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SANDY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER
21,
1948
P rin te d
T h u rw la y ,
fo r
F r id a y
D w tr ilA tio n
No. 43
Voters Give Bonds Nod; Spurn Parking Meters
Pomona Body
Echoes Fish
Sc reen Blast
C ity H all Is Scene of Special Sew er R on d Election
Beehives Lure
Bear to Death
N ettie Connett, of Aim s, is
not the only person in this area
to kill a bear, F. M. La.Mear,
ow ner of the Cedar Creek
County Grange Backs
Shingle Mill at Cherryville, saiil
Brightwood Grange
he w ants readers of The Post
to know.
In Attack on Delay
Mynard Cole, a veteran Coast
Pomona G range last week in R ange bear hunter, last week
trapped and shot a 354-pound
sisted, in a resolution passed at
black bear in Mr. La Mear’s
a m eeting in Sunnyside, th at the
orchard, just behind the mill.
Oregon State Game Commission
A number of bee hives in the
enforce its ruling that Portland
orchard had lured Bruin there.
General Electric Company install
a fish screen at its M armot Dam. ! The bear destroyed all of them
before he w as caught, how
The resolution echoed a sim ilar
ever, the mill ow ner said.
declaration made Sept. 18 by the
In on the kill besides Mr.
Brightwood Grange. It was based
on a copy of the Brightwood res Cole and Mr. La.Mear w as S y l
vester Amundsen, form er ow n
olution, sent to the parent group
er of the shingle mill.
by L. Earl Wilson, m aster.
Accept Users Tax,
Land Assessment
Monday’s Vote Is Third Bond Issue to Be
Passed: Will Seek Bids A fter Bond Sale
Thtic voters of Sandy Monday authorized the City Council
to issue $100,000 in general obligation bonds to pay the
cost Of a com plete sew er system and disposal plant but
tu rned thum bs down a proposal to in stall park in g m eters
here.
T he two issues were on sep arate ballots. Included in the
sew er m easure were requests by the Council to levy a special
property assessm ent and a u se r’s tax. Proceeds from both
w ere to go to a fund to pay*------------------------------------------
th e in terest and principal of
the bonds.
Both requests were g ra n t
ed. T ally of votes in the elec
tion, held from 8 a. m. Io 8
1». m. .Monday in the City Hall
w ere its follows:
Solution Appears
In Meter Puzzle
Copies of the Brightwood res 4-------------------------------------------H
olution were also sent to PGE,
Duncan Firm Hints It
the game commission and other
sta te officials and to other
May «Seek Freight Pay
granges and civic organizations.
To Issue SIDO.oao in general
Besides the Pomona declaration,
The City (council’s parking
obligation bonds, 109 yes; 35 meter question appeared to bi*
two other answ ers have been re
no.
ceived from the declaration, Mr.
heading for final settlem ent a fte r
Two Sandy youths escaped
To levy a special property Sandy voters Monday vetoed in
Wilson reported.
possible serious injury or death
assessm ent, 109 yes, 37 no.
Governor Hall A nsw ers
stallation of the gadgets here by
To fix users lax at not more a count of 129 to 26.
Governor John H. Hall respond in a hair-raising auto accident
One
of
the
first
persons
to
vote
in
Monday's
special
election
Clerk
(iuy
Pace
as
Mrs.
Helen
Dahrens
(standing
at
right)
and
than $1.50 a month, 99 yes,
ed Sept. 29 with a statem ent that Saturday night a t L ight's Corner
The Council referred the m eter
w as Carl I.oundree (center) snapped in the City Hall as lie
Mrs. Verona Schneider (seated at right), judges, watch Hie
45 no.
he would be "glad to discuss this on the Bluff Road, Police Chief
proposal to the voters at an Aug.
was being handed his ballots by Mrs. Mabel Beers, first clerk.
proceedings. Not shown in tin1 above photo is Mrs. Mary I.inn,
O.
E.
Loel
reported.
To
install
parking
meters,
m atter with members of the
Mrs. Dorothy Mills, clerk (seated at left) cheeks Mr. Loundrcc's
2 m eeting when they heard a
also a clerk. The polling place was open from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m.
20 yes; 129 no.
State Game Commission at the
D river of the vehicle was Jack
name against (he roll of registered voters prepared by County
•Monday.
letter from Jam es E. Groves. Se
first opportunity.”
Miller. N either he nor his only
Only 156 of Sandy’s 441 regis attle, a representative of the
From C. A. Lockwood, su p er passenger, Judy G unther, were
tered voters cast ballots, a 35 Duncan Meter Company of Chi
visor of the gam e commission, h u rt; but dam age estim ated at
per cent turnout. One of them cago, hint that legal steps might
came this answ er dated Oct. 5. nearly $1,000 was done to their
was ruled defective because one be taken to enforce a contract
“The power company men have car, the chief said.
enthusiastic citizen voted both the firm says it has with the city,
had conferences with our rep re
“yes” and “no” for the parking
He gave this account of the
Mr. Groves, however, in a tele
sentatives on several occasions accident:
m eters.
phone convcrsalion with The Post
Robert B. Mount, of C herry
Indians Defeated 12-7
and we know they have also sent
Sandy to Play There;
A m isunderstanding that only last week, said that if the m eters
Car L eft Road
ville, m aster of the Sandy Grange,
th eir men into W ashington and
property ow ners could vote in were voted down, his company
By
Sandy
Junior
Squad
The
car
was
heading
west
on
Both
Teams
in
Cellar
other localities to investigate the the Bluff Road when it failed to 1
the special election held the re probably would not fulfill its
told T he Post Thursday he in-
type of screen we have recom
In a fourth q u arter flurry, the ! tended to run as a write-in candi-
Coach W. E. “ Pop” Rannow ’s sponse down. City Recorder Dale court threat.
m
ake
the
curve
near
L
ight's
mended.
"But the council should at least
Sandy Pioneer football squad will Stew art said. All persons regis
Service Station, w ent into the Sandy Pioneer ju nior varsity I date for Clackamas County shcr-
Plans Moving Ahead
scored two touchdowns to topple! iff on the Republican ticket,
get another chance this Friday tered in precinct No. 1, which is he held responsible for freight
rig
h
t
hand
ditch,
sideswiped
a
“I am su re that they are going
the Molalla Indians 12-7 last! His , announcem ent followed
to break’ the jinx which is keep the city of Sandy, w ere eligible charges both ways from Chi
ahead about as fast as they can telephone pole, broke off a Thursday on the Indian’s field, news c i the death Monday of H.
cago,” he added.
ing them in the bottom spot on to cast ballots, he explained.
"Slow”
sign,
returned
to
the
road
toward the installation of this and finally cam e to a halt after
Legal action over the m eter
The winning touchdowm c a m e ' E verett Meads, of Oak Grove,
Third Bond Issue
the W illam ette Valley League
screen. You m ust rem em ber this
question would only result in
w ith less than two m inutes o f ! who defeated Mr. Mount in the
totum pole.
ripping
off
an
air
hose
from
Monday’s
election
was
the
third
is quite an expenditure and they
publicity,”
Mr.
play rem aining. The Pioneers piim aries for the post of Repub-
The Pioneers take on Canby successful attem pt the city coun “unfavorable
want to be sure that this screen the side of the service station.
took over on Molalla's 35. A pass I ¡ican candidate. Mr. Meads was
on the Canby field. The open cil made to gain authorization Groves added.
No
traffic
citation
w
as
issued.
will prevent the m igration Of
The m eters have been stuped iu
from W ayne Frederickson to D on) to have opposed Fred Reakseck« r.
ing kick-off is>sD*ted
U«p.m. ic .issue sewxmxixaid >. \ $2«.000
This w as the fourth accident Gomall put the ball on the two i incumbent, in the Nov. 2 general
fish down their ditch before
Canby is one of I he chief con issue was approved in 1946 to ■Sanftj- since l<rst, spring v, hen.
at L ight’s Corner in the past yard m a rk e i.
spending this sum of money.
' election.
tenders for the eelier position pay for the construction of a sew they w ere shipped here from
“Your grange can rest assured six m onths, Chief Loel said. Ex
Chicago. A crew of workmen a r
From there, Tom Bennett blast
The candidate died in an O re
and will be fighting to win their age disposal plant.
ROBERT
B.
MOUNT
th a t the Oregon S tate Game Com cessive speed when rounding the ed his way through the Indian gon City hospital Monday a fte r
rived to install them, but were
first gam e in league play. Their
When
bids
on
this
stru
ctu
re
ex
mission is doing w hat the law tu rn is the probable cause of line for the winning six points. noon from a blood clot of the
record shows one tie, two losses ceeded $24,000, an issue of $42,- prevented by the council.
T
hursday
in
the
Milwaukie
Ma
"requires tow ard seeing th at each of them, he added.
The m eter problam developed
heart. He had suffered a heart sonic Temple and burial was at and no wins.
Scores on Fum ble
000 was sought and granted in an
ditches and other diversions are
along the following lines, accord
Sandy’s first touchdown came attack last Wednesday and was Lincoln Memorial Park. Surviv
Oel.
7,
1947,
special
election.
But
screened.”
ing to inform ation gleam 'd from •s
earlier in the fourth stanza when taken to the hospital Thursday. ors w ere his wife, Madelon; two
Uar|M'iit<*rs Monday began when these bonds failed to sell
The commission, in an order
Paul Seem atter scooped up an Saturday he was released but sons, Ja y and Lyle, and a daugh erecting Sandy High School’s the contractor who had begun the official m inutes of the City
dated Ju ly 12, 1948, called for
Council:
Indian fum ble on his own 40 and suffered another attack that eve ter, Marilyn, all of Oak Grove.
new ll)0-foot football grand work on the disposal plant was
PGE to install a ro tary fish
At a special April 8, 1948, m eet
ran it back to mid-field. Two ning and was returned.
released
from
his
contract.
Mr. Mount was elected m aster stand on (lie south side of Grr
screen about 700 feet below the
end run sweeps by Bob Barlow
Visited Here Sept. 27
of the Sandy Grange last year. Field.
No bonds w ere issued after ing, Mr. Groves offered parking
intake of the M armot Dam flum e
m eters to the city a t no cost.
and Raymond Leekberg gave the
Mr. Meads last visited Sandy Born in Silverton, he has been |
"We hope Io have it finished either of the two previous special Price of the meters, about $75
by Dec. 31.
I Bernard O. Clark, principal of Pioneers a first down.
elections.
a
resident
of
Clackamas
County
I
Sept. 27 on behalf of his cam
by our next gam e,” Principal
was to be taken from their rev
Then from Molalla’s 40 Q uar paign for sheriff. His name will for the past 18 years. He is a re- J Floyd Light said, when Sandy
Sandy and Sandy Ridge Grade
( art Before ilurst*
enue,
the city receiving one-
' Schools, w as elected vice-presi- terback Jim Light called for a appear on the Nov. 2 ballots.
tired farm er, is m arried and has will meet Estacada Nov. 5.
“We always had the cart before fourth and the company three-
! dent of the Clackam as County reverse from Bob Barlow to Fred-1 The strain of his campaign two daughters.
Concrete footings tor the the horse,” declared Mayor Verne fourths of the proceeds until (he
I division of the Oregon Education rickson. It fooled the Indians and to u r was blamed for his death.
No word of action taken by the project
were
poured
last Alt Tuesday evening. “We let the m eters w ere paid for.
| Association, E. A. W oodworth, W ayne went 40 yards for the He had been a resident of Clack county Republican central com month. Tile grandstand is In
contract and then tried to secure
The council, on motion of C. G.
f county school superintendent, an- Pioneers’ first six points—stiff am as County for nearly 40 years m ittee on Mr. Mount’s announce seal 700 persons.
money. Now we’re going to be Brown, voted to authorize Mayor
j nounced Monday.
arm ing the lone Indian defender I and was a sergeant in the game m ent was received Thursday
sure we have the funds before Verne Alt and City Recorder Dale
Deer hunters put up their gear ! Robert E. Cody, principal of who had solved the play.
' division of the state police Mi afternoon by The Post. They pre
Stew art to enter into an agree
Coach Rannow seemed pleased we proceed further."
and settled back to w ait for E stacada Grade School, was
Molalla scored in the second Meads had charge of gam e law viously had sought to appoin
The next step, he said, would
another y ear as th e Oregon sea elected treasurer.
q u arter on a 60-yard pass play i enforcem ent in the Mt. Hood area. 1 Bradley J. Woodward, of Mulino, I this week with the progress that be to issue the $100,000 general ment w ith the company for the
meters. They were declared to be
aspirants
were
P a rt of the election was held and made the conversion to lead i He joined the state police force a (andidate, hut he refused to ¡•his football
son closed Thursday. But some
obligation bonds and offer them a means for traffic control and
of the m ore agressive hunters during the county grade school the Pioneers 7-0 at half time
accept because the election was making.
I I in 1920 and retired last year.
“The boys have come a long for sale. This action would be not for revenue.
esm m ented th a t deer season was teacher’s in stitute at Oregon
Sandy startin g lineup:
only two weeks away.
Services Held Thursday
way since the opening day of J taken by the city council at its
On April 19 the council, on mo
ju st a warm-up for the elk season City, Oct. 4 and 5, and the re
L.E., Don Gomoll; L.T., Bert I
Services w ere held at 2 p. m.
practice,” he said. “They are | next meeting,
tion of Roy Hickey, voted to
which opens Oct. 25th.
m ainder was carried on by mail Lawson; L.G., John M inyard: C.,
blocking, tackling, and running , A lter the bonds are sold, bids furth er survey the traffic prob
Rod Rogers bagged a big six- am ong Clackam as school facul Conrad Hassel; R.G., Delbert
better every day. We started out j on the project will be let.
lems of the city before accepting
point buck last week when he, ties, Final results of the tab u Lee; R.T., Clifford E hlers; R.E.,
the meters. It was a fte r this vote
with a green team and fu n d a-'
Federal Funds zXvailahh-
W esley Cunningham , and A rt lations w ere m ade known Mon ' Kenneth Krebs; Q., Jim L ight;
m entals are Ihe most im portant I The federal government, under that the council ordered the w ork
i L.H., Raymond Lekberg; R.H.,
Dixon journeyed down to Lake- day.
thing to learn.
I a w ater pollution act passed by men not to install the m eters.
This is Mr. C lark’s first year Wayne Frederickson; F., Sharon
view. All the boys in the p arty
But th e boys have not reached ; th e last congress, can but up to
Mayor Verne Alt T uesday
Contributions Io the 1948 Clack
got deer.
at Sandy. Before coming here
.
c- T -r
d
.. ; | BULL
one third of bonds issued to pay night said Ihe council had re
Substitutes;
F
o r n Benne
d RUN A harvest festi- am as County Community Chest perfection yet. We
Ivan B arker is leading Mel’s he was principal of W est Linn
spon-
for a city’s sew er system. Present ceived no fu rth er word from the
Pastim e deer contest with a head Grade School for 11 years and a C„ Paul Seem atter; E., Orville sored by the Bull Run P.-T.A. from persons in the Sandy area long way to go."
plans call for offering two thirds m eter firm. The com pany’s su g
that has a 19-inch antler spread, teacher at Rainier. He has 18 Sham blin; H., Leo W eisdorfer; Oct. 29 at the grade school The should at least equal the $1,200
of the $100,000 issue to Ihe public gestion would be considered by
announced Mel Skrievseth this years experience in elem entary T., Fred W hitfield; H., Richard money will be used to buy dishes collected here last year, Mrs. Ivan
and one-third to the government, the council whenever it is re
week. Contest aw ards wnl be pre education.
' McDermed; H., Bob Richardson; I for the school’s hot lunch pro- Barker, chairm an of the drive
he m ayor explained.
ceived, he added.
locally, predicted Thursday.
sented Saturday, Oct. 23. at 1
j H., Bill Frederickson; C., Leroy I gram .
The federal money will not be
Late
W
ednesday
she
had
re
p. m. Special aw ards will be is
Russell,
G.,
H
ubert
Brown;
H.,
SING ERS SCHEDULED
Home canned foods, rakes and
available until a fte r the first of ATOMIC RESEAI« II SLATED
a total of $1.153.55 since
sued at 2 p. m. and 5 p. m. on
The K ansas City Gospel Sing Bob Barlow.
I other articles will be sold. Plans ceived
the year, however, he said. The
Four Oregon colleges a re now
Hie cam paign began here Sept.
the sam e day.
ers, a troupe of six men, will
! a re being made to construct a 15. It is to end this week. Col
Prelim inary plans of the new. funds from public sale of the listed as cooperators w ith th e
Contest Closes Tonight
PEACHES
DONATED
take charge of the 11 a. m. ser
I bowling alley for the carnival.
revised Sandy Memorial Hospital bonds should he enough to start, Atomic Energy Commission in
The contest will close tonight. vices Sunday at the Sandy Com
Sandy Farm s donated 210 It will also include such features lections in the Bull Run com
its fellowship program in the
Fi iday, to give the hunters w h o ' m unity Church. The men have gallons of peaches to the Sandy as fortune telling, a fish pond and m unity have not yet been com- will he presented by architects to h<* added.
The contractor who is awarded medical and biological sciences.
hospital corporation m em bers and
have been out in eastern Oregon • broadcast over nation-wide hook Grade School, custom canned for
pleted.
alley.
A num ber of pledges a re still persons Interested next Thursday the bid "m ust abide by" plans They include Oregon S tate Col
tim e to get back with their tro ups several times and entertained the hot lunches served at the haunted
The affair will begin at 8 p. m. to be collected in Sandy, also, the at 8 p. m. in the Sandy C om m un draw n lor Sandy’s sewer system lege, Reed College, the U niver
phies, said Mel.
at service hospitals during the school, the P.-T.A. was told at a Mrs. M artin Sander is president
and disposal plant In May, 1946, sity of Oregon and the U niver
ity Church annex.
chairm an said.
Bob Sm ith and O scar Guthu war.
m eeting Tuesday.
of the P.-T.A.
sity's Medieal School in Portland.
The new plans call foi a 10 bed the m ayor stated.
Volunteers Assist
got in W ednesday night a fte r a
The following volunteer w ork hospital with an em ergency sui
five day trip to the Silver Lake
ers assisted Mrs. B arker; Mrs. gery room. X ray l oom and
country. Bob said “the hunting
P ark er Holloway, Sandy Ridge; doctor office..
was no good.“ "The deer ju st
“Wc have enough fund now in
Mrs. Melvin Richey, Sandy High
w errti't there.”
School
' ' :
R. D. Petei -on. the hospital tie a su iy to build
Harvey. Clarence and Ray |
Kelso; Mrs. L. C. Van Ausdell. such a building," said C orpora
Griffin w ith John Mills traveled t
Ivan B arker
Bull Run: Mrs. Verna Metzler, tion President
over a great deal of E astern O re
By Dick Horton
1 take care of the increased enroll-
M abery; Mrs. A. S. Baumbaek, "L ater as more funds become
gon but did not bag a buck, ac
"All ain't fun for them th at's ment is generally the cause. Bor
Kelso, and Mis. H erm ine Mud- available we will be able to add got” seems to tie a p retty general ing Grade School D istrict is pay
cording to Mrs. Mills. They were
a m aternity ward and perhaps concensus of opinion among the ing at the rate of 12.5 mills T he
row. Dover.
gone about a week and did not
Sandy High boys contributed a some m ore beds.”
get hack to Sandy until Tuesday
! “H aves” living in the Mt. Hood district is building a new g rad e
The hospital now ha* over ! area as the Clackam as County school.
total of $36.92 to win a Red
night.
F eath er fund drive there last $25,000 in cash dona I ions.
I sheriff's office entered its third
Tax for Bull Run has jum ped
week. Girls gave $36 10.
j w eek in collecting $3.625.710 in five times from 5 mills in 18 to
The contest, held four days,
leal and personal county taxes.
19.9 mills this year. W elches
began last Monday with a Chest • S e n t e n e e I l e f e r r e d
November 13 is the deadline school district tax has tripled
rally assem bly featuring nine-
i lor those who want to pay up from 9.3 to 26.4 mills.
S tate Senator W alter J. Pear- j
year-old Fronnie Neal, mascot of
City of Sandy has reduced Its
son. dem ocratic candidate f o r •
Ju stu s P. St row hi idge, 16. of 1 and take advantage of the three tax from 13.4 to 10.6 mills. De-
the 1948 county drive. Named
I
|s*r
cent
rebate.
sta te treasurer, visited Sandyi
"L ittle Miss Inspiration.” she route 2, box 56, Sandy, was foutvl
Tax money is now pouring into spite increased taxes for both
W ednesday on behalf of his i
lives at the Christie Home at guilty by District Judge J. F.
the
sheriff'» office at Ihe rate of the high school and the g rad e
cam paign. He called on old
M arylhurst College, Oswego, a Cahalin in P ortland Iasi T hui-
school the city's taxpayers a re
friends and was introduced to
day of an assault charge tail about $20 non a flay, commented paylag a total of 69.7 mills, a
Chest agency.
I
Sheriff
Ft
cd
Reakseeker
this
various civic and business lead
County Chest officials in O re sentence was defected indef
'm all increase over last y e a r’s
. week.
e rs by Fred Proctor.
gon City announced Monday they initely.
millage
of 66.7. The city’s valua-
Mr. Pearson, stale senator from j
"Just before the Nov. 15 dead- lion has gone up over $100,000
Stiowhridgi* w as arrested by
had received an added contribu
M ultnomah County for the past i
i
line
ihe
am
ount
will
increase
con
Clackam
as
County
deputy
sh
er
tion
of
$18
from
Brightwood.
The
Pictured ahnci- Is the high light of the Pow-
and is now quoted at $470,380.
W a lle r N orblad, featured speaker; Roltert It.
four years, has also served a
county's total Monday was $18,- iffs on a Multnomah County w ar siderably,” he said.
Mower'» third annual m eeting at The tin -sid e
sm ith , retiring as Big ( hlef, * ongralulali s -lu- k
Only 1.11 mills or $73.162.43 has
term as a m em ber of the Oregon ' Inn. O'-». P’, tbo dRfwtirm of OfflcCF*» Fro»»! I'*ft
637.67. leaving $10.982 33 to go rant charging him with th reaten
» Greenwood. new B>g t h ie f, Mr«,, Jennie
Biggest chunk of the tax will been allotted for county roads.
house of representatives of tile I Io right is Mrs. Harry Lolgren. ¿ ig ia g , re
M r id i, of W elchen, Medicine M oman, and jack
I Id
0 meet the 1948-49 budget set ing to commit a felony. His ball go lor schools. Expansion of Un* total to the county i8 8.6
legislature.
| elected Cnickatuiu Keeper; U- 6. tougiessniaii
J at $29,620.
M urtua, Gresham, U tile tlü c f.
had been set at $2,060.
, schools throughout the county to
2 Y ouths E scape
Serious In ju ry in
E luff R oad M ishap
Junior Varsity
Downs Molalla
Mount to Seek Write-In Vote as
Sheriff Following Meads’ Death
Pioneers Seek
Win Over Canby
Clark Is OES
County Officer
D eer Season Only
Warm-up for Elk,
Local Hunters Sav
R ail Run PTA
Slates C arnival
Community Chest
Drive Nears End
Ilospikil Board
To Sec Tentative
Plans l lmrsdav
New O fficers of Mt. H ood PowA) owers
S tale T reasurer
C an didate H ere
Tax Collections Enter Third Week;
’20,000 Paid Into Coffers Each Day
In Assault 'Trial
mills.