Vol. 25
TWELVE PAGES
Single Copy 10c
SANDY, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1963
No. 47
Hit and Run Car Kills Man In Sandy Hwy. Crosswalk
Search for Death Car
Mount Hood Committee
While police stiD search for
clues to the death car, Fritz
Trachsel, victim of the hit and
run vehicle, was buried yesterday
with simple rites in the lOOFcem-
etery at Estacada.
Trachsel, 73, Rt. 3, Boring, was
struck down at 11:35 p.m. in the
crosswalk at Proctor and Clover
St. in Sandy Saturday night, short­
ly after leaving the movie. The
Impact of the speeding east bound
car hurled his body 77 feet through
the rain swept night. He was taken
by Sandy Ambulance to Gresham
General hospital where, suffering
from fractures of both legs, head
cuts, internal injuries and shock,
he died at 12:55 a.m.
With no apparent witnesses and
no skid marks or broken glass
at the scene, officers said their
only Information thus far has been
provided by Mrs. Catherine Wea­
therford, a theater employee who
heard the tires screeching, and
Plans Safety Fair Here
The final plans for the Mt. Hood
Safety Fair were drawn up Tues­
day night when the committee met
at a no-host dinner at Ann’s Cafe.
The fair is to be held Saturday,
Dec. 7 at the high school cafe­
torium from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
State Industrial Accident Com­
missioners Wilfred Jordan and
Charles Gill Jr. will address the
gathering.
Demonstrations on
“Home and Industrial Accident
Prevention” and "Mouth-toMouth
Resuscitation” will highlight the
morning program.
After lunch, further demonstra­
tions on “Farm Safety,” “Home
Kiwanis Honors
Future Farmers
Light-Fingered Pet
Becomes Family Pest
THE RAVEN
by Danny Case, age 12
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Editors Note:
Danny, who brought this story
to the Sandy Post, Is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Case, Rt.
2, Box 319, Sandy. He has two
sisters, Beverly, 9 and Karen,
6. They are students at Sandy
Elementary school. (The spelling
is Danny’s.)
Five months ago a full grown
raven came to our place. Wetryed
for 2 hours to catch him, finally
I did, kept him in a pen for 3
weeks turned him loose but he
wouldn’t leave, He became quite
a friend, also a pest, he played and
chased us, waited on the mail­
box for the school bus with us.
He would come and sit on the
kitchen window and beg for food
off the table. When we had the
flu he watched us all day from
the window sill.
Ask SUHS Grads
To Annual Dance
Attention Alumni of Sandy Union
high school: Due to the fact of
unobtained addresses, please ac­
cept this as your own personal in­
vitation to attend the Annual Alum­
ni Dance to be given by the class
of 1964 of SUHS on Wednesday,
Nov. 27, at 8 p.m. in the high
school cafetorium. Dress is semi-
formal admission $2 a couple
and $1.25 single.
He finally became a pest. He
stoled everything shiney, pieces
of nape!, colored glass even Mom’s
clothes out of the clothes basket
when she washed. He would dig
up flowers, bulbs and steal dad’s
tools, took the windshield wipers
off the truck so we have decied-
ed to give him a new home. We
gave him to the Portland Zoo. We
have put a green and blu leg band
(donated by Mr. Al Gantenbein)
on his left leg so all the kids
from Sandy will know him when
they go to the Zoo. We’ll all miss
Cockey but know he has a good
home.
'Girl of Month’
Named by BPW
The Business and Professional
Women of Sandy honored their
"Girl of the Month”, Sandy high
school senior, Susan Gantenbein,
at a dinner in Portland last week.
Mrs. Ardis Green BPW pres­
ident, presided at the dinner meet­
ing and had the principal of Wem-
me grade school as her guest.
Clyde Sutherland, superinten­
dent of Sandy elementary school,
addressed the group, speaking on
"Schools and their coordina­
tion with the Kiwanis Clubs.” San­
dy Mayor Mike Paluck spoke on
the city’s "doings."
The next BPW meeting will be
held at the home of Mrs. Audrey
Colson in Sandy Nov. 20.
The Sandy Kiwanis celebrated
Its annual “Farm - City Week”
this past week with a full report
by the local Future Farmers of
America club, on their trip to the
National Convention at Kansas
City, Mo.
The two boys who attended the
convention were president Ralph
Sandercock and vice president
Ray Clement of the Sandy FFA
club. The toys were Introduced
by Agriculture teacher CarlStarf-
fer, and both boys showed colored
slides and explained their trip and
the things that Impressed them at
the convention and the surrounding
country.
The National FFA convention
was held at Kansas City, Mo. on
Oct. 8,9, 10 and 11. Ralph and Ray
left Portland on Oct. 5 with 125
boys from Oregon, and were gone
8 days on a trip that impressed
them very much. The trip was
made by railroad and their first
stopover was at Superior, Wis. to
visit the worlds largest Iron Ore
docks.
Their next stop was Kansas City
where they attended all four days
of the convention and listened to
speeches by Secretary of Agricul­
ture Freeman and others.
State Vocational Agricultural
Director Del Ward assumed the
responsibility along with four ag­
riculture teachers and the State
FFA officers in looking after the
boys on the trip.
The kcal FFA club is proud
to point out that the trip was paid
for out of funds raised by their
own membership in the building of
a boat which they sold.
The Sandy Kiwanis club extends
its thanks to the FFA boys for an
interesting program, and wishes
them future success.
Conservationists
Attend Meeting
Ollie Peterson, district super­
visor, and his wife and John An­
derson of the North Clackamas
Soil and Water Conservation Dis-
trk. attended the annual state as­
sociation meeting of soil and wa­
ter conservationists at Grants
Pass last week.
Gordon Zimmerman, secretary
of the national association, in a
speech entitled “ConservationTo­
day" warned that, "If people to­
day did not voluntarily decide how
they wished their national re­
sources to be used, government
would do it for them."
Dr. Elmo Stevenson, president
of Southern Oregon college, spoke
on "Conservation in Education."
That teachers are teaching too
much rheory and not enough im­
mediate reality, was his opinion.
He said his college is concentra­
ting on teaching teachers to give
students a better understanding
of values and the need to use and
preserve our natural resources.
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Set Meet
Nell Howe, secretary for the Mt.
Hood Pow-Wowers, has announced
they will meet to make “Big Med­
icine” and plan their program
for the coming year. Date of the
meeting is set for Thursday, Nov.
21, at 12 noon at the MAM
restaurant in Gresham.
Fire Protection” and “Mill Safe­
ty” will be given. The feature
demonstration at the day-long
meeting will be on“EletricalHaz-
ards and Their Control.”
Laurence
Penkana, special
services
representative of the
SIAC is co-ordinator for the Safe­
ty Fair and Tom Day of Mt. Hood
Lumber Co., Brightwood, is
chairman. Ed Kubin, local SIAC
field representative, will make the
welcoming address.
Several local organizations are
contributing time, effort and mon­
ey to help make the fair a suc­
cess. The Sandy Lion's club, and
Mt. Lion’s club, Jaycees, Kiwanis
are supplying the money for the
free luncheon to be served by the
Sandy Firemen’s auxiliary..- ■
The public is invited and urged
to attend. There is no admission
charge and a few hours spent view­
ing the interesting and entertain­
ing demonstrations can help pre­
vent serious injury and may save
your life.
Store Owner
Returns Home
Herbert Ogden, owner of Og­
den’s Variety Store on Main St.,
Sandy, is recovering at home fol­
lowing an operation performed
last week at Providence hospital,
Portland.
Blood Group
Thanks Sandy
It was only coincidence and not Saturday's fatal accident
that caused the installation Tuesday ^of a new light pole
and mercury vapor lamp at the corner of the Clackamas
County Bank. Nevertheless, visibility in the crosswalk di­
rectly in front of the bank (in which Mr. Treschel was killed
by a hit and run motorist) Is greatly improved.
(Sandy Post photo)
The Clackamas County Blood
Program Committee has express­
ed Its gratitude to the “people of
Sandy who, under stormy weath­
er conditions had a fine turn out
of 32 people who gave 31 pints of
blood” when the Blood-mobile vis­
ited Sandy Nov. 9. Joyce Martin
and her committee also receiv­
ed warm praise for their ex­
cellent Job.
The Blood-mobile will visit Bor­
ing Fire Hall between 6:30 and 9
p.m. Dec. 2.
Rural Fire District
Sets Election Date
Notice has been given that pur­
suant to the provisions of Sec­
tion 478.220 O.R.S., an election
will be held on Monday, Dec. 2,
1963 for the purpose of electing
directors for the Sandy Rural Fire
Protection District No. 72.
Candidates who have filed pe­
titions for the three vacancies are,
Capt. I. S. (Jim) Hartman, Melvin
Haneberg and John Davenport.
At their Nov. 4 meeting, the
Board of Directors of the District
selected Mrs. Patsy Reckman,
Mrs. Irene Armstrong and Mrs.
Ruth Dorman to act as election
Judges.
The place of the election will be
Sandy Ridge school.
Just west of Sandy on Loop highway, this
is the future home of Janz Berryland. With
plenty of room for offtheroad parking, the
new Berryland will offer shopping conven­
ience as well as economy to passing motor­
ists and local patrons.
(Sandy Post photo)
Problems of Automation
Told to Chamber Diners
By Sara Sewell Berger
"Gimmicks and techniques are
so numerous they are distracting
us. They are bedazzling us.
Changes are so drastic that people
are afraid to face them.”
“Today of the 4 1/2 million we
have who are unemployed, 3 1/2
million are unemployed as a re­
sult of automation” thus declared
Rudy Melone, who was the dyna­
mic speaker at last Wednesday’s
semi-annual dinner meeting of
the Sandy Chamber of Commerce.
Melone is assistant to the presi­
dent of the University of Portland.
“We understand the intricacies
of machines, but we have yet to
understand our fellow man. Free­
dom rides, sit-ins and boycotts
have had an effect on sales," he
stated. "Technology can destroy
purchasing power. Unless in­
dustry, government and labor can
solve this question we are head­
ing for a revolution. During the In-
distrlal
Revoultlon, machines
helped human muscle to produce
and led to an expansion of Jobs.
Automation replaces man."
Referring to the present time as
“automation’s awkward age." He
said our problems are increased
by the population explosion. Mel­
one pointed out that while he was
speaking 500 Americans would be
bom, 200 would die, leaving an
Increase of 300.
And while in 1910 thirty-four
per cent of our population lived on
farms, only 12 per cent live in rur­
al areas now. We have a shorter
day and more leisure. It is pre­
dicted that the providing of rec­
reation will become one of our
leading Industries.
He said the problems of society
are being dumped into the lap of
education. Some of the solutions
being offered are to retrain men
who lack the tools of education-
reading, writing and arithmetic;
train men to work with automa­
tion equipment; shorten the work­
ing day and have a 35 hour week
instead of a 40 hour week.
In manufacturing skills alone, a
5 hour cut would result in two
million additional Jobs. The work­
er could be kept in school for a
longer period of time. He could
work for a shorter period of time
In a lifetime. He could retire ear­
lier.
In answer to the question: “Will
education be able to handle the
increasing load? Will education
equip citizens in a positive and
productive manner?” He explain­
ed that 90 per cent of all Ameri­
cans believe that all boys should
go to college and 77 per cent
believe that all girls shuild go to
college. The present trend has been
that scientific subjects have been
stressed at the expense of the
humanities and arts. Scientif­
ic knowledge d'*s not equp one too
Flu Shot Make-Up Dates
Announced by Mt. Lions
The Mt. Hood Lions club an­
nounces a make-up clinic for free
“Flu-Shots” for those who miss­
ed the first shots. It will be held
at the Welches school Wednesday,
Nov. 27, from 7:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Second shots for children under
six will also be given at this time.
Lambs Have Guest
Howard Wright, former owner
of the Sandy Saw Shop, is visiting
the LeRoy Lamb family and other
friends In Sandy. Wright has been
living in Grand Junction, Colo.,
for the last three years.
well to use leisure time whereas
owledge in the latter fields would
help.
In 1960 only 22 per cent of high
school students went on to col­
lege. In 1985 about 85 per cent
are expected to enroll In colleges.
This means that by 1985 colleges
will have to reproduce their plants
twice.
“To answer the questions, Can
colleges meet the demands? Can
teaching techniques be changed
to meet the demands? We will have
to move into a new concept of
thinking.”
Melone, who was a recent ob­
server at the Labor-Management
symposium conducted at the Uni­
versity of Portland under the aus­
pices of the Council of Chris­
tians and Jews, suggested that the
consideration of merely wages,
hours and fringe benefits is of
smal consequence in comparison
to ttie thousands of people who are
being put out of work.
He emphasized that “Forty
thousand people per week are be­
ing put out of work as a result
of automation. Automation brings
on a complete revolution in think­
ing, dress and attitude.”
“Between the years of 1963 and
1980,” he said, “our society will
have changed more than it did be­
tween the years of 1910-1963. We u
are moving into the society of
automation and of tomorrow.”
Clyde Ferrill, theater manager,
who found the body momentslater.
Sandy police arrived at the scene
almost immediately and checked
all cars parked in the area, but
found none with recent damage.
An intensive investigation for pos­
sible clues is continuing. In the
Sandy Police Chief Deane
Coffey, urgently requests that
anyone who was in the vicin­
ity of the accident in front
of the Sandy Food Center, or
who left the movie around
11:30 p.m. (including parents
whose children may have
been leaving the theater near
that time) to contact him Im­
mediately.
hope it will furnish some lead as
to the idenity of the car and its
driver, the victim’s clothing has
been sent to the state crime lab­
oratory.
A Sandy merchant has offered a
reward for information leading to
the arrest and conviction of the
crosswalk killer.
Trachsel, who had been employ­
ed by the Sun Valley Dairy, Bor­
ing, for the last 15 years, was a
native of Switzerland. He came
to the United States with his par­
ents in 1907. He is survived by
two sisters and a brother, Rose
Woods of Oak Grove, Mary Ron­
ning of Milwaukie and Frank Tra­
chsel of Clatskanie.
Hobby Show
Will Feature
Artist
Here
Ben Larsen, prominent Portland
artist, will be featured at the San­
dy Women’s Club Annual Hobby
Show and Bazaar, Nov. 22 and 23.
He will do silhouettes and dem­
onstrate his technique by finish­
ing a pastel sketch done in the
Latin Quarter of Paris while
studying there with famous Euro­
pean artist, Michel Jacoubs. He
will also display and auction sev­
eral paintings in oil, pastel and
watercolor, done while living in
England, Spain, Italy and Den­
mark, and while working briefly in
Ireland, Hawaii, Canada and Mex­
ico.
The artist Is well-known for his
church murals, his latest being
an 8 x 27 foot painting at the
Four-Square Gospel church, 13th
and Ankeney, Portland. Currently,
he has a one-man exhibition, con­
sisting of some 60 paintings, at
the Oregon Society of Artists, 2185
S.W. Park PL, Portland.
He is a long-time member and
past-president of the Society. At
his home-studio, 2148 N.W. Flan­
ders, he exhibits his paintings
dally for public viewing.
Receiving his training at Iowa
State Teacher's college, and the
Chicago Academy of Fine Arts,
Larsen has carved out a career
in the northwest that has brought
him recognition as an accomplish­
ed artist in many mediums. His
murals hang in churches in Cal­
ifornia, Oregon, Washington, Col­
orado, and Ohio. Art lovers
throughout the world posses his
pictures.
GALS!
We're Open, (a little disorganized),
But You're All Welcome
TO
IN
ELLEN’S KLOZET
at the beautiful cocktail dresses, street
wear, knit«, casual wear, robes and
maternity fashions . . .
Our Grand Opening will be Dec. 2 - 7
ELLEN'S KLOZET
SANDY
(Open 9 A.M. - 8 P.M. Daily Except Sunday)
MU 7-4676
Just East of Glos Ford