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C L A C K A M A S C O U N T Y N E W S. EST A CA D A , O R E G O N
FR ID A Y . JA N . U . I M I
success even as w e a d a p t
e x upon u s?
If w e a re to m ake Som etim es w e a re even sh o rt
tension w o rk ot th e fa st-b re a k wise decisions in the face
of of vision.
ing neels of o u r tim e.”
th is fu n d am en tal change,
we
T he ad v ersary in this
our !
w ill need
econom ic literacy
i
perspective ed u catio n al role is th e a u th o ri
' L et m e rev iew w ith you some and socialogical
1 of the p e rp lex ities and urgen- fa r beyond th a t w hich we have ta ria n w ho is m ore interested
B y J . J. Inskeep, C o u n ty
th an
j
cies o f to d ay , especially as th ey been called on to supply in th e in m ak in g people obey
tension A gent
u n d erstan d . The a u th o ritarian
I affect a g ric u ltu re
and ru ra l p a st.”
alw ay s has a crisis and a tim e
W hat a re th e pro b lem s fac
“ A g ricu ltu ra l ex ten sio n w ork, 1 life.”
table. He is alw ays in a h u rry
ing A m erican, and O regon fa r
W
hat
is
m
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fo
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those
who
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list
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th
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m ers? P ick u p a copy of alm ost b acked by research , residential
w a n t to
Continue farm ing, and his purpose is to get people
any n ew sp ap er th e se days and te ac h in g and th e co operation g reat dilem m a created by o u r technology, and
m anagerial to act according to a p recon
y o u read a b o u t th e h o rro rs of of farm groups, has succeeded ab u n d an ce Is o u r ag ricu ltu ral sk ill h av e become suddenly a ceived p attern .
th e fa rm surplus. A ctu a lly th e o v e r th e y ears because it has p la n t ac tu a lly o v er -expanded? m a tte r of econom ic
life
or
p ercen tag e of surp lu s is small. been responsive to th e needs of Will w e be able to m eet
F or education to
adppt the
th e death .W e c a n ’t afford to take
A ctu ally w e a re faced
w ith ! ru ra l people. T his ed u catio n al food needs of th e fu tu re , W ill 10 y ears to change o u r
th is
adversary
ways m ethods of
th e necessity of fu rth e r in creas system o f ours— I sp eak of e x th e m ovem ent of w o rk ers out of farm in g . K now ledge is need w ould be fatal. F o r o u r goal is
ing p ro d u ctio n by a n o th e r 40 tension education ra th e r than of a g ric u ltu re be p e rm an en t? ed a t once. E xpansion m ust u n d erstan d in g an ratio n al d e
or
p e rc e n t o r m ore by 1975 if we classroom teach in g — is th e e n How do w e learn to live w ith be p lo tte d boldly a n d intelli-J cision, not in d o ctrin atio n
large-scale, highly- gently. Suddenly you m ust be | sh o rt-term action. T he purpodb
a r e ta feed o u r gro w in g p o p u vy of th e w orld. It is im p o rta n t th e new
lation.
| th a t w e u n d erstan d w hy and com petitive , technological a g a good fa rm e r o r you a re not of education is to develop th e j
be a fa rm e r a t all. T his p u ts a full, unpredictable scale of h u
. p reserv e th e elem ents of th a t ric u ltu re w hich seem s to
trem en d o u s responsibiltity on m an im agination an capabili
o u r re se a rc h and
extension j ty, not to reg im en t th e th o u g h t
an d action o f th e individual.
pro g ram .
,
......... f . .
We w an t no brainw ashing,
A t th e sam e tim e, w e cannot j n o t even w ith o u r ow n kind of
abandon o v ern ig h t th e m any soap.
good people w ho a re w ro k in g
th e ir w ay out of ag riculture.A ; Sound research and useful
g re a t m an v w ill
rem ain as in fo rm atio n are still the h e a rt
p art-tim e fa rm ers o r ru ra l res- | of all extension education. We
idents w ho ru b
elbow s daily can n ev er tu rn extension w o rk
w ith th e rem aining
co m m er o v er to professional com m uni
cial farm ers.
cators. I have found th a t in m y
w ork, w hichis the publication
In fact,
w e fin d ourselves I of a farm m agazine, we can be
co n fro n ted w ith a n ew kind of m o re effective if th e m a jo rity ;
I ru r a l com m unity,
com posed of o u r staff m em bers a re sci
on-y in p a rt of fulltim e
com e n tists w ho k n o w how to w rite.
m ercial farm ers. The rest are As y et our jo u rn alism schools
p a rt-tim e and ru ra l residents a re not tu rn in g out people ad
j w ho do th e ir w ork in business, eq u ately train ed fo r ed ucation
in th e professions, or in skilled al journalism .
P re h a p s som e
| o r unskilled labor.
day w c can find th e proper in
gredients fo r a good a g ricu ltu r
F a rm in g is no lo n g er p rim ar- al com m unicator o r w rites. I
j ily a w ay of life. It h as grow n am sure th a t w h en w e do w e
i into a business com parable to w ill fin d th a t a sound ed u ca
ru n n in g a h a rd w are store.a ga tio n in subject m a tte r is
the
rag e, o r a clothing
store in first need and th a t th e
com
tow n. T h e new custodians
of m unication sk ills a re
supple-
the ru ra l
w ay of life a re not en tary , although im portant.
farm e rs alone, b u t a com posite
of peo p le w ho earn th e ir living
D u rin g th e w a r w hen I w as
in m an y ways.
a n extension editor, I felt th a t
o u r extension m essage w as o f
W hile th e need fo r technolo ten too superficial,, th a t
we
gy and
farm
m anagem ent w ere ex h o rtin g o u r people to
sk ills has been intensified for actio n b u t n o t alw ays supply
a sm aller n um ber, th e re is no ing them
w ith inform ation
decline in th e n u m b er o ru ra l w ith w hich to a c t intelligently.
people and th e ir desire fo r th e T h is superficiality is th e p it
ex ten sio n ty p e of education
fall of th e m ass m edia of o u r
d ay. S u p erficiality and b re v
A g re a t decision
is being ity are n o t th e som e. By con
forged in
o u r generation— tin u a lly
nagging
we
can
w h e th e r education can
keep estab lish im m u n ity to an idea
th e ra n k a n d file of people u p ra th e r th an p la n t it and cause
to th e ta sk of dealing '«d'eb- it to grow and b e a r fru it.
w ith n ew problem s, w ith in the
fra m e w o rk of dem ocratic fre e
IN ESTACADA EVERY WEDNESDAY
L e t’s tak e a q u ick look
at
dom, o r w h e th er w e w ill reso rt m ass media.
in creasin g ly to
reg im en ta
tion. T his issue is especiallv
P eo p le are h u n g ry fo r a sane,
acu te in o u r n atio n ’s agricul- a n aly tical p ress and radio.
I'
I tu re.
believe they are tired of h y s
Phone MOhawk 5-2186
Gresham, Oregon
te ric a l headlines and souped-up
We a re sh o rt of time.We a re rad io presentations. I have no
sh o rt of research.W e a re sh o rt ticed th a t m an y city
people
I skilled educational
w orkers. lik e to listen to farm program s
and like to re a d farm papers
because they like th e co n stru c
tive tone and the
calm
ap
proach
NOTES BY
F ollow ing a re ex cerp ts from
a m ost im p o rta n t ta lk by P a u l
C, Jo h n so n ,
E ditor, P ra irie
F a rm e r. It w as m ade to
th e
E xtension w o rk ers of O regon
confer-
E x assem bled in a n n u a l
en ce in C orvallis recently.
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Y our b e st buy today in hom e
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GRESHAM SEED AN D FEED CO M PAN Y, INC.
T his sweet, smooth nn<l sassy new
Chevy has its own built-in "dollar-
saver” —America's favorite six!
I k eep th in k in g how m uch
easier it w ould be to teach soil
conservation to fa rm ers
w ho
re a lly loved the land.
H ow
surpluses w ou d m elt
if th e
older farm ers w ho have m on
ey in th e b ank
w ould store
pro d u ctiv e cap acity in the land
in ^ e a d of iiauling it off to th e
g o v ern m en t bins.
H ow m uch
easier it w ould be to keep our
farm s in good h an d s if e v ery
body w ould lend a hand to th e
young couple sta rtin g out.H ow
m uch b e tte r off farm ers w ould
be in th e fu tu re if w e
accept
self-discipline an d m a rk e t dis
ip lin e now in p lace of g o v ern
m e n t discipline and q u estio n
able security.
make your gas stops few and far
between.
Like all new Chevies, it brings you
a very special sureness of control.
This is a quality th at just can’t be
measured in dollars and cents. Lots
of cars that cost lots more just don’t
have it. Come in and see how much
pleasure we’re passing out these days
at Chevrolet pricesl
Hard to believe it, but this big
beauty is a bottom-priced Chevrolet
“One-Fifty.” It’s got Body by
Fisher quality written all over it.
And it has a peppery, sweet-running
“Blue-Flame” six under the hood to
Big beauty with small- budget wags !
It’s powered by Chevy’s famous six
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ENG AG EM ENT IS
ANN OFN CED THIS WEEK
M r. and Mrs. R alp h P.Thom -
as announce th e engagem ent
of th e ir d au g h ter A lice
D ar
len e to W allace E. Shepard, Jr.
of M olalla. O regon.
No w ed
d in g d ate has been set. A lice is
a g ra d u a te of E stacada U nion
H igh School and is a stu d en t
at P h a g a n ’s School of H air De
sign a t
P o rtlan d .
W allace
g rad u ated from M olalla H igh
an d re c en tly receiv e
h is dis
c h arg e from th e A ir F orce.
The "One-Fifty” 2-Door Sedan with Body by Fljher— one of 20 beautiful new Chevrolet» for ’571
O n ly fra n ch ised (Jievrolet dealers
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1 i f
d isp la y this fam ou s tradem ark
MILLER CHEVROLET SERVICE
ESTACALA, OKicGON
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M r and Mrs. D el G ant, M r
and Mrs. W illiam M iller
and
M r. and Mrs. L a rry M eade cel
e b ra te d th e b irth d a y s o f V em -
ita G ant, Del G a n t and L a rry
M eade w ith a d in n e r a t
th e
O ld T ow ne C rie r in P o rtlan d j
on F rid a y evening
of
last
w eek.
A fterw ards
Mr, and i
M rs. G a n t and M r. and
Mrs.
M eade atten d ed the w restlin g
m atch es a t the N ational G uard
A rm o ry in P o rtlan d and wit-1
nessed th e sensational b o u t b e - !
tw een K u rt Von Poppenheim ;
and Bull M ontana.
Phone 8 4 -2
T he m any frien d s of Louie
L eo n h ard t w ere glad
to sse
h im again as he re tu rn e d
to
E stacada this w eek fo r a few
days visit.Louie w ho now lives
a t L ongm ont,
C olorado, has
also been visiting in C alifornia
Mrs. M arie F o n tan a th a n k s
h e r frien d s fo r th e ir kind and
! th o u g h tfu l expressions of sym
p ath y during h e r recent hospi
talizatio n .
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Shop from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
TRAINED TECHNICIANS IN THE
Servicing All Makes . ..
TV SETS, a!l makes
RADIOS
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Located in the Estacada Electric
TUBES TESTED FREE
PHONE 44 F I
We Pick Up and Have One-day Service
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during week. Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12 noon
Before 2 p.m. Call Estacada 31F2.
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