“Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley Lumbering, Farming, Recreation.'*
VOLUME 26, NUMBER 48
Carnival Fri.
Nets $155.10
For Library
Groups Cooperate
To Make Successful
Fund Raising Event
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The carnival held last Friday
night in the American Legion hall
for the benefit of the Vernonia
public library was very successful
according to the committee in
charge, $155.10 being cleared.
Thanks are extended to the
Legion for donating the use of
the hall, to those who conducted
the bingo game and to the Rhythm
Vendors for playing for the danc
ing, to the Nehalem Social club
for providing h memade candy for
their booth and to the Pythian
Sisters for the cakes and cookies
they sold.
Women’s organizations that took
part in making the carnival a
success were American Legion
Auxiliary, Pythian Sisters, Ne
halem Social club, V. F. W. Aux
iliary, Neighbors of Woodcraft,
Vernonia Study club, Mt. Heart
club, Business and Professional
Women and the Rainbow Girls.
This is the second project the
Vernonia Study club has sponsored
this year for the local library. A
silver tea was held in Augdst. The
committee from the club in charge
of the library activities are Mrs.
A. J. Hughes, Mrs. Harry Cul
bertson, Mrs. Henry Schlegel,
Mrs. Wm. Heath and Mrs, Ralph
Valpiani.
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National Blood
Program Talked
The monthly business meeting
of the board of directors of the
county Red Cross chapter Mon
day at St. Helens was followed
by a discussion of plans for the
participation of Columbia county
in the national blood program.
Vernonia was represented at the
meeting by Mrs. Frank Hart
wick, Mrs. A.- J. Hughes and Mrs.
Gordon G. Larson.
Goal of the blood program is
to provide sufficient bl-od and
blood derivatives, without charge
for the products, to help save
lives and prevent needless suffer
ing throughout the nation.
It is estimated that from three
to five years will be required to
organize the work, to procure and
train the personnel and to pro
vide equipment for the centers
needed to serve the country.
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Rehearsal Dates Set
Next Sunday is November birth
day Sunday at the E.U.B. Sunday
school and a srcci.nl candle light
service has been planned. Also,
this is Missionary Sunday and the
program includes a study of Mis
sionary needs and an offering for
missionary work. All are urged
to be present at 9:45 Sunday
morning.
4-H Leaders to
Meet Dec 3
Leaders in 4-H club work, par
ents of boys and girls participat
ing in club work and others in
terested are invited to be present
for a meeting to be held Friday
evening of next week, Ifecember
3 at the IWA hall. The session
then will convene at 8 o’clock.
A short business meeting will
be followed by a movie film show
ing the development of 4-H club
work.
Fred Dahl, county 4-H
agent, is expected to attend the
meeting.
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Library Adds
Many New Books
The board of the Vernonia li
brary announced Tuesday new
books that have been purchased
from displays made here in cb-
servance of national book week.
Included are volumes for children,
teen-agers, adult novels and non
fiction. A listing of the purchases
follows:
For Children: Little Gold»n
Books, A Day in the Jungle; The
Night Before Christmas; Circus
Time; The Big Show—Bertha &
Elmer Hader; Smudge, Adorable
Kittens—Clare T. Newberry.
For Teen-age group: Island Stal
lion—Walter Farley; Saltwater
Summer—Roderick L. Haig Brown;
Bound for Singapore -— Howard
Pease; Crazy Creek—Evelyn S.
Lampman, an Oregon stPry of the
Willamette valley; Tarzan, Lord
of the Jungle—Burroughs; Lock
invar Luck—Terhuhe; Wolf—Al
bert Payson Terhune; Scorpion—
Will James; Emergency Run—Ed
ward Buell Hungerford, a story
of adventure on the battleship
"Oregon" and My Brother Mike—
Doris Gates.
Adults novels:
Big Freeze—Bellamy Partridge;
Big J’m Turner—James Stevens;
The Big Fisherman — Lloyd C.
Douglas; Catalina—W. Somerset
Maughan; Pilgrims Inn—Eliza
beth Gouge; Tomorrow Will Be
Better — Betty Smith (A Tree
grows in Brooklyn) and Remem
brance Rock—Carl Sandburg.
Non-fiction:
A Treasury of the Familiar, a
wonderful collection of familiar
poems, etc.; Fun to Do—Jerome
S. Mayer: Sexual Behavior in the
Human Man—Alfred C. Kinsey
and We Called it Culture, a story
of Chatauqua — Robert Ormand
Case.
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Cafe Reopened Thursday
The Palace Cafe was reopened
Thursday, the 25th, by Donald
Bayley after it was closed Wed
nesday. The cafe had been under
lease by Mrs. Beatrice Pidcock
since October 10 of this year.
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Special Service Planned
The all-church cantata rehear
sal scheduled for the coming week
calls for two practices, the first
on Sunday at 3 p.m. and the
second on Thursday at 7 p.m.
4-H Forestry Club to Be Organized
In Rock Creek District By Agent
Fred Dahl, county 4-H agent,
was engaged last Thursday in the
Rock Creek area making final
arrangements to initiate a 4-H
forestry club for any boy or girl
from nine years up who is eligible
and resides in that area. The
club, however, is not restricted
and others not living on Rock
creek are weloome to join.
The three projects for the three
year's work are practical for the
child living on the job.
They
include foreet seed gathering and
planting, nursery care of the seed
lings and finally, actual planting
of the tree.
Positive indentification of forest
trees and their uses will Ije stus
died and with this, their botanical
names.
Members of the club
will learn the flowers, birds, an-
imalradd Shrbbs td khoW '<TTthat
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is essential and interesting in the
forest too.
Instructors for these special
subjects will be called in to give
authority and a professional touch
and the first will be J. Micka-
lonis, head of the Pittsburg guard
station, who will instruct on coni
fers early next month.
The first meeting Is to be held
at 1:30 p.m. Friday, November
26 at the first white house west
of the bluff four miles up Rock
creek. At that time enrollment
for the year and election of of
ficers will take place. Although
this central location will eliminate
any transportation problem for
these children close at hand who
have expressed a desire to attend,
an invitation is extended to any
living farther away, especially
boys.
Cab Scouts to Stock Men
Talk Beef
Reorganize
Tues. Evening Production
Youth Speaker
Payments on
SS Program
Nears $11,000
Rebekahs Continue
To Back Movement;
Parents Invited
Explanation of High
Taxes Heard Friday
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Lo&ses Result from
Late Applications,
Manager Points Out
A reorganizational meeting of
the Cub Scouts has been announced
for next Tuesday evening, Novem
ber 30 at 7 o'clock at the IWA
union hall. Talk that evening will
center on reactivating the Cubs,
activity with the group having
been dormant since earlier this
year.
Parents of boys between the
ages cf 9 ar.d 12 years are asked
to attend the meeting with their
youngsters in order to help with
this new attempt to make the
group active. The Rebekahs will
act as the sponsoring organiza
tion of the Cubs and the committee
set up by the lodge includes Herb
Taylor, finance, Jewell Lloyd, re
creational, D. O. Cantwell, par
ent contact, Bobby New, educa
tional and Homer Gwin, chairman.
Den mothers who were named
when the Cubs first started were
Mrs. Ed Frazee, Mrs. Guy Mer
ritt, Mrs. Ed Thinness, Mrs. Hard
ing and Mrs. Alice Ade.
The Columbia County Livestock
association met at Yankton Fri
day for the fall session of the
organization with an attendance of
about 50 to hear several speakers
and discuss problems concerning
the industry.
There was considerable interest
in the discussions on producing
high grade beef cattle on Co
lumbia county’s pasture and grass
silage. This was brought Out by
the stock men of the county and
by statements of stockyard men
from North Portland.
Harry Lindgren, animal hus
bandryman from the OSC exten
sion service, was the principal
speaker. He advised that the next
Western Oregon Livestock associa
tion meeting would be held in
Clatsop county, probably at As
toria, January 25 and 26.
The losses of cattle by theft
was discussed.
It is a serious
matter with stock men. The as
sociation went on record opposed
t-> leniancy toward cattle thieves
that are caught and convicted.
The menace of Tansy Ragwbrt,
a troublesome and poisonous weed,
came up for consideration. This
is spreading in the north end of
Columbia and may spread to other
parts of the county. G. W. Nib-
ler, county extension agent, taked
about the control of this weed
by the use of heavy applications
of 2,4-D. It was the opinion of
those present that this weed must
be controlled on a county-wide
basis.
Both stock branding and the
property tax increase were also
topics at the meeting. The tax
raise was given an explanation by
Judge J. W. Hunt arid Deputy
Assessor James Anliker. The new
school levies was given as the
principal reasons for the increase.
More than 500 persons in Co
lumbia county are now receiving
benefit payments under the federal
old-age and survivors insurance
program, the Portland office of
the social security administration
announces. This brings just un
der $11,000 dollars a month in to
the county.
Sixtv-nine per cent of the old
age and survivors insurance bene
fit payments coming into Colum
bia sre paid to retired workers
and their wives. The remainder is
going to the families of workers
whe have died.
Mr. Peebles, manager of the
Portland office, pointed out that
about one persop in ten loses one
or more monthly checks by making
application late.
He suggested
that it is wise to check with the
social security administration when
a person reaches sixty-five, or
when someone with a social se
curity card dies.
The social security administra
tion field office, which services
Columbia county, is located at 104
Old Post Office Building, Portland
4, Oregon.
The complete breakdown of pay-
ments in Columbia county is as
follows:
Total
No.
Amt.
of
Payments Payments
296
$7,377
Retired Workers
78
1,043
Wives
116
1,657
Children
282
13
Widows & Children
32
579
Aged Widows
•54
4
Dependent Parents
539
TOTAL
$10,992
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Bookmarks Tell
Message of Seal
“Christmas Seals are Symbols
of Health” is the message brought
by colorful bookmarks that are
being given out this month by
local librarians as a part of the
annual Christmas Seal sale, ac
cording to Mrs. George A. John
son, chairman of the Vernonia
area. These bookmarks, together
with posters placed in store win
dows and bumper signs on cars,
are all reminders that the Christ
mas Seal sale has begun and will
last until Christmas time.
The Seal sale began officially
Monday of this week with the
mailing
of letters containing
the seals, an explanation of the
use to which the money derived
therefrom is devoted and a return
addressed envelope for returning
the remittance.
The* bonkmarkjs are also a
“Check sheet” for the individual,
asking him if he has had his an
nual chest X-ray, this being the
main project of the Columbia
County Tuberculosis and Health
association program. Posters carry
the simple message, “Protect
Your Home from Tuberculosis”
while bumper signs say simply
“Fight Tuberculosis.” All are re
minders that the fight for better
community health is being car
ried on by means of the monies
derived from the sale of the small,
but colorful Seal.
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Girls Get Prizes
For Fair Dinners
Awards for* the dollar dinners
served at the county fair earlier
this year were received by three
local girls last week from the
state Woolgrowers association.
Elsie Spofford was awarded 1st in
the senior division and Jean Kirk
bride 1st and Phyllis Laramore
2nd in the junior division. Their
prises consisted of ribbons and
checks.
Betty Counts and Miss Kirk
bride also received their ribbons
and prizes for winning 6th place
in livestock demonstration at the
state fair.
Lodge to Back
Speech Contest
The Knights of Pythias lodge
will again back a public speaking
contest for which the winner of
local competition will be decided
some time in March'G^orge John
son said Tuesday. This will be
the sec nd year the local lodge
has backed the contest wjiich is
conducted throughout the U. S.
Canada and Hawaii.
This year’s subject will be
“Should a national government
subsidize public education in its
states or provinces, and if so, to
what extent. If any, should the
national government control the
educational program?”
Mr. Johnson, Wm. Shafer and
Harry Culbertson compose the
committee which will have charge
of the contest among Vernonia
participants.
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Mist Program
Logging Accident
Nets $250 Sat
Letters Awarded
Causes Death
The program and auction given
Loggers Wed.
Otto Meyer, who formerly re by the Mist Helping Circle at
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Last Wednesday afternoon the
Vernonia Logger gridiron players
earning letters were awarded the
same in an assembly. In all, there
were 18 players receiving letters
and two managers.
Players awarded letters were:
Seniors — Tick Bass, Bob Fred
rickson, Bill Wilcoxen and Earl
Wantland; Juniors — John Brown,
Ronald LaFollett, Floyd Snyder,
Don Renfro, Sylvester Williams,
Forest Reynolds, and Gene Wall;
Sophomores — Gerald Millis, Bob
Adams, Harold Crowston, Marvin
Eby, Bill Eckland; Freshmen —
Gordon Crowston and Bob Wilder.
Managers awarded letters were
Larry Sutton and Larry Brown.
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Popular Film« Shown
A two and one-half hour show
was presented at the IWA hall
Thursday night including films
entitled “The New Oregon Trail”
released by the state highway de
partment and "Stage Coach”, an
academy award picture. The films
were presented at Camp McGregor
Tuesday, Camp Olson Wednesday
and will be shown at Forest
Grove Friday night. Pictures will
also be presented at the Christian
church Sunday night.
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Opening Successful
The opening of May’s Beauty
Shop Tuesday afternoon was at
tended by close to a hundred
people and was considered highly
successful by Mrs. May White,
owner.
The shop is open for
business in the Hotel MacDonald
which has been partly repaired
and now has between eight and
ten rooms ready for transient use.
EVANGELIST Robert Skinner
started a series of meetings here
last Sunday evening that will
continue until Thursday night, De
cember 2 at the F.O.E. hall. The
meetings are part r.f a world
wide back to the Bible campaign
sponsored by 101 churches of the
Oregon conference of Seventh Day
Adventists.
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CHRISWf Ji ALJ
sided on Timber route and had
later moved to Hillsboro, was tak
en instantly by death about 4:30
Wednesday afternoon of last week,
November 17 after being hit by
a rolling log from a cold deck.
The accident took place about two
and one-half miles back of Man
ning where Meyer was working.
The deceased had been a resident
of the Vernonia district for 28
years. Death came at the age of
69 years, seven months and 13
days.
Funeral services were held Mon
day at Vancouver, Washington.
Surviving the deceased are: his
wife, Mrs. Ida Meyer; five sons,
Ray, Richard, Marvin, Arthur,
and Otto, Jr.,; one daughter, Bev
erly Meyer; six grandsons, three
granddaughters and four sisters.
Mist Saturday night was unusu
ally well attended and was said
to be an exceptionally good pro
gram. Vernonia, Clatskanie and
even Portland were represented.
The proceeds are for the benefit
of a worthy community project
and the evening netted approxi
mately, $250. In addition to the
program and auction, bingo games,
home made candy refreshments
were enjoyed.
Walter Mathews
received the hand worked quilt
from the Young People’s club.
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Apartment House Sold
Mrs. H. D. VanWegen announc
ed early this week that she had
sold the Morrow apartments. New
owner of the property is J. C.
Hoadley.
Longview Firm Bid Accepted By
Court for Land Near Keasey
Purchase of approximately 377
acres of reforestration land in the
Keasey-Vernonia area of Columbia
county for a total of $111,558.25
was revealed last Thursday in the
county court proceedings. Pur
chaser of the land was the Long
view Fiber company.
The approximate selling price of
the accepted bid on the land was
$33 an acre.
However, it was noted that at
least a large share of the land pur
chased by the Longview firm will
come under the forestation tax of
five cents an acre and will not
yield property tax for Columbia
county. The county will not bene
fit until it receives 1214 per cent
pro-rated share of the stumpage.
It is pointed out, however, to
those whe might think that the
county suddenly became “rich”
overnight, that such is not the
case.
First of all, the money goes into
the bank unsegregated and until
it is divided, it cannot be used.
A certain amount goes to the
county for discount, cost of ad
vertising, and administration. A
large share is divided among the
school districts. Then the county
can take only the amount which
would equal the anticipated land
•ales listed in the current budget.
The budget is based on the ba
lance on hand plus anticipated re
ceipts, the difference between
these two items and the total bud
get showing the tax levy necessary
for that year.
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Thus, any excess in anticipated
receipts can only go Into the
balance on hand and in next year’s
budget.