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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 27, 1951)
Library, U of O Annual Seed Cleaning Work Underway 2c CARD COST DUE JAN. 1 A new postal rate that is sched uled to become effective with the start of the new year will apply to the post card. On and after January 1 post cards will be sold at the rate of 2c each. The new rate schedule was an nounced by the post office de- partm-nt in November in order to offset rising costs. It is esti mated that a post card costs the department 2M>c to produce and handle. People who have lc cards on hand after the first of the year can mail them by adding a lc stamp to the card. Should pur chases of cards in quantities of 50 or more be made, an addition al charge of 10 per cent will be add d to the cost. Two Students loin Fraternity The annual seed processing ac tivity, carried on each year by Crown Zellerbach corporation, will be completed during the forepart of the coming year with the sacking and storage of 1600 bushels of cones that were col lected during the past fall. Preparation of the cones for ultimate storage began in No- xember, but that is not the start f the story of what happens to the cones after they are picked. When the cones are picked, and they come from six Crown Zelierbach farms in this area, they are taken to the Washington county fairgrounds at Hillsboro and are spread on the floors of those buildings. Partial drying takes place there and moulding is prevented. Care is taken that the cones are turned every three days, that ventilation is maintained so that the cones are ready for the next processing step later in th? year. That next step is the comple tion of drying. From the fair grounds buildings the cones.are again sacked and then are trans ported to Gales Creek where they go through a prune dryer. Trucks Special Stamp Issue to Honor 4-H Club Members A 3-cent stamp commemorating 4-H clubwork will soon go on sale in Oregon post offices, says L. J. “Doc” Allen, state 4-H leader at Oregon State college. First of these stamps will be soid January 15 at Springfield. Ohio, where the 50th birthday of clubwork is being observed. Nearly two million 4-H boys and girls throughout the country will be honored by this stamp. More than 27,500 members are enrolled in Oregon, one of the leading states for 4-H enrollment in relation to the number of eligible youths. About 16,000 of Oregon’s 63.000 rural homes are represented by 4-H club members. But contrary to a popular mis conception, city youngsters also can and do take nart in 4-H club work. For example, about 1700 Portland boys and girls are mem bers. The 4-H stamp will be green. It shows a group of typical farm buildings at the left. In the center appears the symbolic four-leaf clover with the four H’s which Service Read December 17 Final rites war? performed on Monday, December 17 at the Bush Funeral home chapel for Mary Maude Ho.lett who passed away at Salem December 13, 1951 at th e age of 73 year» Mrs. Eollett had been a resi dent of this community for 22 yeats up to the time her husband d ed on April 29 of this year. After that she moved to Salem where she made her home until her death. She was married to John Hollett at Goldendale. Wash ington in October. 1917. Surviving are three children: Mrs. Cleo Dodd. Salem. Earl Vogle of Port Townsend, Wash ington and Harvey Vogle of Ta coma, Washington. Committment took place at the ■Vernonia Memorial. i epresent head, heart, hands and health. Directly beneath this is inscribed “Th? 4-H Clubs.” At the right ar? a teen-age boy and girl facing the club symbol. The motto “To Make the Best Better” appears in a dark panel across the top of the stamp. Allen has b?en notified that stamp collectors who d?side first- day cancellations of this stamD may not send more than ten ad dressed envelopes to th? post master, Springfield, Ohio, with money order remittance to cover the most of the stamps to be af fixed. An enclosure of medium weight should be placed in each envelope and the flap cither sealed or turned in. The out side envelope to the postmaster should be endorsed “FIRST DAY COVERS.” Traffic Deaths Due to Rise Oregon’s chances of keeping the 1951 traffic death count below that of last year were fading rapidly this week aS deaths reached an estimated 425, and the year’s biggest “drinking holi day” drew near. Fatalities in 1950 totaled 427. Secretary of State Earl T. New- bry said that the odds for a heavier death toll in 1951 are overwhelming. Accidents hav? exacted an average of more than on? life a day during the year to date. No one will ever know just how many people are killed be cause of drinking drivers, he said, because no on? knows how many accidents occur in which moder ate drinking is an important fac tor. Records from previous years give plenty of warning of what to expect, the secretary said. Open houses, office parties and New Year’s eve celebrants take a large toll in property damage, injuries and deaths. species of Douglas fir, Western hemlock, Western Red Cedar, Grand fir, Noble fir and Stika spruce. Seedings on the Columbia Farm was completed this year in the fall when 700 acres in the 500- line area w?re flown by helicopter using seed that was picked and processed in 1950. Hand planting is scheduled this coming spring in the Crooked Creek area using nursery stock grown from seed picked in 1950. then bring the entire collection from the six farms to the Colum bia Tree Farm office in River view where the final steps oi processing take place before stor age. The tumbling machine above is used to dewing and complete the cleaning process and the final step is sacking and placing in cold storage until time for plant ing. The complet'd job will result in 800 to 1000 pounds of cleaned seed from the 1600 bushels of cones collected from the Colum bia, Clatsop, Molalla, Clackamas, Wahkiakum and Tillamook tree farms this fall. Cones collected in the Nehalem valley this fall amounted to 142 bushels. The seed is comprised of the Two Vernonia students, Gerald Millis and William Chalmers, were among the 49 men on the Pacific university campus at Forest Grove to pledge fraterni ties. Both Millis and Chalmers pledged Alpha Zeta fraternity and are freshmen. Chalmers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Will Chalmers, Mist route, is a mathmatics ma jor, while Millis, son of Mrs. Blanche Millis, Mist route, is majoring in business administra tion. Millis starred on the Pacific Badger football team during the fall and won his varsity letter. Movie Due on Coast in March A letter was received last week by Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Herrin from William P. Gowler, registrar of Northwestern Schools, in Min neapolis, Minnesota regarding th? movie Beverly Herrin worked in last spring. Mr. Gowler said the film has been shown to the student body and faculty of Northwestern School, but has yet to b? somewhat synchronized with the sound before it is defi nitely completed and shown out side. J. Edwin Hartill, ex cutive vice-president of Northwestern Schools, will b? booking it on the West Coast sometime after March 1. Th? picture is produced by Great Commission Films, the Christian picture company that made “Mr. Texas,” starring Redd Harper, which was recently shown in Portland. Beverly, a junior at Northwestern Bible college, plays the feminine lead. At present she plays in a week day radio serial and a Saturday children’s program over KTIS, the school’s radio station in Minnea- polis, and a weekly television show on WCTN—TV. Dime Drive Kick-off Due On Wednesday Greater Response to Campaign Pointed Out As Imperative Now Almost complete plans for the 1952 March of Dimes campaign were outlined earlier this week by Chairman Jim Davies for the start of the annual drive Wed nesday of next week, January 2. Greater emphaisis is being giv en the March of Dimes event at this time because of the much greater number of cases of polio and the resulting rise in expendi tures for treatment. As in former years, dime col lection boxes will be placed pro minently on the counters of busi ness places. The boxes will be displayed on the opening day by Glen Hawkins who has charge of that part of the campaign. The annual dance will be spon sored by the American Legion next month and the date will be named later. Ralph Hartman, Legion post commander, will handle details for this affair. Dime collection activities in the schools will be handled by Prin cipal Warne Empey for the high school and Superintendent Paul Gordon for the grades. It is likely that gate receipts from a basketball game played during January will go into the polio fund. George A. Remnant, manager of the Commercial Bank, will act as campaign treasurer and all funds collected will be turned over to him for deposit. Joy Theater patrons will see a movie short pointing out the im portance of the 1952 March of Dimes and probably will also be asked to contribute dimes for the fund. Arrangements for the picture will be made by Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dow. The Vernonia Lions club will also participate to help make the drive successful and will discuss their part in the program when they meet again January 7. ’ The greater need for a succes sful campaign can readily be seen from the expenditure made dur ing 1951 to treat 21 patients in this county. Through October of this year, $25,000 had been spent, Mr. Davies pointed out, while for the entire state the expenditure came to $100,000. On the other hand, Columbia county contributed $8331 to last year’s March of Dimes. Former Resident Die* Last rites were performed at Hillsboro Monday for Mrs. Jane Mann, former Vernonia resident who passed away at the Masonic Home at Forest Grove last Friday. Interment was in the Masonic plot at the Forest Grove ceme tery. i Work Date Incorrect | ' 1 1 THESE Yule tide scenes appeared on the windows of the kinder garten room at the Washington school the week before Christmas as the result of art work by Mrs. Lulah Fullerton, kindergarten teacher. Mrs. Fullerton also decorated a window at her home on South Rose avenue with a Christmas scene. The date when work at Camp Olson will resume after the Christmas shut-down is Monday, December 31, instead of January 31 as listed in a news story last week.
