Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974, July 26, 1951, Image 1

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Point of Law Victory Over Westport
Explained by Lengthens List of Wins
Representative
Social Security
Application to
Farmers Outlined
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Persons in Columbia county
employing regular farm help
were reminded that they should
learn if such work is covered by
the new social security law which
became effective January 1, 1951.
Kenneth Deming, who repre­
sents the social security admin­
istration in Columbia county, ex­
plained that beginning January 1
cash wages paid regularly em­
ployed farm workers must be
reported to the collector of in­
ternal revenue by their employ­
ers on or before July 31, 1951.
How do you determine whether
or not taxes are due? Agricul­
tural labor is not taxed until
after the worker has been con­
tinuously employed (whether or
not in farm work) for a full
calendar quarter by the same
employer. This is called a “qua­
lifying quarter” and no tax is
due for any farm work in that
quarter. However, after the
“qualifying quarter” has been ob.
tained, taxes will be deducted
and paid for each quarter there­
after that the worker is paid
wages of at least $50 in cash and
is employed by the same employ­
er for at least 60 days in the
quarter.
Beginning with the first cal­
endar quarter in which you pay
taxable wages to one or more
regularly employed farm em­
ployees you must file quarterly
returns on form 941, reporting tho
taxable wages, if any, paid in
each quarter.
Form 941 is called “Employers
Quarterly Federal Tax Return”
and should be filled in accord­
ing to the instructions printed
on the form.
Near the end of each calendar
quarter, the collector will mail a
form 941 to each farm employer
on his mailing list. If taxes are
due from a farm employer who
is not on the mailing list, the
employer should ask the collec­
tor for Form 941 and should ad­
vise the collector of the name and
address to be added to his mail­
ing list.
The Form 941 which the col­
lector will send to those on his
mailing list will be preaddressed
with name, address and identi­
fication number. If the pread­
dressed form is lost a new one
should be requested.
The calendar quarters of the
year and the last day for filing
a return for each quarter are as
follows:
Mos. in Quarters
Returns Due
April 30
Jan., Feb., March
April, May June
July 31
July, Aug., Sept.
October 31
Oct., Nov., Dec.
Jan. 31
Those of you who have prob­
lems to discuss should either
contact the collector of internal
revenue or contact Mr. Deming
on the first and third Mondays
of each month between the hours
of 1:00 and 3:00 in county court
house, St. Helens, or write to
social security administration,
Room 104, Old Post Office Build­
ing, Portland 4, Oregon.
Swimmers Notified
Swimmers who wish to com­
pete for the tenth annual Colum.
bia county swimming and diving
championships Sunday at St.
Helens are asked to be at the
Vernonia pool tonight. Thurs­
day, at 6:30. At that time they
will plan for entering the com­
petition Sunday.
Recruiter Here Mondays
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Sgt. Richard L. Matney, new
recruiter for the army and air
force, will be in Vernonia each
Monday from noon until 5 p.m.
and later by appointment. Sgt.
Matney can be contacted at the
post office.
Vernonia stretched a winning
streak to five in a row by down­
ing Westport 12-5 last Saturday
evening when the two teams met
at Clatskanie at 8:45. Wesley
Hunt led the Vernonia batsmen
with a triple and two singles in
six times at the plate and John­
son and Langford collected two
for four times at bat.
Johnson smashed out a double
with the bases loaded and Lang­
ford was chalked up with two
singles.
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On the mound Langford gave
up three hits for two runs in
six full innings, walking two.
Office Totals
Years Receipts
Business for the fiscal year
1958-51 ended for the post office
department as of June 30 and
figures for the year were re­
leased earlier this week by Post­
master Emil Messing.
Postal receipts for th? year
total $15,761.43. Included in that
figure are such items as stamp
sales, newspaper postage, meter­
ed and non metered mail, box
rents and permits. These are the
determining factors which set
the rating of a post office.
To obtain a second class rat­
ing, under which the Vernonia
office is listed, postal receipts
must amount to $8,000 a year.
The three largest items of
postal r°ceipts, stamps, metered
mail and box rents total respec­
tively for the year: $13,275.67,
$1600 and $444.45.
During the year the local of­
fice wrote money orders total­
ing $231,502.76 for which the
fees charged amounted to $2,644.-
75.
Bid Awarded for
Apiary Oil Work
The low bidder for the job of
oiling 5.5 miles on the Rainier-
Apiary road was awarded July
18 by the state highway com­
mission, according to an an­
nouncement received here the
latter part of last week. Call
for bids for the work had been
issued earlier by the commission.
The work will be done by Harr
& Horton, Portland for the
amount of $16,873. This state
project is the Apiary section of
the Rainier-Apiary county road
and extension about seven miles
west and south of Rainier.
Brandow relieved Langford at
the start of the seventh, allow­
ing one hit. Two walks and two
Vernonia errors were good for
three runs.
Vernonia will meet Cornelius
there next Sunday in the final
league gam? of the season.
R
H
E
Westport,
5
4
7
Vernonia
12
11
2
Batteries: Westport — Welch 7,
Eibertson and Colbertson; Ver-
nonia — Langford 6, Brandow
and Byers.
Batting averages through July
22 place Johnson at the top of
the list.
The averages are:
AB
R H Ave
Johnson
20
2
7
350
Hartman
47
11
15
340
Hunt
33
6
11
333
14
2
Somfleth
4
296
Gwin
4
0
1
250
Brandow
42
5
10
238
Nance
23
3
5
217
Byers
55
8
11
200
Langford
25
2
5
200
Desordi
38
6
190
7
Galloway
37
1
6
162
Cline
49
5
7
140
McCammon 19
2
2
101
Mills
6
0
0
000
Fulton
2
0
0
000
4-H Picnic Ends
Summer Camp
Over 250 persons attended the
Columbia county 4-H picnic held
at Camp Wilkerson Sunday, July
22. The event took place on the
last day of 4-H summer camp.
The picnic lunch was followed
by a program arranged by Mrs.
Aldon Ashley, Mist.
The program consisted of: two
numbers by the summer camp
choir; a short talk by Rev. Paul
Sisler, Vernonia; saxophone solo
by Mrs. Darrell Baker, Birken-
feld; talk by Albert Palmblad,
Gresham, vice president of the
Oregon 4-H leaders association;
skit by Susan Gill and Sally
Blackburn, campers; history of
Camp Wilkerson, Mrs. Pearl
Becker, St. Helens; saxophone
solo by Kenneth Asburry, St.
Helens; and a skit by Andy
Riggs, Gary Leinonen, Dick Woo-
tan, Dale Thompson, Sammy
Baker, Jay Zimmerman and
Larry Leinonen, campers.
One year leadership pins were
awarded by the United States
National Bank to Mrs. Ruth Cox,
Scappoose, Mrs. J. E. Norred,
Goble, Mrs. Eleanor Petersen,
Shilo Basin, Mrs. Margit Peter­
sen, Delena, and Mr. J. E. Nor­
red, Goble.
A five-year pi« was presented
to Mrs. Aldon Ashley, Mist.
Two Listed on Roll
Cora Duscnberry, Keasey, and Examiner to Come
Margie Roland, Vernonia, have
A drivers license examiner
been listed on the spring term will be on duty in Vernonia Fri­
scholastic honor roll at Oregon day. August 3 at the city hall
State college. Both earned a from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Per­
grade average of 3.5 points or sons wishing licenses or permits
better. A 3.5 is halfway between . to drive can get them at that
an A and B average.
time.
Strike Stops
Most of Phone
Service Here
Emergency, Long
Distance Calls
Given Priority
All Vernonia telephone calls,
except of an emergency nature
and long distance, were discon­
tinued over the local telephone
system Tuesday night and Wed­
nesday and that situation will
probably continue as long as the
current strike is in force, Mrs.
Silvia Turner said Wednesday
morning.
The strike became effective on
the entire We%t Coast Telephone
company system at 8 o’clock
Tuesday. During Tuesday Mrs.
Turner, manager for the Ver­
nonia exchange, handled the
board alone, but because she has
been on duty continuously, it
was necessary to curtail the num­
ber of calls made locally so she
can continue to handle the board
alone.
She is accepting emergency
calls such as those where medi­
cal attention is needed, fires, etc.
Friends have been bringing Mrs.
Turner her meals.
The entire West Coast system
is in the same condition includ­
ing exchanges east to LaGrande,
down to Crescent City, California
and in
Washington. Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph has
been out on strike since Monday
morning, but employees of that
company belong to the CIO while
employees of the West Coast are
members of the AFL.
No word of a possible settle­
ment had been indicated by radio
reports up to noon Wednesday.
Library Buys
More Volumes
Four new books have been
placed on the selves at the Ver­
nonia public library, according
to Mrs. Ben Brickel, assistant
librarian. The new volumes are:
The Demon’s Mirror by James S.
Wallerstein; The Provincials by
John Cornish; A Woman called
Fancy by Frank Yerby and A
Shroud for Grandma, Douglas
Ashe.
Copies of the Christian Science
Monitor have also been obtained
for the convenience of library
patrons.
To Be Reassigned
Pfc. William M. Shipman, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Shipman,
is being processed at Fort Lewis
for reassignment. Cpl. Shipman
recently returned from Korea
where he served with the 77th
Field Artillery Battalion and left
for Fort Lewis after spending a
month here.
Writer Protests Desciiption of Town
Note—The objection voiced be­
low was written by a local man
in protest to a description of Ver­
nonia which appeared in a recent
Sunday edition of a Portland
daily and which created a lot of
unfavorable comment, especially
as to the terming of the town as
“dirty.”)
“The article appearing in a re­
cent issue in the Sunday maga­
zine section of the Oregon Journal
certainly portrays an impression
of Vernonia to the rest of the
world. True, this is only one
reporter’s opinion, but he has
given it to every corner of the
state.
"The article says we are a
friendly people. Truer words
were never spoken. Then it says
the city is unkept. Well!!! Is
there any civic pride among us?
We are pictured as a sleepy back-
woods town.
“What can be done about this?
There are many signs that indi­
vidually something is being done:
1. Th? mayor and city council
are going ahead with plans to
improve our natural swimming
pool and are going to give the
small children the benefit of a
pool they can enjoy;
2. The school board, backed by
the voters, is going to give this
town a fine, modern high school;
3. The more aggressive mer­
chants and owners of business
buildings are repainting and
brightening up Bridge street;
4. The individual home owners
are modernizing and painting
many of their homes and beau­
tifying their premises.
“However something is wrong
somewhere to convey such an
impession as our town did. Do
we need more cooperation among
business men themselves or
among business men and citi­
zens? De we need an active
organization of business men and
citizens to promote and sponsor
the welfare and future of Ver­
nonia? Th? whole issue depends
on everyone of us so that such a
derogatory article will never ap­
pear in print in the future.
“Lets have some expressions of
feeling to try and see if a sense
of civic pride and accomplish­
ments can be developed among
us so that the next time the Jour­
nal or any other newspaper takes
a survey they will say, “Ver­
nonia, the greatest little city in
Oregon, friendly beyond compare,
an industrious, clean and well
kept city, a pleasure spot for
Portlanders and Oregonians to
visit.”
Fires Out in
This Area
Artist's Work
I To Be Placed
On Display
Several fires in this area which
have plagued suppression crews
were reported out in most cases
or nearly so by the Pittsburgh
guard station Wednesday morn­
ing.
Sparks from brake shoes on the
O-A log train were thought to
have started the blaze between
bridges 3 and 4 on the logging
road west of Keasey Monday. It
was brought under control by
O-A workmen and men from the
Jewell guard station.
Pittsburg crews extinguished a
slash fire last Friday at the
Eagle Cliff Lumber company
four miles west of Rainier and
were also called to the Pisgah
Home fire which burned five
small outbuildings and spread
spot fires below Dutch canyon,
burning about three acres.
A couple of debris burning
fires, started without permits,
were also put out by men from
Pittsburg.
Famous Paintings
To Be On Exhibit
Here Five Days
Scheduled for showing here
next week is an art exhibition
of paintings and drawings by
Jimmie James, outstanding char­
coal artist of the West. His work
will be displayed on the second
floor at Brunsman Hardware and
Electric from July 31 to August
4 and Mr. James will be present
at the exhibition August I to
explain the pictures and answer
questions about them.
Arrangements for the showing
were made several weeks ago by
Mr. Brunsman and Charles Cast-
ner, close friend of the artist.
Mr. James is known and re­
ferred to as an outstanding char­
coal artist, having done large
pictures in this medium. Char­
coal painting is man’s first art
medium and few specialize in it'
as he does. Most of his scenes
are of places untouched by the
hand of civilization.
About 12 pictures will be on
display including some that have
been exhibited at the Hallmark
company of Kansas City, Mis­
souri, some that have been re­
turned from the National Gallery
in the east and some that have
been reproduced in leading news­
papers and magazines. The Am­
erican Artists magazine repro­
duced “Licorice Creek” with a
technical note in the April is­
sue.
Mr. James studied at the Art
Institute of Chicago, the Students
League in New York and under
such men as John T. Nolf, Otto
Schneider and Eugene DeVoIe.
He got his inspiration on to work
in charcoal after viewing the
primitive drawings in caves in
New Mexico many years ago. He
takes no part in modern art of
any kind “that I simply cannot
understand.”
Realties are the only things he
sees and his paintings ar? real as
a result. Snow-covered moun­
tains and valleys are cold and
contain the deepest of winters
with the sun shining through
the boughs of trees that have
character, trees that have sur­
vived storms and deep snows.
They cast their shadows across
the snow covered earth. Each
has a story and have been
painted from real trees.
Drowning Causes
Death of Child
Edward Lee Simmons, six-year
old boy, drowned last Saturday
afternoon when he fell into a
pond at the L. E. Atkins home
on Pebble creek. When the body
was discovered, artificial respira­
tion was applied without avail.
The child had made his home
with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Atkins
foe several years. He is the son
of Charles E. Simmons of Mc­
Minnville and the services took
place at McMinnville with burial
in the Evergreen cemetery there.
He was born at Newberg Feb­
ruary 23, 1945.
Following the death, numerous
people have asked what has be­
come of the inhalator which was
made available for use in the
community a few years ago by
the American Legion.
The instrument was sent to
Portland for repairs and improve­
ments some time ago, but the
work has not been done because
of the high cost for the work and
because no method of financing
the expenditure has been found.
Former Resident
Enlistment in
Taken by Death
Guard Open Now
Death came to Nelson Moeller,
a resident of Prineville for the
past several years, several days
ago according to word received
here late last week by a friend
of the family.
The deceased was a former
owner of the Sunnyside Service
station at Treharne five or six
years ago and will be well re­
membered in this vicinity.
Death came as the result of a
mill accident and the services
were conducted at Prineville
with burial at Salinas, Kansas.
Surviving are: two boys, James
and Leland; a girl, Inez and his
wife, Agnes. James is in the
armed forces and is stationed at
the Portland airport.
F. M. Ruhl Stricken
F. M. Ruhl, treasurer and of­
fice manager for the Oregon-
American, was stricken at his
home Sunday with a heart at­
tack. He will be required to
have absolute rest and quiet for
several weeks.
REPORT ALL
KEEP ORECOH GREEN
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Two representatives of the U.S.
Coast Guard Recruiting Service,
Portland, visited Vernonia Friday
and related the following infor­
mation.
Men 17 to 25 years of age can
now enlist in the coast guard
providing they can meet the rigid
educational and physical stan­
dards.
Men without previous
service are enlisted and transfer­
red to Alameda, California for
12 weeks basic training. Ex-ser­
vice men are enlisted at the
highest rate open at the time of
enlistment and transferred to
Seattle for assignment to a duty
station.
The two recruiters, Ed Swen­
son, Quartermaster first, and
Harold Hand, Yeoman second,
are at the present time canvass­
ing all communities within a 100
mile radius of Portland looking
for men interested in the coast
guard reserve (port security) unit.
Men enlisted in the unit can re­
main in their present' jobs or
continue schooling and be draft
exempt, if they remain in good
standing with ths reserve unit
by attending meetings every
Wednesday night at Swan Island
in Portland.
Further information may be
obtained by writing or calling at
514 S.W. Salmon Street, Port­
land. The phone number is
Broadway 5827.