“Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Farming, Récréatif-
Vernonia, Columbia County, Oregon
Volume 23 Number 50
Cody Service MAILING TIME
Granted Lease LONGER SAT.
To Airport
Instruction for
Students Is Plan
Of Flying Group
City councilmen, meeting on
Tuesday evening of last week in
stead of the regular Monday
time, granted a lease of one
year’s time to the Cody Aero
Service of St. Helens for the
city airport. The request for a
lease by the firm was considered
several weeks ago but no, def
inite action was taken then, the
council wishing to obtain infor
mation from elsewhere as to
charges made in similar circum
stances.
The lease of the port is to
extend for one year and charges
are based so that the city will
receive five per cent of the
gross revenue from fees for
flying instruction. It is the un
derstanding that planes will be
brought in by the service in
order to make the instruction
available.
COUNTY NEWS
BEAVER NAMED
FOR UNLOADING
CLATSKANIE —
Assurance
was given this week that Beaver
Ammunition Storage Plant would
operate unti' well into next year
at least with the report that the
local port would discharge all
ammunition and high explosives
of the army that is ¡being re
turned from the Pacific theater
to the West Coast.
Since V-J Day, the Beaver
Ammunition Storage Point has
been busy with the unloading of
ships from the Pacific, loading
the ammunition into box cars and
shipping it to various inland de
pots.
The work is being done by
civilian longshoremen, working
every day and nightshifts part
of the time.
VAN VLEET SAWMILL
RE-OPENS AFTER STRIKE
RAINIER — Van Vleet Lum
ber company’s Rainier sawmil'
plant reopened Tuesday morning
of last week after having been
closed since September 22 by
the strike of AFL lumber work
ers in the Pacific Northwest.
Six hours later the cyclonic
storm that covered
the area
stopped the mill as the power
lines were broken.
The mill opened again on
Thursday morning and normal
operation with 65 men is in pro
gress.
JOHNSON NAMED
COMMITTEE HEAD
ST. HELENS — W. C. John
son of Mist Monday was named
chairman of the Columbia county
farmer committee which will aid
in the production and marketing
administration's program in this
area. In the past, a similar com
mittee has worked with the ag
ricultural adjustment administra
tion, whose duties have now been
taken over by the new organiza
tion.
This committee, all of whom
served on the Triple-A committee
during 1946 and will represent
county farmers, who, during the
past several days, elected local
committees to choose the county
committee.
People who wish to mail
Christmas packages and letters
will have a few more hours to
do so due to an extension of
Saturday opening hours at the
post office here. Ordinarily the
office closes at 1 p.m. Saturday
but for the next two Saturdays,
December 15 and December 22,
the windows will be open until
five o’clock.
Postmaster Emil
Messing announced the time ex
tension in order to help patrons
during the Christmas rush.
Another change is intended
beginning with the first Sat
urday in January, thq 5th, when
the office will begin a closing
schedule of 12 noon for the last
day of each week.
War Chest Drive
Fund Is Totaled
The Vernonia part of the Col
umbia county’s drive for funds
for the Oregon war chest was
completed this week and a total
figure of the amount collected
from residents of this area was
made available. Ths drive was
divided into the solicitation of
members of IWA Local Union
5-37 and a canvass of people not
holding union membership. The
union drive was conducted by
Jack R. M. Taylor while Mrs.
Harry Culbertson headed the oth
er, part of the campaign.
Local 5-37 members contribu
ted a total of $1369.21 which
figure also included the union
membership’s contribution to the
next Red Cross drive. As the
fund will be divided, $913.74 will
be turned over to the chest
fund and $455.57 will be ear
marked for Red Cross. The latest
report submitted by Mrs. Cul-
bertBon lists $786.45 as contrib
utions from business firms and
other individuals.
Schroeder Heads
NW Forest Unit
Edward Schroeder has been
named by State Forester N. S.
Rogers to head the Northwest
Oregon forest unit which com
prises over 1,500,00 acres of for-
e ts in Clatsop, Columbia, Till
amook, Washington and Yamhill
counties. The unit was formerly
the Northwest Oregon Forest
Protective association which was
turned over to the state October
1st. Schroeder was field assis
tant in the administration of the
Oregon forest conservation act.
Mr. Schroeder is reorganizing
the unit and is planning to make
his headquarters at Forest Grove
which will be the central clear
ing point. Four districts will be
maintained with
assistants in
charge and will be located at
Jewell, Pittsburg, Forest Grove
and Tillamook.
Fish Hearing Dated
Pursuant to provisions of Ore
gon state laws, the Oregon state
game commission will hold its
annual hearing in regard to
angling regulations for game fish
at ten o’clock in the forenoon
Saturday January 12, 1946, at
its offices in 616 Oregon Build
ing, Portland.
The hearing is open
public.
to the
Water Users Gain
The number of users obtain
ing service fom the city water
department is showing a gradual
increase,. City Recorder Albert
Childs said this week. This in
crease has been in progress for
some time and averages about
five new customer» a month.
REA Board
Considers
Applications
Power Hook-up to
Bonneville Is
Authorized Mon.
The board of directors of the
West Oregon Electric coopera
tive, meeting Tuesday evening,
considered applications for man
ager and heard two delegates
presenting problems of electric
al service in two different areas
of the district.
One of the delegates was pres
ent from the Scroggins Valley
area to request the building of
additional lines in order to pro
vide power to prospective cust
omers not now served. A con
tract covering the construction
is now awaiting funds and ap
proval from REA headquarters in
St. Louis, Missouri, board mem
bers said and nothing can be
done until such time as official
approval is made there.
The other delegation represent
ing the Mist-Birkenfeld area
brought complaints that,
since
hook-up with cooperative power
had been made, the service in
,‘hat area was poor. A request
vas made that connection be
ir.ade with Bonneville power
through the line leading over the
Clatskanie mountain to supple
ment the present power source
and better the service. The di
rectors were informed by the
cooperative resident engineer that
the connection was to be made
within the next ferw days, prob
ably Monday of the coming week.
Final business of the evening
was the consideration of the
eight or ten applications for the
manager position which is being
vacated by J. W. Nichols, who
tendered his resignation at the
previous director meeting in No
vember. A selection of three
prospective managers was made
and were telegraphed to St. Lou
is Wednesday morning for final
approval. That approval of one
of the prospects must be given
by REA headquarters and the an
nouncement of the man to head
the West Oregon cooperative will
be made then.
Early Mailing
Assures Delivery
To
assure the
delivery of
greeting cards by Christmas day,
the local post office urges an
early mailing of the greetings
and states that they should be
sent not later than December 15.
Should they be sent later, deliv
ery before Christmas will be
doubtful.
Parcels should also be sent at
at an early time so that delivery
may be made before the holiday.
People mailing packages can be
assured of better service and
can ease the post office load
by following a practice of care
ful, accurate addressing and se
cure wrapping. Securely wrapped
parcels will suffer little, if any,
damage while those not properly
prepared for mailing will very
likely be delayed in transit. The
address should be placed on one
side of the package only.
Smoke Causes
Parker Death
Here Wed.
Officials Believe
Fire Caused by
Burning Cigarette
The death of Stanley Parker
resulted early Wednesday morn
ing from smoke coming from the
burning home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Parker,
on Rose Ave. Cause of the fire
is thought to have been a cig
arette which ignited an uphols
tered chair which in turn started
the structure to burn.
The alarm was turned in about
20 minutes of four yesterday
morning, calling firemen who ex
tinguished the blaze. Efforts to
resuscitate Parker were contin
ued from the time he was re
moved from the building until
after 8 o’clock without success.
Parents of the deceased are
on a trip at present and had not
been contacted by noon Wednes
day to inform them of the death
of their son, who was discharged
from the army a short time ago
and had been home only a short
time.
He is survived by his father
and mother; a brother, Kenneth,
and a sister, Alice Gwin. Funeral
arrangements had not been com
pleted late yesterday.
Loggers to Meet
Forest Grove
Logger hoopsters will meet
Forest Grove there Thursday ev
ening of this week for the first
competition of the season, Coach
J. Hergert said this week. He
also mentioned that the squad
is ready to go and has a lot
of spirit even though much of
his material is inexperienced. Sea
son prospects are good even
though only three lettermen re
main from last year. Duke Byers
will be the only regular of last
year to start tonight.
Jack Riley and Don Parker,
lettermen from last year, will
also see action again this season.
Another game before the reg
ular county schedule starts in
January will pit the Loggers
against Tillamook here
next
Tuesday, December 18th.
The
Loggers and Cheesemakers met
two years ago for one game
there but haven’t tangled since.
Both the Grove game and Till
amook will give Vernonia needed
experience for the first county
game with St. Helens here on
January 4th.
McCrae to Fill
St. Helens Post
Named to head the St. Helens
school system as city superin
tendent is Wallace McCrae, for
mer high school principal here
and more recently employed as
field representative of the Ore
gon State Teachers’ association.
McCrae resigned Here this fall and
the local pv.,t is held by Ray
Mills.
Francis Gill, former St. Helens
superintendent, resigned to go in.
to business.
McCrae has a 2%-year con
tract calling for a salary of
$4,000 a year.
Prevent TB
Examiner to Visit
A traveling examiner of car
drivers and chauffeurs will be in
Vernonia December 20th from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. He will be on
duty at the city hall and people
wishing permits or licenses to-
drive may see, him that day.
t
Oristaes Seek
Thursday, December 13, 1945
THOSE WHO
ARE IN IT
GETS NEW RATING
Word has been received by
his wife, that Pvt. Thomas N.
Osborn has received his Pfc rat
ing. He is serving with the
machine records unit on Okin
awa.
ON OKINAWA
Pvt. Phillip Link is another
local 'boy that is now stationed
on Okinawa.
CIVILIAN NOW
RIVERVIEW — Albert Schal-
ock, back to civilian life, came
from Los Angeles Tues, for a 2
day visit with his father, A. F.
Schalock. He left Wed. eve. for
New York.
AT SHEPPARD FIELD
Capt. Donald F. Morris, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Morris, is
now serving with the training
command at Sheppard Field, Tex
as.
He entered the service Dec.
2, 1941 and was commissioned
Jan. 4, 1943, after attending AM
school, preflight, primary, basic
and advanced. He has been
awarded the air medal and 4
oak leaf clusters, and the DFC
and 4 battle stars on the theater
ribbon. He served overseas with
the 390th bomber group as flight
commander.
Prior to entering the service
he was employed as a logger and
was formerly statioend at San
Marcos, Texas.
SHIPMENT AWAITED
Pfc. Robert Murphy, son of
Mrs. Bert Short, is at Tophat
staging area, Antwerp, Belgium,
awaiting shipment to the United
States under the army rede
ployment program, an army pub
lic relations office release re
ceived here this week states.
Murphy entered the army No
vember 23, 1942 and has snent
23 months overseas with the 70th
engineers light ponton company
in Normandy, northern France,
the Rhineland and central Eu
rope. He wears the good conduct
medal, American theater, Europ
ean theatre and Victory ribbons
and four battle stars. He is a
graduate of Vernonia high school
and in civilian life was employed
by the Kyser, Co. Inc. as ship
fitter.
KING INJURED
RIVERVIEW — Pvt.
Earl
King, now stationed at Ginsen,
China tells, in a letter received
here Sat., of a terrific fire that
swept the barracks there Thanks
giving Day. Earl was one of
the unlucky men trapped on the
third floor. In trying to save
some of his personal belongings
and with a handkerchief tied ov
er his face for protection from
smoke and fire, he fell and in
jured his limbs so badly that he
was hospitalized. Doctors were
still x-raying when he wrote. The
barracks were totally destroyed.
PROMOTED
Ralph L. Krieger, son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. Krieger of Keasey
route, has been promoted to staff
sergeant while serving as a mem
ber of a Quartermaster truck
company on Guam.
A former employe of the Ce
darwood Timber Co. at Vernonia,
he entered the army July 15,
1943 and has been in the South
Pacific area for the past 20
months.
GET DISCHARGES
Cox’n James Davies arrived
at his home here Sunday with
his discharge from the service.
He received his papers at Brem
erton after serving in the Sea
bees for over two years.
Others who have received dis
charges from the service within
the last few days are Charles
Dübendorf, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Dübendorf and Edison
Aldrich, son of Mr. and Mrs. R.
M. Aldrich. The former arrived
her« Sunday and the latter Sat
urday.
Post Office
To Remain in
Co-op Building
Lease Renewed for
Five-Year Term by
Postal Department
The Vernonia post office will
remain in its present quarters
for another five-year period ac
cording to notification received
here the first of the week by
Postmaster Emil Messing. The
new lease calls for a $10-per-
month increase in rent over the
previous amount which will be
$40 per month. The present lease
expires February 19, 1946.
A change in, the window and
lock box arrangement is planned
under the new agreement so that
more convenience both for pa
trons and employees will be
possible. The parcel post win-
dojv will be moved to face the
same way as the registry and
money order windows, placing all
three side by side. The boxes
will be changed to occupy the
space now taken by the parcel
post window and that part of
the office now occupied by the
boxes will become part of the
interior,
therby
giving more
room for employees.
Several other bids were sub
mitted when the ¡call was made
by the department some time
ago including the bank building
and the Roediger building.
Count of Queen
Votes Made Here
A total of 1174 votes were
counted and credited to Mrs.
Hollis Hartwick (Mary Katherine
Norris), Vernonia queen candi
date, by Mrs. Ben Brickel, Ver
nonia chairman of the Victory
bond drive Saturday and the
votes have 'been sent to county
drive headquarters at St. Helens.
Judging and naming of the queen
to represent this county was to
be completed at St. Helens the
forepart of this week.
Through Monday, the maturity
value of bends was $33,297.50
which is a little over $4000 less
than this area’s quota. However,
bonds sold during the remainder
of this month will count towards
the quota, Mrs. Brickel men
tioned, and purchasers will re
ceive tickets for the car which
is to be awarded by Joe Fisher,
Dodge-Plymouth dealer.
Seal Sale Totals
Over $400 Now
Returns from the letters con
taining Christmas Seals which’
were sent to a large mailing list
several weeks ago by the local
seal sale committee headed by
Miss Velva RaRmsey, now total
over $400.
A large mailing list was pre
pared for the drive this year so
that more people could partici
pate in providing funds for tu
berculosis prevention. Each per
son is asked to return $1 for the
seals here. In many places the
letters have requested $2 due to
a greater need for funds for the
work.
Follow-up letters will be sent
later this month and again in
January to those who have for
gotten to remit for the seals.
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