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About Sandy post. (Sandy, Oregon) 1938-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 29, 1966)
Christmas Baskets Spread Holiday Cheer THE The annual distribution of Christmas baskets to needy families in the area took place Saturday morning. Over 80 fam ilies received the baskets con taining food and toys gather««! by various organizations and individuals for the purpose at sharing the joys it Christmas with those less fortunate. TO THE MT. HOOD PLAYGROUND Vol. 31 TEN PAGES SANDVt OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1964 ■Ingl* copy lUc No. S3 Switchboard Additions Conversion to the new Unes by Hoodland Telephone Co., is progressing but it has become evident that the newly installed switchboard *111 !><• flll«<1 to capacity early in 1967 accord ing to Lambert Miller, presi dent of the Sunnyside Telephone system which owns aid operates tiie Ho<dlaid Company, If 100 switchboard line cir cuits can be found soon they will be installed thia winter. A building addition is planned for next spring to house a second 100 line addition and Automatic Number Identification (AN!) equipment for Direct Distance Dialed (DDD) calls. With assistance by Sunnyside and Valley Telephone crews A much higher than antici and private contractors all but pate«! dematd for one aid two party lines and over twice as 48 orders for service have been filled. The numlier of people on many new applications for the line has not been reduc«»d service as were exjiecte«! have to the proposed maximum of required a reappraisal of all facilities. Projections indicate a n«*d for 6 additional switch board Unes to fill present or ders. However, while everyone may not receive a private line right away no one willbedenied Portlard General Electric service. Company has budgeted more than >1.8 million for new con struction ard system improve- ments in its Gresham division during 1967, according to Divi Mt. Ho«d Community College sion Manager Bill Lowry. is offering a course in medical terminology beginning Monday Over the entire PGE system, evening, Jan. 9. 1967 construction expenditures will cost an estimated >27 The 10-week course will hold million, Lowry said. class sessions on Monday of each week from 7-10 p.m. About 11 million will go into Miss Helen Russell, a medi the 500,000 volt alternatir^- cal secretary for 18 years, is current interUe Une now under coordinating the class. Mrs. construction between PGE’s Margaret Russen, a registered Round Butte dam near Madras nurse with a master of science and Malin, on the Oregon-Cal in nursing, is Instructing the ifornia border. first four class j^eslons. In the division, which begins Further infurmaGtin may be at 122nd Ave., and runs roughly obtained by contacting Mrs. from the Columbia to the Clack Betty Pritchett, chairman of the amas aryl southeast to include business education division at Timberline Lodge and Snow Mt. Hood Community College. Bunny Lodge, largest sii^le item is >100,400 for the elec trical distribution system. The major portion will go for over head and underground customer extensions. The budgetcalls for Errant driver* had beet expenditure of >245,OOOfor res idential underground customers Sheriff'* officer* pien e »•riot of road block* in the extensions and a slightly small county plut a number of er amount for overhead resi rader unit*, Location*, dential extensions. 4 in every case, but nearly all the 'Altside plant has been con structed for this. It may be February before every order is filled but since several or ders for one and two party line service are received each week, Miller advised, even this may be too optomistic. Telephone service was in stalled at the famous Cook Ranch recently, after a 26 year wait, ard the line will be exteirled approximately two more miles to serve the Alp family. Items for the baskets here gathered in the former Sandy Dress Shop building on Proctor Ave. Members at the Sandy Kiwanis Club met ther Thurs day evening to sort out the canntd goods, hams, produce, toys etc. Into seperate boxes according to the size at the various families being provided for. Every effort Is made by the club to select suitable toys for the childken on their list by determining the age and number of youngsters in each family. In addition to gifts for all the Children In each family, the baskets were filled with an ample assortment at food tor a holiday feast with enough extras to last several days. Distributing the Christmas baskets each year is an annual project of the Sandt Kiwanis Club and members donate toys and money throughout the year for the purpose. However, thrajgh the years the entire community has taken an Interest in the program making it oossibie to include many more needy families on the delivery list. Merchants In the area collected food and gift Items for the purposes in their stores Giri Scouts made stuffed toys, and old toys were cleaned, painted or repaired by Inta’s helpers until they were like new. The entire student body of the high school took part In the Key Club’s canned food contest which collected over 7,000cans of food for the Christmas baskets this year. The hard work of sorting am! delivering the great quantity of food was soon forgotten m club members felt more than rewarded by the many words of thanks and smiles at apprecia tion they received on their rounds. PGE Plans New Sub-Station In Pleasant Home Area College Plans Medical Course George Morgan, Sarrfy representative of Walrad In surance Agency, will head Sandy Area Chandler of Commerce for coming year. Decision Near In Bus Suit Ihe service boundaries dis pute between Purtlaid Stages and Rose City Transit Co. went to 4rlal Tiieeday and observers pr«*dicted the trial before Cir cuit Judge Virgil Langtry will not be concluded before Thurs day. Portland Stages brought the suit against Rose City follow Ing a Portland City Council deci sion which permitted Rose City to operate its buses In areas normally served exclusively by Portland Stages. The suit asks that Rose City I m - enjoined from encroachment in the areas previously served OEty by Portl.il»! Stages. An earlier attempt to stop the ex pansion <t Rose City until th«' court could decide thelssuewas decided in favor it Rose City. The plaintiffs contend the Portland ordinances under which Rose City was allowed to extend its service are invalid aid unconstitutional and Incon flict with the city’s charter and Oregon state laws. E. G. Larson, secretary treasurer of Portland Stages and a resident of Gresham, toki the Court Tuesday that figures available for 1966 indicate his Company has suffered losses dw res Ml of competition with Row City. Lersun said the Halsey St. run was the hardest hit. He s|>ecifically told the court Income was down approx imately >19,000 from a com parative |>eriod in 1965. It was also brought out by testimony that Portland Stages has been forced to curtail some of its service to certain areas as an economic step in the face of losses from Rose City com- jietition. Portland Stages rested its case at the conclusion of Lar son’s testimony and the trial vioutly, will not be was recessed late in the after nounced but officer* i will be out in force. noon. Police Plan Extra Checks Appllcations will be accepted until the position is filled. Ir5 er aooe coHwumn muu Bill Whedon, Sandy, resident and route supervisor for Mt. Hood Cleaners, will play one of the lead roles in the light three act romantic comedy "The Rainmaker,” Jan. 6 and 7 at 8:30 p.m., at the Oriental Theatre. Whedon, who has been driving to Portland tw o to three times a week for rehearsals, will take the role of the father, H. C. Curry. All seats are reserved, but tickets are still available at Stevens & Son in Lloyds Cen ter or by writing Bureau of Recreation, 1107 S. W. 4th, PorUand, Oreg. Adults are >2 and students >1. Registration Set For College Classes Evening registraUon for classes at Mt. Hood Community College is scheduled tonight and tomorrow night from 7-9 p.m. This field, once used for growing berries, is part of the growing education facilities in East Multnomah county. At Stark Street and Kane Road, it Is the future site of Mt. Hood Community college. College classes now take place in buildings and trailers at the Multnomah County fairgrounds in Gresham. A bond issue election to provide building funds for the college is scheduled Thursday, Jan, 26. (Post photo) o / Chamber Dates CPA Speaker Sandy Actor Has Lead Role Applications are now being accepted by the Oregon state Civil Service Commission for an assistant chief of the Grain Division, Oregon Department«/ Agriculture. Qualifying experience can be substituted for the educational requirement ona year-for-year basis up to a maximum it four years. Lowry noted that about 8,300 new customers were added to company lines in 1966 and that the utility's total kilowatt-hour sales exceeded 6.3 billion dur ing the year, an Increase of one half billion over 1965. Donald B. Kane, chairman of the speaker’s bureau of the Oregon Society of CPA’s will speak to the Chamber of Com merce when it meets next Tues A new substation will be built day at the House of Wong. four miles east of Gresham in Kane’s subject will be the Pleasant Home area. Rock- "Financing Small Business.” Ass’t Chief Position Open Candidates for the position must meet or establish a satis factory equivalence for the fol lowing qualifications: A bache lor’s degree, preferably in ag- culture or a related field and a year of experience in a pro gram of agricultural regulation, preferably related to grain in spection, handling and storage. wool, Springdale and Hogan subs will be enlarged. Generating plants, fish facili ties and recreational facilities in the division, on the Clacka mas and Sandy rivers will re ceive minor improvements and maintenance expenditures tota ling >116,000. Items included are continuation at fish evalua tion at Farady-River Mill, and construction of three new group picnic areas at Roslyn Park. In addition, Gresham Divi sion will draw about >250,000 worth of distribution transfor mers, customers’ meters tools and transportation equipment. RegistraUon during the day is from 1-3 p.m. through Fri day, Dec. 30. Mt. Hood Community College offers courses incollege trans fer, vocaUonal - technical, and adult enrichment areas. Not the beginning of a supermarket, these cartons at canned food were collected by high school students for Kiwanis Christmas baskets. Drive conducted by the Key Club netted 7,575 cans of food, more than double that collected last year. Absentee Ballots Available Mt. Hood Community College will hold an election on Jan. 26, 1967 on a bond Issue for con struction at the college on the new campus. The ballot will also include provision for can celing the serial levy now in effect. Net result at an affirmative vote on this issue will be to reduce the annual tax levy while providing for the con struction of a community col lege in the immediate future. Anyone who anticipates being away on the election date ani who wishes to vote, should ap ply immediately for an absentee ballot to the clerk of MHCC or East Side Area Education Dis trict at 655 N. Main St., Gresh am. Deadline for filing absentee ballots is Jan. 21, except in cases of physical emergency. Seniors won the contest with a total of 2,875 cans, Sophomores were next with 2,185 followed by Juniors with 1,775 and Freshmen with 740. VW Dec. 23 D m . 33 Dec. 34 Dec. 25 Dec. 26 Dec. 27 Dec. 28 The weather by 3:30 WEATHER H Pr. L fr 43 53 49 39 .04 43 38 .08 46 35 .75 42 36 .02 44 .00 31 34 42 .12 Troutdale •tetion reeding* are made pm. Students brought in canned food by the trunk load Snider Rites Set Friday Funeral services for Eldon Snider of Staider Farms will be held Friday at 1:30 p.m. from Bateman’s chapel In Gresham. Snider, who only last week had concluded an agreement with the Green Giant Corp, for operation of Snider Farms, died suddenly Tuesday evening in Portland. The coroner’s office said Snider was stricken while at supper at the Holiday Inn and was dead on arrival at Emanuel Hospital. and the pick up load,
