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« •o a a O M a M M M M M O t Oemonia EagU 1 THURSDAY JUNE 30, The People Speak . . . 1974 SEL-MOR. INC.. B. RHOADES. MELVIN SCHWAB. OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER V enooia. Oregon Entered as second cl a « mail matter August 4. 1922. under the act at March S, 1879 Published weekly oc Thursday at 711 Madison Ave.. Vernonia. Columbia County. Oregon 97064 and paid at the Vernonia Post Office as second class matter M 00 Per Y e a r ^ I n 't h e Nehaiem Valley »5 00 Per Year Elsewhere 3seaaaeaoaoDaoaaaeeec«K OFFICE HOURS Man., Taes.. Wed., FTi.—I a jn . u> C p.m. Thurs * S a t.-« a jn to 12 noon Phoae 429-3372 Oregon Newspaper Publishers ¡1 Association Bowlers Plan Summer Play There w ill be a meeting at the home of Enid Parrow 824 2nd Ave Thursday. June 20 at 7:30 p.m This meeting is for any woman interested m bowling in a summer league starling the first week in July and lasting for eight weeks At this meeting they w ill m ake all plans for the summ er league such as teams members, spon sors fees and what ever other plans necessary JASON LEE n o m in e e e l e c t C O U R T O F APPEA LS THANK YOU VOTERS Harry Sandon Passes Away H a m • Sandon. 72-vear-old < longtime resident of the Vernon ia area died June 14 at the Forest Grove community hos pital following an extended ill ness Funeral serv ices were held at the Fuiten M ortuary Chapel vernoma Tuesday June 18 at 1:30 p.m with the Rev Jack Carlson, pastor of the Evangelical Church of Vernonia officiating Lodge Rites were under the auspices of Vernonia Lodge No. 184 A .F and A M Concluding ntes and vault interm ent were at the Vernonia M em orial cemetery with M erle Cline. Ralph Reynolds. James Johns Alpheus Wellborn. Cal Throne and Bert Hineman serv ing as pall bearers M r Sandon was a native of Bruce Wisconsin where he was bom December 18 1901 He came to Oregon with his fam ily when he was five and received his high school education at Wood- bum and at Oregon State where he was a charter m em ber of Phi Sigma Kappa He was m arried to Dorothy W ard at Astoria on June 27 ¡925 and after a short while at W arrenton they moved to Vernonia M r Sandon worked a number of years for C lark and Wilson Logging Company as a shovel operator and then as a heavy equipment mechanic He later worked for Crown Zel- lerbach at Vernonia for 18 years before retirem ent in 1966 M r Sandon was a m em ber of t h e Vernonia Evangelical Church, a m em ber and past Patron of Order of Eastern Star. Nehalem Chapter No. 153 a m em ber of Vernonia Lodge No 184 A .F and A .M since 1941. of the Vernonia I 0 . 0 .F Lodge No 246 and M t Heart Rebekah Lodge No 243 Surviving is his w ife, Mrs Dorothy Sandon at the fam ily home at 381 B Street in Vernon la M em orial contributions may be made to the Vernonia Am bu lance fund Services Read For G. Smith HOSPITAL G arfield B Smith 4619 N . Michigan Ave . died of cancer F rid a y in a Portland hospital He was 84 M r Smith, a retired w a re houseman. is survived by two brothers Benjam in of Seaside and Leroy of Eugene two sis ters. Inez Powell of Vernonia and Gladys Peterson of Cor vallis. a son, Edw in of Sac ram ento a daughter Hazel M it chell of Portland, and four grandchildren and a g reat grandchild Funeral was 11 a .m .. Monday in M ike worth's Funeral Home with private burial in Lincoln M em orial P ark Group Forms New Ambulance Assoc. As President Kennedy said: " It was dose but dear"! PLEDGE I will work hard for " . . . liberty and justice for all". S M IL E Apprecatively yours. JASON . 15 00 L itx rty O ag o r 97302 A new organization nas beer, formed in Vernonia and is called the Vernonia Volunteer Ambu lance Association At their first meeting a charter was drawn up and officers elected Officers of the newly formed volunteer association include L .E Atkins. Sam Hearing E a rl (Ozzie Ray Gene Baska Greg Port. Tom Bruce. Betty L am p ing. Pat Michener. L yle B arker, Ray Lam ping and Pat Good man Junior members are Brett and Lvnette W'uest The purpose behind forming such an organization is. as one spokesman says, “ to provide improved service to keep up dating training and to provide the public w ith m ore inform ation on the group itself The next meeting of the newly formed Vernonia Volunteer A m bulance Association w ill be June 20 at which tim e the charter w ill be voted on ★ Ready M ix e d Concrete * Concrete Aggregate ★ Crushed Rock ★ Road G ravel ________Effective Immediately--------------- ALL PRODUCTS WILL BE Sold by Scale W eight SCAPPOOSE SAND & GRAVEL CO. PHOHE 543-7141 Route 2. Box 1 SCAPPOOSE. OREGON Forest Grove Community June 10 Loarraine Strong Mist June 11 - Stella Howard June 14 - Elroy M iner June 15 W allace Noakes June 16 - D P Moreland Tuahty Community June 10 - Katherine Mathews June 15 - M arv M Schedwin Who to Blam e This country is facing moral and financial bankruptcy and who do we b la m e ' Instead of each of us standing around and pointing to the other guy as the culprit lets put the blame where it belongs Squarely on the shoulders of the non-voter and the un informed voter 1 recently stuck my oar in the political stream for the first tim e in my life Not because 1 wanted to but because I felt I had to make a contribution towards getting control of our G o v t back where it belongs In the hands of the people In my door to door campaigning 1 had a good look at John Q Public and the ex perience has left me with a feeling of utter frustration We are going to suffer bur eaucratic strangulation in this country until someone grabs the sleeping giant. ( I E John Q Public by the throat, slaps him aw ake lifts him off his fat rear points him in the direction of the voting booth and gives him a hard kick in the re a r to get him started The black comm unity in this country just a few years back tried to better their lot in life by burning and looting Whole sec tions of cities were burned to the ground This didn’t work They have since discovered the value of education and the power of the ballot Never in our history have as many blacks held elective office as they do n o * They are m aking great progress and do ing it in the democratic way It is tim e the white community in this country re-discovers the value of being informed on all issues and candidates It is tim e for all of us to re-discover the power of the ballot The constitution of the United States is on public display for all of us to see How many of us w alk past it without so much as a glance. Yes I too. must assume my fa ir share of guilt in letting thia-country- getting into such a mess But I am totally com m itted to getting control of our G ov’t back where it belongs In the hands of the people I wonder h o * many of you out there m reader land are ready to make the same com m ittm ent You could stamp your answer on vour ballot in November N u fS ed . Ray Guirado Scappoose. Ore The first police force in the U .S. was form ed at New York City in 1841 and began with two constables in each w ard 300 night watchm en. 100 m arshals and some assistants 'H eap Big Fun' In Store For A ll A t 16th A nnual P ow W o w F inal preparations and plans have been completed for the 16th annual Scappoose Pow Wow to be held this Friday and Sat urday. June 21 and 22. in Scappoose The two day celebration w ill begin with the Junior Parade which w ill wind its way through the streets of Scappoose begin ning at 1 p.m Judging for the Junior Parade w ill begin at 11:30 Registration for the Junior Parade w ill begin at 10 a.m at the F ire Station The Junior Parade has an age cutoff of sixth grade and motorized vehicles must be used solely for the pur pose of pulling a float or as a float and must be driven by a licensed d rive r, according to Pow Wo» officials On tap F rid a y , June 21 at 8 p.m is the annual V ariety Show sponsored by the Scappoose Women s Club and the crowning of the 1974 Pow Wow Queen The queen to be chosen from five lovely young ladies—B arbara Andersen. R ayette Chatm an Debi Faber. Sue Ing ram , and Kathie Slocum—w ill rule over the two days of Pow Wow fun and festivities' The V ariety Show and Coronation w ill be held at the Petersen Grade School cafe teria at 8 p.m A new feature of the Pow Wow weekend this year is a bicycle race sponsored by the Scappoose Assembly of God Church youth group A plaque w ill be awarded the grand winner and ribtxms w ill be awarded to the first, second and third place winners Three categories have been es tablished They are ages 9-14. 15-30 years, and 31 years and older Ribbons w ill be given in each category This race will begin at the fire station, proceed along D ike Road and end at the fire station Distance to be traveled w ill be 10 miles Re gistration w ill begin at 8 a.m and the race w ill start a t 9 a m Another new feature w ill be a series of races and games for the children From 11 15 - 12 15 on Saturday. 6 7.and 8-year-olds w ill compete in a three-legged race, a sack race, a wheelbar row race, a relay race, a 5O-yard dash and a horse and rider race F fom 12 30 to 1:30on Saturday the 9-, 10-, and 11-year-olds w ill race and from 4 to 5 the 12-, 13-, and 14-year-olds w ill race Pow Wow officials stated that ribbons w ill be given to the winners of each event and a grand prize w ill be give at the end of the day to the boy and g irl receiving the greatest number of ribbons At 11 a m on Saturday regis tration w ill begin for the Senior Parade which is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m Monte Ballou 7( »year-old jazz band leader will be the Grand M arshall for the parade The parade is expected to draw entries in 15 different divisions with ribbons and tro phies in all classes according to Parade Chairm an. Terry M a r- ceaux An annual feature of Pow Wow »»-ekend is the ripen, Horse Show sponsored bv the Hotshots 4-H Club which w ill be held at the Hotshot corral on JP West road, five blocks west of Highway 30 To round out the Saturday entertainm ent w ill be a F ir e man's Dance at the fireball at which prizes w ill be drawn Several continuous events will take place during the weekend C arnival rides for the children w ill be in session both F riday and Saturday, and a Chicken Barbeque and Beer Gardens w ill be open all day Saturday All in all. there w ill be some thing for everyone—so See ya all at the Scappoose Pow W o w '" T O P I C S O F T H E T O W N Police Report mM0occeamocc*3aeBOMK«amMC«tiiMomK Has Variet/ M r and Mrs Donald Morgan and two daughters of Salem spent Saturday with his parents. M r and M rs Lewis Morgan Weekend visitors at the Morgans were Darien Morgan and Cora Extine of Portland and M r and M rs Fran k E xt me of Onalaska, Washington M r. and M rs Julius Euevotd sen spent last week visiting his cousin M rs Beulah Boyd at Albany Herbert Hunirman nonia for the occasion were Pact Beck. Cathy M artineau. and Bette Leavitt of Washington. Miss Alice Smith of Olympia Washington and Jackie and James Cooke and throe ihildren of latke Oswego The party enjoved a sump tuous gormet meal prepared by M ary Telford ana Creighton Duffy was presented a pocket calculator from his daughter Dorothy for Fath er's Day cam e home from Tuahty Community Hospital in Hillsboro on Wed nesday afte r a 19-day stay for surgery and treatm ent Mr and Mrs A.B. Krlkenberg held a fam ily re union at their home on Sunday Attending were M r and M rs Clifford C arrick of Portland their son and fam ily M r and M rs Leland C arrick and children of Sandpoint. Id aho. a granddaughter of M rs Killenberg M r and M rs Jovce Nettling and daughter of Stay ton M r and M rs Johnnv John son and son. Bill H all and' Cindv, and M ike and M r and Mrs Randy Holce Recently M rs A.B Killen berg her brother le e Akers and her daughter M rs Johnnv John son were called to Blackfoot Idaho by the death of their brother and uncle respective!*-« Paul Akers Visitors at the Chet Fugate home on Corey H ill w ere Nome Redmond of Aloha and Henry and Linda Redmond of Kelso and sons Randy and Robbv. Also visiting were Jim and' Midge Vike of Vancouver. Washington Sam and Hildrr D avis and fam ily spent F ather's Day at the home of their son. Gary' Davis and w ife, on OA H ill M rs T rilla Anderson and M r. and M rs Ed Roediger attended the wedding of M rs Anderson's great granaaughter Miss Vonda Lea Ing ram and Gregory Sork at Lake Oswego June 8 The bride s grandparents M r and M rs Eben Johns of Haw aii arrived the day before the wedding and plan to stay in the States a couple of months M rs Johns visited her mother several days last week and they enjoyed dinner at the Reodiger home on Sunday. M r Johns came that evening and joined his wife at M rs Anderson's home They went to the home of their daughter and son-in-law at Lake Oswego on Thursday M rs Dorothy Dye and her father Creighton Duffy both from the Bay area. California have been guests of John and M ary Telford of Vernonia for the past week M rs Dorothy Dye and her father Creighton Duffy both from the Bay area. California have been house guests of John and M ary Telford for the past week M rs Dye and her father journeyed to Vernonia by car. taking turns driving and enjoy ing the beautiful Oregon seen erv On Sunday . Robert Dye (older brother to Mary I and friend flew into the Vernonia airport in a sm all plane from Brentwood California to join his fam ily in a Fath er's Day celebration Others who journeyed to V e r Tour Offered By Railroad Everyone's tavorite cities, Vancouver and V ic to ria . British Columbia, are the focal points for a six day escorted ra il tour sponsored by Vernonia South P ark, and Sunset Railroad Tour members w ill depart Portland August 5 and spend the afternoon touring the Seattle waterfront and Lake Washington before continuing on to Vancouver Afternoon and evening tours of various parts of the city are provided to acquaint the visitor with this great metropolis Points of interest include Simon F raser University. Chinatown, Burnaby Mountain, and Queen Elizabeth P ark & Arboriturn T im e is set aside to visit the many fine stores and unique shops in Vancouver before sail ing through the beautiful Gulf Islands to Victoria aboard a swift, m odem British Columbia ferry Tour accomodations m V ic to r ia are provided in the world- famous Empress Hotel A get- acquainted tour of the city is again availab le with a special stop at Sea Land to view the per forming k ille r whale M atch lessly beautiful Butchart G a r dens is the subject of an evening dinner tour which w ill offer views of the Gardens during daylight and afte r dark when the Sunken Garden is lighted Be tween walks through the flowers, tour members w ill be able to watch the stage review in the Gardens' am phitheatre Tim e is allowed in Victoria to shop visit the many excellent museums. or the beautiful parks Return to Seattle is over the calm waters of Puget Sound aboard the Canadian Pacific ferry -lin e r Princess M arguerite A rriv a l in Portland is scheduled for Saturday. August 10. at 12:15 p.m Azumano T ra v e l Service. 200 S W 4th. Portland Oregon 97204. 223-6245 has additional in form ation and reservations There were 47 tra ffic citations issued during the month of May according to the monthly police report handed to the Vernonia City Council Monday night under the signature of Chief of Police Jack Cunningham Twenty-two of the citations were issued for VB R (Violation of Basic Rule > while there were 13 parking violations, one haz arous moving violations, two violations of vehicle law s, one D l ’IL ; one liquor violations; three which included noise, con trol. and eluding and four game and m arine citations During May there were three traffic accidents investigated; one missing person was located; 24 vacation home checks were made, and the departm ent as sisted at three am bulance calls There were three felony com plaints made with two actual of fense while misdeamenors total ed four with one cleared by a r rest There was also one other assult The department recovered property valued at »15 and con ducted seven crim inal investi gations There was also one bi cycle theft with the bike being recovered Three youths were referred to the juvenile depart ment Central Dispatch located in St Helens recorded 175 telephone calls during the month of May requesting emergency services (police, ambulance, etc ) and sent 34 teletype messages for the local departm ent These figures do not reflect inform ation or service calls Five members of the reserve forces gave 83 unpaid hours to the departm ent The police car. No 130 logged 2 469 miles during the month Premium Book Prem ium books for the 68th annual Multnom ah Countv F air are now ready and are being m ailed on request and to past exhibitors, according to Ron 1 ng berg F a ir m anager. Prem ium inform ation for all departments m ay be obtained by written request to the Multno mah County F a ir. JOY THEATER FrL Sal. The Greai American Cowboy Rated G m o rtu a ry Capable advice regardiag 9th and Baseline Hillsboro—648 2161 Cedar and Pacific Forest Grove—387-2161 4856 S W Watsoo Beaverton—644-1119 Vernonia— 429-6611 741 Madison Street W h a te v e r Y o u N e e d A n y t im e .. NiW VETERANS SERVICE OFFICE . . . W a n t A r k K in g t h e B e l l Old Courthouse Basement ST. HELENS, OREGON Phone 397-2268 — After Hour» 397-1730 Monday - Wednesday - Thursday 9:30 a.m. to 12 Noon J w 21-22 THE V E k N O N M EAGLE
