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Pag* Eight Thursday, January 11, 1973 Th* Nyssa Gat« City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon Pipes from Texas Go to Alaskan City State Highway Division Names Rights Coordinator James L. Butler, a career grams. Recruitment for the position engineer with the State High way Division, has been named was on a statewide basis with that agency’s first civil rigtits a special interview board of coordinator, it was announced Highway personnel, assisted by today by George M. Baldwin, George Whitney, EEO repre sentative for the Department administrator of highways. Butler is a native of Port of Employment, interviewing land and attended Multnomah more than 40 qualified candi College, Portland Community dates. Butler has been active in the College, and Portland State. He started as a rear chain National Association for the mail in 1951, was promoted Advancement of Colored Peo He has been active in to head chainman, then to ple. draftsman, and eventually to his founding and operating the Port present position of office en land Friendship House and the Blanchet House. For the past gineer at Troutdale. Baldwin said that the new four years, he has served as position was created in the a special training officer head Highway Division because of the ing the successful Highway importance and stress placed on Work-Study Program for min civil rights and equal employ ority seniors at Jefferson High ment opportunity in the Division. School. Butler will begin his new In his new position, Butler will develop and implement an equal duties at the first of the vear. opportunity program for the Highway Division. He will establish a review program to regulate employ ment practices and provide for training apprenticeship and skill improvement programs. He will also provide advice and guidance to management super visory personnel on employ ment practices, requirements, "Diplomacy it thinking training needs or related pro- i ice before »eying nothing." ihe Old 1i/me/c Th.* installation of storm drains to improve a highway in the state of Alaska was an engineering challenge which was solved by a Texas prod uct. Located 150 miles south- west of Anchorage, the town of Soldotna serves as an im portant junction on the high way serving Alaska's scenic, historic and commercially im portant Kenai peninsula. Soldotna is located on rela tively flat ground and engi neers decided this flat grade required pipe with smoother flow characteristics than the corrugated metal pipe used on the rest of the job. Reinforced plastic mortar pipe was selected by Green Construction of Anchorage, contractor on the job. and shipped 4,000 miles from a Johns-Manville plant located in Denison. Texas The 1970 census showed that the 10 richest counties in the U.S. based on median family income were: Mont gomery. Md $16.71'' Fair fax. Va. $15.707; Nassau. N.Y $14.632; DuPage. II. $14.458; Marin, Ca $13.395; Oakland. Mi. $13.826; West chester. N.Y. $13.784 ; Rock land. N.Y. $13,753. Arling ton. Va. $13.743. and Bergen, N.J $13,597. Special Legislative Advisory Committee Oil Aging Persons One out of every four per sons over the age of 65 in Oregon lives below the poverty level. The majority of these poverty-stricken elderly in Oregon live alone. And manv of them have the added bur den of jiaving rent, as oppo sed to the economic benefits of living in a home that has been paid for. These and many other fi gures on the condition of Ore gon’s elderlv population ar« included in Older Oregonians 1972,’’ a report prepared for members of the 1973 legisla ture by the Special Legisla tive Advisory Committee on Aguig. Organized this fall through a grant to the Oregor. legislature from the De partment of Health. Education and Welfare, the Committee on Aging '»ill provide legislators with background material and practical information about Oregon’s elderly, and offer proposals for action at the state level," according tocom mittee chairman Senator Betty Roberts. kD-Port.) The Committee on Aging is unique, not only in Oregon, but in the nation. It is one of a mere handful of state legislative committees funded by the federal government. And it in- Every American can participate in the 1973 Presidential Inauguration On January 20th the chain of our history will be lengthened as the new President repeats the oath sworn by the first President and every President since. An oath assures us that, while the man and the mood may change, we remain one nation indivisible. 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Name______________________________ (print clearly) Addr e ss__________ _____ __________ ___________ ________ _________ ___ City________________________ __________________ State________ News About SERVICEMEN NEWELL HEIGHTS ITEMS ■ ■ ■ BY DALE WITT ■ • ■ RHONE 372-2163 ■ ■ ■ NFWFl.l HEIGHTS- Mi. c ludes voting lay members and Mrs. Eugene Pratt, Sr. drawn from state agencies con and family and Mr. and Mrs. cerned with the elderly, uni Eugene Pratt, Jr. spent New versity professors special** Years day at th«' Homer Brewer ung in aging, and represen home. tatives of the public. Selma and Alene Simpson and "What we have done,” Se Scott Gillette of Ontario were nator Roberts said, "is draw New Years dinner guests 111 together into one committee the Alfred Simpson home. political, bureaucratic, aca Mr. and Mrs. Rav Simpson demic and public represent w«*re Weteiesday evening visi atives interested m the elderly, tors In the Alfred Simpson and stru th confin d our study home. area to the elderly. Evidence Mr. and Mis. R. D. McKin has been surfacing through the ley left Friday, December 22 census, from senior citizen or and went to La Grande where ganizations. the White House they spent Christina* with their Conference on Aging and >ther daughter, Mr. and Mr*. Jack sources that action for the el Earnest and family. After derly is overdue CXir job Gilbert Gonzalez Christmas, they went to Albany will t* to identify some of SAN D1H.O - Mai in. Pvt. where they spent New Years the major problem areas for Gilbert G. Gonzalez, of Parma, with their son. Mr. and Mis. the legislature, and advise them graduated from basic training at James McKinley They went on in the best routes to follow.” the Mann«' Corps Recruit Dr to Salem and visited Raleigh’* In the short period the com (xit in San Diego. sister, Mr. and Mrs. David Be mittee has been functioning, Hi* is a former student of hm. After visiting there, they three problems have already Sunnyside High School in Sun went to Seattle to visit ano been isolated and are being re nyside. California searched bv committee staff-- ther daughter, Mr. and Mrs. transportation, alternatives to Hugh Eddy and family. They institutional care, and health is faster than the growth of our came tiack through la Grand«' service costs. Bv th«' time total population." and stopped at the Jack t amest The Committee on Aging, Se horn«- for a short visit, return the legislature meets tn Ja nuary or shortly thereafter, nator Roberts said, "must put ing home Friday evening. a number of bills m each area the spotlight on the needs of Cherrylee Chamberlain and will tie ready to tie jilaced in this growing elderly population. Jed, and Mi. and Mrs. Clint Unless we act, the problem' of the hopper. Chamberlain »ent to the New “For most of us.” Senator our elderly will multiply. That Years eve breakfast at theOsy- Roberts said, transportation is something they don't deserve, t>. • LDBWard is something we give little and something we, as a legis Miss Ida Hokom had lunch thought to. But for the elderly, lature and as a people, have a with Mrs. Leon Chamberlain the lack of it can be an in duty to prevent. Tuesday. She is with the Sal surmountable barrier to a full vation Army in San Francisco active life.’’ C altfornia. "Mass transportation in the Mr. and Mr*. Bill Webb at urban areas of Oregon, that is tended the Open House at th«' many blocks away from where Bill l.ooney home in Adrian elderly people live, might as New Years eve for Teresa De well not exist for all the good l.a Tora and Domingos Hastixi. it does them. For the elderly They are Exchange Students The Office of Naval Research, in rural Oregon, there is no which funded Oregon State Uni here from Brazil. mass transit,*’ Senator Ro Mr. and Mr*. Johnnie Eason versity’s first research vessel, berts said. and Jon Jon of B"i*«' were New and th«- National Science Foun ‘•And we have to see the pro dation, which provided funds for Years eve and overnight guests blem through the eyes of the two ships now used, have aw ar of tier parents. Mr. and Mrs. elderly. Even in urban areas, ded grants totaling $1,500.000 Ray Simpson. They had been to the aged must cope with ve Coer d' Alene where they at I HM • • .Hi hicles designed for younger grapliy for vessel operations tended their daughters wedding. people, with high steps and Mr. and Mrs Chuck Brady of and research in 1973. narrow doors, and inflexible Boise spent the weekend with Th« I MB grant is for | " routes that may leave an aged 392. the NSF one, $521,600. her parent*. Mr and Mrs. Irvin rider half a mile from his Research is aimed at under Topliff destination. Our job, through Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Topliff standing the oceans and the the Committee on Aging, is to attended a New Years eve party seafloor beneath them. offer legislative remedies.” About 91 percent of the $4.6 at th«' home of M'-rildean Rob In the area of transportation, million O6U oceanography bud bins in Nyssa. the committee is studying le Terri Hill visited Mrs. Dale get this year will come from gislation that would allow sch'iol federal sources and only 9per Witt on Saturday. districts to use their buses for Mrs Dale Witt was a New cent from state funds, accord personalized, front door to des ing to Dean of Oceanography Years dinner guest of her sis tination transportation. "Why ter, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Van John V. Byrne. not have these vehicles in use Som- 60 p« rcent of the studies DeWater in Big Bend. when they are not carrying chil Mrs. Gertye Jones of Adrian carried out, however, are dren”’ Senator Roberts asked. oriented to the ocean off Ore was a Tuesday luncheon guest "The cost might be low, while of Mrs. Mar» Moore gon, he said. the benefit to the community Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Kirsch •'The ocean off Oregon, in would be high.” fact, is among the most in were Thursday evening dinner The Committee on Aging and tensively studied and be st known guests of Mrs Marie Moore. its staff is currently spending Vern Hlrsch Jr. of Juneau, in the world today.” Byrne a great deal of energy on identi Atebka, came to spend Christ noted. fying alternatives to the admis Since the 06 U Department mas with hl* parents, Mr. and sion to nursing homes of el of Oceanography was estab Mrs. Vernon Hlrsch, Sr. He derly Oregonians who can’t lished in 1959 (it became a spent a week With them, then quite make it on their own School in March 1372), the Of left for Mexico for a vacation. anymore, but who don't have any Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Hlrsch fice of Naval Research has other choices. awarded the university about Sr. spent a week in San Lo Staff research has revealed $8.5 million, NSF has provi renzo, California, visiting his that in some states as high as ded about $8 million, and the brothers and sisters, returning 15 per cent of nursing home ad Atomic Energy Commission home test Sunday. missions came as a result of a Cherryl»*e Chamlx-rlam left more than $2 million for a lark of less costly and more ap wide range of research pro for Provo, Utah Tuesday after propriate alternatives. In a jects. These agencies have pro spending the Holidays with her preliminary effort to find <iut vided an additional $4 million parents, Mr. and Mr*. Leon what the situation is in Oregon, for the construction of build Chamberlain and family. the staff has devis-d a question ings and vessels used by the Terrilyn Chamberlain and naire survey, and sent it to all Paul Butler went to a New School of Oceanography. welfare caseworkers in the As one of the nation’s first Years eve party at the home of state. four Sea Grant Colleges, OSU Mr. and Mrs. Bob Butler ui ‘What we need is a continum received $1,793,700 this fall Vai*-. of alternative services,” Se Mr. and Mrs. Burton Barnes from the National Oceanic and nator Roberts said, ” which Atmospheric Administration of went to Hermiston and spent the offers a rising level of care. with the Finch and th» U. S. Commerce Depart Holidays At the threshhrild should come ment. Oceanography shares in Wattenbert families. ass is ta rve m th- home--tele Mrs. Carl Fenn was a New that grant along with the Schools phone assurance programs, de of Agriculture, Engineering, Years day dinner guest of tier livered mr-als, home health care daughter, Mr and Mrs. We ley Pharmacy and Science and itomemaking-housekeeping Walker, Jr. and family in Nyssa. assistarc e. In the intermediate His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wes range are daycare centers, ley Walker, Sr. of Adrian were which allow for daytime assis also dinner guests. tance in a group setting. At the Mrs. Rollo Fenn and Mrs. next level would be group fos Mary McConnell of Nyssa were ter homes and adult foster New Years eve guests of Mr. homes Institutional care is and Mrs. Eddie Carl in the an important alternative, of Elsmore Fenn home in Home ”If vou'd low a troublexom«' course, but it should be for dale. realtor, lend him money ” those who need it.” Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Church lB«'njamin Franklin) The committee is studying the hill and familyof Vale wer«' New availability and cost of alter native services, and I'm sure recommendations will tie made to the legislature We are rob bing the community of some of our most valuable members by having nursing home admission come too soon for some pa Precte/on Built Flnt tients.” Quality Bondad Lining» By the tim° the 57th. legis lature adjourns next spring, ac • Complete • Installation tion will have been taken in by O K Brake these and other areas. And if Remote that Service System the Committee on Aging’s re Specieliet* new car ode with Check long leeltng port is an indicator, the need qualify gtiocka is great. With rare excep tions, Oregon’s elderly live on fixed incom-s,” the report MOKI CARS says. "Although benefit* have been increased, 47 percent of the elderly in Oregon now re ceive less than $150 a month, and 36 percent receive less than $100 a month from Social Se curity.” The report states that "the number of older persons living in Oregon is growing, and will NYSSA, OREGON continue to grow, at a rate that OSU Receives Federal Grant For Ocean Study BRAKE RELINE The Inaugural Committee Box 1600 Washington, DC 20013 THE OFFICIAL 1»73 INAUGURAL MEOAL {■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■> 2 id __________________ Make check payable to INAUGURAL COMMITTEE Year* dinner guest* of his mo ther, Mrs. Rollo Fenn. Thursday. Mrs. Rollo Fen® went to Homedale and visited her former slater-in-law, Mrs. Tom Churchhill. New Years eve guest* in the Gerrit Timmerman home were Mr and Mr*. John Timmerman, Caldwell, Boyd Ravburn. Cald well, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Mil. ler and family, Big Bend. Mrs. Clara Holly and Mrs. Ted Hol ly of Adrian. Mr. and Mrs. Gerrit Tim* merman t<x>k their daughter Joan back to College at La Grande. New Years Dav, Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Brady were guests at a New Year I eve party at the home of Mr. and Mr*. Jerrv Brewer in Big Bend Mr. and Mrs. John Koopman of Ontario were Sunday after noon visitors of her sister, Mr. and Mi *. Luet Siam. Mr. and Mrs. Klaas Slam were New Year* eve guest* in the L.uit Siam home. Mr. and Mrs. Brent Schul- thies were Christmas dinner guests of his parent*. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Schulthle* and af ternoon visitor* of tier parents, Mr and Mrs. Loren Munn Lisa Sykes, who attend* Col lege at lua Grande, spent th»- Christmas holidays with het par«*nts. Mr. and Mrs. Ciiarles Sykes. Their daughter. Mr, and Mrs. Jack Shell of John Day and Mrs. Sykes' mother, Mrs. Geneva Mi Kiel sen of ( alctwell were New Years day guests in ttw Ciiarles Sykes home. Mr. and Mr*. Bill Conant and family spent New Year* eve al the home of Mr*. Lester Stacy and family in Apple Valley. ADRIAN ADRIAN - Mrs. K I Peter-* son and Mt*. EctnaCowlingcal- led on Mr* Pearl Brown, Wed nesday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Defies had New Year* dinner with' her parents, Mr. and Mrs Iiar- ryl Williams of the owvbee Area. New Years dinner guest* in the v«-rn Parker horn«- were, his mother. Mrs. Myrtle Par ker and Mrs. Vern Parker’s sister, Mr- Mary Hatt Mrs. Bill Looney and Mrs. Dori Case had an open House at the Bill Looney home New Year* Eve for Teresa De 14i Tora, th«- Exchange Student from Brazil who is staying in Die Bill Looney home, and also for Domingos Baston, the Exc hange Stuck-nt from Brazil who is stay ing witli Mt and Mrs DonCase in Big Bend. Thirty guest* at tended and lunch was served by the hostesses. Mr. and Mrs. Chat let Morris and Kathy were New Year* eve guests of Mr and Mr*. Oscar Schafer. Mrs. H G. Neer and girls of Salem spent from Tuesday until Satuichv with her parents, Mt .Itul Mr K I Peterson. Mrs. Mari« M'xn e was a Sun day luix I m nn guest of Mr. and Mrs. K I. Peterson, l»ter in th«' afternoon, they went into the nursing home in Nyssa for the choir program. - Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Bowers were New Years dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Scha fer. Mrs. Mal>|e Piercy was <►'. guest at tie New Years family, dinne r at tin Thermon Pier> jC home in Nyssa. Mr. and Mr*. G. F, Mac kejr' were New Years dinner guest»7 of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Mac- key in Nyssa. Other guest» were Mt and Mr*. Jim King, Ontario and E. M. Mackey.. December 23, Mr. and Mrs£ G. E. Ma' key’s evening caller^ were Mt and Mr*. Frank Hun-, ter of Reedsport. January 2, Mr. and Mrs. G> E. Ma> key visited Mr. andMts« Rk hard Holl) aed B n it get ntaj Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hunter <>t Reedsport acid Mt. and Mrs*. 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