes and completed one. the naval air corps at Norman, Okla. Survivors include his fath er and a sister, Mrs. Bernice Spates of Seattle. He was well known here, hav ing attended two years and grad uated from Vernonia high school. NEPHEW HERE Leslie McMullen of the army air force was here the forepart of last week while on furlough to visit his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Divine. SEES GAME Les Galloway was home for a few days last week from his sta tion at Whidby Island, Washing ton to visit his parents and friends. He was granted suffi cient time in order to attend the district 3 football playoff here between Columbia Prep and the Loggers. More “Thoae Who” page 6
