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Demonia Eagle UlioSozofl AUG 1. 197« Passes Away SEL-MOR. INC.. 2 THURSDAY. Uh© Sozoff 89 year old res ident of 2301 E lm Street Forest Grove, died F n d a y . July 36. at the Forest Grove community OFFICIAL NEW SPAPER hospital Vernonia Oregon Funeral services for M r Soz Entered as second class mail matter August 4, 1922, under the oft were lield at the Fuiten M ortuary Chapel. Forest Grove act at March 3, 117». Tuesday July 30 at 11 a m with the Rex Father Donald Wilson, Published weekly oo Thursday pastor of St Bede s Episcopal at 721 Madison Ave., Vernonia. Columbia County, Oregon 97064 Church, Forest Grove officia ting and paid at the Vernonia Post Concluding services and inter Office as second class matter ment were at 1 p m at the Vernonia M em on al Cemetery H OC Per Year — In the Nehalem M r Sozoff was born in Lihavo. Valley Russia on July 2 1894 and lived $5.00 Per Year Elsewhere there until he came to New York in 1906 He worked his way MCCOOCCCCCCOGGVXMOGGCk across the United States work O FFICE HOURS mg in coal and gold mines and M ob . T bcs .. Wed.. F rL —8 a-m. then went ti- Alaska He enlisted to ( pun. in the U S . Arm y at Fairbanks. Alaska during w orm w a r l ana Than. A Sat.—• *.m to 12 boob was sent to Fort Lewis, Wash Phoae 425-3377 ington He then worked and lived fo r many years at M cG raff. Alaska He was m arried at M arshall Oregon Alaska to Gladys Petersen on Newspaper December 8. 1933 In 1947 they _ Publishers left M cG raff. .Alaska and moved to Vernonia and M r Sozoff a i Association worked for the Clark and Wilson o » » » : * » : * » » » » : « and Van Fleet Logging com panies and for the Oregon Am er ican Lum ber Company until the m ill closed in 1957 Since that MMOMMMMMMMMSOSOOOaaOC tim e he had made his home in Forest Grove M r Sozoff was a m em ber of the Vernonia Post of E d ito ria l: the .American Legion and Bar For several months n o w racks No 2525 Veterans of World CRAG has beer a very contro W ar I at Vernonia and of St versial issue m Columbia Coun Bede s Episcopal Church ty-one which led to a recall Surviving is his w ife, Mrs movement by some citizen of the Gladys Sozoff. Forest Grove: a area Now. it would seem, that son James Sozoff. Reno. Nevada the Home Rule Charter which is and two daughters. M rs Law to be voted on in N o vem ber-is rence Joann Knox. Portland also a naughty phrase and M rs Robert Janette' Hunt. While not p articu lar for either Cabin John. M arylan d , and five the Columbia Region Planning grandchildren Government nor the charter, we feel that each citizen ts entitled to their own opinion and must m ake up their own minds as to whether or not they want to be a part of such organizations or if they desire a home rule charter Funeral services for Edith C. We do not advocate w ild state Wood 71, were held Monday July ments. ridicule nor ignorance as 29 at l a.m at the Fuiten crite ria for basing opinions on M ortuary Chapel in Vernonia subjects of such importance Her pastor the Rex Russell This is a m atter which each and Vinvard. pastor of the Vernonia every citizen of Columbia Coun First Christian Church officiated ty should study them then decide with Mrs W illiam Kretschmer for themselves without re fe r serving as the soloist and Mrs ence to what friends, rum or, or Lloyd Thomas serving as the or ignorance of the facts, might ganist. lead one to believe Only then Com m ittal ntes followed in can one make an intelligent de term ent being held at the V e r cision. nonia M em orial Cemetery Burt A complete copy of the Home and Sam Davies. Clyde M ay, Rule C harter was earn ed in the Clarence S h irley. Harold M aiken July 11 edition of the Vernonia and Thurm an Dehart served as Eagle Read it. study it-then de pall bearers cide what you. as a citizen of Edith Ceciel Wood was born Columbia County, feel is best for September 19. 1902. at Tillam ook both the individual and the Oregon the daughter of Ace and county itself Anna Corless Wells As a young oaooMwoooaaoMooooeoei girl she moved with her parents to Condon. Oregon where she FO R EST GROVE started school L ater the family- C O M M U N IT Y moved to Portland where she finished high school She later met W illiam Newell Wood at T im b er O r and they were united M eoaoaaaoam oaaoM m m » in m arriage May 10. 1919 in Forest Grove Community Vancouver Washington After July 22 - F ird ie Tucker their m arriage they- lived in July 26 - Kathleen G rau T im ber. Oregon for one year and then moved to their present home on Keasey R t., Vernonia M rs Wood died Thursday evening July 25 at the Tuality Í D com hospital in Hillsboro fol lowing an estended illness M rs Wood is survived by her husband: Newell of V ern o n ia; three children; M rs Harold MOTOR FREIGHT. INC. L u c ille' Lund of Vancouver, Wash M arvin Wood of Klam ath C a lif.; and June Driggers of Lakeland Florida Six grand children and no great grand children also survive B. RHOADES. MELVIN SCHWAB. 1 EDITORIAL Edith Wood Services Held HOSPITAL neholem valley Phone 429-3462 Recall Meeting Set YOU CAN J O IN THE VERNONIA ¿•HP ERAL CREDIT UNION 429-8031 The Columbia County Recall comm ittee has announced two upcoming meetings The group has meeting planning for Tues day. August 6 at the Columbia County Fairgrounds and Tues day. August 13 at Vernonia High School Both meetings start at 8 p.m and are open to the public. Speaker will be M arx Ranges talking about land use planning and Regional Government Accidents Go Down In 1974 The People Speak. . . T raffic accidents in Oregon during the first four months of 1974 appear to be down m are than 20 percent. Chester W Ott, Adm inistrator of the Motor Ve hicles Division said F rid a y Ott said the percentage may be a little sm aller when statistics are adjusted to include reports filed late with the M otor Vehicles Division but that even with ad justed reports he expects to see a m arked reduction in accidents on the state’s highways this vear Ott said that this would prob ablv hold true, however, only if speeds rem ain at approxim ately the same reduced level as ear her this year and if drivers continue to try to reduce un necessary travel. Ott said traffic injuries also are lower this year than for the comparable period in 1973 and that serious injuries, p articu larly . are showing a substantial decrease This, he believes, may also be due in large nart to lower speeds being traveled on open highways where mo6t serious injury accidents occur. T ra ffic deaths were signifi cantly lower in two of the first months of this year lE d iio r's Note W ithin the past fexx months several con troxersial issues have appeared in this column of the Eagle and we feel we should clanfx the policy of the paper In no way do the opinions of those who use this column necessarily reflect the opinions of this paper and max in fact, be in direct opposition to what we. ourselves, believe to be valid See editorial, this page I. Dear Editor: The first thing mentioned at the hearing for the nexx "Home R u le" Charter for Columbia County was. "The study started 18 months ago at the request of the commissioners " This was not surprising for "Hom e R ule" is considered the Trojan Horse of Regional Gov ernment. leaving the citizens without the power to our con stitutional rights to freedom Home Rule Charters. R egional. Government agencies such as C.R-A.G . and the City County- Government. recently defeated in Multnom ah County all com pliment the other Stand all three together pull any two aw ay and you would have the same qual ities of dictatorship le ft, cen tralized government, with a full grant of powers to those placed in office through appointment Our fifty states are sovereign isic ' each from the other, and each are sovereign (sic) from the Federal Government roun ties are Sovereign sic) from the State and cities from counties No one section of government is required to take orders from the other Politicians are wrong and weak when they sav " if we don’t accept Federal and State reg illations at the local level they w ill do it for us.” Our many pieces of government are our check and balance system as compared to a centralized "One government" system of dicta torships If one section of our government becomes non-fun- ctionable. the others still func tion. Giving a full grant of powers, means giving everything, all our powers, losing our power to vote. .Appointed officials are non- reachable by the citizens You cannot vote out something you don't vote in. Columbia County's operations are following M ultnom ah s First Regional government with its appointed agencies such as CRAG, the land use planning, zoning and its centralized gov em m ent with full poxver of assessment and the police pow ers Then a Home Rule Charter taking aw ay our right to Cor rect Regional Government by vote Next comes City County government, obliterating thé boundary lines of our check and balance system The Commissioners support of Home Rule is one more action against their oath of office, one more robbery of their consti tuants constitutional rights, and one more reason for their recall Sincerely, M arge Stafford Rt 1 Box 475 W arren. Ore Vets Home Loans H it Record High Oregon veterans farm and home loans went to 13.013 vet erans in 1973-74 in the amount of $272,970.203 for the highest fiscal year on record. H.C. Saalfeld, Departm ent of Veterans Affairs Director, reported recently This was a 47 percent increase in loans and a 66 percent in crease in dollar volume over the previous record year. 197273 when 8.838 veterans borroxved $164.727.632 The loan program is self sup porting and during its 28 years of operation. Saalfeld said, it has earned a net operating profit of $29.665.360 The net profit of $4- 105.169 last year was the highest on record NOW IN VERNONIA 3 DAYS A WEEK TUESDAY & THURSDAY— 10:00 A.M. io 3:30 P M AND ON FRIDAYS— 10:00 A.M. io 4:30 P.M. IT WAS a gntdge m atch far Jaha Brew er (taft) Bad his 17-year-aid aephew. G reg Brew er. Grag'a first piare fla b h la unlimited M O aM O M M M M aaaM M M eeM M aM aM M M O M M C O M M M K T O P IC S OF T H E T O W N M r. and Mrs. Ehen John left Portland on Tuesday to return to their home in H aw aii after spending several weeks in he states They spent much of their tim e here with her mother Mrs T rilla Anderson M rs Mabel Graves and M rs Grace Peachey spent last week at the Cannon Beach Conference Grounds returning home on Saturday M r and Mrs E lvin Stiff and son Andy of Amboy Washington spent F rid a y night He attended the 15th class reunion M r and M rs Robert Tiffany of Everett Washington spent the weekend at the home of M r and M rs Will Harders Sunday call ers at their home were M rs Jean W ard and Mrs Laureen Henng and son Troy of Cedar Hills Weekend visitors at the home of M r and Mrs Carl Christian son were M r and M rs Gene Christianson. M rs Allen Chris tianson. M r and M rs Don F a lk , and children Sandy and Greg, Mrs Jean W ard and M rs L a u reen H enng and son Troy, all of Portland and M r and M rs Bill Hughes of Vancouver Washing ton Saturday visitors at the home of M rs M abel Graves were M r, and M rs Art Oveson and fam ily of Scappoose. T heir eldest daugfyer M arx Ellen had re turned on Friday from a six- weeks tn p to Europe a g rad uation gift from her parents M rs Kathleen Kostur of T illa mook spent the weekend at the home of M rs Dorothy Sandor, The previous weekend Mrs Clyde Gillies of South Bend W ashington visited Mrs Sandor, M r and M rs Jim Johnson spent F rid a y through Sunday at Reno Nevada Mrs. Vivian Counts of Cornel- iusius spent F n d a y night at the home of M r and M rs A.B Killenberg Vincent Baker, who works in Portland spent the weekend at the home of his parents M r and M rs M elvin Baker M r and M rs Carson Strong have bought a home at Forest Grove and moved there They sold their house here to M r and Mrs Jack Conger Mrs. A.D. Lolley visited her daughter and fam ily M r and Mrs Ted Bellingham at Astoria Wednesday through Saturday Nehalem Social Club R u m mage Club Sale Thursday. F r i day. Sataurday. August 1, 2. 3. Masonic Temple Mrs (N ellie Thacker enter tained the following guests over the Jamboree weekend M r and M rs Fred Smith of Astoria; Kenny Thacker and fnend Fe Iicia of Forest Grove. M r and M rs Otto Stowell and grandson of Buxton; M r and M rs Phil Vaner and daughter of W ar rent on M r and M rs Bud Sch neider of Clatskanie, also Sylvia Falconer. M r and M rs George Smith daughter Suzi and son Chris of Vernonia M r and M rs. Selwyn Graves and M rs W ilbur Thacker visited Gred Brrxxer-Lot* of us used to be loggers and are proud of the trophies you won here at the Vernonia Logging Show Next year, enter as a combination logger We also want to see you enter the Albany Logging con test Police Report a if/fM MOBILE BRANCH OFFICE B R ID G E A N D W E E D A V E N U E Brin ¡ding com plete savings and loan services plus: • Goal G etter Club Benefits S &. H Green Stamps • Ticket Agency Service Free Movies for Ladies • Free Check Cashing. Money Orders. Travelers Checks Free G ift o f the M onth barking. Greg abo toah the win in thia un scheduled event by cutting through the huge lag a few seconds faster than Uncle Jaha. A summary of activities of the Vernonia Police Departm ent from January 1 through June 30, 1974 was submitted to the V e r nonia City Council this past month under the signature of Chief of Police Jack E Cun ningham Total arrests for the six month period were 54 awraons com pared to a total aepi during the 12 month period of 1973 with theft showing a sharp increase with a total of 29 One factor in this statistic is that people are now reporting loaaes more frequently than in the past when often minor ones were overlooked as too much trouble to report During the six month period of 1974 there w ere 13 burglaries, one case of arson and eight vio lations of narcotic laws. T ra ffic citations also showed an increase with a total of 194 reported so far in 1974 as against 138 during 1973 M r and M rs. Glenn G. Con nely of Vernonia. T im b er Route, left July 3 on a trip covering 4.864 miles They w ere accompanied by their daughter Diana her husband and two daughters They visited the San Diego Zoo, San Juan Capistrano Mission, into Old Mexico down to Maz- atlan Then to Durango Chihua- hue. Ciudad Juarez, exiting at El Paso Texas, and from there visited Albuquerque the P ain t ed Desert and P etrified Forest National P ark, Las Vegas Reno, and V irg in ia City. There were nine people aboard the 28 foot mobile home (four children and five adults' Everyone enjoyed the trip, and brought home memories that w ill last a lifetim e Thex arrived home July 27. promising them selves that they would again m ake the trip but at a more leisurely pace Artistic Flea M art Slated August 17-18 The Columbian Artist Associa tion w ill hold their annual Artis tic Flea M art and Art Exhibit Wednesday and Thursday Aug ust 17-18 from 12 noon until 8 p.m at the M artin Dock area on Lake Sacajawea. Longview Washington Anyone wishing to sell is w el come to show space with foes set at $3 per day plus ten percent of all sales For further inform a tion or to confirm space, call 425-0691 THEATRE FrL - S » t M ore than $40 billion is spent every year on public schools Aug. 2 - 3 MAGNUM FORCE C lint Eastw ood VETERANS SERVICE OFFICE Old Courthouse Basement ST. HELENS. OREGON Phone 397-2268 - Death Takes K Bottman JO Y A fter H o u n 397-1730 M onday - W ednesday - T hursday 9:30 a.m. to 12 Noon B IR K E N F E L D —M r Kenneth Bottman recently passed away at the U niversity Hospital in Portland Services were at the Chapel of the Chimes His body was crem ated and put in the Lincoln M em orial Cemetery They recently moved from the form er Roy Hanson place to the form er Wm Rosenberg place M rs H McCain is a sister of M rs Bottman Sympathy of all goes to the fam ily Dinner guests at the Francis Larson home on Tuesday even ing of last week were M r and Mrs Francis Nordstrom . M r and M rs Pat Manning and children. Sissy and M att. M r and M rs Everett Johnston. Thomas and Ronald Nordstrom Alan Berg left the hospital on Monday of last week He is staying at the home of his grand mother. M rs Bill Olstedt at Astoria Francis Nordstrom was in Longview on Monday of last week, going over for his check up He got the cast off his leg and he is doing real good They also saw Ed Berg M r and M rs Joe Lonnquist visited the Noble Dunlaps on Sunday They found Noble much improved M r and M rs Bob DuPuis were in Portland Tuesday of last week They also went to see John Cahill at the nursing home He was feeling quite w ell, and very- glad to see them M r and M rs Everett Johnston spent the weekend at Brooks Ore taking in the steam emgine festival M rs Lloyd Beach was m C la t skanie Thursday of last week Pioneer Association Meeting Scheduled liten m ortuary Capable adrice regantía» nodal «écart ty. 9th and Baseline Hillsboro—648-2161 Cedar and Pacific Forest Grove—367-2161 4855 S.W. Wataan Beaverton—644-1119 741 Madison Street Vernonia—429-4611 * Ready Mixed Concrete ★ Concrete Aggregate ★ Crushed Rock ★ Road Gravel .Effective Immediately. ALL PRODUCTS WILL BE Sold by Scale Weight SCAPPOOSE SAND & GRAVEL CO. PHO NE 543-7141 The Columbia County Pioneer Association will hold its annual picnic on August 11 in Hudson Park on at table number 3 or in Beaver Valley Grange Hall if rainy Route 2, Box 1 SCAPPOOSE. OREGON R E V IV A L FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH August 4-11 7:30 P.M. For answers to problems that seem to have no solutions come and hear one of God s finest servants. EVANGELIST -RICHARD PETERSON From Oklahoma City, Oklahoma MUSIC LEADER AND SOLOIST MRS. RARRARA KNIGHT E V E R Y O N E IN V IT E D
