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Volume 23 Number 16 County News GOODING OFFERED HIGH SCHOOL JOB Vernonia, Columbia County, Oregon Need to Save Tin Cans Is Urgent Yet Are in It LT. ROBERT R. ACORD PROMOTED Second Lieutenant Hugh G. Caton, son of Mrs. Cleo Caton, was promoted to First Lieutenant on his birthday, April 2, at the army air base at Alamagordo, New Mexico, He is a technical supply officer for the air base. ST. HELENS — Lloyd Good- ing, principal at John Gumm grade school for the past two years was tendered the post as principal at the high school for next year, by the school board, wh'ch met Monday evening, is understood Mr. Gooding accepted the offer. He will place Dale J. Ickes, who has cepted the superintendency of Milwaukie elementary and junior high system. His resignation was read at Monday’s meeting and ac cepted by the board. Every Can Needed To Aid War Effort Requirement for Tin COMPLETES BASIC COURT ORDERS SCHOOL ELECTION ST. HELENS — Petitions fav oring the consolidation of the Mc Nulty elementary school district with School District No. 2 of St. Helens were filed at the Col- umbia county court house this week and the district court had ordered an election on the pro- posal to be held on May 7. McNulty school district resi- dents favoring the consolidation have done so on the basis that children attending the Scappoose school from the McNulty district do so at great inconvenience. Thursday, April 19, 1945 FLIES 50TH MISSION Pvt. Bernice M. Dass has com pleted basic training in the WAC, and is now taking a 6-weeks course in statistical control pro- ceedure at the AAF tactical center, America’s “University of Air Power”, in Orlando Florida. Upon completion, April 13, she will be assigned to one of the many statistical control units scattered throughout the country. A graduate of Vernonia high school and Behnke-Walker bus iness college, she held a time keeper’s position with the Clark- Wilson Lumber Co. before enlist ing. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Dass. By flying his 50th combat mission in this theatre, First Lt. Robert R. Acord, 25 son of Mrs. Augusta Acord, 830 S. E. Wash ington Street, Portland became a ARRIVES OVERSEAS Cpl. Raymond L. Justice, 26, full fledged member of the ex son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles clusive Half-A-Hundred Club. Acord, a bombardier with the Justice, has arrived overseas and 15th AAF, started dropping his has taken up his duties at a 15th Liberator bomber bombs on enemy installations last AAF B-24 September. “The first target I base in Italy. Trained as a tail gunner on a ever sighted on was some rail- CONSOLIDATION VOTE B-24 bomber, he has been as away in northern yards tucked HELD MONDAY , signed to a veteran group which CLATSKANIE — School vot Italy,” said Acord, “but from is blasting vital enemy lines of ers of this Clatskanie No. 5 dis then on I hit every major target supply in support of Russian trict, cast their votes at the grade on the 15th Air Force priority armies striking through Hungary list. ” school on Monday, April 16th on and Czechoslovakia into Austria. The oil refineries at Vienna, A prize of $5.00 will reward the consolidation of the Cedar The group is commanded by Col. the person submitting the best Grove and Alder Grove districts the tank factories at Linz and Thomas W. Steed, of Etowah, the synthetic oil cracking plants advertising slogan by 6 p.m. Sat with Clatskanie. Tenn. urday, April 28. The contest is The legal voters of Alder at Blechhammer kaleidoscoped A former distributing salesman being sponsored by the Verno Grove and Cedar Grove voted the through the bombsight. “I won’t for the Shell Oil Co., Cpl. Justice nia Eagle in order to find the same day tn their own localities.- even try to say which was the entered the «service April 8, best slogan for use by the Ver toughest, ” said Acord, * "for flak The children from these dis 1944, and won his gunner’s wings nonia Booster club which is plan was always present but a bomb- tricts have been attending school at Laredo, Tex. His wife Mrs. ning an extensive advertising in Clatskanie as have the child ardier becomes so intent t on mak- Wilma Justice, resides in Verno- program for the Upper Nehalem he does- ing a good pattern that ren from the Firwood distriht. nia. Valley. The pople at Firwood, howev n’t think much about anything The printing of pamphlets, let er, declined to vote on consoli else until the bombs are away. GETS TREATMENT dation with District No. 5 and Then he sweats.” Pvt. Forrest Moak, Jr., for- terheads and other articles will Acord graduated from Verno- merly of Vernonia, v?ith his wife make use of the slogan. will have to open their own Rules under which the contest school or make other arrange nia high school here and was em- and baby daughter, is spending ments since District 5 has told ployed by the O-A. Enlisting in a two-month’s furlough, after will be conducted are: them they are no longer able to April, 1943, he was commissioned almost a year with the engineers in April, 1944. In building up his take them as tuition, students. overseas, at the home of his string of missions he has been parents at Vida, Oregon. He was awarded the Air Medal with three sent back to the U.S.A, for Oak leaf clusters. shell shock treatments received during the German break thru TO ENTER SERVICE 4The swift change of events Thomas W. Osborn, a former in Dec. He will return to San during the past few days which student and resident of Vernonia, Diego, Cal. the 6th of May for The need for old clothes for will be inducted into the ser further treatments. His wife and resulted in Vice President Harry relief of people in Europe was vice the 27th of April. daughter will remain at Vida for S. Truman’s elevation to pres- sounded again this week and peo His wife and daughter will re the future. idency of the United States ple are urged to search their side in Portland. brings forth a bit of information HEADED FOR TROPICS homes for any articles that may Mr. and Mrs. Harry Culbertson about President Truman during be used. People in the Mist-Bir- PERFECT RECORD SCORED have received word of the APO the last war. At that time he was Over a period of eight months, kenfeld area will send their clothing here for collection, oil duties of T-Sgt. Hugh E. McDon- number of their son, Lt. Harry an artillery captain and a mem trucks making the pick-ups in aid, veteran air crew chief, have Culbertson, who has embarked ber of his unit was John Grady. been direction of maintenance for duty in the tropics. those localities. Mr. Grady was with Battery D, W. G Heath’s Signal Service work on P-51 Mustangs which GETS PROMOTION 59 consecutive station in Riverview has also been have completed Melvin Chapman, who is now 129th Field Artillery, 35th Div designated as a collection depot missions over German territory on the Admiralty Islands, has ision and his outfit was recruited for that area as Signal Service and compiled 371 combat hours been promoted to CMS S3c, his stations over the country are without a single mechanical fail sister, Mrs. S. C. Cook of Camp ure. McDonald, 25, now is as cooperating in the drive. McGregor, mentions this week. signed to the plane flown by Col. He is in the navy and has been Robt. Montgomery, the Twentieth stationed there over a year. An fighter group commander. other sister, Mrs. L J. Cook lives Overseas for the last 19 at Camp McGregor. months, he is the son of Mr. Vernonia Logger track men and Mrs. E. A. McDonald, Timber MENDING SLOWLY • entered the relay events last In a recent letter to Mr. and Judging of the Poppy Poster Rt. Prior to entering the service Friday at the Beaverton relay he was employed with the Bell Mrs. Harry Lander, Stony Pt. contest entries was completed on Tuesday evening to name three Hardware store in Klamath Falls. Road, the Masonic Service As carnival and came home with a sociation reports a visit to their •at, a 2nd and 4th place ribbons winners and two for honorable ACTS AS INSTRUCTOR son, Pvt. Delbert E. Lander, who mention. Winner of first was for the day’s competition, Ten RIVERVIEW — Melvin Pow Tempie DeHart; second, Paul W. ell, AMM2c, sent word to his lost a leg in the battle for Bel schools competed. ’ Four boys, gium. The Masonic Service in Shepard; third, Nancy Fletcher; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Utah, conducts Reuban Sullivan, Loren Dodge, honorable mention, Shirley Hens- Powell, this week that he is now Brigham City, regular .visiting schedule to all Bob Condit and Ralph Kiasey, ler and Gerald Millis. an instructor in the Engineering Winning posters will be dis Division at Lambert Field, St. the patients, a tremendous job, were members of the team win- when it is considered that this ning first place mention in the played in Miller’s Department Louis, Mo. is a four-thousand bed hospital. three-mile relay. store and the others will also be Delbert is gaining again after used to advertise the coming pop ON OKINAWA The Loggers also competed in Word received here by Mr. and a period of minor reversal and py sale. Prises for first, second thd three-school meet Tuesday at and third place winners are $1, Mrs. Harry Culbertson from their is patiently waiting for the day Scappoose against St. Helens and 75c and 50c in war stamips. The son, Pfc. Edgar of the marines, when he can walk again. The Scappoose. American Legion Auxiliary spon states that he landed on Okinawa Landers also received a beauti on the second day of the inva ful postal card picture of the sors the contest. sion of that island. Since land parade grounds at the post in Service* Held , ing he has been living in a fox Brigham City just at the mo Amanda Elizabeth Goodwin, Play Successful The Senior class play Friday hole but was forcibly ejected at ment Old Glory reached the top wife of George Goodwin, parsed at the Washington school drew one time by a shell which explod of the flag pole. The impressive away here April 17 at the age one of the largest crowds ever ed nearby. The force of the ex ceremony waa made more majes of 66 years, 11 months and 13 to attend a similar function and plosion blew him from the bole tic in its setting of winter splen days. She was born in Missouri, was deemed very successful by but did not seriously injure him. dor, surrounded by peaks of the May 4, 1887. She had lived the class. Those seeing the play He mentions that the inhabi towering Rocky Mountains cov here three months. Services were were pleased and remarked that tants of that island are backward ered with glistening white snow. held at the Little Chapel of the Delbert says hello to his Chimes in Portland. Eight child in comparison the students presented an excel by many years with the people of this country. friends at home. lent performance. ren survive. Prize to Reward Best Advertising Slogan Old Clothing Need Urgent Poppy Poster Awards Made 1. Slogan is limited to eight words or less, a short slogan be ing preferred. 2. Slogan must mention Verno nia and the Nehalem Valley. 3. Selection of the winning en try will be made by a group of three impartial judges and their decision will be final: 4. Contest ends at 6 p.m. Sat urday, April 28th. 5. One person may submit as many entries as desired but each should bear his or her name and address. Truman Known During World War 1 as Captain Track Men Win Three-Mile Relay at Kansas City. The outfit spent a year over- seas, seeing action at St. Mihiel and the Argonne, Occasionally the outfit holds a reunion, the last one being near election time of last year. Mr. Grady ha« a picture of that reunion and also other pictures of the unit and President Truman. Booster Club Dinner Date Set Monday evening’s dinner for the Vernonia Booster club will be at the I.O.O.F. hall the committee on entertainment announced on Monday of this week. The com mittee has been busy making ar rangements for the meeting and hopes to engage a speaker for that evening. The dinner with chicken as the main course, will be served by the Mountain Heart Rebekah club. The Booster group enter tainment committee plans to en gage different organizations for future dinners if suitable ar rangements can be made. It is the intention of the committee to include every local orbaniza- tion that will put on a dinner, on a rotation basis, giving all an equal opportunity to further the work. If possible, a speaker from the Maling Brothers cannery at Hills boro will be here to address the club. TRUCK PAINTED Vernonia's new fire truck is nearing completion this week with la“t-m inute work of prepar- ing the unit almost done. The truck and equipment has been painted the approved color, and • siren has been installed, and mechanical work completed. An appeal to every resident of this area is voiced this week by C. F. Hieber, local salvage com mittee chairman, in stating that the need for tin is acute and that then nation’s tin stockpile is drop ping dangerously low because too many tin cans are being thrown away. Even though considerable effort has been expended towards collecting tin cans, two out of three cans are still being discard ed. It is intended that a collection of cans be made here within a short time hence the need for local people to save them and pre pare them for shipment, Mr. Hie ber mentions. Little effort is nec essary to prepare cans properly for handling. Four simple rules are: 1. After emptying contents, wash thoroughly. 2. Cut off bottom, as well as top of can, or cut open, so that it may be flattened. 3. Step heavily on can to flat ten—but do not flatten by ham mering. Now tear off paper la bel, which is loosened by flatten ing. Labels printed on can need not be removed. 4. Save cans for collection. Keep separate from other scrap and in a dry place. March Ration Amounts Listed Business at the Vernonia war March lists the following amounts cf items issued: tires—29 pass enger, (7 not issued due to lack of quota); 17 truck tires 7.50 and smaller (4 not issued due to lack of quota); hardship gas, 173 gallons; 1 oil stove; six book 3 and 13 book 4; shoes, 9 pair and boots, 5 pair. Food points issued for restau rants, furlough and leave were: meats, fats, 15,650; and processed 950. Sugar issued totaled 360 pounds. Oil and gasoline rations were: fuel oil, 13,517 gallons to 42 ap plicants; gasoline, A books, 13; B coupons, 785; C coupons, 1292; E coupons, 419; R coupons, 1680; T 1st quarter, 367 and 2nd quar ter, 4626; purchase permits, 689 gallons. Petition Requests Consolidation Vote A petition was being circulat ed here early this week as a step towards consolidation of district No. 87, Washington coun ty, with School District No. 47, Jt. A similar petition must he circulated by the union high school district here in order that the consolidation may be made with that district. The petition requests the school district boundary board of Col umbia county to call an election in district 47 to vote on the question of consolidation. Ownership of Hotel Changed Ownership of the Hy-Van Ho tel has changed, it is announced this week by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Noel, who have purchased the property and are now operating it. Both have had many years ex perience in hotel and apartment house business operation previous to making the purchase, they announce. Redccoration work is now in progress under the direction of E. E. Upgard. The building will be thoroughly renovated and re decorated when he completes his work.