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“Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Farming, Recrea. ______________________ _________________ VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON VOLUME 24, NUMBER 10 o< ° THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1946 ’ ---------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- '--------------------- ------ ---------------------------- - New Church Opens Doors Wednesday Nazarene Church to Hold Gospel Meetings Through This Month THOSE WHO ORE IH IT DISCHARGED LaVon George has received hi discharge from the coast guarf and was here to visit friends ant relatives for a short time last week end. He spent 44 month; in the service, the last seven in Alaska. Six of the seven month; in Alaska were on isolated duty. He was released at Seattle Febru ary 21st. A new church for Verne nia opened its doors Wednesday ev ening, Mar?h 6th, when evange WITH CAVALRY DIVISION listic services were started by Sgt. Wayne Crume, son of Mr. Evangelist Coryell of Meridian, and Mrs. Harvey H. Crume, is Idaho to continue for the rest now seiwing with the 12th Cav of the month of March. alry regiment as motor sergeant. Preparation for the opening in He is in the Tokyo occupation the McGee building at the corner forces, and has been overseas of Bridge and Second streets has since July 27, 1945. He entered been underway for some time the army July 12, 1944. with G. H. Hartzell doing much RECEIVE DISCHARGES of the work and assisting in Harold L. Calhcon, fireman many of the necessary arrange lc, and George F. Schmidlin, ments. The young people of the Port ■JfMlc, received their discharges land Central church are backing from the Bremerton separation this church and have rented the- center February 28. building. They al-o purchased the CAPT. MEEKER HERE house at Bridge and First avenue Capt. and Mrs. Everett Meek for use as a pa-sonage, A resi er were overnight' guests of the dent minister will be assigned Holly Holcombs Friday. On leave here soon, it v.-as stated. from his station in North Caro lina, Meeker will repoit there shortly for reassignment. COUNTY NEWS APPRENTICE TRAINING 15 ACCEPTED ST. HELENS—The chance to learn a t ade with Uncle Sam paying a good part of the over head is attracting plenty cf tak ers in Columbia county among re turning GIs, Robert Biikford, trade and industry coordinator, who is handling field work on this program in the county, raid last week. So far, Bickford has 16 ex-servicemen signed up and at work in St. Helens and he has handled more than 100 applica tions. This jeb-training program being financed by the govern ment for discharged servicemen and women pays them up to -75 per month if they are single and up to -90 monthly if they're mar ried. This, combined with what their employer gives in the way of salary, is supposed to bring them to a journeyman’s scale or nearly so. PIRATES WIN FIRST ROUND CLATSKANIE—The Westport pirates defeated the Clatskanie Tigers 41 to 36 an exciting fast moving game Feb. 26 at Astoria, for the title of Clatsop-Columbia county “B” championship. CLATSKANIE PUD IS MAKING MONEY CLATSKANIE — The Clatska nie PUD showed a profit for the year of 1945. After bond redemp tion fund payments had been made a net income amounting to -20,566.69 was realized. In 1945 $76,521.72 was the operating revenue and of that amount $17,282.89 was expended for purchasing power, which proved one of the largest items. TACOMA MEN BUY VANVLEET SAWMILL RAINIER—Sale of the Van- Vleet Lumber company plant in Rainier to Donald and Lee Doud of Tacoma was consummated re cently. R. B. VanVleet is retir ing from the field and is said to have no immediate plans to an nounce. Teachers Rehired For Coming Year The board of union high school district No. 1 met Saturday night tp offer contracts to the present members of the teaching staff of the high school for the coming 1946-47 school year. Of the pres ent staff, two have signified that they will not return next year, Ray Mills, principal, said Mon. Those teachers intending to re turn are: J. Hergert, Harold Mc Entire, Leonard Baker, Doris Lacy. Dorothy Voge. T. P. Hab- erly and Principal Mills. LINDSLEY HERE RIVERVIEW—Pfc. Lee Linds- ley, USM, is here on a 60-day furlough from Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, Calif. Lee has reen listed fur two years and expects to b; sent to a r.ew base at the end of his furlough. RETURNS FOR ORDERS Pvt. Etan Brady, who had been spending his furlough from Ft. Lewis here, his former home, and in Portland, reported Tues day for embarkation orders. Bulleein Explains Army Parcel Size The war department advises that effective March 1, 1946 par cels not exceeding 22 pounds in weight or 48 inches in length or 72 inches in length and girth combined, containing articles re quested by the addressee, may be accepted for mailing to a my personnel overseas. Information about the regula- lations was received here a few days ago by postmaster Emil Messing. Personal recordings, voice or instr;mental, may now be accept ed for mailing to army personnel overseas, pr.vided they are suit ably prepaid for transmission through tig? mails and meet the requirements as to weight, size and request of the addressee However, such recordings in par cels not exceeding eight ounces in weight may be accepted for mailing at the first-class rate of postage without the specific re quest of the addressee. Teachers Draw Baseball Shed Men school teachers from Co lumbia county schools and a del egation from Seaside met here Monday evening at the Mason ic Temple to draw up a tentative baseball schedule of play for the coming season. The men also dis cussed several other topics Mon day, among them being teacher retirement and attendance at an Oregon State Teachers’ associa tion event scheduled March 28, 29 and 30. The Nehalem social club served the dinner previous to the meet ing which was attended by about 25 instructors from other parts of the county. Sewing to Start Red Cross sewing will start again Wednesday, March 13, Mrs. C. L. Andersen announces this week. The work will be done at the high school and will start at 1 o’clock . Veteran Bill PEASLEY PLANS Topic of Talks LOCKER PLANT Friday Night Vets Invited to Hear Details of Bill of Rights Veterans are extended a spec ial invitation by the Vernonia Booster club to hear details of the GI bill of rights explained Friday night at the Legion hall. The meeting is also open to oth er1, both men and women, who are interested in learning about the law and they are urged by the club to attend. Three speakers will be here that evening from the Commer cial National Bank of Hillsboro to present the information. Wil liam C. Christen.en, president of the bank, will head the three speakers to tell about the gen eral hous'ng crisis. With him will b J. L. Seaicy, vice-president, to develop the educational and ap prenticeship situation, and M. Lynn Judy, assistant a hier to talk on the mortgage loan sec tion. The Booster ciub's next speak er will discuss a topic cf interest to 'farm owners in the valley, that of fruit and produce raising. Information of the time, place and name of the speaker, will be announced next week. This bank has established a special department d;voted to GI problems and has seven special ists who are thoroughly familiar with the law to give assistance to those wishing it. The meeting is scheduled for 8 p.m. at the Legion hall and re freshments will be served after the talk?. This program is the first of several planned by the Booster club to present speakers to people cf the Upper Nehalem Valley. Health Group to Meet March 11 Paul Gordon, president cf the Coljmbia County Public Health association announces a meeting of that group for Monday even ing, March 11, at the Scappoose high school. Invitations to attend are being sent to a number of local people for what is antici pated will be an interesting meet ing. Scheduled for that evening are speakers from the state beard of health who will present trends in social hygiene and venereal di- sea e control. A dinner and bus iness meeting are also on the schedule. Extension Meet Set The Vernonia Extension unit meets March 7 at 10:30 a.m. in the high school home economics room. The project is "Seasonal Cleaning.” All interested are in vited to attend. The construction of a building and cold storage locker plant ai the Sunnyside Service statioi near Treharne is planned withir a short time according to Roy Peasley who has purchased the property. At present he is con tinuing the feed store and statior businc s in the buildings in which they were located when he bought them a short time ago. The building will be construct cd on the site of the present feed store, Mr. Peasley said, and wil house the lockers which will be of fireproof construction. The lockers will be of three sizes, 8 foot, 12-foot, and 15-foot and ap plications are being accepted now from prospective users, he said. The building will be construct ed of cement blocks and will alsc be fireproof. Mr. Poosley has an nounced new hours for the busi ress, now being epun from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Street Lighting Talked Monday Preliminary plans and sugges tions about the installation of new street lighting for Vernonia’3 Bridge street business section oc cupied a considerable part of Monday evening’s city council meeting. Appearing before t’e council that night was Fiank D. Seelye, West Oregon Coop man ager, who presented suggestions to the council about the lights. Mr. Seelyc’s suggestion, in ord er to obtain definite information about lighting fixtures and the best means cl installation, was to obtain the services of several il lumination firms to g.t the need ed data. He stressed to the coun cil the need for considering the problem now in order to have » definite blueprint of th: project when it is time to do the work. Councilmen also authorized the purchase of an Ingersol-Rand ah- compressor and equipment neces sary for pavement breaking. Thi« equipment will be used when the laying of new water mains be gins, to replace present mains which have been in use over 20 years and which arc giving con siderable trouble due to breaks. This project is being discussed for the coming s.mmer. Fowlers Start Radio Repairing Hal and Ben Fowler are start ing a radio repair service, the brothers announce this week, and are ready to begin work. They have obtained the equipment ne- vessary for radio repair and have installed it at 841 Rose avenue, the home of the former. In addition to the actual re pairing, they have announced a pickup and delivery service which can be obtained by calling 454. Employers Can Help in Placing Disabled Vets Oregon employers can go a the supreme court justices and long way toward placing the dis Clerk Arthur S. Benson say that he fits in perfectly. abled veteran in employment if A number of other employers they are made cognizant of the now are insisting on hiring only fact that in many cases they disabled veterans for certain have jobs in their own plants types of work, Rosson said, but which handicapped veterans can the added that as more disabled men return from hospitals the handle. This observation was made by problem will grow, and he urged Hugh E. Rosson, director of the employers to place their names department of veterans’ afairs, on file with local service officers, discussions with counsellors of contact representatives for the the veterans’ administration and veterans’ administration, or vet eran counsellors of the USES, the U. S. employment service. An example cited by Rosson for hiring of disabled veterans. Those now employing these was that of Harvey Shafer, Sa lem, one hundred percent dis men declare that the handicapped abled through the loss of his veteran in most cases is an effic right arm, who obtained a job in ient and reliable worker, which February as bailiff for the Ore they attribute to the fact that gon supreme court. Shafer is he realizes what an opportunity enthusiastic about his work and it is to be able to work. TREE SEEDING TO START FRI. The first forest planting in Columbia county lands is sched uled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday of this week end Glen Hawkins said Tuesday when he mentioned that arrangements for the work had been made. The planting will take place on land owned by the Columbia County Tree Farm of the Crown Zeller- back corporation for which Mr. Hawkins is the local representa tive. This first planting marks another step in the direction of building the farm to the basis of sustained yield of forest pro ducts. High schol boys will do the work, Mr. Hawkins said, and the first tree will be planted by the Bey Scouts Friday in se:ti n 25 at the lead of Coal creek where a breaking plow was used late last year. The t ees now on hand total 35,000 of which 25,000 are Douglas fir and the rest are Noble fir, Port Orford cedar and hemlock. Mr. Hawkins will be in charge cf the werk which will require several week ends before comple tion. Breaking of the land last No vember was done by a tractor and 22-inch. breaking plow pre para' y to this planting. F:r- - ws v-sre plowed cn a level con- Budget Law Sets Term A new state law becoming ef fective this spring requires that taxpayer members of the local committees to fix budgets will h: appointed to se ve on a "stag gered term” plan. Directors or the governing body of any tax levying municipal corporation must designate one-third of the appointed members to serve one year, one-third for two years and the remaining third for three years. The purpose of the plan for local budget committees is to make certain that a part of the gioup shall have had previous experience in determining how much tax money should be spent for cost of local government. New Sugar Stamp Valid March 11 Spar: stamp 9 will become good Monday, March 11, for five pounds of home canning sugar and will be valid through Octob er 31, 1946, the OPA announced Tuesday. Most consumers will find spare stamp 9 in their war ration book 4, Others, who received their ra tion books only recently, includ ing many returned servicemen, will find the stamps in the single sheet sugar ration book issued to them in lieu of war ration book 4. Spare stamp 9, the first of two stamps to be made good for buy ing home canning sugar, is made valid now to provide iugar in the southern areas where fruits are available early in the year. Since’ it will be good through Oc tober 31, housewives in other parts of the country can plan their use of sugar to coincide with the arrival of fruits in good quantity. It is expected that a second stamp can be validated in late June or early July. tcur eight feet apart and was a new procedure in t)ie Douglas fir region. In the South, pine culti vated forests have proved very productive and cultivation there has become an attendant factor in successful tree farming. PUD LINE BREAK STOPS SERVICE The loss of power Tuesday ev ening on the Clatskanie PUD line section was the cause of inter rupted servio, on the Vernonia feeder. This interruption of elec trical service in the Clatskanie arqa was caused by timber men falling trees .across the line. Service interruptions of this type can be eatily avoided if these c.ncerned would contact the power company when cutting trees adjacent to pcwer'line3. One of the electrical magazines carried a story in its January is sue te’.lig how a farmer in Idaho was electrocuted when a tree he was cutting fell and hit a power line. Frank D. Seelye, manager of the West Oregon Electric Cooper ative, requests all people who are working adjacent to the lines to rotiiy his office so that he can arrange to have experienced men standing by in case an emergency should occur. Library Adds 17 New Books Recent purchases of books by the City <f ,'Verncnia library board has added 17 new volumes to the shelves for the use of readers. Release of the list was made by Mrs. E. J. Douglass, li brarian. The new books are: Brave Men Pyle; Angus and the Ducks, Flack; The Egg and I, MacDon ald; Too Big, D’Aulaire; Twin Colts, Hogan; River Road, Keyes; Anatomy cf Peace, Reves; Mr. Pepper's Penguins, Atwater; Wilderness Champí;.n, Lippincott; Desert Town, Stewart; The King’s General, Du Maurier; Honk the Moore, Witse; Cannery Row, Steinbeck: Bedelía, Cas- pary; Remembered Death, Chris tie; Blue Willow, Gates; and Burlap, Dennis. All these books are ready to go out. In addition, a pres.-lmard folio of cancer literature has be’en received from the Oregon Division of the American Cancer Society and that, too, is avail able to the public. Surplus Property Listing Available Received and available for in spection at The Eagle office are listings of surplus government property which is listed for sale by the reconstruction finance cor poration, a disposal agency des ignated by the surplus property administration. One listing is dated February 20 and includes copper and cop per base alloys (sheets, tubing, pipe and bars) 1 and the other dated February 28th lists powei and light cable. Local people who may be in terested in the listings may see them by calling at this office. Solicitors Start Librarian Position* Open Red Cross solicitors started work Monday of this week, Mrs. Harry Culbertson, local chairman, said Wednesday. The Vernonia district has been allocated the amount of $2844, Mist - Natal $290, and Birkenfeld $114 to raise in this drive, she said. According to an announcement from the Vernonia library board, the positions of city librarian and substitute librarian are open for application until March 14th. Anyone wishing to apply for either position may leave an ap plication at the city hall.