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VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON
VOLUME 24, NUMBER 35
Future Road
Oiling Plans
Are Revealed
State Highway Men
Tell Plans for
Coming Two Years
In this vicinity and other coun
ty districts Monday to examine
county roads which are to receive
federal funds for road oiling were
three representatives of the state
highway commission. Making the
tour of examination with them
were Wm. Pringle, Sr., and Don
ald Parcher, county commission
ers.
As explained by the visitors,
the commission has received fed
eral highway funds,, part of which
are to be devoted to the oiling
of county roads. The time of
suitable weather remaining this
year makes the work impossible
this season, but the funds are to
be available next year and the
year after.
Scheduled for oiling during 1947
is the remaining graveled road
between Vernonia and Sunset
camp. ' Part of that road already
is hard surfaced, and the remain
der is scheduled next. Also in
tended during the coming year is
the oiling of between seven and
12 miles of the Pittsburg-Scap
poose road.
Two years from now, or during
1948, the state will apply money
for surfacing the Raimer-Apihry
road.
Tjie funds so received, Mr. Prin
gle said, do not change the status
of these roads in that they re
main county roads contrary to
the opinion which has been ex
pressed several times; by people
here.
Polio Threat Ends District 47
Swim Pool Season Clerk Held
As a precautionary measure
here in keeping with other areas
of Columbia county the city
park swimming pool dam was re
moved last Saturday and chil
dren under 12 years of age are
not permitted to attend the thea
ter due to the threat of infantile
paralysis. Orders for closing the
pool and restricting attendance at
the theater was given by Dr. J.
H. Flynn county health officer,
to local health authorities who in
turn acted immediately to carry
out the measures.
One polio case and one doubt
ful case had been reported by
Saturday afternoon of last week
in, this county, but no cases of
the disease' have been listed for
Price Board
Consolidated
Another change in the price
control set-up for Vernonia is an
nounced this week by the price
control board at Forest Grove.
The board at that place is being
consolidated with the board lo
cated at 405 Central building,
130 S. W. 10th Ave., Portland, ef
fective September 4.
When rationing was at its
height, price control was handled
from an office maintained here.
Since the local office was dis
banded, price control has been
cared for from the Forest Grove
office.
A statement from the Forest
Grove office says: “This action
considered necessary because of
the limited budget which has been
allotted for operation of price
control boards.”
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Thomas Building
Bought by Church New Airmail Rate
Intended Oct. 1
The purchase of the Thomas
building has been made by the
local Nazarene church. The mem
bers plan to have a new church
and Sunday school rooms bu.lt
on the lot in the near future.
Rev. H. L. Russell, pastor of
the church is an experienced car
penter having spent several years
at contract work. He built the
church and parsonage at Klamath
Falls, and in 1941 he spent the
summer in Fairbanks, Alaska,
building the church there. Last
year he built a large dining hall
and two dormitories for the Wash
ington District at Halls Lake,
Washington.
A group of men
from the Kelso church plan to
come here and help when they
are called.
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August 31 Pay Deadline
The dairy production payment
program for the second quarter
of 1946 closes on August 31. Pro
ducers who have not yet applied
for their payment on milk and
butterfat sold in the April-June
period will need tot do so before
that date.
A new rate for users of air
mail will become effective as of
October 1 according to informa
tion received here at the Vernonia
post office a. few days ago and
announced this week by Post
master Emil Messing.
The new rate to become effec
tive sets the cost of domestic air
mail at five cents per ounce as
compared with eight cents during
the war when the rate was in
creased over the prewar rate of
six cents.
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Examiner Scheduled
A drivers’ license examiner is
scheduled to be on duty in Ver
nonia Friday, September 6 at the
city hall from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Persons wishing license or per
mits to drive may contact the
examiner during those hours but
are asked to do so well ahead of
the closing hour in order to as
sure completion of their applica
tions with a minimum of delay.
County-Wide Council Is
Result of Sunday Meet
In answer to the announce
ment last week of a meeting Sun
day at Camp Wilkerson, about 40
people responded to organize a
county-wide council to make plans
for the camp development in such
a manner that the requirements
of all youth groups would be met.
To set up the council, it was
decided to compose the group by
naming three youth leaders from
each of the county's sections.
Named Sunday for that purpose
were: Vernonia—Ed Frazee, Mrs.
Gertrude Kirkbride and Rev. Al
lan H. Backer; Scappoose—Joe
Cramer, Mrs. Cecil Johnson and
Mrs. Ann Halsheimer; Clatska
nie—Mrs. Charles Roat. Mrs.
John Martinson and Rev. Rodger
Rendahl; Rainier — Mrs. Stella
Newland, Rev. O. E. Galloway
and Floyd Stamen; St Helens—
Wallace McCrae, Perry Horton
and Mrs. Margaret Pasero.
Because of their position and
knowledge of the county’s people
and resources, the following coun
ty-at-large members were added
to the council: George A. Nelson
and Mrs. Maude C. Cass well of
the county extension service; Dave
Slaught, county engineer; Ray
Tarbell, county judge; Roland
Masten,
timber scaler;
Glen
Hawkins, who voluntarily has
made valuable improvements on
the site already, and Mrs. Pearl
Becker, matron of the county jun
ior Grangers.
A second meeting has been set
for September 16 at the St. Hel
ens high school for 8 p.m.
this area. However, the closing
order wias deemed necessary as a
step towards preventing occur-
ence of the dreaded disease here.
If no new cases are reported by
September 2 it is likely that at
tendance at the show will again
be permitted for children.
COUNTY NEWS
LEAVE PAY FORMS
AVAILABLE AT ST. HELENS
ST. HELENS — Ex-servicemen
(interested in making application
for payment of any cash they
may have coming for unused
leave may obtain forms for this
application from William' Lither-
land, adjutant of Columbia Post
No. 42 of the American Legion.
Litherland, who may be reached
at the Pacific Furniture Co. in
West St. Helens, said yesterday
that he had received a limited
number of forms.
Eventually the forms will also
be available at the post office
here, but so far this week the
office had not yet received its
supply.
SCHOOL DISTRICT GETS
GARAGE APPROVAL
CLATSKANIE—The Clatskanie
school district was granted au
thority last week to proceed with
the construction of a $5000 ga
rage building and shop to house
the district-owned buses.
The building will be constructed
on the lower end of the grade
school grounds and will be 32x80
feet with a gravel floor. Con
nected to it will be a 20x40 foot
shop with concrete floor.
PICTURE SHOW TO
RAISE PRICES AT RAINIER
RAINIER—Because the pro
ducers are demanding that prices
be raised by the local theater if
it wants first class pictures to
run, the owner has announced
that he will raise prices on Sep
tember 1 to 50 cents for adults,
40 cents for students above 12 and
14 cents for younger children.
Identification cards will be issued
to students to show that they are
students and entitled to student
rates.
GIDEONS ORGANIZE
COLUMBIA COUNTY
ST. HELENS—The first Gideon
camp in Columbia county was
organized recently at the First
Christian church, St Helens.
Twenty-five signed up as charter
members of the newly formed
camp.
One of the projects of the new
camp will be the placing of Bibles
in the hands of school children.
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Backer Retains
Pastorate Here
Rev. Allan H. Backer, Evangel
ical church minister, and Mrs.
Backer and their family will be
residents of Vernonia for another
year as determined at the Evan
gelical church conference held
at Jennings Lodge. At that time
Rev. Backer was assigned to this
church where he has been for sev
eral years.
The conference at Jennings
Lodge was held from August 6 to
9 and was followed by the assem
bly and camp meetings from the
11th to 18th. The camp meetings
were attended by 23 people from
the local church.
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Sept. 1 Opening Date
The first shooting for bird
hunters this fall will be avail
able with the opening of the hunt
ing season on September 1 for
band-tailed pigeons and doves.
The pigeon season extends
through the entire month but the
dove season closes September
15. Bag limit for each species
is 10 a day or 10 in possession.
HunUng is allowed one-half hour
before sunrise to sunset.
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By Officers
Detailed Audit t
of Funds to Find
Shortage Amount
A warrant charging forgery and
embezzlement was served Monday
by police officers on Lee Schwab,
former school clerk for District
47, Jt., and he is now being held
(in the Columbia county jail at
St Helens under $10,000 bail.
The warrant signed by Glen F.
Hawkins, chairman of the board,
was made out last Friday after it
was determined by a special pre
liminary audit of the district’s
books that a shortage had occur
red. The books are audited regu
larly once a year, but 'no losses
had been notioed until a short
time ago which led to the order
ing by the board of directors that
a special examination be made.
At present a detailed audit is
being carried out to determine
the exact amount of the loss, part
of which will be paid by the bond
ing company which held the
clerk’s bond.
At the last meeting of the dis
trict board a few days ago R. M.
Aldrich was named as clerk for
the district and John L. Foote,
St. Helens attorney, appointed
to represent the district tn tak
ing steps to recover the funds
lost.
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Polio Threat
Changes Plans
Plans were being made a few
days ago for a week of Bible
school with sound pictures to be
held at the Evangelical church,
Rev. Allan H. Backer, minister
said Tuesday, but the school will
not be held because of the polio
threat.
Church members who were
handling the arrangements find
it necessary to disappoint the
children who would have attended,
but other programs will be held
later to make up the loss.
Coming events at the church in
clude promotion Sunday Septem
ber 15 in the Sunday school ana
Rally day on October 13.
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Unused Leave
Forms Received
An ample supply of the “Claim
Settlement—Unused Leave” forms
have been received here and are
available to veterans at the post
office, Assistant Postmaster Tom
Bateman said Wednesday.
The
forms are used by vets in apply
ing for unused terminal leave
or furlough pay.
Pay is for a maximum of 120
days of earned leave, in non-ne-
gotiable bonds, maturing in five
years and is figured at the rate
of 2% days per month, minus the
leave actually taken in service.
Instructions for filling out the
forms is also available here.
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County Intends
Road Oiling
The county road oiling crew,
which was delayed in starting
work earlier this summer due to
rain, has just about completed
work in other sections and is ex
pected here next week Commis
sioner Wm Pringle, Sr., said Tues
day. About five miles of hard
surfacing is planned in this vicin
ity this year, he said.
Roads to receive attention if
weather permits will be between
two and two and one-half on the
Rock creek route and two miles
on Stoney Point.
The oiling crew is working in
the Warren and Scappoose areas
now.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 2», 194«
Schools Prepare for First
Opening Day Sept. 9th;
Freshmen to Enroll Early
Indications now are that the
opening day*of school September
9 will find nearly everything in
readiness and with most teaching
staff vacancies filled Principal
Ray Mills and Superintendent
Paul Gordon said early this week.
Furnace installations at both the
high school and Washington grade
school are nearing completion and
repairs to the structures are near
ly done, both men said.
It is possible that some teaching
positions may be vacant for the
opening, but every effort is being
made to have them filled.
If
positions are open by the start
ing time, substitutes will be en
gaged.
Early Registration Asked
Principal Mills announced Tues
day that he will be in his office
at the high school on Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday afternoons
of next week from 1:30 to 4
o’clock, so that freshmen stu
dents and transfers may register
before the opening. Early regis
tration of these students eases
first day activities and allows
more time for consideration of
the; subjects these students wish
to follow for the next four years.
A important detail is also
pointed out by Mr. Gordon for
parents of children just old
enough to enter school.
Any
child entering the first grade must
be six years of age on or be
fore November 15, 1946. That
is the child’s d’xth birthday must
fall on or before that date, not
at some time after that date.
Children entering kindergarten
must be five years old on or
before November 15 of this year.
Equalization Intended
Parents who may not know to
which school to send their chil
dren are informed that the Lin
coln school on Corey Hill will ac
commodate students of the 1st,
2nd and 3rd grades who live west
of the S.P.&S. railway tracks.
In order to equalize classes be
tween the Lincoln and Washing
ton schools in the first three
grades it will be necessary to
send most youngsters coming to
school by bus to the Lincoln
building. The number of young
sters to be sent to Lincoln will be
determined on opening day.
The school administration is
authorized to adjust zones and
to shift pupils from one school
to another. The administration
would like to permit pupils to
attend the school of their choice,
but in order to adjust the teach
er-pupil ratio to an effective size,
it is necessary to request pupils
to shift from one school to an
other.
The cooperation of pu
pils and parents will be appre
ciated in this matter the super
intendent said.
Bus Routes Named
The buses and the routes they
will follow are: Ira Lee—Sunset
camp to Treharne junction with
the load from thereon to be
equalized with the Mills bus; C.
A.
Mills—Pebble creek loop;
George Johnson—Camp 8 to Riv
erview; Bruce McDonald—Rock
creek route; Austin Carll Mist
Route, and Bob Thompson—Stoney
Point and overflow at Riverview.
High school instructors engaged
so far and the subjects they will
teach are:
Harold McEntire,
mathematics; J. Hergert, Ameri
can history, physical education
and athletes; Mrs. Hergert home
economics and girls’ physical edu
cation; Mrs. Mary*Aronsen, music
and world geography; Mrs. Olive
Oliver, freshman and sophomore
Engish and library; James Chipps.
junior and senior English; Gor
don Johnston, science and assist
ant athletics, and Hiram Smith
who has been offered a contract
to instruct industrial arts and so
cial economics.
A commercial
teacher yet remains to be hired.
Grade Instructors Named
At the Lincoln school the in
structors will be: Miss Velva
Ramsey, principal and 2nd grade;
Mrs. Mabel Blackwell, 1st grade;
Mrs. Mathilde Bergerson, 3rd
grade.
Teachers at Washington will
be: Miss Reese, 1st; Mrs. Powell,
1st and 2nd; Mrs. Lenora Kizer,
2nd; Miss Maiian Schwartz, 3rd;
Mrs. Grace Cantwell, 4th; Mrs.
Noma Calister, 4th; Mrs. Evelyn
Heath, 5th; Mrs. Charlotte Steele,
6th; Miss Mercedes Larsen, 7th
and arithmetic; Mrs. Irma Chance,
7th and geography; Mrs. Dorothy
Sandon, 8th and language; Mrs.
Lillian Akers, 8th and history and
civcs; Mrs. Lulah Fullerton, kin
dergarten; Mrs. Mabel Graves,
high remedial; Mrs. Pearl Wil
kerson, low remedial, and Mrs.
Valda Heenan, girls physical edu
cation.
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Sweet Peas on
The Up and Up
M. L. Herrin believes he holds
the record for sweet peas in
Vernona and maybe he does, at
that. His are nine feet and four
inches tall and 'are still growing.
When the sweet peas at the
Herrin home at 334 B street be
gan to run, they were given
strings about four feet high.
They soon climbed these and
kept growiny. Then Mr. Herrin ,
decided to give them plenty of
room to grow and strings were
put up to the eaves of the house.
They have very nearly attained
this height.
The flowers are of the mixed
pastel variety and have been
blooming profusely since the early
part of July.
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Overseas Mail
Dates Listed
Packages
bearing Christmas
gifts to army service personnel
overseas are to be mailed between
October 15 and November 15 Post
master Emil Messing said this
week when the dates were an
nounced by postal department bul
letin.
Parcels to navy, marine
and coast guard personnel are
to be mailed by October 15. •
Packages to China, India and
the Middle East should be mailed
as early as possible during the
mailing period because of the
distance involved.
Requests are not 'required for
mailing as has been true formerly
and one package a week to the
same person abroad may be sent.
Packages should carry the note-
tion “Christmas Parcel.” Senders
must observe a weight limit of
70 pounds and a combined girth
and width of 100 inches.
-,
There are 29,661,000 acres of
Oregon's land surface covered
with growing forests. This repre
sents the nation's largest source
of commercial timber.