LETTER TO THE EDITOR . . .
To the Editor:
I read with great interest the
statement, by one of the candi­
dates, in the Voters Pamphlet, that
there are a large number of Spe­
cial Deputy Sheriffs in this Coun­
ty that are costing the taxpayers
hundreds of dollars and whose ser­
vices are unnecessary. This state­
ment was made by Roy S. Wil­
burn, Candidate for Sheriff, who
went on to state, that if elected as
Sheriff of Columbia county, he
would eliminate this needless ex­
pense.
Let’s inspect that statement.
The Reserve deputies were es­
tablished three years ago, by Sher­
iff Spencer L. Younce, so that the
Sheriff’s department would have
trained personnel in times of
emergency. At the present time
the county has nine active reserve
deputies.
What do these deputies do?
They meet, on their own time, two
hours a week, 52 weeks a year,
without pay, so that they can re­
ceive the necessary training to be
a Reserve. It has only been in the
past two years that they have been
paid for their services—and then
they are paid only while on call.
How much are they paid? While
on call they receive $1.50 an hour.
It can hardly be said that this is
an exorbitant amount. They work
during the County Fair, at dances
and for various organizations, such
as the Port Commission, during
emergencies, however, they are
paid by the individual organiza­
tion for whom they work. They
perform public services such as
working the football and basket­
ball games and other school func­
tions, without pay. The mere pre­
sence of the reserves at school
functions makes the parents feel
more secure in their concern for
the welfare of their children. The
reserves also worked during the
recent storm disaster, without pay.
What of these hundreds of dol­
lars of which Mr. Wilburn speaks?
The reserve deputies were paid a
total of $900.00 during the past
year and the major portion of
that sum was paid to the reserves
in the Vernonia area. Last year
the whole of the Nehalem Valley
petitioned the Columbia County
Court and requested that they
budget enough money so that the
Sheriff could hire another regu­
lar Deputy Sheriff and have him
reside in the Vernonia area. The
County Court decided that the
County could not afford another
full time Deputy but that the Ne-
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creased Deputy Reserve service.
As a result of that decision the
Sheriff appointed three Reserve
Deputies in the Nehalem Valley
area. These Deputies handle all
emergency calls, complaints, re­
ports of accidents, etc., and if, for
any reason, they need help or ad­
vice they radio the Sheriff’s office
and they immediately dispatch a
regular Deputy to this area.
All of these are services that
candidate Roy S. Wilburn feels
are unnecessary.
Mr. Wilburn further states, in
the Voters Pamphlet, that, if he
were elected Sheriff, he would
place his regular deputies in such
a manner as to provide all neces­
sary law enforcement. That state­
ment, I feel, points up to Mr. Wil­
burn’s basic misunderstanding of
the Sheriff’s duties and the Depu­
ty Reserve program. He is con­
cerned only with one phase of the
Sheriff’s department — Law En­
forcement. Law enforcement is
important but it is only one of the
Sheriffs duties and is only one of
the reserves duties.
The $900.00 which Mr. Wilburn
would save the county, by elimi­
nating the reserves, would result
in rather an expensive savings,
Mr. Wilburn must feel that it is
not necessary to have trained per­
sonnel in times of emergency—I
think the recent storm disaster
and the present Cuban situation
points up the importance of having
a trained Reserve program. Not
only the Vernonia area, but the
whole county would be losers if
the Reserve program were uncer-
imoniously cast aside as worthless.
Since Mr. Wilburn considers my
Reserve services this past year as
unnecessary and a needless ex­
pense, I’m quite sure he would
also consider my vote as unneces­
sary and a needless expense, I’m
quite sure he would also consider
my vote unnecessary and, there­
fore, won’t miss the vote that I
cast for our present County Sher­
iff — a man who prepares for
emergencies— Spencer L. Younce.
Thank you
Sam Cagle
Reserve Deputy Sheriff
Vernonia, Oregon
To the Editor:
I feel we as citizens of Vernonia,
owe a vote of thanks to our city
employees.
They are always ready to help
in any way possible, cheerfully,
courteous and always do a work­
manship job, in any weather or
condition.
I am sure we are very fortunate
in having them.
They did a fine job in this time
of disaster, as we just experienced.
H. R. Junken
To the Editor:
It has come to my attention
that because of my recent article
in the Voters Pamphlet some peo­
ple in the Vernonia area have
formed the opinion that if I am
elected Sheriff I will abolish all
law enforcement in the area. This
is far from true.
It is my opinion that since the
people in Vernonia and the Ne­
halem Valley are paying taxes
they are entitled to the services
of the Sheriff and the regular de­
puties to the same degree as any
other part of the county and I be­
lieve that with the proper distri­
bution of these regular deputies
this can be obtained at less ex­
pense to the taxpayer.
Roy S. Wilburn
Candidate for Sheriff
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The 1962 edition of Columbia
County Historical booklet is now
available and copies may be ob­
tained from Pearl Becker, St. Hel­
ens; Wm. Wood of Clatskanie; R.
S. Lindsay of Vernonia; Mrs. J. A.
Jensen of Rainier; Mary Covlin ot
Deer Island and others who will
be listed later.
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Ben's Barber Shop
Kate's Cafe
Standard Oil
Vernonia Golt Club
Joe Magoff
Mr, & Mrs. G. Reed
Mill Market and
Lockers
Vernonia Milk
Farms
Lew's Place
Bob's Union Service
Fisher's Electric
Knight's Beauty Shp
John & Helen Wylde
Mr. & Mrs. B. Thompson
George and Sherni
Mrs. Murel Folken
Vernonia Variety
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Linn Grocery
Darigold Farms
Mist Store
Ralph's Chevron
Vernonia Card Rm.
Ralph Sturdevant
Rex & John McRae
Allied J and H
Lumber Company
Fuiten's Chapel
In The Hills
Curl's Grocery
Vernonia Insurance
Vernonia Clinic
Vernonia Service
Bill J. Horn
Drs. Hobart & Buell
George Johnson
Lloyd Callister
Henry and Polly
Hudson
Oloif Lee Hansen
Dentist
West Coast
Telephone Co.
Enco Service
Sunnyside Service
Joe Grosche
Hans & Vi Slette
Dr. D. H. Kramer
Optometrist
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Electric Co-op.
Nichols Variety
King's Grocery
Bellingham Grocery
Union Oil Co.
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Loel Roberts
Dessy's Bowl
The Pine Cone
Louis & Marion Lemaick
Mr. & Mrs. L. Caron
Vernonia Auto
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Ace's Radio and
T.V. Service
Western Store
Vernonia Branch
Mr. & Mrs. Cliff White
The U.S. National Bank
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