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Vol. 25
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SANDY, OREGON. THURSDAY, APRIL 30. 1964
Sheriff to Meet Mt. C of C
"Better Police Service For The unit would also help. The com-
Hood-Land Area” will be the topic mitte’s study shows that pres
of discussion when Sheriff Joe ent protection fails far short of
Shobe meets today, Thursday, with these goals.
the board of directors of the Hood-
The committee points out that
Land Chamber of Commerce. The the Chamber is in no way critici
8 p.m. meeting, to be held at the zing operations of the present
Lions’ Community Hall, Wemme, sheriff’s administration within the
will be under the direction of budget currently In effect and that
Roger Fraser, chairman of the we plan to co-operate with the
security committee. The member sheriff’s office.
ship and other interested persons
It is the belief of Chamber mem
are Invited.
bers that many acts of vandalism
Fraser’s committee, Boyd and break-ins in the area go un
Northrup, Charles Augustine and reported. And that such are in
Don Root, have given careful con creasing with the fast growing pop
sideration to the problem of police ulation of this area. There are also
protection for the area and have a few cases of persons selling
outlined what they consider ade their cabins because of lack of
quate police protection. This would adequate protection.
include the ultimate goal .of 24
The president will announce
hour protection with a car to shortly the assignment of new
cruise all roads in the area.
chairmen and members for com
It is thought that more ade mittees. The present board of
quate use of the local reserve directors is aiming for a working
and informed Chamber which will
be an active and Influential force
for the development of the Hood-
Land valley.
At the April meeting the direc
tors discussed the matter of the
proposed serial levy of $150,000
per year towards a county airport.
Walt Blaisdell, a member of the
airport coordinating committee,
reported on that committee’s
meetings and its plans to push for
passage of levy at the May pri
mary. After much discussion the
Hood-Land Chamber voted to ta
ble the question of opposing or
supporting the tax levy. Two mem
bers of the board, however, after
wards donated money for the cam
paign to win support for the mea
sure.
The next general meeting of
the Chamber will be a noon lunch
eon May 13, at the Barlow Trail
Inn.
Single Copy 10c
No. 18
Sandy Woman
Dies in Wreck
A head-on crash Monday after
She was born Dec. 4, 1932, at Lester; one son, Lester, Jr.; and
noon on the Loop highway just Rainier, Ore., where she lived a daughter, Geraldine; 4 brothers,
west of Sandy brought death to until she was 16 years old. She Owen, Floyd, Earl and Leland
a 30-year-old Sandy woman, Mrs. then moved to Portland where she Kellar and a sister Mrs. Beulah
Hazel Shafer of Box 281.
resided for three years. The last Weaver of Portland.
It was the second fatality in eight years of her life were spent
Services will be held April 30
three days in the Sandy area. In Sandy.
at 10:30 a.m. in the chapel of the
Mrs. Shafer was dead on ar
On June 26, 1951, she was mar Carroll funeral home, Gresham.
rival
at Gresham General Hospit ried to Lester Shafer In Reno, Concluding services and vault In
inis is all that is left of the 1955 Buick in which Hazel
al after the car she was driv Nev.
Shafer was fatally injured Monday afternoon. The accident
terment will be at Apiary ceme
ing was Involved In a collision
occurred on highway 26 near Pioneer park. The driver of
She Is survived by her husband, tery, Rainier, at 2:30 p.m.
with one driven by Mrs. Marlene
the other car, Marlene Wells of Tigard, is in Gresham Gen
Wells of Tigard, formerly a Sandy
eral hospital with a broken right leg and a fractured right
resident.
(Sandy Post photo)
The accident occured about a
half-mile west of Duncan road, at
almost precisely the spot where
the new U.S. 26 will take off.
The city of Sandy has solved
To accomplish this work would
According to the Clackamas
a problem that has been worry
have meant shutting off the
County Sheriff’s office, Mrs. Sha
ing the water department for a
Awards for outstanding students
area’s water supply for a poss
award of a $25. savings bond this
fer, westbound, lost control of her
long time. A water by-pass has
In all the many facets of high
ible three weeks. This would
year, given by the Mt. Hood car after hitting the shoulder and
been Installed at the tank sup
school activity will hold the spot
have
been an almost impossible
Jaycettes to the outstanding senior
collided head-on with Mrs. Wells’
plying the city and surround
light, Saturday, May 9, when the
situation as there is no other
in citizenship achievment.
car.
ing
area.
Mom and Dad Club holds its
source of water that can be used.
Names of the winners are being
Both vehicles were heavily dam
It had been found that the
Work on the by-pass was
Annual Awards Banquet.
kept a secret until the moment
aged. The Wells car ended up In
tank needed cleaning and some
There will be awards in fields
begun on April 1. On Monday
the award is presented.
the ditch at the side of the road
repairs, as well as a new roof.
of sport, in music, leadership
April 27, It was tested and found
The banquet will be held in the
and Mrs. Wells was trapped for
Even though the weather refused
and scholastic
achievement.
in perfect working order. Mayor
high
school
cafetorlum
at
6:30
a time inside the wreckage.
to cooperate, the opening day of
Awards will be given In football
Paluck, Deane Wessellnk, Rus
P.m. Tickets may be purchased
Mrs. Wells suffered a broken
trout season was certainly loaded
for the most inspirational, best
sel
Shaver and Lew Isenburg,
at
the
high
school,
or
business
right leg and a broken right foot.
with enthusiasm. The roads were
defense man and best all around
the water committee, are to be
establishments In Sandy, Boring,
packed with vehicles and boats
Ronald
Searles,
18,
of
Sandy,
player.
Kelso area.
complimented on a fine and des
of every description and some that
a passenger In Mrs. Shafer’s car,
In winter sports of basketball
perately needed job.
The
committee
urges
everyone
defied description. Good weather
was released after treatment at
and wrestling the award is based to purchase their tickets early as
The tank and by-pass are lo
or bad, fish or no fish, everyone
Gresham General Hospital for
on ability, improvement,
and
cated one mile east of Sandv
they anticipate a full house again
seemed to be having a grand time
minor
cuts.
Mrs. Shafer’s
character, It is selected by fellow this year. However some tickets
on the old
highway 26.
of it.
daughter, Geraldine, 10, and
team
members
and
their
coach.
3 he complicated pipe and valve
will
be
sold
at
the
door.
From what this reporter was
A get-acquainted dance will be
Steve
Searles,
another
passenger,
A merit award is awarded to the
assembly are well worth seeing.
Mrs. Earl Meier ana Mrs. A1
able to discover a better than
suffered only bruises.
given by the Sandy Volunteer Fire
senior boy and girl who shows
Valberg are co-chairmen of the
average number of ‘limits’ were
Department, Saturday, May 2, In
Kr»- < luef Lyle Seaman receiving a $25 check from the Mt.
a leader’s personality, scholastic
decoration committee and have
caught. What happened ‘over the
their new Fire Hall on Main StreeL
Hood Sheriff s Reserve unit ( apt. Ken Shoup. Chief Seaman
achievement character, coopera
been busy planning the decor. Mr.
hump’ on the Deschutes and the
For those who do not care to dance,
save a talk at ,he meeting of the reserve unit about the aims
tion
and
is
selected
by
the
fac
Mrs.
Al
Mornner
are
co-chair
and future plans of the department and the ambulance unit.
the Hall will be open at 7:30
lakes was not immediately avail
ulty.
men in charge of the kitchen. Ticket
able.
p.m. for the public to view the
(Sandy Post photo)
The John Philip Sousa award
chairman is Kenneth Fox.
equipment. A great deal of int
Tom Cutsforth, our resident,
will go to the outstanding student
A musical program by students
erest has been shown recently
and well-liked, arm-of-the-law
in music. There will be a new
will be given during and proceed
The new Mt. Hood highway be In what equipment is owned by
caught his limit in an hour and
Welches school Is Inviting
ing the banquet.
tween Gresham and Sandy receiv the Sandy Rural Fire District and parents of next fall’s first grade
a half on Camp creek above
ed Its biggest boost to date last what equipment Is owned by the children to come to school with
Rhododendron. One lad, fishing
week when the State Highway Com City.
The limited adjustments in some
near him, reeled in the limit in
their youngsters at 9:30 a.m. on
mission sat down to parcel
thirty minutes. The fish on Camp
"This will be a good time to Wednesday, May 6.
Sandy and the mountain area postal services ordered in Wash
out funds.
creek were all rainbows.
go and see for yourself the new
La.- a group of public spirited ington March 10 by Postmaster
Brief explanatory talks will be
Commissioners voted enougn tanker and the new ambulance given by the school nurse, first
men who believe In "order by General John A. Gronouski to save
Cutsforth said that, of about
money (just how much nobody was for which the Sandy Volunteer grade teacher, principal and other
is the Sheriff’s Re $12.7 million will begin to take
A 15-year-old Sandy boy was
30 people fishing near him, five law.” This
taken to Gresham General Hos saying) to complete the highway Fire Department
and auxiliary school personnel. The children
serve Unit of voluntary, unpaid effect in Sandy, Brightwood, Wem
killed Saturday morning when the
or six got their limit. We presume deputies.
pital. Ermatinger was suffering of four lanes from the Powell- have been working and soliciting (and parents) will be given an
me, Zig Zag, Rhododendron and
car
In
which
he
was
riding
crashed
that this presents an average for
from shock; Olsen had only a Burnside junction near Gresham
funds, it Is hoped we will be able opportunity to look over the school
They may be called out by the Government Camp on May 4.
into a bank on Bluff road.
the area.
slight injuries.
to the east edge of Sandy. Work to have the new ambulance at the and mingle with the other students.
Major local changes are as fol
sheriff at any time for any type
The
dead
boy
was
Conrad
Nob
The youth was born at Palm is expected to start in late summer get-acqualnted
evening, even
of police duty he deems necess lows:
If each mother will bring In
le, of Rt. 2, Sandy, who was thrown
1.
There
will
be
no
money
or
Beach.,
Fla., and his family lived or early fall.
though It is a long way from being her child’s birth certificate, this
ary. For none of this do they
from a car driven by Thomas
Work Includes construction of paid for,” said chief Lyle Seaman. will eliminate the necessity of
in Florida, South Carolina and
receive any pay. They are not ders issued on Saturdays. This Ermatinger of RL 1, Box 904,
Arizona before moving to Sandy the Loop highway through the city
The auxiliary will have a con bringing it to school next Fall.
even recompensed for any gas Includes rural and star delivery Sandy. He was dead on arrival
in i955. He was a sophomore of Sandy on a one-way grid pat cession stand at the hall with
oline they may use in performing as well as main office service. at Oregon City hospital.
2. No postal savings business,
at Sandy high school. He would tern using the present highway cake, pie, coffee and lots of other
their duties.
Welches elementary school will
Neither Ermatinger nor the oth
Inquiry
and
claims,
Information,
have
been 15 years old today and Main SL, one block to the goodies for sale.
The only money they are allowed
hold
Its tradltlonal(the tradition
er passenger, Earl Olsen, 16 of RL
south.
(Thursday).
to receive is from private enter meter settings, trust fund de
starts this year) Spring program
2, Box 1835, Sandy, was seriously
Funeral
services
were held
prises which hire them from time posits or box rents collection on
at 8 p.m. on Frl., May 1, In the
injured although all three young
Overall cost of the work Is ex
Wednesday at Carroll funeral home
to time as extra guards, etc. Saturdays.
school gymnasium.
sters
were
thrown
from
the
car.
3. Saturday window service
in Gresham, followed by cremation pected to be several million dol
Roger Rook, chairman of the
The full and proper name for
The program will be presented
Sheriff’s deputies said the car
at Lincoln Memorial Park.
lars, possibly as high as $3,000,-
mock trial committee for Law the organization Is the ML Hood hours listed below:
by the students and teachers of
apparently
hit
a
slick
spot
in
the
Sandy — 9 a.m. to noon; Bright
Survivors Include his parents, 000. Highway officials said estim
Day USA of the Clackamas County Unit of the Clackamas County
grades one, tnree, five and seven
road and crashed Into a bank near
Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Noble and ates are not available yeL But the
Bar Association announced today Sheriff’s Reserve. Line officers wood, Wemme, zig Zag, Rhodo
with the music teacher, Miss
Dunn’s corner on Bluff road.
his grandmother, Mrs. Anna Kunz. Highway Commission approved
that the committee will present appointed by the sheriff are Capt. dendron and Government Camp_
Murphy, In charge of the overall
Ermatinger and Olsen were
spending $5,000,000 for the Loop
a mock trial at the Sandy High Ken Shoup, LL Don Root, Lt Les 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
program.
No "after hours” window serv
Highway jobs and work on the Coos
School on May 11, 1964, at 2:25 Wallace, Sgt. Mike Mehaffey and
All parents and other persons
Bay-Roseburg Highway.
p.m.
Sgt. Ray Reudl. Deputies are James ice will be provided on any day
Interested
in an evening’s entert
Portland
General
Electric
com-
No breakdown was given on the
Portraying the prosecuting att Bushue, Scotty Simpson, Ed of the week.
pany’s Lake Roslyn picnic park ainment are cordially Invited to
cost of the local work but another
orney will be James Carkasdon, Springer, Russ Ashley, Ed Larson
opened on a weekend only basis attend.
source indicated earlier this year
Jr., the defense attorney will be and Fred Punzel.
April 25. Beginning Memorial Day,
that the Gresham - Sandy section
Dale Liberty of Oregon City, and
The unit Is used in time of
May 30, the park will be open
would cost $2,200,000.
Mr. Rook will play the role of
daily.
forest fire, search and rescue or
School Elections
Funds
will
be
drawn
from
the
the Judge.
at the discretion of the sheriff.
The popular Clackamas county
1965 fiscal year, so no work can
Thursday, April 30, an advanced
The trial, in true to life form, Anyone wishing to join should con
picnic s|x>t attracted 58,100 visit Held May 4th
begin before the start of the 1964-
will consist of an arrest by a tact LL Bill Brooks of the sher first aid class will begin at the
ors last year. Two group picnic
65 fiscal year on July 1, 1964.
police officer of one of the stu iff’s office in Oregon City. This Sandy elementary school at 7:30
areas may be reserved by contact
The Loop road will be built with
dent body and the trial will pro Is not a "fun”,but a serious or p.m. Lyle Seaman will conduct
ing the public relations depart
Just a reminder that school elec
the
8
week
course.
the
aid
of
federal
money.
ceed with students as jurors ganization of men who are met
MAYOR’S PROCLAMATION
ment In the utility’s Portland of tions will be held next Monday,
To be eligible for this advanced
The Gresham - Sandy project
against the particular student that iculously trained and who follow
May 4.
fice.
course you must hold a standard
was divided into four sections:
was arrested.
It Is especially fitting at this
Lake Roslyn Is open from 10
This Is an important election to
a rigid set of rules of conduct first aid card.
L a gully connection to ex
time that each of us, as citi
a.m. to 9 p.m. during the re your community and should be at
tend from the Powell-Burnside
zens of this great nation, should
creation season.
tended by all residents of the area.
intersection Just east of Gresham
reaffirm our faith In the rule of
to Anderson road. This will link
law and in the supremacy of gov
the old and new Loop highways,
ernment by laws rather than men.
Ç
no work has been done on this
The Congress of the United
portion.
States, and the President by of
2. Anderson road-Duncan road
ficial proclamation, have desig
'
MAY
portion of about 7 miles. The
nated May 1 as Law Day, USA.
roadbed has been completed since
The basic aims of Law Day are
last fall on this section but final
to foster Increased respect for
grading and paving and construc
law, for Independent courts which
tion of one structure remain to
uphold the law, and for a deeper
be done.
awareness of the benefits and res
3. Duncan road-Sandy section.
ponsibilities of citizenship.
This mile-long piece will make use
Liberty and equality for the in
of the present Loop highway,
dividual distinguish our system
widened to four lanes, into the city
of government from communism ,
Including the item* listed ... All done in
of Sandy. Some right-of-way is
under which millions of people
still to be acquired for this por
today live in fear and tyranny.
our modern shop by our own skilled
tion.
No better time could be chosen
mechanics . . .
4« The Sandy city section. The
to call public attention to our great
one-way
grid
system
In
Sandy
will
heritage of individual liberty under
Check comprettion
law.
direct eastbound traffic along Main
Install di>*. points
SL and westbound traffic along the
Now, therefore, I Mike Paluck,
Check generator
.present Loop highway.
Mayor of Sandy, do hereby pro
Clean and check battery
The new ML Hood Loop high
claim Friday , May 1, 1964, as
Clean and tighten fan belts
way will be built to four-lane
Law Day USA In the City of Sandy
Adjust
carburetor
standards but will not be a free
and call upon all citizens , or
Mayor Mike Paluck of Sandy
Clean and gap spark plus
Parts, if needed,
ganizations , and schools to rec sllfnlng Law Day proclamation. way. It will be similar to a four-
additional
lane
stretch
east
of
Sandy,
al
ognize this day with suitable pro Law Day was proclaimed by
grams, ceremonies and education the President and the < ongress ready completed.
al activities.
of the United States to reaffirm
Highway accidents In the U. S.
' Dated at the City of Sandy, our faith in the supremacy of
FRANK NEWE
Opening day of trout season. April 25. The
took
a record number of lives In
N/8 ra»t pou rll
this
24th
day
of
April,
1964.
government
by
law
rather
than
Treiia
lives
at
Rt.
2.
Box
1*92,
Sandy,
with
Qrfuham, orrgon
smile on Trella Linn ( rimer's face means
by men. Friday. May I. is Law 196.3. Some 42,700 persons died on
her father and mother. Mr. and Mrs. James
she ,s in no doubt as to whether or not she
PONTIAC
-OMC,
INC
the
nation
’
s
highways
last
year,
Day throughout the land.
Mike Paluck
M. ( ramer, and her brother James, Jr.
will catch any fish. Her equipment may not
• Sandy Post photo* and more than 3,460,000 were
Mayor
of
Sandy
(Sandy
Post
photo*
Phone MO 5-2166
be tile best, but her enthusiasm certainly is.
injured.
City Installs By-Pass
Award Banquet May 9
Trout Fishing
In Full Swing
Fire Dept
Sets Dance
Reserve Unit
Holds Meetiing
Highway Funds
Allocated Here
Postal Changes
In Effect Here '
Welches School
Invites Parents
Car Crashes, One Dead
Mock Trial Set
At SUHS May 11
Roslyn Lake
Is Now Open
First Aid Class
Mayor Signs
Proclamation
Driving Season!
TUNE-UP