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library, ü of o < “Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Farming, Recreation.” VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON VOLUME 25 NUMBER 27 Co-op Plans Riverview Substation Right-of-way Work Partly Completed Up Pebble Creek West Oregon Electric Coopera tive is preparing for the construc tion of its substation in Riverview and is expecting delivery of materials for the station by Au gust 15, Manager Guy Thomas said Monday. For the substation at Riverview, the base grade has been leveled and the pouring of cement will be made within the next two weeks. Mr. Thomas also announced that six and one-half miles of right- of-way clearing up Pebble creek has been completed and that flag ging has been done for about 20 miles. That transmission line will lead into Top Hill area and farther into Washington county to make possible electrical service to people in the Cooperative territory not now being served. • Painting, Repair Work Being Done Repair work for the high school buildings this year is underway now Bob Spencer, janitor, said Tuesday morning. The repairs this year will comprise about the same work that is carried out every summer, but with some changes planned. Redecoration of the halls and study hall is in progress and ply wood around the lower part of the walls of the latter room will be installed to cover broken plas ter. Also scheduled before the start of school this fall is painting of the bleachers in the gymnasium. The work is being done by C. A. Mills, Harold McEntire and Mr. Spencer. • Grangers Plan Park Work Days Two work days this month are planned by the Natal grange for the improvement of Big Eddy park, the park board states in an announcement made Wednesday. The notice states: "The opportunity will present itself on July 6 and 13 to those who wish to volunteer some labor towards improving the Big Eddy park on those dates. "Everyone may participate in this work even if they don't belong to the grange. Lunch will be served if the people coming bring it.” Expenditures for Welfare More Work on More Oiling Brown Installs Cut Drastically in May Park Buildinb Of Road Is Union Officers Scheduled The last meeting of Columbia county public welfare commission for the fiscal year 1946-47 was held Wednesday, June 25, Mrs. Eva L. Tice, administrator reports. Report on May expenditures was as follows: Old age assistance 380, $14,901.- 00; Aid to dependent children 60, $4,442.00; Blind assistance 7, $360.- 00; General assistance 64, $4,- 816.01; total $25,528.01. This shows a drastic reduction in expenditures, reflecting stan dards amended by the state public welfr-e commission, which affect ed alike grants in all counties. To bring welfare programs within available funds it was necessary to delete all but maintenance items; to curtail all medical expenditures, except where the condition was an immediate threat to life; ip, an emergency, and to look to relatives for maximum ability to support. All clothing allowances were also deleted, these items to receive consideration in September or Oct ober, and to be added to grants only as indicated by the situation of the recipient and the availability of funds. These programs reached their peak in this county as follows: Old age assistance February 1947, 421, $16,763.50; Aid ti de pendent children March 1947, 63, $4,741.00; Blind assistance March Nehalem Park Ready for Use Nehalem Park, located about half way between Mist and Ver nonia, is ready for the use of picnickers Ike Dass, owner, said Tuesday evening and people are invited to come there this week end. In addition to the park, Mr. Dass has his Standard service station open for business. He will also feature Pal Shop ice cream. Some grading work was neces sary to make the park ready for the 4th and running water has been piped in for the use of visit ors. Mr. Dass is planning a grand opening later on. • Commission Sets Game Hearing The Oregon state game com mission will hold its statutory hearing at ten o’clock, Friday, July 11, 1947, in regard to hunting regulations for the current year. The meeting will be held at the office of the commission at 1634 S. W. Alder Street, Portland. Seasons, bag limits and methods of taking game birds, game an imals, and fur-bearing animals will be considered. 1947, 421, $16,763.50; Aid to de February 1947, 158, $6,740.92. All members of the commission were present, namely, Chairman Louis Fluhrer, Angelo Caniparoli, Mrs. Jean Ostlund, Mrs. Leila Bushman, and three members of the county court- (in an ex-officio capacity) Judge J. W. Hunt, Wil liam Pringle and Don Parcher. • First License Group Expires The first group of licenses bear ing numbers between 5R1 and 5R33000 expired with the ending of the month of June to mark the first step in renewal program for this state. The renewal system adopted by the state at the 1947 legislature provides for renewals by serial number instead of the date printed on the face of the •permit itself. Oregon has almost 800,000 per mits out licensing drivers and the method provided by the legislature makes unecessary the sending of a notice to each driver. Application blanks for renewals are not available here at the city hall, but drivers who need the slips can obtain them at the Vernonia Auto company. License representatives from the secretary of state’s office are stressing several points concern ing driving permits: 1. don’t drive out off state on an old license un less a renewal schedule is clipped to it; 2. don’t apply for a new Ore gon license ahead of schedule be cause of the delay that an applica tion will cause to others sending in licenses for renewal, but be sure to apply in the month in dicated on the schedule. No examination for a renewal is necessary. • New Minister to Take Pulpit Sun. Ray L. Aplett, new minister for the First Christian church, ar rived here Tuesday and will be in the pulpit Sunday, July 6, to de liver his first regular sermon, was the announcement made Wednes day morning. Rev. Aplett and his family form erly resided at Spokane. The move here was made to fill the vacancy arising from the resignation of Rev. Ernest Baker, who has been gone a month. • Office Opens Saturday The Vernonia Post Office will be open to patrons from 8 a.m. to 12 noon Saturday, Postmaster Emil Messing said Monday, re gardless of the Friday and Satur day closing planned by many business places here. Home for County National Guard Unit Promised CO. K PROMISED SITE FOR QUONSET HUT ARMORY ST. HELENS—Captain James MacLeod, commanding officer of Co. K. speaking on behalf of the unit and 17 members of the com pany, who were present in the council chambers, Monday evening last week asked the city council to provide the site, foundation and flooring for a temporary armory. The state has alloted the com THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1947 pany two quonset huts, which are now available. He stated the state will sign a 99-year lease on the property. Al though no money would change hands, the city has the privilege of using the armory as a commun ity center any night which does not conflict with guard duties and needs. BRISTOW OPERATION IS APPARENTLY SUCCESSFUL CLATSKANIE—Jimmy Bristow was reported to be doing nicely after a "blue boy” operation per formed Tuesday of last week at John Hopkins University hospital. The hospital reported Tuesday evening that the operation on the 12 pear old boy was “apparently successful.” He will be in an oxygen tent for 48 hours which is considered the critical period in all such opera tions. RIVER READINGS SHOW SLOW FALL ST. HELENS—During the last few days the Columbia river has been falling slowly but steadily and last Wednesday afternoon the gauge at the city dock showed a depth of slightly less than 13 feet above • zero. The report of river conditions by the weather bureau at Portland is that the river will continue to fall slowly. BLUEBACK RUN IS HEAVY THIS YEAR CLATSKANIE—The catches of bluebacks this year are heavy and it is reported that the fish ermen in the Mayger, Woody is land and Clatskanie drifts are averaging about 500 pounds of bluebacks a day. Fishermen and packers are con cerned about the heavy catches of that variety of salmon and are afraid that it might deplete the run while the U.S. Fish and Wild life Service is expending large sums of money to rehabilitate the fish in the Columbia river. Daily receipts at the Astoria canneries total about 15,000 pounds. Accomplisheg Wall« Raised Part Way Sunday; Next Meeting July 13 The log cabin under process of construction at Camp Wilkerson advanced Sunday when a group of 10 men and their families appear ed that morning to accomplish the raising of the walls 40 inches. The amount of work carried out Sun day was sufficient to make pos sible completion of the walls with one more day’s labor Glen Hawk ins said Monday. That is, the walls could be completed if a suf ficiently large crew is on hand. The next meeting date at the park is scheduled for two weeks from last Sunday, or July 13. The county organization backing the park building and other improve ments asks that people interested make a note of the future date and plan to attend. Some logs will be needed in addition to those already cut be fore the walls can be completed, Mr. Hawkins said, and the same is true of shakes for the roof. • Golf Affair Sun. Well Attended A good size crowd of golfers and friends enjoyed last Sunday’s annual Vernonia Country club picnic and competitive events which included a flag tournment, a driv ing contest and a hole-in-one con test. First and second place winners in the tourney were: Paul Dyer, first and a tie between Ben George and Earl King for second in the men’s division. For the women, Mrs. Harry King won first and Mrs. Harold Howard, second. E. P. Mullins came within four feet, four inches of the cup in the hole-in-one contest to get first- place rating for the event. He was followed by Loel Hieber with eight feet, 11% inches and George Turner with 10 feet, 4% inches. The longest drive for the driv ing contest was 252 yards and was male by Earl King for first place. Dave Howard drove 237 yards for second and Loel Heiber, 198 for third. • Approximately two and one- half miles of road oiling is sched uled for this part of the county later in the summer County Com missioner Wm. Pringle said Mon day. Total oiling in the county this year will cover between 12 and 15 miles. To make the work possible, the county crusher is busy now getting out sufficient rock which is being stockpiled near the county tool shed. Bill Anderson is supervis ing the crusher operation. County oiling equipment will also be used here to oil a portion of the street mileage in Vernonia. Planned outside the city limits is the surfacing of the remainder of the Stoney Point road to its junction with the Mist highway and the Rock creek road to the bluff. • Injuries Result 01 Car Accident Pete Wells suffered a broken leg, head injuries and possibly other injuries as the result of an accident to the car he was driving Monday when it left the Mist high way. just past the St. Helens junction and crashed into a boulder beside the road. Wells was brought to Vernonia in the Bush ambulance for medical attention before being taken to the Physicians and Sur geons hospital in Portland Mon day evening. The automobile was judged to be a complete loss as far as being repaired for further use. Some parts can be salvaged. • Hunting, Angling Shows Big Gain Analysis of the 1946 hunting and angling licenses sales show an increase of 131.33 per cent in the number of license holders during the last ten-year period, it is an nounced by the Oregon state game commission. During 1946, there were 344,226 individuals who had bought either a hunting or fishing license or both, while in 1936, the total was 148,803. Anglers exceeded hunters in num ber as last year there were 199,020 hunting license holders and 242,- 435 angling licenses. Talks on Law 1WA Director of Organization Tells Local of Progress George F. Brown, director of organization for the International Woodworkers of America, came to Vernonia last Thursday night to install the Local 5-37 officers who will preside over the local for the coming year. A large member ship turned out and after the installation Mr. Brown gave an informal talk on the progress of organization both in Canada and in the South which by the way is much better than expected. He also highlighted on the effect of the Hartley-Taft “Full employ ment for Lawyers” bill just passed over the president’s veto. Many people, especially business men, do not realize what it means to them nor have they given it a thought that when the pay roll of the worker cease’s also his bus iness to the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker ceases. The time has come for the farmer, the grocer, the butcher and others to join hands with organized labor. Quoting Mr. Brown on his state ment of the Hartley-Taft bill: “The Hartley-Taft Bill is ill ad vised and will effect everyone in the United States, not alone the mem bers of organized labor. There should be a policy of live and let live, now that the bill has become law, for, if there is an attempt to take unfair advantage of labor it will only bring loss of production, create confusion and turmoil to all of industry. We will not take any rash action, but will conduct our- Belves in a legal and businesslike manner. “The people must become active in protecting their interests in the political field and elect to office people who are representative of the people and not a few selfish interests.” Hawkins Speaks Rotary club members at Forest Grove heard Glen Hawkins, Col umbia County Tree Farm manager, taik recently on the farm, the work that is being accomplished and the necessity of practicing care with fire in forested areas. Mr. Hawkins has given similar talks in the past few months at several different places in this part of the state. Fiscal Report Shows Etha Morris Gets Growth of Savings Nursing Degree Etha Morris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Morris, has qual ified for a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing at the Univer sity of Oregon Medical School Department of Nursing, Portland, according to announcement releas ed by Henrietta Doltz, director. Miss Morris’ B.S. degree will qualify her for specialized oppor tunities in advanced nursing work. She took two years of pre-nursing college work at the Oregon State College. The graduation exercises held at the Medical School in Portland on June 19th were one of the most colorful in the long history of the Medical School Department of Nursing with eighty-seven young women receiving diplomas or cer tificates. Girls from ten different states and Canada came to Oregon to receive their nursing education. • Next Visit Dated A driven license examiner is scheduled to be on duty in Ver nonia Friday, July 11 at the city hall between the hour» of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Persons wishing licens es or permits to drive will have the opportunity to get them at that time. The ending of the fiscal year at the Vernonia post office and the annual report made out as the result of the year’s end show a gain in the amount of money on deposit in postal savings as com pared with the same report last year. The figures were released by Postmaster Emil Messing Wed nesday morning after the reports had been prepared by the office staff. On deposit in postal savings as of June 30, 1947 was the sum of $261,246.00, an increase over the 1945- 1946 "ear’s amount which was $257,941.00. Postal savings notes issued during the past year totaled $177,062 and those cashed amount ed to $173,757.00. The amount on deposit has increased steadily for the past three years. In the money order department of the local office, another increase is shown last year. Value of the orders written totaled $320,101.06 which shows in the increase when compared with the previous amount of $270,144.30. Fees charged for writing the orders for the year just ended amounted to $1,938.00 and for the ’45-’46 year, $1562.83 The one department that deter mines a post office class is that of the sale of stamps. Sales for 1946- ’47 totaled $13,148.04 which is well above the $8000 amount necessary to receive the second class rating held here. The sale last year is slightly less when compared with that of the 1945-’46 period which was $13,157.62. All other sales at the office totaled $63,794.30, Mr. Messing revealed and the amount is the total of several different items which include bonds, postal notes, migratory bird stamps, internal revenue stamps and special request envelopes. Although the stamp sales only determine the class of office, the money changing hands through the local windows was $576,043.40, over half a million dollars.
