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
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rural host families in the Philip­
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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.
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Lonnquist and Mr. ;ind Mrs. Arby
Mills. Most of the time was spent
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Fred Udey was confined to his
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The Orval Clausen family has
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Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Johnston
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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.
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