“Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Farming, Recreation.”
.THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 194«
VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON
VOLUME 24, NUMBER 32
ARMY AIR FORCES 39 YEARS OLD Grangers
“Air Power is Peace Power,“ theme off Air Force Day celebrations.
Postwar Fair Opening
Date Scheduled Ang. 15
Propose
Hospital
Resolution Calls
For Study by
Subordinate Units
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'Orville Wright, bicycle maker
turner! airman, is the father
»of powered American aviation.
The “Wright Flyer” testing its wings at Fort Myer, Virginia,
in 1908. It was a modest forerunner of the powerful planes
Built by Curtiss»Wright Corp, during World War II.
The B-29 “Superfortress” delivered the Anal knockout blow to Japan. Designed by the Boeing
craft Company, the B-29 ushered in the atomic age at Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Bikini. The Boeing
B-50, even more powerful and of longer range, is noy in produetion for the Army Air Forces.
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The streamlined post-war AAF sports a powerful new fighter.
Built by the Republic Aviation Corp., the jet-propelled P-84 ap
proaches a speed of GOO miles an hour, has a range of 1000
miles, and a service ceiling of more thon 40,000 feet.
Power Turnoff
Slated Today
Consumers of electricity in
parts of the Nehalem valley will
be without power this morning
from 8:30 to 12 noon Frank D.
Seelye, West Oregon manager,
said Wednesday when he an
nounced the hours.
Power users in Riverview and
down the river to Mist and Bir-
kenfeld will be effected by the
shut off which is necessary in or
der for cooperative employes to do
emergency work.
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Junior Church
Members Picnic
Fifty-six boys and girls of the
junior congregation of the Chris
tian church and their sponsors
enjoyed a picnic on the church
grounds Tuesday, August 6.
This group meets at 11 o'clock
each Sunday morning for a wor
ship service (at the same time
as the adult morning worship
service). All boyj and girls up
to 12 years of age are invited.
Adult sponsors are Mrs. Box
Tunnell, Mrs. George Peters,
Beverly Herrin and Mrs. Ernest
Baker.
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Car Wrecked Monday
The automobile in which Mr. and
Mrs. Lenwood Reynolds and their
niece were riding rolled over twice
in an accident near Trehame Mon
day evening at 5 o’clock. None
of the occupants were injured.
Extent of the damage was several
hundred dollars, but no definite
estimate had been made by
Wednesday.
General Carl A. Spaatz heads
the Ar >y Air Forces, our first
line of defense, dedicated to
the maintenance of world peace.
New Outlet Obtained
Another outlet for Pal Shop
wholesale *ice cream was obtained
a few days ago, A. F. Wagnei’,
owner, stated. The product is be
ing sold now at the Timber Mer
cantile store at Timber in addi
tion to the local outlet at the Mill
Market and Lockers.
Petroleum
Prices Up
Prices of Petroleum products,
fuel oil, gasoline, solvent, stove
oil and kerosene, increased here
late last week in accordince with
increases elsewhere.
Increased
production costs by the companies
manufacturing the products are
responsible for the increases to
consumers local distributors re
port.
The amounts and items which
are now priced at a higher rate
are: gasoline, kerosene, solvents
and thinners, lc per gallon; die
sel and fuel oil lWc per gallon;
and stove oil, 2c per gallon, high
cetane diesel fuel, 2Uc per gallon.
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Honesty Best
Youth Finds
Breaking a window usually
leads to someone paying for the
damage and the one to pay is usu
ally the one who causes the break.
That’s the way it developed last
Friday when Ralph Borton acci
dentally broke a window in the
Brunsman store. The damage was
caused that morning before the
store opened, but the youth re
mained to tell the owner about
it and offer to pay for a new
glass. His offer was not accepted
because the breakage was covered
by insurance.
Moral: Honesty is ths best pol
icy.
Old Clothing,
Toys Desired
Mrs. A. E. Jennings is asking
that all outgrown, outmoded and
unwanted clothing, toys or any
thing else that is not wanted by
the owners be left at her place.
Reason for the request is that she
passes the articles on to someone
else who has need for them.
Mrs. Jennings can be found at
home nearly every evening, but if
no one it there, articles may be
left on the porch of her home at
196 A St She will see that the
material left is devoted to a good
cause.
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Columbia County Pomona
Grangers, meeting Saturday, Au
gust 3, at the Beaver Homes hall
adopted a resolution which will
start an investigation toward ob
taining hospital facilities in the
county.
The resolution adopted
Saturday says:
“As there is very little hospital
facilities in Columbia county to
take care of its over 20,000 peo
ple, there is a definite need for
a movement to try and secure for
the county sufficient hospitaliza
tion to take care of its people.
“The hospitals in the adjoining
counties are also badly crowded
and many times unavailable to
Columbia county people, besides
the disadvantage as to distance
from the county.
“In view of this, it is recom
mended that this matter be
drawn to the attention of every
subordinate grange in the county
and committees appointed to in
vestigate and promote the idea
of establishing hospital facilities
in the county.”
Morton Tompkins, A^aster of
the Oregon state grange, was
present at the session to relate
what the grange is doing and an
nounced that the national grange
will meet in Portland beginning
November 13.
There are now about 30,000
grangers in Oregon and in this
county around 1130. The largest
subordinate grange membership
is that of Beaver Homes with 179.
Initiated Saturday were 61 new
members, the largest class in the
history of the county Pomona
group.
August 17, Saturday, was select
ed as grangers’ day at the coun
ty fair and all grangers are wel
come for the picnic lunch at noon
in the fair grove.
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New Sprinkler
System Set Up
A Stout Sprinkler System has
been installed on the Ralph Mc
Kee farm in Riverview and prom
ises to make possible a substantial
dairy herd increase by the owner,
C. L Anderson, who installed the
equipment, announced early this
week.
The system will provide »irriga
tion to the 20 acres owned by Mr.
McKee. Most of the acreage pro
vides clover pasture to a herd of
about 17 cows and it is believed
that with irrigation, the herd can
be doubled without the need of
increasing the acreage.
The system is of the latest type
employing aluminum pipe and
quick couplings, Mr. Anderson
said.
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Prizes totaling $500 will be
awarded to winners in various
events that are to be part of the
daily afternoon show at the 31st
annual Columbia county fair, ac
cording to Ralph Langdon. The
county's first post-war show gets
underway Thursday, August 15,
and lasts through Sunday, August
18, and there will be $500 in
awards at the afternoon show
every day of the fair.
Planned for each day at 1:45
is a parade featuring livestock
and other exhibits at the fair.
Promptly at 2 p.m., the daily
show will get underway in the
arena. Some of the events sched
uled for this show include a
quarter-mile horse race for ani
mals entered and ridden by boys
and girls, a barrel race in which
contestants will have to ride the r
mounts around a barrel at each
end of the course and a quarter-
mile race for horses ridden by
women riders.
Other special events include a
bundle race where contestants are
required to ride to the end of the
course, dismount and put on cloth
ing left there, mount their horses
and ride to the finish line. A
one-mile flag race, a tail race in
which one man rides a horse and
another hangs onto the animal’s
tail and a half-mile derby race
in which the top horses will be
entered, are other features.
F.F.A. and 4-H boys under 16
years of age will have an oppor
tunity to get a $50 calf just for
the catching, in another event on
the afternoon show. Each day,
a $500 calf will be turned loose
in the arena and the first contest
ant to catch the animal, put a
halter on it and lead it back to
the judges’ stand wins the calf.
Calf-riding is also to be a feature
on the afternoon show, with rid
ers limited to 16 years and under.
Any boy who successfully rides
the calf assigned him will win
$5, Langdon said.
Feature of the evening at the
fair will be the rodeo which will
start at 8 p.m. daily except Sun
day when the afternoon show
and the rodeo finals will be com
bined.
Thursday, August 15
9 a.m.—Judging of all entries
and exhibits.
1J0 p.m,—Livestock parade in
arena.
2 p.m.—Afternoon show—races,
special events, air show.
8 p.m.—Rodeo.
Friday, August 16
9 a.m.—Completion of judging
if any.
12 Windows at
School Broken
Twelve window panes in the
Vernonia high school building
have been broken during the sum
mer months by youngsters shoot-
<ing BB guns or throwing rocks,
Expansion Planned
Bob Spencer, janitor, said Tues-
Another meeting of the Ver
David Brunsman, nephew of d»y- Police have been notified of
nonia Booster club is dated for Pete Brunsman and a captain in the vandalism, Mr. Spencer said,
the coming Monday evening at the army air force, has joined and also of the most recent de
structive act which occurred la3t
the Vernonia Country Club Lou the sales staff at the Brunsman
Saturday night.
store
the
owner
announces
this
Girod, president, said Tuesday.
Some time during that evening
week. The increase in staff will
Planning of a program for the
be followed by an increase in the one of the large window panes in
coming months will- occupy the store space soon when the floor the principal’s office on the sec
meeting.
area will be enlarged by extend ond floor of the building was
Members of the group are asked ing the building back 25 feet to broken by someone throwing a
to be present at 8 p.m. and re display additional lines of mer bottle. The damage will be paid
freshments of sandwiches and cof chandise.
for by taxpayers of the district.
fee will be served afterwards.
Part of the last meeting’s dis
cussion was carried out last
Thursday when the debris was re
moved from Rock creek below the
swimming pool dam.
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Booster Club
Meet Planned
Painting to Start
Work will start Saturday night
of this week on redecorating the
interior of the Miller Department
Store Cecil Johnson, manager,
said Monday. The work will be
done by Carlin Hackney.
The Tree R's ;..
Respect, Reap, Reforest
Keep- Obecon Gteen,
11:30 p.m.—Livestock parade
in arena.
2 p.m.—Afternoon show. It is
expected that Governor Earl Sneil
will be a g’lest at the fair on this
day.
8 p.m.—Rodeo.
Saturday, Aungust 17
No special morning program
announced.
1:30 p.m.—Livestock parade in
arena.
2 p.m.—Afternoon show I
8 p.m.—Rodeo.
Sunday, August 18
No special morning program
announced.
2 p.m.—Final events in rodeo«,
also special events from the regu
lar afternoon show. Fair closes
at end of afternoon performance.
COUNTY NEWS
CLERK’S JULY
BUSINESS BRISK
ST. HELENS—July was a brisk
month as far as business went
at the county clerk’s office, for
fees received totalled $1343.25, a
slight rise over the June total
which was $1296.10.
Sources from which the money
came were as follows: Recording
fees, $710.35; county fee«, $23;
Circuit judge, $57; district at
torney, $40; trial fees, $20; re
porter fees, $85; probate court,
$47.50; law library, $41.65; mar
riage licenses (a sharp drop from
the traditonal Cupid’s month of
June), 12; dance licenses, $10; mi
gratory chattel fees, $25; miscel
laneous fees, $66.75.
HIGHER FISH
PRICE ASKED
CLATSKANIE—Columbia river
fishermen are going to ask the
packers for higher prices for salm
on but they are not going to
strike even though the request is
refused.
Such was the decision reached
in a special election on Monday,
called to decide whether or not
to give their price committee au
thority to call the fishermen off
the river unless price demand*
were met.
At the present time catches if
salmon in the Columbia are ex
tremely light but the regular
heavy August run is expected
soon.
The prices of river Chinook
salmon agreed upon earlier n
the season was 10c. The fisher
men had received a 2c increase,
the first price increase in spring
salmon prices since 1942.
NEW TROOPER
ASSIGNED HERE
ST. HELENS — State Patrol
man Roy Wilburn, who has been
on duty at the Milwaukie of
fice, has been assigned to Colum
bia county to take the place of
Warren Forsyth, recently pro
moted to sergeant here.
Wilbur, who has been a mem
ber of the department since May
1, will move here with his wife as
soon as he can find housing.
MINT HARVEST
BEGINS SOON
CLATSKANIE — Prospect* are
now fine for the miint crop in
the Clatskanie area,- harvest of
which will start in the next ten
day; and then swing into lull
speed ahead.
The local crop is better than
last year and practically all fields
show improvement although the
weather prevented sufficient weed
ing in some places.
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Contractors are now offering
$6 per pound and eastern ware
houses are practically empty of
the oil while it has been the cus
tom to hold about two years’ sup
ply in reserve.
Word from Michigan, another
of the big mint growing sections,
is that the crop is not good there.
Most of the mint farmers now
have their own stills which in
creases prospects of getting all
the mint harvested during the
good weather when the leaves
give off the most oil.