Senator Wayne Morse Dead At 73 Demon I a Eagle 2 THURSDAY, JULY 1974 25 The Tiger is dead! Senator Wayne Morse. 73. died in the morning hours Monday, follow ing a brief hospitalization Morse had entered the hospital with what was thought to be a res­ piratory problem but later was diagnosed as a severe urinary tract infection He was given antibiotics and was reported in stable condition Friday and Sat urday Sunday his condition took a turn for the worse and he was put on the critical list with kidney failure. Monday morning he was dead Morse had been campaigning hard in an attempt to defeat Sen Bob Packwood who had un­ seated him in 1968 by a narrow margin Morse won the right to face Packwtxxl again by de feating State Senate President Jason Boe in the May 28, Democratic primary. In 1972, Morse had made an earlier comeback try against Republican Sen Mark Hatfield, but Hatfield had won easily. Morse, termed the “Tiger of the Senate” by his enemies, was known for his independence and forthrightness in speaking out on SEL-MOK INC., Publishers B. RHOADES. Editor MELVIN SCHWAB. Compositor OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER Vernonia. Oregon Entered as second class mail matter August 4, 1922, under the act of March 3, 1879. Published weekly on Thursday at 721 Madison Ave., Vernonia, Columbia County, Oregon 97064 and paid at the Vernonia Post Office as second class matter. Subscriptions $4 00 Per Year — In the Nehalem Valley $5.00 Per Year Elsewhere OFFICE HOURS Mon.. Tues.. Wed.. Fri.—8 a.m. to 6 pan. Thurs. & Sat.—8 a.m. to 12 noon Phone 429-3372 Oregon Newspaper ■ ___ Publishers ■ The People County Charter Pros And Cons Speak . . . ♦»»»»»»»I«*»»; s i s Association IB New ways of doing things or new ideas always meet resis­ tance before they are accepted Columbia County voters will be faced in November with a new proposal; a charter of govern­ ment that would bring about basic reforms in county govern­ ment. It is our hope that the new charter will not be defeated merely by the fact that it is new or because it is different or because the opponents of the charter use scare words such as CRAG, dictatorship, land use planning, administrative edict, socialism, etc. in speaking against it. We urge you to look at the provisions in the entire charter as printed in the last Spotlight, compare these to the present county government then if the charter is less effective vote against it. If it makes for a more effective government structure vote for it. It is also our hope that the old saying "I don’t understand it son I am going to vote against it,” will not be heard and will be dropped out of our vocabulary This concept is a cop-out. It is merely an excuse What the phrase really means is “I'm ig­ norant on the issue and choose to the Multnomah County Juv- vote on that basis.” To sum up we are urging you to find out. to educate yourself on the issue, so that your vote will not be made in ignorance. DAVE WILLIAMSON, Charter Committee member and St. Hel­ ens Attorney, explains the various sections of the newly pro­ posed charter. Here he discusses the electoral districts es­ tablished in the charter. Approximately 35 citizens of the county were present to speak for and against the charter. House Okays Program For Reforesting The start of a ten year pro gram to reforest all ravaged Forest Service lands in the U.S. was approved Thursday morn­ ing July 18 by the full House Appropriations C o m m i t - tee. congressman W e n d e l l Wyatt (R-Ore.i announced from Washington. ‘This is the culmination of a ten year effort,’’ Wyatt said. “There are 3.3 million acres of Forest Service land capable of commercial growth of timber, and it makes no sense at all to waste this vast renewable nat­ ural resource.” The FBI says forcible rapes increased 11 percent in 1971 YOU CAN JJLLÏÏ THE VERNONIA FEDERAL CREDIT UNION 429-8031 CZ Completes Lumber Deal The previously announced acquisition of the assets of Tre­ mont Lumber Company of Joyce. Louisiana, jointly by Crown Zellerbach and the South­ ern Timber Trust was com­ pleted recently with the delivery of transfer documents. Crown Zellerbach and the Southern Timber Trust made a successful $185 million bid to purchase the Tremont assets- mcluding 217.0«) acres of mature pine timberlands, mostly in northern Louisiana-in Novem­ ber, 1973 The purchase also includes two sawmills and a plywood plant, as well as a number of small oil-purchasing properties Southern Timber Trust was formed for the purpose of par­ ticipating in the joint bid by Brookwood Energy and Prop erties, Inc., a real estate and investment subsidiary of Leh­ man Brothers. Incorporated. Crown Zellerbach will manage the timberlands and market all Tremont lumber, plywood and other forest products, including by-product wood chips D.S. Denman, Crown Zeller­ bach senior vice president, tim­ ber and wood products, said Tremont’s operations would continue under the same local management He also announced that a $5 million program is planned to rebuild and expand the plywood plant at Joyce, which was dam ­ aged by fire earlier this year, and to modernize and enlarge the sawmill there ★ W A N T E D * We w ill pay up to $55.00 per Ion (approxi- nalely $1300 per load) for Douglas fir tree length logs, 75' to 90' long w ith 8 m ini­ mum tops. We can arrange loading and hauling." Crown Zellerboch Corp. 1 am about to accept a fine offer of a principalship from the Jefferson School District No. 14-J. Marion County. In ac­ cepting, 1 must leave Vernonia and the many fine friends and associates I and my family have made here A substantial in­ crease in salary at this time seems rather small compensa­ tion for all that must be left behind, however. I am grateful for the wonderful memories that I will take along with me To all who have expressed concern for my situation and sought reasons for my leaving. 1 must refer them to pertinent school board meeting minutes My greatest problems, however which tended to interfere with the successful administration in my opinion were those related to my working situation with the superintendent. I feel the lack of given latitude to freely admin­ ister the elementary schools without restrictions, constraints, limitations and obstacles which rendered my authority and lead ership ineffective, has prevented real success There must be free and amicable communication among the superintendent, principal, and board if one is to succeed in the administrative role. A prin­ cipal must also have the author­ ity to act equal to the re­ sponsibilities he accepts; with­ out which it eventually becomes necessary to leave the prin­ cipal’s role. This seems to have become the case I hereby reluctantly terminate my long affiliations with the school, community and county and specifically my long en­ joyable memberships in Ver­ nonia Lions, Cub Scouts, Izaak Walton. Vernonia Recreation Committee as well as my as­ sociation with the Columbia County Elementary Principals. I and my family are about to embark to new lifes experiences and we are entering this new phase in a spirit of enthusiasm and appreciate greatly the well wishes of so many of you fine Vernonians. I sincerely hope that the new principal enjoys the warmth and support of the community and staff that I and my family have I offer him or her my best wishes for a long and successful ad­ ministration in Vernonia sincerely. Edward F. Forbes Private property shall not be infringed upon So says our constitution of the United States There for the Harry Franklin Family of the Vernonia-Mist area has started again, to con­ tinue building their new home, against the Columbia County’s order to purchase a building permit to do so. Before we really knew just what the Constitution really meant, we had started our new home without a permit, and after being harassed by the Building Inspector, we tried just about all ways, to cooperate with him, to get drawings and all completed and turned in for a county building permit, but the farther along we got, the more harder it got to be to complete because of this lack of knowledge of the Laws, which later proved un­ available even in his code bwk We also learned the State Cod«-, for building was repealed in 196.3. therefore we were hauled into court, and fined for a Law that wasn't in effect at the time. So now after all the hassel we will stand against even the new Stale Law that came into effect July the 1st of this year, for the Constitution does not define any means, or ways, that private property can be infringed upon, and that means it's (PRIVATE i. Mary Kangas is our club speaker, and has taught us a lot concerning our private property. Freedom of Private Property Starts Here Phone 543-6381 luuumnnnr umnnnnn- ■ ■ - * MaeMaaMMMMMaaaat TOWN TOPICS ................. « . « « « - » Col Harry Franklin Vernonia, Oregon issues He was one of only two Senators who spoke out against and voted against the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution which gave President Johnson the authority to put American troops into South Veitnam In 1945, Morse became the Senator for Oregon and retained that office for 23 years until his 1968 defeat by Packwood Morse was extremely popular in Columbia County and often carried the election here while Mrs. Lida Mills Passes Away Mrs. Lida Mills, 87, who was the daughter and granddaughter of some of the Vernonia area’s earliest settlers, and who was a native and lifelong resident of the area, died July 20 at the Forest View Care center in For est Grove. She was a lifelong resident of the Vernonia area until 1971 when she was scalded severly and she had been in the Forest Grove and Hillsboro area for treatment and care since that time. Funeral services were held at the Fuiten Mortuary Chapel, Vernonia Tuesday July 23 with Ralph Stone, one of Jehovah Witnesses’, officiating. Conclud­ Clarence Reed, 90-year-old ing rites and interment were at resident of Keasey Route. Ver- the Vernonia Memorial Ceme- ninia for over 86 years, died July terv 18 at the Forest View Care Mrs Mills was bom at the Center following an extended family home on the Stoney Point illness near Vernonia January 6, Funeral services were held at road 1887. the daughter of William the Fuiten Mortuary Chapel. and Iva Sheeley Wood Both her Vernonia. Saturday July 20 maternal and paternal families, Gene Church, one of Jehovah the Wood and Sheeley families Witnesses’, conducted the ser had been early homesteaders in vices with concluding rites and the Upper Nehalem Valley Her interment following at the Ver­ maternal grandparents, the nonia Memorial Cemetery VanBlaircom family had taken Mr Reed was born July 4, 1884 up the homestead that is at at Newton. Iowa and moved present the main part of the city from Iowa to Kansas and then of Vernonia. Forest Grove, before moving up Mrs Mills was married to Rock Creek out of Vernonia, in Thomas Bert Mills at Vernonia 1888 The family later moved on in 1910 and they spent their the Throop homestead here and married life on Keasey Routt- farmed and worked in the Log­ Mrs Mills spent her lifetime all ging industry most of his life­ within a mile of her birthplace time Mr Mills died here in 1954 Mr Reed was married to Gay- Surviving is a daughter. Mrs nell Wood on November 5,1911 at Frank (Georgia) Enyart. Ver Vernonia and they celebrated nonia; a sister, Mrs J.B (Shir their 35th wedding anniversary- ley) Roddy. Portland, a brother, before her death in 1966 Newell Wood and two izrandsons Surviving are four children, Monte Kelley and Timothy En­ Mrs Kenneth (Bernece) Bodle, yart, all ot vemonia Malibu. California, Ivan C. Reed. Sherwood; Mrs Harold (Beulah) Maikin and Robert M Reed, both of Vernonia; a grandson, Kent Battrick, Ver­ nonia; and three great grand children. Three lifelong residents of the community. Bill Braun. Clar­ ence Reed and Lida Mills whose combined years of residence on the community totaled 250 years, died on July 15, 18 and 20 re­ spectively Bill Braun, and Lida Mills William M Braun, 76, who was a native and lifelong resident of were born here and children of earlv homesteaders here while the area, known for many years Clarence Reed came 86 years as Braunsport. between Buxton and Vernonia, died July 15 at the ago when he was 4 Clarence Tuality Community Hospital fol­ Reed was married to a sister of Lida Mills so these two families lowing an illness of the past six were close relatives and lived months. their lifetimes on Keasey Route Funeral services were held at Considerable history and the the Fuiten Mortuary Chaper, Vernonia Thursday July 18 at 1 hardship of early life in the Community was witnessed by p.m with Rev Father Michael those folks and a chapter of this Raleigh, officiating A r c h i e life style is closed with their Christensen, John Siedelman deaths Richard Lee, Edison Aldrich, Cecil Huff and Earl Ray served as pall bearers with Lloyd Thomas. Cass Bergerson, Roy F