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Mr. and Mrs. Frank Leitheiser who have,
by their own efforts, built a fine stock farm
just off Hillcrest road about a mile and a
half east of Sandy. They bought the land
in 1932 when it was nothing but brush and
stump land. All the work on the place was
done by them, including the buildings and
the land clearing.
(Sandy Post photo)
Frank Leitheiser with one of his registered full-blooded
bulls. Frank has had trouble with only one bull in his entire
career—and that one went to the stockyards the same day.
He has a gentle way with animals and will not stand for
brutality in man or animal.
(Sandy Post photo)
Shown here is a part of Frank Leitheiser’s flock of 65
sheep. His is one of the most successful and best known of
all Clackamas county stock farms.
(Sandy Post photo)
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Glos Ford Car
Places Second
Glos Ford, sponsor of the Lotus,
Mark 18 Ford driven by Russ
Harness, Portland broke a trans
mission in its last run at Por
tland’s
West Delta Park Race
Track after leading most of the
time. In spite of this the car
still placed second in the “Cas
cade Sports Car Season Opener”.
While waiting for the repair
of the Glos Lotus, Harness raced
in three events in Canada. He
drove a Lotus Mark 23 Ford in
the "Formula Libre”meaning any
type fuel placing third. Placed
second in the second race and
the third race the “Players Pac
ific” which is the Canadian cham
pionship race for modified sport
racing cars placed fifth and in
the money.
While running the second heat
of this race Harness set a new
track record for 1100 cc mod
ified cars of 1:20.1 for a lap
of approximately 2.4 miles or
81 mph.
Harness co-drove the second
heat of the two-heat race with
Eric Anderson, owner, who drove
the first half of the 104 mile
championship race.
Thirty two years ago Frank
J. Leitheiser and his wife, Matle
L., brought a piece of land from
Otto Melnig on Hillcrest road about
a mile and a half east of Sandy.
They are still there and they love
it. What’s more they have made
a great success of it.
Frank was bornln Detroit Lakes,
Minn., and his wife in Owatonna,
Minn. They met and married here
in Oregon in 1931. The next year
they bought the 14 1/2 acres of
land. There was ro house on the
property, so they lived from Oc
tober to April in a tent.
Bit by bit they cleared the land
of stumps and alder, doing all the
work themselves. They began the
framework of a home. As though
this was not enough to keep one
man busy, Frank worked as a car
penter on dams in the area and
drove truck for Bill and Irvin
Updegrave. He hauled the first
load of gravel for what is now
highway 26.
It was fortunate that by late
April the frame of their new home
was roughed in and liveable be-
cause at that moment the old tent
burned down, They moved what
they had left into the house and
have been there ever since, though
it bears little resemblance now to
what it was at that time.
Their first crop was strawber
ries. Then they switched to rasp
berries. Finally they decided the
place was better suited to stock
raising. At the present time they
have 8 registered bulls, 2 boars
and 1 ram, plus 65 head of sheep.
All Leitheiser bulls are registered
full-blooded Bernard bulls. One
Is a milking shorthorn bull from
Edgar P. Denning of Portland.
4 are Polled herefords and there
is 1 black Angus. Frand is proud
of the fact that he promises day
or night service.
He was charged by a bull only
once and that bull was loaded up
and taken to the stockyards the
next day. The word must have
gotten around because no other
bull has ever given him trouble
in all these years.
There are barns, stock sheds
and a beautiful home on the place.
Everything was built by Frank
and his wife, Matie. There are
4 rental homes. The entire area
is in mowed lawn and flower beds.
Frank drove one GMC 1-ton
truck 178,000 miles, another was
driven 124,000. The 1962 truck
he has now has already done 68,-
000 miles.
Sandy Seniors
To Get Degrees
(Above left) ELLIOTT - $225 00. Wed
ding Ring — $50.00
(Above right) JUDD - $250 00. Wed
ding Ring — $100.00
(Bottom right) PEYTON - $375.00.
Wedding Ring — $62 50
Loop Highway
Sandy
MU 7-3101
John W. Ludi, son of John A.
Ludi, Rt. 2, Sandy, is a candidate
for the bachelor of arts degree
when Eastern Washington State
College holds commencement ex
ercises next Friday (June 12) at
8 p.m. in the Memorial Field-
house.
Ludi, a 1950 graduate of Sandy
high, majored In industrial arts
at EWSC.
William Henselman, Rt. 1, Box
1102, Sandy, will receive a bach
elor’s degree from Lewis and
Clark ollege June 14. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hen
selman.
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SANDY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1964
County Eyes Purchase
Of Dodge Park Property
Clackamas county commission
ers are interested in acquiring
the 35 acres at Dodge Park which
the Portland Water Bureau has
declared surplus.
Commissioner Darrell Jones
told the Post Wednesday that
Dick Wilmot, county parks direc
tor, has been directed to look into
possible acquisition of the proper
ty in cooperation with the State
Game Commission.
Dodge Park contains 120 acres
but only 35 are Involved in the
present discussion. They have been
used as a picnic area since 1935
but attendance has dwindled sharp
ly In recent years. The remaining
85 acres will be retained by the
City.
Jones explained that Clackamas
county doesn’t have any funds with
which to acquire the property but
that something might be worked
out with the Game Commission.
“The Game people”, Jones ex
plained, “are interested in ac
quiring properties but for legal
reasons,
cannot
operate
a
park. If we would guarantee ac-
cess for fishermen through the
park, they might be willing to ac-
quire the land and then turn it
over to us.
“A slmillar arrangement was
worked out a couple of years ago
on the 40-acre Ed Latourette Park
just upriver from Dodge Park.”
The Portland Water Bureau re-
recently had the 35-acre tract at
Dodge Park appraised and came
out with a figure of $24,000. The
property originally was acquired
in 1895.
Water
Commissioner Buck
Grayson flatly denied reports that
the City might be planning to sell
Dodge Park to private develop
ers. “in the first place,” Gray
son told the Post, "we’re only
talking about the 35-acre picnic
area. We’re definitely holding onto
the remaining 85 acres.
"And in the second place, we
haven’t even considered subdivid
ing the 35 acres. What we want to
do is dispose of it so It can be
used as a park. That’s why we’ve
contacted Clackamas county, the
Highway Department, the state
etc.”
Grayson said the picnic area
would be maintained for the bai
ance of 1964, but no longer,
“We’re not in the business of
maintaining a park, especially
since attendance has fallen off so
sharply.”
He explained that the proximity
of Roslyn lake, developed by PGE,
had cut Into use of Dodge Park.
Glos’s Lotus Ford will race at
Eugene’s new Oregon International
Raceways, this Sunday and will
be back in Portland for the Rose
Cup race June 14 at Delta Park.
The race will start at noon rain
or shine as this type of racing
does not depend on the weather
or road conditions. This race is
expected to be well attended by
drivers and cars from Oregon,
Washington,
California
and
Canada.
Harness makes his home In
Portland and does most of his
own mechanical work. He plans
to be married in August and says
his future wife loves the sport
of racing also.
Ski School
Opens June 8
After burning and demolition, this L
that is left of the old Pioneer building at
the Sandy Union High School. To some of
us it was the incineration of a million mem
ories.
(Sandy Post photc)
Summer ski school at Timber-
line Lodge will run June 8-17,
20-29 and July 2-13. The school
will be directed by three of the
finest International skiers: Erich
Sailer, Anderl Molterer and Pepl
Gramshammer, all from the Tyrol
in Austria.
Sailer has a background of rac
ing in his own country where he
was a member of the Austrian
National Class Team. Molterer,
known as ‘the blitz from Kitz’,
has more achievements than can
be listed here. He was Austrian
National champion 11 times, 3
times winner of the Kandahar and
voted best skier in the world by
sportswirters in 1953, 1955 and
1956. He took all top honors to
become the first World Champion
Skier in 1962 and 1963 at Aspen,
Colo.
Pepl Gramshammer is one of
the top racers in European com
petition, racing professionally In
the United States.
Racers will be transported to
the upper reaches of the snow
fields by the chair lift and sno-
cat combination.
Folk Music Rings Rafters
An appreciative audience turned
out for the Hootenanny held at
the Summer Theatre, Rhododen
dron, last Saturday night to hear
young singers from Portland State
College Folk Music Society present
a colorful program of folk music
“In the American Tradition”. Pro-
eeds from the entertainment, spon
sored by the Hoodland Women’s
club, were donated to the Associa
tion for Retarded Children.
Marked by a relaxed and casual Dear” and “My Home’s Across
style, with frequent departures the Smoky Mountain”.
In the Bluegrass and Gospel
from the script and score, the
singers managed to convey the Music John Dodge and Roger
sincerity and freshness which are Korn on banjo and guitar did
the basic ingredients of good Hoot some nice Instrumental
work
enanny. More at home In the and reached the high point of the
“Mountain Music” idiom (perhaps evening, vocally with "Mountain
it was the environment ) than in Dew”.
balladry in the early English or
Following
the intermission,
Scotch-Irish forms, one felt the which was also pleasant, Chuck
program come to life with “Katie Johnson did a few “Street Blues”,
followed by Chris Dulls and Denise
Stark in some modern folk Blues.
The Shiloh Singers an excellent
quartet, were outstanding in their
closing section of contemporary
folk songs.
Sandy Students
To Graduate
Meet the partners in Sandy’s newest business. Sandy TV
and Appliance. They are Harold Endresen (left) and Hex
Wiens, who are opening their new store on Main and the
Estacada highway this weekend. They have been associated
in Foster Electronics in Portland for some years.
(Sandy Post photo)
New Appliance Store
Opens Here Friday
Grand opening of Sandy's new
est business, Sandy TV and Ap
pliance, Is scheduled this week
end.
The new firm is located at 202
E. Main, at the intersection of
Main and the Estacada highway.
Ten free prizes will be given
away during the grand opening as
well as free coffee all day long
both days. In addition, the own
ers -- Harold Endresen and Rex
Wiens -- have brought in a whole
load of special buys for the big
event.
Endresen and Wiens have been
associated in operation of Foster
'ronirs, 8619 S.E. Foster in
Portland, for a number of years
and thus bring considerable exper
ience to their new Sandy store.
In addition to Sylvania TV, Gibson
and
Speed-Queen
appliances,
they will feature a complete re
pair service.
Prizes to be given awa” during
the grand opening include a three-
band transistor radio, a deluxe
clock radio and eight stereo rec
ord packages.
The new store will be open from
9 a.m. until 9 p.m. on Friday and
from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday.
The firm’s quarters are In the
building owned by Dan Barker and
formerly occupied by Rhode and
Rhode.
Phillip John Bernard Jr. and
James Cecil Duff of Sandy will
receive degrees from Oregon State
University June 7.
Bernard will graduate In the
School of Science, Duff will re-
celve a master of Education de-
g ree.
Approximately
2150 will be
graduated from OSU this year--
largest group in history. Some
1640 seniors will receive bach
elor’s degrees; 425 will receive
master’s degrees; 82, doctor’s
degrees; and 3, professional en
gineer degrees.
Itinerant Claims
Service Ends
intruduclng Fred W. Punzel.
who is the city’s new police of
Heer. Fred has been trained In
the Clackamas County Sheriff s
Reserve and has attended two
police schools.
(Sandy Post photo)
With employment picking up
during the last few weeks, the De
partment of Employment has dis
continued its Itinerant claims ser
vice at Sandy. Sandy claimants
are asked to report to the Oregon
City office at 506 High St.
DEMONSTRATOR SALE!
Adjustment in
School Budget
Up for Revote
A clerical error makes It nec
essary to hold a revote on the
Sandy elementary budget. The
1963-64
budget
figure of
$137,367.47
was inadvertantly
printed on the ballots for the May
4 school election.
This figure Is $17,971.76 less
than the required amount for op
erating the school through 1964-65.
A second election to be held
Monday, June 22, is for this
amount. The election will be held
in the elementary school from
2 p.m. until 8 p.m.
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