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.
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Work Date Incorrect
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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.