Clackamas County Bank First to Act in 'Clean-up, Fix-up'
Judge Dismisses
H. Baker Trial;
Others Pending
Any further action on the ar
son charges pending against
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Baker
depends upon finding additional
evidence.
Donald Bowerman, assistant
district attorney for Clackamas
county, told The Post Wednes
day that evidence in the case
will be re-examined and "If we
can come up with anything
new, we will continue with the
prosecution.’’
Mr. and Mrs. Baker each had
been charged with two counts
in connection with the Dec. 29
fire which destroyed the Sandy
General Store.
The first degree arson trial
of Baker ended abrutly last
week when Judge Ralph Hol
man dismissed the case. He
ruled that evidence presented
by the state had not shown be
yond a reasonable doubt that
the fire was of incendiary ori
gin and that there was incon
clusive evidence linking the de
fendant with the case.
Still pending is the first de
gree arson charge against Mrs.
Baker, who chose to stand trial
separately. Both the Bakers are
also charged with burning and
destroying property with the
intent to defraud an insurance
company. No date has been set
for these trials, according to
Bowerman.
During the two days of Bak
er’s trial the state presented
22 witnesses in an effort to
prove arson and link Baker
with it. Testimony showed there
was $70,000 insurance including
$30,000 on buildings, $7,000 on
household goods. $23,000 on
stock in the store, $8,000 on
furniture and fixtures and $2,000
c;. ¿tock stored elsewhere than
in the store.
Judge Holman told the jury
that the fact that some of the
furntiure or fixtures may have
been removed shortly before
the fire was not conclusive evi
dence of any intent, as the Bak
ers might have moved it in
anticipation of the foreclosure
proceedings scheduled for the
day on which the store burned.
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Susan Gantenbein Packs For Summer in Istanbul
"Though I fly to Istanbul
. . .’’ sang the poet, Poe. And
In a modern version, Susan
Gantenbein, who quite sudden
ly found herself Istanbul-bound,
said, “I'm way up in the clouds
—we all are. But my family is
is higher up than I amT”
Certainly Susan and her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Al Ganten
bein, have a reason to be "fly
ing high.” For it was Monday,
June 10, that the message ar
rived from American Field
Service telling Susan she had
a second set of narents In Istan
bul who were expecting her for
the summer, departure date
June 20.
So Susan is "flying” in order
to be ready to board the train
at the appointed hour. She will
go by rail from Portland to
Chicago where she will change
trains and head for Washington,
D.C. There she will be given a
day’s tour of the nation’s capi-
tol, then on to New York. An
other tour awaits her in New
York where she will see the
Statue of Liberty, the Empire
State building, Rockefeller Cen
ter and the United Nations.
From New York she embarks
on the S.S. Seven Seas, which
will carry all the American
Field Service young people who
will spend the summer in Eu
rope—about 750. During the IO
day trip across the Atlantic
there will be intensive study
of the language and customs of
the countries to which the young
emmissaries are bound.
When the ship docks at Rot-,
terdam she will be met by Mr.
Yalcin Yusufoglu, secretary!
general of the American Field
Service of Turkey, who will es
cort those who are spending the
summer in his country. Susan
has not been told whether this
last leg of her trip will "be made
by rail or by air.
Among the things that Susan
must do in the few days left
to prepare for her trip is get
ting "shot”—she must be In-
noculated for typhoid, paraty
phoid, tetanus and small pox—
getting a pasport, a generally
lengthy and involved process
which is being expedited with
much more speed than usual,
especially for Susan.
What to Take!
And then there is packing.
What does a girl take to Tur
key? In the case of an “Ameri
can Abroad,” she is told she
should take “typically Ameri
can” gifts to her Turkish fam
ily of four, American maga
and
take
them
to
Gresham
By CARL BRIDGMON
zines and at least one good
General. Mr. Sites was in a
book of facts—something in the
We regret to report there state of shock while Mrs. Sites
almanac line. This is to supply
were several serious accidents suffered facial lacerations.
answers to the innumerable
this past week. They were re
On the other hand all was
questions she will be expected
corded as follows:
pretty quiet on the fire front.
to answer about her country.
June 4 - 5:30 p.m. Theo. B. Hope this is not a lull before
These are the "musfs”—after
Shaw 3574 N.E. Webster, Port the storm.
they are packed she can take
land was involved in a car
NE W MEETING PLACE
Chief Lyle Seaman informs
clothes, but only up to 40 pounds
accident at Compton's Corner me there was a good turn out
The Sandy area Chamber of total weight.
and was taken to Gresham at the First-Aid Class last
Already sister Judy is plan
General. Tom Paul and Chuck Thursday evening — about 17 Commerce will hold its next
Rolling attending.
attending. This first Aid Class luncheon meeting at the Trail ning on a double wardrobe for
June 6. 8:40 a.m. Jean Pe is open to the public and is Cafe on Proctor avenue, ac the summer, as Susan reluct
ters. Rt. 3. Rhoda was trans held weekly at Sandy grade cording to Vice President Jerry antly sets aside all the pretties
ported from Dr. Noehren's of school. Anyone interested in Swails. The group has been she’d like to take but can’t
fice to Providence Hospital this course (believe me it is meeting at Ann’s Coffee Shop, possibly.
The family Susan will join is
with a head injury. Chuck Rol time well spent» can get more but will meet at the Trail Cafe
Mr. and Mrs. Ramil H. Rap-
ling. Billie McNutt and Jean details by contacting the in from now on.
Fischer attendants. On return structors, Lyle Seaman, or
ing to Sandy the same attend Ruth Davenport. It’s free, but
ants were called to Govern remember, enroll now so you
ment Camp to pick up Mr. will be able to cover the full
and Mrs. Eldon Sites, 1035 S.E. course.
113th ave. who had been in
Safety Thought: Remember,
volved in an auto accident safety is no accident!
Accidents Hit Area
SANDY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1963
tanoglu, 14/4 Dibekci Ramil
Sok. Spor Cad, Istanbul, Besik-
tas, Turkey. Father is a medi
cal doctor and a retired army
colonel. Mama says she is a
housewife and just takes care
of her family. Handsome, dark
haired big brother is a medical
doctor and the new sister, who
neglected to send her name and
age, but appears in the photo
graph to be about the same age
as Susan, says she is a student
of mathematics and physics.
Time to Write
Susan wrote to her new fam
ily the same day she received
the news that she would visit
them, and if the mails work
smoothly, there’s time for a
reply before she leaves.
Susan is fortunate in having
a returned Turkish visitor, Car
olyn Zimmerman, in the area.
She hopes to spend some time
with Carolyn and perhaps bor
row a book on the language,
for while she was sent lists of
books and records, there is not
time enough to get them.
Susan said she had "given up
hope” of being selected for the
AFS summer program. She ap
plied last October and heard
in February that she was a
semi-finalist from Sandy high.
This means that she had been
accepted to go if a home could
be found for her abroad, but
many, many more American
youths are able to go than there
are European homes to host
them. She heard no more and,
understandably, decided at this
late date it was time to forget
the whole thing. Then came the
word.
Susan will return to Sandy
Sept. 13. She will miss two
weeks of her senior year at
school, but all concerned feel
she will learn much more than
enough to make up for this.
Al Gantenbein residence, as the sparkle in
these two pair of pretty eyes indicates. Susan,
on left, had just received word from tile Am
erican Field Service that she had Iwen select
ed as one of a group win* will spend summer
in Europe, specifically for her—Istanbul, Tur.
key. Her sister, Judy, who returned from Bob
Ilian two weeks ago, shares her sister's an
ticipation of a wonderful summer, but teases
that no sooner did she come home than Susan
planned to leave. When Susan returns next
fall, It will be time for Judy to go back to the
uiversity for her senior year.
(Sandy Post photo»