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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (July 11, 1974)
L ib r a r y U n iv e r s ity o f Oregon Oregon N 8 8 0 8 8 8 8 M 8 8 8 8 8 I8 O 8 W VERNONIA WEATHER An gathered from the station located at the Vi Ocrnon i a Eagle VOLUMI-, 52, NUMBER 28 VERNONIA, OREGON $7084 — 18c Per Copy MOOMMOBOOOMMOOM« For those who haven't noticed, it’s raining in Vernonia and has been for several days High for the period of July 2-9 was 78 degrees on the Fourth of July while the low was 41 degrees on July 7 Maximum precipitation of 15 on Monday, July 8. RENEE WILLIAMS finds Vernonia a friendly place io live. Renee Finds Vernonia Nice (E ditor’s Note: This is the last in a series of interviews with the four lovely girls who are vying for the crown of Queen of the 1974 Vernonia Friendship Jamboree Each girl is pretty, poised and all have Qualities that would re flect credit on Vernonia, which makes the final decision even more difficult Coronation with the crowning of the queen, will be Friday evening, July 26 at the Vernonia High School. Be there and see “ Who Will Be Queen ’’ ) Being the only girl with three younger brothers, isn't always easy for Renee Williams but at 16. she feels that it's really not so bad A native of Oregon. Renee moved to Vernonia from New port five years ago " I really love the town,” she said with a smile “ It's so nice. The (leople here welcome you and are so friendly. I think that surprised me the most,” she added A junior at Vernonia High School, the daughter of M r and Mrs Albert Williams finds being a princess an exciting time “ It's really fun Something’s always going on,” she said. “ I think it’s one of the most exciting things I ’ve ever been in .” The vivacious teenager also plans to attend secretarial school after she graduates then work as a secretary for awhile before making any further plans Although Renee enjoys horse back riding, swimming and even cooking, she admits, “ I hate to do dishes, but that really is about the only thing I do hate.’’ Despite her many duties as a Jamboree princess, Renee plans to work this summer although at the time of the interview, she still wasn't quite sure just where As to her pet peeve, she had only one. " I don't like to hear people always complaining,“ she said, adding, “ after all, things could always be worse. I mean, there’s always someone worse off than you a re .” For Renee, as for the other three contenders in the race for queen, the next two weeks will be even more hectic as the date for the coronation with the crowning of the new 1974 Queen of the Vernonia Friendship Jamboree- draws closer Chamber Plans Float Entry For Jamboree The Chamber of Commerce will enter a float in the Jamboree parade depicting a Tug-of-War which it is also sponsoring as one of the events on Saturday and Sunday. George Smith was appointed as director to fill a vacancy with the approval of the directors. A new member, Randall Holce, was also gained. He will have his office as Business & Tax Ser vice Consultant on Bridge Street. Two booklets on the Premium List and Rules on the Oregon F a ir have been received and will be placed at the West Oregon Chamber display Connie Carlson was present at the Chamber meeting Monday to show Christmas Street orna ments Though the need is felt for new street decorations for the Christmas season none was ordered at this time Budget t Gels Voters Nod In a 2-to-l vote, the Vernonia City Budget passed according to unofficial results of the Tuesday, July 9 election While the margin of “yes” votes were overwhelming, the turnout of voters on this im portant measure, was not Only 128 registered voters out of ap proximately 800 in the city limits of Vernonia, braved the wind and rain to cast their vote, with the resulting victory of the pro posed city budget There were 86 “yes“ votes and 42 “no” votes counted after the polls closed. County Fair Offers 4-H Canine Review tv Fa going to the dogs. 4-H dogs, that is. A 4-H canine revue is on this year’s F a ir program for Friday (July 19). Young members and their canine companions - dogs that range from co6tly purebreds to the world's most loveable and loved mutts - will be center stage on Friday While obedience and show manship abilities are the object of the revue, spectators have the chance to see some side-splitting and totally unrehearsed canine antics that deserve a Walt Dis ney film crew’s attentions. Charter Government Proposed By Committee Columbia County voters will have the opportunity in Novem ber to approve a charter form of government which would take effect April 1, 1975 The new charter-which was drafted by a nine member committee chaired by Ted White of Scappoose would create a system of county government quite different from current county government. Chairman of the Charter Study Committee, Ted White, in an ex clusive interview Friday, July 5, with the Spotlight, emphasized that the charter form of gov ernment in his opinion would be much more responsive to the needs of Columbia County. Also stressed was the concept that “home rule" is county gov ernment organized by the cit izens of the county rather than county government organized from the outside. Under the current system, he noted, the county is regulated by the ord inances governing c o u n t - ies which are established by the legislature. These State ordin ances are often negative or re strictive rather than positive. With the General Grant of Powers section of the new Char ter, the county would be able to promulgate ordinances govern ing itself rather than waiting for the State Legislature to act. According to White, the General Grant of Powers has been used in nearly every city in Oregon including the city of Scappoose. Recall Committee Plans Second Series of Meets The Recall Committee of Co lumbia County announced the start of a second series of meetings with the first slated for Clatskanie at the IOOF Hall-two doors left from the stop sign- Tuesday, July 9 at 8 p.m The next week, the Recall Committee will be attending the Home Rule Charter Committee for the county, at meetings to be held in Vernonia, July 16, St. Helens. July 17 and in Rainier, July 18 The proposed new charter, coming up to a vote of the people in the November general election, features a cen tralized government of appoin tees who will hold a general grant of powers, leaving voters without the right to vote, in the opinion of the Recall Committee members The Recall Committee be lieves they are well into the last third of signatures required and are asking petition carriers to call or turn signatures required and are asking petition carriers to call or turn in petitions to the follow ing local collection points Rainier carriers may call Mr and Mrs Steve Gaskill of Trojan Mobile Homes. 556 1531; Scap poose, RoseAnn Strobel. 543 2581 or 543-6205, Clatskanie. Mr and Mrs Joe Gillis, 728 2632; Ver- noni, Mrs Fields, 429-7811 or Mavor Fisher. 429-6701; and St. Helens, Mrs Stafford. 397 2281. The Recall Committee find Permit Requests Heard By Co. Board The Columbia County Board of Adjustment, (subdivision of the Columbia C o u n t y Planning Commission) met July 1, to con sider several requests for tem porary permits. . Following discussion by the board, staff and a number of citizens of the county, a request by MD Young for a temporary permit to place a moblie home on a lot in Panorama Terrace in Warren was denied The staff recommended that an application for a temporary permit by E.O M ark for mobile nome use be accepted This was approved by the board with the provision that the sanitation system must meet acceptable standards The Columbia County Plan ning Commission failed to have a quorum and thus no business was transacted. Story Hour Day Changes This Week The children's Story Hour lieing held through the summer has changed meeting days from Tuesday Io Wednesdays Children old enough to be in terested in hearing stories read by the Story Ixidy may come to the Seoul Cabin at Hawkins Park Wednesday mornings from 10 to 11:30 a.m Sally Harrison has been Story laidy through this week Nancy Eckland will be Story Lady the rest of the summer their efforts are not hampered by the commissioner's act of withholding temporarily from CRAG membership The com mitter* feels the commissioners’ actions are misleading and state that the commissioners have deleted $57,000 from the Road fund and programmed $100,000 Revenue Sharing Monies for Mass Transit, monies that could have been used for the Road Department. According to the Recall Com mittee the commissioners state the county is losing funding for various agencies and have ne glected to inform the public that some of these agencies were actually only funded for a period of one year. “The Commissioners state we will not be able to get federal funding without CRAG member ship, a motheaten statement, disapproved many times.” the Recall Committee says, adding “ the planning commission is moving ahead towards the goals and objectives of Regional Gov ernment.” The committee feels all in dications point to the fact that the Commissioners are only hoping to shake the shackles of Recall before moving back into membership with the metro area o l CRAG or the Clatsop. T illa mook. Intergovernmental Coun icil of District No. 2. Horseshoes Set To F ly The kickoff of the 1974 Vernon ia Friendship Jamboree festiv ities will be the 10th annual Horseshoe Pitching Tourna ment, to be held at Hawkins Park. Saturday, July 13. The first tournament held in Vernonia took place in 1964 with 28 turning out for the fun Present average has grown to 48 contestants. The Vernonia tour ney is the only horseshoe tour nament in the state of Oregon to feature a division for Senior Citizens. This class will begin pitching at 7 a m Other classes include A, B, C, D, and E . Ladies and Juniors They will register at 9:30 a m with pitching slated for 10 a m Bob West will be the defending Champion at the nationally sanctioned affair. Everyone is invited to attend this first event of the 1974 Friendship Jamboree and enjoy some really outstanding horse shoe pitching, very much in keeping with this year’s theme, “Those Were The Days.” Ambulance Fund Up The Vernonia Ambulance Fund continues to receive dona tions through the generosity of both local residents and those who have moved away with the present total now $956 48 The Charter Study Committee spent 18 months putting the Charter together noted White. Charters from other countries were studied and officials from Columbia County and other counties, using a charter, were interviewed prior to the drafting. Authority for the Charter Study Committee to draft the charter was given in the Home Rule Enabling Act passed in 1958. Since the legislation took effect in 1959 a number of coun ties have adopted their own charters; among them are Lane County, Washington County, Multnomah Couniy and Hood River County. Serving on the committee, which was appointed by Rep resentative Dick Magruder and former County Commissioner Norman Barmeier; were Ted White of Scappoose, E .T . "Boone” Johnson of Mist, Jim Morton of Clatskanie, Dave Williamson of St. Helens, Pete Bartlett of Columbia City, Buf ord Hayes of St. Helens, Ben Coleman of St Helens, Agnes Peterson of St. Helens, and Howard Hopkins of Vernonia who replaced Chuck Brownlow who resigned from the com mittee. Ted White was elected chairman of the committee after Chuck Brownlow resigned. The Cnarter would create a totally different system of gov ernment for Columbia County. Seven part-time commissioners would serve, rather than three full-time commissioners, and the only other elective office to remain on the county level would be the office of Sheriff. Five of the commissioners would be el ected from newly created dis tricts and two would be elected from at-large postitons. The five districts, which ac cording to White fall within acceptable Supreme Court one- man-one-vote standards, are the following: District l-S t. Helens precincts one through nine, which com promise tne city limits of St. Helens. District 2-North and South Milton, North and South M c Nulty, North and South Deer 11th Annual Art Show Set RECOUNT of the recent IE D levy was under taken Monday morning at the Columbia County courthouse. Above are members of the counting board as they review ballots cast by voters to Clatskanie No. 2, North Clatakanle and Apiary. The recount was asked for by Robert Johnson of Scappoose and Involved three precincts. In ad dition to those counted in Colombia County the Clatsop County votes were recounted, with the end result of one contested ‘no’ vote cast aside la Clatskanie. This left the measure w ith 1482 no votes and 1475 yes votes. Johnson now has the option to request a recount of the other 28 precincts Involved In the ballot. The deadline to go on with the recount b Tuesday, July 23 and as of Monday evening Johnson stated that he was undecided as to whether to ask for a total recount or not, but he Indicated he would make his decision by the end of this week. A rea Survey July 4 Crash Due In July Claims Tw o Local representatives of the Bureau of the Census will in terview a sample of households in this area the week of July 15-19 to obtain information on em ployment . The Bureau is part of the U.S. Department of Com merce's Social and Economic Statictics Administration The survey, which the Bureau conducts each month for the U.S Department of Labor provides a continuous measure of em ployment and unemployment for the Nation For example, the May survey showed that em ployment was 86.0 million, up slightly from the 85 8 million at which it had stood since Jan uary The unemployment rate edged up to 5.2 percent from 5.0 percent in April, prim arily be cause of a rise in joblessness among teenagers. Class on Pottery Slated Next Week The Summer Recreation Craft Class will learn pottery making at its next week's meet ing. Vicki Mawhirter will teach the young people attending how to “build" pottery objects with day The class, sponsored by the Recreation Council m e e t s Wednesday afternoons from 1 to 3 p.m at the Washington Grade school art room. The room may lie reached through the entrance at the east end of the school. A charge of 25 cents for each meet ing is made to cover cost of m a terials Unemployment Fraud The Oregon Employment D iv ision reported that fraud control activity in the second quarter of 1974, through its Unemployment Insurance B e n e f i t s sec tion, brought recommendations for prosecution of 13 new cases, bringing the total number of cases to 52 Fraud was kept to a minium because of continued vigilance of claims personnel, tax auditors, and fraud investi gators, the Division reported. Two residents of Birkenfeld died Thursday. July 4, as the result of a head-on collision on Highway 202 in which four others-all members of one fam ily were injured Dead are Judith Marie Berg. 29. who died at St. Johns Hospital in Longview, and Douglas Beck man, 40 who was dead at the scene Injured was Edgar A r nold Berg. 33, who suffered m ul tiple fractures and dislocations and was listed in satisfactory condition; Loren Berg. 11, and Darren Berg, 9. both listed in good condition at St.Johns Hos pital Allen Berg, 7, was trans ferred to a Vancouver, Wash ington hospital where he under went surgery for head injuries. His condition was listed as c rit ical. According to Oregon State Police, Beckman, who was alone in his car, was eastbound on Highway 202 when the collision occurred The accident occurred at ap proximately 6p.m . between Mist and Jewell Co. Commissioners Give 50 Cent Raise The Columbia County Board of Commissioners announced July 2, that a new agreement has been reached with American F e d e ra tio n ^ State. County and Municipal Employees Local 697, representing employees in the County Road Department The terms of the agreement call for a pay raise of 50 cents hour, effective immediately is is the first pay raise the Road Department employees have received since October 1972 The agreement also provides for a further increase of 10 cents per hour starting January 1, 1975 The settlement also contains language changes in the contract which had been requested by the « « » ’ty. T u i m c n i u n n v «« THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1974 New Planner Appointed By Commission Ron Reeves, County Planning Director, announced Friday, July 5, that Curtis J. Schneider, 28. of Eugene, had been appoint ed to the position of County Planner I I by the County Com mission. The planning post became possible when a $9,000 grant under title 701 from the Housing and Urban Development Admin istration was received by the county. According to Reeves, the new planner will be responsible to make the public aware of the planning process within the county and to help to involve the citizens of the county in the planning process. Another part of his duties will be giving assistance planning to the cities and providing them with tech nical help. Schneider, who is formerly of Eugene and Portland, obtained his MA in Urban Planning at the University of Oregon in June 1974. He received his BS in Geography from Portland State University in June 1968 Schneider comes to the county with wide work experience in a number of areas Until he accepted the new post here he had been working in the De partment of Public Works, D- partment of Planning for the city of Springfield He served a two year stint, 1968-70 in Sierra Leone. West Africa in the Peace Corps as a volunteer teacher, teaching grades 4-5. While there he ran the CARE Food Program and helped to reinstate the PTA in the school While completing his work at PSU he worked as a student intern on a work study program for the Portland City Planning Commission He also spent a year in the Multnomah County Department of Records and Elections Schneider is in the process of purchasing a home here in Co lumbia County His wife Daphne is a teacher and taught the deaf last year in a Eugene school The annual Jamboree Art E x hibit will again be one of the features of the Friendship Jam boree The Society of Arts and Crafts will sponsor the exhibit, and will again be joined by Portland Community College in presenting demonstrations of craft work during the display. Local craftsmen who will be demonstrating their crafts are Ned Mawhirter, throwing pot tery on his potter’s wheel and Sue Filter showing hand weav ing on her loom. PCC has arranged for Elsa Mann to demonstrate creative stitchery and felt applique dur ing one afternoon and Elisa Pryor will demonstrate silk- screen printing on the other afternoon, including audience participation of her craft. Another PCC staff member to participate will be Mildred Hub bard. who has instructed several oil painting classes in Vernonia in the past two years. Art work by local artists will again be featured in the art exhibit. This will be the eleventh annual exhibit sponsored by the Society of Arts and Crafts. Island, South St. Helens, Co lumbia City, Yankton and North Warren. District 3-Scappoose precincts one through four, Sauvie Island. East, West and South Scappoose. South Warren and Canyon. District 4-Vemonia precincts one through five, North and South Mist, Apiary, Goble, South Clatskanie, South Delena, and Chapman. District 5-Clatskanie precincts one and two, North Clatskanie, North Delena, Quincy, Rainier precincts one and two, West Rainier, East Rainier, Prescott and Marshland. A new office of County Ad ministrator would be created to handle the administrative duties now handled by the three full time County Commissioners. The County Commissioners would make the appointment and the Administrator would be responsible to them. The Charter extablishes that the administra tor may not exercise legislative power, appropriate c o u n ty funds, or disburse funds or dis pose of county property without prior authorization of the board. The Charter also calls for the establishment of six depart ments headed by qualified ad ministrators who are appointed by the commissioners who are responsible to the County Ad ministrator and to the com mission. One feature of the new charter is the provision that the county may not join a regional planning agency or organization of gov ernments without prior approval of the voters. Also in the Charter, according to White, are provisions which govern reapportionment when the zones of the commissioners become unbalanced in popula tion thus ensuring the one-man- one-vote principal. Final drafting of the proposals of the Committee was done by Orville Etter, Local Government Researcher and Consultant. Watermasler Due Clayton J. Gardner, State Watermaster will be on the top floor of the Columbia County Courthouse on July 17, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m to answer any questions pertaining to water rights. Public Hearings Set On Couniy Charier Three hearing dates in dif ferent areas of the county were set several weeks ago by the Columbia County Charter Study Committee, according to com mittee chairman Ted White. The purpose of the hearing is to give citizens of the county an opportunity to respond orally and in writing to the proposed charter. The charter appears in its entirety in this edition of the paper on page 3. Vernonia area residents can respond to the charter on Tues day, July 16, at 8 p.m. in the Vernonia School District Ad ministration office. Scappoose and St. Helens area residents will have the oppor tunity to respond on Wednesday, July 17, at 8 p.m. in the C ir cuit Courtroom, Columbia Coun ty Courthouse, in St. Helens Rainier and Clatskanie area residents will be able to respond on Thursday, July 18, at 8 p.m. in the Rainier Grade School, Rain ier, Oregon
