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.