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THE Sandy Post iZi great TO J H E Voi. 32 Two Sections WEATHER I I . . L Pr. 65 42 .00 May 14 78 44 .00 May 15 88 50 .00 May lt> 80 44 .00 May 17 70 45 .00 May 18 72 44 .(HI May 19 62 48 .(HI May 20 Troutdale station The weather readings are made by 5:30 p.m. Boring Fire Budget Low THE HOODLAND BRANCH of the Clackamas County Bank was the scene of an armed robbery early Friday afternoon. (Post Photo) The men. described as young, possibly between the ages of 21 to 25. entered the bank in such a manner as to avoid the cameras on the premises. The only physical description was that one had long, blond hair. Both were armed, according to bank employees. There were no customers in the bank when the robbers appeared at 1: 50 p.m.. but Mrs J. Westlake entered during the hold-up Ron Johns, bank manager, Sl.n li y Renault, teller, Nola Beiser, bookkeeper, and Mrs. Westlake were herded into the vault, but the robbers were unable to lock the vault door. The bookkeeper had been working in a room at the back of the bank, but was forced to join the others. Patricia Brewer, assistant manager of the bank, w as out to lunch when the robbery oc curred. The two men were reported - S r ;- M T . HOOD P L A Y G R O U N D ^ SANDY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1970 Single copy lue No. 21 i S ta te G ard en Clubs To D edicate S ite For the past two years members of the 77 clubs com prising the P ortland. M ultnom ah and Clackamas Districts of the Oregon State Federation of Garden Clubs. Inc., have been working on a landscaping project at the site of the Old Barlow Road Tollgate, ju s t east of Rhododendron. The project was begun in April, 1967 and completed last November. At its regular meeting April Next Thursday, the 28th. the 1, the budget committee for the Historical Sign which replaces Boring Rural Fire Protection District No. 59 unanimously the o rig in a l site destroyed approved the 1970-1971 during the floods of 1965, w ill be dedicated by local, state and operating budget. national dignitaries. The date The budget as approved requires a tax levy of $91,957 was set to coincide with the which is a reduction of $981 Oregon visit of the National from the $92,938 required last Council of State Garden Clubs (Mist-convention tour, according year, according to Chief Matt to Mrs Marvyn R Ambuhl, Shields. Every effort was made to chairman. hold down costs without cutting Speakers during the 1:30-2:30 services. p.m. ceremonies w ill include A budget election w ill be held Governor Tom M cCall; Wright today. The residents of the Mallory, supervisor, Mt. Hood Boring Fire District w ill be National Forest; Mrs. J.W. asked to approve $7,975 outside Scheel, recording secretary. the 6 per cent limitation, which N ational Council of State is a reduction of $3,714 from the Garden (Tubs, Inc.; Thomas $11,689 approved last year. Vaughn, d ire c to r, Oregon Residents are reminded that H is to ric a l Society; Mrs. the fire district has a Class ‘8’ William H Barton, president, to head east on Highway 26 in a fire insurance rate which cuts of the National Council; Mrs. blue Ford Mustang with a white premiums approximately by 1- R ichard H. W esterfield, top following the robbery. 3 from the amount paid in Class president of the Oregon State Bank officials stated that the '9a’ rural fire districts. This Federation, and Edward P. amount taken was in the five savings in insurance cost in Cliff, chief, U.S. Forest Ser figures bracket, and that the most cases offsets the fire taxes vice, who w ill give the principal paid. In order to provide good address. v a u lt had been com pletely lire and first-aid protection and This area, which played such cleaned out. to maintain this rural fire in an important historical role in The Federal Bureau of In surance ra te , the F ire the settling of the Willamette vestigation is handling the Department must keep up with Valley and the slate, is visited matter. the growth whilhin the District. Hoodland Bank Robbed The Hoodland Branch of the Clackamas County Bank, Wemme. was robbed of a sizable amount ot money by two armed men Friday af ternoon. w ay by approximately three million tourists, skiers, campers, and hikers each year, reports Mrs. Ambuhl The three districts, which are located within 48 miles of the site, decided that landscaping the area would be a valuable service to Oregon. The U.S. Forest Service gave permission to carry out the p roject, o ffe rin g th e ir cooperation and fin a n cia l assistance. They drew the working plans, backfilled the river bank which had been washed away, and placed a facing ol large boulders to hold against further flooding. They also roto tilled the area to be planted as the soil made it almost impossible to dig by hand. P a cific N orthw est Bell Company removed a utility pole which obstructed the view where the historical sign was to lx‘ placed. The summer of 1967 was spent by many of the clubs combining picnics at the site with pulling weeds, watering and cleaning up litte r. This continued until an early snow in November stopped the work for the winter, but the Forest Service, Oregon H is to ric a l Society and m em bers of pioneer families continued to collect pictures and historical data pertaining to the site. Excerpts from the diary of one pioneer traveler included "T o ll Charges: Women Widowed, free Wagons, $2; Cows, 25c, Horses, 50c; Sheep, S c.” An exact re p lica of the original gate was built by the Forest Service and several nails which were found when the soil was being prepared were used in it. In the spring of 1968 it was placed between two m aple trees w hich were standing when the original gate was built Vista benches were placed so visitors might view the river and mountains These were purchased by the Port land District. In May ol last year a Port land television station showed a tape telling the history of the Barlow Trail Toll Gate and show mg the progress the clubs were making. Club women unable to work on the project were invited to visit. This provided a days outing for elderly members, and gave them a part in it, too. Each club in the three districts has either worked at the site or contributed money fo r plant m a te ria l. Some members traveled as far as 100 miles round trip to help. A total ol 684 working hours have been logged. This does not include the time spent on research, weeding, watering and clean up Water is now piped to the site and a volunteer summer work schedule has been set up for future maintenance. M rs. Am buhl states that those working on the project have comm ented th a t the cooperation of the three districts, during the project, has been a "rewarding ex perience of com plete fellowship.” "Clean Up Emphasis" Winners Announced Posters made by Sandy Grade and Elementary School students are proclaiming this as "Clean Up Emphasis Days" from business windows in Sandy. The annual event is sponsored by the Sandy Area Chamber ol Commerce, and is a community wide program. Winners in the poster; slogan, and motto contest are the following; Poster Contest: Grades 4 through 6: 1. Teresa Bonogolski, Grade 6 2. Terri Pullen. Grade 4 3. Shannon Ellis, Grade 5 Grades 7 and 8. 1. Doug Buhler, Grade 7 2 Mike Blakely, Grade 8 3 Mike Whisner. Grade 8 Slogan Contest: Grades 4 through 6: 1. Brad Paluck, Grade 5 2. Nancy Perkins, Grade 4 3. Bub Gates. Grade 4 tirades 7 and 8: 1. Bill Kent, tirade 8 2. Gary Marsh, tirade 7 3. John McVicker, tirade 8 SLOGAN t ( IN I EST - tirades I through 6: F irs t Place Aw ard -Brad Paluck F ilth Grade: " I 'd Rather Be Buried Six Feet Under the ( iround-Than Six Feet in T ra s h '" Second Place Award—Nancy P e r k in s - F o u r t h G ra d e : What Are Trash Cans For? Please Use Them M ore!” T hird Place A w a rd — Bub Gates- F ourth G rade: "B e Real Handy—-Clean Up San d y !" Sl.tMiAN CONTEST—tirades 7 ami 8: F irs t Place A w a rd —B ill Kent -Eighth Grade: " I f You Don't Care-Who W ill?" Second Place Award—Gary Marsh -Seventh tirade "Get Rid ol Litter Belore It Gets Rid ol You!" T h ird Place A w a rd —John M cV icker-E ighth Grade: " I Keep America Clean Why Don't You’’ " Essay Contest: Grades 7 and B: 1 Jenifer Ixigan. Grade 8 2 Amber Fastelin. Grade 8 3 Darlene Vollmer, Grade 8 Sandy Post Award Kristin Bergesen, Grade 8 Berry and Sons Award: Melanie Burg. Grade 8 Ogden's Variety Award Duane Boswell. Grade 8 All lirst place winners will receive $3 second place. $2, and third place. $1 SO. The special award w inners w ill also receive $3. All awards are sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, with the exception ol special awards. These are given by the businesses who sponsored them. The Chamber of Commerce and Sandy Post extend ap preciation to the Sandy Art Club lor their assistance, and to the other persons, who wish to remain anonymous, lor their aid in making the difficult selections. The cooperation of the students and faculty of the school meant long hours of selecting lo r the various committees, due to the many line entries in all three con tests. Now is the tim e lor all area residents to take part in "Clean Up Emphasis Days" by doing their share of making Sandy the beautiful, litter-free city we all want it to be. OOO F IR S T PLA C E E S S A Y --" Keeping Clean" By J e n ile r Grade AWARD Sandy L o g a n -E ig h th Keeping our city clean could bo a hard task lor a small committee, but il every able person did their part in keeping Sandy b ea utifu l, it would become a habit, not a task How? Simple. You can start in your own backyard. Try empty ing the trash, or picking up odds and ends that have been carelessly strewn around. Maybe your school custodian could use some help in one way or another. Try keeping your environment neat and clean. If you sec a paper on the floor, pick it up. You might even clean up some cluttered places. Even a little think like cleaning a chalkboard would help the appearance of things greatly. Try joining a committee lor keeping things clean if you have time on your hands. You’ll not only find it enjoyable, but people w ill appreciate what you're doing for your country, your city, and yourself. SECOND PLACE AWARD ESSAY—“ Keep Sandy Clean” By Am ber F a s te lin — E ighth Grade I think we should all try to keep Sandy a clean city to live in It would help a lot to just put papers in the trash cans, which are provided. After all, what else do you plan on doing with them? II everyone would stop thinking about themselves for a while and start thinking about their community, things would lx1 a lot nicer So would everybody please take notice and try to do something about this problem'.’ It's worth about! T H IR D doing something P LA C E AW ARD ESSAY—"Essay" By Darlene Vollmer—Eighth Grade To keep litte r off the streets they should have garbage cans about every fiv e m iles. Everyone should have a litte r bag in their car and that would help. II we had a group to clean up the streets, then maybe people would know we cared about our city and help keep it clean. If you want Sandy to stay green, keep paper, cans, and other things off the side of the roads. Those who don't help keep Sandy clean, don't care about the people who live here, or they don 't care about the city they live in. BERRY AND SDNS ESSAY A W A R D ..."Litter" Melanie Burg, Eighth grade I was thinking about if the state or government could put invisible nets on the sides of the roads and then when the nets got full, helicopters hook on to the nets and pull them away. But mon said that the tax payers would have to pay to rent the helicopters and junkie things like that. Well anyway, it was just a dream. I think they (government) should have about twenty-five different committies to help clean up Sandy. I also think people should re p o rt other people who throw things out in the roads. I feel sort of bad when epople Irom other states come to our house and the first thing they say is always about the rotten litter in the gutters and ditches. II Sandy would just put more h ash cans in more places and put up little signs of reminders. I think people would put litte r in the cans instead of in the roads. Sandy would look really nice il some people would just wise up Like my poster says "P erk up the Cleanliness of our Town! And also my motto "Have Trash, Will Pollute.” Information For Primary Election “ A c e rtific a tio n of the completion of programming the voting machines for the prim ary election is expected to be made to Secretary of State Clay Myers by the middle of this w e e k ," County Clerk George Poppen said Monday. " I have requested that a representative of the State o ffic e come to Clackamas County and examine the voting machines at random to ascertain th e ir readiness,” Poppen added. Polling places for Tuesday's election are. Precinct No 101 — Lower level ol the Sandy City Hall Voters are requested to use the parking lot behind the hall Double doors in the rear of the building open into the voting area. Precinct No. 373 — Sandy High School. This precinct will be one of lo in the county to use paper ballots so additional voting m achines w ill be available for more heavily populated areas. Precinct No 372 — Sandy Lutheran Church. Proctor and Pleasant Precinct No 371 — Cottrell Grade School, Bluff Road Precinct No .381 — Hoodland Women’s Club, Zig Zag Precinct No 401 — Boring Grade School. 207 D Street. Precinct No. 402 — Boring Fire Hall Polls w ill be open from 8 a m to 8 D.m. Fall kills Mayfield MOTHERS ENJOY swimming lessons for "W ater Babies" as much as the tiny youngsters do. Lessons are gisen every Monday at 3 p.m. in the Sandy Swimming Pool at the grade school. Post Photo A Gresham man was killed Monday in Warden. Wash . in a tail at a liquid propane storage installation He is Ray Mayfield. 42. who was operations manager for Western Propane Company ol Portland Maylield had been lowered to the bottom of 50-loot tank to insp<v, work on the tank He was being hoisted Irom the tank when he toppled off the sling, killing him instantly The autopsy showed no sign ol gas in his lungs nor any signs ol a heart attack No cause has lor the accident has been determined, a company official said. He leaves his wife and three grown children , V CARL LEATHERS, center, owner of the Leathers Oil Company, broke ground for a 12 puinp station Monday. It will be located between Center. Main and Proctor Streets, and will extend behind the Big Apple Stoi e. Assisting Leathers in the building operation are his son Roger, right, and brother-in-law. Art Skipper. Target date lor completion of the station has not been set. (Post Photo• Leathers O il Co. Moves To Sandy Sandy w ill once again be the headquarters lor the Leathers Oil Company when station number 12 is completed, ac cording to the owner. Carl Leathers. Construction of the three island. 12 pump station, bor dered by Main, Center and Proctor Streets, was begun the first ol this week The canopy covered service area w ill run 15« feet west and extend behind the Big Apple Store A two- storv building. 54 fee, long, will face on Center Street The offices w ill be upstairs, and money w ill be taken to and from the cashier bv the use of tubes Leathers' wife, Lila, will be bookkeeper and head of the office staff Leathers designed the new station and is building it with the assistance of his son, Roger, and Art Skipper, Lila's brother The grey lava stone which w ill lx' used on the building will lx- cut and hauled Irom a ranch in eastern Oregon owned by the couple, and managed by his father Involved in the " fa m ily business" are two sons who work steady; Roger, who pitches in d u rin g school vacations, and daughter Kathy, 14, present student body president at Dexter McCarthy High School, who w ill be in the office this summer The Leathers Oil Company was born in 1959 with the purchase ol the 2 pump Carter station at Shelley and Proctor. It was lorn down and re-built as Enco It now is the Hancock station By 1969 the company owned over I«« pumps in the state O ther locations include E stacada, U m a tilla , H e r miston. John Day, Burns, Lake View, Newberg, Old Highway 26 near Gresham and two in Portland The company is equipped to haul and travel with two big transport trucks, two delivery trucks, and a 4-place Mooney plane Carl, Lila and family are in the process of moving irom Gresham to a new home near Eagle Creek, complete with a lan din g s trip and hangar, naturally
