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Sandy High Opens School will start at Sandy and $8 for students who will union high school for all stu not be taking health and physi dents on Tuesday. Sept. 3 at cal education. 8:30 a m. Students should come The book rental fee covers prepared to spend a full day the student's locker fee, phys at school on this date. Hot ical education towel fee and lunches will be available in the the OSAA School Insurance fee. school cafeteria for those stiT- Students who participate in dents who desire to buy a hot athletics must pay an addi lunch. tional insurance and laundry The school buses will follow fee. the same routes and time Students who have moved in schedules as they did last to the district since last spring spring. and have not registered, should Students should bring their come to the high school on book rental fees the first day one of the following dates be- of school. These fees are $10 ween the hours of 8 a.m. and for students who will take 12 noon and 1 and 4 p.m., Aug. health and physical education 26, 27 or the 28. andy Post Vol. 25 TWELVE PAGES SANDY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1963 No. 33 Single copy 10c Power Man Killed, Two Others Hurt; Ambulance Stalled The Sandy ambulance lost its transmission en route to the power line accident near Sandy last Friday, according to At tendant Billie McNutt. Billie and Attendant Gene Fischer were taken to the accident scene by Mrs. Shirley Marsh all, who also took the first aid equipment. Three members of Sandy’s new law firm were on hand for a picture Tuesday. From left are Jerry A. Wills, Donald K. Robertson and Sidney A. Bartels. The fourth member of the firm, not in the picture, is R. Alan McEachern. (Sandy Post photo) Lawyers Open Sandy Office A law firm comprised of four young attorneys is opening an office at 501 Proctor avenue in Sandy. The attorneys, Jer ry A. Wills, Donald K. Rob ertson, Sidney A. Bartels and R. Alan McEachern, have taken over Judge George How- eiler's practice. Judge Howeil- er will be associated with them and Margery Brown will act as their secretary. They plan office hours from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fri days. Robertson and Wills have been practicing in the Rock wood area since 1959. Bartels, who is justice of Peace in Gresham, joined the firm in February of this year. Mc Eachern recently resigned from the Multnomah cöunty Soif District Board Discusses Tile, Trip An iinzmnt nonrl in tV»io An urgent need in this part of Clackamas county is for peo ple set up to do small drain tile jobs, said Soil Conserva tionist John Anderson. In discussing the tiling of lo cal farms at last Thursday's Soil Conservation District meet in Sandy. Anderson told the group that the large tiling com panies too often charge a move-in fee that adds consider ably to the cost and is espe- • i______ ■ " cially hard on the man who needs only a small tile job. The North Clackamas Soil Conservation District decided to hold another meeting on Thursday, Aug. 22. at the Trail Cafe in Sandy. At last week's special meet ing the budget was outlined, with national dues $75, state dues $25, speech contest $25, annual report $100, the district cont. on Page 3...... Beginning This Weekend 16th ANNUAL Gresham Outlook I BOWLING TOURNAMENT • Men and Women * Singles and Mixed Doubles • ABC & WIBC Sanctioned • $200 Guaranteed Prize Money Plus Trophies Eliminations Aug. 17-18, Aug. 24-25 Tournament Finals Sept. 8 Eastmont Lanes I MO 5-9000 GRESHAM district attorney’s office to join the firm. The group also has an office in the Rockwood area. One man died almost im mediately and two were injur ed. The accident occurred when power was accidentally turn ed on in a downed line being repaired by employes of Tyee Construction Co., working on a Clackamas county project. Dead, according to Clacka mas county sheriff’s officers, was Roland Warren Golz, Eu gene. Nick Bassick, Boise, was taken to Providence hospi tal by a Gresham ambulance. Leonard Dominick Knoll, Bis marck, N. D., was taken to Dr. Carlstrom’s office where he was treated for superficial burns, light shock and brtdses. The Sandy ambulance was back in service at 7 p.m. Sat urday evening. Calls over the weekend included taking Jes- sie Kortje Sandy, to Gresham General hospital where a son was born; attendants were Ray Anderson and Gene Fischer. Elsie Creighton, Rhododen- dron, was taken to Gresham General hospital, with Billie McNutt and Gene Fishcer as attendants. Sadie Bosholm was taken to Gresham General with a bro ken hip. Attendants were Tom Paul and Chuck Kolling. Hen ry Kautz was transfered from his home to McGuire’s Rest Home, with Gene Fishcer, Chuck Kolling and Billie Mc Nutt as attendants. Sandy Couples Fly to Alaska Three Sandy couples are planning to attend the Klwanis Northwest District Convention in Anchorage, Alaska. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Frederick son, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Bark er and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Richardson will drive to Seat tle where they will take a char tered plane to Anchorage. The youngsters who participated In the summer recreation program went all-out last Friday in dressing up for the parade that marked the final day of the program. The rtiythm band was in fine form and accom panied the group singing of “Puff, the Magic Bob and Joyce Grokett Offer Skill And the Best in Diamonds and Dishes Bob and Joyce Grokett. the two "guiding principals” be hind Sandy's large and lovely "Grokett Jewelry," came to Sandy on Halloween Day of 1951. Actually Bob had lived and worked in Sandy before, when he was employed as watchma ker by the store’s former own er, J. L. Phelps. But now the Groketts, who say that even when they bought the store they only planned to stay a few years, are firmly entrenched members of the community who intend to stay and grow along with the town. “I don’t look for any sudden boom, though," Bob says. "I don’t expect business to sky rocket even when the four-lane highway is opened. But I do lo.k for slow,, steady deve lopment that will make this a real good area.” He goes on to say he thinks we’ll have a good suburban shopping center here and the volume of business will contin ue to Increase. Store Keeps Growing Certainly the business the Groketts b ught 12 years ago has shown a satisfyingly steady growth so far. The store, at the time the couple purchased it. was housed in the present Sandy Post building. Three years later they moved into one-half of their present location With the gradual In crease in business they expand ed after another five years to Include the other half of the store. They have occupied these larger quarters for four years now. Bob, a native Oregonian, started in watch reparing dur ing the war while he was serv ing with the U. S. Marines On his return he took the watch maker course at Oregon Tech nical Institute at Klamath Falls and was the first graduate in this course. He says this course has since been discontinued and there is no place where the skill can be learned with the exception of Bulova’s program, which is strictly for handicapped per sons. The only way a young man can learn watch making now is by apprenticeship. This requires four years and a will ing teacher-employer. State Exam Stiff In order to acquire a license to repair watches in Oregon a man must pass a stiff state examination. Bob says the ex aminers were, for some years, licensing only 2 per cent of those taking the examination, but he has heard the percent age is somewhat higher now. When the Groketts bought the store it featured watches and diamonds, but as they expand ed they have added more jewel ry and a very complete line of quality giftware. And Bob, who Is kept tre mendously busy at watch and clock repair, continues to study. He is presently taking a couse with the Gemological Institute of America with the goal of becoming a registered gemolo gist. The GIA is the education and research center for the jewel ry Industry and is staffed by men from the Industry, from the sciences and from the mar keting field. Bob is studying marketing, buying, production, grading and appraising of diamonds and other precious More Glass Coming Joyce, who does the book keeping, also does a great deal of the buying of china, sil ver and crystal. She is present ly adding to the store's lines of glassware. In addition to the colonial blue and amber Fen ton glass, she will now be colonial and BOB AND JO KK G KOK ETT green, as well as the lovely "petticoat” line. Later in the fall she’ll have the Westmore land line of milk glass She also carries Bavarian china, German hand cut crys tal and the leading brands of silver. And of course there are the watches — Bulova, Croton and Caravelle, and the famous Keepsake diamonds. Joyce says she Is “almost” a native Oregonian. Actually she came to the state when she was six months old and grew up in Bend. The couple met in Salem when Bob was working In a jewelry store there. They have one son, Greg, 8. Bob says he’ll teach Greg the watchmaker’s skill "only if he shows an interest in it and the desire to learn it.” Dragon," as the parade paused on Straus«« while the Judges performed the difficult task of making choices among so many clever cos tumes and decorations. (Sandy Post photo) Brief Shut-Offs Due Water Users Sandy water crews antici pate having to shut off city water os-caslonally during the next two weeks, due to work on the lines. New eight-Inch pipe Is be. Ing Installed along Pleasant avenue between Strausse and First street. Water will have to be shut off at times to en able city crews to install valves and make hookups. This may leave residents in other sections of Kandy with out water for a few hours at a time. They are assured that water crews are mak- Ing every effort to make "waterless” periods as brief as possible. Deputy D.A. Resigns Post Donald Bowerman, chief criminal deputy in the office of the Clackamas county dis trict attorney, has announced his resignation, effective Sept. 1. Bowerman, a graduate of Northwestern Law School will enter private practice. Hunting, Fishing Liked Bob, like so many Sandy- ites, Is a hunting and fishing enthusast, ahitough he says he has very little time for it. Joyce says she thinks his mo vie camera could be called his favorite hobby. She adds that he likes to "build things” and has built her kitchen, two trail ers and a number of other things. She doesn’t mention her own hobbies, possibly because her work at the store, her home and her young son don’t leave her much hobby-time But dia monds and beautiful dishes, even though they can keep a person busy, are the kind of things almost any w >man could enjoy working with. And Joyce has lots and lots of these — all the very best. She and Bob both Insist that they will never carry anything that is not top quality When you sell top quality and serv ice you can feel sure you are 'here tomorrow'," Bob says. And there's little doubt that the Groketts will be "here" for many tomorrows. a unique handmade miniature h perune A Ilutad bowl with rutilai that could hava been copiad from Grandmother’s blousa ol the 189O'> Tall, trumpet-like vases cup your floral arrange manta or remove so the bowl may be used tor candies and nuts. Thia lovely epergne has a long cherished antique appeal, tn two colors — Milk Glass and Blue Opalescent SANDY, OREGON $6 50 TELEPHONE MU 7-3101
