Thursday, May 24, 1945
Volume 23 Numbe 21
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Drilling for
First County
Weir to Start
Equipment Expected
At Site of First
Well Near Clatskanie
Texas Company authorities, >n
an official statement to The
Eagle Tuesday afternoon, an
nounced that drilling operations
in accordance with the company
lease would start within a very
short time near Clatskanie. The
first well will be located about
five miles southeast of that
place in the Northeast quarter
of Section 36, Township 7 North,
Range 4 West and will be within
a half mile of land owned by
the county.
This location, company offic
ials mentioned, complies with the
agreement as specified in the
lease with the county. The
equipment to be used will include
a steel derrick 136 feet high,
drilling machinery and pipe which
is enroute now from California.
Actual drilling is expected within
three weeks and will be done by
a crew of 25 men, 20 of them
having families. Some difficulty
has been experienced in finding
living quarters, it was mentioned.
Services Held
For A. W. Poetter
Funeral services were held
May 14th here for A. W. Poetter
who passed away at the home of
his daugher, Mrs. Lottie Moulton
in Portland May 11 after being
ill for some time.
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Mr. Poetter was born in Ger
many April 17, 1865 and passed
away at the age of 80 years. He
had lived in Vernonia since 1925.
Immediate relatives left to
mourn his passing are: two sons,
Charles and Ed, Vernonia; two
daughters, Mrs. Lottie Moulton,
Portland, and Mrs. M. E. Slack,
Dallas. Services were held here
and interment was at Scappoose.
Legion, Auxiliary
Name 2 Students
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Marvin Turner and LaRue
Moon have been chosen by the
American Legion and the Aux
iliary respectively to represent
and Girls’ State within a few
weeks.
The Legion representative will
go to Corvallis from July 1 to
8 inclusive where he will receive
training in citizenship, govern
ment, elections, and making and
enforcing laws,
State officials
will be present to give their help
and to discuss their duties and
explain how democracy works.
The Auxiliary representative
will go to Silver Creek Falls from
June 11 to 17 in a similar Ca
pacity.
Meeting Postponed
The meeting of the Vernonia
Booster club for Monday even
ing of this week was postponed
until Monday evening of the
coming week, May 28th. Due to
the fact that several officials
of the organization! could not at
tend the meeting if it were held
this Monday, the postponement
was deemed advisable.
THOSE WHO
ARE IN IT
IN GERMANY
Eugene Cleveland, Cox. USN,
son of Mrs. Herb Counts, is in
Germany and says it is very hot
there.
KILLED IN ACTION
T5 Thomas Kuge, former res
ident and school student here,
was recently killed in action
in Italy according to word re
ceived here. A brother of the
deceased, Toshi Kuge, has seen
action, in France.
AT CAMP ROBERTS
Pvt. Thomas W. Osborn has
been sent to Camp Roberts, Cal.
for his training. His wife and
daughter left last Saturday to be
with him while he is there.
GRADUATES
Dale Roland, son of Mr. and
Mrs. George Roland, graduated
May 12 from the naval air tech
nical training center at Norman,
Oklahoma as Seaman Second
Class and will be transferred to
a naval unit afloat or to anoth
er shore station for further in
struction and work. He entered
the service last August and was
formerly employed as a burner
by the Oregon Shipbuilding cor
poration.
RATING RECEIVED
Mildred E. Weed, daughter of
Mr. Oscar G. Weed, has been
rated as Specialist (Gunnery In
structor) Third Class at the op
erational training school, Treas
ure Island, Cal.
Specialist Weed has been as
signed to the operational train
ing school since October, 1944.
Before entering the Navy she
was a grammar school teacher.
At the operational training
school she spends duty hours
teaching Navy men how to op
erate machine guns through the
use of specially devised trainers.
Primarily, her students are
crews of destroyers and classes
are held in trainer buildings es
pecially designed to house ma
chine gun trainer equipment.
These machine gun trainers are
special devices developed by the
bureau of aeronautics to devel
op proficiency in machine gun
firing and the use of automatic
gun sights, particularly against
air craft. The trainers give real
istic problems as would be ac
tually encountered aboard a ship
as far as the actual target is
concerned.
After duty hours she often
practices her marksmanship with
22 pistols or rifles on the Treas
ure Island pistol range. She also
goes for practice to the anti-air-
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was adopted in 1923. Section 2
of the ordinance states: M
any person or persons who shall
fire any pistol, gun, or rifle, or
any other firearm within the
city limits of the City of Ver
nonia, shall on conviction there
of be fined not less than five
or more than fifty dollars. It is
provided, however, that the may
or may issue a permit to any
persons when in his judgment
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Poppies to Appear
Friday, Saturday
Tomorrow and Saturday in
Vernonia as in other cities and
towns over the nation, women
of the American Legion Auxil
iary will be on the streets with
poppies for sale. Mrs. Freda
Biggs is committee chairman here
at the head of the sale and she
will see to it that everybody in
the city will have an opportun-
ity to buy one of the flowers,
No set price is established.
each buyer giving what he feels
worthy for the memorial flow
ers. All money contributed goes
for rehabilitation and welfare of
disabled veterans, their children
and the children of the dead and
disabled of both wars.
Extension Club
To Meet May 31
Annocncement is made this
week that the Vernonia Exten
sion' club will meet Thursday,
May 31st at the h>gh school at
10:30 a.m. The subject which
members will hear discussed that
day is "Canning and Freezing.”
The Mist and Keasey units
will be the guests of the Ver
nonia unit at the meeting and
everyone is invited. Those attend
ing are urged to bring a paper
sack lunch.
SERVICE GROUP TO ELECT
The Vernonia Service club will
conduct its annual election of
officers on Thursday, May 24th
at the Legion hall.
he may deem it necessary for the
use of such firearms. It is also
provided that all circumstances
of necessity may be pleaded as a
defense to the offense described
in this section."
In connection with the adop-
tion of the ordinance in 1923 it
is of interest to note that Chas.
D. White wa» mayor then and
Ben 8. Owens, recorder.
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Volunteers to Give Aid
To Application for Sugar
Probably everyone is familiar
now with the reduction in the
amount of canning sugar which
may be issued to each applicant
or each family group, the limi
tation now being 15 pounds to
each applicant and a maximum
of 120 pounds to any family
group even though there may be
more than eight persorf* in such
family group.
The local war price and ra-
tioning board will have two vol
unteer workers available Wed-
nesday afternoons to issue sugar
coupons and aid in filling out
applications. Mrs. John Grady,
Mrs. C. L. Anderson and Miss
Margaret Sturdevant have vol
unteered for the work.
The sugar quota available for
home canning will be only 70
per cent of the quota for last
year. The local board issued 59,-
Fsature May 30
Memorial Day
Invitation Extended
People to Attend
Services that Day
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Ordinance Rules on Gun Use In City
Quite a number of residents
in the city limits of Vernonia
have mentioned recently the use
of guns which have been fired
within the city and which have
been dangerously used. Police of
ficials are aware that guns have
been fired and believe that juve-
iles are principally responsible.
The use of guns within the
city limits is definitely prescribed
in city ordinance No. 56 which
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ASSIGNED TO AIR BASE
Cpl. Helen J. Hershey, daugh
ter of Mrs. Julia M. Hershey,
Buxton, Oregon, is currently as-
signed to the Santa Ana army air
base at Santa Ana, Cal.
This army air forces base is
a reassignment and convalescent
station of the personnel distribu
tion command. Here thousands of
combat veterans of the AAF re
turn from 21-day furloughs at
home to be refitted for duty in
the continental stations of the
air forces, while their places are
taken by men who have not yet
seen overseas action.
Corporal Hershey is a cook at
this base and as such, her job is
preparing food in the WAC mess
hall.
She entered the service on Jan.
26, 1943, and has been stationed
at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, before
transferring to this post.
wum.
905 pounds last year for can
ning and the quota this year
will be 41,900 pounds. This quota
is for the entire year of 1945
and must not be exceeded with-
out application to the district
office for quota adjustment. This
may be necessary in some cases
because of population increases.
Eligibility for
Top Tires Strict
According to a recent bulle
tin received here by the ration
ing board some confusion exists
in the proper application of the
new preference grouping list for
applications for Grade I tires.
This preference grouping list has
been approved by the war man
power commission and the use
of the list by boards is now man
datory.
The following procedure is
used in applying this grouping
list for Grade I tire applications.
The list applies only after the
eligibility of the passenger car
for Grade I tires has been es
tablished. Then all applications
are segregated according to the
group in which they belong and
if everything is in order, each
application may be approved,
pending sufficient quota to per
mit the issuance of tire cer
tificates. However, no certifi
cates should be issued to appli
cants outside of group one until
all of those applications in group
one have been filled.
Drake Check Here
Shows 80% Good
Toe recently-completed brake
check, which was conducted here
a short time ago by City Marshal
A. D. Lolley revealed that 80
per cent of the Cars checked
were in good mechanical condi
tion as far as brakes are con
cerned. The check was conduct
ed under the direction of Police
Chief Harry M. Niles, Portland,
state coordinator for the pro
gram.
Further information revealed
here about local cars is that 15
per cent of the brakes needed
adjustment to bring them up to a
condition which would afford
safety and 5 per cent were def-
initely in bad condition.
4th Conference Due
Rev. Paul P. Petticord, dis-
trict superintendent, will be the
speaker at the 11 o’clock worship
service at the Evangelical church
Sunday morning, May 27th. At
2:15 that afternoon he will hold
the 4th quarterly conference of
the church. All are invited to
these services.
Sewing Continue*
Red Cross sewing will continue
this Friday afternoon at the high
school ho..»e economics room, it
has been announced. As many
women as can are urged to at
tend. The work this Friday will
be the sewing of “housewife».”
SOLICITORS FOR
RONDS SELECTED
Further arrangements for con
tacting' every individual in this
area regarding the purchase of
war bonds were announced a
few days ago. Two ladies of
IWA Local No. 5-37 have been
named to see every employee in
the O-A mill. The ladies who will
make these contacts are Mrs.
Cecil Huss and
Mrs. Alfred
Jones.
The list of solicitors published
last week lacked the name of
Mrs. W. T. Graves who will con-
tact residents in the Stoney
Point area.
Irving T. Rau, county war
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nance chairman, hopes that a
good representation of local
people will be present for the
bond rally at St. Helens next
Monday, May 28. Coupons cov-
ering the amount of gasoline
necessary to make the trip will
be available to those attending
Mr. Rau has stated.
Services Read
For McMullen
Funeral sereices for James
OliveT McMullen were read here
Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock
for James Oliver McMullen of
Mist, who passed away al Clats
kanie May 18th at the age of
23 years, 6 months and 21 days,
He was born on the 26th of
October, 1921 at Mist and lived
there all of his life.
Survivors of the deceased are:
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. David
McMullen, Mist; one brother
Robert, Mist; four sisters, Millie
Dowd, Elsie, Ann Salmie, Marsh
land, Marian Dickie,
Portland
and Marie Bensoh, Clatskanie.
The services were read at the
Bush Funeral home with Rev.
W. O. Livingstone officiating and
interment was at the Vernonia
Memorial cemetery.
Recommendation
Sermon Preached
Norman Riggins, son of Mr.
and Mrs. G. A. Riggins, preached
his recommendation sermon Sun
day morning at the Evangelical
church. Riggins is planning to
enter the ministry and following
the morning service all members
of the church were given the
opportunity to sign a petition of
recommendation which will be
presented to the quarterly con
ference. There he must answer
satisfactorily a number of ques
tions and if answered satisfactor-
ily, he will be recommended to
the annual conference for a li-
cense as a “preacher on trial.’’
Secretary to Speak
Dr. C. F. Swander, secretary
of state Missions of Oregon, will
preach at the Christian church
Sunday morning at 11:00 o’clock.
Immediately following the morn
ing service, a potluck luncheon
will be nerved in the dining
room with Mrs. Mertie Cline and
Mrs. Olive Powell as hostesses.
A complete program for those
who intend to be present at Me
morial Day services which are
planned for Wednesday of next
week, May 30th, has been an
nounced by the American Legion,
The Memorial Day schedule be
gins at 10 a.m. that morning
when those who plan to take
part will assemble at the Legion
hall.
From the hall the Legion will
lead a parade to the bridge
across Rock Creek and that pa
rade will include the Legion col
ors and Legionnaires, Woman’s
Relief Corps colors and members,
the Legion and V.F.W. Auxil
iaries, Boy Scouts and Cub
Scouts and religious and frater
nal organizations.
At the bridge the Woman’s
Relief Corps will conduct the
water service and the group will
march back to the hall for a
program which will include fur
ther observance of the day.
County
News
NEXT WEEK SEES
END SCHOOL YEAR
ST. HELENS — Graduation
exercises for the three St. Helens
schools will be held this week.
The high school exercises will be
held Thursday evening May 24,
at 8 ’clock in the high school
auditorium.
Grade school graduation exer
cises will beheld Thursday after
noon, May 24.
STANWOOD SUES OFFICER
FOR *100,000
ST. HELENS — Caley A.
Stanwood, St. Helens real estate
and investment broker, has filed
a suit in the Columbia county
circuit court in which he seeks
$100,000 damages from Sheriff
M. R. Calhoun.
The action, filed in Stanwood’s
behalf by Attorney W. J. Pren
dergast of Portland, claimed the
sheriff had closed
Stanwood’s
place of business on east first
street and prayed for general
damages amounting to $50,000
and “for the further sum of
$50,000 punitive and exemplary
damages and for costs and dis
bursements herein incurred.”
Stanwood previously had been
arrested by the sheriff and had
been released under bond in a
civil action brought by H. T.
Anderson of Scappoose and had
been named defendant in a num
ber of other civil actions.
RADIO PROGRAM TO
FEATURE BOND RALLY
ST. HELENS — Program for
the big Columbia county war
bond rally to be held in the St.
Helens high school auditorium
Monday, May 28, at 7:45 p.m.
took on new importance Thursday
with an announcement that the
entire Joe Fisher radio show on
that night will be brought to
the high school stage for broad
casting over station. KALE.
The Singing Sentinels, Swan
Island quartet, are a part of the
show.
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Other features of the big rally
will be talks by Capt. Robert
Augur, wounded hero of Correg-
idor, who was 33 months in Bil-
ibid, the Jap prison camp; E. C.
Sammons, president of the United
States national bank and chair
man of the Oregon war finance
committee, and Wilbur Carl, di
rector of the Portland metropoli
tan district war finance com
mittee.