The INDEPENDENT. April 30. 1987 P a g e 1 3
George Smith retires
as WOEC manager
HcÊpï
L ow in c o m e
fam ilies w ith their
energy costs:
1. Add to your WOEC
payment.
2. Provide firew ood
standing or down.
3. Buy our cordwood.
C o n ta c t
S e n io r
Citizens Center for
info. 429-3912.
Phylis Busch
NOTARY PUBLIC
FOR KIDS
755-2452
1 J16 J Bust h I .ine
M is t, O re g o n 9701b
B e y o n d O ly m p ic f o r e s t M i l l
¡H l
G eorge Smith svas a slu
d e n t in S e r n o n ia H ig h
St hool, ( lass of -Iff w hen the
first rural e le c trific a tio n pro
g ra m w a s o r g a n iz e d in
( )regon I he N ehalem \ alley
I lei frit ( o o p ssas form ed in
lessell in 19 17 a hit of tris ta
th at w ould sh ap e Smith \
destiny in later years
He g ra d u a te d from high
st hool en listed in the ( o ast
( .nartl sstriding op in th e I S
Navy »n the S outh I’at tin
ant) follow ing his discharge,
took a job in a I ong B eat h
( a lito rm a fish p ro c e ssin g
plant
By (tie tim e he retu rn ed to
S ernonia in 1948 rural ele<
tn tu atio n had to m e to Ver
nom a in the form ot W est
( ) r e g o n I le t tri« ( o o p
org an ized in 1945
th e
lledglm g utility had ab so rb ed
the N ehalem S alley ( o o p
gives you J g o o d fe e lin g Jeep inside
T h is s p rin g , one lu c k s vre dn u n io n
m e m b e r w ill be fe e lin g great inside
a n d o u t o n a va ca tio n cru ise to the
sunny ( a rib b e a n lloss J t H I D IF
U N IO N S FO R K ID S '
7 twa
M I ST
STORI
l o r |9 R 7 , 4 I O re g o n v rr d it
u n io n s w ill give th e ir m em bers a
B9B
chance to he lp O re g o n k id s receive the
vers best m e J ic a l care at D o e rn b e c h e r ( h ild re n s H o s p ita l
and
they can e n te r to w in an expenses p a id cruise vaca tion to the
B u i l t in I S 7 *
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( a rib b e a n
I ast year, six O re g o n cre d it u n io n s (o in ed to help raise
$1,69 1 fur the ( h ild re n s M ira c le N e tw o rk le le th o n a special
fu n d ra is in g event tha t benefits tOregon s Ilo e rn b e c h e r ( h ild re n s
H o s p ita l I h is year's go a l is $10.188) A ll m onies raised bv the
te le th o n b e nefit D oern b e ch e r ( h ild re n s H o s p ita l, a p a rt o f the
O re g o n H e a lth Sciences U niversity.
F vers sear. The ( h ild re n s H o s p ita l cares fo r 2 0 .0 0 «
c h ild re n fro m a ll over O re g o n and fro m vesen s u rro u n d in g states
A n d s u p p o rtin g I he C h ilJ re n s H o s p ita l means h e lp in g nearly all
c h ild h e a lth care agencies w ith |ust one d o n a tio n
I o h e lp the voung pa tie n ts at 1 he ( h ild re n s H o s p ita l
and
to get v o u r chance to w in the cruise vaca tion
sim plv m ake vour
ta x d e d u c tib le d o n a tio n o f $1« or m o re w ith the fo rm below to
y o u r c re d it u n io n by June 8, 198'
A n d d o n 't forget to w atch the I h ild re n s M ira c le N e tw o rk
le le th o n o n K G W I V . ( h a nnel
th e wuy (<>
Jew ell Elk P reserv e
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Special:
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25’ Trouble Light $6.50
Work Gloves • Rain Gear • Leather Aprons
69058 Hwy 47 M ist, OR 97016
755 2395
Closed Sunday
8, on M a s >0 and 11, 198
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y « I w a n t to |<nn o th e r c on cerne d c re d it u n io n m em bers in
xu m o o i n g the v ita l w o rk of Doernbecher < h ild re n s I I M fw a l by
ma a k in g a ta x d e d u c tib le c o n trib u tio n
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and b o u g h t o u t O reg o n (.as
and I le< Im whir h had pro
y ided S ern o n ia w ith power
g e n e ra te d at a dam on Ko« k.
(r e e k ab o v e Keasey since
1924
lo r a n um ber ol years
G««org«« to llo w ed « o nstrm
lion w orking w ith various
c o n tra c to rs .
in c lu d in g
O stra n d er and Peter Kiewitt
w here he ysorked .Is a sseldel
and m aster me« ham« in the
t o n stru t turn ot the Sc oggm s
( reek Dam and tunnel near
G asto n
In 1959 be w on a seat on
W O K s b o ard ot dire« tors
serving tor 15 years th e n , in
1*l74 he was m ad e general
m anager, a p o sitio n be held
for 1 1 years until his retire
m en t this April
Sm ith speaks with pride as
he re la tes the pro b lem s ta«
ing th e utility in th e early
days and as it ev o lv ed in to a
first ra te m o d ern etti< lent
« o o p e ra tiv e
rep lacin g all
ot tile old system s with new
poles exten d in g th e lines
1 04) s ot m iles in« luding th e
in stalla tio n ot u n d erg ro u n d
servii e a to tal ot *M» m iles in
h j r d li> f e a i h
h ig h
m am tenan« i- terrain W hile
th ere is a p rid etu l expression
in his «-yes and you e as he re
< ou n ts th o se years then« is
also an inn.it«- hum ility as he
says I am an u n p re te n tio u s
m an
W O K s su c c e s s is
assu red w hen you have as
good a stalt as we <fo
t very o n e knows his |<ib and
d o es it w«-ll
I
b e lie v e
M a r ty
B aughm an will h e an e*
««•Kent g eneral m anager lie
has a good ha«k g ro u n d and
e x p e n e n re and I think our
p h ilo s o p h ie s are not tar
ap art
th e
S m ith s h a v e n o
d e fin ite plans tor the fu tu re
but says (.e o rg e
After titty
years in V ernonia w e're not
leaving
50th reunion
planned by
Class of ’37
1 h«* V ernonia High S chool
« lass of 1917 is plan n in g a fit
tiefh reu n io n and n ee d s m lor
m a t i o n o n tw o o f its
g ra d u a te s A nyone know ing
how to re a c h ( lare larvis or
D ons Rae t stey is ask e d to
«all or wot«' to eith er ot th«>
fo llo w in g
B eu lah R eed
M akm . 1 11b9 K easey Rd, Ver
nom a. O reg o n 97(Mi4 phon««
429 7215. or R alph C ondit.
»>45 NW 166th D rive B eaver
to n O re g o n M7(M)»i p h o n e
6454)415