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Demonia Cagle 1 THURSDAY, JU N I St, 1974 W C .. ELVIN 8CBWA1 «oowooaeoccoMOüMMOC The People Speak. . . M e m M M M iM M s e is e M o e e o M g a M O H M M M M T O P IC S O F T H E T O W N 4» Zoo» Taadv OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER m atter August 4, 18B. under the act at March L M79. Published weekly on Thursday at 7 » Madison Ave.. Veraania. Columbia County. Oregon VMM ■wd paid at the Veraania Poet Office as second class matter. > 4 .« Per Y e a r - \ a the Nehalem Valley «6.90 Per Year Elsewhere O FFIC E HOURS Men.. Taa*., Wed.. F r t - 4 a jn . la • p m . T h a n . * S a t—0 a jn . to 12 aeea M O O O O O a aM W M H O O a aO O O C Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association I Services Held For G. Roland Funeral services for George P Roland 76 who was a form er resident of Vernonia for many years and for the past 11 years of Forest Grove were held Tues- dav June 25 at the F u lle r M ori uary Chapel Forest Grove The Re\ Delbert K eller pas tor of the United Methodist Church of Forest Grove con ducted the services with com m ittal rites following at the F ir Law n Cem etery at Hillsboro His four sons and two sons-in-law served as pall bearers M r Roland was born at C a r m i. Illinois on November 25. 1897. the son of the late W illiam and .Anna B urkner Roland In 1909 he moved with his fam ily to Nebraska where he grew up and was m a rrie d to Helen O 'Connell at Scottsbluff Nebraska on F e b ruary 3. 1926 They spent then- ea rly m a rrie d years in Nebraska and then came to Vernonia in 1939 M r Roland lived at Vernonia and worked at the Oregon Am er ican Lum ber M ill until 1959 and then worked at carpentry In 1963 he moved to Forest Grove and worked at carpentry until failing health forced his re tire ment He played the mandolin and enjoyed music and garden ing Surviving is his w ife, M rs Helen Roland at the fam ily home at Forest Grove R t 2; and six children D ale and M elvin R ol and and M rs B ill (Dorothy) Olinger, all of Hillsboro: Leo nard and Leo Roland and Mrs Clayton (M arg ie Aldnch. all of Roseburg, two sisters. M rs G erald 'Anna Riggins. E x te r. California and M a ry Helm gren Scottsbluff. N e b ras ka: 25 grand children and three great grand children Blood Nobile Due The Red Cross Bioodmobile w ill pay its annual visit to the Vernonia area Monday. July 22 from 3-7 p m at the Oddfellows Hall Anyone 18 years of age or older and in good health m ay donate blood and now those who are 17-vears-old m ay give blood with their parents consent Vernonia residents are urged to rem em b er the date. July 22. and visit the Bioodmobile when it arrives and do their part in assuring a continuing supply of blood for those who need it. For further inform ation con tact Irene M inger 429-3552 JOY THEATER FrL-Sat June 28-29 Love & Pain Maggie Smith Dear Sirs recentlv When Larry Rice a t I CRAG said in a news article that was mandators not voluntary I thought that the people of Wash ington County would rise up in all of their w rath and blow him out of the saddle I believe it w ill happen yet just as it is hap pening down in Columbia Coun ty. Columbia County has a strong recall movement going against their County Commis sioners because they involved the county in CRAG without a vote of the people Now those same commission ers have w ithdraw n Columbia County from CRAG and one of the commissioners is ready to resign at last report Of course they claim that the recall move ment has nothing to do with it. hut we know different So CRAG bleeds 1 4 m illion dollars by an illegal head tax from the workers of the counties -.ha: this beast strangles and CRAG spends about m million dollars in bloated salaries and for its ever-growing staff of bureaucratic parasites This can only mean one thing. CRAG is rapidly expanding into a power ful local branch of world gov’t, which w ill be entirely appointed, not elected and which w ill func tion just as the gov'ts function in the Communist slave nations of Eastern Europe and Russia Your commissioners an d mayors have put you into CRAG without your vote or consent They won 't let you vote on CRAG because you would vote it down W ell, the answer is clear. V O TE ON T H E C O M M IS S IO N E R S R E C A L L T H E M Boot out of office every commissioner and m ayor who w ill not pubiiclv take a stand against CRAG and anv and all R E G IO N A L G O V T Dale N Brooks R t 1 Scappoose The Columbia County Inter m ediate Education Levy which would have saved Scappoose taxpayers ar. estim ated $4 38 per $1000 and St Helens about «1.11 per thousand was defeated last Tuesday by a slim eight-vote- m argin with a tally of 1475 yes to 1483 no The measure had strong sup port in the Scappoose and V e r nonia district overwhelm ingly St Helens voters turned down the levy in a light vote by a two to one m argin Light votes were experienced in other districts who also voted heavily against the equalization measure Defeat of the measure w ill save Clatskanie district 5J prop erty owners about 96 cents per $1000 of true cash value and R ainier school district voters about Si 88 per «1000 Vote by precincts in the IE D vote was South and North W arren ves 135. no 41 Chapman yes 79. no 47 Scappoose 1 and 4 -ves 218. no 31 Scappoose 2 and 3 ves 161. no 29 S Scappoose and Canvon ves 141. no 41 East and West Scappoose ves 136. no 20 Sauvie Island yes 12. no 1. M ultnom ah Countv 12 yes. no 0 St Helens 1. 2 and 3: ves 22. no «6 St Helens 4. 5 and 7: ves 26 no 44 St Helens 6. 8 and 9 ves 35. no 67 South and North M ilton and South St Helens yes 29. no 65 South and North M cN ulty yes 38. no 48 Yankton yes 11, no 35 Vernonia 1.2 and 3 yes 136. no 25 Vernonia 4 and 5: yes 54. no 16 ............................. ■ ■ I i Rev • * VERNONIA Frtratohlfi Jamboree coart appeared at the Scappoose Pow Wow June IS where then- float took first place hi aetrteo tram other efttas. Honor A m e r ic a July 4 Rennee’ Ross Fair Princess The 1974 Columbia County F a ir and Rodeo Court’s 2nd Princess is Rennee Ross She is the 16-vear-old daughter of M r and M rs Ron Ross of Deer Island Rennee has been riding for seven years and is a m em ber of the Cannan Spurs 4-H Club She uses her eight-year-old m are Sugar Foot for 4-H horse shows fairs, and parades Also she is quite active in F F A and holds the office of Assistant T reasu rer and has participated in many events such as Shop Skills. F a rm M a n agement cattle judging at the County fa ir, and Charoláis day. she was on the livestock judging team at the State fa ir and con ducted childrens tours at the P I livestock show She is also a m em ber of the Oregon Horsem an s Assn.Some of her other interests besides horses are anim als of all kinds reading, music and is active in the church Rennee is a very outgoing person She uses to meet people and get to know them, she is looking forw ard to being able to do this at the F a ir South and North M ist yes 29 no 7. Knappa Svensen yes 16. no 33 Clatsop County yes 4. no 37 Apiary yes 7. no 37 R ainier 2 and West R ainier yes 21. no 92 R a in ier l and East R ain ier yes 10. no 45 Quincy yes 5. no 59 Goble and Prescott ves 12. no 42 South Delena and North De lena yes 17. no 62 Columbia City and Deer Is land yes 31. no 82 Clatskanie 2 and North C la t skanie yes 25. no 182 Clatskanie 1 and South C la t skanie yes 23. no 139 Absentee Ballots yes 12. no 0 M arshland yes 2. no 38 From 1. to r., the girla are: Sharoo Smejkal. Renee Williame. Chris Sauer I Deadline Near For Petition The co-chairman of the Save Oregons Rainbow Trout. Inc ( S O R T > com m ittee announc ed that over 5.000 signatures were obtained by sportsmen and women at the Rose Parade on Saturday. June 15 This resulted in reaching two-thirds of the goal of 60 000 names as over 40.000 have been counted at the SORT office The com m ittee has estim ated that 60.000 are needed in order to assure the necessary 39.984 valid verified signatures to place the measure on the ballot The co-chairman said that two weeks rem ain for the drive, since the full 60.000 names are needed by July 5. the date set by law to turn them in to the office of the Secretary of State To accomplish this goal, we are launching a special two week campaign to obtain the required additional signatures This week-end they are con ducting "Operation Shopping Center ' They intend to have signature solicitors at the m ajo r shopping centers in the Portland M etropolitan area on both Sat urday and Sunday. They in vote the aid and assistance of every Oregonian who wants the in itiative measure on the ballot to either circulate or sign a pe tition. The office of SORT, located at 622 SE Grand Ave.. Portland. Oregon over the citizens Branch of the I'.S,J»ational Bank, w ill be open from 9 a m to 5 p m every day including S a tu rd a y so that any person who wants a petition can drop in and pick one up The second part of the two pronged drive is to have all the petitions that are outstanding throughout the state returned to their office There are enough petitions now in the hands of sportsmen to provide twice or three times the required number to place the m easure on the ballot “ We urge every person who now has a petition in their possession to send them in with the signatures obtained, even if they are not com pletely filled This should be done so that they are received in our office no later than June 25th-our P .0 Box is on the green cover sheet. ” a SORT Spokesman said, add mg. “ However, we also urge people to continue to work and to obtain additional signatures These should be sent in so that they w ill be received no later than July 3rd, as it requires tim e to check and count them ” Class of '64 The class of 1964 w ill hold their 10 year Class Reunion over the Vernonia Jam boree weekend Those still not heard from are H a tty Roberts. Jerom e Haines, and Gary Thompson Traffic Down On Highway T ra ffic volume on most of Oregon's highways showed a de crease in vehicular tra ffic in M arch . 1974 compared to M arch of 1973. according to the monthly- report compiled by the Oregon State Highway Division A lu m m a ry of the permanent tra ffic recorder data for ru ral and urban State Highways showed a decrease of 15.9 per cent in vehicular tra ffic in M arch. 1974 compared to M arch 1973 Lodges Win Tax Approval Director John Lobdell of the Oregon Departm ent of Revenue has announced that the depart ment has concluded a long dis pute with two fratern al lodges over property taxes that grew out of a federal court order preventing the granting of tax exemptions to organizations w ith racially restrictive mem bership requirem ents .After the federal court action in November. 1972. the depart ment initially ordered the county- assessors and tax collectors to place on the tax rolls property owned by the Elks and Moose lodges for both the 1972-73 and 1973-74 tax years The lodges appealed the orders to the de partm ent During the appeal process, the departm ent found that the fed eral court order denied future exemptions and should not have affected exemptions allowed in p rior years Since the federal ruling came afte r the July 1, 1972 deadline for term inatin g the 1972-73 exem p tion. the properties of both lod ges w ere exem pt for that year Both lodges w ill receive the exemptions for 1974-75 and w ill be eligible to receive the exem p tion in subsequent tax years if they continue to meet all q u a lifi cations Sleelheaders Meet St Helens Chapter of North west Steelheaders w ill hold their monthlv m eeting Wednesday, July 3.’ 8 p m at the Columbia City Comm unity H a ll Public is invited to attend Monday - Wednesday - Thursday 9:30 ajn. to 12 Noon J ance repair. Wesce Appliance Service Serving Western Washington County, Timber, Vernonia and Mist. CALL 324-8655 or 6494973 M r and M rs Adrian Lagan attended the 2Sth wedding a n niversary of her daughter and hushand M r and M rs Nick Faz zarli of Portland on Saturday They were overnight visitors at their grandaughters home at Aloha, the L a rrv Zackers M rs C arl Fow ler of E lm ira is spending a week at the home of her sister. M rs Blanche M illis. M rs Carson Strong cam e home from the Forest Grove Hospital on Saturday after an extended stay then- for tre a t ment She is much improved in health M rs Leta W hitem an ci.m e home Wednesday after visiting several of her children in various places within the State On June 5 she accompanied her son Don and fam ily of Beaverton to see the Law rence Welks show at the Coliseum She then spent a week with her daughter and fam ily M r and M rs Gary Woodring at Medford Her son and wife M r and M rs Charles Whiteman went where she visited until Wednesday when her two grand daughters M rs Sam Jones and M rs Linda W hitem an brought her home M r and M rs B ill Bokoskie re turned Sunday from a week's vacation in Washington They spent a few days visiting his aunt and uncle M r and M rs Hap Christenson in Tacom a Then they spend the rem ainder of the week camping at Copalis Beach They found clam m ing real good Cousins of M rs Dorothy San don who were here for her hus band's funeral were M r and M rs Guy B erry of Pilot Rock. M r and M rs Emerson Brickey and M rs M ildred Holman of Eugene M r and M rs Duane Schewbke of La Grande, and M r and M rs Wayne Brooks of Port land D r E verett Jones and son Philip of Portland visited M rs Dorothy Sandon on Saturday •J EMERGENCY SERVICE PHONES V ____ VERNONIA AMBULANCE J Dial 429-5141 VERNONIA FIRE DEPARTMENT Fire Alarms Only - Phone 429-3131 $ J X ;5 VERNONIA POLICE DEPARTMENT Dial 429-5141 VERNONIA CITY HALL 429-5291 COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF J 0 V ♦ Emergency: Vernonia Area 429-5141 — Bosiness: 397-2511 OREGON STATE POLICE I a jn . to 3 a jn . . Beaverton Office - 643-4792 3 a jn . to S a jn . - Dial “O", ask for Oak Grove «54-6555 S t Helens office . Phone: 397-3131 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ * V "••.O ’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!" THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER Phone 397-2268 - Afier Hours 397-1730 major appliances — A lso sm all appli H.L. R u ssell has been M r and M rs Ben Westbrook and fam ily and her mother M rs Dessie M ay spent the weekend at the home of M r and M rs Bill May and fam ily in Longview Saturday visitors at the home of M r and M rs Robert Andrews w ere his son Donald Andrews and three children of Gold Beach M r and M rs M elvin Nice and children attended the wedding of her cousin at Salem on Saturday They then visited his parents M r and M rs Roscoe Nice at Goshen and friends M r and M rs Philip Roberts at M arcó la, coming home on Monday Old Courthouse Baeeme&i ST. HELENS. OREGON W e service ell makes end models of by released from the hospital and is now at home recuperating VETERANS SERVICE OFFICE Appliance Service & Repair wa* token am bulance to the T u ality Com niumty Hospital in Hillsboro e a rly Monday m orning. June 24 for emergenev treatm en t She is suffering from a virus and bladder infection but at present is in stable condition although she is still being fed interven ouslv However, visitors are allowed and cards would be welcomed Since the days of our struggle Our national onthem was for freedom, “ Old Glory” written Scott has been a symbol to Amer Key in 1814 He had wit icans— a symbol of unity and by Francis nessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry through independence. Let's keep the out the night with anxiety principles upon which this ond when he saw the Am- nation was founded before erican flag still flying over us all . . . by flying our flog the fortress in the dawn, he expressed his feelings proudly on the Fourth. in stirring words that will live in Americon history. Uernonfa Cagle
