“Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Farming, Recre»*
VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON
VOLUME 24 NUMBER 8
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1946
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Tree Bid for COUNCILMEN
Big Eddy Park HEAR REPORT
Awarded Sat.
L. D. Lloyd Will
Remove Overripe
Stand for Grange
The board of directors ’of
the Columbia County Pomona
Grange opened bids Saturday for
all the old growth timber now
standing or lying at Big Eddy
park eight miles north of Ver
nonia and the highest bid was
awarded to
L. D. Lloyd
of
Portland, accaring to Noble Dun
lap, secretary.
The Pomona beard members
are William Sheets, Albert Par
ker and Clyde Henderson. In ad
dition to removing the trees the
board requires that all tops, and
limbs, rotten portions and other
debris that occurs from the log
ging operations be removed. Pur
pose cf the st'p.Iation is to clean
the park so that new trees may
be planted later and the park
improved.
Trees now standing there are
overripe and dange ojs to peo
ple who’ use the park. Several
trees have fallen during wind
storms. The grange has owned
the park for 18 years and plans
to improve the site by later
planting several va-ieties of trees
including red wood, Cyprus, fir
and Port Orford cedar.
Seven bids were received to
be opened Saturday, Mr. Dunlap
sa d. The work is to be completed
on or before June 1 of this
year.
Club Mesting
Date Postponed
The monthly meeting of the
Vernonia Booster club, which or
dinarily would be held on the
coming Monday evening has been
postponed for a short time on
the authority of Lou Girod, club
president. Arrangements for the
meeting would come too close to
the football banquet to make pos
sible a successful meeting, he said,
hence the reason for the setting
of a later date which will be an
nounced next week.
The organization’s board of di
rectors will meet Thursday even
ing of this week at The Eagle
office to outline a program for
the coming year.
560 Beaver
Pelts Sold
At the second beaver sale
held by the Oregon state game
commission this season, 560 peltls
were sold for a total price of
$27,853.50. The most successful
bidder was Harry Jackson of the
Blue Mountain Fur Co. who re
ceived 312 pelts. Landowners who
have contracted with the game
commission under its beaver man
agement program will receive
one-third of the proceeds from
• the pelts taken on their lands.
The rest of the money goes
toward payment of trapping,
management and administration.
Youth Rally to
Be Mon. Event
The Columbia County Christ's
Ambassadors Youth Rally will be
held in the Assembly of God
church in Vernonia on Monday,
February 25th at 7:30 P.M. The
program
shall feature
special
singing, a Bible qv-z on the
characters in the book of Gene
sis and an open discussion on
the “Christian youth and the
World.”
On Tuesday evening at 7:30
Rev. Heath Lowry sectional Sun
day school representative, will
speak at a Sunday school con
ference for all interested in Sun
day school work. The public is
cordially invited both evenings.
Councilmen for the City of
Vernonia met Monday evening to
hear that a charter could not be
obtained from the stats banking
examiner for the installation of
a bank which was anticipated
following the special meeting of
the week before. The council was
open to the hearing of objec
tions for the street assessment
charges for last summer’s street
paving but none was presented.
The news of the bank charter
was received after the move of
the previous week when the city
authorities decided to grant a
lea’e for the bank building to
the Bank of Rainier for a branch
here. Hopes that a bank could
be established were high fol
lowing the special meeting of the
week before, but were lowered
whin information about the char
ter were received.
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Mail notices are being p~e-
pared notifying property owners
of assessments for the st eet
paving. A notice of the hearing
was posted at the city hsll pre
vious to this week’s meeting.
County
Ne ws
TEEN AGE CLUB
MAKES BOW
ST. HELENS—Colombia coun
ty’s newly formed Teen Age club
made its bow into St. Helens so
ciety at the K. <f P. hall Satur
day night, with a highly success
ful dance attended by 239 young
sters of the district.
Accord’ng to the student-draft
ed constitution, membership cards
will be pi inted and sold to pros
pective members of the organi
zation on a 50 cents per high
school semester basis. Member
ship is unlimited and extends to
all students in the ccunty be
tween the ages of 13 and 19.
SCHOOL AWAITS WORD ON
AID FROM GOVERNMENT
CLATSTKANIE — The board
of directors of Clatskanie School
district No. 5 is on the anxious
list, awaiting word if federal
money will be available for re
placement of the high school
building destroyed by fire No
vember 1st.
To date
no legislation has
been passed but word has been
received from Senator Morse to
the effect that he has such a bill
prepared to pre-ent to Congress.
No assurance of its passage or
time of passage is possible.
The grade school building is
now inadequate to take care of
enrollment. All available space
has been made into class rooms
and the condition is still over
crowded.
ED CONDIT IS
CANDIDATE FOR HOUSE
ST. HELENS — With the
March 8 deadline for filing only
three weeks away, so far there
have been only two official en
tries from Columbia for county
and state offices. Jim Hunt, pres
ent clerk, has announced his
intention of filing for county
judge while Ed Condit, Clatska
nie mint grower, intends to en
ter the race for state represen
tative from this county.
Condit, who defeated the vet
eran representative J.D. Perry
for the legislative job in the 1944
election, will thus be seeking his
second term in the state house.
Address Changed
Nehalem valley sportsmen who
wish to contact the Oregon
State Game Commission must
now do so at its office at 1634
S. W. Alder, Portland, according
to an announcement by Frank B.
Wire, state game supervisor. All
mail should be addressed to the
commission, P. O. box 4136, Port
land 8, he mentions in a news re
lease this week. Wire is well
known by sportsmen in this area,
having made several visits here
to attend rod and gun club meet
ings.
Article Says Vets Get
Property "Run-around"
A release of information about
the top priority veterans are ac
corded in the purchase of sur
plus government
property
is
made this week by the local V.
F. W. post and the state depart
ment. The situation explained in
the following article was reiter
ated Monday by a local group,
most of th epi veterans, who at
tempted tx> purchase government
surplus at Tacoma. Members of
that group were Cleve, E. V. and
Ray Robertson and Fritz Hausler
and his son, Fritz, Jr.
The Vernonia V.F.W. post, in
making the release this week,
strongly urge3 all veterans to
sign, cut out and mail this ar
ticle to one of the Senators list
ed at the bottom.
The release states:
“Before our discharge ’ the
“Stars and Stripes” explained
that veterans were to be given
No. 1 priority on the purchase
of surplus government property,
in order to start in business.
“Now veterans are pushed
down to No. 3 position, on the
purchase priority list. Then the
fun starts.
“Consumers goods div’sion of
the reconstruction finance cor
poration (now known as war as
sets corp, of the R.F.C.) ; noti-
f.’c: the veteran that certain
p eperty is for sale (naming ar
ticles wanted) at certain govern
ment depots (location) ; and that
he (the veteran) has 3rd choice
on the articles when he arrives
at the depot.
“But when the veteran arrives
at the disposal depot, he finds
the articles he wants (and is
certified by smaller war plants
corp, to purchase), is sold “en
masse” to a buyer of a junk or
retail business concern; and he
(the veteran) is given the old
army “horse laff” for being fool
enough to waste his time filling
out forms and then wasting his
money on trips up “blind alleys”
to these R.F.C. controlled dispos
al centers.
• “If the veteran arrives before
the articles are sold to private
business concerns, then the veter
an is told his application is on
the bottom of the pile of 1,800
other applications for the same
article or articles!
“Instead of having a No. 3
priority the veteran finds he has
a No. 1,800 priority, for govern
ment property with which to
start his business.
"G.I.’s are you tired of being
given the' old army run-a-round
and horse laugh by the R.F.C.?
If so, sign this and mail it to:
Senator Wayne L. Morse, Sen
ate Office Bldg., Washington, D.
C. or Senator Guy Cordon, Sen
ate Office Bldg., Wa hington, D.
C.”
Signed .................................................
(Name of G. I. Joe or Jane)
DRIVE START
SET MARCH 1
Mrs. Harry Culbertson, Ver
nonia chairman of the coming
Red Cross fund drive, announced
Wednesday that the 1946 cam
paign to raise finances for that
organization will start March 1st
and will continue through that
month.
The drive in yernonia and vi
cinity will be carried out very
much the same as last year and
all organizations will be asked
to help and business houses will
be solicited.
Mrs. Wm. Bridgers will direct
the drive for the Mist-Natal
area and Mrs. Guy Bellingham
for Birkenfeld.
Considerable campaign mater
ial has been received here and is
ready for distribution. The ma
terial gives information of the
scops of Red Cross work and
outlines the need for genercus
c nt'butions to this cause.
Those Who
Are in It
ALDRIDGE GETS MEDAL
A belated p-esentation cf the
bronze star medal, awarded for
heroic achievement in action, has
been made to ex-Staff Sgt. Elmo
I. Aldidge, who entered the army
from Eugene. Aldridge was a
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Approved by Pete Fredrickson, tion i.i c unpzny A, 1st talk ta':-
commander, department of Ore t.-.llion f the United States 1st
gon, Veterans of Foreign Wars rumoured division. The citation
of U.S. and by Smith Christiansen related: For heroic- achievement
Post, VFW, Vernonia, O.egon.
on Apail 24, 1945, near South
Secondo, Italy. Staff Sgt. Ald
ridge led his tank section into the
midst of an enemy vehicle con
voy, destroying it completely,
causing many casualties and tak
ing many pzis ners cf war. He
ty by the first of May with few showed a k~en sense of duty an I
changes being made in the list demonst-ated real !ead:rship in
as compared with that of pre this action.”
vious years.
Aldridge, the son of Mrs. Vera
E. H. Condit, Clatskanie mint Aldridge of Vernonia,* served 36
grower, has resigned from the. months overseas with the 1st ar
board and his position has not mored division and saw acton
been filled by an appointment through the
Africa and Italy
of the county court.
campaigns.
Board Plans First Fair
For County in Five Years
August 14 to 18 are the dates
set for the first Columbia coun
ty fair to be held since Pearl
Harbor at the Deer Island
grounds. This dec sion was made
Saturday aft: noon when the fair
board m’et to plan the event.
Attractions at the fair will in
clude the popular carnival, if
one can be obtained, and a rodeo
to provide part of the entertain
ment, the board decided.
A premium list will be pre
pared and circulated in the coun-
Building of New
Station Started
The construction work on Ver
nonia’s newest service station
was started a few days ago and
will be pushed to completion as
fast as possible. The station is
located cn the lot at the corner
of Weed and Bridge and Jake
Berger is the owner. The lot was
purchased from the Washington
Federal Savings and Loan associ
ation of Hillsboro.
Part of the work includes raz
ing of the old frame structure
which was moved to the back of
the lot several years ago. The
new building will be concrete
and cement block construction,
the foundation
pouring being
completed early this week.
Chief Thanks
C-D Policemen
Members of the Vernonia civ
ilian defense police force which
was active during the war re
ceived the sincere thanks of
Chief A. D. Lolley this week
when he expressed his appreci
ation for the cooperation he had
received. The civilian defense
force was disbanded recently
when the possibility of needing
their services ended.
The force was organized in the
spring of 1942 and at one time
numbered 40 men who received
considerable instruction and prac
tice in the work. In later years
the force was reduced to 20 men.
Building Repair
Started Monday
Repair work necessary before
the opening of the Western Auto
Supply store started Monday on
the building purchased several
weeks ago by Walter S. Ready
from E. G. Roediger. Mr. and
Mrs. Ready arrived here a few
days ago to supervise the re
modeling of the building.
The remodeling will include in
terior refinishing and changing
the building’s front to allow for
display window space. No time
has been set for the store open
ing which will be determined by
the speed which can be accom
plished in the remodeling.
Dist. 47 Board
Sells Property
The school board of district
47 Jt., moved again last Satur
day night to follow up a policy
started when other, smaller dis
tricts in the Nehalem valley con
solidated with 47. That policy
was the disposal of the buildings
and grounds of the district which
had consolidated
so that they
might be used for other pur
poses.
Saturday night’s sale was the
two buildings and grounds of
Pleasant Vale district 18, Keas-
ey to G O. Brown who plans
to build a home from the ma
terials obtained. Price was $500.
The district 47 board members
also discussed installation of an
oil burning unit for the school
furnaces and the letting of new
bus contracts. A joint meeting
of the grade and high school
boards is planned for March 2
to further discuss the bus con
tracts.
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MURVEL FRANK HOME
Sgt. Murvel Frank, son of Mr.
and Mrs. H. H. Frank, arrived
hrme la-t Friday after receiving
his discharge from the army at
Ft. Lewis the day before. At the
time of his discharge he Com
pleted three years and three days
in the service, during which time
he served in the Aleutians and
Germany. He spent the past five
or six months recruiting in Ok
lahoma.
DISCHARGED
Francis L. Wolf, MoMM3c, re
ceived his discharge from the
service at the personnel separa
tion center at Bremerton, Wash.
February 8th, a news release
from the center reveals. He re
turned to this country aboard
the USS Haskell, an attack trans
port from Yokosuka, Japan, leav.
irrg there January 19th.
GETS NEW RATING
In a letter received from her
son, Thomas Osborn, Mrs. O..
B. Bittner of Kcasey route, was
informed that he now has the
new rating of sergeant. He is
stationed in Okinawa and has
been there since the forepart of
November.
OSBORN PROMOTED
Word has been received by
Mrs. Thomas Osborn that her
husband, who is on Okinawa, has
received a Sgt. rating and her
brother, Pfc George Christian
sen, has received his discharge
at Camp Beale, Cal.
AWAITS SHIPMENT
Darrel Rcse S2c is now sta
tioned at Bremerton, Wn. and is
awaiting word to be shipped out
at any time.
ANDERSON HOME
Jack Anderson received his
discharge from the army Wednes
day of last week and arrived here
Friday from Camp Beale, Cali
fornia where the release was re
ceived. He spent 42 months in
Phone Line
Construction
Crown Plan
Installation Being
Made on Permanent
Basis for Tree Farm
Telephone lines into the Pebble
creek area have been completed
and work is starting on line con
struction towards Camp 8 and
the country east of there, Glen
Hawkins, local representative of
the Crown-Zellerbach corporation
said this week. The line construc
tion is being done on a perma
nent basis, he said.
The building of the system of
telephone lines will provide con
tact with all parts of the cor
poration’s tree farm principally
for fire protection but also« for
casts of emergency. Telephones
will be set in, prominent places
near roads and will be painted
red for easy identification. In
struction will also be di played
for the convenience of users.
Present plans call for perma
nent lne construction into the
Crooked creek area before tha
next fire season period which
will begin April 15. Over 50
miles of line will comprise the
complete system covering the tree
farm land will be a major step
in carrying out itensive fire pro
tection by making it pos ible to
dispatch fire fighting crews in a
h-.rry when calls telling of fires
are received.
REA Buys Truck
For Line Work
repairing of present electric
lines and the construction of
r.ew lines will be possible with
in a very short time due to the
purchase last week of a 114 ton
lire construct'on truck by the
West Oregon Ekctri- Coop. Inc.,
Freak D. Seelye, manager, said
Saturday.
The truck v.as obtained from
government surplus property at
Fort Lewis and was brought here
last Friday. The new vnit will be
ready for work by the first of
the coming week, Mr. Seelye said.
Bishop Praetorius
To Speak Mon.
On Monday evening, February
25th, members and friends of the
Evangelical church will have the
opportunity to hear E. W. Prae
torius, Bishop of the northwest
a ea of the Evanglical church.
His visit here is tnusual in that
it provides a rare chance to hear
the message he will bring.
Bishop Praetorius is a man
much admired by Evangelical
church members and is consid
ered one of the greatest Bible
expositors of the present day.
The service that day will begin
at 7:30 and people of the com
munity are invited.
State Tax Aid
Itinerary Lisied
A state income tax agent has
scheduled visits at three points
in Columbia county during the
month of March to give assist
ance to people who must file the
returns.
Visits will be made at the
Clatskanie city hall March 13
from 8:30 to 5:00; the Rainier
city hall March 14 from 8:30 to
5:00; and the St. • Helens court
house on March 15 from 8:30 to
5:00. People who need assistance
in preparing their returns may
get help at any of these places.
the service. He plans to work
for some time then return to
school this fall.