Remembrance
Pee-Wee Cowboy Woods
E
arl
Douglas
Woods was born
Dec. 27, 1936, and
passed away on Sept.
23, 2012.
Earl was a jack of
all trades. He loved
the outdoors especial-
ly fishing. He is
survived by his sister
evangelist Grace E.
Goodacre of Arling-
ton, Texas;
his
children Earlene Woods-
Lopez; Earl D. Woods
Jr;
Glynnis Woods;
Latrell Woods; Sharmel-
la Woods; seven grand
children and a host of
nieces, nephews and
friends.
Memorial
services
will be held at the fami-
ly’s house in Portland.
Call 206-661-9681 for
location information.
Services for Richard Carley, 81
M
r. Richard Eddie
Carley, the hus-
band of Mrs. Alice Stein
(King) Carley and father
of Ms. Constance Carley,
passed away on Thurs-
day, Sept. 20, in Seattle,
Wash. He was born on
the 26th of November,
1930 in Tampa, Fla. He
served over 20 years in
the United States Coast
Guard from which he
retired in February 1968.
A viewing will take
place from 3 until 7 p.m.
on Thursday the 27th of
September in Columbia
Funeral Home’s Fire-
side Room.
Mr.
Carley’s
remains
will
be
interred at 10:30 a.m.
on Friday the 28th of
September at Tahoma
National Cemetery
located in Kent,
Wash. A memorial
service will then take
place at Grace United
Methodist
Church
located in Seattle,
Washington at 1 p.m.
followed by a repast.
Seeking Memories for
Vanport History Project
T
o keep the stories of
Vanport alive for
future generations,
the North Portland Multi-
media Training Center is
offering a free intensive
workshop on Saturday,
Sept. 29 from 9 A.M. – 5
P.M. open to the general
public 18 years and older.
The workshop blends teach-
ing the mechanics of HD
camera operation and the art
of producing oral history in
a one-day 8-hour workshop.
The first topic for the proj-
ect-based training is “Life in
Vanport.” NPMTC is look-
ing for stories that are not
just about the flood, but
reveal what life was like for
people living in Vanport
before the flood. Workshop
students will produce 3-5
minute videos to share with
the community. For more
information or to register
for the class, go to
www.npmtc.com .
A vanishing city with a
rich heritage, Vanport Ore-
gon was a community of
several thousand-shipyard
workers and their families
from a variety of back-
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OSC Vanport bldgs planting ca 1948-1953
grounds and ethnicity living
in one of the rare integrated
housing complexes in the
United States during World
War II. The community
began to establish a life
beginning in 1938 working,
attending school, playing,
raising families, practicing
personal
beliefs,
and
becoming a community
with commonality in spite
view and film them. Some
workshop students are seek-
ing individuals to interview
and NPMTC will match
producers with intervie-
wees. The workshop would
also like to offer students a
variety of photographs or
other memorabilia from the
Vanport era to include in
their productions. If you are
interested in either being
Vanport Oral History Project
Seeks Memorabilia and
Individuals to Interview
of the vast differences in
heritage between groups.
Ten years later, in May
1948, a wall of water from
the
Columbia
River
engulfed Vanport washing it
away and sending its resi-
dents inland.
Did you live in Vanport or
know someone who did?
You may have stories to
share, but no one to inter-
interviewed or if you have
Vanport related photos or
items NPMTC could dupli-
cate, please call NPMTC at
503-285-5555, ext. 521 or
email npmtc@comcast.net .
“Life in Vanport” is spon-
sored by The Skanner
Foundation and a matching
grant from Mt. Hood Cable
Regulatory Commission.