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5URPRI5E FOR REICH
Last
week
P e te r
R e ic h ’ s f r i e n d s g a ve h im
a s u r p r is e p a r ty .P e te r ,
a V ISTA “V o l u n t e e r , has
many g r a t e f u l
fr ie n d s
i n th e H i l l s b o r o
a re a .
S e v e n t y - f i v e p e o p le cane
t o th e G a s to n C om m unity
; H a ll t o s a y th a n k s and
O P P O R T U N IT Y
NEW S
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INDEPENDENCE DANC-E IN HONOR OF GRADS
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Friday, d im e - AO*1966'
This newspaper
is a publication
of the
VALLEY MIGRANT LEAGUE
P. 0. Box 128
Woodburn. Oregon
Valley Migrant League phone 981-3171
Newspaper phone 981-9711
Will P. Pape,
Executive Director
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Don Wilcox, Editor
Rick Simon,
| Assistant Editor
Priscilla Carrasco, Editorial
Assistant and Circulation Manager
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OPPORTUNITY NEWS is published
weekly for free distribution to seasonal
farm workers of this area, and to per
sons interested in the activities of the
VALLEY MIGRANT LEAGUE.
“We must open the doors of oppor
tunity. But we must also equip our
people to walk through those doors.”
Lyndon B. Johnson
President
United States
"Surely, it is not beyond our re
sources nor our ingenuity to include in
our w ar against poverty these always
‘excluded’ Americans (the migrants).’’
Sargent Shriver
Director
Office of Economic Opportunity
The VALLEY . MIGRANT LEAGUE,
sponsor of this newspaper, is a part of
the President’s W ar on Poverty and is
funded b y the Office of Economic Op
portunity, Washington. D. C.
THE M A N O N THE PHONE
WAS UNHAPPY, BUT W HY?
We received an anonymous
phone call last week. The man want
ed us to know that he was un
happy. It concerned something this
newspaper had printed about the
price paid to strawberry pickers.
He said that he got along fine
until the Valley Migrant League
came along. We tried politely to in
vite him to our office to explain
himself. Would he come? No.
We asked again for his name.
He wouldn't give it.
But he did
mention something very interesting.
He said that pickers have earned as
much as 8 and 9 thousand dollars
working for him.
We couldn't ask tor happier in
formation than this. For if it is true
that good pickers are able to earn
such money, the battle against mi
grant poverty is being won as it
should be won — by workers earn
ing good money for good work.
Can other growers assure us that
workers are able to earn such
amounts during the picking season
in Oregon? —D.W.
good by t o a good f r i e n d .
P e t e r has f i n i s h e d h is
y e a r w i t h V IS T A .
"T h e f i n e s t p r a is e o f
P e t e r ’ s w o rk i s
shown
b y th e l o y a l t y
o f h is
f r ie n d s in
H ills b o r o , "
s a id Jo h n H u g h e s , a s
s i s t a n t a re a s u p e r v i s
o r.
"We w i l l m is s him,"
NOTÉ:
R e a d e rs o f th e
O p p o r t u n i t y News , w i l l
re m e m b e r w i t h a p p r e c i
a t i o n th e s p le n d i d pho
t o s w h ic h P e t e r
R e ic h
has p r o v id e d f o r
th is
n e w s p a p e r .— D.W .
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G R O W E R OFFERS PICKERS 7 0 c
The rate which some growers are
'paying for strawberry pickers is not
hard to discover.
We have just
copied the following words from a
printed sign in the window of a
public building:
WANTED
Strawberry Pickers
Starting about June 1st
30 acres irrigated berries, 70 cents
crate. Gas money for driveouts.
Transportation furnished. Register
now. (Name, address and phone are
given.)
g et your
fre e chest
x -ra y here
Dear Mr. Klinge,
Having discussed the time you
have suggested for the mobile x-ray
unit with Mr. Swanson of State
Board of Health, we have arrived at
this conclusion: Woodburn x-ray.
survey — June 21 — time: 2 p.m. to
5 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
You
may publicize the event with this
time schedule.
Willamette Tuberculosis and
Health Assn., Inc.
1890 State St.
Salem, Oregon
( C o n t in u e d
fr o m
p .l)
group of Latin American students
to graduate from Central High
School in Independence.
What did the community think
about the graduation? They were
very happy.
Over 400 persons
came to the dance last Sunday
night.
Many brought gifts for the
graduates. There was also cake and
punch for everyone.
The Independence area super
visor, Chris Bernard, says that this
first group w ill set an example for
the other Latin Americans in school.
"We hope," says Chris, "that there
w ill be many more graduates and
many more dances in the future."
RUMMAGE SALE
A bove a v e r a g e ite m s
F r i d a y &. S a tu r d a y
J u n e ID and J u n e 11
8 :3 0 a .m . t o 8 :0 0 p..m.
N e x t d o o r t o 1 s t N a t
i o n a l Bank on G a r f i e l d
( P .O .E . s p o n s o r e d )
( C o n t in u a c ió n d e là p J
p e d a l e s p o rq u e so n J
p r im e r g ru p o de l a t i j
a m e ric a n o s , que g ra d u j
d e l C e n t r a l H ig h Schq
en In d e p e n d e n c e .
¿Que p e n s ó l a comunid
s o b r e l a g r a d u a c ió n ?
E s ta b a n muy f e l i z . Ms
de 4 0 0 p e r s o n a s v in ie
r o n a l b a i l e e l ’ domiri
pasado.
M uchos t r a j e
r o n r e g a lo s p a r a lo s
g ra d u a d o s .
Hubo tam
b ié n p a s t e l y p o n ch e
p a ra to d o s .
E l S u p e r v is o r d e l fl
e,a de In d e p e n d e n c e ,
C h r is B e r n a r d , d ic e q
e s t e , e l p r im e r grupo
m o s t r a r á un e je m p lo p
l o s o t r o s l a t i n o s en
e s c u e la .
"E s p e ra m o s ,
d ic e C h r i s , "Que h ab r
m uchos más g ra d u a d o s ,
m uchos más b a ile s , en
fu tu ro .”
What ¡s rfie Valley M igrant
League doing this week?
The
A re a S u p e r v is o r
at
5 ale m , Iv a n W e lls ,
was
v e ry
s ic k
la s t
w eek.
He
s p e n t' tw o
days in
th e h o s p i t a l ,
andnow i s h o m e ^ r e s t in g .
The
O p p o r tu n ity
News
and
th e r e s t
of
th e
s ta ff
at
th e
V a l le y
M ig r a n t
League
w is h
Iv a n a s p e e d y r e c o v e r y .
A g ro u p o f te e n a g e r s
a t b a n d y r e c e n t l y h e lp
ed t o c le a n
up a fa rm
la b o r
camp
fo r
th e
n e w ly a r r i v i n g w o r k e r s ,
(b e e s t o r y
page 3 . )
The S a nd y
Teen C lu b
w i l l h a ve a " b i k e - h i k e "
on
th e
2 6 th
o f June.
Ih e y w i l l p e d d le t h e i r
way t o R o lly n l a k e .
C a n n in g c la s s e s w i l l
s t a r t a g a in
i n
In d e
pendence
n e x t M o n d a y,
J u n e . 13
j .
l
th e t e a c h e r
El supervisor del
Centro, de Oportunidad
de Salem, él Sr. Ivan
Wells estubo muy en
fermo la semana pas
ada.
Tuvo que inter
narse en el hospital
por dos dias.
Ya ha
regresado a su casa
donde se encuentra en
estado de convale
cencia.
Un grupo de jóvenes de
Sandy acaba de ayudar
limpiar un campo para
trabajadores agri-
coJos que acaban de
llegar.
El Sandy Teen Clujo
tendrá un excursión
el bicicleta el 26 de
junio'.
Se paseará al
lago Rollyn.
Laa clases de enfras
car empezarán de nuevo
el lunes próximo-el
6 juni°-
La maesti