“Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Farming, Recreation.”
VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON
VOLUME 25, NUMBER 5
Dime Drive
To Benefit
From Dance
Dime Boxes Will
Remain to Monday
Chairman Says
(Frizt photo. Cut courtesy Oregon Journal)
COLD WEATHER has added difficulty to the oil drilling operation
near Mist, but the work is continuing on a three eight-hour-shift basis.
Sixteen men are on the job for the Thompson and Thompson Oil
company which is doing the work for the Texas company. Drilling
started November 11 and is down over 3000 feet now. The derrick
height is 129 feet.
Collectors Plan
Tax Return Aid
Deputy collectors from the of­
fice of the collector of internal
revenue in Portland will be in
Vernonia for two days, Monday
and Tuesday, February 10 and 11,
an announcement from the office
this week indicates. Collectors
will also be at Rainier February
3, and St Helens, February 4
to 6 inclusive. They were at Clat­
skanie Tuesday and Wednesday
of this week.
In addition to the visit here
the assistance to taxpayers in
preparing federal income tax re­
turns for 1946, is available at the
branch office of the collector of
interrtal revenue, Room 100 Pit-
tock block, Portland, daily except
Saturdays and Sundays until
March 3. Assistance will be given
at the Portland office from March
3 to 15 inclusive, the final day
of the filing period, including Sat­
urdays.
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Children Thanked
For Clothing
Mrs. Lillian Akers, leader of
the Junior Red Cross at the Wash­
ington grade, received the thanks
of the Columbia County Chapter
a few days ago for the work
and clothing donations made by
the junior group.
Considerable effort has been put
forth by the children during the
past few months in order to par­
ticipate to a large extent in this
county’s donations tq the people
of France. The appreciation for
the work done was extended by
Mrs. Nannie B. Harrison, execu­
tive secretary of the county chap­
ter.
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Lions to Meet
At Legion Hall
Grudge Fight
Aid to ‘Dimes’
To add to the March of Dimes
drive, the students of Vernonia
high school each paid 10c to see
a grudge boxing match between
Dudley Spofford and Don Schaum­
burg in the gym January 28.
The match, which consisted of
five two-minute rounds was ac­
tion-packed and full of excite­
ment. The bout ended in a draw.
Referee wa3 James Chipps.
Admission for the grudge event
totaled over $20.
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Conlereuca Is
Plan February 3
Rev. P. P. Petticord, confer­
ence superintendent of the Evan­
gelical United Brethren church
(Oregon-Washington conference)
will be here to take charge of the
third quarterly conference at the
local church, Rev. Allen H. Backer
said Wednesday. The conference
is scheduled for Wednesday eve­
ning, February 5.
Rev. Petticord will speak and
also show pictures on the screen
of the Gospel Gleemen todr to
Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
The
public is invited to the meeting
which will begin at 7:30.
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Nehalem Valley
Truck Hijacked
A
Nehalem
Valley
Motor
Freight truck which was
loaded and ready to make the
trip here from Portland was stolen
early Friday morning in Portland
and was not located until Monday
of this week.
Frank Hartwick, owner, said
Saturday that the truck contained
several thousand dollars of- mer­
chandise destined for local stores.
The vehicle was found at Damas­
cus in southwest Portland and
when found much of the merchan­
dise had been removed. The truck
cab was damaged slightly.
The Vernonia Lions club is
scheduled to return to the Legion
hall again next Monday noon for
the regular luncheon, Cleve Rob- Meetings Scheduled
bertson, head of the committee in
Special revival meetings are
charge of that detail of the club’s
activities, said W ednesday morn­ scheduled at the Evangelical
United Brethren church for March
ing.
The day's program will feature ' 23 to April 6. Rev. F. B. Culver
of Portland will be the evangelist.
motion pictures.
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People who like to dance can do
so and at the same time help
boost Vernonia’s contribution to
the March of Dimes fund which
will be used in the coming year
to fight infantile paralysis. The
dance, net proceeds of which will
go to the fund, is scheduled Sat­
urday evening, February 1 at
the Legion hall.
Legionnaires are sponsoring the
affair for which the Rhythm Ven­
dors will play.
During inter­
mission lunch is to be served by
the American Legion Auxiliary
and net proceeds from that will
also go to the Dime fund.
A number of collection boxes
have been placed in business
houses in town by Chairman Paul
Gordon who said e#rly this week
that the boxes will remain out un­
til Monday of the coming week.
A program at the Washington
grade school Wednesday after­
noon also helped swell the fund
because an admission was charged
students who attended.
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Rose Services
Held Monday
Funeral services were held at
the Bush Funeral Home Monday
afternoon for Armel Rose, Sr., a
resident of Vernonia for a year,
and burial was at the Vernonia
Memorial cemetery.
Mr. Rose was born at Oakley,
Idaho, December 4, 1899, and
passed away January 23, 1947,
at the age of 47 years, one month
and 19 days. Surviving the -dis­
eased are: His wife, Vera; chil­
dren Betty Lou, Armel and Eve­
lyn; mother, Elizabeth Rose of
Provo, Utah; brothers, Wilbern
of Glens Ferry, Idaho, and Wes­
ley of Salt Lake, Utah; sisters,
Lucretia Rathbone and Roena
Crab of Boise, Idaho; Juaneta
Port of Oakley, Idaho, and Leona
Sherry of Provo, Utah.
Armel Rose was baptized into
the Mormon church at the age
of seven. Officiating at the serv­
ices Monday was Rev. Ernest P.
Baker.
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Station Opening
Response Good
Atley P. Chapman, who opened
the Texaco station Saturday, was
highly appreciative of the re­
sponse of people in this vicinity
to his first day of business, he
said
Monday.
The
opening
brought over 600* people to view
the new building and display
rooms.
Several gifts for people who
visited the store are waiting to
be claimed, Mr. Chapman said.
Joe Roberson, 626 Rose Ave., will
receive the radio and others to
receive gifts are: Tom Wolf, five
gallons of oil; Gerald L. Borders,
scooter, and Mary A. White, case
of motor oil.
THURSDAY,
JANUARY 30,
1947
Game Commission Adopts Delayed Chest
Final Rules Jan. 25
Campaign to
Reconvening its hearing on
angling
regulations
Saturday,
January 25, the Oregon state
game commission adopted the
final regulations for 1947. Some
changes were made from those
tentatively set January 11 includ­
ing opening the general trout sea­
son on April 26 instead of May
Salvation Army
Asks Welfare Aid
The Salvation Army, for which
a solicitation was recently com­
pleted here, organized in Columbia
county a short time ago in order
to carry on welfare work in this
area, Rosetta Buchanan, solicitor
here, said late last week. The
county local sponsoring committee
is headed by Francis Gill, St. Hel­
ens. Wales Wood is treasurer
and E. R. Bellingham, secretary.
The solicitation completed here
will be made only once each year
and will be carried out by those
carrying proper credentials.
Having the “know how” by vir­
tue of its 80 years’ experience,
the Salvation Army is now in the
field helping to solve many war-
related problems for boys and
girls, counseling the perplexed,
both civilian and military, who
have problems.
In addition to these services
the local fund solocited. here will
be available to those who at any
time may need temporary assist­
ance. This fund is administered
through the sponsoring committee.
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Credit Union
Names Officers
The Vernonia Credit Union held
its annual meeting and election of
officers, January 17, at the Union
hall.
Mrs. Celesta Poetter was elect­
ed president and John Roediger,
treasurer-clerk.
New members were elected on
the credit and advisory commit­
tees.
The credit committee will meet
once a week on Friday evenings.
Any member interested in making
application for a loan should con­
tact John Roediger shortly before
the weekly meeting for prompt
action on the application.
The next meeting of the Credit
Union will be held February 4 at
the home of Mrs. Lee Engen.
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16 Listed on
Honor Roll
Sixteen students of Vernonia
high school received listings on
the honor roll for recently-com­
pleted six-week period.
The
Freshman class led by plaeing
five students on the roll.
By classes the names were:
Seniors—Mary Ann Jones, Cora
Dusenberry, Miriam Corll and
Elna Morris; Juniors — Hulda
Johnson, Theresa Schmidlin and
Lillian Lusby; Sophomores—De­
lores Johnson, Mary Jane Arm­
strong, Maxine Hartwick and
Beverly Herrin and Freshmen—
Betty Jane Snook, Mary Ann
Clark, Marjory Roland, Donna
May Barrett and Lois Frank.
Pomona To Meet
The Pomona grange will meet
Saturday, February 1 at the Fem
Hill Grange Hall, Mrs. Elsie
Tracy, secretary, announced this
week. The meeting is scheduled
to begin promptly at 11:00 a.m.
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Hearse Obtained
J. A. Bush, Jr., returned Sat­
urday from Pocatello, Idaho, with
a hearse purchased several weeks
ago to replace the one damaged in
an accident a few weeks ago.
3. Printed copies of the 1947
angling synopsis probably will
be available the early part of
March.
General trout regulations place
the open season from April 26 to
October 15 inclusive with the ex­
ception of special seasons for cer­
tain waters. Open season in all
tidewater areas for trout will be
from June 15 to October 15 inclu­
sive.
The bag limit is 10 fish but
not to exceed 15 pounds and 1
fish in any one day and 30 fish
but not to exceed 30 pounds and
2 fish in any seven consecutive
days or in possession at any one
time; provided, however, that
there is no limit for whitefish or
Dolly Varden
The minimum length limit in
general is six inches with the
exceptions of: Eight inches in
that part of the main Mackenzie
river below Blue river (exclusive
of tributaries)-
Eight inches in coastal waters
which include that part of the
Umpqua river and tributaries be­
low the highway bridge at Scotts­
burg; that part of the Rogue
river and tributaries below the
Ferry Hole; and all other waters
tributary to the Pacific ocean
south of the Columbia river;
Ten inches in Diamond lake.
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Livestock Men
To Meet Feb. 4
The next meeting of the Colum­
bia County Livestock association
will be held in the Yankton
Grange Hall on Friday, February
14, between the hours of 10 a.m.
and 3 p.m. according to J. C.
Moran, president of the associa­
tion.
( There will be an important dis­
cussion of the livestock industry
at that time, including production
and management problems, laws
which might be proposed in the
legislature, and other important
matters pertaining to the indus­
try.
Diner is being arranged at noon.
All those interested in livestock
whether it be beef, dairy, sheep
or other livestock, are invited to
be present.
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Exemption Mnst
Re Filed Yearly
Churches, lodges and granges
must file yearly for tax exemp­
tions on property held by those
groups James Anlikec, represent­
ing the county assessor’s office,
said Saturday when he was in
Vernonia. The filing procedure
must be carried out each year in
order to receive the exemption
from taxes, he said.
The law requires that the fil­
ing be made by February 1, Sat­
urday, but an extension of time
will be granted due to the late­
ness in giving notice. Only one
such organization has filed so far
this year.
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Applicants for
Course Needed
Start in Feb.
Drive Originally
Set for October,
November Months
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Mrs, Frank Walworth of Deer
Island has been named chairman
for the Columbia county commun­
ity chest campaign to be held in
February. This campaign is to
raise funds for eight Oregon
agencies represented by the Ore­
gon chest.
The participating agencies are:
Boys’ and Girls’ Aid society,
Catholic Charities Children’s bu­
reau, Children’s Farm Home, Ore­
gon Mental Hygiene society, Ore­
gon Protective society, Salvation
Army’s White Shield & Wemme
Homes, Volunteers of America's
Mothers’ and Childrens’ Home and
Waverly Baby Home.
Seven of these agencies care
for needy and dependent children
of Oregon. In 1945 they provided
¿277 days care for 29 children
from Columbia county.
These
children depend upon the agencies
for all the necessities of life. The
agencies receive some assistance
from the state of Oregon, but
must depend upon voluntary con­
tributions through
community
chests for the larger portion of
the funds required to provide ade­
quate care for the children of Ore­
gon.
The Columbia county commun­
ity chest campaign was originally
scheduled to be held in October
and November but was postponed
until February. The fact that
Mrs. Walworth has consented to
serve as chairman is deeply ap­
preciated by officials of the Ore-
con chest, and it is anticipated
that; she will receive every assist­
ance from the good people of Co­
lumbia county in this most worth­
while program.
Youth Week
Banquet Held
Thirty-two young people of the
Christian church were in attend­
ance at a banquet Sunday which
they held as part of the observ­
ance of National Youth week.
Rev. Ernest P. Baker said Mon­
day.
Committee chairman in
charge was Delores Johnson.
The young people will also have
charge of the church program
on the coming Sunday evening at
7:30.
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Office Manager
Named Saturday
Clark Cain, formerly of Golden-
dale, Washington, will be the new
office manager of the West Ore­
gon Electric Cooperative to fill
the vacancy that will arise in
February when A. D. Jackson,
present office manager, will lfeave.
Mr. Cain comes here from
Washington where he was former­
ly with the state highway depart­
ment. He began work Monday
to familiarize hinuelf with the
office.
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No Sun Sunday,
Let’s Hope
Prospective students to enroll
Snow, snow and more snow
in a mechanics training school are and cloudy skies when it isn’t
still needed before the course can snowing. That’s been the weather
be given and those who are in­ menu in these parts for some
terested are urged to submit their weeks. Such “goings on” here
names to Box 247 c/o Engine Me­ aren’t appreciated in such big
chanics, Vernonia. Twenty stu­ doses as have been dished out so
dents are wanted and notification * far this winter, but now that
will be made when the school is to there has been so much of it, it
begin.
just as well continue through the
The course will refresh old me­ coming Sunday. Why!
chanics and teach new mechanics
Because Sunday, February 2 is
the latest theories of engines. The Groundhog day and should there
eight-weeks-long course costs 3140 be sunshine then, there’ll be six
which includes all texts and neces­ weeks’ more winter. At least
that's the way the saying gne.i.
sary paper materials.