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VOLUME 24, NUMBER 16 Street Signs Plan of City Council Now Saw, Pulp Logs, Poles, Shingles Coming From Farm New markers for the streets in Vernonia are anticipated within a short time due to an order by the city council and due to au thorization which allows the plac ing of signs on power transmis sion poles. Steps toward obtain ing the signs have already been taken with the ordering of lum ber. The street names will be placed on boards 1 in. by 5 in. by 14 in. to 26 in. in length. The length dependirig on the name of the street. The markers will be painted and wherever possible will be attached to power poles at a height of 12 feet. Decisioh to place the signs at that height was made to prevent their de struction as much as possible. Bids for the painting have been requested and the work wlil go forward as soon as possible. The decision to place the signs at the 112-foot height will prevent much of the destruction which oc curred when signs were erected seven or eight years ago. At that time each marker was placed on it’s own pole at a lower height. • • 15 Students Cet Honor Listing Fifteen Vernonia high school students received listings on the honor roll for the six-weeks per iod just ended, Principal Ray Mills announced early this week. The Freshman class led by plac ing eight names on the roster of high grades. By classes the roll includes: Freshmen—Mary Jane Armstrong, John Berg, Maxine Hartwick, Beverly Herrin, Delores Johnson, Arlene Kirk, Georgianna Mills and Roy Oakes; Sophomores— Theresa Schmidlin; Juniors—Mir iam Corll, Cora Dusenberry, Bar bara Keasey, Elna Morris, and Mildred Wolff, and Seniors—Pa tricia Berg. • • Conference Is Church Plan The Mormon church will hold its annual branch conference April 21 at the church at 925 Rose, ave- nue, it is announced this week. The meetings will be under the direction of President Bringhurst of the Northwestern States Mis sion. All members of the church are urged to attend. The morning session will convene at 10 o’clock and will be followed by lunch at 12 noon. The afternoon sessions will start at 2 o’clock. “Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Farming, Recr»*/ o ------------------------- --------- -------------------------------------------------------------- To ° VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON t Homemakers Festival Is Wed., April 24 Event A county homemakers festival is scheduled at St. Helens for Wednesday, April 24, at the First Methodist church starting at 10 o’clock with registration to be fol lowed at 10:30 by the day’s pro gram. This festival will take the form of an achievement day for wofrien and is one of a series being conducted in Oregon coun ties this month. The program will include mu sical numbers wtih the viewing of exhibits and speaking to follow. Those attending will view ex hibits and demonstrations pre pared by garden clubs, other clubs and extension units which are active in the county. Speaking in the afternoon will be Mrs. Azalea Sager, state home demonstration leader and Mrs. Dorothy McCullough Lee, Port land city commissioner. The event is open to every woman in the county and tickets may be ob tained here from two Vernonia Egg Hunt Is Saturday Plan Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock is the date and time set for the Easter egg hunt at the city park. This event is being arranged by the American Legion Auxiliary so that the park will be divided into two sections, one for small chil dren and the other for the larger children. Coloring of the eggs presents a task for which the Auxiliary is asking the help of girls 12 years or older and women. Girls are asked to come to the hall Friday after school and others are asked to be present that evening. Lucky numbers will appear on some of the eggs. The Auxiliary is also preparing for the Senior banquet dated for Monday, April 29 at the hall and the help of other organizations in town is requested. • • Drivers Get Route Awards Official word was received here Monday by Emil Messing, Ver nonia postmaster of the awarding of bids for the star routes. The previous contracts expired in Feb ruary of this year, but the bids were submitted sometime before that. Named to continue on the Scap poose-Vernonia run and the Kea sey route is E. G. Roediger. He will continue the routes he has previously been driving. Mrs. Juanita Green, who has been driving the Mist-Vernonia star route also received the con tract to continue. Lee Rogers, who had previously driven the Timber route under sub-contract from E. G. Roediger, was award ed the* contract for that route. The contracts are let for a four- year period. residents, Mrs. R. R. Middendorph and Mrs. Isola Morris. Mrs. Mid dendorph, as a member of the executive committee for the fes tival, has been active in drawing up the program for the event. • • Music Group Rating High Ratings for two groups of Ver- nonia high school singers who en tered the postwar high school music tournament at Forest Grove Friday and Saturday of last week were at the top and next to the top. Ratings for contestants were numbered from 1 to 5, with 1 being the highest. The girls’ sextet of the high scljpol captured the top rating and it is planned that this group enter the state music contest at Eugene later this year. Winning a number 2 rating at Forest Grove was the glee club Ratings for the piano and vocal solo entrants had not been re ceived by Wednesday of this week due to the fact that the num ber of contestants entered made judging difficult and impossible to complete immediately- © © Church Plans Communion ' The First Christian church has chosen the date of April 118 for its annual communion service, it was announced late this week by L. L. Wells. The program is scheduled to start'at 7:30 p.m. A program for the event has been prepared to include scrip ture readings, singing and tlje communion service by elders and deacons. • • PLAY COMMENT GOOD The Senior class play, “Snafu,” drew considerable praise from members of the audience after its showing last Friday. Besides the favorable comment, the Seniors will net approximately $775 for their efforts. • • WORK STARTED AGAIN Work started again the latter part of last week on construc tion of the Texaco Service sta tion on the • corner of Bridge and Second streets. The work was stopped for some time due to a strike which prevented the • ob taining of cement blocks which are being used in the building. • • COATING TURNS WATER Wartime industrial research brings out a new liquid coating which is water-repellent — good for protecting crates, wood, metal, leather and textiles. It will help keep moisture out of masonry. “Seek Up-Grading" Advice of Director Veterans generally should real ize the importance of their service- acquired skills in seeking up-grad ing either in school or in em ployment, and should be urged to “avail themselves of whatever credit may be granted them by their employers or the educational institutions of their choice.” This advice was received by Hugh E. Rosson, Oregon depart ment of veterans’ affairs director, in a recent letter from Maj. Gen. G. B. Erskine, retraining and re employment administrator of the department of labor. “The granting of credit to vet erans for service-acquired train ing and experience is a matter which has not been fully exploit ed,” Erskine says. Rosson, commenting on Ers kine’s letter,.points out that Ore gon high schools automatically grant two units for completion of the basic training, to any vet eran wishing to further his sec ondary education. Further, he says that most high schools in the state are familiar with the educational development tests of the American council on education, by which veterans can receive di plomas from their pre-war high schools if they successfully com plete these exams. Also, those veterans who did not previously attend Oregon high schools may, by passing these tests, be issued a certificate from Rex Putnam, superintendent of public instruction, Salem, show ing that they have the equivalent of a high school education, and many now are doing just that. A case cited by Putnam is that of an ex-navy lieutenant-com mander who had gone to school only as far as the third grade. But by virtue of self-educatior. and navy training, he was able recently to pass the tests with a good score, and was issued a certificate of equivalency. Rosson advises interested vet erans to contact their local high school principals or write Put nam’s office for information on educational up-grading. In Erskine's letter it is urged that the use of these tests “be stimulated, because of the large number of jobs which require graduation from high school, or the equivalent.” For up-grading in jobs, he rec ommends greater use of the vet erans’ service record “which show, in varying degrees of complete ness, what his training and ex perience have been.” Four Firms Active in Re-logging Over 200 Markers Ordered; Bids on Painting asked Re-logging on the Columbia County Tree farm has increased until four firms are now engaged in this work which includes the hop, phone and light poles and use of saw and pulp logs, fence, cedar for shingles, Glen Hawkins local representative, said a few days ago. Engaged in re-logging opera tions for saw and pulp logs are J. W. Parker on Coon creek and the Cedarwood Timber company on Pebble creek. Two firms getting out poles and shingle bolts are M. J. O’Donnell at Natal and A. J. Hicks on Crooked creek. In addition to the logging firm?, two sawmills being supplied with logs in addition to the Cedarwcod Timber company and the Shaw Lumber company at Braun’s sid ing, are the Pebble Creek Lum ber company owned and operated by Darrah Croaks and the East Fork Lumber company owned by Harry Sandon. Several operators engaged in >e-logging gathered last Friday afternoon to see a demonstration of the one-man power chain saw. The saw is suitable for logging pulpwood, land clearing, cutting fence posts and cordwood. It can be carried easily by one man and can be equipped with a 26- inch bar and chain that permits cutting logs 52 inches in diameter. • • School Hoards Talk Oil Heat The boards of the Union high school and School District 47 both considered the installation of oil heating furnaces at their meet ings last Saturday night. The former board took no definite action on the subject but the mat ter is tabled for a future meet ing. The D’ririct 47 bon'd did vote favor ’jly <oi the installation of an oil heating unit for the Washington school, but estab lished the ‘if” which makes the change from the present wood furnace dependant upon obtain ing the new unit. The high school board also hired Austin Corll as the Mist bus driver for the coming year and named the budget committee of R. H. Aldrich, Judd Greenman, W. H. Bridgers, S. Golden and Robert Mathews. The budget meeting is scheduled for Friday, May 3. The grade school board rehired George Johnson and Bob Thomp son to drive their respective routes for the next year. • • MEETINGS CONTINUE Special meetings are being held at the Assembly of God church every night at 7:30 except Mon day and Saturday and will con tinue through April 28, with Evan gelist Rosaltha Fisher speaking. Miss Fisher is an accomplished violinist and soloist and also con ducts evening chats Sunday, Wednesday and Friday evenings at 7 o’clock on important phases of Sunday school work. All are invited to every service. • • LIVINGSTONE TO TALK Rev. W. O. Livingstone, for mer Christian church minister, will return here to preach the Easter Sunday services at that church. An invitation to attend the services on that day have been extended by members of the congregation. THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1946 Joint Pole Use In ten t on Bridge At the first April meeting of the Vernonia ctiy council, the councilmen decided by an unan imous vote to request the West Oregon Electric Cooperative and the West Coast Telephone com pany to consider joint construc tion of their pole line through the downtown business section of Ver nonia. It is the opinion of the council, that as long as new con struction is contemplated by the West Oregon Electric, that a request now would remove about one-half the poles through the business district. Frank D. Seelye, West Oregon manager, was contacted and he, in turn contacted J. M. Goodrich, plant superintendent of the West Coast Telephone company, calling for a joint conference to discuss the possibility and (feasibility of the city’s request. After study by the engineers of the two con cerns, it was found that this proj ect is feasible though somewhat expensive. At a later conference both concerns came to the conclu sion that this money would be well spent in view of the fact that it would help beautify the busi ness section of Vernonia and at the same time prepare it for its proposed modern street lighting system. The management of both organ izations believe this additional sum invested at this time will aid considerably in the develop ment of Vernonia, foster a more cooperative feeling and boost pub lic relations to those whom they serve. Mr. Seelye was advised by tele gram on April 2 by the ad ministrator of REA, that this plan of joint construction was ap proved and on the same day Mr. Goodrich advised Mayor George Johnson that the plan had re ceived the approval of Harley Barber, Forest Grove manager of the telephone company. Smallpox Check Health Group Plan A re-check of vaccinations giv en for smallpox for local grade school students was carried out Wednesday of this week by R. D. Eby, M.D., and Miss Ruth Pef- fley, county health nurse. Vac cinations for smallpox were given last fall to the students here and this check was made to determine which children were not yet im mune to the disease. The county nurse and the Co lumbia County Public Health as sociation are both interested in having these checks made in coun ty schools in order to be sure of immunity. • • Purchase of New Truck Authorized Word was received Monday from the rural electrification ad ministration in Washington, D.C., approving the purchase of a new one and one-half-ton truck by the West Oregon Electric Cooperative. Frank D. Seelye, manager of the cooperative has placed the order with Greenwood Motors, it is an nounced this week. The new truck will be used on construction and for the transpor tation of materials, poles and men. • • PERMANENT STARCH Your shirts, summer dresses, sheets and draperies will profit by the new textile treatment de veloped by a rubber manufacturer —it keeps them permanently starched in all weather, This joint construction has been scheduled by Mr. Seelye and Mr. Goodrich to begin approximately May 1. • • School Picture Program Started Here Monday of this week to arrange a school program was Arthur K. Roberts of the West Coast Lumbermen’s association which is sponsoring a visual edu cation program. Roberts brought with him a series of 40 colored slides of logging scenes which will be used in the grade and high schools. After being shown here, the pictures will be for use in other schools and will remain per manently with this county. Local arrangements were mado by Glen Hawkins who will have, charge of the pictures in Co lumbia county. Other series will follow after the present showing, Mr. Hawkins said. The pictures have been made up under the auspices of the Lumbermen’s association upon the recommendation of school of ficials and foresters. COUNTY NEWS NO SMALLPOX IN SCAPPOOSE SCAPPOOSE—Health officials combined last week to squash the rumor that a case of oriental smallpox had broken out in Scap poose. Miss Ruth Peffley, county health nur.e, stated that no such case had come to her attention. NEW STREETS TO RECEIVE CARRIER SERVICE ST. HELENS — Streets which will be given carrier mail service under the postoffice consolidation to become effective May 1 were announced last week by Mrs. Susie B. Dillard, postmaster. The new service will bring many resi dents of West St. Helens into the city service. Decision as to whether the Houlton postoffice, or Station A as it will be known after May 1, will continue to receive and dis tribute mail will be decided in the near future. RELIEF PROGRAMS GET ROAD OILING CASH ST. HELENS — Because relief costs are going to run consid erably in excess of the amount budgeted for them, the county court last week invaded the spe cial fund for road oiling to get $10,000 to pay its share of wel fare bills for the remainder of this fiscal year, which ends June 30. The loan is just that, for it must be paid back out of tax money in the budget for the 1946- 47 fiscal year. Half of the $10,000 taken from the road fund will go to the largest and most costly of the four programs maintained in tho county—old age assistance. Aid to dependent children is to receive $2000. MINT GROWERS LEAGUE ADOPTS CONSTITUTION CLATSKANIE — The Mint Growers league convened for a business session recently at the Quincy school and adopted a con stitution and bylaws. The league is made up of growers from the Clatskanie, Rainier and Puget Island areas. The purpose of the association is to promote the peppermint indus try, to establish grades, to work with the extension service and to assist in experimental develop ment in the industry. If all of the «10.000 is spent before end of the current fiscal period it will make county cost for relief somewhere around «50. 000, about 20 per cent of the amount actually spent for this purpose in Columbia.