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The drive to provide public
employees with the right to
bargain collectively continues
in West Virginia and it would
be a safe bet to say that even-
tually the taxpayers of the
. Mountain State will be saddl-
ed with this invitation to
higher salaries and the right to
strike, no matter the wording
of any measure adopted by the
Legislature and okayed by the
Governor.
If you think collective
In short, it maintains the
status quo, but also gives tacit
indication that should there be
similar cases affecting state or
county government, it is like-
ly the Supreme Court would
rule any differently.
The Legislature has stead-
fastly, over the years, refused
to pass legislation authorizing
collective bargaining. It is
generally recognized that the
general public is not in favor of
such legislation, and that's
bargaining time is not yet where thevoteslie, legislators
here, heed the action of the have learned, particularly in
state Supreme Court, with an the primary election just
opinion okaying municipal col- ended.
lective bargaining writter by The biggest hue and cry for
that arch conservative collective bargaining comes
Richard Neely (now that thefrom the West Virginia Educa-
primary election is over), tion Association, and from
Think, too, about the fact those governmental entities
that the West Virginia Frater- currently covered by civil ser-
nal OrderofPolice (actually a vice, -- such as municipal
labor union) has elicited a pro- policemen and firemen who
raise from gubernatorial enjoy beth municipal andstate
hopeful Arch Moore that he benefits, enacted on both the
will introduce, and battle for local and state level.
passage, a bill permitting There are certain areas
police departments to bargain where there is no hedge
collectively, and without bin- against penurious wage scales
ding arbitration. (There would and poor working conditions,
be a "specific" and we but that is primarily on the
underline "specific," no strike state level at public institu-
clause which undoubtedly tions (prisons and state
would provide an avenue ofhospitals to be specific, and
escape from any such sometimes on county levels)
prohibition), where wage scales are
Getting back to the state sometimes scandulously low.
Supreme Court ruling, there It is, however, our observa-
are several schools of thought tion and the observation of
about its ramifications. One is others, that on many, if not all
that it opens the door for col- municipal levels, and in the
lective bargaining, making it majority of state departments,
a state reality, workers have fared well
The second thought, by without collective bargaining.
veteran Associated Press Thus it is that we wonder
political writer Herb Little, is why the WVEA, the FOP and
that it changes little. That it others, so avidly labor in the
simply gave the court's sanc- vineyards for collective
tion to what has been going on bargaining? Is it just another
for a long time in the absence weapon in their arsenal for in-
of any state law that either ex- creased pay and benefits, a
pressly permits or forbids col- weapon to hang over the heads
lective bargaining with city of the legislators and public?
workers' unions. We hope not.
for home loans could be met
for a number of years, with
passage of this amendment
and legislation authorized by
the amendment. Only
veterans can be served with
such loans in accordance with
Federal law. As many as
180,000 W. Va. veterans may
be eligible for this Veterans
Housing program.
The second "amendment
having to do with housing
states: "To provide for
equitable treatment of
valuations of property by
requiring the phase-in of such
valuations through enac-
tment of general law by the
legislature to provide for the
exemption of intangible per-
sonal property from ad
valorem property tax, while
authorizing the legislature to
subject certain such in-
tangible property or its value
to ad valorem taxation, by
enactment of general law,
providing certain mandatory
exemptions from such
taxation, and requiring that
intangible property be sub-
sequently taxed as Class one
property."
Proponents of passage of
this amendment say it will
permit equitable treatment
for tax purposes of homes
built before the state-wide
reappraisal date and after the
reappraisal date. The 1982
amendment which allowed
for a Phase-in of property in-
creases did not address
taxation on the new struc-
tures during the phase-in
period. The amendment also
clarifies language concerning
exemption of money, stocks
and bonds from value for tax
There will be a total of five
constitutional amendments
on the November general
election ballot on which the
voters will be asked to make
decisions. Two of them will
have a lot to do with housing.
The two we speak of here are
the Qualified Veterans Bond
Amendment and the
Equitable Taxation of
Property and the Exemption
of Intangible Property.
The Veterans Bond Amen-
dment will provide a tax-
exempt home loan program
for veterans which must be
approved by the voters in the
November election since the
bonds must be a general
obligation issue.
The actual wording on the
ballot should be "To
authorize the Legislature to
issue and sell general
obligation bonds of the state
for funding of a program to
provide financing for owner
occupied residences for
qualified veterans, which
bonds shall not be sold or
issued so as to obligate the
state for the payments of
aggregate annual debt ser-
vice on such bonds, other than
debt service which has been
refunded, which exceeds thir-
ty-five million dollars, and to
establish a separate fund for
such purposes and providing
for the levy of taxes sufficient
to such bonds to the ex-
tent that amounts of such
fund are unsufficient
therefor." At current long-
term tax exempt rates, over
$2 )-million in total could be
obligated while retaining the
$35-million annual cap on the
debt service Under this
amendment it is anticipated
that the demands of veterans purposes.
NEWS OF OTHER YEARS
10--YEARS AGO-do Acres; Mrs. Kate Higgs Vaughn, 73,
MARRIED Tuscon, Arizona; Mrs. Lillian
Mrs. Judy Ann Pratt, Leetown to Newman, Washington, D.C.; William
Mr. Marshall C. Stickles, Jr. Henry Dixon, 94, Kearneysville;
DIED Calvin Hinton, 30, Charles Town,
Joseph F. Hardy, 3rd, Blue Ridge struck by a loaded Norfolk and
SPIRIT OF JEFFERSON Farmer's ADVOCATE -- THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1984
Opposed
Amnesty Included In
Immigration Bill
U.S. Rep. Harley O. Staggers, Jr D-
W.Va said today that he i~ proud of
the hard work the House did to include
the concerns of workers and taxpayers
in the immigration bill, but said he
could not support the amnesty provi-
sions in the final version of the bill.
Staggers said that the measure
adopted by the House included
language that would give as many as
12 million aliens legal status who
entered the U.S. illegally before 1982.
"Rewarding those who have
violated existing immigration laws is
unfair to those who have sought
citizenship through legal avenues,"
said Staggers.
The 2nd district congressman said
that there remains too much uncer-
tainity on how the amnesty provision
of the bill will effect the U.S. job
market.
"If only 3 million illegal aliens were
granted amnesty under the House
adopted bill," said Stagges, "it could
well cost over half a milliofi
Americans their jobs. The fact that 8.5
million Americans remain out of work,
despite recent job gains, this bill would
only serve to worsen their prospects
for employment."
Staggers also noted that recent
studies put the cost to taxpayers for
implementation of the bill at anywhere
from $8 billion to $13.3 billion.
"In addition," said Staggers, "tax-
payers would pay some $8.4 billion a
year in unemployment and welfare
payments to displaced American
workers."
Western freight train.
Miss Paula Rodgers of Ranson was
named "Miss Loyal Elite" for 1974.
Ronald Grubb of Shepherdstown
was named among the honor students
in the West Virginia University School
of Nursing.
20--YEARS AGO--20
Ranson's request for city delivery
mail service is rejected by the U.S.
Postoffice Dept.
New officers elected by the Charles
Town Woman's Club: Mrs. O.S.
Bloom, pres.; Mrs. Sterling, 1st vice~
pres.; Mrs. Frank Humston, treas.;
Mrs. Grayson Solomon, rec.-sec.; Mrs.
Louise Corbin, cor-sec.; Mrs. Richard
Adams, 2rid vice pres.
A flag that has been flown over the
U.S. Capitol building in Washington is
presented to the Girl Scouts of Charles
Town by Charles Town Woman'.s Club
th[ongh the efforts of Congressman
Harley O. Staggers.
The Rev. Douglas M. Bailey, III, a
native of Clarksburg, W.Va. assumes
duties as Curate of Zion Episcopal
Church in Charles Town and Vicar of
St. Johns Church in Rippon.
MARRIED
Miss Carol Ellen Merchant daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. David Merchant,
Charles Town to Mr. John J. Daunt,
III, of Great Cacapon.
DIED
Miss Martha Phillips, 66, retired
school teacher, Char!es Town in
Charles Town General Hospital; Peter
H.B. VanTol, 63, Charles~Town florist,
a native of BosKap, Holland in the
local hospital; Mrs. Ida S. Smith,
widow of the late J. William, Smith of
Charles Town in the Knott Rest Home.
Mrs. Lucy C.B. Bailey, 55, wife of
Floyd W. Bailey of Shepherdstown, in
Kings Daughters Hospital.
Ted Johnson, a teenage golfer from
Millville wins the Open Division inthe
Jayce~ tournament at Sleepy Hollow
Golf Club and Dewey Noland of
Charles Town wins the Novice
Division.
30--YEARS AGO---30
MARRIED
Miss Mary B. Albin, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Albin, Shenandoah
Junction, to S. Sgt. Frank Plum, Jr. of
Portsmouth, Va.; Miss Margaret
Dophin Farley of Spanishburg, W.Va.
to Mr. Archie Boiling Smith son of Mr.
and Mrs. John A. Smith of Charles
Town.
DIED
Robert M. Morgan, 72, retired Stan-
dard Lime and Stone Co. employee at
his home near Halltown; Mrs. Dorothy
Brown of New York City; Mrs. Lucy
Morgan Johnson of Shepherdstown;
Bushrod Corbin Washington, 89,
former resident of Charles Town in VA
Hospital near Ashvflle, N.C.
40--YEARS AGO---~
Word is received from the War
Department that Sgt. Lee Shipley, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Shipley of
Middleway is wounded; Corp. Joseph
Redman, son of Mr. and Mrs. William
Redman is in Normandy.
MARRIED
Miss Elsie Dfllow, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Perry Dillow of Millvllle to
Mr. Charles Fortney of Martinsburg.
DIED
Mrs. MaRie Dillinger Roberts, wife
of Clyde Roberts formerly of Mid-
dleway at her home in Washington,
D.C.; Robert White, veteran carpenter
of this county and resident of Bardane,
in Kings Daughters Hospital; Mrs.
Emma K. Heinz, long-life resident of
Kearneysville at the home of her son
Samuel Heinz.
60--YEARS AGO---60
Moore and Leslie complete grading
of the Charles Town-Martinstmrg road
to the Opequon Creek.
MARRIED
In Zion Episcopal Church, Charles
Town, by Bishop W.L. Gravatt, James
W. Bartlett to Miss Margaret Baylor
Alexander, both of Baltimore.
DIED
In the Charles Town General
Hospital, William F. Lippitt, Jr son
of Dr. W.F. and Mary Craighifl Lippitt
Uorto Rico, in Columbus, Ohio;
WHEN A
FISHIN '
TAKE
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
June 25, 1984
Dear Mr. Rentch,
Those who object to the U.S. giving
aid to the people of Nicaragua, who
are fighting the Communist San-
dinistas, should carefully study the
Sandinista's sacriligious creed, which
was published in the pro-government
newspaper, El Nuevo Diario. Ap-
parently the Sandinistas are trying to
join Nicaraguan Catholic beliefs with
those of Marxism-Leninism. West
Watch republished the creed for the
benefit of Americans. The "Creed"
follows:
"I believe in Sandino, the father of
our people's anti-imperialist revolu-
tion, who was bern of a proletarian
mother and descended from the line of
Diriaguen, Estrada, Castor and
Zeledon. He was a proletarian with a
strong conscience, self-educated, a
patriot and a nationalist, anti-
imperalist and international warrier,
like David who slew Goliath.
"I believe in Sandino, the organizer
of the E.D.S.N made up of workers
and compesions who fought in the
mountains, valleys, towns and cities
against the Gringo Imperial legions in
defense of our native soil, or
sovereignty, and our national honor.
He was betrayed and assinated by
a Judas, the step-son of Uncle Sam,
who repaid him with years of military
dictatorship and dollars. His
murderers and desecrators of his
corps were granted amnesty through
the: complicity of a Liberal-
Conservative congress.
I believe in Carlos Fnesta Amador,
his beloved son, who inherited his
ideals and furella warefare tactics,
who was the founder of the FSLN, our
political-military vanguard, who is
placed upon the alter of his country
beside his revolutionary father, whose
ideology was enriched with new
revolutionary philosophies; pro-
letarian in nature, which .we have
transmitted to his closest comrades-in-
arms.
"I believe in the Sandinista peoples"
Revolution and in the wise political-
military guidance of our national
leaders of the FSLN, who are working
for the well-being of the Nicaraguan
masses, who were once exploited and
excluded and are fighting for peace in
Central America.
"I believe in the doctrines and strug-
gles of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Che,
great teachers and leaders of the
working class which is the productive
and moving force behind the class
struggle that will permanently destroy
the exploitive, anti-Christian and
dehumanizing class.
"I believe in the construction of a
socialist Marxist and Leninist society.
I believe in the immortality and
veneration of our heroes and martyrs.
I believe in the power of the people in
the hands of the worked and compe-
sions and in their existence until the
end of time. Amen."
If help is not given to the people of
Nicaragua, the fighting will end and a
"socialist, Marxist, Leninist society"
will be formed there. And it can
spread.
We, in the U.S. could suffer the fate
of the millions who have fallen under
the control of a "socialist, Marxist and
Leninist Society." Do we want that?
Or do we want to help the
Nicaraguans?
Lela Gardner
GIVE THE UNITED WAY
Thomas P. Earnshaw, 45, a native of
Charles Town, in the Frederick, Md.
Hospital; Mrs. Clara Custer Bowers,
45, formerly of Summit Point.
80---YEARS AGO---80
M.J. Rohr is awarded the contract
for the construction of a store building
for Palmbaum Brothers on W.
Washington St.
DIED
In Shepherdstown, Lawson POf-
fenberger; near Kabletown Jesse
Mercer, 63; in a Washington Hospital,
Mrs. Frank Fowler of Gaylord, Va.
MARRIED
In Washington, D.C Maurice F.
Castleman to Miss Nellie Osbourn,
daughter of Decatur Osbourn of
Clarke County; in New York
Willoughby Taylor, formerly of
Charles Town to Miss Myrtle Gunter
of New York.
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The Animal Welfare League of Jef- patron chaz
ferson County is renewing its efforts through allocations
toward the establishment of an animal municipalities
shelter which can house and care for ty
unwanted cats and dogs. Town and RanSOn
Representatives of the League, Nan- contributed.
cy Rutherford, president, Harold Hall Hall als0 said that
and Cindi Kesecker, appeared before would be about $52,000 a
the Jefferson County Commission last that might be reduced
Thursday, askin~ the Commission to volunteer work. And
consider providing a two-acre piece of
land for the proposed building, evenly, 50-50, betwee~
Although the League outlined its public sources.
financial needs as well and indicated has resources of $34,0001
it would welcome help from both the to the shelter.
private and public sector, Mrs. In making its
Rutherford emphasized that acquiring clearly indicated it
the land came first. From that point
forward, she said, "we'll take it a step Fairgrounds~ on the
at a time." There, when finances
Earlier, Hall reminded the Commis- plan a 65 by 30 foot
sion that the League had first broach-
ed the idea of a shelter in 1981, and in . a special cat room
1982 had offered a plan to the Commis-
sion for its consideration.
Hall said the plan called for a small
scale animal shelter located on an
easily accessible highway at a cost of
between $75,000 and $98,000. He said
the construction and operation of the
shelter would be financed ~gh
tic field and electric
The
the land request and
would be an answer
within the next two
In another piece of
Thursday,
payment of overtime
workers who
primary election,
Senior Citizens public payroll.
l ti iti Received was
1JlSl, C V ~ support for the
gram from
Senior Citizens Activities for the received without
week of July 2rid - 6th: asked for office
Monday, July 2nd -- 10:00 a.m. Approved was
Special Brunch for Senior Citizens at Don Giardina, of VickY
the Ranson Senior Center and the secretary in his office.
Bolivar Community Center. Please
Close
call Betty Watkins at 725-9500 for ays
re rvations. There wm he no lunch Committed To
served that day.
Tuesday, July 3rd- II: 30 a.m. Ran-l~isl
son Senior Center Lunch; 10:00 - 3:00 ature
Senior Advocate Assistance Visit at
the Ran~n Senior Center; 2:00 Free
Guitar lessons for Senior Citizens in nomination for the
the Senior Center Dining Room. Senatorial District io
Wednesday, July 4th -- The Senior June5
Center and Nutrition sites will he clos- on a visit to Jefferson
ed in observance of Independence remains committed to
Day. attitude tc
Thursday, July 5th -- S:00 - II:00 of and
Senior Citizens Fishing Trip to
Leetown Fish Hatchery. Please call to rebuild
?25-4044 or 725-54.q8 to sign up. This will force once again.
be the only fishing trip in July. Close said he is most j
Friday, July 6th -- 10:30 a.m. the support and
Preventicare Exercises at theRanson publicans of the
Senior Center Dining Room; 11:30counties him
a.m. Ranson Senior Center Lunch; 12 COP nomination for
noon Bolivar Community Center and that he
Lunch for Senior Citizens. carry
If you would like more information November
any of the events or programs listed underdog in a
here, feel free to call 725-5496 or Seaate.
725-4044. Close also
The Jefferson County Senior Center Judy, Ill,
is a member agency of the Jefferson
County United Way. a clean and
