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Volume 23 Number 23
Noted Speaker New Ruling Sets Sugar
To Appear Here For Canning at 10 Lbs.
September 17
Nationally-Known
Authority to Talk
On Education Value
Dr. Willis Sutton, nationally
prominent ajs a lecturer and
scheduled for a short visit in
Oregon this fall, has been en
gaged to appear here Monday,
September 17 when sclfool fac
ulties and residents of this part
of the state will gather to hear
him talk on the values of educa
tion.
Dr.’ Sutton is one of the most
sought-after speakers in the na
tion and his lectures and tours
of' the country are being spon
sored by the Readers Digest. His
appearance here has been arrang
ed by Paul Gordon, grade school
superintendent and Wallace Mc
Crae, high school principal, with
the Oregon State Teacher’s as
sociation.
At the time of Dr. Sutton’s
visit, school authorities and lay
men from Clatsop, Washington
and Columbia counties will be in
vited to hear his address, as this
wil be hisK only appearance in
this area.
County-
News
DELEGATION ASKS
HIGHWAY WORK
CLATSKANIE —A delegation
from Clatskanie and from Col
umbia county were in Portland
on Tuesday last week to attend
the meeting of the state highway
commission held at the Imperial
hotel.
Delegates asked that the Low
er Columbia highway be recon
sidered and some work be done
down this way in both repair
and straightening out some of
the curves. The commission said
they would reconsider their de
cision not to do any work down
this way.
The county court, Judge Ray
Tarbell and commissioners Joe
Miller and William Pringle were
in attendance and from Clats-
kanid were Mrs. Grace Kent Ma
gruder, Dr. Kent Magruder, Ed
Condit, and Vilas L. Shepard.
A delegation from Rainier con
sisted of Fred Herman, W. Reid
and Fred McKinley.
I. S. WILSON TAKES
OVER SILVA GARAGE
RAINIER — The garage here
operated far many years by W.
J. Silva as Silva Chevrolet has
been taken over by I. S. Wilson,
who came to Rainier from Astor
ia a year ago and since has
been employed as mechanic for
Lowes Motors.
The Wilson Motors is offering
complete automotive service, and
Mr. Wilson hopes to establish a
sales agency when automobiles
are in production again.
BOND SALES LAG AS
FINAL MONTH BEGINS
ST. HELENS — Chairman Ir
ving Rau of the Columbia County
war finance committee painted a
disappointing picture of progress
of the seventh war loan drive as
the nation entered upon the final
month of the mighty seventh.
“Columbia county ‘E’ bond
purchases to date total $269,000
which is only about 40 per cent
of our quota of $672,000,” he
said. “This is in spite of the fact
that the drive is now two-thirds
over.”
Rainier, Mr. Rau said, was
far ahead of all other Columbia
county communities with purchas
es amounting to approximately
75 per cent of its quota of $103,-
740.
Thursday, June 7, 1945
Vernonia, Columbia County, Oregon
A new ruling by OPA Region
al Administrator Charles Baird
June 2 further - restricts the a-
mount of home canning sugar
which may be issued to 10 lbs.
per person and made the rule
effective as of last Saturday.
The ruling came after some ap
plications for canning sugar in
the amount of the old quota
had already been issued so that
some applicants have received the
15-pound-per-person quota.
Baird complimented housewives
in the Pacific region for their
“patriotism and fair play in the
1943 and ’44 seasons in apply-
ing for sugar which allowed a
fair and satisfactory distribution
of supplies in those two years.”
The regional order establishing
the 10-po.und limit also was at
variance with emergency policies
announced in the East and Mid
West by OPA where an excessive
amount of applications has tend
ed to exhaust sugar allotments
and already has resulted in a
complete suspension of sugar is
suances in many areas. This order
is intended to prevent need for
such suspension in this Tegion and
to assure continued fair distri
bution.
Post-war Building to
Be Vote Topic June 22
Oregon voters who will be
away from home and thus unable
to vote on election day in the
special election Friday, June 22,
may vota by absentee ballot any
time up to June 17, five days
prior to election, Secretary of
State Robert S. Farrell said this
week.
“It has come to our atten
tion that there are a number of
conventions scheduled in Oregon
during June and some of them
may cause voters to be away
from home on election day,” Mr.
Farell said. “Voters who will
not be home to vote on June 22
should obtain their absentee bal
lots now and cast them prior to
the deadline, five days before
June 22.”
At the special election, voters
will be asked to authorize a post
war building program for new
buildings and additions at the
state institutions, including in
stitutions of higher education.
“It is important that voters
understand they are not being
asked to authorize collection of
additional taxes in this election,”
Farrell said. “Oregon now has
the $10,000,000 needed to fi
nance the building program in in
come tax surplus, but under the
state’s constitution, this money
cannot be expended unless the
people authorize a ten mill tax
Tri-County Meet
Slated Here Next
School instructors from three
counties, Washington, Columbia
and Yamhill, will meet here Oc
tober 26th, probable date, for the
annual tri-county teachers’ insti
tute, according to plans announc
ed this week by local school au
thorities. The date is tentatively
set and will be definitely an
nounced when the time nears.
Judging by attendance at
former institutes, the meeting
will probably draw one cf the
largest crowds ever to Come here.
Benefit Dance Arranged
On Saturday, June 16 at the
Legion hall a benefit dance will
be sponsored by the American
Legion to raise funds for the
completion of the local swim
ming pool. Tiny Dumont’s Sad
dle Pals from Portland have been
engaged to furnish the music for
the evening.
Few Cases Reported
The most recent bulletin of
Health for the week ending May
26, lists only two communicable
diseases for Columbia county
with 100 per cent of the county’s
physicians reporting. Reported in
the bulletin were one case of
scarlet fever and one of tuber
culosis.
REDECORATION COMPLETED
The apartment and office of
the West Coast Telephone com
pany has been completely re
decorated. The work was done
by E. E. Upgard.
THOSE WHO
ARE IN IT
levy.
“When, this tax is authorized
by the people, the tax commission
can then apply the income tax
surplus to off-set the property
tax which then will not be collect
ed. The levy is a devise necessary
under Oregon law to authorize
the expenditure of .the exisiting
surplus fund from income taxes.”
Farrell emphasized the fact
that the building program is one
that is needed to enable over
crowded state institutions to
meet demands on their facilities.
it will provide
In addition,
sound employment projects dur
ing the post-war period.
Son Dies from
Action Wounds
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde E. May
of Vernonia received word from
the war department May 21 that
their son, Pfc. Clyde E. May
of the marines sixth division
died at 3:30 p.m., May 13 from
wounds received in action on
Okinawa.
Pfc. May was born at Ver
nonia August 24, 1925 and was
a graduate of the Salem high
school, class of 1943. He en
listed in August, 1943 and left
September 23. He received basic
training at Camp Elliot, San
Diego. May passed up a fur
lough home to volunteer in a
replacement unit and was sent
overseas in January, 1944. He
waf a veteran of Guam and had
received the expert rifleman’s
badge. Pfc. May played base
ball with the Salem high school.
Besides his parents, he is sur
vived by a sister, Mrs. Boyd
Siseck of Vancouver, Wash.
New Hunting Rules
Topic of Hearing
The Oregon State Game com
mission will hold its hearing in
regard to the 1945 hunting reg
ulations on July 14, 1945 at ten
o’clock in the morning at its of
fices in 616 Oregon Building,
Portland.
The last legislature changed
the date of the hearing from
June to July in order to give
additional time in which to ac
quire field data on game condi
tions before regulations are. de
termined.
Representatives of sportsmen’s
organizations are invited to be
pre.^fht at the hearing.
MEET IN PHILIPPINES
EVANGELIST A. E. Kite began
special meetings here last Sunday
at the Assembly of God church.
The meetings will continue every
night except Monday and Satur
day at 8 p.m. Rev. Kite is also
a chalk artist.
Sales Here
Are $52,374
A check with Vernonia post
office records for the sale of
series El war bonds revealed that
a total of $52,374 maturity val
ue had been sold at one o’clock
Tuesday of this week. That fig
ure is less than half of the local
quota of $118,560 assigned this
area, Mrs. Ben Brickel, local
chairman, mentioned.
Mrs. Brickel also reports that
$21,300 worth of bonds were
sold by solicitation of employees
at the O-A mill by Mrs. Alfred
Jortes and Mrs. Cecil Huff who
were selected by IWA Local
5-37 to make the canvass. This
amount is comprised of sales in
addition to the regular payroll
deductions authorized by em
ployees there.
Northrup Station
Inspection Set
The field trip to the Northrup
Creek Experiment Station will
be held on Saturday of this week.
This trip is being planned by
George A. Nelson, county agent
of Columbia County and the
county agent of Clatsop County.
The j'an is to meet at the exper
ment station about 10:30 a.m.
There will be a short program
before noon in regard to the ex
periment station work in pro
ducing grass and legumes and
the utalization of this by cattle
and sheep.
Red Cross sewing at the high
rchool is continuing every week
Mrs. Harry Culbertson announced
Monday and a greater turnout
for the work is urged. Ladies
who sew and have time to de
vote to the work are needed
every week. The work begins at
1 o’clock every Friday in the
home economics room.
May Wet Month
May of this year was the wet
test month of May here for many
years with a rainfall of 3.44
inches. The warmest day w^s
May 4 with 95 degrees and the
coldest was the 9th with a min
imum of 32 degrees. Prevailing
wind direction was northwest.
Weather records here are kept by
Mrs. Helen Spoffcrd.
Annual Meeting Called
Pioneers of the Nehalem Val
ley will meet at Birkenfeld this
coming Sunday, June 10. accord
ing to an announcement th's
week. Members of the association
will gather at 10:30 that morn
ing for their annual meeting.
Tom Bateman, who is now sta
tioned in the Philippines, wrote
recently of meeting Ray Thacker,
Company Spends Large
who is also stationed there. The
Sum to Arrange for
circumstances of the meeting
were somewhat unusual. A letter
Increased Production
had been mailed which was over
The
Cedarwood Timber com
weight so Tom examined it more
closely and was surprised to find pany shingle mill here began
it addressed to H. A. Thacker, work the latter part of last week
Vernonia, Oregon. In that way after being closed down for sev
he found out that Ray was sta eral weeks while changes were
tioned there also and that they made in the mill structure, the
had been eating in the same mess burner and pond.
hall for sometime although not
The mill machinery has under-
aware of it until the letter inci 'gone some rearrangement and
dent. They immediately arranged an addition is being made to the
to meet and talk over incidents structure to permit installation
at home.
of anotjher saw which will make
possible double the former pro
RETURNS TO DUTY
ARTCl-c Hal Fowler left Sun duction. The new machine is
day noon for Norfolk, Virginia ready for installation and that
to return to duty. He has been work will be attempted Sunday,
here over a month on leave dur according to E. C. Koski, local
ing part/ of which time he was manager.
A new burner has also been
confined to his home with an
constructed
and at a greater dis
attack of scarlet fever.
tance from the mill machinery
GETS DISCHARGE
to provide greater protection
Lt. Clifford Bergerson has re from fire. The burner is screened
ceived his discharge from the to prevent fire from sparks.
army air corps after serving in
Considerable work has also
the European theatre.
been done on the pond which
was used at the time the Ben
CAPTAIN NOW
nett sawmill was located on the
Recent word received here by site now occupied by the shingle
Mrs. Lowell Hieber from her mill. It is the plan to again use
husband announced that he was the pond to receive logs which
promoted to captain in May. He are being purchased from the
is stationed in Belgium.
Crown-Zellerback corporation.
As soon as the new machine
BROTHER O. K.
First Lieut. Douglas Decew, is placed in operation, Mr. Koski
USN, son-'in-law of Mr. and Mrs. stated, the mill crew will be in
C. F. Hieber, has been notified creased to 14 or 15 men from
by the war department that his the present seven who are em
brother, Bill Decew, is reported ployed there.
O. K. after being first reported
lost in an airplane crash in Ger
many. The accident happened
sometime ago and it was thought
that he had been killed.
SEES MOTHER
Lt. Gordon Hieber, USN, has
been here from last Thursday to
Wednesday of this week to see
his mother, Mrs. C. F. Hieber,
who has been ill. He returned
to Corpus Christi, Texas.
PROMOTED
Gene Cleveland, son of Mrs.
Herb Counts, has just been pro
moted to Master at Arms, ac
cording to word he sent his moth
er in a recent letter.
ON GUARD
Pvt. L. O. Gillham, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Gillham, is
serving on guard duty as a
member of the army of occupa
tion troops in Germany, he men
tions in a recent letter here.
In the afternoon an inspection GETS PROMOTION
will be made of the plantings on
R. A. DePue, son of Mr. and
the hill lands consisting of about Mrs. Bert J. DePue, has been pro
six hundred acres. All those at moted to Technician Fifth Grade
tending, states Mr. Nelson, are
at an engineer aviation battalion,
asked to bring their lunch for the 7th AAF Western Pacific base.
noon hour. Coffee will be fur DePue is a steam shovel operat
nished by the experiment station. or with an engineer aviation bat-
tallion.
Sewing Continues
Picking Date Told
Strawberry pickers who plan
to work at the Hartwick farm at
Banks will begin work Friday
morning, June 8th. Busses will
leave at the same time and from
the same place as last year.
Cedarwood Mill
Starts After
Changes Made
DESSY
WRITES
Mr. and Mrs. George Laird
received a letter Monday from
their son, Lt. Desmond Laird,
who was then in Paris. It was
written May 25. In his letter he
mentioned: “It seems funny to
write a letter that isn’t a form
or censored but even at that I
still don’t have a great deal to
say. I have been in France for
11 days and each day I intended
to write but put it off because
I thought we wen-e pretty near
ly ready to start home and
would beat the letter. It is hard
to believe that such a short
time ago this city was being
bombed. It is quite hard to find
any damage done to the city but
not so far away there is quite
a bit of destruction."
A recent news account heard
over KOIN also mentioned Lt.
Laird and Lt. George Perry of
St. Helens who were held captive
in Stallag Luft No. 1 prison
camp and who were released
along with <30 other American
airmen. The dispatch said that
the liberated men stated they had
Fire Destroys
Farm Home Thu.
The farm home of Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. Stout on the Stoney
Point road near the junction with
the Mist highway was destroyed
last Thursday when fire broke
out about 4 p.m. Very little fur
niture was saved and the family
lost all fruit, groceries, dishes
and most of thq clothing and
bedding. The refrigerator, cook
stove and washing machine was
saved.
An insurance inspector attribu
ted the cause to an explosion in
the chimney which caused it to
crack, permitting fire to start
in the upstairs. Partial insur
ance was carried.
Consolidation Vote
Favorable Monday
The joint high and grade
school district consolidation elec
tion held here Monday afternoon
at the Washington grade school
building resulted in the casting
of eight ballots, all in favor of
the question of joining the lo
cal districts and district 87 of
Washington county.
A similar election was also
held in district 87 but results
were not known yesterday al
though it is thought that resi
dents there would favor the
consolidation.
Schroll to Leave
Wayne Schroll, Safeway mana
ger, left Wednesday for Tilla
mook where he has been trans
ferred by the company to as
sume duties as manager of that
store. His place will be taken by
Joe Finnerty who was formerly
employed in the Safeway store
at Camas. He has been here since
last Friday. Mrs. Schroll will re
main here until a home can be
located at Tillamook.
been well treated under a Ger
man colonel until the SS became
resentful of his conduct and
kicked him out for fraternising
with the Americans. After that
life in the camp was somewhat
tougher.