Memorial Day flood will be recalled with week of events There's a rock in front 01 PSU's Uncoin Hall that has been witness to a lot of history. One day In May, 1948. it was decorated with a brass plaque boasting the permanence of the Vanport extension Center. On another day soon after, it was washed away In the Great Flood of '48, along with the two-year old school. Memorial Oay Weekend marlts the 35th anniversary of the Vanport Flood. To recall the history-making event, people who aHended Vanport at the time are Invited to a reunion at the Horse Brass Pub (4534 S.E. Belmont) on Sunday, May 29. The unstructured reunion planned by the Vanport SocIal CommiHee offers plenty of time to share photos and memories with others who experienced the disaster of '48. Beginning at 6 p.m., the reunion features a buffet and music. as well as 90 different varieties of imported beer. Tickets are $7.50 per person. Contact the Alumni Office at 229·4948 for more Information. In conjunction with the reunion, photographs and videotapes will be shown during the week of May 23-27 in the lobby of Neuberger Hall on campus. The definitive photographs of the Vanport flood taken by then-Oregonian photographer Allen J. delay and sent al) over the country by wire service, will be on display. Also, two videotapes of old films will be shown continuously: one is a film of the flood Itse~, borrowed from the Oregon Historical SocIety; the other is a documentary about the oonversion of veterans' housing into the Vanport Extensk>n Center, called "College Comes to Housing." The Grut Flood of '48 ended one .... and.wtecl anott.ln PSU', life,., Vanport waIhed IWIY and the extenllon cent... moved downtown. A May 29 perty will eommemont. the cataclysm. Up in the state office building or down on the farm. TKE celebrates 35 years by Cliff Johnt<)n Oregon's new Director of Apprentioeshlp and Training, 39-year-<>id Blil Anton (76 '78 MS), has traveled a long way In a short time, and already has much to show for it Education has been both the ticket and the destination for Anton. As a transfer from Clark College in Vancower, Anton Inched his way toward a bachelor's degree, taking evening classes at PSU. The pace of six credit hours per quarter had to be sandwiched in with hustling daytime landscaping and yard maintenance joba In his '49 Chevy pickup and handling swing-shift duties at a local cannery. After two years In the Army, Anton's business career began to shoot aheed of his formal schooling. While vice-president of an importing firm, he resumed classes at PSU, ''trying to frt them in with traveling,U he recalls. "Sometimes, I could only take three hours a quarter, but by golly I took 'eml" Ten years of such effort culminated in his first PSU degree. Buoyed by this experience and anxious to pursue his master's degree in Speech Communication, Anton abruptly switched tactics. "I quit my job, got into the program and became a real student. I took two years oH, bulldozed through and got my master's degree." The same determination characterized his four·year stint as director of the Clackamas Community College Foundation, where he served as the college's chief development officer. By the time he left. he hed assembled a Bill Anton, '76 '78 MS deVelopment board composed entirely of volunteers, presided over a new program to bring area grade school students together with nursing =r=~~~o~p~::9:r~\~), and helped Increase the avaltabitity 01 scI101arsh1ps and tetecommunicating devioes for the deaf. Now, he's just as optimistic about the posslbillties in his newest role. As the state's apprenticeship director, "I'm back in the education business," he says firmly. "People who are able to have the flexibility to change with the changing technology" are key to getting our eoonomy back into high gear, he believes. So, he outlines his latest goals as: hetping tabor, industry and education to work in harmony to deVise apprenticeship programs that truly help uoemployed citizens to upgrade their skills; doing a better job of marketing the Importance of apprenticeship programs to labor and industry; and seeing that more women and minority group members can pursue state apprenticeship programs. Anton discusses these goals with relish, the same enthusiasm he shows when he speaks of his home life with his ~e Franci and sons Will, age 21!., and baby Sterling. "Home" actually Is a farm located in Carus, outside Oregon City. "We ralsa sheep and harvest hay, and n's beautiful," he says with pride. For the past three years, the family has managed to raise at least 150 lambs there, and Francl Anton now runs the farm full-tIme. The busy family already Is marketing several products featUring lamb. "We're doing the Impossible," Anton laughs. "You're not supposed to be able to start a farm today. But I've alWays tried to do things people said you couldn't do." They've named their place "And-A-Wheel Farm," after an old Jimmie Rodgers tune that Bill and Franci used to sing to each other before they were married. "It's a beautiful place," he mused egaln, gazing out his downfown Por1lend office window, adding, "and H's worth the struggl. ... .. . Anton finds cause for optimism "Everybody said It wasn't going to last two years," said Dick Adamek ('70) about the psu Chapter of Tau Kappa EpsIlon fratemity. But May 3t marks its 25th anniversary, and on Saturdey, May 2t, past and present members will celebrate not only TKE's survival, but its growth. The first national fraternity on the PSU campus is now In its sixth location, In a big gray housa at t4th and Montgomery. But now a "For Sale" sign graoes the front lawn, and Tl<E is IooI<ing for a bigger home. On May 21 , a members-only meeting will be held at noon In the Nordic Room (basement of Smith Memorial Center). This social event witl be a time to "see how much hair has been lost and weight has been gained, and pass around baby pk::tures," said Adamek, chainnan of the planning committee. That evening, members and guests are Invited to a dinner and dance at the Red Uon Inn, Portland Center (310 SW. Uncoln). "GeHing together, having a good time and reminiscing will be the main event, and speeches will be kept to a minimum," assured Adamek. Tickets are $20 per person. For RSVP, call Adamek at 238-1894 (home) or 232- 799t (work), or just drop by the Gllsan Street Tavern and patronize an aluml Where will you be sitting on Sept. 101 Call 229-4000 for tickets to the PSU-OSU Game! 15
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