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ananM M B aB M H M M M Demon la Eagle 3 THURSDAY, SF.PT 5. 1974 B. RHOADES, MELVIN SCHWAB. OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER Vernonia. Oregan Entered as second class mail matter August 4. 1923, under the act of March 3, 1879 Ihiblished weekly on Thursday at 721 Madison Av«., Vernonia. Columbia County, Oregon STOW and paid at the Vernonia Post Office as second class matter 34.00 Per Year — In the Nehalem Valley »5.00 Per Year Elsewhere aoaaesnaaaMaMaMaoaoc OFFICE HOURS Moe.. Tnes., Wed., Fri.—8 a jn . to 6 p jn . Thors. A Sat.—8 a jn . to 12 noon Phone 429-3372 Oregan Newspaper Publishers Association What Is RSVP 1 Many people have questions about RSVP What it means and what it does Here are a few questions and answers Q. 1. What does RSVP mean9 A The initials stand for Retired Senior Volunteer Program Q. 2. Who can be a part of this program 9 A Any person who admits to being over 60 years of age, regardless of income or sex Q 3. If a person is hurt on a volunteer assignment what w ill happen9 A. RSVP carries a paid up ac cident insurance on every vo lunteer. They are insured from the time they leave home until they return Q 4 How can a Senior get infor mation about the program9 A Call the director (collect) 728-2026 or contact a Senior Aide in your area Q. 5. How much do volunteers get paid? A. Nothing for their volunteer service but they are reimbursed for driving their own car or if they ride a senior bus, RSVP pays the bus company If the volunteer works 4 hours or more at one time, money for a meal w ill also be reimbursed. Q. 6. Can a person be reimbursed for taking a person to the doctor9 A. No. RSVP cannot reimburse a person for doing a service. We reimburse the senior for going from his home to a station to do a service such as a craft, l i brary. or school, just to name a few. Q. 7 What is Project Visitation9 A To make it possible for people who are shut in and lonely to have a friendly visit from some one who can bring outside cheer ful news and friendly visits. RSVP either pays the Senior bus or reimburses the senior for out of the pocket expenses I hope this answers some questions that have been asked If more questions come to mind, please call 728-2026 collect and ask for Edythe Haynes Women Bowlers Needed For Team Some women bowlers are still needed to fill up some of the teams Anyone interested in bowling on a league call Enid Parrott 429-8134. Membership cards w ill sell for $2.25 this year and w ill be sold the first night of bowling JOY THEATER Fri.. Sal. Sept. 6-7 CLASS OF '44 G ary Grim es //I M M e M M a M a 9 M M e ttM M M 9 0 O M M 0 9 8 M M 9 M 9 i SA LEM Services Held SEL-MOR. INC.. I? M. Steinhardt I am sorry that in my recent article 1 inadvertantly misread my notes The correct infor mation is as follows: Credit for both the auctions and melodrama should have gone to the Vernonia Branch of the American Cancer Society which includes Louise Hamm- nett, Jenny Hanson. Sally Har rison, Betty Curl, Margaret Jackson. Carolyn Keasev. and many others Also the name of the booklet compiled by Betty Curl is titled "Send a Mouse to College" and was illustrated by Dory Hicks, Sally Harrison and Margaret Jackson I did not wish nor mean to slight anyone in regards to the ACS but merely to honor one member who had contributed greatly to the organization and I hope that no one was hurt by my omissions Thank vou for your consider ation in this matter Carol Olson Now that it appears that enough names have been se cured on the recall petitions, the county commissioners are say ing that they shouldn’t be re called for just doing their job Well, their job is to represent the people, not to lead the people into losing their rights to use their own land Regional Gov’t. (CRAG) robs the people of their property rights Not until a loud squall was heard, did the county pull in its horns and get out of CRAG. Now the home rule char ter is being pushed and it w ill have the same effect as CRAG Josephine County Commis sioners recently showed both brains and guts and decided not to rejoin regional gov’t which they left after a year’s tria l in 1970 These commissioners don’t like putting people under the re gional form of gov’t without a vote of those people They don't believe anyone should have the power to divide the nation or the state into adm inistrative dis tricts without a vote of the people affected Tom McCall, who I see as a Rockefeller puppet, w ill be working along with his buddy Nelson Rockefeller to restrict the private property right of the American people considerably in the near future Laurance Rock efeller. I read recently, even wanted a law passed which would prevent people from pass •ng their property on to "their children. The masters which our present county, state, and na tional officials serve are not the American voting, working peo ple The positive step now is to vote out the present commis sioners to prevent their doing more damage to the people’s rights, and to serve fas a re minder to the future commis sioners that gov’t, is to serve and protect the people, not to per secute and deprive them Dale N. Brooks Group Attempts To Aid Franklin Fight a group of concerned citizens has banded together to raise funds to pay fees for Harry Franklin who is being charged with contempt of court for con tinuing to construct a house on his property in the Mist area without a building permit. According to a spokesman for the group. Franklin is trying to fight-what he terms-unconstitu- tional laws which require per m its to build on personal private property and needs approx imately $200 for legal expenses Those interested in contribu ting to this fund may contact Margaret Fields, Mist Route, Vernonia, 429-7811 For Phone Ringing Results T ry the Eagle Classifieds Call 429-3372 LARRY KNODEL CUSTOM HOMES THINKING OF BUILDING A HOME? Call Us For FREE Estimate 648-8965 We Give Your Home More TLC K t Mary June Steinhardt. 51. who was a resident of 616 Pine St Rouge River and who lived for the past twenty years in the Rouge River area, died verv suddenly August 31 while vis’ ¡ting at the home of her son in Vernonia. Oregon Mrs Steinhardt was born in Omaha. Nebraska on July 26, 1923 and spent most of her early life in California and Texas, living a number of years at Compton. California She moved to Rouge River in 1955 and had lived in the Gold Hill and Rouge River communities since that time Mrs Steinhardt had worked as a waitress for 17 years at Bate man’s Cafe and Richfield station at Medford until her health for ced her retirement She was a member of the Emanuel Temple in Medford and had been active in the Bible Church at Vernonia during the past five months that she had been visiting in Ver nonia She was married to Everett Steinhardt in Medford on March 9. 1974 who survives Also surviving is a son and daughter in law. William F and Phyllis Thompson J r of Ver noma three stepchildren. Ted Steinhardt. Greenfield, Calif.; Daniel Steinhardt, C e n t r a l Point; and Mrs Wilbur (Sarah) Willson. Grants Pass; a sister. Mrs James (Starr) Suther laund. Gold H ill; three grand children. Diana, Cathy and Su san Thompson, all of Vernonia and 11 step grandchildren Funeral services for Mrs Steinhardt were held Wednes day September 4 at i t a m at the Vernonia Bible Church with the Rev. Kenneth Wooden, pastor of Church officiating Concluding rites and interment were at the Vernonia Memorial cemetery, with arrangements in care of the Fuiten M ortuary, Vernonia M r and Mrs. E ric Olson sang a duet at the services with Mrs Olson, organist Gene Weller. Bob Zerfing. Jack Hacksma. Melvin Nice. Lewis Morgan and Virgil Snook served as pall bearers. Nettie Lloyd Passes Away m gre,a‘ dav for fUhtoi! mouth «< Columbia River Wednesday. August 28 as proven by the 37-pound Chinook w lm on shown above. The beauty was caught by Ed Miller, who, along with seven others, enjoyed ■ day’s llshing on U s boat, the Susan Marie II. In addition to the Chinook, 13 silvers were also taken. T O P IC S OF T H E TO W N Bill Titus took his wife. Lottie for her first jet plane ride to Alcapulco. Mexico They stayed overnight but due to the crowds they returned home sooner than anticipated Mr. and Mrs. Mike Laughlin enjoyed a trip to Seattle over the Labor Day weekend They pick ed up their son. John who was visiting with his aunt and family, M r and Mrs C.F Tinsley the State Fair were M r and Mrs Wm Rhoadqs, their daughter, Sally, son Bobby and his friend Lois Margeta Guests at the home of Mrs. Lesta Garner Thursday of last week were her sister-in-law, Mrs B.R Burnham, and niece, Miss Jean Burnham from Wig gins, Mississippi, who were ac companied by Mrs Trenton Garner of Birkenfeld at whose home they have spent the past two weeks Mrs Burnham is Mr Garner's sister The group all went to the Spar Tree for lunch, so (he Mississippi ladies could see the beautiful agate tables They also visited the Fred John son home to see more of the beautiful creations and learn how they were made They pur chased a small petrified wood table to take back to Mississippi with them. Mrs. Maude Wells arrived home last week after spending the summer in Honolulu with her daughter and fam ily M r and Mrs (Ruby) Neal Ifversen and Tommy Upon her arrival at Portland Mrs. Richard Holmes and son Charlie of Milwaukee and Bill Wells of Portland accompanied their mother home to help her get settled Her last week before coming home was spent touring the Big island of Hawaii in company with Mrs. ffverson and son There were no violent erup tions going on when they had dinner at Volcano House one evening. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Wells and fam ily of St Johns visited Mrs Wells on Labor Day. A birthday dinner was held at the Frank Schmidlin home on Sunday for Mrs. Donovan Rey nolds with twenty relatives and friends attending In the after noon M r and Mrs Will Harders joined the group. In the evening Mr and Mrs Schmidlin visited Mrs. Mae Wienecke and her son and wife M r and Mrs. Chet Wienecke of Springfield Those attending the Family Starlene Stevenson Services Scheduled Hazel E Woolsey, of Vernonia has been deeply sadden by the news of the death of her ll-year- old grai.ddaughter, Starlene. She was the daughter of Steve and Stella Stevenson of Arkan sas The fam ily moved there in June to live. The funeral w ill be Friday at Fuiten's in Hillsboro Conference at Coal Creek Com munity camp grounds, near Longview, were M r. and Mrs. Gene Weller and Steve, Mr and Mrs. Melvin Nice and fam ily and C liff Fowler. Ed Kredeau was taken to the Veteran’s Hospital in Portland on Tuesday for treatment He came home on a pass and w ill return to the hospital on Thurs day His sister and husband, Mr and Mrs Tony Frazzone of Ixis ------------------------- Angeles came Sunday to spend a few days visiting. W.W. I Barracks and Aux ilia ry met at Anderson Park Monday after a two-month va cation Mrs Faye Davis showed pictures which were taken on her trip to Alaska George Peachey was home over the weekend on a pass from the Vancouver Veterans hospi tal He spend Sunday and Mon day on a fishing trip with Mr and Mrs George Shaw Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Taylor of Elm a, Washington, and Mr and Mrs R.D Mis- singer of Kelso Washington ca ll ed on M r. and Mrs C.C. Sin clair Mrs Messinger is Mrs Sinclair’s daughter Mrs Taylor is a foster daughter It has been ten years since Mrs Taylor and Mrs Messinger had last met, Mrs Taylor spending her years in Alaska and Mrs Messinger in Southeastern Asia, so they had much to talk about Public Hearing Set On Gill Net Season The Fish Commission of Ore gon and the Washington Depart ment of Fisheries w ill hold a joint public bearing on Friday, September 6 at 1:30 p.m. in the Second Floor Auditorium of the Public Service Building, 920 SW Sixth Avenue P o rtia n i The two agencies w ill consider setting the dates of the late fall commercial fishing season be low Bonneville Dam and also any adjustments to the presently established Indian comm ercial season above Bonneville After the agencies deal with this matter, the Fish Commis slon w ill convene its regular monthly meeting and w ill hear the application by Anadromous Incorporated +form e rly Reich- hold Anadromous ) for a private salmon hatchery on the Lower Columbia River Public testimony is invited at the meetings Persons not able to be present may send written testimony to the Fish Com mission of Oregon, 307 State Office Building. 1400 SW Fifth Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97201 or the Washington Department of Fisheries, 115 General Ad ministration Building, Olympia, Washington 98504 All written communications should be re ceived prior to the meeting time. A test of condensation in side windows to compare their insulating properties showed that wood window sashes with factory weather stripping and insulating glass did not even frost at 30°F below zero, whereas metal sashes frosted at a mere 20°F above zero. P *X tX X *X tX *X ™ G ttM K » X tX r^ ^ ^ EMERGENCY SERVICE PHONES VERNONIA AMBULANCE Dial 4 8 9 4 1 4 1 ' 9 ■ ' VERNONIA EIRE DEPARTMENT F ire Alarms Only ■ Phone 429-3131 For Information On Farm Home Administration in d Land Bank Loans Contact Us! A Member of Oregon Home Builders Assoc. It may appear strange to com Department of Economic De pare the subjects of business and velopment, E n v i r o n m e n love. tal Quality and Land Conser But the 19th century poet who vation and Development Others wrote: "Absence makes the spoke for regional offices of heart grow fonder..’’ unwittingly federal agencies. Chamber of drew a parallel that is painiullv Commerce, utilities, private dc ap irent in Oregon today. velopers and tourism ’lywood industry layoffs, m ill Hardly the type of meeting to closures and declining tourist attract banner headlines, the trade have drawn public a t gathering nevertheless repre tention to a situation that has sents another step in Oregon's long plagued segments of the journey to achieve what ad state’s governmental leader herents describe as “ economic ship Consequently, there are insurance." Put simply, this those who believe that business means an economy based broad functioning reeently in shadows ly enough to smooth out the cast by environmental and con traditional peaks and valleys sumer movements-is about to caused by the vaguries of federal achieve a new popularity in the monetary and fiscal policies. hearts of a public dependent Tentative results of previous upon the payrolls it produces efforts in this direction are A strong indicator of this chain apparent today as tourism and of events is reflected in legis segments of the forest products lation enacted in Salem last year industry slump while electronics creating the statutory Legis and food processing remain lative Committee on Trade and healthy Economic Development De But the base remains too n a r scribed as an unique body na row to withstand extended ills tionally as far as state govern that might befall one or more ments are concerned, (he Com segments of private enterprise mittee was created by legis within the state. The m ulti- lation sponsored by the Senate lication of employment created Committee on Economic De y each new industrial job velopment. reverses itself when industrial Meeting regularly since last payrolls decline. November, the tl-m em ber body And in Oregon more than in headed jointly by Senate Pres many states, diminishing pay ident Jason Boe and House rolls produce a startling effect Speaker Dick Eymann has de on state government This is due voted the bulk of its attention to to the fact our state government international trade is so greatly dependent upon This thrust was generated by revenue from personal income the realization Oregon is an ex taxes Substitute unemployment porting state with an economy compensation for paychecks and largely dependent upon the pro people and some business sur cessing and manufacture of vives. goods for sale in other states and Bui paychecks generate in abroad come taxes that run the state Mainly a fact-finding body and eventually even unemploy hoping to shape future legis merit compensation withers in lative policy regarding the Ore the absence of private employ gon economy, the Committee ers who foot that bill. has so far been impressed with Oregon’s projected budget for the enormous complexities of in the next biennium stands in the ternational trade For instance, neighborhixid of $1.3 billion Of a total of some 27 public and that amount an estimated $915 quasi public entities are directly m illion must come from income involved in promoting or regu tax lating trade with other nations Many of the slate's lawmakers As a result, the Committee's have received this message prim ary task today is one of They’re determined the rest achieving coordinated effort, share this knowledge and that according to Co-Chairman Boe, the public understands as well and secondly to educate fellow Whatever the case, members lawmakers and the public at of the leg isla tive Committee on large Members agree trade and Trade and Economic Develop economic development share a ment appear bent on generating hand-in-glove relationship and a new appreciation for business each is dependent upon the before its relegated to the poetic other. status of being gone but not for The Committee now is con gotten centrating on economic develop men! aspects of its functions and recently conducted a two-day The United States now im Portland hearing dealing with ports around 20 per cent of nitty-gritUes ,sueh as industrial its wood supply, and the vol siting, state encouragement of balanced development and the ume is expected almost to requirements and problems fac double by the year 2000. ed by industry Reporting were heads of the C Enjoying the sights at Mrs Nettie Lee Lloyd, a res ident of Vernonia since 1925 died Tuesday September 3 at the Sea side Hospital at the age of 82 Funeral services w ill be held at the Fuiten Mortuary Chapel in Vernonia. Friday September 6 at 2 p.m Rev. Kenneth Wooten, pastor of the Vernonia Bible Church w ill officiate at the services with Mrs W illiam Kretschmer, so loist and Mrs Lloyd Thomas, organist B ill Horn, Clifford Fowler. Clarence Fowler. Harry Emmons. Harry Eckland. Virgil Snook. Bill Nelson, Sherman Fisher, and Lewis Morgan are pall bearers at the services with concluding rites and vault inter ment following at the Vernonia Memorial Cemetery. Mrs Lloyd was a native of Husk. Texas, where she was born A p r i l 25. 1892, the daughter of Thomas and Rena Jenkens She received her ed ucation and grew to adulthood in Texas She was united in mar riage to Emmett Lloyd at M ill erview. Texas on August 1, 1909 In 1921, they moved west, tra v eling mostly by covered wagon, to Colorado where they lived for 3 years and to Oregon in 1925 For many years she operated a M aternity Home at their res idence in Vernonia M r Lloyd preceded her in death here in June 1970 Mrs Lloyd was a member of the Rebekah Lodge for many years, keeping her membership in Colorado Springs, Colo. Surviving are one son, Jewell Lloyd of Seaside, six brothers: Thomas Jenkins of Grand Jun ction. Colo,; Mert Jenkins, Port land, Ore.; Curtis Jenkins, T y ler. Texas; Clyde Jenkins, Lub bock, Texas; Eugene Jenkins. Jhal. New Mexico; and Lester Jenkins, Tyler, Texas, three sis ters: Mrs M yrtie Rose, Forest Grove; Mrs Erlenc Snell, Port land; and Mrs Verna Atkinson. Canyon City, Colo.; 4 grand children and 14 great grand children SCEN E . . . VERNONIA POLICE DEPARTMENT Dial 429-5141 VERNONIA CITY HALL 429-5291 COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF Emergency: Vernonia Area 4894141 — OREGON STATE POLICE 8 a.m. to 8 a.m . . Beaverton Office . 948-4788 3 a.m. Io 8 a.m . . Dial "O” , ask for Oak Grove I V T ill St. Helens office - Phone: 8874181 If You Have A Consumer Complaint Call or Write State of Oregon Consumer Protection Division 1133 S.W. Market . Portland 97201 Phooe 229-5522 A Public Service Announcement CONE PICKERS WANTED We will be buying clean Douglas Fir cones, grade 4 or better, $3.75 a Bushel Pickers may register at the CROWN ZELLERBACH CONE SHED Friday, September 6 between the hours of 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Cone buying w ill begin Monday, September 9 and continue Mon days and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. On Wednesday, hours w ill be from 10 a.m. fo 12 noon. CONES MUST BE CLEAN AND WITH NO WORMS
