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Vol. 26
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SANDY, OREGON THURSDAY. AUGUST 29, 1963
Single Copy 10c
No. 35
Sandyites Report Exciting Journey
Three Sandy couples who
took a chartered plane to the
Pacific
Northwest
Kiwants
Convention in Anchorage. Alas
ka, report a wonderful time,
a grand convention and some
breath-taking
m ments
of
suspense.
The suspense was occasion-
ed by a motor's conking out
on the plane carrying the Ken
neth Fredericksons. the Ivan
Barkers and the Ralph Rich
ardsons. as they started back
towaid home. It was 150 miles
from Juneau when it lost the
motor so the pilot, with 87 pas
sengers and a crew of five, de
cided the safest move was to
land at Juneau.
In order to do this he had
to dump 1300 gallons of gaso
line. After the gas was jet
tisoned the DC-7 maae a good
landing, the local couples say.
But they admit that although
all aboard talked, joked and
played cards, there was an un
dercurrent of tension and they
were all glad when the plane
came smoothly down to good
old terra firma.
Red Dog Saloon Seen
"At least we got to see the
Red Dog Saloon in Juneau,
which we would never have
seen if we hadn't lost that mot-
or." Frederickson said, He
says everyone told them they
must be sure to see the Red
Dog Saloon and they did, al-
beit inadvertently. They even
promise a picture of it when
the snapshots they took a r c
processed.
The Sand)’ folks were among
7(»0 who attended this conven
tion, Barker in his capacity of
Lt. Governor of Division 13.
The group elected Vic Wilson,
who is employed at PGE in
Gresham, district governor for
the year that begins Jan 1
1964.
Other highlights of the trip
reported by the Sandy couples
was a train ride to Palmer for
a moose and carribou barbe
cue. Ivan reports the exotic
meats as being very good.
$ alley Said Fertile
Palmer, he says, is a small
club, but it served over 400
people at the barbecue. It is
in the Matanuska Valley, a
wonderful farming area with
cabbage as big as wash
tubs." He says the residents in
this valley grow wonderful veg
etables, but are going broke.
And in a state where such
things are in tremendous de-
mand.
The difficulty, Ivan says, is
County Republicans
Hold 'Country Fair'
The annual Country Fair.”
— aprons, crotcheting, knitting,
sponsored by the Republicans
ceramics, metals, woods; and
of Clackamas county for the
furniture,
white elephants
benefit of candidates, will be
dishes, ccoking utensils, books,
held this year in the area for
records, lamps, costume jewel
merly occupied by Woolworth's
ry
in fact, anything at all.
in the Lake Oswego Shopping
Mrs. Marie Motejl is chair
Center. 1st St. and A Ave.,
man for Sandy, and articles
Lake Oswego, cn Saturday,
may be left at the George W.
Sept. 14, beginning at 10 a m.
Beers Pioneer Real Estate of-
and lasting until sold out.
fice. All contributions should
Mrs. F. V. Magaurn, gener
be there by Sept. 12, or may
al chairman, says that ^Any , be brought directly to the fair
thing under the sun” will be
premises on the 13th. Bakery
accepted for sale at this fair,
goods and perishables can be
and makes the following sug
b.ught in early on the 14th.
gestions :
Every Republican in Clacka
Antiques — picture flames,
mas county is urged to partici
glassware, etc., anything that
pate by their donations and by
is "old"; bakery — all baked
attendance at the fair. This
cookies; collector's items —
event promises to be as suc-
rocks, stamps, bottles, minia
cessful as those held in the
tures, coins, etc.; garden —
past, and many new events are
anything that can be trans
planned.
planted in the fall, also such
accessories as bird houses,
The next election year, as
and purses
should be in good
always, will be important to
condition.
Clackamas county and partici
Also jellies, jams and pick-
pation in this fair affords ev
les
these should be labeled;
eryone an opportunity to help
produce —
all
vegetables,
in an enjoyable and effective
fruits, nuts, eggs; handiwork
manner.
in distribution, and also in the
fact that merchandisers must
keep their year-round sources
of supply in continental USA.
Other fine entertainment was
furnished by a group of Eski
mo dancers, an outstanding
band from a Fairbanks h i gh
school and two high school
boys who were so talented that
Ivan predicts they'll be on tele-
Meet to Discuss
Freeway Location
Forrest Cooper, state high
way engineer, is slated to dis
cuss plans for the controver
sial freeway 205 at a noon
meeting of the North Clack
amas County Chamber of
Commerce on Tuesday, Sept.
4, at the Anchorage restau
rant. All interested persons
are invited to be present at
the no.host luncheon to hear
Cooper.
Ihose planning the meet
ing say they except Cooper
to disclose the state’s posi
tion on the two proposed
routes — one joining highway
5 near the Marquam bridge,
going east to approximately
111th, then going north across
the Columbia river; the oth
er crossing the Willamette
from Lake Oswego to Oak
Grove and cutting across
Clackamas county to approx
imately 111th at S.E. Powell
Blvd., then continuing north
across the Columbia river.
Concealed Gun
Brings Arrest
Clackamas county sheriff's
deputies arrested two men in
Wemme last Sunday, Aug. 25.
Charged with driving while
under the influence of liquor is
James Eugene Wilson, 35, P.O.
Box 41, Boring.
Wilson's passenger, Donald
C. Allie. 32, was arrested on a
charge of vagrancy and pos
session of a concealed weapon.
Clackamas county sheriff’s
deputy Bob Watts and reserve
deputy Ray Ruedi said it was
reported that the gun. a 0.38
revolver, had been displayed
in a threatening manner in a
Rhododendon nightclub
The men were lodged in the
Clackamas county jail and
and
will appear for trial in the dis
trict cout.
Local Soil Scientist
vision some day.
The Fredericksons mention
as particular)- interesting the
drive down the Kenai penin
sula to Seward.
And they all say that once
the crippled plane landed there
was much to be seen in the
Juneau area Another plane
was sent up from Seattle to
take them home, but while they
waited they were fed and fe
ted by the airlines and taken
sightseeing on a tour that in
cluded the Mendenhall glacier.
Weatherwise the trip was
most pleasant, according to the
Fredericksons, who said it was
raining when they arrived in
Alaska and raining when they
left, but sunny and nice in be
tween.
Surfacing Set
Early in 1964
The state highway commis
sion has scheduled advertising
for bids for surfacing the An
derson road-Duncan road sec
tion of the Mt. Hood highway
for early 1964, according to Vic
tor Wolfe of the state highway
department.
Wolfe, who was in Sandy last
Friday, said he was not at lib
erty to say whether the high
way commission would, at that
time, begin work on the San
dy section of the highway,
but these who heard him felt
that
this
possibility might
exist.
He further explained how the
section from the Willamette
river to approximately S.E.
111th street could be completed
by 1972 if it is to tie in with
a bridge crossing the Columbia
river at the tip of Govern
ment Island, thus becoming
part of the interstate system.
This could speed up comple
tion of the Sandy-Portland sec
tion of the freeway immeasur
ably, Wolfe pointed out.
In discussing the legal no
tice the highway department is
publishing in this and next
week’s issues of the Sandy
Post, Wolfe stated that this
takes care of a legal technical
ity overlooked at the time the
public hearings were held on
the highway route through San
dy. Copies of this published
notice are required by the
federal bureau of public roads
in order to obtain the 60 per
cent financing available from
the federal government.
"We must have all legal mat
ters in order before we can be
gin the preliminary survey to
construct the section of high
way through Sandy,” Wolfe
said.
Works
With
A Venezuelan government
soil scientist who grew up in
the Sandy area is back for a
visit and. like the postman
who goes for a walk on his day
off. he's been spending a good
bit of time the last few days
with Duane Setiness. Clacka
mas county soil scientist.
Samuel
J.
Strebin
lived
about seven miles northwest of
Sandy, attended the old Vic
tory grade school and later
studied soil work in the de
partment of agriculture at Ore
gon State university. He work
ed for the U. S. Soil Conserva
tion Service for about three
years, but has spent the last
17 years as an employee of
the government of Venezuela,
w'here he is helping that gov
ernment combat Communism
in a very practical way —
teaching the poor how to be
come self-supporting landown
ers.
coming school year. Not looking on, but only because his
mistress has forcibly subdued him, Is little "Peppy” Hames,
who Is as enthusiastic about the new member of the Hames
household as are the human members of the family.
uanuy
(Sandy
_
Post photo)
Rose of Cali Arrives in Sandy
Land of Eternal Spring
Sandy’s newest foreign ex ern homes seemingly bathed
change
student,
18-year-old always in sunshine. And the
Rosalba (Rose) Cortes Rivera, sunshine is at least an "al
is a very small girl with a most always” commodity, for
very great warmth of personal the brochures which Rose also
ity. The dark eyes in the small,
brought call it "the land of
sweet face fairly sparkle with eternal spring.”
excitement as she describes her
Rose’s own home is a two-
homeland, the country of Col story
modern
house
wlth
ombia at the “top” of South
wrought-iron railing on the
America.
second-story balcony.
"My city, Call, is the capital
‘Togetherness’ Popular
of the department," she says,
“My uncle and aunt live in
going on to explain that in the downstais,” Rose explains,
Colombia there are 17 "do-
"and we — my mother, father
partmentos” which are simi and I — live upstairs. In my
lar to our states.
country families often live to
Rose, as she much prefers gether.”
to be called, brought pictures
Rose has two sisters; both
of Cali, a city of lovely mod-
are in their mid-twenties and
both are married. "And I have
two neices and a nephew," sliB
says, adding, “They arc such
beautiful children.”
Rose has studied English
for only nine months, but her
understanding and use of the
language is remarkable. Sh?
does speak with a charming
accent and there are timefc
when she gropes for the Eng
lish
word
she particularly
needs. But this In no way
slows her lively conversation
nor her interest in the people
she is meeting and the things
she is
seeing
nd learning
about.
completing his studies.
Rose's own interest leans
very strongly to medicine. She
explains that following her
year In America she will go
back to Colombia for two years
— this is a requirement of the
American Field Service for its
foreign
exchange
students.
But after the two years at home
she hopes she can come back
to America to study medicine.
Two Oceans Claimed
Rose has brought with her a
wealth
of
information and
many pictures of her lovely
country that has the unique dis
tinction of bordering on two
Word Similarity Noted
oceans — the Atlantic and the
An interesting discovery for
Pacific.
both Rose and those here to
The pictures show a mag
whom she speaks is the tre nificent land of mountains, val
mendous number of words that
leys and beaches, of beautiful
are sufficiently similar in ttje
modern cities with tall build
two languages to allow the
ings, wide, clean streets and
speakers to understand each
brght homes with colorful tile
other s meeting — words such roofs There are picnic spots
ragged clothes on their backs.
nal spring." Its temperature
as
the
English
"department,"
that look like they could be a
Many of these peoples have
varies little year-’round and
the Spanish "departmento";
few miles from Sandy <on
been squatters on someone
there are but two season, wet
the English "delicious," the a sunny day». And there are
else’s land for over 200 years.
and dry.
Spanish "delicioso"; plus all
Always they have had to pay
magnificent parks and formal
The people of Venezuela,
those English words ending in gardens complete with marble
an absentee landowner half of
Strebin says, have developed
•tion
that
have
a
Spanish
coun-
statuary.
what little they have been able
from the mixtures of European
terpart ending -cion.
to raise.
One of these parks will be of
people who immigrated and
"When I don’t know the Eng particular interest to those of
Government Helps
the native peoples. They are
lish word,” says our young
Now the govenment, which
Rose's own age It is the "Lov
proud people, he says. The
visitor, "I say the Spanish ers' Park" where all the young,
estimates that there are still
wealthy women are extreme
word, and often people know in-love couples go to hold hands
some 700,000 squatters, is try ly style-conscious, traveling to
what I am saying.”
ing to help them to become
among the trees and flowers
Paris, New York and Berlin
Rose says that until recent where white marble lovers al
producing citizens. It sells them
for their clothes. The working
land so reasonably that it is girls — secretaries and office ly her father traveled through so gaze Into each other's eyei.
out the
western
"depart-
almost a gift. Often no pay workers — spend as much as
The favorite sport in Colom
mentos” of Colombia selling
ment is demanded until after
bia? It's football, just the
three-fourths of their salaries
such commodities as shoes,
five years — then up to 30
same as in America Second
for smart clothes.
clothes, books and record play to football is popularity is bull
years Is allowed for repayment.
Three of the Strebins’ four
ers
to
stores.
He
now
makes
fighting. Rose says, adding
So far, Strebin says, 64,000
children are Venezuelan, and
fine furniture — sofas, tabled,
landless families have received
that she s metimes goes to the
since the country recognizes
bookcases etc. He does the fin bull fights.
land which they can, in time,
dual citizenship they will al
ishing and the upholstering
own and from which they can
ways be considered Venezue
also, Rose says, all in a shop
learn to earn a living.
lan, even should they later
at home.
The government employs a
choose American citizenship.
good number of technicians to
The Strebins will return to
Housework Liked
help these people learn to be
Venezuela soin with more
Rose
say
she some
come productive citizens.
knowledge to help the poor be
times helps him, but adds. "I
Strebin, who with his wife
come self-sufficient citizens of
help my mother more.” In a
and four children will return
their country
country where almost every
to Venezuela in another two
"We like Jiving in Venezue
family has several servants,
weeks, says that the country’s
la."
Strebin says,
"but of
the Cortes Rivera family has
A $62,000 suit has been filed
largest crop is corn, which course we'll eventually come
none. “We do not care to have
in Clackamas County Circuit
is the basic element of the lo back home."
servants,” Rose says. She
Court as a result of the Dec.
cal diet. It is not heard of often
says she likes housework and 27 fire which destroyed the
here, because it is all used
she and her mother much pre
Sandy General store.
there and none is exported,
fer to do their own. Her moth
Mrs. Ruth Cate Baker who
After corn comes rice, sugar-
er sews a great deal for the
purchased the contact for sale
cane, tobacco, beans and ses-
family.
of the stoie from Harriet A
ame
Rose says she likes swim Melnig and Walter A and Gert
Strebin himself has a small
ming, playing the piano, cook
rude L Alt, names the own
farm of his own in Venezuela
Ing, but adds that “I do not
ers, Oregon Auto Insurance and
where he raises cotton, corn,
All Sandy football games will
know," which probably inter-
Oregon Bank as defendants.
rice and sesame. Sesame, he
be played away from home this
prêts to mean that she does
Mrs. Baker claims in her
says, is used almost entirely
year due to the building pro not know how to do these
petition that a $68,000 fire in
for cooking oil. with the resi gram at Sandy high scho.l
things as well as she wuuld
surance policy
$30,000 on the
dual matter pressed into cake The schedule of games has been
like
general merchandise store; $7.-
for cattle feed
made up and will be released
In explaining the school
000 on personal property; $8.-
Perpetual Spring
within the next week
says there is first of all one
000 on furniture and fixtures
The Strebins do not live on
Sandy high school Principal
year of kindergarten, then five
and $22,000 on the stock
their farm, but in Valencia,
Ralph Peterson attended the
years of grammar school Aft
was in effect at the time of
a very modern industrial city first Wilco League meeting of
er that there is the "bachil
the blaze which destroyed the
of 200,000 Their home is as the season last week. He reports
lerato." which may be attend
Sandy landmark at 105 N".
modern as those in our coun that basic league policies were
ed for six more years. After
Main.
ty, but needs no heat. Vene reviewed and a system is be
"bachillerato” there is th e
The petition asks damages of
zuela, like its neighbor Colom- ing working out on varsity foot
University, where a student
$56.927 72 plus $5.000 attorney
bia. is called a “land of eter- ball games
spends from six to 10 years
fees.
Venezuelans
Mrs. Baker
Learns New Techniques
Strebin is combining a vaca
tion in "the old home town”
with all the learning he can
cram in. He says that he has
been learning the technique the
local U. S soil men are us
ing for making basic soil sur
veys and the application in the
field of this technique, as they
are using in Venezuela a tech
nique that was used here 20
years ago He is also learn
ing uses of the soil survey for
farm planning.
In telling of his work on the
western plains of Venezuela
Strebin describes a land where
the soil is quite rich, but the
only farms are the ones the
government soil scientists have
helped the
squatters” to ob
tain and farm
This area was all vast cat
tle ranches.
Strebin says,
but the \ enezuelan government
recognized the needs of its ter-
tribly
poor.
uneducated
squatters who live in m u d
huts and own nothing but the
Norman Fox, who interviewed Sandy's new foreign ex
change student. Rose Cortes Rivera, had to look at the globe
before he'd believe that Rose’s country, Colombia, really does
front on both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Looking on Is
Cheryll Hames, whose family has “adopted” Rose for the
Files Suit
No Home Games
Sei for Sandy
Samuel J. Strebin, Sandy soil scientist who
is employed by the government of Venezuela,
is back on a combination vacation and study
trip, and was snapped while sampling some
of the local soil along with Clackamas county
soli scientist Duane SeUaeM.
(Sandy Post photo)