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Library, U of 0 “Vernonia, Gateway to Nehalem Valley .Lumbering, Farming Recreation.” P.-T. Group Takes Stand On Comics Radio Crime, Horror Stories Also Given Black List Rating Action in line with that being carried out on a national scale was taken here early last week by the Vernonia Parent-Teachers as sociation when the group again talked of the campaign against objectionable comics, movies and radio programs and took steps to carry on the drive locally. The problem is being worked on by a Portland committee com posed of various professional and civic groups and has resulted in an outline which is being fol lowed here. The points objected to in comics include: sexy, wan ton comics, crime which throws sympathy against law and justice and inspires others to imitate, sadistic torture, vulgar and ob scene language, divorce being treated humorously or represented as glamorous or alluring and ri dicule of or attack on religious and racial groups. In respect to radio there are over 25 crime stories being broadcast every, week over the four major net works. One network only is re ported to- be comparatively free of them. P.-T.A. members are asking that parents cooperate in blacklisting programs and products that are advertised by programs that are objectionable. It, is believed that the standard of radio programs will go higher if listeners write letters demanding better grade material whibh will not have an adverse effect on young people. • Benefit Dimes Dance Date Set Contributions to th:s year’s March of Dimes fund for control and treatment of infantils rara- lysis will benefit from a dance being sponsored Saturday evening at the Legion hall. The American Legion is sponsoring the affair, the net proceeds of which will be devoted to this region’s fund. Collections are also being made from Joy theatre audiences to help swell the amount of money collected here in addition to special fund raising activities and the dime collection containers in the business houses. More money is needed this year than ever before because of the higher incidence of the disease last year which depleted funds held in reserve for such an emer gency. O Course Study Time Set The P.-T.A. home ^Judy course on social hygjene will be studied next Tuesday when members of the association and others who are interested will meet at 1:30 at the home of Mrs. Ralph Rey nolds. A review on lesson No. 3 will also be held. Parents Asked To Cub Meet Parents of boys from 9 to 12 years of age who are interested in starting a Cub Scout troop here are asked to be present for an organizational meeting next Tues day, February 1 at the Washing ton school. Announcement of the date w>s made Tuesday evening of this week following a preliminary meet- held at the IWA union hall when Beryl Morris, field executive of the Boy Scouts of America was present to help with initial plan;. Morris is in charge of Washington county and Vernonia. Decided at the meeting this week was that Herb Taylor would act as Cubmaster. Mrs. Bob Cline was present to represent the Re bekah lodge which is acting as the Cub Scout sponsoring body. • Beaver Trapping To Stop Damage CLATSKANIE — “We must and will do everything in our power to trap and take from the Clatskanie diked lands the beaver which are damaging the dikes of the area,” said Frank B. Wire in a talk at Clatskanie early last week. Mr. Wire, executive secretary of the state game commission, was sneaker at the Clatskanie Kiwanis club meeting where the Rod and Gun club and the Pistol and Rifle club were guests. The Speaker told the large crowd present that they were seeking other trappers to help in catch ing the beaver and that Mr. Kibbe, head of the trapping di vision, would be in Clatskanie soon and would confer with the farmers. • Scout Campaign Brings in $428 The campaign conducted in December to raise funds for the Portland Area Council of the Boy Scouts brought in a figure con siderably less than the amount which was derived from a similar campaign a year ago. The fund this year reached $428 according to Calvin Davis, chair man of the Vernonia Scout ex ecutive committee, and leader for the drive, which was conducted December 13. The drive the year before brought in over $900. Pomona to Meet fit Vernonia The regularly quarterly meeting of the Columbia County Pomona Grange is scheduled to convene at the Vernonia Grange fiall Feb ruary 5 according to a notifica tion of the meeting from Mrs. Pearl Becker, Warren Grange correspondent. The Vernonia Grange will be host at the meeting to which all Granges are invited and which is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Scouting to Be Reactivated by Appointment of Assistant Leader Boys who have in the past been active in Scout work here under the leadership of Ed Frazee will again start a series of regularly weekly meetings, Lloyd Quinn, of the I.O.O.F. Scout committee, said Tuesday. Due to illness, Mr. Fra zee has been unable to hold regular meetings for some time. However, he will continue to hold the posi tion of Scoutmaster, but his duties will be turned over to two assis tants which the committee has named and who already are plan ning for future work. The Odd FeHows act as backers for the local troop No. 201. Reed Hanon has been named as THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1949 VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON VOLUME 27, NUMBER 4 assistant Scoutmaster and he will be assisted by Gene Hanon as junior assistant Scoutmaster. The former has had eight years ex perience with Scouting in the Oakland, California area and has been at four summer camps, three of which he has recorded in mov ing pictures some of which are in color. At an early meeting of the Scouts the pictures are sched uled for showing. All boys who have participated in Scout work in the past are asked to be at the Scout cabin at the city park next Wednesday evening at 7:30. Parents are also invited to be there at that time. Unemployment Signup 4-H Leaders To Meet New Here Saves Travel Time For Many; Checks Slow County Agent Invitation Extended Club Members, Others Interested in Work The date of January 28, Friday evening of this week, has been named for a get-together of 4-H members, 4-H leaders, former members and leaders and others interested in the work in order to get acquainted with Harold M. Black, new county 4-H agent, who will be present for the affair. 4-H Meeting Has Been Called Off Due to Bad Weather and Illness Announcement of the meeting was made Monday by. Ralph McKee, pres:dent of the county 4-H leaders association. People attending will gather at the IWA union hall at 8 o’clock for a short business meeting which will be followed by entertainment and refreshments the president said. Children who are not now ac tive in the club work and who are interested will be welcomed, but they are asked to attend with their parents. Former leaders of clubs are also urged to attend. The new agent is taking over the work formerly handled by Fred Dahl who resigned his position recently. Black graduated from Oregon state in 1947 where he specialized in farm crops and ani mal husbandry. • Barnett Rites Conducted Tues. Funeral services were conducted at the Bush Funeral home Tues day afternoon for Walter Young Barnett who passed away last Saturday. Commitment was at the Vernonia Memorial cemetery. Walter Barnett was born Jan uary 14, 1871 at Austin, Texas and passed away at the age of 78 years and eight days at Ver nonia. Surviving the deceased are: his wife, Mrs. Clara Barnett, St. Helens; four daughters, Alice Long, Portland, Agnes Gibson of Vernonia, Gladies Osborne and Viola Burt of Beaverton; one son, Walter of Toledo; nine grand children and three great grand children. • Unused Articles Asked for Needy The following request was made early this week by Mrs. A. E. Jennings who asks that people do not discard many articles that could be used by needy people. She states. “Folks, are you house cleaning yet? When you do and find out moded or unwanted goods of any sort, clothes, shoes, dishes, bed ding, anything, do not destroy it. Leave these articles at my door, I can place them where they are needed. Have you been so for tunate as to have received a new mattress lately. Let me have your old one for a tired mother of a large family. If I am not home, just leave anything at the door. It will be safe. Thanks. Mrs. A. E. Jennings, 196 A Street.” • Pipe Replacement ST. HELENS — The St. Helens city council went to work early last week on the task of wor rying about 8.000 feet of pipe in the St. Helens water system which last July was reported by City Engineer D. C. Slaght as being completely “shot” and in need of replacement immediately. An the first answer the city received to a question about re placing the pipe appeared to in dicate that Slaght’s charge that it was probably too late now, was a correct one. The signing up for unemploy ment compensation here has saved the time and expense of a great many people who would otherwise be required to travel elsewhere in order to apply for their checks it was indicated Monday by the number of people who applied. The signup is conducted every Mon day at the IWA union hall from 9:30 to 3 because of ar rangements made by union of ficials for representatives of the state unemployment compensation commission to be here the first day of every week. The service was started Decem ber 13. Previous to that time, people wishing to apply were re quired to go elsewhere. No count of the people who have applied has been issued, but the numbers have been quite heavy because of curtailed lumber Records of Cold Reach New Low production in recent weeks and it is likely that applications will Station File Since continue to be heavy as was the ’38 Shows 1949 as case Monday of this week. Com Coldest Recorded mission representatives did not reach here until almost 10 o’clock A new record was established because of bad road conditions for Vernonia early this week as and were unable to leave before 5. Registrations had not been far as minimum temperature read completed then. ings, according to Mrs. D. P. Almost five weeks are required Spofford, cooperative weather ob- after the application is made servor, who operates the weather before the first check is received, people who have signed up before recording apparatus here. Her listing of maximum and indicate. The delay has been at tributed to the discharge of so minimum readings since January many of the employees of the 19, Wednesday of last week, shows commission that it is impossible that on January 24 the lowest for applications to be processed point was reached as far as for payment sooner. The delay records go since 1938. Official has caused quite a bit of un information about the weather favorable comment by applicants. here is available back to that time when the cooperative station was • maintained by Harry Culbertson. The reading of the minimum Mun day was minus five degrees. People who have lived in this area for many years, some as long as 25, say that they cannot re The Vernonia P.-T.A. has made call any previous time when the plans to observe Founder’s day temperature reached such low by holding a Founder’s Day birth points and remained there for any day party at the Washington grade length of time as has been true school on the next regular meeting here this month and last. No night February 21. Refreshments official recording is available pre will be served. vious to 1938. The program which includes a The official maximum and mini pageant,“ P.-T.A. Cornerstones,” mum readings given by Mrs. Spof- will be in hdnor of the founders, ford for every day since last Alice McLellan Birney and Phoebe Wednesday are: Apperson Hearst. Mrs. Birney Max. Min. had the idea of a national congress January 19 34 22 of mothers whose aim was build January 20 36 8 39 18 ing a better world for children. January 21 Mrs. Heart became a thorough January 22 34 15 going supporter of the cause and January 23 36 —2 30 —5 the two women founded, on Feb January 24 ruary 17, 1897 the National Con January 25 35 —8 gress of Parents and Teachers, which is an educational organiza tion that seeks to unite the forces of home school and community in behalf of children and youth. Mrs. Birney was the first president. Founders day affords all loyal There’s more than just small members of the P.-T.A. their only opportunity to make a special pocket change returned annually contribution for extension service. from Oregon’s farmer owned Half of the money contributed to woodlands, reveals a new exten local birthday parties is adminis sion bulletin, No. 691, "Oregon’s tered through a national extension Farm Forest Products,” which is service and half through the state now available in county extension offices or from O.S.C. This is extension service. Everyone in the community who the first Oregon statistical year is interested in the welfare of book to contain data on farm children and youth in the home, forest products. Oregon farm timber sales ex school, church and community is cordially invited to attend the ceeded $8,100,000 during the 1946- local Founder’s day birthday party. 47 marketing season, the last Mrs. L. L. Wells is acting as year for which figures are avail chairman of arrangements for the able. Timber sales made up the party. bulk of the income, but such miscellaneous farm forest pro • ducts as ferns, huckleberry brush, cascara bark, foxglove leaves and various roots accounted for an additional $875,000. P.-T.A. Plans for State Tax Agents Founder's Day To Aid Payers Assistance in preparing state income tax returns is being made available by tax agents who have announced an itinerary of the places they will visit and the dates of the visits. Announce ment of the schedule was made a few days ago by the state tax commission. No agent will visit Vernonia, but assistance will be available in several towns near here. Agents will visit Rainier April 4 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will be at the city hall; St. Helens court house, April 5 and 6 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on both dates; Forest Grove city hall April 11 and 12 and Hillsboro court house April 13 to 15 inclusive. Office hours at the last two places will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Under the Oregon state income tax law returns must be filed by single individuals (or married and not living with husband or wife) having net income from all sources of $750 or more during the taxable year and by married couples having a net income from all sources of $1,500 or more dur ing the taxable year. All re turns for the calender year 1948 must be filed on or before April 15, 1949. • City of Prescott Names Council The community of Prescott, re cently incorporated as another city in Columbia county, elected its first council Tuesday when its citizens went to the polls to complete another step started last year to form the corporation. A vote of 80 to 0 favored the incorporation some time ago and an official state census later tab ulated the population as 153, three more than the requirement of a minimum of 150 needed to be classified as a city. By incorporating, Prescott will be eligible to receive revenue from the road tax and the liquor tax rebate. Five councilmen, one of them to be mayor, will be chosen by the electorate at the voting next Tuesday. Official Heads Industries ST. HELENS — Irving T. Rau, St. Helens, has been elected presi dent of Columbia Empire Indus tries, Inc., an organization em bracing most of the major bus inesses and industries in the Co lumbia basin. Rau was named to the post for 1949 at the annual elections held in Portland. Selection of Rau, who is secre tary-treasurer of the St. Helens Pulp & Paper Co. here, marks the first time in many years that a man from the lower Columbia river district has headed Columbia Empire Industries. Farm Woodlands Add to Income Tax Return Aid Available 2 Days Deputy collectors from the trea sury department will stop here two days early in February to assist taxpayers in preparing their federal income tax returns for the year 1948 and will also visit three other towns in the county in their itinerary of the state be tween January 25 and March 15. In addition to the assistance available in the town visited, the same help is also available to taxpayers at the branch office of the collector of internal revenue, room 100 Pittock Block, Portland daily» except Saturdays. The final day for filing returns is Tuesday, March 15. The two-day stop here will be mad^e at the Legion hall February 3 and 4. Other stops in the county will be made at Clatskanie January 25, Rainier February 7 and St. Helens February 8 to 10. • Entertainment Changed Entertainment nights for mem bers of IWA Local 6-37 are to be changed from every other Thursday night to every other •Wednesday night, Rex Normand said Monday. The next such night take place February 2. Work in Mill, Camps Stopped Work at the Oregon-American mill was called off indefinitely after the start made Monday morning because of the extreme cold which prevented operation of some mill machinery and because of ice on the pond. Workmen in the planer department contin ued work after Monday and pro bably will complete this week. Busses were sent on the home trip for school students earlier Wednesday and that procedure may be continued for the rest of the week and longer if road con ditions remain bad. • DATES TO REMEMBER Friday, Jan. 28 — loggers meet Scappoose here. Saturday, Jan. 29 — March of Dimes Dance, Legion hall. Tuesday, Feb. 1 — Cub Scout organizational meeting. Wash ton school. Thursday, Friday, Feb. 3-4 — Federal income tax deputy col lectors on duty at legion halL
