New City Hall
Need Discussed
THE
Sandy Post
Ed’s Note I
Beginning with thin lx su e, the Suwly Pont will present a
se rie s of articles dealing with tfie new city hull proposal.
Advantagea aid disadvantages of plana an! sites will be
dlscuaaed. Building coat aid method of financings will tie pre.
aented. Particular attention will lie given to the plan now
proposed by the city council.
While we are definitely In favor of a new city hall aid do not
aee how the city can function efficiently without one ■- our
purpose la not to se ll any particular site or plan to the voters.
We ho|te to merely to present the information so that lidlvtdu.
als will be better prepared to make their own decisions.
Conscientious voters will want to weigh ull factors.
If some facts are omitted — It will not be Intentional. We will
welcome additional uform atlon or correction. Comments pro
aid con on any aid all aspects of the subject will be appreciated
aid readers are Invited to exp ress them selves.
The City of Sandy, Incorporated In 1013, has a city hall older
than the city Itself. It Is a city hall that, like Topsy, "Just
grew,” aid which, after Its first years was never quite up to the
tim es.
Not built, but contrived from an original unit moved to the
present site aid enlarged (somewhat) It was at least adequate
for the sm all community It served. At one tim e, the building
even contained a set of Jail c e lls . (Early minutes of council
meetings show that these were frequently used tor Incarcera.
Mon of roistering drunks until they were sober enough to be
fined aid released.)
Since 1913 the city has grown at a slow but steady pace. No
records are available on the exact ixrpulation of Sandy at the
time II was incorporated, but 97 votes were cast In the first
official election. Census records for later years point up the
growth pattern - - the decade of the forties being the one of
greatest population Increase,
Official census figures for Saidy are:
1920--242
1030—284
1940—473
I960--1003
GREAT W AY
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SANDY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 196«
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Measles Clinic
Due in Sandy
Physical» and nurses will
contribute their serv ices free
of charge an! various volunteer
organizations will handle other
details.
Children who should not re
ceive the m easles vaccine are
those being treated for certain
chronic d isea ses such as leuk
em ia, cancer or tuberculosis.
Children biking certain drugs
which may make them more
susceptible to Infections, and
those allergic to eggs or egg
products, Chlldrenwhohave had
a convulsion within the past five
years. Children who have a
fever of 101 d egrees F or
higher on the day of the "Mop
Up M easles” C linic. Such
youngsters should receive mea -
sle s vaccine only on the special
advice of their physician.
Sunday, March 31, will be
•'Mop Up M easles Day”
In
Sandy aid in many other
parts of Oregon.
On that day, children from
one through 12 who are still
susceptible to this d isea se
are Invited to receive immuni
zations without charge. An adult
over 21 must accompany the
child.
The Sandy High Concert Band
ind Stage Band will present a
ioncert In the high school cafe-
torlum Friday, March 22 at 8
p.m.
The Sandy clinic will be
conducted from 11 a.m. to 4
p.m, at the Sandy High School.
A voluntary 50 cents contribu
tion for each child will be ac
cepted, but Is not n ecessary.
It Is estimated that children
will be In aid out of the clinic
in five minutes If parents fill
out the required registration
form In advance. For your con
venience one Is printed In this
paper on Page 1, section 2.
Among the selections that will
be played by the concert band
are "George Washington B i
centennial March” which will
be directed by Carol Clement,
band president; "Django” a Jazz
number, and ‘‘Second Suite for
Military” band.
SUHS MUSICIANS will display their combined and Individual talents
to public at Friday night Spring Concert.
a
Sandy Grange Lists Talent Show,
Youth Benefit Tomorrow Night
Youth groups from the Sandy
area will assem ble at Sandy
Grange Hall at Kelso tomorrow
night, March 22, to participate
in the Grange’s annual Com
munity Program.
Local Camp Gire G irls, Girl
Scouts, Boy Scouts and Cubs
will Join In the presentation o:
the free Talent Show aid Jam -
boree and invite the public to
attend and Join in the fun.
The program will be opened
at 8 p jn . with the flag cere
mony by Jr. High T*m-Lo-Nah
Camp Fire G irls.
The program Includes: A c
cordion and Songs — Debby Hite
and Betty Jo Amstad; Vocal Solo
- - Kay Hashagen Skit, "The
Bold and Brave” — CubScouts;
Piano Solo — Sonja Friberg;
Two Comics — Earl Eldridge
and partner; Dance Number —
Connie Eldridge and Teri Mar
tin; Piano Solo — Nancy Malar;
Song - - Girl Scouts; Skit —
Edna and Adolph Amstad; M elo-
Moms — and everybody sing!
During the evening refresh-
CRAMPED FOR SPACE is a mild way to say that the reco rd er's office
in the city hall has hardly room to turn around in. Books, records, bills,
charts, receipts, etc., fight for space. (Post photo)
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Committee on Crime Preven
tion and Safe Streets of the
National Association of County
O fficials.
He represents Clackamas
county as an executive member
He Is the Commission m em
ber of the Clackamas County
board of Health and has served
as Chairman of the County
Board
of Equalization and
County Budget Committee.
Skoko Is 53 years of age and
has resided at his Clackamas
home since 1921.
Claims Office
To Close Here
Skoko said he will continue
to support the comprehensive
planning program he helped to
provide for the orderly deve
lopment of Clackamas County.
The need for such planning,
Skoko sa y s, Is most essential
because of the unprecedented
population growth, Industrial
explosion
and agricultural
needs In Clackamas county.
Skoko asserted he will con
tinue his efforts to maintain
quantity of quality water
in
stream s and the control of air
pollution. He has also pledged
continued efforts In providing
urgently needed recreational,
sanitary and other serv ices to
suburban areas,
Skoko Is vice chairman of the
With employment picking up
during the last few w eeks, the
Department of Employment has
announced It will discontinue
Its Itinerant claim s service at
Saidy after Friday, March 29,
Sandy claimants are asked to
report to the Oregon City office
at 506 High St., beginning April
5.
Newspaper Office Hit
By Sneak Thieves
Thieves broke Into the office
of the Sandy Post Friday night
and made away with a sm all
amount of petty cash.
Entrance was gained by
smashing In the back door of
the office.
ments will be sold and home
made cakes and assorted good
ies will be sold from booths
operated by the various youth
groups.
Funds raised wUl be used
by the boys and girls to support
their camp activities.
Sandy Grange reminds ev
eryone they are invited to at
tend and to bring the whole fam
ily . Admission is free.
An important meeting of
Truman
Road property
owners w ill be held Sunday,
March 24, at the Lions
Club, Wemme. The m eet
ing w ill start at 2 p.m.
All Truman Road own
ers are urged to attend.
LWRAP
Elects
Edmonds
Byron Edmonds of Boring was
recently re-elected chairman
of the Lower Willamette Re
source Area Planning A ssocia
tion at its second annual m eet
ing, recently at W ilsonville,
Other officers re-elected
were: Roy Rutschman, Silver-
ton, first vice chairman; Rob
ert Epler, F orest Grove, s e c
ond vice - chairman, Adrian
Inlay, Sublimity, treasurer, and
Charles L iles, Salem, s e c r e
tary.
Sheriff Joe Shobe filed today
for re-election . Shobe, who is a
Democrat, is serving his third
term at Sheriff. He has twenty-
seven years of service in the
Clackamas County Sheriff’ s Of
fic e , having served as Field
Deputy and past Chief Deputy
for the late Sheriff Reakseker.
Shobe points with pride to the
modernization of the Sheriff’s
Department aril the County Jail,
which is pointed out as a model
jail throughout the State, as the
Tax and Civil Departments.
Sheriff Shobe Is a life-tim e
resident of Clackamas County.
He is married and has three
grandchildren. He was with the
Army In World War II, Past
President of Oregon State Sher-
IfPs A ssociation, Past State
Director for the National Sher
iff's Association and Is now
serving on the Board of Di
rectors for the National Sher
iff’s Association. He Is Past
Exalted Ruler of the Oregon
City Elks and ts serving on
numerous com m ittees for the
up-grading and improvement of
law enforcement throughout the
state.
His slogan will be “ There Is
No Substitute for Experience.”
The Stage band charts will
offer "Jig for Ghost” fea
turing Mike Lindsey. Steve
Christensen on trumpet and
Brian Boothby.
.
Admission will be .35 for
students, .75 for adults and
>2.50 for family tickets. Tick
ets may be purchased from any
band member or Friday night
at the door.
Finances
Scuttle
Morgan
NOTICE
Speakers at the meeting were
Homer Chandler, of the Colum
bia Regional Assn, of Govern
ments (CRAG) and W esley
Howe, executive secretary of
Council of Governments (COG).
of the Columbia Region of A s
sociated Governments and is
also a member of the Executive
Committee of the Association
of Oregon County O fficials.
Hoodland C of C
W ill Host Firemen
The Hoodland Chamber of
Commerce annual dinner m eet
ing and election of officers will
be
held tonight (Thursday,
March 21) at the Zig Zag Inn.
Members aril guests will pay
special honor to the men who
have served with the Mt. Hood
Volunteer Fire Department.
A social hour at 7 p.m . will
be followed by a steak dinner,
which Is complimentary for
chamber m em bers. Guests are
welcom e. Entertainment will be
provided by the "Hungry Four”
following the election of offi
c e r s,
Darrell Jones will be m as
ter of cerem onies and will In
troduce the men who have con
tributed time and effort to the
community through the Volun
teer Fire Department. They
are: Ed Cook, Milt Fox, George
B lstorlous, Chuck Hickey, Tom
Day, Dave Howe, Merle HUI,
Dewey Monaghan, BUI Swanson,
Ken Walker, Buster Annls and
Joe Woodle.
Men from the Forest Service
who have aided the fire depart
ment will also be guests of the
chamber. They are: Dick Bu-
sch er,
Bob Gilmore, Jim
Rleck, BUI Opfer and Wes
Moehnke.
Sheriff Files
For 4th Term
Stan Skoko Files
For Re-Election
Stan Skoko, who Is com plet
ing his third term as Clacka
mas
County com m issioner,
filed Tuesday on the Demo
cratic ticket to retain
his
Commission Post No. 3.
No U
Spring
Concert
Friday
1960 — 1147
A certified census In 1966 numbers the population at 1390
aid It Is presently estimated to be 1507. True cash value in
1968 Is 37,507,132.00. In 1920 It was >61,606.68. S till, the city
continues to do business In a city hall that was old before most
of us were born.
During the years of Woyld War 11 the city began to suffer
from growing pains. However, shortage of m aterials aid labor
precluded any thought of a new city hall. As goods began to
return to the market after the war, citizens began to demand
Increasing services aid Saidy found Itself facing problems of
upkeep aid m alnteiance on every sid e. The water system was
inadequate, the sewage plant below standard awl city streets
required grading aid paving. TTiere was no money or Urn« to
give a thought to a new city hall.
Successive city councils took steps to correct these lacks.
New streets were built, old ones repaired aid aurfliced,
storm drains Installed, sewage facilities improved, aid the
water system completely overhauled aid enlarged to meet
the every-expanllng demands of modern household use.
As the city grew and utility companys w a r d e d their
services local schools became overcrowded aid had to be
enlarged. Everything grew and Improved — aid cost money.
And ‘fa little city hall with Its one bench, two chairs aid no
parking space remained forlornly on Its little side street.
Everyone recognized It was Inadequate - - but there was so
much else that needed dolngl
Finally the need tor more space In which to conduct the city
business became so acute that In 1962 money for a new city
hall was budgeted aid approved by the voters. Architects were
hired and plans were drawn. Bids on construction were asked
awl received. Yet, nothing happened. Why?
People began to argue about the project. Should it be built
on tile old site? Was >1000.00 too much to pay for a road
easem ent? Should we spend this much? Should we spend more?
Was It big enough? Was It too sm all? In May of 1962, an ed i
torial In the Saidy Post commented as follows:
••As Sandy’s new city hall com es closer to reality,
the building seem s more aid more foreign.
Any town should put Its best foot forward with Its
city hall, Saidy Isn’t.
Our economy Is depeident on timber. We are
located next to som e of the finest and m ost beautiful
trees In the world. Lumber can be one of the most
beautiful - - and enduring — building products . . .
But Sandy’s city hall will be concrete block and
stucco. It Just dosn’t fit.
The building’s location Is sandwiched betweenother
buildings. Space here Is not yet at such a premium
that ample ground for landscaping and expansion, as
well as for parking, cannot be found. A city hall need
not be located In the heart of downtown.
Sandy’s city council Is made up of men trying to do
their best In the most economical way. But they should
be looking farther ahead. Sandy’s present city hall
served a half century, and plans for the new one
should be on a half-century b asis. Sandy Is sm all
town today, but In 20 years w ill be a sm all city. But
we’re building a sm all town city hall.
Perhaps the best hope Is that when the new building
becomes Inadequate In 10 years that Sandy will be
able to s e ll the building as a com m ercial structure.
Then perhaps a better and more appropriate build
ing can take Its place.”
As the argument continued and construction bids turned out
to be higher than anticipated, the project was delayed . . . and
when the city became occupied with thedeclslonon the highway
hook up through town . . . It was forgotten.
The decision nearly caused a local civil war and no one
cared a whit about the fate of the city hall plans. Highway
proponents at one side or the other frequently debated so
passionately that, like the gingham dog and the calico cat, It
seemed each might consume the other In the heat of their
arguments. Should the highway be a one-way loop? . . . or
one road split Into double lanes? Should we have four lanes
each way? . . . or six lanes one way? How would we cro ss
the streets? What about parking? E tc., etc.
It’s a matter of history that the city and the populace
survived the battle and, when It was done, everyone agreed
the one-way couplet was about the best thing that had happened
to Sandy In years.
Now, the city hall Is back In the spotlight. A dedicated mayor
and city council have made the project a major issue of busi
n ess. The decrepitude of the m eager, ramshackle building can
no longer be Ignored unofficially — or officially. The building
has been condemned by the State F ire Marshall (visitors might
wonder If It should not also be condemned by the Board of
Health) — the city must move out — and soon.
Sandy voters must put down their hunting rifles and fly rods
long enough to take a serious look at the situation and make
some realistic and lasting d ecisions on construction of a new
city hall.
Mayor Harold Edes aid his city council have studied the
subject In detail for alm ost a full year. As a result of these
studies they hired an architect and plans were drawn for a
proposed city hall. It will soon be up to the people to vote on
these plans.
Next: D iscussion of proposed city hall site.
S in gle copy 10c
Ross Morgan’s bid for s e c
retary of state foundered Tues-
iay for lack of finances.
The Gresham Democrat an
nounced, reluctantly, that he
would not file for the
May
primary. A statement released
by Morgan said he had origin
ally planned to enter because
he assumed adequate funds
would be available.
"But these were not available
and since I can wear no man’s
collar, I have decided to remain
in the Senate.”
Morgan still has two years
to run In his Senate post.
Morgan said he had received
only token support from the
business community and added
that "Labor has said it w ill
support only Clay M yers.”
He did say that he would
support the Democratic ticket
CCC Bond Issue,
Levy Win O kay
Clackamas Community Col-*
lege won a permanent home in
Tuesday’s vote on the bond i s
sue for campus construction on
the already approved M olalla-
Beavercreek site.
The >5,000,000.00 bond issue
was passed by a vote of 3,504
to 2,465, while d istrict voters
gave the college’s annual oper
ating levy about the sam e m ar
gin ofapprovalw ith3,291‘‘yes”
votes and 2,444 "no.”
SURE SIGN of Spring is the hum of the lawn
mower and this week’s warm weather enabled
eager gardners to mow and trim to their h earts’
content.
(Post photo)