THE
GREAT WAY
TO THE MT. HOOD PLAYGROUND^
Vol. 27
SANDY, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1965
16 PAGES
Veteran's Day
Closes Bank,
PO and Schools
With Veteran’s Day falling
on Thursday, Nov. 11, some
Itusiness establishments in the
area willbgclosed down.Among
those to Iwclosed will IwClack-
amas County Bank, local post
offices and the ;>ublic scluols.
Other businesses in tlie area
plan to remain open on Veter­
an’s Day at last reports.
One other business In Sandy
closed its doors on Tuesday of
this week In pre|>aratlon to move
into new quarters here. That
was the Sandy Food Center op­
erated by Bob Williams. His
business will reopen soon in
the new shopping center site
Iwtween Proctor and Main and
First and Second in Sandy. It
will be a Thriftway store he
stated.
N«. 45
Sia*!« oon 14«
Two Car Accident Sunday Claims Two Children
Tragedy stuck a second time
Sunday afternoon as another
two car collison on U.S. high­
way 26 one half mile west of
Kelso claimed the Ilves of
two small cntldren and sent
five others to the hospital,Only
four days earlier, on Wednes­
day afternoon of last week, five
occupants of two other cars
which crashed at nearly the
Identical spot were taken to
the hospital fof treatment.
Killed as a result of Sun­
day's accident were Nikle and
Joann Marrs, children of Mrs.
Margaret Marrs of Madras.
They were 4 and 3 years old,
respectively. The oldest sister
was dead on arrival by am­
bulance at Gresham General
Hospital while tiie younger died
a »Imrt time after she was
transferred U> Providence Hos­
pital in Portland.
The children’s motlier was
treated for minor injuries fol-
lowing the accident. Driver of auto was Mrs. Francis O’Neill Gresham Hospital but are re­
tlie late model Dodge car of Madras. Mrs. Marrs was ported to tie in good conditon.
was Mrs. Catherine O’Neill, released from the hospital on
Tlie extent of Catherine
also of Madras, while another Monday evening while both O’Neill's Injuries are a frac-
passenger in the fatal -bound O’Neill woman remain at the tured pelvis, and facll lacera-
tions. Francis O’Neill Is re­
ported to have severe facial
lacerations,
Mr. and Mrs. George Isaiah
Taylor of Rhododendron were
Sandy Grade to Build
Band Practice Rooms
Two
small band practice
rooms were among the business
held on Monday night at the
Sandy GradeS< ixxil Ixxird meet-
ia«. The norm win be tutut
on the stage of the multi-pur-
|s>se room at the school Clyde
Sutherland, sc Ixxil su|>erinteii-
dent, announced.
"We liave twen tempered in
our band department by the lack
of a small practice room area
for students,’’ tie staled, "and
tlie lourd memlwrs felt ttutthe
multi-purpose room area would
tie the l>est piai e to t>uild them’*
Cost-Free Logging
Course Is Offered
A 12-week course uf instruc­
tion tint««! to preture interested
workers for employment in the
logglng industry was annòunt'ed
this week by Neil C. Puckett,
manager of the state employ­
ment office In Oregon City.
The cost of the training Is
paid from funds provided by
the Manpower Development and
Training Act lie said,
It will tie taught al South-
western
Oregon Community
College,
North Bend, Ore.
Classroom Instruction and tool
familiariMUon will be given
on the campus tliere will le high
lead and tractor logging will
be taught by tlie college at
operations on state owned lands
in tlie North Bend area.
The next 12-week course will
liegln on Nov. 15 with another
class tills year to liegin on Dec.
27. "Modernisation of logging
o|M‘ratloiis over the past few
years lias created a definite
need for entry workers with
some degree of pre-employ-
vocational
training,’’
ment
Puckett said.
Persons Interested in this
training should contact the em­
ployment office at 506 High
Street in Oregon City.
Post Portions—
The old lielleve everything;
the middle-aged suspect every­
thing; the young know every­
thing.
Both Sutherland and Don
Deinning, school clerk, were
appointed by the board to be
the official sc loo] representa­
tives at a convention to tie held
on Nov. 1H-19 at the Hilton
Hotel in Portland. The conven­
tion will include a meeting of
the Oregon School Boards,Ore­
gon Administrators and Oregon
School Clerks Associations.
Among other items of bus­
iness at the Monday session was
discussion of teacher personnel
for the coming school year.
At thst time tlie district will
have a new school facility in
the Fir wood area ready
for
occupancy. This, in itself will
necessitate the hiring of ad­
ditional teachers next year.
H. Pete Wlngle, Zig Zag
District
Ringer, is listed
among Forest Service per­
sonnel selected from the Pac­
ific Northwest Region to rec­
eive fire control simulator
training at the Redmond Air
Center. He attended the special
training sessions on Monday
and Tuesday of tills week.
The local ranger was one of
ten fellows from tlie Mt. Hood
National Forest and the U. S.
Forest
Service's Regional
Office at Portland scheduled to
lie trained by a new Forest
Service fire control simulator.
Providing
realistic
fire
problems for trainees to solve
under pressure, the revolution­
ary device uses multiple pro­
jectors, taped sound effects,
telephones and two-way radios
to simulate just about every­
thing but the heat and smell
of smoke from a wildfire.
Other personnel attending the
training course from the Mt.
Hood National Forest Included
Jack Mounts, Robert Abbott,
Lowe! Gilbert and Max Sigi.
Two others will tike the course
at a Dec. 8-9 training period.
They are Stanley Undl, and
Richard Mueller.
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Sandy
Hearing Slated
On College Levy
I* was th« second tragic accident at thia location in four day«.
Tho wrecked vehicle in front of the fire truck wa* the death car.
(Post Photo)
Field House
Bid Is Opened
Bids were opened Monday by
the U. S. Forest Service for
construction of a field house
at the Timber Lake Job Corps
Conservation Center near Es­
tacada.
Apparent low bld was sub­
mitted by Christal & Grady,
6330 N. E. Halsey St., Port-
land, at $58,394. Government
estimate for the project was
$39,000.
Blds were received at the
regional office in Portland.
District Ranger
Attends New
Fire Course
Dependable
Purchase through
our Clackamas
County Time
Purchase Plan
Firemen from the Boring Fire Department hose off Loop
Highway about one-half mile west of Kelso Sunday afternoon
following fatel accident which claimed the live* of two children.
in the other automobile involved
in the collison Sunday. They,
too, were taken to the hospital
by ambulance at Gresham tor
treatment. The hospital reports
they were discharge! on Mon­
day morning of tills week.
The father of the Marrs’
children is serving with the
armed forces In Viet Nam.
He has been notified of the
tragedy and it was reported
that he is on his way to the
States.
When the accident occurred
the car
driven by Mrs.
Catherine O’Neill was travell­
ing west towards Portland from
Madras to visit friends. The
Taylor vehicle, a late model
Buick, was heading east towards
Rhodendendron. Taylor was
driving
when the crash oc­
curred.
The ambulances from Sandy
and Gresham were called to
the scene to transport the in­
jured to the hospital.
The Tax Supervising and Con­
servation Commission will hold
a public hearing at 2 p.m.,
Monday, Nov. 22, in Room 680,
Multnomah County Courthouse,
to discuss a proposed special
5-year levy of $450,000 per
year to be submitted to the vo­
ters of Mt. Hood Community
College District Dec. 9.
Purpose of this levy will be
to finance the cost of land,
buildings and other improve­
ments to property and equip­
ment for the Community Col­
lege. The district Is applying
for a parcel of surplus Federal
land located at 148th and Hal­
sey lor this purpose.
Crash victim waits on stretcher to be loaded into
ambulance following two car collision on Loop Highway
(Po»t Photo)
Sunday afternoon.
Wednesday Crash
Victims on Mend
News of the Wednesday crash
victims here gave a note of
encouragment.
A supervisor from Emman­
uel Hospital in Portland said
Tuesday night that the Horst
Infant was alert and respond­
ing to treatment. The three
month old infant, Heather, re­
ceived head injuries as a result
of the two car crash one half
mile west of Kelso on U. S.
Highway 26. She was a passen­
ger in the car driven by Mrs.
Welding together two links of the Northwest Natural
Gas pipeline last Saturday afternoon at this elbow was
one of the firm's welders. By the position he shows the
job can be uncomfortable at times.
Post Photo)
First Aid Classes
To Start Here
Pearl Johnson of Rt.,1, Box
59, Boring.
The tiny baby was uncon­
The American Red Cross
scious for three or four days
following the accident and was First-Aid Classes will be con­
being fed intravenously. She is ducted by the Sandy Volunteer
now taking fluid herself they Fire Department tentatively
starting Nov. 26 at 7:30 p.m.
said.
at
the Fire Hall.
Driver of the other vehicle
Anyone desiring to take this
involved In the crash, Tommy
Garber, of Sandy, was released course contact Lyle Seaman
from the Gresham General Hos­ MU 7-3472 or Bud Fischer
pital on Tuesday. He suffered MU 7-4915.
a fractured rib and collar bone
TAKES TRAINING
In the smash-up.
Gilbert Fritsche, son of Mr
Garber was driving a 1962
Chevy Corvair which broke Into and Mrs. U J. Fritsche of Sandy,
is stationed at Fort Ord for
two separate pieces from the
six months of training with
Impact. The other occupants of
the National Guard unit.
the Johnson car liave all been
He is a 1964 graduate of
Clackamas County Commiss­ released following treatment,
Sandy Union High School.
ioners turned thumbs down on a too.
request by B. H. Sweeney of
Portland for location of a trailer
court on a proposed site two
miles west of Brightwood. The
or feels like this, come in
request was denied at a com­
and see our fine assort­
missioner’s meeting held Wed­
ment of late model, fully
nesday, Nov. 3.
conditioned, and winter­
The denial was in line with
a recommendation handed down
ised used cars. Below are
by the county planning commis­
four fine examples:
sion earlier.
Accompanied at the meeting
by their attorney, Orlln Anson,
the Sweeneys stated this would
be a retirement project and that
they planned to reside at the
court themselves. They added
that a well for increased water
pressure would be provided and
a play area for children was
also planned.
$2595
1965 IMPALA
In the report to the commis­
Super Sports Coupe. 327 Motor, PG, R & H
sioners by the planning com­
1964 IMPALA.............................. $2145
mission plans for widening this
Sport Coupe, V 8, PG, R A H
section of the Mt. Hood Loop
1964 IMPALA.............................. $2145
Highway, as well as beautify
Sport Sedan, PS, PG, R & H, and 250 HP Motor
It, have been indicated by both
the federal and state govern­
$1745
1964 CHEVELLE 300
ments. A feeling that the trailer
4dr., 6 cyl. motor with R 8 H
park might lie detrimental to
Even if your car is not like that in the picture, bring it in
these projects was also given.
anyway. We like to trade . . .
Another objection to the re­
quest came from protesting re-
sidents of the area saying the
park would lie adverse to the
MU 7-2681, 663-4522
Sandy
single-family character of the
area.
Commissioners
Deny Request
If your car looks, acts
RICHARDSON CHEVROLET
Gas line under construction from Demascus to Sandy is shown as gas company
crews were working on Highway 212 at the location of the new freeway. Traffic was
slowed in this vicinity on Saturday as tho trench for laying the line across the high-
(Post Phot«'
way was dug.
Bignail to
Head Kiwanis
Elected to head the activities
of Kiwanis Club of Sandy for
the coming year at a recent
meeting of the organization was
Olin Bignail. He has served as
first vice president of the club
for the past year.
To serve with Bignail as first
vice president is P.N,Smoke
while
the civic organization
voted George Howeller to han-
die the duties of second vice
president. D. E. Deming was
appointed to continue as the
secretary-treasurer of the
local club.
New board of directors for
Kiwanis will be Al Lamke, Ned
Dyal, John Bye, Al Morner,
Joe Medders, Gene Madison
and George Howeller.
ABOARD SUBMARINE
Navy Lt. Michael C. Cooley,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward
C. Lundquist of Rt. 1, Sandy,
Is serving aboard USS James
Madison, one of the Navy’s
newest fleet ballistic missile
submarines, operating out of
Rota, Spain.
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