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SHELL Chemical officials, who met with county newspaper representa tives Sunday at St. Helens to release word of company plans for the Deer Island plant site were, from left: Bud DeLong, James Hyde, gen eral manager of ammonia division, and Ken Field. James Walter, not pic tured, public relations representative for company, completed group of Shell men. Talks to Tell of Six Months Spent on Farms in Philippines SUSAN AMUNDSEN “From the ‘Pearl of the Orient,’ Manila, I send greetings as an Inter national Farm Youth Exchange Oernonia Eagfc 4 THURSDAY, FEB. 4, 1965 DON’T STRAIN YOUR POCKETBOOK O ur convenient Premium Pay ment Plan allows you to get th e insurance protection you need when you need it and pay for it by the month, just as you pay for utilities. More and more of our clients are finding that this plan really helps. C all us for details. Bill J. Horn ‘IFYE’. I have spent six months liv ing in the homes of five different rural host families in the Philip pines,’’ says Susan Marie Amund sen . Miss Amundsen left for the Philip pines in late June, after orientation sessions at the National 4-H Center in Washington, D.C. She spent nearly six months in that country learning about farm life by living it. This is just one of the aspects ol this peo- ple-to-people cultural exchange pro gram, points out Columbia County Extension Agent Tom Zinn. The IFYE program is conducted by the National 4-H Foundation in behalf of the cooperative extension service. Oregon annually sends four young people to other nations under this privately financed program. Funds for the support of the IFYE program in Oregon come from the Oregon Bankers association, 4-H club members and leaders and other interested business firms and indi viduals. Columbia county contribut ed $178.00 to the IFYE fund last year. “These funds were raised through the efforts of 4-H club mem bers and leaders,” says Bob Stevely, 4-H club agent in Columbia county. Miss Amundsen, daughter of Mrs. Bernard Amundsen, Astoria, has been connected with 4-H club work in Clatsop county both as a member and a leader for 12 years. A graduate of Pacific Lutheran University with a degree in educa tion, Miss Amundsen taught a fourth grade class in Tacoma, Washington public schools the year prior to her IFYE assignment to the Philippines. She will visit Columbia county on a speaking tour February 8 through 12. Her scheduled tour so far in cludes 26 speaking engagements at schools and service clubs through out the county. Anyone wishing to see her colored slides may attend any of the schools at which she is scheduled to speak. February 12 she will be in Ver nonia and will speak to grades 5 through 8 at the Washington school at 1:40 p.m. She will then go to Ver nonia high school to speak to cer tain classes at 2:45 p.m. VERNONIA INSURANCE EXCHANGE 905 Bridge Street Phone HA 9-6203 Vernonia, Oregon Representing Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company Member Hartford Insurance Group Hartford 15, Conn. Early Nehalem Valley Provides Conversation BIRKENFELD—Dinner guests at the home of Miss Shirley Berg Sat urday evening were Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Wanstrom Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lonnquist and Mr. ;ind Mrs. Arby Mills. Most of the time was spent in reminiscing over early days of the Nehalem valley. Fred Udey was confined to his home with the flu last week. The Orval Clausen family has moved to Vernonia. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Johnston were in Portland Saturday. SPRING : SUMMER CATALOGS I NOW AT OUR STORE New Merchandise — Values Galore Get Your Copy Now! MONTGOMERY WARD v s 786 Bridge Street SALES AGENCY S Phone HA 9-6744 Locally Owned and Operated WE WELCOME TELEPHONE ORDERS ♦ ♦ DRAWING of plant to be built at Deer Island by Shell Chemical shows arrangement of facilities for production of fertilizer and chemicals an nounced Sunday by company officials. Shell presently operates 10 plants producing fertilizers, agricultural chemicals, synthetic rubber, plastics and resins and industrial chemicals. They are located at Pittsburg, Ventura, Martinez, Doningue and Torrance, California; Marietta, Ohio; Houston, Texas; Norco, Louisiana; Woodbury, New Jersey and Denver, Colorado. Shell Chemical pioneered development of anhydrous ammonia now one of the most widely used fertilizers in the west, and developed Nitrogation technique by which product can be metered into irrigation water. Later it perfected Nitrojection which injects product directly into soil. Education Lack Involves Many People in State A little known threat to Oregon’s assets of lumbering, agriculture and the growing tourist industry is the loss of productive citizens through lack of education and acquired skills. The consequences can add to wel fare rolls and cause legal involve ments of large numbers of people, says Dwight Haugen, coordinator of the Economic Opportunity programs for the State of Oregon. T h e Economic Opportunity Pro gram authorized by the 88th Con gress and being implemented in Ore gon through the Governor’s office, is specifically designed to tackle this problem through a variety of activi ties affecting both adults and child ren. An example of the problem, ex plains Don Coin Walrod, Columbia county extension agent, is the fact that nearly half the state’s adults did not graduate from high school. Their children are not likely to com plete their education either, thus lowering their life’s earning expec tancy, he points out. Figures compiled from 1960 statis tics gathered by the Bureau of Cen sus show a direct relationship be tween teen-age school drop-out rates and the educational and economic levels of the parents, even though a high school diploma is required for lower or middle income jobs today, Walrod continued. The “war on poverty” has resulted from national recognition of this pro blem and Oregon has already re ceived several cash grants to combat future welfare claims and criminal records on the part of these disad vantaged youngsters. There will be six Job Corps camps in the state and the vocational-re medial education center at Tongue Point near Astoria. The Office of the Governor has received an allotment to aid small cities and towns to help plan their own community programs and to qualify for federal assistance. Over $70,000 will be spent on adult remedial education in reading, writ ing and arithmetic for some of the state’s population who haven’t gone beyond the sixth grade. There will be work study programs designed to help those who cannot finance their college education by working part time either on or off the campus. In this initial stage, the community action and Job Corps programs are receiving the most attention. Walrod said. The community action program provides incentive for urban and ru ral communities to mobilize their re sources to provide activities in such fields as employment, job training, Winema Club Yearbooks Compiled by Members counseling, health, vocational reha BIRKENFELD—Last Thursday the bilitation and other areas for the be Mesdames Darrell Baker, Francis nefit of low income individuals and Nordstrom and Art Bellingham were families. A committee appointed by at the home of Mrs. James Watson to the county court is now giving this make up the Winema HEC year phase special attention. books. Young men and women between 16 The Women’s Msisionary Society and 21 who enroll in the Job Corps will meet at the Birkenfeld Center will be assigned t o conservation Wednesday, February 10. Mrs. Fred Larson, Mrs. Gene camps o r training centers. The camps will teach elementary acade Larson and Mrs. E. T. Johnston were mic skills and provide work exper in Clatskanie last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bender and ience, while the centers will provide more advanced education and job children of Forest Grove spent Fri day night with her folks, the Roy training. Civic leaders throughout the state Stuves. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Beach were are being asked to assist in forming local interest groups to sponsor these Friday evening dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Beach. activities, Walrod said. “ Simpkins, Fletcher, Harkins, Jones ...Ready, now, for a Couple Honored On Anniversary MIST — Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jack- son were entertained Thursday eve ning at the Fred Busch home in ob servance of their wedding anniver sary. The Howard Grimsbo family was in Portland Saturday on business. Mrs. George Mathews substituted Monday through Wednesday of last week at the Mist grade school for Mrs. Walter Mathews who wasn't well. Guests at the Mathews home Saturday evening were the Kenneth Tupper and Dee Veere Her she y fami lies. Mrs. Lloyd Garlock accompanied Mrs. Sulo Sanders and Leslie to Ver nonia Friday evening to attend the concert by the Willamette University hand. Sunday overnight guests at the Garlock home were her folks, the Vem Wagners of Hazel Dell. Wash. Mr and Mrs. Eldon Shetler and family of Ariel. Wash, were guests of the Birkenfeld Community church Sunday Mr Shetler was speaker for the service. A ixRluck dinner was served after the morning service. Mrs Claude Kyser accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Kyser to St. Helens Tuesday. Business tycoons —and lasser lights moving up the ladder —can get more done in a day with our CALL C O M M A N D E R * phone. You can contact up to 6 key aides in seconds, set up a phone conference with all or several of them, dial up to 39 additional Inside numbers, handle as many as 17 outside calls at once. Let our Communications Consultant show you how this desk-top switchboard can keep your desk swept clean. MB J COAST TELEPHONE CO. A member of the General System