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By LILLIAN TEN EYCK
TO THE MT. HOOD PLAYGROUND*
Walter C. Tayler, Loe Irwin, Co-Publishers
A stroke of rare good for­
tune. Mrs. Hina Perret has
most kindly loaned me an old
scrap txxik which originally tie-
longed to Mrs. Maggie Thomas.
Over the years Mrs. Thomas
saved clippings of many hap­
penings of Sandy's by gonedays.
The clippings are fascinating to
read; the events of those early
days and the pioneers who made
the event.
Mra. Alice Revenue Webster;
Such an eloquent speaker, much
sought after to tell of her early
life. I remember her saying that
her earliest memory was of
crouching behind tier father’s
rail fence and ¡tearing through
at the unwieldy covered wagons
as they lurched by on their
way to their final destination,
Oregon City.
Her father, Frances Revenue,
a Frenchman, came to Sandy in
the fall of 1853 and started the
first store on this side of the
Cascades. When Mrs. Webster
was a child there were only
.hree
families living In the
Sandy vicinity, Those of Steve
Coalman, the father of Elijah
Coalman, the mountain guide,
Charles Sievers who lived at
Marmot and Charles St. John.
Later Mr. Revenue hired a
man to work for him. However
since he was well educated he
was given the job of teaching
the Revenue children as there
was no school for miles. Later
the first schoolhouse at Sandy
was built with logs which Mr.
Revenue had intended for a barn.
John Revenue, a son, hauled the
logs with an ox team to their
pasture and the building was
Entered at the Post Office at Sandy. Clackamas County, Oregon as second
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Published every Thursday by Outlook Publishing Ce.
Sandy Poet, Sandy, Oregon
$2 Annual Subscription
January 20, 1966
Edith's Intentions
Those "ifs”, some insiders now say,
indicate she just might run for gov­
ernor.
Still, we doubt it. Her reasons for
skipping a Senate race were well-
advertised . . . the valuable seniority
and the experience she had built up
in the house.
Mrs. Green is an eloquent speaker
but it would take that and more to
convince the voters that the gover-
norship now is more important than
all that seniority. A point once made
isn’t easily unsold.
The Democratic dilemma, of course,
is the fact that they could win in the
third district with Edith'Green, Little
Bed Riding Hood, or Daisy Mae Yo-
kum; the preponderance of Democra­
tic registrations makes that sure.
Mrs. Green’s obvious vote-getting
talents thus are virtually wasted in
the Congressional race. Had she run
for Senate, or should she run for gov­
ernor, the Democrats still would con­
trol the third district . . . perhaps
something else as well.
Irrespective of politics, we hope she
remains in the House . . . where she,
indeed, will do the most good.
A highly-popular guessing game
these days involves Edith Green and
her political future.
week ago, she announced that
she wasn't running for the Senate
and everyone thought that settled
that. She would run again for Con­
gress.
But then a few well-placed Demo­
crats began passing out the word that
Edith might well run for governor,
thus undeniably adding strength to
a rather anemic ticket next fall.
Whether she does or not, only Edith
can answer But a careful re-reading
of her speech bowing out of the Sen-
-ate race does raise the question of
just what she really meant.
Mrs. Green said, unequivocally, that
she would not run for the Senate.
But there was a curious ambivalence
in her words about other elective of­
fice:
“If the people . . . elect me to
represent them and if I am to serve
in Congress ... I have decided that
the place where I can give the great­
est service is in that body where I
now have 12 years of seniority.”
uriving tnrough bandy on Main Street this scone is visible to the passing motorist.
Not an attractive sight It Is hoped that such eyesores to the community will be cleaned up
bv loe.i owners.
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Now mat the now year has
gotten underway in the news
quite a bit lately is the an­
nouncement of candidates for
political offices. For Instance,
Governor Mirk Hatfie'.d is run­
ning for the U.S, Senate; Tom
McCall is seeking his chair in
the statehouse and other fellows
like Monte Montgomery, etc.
are probable candidates for the
seat of control in the “Little
White House of Oregon.”
Tuesdty came the announce­
ment that Edith Green, who has
spent considerable time in
Washington serving the state
as its representative, is being
urged to run for the governor’s
vacant seat.
Of course, this
is a political move on the purt
of the democratic party. And
where women are concerned
there is another governor can­
didate from the female side in
Oregon right here in Boring...
Margaret Fields.
A Not-So-Simple Question
Our 11-year-old daughter asked the
other night, “Daddy, why are we fight­
ing in Viet-Nam? Couldn’t it lead to
world war?”
We’ve always felt, of course, that
our involvement in the war there is
a horrible mistake, but even so, we
had to answer. It went something like
this:
“We’re fighting because Commun­
ism has to be stopped somewhere and
besides, we’ve committed ourselves
to the government there.
“It could lead to a big war. too. Un­
less something happens pretty quick,
we could be fighting China and pos­
sibly, Russia, before long.”
Later, we thought about our an­
swers and realized that we really
didn’t believe them.
If we’re really trying to stop Com­
munism, why did we pick a battle in
Southeast Asia? We are, as Walter
Lippman wrote not long ago, basically
a sea power; China is a land power.
We’re accepting a war where our
vast sea power is relatively useless,
where we’re inevitably going to get
bogged down in a land war. This is
ART CLASSES
TO RESUME
The Sandy Art Group will
resume classes Feb. 2 and
plans now are to meet the
first and third Wednesday of
every month. Ben Larsen, well
known Portland artist is the in­
structor. Meeting place is the
Woman's Club Hall, in Sandy.
The time is 10 a-m. to 1:3(
p.m. Bring a sack lunch.
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precisely what the Chinese must want.
And what about our commitment?
We may have committed ourselves to
some South Viet-Namese government
five or six coups back, but this is aca­
demic. The people of Viet-Nam, the
ones for whom we’re supposedly fight­
ing. are getting nothing but misery
and suffering and devastation out of
our efforts for them.
We’re quite certain that if the peo­
ple of Viet-Nam were given the
choice, the war would be over tomor­
row. They’re interested in food and
a place to live, not in political philos­
ophies. Meanwhile, their unfortunate
country has become the battleground
for conflicting ideologies. It can only
be ground up in the process.
The only part of the answer to
our daughter which we really believe
was the last part . . . that it could
lead to a much bigger war.
Obviously, we’re in so far that we
can’t pull out and the war will esca­
late just as much as the Communists
want it to. Once again, we’re fighting
the wrong war, in the wrong place,
and at the wrong time.
County Camp Fire Girls Slate Their
Annual Meeting on January 31st
The annual meeting of the
Clackamas
county
council,
Camp Fire Girls will be held
Monday, Jan. 31 In the dining
room of Omarklndustries, 9701
S. E. McLouglln, Milwaukie,
announced Donald Montgomery,
council president.
Adult volunteers, including
leaders, sponsors, board anc
committee members, as well
as
other Interested persons
have been Invited to attend. A
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Getting away from the state
side of the political picture and
turning to the thought of county
politics It would appear that
there are some oatties shaping
up In the commissioner seats
here in the Clackamas area. But
the name I have been looking
for to file for such a position
is someone from the eastern
end of the county.
It would
seem to me that It is about
time that some me from
area put on a concerted effort
to serve the county in this
capacity.
Doesn’t anyone in
this end of the county have such
political ambitions? I know its
a thankless job, but what public
office and service Isn’t
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coffee hour at 6:45 will precede
the dinner which begins
at
7:15 p.m.
The featured speaker of the
evening will be Secretary of
State Tom L. McCall, who will
speak on the subject, "Amer­
ican Youth on the Highroad of
Life." In addition to McCall’s
accomplishments as a public
official and commentator, he
has a rich background of In­
terest and dedication to youth.
McCall has served as chair­
man of the Portland-Multnomah
County
Metropolitan
Youth
Commission, the Oregon Asai,
of Crippled Children and Adults,
and the Oregon Prison Assn.
Also, he formerly served as
secretary of the Portland Urban
League, and a board member of
the Delaunay
Institute
for
Mental Health, Salem, Area
Family Counseling Service, and
the Oregon United Appeal. In
1964 McCall received the Bro­
therhood Award of the Oregon
Regional ConferenceofChrist­
ians and Jews.
Entertainment for this annual
event will be high-lighted by
the appearance of the Pony
Pipers, a delightful and well-
known singing group from Mil­
waukie high school under the
direction of Gilbert Timothy.
National and local awards will
be presented to the adult volun­
teers who merit recognition for
outstanding service to the Camp
Fire Girl organization.
I’ve notice that the successful
man frequently works while he
plays, but when he works, he
doesn't play at all.
Two visitors to Washington
D.C. were riding down Con­
stitution Avenue in a taxi when
they
passed
the
National
Archives Building.
Seeing an inscription, “What
Is Past Is Prologue,” written
across the base of a statue
in front of the building, one of
the passengers asked the cab
driver what It meant “That,”
the cabble said, “means, 'Bro­
ther, you ain’t seen nothin’
yet’ ”
Every so often when reading
magazines relating to the man­
agement, etc. I come across
someone’s definitions relating
on “How To Avoid Making Dif­
ficult Decisions". In recent
weeks it has fell my lot to
make a decision that was dif­
ficult to make.
By now, many of the readers
of this newspaper have heard
that my family and I will be
leaving the Sandy area for what
we have hopes to be greener
pastures in another community.
Without attempting In any man­
ner to be flowery I do want to
say that the decision was ex­
tremely hard to come by.
For 55 issues of the Sandy
Post I have enjoyed writing
articles, taking pictures and
collecting what little advertis-
Ing the community merchants
were able to throw my way.
It has only been In the last
few weeks that the aivertising
picture In Sandy has really be­
come encouraging.
My first love in the newspaper
business has always been the
advertising end of IL In all
of my former newspapering jobs
since moving from the back shop
“onto the street" as we Ln the
printing business refer to it
my time has been spent In ad­
vertising.
My writing career
has been extremely limited. So,
naturally the challenge of doing
all the writing here has met
with some reservations. After
13 months of doing it I have
certainly gained some self-con-
County Has
Record High
Clackamas County had a rec­
ord high 38 traffic deaths in
1965 according to a summary
of traffic fatalities by county
for 1965,
said the Traffic
Safety Division of the Depart­
ment of Motor Vehicles.
The figure of 38 deaths is
the highest recorded In Clack­
amas County In the period of
1936 through 1965.
A 26.6 per cent Increase In
the number of fatalities is shown
over the 1964 period, when 30
people were killed in the coun­
ty-
The year 1942 was the safest
driving year in the county with
a
total of 14 deaths for the
year.
The Traffic Safety Division
urged all residents of Clacka­
mas County to practice safe
driving habits in 1966 to help
make the county a safe driv­
ing county. Officials reminded
motorists that accidents don't
just "happen." They are the
result of lack of consideration
and caution, and they stated
that each motorist Is respon­
sible for helping to create a
safe - driving county by In-
eluding these in their driving
habits.
The state’s death toll in­
eluded
residents from 168
Oregon cities Including the
following: Boring, 3; Canby, 6;
Gladstone, 1; Hillsboro, 14;
Lake Oswego, 5; Milwaukie, 6;
Molalla, 1; Mulino, I; Oregon
City, 5; and West Linn, 5.
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HOUSE
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fidsnee that I did nut have
when 1 arrived.
Now that I will be leaving
I guess you might be able to
say that you folks, the readers,
have twen used as guinea pigs
(ao to speak). This might ex­
plain for many of the boo-boos
that have occurred. I’m just a
greenhorn!
Since January 1st the post
office authorities have clamoed
down on sending newspapers
without the proper zip code
on the address. Therefore, we
have heard a number of com­
plaints, particularly of service­
men not receiving their Sandy
Post
Two servicemen that are not
receiving copies of their news­
paper are listed below. We need
to have their zip code and if
you happen to know them or
know what It is please let this
office know, too, so we can get
the paper going to them again.
They follow:
John Russell, Jr.
686077 NRS.T Box 42
% FPO San Fran, Cal.
F.W. Flinn, Ski HSA
Code 74.2.2
%FPO San Fran., Cal.
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Mousle:
It was evident in the Sandy
Post a few weeks ago that you
were going to start snapping
a few pictures of the less beau­
tiful spots In our Sandy metro­
polis. I believe this clean-up
campaign you started is one
of the best things that could
happen to Sandy.
However, I don't believe It
1« quite fair to start on this
and then quit, leaving the Sandy
Auto Wreckers as the victims.
Bob Pullen
Sandy, Oregon
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The advantages and also the
pitfalls of Investment in real
estate by the small speculator
will be thoroughly examined In
a course which begins Monday
night, Jan. 17, in room 203
State Hall at Portland State
college.
The course, Real Estate In­
vestment, is being offered by the
Portland Center for Continuing
Education. It Is designed for
small Investors but is open to
the general public. The course
will cover all aspects of real
estate
investment,
ranging
from tax advantages to rehab­
ilitation of older dwellings.
The course will be held Mon­
day nights, Jan. 17 - March 21.
Another course. Advanced
Real Estate Investment, Is be­
ing offered Wednesday nights,
Jan. 26 to March 16. It is
open to those who have com­
pleted the basic course or have
had experience in the field.
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flowers by Malcoms
erected on the bunks of the
Sandy River, a little below the
present bridge. Ibni* of the
Marmot children attended this
school. I remember my mother-
in-law,
Rose Hoffman Ten
Kyck,
telling
of
trudging
through the tali ti in tier to this
little log
building.
Harvey
Cross, later a County Judge
was one of the teachers.
Mr. Revenue txiught the old
Toll Road at the crossing of
the Sandy. He charged 82.00
for a wagon and team and 50?
for a man on horseback. Ttw
story Is that there was a plum
tree on the Revenue farm and
when the fruit was ripe the
weary travelers were allowed
a shake for ao much a shake.
There are many homes now
on the original old Revenue
donation land claim but the old
graveyard still is lying peace­
fully under the huge spreading
maples just as they were back
tn those early days. This his­
toric place should tie kept as
an early day monument to those
hardy souls who undertook the
taming of the west
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Mousle has received a letter
this week wishing to see a re­
sumption of the clean-up cam­
paign he started with the auto
wreckers. I had not abandoned
the cause and notice that the
local chamber is listing beau­
tification as a part of its goal
for the new year.
However,
this week I have another scene
along the main traveled route
in
Sandy that bares con­
sideration. Do you recognize
It?
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