OPPORTUNITY NEWS, Friday, June 2 4 , 1 9 Q 0
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O P P O R TU
N I T Y
N E W S
Vol. 2
No. 25
Friday, June 2 4 , 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
Julie Behar, Editorial Assistant
S .A .O .
holds Dad’s Day dinne
For most Latin American groups
Father's Day is a big event. In the
Independence area last week it
was a great event. The Spanish
American Organization held a
Father's Day dinner at the Indepen
dence City Hall, featuring Mexican
food. More than 300 people at
tended and the S.A.O. took in
over $350.00
The dinner began at 6 p.m. and
ended at 9. The Women's Auxil
iary of the S.A.O. prepared the
food, and the men sold tickets, ar
ranged the tables, and seated and
served the guests. After the din
ner there was music and dancing.
Leonora Guinazzo
Samuel Hernandez
Translations
Judl Jarvill
Secretary
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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 w e must also equip our
people to walk through those doors.”
Lyndon B. Johnson
President
United States
This is just one of many events
held by the Independence Spanish
American Organization. With the
funds they earn they help newly
arrived farm worker families get
settled.
Do they feel that this dinner was
a success? "Yes," said one of the
members. "It was such a success
that we are going to have another
one next week."
A FATHER'S DAY DINNER featuring Mexican food was served at Ind
dence last Sunday.
U N A CENA del Día del Padre en que se sirvió comida mexicana en
pendence el domingo pasado.
Para la mayor parte de los
grupos latino-americanos el día del
padre es un gran evento.
En el
área de Independence la semana
“Surely, it is not beyond our re
sources nor our ingenuity to Include In
our war 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 War on Poverty and is
funded by the Office of Economic Op
portunity, Washington. D. C.
A LETTER FROM LORINNE
Dear Everyone,
Please forgive me for not w rit
ing before now.
I wanted to be
able to tell you my final decision. I
suppose I've made it. I've decided
to remain in Delaware. I'll have a
chance to work with H.S. and at
tend school . . .
I miss all of you so much, along
with my work.
I don't think I'll
find another group of people as
much fun to work with as all of
you. I'm not good at making fare
well speeches, because of the
tears . . . but I want to say "thank
you" to all of you for making me
so much at home, especially to
Ivan and Darlene Wells . . . I'll nev
er forget any of you . . . Please
thank Sam also . . .
I hope the teen club, baseball
team and all the activities are pro
gressing . . . I would like very
much to keep informed . . . Keep
up the good work. Love,
Lorinne Brown
3330 B High St.
Dover, Delaware
Two-hunbred and fifteen have chest X-ray
TWO-HUNDRED AND
FIFTEEN
people turned out for a chest X-ray
last Tuesday.
The X-ray unit was
parked in front of the Woodburn
positivos a negativos. Los resulta
dos indican que hay evidencia de
tuberculosis (TB) y la persona
necesita curarse.
Opportunity Center. Chest X-rays
PICKERS JO IN U N IO N
sults. Positive results shows that
In the central California Valley
grape pickers w ill join a union. The
union and Schenley Industries Inc.
signed a one-year agreement in
volving 450 men and women who
pick and care for grapes in Delano,
California. A 35c an hour wage in
crease w ill raise the Schenley min
imum wage to $1.75 an hour.
there are signs of tuberculosis (TB),
Doscientos quince personas se
presentaron y tomaron radiografía
del pecho el martes pasado.
La
unidad rnóbil estaba estacionada
en frente del centro de oportuni
dad de Woodburn. La radiografía
del pecho puede tener resultados
The company must give the
union 72 hours notice of a need for
workers and may hire outsiders if
the union does not provide the
workers in that time.
The "Grape Strike"
which
Este es nada más uno de i el
muchos eventos que se han llev thi;
a cabo en Independence pati
luí
nado por la S.A.O. Con los fon
que ganaron ellos ayudarán
familias de los trabajadores di f¡|r
gricultura establecerse.
listi
¿Piensan que esta comida t
un gran éxito?
"Si," dijo uno ais
los socias. Fue tan gran éxito Ba
vamos a tener otro comida la BO
mana próxima."
CLINICS AT GERVAIS, WOODBI
can have positive or negative re
and the person needs treatment.
pasada había un gran fiesta
Organización
Hispano-Amer¡|
patrocinó una cena mexicana
honrar a los padres en la alcaR31-
de aquella cuidad. Más de tresc
tas personas asistieron y la SJ
nrr
ganaron más de $350.00.
parí
La cena principió a las 6 d ■ t
tarde y terminó a las 9. Las señi p
prepararon la comida y los señi
vendieron los boletos, arregla
las mesas y sentaron y sirvif
a las personas que asistieron, I/
pués de la cena, gozaron un Bpc
fair
de música baile.
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in-
The Marion County Health
partment announces tw o well d
and immunization clinics for
week:
Gervais, at the Gervais Satj
Heart School, Tuesday, June
For appointment, call Mrs.
Dabacon, 792-4490.
Woodburn, at the St. Lui
School, Thursday, June 30. For
pointment, call Mrs. Delbert
ris, 981-1232.
volved a 25-day, 325 mile ma
to Sacramento last fall was
reason the Schenley comp
agreed to sign the contract. —