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14 — SANDY (Ore.) POST Thun., June 28, 1973 (Sec 1) F ß o n >1 • Tk F^IVEFfS EDGE By >&. G e o rg e M ac A le v y The Glorious Fourth The Fourth of July this year falls on a Wednesday So far. this has been considered a sacred enough date that it hasn't yet been transplanted to a Mondav There .s'no three da\ weekend attached to this icrklAtmri as bc it it is ic in in th*» one * isolated the middle of the week one dav n l> n « a t » in nnter ’ These olans should include a p i c m ^ F ^ t h Sf Jul v picmcs pteme r ourtn ot July pitmcs enough to show themselves for and covered it thickly Such”a several days The little resort cave looked like a great grassy was always crowded to over mound with a door on the north flowing on the Fourth Hun side The temperature in such a dreds of kids, and all with their cave if it was covered with bag of fire w o rk s , w ere enough earth was usually about a‘* menled b> a steeP‘> r,slnK 50 degrees When evening ridge acruss ttw n v e r whlch came' there were ®as h« hts- was done on a t ®ave m ai1 ec^ ° louder than and the cooking «■» bang itself gas range Everybody had gas The fam ily picnic tables were in Pennsylvania, but electricity St>' up -v ard Several d,dn 1 comt‘ to the rural Parts '* a‘ ‘‘rm e‘«ns‘ ^ose tog long until the R E A days of the dark green ones which were 1930's n n> R x»r ' were «wash in the spnng We much since then Picnic food is a pretty good sized n v e r y upon t0 turn tbt, (h Then picnics normal summer days were crank on the ,ce cream freezer were had by families Sn filled with fishing, swimming, and canoeine On the Fourth ' * hat seemed an ln hom»‘ grounds of the relative though all these p X . t e X r e term indabk t,me awa> from lh«« bad the most available make noise There was always nlentv of company for a buf faSulv pan. lor a big family picnic Most of the youngsters had picked up a little money e a rlie r I had m ine fro m picking sour cherries and selling bait to fishermen My carefully saved hoard would have been spent about the second of the month for a bag full of Chinese firecrackers, salutes, torpedos, Rom an candles, pinwheels fountains, and skyrockets On the third day of the month, a launching Actually, each 01 us were re<’ uired to Put ,n about ten minutes at task There was no running wate r -m y chore why the clan always gathered at our place on the Fourth of JuJy Day Now the ,dea for a picnic is to go off to was to carry water from the spring to the cottage There was no electricity, but there was an icebox in the kitchen Much too small an icebox to begin to accom odate the potato salad, deviled eggs, cold pop. and all the other food that had to be kept cold As relatives arrived, all that food had to be carried out to a cave someplace i / the backward It someplace in the National or state Forests There are no fireworks for kids to fire off all day, only the capgun rem ain s legal fireworks for the ordinary boy citizen When the picnic food is consumed, all that remains is (0 juke, fish, or sit around the picnic table and talk You put ajj the food and gear in the car, aboard a" d JE R R Y BEACH, technician for CableYision in the Hoodland area, installs ne* equipment which will help provide better service in the Aldercreek. Lolo Pass and r . C for rty rc c ie fs upper Rhododendron areas, according to a company T," n " > •" » > " -.u g h spokesman. The mountain television cable system is currently working on an expansion program. By 9 a m the dog would have convenienMiarik v°u dug the < Post photo disappeared: i in fact, all the cave and huiit inside the dogs along the n v e r would have hole If you had no bank, you disappeared. 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Wills Extension Agent The beautiful woods of Camp Colton have echoed to the sounds of children's voices and tramping feet during the past two weeks of 4-H summer camp About 400 9-13 year old youngsters from every com- Hatfield cites more funding for rural areas Sen M a rk H a tfie ld said Tuesday, June 26, th at agriculture budget additions S X S A gnaSS? . uy uie senate Agriculture Appropriations subcommittee in rural Oregon A m em ber of the sub committee, Hatfield said he will work for retention of the additions when the full Ap p ro p r ia tio n s C o m m itte e reviews the budget bill A total of $30 million was added for the FHA Rural Water and Sewer program The Ad- rv, p U J . • , m inutration budget included _ h H a tfie ld called the n Z ? r7 , n l ? r reV Za Ofl ,,F . re8 ° y' sought m o r T f ¿ X ' f o r thu c ritic a l program yet Ad- m inistrario n ^b u dg et^cutters continue to act 8as if the not exist ” Hat- ?r<5 / nOt eX18t’’ Hat .“ “ ,d . . „ Without adequate sewers and new economic op- portumties we cannot stem the migration of sma 1 town Oregon residents to our larger cities," he said __ Hatfield added $160,000 to the budget fo r increased hor- tic u ltu re research at the Corvallis LSDA laboratory as w ell us $41,800 fo r pear pathology research at the Hood R iv e r USDA a g ric u ltu re research station Funding for the Pendleton USDA soil and water research station for fiscal year 1974 will be increased $86,100, bringing the funding level to $307,500 Hatfield said the school milk program w ill receive $70 million in added funds munity in Clackamas County have eiyoyed a wide range of fun and educational activities while attending the annual 4-H summer camp The camp (¿rectors were 4-H Agents, Laurel Stulken and Tom Zurcher Besides their leadership, the volunteer help of B ill Headnck. Beavercreek, and M a ria n Beasley, Clackamas, helped make the camping program work These people provide the experience to keep an operation this large moving smoothly In addition, 40 high school age counselors and Registered Nurse, Nancy Schwarts, were at the camp at all times An “bserv allon I made whlle attending camp last week was seriousness shown by these voung counselors for d a * rriv e ' * * * iood ® ln * * * camP lcebox is the camp ° VC l ° h0< f0od more enterprising also have lawn chairs and chaises to unfold and set up Packing all that stuff and getting there has consumed a goodly part of the day No one goes far from the table as the eating part of the picnic is at hand already Some never stray too far from the picnic table as hunger returns often on a picnic The fisher man in the crowd usually disappears shortly after the food is on the table and won't be seen ag ain u ntil the prearranged time to leave The kids will play in the creek, or swim in the lake If you go to a park with a con cessionaire. probably there will be water craft of various sorts to rent, ice cream in various forms to buy, and of course, pop The trimmings are dif ferent but the basic picnic remains the same A lot of people get a lot of enjoyment out of a picnic The basic part, the core about which a picnic revolves is the a m e -th e largi revolves is the s same— the large picnic table with the food Watermelon is still the f r u it ex c e T n c e X a m c m c ^ o S o the salad or separate always there Fireworks are still the idea of the Fourth, but are in the hands of c iv ic or p riv a te organizations with permission to use them Thus, the i ire works are a gigantic gigantic fireworks are on on a scale, set off on an organized program for an assemhled W assembled audience A fter your Fourth of a s h e r e i a t e s <* 0WT1 age ,n a camping July Picnic, hie yourself either situation This is one of the homeward to Sandy or to some other place which has such a measurable, direct benefits of fireworks presentation m° Each re year these displays get more Voun4sters alao have a chancc spectacular and longer The S assume responsibility for night sky is filled with the C ^ ning qii ari ! ? and eo,ored brainstorms of the aj , of the 8 e are U ught b we U. quai,fied vojunteers As the 1973 camping season for 4.H members comes to a cloBe a tired and 80lled group of yOungsters will return to their homes with a better ap- p reciatio n of those about th e m -a n d of themselves pyrotechnic expert The complied with SANDY FABRIC CENTER’S 40% Off 4th of July - 4 Hour Sale Monday, July 2nd 12 noon - 4 p.m 40% off regular price Plaid I Printed S aa rM o k a rt Sprint Cottons Eyalats Ginghams Fiockad Ginghams Scraan Prints Dottad Swiss Fiockad Voilas Nylon Jarsays Cotton Knits Polyostor Doublo Knits 4 HOURS OHLY 12 Noon ’til 4 p.m. MONDAY, JULY 2nd Closed M o n d a y m orning to 213 W. PROCTOR prepare for sale Use your 668-5350 old time skyrocket with its single puff of a galaxy of stars _ replaced with the aerial bomb which explodes with such great fancies of golden showers, blue stars, fiery red sunbursts, and combinations which defy the imagination I do miss the fiery tail of the ascending skyrocket, and that breathless moment of anticipation wondering when it was going to reach the lim it of its ascent and puff forth its cargo of wonder Jaycees say no hair means jail July 4 Sandy residents are hereby The Jaycee W hiskerino forwarned that any male adult contest will be held during citizen, without either a beard Centennial weekend, on August or a Jaycee Shaving perm it, 11, from 1 00 p m to 2 :00 p m , will risk being incarcerated in a at Sandy High special ‘‘ja il’' during Wed A special 10 minute " ja il" nesday’s Fourth of July ac will also be held July 22, at t i v it i e s S a n d y -H o o d la n d noon, to 3 30, at the Oral Hull Jaycees a re p re p a re d to Foundation's Barbeque, at the The builders board of the "arrest" any violaters. Oral Hull P ark Proceeds from State D e p a rtm e n t of C om The Jaycees are selling the the sale of the permits will go to m erce has announced th a t Centennial shaving permits for the Jaycee group persons doing work on homes those who wish to remain clean must be registered with the shaven, instead of growing a Oregon Builders Board beard or mustache for the The board has contracted C entennial o oo N on-w hiskered with special investigators to individuals may obtain their Between 1960 and 1972 the contact builders throughout the shaving permits (for $D at the number of blacks in the U.S state to d e te rm in e if the Sandy Rexall Drugs, Sandy population, age 14 to 24, grew Homebuilder's Law, which was Rocket Station, or from a from 3,300,000 to 5,800,000, or from 12 per cent to 14 per cent I effective July, 1872, is being Jaycee member All builders must register examples of the two new trucks which are expected to be delivered late in December Both have I.(NW gallons of water hauling ability and will replace IMS and IM I rigs which have a combined water hauling ability of 4M gallons according to fire chief Bob Rathke. ground was asked to make a case study of a p a rtic u la r in d iv id u a l within his cabin, observing him and the changes that have taken place during his week of cam ping M a n y youngsters C<i nl (rorn home situations * h,ch Prov,de °PPortunity ior seM expression At camp a youngster ma v ‘find himself ’ P make the camp " « “monthly Some of the crafts and skills laught ,nclude 8W im m jng archery, forestry practices, fly tying and other crafts VOTERS A PPR O VED a $ 190.WMI bond isNur for the Sandy Rural Eire District this spring which included funds to purchase two new pumper trucks Tuesday night the fire board awarded the low bid on the two trucks to Western States F ire Apparatus, Inc. Pictured above and below are 0 ^ , -1 7 7 ENTER N O W : ALL ENTRANTS MUST BE GIRLS 3 to 12 TEARS OF AGE. LIVIN G IN THE SANDY AREA. The city of Sandy it celebrating its Centennial on Aug. 10 11 and 12th and we d like to have . Little Mitt Oregon Trail Saving,' r e p rin tin g u. during the celebration . . . and the big parade' The Queen and her 4 prince,, a t will be choten Saturday, Aug 4th at 2 d m m the Sandy High School caf.tonum . . . to you mutt a n ,., ! Ow or before July 16th by depotitmg coupon below at our Oregon Trail Sandv Branch, Corner Cherry and Proctor. “■"uy Judging will be on the bat., of the mott original Centennial Costume and judging will be final. . . . SO ENTER NOW AND HAVE FUN A T THE FESTIVITIES AND R in iw r THE OREGON TR A IL SAVINGS FLOAT ND R ID IN G JUST FILL OUT TNE ATTACNEO COUPON AND BRING TO OREGON TRAIL SAYINGS SANDY BRANCH NO LATER THAN JULY 10, 1073 L* ' ER Name Address: Age:------------------ _________ PLEASE P R IN T
