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WILLAMINA TIMES, WILLAMINA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10,1973
P.U.C.
No decision was reached at the Mon
day, Oct. 7 P.U.C. hearing held at
Willamina City Hall to hear arguments
concerning doing away with Southern
Pacific’s Willamina agent.
William C. DuValle, P.U.C. hearings
examiner, said that a decision should be
reached in 30 to 40 days.
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VOLUME 65 NUMBER 1 1
stalemated
Local lumbermen expressed concern
about maintaining adequate service if
the agent was removed. Their case was
represented by Alvin Alexanderson,
assistant Attorney General, Oregon State
Department of Justice.
Attorney Oglesby H. Young,
representing Southern Pacific Railroad,
Sheridan Chamber
makes rural tour
and others testifying in behalf of S.P.,
stressed economy and centralization of
services due to computers and claimed
that service would be equal or better
than in the past.
Roger P. Campbell, Rate & Service
Superintendent, Railroad Division,
P.U.C., recommended approval of S.P.’s
application to do away with the
Willamina agent. He stressed that they
are interested in quality service and any
problem s shippers have should be
brought to his office’s attention.
In acas
In case agent services are discon
tinued, local boxes at each place of
business would be provided for bills of
loading and the conductor would sign
them for the railroad.
About 20 interested people were at the
hearing representing lumber firms in
cluding: Taylor Lumber, Ft. Hill
Lumber, U.S. Plywood, Riverside
This pastoral scene caught the eye of our roving
Lumber, and Boise Cascade.
Testifying for Southern Pacific were photographer. The rolling hills and the contented cattle
Alden Kilborn, Portland, S.P. Tran
sportation Co. assistant vice president
for operations; Abbott Calston, Portland,
District Traffic Representative; Steven
A. Burd, San Francisco Bureau of
Transportation Research for Southern
Pacific.
Accident
injures
youth
Rosella Parker stops to pat the nose of a friendly horse on the Rock Creek and
Gopher Valley Loop road during the twenty-five mile scenic tour taken by the
Sheridan Chamber of Commerce members and guests. The tour was part of
their regular Oct. 1 meeting and made an interesting break in the routine.
Sheridan Chamber of Commerce
members and guests, including several
senior citizens, enjoyed a twenty-five
mile scenic tour along the Rock Creek
and Gopher Valley loop road during their
regular meeting time on Monday, Oc
tober 1.
First stop was at the Jesuit Novitiate
on top of the hill, just north of Sheridan.
There are twenty-six students at the
Novitiate at the present time, three
priests who are teachers, and three
retired Jesuits.
Next stop was at the O.C. Yocom
ranch, where a home cooked lunch was
served to the group. Hosts for the lunch
were Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Shukar, who
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manage the ranch. Tour guide Irene
Dickey assisted with the cooking and
serving.
About 300 head of angus and hereford
cattle graze on the 1300 arce ranch,
which is located between Rock Creek and
Gopher Valley. Mr. Yocom said they plan
to invest in more cows in order to get
about 200 calves in the spring. A stop was
made by one of the feed barns where we
got a close-up look at some of the angus.
Mr. Harold Ladd donated the bus for
the tour and also drove. He is familiar
with the area and along with Irene
Dickey, told of interesting spots along the
way.
A two car collision at the intersection
of Harmony Road and highway 18
hospitalized nine year old Kevin Pugh,
son of Mr. and Mrs': Fred Pugh of Rt. 2,
Box 240, Sheridan.
The accident occurred 8:15 p.m.,
Thursday, October 4. Four other youth in
the ’71 Chevrolet driven by 18-year-old
Diana Pugh, were taken to the Mc
Minnville hospital for outpatient
treatment by Superior Ambulance. They
include Diana & Kimball Pugh, and
Jackie and Kevin Bruer.
Driver of the other vehicle, a ’67 Jeep,
was Ronald K. Quick, 18 of Tillamook.
Neither he nor his passenger received
injuries.
The Sheridan fire department was
called to wash gas off the road due to a
burst gas tank in one of the vehicles.
Diana Pugh was issued a citation by
the police for failure to obey a stop sign.
Kevin was released from Bes Kaiser
Hospital in Portland on Saturday. He
received a cut on the head and was under
observation for possible concussion.
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Willamina 7 th and 8th
grade football players
These are the players who defend Willamina at the 7th and
8th grade level football. They deserve just as much support
The Willamina eighth grade football
team stayed on the winning track last
Wednesday, with a 12-6 triumph over
Sherwood on Willamina High s field.
The Wolverines dominated the contest
with excellent ball control, as fullback
Bart Bryant rushed for 157 yards in 29
carries and Mark Kelson quarterback
sneaked 7 and 6 yards for both Willamina
tallies.
as our varsity team. Remember, they’ll be varsity, too,
someday.
Middle guard Aaron Booth and
defensive end« Chic Colleton played
outstanding football. Booth was named
“Lineman of the Week” and fullback
Bryant “Back of the Week”
The Willamina Seventh Grade suffered
defeat Tuesday at the hands of the
Dedicated advisor aids School pep club
BY VANCE WELTY
One frequently hears “They ought to
do this” or “They ought to do that” at the
high school. Few people in the com
munity are aware of the fact that if they
want to share their interests or talents
with high school students, the school is,
in most cases, delighted to let them do it.
Bonnie Davidson is the new advisor to the Willamina pep
club. Thanks to her involvement the pep club is coming alive
and the membership grows each day.
I didn’t know that the doors were so
wide open for community participation,
either, until I heard about Bonnie
Davidson.
At a Booster Club meeting last year,
the complaint was made that Willamina
high showed very little spirit. It was
pointed out that there were no signs or
banners anywhere to even indicate when
or where a game was going to be played,
and that the school didn’t even have a
pep club as such.
Bonnie Davidson asked if there were
any way she could help—and she found
out.
At the time, there was an informal pep
club with a membership of six girls and
no advisor at all. Mrs. Davidson was
made advisor, and the results have been
dramatic.
The pep club presently has 31 members
and is still growing. The group is active,
enthusiastic and always looking for new
ideas.
Mrs. Davidson was reluctant to be
interviewed by the newspaper at first. “ I
don’t want the members of .the pep club
to get the idea that I’m doing this for
publicity or personal glory,” she said.
“Couldn’t you just write about the club
itself apd not say much about me? ”
I pointed out that the idea behind the
article was to show how people could
participate in helping young people and
that it was important to use her as the
focus of the story because of the example
she had set. That put things in a different
light.
“Well,” she said, “I feel that it is
important that people in the community
know that if they are interested in
sharing their talent with young people,
their help is needed. These kids need to
know that somebody really IS interested
in-'them. Even if a person can only
contribute an hour a week of his or her
time, that can make a lot of difference to
these youngsters.
“Personally, I find working with these
high school students to be one of the
greatest things that’s happened to me. It
really makes you feel alive—all warm
and good—something that no amount of
pay could provide.
“As far as advising the pep club is
concerned; I’m not here to actually do
die work—the members do that—but" to
lend a guiding hand and let them know
that I’m behind them.
“F o r' example,—I guess I’m old-
fashioned in some ways; there are things
that a pep club did when I "went to high
school that I guess are considered ‘out’
now. These kids aren’t interested in
tradition—they want to try new things.
Well, as an advisor, I don’t force them to
do things my way, I try to help them with
the new ideas they want to work on. ”
Sheridan Seventh Graders. The boys
never gave up trying, but two much
bigger boys from Sheridan ran right over
the smaller Willamina boys.
One of Sheridan’s touchdowns came on
a seventy three yard run around the end
that surprised everyone. Sheridan
continued to control things throughout
the game. The final score was Sheridan
7th - 34, Willamina 7th - 0.
Students of
die month
Joni Huntley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Huntley, and John Dillin, son of
Mrs. Olga Dillin, and John Dillin of
McMinnville, were named girl and boy of
the month for September at Sheridan
High School.
Though only 17 years of age, Joni has
gained international fame with her high
jumping ability. Her other track events
are long jump, 100 yard dash and hur
dles. he has been on the volleyball team
for four years, and a cheerleader for two.
Joni is vice president of the honor society
and the senior class. She is a four year
member of GLA, and GAA, and a two
year member of FTA.
John was vice-president of the student
body and secretary-treasurer of the
honor society during his junior year. He
is a member of Letterman’s Club, senior
class president and plays in the school
band. John also enjoys sports and has
participated in football and baseball for
four years, and basketball for two.
Vandals
break in
Vandals broke into Willamina Union
High School Wednesday night or Thur
sday morning, robbing three vending
machines.
Willamina police report th at the
thieves entered the building through a
window and caused about $75 worth of
damage. They made off with about $18
: from the machines.