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VOLUME 62 DAYTON, OREGON g7114 THURSDAY. SEPT. 9, 1976 NUMBER 37
Two children are dead and
twenty others are hospitalized
following a train-school bus col-
lision at First and Madison in
Lafayette Wednesday morning,
about 8:10. An estimated 40
children were on the bus.
Annette Smith, 9, and Chris-
tene Estinoza, 8 were fatally
their prompt and efficient help in
caring for the injured.
Lafayette firemen were on the
scene almost immediately, with a
truck to stand by to wash down
gasoline which was leaking from
the bus. McMinnville trucks were
also on standby in case of need.
Volunteers appeared at the
injured. Other victims were hospitals to help identify victims,
d~ansported by ambulance, and contact parents of the child-
~" ~mergency vehicles and private ren.
autos to McMinnville, Newberg The crossing has been the
and Salem hospitals.
f~Oriver of the bus was Rudolph
/ ~ker, 53, of Dayton, who was
hospitalized at Newberg Com-
munity hospital. The train was
engineered by Amos T. Timmer-
man.
Eye witnesses Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Cline of Lafayette aided
victims at the scene and notified
nearby residents who in turn
called the dispatch center in the
McMinnville courthouse. Yamhill
County Deputy Eric Elle, as-
signed to the city of Lafayette,
was on the scene almost im-
mediately and relayed instruc-
tions to dispatch for ambulances,
fire trucks and medical personnel.
Within minutes help was on the
scene and victims were on their
way to hospitals in the area.
The call also went out on CB
waves and scores of volunteers
came with blankets, first aid kits
and vans to transport injured
children.
The children of McMinnville
school district were picked up in
the rural areas and the bus was
on its way into Lafayette to pick
up those for the junior high and
Cook Elementary School. In the
confusion many at first thought it
was a Dayton school bus which
crosses the tracks every day. This
is the first year for the McMinn-
ville School bus to take that route
and when Lafayette residents
learned that it was a McMinnville
school bus, many did not know if
their children had been picked up
by that bus. Other buses had
already picked up some of the
Lafayette children and when par-
ents found their children gone
from the local stops, they began
searching for their youngsters,
some having to make the trip to
the schools to ascertain if their
children were safe since
telephone lines were jammed.
Following the accident, Officer
Elle praised the older children on
the bus who aided with the
younger ones. He also praised
city workmen, firemen and vol-
unteers at the scene, most of
whom had first aid training, for
scene of many fatalities, the
latest in 1969, when a McMinn-
Try-Outs Set For
Gallery Musical
Carole Scofield, Director for
Gallery Players Fall Musical,
"The Fantasticks" will be hold-
ing try-outs in the lobby of
Gallery Theatre at Second and
Ford Sts in McMinnville,
Thursday, Friday, Saturday and
Sunday this week, Sept. 9-12.
Try-outs will be at 7:30 pm each
night except for Saturday when
they will be at 2 pm.
All auditioners will be required
to sing a selection from the show
or a number of their own choos,
ing. Needed are: a baritone to
play El Gallo (over 25); a young
soprano to play Luisa; a young
tenor to play Matt; two character
actors to play the fathers; some-
one to play Mortimer, an old
Shakespearian actor; a person to
play Henry, an Indian with a
Cockney accent and someone with
mime ability to do the mute. 'The
Fantasticks' is scheduled for per-
formances the first three week-
ends in November.
MAA to Have
Craft Show
On Saturday, Sept. l l, the
McMinnville Association of the
Arts, 417 North Adams St Mc-
Minnville, will have an Open
House and Craft Demonstration
10:00 am to 6:00 pm.
Here is the time for the public
to view first hand the work of the
instructors who will be teaching
classes for the fall session.
Classes of all types will be of-
fered, and for all ages, and for
all lenghts of time, and fees will
vary. Anyone interested in taking
these classes may register at this
time.
ville man, Howard Kelly, was
killed Feb. 20. Also killed at the
train crossing at another time
was Mrs. Howard Raymond, who
with her husband, had just
moved into Lafayette.
Several times the city officials
had endeavored to have a signal
placed there, but costs ranging
from $6,000 to $20,000 as the
city's share of installation were
not ava ilable out of the city's
budget. Following the 1969 fatal-
ity, the council authorized stop
signs to be placed there in an
effort to alleviate some of the
problems, incurred when the
train coming from the east
rounds a curve shortly before it
crosses the county highway at
COMING
EVENTS
The Dayton School Board .will
hold its regular meeting next
Monday evening, Sept. 13, at 8
pm in the Dayton Elementary
School.
The Dayton City Council will
hold its regular meeting next
Monday evening, Sept. 13. Items
on the agenda include a discus-
sion on closing one end of Mill
St at Hwy. 221, a report on the
sewer facilities plan and an up-
date on the fire hall.
The Lafayette City Council will
hold its regular meeting next
Monday evening at 7:30 pm.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Weber of
Junction City were Labor Day
weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Withee.
Labor Day guests of Mrs.
Rebecca McKinley and Mrs.
Georgia Mull and Mrs. Virginia
Carson were Gary and Darrell
Mull of Salem, Mr. and Mrs.
Steve Mull of Salem, Cody Car-
son of Sweet Home, Mr. and
Mrs. Lowell Campbell and on
Wednesday, Mrs. Marvel Brown
and Mrs. Clyde Cave and son Jay
of Sublimity called on Mrs. Mc-
Kinely and daughters.
Hopewell School opened Tues-
day, Sept. 7, with 47 children,
enrolled in the first six grades, as
of Tuesday morning. The new
pupils this year are: Tommy
Paine, Kathy and Robert Potter,
twins, Dawn Ferguson, Stephanie
Woods, Missy Shirk, Samuel Ser-
na, Tim Harmon, Tricia Gibbon,
Suzanne Eaves, Michael Doctor,
First and Madison.
Ironically, at its last Council
meeting Aug. 17, the Lafayette
City Council had approved an
agreement with the State High-
way Department under the Fed-
eral Highway Safety Act of 1973.
The agreement calls for the city
to maintain advanced warning
signals placed by th~ state on
railroad crossings, with the state
to choose priorities in placing the
warning systems on railroad
crossings across the state. Lafay-
ette as of Wednesday was con-
sidered low priority and the state
had two years to complete its
part of the agreement.
Funding is divided between the
federal government under the
Act, State Grade Crossing Pro-
tect-ion Fund. and the State
Highway Division.
POWER SURGE KNOCKS OUT
ELECTRICITY. IN DAYTON
An apparent power surge
MOnday evening knocked out
electricity in the Dayton area for
nearly two hours.
Many residents had appliances
such as TVs and refrigerators
affected by the overloads.
Sh'otlJd your household ap-
pliances have been damaged,
claims may be made to the
Portland General Electric Co. for
repair or replacement of the af-
fected items.
o
Becca Clow, Tracy Caudel, Greg
Bieze, Debbie Kruger, David An-
derson and Michelle Graham.
Mrs. Nina Owen is principal of
the school, and 3rd and 4th grade
teacher, Gall Tatone is first and
second grade teacher, Lori Martin
is teacher of the 5th and 6th and
Cathy Withee is Teachers' Aide.
The Youth group from the
Hopewell and Unionvale Com-
munity Churches are planning to
attend the Youth Retreat at the
4H Center near Zena on Friday
evening and Saturday, Sept. 10-
11.
"Elder Mike Clute of Sheridan,
speaker on the radio in Portland,
was guest speaker at the Hope-
well SDA Church, and with his
family were Saturday dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lowell
Campbell.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Spillman
of Pasco, Wash were Friday
guests of Mrs. Margaret Janzen.
VA Van To-Be
In Dayton In
October
The red, white and blue Veter-
ans Administration "office on
wheels" willl again tour Oregon
during the month of October
bringing Veterans Administration
information and assistance to the
pe6ple.
The van will be in Dayton
Friday, Oct. 15.
"This is the fourth year VA's
27-foot r~obile van will visit Ore-
gon communities," said Mrs.
Donna M. Arndt, Director of the
Portland Veterans Administration
Regional Office,
The colorful van, staffed by
Veterans Benefits Counselors,
will provide community service to
veterans and their dependents
with G. I. Bill education, VA
home loan, medical benefits, ap-
prenticeship and on-job-training
information, or assistance with
any other problems the veteran
or his dependent may have.
Mrs. Arndt said the van is
fitted and staffed as a VA office.
PersonneJd are experienced VA
counselors who can provide most
of the information and service
available in any VA office, the
director explained.
The van's staff will have com-
munication with the Portland Re-
gional Office access to VA rec-
ords so that as much business as
possible may be accomplished.
When the veteran or his de-
pendent mav be in need of
service normally provided by an-
other federal agency, or local,
state agency or organization, in-
formation, assistance and referral
service will be available.
YAMHILL COUNTY HISTORY
BOOK NOW ON SALE
The Yamhill County Historical
Society has just completed publi-
cation of "Old Yamhill", the
early history of the towns and
cities of. Yamhill County.
The volume contains many pic-
tures from the communities and
surrounding areas as well as
historical notes written by area
residents.
The books may be purchased at
the Yamhill County Historical
Society Museum in Lafayette,
at the Daylon Tribune and at
some of the banks and stores in
Yamhill County. Purchase pride is
$5.00. More information on the
books may' be obtained by con-
tacting the Musuem or Mrs.
Roma Sitton.
Unionvale
John Hackwortb, who attended
University of Oregon Summer
School and received'his Masters'
degree in Science and physical
education, and~il be teaching
these subjects Wthe canby High
School, moved to that vicinity on
Labor Day.
Barbara and Pamela Hackworth
are still working, but plan to
attend Mt. Hood College this fall.
Mr. and Mrs. Robin Guy will
be guest speakers at the evening
service of the Hopewell and Un-
ionvalg Community Churches,
Sunday, Sept. 12. They are new
missionary appointees to Bolivia,
and will be working with televi-
sion and radio and music in the
schools of Santa Cruz. Bolivia.
Everyone is invited to come to
hear them, and the service will
begin at 7 PM.