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Library U niversity o f Oregon Eugene, Oregon Oernonia Eaale VOLUME 50, NUMBER 15 VERNONIA, OREGON «7064 — 10c P er Copy 6 Year Old Boy Drowned Sunday Tragedy struck a family gather ing Sunday on the Ted Keasey farm. Bruce Carroll Eades, 6 year old son of Glen and Bertha Eades, was accidently drowned in the farm pond. The boy had been playing out side with other children while the fnmily dinner was being prepar ed. He apparently wandered off by himself. When the youngster did not answer to a call for din ner a search was started and the boy’s body was discovered in the pond. The boy’s mother, Bertha, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Keasey. The Eades reside in Red mond, Washington. Funeral services will be held to day, Thursday. April 13 in Bell- vue, Washington. Local arrange ments were entrusted to Fuiten Mortuary. D.A. Issues Warning To Area Homeowners Spring Ls here and so are the itinerant roofers who victimize home owners. Representatives of the District Attorney’s office have received a complaint from a St. Helens re sident who said that he had paid a stranger to repair and repaint the roof to his mobile home. “When the work was done” the unhappy home owner added, “the roof leaked worse than before.” The victim reports that the re pairman. white male, about 30 years of age, drove an old model gray color pickup truck. Coffee Break Time The Vernonia Study Club will be serving coffee, punch and cookies at the Public Library, today. Thur sday, April 13, from 2 to 5 p.m. Bring a friend and come in for a cup of coffee. The proceeds will be used to buy new library books. Hope to see you Thursday after noon. Basketball to Benefit Little League Teams C of C Has Info For Consumers A benefit for the Vernonia Base ball Association will be staged to night Thursday, April 13, at the Vernonia High School Gym. President of the organization, Paul Weidman issued this sche dule of events. At 6:30 there will be a kid wrestling program; at 7:20 a basketball game between the 5th and 6th grades will take place; at 7:45 the High School girls will take on the “ladies” of the community in a basketball game, at 8:10 the Frosh and the Jayvecs will be opposed on the hard wood court and the final event at 8:45 will be the game between this years varsitv and the Old Timers. OSU stars Dave Gamee and Ken Nanson will be playing for the old timers club. There will be no admission char ged for the event but donations will be accepted at the door. Besides the entertainment for the night this will also be the time for the IJttle League players to sign up for the coming season.All boys between the ages of 8 and 12 should be there, Thursday, April 13 to get registered for the com ing year. Seven year old boys may play with written permission from the parents. The twelve vear olds must not reach 13 by August first. Babe Ruth players will be bet ween the ages of 13 and 15. Weidman states that this will be the primary fund raising event. The Chamber of Commerce has received information and entry blanks for the 2nd annual Central Oregon Timber Carnival to be held at Prineville on May 19, 20, 21. Those interested may get the en try blanks at the West Oregon Electric office. Also received is the 1971 Out of-State Tourist Revenue Study, and a pamphlet on the State De partment of Commerce. These may be borrowed from the city library where they are placed in the Chamber display rack. Information has been received from the Consumer Service Divi sion of the State Department of Commerce of their investigations of fly-by-nighters working their way through Oregon. Investigators are working on deficiencies in mobile homes, discount buying clubs and fire alarms. Any infor mation citizens may have on con sumer problems would be welcom ed by the Consumer Division. It is located in Room 200 of the Com merce Building in Salem and phon es are 378-4320 and 378-4696. State Only Can Register Boats Recreational boaters should be aware that boat registration in Oregon is the responsibility of the State, not private organizations. Commander James A. Hadley, chief of the 13th Coast Guard Dis trict's Boating Safety Branch, said the Coast Guard has receiv ed numerous inquiries about a pri vate organization which is circu lating an offer through the mails to “register” boats. This organi Cora Lang reminds area resi zation, the Commander added, is dents that the Goodwill Truck will not an official agency of the fed eral or state government. be visiting Vernonia May 17 She For information on boat registra sends out this early reminder so tion in Oregon, the Commander (hat people can begin to collect said, boaters should either write the repairable items that Goodwill the Oregon State Marine Board. desires. Agriculture Building, Salem, Ore For further information call 429 gon 97310 or Dhone the Board at 3421 378-3785. THURSDAY. APRIL 13. 1972 Cancer Crusade Gets Friday Night Kick-off The American Cancer Society will have their crusade kickoff Friday, April 14 at the West Ore gon Electric Building at 7:30 p m. The society invites you to hear Nora Janik, guest sneaker from Portland and view the clever film to be shown. The group promises this meeting will be enjoyable and very informative. They urge every one to come and acquaint them selves with the services that are given. You are urged to come and ask any of the questions you have been wondering about. The American Cancer Society will not be having their auction this year but instead will have an Old Fashoned Country Store at the Mellodrama showing on May 5 and 6. If you have any items that could be sold at this event please call Jenny Hanson 429 7183, or Louise Hamnett 429-7441 or 429-7401. Another concession will be ye old “Sweet Shoppe” . If your tal ents lean toward the sweet tooth call Reatha Horn 429-6203. If you would like to offer any assistance to the society but can not come please call any of the following: Jennv Hanson, 429-7183; Louise Hamnett, 429-7441 or 429 7401; Reatha Horn, 429-6203; Bet ty Curl, 429-6722. Petitions Available Locally for Gov. Pension and Lottery Issues As the time for election draws near there are a number of peti tions being circulated to get cer tain measures put on the ballot in May. Thc-e are two such petitions available for peoole to sign now in Vernonia, fine petition has to do with the creation of a state lottery and the second for the re peal of the governor’s pension bill. Petitions for the lottery measure are available at Mario’s Pizzeria and the Western Auto Store. Back ers of the netition state that this would be a very good way to raise money and therefor bring some tax relief. TTiev cite the sue cess that the state of New Jer sey had had with a similar pro gram. The netition drive to reoeal the governors nension bill is taken on polictical aspects for future poli- tions. The following information was taken from statements issued by backers of the netition. The Governors’ Pension Bill HB 1728, was passed in the last few days of the 1971 Oregon Legisla ture. It provides a 45 percent sal ary pension to former governors when they reach the age of 62. Examples of how it works: For mer Governor Holmes, who served as governor for two years, is now receiving $650 per month pension. When Gov. McCall finishes his pre sent term, he will be 62 and eli gible to receive about $14,000 per year pension, more than $1,000 per month. The bill required that Go vernors thereafter pay in 7 per cent of salary and Gov. McCall is doing this. But paying in 7 per cent for two or four, or even eight years, and then getting back 45 percent every year after age 52 does not seem fair. Most of us have to work and pay in for many years to qualify for even a mo dest retirement income. And this is for all gover nors, Dast and future, forevermore! Most governors are likelv to draw from $100,000 to $250.000 in pen sion benefi’s. It may well set a precedent too. All elected officials and legislators may want to have pensions for themselves too. An emergency clause was attached to the bill. An Emergency was de clared for the “immediate preser vation of the public peace, health and safety.” Th's enabled Gov. Holmes to be»in receiving his $650 ner month pension last July It also "revented the possibility of getting a referendum vote on the hill befofere it went into effect. The bill further provided that all Governor Pension Benefits should be exempt from state and local taxes. Also that appropriations of moneys mav be made, by law by the legislaors from time to time to finance the plan. Locally this petition is available at Kimmels Aoparal. Mrs. Kimmel can secure more petitions if you wish one to circulate. Watermasier Visit Scheduled April 19 Mr. Clayton J. Gardner, State Watermaster, will be in room 308, Columbia County Courthouse, the 3rd Wednesday of e a c h month from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. to answer and questions pertaining to water rights. The next visit will be on April 19, 1972. Notice Verterans Service office will be closed April 19 and 20. Goodwill Truck Due In Vernonia May 17 Nehalem Run Set for Sat. The 10th Annual Nehalem River Run takes place this Saturday, April 15. This year’s run is shaping up to be the biggest in the history of the event. Entries have been coming in from all over the state. Several new aspects have been addeu to the Jaycee sponosored event this year. One is that all entrants in the race will be eligible for a drawing for an eleven-foot fiberglass canoe. custom-built, and donated by Precision Fiber glass Parts of Clackamas, Oregon. Also a special class has been added for Jaycee chapters around the state, a revolving trophy has been purchased and will be award ed to the winning chapter. These chapter teams will be riding in anything from regular boats to bathtubs. It should prove to be very entertaining for spectators. For those more serious-minded racers, there are eight different classes. Class A is for one-man canoes and kayaks; B is for two- man canoes or kayaks; C, row boats with one set of oars; D, rowboats with two sets of oars. Class E is for rubber rafts and anything that floats; F is for wo men in row boats, rubber rafts or anything that floats; G. one- and two-women canoes and ka yaks; and Class H is for mixed couples in any type of craft. The course begins at Anderson Park in Vernonia and finishes at Big Eddv Park approximately nine miles downstream. Registra tion opens at 8:30 a.m. with the faster boats entering the water at 9. Registration stays open until 11 a.m. No row boats will be allowed to start before 9:30 a m., and the other types of craft at 10 a m. The committee has set up these starting times to assure those ser ious races an unmolested trip. If you are going to use a canoe or kayak, and don’t start at the ear lier time, you will have to take your chances with the rest of the boats. There is a $2 entrance fee for each occuoant of any craft. Full life vests must be worn at all times. An added attraction will be the WITH THE Nehalem River running fast and swift, participants in the Jaycee Boat Ract may only have to stear ot make the nine mile run. The first boats Oregon Log as shown by the Hillsboro Jayeees. The Oregon lo g is the symbol that the Oregon Jayeees use when they go to na tional meetings. This year’s log is from a tree that was 360 years old, and over 210 feet high. The portion of the tree that was used as the official log weighs 45.000 pounds, measures 7 feet in dia meter and contains enough board feet to build a three bedroom house. The Hillsboro Jayeees will trans port the log to Atlanta, Georgia la ter this year for the national con vention. It will be here in Ver nonia until noon. The Jacettes will have coffee and do-nuts for sale at the starting noint in Anderson park and will have a snack bar set up at the finish line. Trophies will be awarded at the close of the race and the drawing for the canoe will take olacc at that time also. Entrv blanks for the race may be obtained from Jaycee commit tee memlbers, Ron Welch, Karl Koch, or Bob Carson. will enter the water at nine Saturday morning. Pic- ured above are some of the entrants in last year’s race. CROWN ZELLERBACH driver Gene Weller escaped injury when his truck left the road atop Clatskanie Mountain Monday afternoon. Weller’s chip truck met another truck on a sharp curve and Weller drove his vehicle onto the shoulder of the road to avoid a collision when the road side gave way. When the bank gave way it pulled the trailer down the hillside, raised the cab off the ground and flipped it on its top. then the entire rig slid down the steep embankment. Wel ler was able to crawl out the passenger side window of the truck. The top photo was taken from the point the trailer left the road and he bottom photo shows the truck resting against the trees.
