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Bum Variance
Now Effective
CH RISTIE HEACOCK. 1(73 Columbia Csuutj F a ir and Rodeo
Queen. She and her tw o Princesses Jayne Purvta and Paula
Roes will reign over the 5Mth annual Columbia County F air the
third week In July.
Meet Queen
Christie
The 1973 Columbia County
Fair and Rodeo Queen Christie
Heacock is the daughter of M r.
and Mrs Tom Heacock of Deer
Island
She is 16 and was born and
raised in Columbia County and
attended Columbia City and
Deer Island grade schools, St.
Helens Jr High and will be in the
llth grade at St. Helens Sr. High
this fall Christie has four sisters
and two brothers She is the
president of the Canaan Spurs
4-H Club
She has had her 12-year-old
mare, “ Princess," for four years
and trained her for showing
herself For the last nine months
she has been breaking and train­
ing a four-year old for English
classes, and jumping. Her first
show with this horse was the 4-H
benefit horse show at the Co­
lumbia C o u n t y fairgrounds
where she took a sixth place in
English Equitation
Christie has only been riding
for four years and showing hor­
ses for three years. She works
with her horses every night and
is going to include roping in her
growing list of accomplish­
ments She went to the state fair
last year as a 4-H Intermediate,
uid plans to go to Dick Shrake’s
equitation camp this summer
along with numerous shows with
both horses
Some of her other interests are
swimming, hiking, drawing, and
sewing She is a member of the
OHA When she graduates from
high school she is planning to go
to a college where they teach
horse training and continue
along those lines.
OHA Launches
New Campaign
The Oregon Heart Association
has announced that a state-by-
state campaign has been laun­
ched to find an estimated 11.5
million Americans suspected of
having undiagnosed high blood
pressure, and to get them under
effective treatment. In Oregon,
this could total 100,000 persons
who do not know they have high
blood pressure.
High blood pressure is a major
factor in heart attacks, strokes
and kidney diseases.In recent
years, scientists have developed
many drugs that can control
most cases of high blood pres­
sure when detected. Also, treat­
ing even mildly elevated levels
of blood pressure can be ef­
fective in reducing the risk of
stroke and other major compli­
cations
The Oregon Heart Association
reports that detection of persons
with high blood pressure is the
major concern, since its exhibits
no constant symptoms. High
blood pressure can be detected,
easily, painlessly and inexpen-*
sively, and it can be controlled
by treatment.
Everyone, regardless of age,
race or sex should have their
blood pressure measured and
treated if necessary, according
to the Oregon Heart Association.
Registration
Dated by PCC
Students planning to enroll for
fall term at Portland Commu­
nity College may preregister
now through August 3, for a
-■egistration appointment time,
^reregistration entitles a stu­
dent to a specific appointment
between August 27 and Sep­
tember 14, which is prior to open
registration. Appointments are
assigned as applications are re­
ceived, so the sooner a student
preregisters the earlier his ap­
pointment.
A preregistration application
must be accompanied by a non-
refundable $10 fee which is ap­
plied later to tuition.
C o u n s e l o r s are available
throughout the summer at all
college centers to help a student
plan his program or decide on
courses which will meet his
individual needs.
EQC Absorbs
Air Agency
Sunday, July 1 Columbia-Wil­
lamette Air Pollution Authority
died, despite monetary trans
fussions offered by Multnomah
County and the city of Portland.
CWAPA’s collapse b e g a n
when the Washington County
Board of Commissioners stopped
financing their share of the cost
nearly two years ago.
Although subsidies were of­
fered, Clackamas and Columbia
counties refused to accept the
aid and the organization will now
be absorbed by the Oregon En­
vironmental Quality Commis­
sion with the 26 CWAPA em ­
ployees to assume similar posi­
tions on the staff of the Depart­
ment of Environmental Quality.
Oregon's Golf
Courses Listed
A golfer wishing to play all of
Oregon’s golf courses would
have to play a distance appro­
ximately equivalent to the length
of Interstate 5 from border to
border in Oregon—that is if he
managed to avoid extensive
trips in the rough.
The 306 miles—or
538.630
yards—of fairways are listed ip
the newly revised version of
“ Oregon Golf Courses,” a bro­
chure produced by the Travel
Information Seciton of the State
Highway Division Information
on 128 courses, listed and des­
cribed by location, number of
holes, length of course, and
whether public or private, is
contained in the brochure, ac­
cording to Victor B. Fryer,
travel information director.
The total includes 101 public
courses and 27 private courses.
Of these, 54 are full 18-hole
courses In addition, the list
includes 71 nine-hole courses,
one 36-hole course, one 27-hole
course, and one 6-hole course.
New courses included in the
brochure this year are Charbon-
neau at Wilsonville, Black Butte
Ranch near Sisters. Cedar Links
at Medford,Kah-Nee-Ta Resorl
near Warm Springs. Willow Run
at Boardman and Cedar Bend
north of Gold Beach.
The brochure is illustrated
with a front cover scene of the
forests and Three Sisters moun­
tains viewed from Tokatee golf
course on the McKenzie River
and a back cover scene of the
seascape view across Neah-Kah
Nie golf course.
Copies of the brochure are
available free of charge from the
Travel
Information
Section,
State Highway Building, Salem
97310, or from state and chamber
of commerce information cen­
ters and at most golf courses.
Theater Series
Starts July 11
A two part "Introduction to
Community Theater” workshop
will be held next week on conse­
cutive evenings. The workshop is
scheduled for Wednesday and
Thursday, July 11 and 12, from 7
to 10 p.m. each evening, at the
Scout Cabin in Hawkins Park
Bob Carson, known locally for
his work in the annual melo­
drama productions, will be con­
ducting the workshop A V e r­
nonia resident. Carson is on the
teaching staff of the Scappoose*
school district, and holds a de­
gree in Theatre Arts.
Subjects to be discussed are
the fundamental principles of
acting and producing, stage
techniques, lighting,
scenery
and other aspects of stage pro
ductions.
This workshop is for everyone
interested in learning more
about any aspect of stage pro­
duction, in the local annual
melordrama, or in the develop­
ing of a local community theater
or little theater group.
For other Community Educa­
tion activities for the week, see
the schedule of activities ap
pearing elsewhere in this issue
Sunday, July 1, a burning v a r­
iance went into effect in Colum­
bia County. Under this variance
only backyard trash such as
garden clippings, and lawn clip­
pings may be burned It does not
include industrial or commercial
sources but rather residential
areas.
Burn days will be set for the
county by local fire officials and
all burning must be done with a
permit. Area fire departments
will determine when it is safe in
the particular area to bum, due
to the wide variety of weather
from county to county.
The burning advisory will be
broadcast at 8 a m. each day
over radio station KOHI in Sf.
Helens with repeats throughout
the day. Information is also
available from the various fire
departments and the State For­
estry Service.
Council Passes
Fee Ordinance
The Vernonia City Council con-
cluded their carried-over meet­
ing Friday night with passage of
a new business license ordi­
nance. A number of business
people were present to question
the equity of the new rate
structure, but most seemed to be
satisfied with the council’s ac­
tion by the conclusion of the
meeting.
The basic fee, effective July 1,
will be $30 per year, with an
addtional $3 charge per em ­
ployee over two.
The council met again Monday
evening in regular session. De­
tails of the two meetings will be
given in next week's Eagle due
to the early printing deadline
this week.
VERN O N IA
OREGON S7SS4 — ISc Per Copy
W . Armstrong Honored
William Armstrong County
Executive Director of Columbia-
Clatsop County ASC committees,
U S. Department of Agriculture,
was honored June 25 with a
coffee and cake retirement re­
ception following the monthly
committee meeting in St Hel­
ens.
Armstrong has served the two
counties in this capacity for the
past twenty years. His retire­
ment comes at a time when
numerous county offices are
being consolidated and Colum­
bia and Clatsop are destined to
be in this category Official
consolidation will be formulated
in September 1973. This action
results from the termination of
the REAP program last De­
cember 1972 by President Nixon.
Armstrong was born in Hub
bard, Oregon, June 6, 1911 and in
June 1912 moved with his par­
ents to Marshland, near Clats­
kanie, where his parents ran a
fam ily store and the post office
for many years. After attending
Marshland grade school, West-
port High School, and spending a
year at Oregon State College,
Bill and his brother ran the store
and post office. In 1936 the A rm ­
strongs were married and Start-
ed a dairy farm . Shortly after
this, in 1937, Bill was first elected
to the community committee in
Columbia County.
Election to the county com­
mittee came in 1944 and he
served 10 years in various po­
sitions. He became office mana­
ger in Columbia County in 1954
and the two counties were com­
bined in March of 1956, making it
the first combination in the slate
at that time. The Columbia
County office was full time until
May of 1971. At that time both
counties went to a part-time
basis with Armstrong continuing
to serve between the two.
The Armstrongs will be con­
tinuing their present beef cattle
operation at Marshland and hope
to do some traveling. Their
family includes a daughter in
Milwaukie, a son in the Air
Force, and seven grandchildren.
Armstrong’s community acti­
vities include presidency of the
Marshland Drainage District
and Marshland Water Associa­
tion, vice-president of the Clats­
kanie PUD, and membership in
the Marshland Grange, Astoria
Elks and Astoria Knights of
Columbus.
THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1973
Third Quarter
Interview Due
July marks the start of third
quarter interviewing in this area
for the federal government’s
nationwide Consumer Expendi­
ture Survey, according to Rich­
ard E. Nagel, supervisor of the
survey area office in Seattle The
sample of households participat­
ing in the survey will be inter­
viewed for the third time some­
time this month or in August or
September.
The survey, which began here
in January, is being conducted
by the Bureau of the Census,
part of the Department of Com­
merce’s Social and Economic
Statistics Administration. The
bureau is acting as data col­
lection agent for the Department
of Labor, Bureau of Labor Sta­
tistics (BLS). Results of the sur­
vey will provide data on 1973
consumer expenditures, infor­
mation needed by BLS to update
the Consumer Price Index.
Another group of households
here, among the 19,000 nation­
wide, is taking part in a survey
of daily expenditures, which is
part of the overall program.
Interviewer for this is Phyllis
Parnell of St. Helens.
Senior Council Moves
The County Council of Senior
Citizens and the Clackamas
Columbia Washington Counties
Agnecy on Aging have moved
their joint offices from the old
County Courthouse to the second
floor of the St. Helens City Hall.
The telephone numbers remain
the same and office hours will
continue to be 8 a.m. to 5 p m.
Monday through Friday.
Jamboree
Marshal
Lee Akers, Vernonia police
officer, has been named as
Grand Marshall of the 1973 Ver
nonia Friendship Jamboree, re­
ports the sponsoring Vernonia
Jayceea.
Plans are beginning to jell for
the 1973 event—scheduled for
July 27, 28, 29 and, although
there will not be a logging show
this vear, other events have
been added for enjoyment of par­
ticipants.
General Chairman Curt Poet-
ter has issued a request to busi­
nesses in town to join in fol­
lowing this year's theme, "This
Was Ixigging,” by displaying old
logging photographs and equip­
ment at their stores. Any per­
sons with items to display may
contact Poetter by calling 429-
2151.
Agency S e e k
Volunteer Aid
There is a very great need in
Columbia County for volunteer
drivers to aid children and elder­
ly people in getting to doctor’s
appointments, both locally and
in Portland.
Public Welfare and Children's
Services Division, can, through
Volunteer Services, reimburse
volunteers for mileage expense
if requested, and volunteer dri­
vers are also covered by Work­
men's Compensation, tort liabil­
ity and extended automobile in­
surance coverage while provid­
ing transportation.
Another current need is for an
adult foster home for two gentle­
men.
Both men are alert and plea­
sant. They need room and board,
and someone to do their laundry,
for which Public Welfare D ivi­
sion will pay.
Anyone interested in either
driving or providing an adult
foster home, please contact Vol­
unteer Services, 397-1784, or stop
by the Public Welfare and Chil­
dren’s Services Division office,
105 S. Third Street, St. Helens.
Court Imposes
Murder Charge
Vietnam Vets
Using GI Bill
During the seven years that
G .I Bill training has been avail­
able to Vietnam Era veterans,
the number of trainees has far
surpassed the total of the 13-year
Korean Conflict program and
the number in college has ap­
proached the record set by the
12-year World War I I G I BUI.
The current bill became ef­
fective June 1, 1966, for all men
and women with m ilitary service
since January 1955 and more
than four million persons have
taken advantage of its pro­
visions.
The Korean Conflict bill enroll­
ed 2.4 million veterans between
July 1952 and January 1965, and
the initial G I Bill, available to
the 15.6 million veterans of
World War II, enrolled 7.8 m il­
lion between 1944 and 1956.
College level trainees under
the current program have total­
ed more than two million and the
World War I I aggregate of 2.2
million college enrollees is ex­
pected to be surpassed during
the fall semester.
Only 1.2 million veterans went
to college under the Korean Con­
flict bill. Fewer than 30 percent
of World War I I G .I. Bill trainees
studied at college level compar­
ed to more than 50 percent under
the present program.
Success of the current pro­
gram is helped by a number of
new and liberal provisions which
include “free” entitlement to
veterans who need high school or
other preparatory work to meet
college entrance requirements,
tutoring at VA expense and full
educational entitlement on com­
pletion of a m ilitary tour, re ­
gardless of its length. In addi­
tion, unprecedented efforts have
been made to encourage veter­
ans to take advantage of their
benefits.
Veterans Administration edu­
cation programs for disabled
veterans and dependents of vet­
erans have grown also. During
the past year these education as­
sistance programs for the first
time reached 19,000 sons and
daughters of deceased or ser­
iously disabled veterans, and
4,000 widows and wives of de­
ceased and seriously disabled
veterans.
Under the special vocational
rehabilitation program for dis­
abled veterans, 8,000 entered
training during the past year.
Lee Akers
W HEN BU D Fitzgerald and fam ily returned to
Scappoose a couple weeks ago, a welcome home
sign greeted them. Bud had just returned from
California where his Olympia Express race car
had just won the California 100. The car driven
by Hershell M cG riff
fying time on June
on June 16. Bud is
for the race. With
ter Llnlce.
of Vale set the fastest quali­
9 and then took the victory
shown above with the trophy
him is wife Jan and daugh­
Scappoose Mechanic Tunes Winning Car
Racing success is not unknown
to chief mechanic Bud F itz­
gerald of Scappoose but F ather’s
Day weekend proved to be an
important weekend that won’t
soon be forgotten by the local
resident, his fam ily, his mech­
anic crew, and Bridal Veil,
region race driver Hershell Me
Griff
On Saturday, June 16, the well-
known “Olympia Express” d ri­
ven by M cG riff captured the
prestigious California 100 at
Riverside, California. The Wins­
ton-sponsored race is probably
the top rated NASCAR event of
the year and a win in the 100-
mile race is anxiously sought by
every late model driver around.
Mastermind of the mechanical
crew for the car is Fitzgerald
and were joining him in the pits
were Loren Hammon of Scap­
poose and Pat McElreath, who
also is chief mechanic on Hersh
McGiff's 1972 Petty Plymouth.
Fitzgerald and his latest Oly­
mpia Express has raced on nine
different tracks in the past year
and has set track records at
seven of them.
But back to their latest ac­
complishment, the California
100, a 39-lap race over a 2.62 mile
road course. McGriff qualified
the car on Saturday, June 9, with
an average overall speed of
104.876 MPH, fast enough to give
him the pole position out of 40
qualifiers.
An interesting prelude to the
qualifying was the fact that the
car had just received a new
engine that had been dyno tested
on the previous Wednesday in
Seattle With time running short,
Fitzgerald and his crew had not
time to really test the car after
the engine was installed
The first test for the car came
in the qualifying heats and after
McGriff set the fastest quali
tying time, the car appeared
ready for a top performance
The only problem that showed up
in qualifying was a slight mis­
firing condition that McGriff
figured cost him a possible qua­
lifying time of around 108 MPH
which would have erased the
existing track record of 105 12
Fitzgerald and his crew an
alyzed the misfiring and went to
work correcting the situation.
The problem arose from the fact
that when the engine was tested
in Seattle, a static air pressure
was used as opposed to a forced
air setup when the car is run­
ning
As part of the rules of the race,
no more tracx testing is allowed
on a car after it qualifies for the
race so Bud and the crew had to
do a “safe” estimating job of
jetting the engine for the actual
race. The dangers were, too lean
and the pistons could burn out
while if it were set too rich, the
plugs would eventually foul.'So,
with this in mind, the crew set
out to prep the car to the best of
their ability for the race.
Their ability proved more than
adequate as the results were too
prove, but in the meantime Bud
and driver, M cG riff mapped out
their race strategy and pre­
race plans called for a pit stop
for fuel in the first 11 to 14 laps, if
a caution flag came out. They
figured one stop should suffice
for the race if plans were ac­
curate. The race car in com­
petition gets about three miles
per gallon.
When the flag was dropped for
the start of the race M cG riff took
off from his pole position but the
engine showed signs of misfiring
as he dropped from No. 1 po­
sition to third after one lap, but
by the end of the second lap the
engine had smoothed out and by
the time four laps had elapsed.
McGriff had his lead back
Plans seemed to be working out
well as a caution flag went out on
lap 11 but McGriff, intent on the
race failed to take his pit stop as
the other top contenders did.
According to calculations, an­
other caution flag was needed
before lap 25 or too much time
would be lost by a pit stop but as
luck would have it, the yellow
flag went out on lap 18 so
McGriff pulled in to take on his
necessary fuel The pit stop
totaled nine seconds for 11 gal­
lons of gas and no tire changes
and he was back on the track.
When the track was all clear
again, the Bridal Veil driver was
sitting in seventh place but he
passed five cars in less than ‘/g
lap and then took the leader
going into turn 6. The 2.62 mile
oval has 9 turns in all, and turn 6
is coming out of the back straigh-
way. When he took the leader in
the straightway, on lap 24, Mc­
G riff was traveling at approx­
imately 180 MPH.
From here on, McGriff stret­
ched his lead and when he took
the checkered flag at the end of
lap 39 he had a 20 second cushion
over runnerup Rod Hornaday.
Total time for the race was 1
hour 6 minutes and 40 seconds
with an average speed of 91.962
MPH.
Following the race McGriff
told local reporters that he could
have gone faster if anyone had
really pushed him. He did note
that on lap 29, a car spun out on
turn 6 but he escaped trouble and
beyond that he had too much car
for the rest of the field.
The following day McGriff
drove his 1972 Petty Plymouth in
the Tuborg 400 and ended with a
7th place finish. He was running
second with only four laps to go,
but a clutch plate broke, ending
his chances for a second win
over the weekend.
M cG riff also won the Perma-
tex 200 on the same track in
January of '69 and January of '72
Mrs. Sool Tassin Schneider of
Vernonia, who was indicted June
25 for the alleged slaying of her
husband, Maynard Schneider,
63, has been committed to the
Oregon State Hospital at Salem,
for observation, following exam­
ination by personnel of the Adult
and Child Guidance clinic.
Schneider died as the result of
multiple knife wounds, accord­
ing to an autopsy report from the
State Medical E xam iner’s offi­
ce.
Premium
Books Out
For Fair
The Columbia County F air is
just around the corner and final
preparations are underway for
the July 18 through July 22 affair
at the Columbia County Fair
grounds in St. Helens The pre­
mium books are now available
and contain the rules and re­
gulations for fair entries
The 58th annual county fair
actually gets underway Monday,
July 16 with the 4-H horse show
Judging in this area will con­
tinue on both Monday and Tues­
day, and then on Wednesday,
July 18 livestock and agriculture
judging is scheduled to start.
There will be free stage shows
throughout the week plus a c ir­
cus for fairgoers. Playland rides
have promised some new and
thrilling rides and an added a t­
traction to this year’s fair, is a
Rodeo Cowboys Association ro­
deo. It marks the first appear­
ance of RCA cowboys at the
Columbia County F a ir in the last'
ten years.
A separate admission charge
will be collected for the rodeo,
but the overall fair admission
price has been reduced to 50
cents per day for adults.
ONE OF TOE attractions at this y e a n Columbia County F a ir
will be Gizmo the Clown. He will be ready to entertain old and
young alike at the ootb annual County F a ir to be held the third
week of July.