“Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Farming
Volume 23 Number 19
2 Trackmen
Quality for
State Meet
Vernonia, Columbia County, Oregon
Booster Club to Meet
At Natal Grange Next
Another meeting of the Ver
nonia Booster Clvb, the biggest
meeting of the club yet to be
held, was a Monday evening
event at the I. O. O. F. hall
Forest Grove Drops
where the dinner was served by
Before Loggers 60
the Mt. Heart Rebekah Club. In
To 44 in Fri. Meet
addition to that part of the eve
Two of Coach Orile Robbins’ ning occupied by the dinner,
Logger trackmen have qualified club members heard reports by
committees and talks by State
for the state meeting at Oregon Patrolman R. W. Wheeler and
State college as the result of F. E. Senn, who is the tire
the wins at the Beaverton dis rationing representative for OPA
trict meet last Friday and will in thisV district.
Three committee reports were
compete at Corvallis with qual
ifying high school athletes from made: one concerning the ad
other high schools in the state. vertising pamphlet planned by
Winning the trip to Oregon the club, another by the com
State were Ralph Keasey, mile mittee on by-laws and the third
by the membership committee re
and Loren Dodge, half mile.
garding the number of mem
Competing at Beaverton were berships sold to date. The adver
trackmen from school in Colum tising pamphlet is being planned
bia, Clatsop, Washington, Tilla to promote this valley and to
mook and Yamhill counties. Ver make its advantages known to
nonia entries there were in addi those people in other places who
tion to Keasey and Dodge: Reu- are not familiar with this area.
ban Sullivan, quarter mile and
The by-laws| were read by
Duke Byers, discuss.
Wallace McCrae who headed the
committee for that purpose, and
Coach Robbins will devote the
were adopted by vote at the
remainder of the school sports
meeting. Lyman Hawken, chair
season to softball and baseball.
man of the membership commit
tee, reported that a number of
memberships had been sold but
that there was a good deal more
to do in that respect and that
time had prevented contacting
every prospective member.
State Patrolman Wheeler told
something of the work of law
PETITIONS SEEK
FIRE DISTRICT
ST. HELENS — Petitions for
the establishment of a St. Hel
ens rural fire district were being
circulated recently by members
of the volunteer fire department
and a spokesman for the group
Plans have been made again
said it was hoped that the peti
this year to train boys for farm
tions would be ready for filing
work on the Oregon State college
with the district court by the
campus. Approximately 60 boys
end of last week.
will be given a week’s training in
Sponsors of the petition said farm work at Oregon State be
the rural fire district would in tween May 20 and June 17. Boys
clude Bachelor Flat, McNulty, between the ages of 14 apd 17
Warren and the territory north who qualify for this training will
be instructed in tractor operation,
to the Deer Island school.
care of farm machinery, dairying,
One fire truck—a combination truck driving and other jobs
pumper and chemical wagon— which they might be called upon
would serve the district, under to do on farms. At the close of
the proposal, and would be their week’s training, these boys
maintained in the St. Helens are placed with reliable families
fire station.
The
equipment over the state for work during
would have a 500-gallon pump the summer. Last year 7 boys
and would carry its own water, from Columbia county were giv
the sponsors said.
en this training and later placed
with families for summer work.
ZONE GRADE PUPILS
Boys interested in this program
GRADUATE MAY 22
RAINIER — Graduation exer should write to the county agent’3
cises for all the eighth grade clas office in St. Helens, for addi
ses of this zone will be held at tional information.
the Rainier Union High School
auditorium, Tuesday, May 22 at
8 o’clock in the evening.
.
It is estimated that there will
be aboiut 75 students to receive
their eighth grade diplomas and
they come from the Rainier,
The recently conducted drive
Apiary, Delena, Hudson, Pres for collection of clothing for
cott, Goble, Beaver Homes and the use of people in Europe who
Shiloh Basin schools.
are in dir» need of such articles
was totaled at 1270 pounds this
SALMON CATCH
week. Shipment of the clothing
BEGINS TO TAPER
ST. HELENS — Fishermen was made to Portland Monday
took 24 hours off, beginning by the Nehalem Valley Motor
Saturday at noon, and resumed Freight from the V.F.W. collec
commercial
fishing Sunday at tion point here at the Upgard
noon. The catch delivered to the Paint Store.
Heath’s Service Station, Sig
receiving station of the Columbia
River Packer’s association has nal Oil dealer in Riverview, also
fallen from approximately nine acted as a receiving station for
tons on the opening day to about collection of clothing in that
three tons per day. However, area. A large quantity of cloth
some of the fishermen net from ing was collected there and has
400 to 500 pounds per day and been shipped out but the pound
while not yet tabulated, the to age was not available this week.
tal catch in this river area will
exceed 25 tons or approximately
«10,000.
The commercial fishing season
has two more weeks to run.
County
News
Boys to Get
Farm Training
Relief Clothing
Totals 1270 lbs.
Missionaries to
Talk Here Mon.
Three Get Jury Call
Call to aircuit court jury duty
has been, made to 31 county res
idents, including three from the
Nehalem Valley. Listed from the
valley are Oliver Graves and Os
car Enstrom, Vernonia, and L.
H. Jepson, Mist. Jurors are to
appear May 15th at 9:30 a.m„
according to the announcement.
t ° '
MLiïon.”
Rev. and Mrs. R. E. Teeter,
returned missionaries to Alaska,
will be speaking at the Assembly
of God church, 2nd and Maple
streets on Monday evening, May
14th at 7:45 p.m.
They have spent many months
ministering in the north includ
ing many of the army camps. All
are invited to attend.
enforcement and the problems
that are arising now in protect
ing hunting and fishing resourc
es in this county, Mr. Senn told
of the details of rationing and
gave reasons for the extreme
tire shortage at this time. He
urged cooperation with the OPA
in maintaining price control.
The Booster Club will meet
again in two weeks with mem
bers of the Natal Grange.
THOSE WHO
ARE IN IT
GETS NEW RATING
Mildred E. Weed, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar G. Weed,
has recently received her special
ist gunnery third class rating in
the WAVES, and is senior petty
officer in her group at Treasure
Island. San Francisco. Miss Weed
member of the Vernonia school
faculty, took her navy training
at Hunter college, N. Y., and
Great Lakes training school in
Chicago. She enlisted early last
summer, leaving
in July for
Hunter college.
Thursday, May 10, 1945
May Day to
Be Observed
Here Friday
Thelma Hobin to
Rule Festivities
As Queen of May
7th War Loan Campaign
To Seek $118,560 Here
<
A full afternoon and evening
of festivities is planned for Fri
day, May 11, when the annual
May Day event will be commem
orated here by the schools. Rul
ing the pageant which is sched
uled for 1:30 p.m. will be Miss
Thelma Hobin, who was chosen
Queen of the May last week.
Two princesses from each class
have also been named. They are:
senior princesses, Marjorie Lol
ley and Dorothy Sasse; juniors,
Dorothy Roland and Mary Jane
Robbins; sophomores, Patricia
Garlock and
Willette Floater;
and freshmen, Barbara Lolley
and Virginia Millis. Student
Body President Douglas Cul
bertson will be prime minister.
Following the pageant will be
baseball games with Jewell for
both boys and girls and at 8:00
p.m. the 8th grade plays are
scheduled at the Washington
school. The plays are entitled:
“Herbie and the Mumps” and
"Selma Goes Psychic” and char
acters will be played by: Bever
ly Herrin, Calvin Bass, Deri
Roberts,
Arlene Kirk, James
Brewer, Genevieve Schwab, Dick
ie Stearns, Viola Jacobs, Maxine
Hartwick, Lois Berger, Dudley
Spofford and Grant McCabe. (
Beginning Monday, May 14th,
every person living in this area
will be contacted regarding the
purchase of War Bonds in the
7th war loan drive which is being
conducted throughout the nation.
This campaign will seek the
largest amount of any loaan so
far conducted—7 billion dollars,
4 billions in E bonds alone as
compared to 2V4 billions in the
6th. That portion of the county
quota designated for the Verno
nia area is $118,560.
Contacting every individual
will be the procedure here as
has been the case in previous
drives. To do that work, Mrs.
Ben Brickel, as president of the
Vernonia Study club and cam
paign chairman, is asking each
organization to name three sales
people to make the contacts. The
list of names of solicitors is not
available. Irving T. Rau, coun
ty war finance chairman, in mak
ing arrangements for the 7th
loan, asked the Study club to
undertake the work here and
Mrs. Brickel 'will carry out the
campaign as president of that
group.
RECORD BROKEN
The thousands of aerial sorties
Official announcement states
which helped defeat the German
armies on both sides of the
Rhine meant extra effort for
S-Sgt. Charles W. Dübendorf.
Working at top speed on the
vast engine overhauling assemb
ly line at an air service command
depot in England, he and his
Provisions for recognition of
fellow soldier-technicians turned
the honorably discharged vet
out 2,277 aircraft engines for
eran on the service flag dis
Final event of the day will be
front-line action
during one
played by his immediate family
the Queen’s Ball at 10:00 o’clock
month.
and affiliated organizations is an
In commending S-Sgt. Düben in the high school gym.
nounced by the war department.
dorf for the production feat,
The design of the lapel button
Brigadier General Morris Berman
for honorable service worn by
of San Antonio disclosed that:
the discharged soldier will be
“This figure smashed every ex
used as the symb >1.
isting record for engine reDai’
For each individual who has
for the third successive month
been honorably discharged from
and has been a decisive factor
With domestic sugar reserves the armed forces, the design will
in making an early victory pos at rock bottom, consumers this be placed on the flag in lieu of
sible.”
year for the first time in two the bl-e star. When two or more
A soldier since Sept. 14, 1942, decades must depend entirely on individuals are represented, the
he has been overseas 18 months. current production, the office of design of the discharged veter
He was formerly employed by war information announced last an will replace the star or stars
the O-A.
week on behalf of the office of nearest the fly end of the flag.
price administration and the war Organizations may use one sym
COMMISSIONED ENSIGN
bol and the number of members
Ben Wilkerson, son of Mrs. food administration.
below it in Arabic numerals, as
Pearl Wilkerson, has graduated
A sharp reduction in sugar
from the U. S. Naval Reserve supplies, tremendously increased with the blue or gold stars.
The design will be gold in
midshipman’s school at N. Y., requirements for liberated Eu
N.Y. as a member of the 23rd rope and a rate of civilian con color, like its counterpart, the
class to receive their commissions sumption exceeding allocations lapel button, for honorable ser
as Ensigns in the U.S.N.R. Date have combined to make a reduc vice ,and will consist of a dexter
of the graduation was April 26, tion in rations of all classes of eagle displayed perched within a
1945. From there he left for consumers an immediate neces ring, the dexter wing of the
eagle behind the ring. The sin
Clinton, Oklahoma to take a sity, it was explained.
ister wing in front of the ring.
course in air navigation.
Sugar stamp 36 which became To make the symbol stand out
AIR TRAINING STARTED
valid May 1 will stretch over a from the white background of
On April 20th Aviation Cadet four month period and no ad the flag the design will be edged
Robert Kent was transferred to ditional stamp will be validated in blue.
the U.S. Naval air training base prior to September 1, 1945. It
The new provision is made by
at Pensacola, Florida where, if will be good for five pounds. the secretary of war, who is
he is lucky, he will graduate in Local ration boards in addition authorized by Public Law 750,
four or five months and win have been instructed to issue 77th Congress, to approve the
those coveted wings of gold.
only up to 79 per cent as much design of the service flag and la
sugar for home canning as they pel button for honorable service
IN GERMANY NOW
and to issue regulations concern
Cpl. George King, son of Mr. issued last year and to limit the
ing their use and display.
and Mrs. H. H. King, is now in amounts per individual to a
maximum
of
15
pounds,
as
com
Germany he writes his parents.
Since arriving in Europe he has pared to 20 pounds maximum
traveled through France, Bel last year. The maximum amout
gium and some of The Nether available to any family will be
lands. Ho mentions that the peo 120 pounds in contrast to 160
ple in Germany are more mod pounds announced earlier this
ern than those in France. He year on the basis of supplies
State officials were here last
evidently is receiving plenty to then in prospect.
Thursday to conduct an autop
eat for his weight has increased
sy on Frank Noel, Hy-Van Ho
to 197 pounds which is 10 lbs. PARENTS VISITED
tel earner who died
Monday
more than his normal weight.
Pfc. Cheater Bass has been night of last week. Result of
stationed at Corvallis following the examination was that Noel
TO REPORT FOR DUTY
his transfer from Shoemaker, Cal. passed away due to coronary
Douglas Culbertson, son of Mr.
He expects to be at Corvallis
and Mrs. Harry Culbertson, will about six weeks. He was here thrombosis and not as the re
report to Ft. Lewis Monday of for a short time last week end sult of an altercation occuring
a short time before his death.
this week to begin training in and is expected home again this
Byrd Lee Maxwell, who was
the air corps reserve. He enlist week end to visit his parents,
held here for a short time fol-
ed in the reserve some time ago Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Bass.
lowing the death, has been re-
and has been deferred in order
leased.
to complete his senior year in PARENTS SURPRISED
high school.
Cpl. Raymond D. Shepard, son
of Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Shepard, FOOD SALE PLANNED
TRANSFERRED
The Loy»l
Women of the
surprised bis parents Monday
Everett Rundell, S2c, has been on a 15-day furlough. He is Christian church will hold their
transferred from San Diego to
stationed at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma annua! cooked food sale at the
the Bremerton navy yard ship
and expects to go overseas when Chat ’n Nibble restaurant Sat
repair department, according to
urday of this week. Articles will
he returns to his outfit.
a report received by his parents,
be displayed in the restaurant's
Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Rundell.
(More “Those Who” page 8)
windows.
Sugar Reduced
By New Order
Service Flag Gives
H. D. Recognition
that the 7th war loan will con
tinue to June 30 and there will
be two drives this year instead
of three, but in those two drives
the government will have to
raise almost as much money from
individuals as in the three pre
vious drives last year.
Henry W. Kauppi
Buried Here Sun.
Funeral services for Henry W.
Kauppi were held here Sunday
at the Bush Funeral home fol
lowing his death April 30th at
Bremerton, Washington due to
drowning. He is survived by a
brother, Theodore Kauppi and
two sisters, Agnes
Siedleman
and Helmie Kauppi. The de
ceased was born August 12, 1906
in South Dakota.
Previous to entering the ser
vice of
his country,
Henry
Kauppi had taught school at
Garibaldi for two years and was
a member of the Bay City Ma
sonic Lodge. He entered-the ser
vice shortly after Pearl Harbor,
had seen much service overseas
and held a presidential citation
for bravery in action. He held
the rank of Pharmacists Mate
lc.
The Sunday services were held
at 1.30 with Rev. W. O. Living
stone officiating. The military
graveside services were under the
direction of Smith-'Christensen
Post, V. F. W., 'members of that
organization acting as pall bear,
ers. Part of the graveside ser
vice was carried out by members
of the Seabees from Clatskanie.
Club Leaders to
Meet Saturday
The 4-H Club Leader’s asso
ciation meeting will be held Sat
urday, May 12, in the McBride
grade school in West St. Helens
beginning at 9:30 a.m. Arrange
ments have been made for hav
ing H. C. Seymour, state club
leader, present at the meeting to
discuss 4-H club work with the
leaders.
There will be a round table
discussion where leaders will be
given an opportunity to ask any
questions they wish in regard to
club work. Other matters of in
terest and importance to 4-H
club work will also be discussed.
The meeting is open to lead
ers, parents, 4-H Club members
and all those interested in 4-H
Club activities.
Former Resident
Autoposy Proves Dies at Salem
R. Dallas, resident of
Cause of Death the Willis
Salem area since 1923, died
suddenly at his home here late
Wednesday of last week follow
ing a heart attack. Funeral ser
vices were held last 'Saturday.
Dallas was born near Verno
nia November 12, 1891 and was
a graduate of Oregon State Col
lege. He served in the armed
forces during World War I and
was a member of the state
grange and Presbyterian church.
Survivors include his widow,
Olive Dallas, a daughter and son.
GLASS BALL RECEIVED
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lange
received a large glass Jap fish
net float Monday from J. E.
Payne, a friend at Ocean Park,
Washington. The diameter of the
ball was estimated at 16 inches
The float was found on the
beach at that place.