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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
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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