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“Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Farming, ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ -- Reí”- Volume 23 Number 24 V — ° Thursday, June 14, 1945 Vernonia, Columbia County, Oregon BALL TURNOUT $5 Auto Use Tax Stamps THOSE WHO Bond Sales ARE IN IT Here Lag As AT PARK ASKED On Sale; Needed July 1 Drive Nears End Rainbow Girls to Sell Stamps Saturday At Bank Building Figures on the total amount of E bonds sold thus far in the 7th war bond drive were given at the post office Wednesday. The purchase price of said bonds amounts to $42,450. The quota named for this area is $118,560, that figure being the purchase price of the bonds, not the ma turity value a swas first under stood. On that basis of purchase price instead of maturity value the quota to be attained is still more remote. On Saturday, June 16, Dorethy Ann Hogberg, Jean Turner, Max ine lihrtwick, Alice George and Genevieve Schwab, representing the Rainbow Girls, will be on the corner of Bridge street by the bank building from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., selling war stamps. Per sons having war stamp books un filled are asked to take this op portunity to complete the books so that they may be turned in for a bond. During the remainder of the drive, E bonds will be sold by Mrs. Harold Dow at the Joy theater. Each purchase of a bond will entitle the buyer to a free ticket to a show. County News CITY LEADS IN SALE OF BONDS RAINIER—As of June 1 Co lumbia county has sold $274,929.- 25 worth of bonds which is less than 50 per cent of its quota. The drive has less than 30 days to go and Rainier leads the coun ty with a sale of 75 per cent of the quota. The other sections of the county are considerably be hind this figure. War bond purchases up to the middle of last week had brought in $1175.00 at the post office and $24,318.75 at the State Bank of Rainier. This is figured at the purchase price and not at matur ity value at both places. It also includes only the E bond sales to date. , EISENSCHIDT JOINS FACULTY ST. HELENS—Herbert Eisen- schmidt has been signed as physi cal education director of St. Hel ens high school for the coming term. He will be maanger of the swimming pool during the sum mer. Mr. Eisenschmidt was honora bly discharged May 30 as a pri vate first class after 22 months with the medical department of the army as a laboratory techni cian. Coach Orilq Robbins, who will again supervise the summer rec reation program at the city park, this week issues a call for turn out of boys and girls in order to organize softball teams. The turnout is necessary in order to determine the number of teams that will play so that a sched ule can be arranged. Both boys and girls teams are sought, Rob bins said. Robbins has asked that the boys and girls who want to play report to him anytime during the day on Friday and Saturday of this week at the park. The tennis court at the park has been made ready and is be ing used now. Mr. Robbins will help with tennis and racquets and balls can be purchased now, but those purchases must be made by the players. The swimming pool dam will be installed as soon as weather permits use of the pool. Pegs for horseshoes will also be put in later. Driver's License Time Extended Oregon driver’s licenses, issued on or after June 15, 1941, need not be renewed this year, Secre tary of State Robert S. Farrell said this week. The 1945 legisla ture assembly extended the time of these licenses to June 30, 1947. The numbers of all licenses thus extended bear the prefix 5R, Farrell said. “Many drivers apparently be lieve they are required to renew their driver’s licenses this year, but the act of the 1945 legisla ture extends the time these li censes are valid through the next two years,” Farrell said. It is hot necessary that a new license card be obtained, showing the new expiration date. All en forcement authorities throughout the nation have been notified of the legislature’s action in extend ing the time the present licenses are valid. However, if the license card has become mutilated, or the driv er wishes a new card showing a change of address or personal de scription, he may apply for a duplicate card for a fee of 25c. Canning Sugar Issued Wednesday J. W. Maloney, collector of in motorists are advised to keep a ternal, .revenue stated this week record of the serial number on that the new $5 auto use tax each stamp and to write on the stamps for the year beginning back of the stamp the make, July 1, 1945, were placed on sale model, serial number and state in his office at Portland, and in license number of the vehicle. all post offices in Oregon, on If the vehicle is in storage Saturday, June 9. The law re or out of use in July, it will be quires the owner of every auto mobile, truck, motorcycle, or bus come subject to tax as of the which is used on the public high month in which it is placed in way on or after July 1, to buy use on the -highway. this stamp and display it on his vehicle. The stamps are' trans ferrable with change of owner ship of the vehicle. Collector Maloney stated that his office would start a campaign shortly after the first of July to check on all persons who had to purchase their auto tax stamps. All persons who are found driv ing motor vehicles without the stamps properly displayed will be liable to a penalty of $5 or more in addition to the cost of the stamp. To protect themselves against unnecessary penalties. Collector Maloney advised own ers of motor vehicles not to be misled by false rumors alleging that this tax has been repealed. In Oregon all auto tax stamps are required to be placed in the upper left-hand corner of the windshield. Dampen the wind shield .rather than the adhesive side of the stamp when affixing it. An effective method of pre venting it from curling away from the glass is to brush clear varnish over the stamps after it has been affixed, or to reinforce it with adhesive tape. To protect against loss or theft School Accredited Again for Year Notification received last week by Wallace McCrae, high school principal, again gives the local school an accredited ratin as de termined by the Northwest Asso ciation of Secondary and Higher Schools. The association deter mines school ratings for Alaska, Hawaii, and the states of Califor nia, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Washington and Oregon. Vernonia high school has beén so classed since 1933 which was the first year the rating was re ceived. The basis upon which a school is accredited is an evalu ation by the association of the school’s curriculum, faculty, the building and equipment, and the activity program. Due to this rating graduates may enter any college in the United States with out being required to take entrance examinations. Oregon schools which are accredited now number 104. Monthly report from the local office of price administration shows that 5520 pounds of sugar for home canning have been is sued; 121 family applications were received. Applications for canning sugar are being issued each Wednesday, Mrs. Paul Gordon announces. Shoe coupons, 59 and 5 for boots were issued; Fuel oil: 919 FIRST OF CREW FOR gallons in coupons; 4900 gals, DRILLING ARRIVES CLATSKANIE — The eyes of in checks; 53 gals, surrendered. Gas; A books, 25 with 15 sur Oregon are now on Clatskanie as a result of the oil drilling op rendered; B books, 170 coupons, erations which are about to take 22 applicacants; C books, 1130 Otto Peterson, county school place on the Benson holdings coupons, 22 applicants; E books, superintendent, announces that 63 coupons, 5 applicants; R books five miles iron, town on the up 2212 coupons, 47 applicants, 1005 June 30 from 8 to 9 p.m., there per Clatskanie. Friday, the first of the oil dril gals. surrendered; T books, 466 will be held at Keasey and Ver ling Crew was expected to arrive coupons, 14 applicants, 620 gals. nonia an election to determine surrendered; 114 • gallons of whether or not Pleasant Vale in town and more will follow school, District 18, at Keasey will within a few days it was an hardship gas was issued. One oil heating stove was is consolidate with the Vernonia nounced. school district No. 47. More equipment was to arrive sued. The following is a list of tire last week also. Keasey has not had a teacher This spot is expected to be the transactions: passenger tires, 44; for the school for two years; the most comprehensive oil test in the 16 were not issued due to lack pupils attend the Vernonia school history' of the state. The Texas of quota. Truck tires: 7.50 and on a tuition basis. company officials have indicated smaller, 14. Due to lack of quota, an intention to drill to the 7500- 3 were not issued. Implement foot level, if necessary, or pos tires: 2 small. Truck gas appli Meeting Dated The next meeting of the Ver cations are now being received sibly deeper. Approximately 1800 acres of for the third quarter and fuel oil nonia Booster club is scheduled land from the Benson Timber applications for early summer for Monday evening at 7 p.m. company and the Evenson broth fill-up issuances are also receiv at the Legion hall, Edw. Salomon- sen announced this week. The ers are under lease as well as able now. Slaughter permit applicants American Legion Auxiliary will the 94,900 acres of land belong serve the dinner. numbered 18. ing to Columbia county. Election to Be Held June 30 County 7th War Loan Poppy Sales Results Given Results of the Poppy sale con ducted here recently by the Vet erans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary and the Legion Auxiliary were revealed this week. According to Mrs. H. H. King, of the American Legion group, $92.50 was obtained from poppy sales. Of this, $55.46 goes to the state Legion department for hospital use for the disabled vet erans and ($37.04 remains with the local Auxiliary for an emer gency fund for rehabilitation purposes and for child welfare. Mrs. Frank Lusby, in charge of the VFW poppy sale, states the* $50 was made and of that one-half remains in the local treasury for emergency use, tlfe other half being used in the same manner as that collected by the Legion Auxiliary. Gas Sticker Not Required Now One less sticker on the wind shield was a new ruling placed in effect Monday of this week when drivers were no longer re quired to display their A, B, C or T gasoline sticker. On that date, many Oregon motorists with B rations who could prove actual need were eligible for increased gasoline when ceilings were raised from 400 to 650 miles. Starting June 22, A card hold ers will automatically get six gal lons per coupon instead of 4. Amount of the increase for B card holders will vary with ac tual occupational driving needs but in no case will it exceed the new 650-mile ceiling. Service« to Be Read Fri. Funeral services for Nancy Lane Brown, 15 - months - old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ole J. Brown, who live on the O-A hill, trill be read at 2 p.m. Friday at the Bush Chapel with Rev. Allen H. Backer officiating. Graveside services will be held at the Ver nonia Memorial cemetery. COMMISSION GAINED James F. Rainey, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Rainey of Spring field, Oregon, was graduated with the commission of second lieuten ant in the engineers corps from the officer candidate school at Fort Belvoir, Va., May 30. A for mer student of Vernonia, Orc. high school, Lt. Rainey entered the army in November, 1943 at Camp Abbot, Ore. Before enter ing service, Lt. Rainey worked as construction foreman for the Faulkner Construction company at the' Tillamook air base. His wife, Helen and son are living in Springfield. Benefit to Haise Wading Pool Funds Need Expressed by Supervisor for Safety Of Youngsters Due to the fact that the mud bottom of the swimming pool used by the little children for wading is not too safe for foot ing, the funds from the benefit dance being held this Saturday night will be turned over to the city for building a concrete pool. The north end of the beach on the west side of the pool will bo the spot for building the wading ON GUARD DUTY pool. T-5 Louie Tunnell, in a recent According to Orile Robbins, in letter to his parents, Mr. and charge of the playground activity Mrs. Geo. Tunnell, mentions in during summer months, more cidents of interets concerned with children will derive benefit from his duty as guard in Germany. the swimming pool as a result He says i of this improvement because the “I don’t know if this village safety gained from building a would be on a map or not but concrete pool will encourage the name of the place where I parents in allowing their small am stationed is Arholzen. It is boys and girls to enjoy the water about 60 kilometers from Han activity. nover. Tiny Dumont’s Saddle Pals “I came across the pond on the from Portland will provide the Queen Mary, a British ship. The music for the dance to be held crossing was quiet and took only this Saturday night, June 16, at five days, the worst thing about the Legion hall, with the Ameri it being the chow. can Legion in charge. “We are temporary military government here at Arholzen and DEER SEASON OPENED “I finally got a chance to open I am on a road block, that is a guard checking the people deer season,” writes Pfc. Lloyd for passes. They can’t go any (Jake) Tunnell in a letter to his where over six kilometers with parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Tun out a pasd and most of the peo nell. Jake has been in Germany ple arq pretty good about show almost a year and at the time ing them but once in a while this letter was written he was re a fellow will get tough. A rifle ceiving treatment at a hospital is a pretty good persuader for for injuries sustained when he them and they really jump when wrecked his jeep while in action. “My boys and I have had three they see you mean business. I can’t see the point in arguing deer lately, two of them bucks with them. Can yotr- imagine me and one a doe. The only thing deciding whether to let them go wrong over here is the biggest or send them back. Maybe I’ll ones weigh only about 70 pounds so to feed 10 men it takes just be a judge when I get home.” about one to a meal. All we have time to perpare is the parts that GETS NEW RATING Aboard a U.S. cruiser in the can be fried.” Pfc. Tunnell suffered bruises north Pacific, K. G. Anderson of Vernonia, Oregon has been ad and a severely cut nose in his ac vanced to the rating of Seaman cident which happened May 2. He first class. Participation in a hopes to be home soon. number of bombardments of the MACDONALD IN CALIF. Japanese Kurile Islands is cred Major “Red” • MacDonald and ited to his record in nine months his family are located in Salinas, of sea duty. California where he is serving at He is the son of George F. the air base. He writes that they Anderson, Des Moines, Iowa and are “where the sun never fails Mrs. Anderson and their daughter to shine, but of that I’m not sure' live here. for the clouds surely hide the After entering the Navy in sun a lot.” MacDonald until re May 1944, Anderson received cently was at the Portland air his training at a naval training base, after having served in the school and at present is a look African and European war areas. out aboard his vessel. TO LEAVE SOON Prior to entering the service, Carlin Hackney, son-in-law of he was employed as a crane op Mr. and Mrs. Bob Spencer, will erator by tha Oregon-American. leave for service in the army on MEDAL AWARDED Cpl Raymond D. Shepard has been awarded the army good con duct medal at Fort Sill, Okla homa. Cpl. Shepard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Shepard, Mist Route, was graduated from Ver nonia high school in 1943. To receive the good conduct medal award an enlisted man must have been in the army at least a year and have demon strated “fidelity through faithful and exact performance of duty,” efficiency in his duties and ex emplary behavior. * AT AIR DEPOT V-E day found ICpI. E. Berl Amer on the job at a 1st base air depot, Warrington, England helping to ready more combat planes and equipment for immed iate action wherever they might be needed. Soldiers of the base air depot have, since their work began, dis patched 415,000 tons of air corps supplies, assembled and modified 12,000 combat planes and re paired or overhauled more than ¿0,000 aircraft engines. , Cpl. Arner has been overseas since March, 1945 and joined the army in July, 1943. He is the son of Mrs. B. E. Hall. Friday, June 22. He received his notice to report for induction a few days ago. Mrs. Hackney, who is working in the shipyards in Portland, will probably continue to make her home in Portland. RATING GIVEN RIVERVIEW—Mrs. John Wil- coxen received word from her son, John, of the USN that ho has received rating Sl-c. He is stationed at San Diego. IN TEXAS Ralph Sturdevant, son of Mr, and Mrs. Herb Sturdevant, is stationed in the army at Camp Wolters, Texas, near Fort Worth. Ralph graduated from Vernonia high school in May. His address is: Pvt. Ralph H. Sturdevant, 4th Pit. C Co., 51 Bn. IRTC, Camp Wolters, Tex. IN GULFPORT, MISS. Douglas Culbertson is receiving ing his basic training in the army air corpe at Camp Keesler, Miss issippi, near Gulfport. He writes his parents, the H. M. Culbert sons, that he is playing snare drum in the drill team. ADVANCEMENT LEARNED Hale Graves recently was ad vanced to Chief Machinist’s Mate in the USN. He and hie family are located at Pasco, Washington. More "Those Who” page 8
