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“Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Farming, Recre»»*-, Volume 23 Number 48 Youth Center Established Permanently Tuesday Evening Meetings to Be Held Regularly The youth recreation center which was started here temp orarily by the Christian church Tuesday, October 16th, has been reorganized on a permanent basis and is being conducted every Tuesday evening now at the Evangelical church social hall. The first gathering October 16 was then only a temporary organ ization intended to serve until more permanent arrangements could be made. The 90 and 9 Men’s class of the Christian church originated the idea that the three churches, Christian, Assembly of God and Evangel ical, combine to conduct the cen ter permanently and that it be held at the Evangelical church. An executive committee of L. L. Wells, Oscar Weed and Elgus Frank was named to conduct the necessary arrangements. Attendance at the center has varied from 45 to 65 since the first meeting and is intended for high school students only. The Vernonia Booster club will co operate in giving any assistance requested by the executive com mittee and has already author ized the purchase of some equip ment. Queen Voting to End December 1 The casting of votes for the victory queen ends December 1st according to rules governing the contest as set forth by the Ore gon war finance committee. Mary Katherine Norris is the Verno nia candidate for Columbia coun ty. The purchase of Victory bonds here has increased considerably over the figure released by the Vernonia post office last week. The cash value of sales up to Wednesday morning of this week was $14,962.50. Every purchase of every $25 bond for $18.75 entitles the purchaser to one vote. Two solicitors who are working in the city east of Rock creek but who were not mentioned last week are Mrs. Ray Mills and Mrs. W. G. Heath. Nursing Class Awaits Teacher The intended home nursing in struction for a class here will begin as soon as an instructor can be obtained, Mrs. Harry Cul bertson said Tuesday. Up to the first of this week 12 people had signed for the work and more who are interested are wanted. Mrs. Culbertson will take the names of those who have not al ready signified a desire to study the course. The class will start when a teacher is assigned from Red Cross headquarters at St. Helens. Fathers Will Be Guests Wed. The annual father and son get- together to be held at the high school gymnasium is planned for Wednesday evening of next week. At the event the fathers are guests of the boys of the school who entertain by games and contests. Supervising the affair this year, as in previous years, is Harold McEntire, who will pre pare another mulligan feed for which he has become somewhat famous locally. - --------------- - — Vernonia, Columbia County, Oregon THOSE WHO ARE IN IT SERVED ON USS ALKES Curtis R. Andrew, Sic, served aboard a cargo ship of the U.S. Pacific fleet which highlighted a stormy career with an out standing achievement, navy rec ords show. His ship, the USS Al- kes, set a record by unloading 1200 tons in small boats during a hectic 24-hour period shortly before the end of the war. Her last wartime duty was to carry Seabees to Guam early in Aug. to aid in the development of the then headquarters of Fleet Ad miral Nimitz. DISCHARGED Neal Bush received his dis charge from the army at Ft. Lewis November 20th. He plans to return to his law practice at Hillsboro. ( EXPECTED HOME Mr .and Mrs. T. H. Galloway received a letter Saturday from their son, Lyle, who was sta tioned last in Tinian. In the letter, dated Nov. 16th, he tells some of his recent activities. “Well, we finally got the> good" news we’ve been waiting for ail these months. We leave here for the states next week so I will be home with you for Christmas. It doesn’t seem like 18 months we’ve been over here now that I look back. We had it pretty rough for awhile though. “We quit playing baseball and altogether we won 37 and lost 11. We had a ifine team. Am bringing my catchers glove home with me for I got it brand new. “We’ve been busy the last week packing and the next 3 days we’ll be so busy that we won’t have time to sleep. I sure ly hope Les gets to come home soon as its been an awful long time since I've seen him. “It should take only 17 days for us to be in Cal.” OUT OF SERVICE Thurman East, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. East, arrived home Wed. of last week after receiving his discharge from the service at Ft. Lewis Monday. He spent two years overseas in the European theater. Another son, S-Sgt. Wally East, is stationed now in France. HOME WITH DISCHARGE Richard G. Peterson arrived here Saturday with his discharge from the service. He was in the service for 35 months and two days, spending 15 months in the Aleutians and several months at Okinawa. The discharge was is sued at Bremerton. DISCHARGED Harry Lazott is here with his discharge from the service after spending considerable time in Europe. He was in the service almost three years. He arrived here Thanksgiving Day. BEN FOWLER HOME Sgt. Ben Fowler arrived here Sunday evening with his dis charge from the army after 3 years and 7 months in the ser vice, two years of that overseas in Corsica, Southern France, It aly and Germany. He first left Antwerp, Belgium Nov. 1st but his ship was damaged by a Dutch oil tanker and returned to Antwerp. He shipped out the second time Nov. 7th and ar rived in Boston Nov. 15th then to Ft. Lewis Nov. 23rd. His friend, Harry Lusby, whom he had not seen since joining the service, drove to Ft. Lewis to bring him home. He is staying at the home of his sister, Mrs. Maeva Peters. HOME FOR 30 DAYS Pfc. Lee Engen is home on a 30-day furlough after which he reports to Ft. Lewis for over seas duty. HERE WITH DISCHARGE S-Sgt. Marshall Malmsten has been discharged from the army after serving three years over seas. He is visiting his parents the F. E. Malmstens. Their son- in-law, Alfred Greathouse, SF2c, received his discharge from the navy Nov. 28. SERVICEMAN HOME S-Sgt. Norman W. Twiss of the army air corps arrived here Sunday after receiving his dis charge. He was overseas on Guam and Saipan and in the South Pacific two and one-half years. He arrived in San Pedro, California Nov. 13th then to Ft. Lewis where he received his dis charge. He likes Vernonia and after visiting relatives in Can ada expects to come back here to stay. CASON DISCHARGED Captain Harold Cason received his discharge from the army at Walla Walla last week and re turned to his home here Satur day. , PARENTS VISITED RIVERVIEW — Darrei Rose, USN, who has finished his boot training at San Diego, came Sat. to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Rose. His brother, Mancel Lee Rose, AM2c, who is stationed at Seattle, was given a week end leave to come home at this time. Mancel returned to Seattle Tues, morning and Darrel will report back to San Diego at the end of his five-day leave. HERE FOR VISIT Warrant Officer Glen Kobow, son of Mrs. Maude Kobow, ar rived here a few days ago to vis it his mother after being in the service four years and spending much of that time in campaigns from Australia to Japan. He entered the army with the Na- tioral Guard. The officer will re port to Ft. Lewis today, Thurs day. He is expecting his Australian bride to arrive in this country shortly after Christmas. GETS DISCHARGE Pfc. Elmer L. Brady, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T, Brady, came home last Thursday with his discharge. He received his papers at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri and had just returned from 18 months spent overseas. OILER’S FEAT TOLD Floyd Homer Epperson, S2c, USNR, and other navy men serv ing on the auxiliary oiler USS Kennebago figured in a war time feat that the navy has placed in its now-it-can-be-told category. The feat was the rescue of the damaged cruisers USS Houston and USS Canberra from the shadow of the Formosa coast, an operation which now has become a navy tradition. . The Kennebago was one of two oilers sent to refuel the tug3 which were towing the damaged vessels out from under the very nose of the Japs. With a Jap air attack imminent and a ty phoon almost upon them, the tugs could not stop to take on fuel. So the Kennebago and hei- sister oiler, the USS Pecos, suc cessfully performed the hazard ous and delicate operation of re fueling the tugs while they kept at their towing task. GETS DISCHARGE E. H. Greenman, BM1c, was discharged from the U.S. navy at the naval personnel separa tion center at Shoemaker, Cal. Nov. 22nd. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Judd Greenman. REA Manager Sought Here A manager for the West Ore gon Electric cooperative is being sought by directors of the group and applications for the job are acceptable at the coop office. The need for filling the po sition arises with the resigna tion of J. W. Nichols, present manager, at the director’s meet ing November 13. His action was effective immediately but he has agreed to remain until January 1st. City Hal! Painted The iVemonia city hall inter ior was redecorated early this week. The work was done by E. E. Upgard. Emergency Station to Discontinue Wartime Organization Will Be Discontinued, Articles Returned The casualty station which was organized in 1942 soon after the Pearl Harbor disaster is to be discontinued Mrs. R. D. Eby an nounced early this week and ar rangements are being made to dispose of materials on hand for use at the station. A large part of the supplies on hand were donated by local people when the organization was started and these aritcles are to be returned. Mrs. Eby will soon announce the time and days when donors may call for the articles they ¡loaned at that time. The materials are stored at the I.O. O.F. hall. Other articles were purchased from donated funds and these are to be returned to the firms from which purchased. Items not claimed will remain in the com munity for possible future use. The casualty station was first suggested December 20, 1942 by J. W. Nichols who served as the leader for civilian defense in this community during the war. Upon his suggestion the station was or ganized with Mrs. Eby as gen eral supervisor and with the I.O. O.F. hall as headquarters. Sev eral impressive practices were held for people assigned to as sist with work at the station in order to prepare for possible bombing or any other disaster that might come. Other divisions of civilian defense also partici pated in the pactices held a short time after this country entered the war to prepare for any even tuality. Hoop Squad Cut To 25 by Coach Coach J. Hergert is reducing his Logger basketball squad to a size that will give him the op portunity to increase his train ing schedule for the first Logger game with Forest Grove Decem ber 14th. Of last year’s start ing list, only Duke Byers re mains, although he has several lettermen who saw considerable action last season. Other county teams are also preparing for the opening of county league play January 4th. The first Vernonia game is with St. Helens who will come here. The Loggers went to the state tourney last year after defeat ing Gresham in the playoff be tween district 14 and 13 in the A division. Clatskanie was win ner of the state B division at the same tournament. Early Christmas Mailing Urged The early mailing of Christ mas packages and letters is urged by local post office author ities in a statement issued Tues day concerning this annual rush season. The announcement was made to warn that late mail ing of packages and letters will likely be undelivered by Christ mas time. Last minute mailing is also condusive to greater damage of parcels. People mailing packages can also be assured of better service and can ease the post of fice burden by properly wrap ping and addressing parcels. Se curely packed articles will be much more likely to reach des tinations without damage and proper addresses also aid deliv ery. The address and return ad dress should be placed on one side of the parcel only and should be plainly written. Thursday, November 29, 1945 650 LETTERS MAILED MONDAY The first local mailing of Christmas Seals here was mads Monday to start the campaign for funds which go primarily for use in the fight against tuber culosis. The mailing Monday was made after high school typing classes completed envelope ad dressing and the work of filling the envelopes had been made by 8th grade girls. Additional mailing of letters remains to be done according to Miss Velva Ramsey, local chair man, who plans to send 300 more. This sale is the only means of raising TB funds; and| the mail method is the only way the sale is conducted. Seals are not sold by school students, Miss Ramsey said in reply to several people who have mentioned buying the seals from youngsters. Both high and grade students participate by purchasing ban gles, the small, red, double-barred crosses. These crosses sell for le each to grade' students and 5c each to high school students. School Census Shows Decrease The annual school census was completed last week by Mrs. John Grady who has been doing the work for several years for school District 47, Jt. The census this year revealed a decrease in the number of individuals between the ages of four and 20 years as compared with findings of pre- vious years. Listed as a total this year is the figure 792, which is com- posed of 368 girls and 424 boys. New areas included this year are Keasey, Sunset Camp and Kist. The 1944 census total was 865 which was composed of 445 boys and 420 girls. School officials be lieve the decrease this year may be due partially to the large number of boys between 18 and 20 years of age who are in the service. The census was taken by Mrs. Grady and Mrs. Carl Davis. Storm Causes Damage Monday A heavy rain and wind storm in the valley early Monday morn ing was responsible for some dam age to electric power lines and brought out a number of leaks in roofs that otherwise would not have given trouble. The city flag pole fell against electric lines at the park but did net cause the power shutoff about 6 a.m. Falling trees and limbs caused the power trouble and resulted in the shutoff which was soon corrected. The water level of Rock creek at the swimming pool site was higher than is maintained by the pool dam during the summer months. Cheat Total $786.45 The total of funds collected for the war chest campaign is $786.45 as of this week, accord ing to Mrs. Harry Culbertson, local chairman. This amount was donated by local business firms and individuals but does not in clude that part of the drive be ing conducted by the IWA which will be completed within a short time. Fowler to Return The Vernonia Post Office staff will be augmented soon by the return of Hal Fowler, who was recently discharged from the service. Fowler was employed at the post office previous to enter ing the navy and will take over the city delivery of mail for that section of Vernonia west of Rock Creek. Club Phamplet Printed; Help Given Center Booster Group Sees Advertising Folder At Monday Meeting The first showing of the Boost er club advertising pamphlet was made Monday evening when the group met at the Chat ’n Nibble cafe for its November meeting. The pamphlet is devoted to ad vertising the Nehalem valley and Vernonia and will be distributed widely throughout this state and surrounding states. The folder carrys a display of pictures and information explain, ing what is to be found in this area, the climate, sources of live lihood and plans for the future. The printing was completed last Saturday and the information and pictures were devised by the Booster club board of directors who spent considerable time pre paring the material. Club members heard a report by Lyman Hawken, member of the committee appointed in Oc tober to arrange a youth recrea tion center. He stated that local churches have combined to carry on the« center and recommended that the club give every assist ance possible. The first step in providing that assistance was the authorization to purchase ply wood for a ping pong table. Rev. W. O. Livingstone mentioned that additional games are needed and also expressed appreciation for the club’s assistance in the youth program. President Edward Salomonsen instructed the club committee to determine further needs of the center and report at the next future meeting. A Ping pong set was donated by Mrs. Frank Hartwick for the table when it is constructed. Th e club will meet aerain on the last Monday in January, ■skipping the December meeting as it would fall the evening be fore Christmas. Election of of ficers will occupy part of the January gathering and a nomi nating committee was appointed Monday to recommend new of ficers for 1946. Named to that committee were Jack Nance, E. J. Douglass and Mrs. Frank Hartwick. An auditing committee of A. L. Kullander and Dr. R. D. Eby was appointed upon request of Rev. Livingstone, treasurer. Co-op Membership Sign-up Asked All electricity consumers in this area who were receiving ser vice previous to February 1, 1945 are asked to call at the West Oregon Electric company office in order to sign a meter deposit refund for interest due and at the same time to make application for membership in the coopera tive. The sign-up as asked by Man ager J. W. Nichols in order to take care of this detail as quick ly and conveniently as possible before the annual election in January. Christmas Play Being Prepared The annual Christmas pro gram, held every year at the Washington grade school is being prepared this year under the di rection of Mrs. Harry Sandon. She will act as coach for the presentation and will be assisted by every teachi r in the grades. The high school sextet will also provide part of the program. This year’s play will be en titled “A Mother Goose Christ mas.” and will be seen Friday, December 21, the last day of school before the holiday vaca tion.
