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MOUSE TRAP
Entered at the Post Office at Sandy. Clackamas County, Oregon as second
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Sandy Po*t, Sandy, Oregon
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by
Jerry Crouse
January 21, 1965
This Is the Town You Made
have lived here in Sandy
We can’t say ‘ They” are to blame
if you
:
more than a year or two, this is the if there is something about the town
tow n you made.
we don’t like. Nor can we say “they
At least
I
in part it is tile town you get credit” if there is something about
made.
the town we do like.
Towns are only one thing: THE
This applies to all of us.
PEOPLE LI VINE IN THEM . . . And
Not just the presidents of civic
that means You.
clubs, or members of the city council
Sure, other people built the town or other civic groups. Those people
were born in or moved into.
are merely elected representatives—
And at that time, those other people elected by you and me. We put them
should be blamed for what we didn’t there. So. share their credit or blame.
like about that town, or given credit
And that’s true even if you never
voted once in your life. Because by
for what we did like about it.
But after we have been a part of not voting, you changed the vote to-
the town for a few weeks or a few tel.
You can't escape your responsibili-
months, we are a part of it. Our opin-
ion begins to count, How we vote ty for the final total merely by say
makes a difference, How we act ing you looked the other way.
This town is yours.
either helps or hurts the town,
The town becomes ours. WE are
No, somebody here made it the way
the town. And. WE can’t deny our it was when you came. And, you made
it the way it is.
—J.C.
Lay-T-ies andGen-T-iemen,
the fan mail of TheSandy Post’s
newest column writer has Just
started to pour in . . . my liter
ary ego has been inflated (now
I didn’t say de-flated).
With this opening I Invite you
to feast your pea-plckln’ pupils
-- that has something to do
with those two slits just below
the forehead called “eyes”,
at least, that’s what I thought
my health teacher was saying
but I couldn’t be sure cause I
was dozing in class most of
the time -- on The Snooper’s
reply to last week’s remarks.
Oh yes, before I forget it,
please tell the local optometrist
to forgive me if I happened to
name the portion of the eye’s
components . . . maybe he’d
correct me and I could use
another letter next week. Any
way, read this:
P. S. Come to think of it,
where is “Idaho?”
Well, Snooper, you named it
pretty well when you asked
if Payette Is a suburb of
“Payola” . . . cause they have
a “Payola Day” every Satur
day at 3 p.m. and when I left
town they had $600 In the kitty
just waiting for someone to
claim. Really, I thought they’d
be willing to part with at least
a portion of that to get me out
of town -- like a plane ticket
or somethin’, you know, “the
faster the better!”
Also, Payette is what you’d
call the hub of Treasure Valley
and has a populous of 4451 in
town. Idaho? Now that’s the
last real “frontier” in the
Northwest that bears discov
ery. Yes, it’s filled with prim
itive area and sagebrush and
many of the people still wear
cowboy boots and hats . . .
didn’t see any Injun scalping
while there, though!
And now you dear hearts and
gentle people this little “spoke”
better begin “beating the
brush” or a bigger “wheel”
will be “cracking ... the
Whip!”
a.
Dear Mousie,
Gee thanks for the letter,
Mousie, it was very nice. I
think?
This photo demonstrates a familiar scene along the Sandy river near Brightwood.
I thought you’d like to know
Noticable in the picture is a lady as she looks at the floor which has dropped out from
that I read last week’s Post
under the main structure. In the foreground huge boulders swept here by the flood
from cover to cover. When I
waters are visible. The water represents a channel dug out by the rampaging river that
finished it I “wiped my brow
wiped away many homes and huge portions of land.
(Post photo)
and sighed ‘phew’, he made
it through the first issue and
Most of us are cautious enough to
In other words, we look at the total
he’s still intact!”
Record Run-Off
be sure
is water in the pool picture.
It wasn’t too bad. In fact it
Begins Training
tlie plunge.
During Flood
When we do, most of us realize why
was a pretty fair issue. You
gs. however, we may folks say it’s wise to trade at home.
might even say it was very
Seaman Recruit Daniel L.
Portland General Electric
not be so ca
good. That is, somebody might To the Editor of theSandy Post, service quickly, and Jerry
Local merchants offer quality prod-
Rathman,
USN., son of Mrs.
Lymp,
head
of
the
Clackamas
engineers
report
a
record
say
it.
I
wouldn
’
t,
of
course,
When we
sume part icular nets.
We, the neighbors of Wildcat
fairest prices( this in
because after all I did tell Creek, want to take this op county road department’s Mt. amount of water run-off over Edna Rathman of Route 2, Bor
merchandise or service, do we always eludes a lair and reasonable mark-up,
you of my supertitious nature portunity to thank all the people Hood area, and his men also the dam on the Clackamas river ing, Ore., began nine weeks of
or profit, above wholesale cost to
and you did go right ahead and who were so kind to us during performed spartan duty dur was measure during the recent basic training Dec. 21, at the
t. to all of us. But. him), backed up by the manufactur
Recruit Training Command,
have your picture on page one. the flood, especially the Fire ing and after the emergency. flood.
we make up our er’s guarantee and the retailer’s rep
These happen to be the folks
The record flow, 93,000 sec Naval Training Center, San
I told you how I consider this men, Hiway men, and ambul
mind on price
utation for satisfied service.
to be very bad luck. But just ance girls, who helped us to whom we personally saw react ond feet, lasted for one and a Diego, Calif.
Here again,
ist of us probably
between
you and me, Mousie, evacuate and fed and cared for to the flood emergency. No half hours during the height of
When we suggest you “Look Before
think of oth
I wouldn’t be at all surprised us in Sandy. Mr. and Mrs. John doubt the scenes were repeated the flood before subsiding. This
important things. You Leap” from here to do your trad
If you are able to overcome Griffith took us and the Flem around the state hundreds of run-off was equal in magnitude
Where merchandise is concerned, for ing it is not with an “eye” towards
to the amount of water in the
this handicap. I sure do hope ings into their home and treat- times.
Auto Parts and Machine
instance, we want to know who made hometown loyalty. But rather, with an
We can be thankful that we’re Columbia river during normal
so cause you said, “if I go any ed us like members of the
it, if it is guaranteed, if service will "eye" towards community progress.
Shop Service
farther, I’ll end up in the drink.” family and all the rest were Oregonians for two reasons -- low ebb.
lie available if needed.
firstly
that
such
disasters
are
—J.C.
110 W. Proctor MU 7-2811
And it just isn’t seemly for edi equally cared for in different
rare visitors in Oregon, and
tors to drown!
homes. Thanks again.
Thank you for having it “put-
Mrs. Charles Rubbert secondly -that when they do
STOCK UP NO
strike, so many valiant Ore-
on-the-record” that you “in
goinans
are
ready
and
willing
tend to stick around.” It did
to be counted “present” when
ease my mind and I like people To the Editor,
with good intensions.
We who live at Mt. Hood the hard and dirty work must
I’ve been looking all over all or part of the lime would be done.
The losses that many of us
The American Red cross
Experience and knowledge quickly. This happened follow- for a house for your family, like to offer our appreciation
Western States Floods Disaster extending back to 1881 are the ing the Alaskan earthquake and but your requirements are to the intrepid workers who suffered are softened by the
Relief headquarters report foundation for the Red Cross tidal waves of last March, the making it kinds hard to find labored so hard during the firsthand knowledge that so
Revlon
there is an apparent lbw trend relief piogram in behalf of June floods in Montana, and sotnethlng suitable. Do yo6 Christmas flood to protect lives many people did everything hu
manly
possible
to
help.
of the families in Oregon re Oregon flood victims which is again in the current catasfro- and your wife have to have a and property, and who kept on
Sudden
TOP BRASS
bedroom? All to yourselves? laboring after waters receded.
questing assistance. According now in its third week.
phe.
Hair Dressing
Beauty
Sincerely,
But just to show you I’m on
to C. Milton Jackson district
Such vital things as repair
The West Coast Christmas Trained national Red Cross
John Stein
with
director for Oregon, “Most of week flooding was the third disaster relief specialists from the ball, I did find you a lovely ing destroyed water systems
Rodger Eddy
the people here are unaccus major catastrophe to strike many parts of the United States place. It has plenty of bed- and roads were done under ex
FREE Scalp
Welches, Oregon
tomed to large-scale dis Red Cross Western Area ter were rushed to flood areas In rooms and even a swimming tremely adverse conditions. We
Massager
asters.” They are also unac ritory in 1964 -- highest num Oregon, California, Washing 1 pool! The owner, Don Avery, who are on the Welches water
customed to looking for outside ber In any one year, and the ton and Idaho to work along said you can have It “rent system, for example, owe Aliens Urged to
16.7 oz.
help he stated.
$|00 Plus
most severe since the Califor side Red Cross chapter volun free” -- providing you can find thanks to Alvin Eri and Duane
Reg. $2.49
The kind of do-it-yourself nia Christmas floods in 1955 teers in meeting the needs of It! He suggests you start look Knapp of Firwood Veneer com Fill In Report
Tax
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spirit in evidence everywhere for which the Red Cross ex families and individuals. More ing some place between here pany in Sandy for lending a
in the state Is highly com pended $8.6 million in relief. than 35,000 persons were and Astoria.
crew headed by Morrie Schol
District Director Alfred J.
Say what d’ya mean, the peo
mendable, Jackson said, but Similar relief cost for help housed and fed in 50 Red Cross
ten. These men packed pipe Urbano of the Immigration and
he stated the Red Cross does ing families in the current dis shelters in the four states at ple in Idaho wonder “where in over log Jams and snow up the Naturalization Service remind
Plus Tax
not want any family to exhaust aster are expected to run flood peak. Arrangements were the world is Sandy?” Gee whiz,
side of a mountain to restore ed aliens in Oregon today that
its resources and tax its fu around five million, about two made for hundreds of other ref Mousie, everyone knows where
water service. They were Glen Saturday, Jan. 30, is the dead
ture to the point of unneces million of that to be expended ugees to stay in motels or Sandy is! But who ever heard Sheppard, Ken Loomis, Roger line for filing address report
ONLY
sary hardship.
of “Payette”??? Is it a suburb Caba, Leroy Anderson, John forms as required under pro
in Oregon.
homes.
In order to better acquaint
Scholten, David Schawd, and visions of the 1952 Immigration
Providing disaster relief for Normally, the mass care of of “Payola”??? They must not
readers of the Sandy Post with needy families has long been
even have a chamber of com
Jim Brewster.
and Nationality Act.
emergency phase of a disaster-
merce there.
the efforts place forth by local a top priority Job fortheAmer-
Likewise, Portland General
The Immigration official
relief operation is over in a
Red Cross authorities the fol- lean Red Cross. The program matter of days, but such is not
Well I guess I’d better get
Electric company crews waded urged aliens who have not yet
vj
Limited
lowing information is printed. dates back 83 years to the time the case this time. Many re- busy, as there is a lot of
streams and overcame other filed their address reports to
snooping
around
to
be
done.
obstacles
to
restore
electric
do
so
no
later
than
Jan.
30
to
Time Offers
when Red Cross founder Clara gions have been completely is-
avoid possible penalties.
Barton aided victims of the olated by washed-out bridges, And since you’re gonna be
Michigan forest fires. Then in and by disrupted highway and “busy sneakin’ around the area
too,” 1’11 sure have to keep
1905 the Red Cross was chart communication
facilities.
ered by Act of Congress and This necessitates continuation on my toes, as It would never
For tinted and bleached hair
charged with the responsibility of temporary housing and feed do to have you catch me goof-
with conditioner £
in'
off.
of “. . . mitigating the suffer ing for much longer than usual.
Bye now--The Snooper
Reg. $3.00 Value
ings by pestilence, famine, fire, Again, the Red Cross is paying
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calamities ...”
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Whenever and wherever dis
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