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4 The Sandy (Ore.) Post Thursday, Nov. 21, 1963 (Sec, 1) Well Done ... Mr. Walrad YES — Mr. Walrad — you've done a fine job representing us for 35 years — and we'd like to congratulate you! YES — Mr. Walrad, your agency is our oldest active agency — since Aug. 1, 1928. YES — Mr. Walrad — you're our largest pro ducer in Oregon agents!) (of all our 160 Oregon YES — Mr. Walrad — we DO have reason to say —Well Done! DOVER DOINGS By FEBN HORTTOR Dover Extension Unit met at the home of Mrs. Orval Fleshman last Thursday for the project les son “Color in Your Wardrobe.” Leaders were Peggy Fleshman and Murlean Nakunz. Those present were Rosa Bond, Lola Coleman, Faith Craft, Peg gy Fleshman, Berneice Fuller ton, Jean Hauber, Fern Horttor, Ruth Kirkpatrick, Murlean Nakunz, Grace Rains, Ruth Rambo, Nel lie Tuttle, Bonnie Workinger, Dol ly Wyatt, Polly Wells, Margaret Morgan, Betty Blankenship and three little guests, Zoe Ann Na kunz, Linda Wells, Susan Work inger. The Christmas meeting will be in the home of Mrs. Gilbert Cole man on Dec. 12. Mrs. Tuttle visited a former neighbor Mrs. Archie Brown in Aloha. Mr. and Mrs. A. Brantley of Tigard were out to the S. Ful lerton home recently. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Clarke of Parma, Ida., visited their daugh ter and grandchildren, the Floyd Wells family. Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Working er and children spent the day with Paul Partlo in Food River. Mr. and Mrs. R. Horttor and daughter Raye were in Roseburg with the Harvey Horttor fam ily over Veterans Day weekend. Margie Workinger had her birth day Monday with a family party. Little Susan celebrated her birth day a couple of weeks ago with her great uncle “Gib.” Farmers are planting almost none of the commercial crop va rieties they produced 25 years ago. This is a good indicator of the speed with which research is put to use. OREGON AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO. HOME OFFICE, PORTLAND Walrad Insurance Notes 35th Year Walrad Insurance Agency this month marks the 35th year since the business was established In 1928 by Burton Walrad. The firm has grown from a one- man agency to its present staff of Walrad and partner David W. Hansen, salesman L.M. “Spike” Emerson and Jack Holmes, plus two bookkeepers and four general office girls, a total of 10 persons. And the firm has its own spacious building at 105 N. Roberts Ave. in downtown Gresham. Walrad didn’t wait long to go in business for himself after gradua ting from Gresham high school in 1921. The next year he started the Gresham Transfer Co. For six years he operated a gen eral hauling and contract business, selling out in 1928 to go into in insurance. As a young general insurance man he concentrated on developing his “home base” in the Gresham- Sandy area. But he also traveled to many logging camps in Central and Southern Oregon to service ac counts of logging firms. Dave Hansen joined the firm as a partner in 1956. The two sales men are Emerson, who serves the Sandy, Boring Estacada and Hood land area, and Holmes, a Univer sity of Oregon graduate formerly with the Crown Zellerbach sales staff in Los Angeles. Emerson went to work for Walrad nine yeais ago after 24 years with the Cor bett school system. Walrad and his wife LaVerne, who were married in 1926, live at 590 Wallula in Gresham. He is the only charter member of the Gresham Kiwanis club with an unbroken record of membership. He was the first president of the Gresham Chamber of Commerce, serving in 1931 and 1932. Christian Scientists Thanksgiving Rite Set An Invitation .... A traditional Thanksgiving Day service will be held in all Christian Science churches on Thursday, Nov. 28. In Gresham, the service will begin at 11 A.M. in First Church of Christ, Scientist, locat ed at West Powel’ Blvd and Towle Ave. A Bible Lesson on “Thanksgiv ing” will be read, opening with a verse from Psalms (33:1): “Re joice in the Lord, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the up right.” The services will also in clude hymns, prayer, andaspecial period during which church mem bers in the congregation may stand up and express their thanks. From Walrad's MO 5 MU 7 2861 O«*00* ’. OREGON sano ^> M I. News of FIRWOOD Extension Unit I By Mrs. LeRoy Lamb. Sandy Thirty members and four visi tors heard Mrs. William Harris and Mrs. Frank Foreman present the lesson “Color In Your Ward robe” at the Nov. 12 meeting of Firwood Extension Unit. This was a very Interesting les son and ably given. Mrs. Harris read the poem, “The Colors Around Us” by Mary O’Neill. Hostesses Mrs. Cyril Slack, Fred Decker. Ned Mitchell and Norman Lauzon served a very nice lunch at noon. Mums were beau tiful centerpieces for the tables. Mrs. Emil Reich, chair man, presided at the afternoon business meeting. The Christmas party plans were discussed and we have decided on an Hawaiian party this time. Hostesses will be Mrs. Vance Hewitt, Mrs. Frances James and Mrs. LeRoy Lamb. There will be a 50? charge for the lunch. ACWW chairman, Mrs. Frank Foreman, because of her connec tion with the lesson did not give her report this meeting but at the meeting in January will re port on “the Arts and Crafts of Ecuador” also “the Government and Economy of Ecuador.” ftcewaV* are p chanq is grea- teen our cl ^nCŸ' 4th excels ^service our friendship tMOUqhOU Ate Y°u a inv *r 22nd. Noverooei ^rs to com The Braided Rug Workshop” will not start until January nor the mosaic lesson. The class in knitting is grow ing and much is being accom plished at the Tuesday meetings in the Women’s club building. We were glad to hear Sadie Bosholm is in her own home again, but sorry to hear Lois Volbrecht is ill and in the hospital again. At the December meeting bring paper and ribbon to tie the Rest Home gifts also gift exchange for Unit party. Guests for the day were Mrs. Jolly O’Brien, Mrs. Phillip Ber- nard and Mrs. Morgan, Mrs. Aus- tin became a new member. By MRS. JAMES F. COOK Mrs. Rudolph Huserick was hos tess to the Sandy Ridge Extention Unit at her home in Sandy, Thurs day Nov. 14. Pot luck luncheon was served at noon. Guests were Mrs. Edward Tay lor and daughter Ellen and Mrs. Richard York and daughter Trudy. Mrs. Ray Allen told of a simple color test. When buying corduroy, rub the material briskly with a white handkerchief. If the color rubs off when the material Is dry, the problem will be worse when corduroy is laundered. A reminder of the value of balanced nutrition was also given. Mrs. Wesley Kent reviewed the information given on “A Woman and Her Car” which was presented to extension ladies at Camp Whit comb in October. The next workshop meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Maur ice Seibert, Thursday Nov. 21, at 10 a.m. Please bring sack lunch. Ladies will continue working on Mosaics. The December meeting will be carried out in the “Hawaiian Theme.” Mrs. Maurice Seibert, Mrs. Wilson Matheny, Mrs. Ru- dolpn Huserick, and Mrs. Albert Re 1. «Ith reaVÄe on Nebraska Dinner The Nebraska State Society of Oregon and Washington will hold its monthly meeting Nov. 23, at the IOOF Hall, 8130 SE 13th Ave. in Portland. A potluck dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m. A program and enter- tainment will follow. All former Nebraskans and friends are welcome. For added information, contact Mrs. V e a r 1 Hodgin, president, at NE 8-7141 or Mrs. Henry Yowell, secretary, at AL 3-7856. Fence posts can be made to last from 10 to 30 years, de pending on the type of treatment they are given and the species used. Pressure-treated posts usually give the longest possible life. has been one of our most valued accounts for 35 years . . . ever since 1928. It goes without saying that we're pleased and proud to have played a part in not only the growth of Walrad's, but also the entire East County area. Agencies like Walrad's are the real reason for any friends to fresV^ents success we've enjoyed and Oregon Mutual has been serving a growing army of policyholders since 1894. BV1 : dP • BURGLARY Walrad ,nSUT'î *9e"Cy Gresham Phone MO 5-4171 • FIRE • AUTO Oregon Mutual Ins. Co. Sandy Phone MU 7-2861 McMinnville, Oregon * Major are the committees in charge of arrangements. Hawaiian food will be served and ladles have been asked to wear costumes of the islands. Meeting will be De cember 12 at the home of Mrs. Leslie Wallace. Walrad Ins. Agency the viete ' Oakgrove Community Hall 1 to 3 p.m. Teenage Group Oakgrove Hall, 4 p.m. The evening group will meet at the Administration Building — Clackamas Heights— 8 to 10 p.m. Registration, 7:30 to 8 p.m. For further informa tion call Mrs. Emil Reich. Since 1894 nevi Auqns- ’¿ieX The “Charm School” will be held Nov. 18 and 25 and Dec. 2 and 9 at the Symrna church 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. t SANDY RIDGE EXTENSION UNIT | £ rv rapidly Dear !
