Vol. 24
FOURTEEN PAGES
SANDY, OREGON. THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1962
No. 25
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Meet Mulls Highway
Sandy Post Gives
World’s Fair Tips
Planning to visit the Se
attle World’s Fair?
Who isn’t?
Then you’ll be interested
in the Post’s story of how
to see and enjoy the fair.
See Page 2 of this section
today.
Crash Kills
Wayne Trull
Carol Ackers, 17, Sandy high junior, has been chosen by
tlie ladies auxiliary of the American Legion to go to Girls’
State, Salem, the week of June 1117. During this week young
people set up governing body, run for offices and prepare
bills for legislature, gaining Invaluable experience in gov
ernmental procedure.
(Sandy Post photo)
A Boring man, Wayne Elliott
Trull, 26, was killed when his
poultry truck crashed into a
pole along the Pacific Freeway
south of Salem. The accident
occurred Monday morning.
It was Trull’s first day on
this job. He is survived by a
wife and three children.
Sheriff Says Deputy |.oca| Reserve
Will Remain in Sandy Unit Helping
A
A resident
resident will
will continue
continue to
to
be stationed in Sandy. Clacka-
mas County Sheriff Joe Shobe
told the Sandy Post this week.
A rumor has been circulating
that the precinct here would
be closed and the deputy, Sgt
Tom Cutsforth, would be work
ing out of Oregon City.
There will be only one dif
ference, Shobe said, in that the
Sandy sheriff s telephone num
ber will be a direct line to
Oregon City. Then the Sandy
officer will be dispatched from
Oregon City by radio.
The line formerly went to
the precinct, and to Cutsforth's
home when there was none at
the precinct.
"I hope that especially dur
ing the summer months that
I can get another car up there
part of the time,” Shobe add-
ed.
Shobe also said the sheriff’s
number listed in the current
Hood - Land Chamber of Com
merce directory is incorrect.
He asked the users of the book
to mark in the correct number,
MU 7-4365.
County Commissioner Darrell
Jones said that the Precinct
office in Sandy would be closed
in July. He felt service to the
community would not be les
sened by the action, since it
ties in with the new telephone
service, and leaves unchanged
the manpower situation.
Jones also indicated that
eventually a fulltime manned
precinct will probably be re
quired in Sandy, but that bud
get limitations presently pre
clude it.
T
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Goodwill Offer
The Mt. Hood unit of the
Clackamas County Sheriff’s
Reserve is taking a hand in
an international goodwill pro
ject.
Dirindra
Kumar
Dultla-
Barman, of Calcutta, India,
was to arrive yesterday at
Portland International Airport,
and thence to University of
Oregon Medical school hospital
in Portland for a heart - valve
operation of the type initiated
by doctors there.
The Indian visitor original
ly appealed to Eleanor Roose
velt for an operation to restore
a normal life, and was placed
in contact with the Portland
school.
Ken Shoup, Welches, a mem
ber of the Mt Hood reserve
unit, became interested in the
case from a story in The Or
egonian last year.
Shoup was to meet Dutla -
Barman at the airport in a
sheriff’s car, and escort him
prise" plan ask or accept sup to the hospital Wednesday.
port from the Federal Govern
During a three • month con
ment when Federal hand - out valescent period following the
is exactly what this plan, rep operation, the reserve unit will
resentative of free - spirited arrange placement in various
Americanism,
is
trying to Oregon homes for periods of
avoid?”
several days so that the visitor
Dr. Noehren's trip to Chica may see the state. The Twenty
go, which is financed entirely Miracle Miles on the Oregon
by himself, brings a strong pos Coast will be one host.
sibility that the national policy
Several other organizations
of the AMA will develop from have offered assistance to the
the work and thought of San ailing man for underwriting
dy’s "home town" doctor.
various expenses.
Dr. Noehren Flies to
Chicago AMA Meet
Sandy’s Dr. Walter A. Noeh
ren flies to Chicago Friday car
rying hopes that his medical
care plan will find approval
with the American Medical
Assn, annual meeting there
next week.
Noehren's plan, under study
by the Council on Medical
Services of the AMA since last
fall, was approved by the
Clackamas County Medical So
ciety in April and by the Ore
gon State Medical Society in
September.
Part of the plan was approv
ed by the AMA House of Dele
gates in November, with the
plan as a whole, termed "Res
olution 16”, set for further
study.
To support the work of ac
quainting the nation with his
"free enterprise medical care”
plan. Dr Noehren has only $50
contributed by the community,
$25 from a Portland doctor and
$500 from Nettie Connett.
Underlying
Dr. Noehren's
work is the question. "Who
should support this type of re
search? Should a free enter-
The Sandy City Council met
with Harold C. Ayers and H S.
(Si) Cox. Oregon State High
way Department engineers at
a well-attended forum - type
meeting at Sandy grade school
Monday evening.
Mayor Ruben Hoffman and
five councilmen heard the opin
ions of both local citizens and
the highway engineers on the
route highway 26 should take
through Sandy.
After introducing the state
highway engineers, Mayor Hoff
man turned the meeting over to
Duane Knapp. Knapp outlined
the three choices -a four-lane
highway in the present (Proc
tor Ave.) location, two one-way
streets, and a by-pass.
Apparently, he said, the city
had only two real choices. He
then called on engineer Ayers
to present the highway depart
ment’s thought.
Ayers spoke emphatically in
favor of the two one - way
streets, which the highway de
partment terms a "one-way
couplet.” He said wherever this
has been tried the city has a
tremendous increase in safety.
He said it also brought growth
to a city, though safety was the
factor most heavily stressed.
Couplet Cheaper
Knapp questioned whether
the one-way couplet, which
would mean routing two lanes
of traffic east on Main street
and two lanes west on Proctor
avenue, would be cheaper. Ay
ers said it would.
Ralph Richardson said that
while the planning commission
had discussed the highway
route at great length he did not
believe It had ever voted to
recommend one route in pref
erence to another.
In explaining details of the
two routes the state men said
the one-way couplet would di
vide the traffic in half and also
allow room enough to dress the
the streets up, curb to curb.
They propose two 12-foot fanes
with 10-foot shoulders and again
stressed the safety element,
saying that in building this type
highway they were not build
ing in a hazard.
No Left-Turn Lane
If the city’s choice were a
four • lane highway, would
there be no fifth left • turn
lane. There is not, say the en
gineers, sufficient room for the
left turn lane, as the four
four-lane highway, there would
be no fifth left-turn lane. There
is not, say the engineers, suf
ficient room for the left turn
lane, as the four lanes would
require the entire 80 feet. They
described the four-lane high
way as requiring a two-foot me
dian, four 12-foot lanes, two 10-
foot parking lanes with five
feet on either side for side
walks.
In either the four • lane or
the one - way couplet the side
streets would retain access,
they said.
Although the
department
recommends the one ■ way
couplet, the engineers assured
that the state would build
highway
whichever
type
through Sandy the city council
voted for
Deane Wesselink of the Jun-
ior Chamber of Commerce
brought up several questions.
In answer to one concerning
who would maintain the high
way, Ayers said the state
would take care of total main
tenance.
Increase L'nestiniated
Asked the state’s estimate for
the anticipated increase in traf
fic for the next five years, he
was told there was no way of
accurately estimating
To the question, "What if the
state doesn't take over Main
St." Knapp gave the reply that
the city of Sandy has approxi
mately $4000 it can use for this
purpose.
From the floor came the
question of how soon the state
anticipates the need to bypass
the town. Ayers said there is
no way to estimate this accur
ately but the one way couplet
would postpone this need.
Concerning crosswalks Ayers
stated that a highway depart
ment division would work with
the city, and when a decision is
reached will paint them. He
said too many cross - walks
are considered unwise.
Other queries brought out
that the state does not plan to
install traffic lights, should the
city decide on the four - lane
highway. Neither does it plan
new street lights.
State Sets Speed
Asked who sets the s p e e d
limit on the highway as it goes
through the city of Sandy, Cox
said the state has this power,
but would confer with city of
ficials on this matter.
Olin Bignail brought up the
matter of the wide highway
through town tending to send
most of the tourist business to
one or the other end of the
town, but was assured this
had not occurred in other
towns.
Bob Smith spoke in favor of
the four - lane highway, say
ing he did not want Sandy
to lose the tourist profit which
he estimates at about $70,000
"I go through Lebanon, which
has the one - way couplet,
and I don't spend any money,'"
he said. He added that he felt
the state should maintain Main
street regardless of where the
new highway was put.
Mrs. Howard Berger said
that she favored the one - way
couplet as the Bergers lived in
Lebanon at the time this sys
tem was put in there. She said
it did much to develop the
town and increased safety.
Couplet Suite School
Grade school Supt. Clyde Su
therland said the one - way
couplet would require a few
more safety patrol youngsters,
but this could be arranged. He
also felt that the extra block
SANDY
CLACKAMAS COUNTY
soft drink concessions to games
of skill. All proceeds go to
charity and to the Jaycee Com
munity Development Fund
Paul Seamatter, first vice
president of the Jaycees and
chairman of the street dance
committee, said this week.
This year's dance will be a
tremendous success The en
thusiasm of Sandy residents
and the cooperation of all the
people involved in this project
makes it quite clear that in
terest in civic affairs is high.”
if
Meet our 1962 Bride and Groom—Beverly
Hauglum and Wally Gunderson who last
week toured Sandy stores and learned just
how complete Sandy is as a shopping com
munity. Bev and Wally were married Fri
day at the Emmanuel Lutheran church In
Randy. A reception in the churl h followed.
The couple scheduled a beach honeymoon
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OREGON
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» J'Here are map« of Sandy’« present and perhaps future
patterns. Top map shows traffic count from recent state
■ survey. Totals for various pointe are written in. Bottom
map shows one-way couplet proposed for Sandy by state
highway commission. Commission will follow Sandy city
council recommendation, which will probably be given dar
ing July council meeting. Choice is between one-way coup-
। let or four-lane highway on present route.
i
H9«e
-ÎS°£I2B
or two some of the busses
would have to travel would be
of small consequence.
Marvin Prestwood of PGE
asked about the west junction
which was said to be planned
at the present location. The gap
at Sandy Ridge cutoff wil be
closed.
"We are letting bids for this
job very soon,” Cox said.
"That is the reason we are
ings include classrooms, a mul
ti • purpose room and heating
plant.
School board spokesmen said
unsettled legal technicalities
prevented the measure from
being placed on the May 7
school election ballot.
Other hard working members
of the Street Dance committee
are Orville Scheel. Gary Op
perman. Mick Lawson. Clint
Bogart. and Bob Rhode.
The jaycees will have a dart
game, a sponge throw and a
dunk tank Jaycettes will have
a game and refreshment
stand Concessions will open
at noon with free admission to
the game area with children of
course invited
The dance will begin at 9
p.m.
City Hall
!__ I ÍAVI. Lz
Street Dance July -
Planned for Sandy
Preparations are well under
way for the annual Sandy Gay
way Street Dance July 7 at
Sandy elementary school.
Sponsorship of the dance is
by the Mt Hood Junior Cham
ber of Commerce
Sandy s
group of young business and
professional men
Service organizations from
Gresham
Sandy.
and the
mountain area contribute each
year to the success of the fes
tivities by erecting booths of all
kinds ranging from food and
Poet Ottico
School
SI6NÍD ROUTH
Cottrell School
Ballots Monday
Cottrell school district will
hold its election Monday, June
25, from 2 to 8 p.m. at the
school.
This election is to vote on
$75,000 in bonded indebtedness
for building additional build
ings Some of the planned bulld-
•
before returning to their new home between
Gresham and Sandy. They met In the 7th
grade at Orient school. Wally works in the
aircraft division of the Iron Fireman com
pany and Bev is employed by the Industrial
Hospital association. For their tour, turn
U> page 4 of today’s Post.
(Sandy Post photo)
pressing for Sandy's decision
on the highway route through
town now. We would like to
get blds for all work now.”
Sept. 19 is the day set for
bids on the Anderson road —
Duncan road section and the
department would like to have
all projects tying in with this
ready by that date.
Some Want Bypass
Some Sandyltes spoke in fav
or of bypassing the town com
pletely
"Sixty - four hundred
cars a day ought not to have
to piddle through our village,”
was one comment.
Cox said the by - pass was
not even contemplated at the
present time as it would cost
immeasureably more to buy
new right - of • way and start
from scratch on a new high
way to by • pass the town.
Asked how soon a decision
was needed by the state, the
council was told there was no
hurry just so the decision was
made before "tomorrow.”
After a show of hands in
dicated a more than two-to-one
vote in favor of the one ■ way
couplet, Knapp recommended
the council reserve decision till
"next time.” He said there was
a need to discuss such things
as fire hydrants, water lines,
curbing etc.