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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 30, 1945)
“ . Vernonia, Gateway ' 1 to Nehalem ... i Valley Lumbering, -1 111 .i i . . i Farming, ■ i ———— R*"V o Volume 23 Number 35 Paving Job Starts for City Streets New Work to Cover Mile; Gravel Lack Present» Problem The paving of approximately a mile of unpaved city streets is slated to start this week, now that sufficient gravel for the mile of work has been crushed by the road district 16 crew The paving will not cover as many streets as at first planned by the city due to difficulty in ob taining gravel. The road district’s grader began the forepart of this week to shape the streets which will be surfaced in preparation for the later work. County paving equip ment will be used for the work and was expected to arrive here Wednesday. Original Plan Larger Originally the paving project plan called for over three miles of work which would cover most of the remaining graveled streets but that will have to wait an other year, Mayor Johnson stat ed. However, he said, the city plans the remaining work as a future project. One of the major difficulties has been crushing sufficient grav- el to complete the full project as outlined for this year. Main taining a crew of workmen for the district 16 crusher has been impossible a good part of the time, Supervisor Cleve Melling er stated, hence the difficulty in obtaining gravel. With an expect ed increase in the labor supply next year, that trouble will be overcome. Football Practice Starts; Sked Set The first sign of fall football appeared Monday evening when Coach Robbins began practice for the coming schedule of games which is complete for the season. Although Robbins will leave Sep tember 3rd, he is devoting even ing hours to pre-season practice so the squad will be prepared for coming games. The Loggers will take the field for seven games on a schedule that gives them competition ev ery Friday from September 21 to November 2, four games here and three away. The schedule: September 21— Sabin H. S., Portland, here. September 28— St. Helens, there. October 5— Seaside, here. October 12— Rainier, there. October 19— Scqppoore, here. October 26— Hill Military, here. November 2— McMinnville, there. Hop Picking to to Start Sept. 3 Local people who have signed for hop picking at the Hartwick farm at Banks will begin that work on the coming Monday, September 3, at 7 a.m. it is an nounced this week for the infor mation of signers. The work will be another phase of farm work in which many from here have participated this year. Mrs. Frank Hartwick, who has arranged details of signing up for the work, states that her list contains an insufficient num ber of pickers for the work to be done. Others who decide to help may list their names with her by calling 1042. Busses carrying pickers will leave at 7 a.m. September 3rd from Riverview and from Bridge street at the railroad tracks. _________________Vernonia, Columbia County, Oregc THOSE WHO ARE IN IT STILL OVER THERE Sgt. Warren Gillham is anoth er one of the Vernonia boys who enlisted early in 1940 and is still over there. Only Warren chose the regular army and spent his first 18 months of army life at Ft. Ord, Cal., training with ar. old-fashioned horse-drawn field artillery unit, the 76th Head quarters Battalion. After Pearl Harbor it was mo torized, became the 75th, and was sent up to Umnak in the Aleutians to wait for the Japs. He spent two years in that lonely wasteland, then was made a part of the 209th field artillery and returned to the States for retraining and deployment. In March of this year they sailed for France to serve as replacements but reached Ger many too late to see much active combat duty. After V-E day he was trans ferred to the 199th field artil lery while the 209th returned home. The battalion he is now with is an all-veteran outfit made up of high-point men, is part of the 3rd army and is with the army of occupation at Nuremberg, Germany. Warren has 92 points, has County News WATER SHORTAGE BRINGS CURB ON USE ST. HELENS — The city of St. Helens is face to face with another water shortage, and ac cordingly' Mayor R. W. Simeral has ordered suspension of lawn sprinkling temporarily. » According to Dave Slaght, city engineer, the water supply is at the danger point, and a series of serious fires, added to the drain which sprinkling puts on the sys tem, would be disastrous. PICKLE COMPANY CALLS FOR FIELD HELP ST. HELENS — Cucumber pickers are needed in the Scap poose area immediately, the farm labor office ih the Columbia county court house revealed on Thurs. Manager Johnson of the Pacif ic Conserving Co. said the crop is very good and the pickles are of a very good quality, but to keep the quality high, it is nec essary to have an enlarged crew for two or three weeks. Weather conditions have brought on a very heavy crop and local pick ers are not able to keep the cu cumbers off the vines. MINT HARVEST IS UNDERWAY CLATSKANIE — Mint stilling and bean picking are two types of work which started this week in this vicinity. The crop seems to be satisfac tory this season with the run of beans at the present time being rather spotty. Several of the mint farmers this year are already busy with stilling operations. Crops in the field this season are reported in some cases to be better’ than us ual, some as good as last year while other growers report that lack of summer rain and the wet spring season the crop pro duced this year is not reaching previous year’s yields. WELL IS DOWN ALMOST A MILE CLATSKANIE — The depth of 4456 feet was passed last week by drillers of the Texas company at Clatskanie No. 1 wildcat oil test well. Oil could be either close or it might be thousands of feet deeper or may not be found at all in unproven territory such as Oregon. However, the Texas company has offered the Columbia county court a proposition to lease 2887 acres of county-owned land in the Deer Island district at the rate of SO cents per acre. seen service on two fronts, and has no idea when he will be able to return to civilian life at home. HALL PROMOTED RIVERVIEW — Tb Thomas Hall, stationed in» Burma, writes his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Riley Hall, that he has had recent pro motions which increased his pay check and gives him the rating of Corporal. They had heard of VJ Day in the jungle but had no idea as to when they would return to the States. RETURNS TO DUTY Otto Browning, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Browning, left Saturday to return to San Diego after leave spent here. He entered the service in June of this year and has completed his boot training. HERE ON LEAVE Leonard J. Belongia, S2c, on leave from the naval air base at Oakland, Cal., was a week end visitor at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Richards, at Treharne. FURLOUGH ENDS Cpl. Murvel K. Frank left last Thursday, August 23, for Ft. Lewis and then for Camp Barkeley, Texas after spending a 30-day furlcugh here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Frank and other relatives and friends. HERE FOR IS DAYS Jce Roberson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hamp Roberson, and Mrs. Roberson arrived here Saturday for 15 days leave with relatives. Joe, who is stationed at San Diego, is motor machinist’s mate 3c with the amphibious forces. They will return to San Diego at the end of his elave. FIVE SONS SERVE Mr. and Mrs. Milton J. Lamp ing now have five sons in the service, some of them stationed in this country and some over seas. The eldest, Milton, entered the service June 21 and is train ing now at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri. Lt. Clarence Lamping has been in the army almost three years, completing his mis sions over Germany with the 8t’l air force and returning to this country where he is instructing. He is stationed at Sebring, Flor ida. Cpl. Bernard has served three years and is now in New Guinea acting as surgical technician. Sgt. Robert has also seen three years of duty and is with the 7th strategic air force as radioman and gunner. His parents are not sure of his location. Pfc. Clyde is a marine and has seen two years of service with the 5th division. At present he is at a rest camp in Hawaii after giing through the Iwo Jima campaign. BACK AFTER 12 MONTHS Peter W. Benson, Sic, USNR of Vernonia, has reported in at the U. S. naval armed guard center, Treasure Island, Cal., aft er spending 12 months as a mem ber of a gun crew aboard a merchant ship. The armed guard ' center di rects the training and assignment off all officers and enlisted men of navy gun crews of merchant vessels in the Pacific. Thursday, August 30, 1945 c Ration Board TEACHER HIRED; Dentist Need Considered To Close Here CALL ISSUED September 30 By Club Mon. Consolidation with Forest Grove Board Is CPA’s Plan Now The control of those items which remain under rationing will after September 30th, be as sumed by the Forest Grove war price and rationing board, Mrs. Ray Mills, lccal board clerk an nounced this week. Plans for the change were made known here only a few days ago by the Portland district office which had previously announced through a news release that local boards would gradually be consolidated over the next two or three months into area boards or price panels. Major emphasis will be placed on price control in the future. 1942 Board Starting Date The local board was organized shortly before June, 1942, June being the month when. Mrs. Paul Gordon began work as the board’s clerk. Mrs. Mills began work in April, 1943. A tire panel was op erative before that time. Oldest members on the board from point of service are R.M. Aldrich and Mrs. Harry Sandon. Other mem bers are Lyman Hawken and C. F. Hieber. Several changes in membership have occured during the life of the board. « An important part of ration- nig work has been the price panel board, members of which are: Sam Hearing, A. L. Kul- lander, Walter Kent, Mrs. Ralph Valpiani and Mrs. Merle Cline. It is possible that seme of the panel members may continue in that capacity as part of the For est Grove panel. Saturday Closing Started Due to the fact that remain ing work is concerned with ra tioning only a few items and price control, all boards, this one included, are starting a 40-hour week which will necessitate clos ing on Saturdays. During Septem ber while this board continues to operate, the Saturday closing pro cedure will be followed. Service Council Group Is Need Mention at Monday evening’s Booster club meeting of the need of a service council which would care for problems of returning service men was made by two Legionnaires. Their opinions were that a four- cr five-man board is needed locally to handle these problems and give the as-¡stance needed. At present A. L. Kulland°r acts as trvice officer for both the V. F. W. and the Legion in giving aid for veteran problems, but the job will be far greater soon than can be cared for by one person. Different organiza tions are being asked to name a representative or representatives to act as members of the sug gested council which will give the needed aid. One vacancy in the high school teaching staff has been filled for the coming school term, Princi pal Ray Mills announced Tues day morning shortly before leav ing for Portland to seek other instructors for the staff. Named for the position of in dustrial arts and science is Leon ard Baker of Portland who has been previously employed in war work. Mr. Mills stated that three po sitions yet remain to be filled but that several prospects are be ing considered. Along with the Tuesday morn ing announcement Mr. Mills stat ed that he wished all freshmen and new students who possibly can to report at the high school on Thursday or Friday, Septem ber 6th and 7th, for registration. Hours set for the two days are from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Taking care of the registration details now for these students will help much to relieve the first day rush when school opens September 10. Reconversion Aid Keynote of Meet Reconversion and aid for re turned veterans seemed to be the keynote of speeches given by Senior Vice Department Com mander Mead and Department Quartermaster Fred Corn of the V.F.W. at the district meeting held Friday, August 24th in Ver nonia. Mrs. Marie Dana, depart ment president of the auxiliary, stressed the point that new mem bers are needed to help in work for the veterans now returning from overseas. More hospital space is needed for the many injured who are coming home. Mrs. Ora Windus, senior vice department president, introduced the Americanization Essay con test that the V.F.W. Auxiliary sponsors each year. This contest will be started soon after school begins. Each town in district No. 2 was represented with approxi mately ten each from St. Helens and- Clatskanie and four from Rainier besides department of ficers from Portland. Total del egates were about 65. Mrs. Jen nie Lusby, local auxiliary presi dent, was honored by a large birthday cake. Stores to Close For Mon. Holiday Many Vernonia business hous es and industrial operations will close Monday for the annual Labor Day holiday on September 3rd. No celebration is planned here this year, but many people will probably take the opportun ity for short trips due to the fact that they; will be able to ob tain gasoline. Greenwood Elected Secretary; Two New Directors Appointed The need, which has been long apparent, for at least one dentist in this area was voiced Monday evening at the Vernonia Boost ers club meeting at the Legion hall and steps were taken to obtain that service for this com munity. Nearly everyone pres ent had experienced difficulty at some time during the past two or three years in obtaining dental attention due to the de crease in the number of civilian dentists and the resulting in crease of patients for those re maining in practice. One possibility for obtaining a dentist was mentioned and that will be followed up to determine if his services can be obtained for this locality. Vet’s Aid Asked Another suggestion which will receive further consideration at a later meeting was a veteran’s aid council which has already been undertaken by the Amer ican Legion but which could be considerably assisted by the club. The purpose of such a council ¡ b to aid veterans with the many problems often confronting them upon return to civilian life. J. W. Nichols was appointed to de termine what help the club could give and report at the next meet ing so further action can be taken then towards giving that aid. Greenwood New Secretary The election of one officer and appointment of two others com prised the remaining business of the evening. The election of a new secretary was necessary due to the resignation of Mrs. Jew ett A. Bush who will soon move to Clatskanie. Elected to fill that vacancy is E.E. Greenwood. A L. Kuland- er and Cecil Johnson were ap pointed to fill vacancies on the board of directors. Groceries Plan 3 Delivery Days A change that will be wel comed by housewives is the an nouncement this week that three groceries plan to revise their delivery schedules starting the week beginning Sepember 10th. Since the time when tires, gas oline and manpower became scarce, the delivery of groceris has been curtailed to twice each week—Tuesday and Saturday. Now that the three difficulties have been somewhat overcome a change is made possible. The new schedule calls for 3 deliveries each week—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday—by 3 stores, the Nehalem Market and Grocery, King’s Grocery and Market and Girod’s Food Store. Tire Reinspection Week's Rationing Highlights Revealing Not Required Now Everpone welcomed the news about removal of gas and oil rationing and were just as happy that blue food points were no longer needed bu« the OPA still has something to say about a few things. Among those things are household washing machines, ironers and aluminum kitchen ware which OPA says will be back in stores this fall at 1942 prices. Models will vary in style and price much as they did be fore the war but manufacturers will be required to tag the pots, pans, skillets, washing machines and ironers with their retail ceil ing prices. Manufacturers will be required to turn out the same proportion of low-priced units they mad» during pre-war years. The appearance of these items cn local shelves will no doubt bring happy exclamations from Ic.’ai housewives and store own ers just as will the fact that price control will continue on all scarce commodities. These include virtually every item figuring in the cost of living. Price ceilings will be removed only when sup ply agencies tell the OPA there is enough to go around. Although the Vernonia ration board is to be consolidated with Forest Grove’s, the price panel will probably continue to act for that important phase of rationing— to prevent the inflation which followed world war I. With the end of gasoline and fuel oil rationing, all ratioining coupons and certificates held for those products were valueless but car owners will need their mile age rationing record in applying for tires. Passenger and truck tires are still rationed. Starting September 1 five ad ditional red stamps in book 4 will be good for purchase of rationed meats, fats, oils and dairy products through December 31. The new stamps are: LI thru QI, each worth 10 points. Sugar stamp 38 will be good for five pounds on September 1 through December 31. Stamp 36 expires August 31. Effective September 1 OPA will no longer require the rein spection of tires for' commercial vehicles by the central truck tiro inspection stations. Beginning on September 1 there will be no validation by a central inspection station for tires for commercial vehicles. • The applications will bear only the inspection of an official in spection station. The applicant will have his tires inspected in the usual manner and his tires will be turned in to the selling dealer just as is being done with passenger tires. Removed from rationing Aug ust 20th were all tractor, imple ment and industrial type tires.
