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Demonia tag t- Edna E îtyc|f THURSDAY, JULY 4. 1974 T O P IC S O F T H E T O W N IMM*Ma*B*OSOOaeMMeMMOMMMeM(mMemeC Services Read INC., B. RHOADES, M E L V IN SCHWAB OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER Vrru—li, Oregan Entered as second class mail m atter August 4. 1912. under the act of March 3. 1879 Published weekly on Thursday at 731 Madison Ave., Vernonia. Columbia County, Oregon 97064 and paid at the Vernonia Post Office as second class matter. 84.00 Per Year - Valiev _ In the Nehalem 85.00 Per Year Elsewhere aMBHHOOHSOMHHOMOMHC O FFIC E HOURS Men.. Tues., Wed., F ri— 8 a jn . te 8 pan. a S a t—8 a.m. to 12 noon aoHHomaosHaosM ooM ot ii Association Retired Mill Worker Dies Mrs Edna Estelle Luck. 75, passed away Friday. June 28. in Hillhaven. Portland, following an extended illness Mrs Luck, who was bom September 24. 1898 was a longtime resident of the Vernonia area Her husband. Harry R Luck, predeceased her in 1969 Services for Mrs Luck were held Wednesday . Julv 3 at 2 p m at Pearson and Allan Funeral Home in Portland Surviving Mrs Luck are her son. Hobart W. Elv. Los An geles; four sisters. Ézna Brown ell, Nell Howe Velma Osburn, and Vera Goodson. a brother. Max Brown, seven grandchild ren and three great-grandchild ren Contributions may be made to the American Heart Association in lieu of flowers Death Takes Lura Shipley Graveside service was held Monday. June 17. at Union Point Cemetery in Banks for Lura R Shipley . 86. of Crescent Citv California The Rev Thomas Hilson. associate pastor of Unit ed Methodist Church in Forest Grove officiated Arrangements were handled bv Forest Grove Memorial Chapel Mrs Shipley, a native of Banks, was bom March 16, 1888, the daughter of Alexander and Pargaret Phipps She attended the Prickett's School, living in Banks until moving to Vernonia in 1924 She worked for Birds E ye Cannery for three vears In 1942 she moved to Portland residing at Northwest Towers before moving to Crescent Citv to live with her daughter She died June 13 at Crescent Citv following a short illness She is survived bv sons. Merle Shipley of Stockton. Calif . and Harold Shipley of Vernonia. daughters. Zelma Potenski and Evelyn Richardson of Crescent City and Margaret McCaffertv of Eugene sisters. Beulah Mor ley of Hillsboro and Gladys Burton of Portland. 11 grand children and 16 great-grand children Her husband Weston Shiplev. to whom she was married in 1924 at Banks died earlier She had lived in California for the past five months Mr and Mrs Gene Weller, two sons and Cliff Fowler spimi Sunday visiting at the home of his mother and step-father Mr and Mrs Luther Herrin at Dallas Sunday visitors at the home of Mr and Mrs Chuek Nelson were Mr and Mrs Al Bowerman and three children of Vermont Hills in Portland and Mr and Mrs Cecil Montgomery of Lake Os wego Mr Montgomerv and Mrs Nelson taught schooi together before her retirement. WITH THE unprnvenieni in weather and low water in Rock Creek. the city employees work at building a new retaining wail at the swimming pool after removing old portion which has been SOOMMMOTHaMMOMOattMMNMmMMMMMOOMMMHMKM»: THE PEOPLE SPEAK - - - I « * » » » » » : « » » » : « « ; » » » » » » » » » » » » To the citizens of Columbia County: I'm really what you might call a newcomer to Columbia Coun ty My husband accepted a job with the road department here and the deciding factor was be cause he was so thoroughly impressed with the three preseni County Commissioners, their in terest in the problems of the county and especially their sin cere desire to help put the county roads in the best condition possible with a budget much too small to make a dent in all of the present problems Personally, I have heard of many commendable deeds done by each of the Commissioners, far beyond the call of duty One project I becam e especially in terested in was Camp Wilkerson Having helped raise five bovs it seemed such a p rivilege’ for children to be able to enjoy all of the fine facilities available to them there I went on enjoying th e friendliness of the nice people I met here in St Helens and the beauty of the Columbia River and surrounding beautiful trees and the scenery when, like a bombshell it hit bringing m e out of my little dream world There was legal action being taken to recall the Commissioners There was som e big monster turned loose called CRAG and dues for the program were set aside from County funds until the program Winona Blanche Schmeltzer could be studied and given 95. a resident of Forest Grove for The 1974 Columbia County consideration Of course there 17 years died Juen 22 Funeral Fair Premium Books are now was no consideration given to the was Wednesday. June 26 at available countvwide and in fact that the funds would be Forest Grove Memorial Chapel Scappoose they may be obtained returned to the General Fund of with the Rev Richard Osburn at Dickson Cleaners the county if the majoritv of the pastor of United Church of The fair is scheduled to run people were against it. Christ, officiating Burial was at from Wednesdav July 17 through Perhaps som e of you were Portland Memorial Sunday. July 2l'at the Columbia watching your favorite funny Mrs Schmeltzer was born County Fair Grounds in St No\ 10.1878 at McMinnville She show on TV and missed the pro Helens was educated in that city and gram on CRAG where there was The premium books give fair- a review of the way it was later taught in Vernonia schools goers a run down of the rules and handled in Lane County, and an She was married to Roy H regualtions for entering judging open discussion of the pros and Schmeltzer in September. 1952 at divisions as well as entrv forms cons of the program The part Gaston In 1895 she was married for the various classifications. that impressed me was that the W NM M M M M M M M M W W to a Mr Brown and thev lived in planning started at the com Portland He died in 1927 and she munity level through c o m lived in San Mateo California mittees until 1957 May I state here and now that I She is survived by a number of Fri.-Sal. July 5-6 nieces am neither for or against the and nephews program I do however, intend to study all of the literature sent to me upon request from the DRIVE CAREFULLY CRAG office and decide for mv The life you sa v e m av be vour self. C lint Eastw ood c h ild s I feel that the dirtiest political punch on record was pulled by a rare, radical minority through the start of the recall of the Commissioners just before the primary here in Columbia Coun ty. costing one of the most- Old Courthouse Basement honest conscientious and hard working public servants I’ve ST. HELENS. OREGON ever known in public office, the election That man is Jay Ahi born Watergate w asn’t much of a Monday - Wednesday - Thursday lesson to anyone was it? People are really quite fed up with 9:30 a.m. to 12 Noon crooked politicians and dirty politics, and the one man whe wanted to study and give fair consideration to whether CRAG would be beneficial or detri mental to the county, as he always weighed everything in all fairness for its good, lost the election While he was flat on his back in the hospital at the time he hoped to be doing his cam paigning and explaining his po sition on CRAG and his other plans for the betterment of the county, the authorities'1 on CRAG were pursuing their recall action This also raises another important question of the CRAG CRAG advocates" know so much about the program while the -Effective Immediately. people of the CRAG program figure it will take at least four years of study to put the pro gram together to see if it wifi be to the peoples advantage or not If people are for CRAG, fight for it and make it work to every advantage for your county and your local problems If you're against it and feel your county cannot benefit from it, fight just as hard against it, but do it with an open mind and study all of the facts, not just rumors you've picked up along the way In conclusion I would like to thank all of the County Com missioners personally, for their sincere interest and efforts for Route 2. B ox 1 the betterment of the county I feel they're doing a fine job in SCAPPOOSE. OREGON spite of all the criticism they g e l Joe A Vanderzanden. 83. of North Plains, passed awav in the Tuality Community Hospital Saturday. June 29 Bom in Neb raska, March 25, 1891, Mr Vanderzaden grew up and re ceived his education in Verboort. Oregon Mr Vanderzanden was m ar ried to Margaret Peters October 4, 1921 in David City. Nebraska and was a member of the St Edwards Catholic Church He spent 52 years in the North Plains area, farming in Cor nelius. and worked at the Oregon American Mill for 17 vears prior to retiring. Surviving Mr Vanderanden are: his wife. Margaret. North Plains three daughters Sister Elizabeth Ann Beaverton Mrs Doris Meiwes. Westfir. Oregon. Mrs Betty Meiwes. Springfield, a brother. Martin Vanderzan den. Forest Grove two sisters, Mrs Willamina VanDomlem, and Mrs Lena Vanderhey both of R oy; eight grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren Rosary was Monday. July 1. at 8 p.m. in the Sunset Chapel of Donelson. Sewell and Mathews Mass of the Ressurection was read Tuesday. July 2 at 10 a.m in St Mathews Catholic Church Commital was in Roy cemetery W. Schmeltzer County Fair Premium Passes Away Books Now Available the subject of some worry. In picture above, worker clears area in preparation for cement work which will help assure the safety of those using pool. much more they could do if „ anyone ever stopped into their office and just said "thanks once On the other hand, if you disagree with them vou might state your grievance and ask if there might be something you could do to help solve the- prob lem because you are interested in the county's problems I think it's tim e we all quit sitting around sucking out thumbs and start as individuals to study tin- problems and see if we can help in som e way instead of crit icizing and complaining Dorothy Hollinger St. Helens. Ore To the Editor For over 40 years we have fed wild birds and this year so many birds fly into our feeding tables with legs shot off-some both legs-many with just one leg gone-some with one leg hanging and for a day or so they are too sick to eat. but just fly to tables and sit there Now just when they are feeding their little babies I also have a jelly dish on the window sill and they try to sit and find that they cannot get to jelly as they need more room when so badly crippled The last robin disappeared todav - she never cam e back The onlv one left of six or eight that come to feed here everyday and we have watched for her all day but some babies are motherless for sure Is it possible that birds are not protected by law 0 Mrs Ann Johnson Pittsburg. Vernonia Driving with sunglasses is commendable and safe on glar ing summer days, says the All state Motor Club, but dangerous if you enter an overcast, a long tunnel or the darkening hours of late afternoon Don’t forget to remove them when not needed Port of St. Helens Plans Snit Ray Steward president of the Port of St Helens stated last Thursday. June 27, that a suit will be filed by the Port of St Helens against the State of Oregon to determine ownership ol accreted lands along the pen insula north of the Rainier Longview Bridge The Port contends that the newly accreted land is their land, and point to a U.S Su preme Court decision handed down in the case of Bonelli Cattle Company versus the State of Arizona In the Arizona case, the Su preme Court held that newly- created lands, resulting from navigational dredgings, belong to the riparian owner-that is the owner of the contiguous land upon which the dredgings have been deposited The property is question in cludes som e 200 acres, valued at about $2500 per acre, all lying north of other property owned bv the Port Originally,' under the ownership of Pacific Power and Light, it w as only a sm all strip of land that ran adjacent to the railroad tracks Some years ago the Port pur chased PP&L's rights to the property , and acquired an ad ditional 55 acres under the Rainier-Longview Bridge The Port then sold 35 acres located under the Rainier - Longview- Bridge The Port them sold 35 acres to Cascade Energy and more recently sold an additional 47 acres to that company for an expansion program "Our sole purpose in filing the suit is to determine once and for all who owns the ’fill lands in Oregon." Steward said JOY THEATER DOES HE WANT Mrs Emma Etheridge took Mrs Bruce Watson to St Helens Sunday to visit her husband He has been in the St Helens Nursing Home for som e tune but was moved to the Columbia District Hospital on Saturday Paula Ross 1st Princess Paula Ross is the 1974 Co lumbia Countyfair and Rodeo Courts 1st princess She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Ron Ross of Deer Island and is 19 years old She has had 4 year old horse Travador for 2 years but has been riding for 12 years, she works every night with her horse but now Travador has to take a backseat because Paula has started working with her 2 month old Thoroughbred filly "Cocoa Sugar Bars," which she plans to show this year Paula is Secretary of the Cannan Spurs 4-H club, a member of the Oregon Horse mans Assn, FFA and active in her church r-i nehalem Ü valley MOTOR FREIGHT. INC. Phone 429-3462 RANDALL E. HOLCE announces th e opening of his BU SINESS A N D TAX SERVICE al 873 Bridge S t (Credit Union Bldg.) 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Madras, and Rill Hall, from Vernonia, who also attended the ceremony Fred has just returned from serving with the U S Air Force in Europe He will bow be stationed in Oklahoma W HA T DOES A M A N W ANT JOE KIDD Phone 397-2268 - The H L Russels had as guests her sister and husband Mr and Mrs Milo Crane. Orange. Ca and Mr Russel s brother and wife from Columbia City. Ind , their son and wife the Gerald Russel's and their grandson Fay. to a family dinner on Monday evening It was the first tim e the two fam ilies had met They found him somewhat im proved in health Mrs Rita Shipley cam e home Friday after nine days in St. Vincent hospital where she was treated for complications from her former illness 0 4 5 A V PRO — JUST ARRIVED — BRAND MEW 075 AV ELECTRONIC "A Rugged Saw for Rugged Work" 6.7Cu.In. 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