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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (May 30, 1946)
THURSDAY, MAY 30, 104« VOLUME 24, NUMBER 22 Memorial Day 1946 $190,000 Loan Granted West Oregon for Line, Substation The West Oregon Electric, Inc., of Vernonia, was on May 27 granted a loan of $190,000. Harry L. King, president of the West Oregon Electric Cooperative, re ceived telegrams Monday from Sen. Wayne Morse and Congressman Walter Norblad telling him that that appropriation had been made by congress through the rural electrification administrator to in crease the capitalization of West Oregon Electric Cooperative. Mr. King states that this money will be used for the construction of the 33 KV transmission line and a substation at Vernonia. Thi|s substation will have a ca pacity of approximately eight times the present kilowatt hour load that is now being used by the consumers of this cooperative. Upon the completion of this in stallation the people of the Ne halem valley will for the first time have an abundance of power available for home, farm and in dustrial use. The line will be completed about October 1, but due to the diffi culty in obtaining transformers the installation of the substation In Memory of Those Who Gave Their Lives 4 Program for May 30 Begins At 10 O'clock Memorial Events At Bridge, Hall Planned by Groups Tomorrow’s program for Me morial day will begin at 10 a.m. with the assemblying of people who wish to attend at the Legion hall, the Legion program com mittee said early this week. The first part of the njomingls cere mony will start after the peo ple have assembled and will take place at the bridge crossing Rock creek. From there a return to the hall will be made where services will be conducted with, Rev. E. P. Ba ker and Rev. Allen H. Backer officiating. The bridge serv ce is to be conducted by the Woman’s Relief Corps. At the hall the V.F.W. and Auxiliary, the Legion and Auxiliary and the Boy Scouts will participate. • Screen Purchased For Rock Crusher An additional piece of equip ment for the county rock crusher on the Apiary road is being in stalled this week and will be ready for use in a |short time, County Commissioner Wm. Pringle, Sr., said Monday. This piece is a shaker screen which is needed for the crushing of oil rock which will be used later this year for several miles of paving planned by the county. This crusher will also provide rock for the intended street par. ing project of the city during the summer. Paving in this vicinity to be financed by the county includes the Stoney Point road and two and one-half miles up Rock creek. • CORRESPONDENT ILL Mrs. J. A. Wirts, Riverview cor respondent for The Eagle, was unable to write news of that dis trict this week due to illness. New Mail Time Effective Now Patrons of the Vernonia post office are informed this week of a new schedule for the afternoon dispatching of mail. Due to a change in train schedule the mail from Scappoose leaves 15 minutes earlier in the afternoon than has formerly been true. This change makes necessary the changing of the time here when letters may be posted to be included that day. The closing time is 3:30 p.m. The morning mail for Scap poose will continue to leave at 7:30 a.m. • Clothing Sent to Salvation Army A shipment of 1500 pounds of old clothing was ’ shipped from here to Portland Tuesday on the Nehalem Valley Motor Freight to be distributed where needed by the Salvation Army. A previous shipment 10 days ago of 1000 pounds also went to the same or ganization. i This clothing was collected in the victory clothing drive but was not sent to Portland at that time due to the shortness of that campaign and also due to the late appointment of a chairman here to conduct the drive. The ap pointment of Cleve Robertson was made at the end of that drive, but at too late a time for the clothing to be collected and shipped. Preparation of the clothing for shipment was done by the Eastern Star. STORE BEING PAINTED Work which will eventually in clude a complete redecoration of the interior of King's Grocery has been partially completed this week. Remaining to be done is painting of the display shelves, Harry King said Monday. Future plans for improvement include the installation of fluorescent lighting fixtures. Public Welfare Asks Larger 1946-47 Budget Cost Estimate for Coming Year Sets Amount at $61,974 will be delayed awaiting the de livery of transformers. A good portion of this money will be used to extend distribu tion lines throughout the area of the West Oregon Electric Co operative, making possible service COUNTY NEWS STRAWBERRY MEN SEEKING 600 PICKERS ST. HELENS—Columbia coun ty growers need 350 strawberry pickers—or they will need them by June 1 when the berries now ripening in a score of fields will be ready for the harvest Alto gether, some 600 pickers will be needed to gather in this year’s good yield, but about 250 of these have already been lined up. Large Oil Tank Hauled to School FISHING SEASON ENDS WITH POOR RESULTS CLATSKANIE—Fishing for the first period of the commercial season closed at noon last Mon day. While catches for the Beason were more than those in 1945, the receipts were below that of former years and the expcted run this year. The first of the season was good in the vicinity of Clatskanie and Rainier. The season will re open again on June 10. The first step towards instal lation of oil heating for the Washington gradé school was made last Saturday when delivery to the grounds was made of a 10,- 000-gallon tank which will be used for storing oil for the furnace burner. The tank was hauled here from Wilark by F. M. Russell. It had been used previously by Clark and Wilson when that firm wajs engaged in logging. According to Superintendent Paul Gordon, little repair work is required for the Washington and Lincoln schools this summer. Hall walls at the Washington schoo will be refinished and other work will include repairs to three rooms at the Lincoln school. • CANCER DRIVE FINAL FIGURE IS $3800.76 ST. HELENS—Final figure on the drive for funds by the Ameri can Cancer society show that Columbia county contributed two and a half times as much money as was asked of it The total received was $2800.76, while the quota assigned the county was only $1480. Every community in the coun ty went over its quota, in many cases doubling or tripling the qmount it wah supposed to have raised. Other communities, their quotas and the amount contributed are as follows: Scappoose—quota$100, gave, $465.77; Rainier — quota $150, gave $328.67; Clatskanie— quota $200, gave $707.07; Verno nia—quota, 250, gave $374.25. Berry Picking Start Made ONLY FIRWOOD FAVORABLE AT MONDAY’S ELECTION CLATSKANIE—Firwood school district No. 5 will consolidate as a result of the vote of school voters on Monday of last week. The consolidation of Mayger, Quincy, Bradbury and Clatskanie was voted down in the outlying areas and carried in Clatskanie. Adopted at the last regular meeting May 15 of the Columbia County Public Welfare commis sion was a cost estimate for that department for the coming fiscal year. The total of the estimate is Considerably above last year and above the amount expended for any year since 1940-41. The cost isheet is to be pre sented to the county budget com mittee at its meeting which will be held during the coming month. The picking of strawberries at The total amount needed from the F. and J. Hartwick farms county funds as estimated for the near Banks Started this week a coming fiscal year is $61,974.81. few days ahead of the time Esti Figures for this year from mated two weeks ago when the July, 1945, through June, 1946, first call for pickers was sounded lists the budget as $39,000 while by the owners. so far this year $45,279.91 has At that time the date for the been expended. In preparing the start of the harvest was set at figures the commission disre June 1st. The start was made garded possible increase in Wednesday, May 29. food allowances, after discussing When the opening day of work the fact that a new schedule had was announced this week it was been submitted to the state com also mentioned that more than mission and the fact that the enough pickets had signed for present allowance for a man liv work, the number needed being ing alone is $18.45 and a woman 40 and 70 having registered. The living alone is $16.50. season’s work will include both Factor* being considered in hill and mountain berries and making the new cost estimate are: will be longer than usual. Columbia eounty has 382 resi • dents over 65, years who are on old age assistance and 1123 over that age are not receiving aid; applications are 50 per cent higher which will lead to increased need for funds; a revised food schedule The shooting of guns in the which it is judged will average $2.50 per person; a new medicul city limits of Vernonia is def plan providing for; the inclusion initely forbidden by city ordin of $5 for physician and $2 for ance, City Marshal A. D. Lolley said Tuesday when questioned medicine. Points of information presented about shooting. Of late, consid by the commission in its May 15 erable firing of 22’s han been report are that Columbia county heard in some sections of town is 27th on the list in size of grant, the marshal said, principally there being only nine counties where there are many vacant having a lower average grant. lots. The ordinance regelating such Also, the county has a population of 20,971 of which 5505 are un activity imposes a severe penalty der 16 yearn of age and 139 of that will be --"orced if offenders are spprehendd. them receive assistance. Gun Shooting in City Forbidden DRAFT SEEKS 26-29 YEAR OLDS HERE ST. HELENS—By turning the mHnpower barrel upside down after scraping it, the Columbia county selective service board may be able to find between 10 and 20 candidates for induc tion under the new and revised regulations. Only men who can be inducted now are those between 20 and 29, 18 and 19-year-ol<|s having been specifically exempted in the re cent enactment. • Service Station To Open Friday The service station, which has been under construction for some time at the corner of Bridge street and Weed avenue, will open Fri day morning of thia week. The announcement waa made Tues day by Jake Berger, owner, who has done much of the construc tion work in making the building ready for the opening. The station will feature Union Oil products and will be modern in every respect. The opening hours are from 7 am. to 9 p.m. Mr. Berger said. connections to new rural consum ers. Mr. King states that this work will be expedited as soon as materials are available and will continue throughout a three- year construction period. At the request of the board of di rec torts at the regular meet ing in February, Mr. Seelye, the cooperative’s manager, was re quested to make application for this loan to the administrator of the rural electrification admin istration. Due to the urgency and the rationing of power that had been effective throughout the Ne halem valley for some months, this appropriation was person ally expedited by all men associ ated with the cooperative, the rural electrification administra tion and with the assistance of the Hon. Wayne Morse and the Hon. Walter Norblad. • Adams Funeral Held Here Sun. Funeral services were held here Sunday at the Bush Funeral home for Alva E. Adams, a former resi dent of Vernonia for 15 years. The death came at 8:30 p.m. May 22 from a heart attack; after being bedfast for half a day at his home near Natal. Interment was at the Vernonia Memorial cemetery. The deceased resided in Ver nonia from 1925 to 1940 and dur ing a large part \of that time he owned and operated a grocery store. Alva E. Adams was born on the 23rd day of April, 1889, at Mem phis, Missouri, and died at Natal on the 22nd day of May at the age of 57 years and 29 days. Surviving are: His wife, Pearl; one daughter, Reba Hobin of Sweet Home; seven sons, Archie of Clatskanie, Gloyd, Jack and LaVern of Sweet Home, Paul and Lewis of Portland and Robert of Natal; one sister, Mrs. Verlie Edwards of Crossville, Illinois; three brothers, Ray, Byron and Harold, all of Loe Angele^; and 13 grandchildren. • Stores to Close For Memorial Practically very store in Ver nonia and Riverview will close its doors Thursday in keeping with the Memorial Day holiday May 30. A survey of firms Mon day and Tuesday brought the re sponse from all those who can that they would not be open for business that day. Business house doors will be open the following day, Friday, a» usual. • Legion Zeon Sign To Be Installed The Zeon sign for the Legion hall ta to be installed this week. Legion Commander Cleve Robert son said thih week. The sign was ordered a short time ago by the Legion through the United Electric and Supply company which firm will also do the in stallation. This sign will bear etten 10 inches high and will be mounted at the front ef the hall where it will be plainly visible from Bridge street, the commander said. Cost of the sign is benig borne jointly by the Legion and the Vernonia Booeter club whichh as used the hall in the ptast and probably will again in the future.
