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“Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Farming, Recreate- -------------------- -------------- ° V Vernonia, Columbia County, Oregon Volume 23 Number 44 Loggers Win From Cadets Here Friday Hill Scores Lone Tally in Third; Injuries Hinder Playing on a rain-soaked field and with fog apparent some of the time, the Loggers chalked up an 18 to 7 win Friday over Hill Military Academy in the last game scheduled for this season for the Vernonia first team. Injuries for several first- string Loggers have been a hin- dearnce and have 'been the prin cipal reason for no further games being dated. Through a steady rain, Ver nonia kicked to Hill at the open ing and took the ball on downs as the preliminary for the even ing’s first Vernonia score. Dodge picked up six yards on the first Logger play and was downed with goal to go. Byers drove over for six but the point wasn’t added and the quarter ended with both teams being offside in several plays. The score sheet didn’t change during the second period although Byers drove 36 yards on one play and Jack Frank another seven yards. The Cadets held their ground to keep the Loggers away from scoring territory. Hill’s lone counter came in the third period when an. intercepted pass set the Cadets in scoring po sition and they pushed over for the score and also made the point. The tally then was 7 to 6 for Hill. The Loggers received and preceded to give fans the thrill of the evening when Byers marched from his 13 marker to scoring territory, covering 87 yards, with the way being op ened by Jack Riley who blocked two Cadets to clear the path. Byers was tackled on the goal line but the down was completed in the end zone to give Vernonia 12 points to Hill’s 7. Again in the fourth period Vernonia kicked and Hill lost the ball on downs to give the Log gers the set-up they needed for their last score. Vernonia made use of the advantage by driv ing to Hill’s six-yard marker from which position Byers tal lied again, giving the Loggers 18 to the Cadet's 6. Stockmen Meeting Dated for Nov. 9 The Columbia county Livestock association will hold its next meeting Friday evening, Novem ber 9, at 7:45, at the Yankton Grange hall, as announced by J. C. Moran, president of the asso ciation. A special program of interest is being arranged at which there will be reports of the various livestock breed organizations, ac cording to Mr. Moran, such as beef, dairy, sheep and horses. Also, breeders are asked to bring to the meeting any photographs that they may have of livestock. Livestock theft, which has re cently become a menace to the county, will also be discussed at the meeting. Everyone having had lasses is asked to be pres ent at that time to make a report to the association. Thursday, November 1, 1945 Petition Asks SpecialElection on System THOSE WHO For Sewage; Opinons Favor Installation ARE IN IT A proposition that will mean much forf Vernonia if brought to completion, is being circulated by petition this week among resi dents of that part of the city lying west of Rose Avenue. The petition states: “We, the under signed, petition the City Council of the City of Vernonia to vote to call a special election upon the question of constructing a sewage disposal system for that part of Vernonia lying west of Rose Ave. We understand that blueprints of such a project have been drawn and are in the hands of city officials.” The idea for the sewage sys tem on Corey Hill came about due to highly unsatisfactory con ditions near several homes and led to the petition, which is :» start towards solving the prob lem. Lack of a sewage system west New Director Named for R. C. A new director to represent the Vernonia area for Red Cross work was named Monday even ing when Red Cross officials were here from St. Helens to explain intended future under takings of that organization. Mrs. Frank Hartwick was named to replace Mrs. Hamp Roberson for the position. Mrs. Hartwick will carry on that work in addition to her other Red Cross duties as hone service representative and also; as head of the motor corps. M. E. McMichael, safety engin eer for the St. Helens Pulp and Paper Co. and county first ail chairman, explained that methods for artificial respiration and oth er first aid techniques are dif ferent now from those taught during the war. Methods used now are thope recommended by medical authorities. First aid in structors are needed for adult classes and first aid training in schools are two Red Cross plans to be carried out. Local people are urged to write Mr. McMich ael about receiving the teachyig instruction. Mr*. Justice to Teach Home nursing classes are to be started here soon with Mrs. Raymond Justice as instructor for another part of the Red Cross work. It was mentioned Monday ev ening that the weekly visit of the Red Cross home service repre sentative from St. Helens is made here every Tuesday now and that she may be contacted at the Ver nonia bank building. During the week Mrs. Hartwick may be called for information regarding Red Cross work. A compliment for Vernonia was extended by the visitors they gave people of this vicinity credit for doing much of the county’s sewing work during the war. This county has completed over 1,000 overseas kit bags since the first of the year and has been prompt in_ doing the work when it was assigned. Requests have been received from veteran’s hospitals for heavy canes and anyone here who wishes to contribute to this need may do so by leaving the articles at the bank building. Office Changed The Cedarwood Timber com pany has installed a new six- cylinder diesel motor to replace the two smaller mo^>rs which have formerly provided power for the company mill here. The new motor is rated at 125 horse power and the installation was made last Friday . James Troy now has his of fice in the Vernonia bank build ing in the space formerly occu pied by the war price and ration ing board. He is handling the bookkeeping for three logging firms, Sam Wilson, United Log gers, Inc., and Frank Baker and Sons. The change from Camp 8 was made last Friday. Windows Decorated Building Repaired Three attractive Hallowe’en window displays were arranged, a few days ago in three local stores, the Nehalem Market and Grocery, Girod’s Food Store and the 'Vernonia Bakery. The front of the building hous ing, Lines’ Shoe Repair shop and the E. E. Upgard paint store is bein grepaired this week by John Erickson. New floor and wall supports are being installed. New Motor Installed ° of Rose Avenue has been a black mark on that part of the city as a highly satisfactory residen tial section. One instance recent ly illustrates that newcomers are often hesitant about purchasing property there and certainly about building. The case is that of a home offered for sale. The prospective buyer withdrew his offer upon learning that the sew age disposal was septic tanks. ______________________________ b ------------------- COUNTY NEWS DEED TRANSFERS 40,000 ACRES TO PAPER FIRM ST. HHLENS—A deed has been filed in the office of the Columbia county clerk which transfers from the Clark and Wilson Lumber company to the Crown-Zellerbach Paper company approximately 40,000 acres of logged-off land, some of which has a stand of second growth timber. The purchasing company also bought approximately 7,000 acres in Washington county, the remainder of the Clark and Wil son holdings. Price stipulated in the deed was nominal. The reforstation will add value to djrt county’s assessment roll which has been much depleted during the last two decades by removal of timber. In 1932 the assessed valuation of timber lands was almost six million dollars while in 1944 it was only $342,000. ERICK KLEPP PLANT BUSY WITH BARGES RAINIER—The local Klepp Marine Ways which during the war had a government contract for two 204-foot seagoing barges, is again busy with a U.S. con tract that calls for the paint ing of 16 barges at the local plant. The Klepp organization also has an order for the construc tion of a snag barge for a group cf Mayger fishermen. On the ways for repair at the present time are a dredge be longing to the Burcham company of Kalama and a fish pickup boat brought here from Clatskanie. CITY ELECTION NOVEMBER SIXTH CLATSKANIE—The city elec tion this year will be for the purpose of electing three council men. The terms of Elmer Culbert son, the cemetery commissioner; Francis Sparks, streets; and Har old Pascoe, police, will expire the first of the year. The election will be held on November 6 at the city record er’s office between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Gun Club Starts Rifle Practice The Vernonia Gun club, which has been inactive since 1942, has started practice again in preparation for competitive con tests with other teams in the Col umbia-Willamette Rifle league. The club, numbering about 33 members, has been unable to shroot due to scarcity of shells. At present about 15 of the mem bers are practicing at the club’s range in the old O-A cook house to be ready for tryout matches which will be held before the tournament. Tournament matches are sched uled to start soon after Janu ary 1st with probably 20 clubs in the league. This club holds the championship for the last tourns ament held in 1942. Vernonia Grange Host The regular meeting of the Columbia County Pomona Grange will be held Saturday, Nov. 3rd at the Vernonia Grange hall 3 miles from Vernonia on the Tim ber road. The meeting begins promptly at 11:00 a.m. with the Vernonia Grange as host. The open ditch drainage is, in the opinion of ethers, a menace to the health of children and grownups. One Corey Hill resi dent has said emphatically that an epidemic could easily start with disastrous results to the whole community. The petition has not been pre sented to every resident on the hill as yet (by the middle of the week) but nearly all 'of those who have been approached, ex pressed desire almost immediately to sign. Plans for the system were drawn by an engineer since the time when the present sewage system was built. At that time an estimate of the cost was also made but that would be of no value now. To determine the cost would require the prepara tion of new figures based on prices in effect now for the materials needed. Friday Institute Said Successful Last Friday’s Tri-County Teachers’ Institute here was deemed successful by many fav orable comments made by the vis iting teachers who were surprised at the completeness of arrange ments made for them. The day’s program included several prominent speakers, a- mong them Dr. A. C. Flora, su perintendent of schools at Col umbia, S. Carolina, Dr. Rex Put nam, state superintendent of pub lic instruction, and Dr. Frank Parr, executive secretary of the Oregon State Teachers’ associa tion, and Dr. Lawrence Bee, as sistant professor of sociology and anthropology at Reed College, all prominent men in education. Eight hundred teachers regis tered for the day and about 50 salesmen were also present, ex hibiting textbooks and teaching aids. Meals were served by: the Evangelical church, 65 Christian church 117; Mt. Heart Social club, 84; Nehalem Social club, 102; American Legion Auxiliary, 94; Chat ’N Nibble, 115 and Vike’s Cafe, about 100. 75 Boxes Xmas Quota Here A Vernonia quota of 75 and a county quota of 400 has been set by the county Red Cross chapter for Christmas boxes this year. The quota is the same as last year and the boxes are sent to hospitals and to men who will be at «ea on Christmas Day. Articles which may be included in the boxes are: soap and soap box, pencil, letter writing paper, envelopes, pocket type book, pocket comb, package hard can dy, white handkerchief, key ring, shaving cream, hair oil, after shave lotion, cigarettes, playing cards, dice, small picture frame and tobacco pouch. It is requested that no food be included with the possible ex ception of hard candies and nuts and that they be vacuum packed. All boxes must be turned in by Decembei 10. Banks Gets Win Here Monday Th“ Banks football eleven ev ened the score against the baby Loggers here Monday night when they won 30 to 0 to reverse their loss on their own field a week before. The Banks’ team showed marked improvement during the week’s practice between the two games. Vernonia played the game min us two players, Bob Sunell and Dick Renfro, who gave a good performance in the first game. Both Loggers were ineligible be cause of grades. EXPECTED HOME . Cpl. Norman Hamnett has been promoted from Pfc. after spend ing 21 months overseas on Sand and Johnston Islands. He is now at Pearl Harbor awaiting trans portation home. His wife, who is spending some time with her parents in Portland, will come back toi join him in Vernonia. GETS TERMINAL LEAVE Lt. James L. Smith, 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Smith of Wil lamina was given terminal leave from the army with discharge to follow soon at the army separa tion center. Ft .Lewis. Lt. Smith graduated from Vernonia union high school in 1938, entering the service Feb. 5, 1940. He served with the 162 Inf., Hq. Det. until transferred to the army air forces and served overseas with the 8th air force in the ETO as bombardier. Lt. Smith holds the disting uished flying cross, the air med al with three oak leaf clusters, four battle stars on the ETO rib bon and the presidential cita tion with oak leaf cluster. Since returning to the states he has been stationed at March Field, Cal. as instructor. HOME ON LEAVE Keith Clark, who has been serving aboard a mine sweeper in the Atlantic, arrived here last week on leave to visit friends and relatives. RETURNS TO HOSPITAL Capt. Harold Cason, who has been here at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Cason, returned Saturday to the hospital at Walla Walla for two weeks. DISCHARGED Discharged at the Puget Sound naval separation center at Brem erton, Wash. October 23rd was Durwood Gregory Mathews, mo tor machinist lc. HERE FOR VISIT Lt. G. R. Morris of the navy air force, arrived here Monday, Oct. 22nd from Floyd Bennett Field to be with his family, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Morris. He left for Terminal Island, San Pedro, Cal. Friday, the 26th. PARENTS VISITED Capt. D .F. Morris, pilot in the army air force, arrived home Wednesday the 24th after being overseas in England 10 months. He left here Monday the 29th for Hobbs, New Mexico. He plans to stay in the air force. BACK FROM ITALY Pvt. Jerry DeHaan arrived here Sept. 1st after being over seas in Italy. He is visiting his friends, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Morris until he leaves for Ft. Lewis Nov. 7th for his discharge and from ther; he will go to his home at Hills, Minnesota. ON LEAVE Sic Melvin Schwab is home on leave. BACK FROM ISLANDS Randolph Bass, BakeT 3c, ar rived home from the Philippines, Wednesday, October 31st. FOWLER DISCHARGED Hal D. Fowler, ART lc, ar rived home the 25th with an honorable discharge. He arrived in New York on the USS Foote, destroyer, from Panama, Oct. 17th then to the Great Lakes separation center where he re ceived his discharge. He intends to live in Southern Oregon with his family, to continue his radio work. DISCHARGED Pfc. Albert Tandy arrived here Monday, October 29 th with a discharge from the army after serving three and one-half years as a took. • GETS DISCHARGE Sgt. Hugh McDonald was here thia week, after receiving his discharge from the army air force, to visit friends. Hugh, a graduate of Vernonia high school, served with the eighth air force Nov. 29 to Dec. 8 Are Bond Dates Quota for County In Victory Loan Listed at $620,000 Columbia county is asked to raise $620,000 as its quota in the Victory Loan drive which started officially Monday of this week and will continue through December 8th. Of this amount, $250,000 will be E bonds, other sales to individuals will be $70,- 000 and corporations are listed for $300,000. Mrs. Ben Brick}!, who acted as chairman for the last war bond drive, is taking that responsibility again and will announce plans for the local campaign soon. The drive received one boost here Monday when Safeway Stores, Inc., announced the al lotment of $1,000 for bond pur chases to the local store. Another $1,000 purchase will be credited to the St. Helens Store. Need for attaining the quota in this drive is cited in a state ment from treasury department officials. They say: Bill Not Paid “The war is over but we have not paid the bill for it. Amer icans must finish the job by in vesting in the Victory loan. Re habilitation and care of the in jured will be one of the nation’s gravest responsibilties for the years to come. Bringing the boys back home, providing mustering out pay and administering the G. I. bill of rights will cost many billions. The1 termination of war contracts will leave another huge bill to be paid. These are just a few of the many reasons why the treasury needs eleven billion dollars in Victory bonds when there is no longer a war.” From now until the end of the Victory Loan drive, war bonus should be called Victory bonds and war stamps, Victory stamps, the treasury department also mentions. After the drive, the titles will revert to the older designations of United States Savings bonds and stamps. Three Juveniles Attempt Robbery Three juvenile boys were ap prehended Friday night after they had entered the Cleve Rob ertson heme and as they were about to steal money from the residence. They were caught by Mr. Robertson who heard them enter and who reported them to the police. The same boys have been im plicated in several other thefts recently, authorities mention, but charges have not previously been made due to lack of conclusive evidence. However, in this in- stanct the boys will have to ans wer to juvenile authorities at St. Helens. Wire Stringing Partly Completed The stringing of wire^on the West Oregon Electric’s power transmission line from Clatskanie is partly completed and is being carried to completion as fast as possible, J. W. Nichols, manager, said this week. At present the line has been strung from Clatskanie to Mist and is about completed from Ver nonia to Natal. The completed line will make electricity avail able to people living between Mist and Vernonia as well as providing an additional source of power to the system here. in England as aircraft crew chief directing maintenance work on P-51 Mustangs for two years. He plans to return to Klamath Falls where he was employed by a hardware firm.