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m Thun., May 10, 1973 (Sec. 2) SANDY (Ore.) POST — 9 f; lt(» H \\h H e ll) Gleason have opened Mt. Hood I pholste.) in sand» area The couple h a . over 25 . e a r . of espertence. The Gleason, are running the business fro,,, their home which is l.n ated :i>, miles from Short. » t om e, on Music ( amp ltd Pictured with hob and K e lt) U son Sieve. < Po»( photo) OBITUARIES H. Francis M e e k e r V e lm a Smith H Francis Meeker, late of Enterprise and formerly of Sandy, passed away at an E n te rp ris e nursing home Friday, April 27, at the age of 87 He was bom July 25, 1885 in Milford, la where he spent his early chilcftiood and youth He received his degree in nursing and m arried Nancy Throck morton in 1905 To this union was born four children Several years of working for the Seventh day Adventist church was halted because of failing health The fa m ily moved to Colorado where they took up a hom estead M rs M eeker passed away in 1919 In 1924 Francis went to Madison, Tenn There he met and married Ida Mae Tetze in 1928 They worked in nursing in Georgia until 1929 when they moved to Washington, D C to attend school In 1933 the Meekers moved to Oregon where Francis worked in sawmills He lost an arm in an addicent a, work In spite of his handicap he continued to work in a m ill for several years in the Sandy area Ida Mae was killed in an auto accident in 1968 ~ About three years ago he, with ’ h ii“ "dVi«hter’ a“nd her husband, moved to Enterprise, where he lived until his death M r Meeker is survived by Marvin Meeker, Candler, N C , M Freedon Meeker, Santa Crux, Calif ; and a daughter, lom a Connell, E n te rp ris e T here a re also two step daughters, A u re lia K ertesz, Jacksonville, Ore., and Eilene Mercer, York, Penn . as well as 16 grandchildren and a number of great grandchildren Funeral service was held Tuesday, May 1, at the Sandy A dventist Church P astor George W C ham bers o f ficiated Interment was in the F ir Hill Cemetery. Sandy M r Meeker was a member of the E n te rp ris e Adventist Church C h e s te r Stein Chester Carl Stein, 59. a native Oregon farm er, Kt 2, Boring, died suddenly at a Portland Hospital on May 3 He was bom at Damascus and attended D am ascus G rade School and graduated from Gresham High School On March 3, 1945, at Van couver. Wash , he married Matilda P J Green He took his wife to the farm he and his father had been bom on, and had lived there and farmed until the day of his death His health has been failing for several years He was a dedicated farm man, and took a pride in his farm produce The surviving members of his fam ily include his wife " T illie " of Damascus, and one son, Carl W Stein of Gresham, and aou two .wo daughters. Mrs Janet Nelson and Mrs Edith Oswold of Boring There are five g ran dch ild ren His m other Mrs M arie Stem lives at Boring There are also two b rothers, A lfre d Stein of Fremont, Calif , and Thomas Stein of Caldwell, Idaho F u n eral services w ere Tuesday, May 8, in the Chapel of C a rro ll F u n eral Hom e, Gresham, with vault interment in Damascus Cemetery P l «AB 1 1 i M „ IT » 1 **- H O M I f IMPROVEMENT T IM I CHECK THIS WEEKS GMSSIFIEO SECTIOH Funeral services of Velma Kula Smith, 69, of Kt 2 Box 428, Boring were held Tuesday at the Bateman Funeral Chapel in Gresham Mrs Smith died at her home in Boring after an extended illness She was twrn in Seymour, la , the daughter of K T and Ida Beary She was raised in Iowa, however, she spent much of her later life in Missouri While living in Missouri she was employed as a nurse in the Monorah Hospital of that city She and her husband Albert have resided in Boring for the past 13 years In te rm e n t followed the funeral at F orest Lawn Cemetery c ITIZENS o t iE G i _ TORIJM N e w t end Views A b o u t M t H o o d C o m m u n ity College by Chuck N iem i C oordinator of College In fo rm a tio n George Carver, MHCC mass c o m m u n ic a tio n s d iv is io n chairman, has been named president-elect of the Pacific Northwest Association JiMirrwtii.m Educators. B ill Johnston, from of the School of Communications, will head the group during the coming year Carver's division has been one of the fastest growing areas at MHOC during recent years He has been at Mt Hood since 1969 He holds a BA from the University of Washington and an MA from the University of Oregon ooo Entries are still coming in for the May 19 Northwest Vocal Jazz Festival This is the sixth annual competition that started out as the first of its kind in the United States Festival founder Hal M alcolm is expecting anywhere from 70-80 groups to perform P re lim in a ry com petition starts at 9 a m and the finals begin at 8 p m in Mt Hood's gymnasium I t ’s the top high school swing choir festival in the Wes, and a fine evening of entertainment for the entire family. T ickets are a v a ila b le in advance at the campus store They will also be sold at the door the evening of the festival ooo Two Charlie's, Chan and Chaplin, are featured in up coming movies at the college Films May 18 and 21 are: "Charlie Chan at the Castle in the Desert" and "Charlie Chan in London " On May 19 and 22, the curtain rises on "Charlie (Tian at Treasure Island " and "Charlie Chan in Shanghai.” The college’s free film series features three of C h a rlie Chaplin's greatest hits " In the P ark," "The Bank," and “ The Immigrant " The shows are at 8 p m ., May 24, and noon. May .,,5 25. in SCII1 Potentate to visit Sandy Lodge W a lte r E Koch, J r, potentate of the AJ Kader Temple, will be honored by the Sandy Masonic Lodge No 158 Wednesday, M ay 16, at 7 p m , a stated meeting At that tim e, if weather p e rm its , m em bers of the potentate’s divan, color guard unit, A1 Kader Band, Chanters and Drum and Bugle Corps will parade from the Sandy Masonic Temple on Main and Proctor Streets, and return to the lodge These units w ill provide e n te rta in m e n t a fte r the meeting Following that, chili will be served in the dining room All sojourning masons, 's O T ffiC L IP Ä S A V ^ ^g 'Z County m ay buy oi riv e r islands Commission Chairman M James Gleason is reported to be bargaining for the purchase of the two islands with the State Marine Board $5°°0ff £ 3 ON YOUR NEXT SERVICE CALL A plan to turn two small islands at the mouth of the Sandy Kiver into parks for boaters w ill be discussed Thursday by the Board of County Commissioners h £ < 665-4111 10% C a.n Discount O il Parts John Berggren Appliance Repairs Coupon Good for May, 1973 Only MM IM P O R T A N T Our Gresham phone num ber was om itted fro m the Yellow Pages o( your Gresham Phone Book Please clip and insert this ad on page 47 or 48 Y ellow Pages T , M K I.IN G IS just one of the activities scheduled by the Dam ascus cooperative preschool and kindergarten. 7 DEES 7 DEES FREE ORCHID FOR -( am Saturday and Sunday only . . . 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