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“Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Farming, Recreation.”
2-Way Radio Equipment
Purchase, Installation
Approved for Co-op
Telegraphic word received here
by the West Oregon Electric Co
operative a few days ago gave
official okeh, awaited since Sept
ember, for the purchase and in
stallation of a new two-way FM
radio system which the Cooper
ative will use for speeding serv'ce
in the case of power outages in
any part of the system. Announc:-
ment of the approval was made
here by Cooperative Manager Guy
Thomas.
Installation is scheduled to begin
this week end when a small build
ing to house transmitting equip
ment will be constructed near the
city water reservoir on Corey hill.
Permission for use of a small plot
of land near the reservoir was
granted the Cooperative by city
councilmen September 8 of thi3
year.
The structure to be erected will
be 6’x6’x8’ and will be insulated
and sealed so that no damage can
result. In addition to the trans-
Officer Points
Out Benefits
Many families of deceased vet
erans, estimated sometimes as
high as 50 per cent, are wholly
ignorant of benefits to which they
are entitled under federal and
state laws, Dolph Stuart, county
service officer, said this week
while here on his regular Mon
day afternoon visit.
New emnhas-'s is being placed
on the job, still to be done, con
cerning social security, railroad
retirement, state tax abatements
and exemptions, bonuses, state ed
ucational and loan benefits, home
stead rights, entitlement to medals
and decorations, as well as the
every day run of benefits con
trolled by the cessation of war on
July 25, 1947.
The service officer now has a
supply of the regulation forms
for a veteran wishing to enter
the Oregon vocational school at
Klamath Falls as well as some
new booklets giving additional in
formation on studies such as semi-
professional occupations, business
opportunities, trade and craft skills
and agriculture enterprisea.
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Auxiliary Plans Dance
Dancers will have the oppor
tunity of enjoying an affair this
Saturday evening, Decemer 6, at
which time the V. F. W. Auxiliary
is sponsoring a Pearl Harbor
dance at the Legion Hall, Mrs.
Eva Poynter, president of the Aux
iliary, said Monday.
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mitting equipment to be housed
there, six mobile units capable of
transmitting and receiving, will
be installed in trucks owned by
the Cooperative and 'two in equip
ment not owned by the Co-op., but
by employees. Land stations, in
addition to the one on Corey Hill,
will be placed at Jewell and Scog
gins valley. The system will op
erate on a ferquency of 37.86
megacycles and the time of oper
ation is unlimited, meaning that
calls may be made any time of
the day or night or continued for
24 hours a day. Radio contact
will he possible anywhere within
a 50-mile radius of Vernonia which
will about cover the project’s area.
Power for the system will be
supplied by batteries so that the
calls may be made in the event
of a power outage at some point
i" the Cooperative’s distribution
network. When the installation is
completed, much faster service in
eliminating outages will be pos
sible, Mr. Thomas said, and at the
same time savings will be pos
sible to consumers by eliminating
many of the miles now traveled
by mobile equipment, the reduc
tion of overtime pay, and con
sequent loss of revenue.
The Vernonia station will op
erate under the call letters of
KPLG, the mobile units under
KPLH, Scroggins valley under
KPLL and Jewell, KPLR.
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Yule Program
Being Arranged
Students at the Washington
and Lincoln grade schools have
already started work on the
Xmas program to be presented
this year Superintendent Paul
Gordon said Tuesday. Both of
the schools will participate in the
event and it is likely that num
bers will also be added by high
school students.
Heading the teachers who are
directing the various parts of the
program is Mrs. Maude Kobow.
All teachers will assist her with
the work.
The program, to be presented
December 23, will be in the form
of a Christmas operetta entitled,
“Hi-ho Holly.”
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Students Make Drive
Scheduled to end this week at
the high school is a fund drive
the students are making for the
Junior Red Cross. The four clas
ses are competing, each to achieve
the largest turnover. R. A. George
is chairman of the campaign.
Sale of Seals Better
This Season Than Last
TAX BOOST VOTED
ST. HELENS — An ordinance
jokingly referred to as the Mutton
bill, was passed by the council
f nd signed by Mayor Leemon Mon
day night, which will raise the
occupational tax on all establish
ments from $5 a year to $10. Tn
addition $5 a year will be asses
sed against the business establish
ments for each employee.
Lumber mills within the city
limits shall pay according to the
volume of production, on a flat
scale basis. Mills producing less
than 50,000 board feet daily will
pay $50 per year and those over
that amount will pay $100 yearly.
GOOD SEAL SALE
ST. HELENS—Returns in the
1947 Christmas seal sale have
been coming in a little faster than
last year. Mrs. W. W. Collis, coun
ty chairman, said last week. Mrs.
Collis stated that general response
has been good throughout the
county and urges all persons to get
their returns in early.
FIRST SMELT NETTED
CLATSKANIE — Verl Anundi
was the first this season to report
the catch of the little silver smelt.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4,
VERNONIA. COLUMBIA COUNTY, ORE.
VOLUME 25, NUMBER 49
He got two small smelt a week
ago Thursday night of last week
in a drift near Wallace Island.
Mr. Anundi kept the smelt to
support his claim for the honor
of catching the first one. Honors
for the past few years have gone
to some member of the Jolma
families.
The first smelt is usually
caught by Thanksgiving time but
the run does not often 'appear
until more around the Christmas
holiday time. The appearance of
the run is unpredictable.
LOGGERS MEET
BEflV’TON FRI.
The Loggers will play their first
game of the season Friday night
when they meet Beaverton here
Coach Jake Hergert said Tuesday.
The Logger B five will also play,
beginning at 7 o’clock.
This year’s first string lineup
contains only three returning let
termen, Tapp, Cline and Frank,
who will be three year lettermen
when this season ends. Williams
is also assured of a berth on the
team, but the fifth position is
still open the . coach said Tuesday.
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Postmaster Asks
Early Mailing
Census Is Less
Than Estimated
The recently completed child
census, which is taken annually
to determine a basis for alloting
the basic school support fund, fell
below the figure which school of
ficials hoped for in order to have
District 47, Jt., placed in a first
class rating. Announcement by
Superintendent Paul Gordon of the
total as of November 22 when the
County 4-H Club
Agent Named
Hiring of Fredrick H. Dahl,
a native of Silverton, to fill the
Packages and cards for delivery post of 4-H club agent in Colum
by Christmas should be mailed bia county was announced last
early, Emil Messing, Vernonia week. Dahl officially assumed his
Postmaster, reminds ali residents new duties Monday and is the first
person ever hired to work strictly
of this area.
The amount of mail that can in this capacity in the county.
Prior to drawing up the county
be handled in a certain length of
time is limited and consequently*, budget for the current fiscal year,
those who wish their Xmas articles the county court received several
delivered on time for the holiday requests from 4-H leaders in vari
must do their mailing well in ad ous neighboring communities ask
ing that the court consider em
vance.
Final dates for packages to ploying an agent to work with the
be airmailed for fleet post bffice, clubs in the county. As a result
San Francisco, have been released of these requests, the court in
cluded expense item of $1500 in
by the navy? They include.
For China, Japan, Philippines, the co3t sheet for that purpose.
Dahl will be responsible for the
Okinawa, Wake Island, Truk and
maintenance of the 4-H program
Peleliu, December 5.
For Guam. Saipan, Kwajalein im the entire county and his main
project will be to increase the
and Samoa, December 10.
For Hawaii, Midway and John number of active clubs and mem
bers here. He was engaged in 4-
ston, December 15.
As for this country, out-of-state H work for eight years as a
mail should be in the post office youth and exhibited several times
by December 10. Local mail should at state fairs and at the Pacific
not be posted later than December International Livestock Exposi
tion.
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Mr. Messing also warned of the
necessity for wrapping packages
carefully with heavy cord. Parcel
post packages may not exceed 70
pounds in weight or 100 inches in
length and girth combined.
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Seventeen high school students
17 Named on
Honor Listing
Month's Weather
Report Given
Six days of killing frost are
tallied against the month of No
vember on the records of the
local cooperative weather station
according to the month’s weather
<fata issued Tuesday by Mrs. Helen
Spofford, observer. In order to be
rated as a killing frost, the temp
erature must drop to 30 degrees or
below, Mrs. Spofford said. Seven
readings during November list the
temperatures below 32 degrees,
however, and one of the six kill
ing temperatures is listed at 21
degrees on the 22nd.
Maximum temperature for the
month was 67.
Rainfall totaled 6.46 inches for
November, 1947 as compared with
10.23 inches for November a year
ago when the records show that
the maximum temperature was 64
and the minimum, 18.
Prevailing wind directions for
last month were evenly divided be
tween northwest and southwest.
Three days only are credited with
sunshine, four are listed as partly
cloudy an<f 23, cloudy.
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Bid Opening
Date Postponed
The date for the opening of bids
on construction of the 68.91 miles
of new distribution line for West
Oregon Electric Cooperative has
been postponed to December 16
Manager Guy Thomas said Wed
nesday. Date for the opening was
originally set for December 9,
Tuesday of next week.
The postponement was made in
order to allow contractors more
time to figure upon which they
must bid. The construction will be
carried out on a labor-only basis.
Material for the work will be
supplied by the Cooperative.
About 350 new consumers will
be added to the system when the
work is completed
rated the placing of* their names
on the honor roll for the last
six-week period Principal Ray
Mills said Tuesday afternoon. Of
the four classes, the Sophomores
led by having eight of their mem
bers listed.
By classes the names are:
Seniors—Martha Wells and Ther
esa Schmidlin; Juniors—Maxin«
Hartwick, Delores Johnson, Arline
Kirk and Georgianna Mills; Soph-
mores—Donna Mae Barrett, Mary
Ann Clark, Bill Chalmers, Lois
Frank, Carolyn Lobdell, Marjorie
Roland, Betty Snook and Bonny
Wilcoxen and Freshmen Delores
Barrett, Janet Peterson and Mar
guerite Thomas.
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Jamboree Talked
Five men teachers from the
two Vernonia districts were at
Rainier Monday evening for the
December meeting of the county
schoolmasters club. Talked at
that time was the coming basket
ball jamboree scheduled for St.
Helens December 19. Going from
here were Ray Mills. Jake Hergert
Louis Graven, Paul Gordon and
Darrold Proehl.
work was completed was 897 child
ren.
However, by law the district
is allowed to add newcomers in
the district until later this month
so that the figure wrill go over 900,
he said. Last year the total was
837.
Districts having a census of
1000 pupils or more are rated as
first class and require a five-
man board of directors instead of
three. First class districts also
are exempt from submitting an
nual budgets to the rural school
boad.
The census includes all persons
from four years of age to 19
years inclusive. The count was
taken under the direction of Mrs.
John Grady who was assisted by
Mrs. Lee Engen, Mrs. Art Nanson
and Mrs. Carlin Hackney.
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More Red Cross
Workers* Needed
More workers are needed by the
American Red Cross production
division in this county Pearl Beck
er, productive chairman, said early
this week. The new quota just
received and accepted calls for
bedpan covers, hot water bottle
covers, lap covers, bedroom slip
pers and knitted sweaters, socks
and mufflers. Other articles to
be completed include girl’s dres
ses and caps for European relief.
The new quota is composed of
articles needed by hospitals.
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Robert Glassner
Killed Friday
Robert Willian» Glassner, 26,
choker setter for the Westgate
Lumber company, was killed Fri
day at work in the woods several
miles from Sweet Home. He was
hit on the head by a falling snag,
according to Coroner Glenn Hus
ton of Lebanon. Glassner was
bom in Kennewick, Washington
February 21, 1921. He was rear
ed in Vernonia and was a veteran
of World War II. The family has
resided at Sweet Home the past
eight months. Survivors are his
widow, Virginia; a daughter, Mary
Ellen, and his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Glassner all of Sweet
Home; a brother in Chicago; and
two sisters, Mrs. Wilma Hayden
of Portland and Mrs. Ralph Wil
liams of Sweet Home. Funeral
services were held at the Hower
Iluston chapel Tuesday at 10 A. M.
with Glenn Vernon officiating.
Final rites were at 3 P. M. in
Lincoln Memorial Park in Port
land.
Rent Price Increases
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“Inflation has hit the city of
Mist” writes Mrs. John R. Quirin
of Mist. She states in a letter
received this week that she is now
paying $75 a month rent on the
house which recently brought only
$10.
1947
Councilmen
Sell Lots,
Talk Repairs
Phone Franchise
Discussed but
Not Signed Yet
Two more lots, which in the past
were the property of the city of
Vernonia, will belong to residents
oi the city as the result of two
actions Monday evening by the
city council. The bids were con
sidered at that time. One of them
was $50 plus street assessments
for the vacant lot at the corner
cf South First Avenue and Cougar
street and was submitted 7>y Bill
Horn. The other bid offered $105
and street assessments for tke
vacant lot at the comer of Third
and Maple streets. The latter
was made by Toivo Hill, a new
comer to this vicinity.
The acceptance Monday evening
by the council disposes of nearly
all city held real estate and places
it back on the tax rolls.
Brought up for discussion again
and again rejected as far as sign
ing is concerned, was the matter
of a franchise for the West Coast
Telephone company. The fran
chise which has been drawn up
for some time, has not been signed
because the council believes there
is room for improvement of service
to subscribers of the company.
That opinion was still apparent
when the matter was discussed
MonJay evening. Since the pre
vious franchise expired in April,
Arthur D. Scripture has been nam
ed manager of the Forest Grove
district to replace Harley J. Bar
ber with whom the council has
discussed the matter in the past.
In order that the situation might
be brought up to date the council
will ask Mr. Scripture to be pre
sent for the next meeting Decem
ber 15.
The only other topic for Monday
that required any great amount
of time was the need for repairs
and standby equipment at the city
water ptimping plant. The coun
cil will not act definitely on that
matter, but did ask that informa
tion be sought pn the cost of a
new pump for the plant so that the
pi Operations may be made for next
summer when a greater amount
of pumping will be necessary.
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Timber Road
Bid to Be Let
A road that has caused a good
deal of comment to arise in past
years because it has not been
fiard surfaced will come up for
consideration at the January meet
ing of the state highway commis
sion, County Commissioner Wil
liam Pringle, Sr., said early this
week.
At that time bids for oiling the
road will be let by the highway
group, he said. The distance to
be surfaced will be from the Bill
Anderson place to Sunset junction.
Fewer Forest Fires Started in 1947
Oregonians in 1947 started
fewer forest fires than in any
year since the organization of the
Keep Oregon Green association
according to figures just compiled
by their Salem office.
Preliminary tabulations released
by the fire prevention group shows
only 422 man-caused fires were
started during the regular pro
tection season on lands under the
jurisdiction of the state board of
forestry, with 47 man-instigated
blazes reported for the pre-season
period before May 15 when the
season officially opens.
In addition there were 227 man-
caused fires on the lands pro
tected by the U. S. Forest Service
within the State.
“It is gratifying to note that
the number of man-caused forest
fires has been reduced steadily
since the formation of Keep Ore
gon Green in 1940,” Dean Paul
M, Dunn, state chairman of KOG
said.
He cited figures on decline of
fires on state-protected lands in
the past four years: In 1944 there
were 563 man-caused blazes; there
were 644 in 1945; 451 in 1946
and 422 in 1947.
"In ten years from 1930 to 1939,
prior to formation of KOG, Oregon
had an yerage of 1300 man-caus
ed fires each year on state-pro
tected lands. We have cut deeply
icto those heavy losses, but we
expect to do even better in future
years as fire prevention becomes
a secondary and almost involun
tary habit of our people.”
Charles Ogle, executive secre
tary of Keep Oregon Green, joined
with Chairman Dunn in praising
the general public for their “con-
t;nued alertness during the dry
summer months and their constant
precaution against fires while in
the woods.” Secretary Ogle said
that much credit belongs to the
Keep Oregon Green County com
mittees, who year-after-year carry
the brunt of the campaign in their
local communities.
In Columbia county,* 22 fires
burning over 8 acres were report
ed during the year 1947 by the
Northwest Oregon Fire Protective
district. Glen Hawkins acted as
chairman of the county KOG com
mittee this year after the com
mittee was organized here July 31
by Mr. Ogle. Dean Paul Dunn
was also present at that time to
give the committee aid in getting
its work started.