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Thun.. July 19, 1973 (Sec. 11 SANDY (Ore.) POST - 13 Damascus shopping center draws customers to area Damascus has lit a new candle Tim e wa» when a huge fa c s im ile candle was the salient feature of Damascus, its tradem ark Erected in 1U6M to help celebrate Oregon a cen tennial, the towering apindle drew people from near and far who drove by for a glimpse or, during the celebration, atopped oft for the festivities s tra te g ic a lly placed where F oster Hoad meets Oregon Hy 212 and where Sunnyside Hoad connects with the highway The big project takes the motorist's eye as he rounds the turn on any road Open just long enough now to be through the shakedown stage, Damascus Square haa proved to be the community’s new drawing card—its new Dam ascus Square has e n joyed Comparable shopping centers were far apart in that area, and residential growth in the Damascus neighborhood has been phenominal STATELY P IN E was wisely left as land mark when site was cleared for new Damascus Square Shopping Center High way m arker points up strategic location of center: On Oregon Highway 212 at the end GRESHAM KIRBY CO. K IR B Y C LA S S IC S FREE Home Demonstrations Day or Evning___________ 6 O 50 an d u p Si K ir b y V a c u u m ALSO RECONDITIONED OTHER BRANDS ★ Repairs All Makes TARTS—S lirn iE S HOURS 9 to 5:30 Mon. thru Fri. Sot 9 to 1 p.m. Ethel & Jack Hirwi Owntn 25 NE 10th DR. AT MAIN Suite $ ___ ► ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦e x >66-3728 of Foster Road and near junction of Sun nyside Road, and drawing patronage from surrounding towns. candle It is the creature of Damascus Development Co., established by George M Lopiparo and Louis M Zimel Lopiparo, a Thnftw ay operator in Portland, has the Thnftw ay in D am ascus S quare, and Zimel is a realtor What most pleases the m erchants in Dam ascus Square is the public response, although Kit Campbell, owner of the Ben Franklin store, is not surpnsed "S ix months of research showed me that people wanted a service in this locality," he said "The people have been tremendous ” Lopiparo. whose store in Damascus Square is the second largest Thnftw ay in the state, said: Customer acceptance has been fantastic People have a warm feeling ’’ Two factors a re to be recognized in the acceptance ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ à . DOW NTOW N GRESHAM SLEEVELESS SHIRT SPECIAL Dacron and cotton fam ous label sleeveless shirts in solid or p rin t — a v a rie ty of colors to w e a r w ith m ost e ve ryth in g . Sizes 8 - 1 8 . R egular *5°° to ‘ 6°°. N o w *2.90 Swim Suit Sale BIKINIS. TWO-PIECE A N D ONE-PIECE SUITS. Dozens of styles to choose fro m . . . a gra n d selection of p a tte rn s and colors in a ll sizes at g re a te r than ever m id-season savings! In sizes 5 to 13 and 8 -1 6 . Regular »14°° to »32°°. SAVE 40% FALL SAMPLE SALE al R agular *1 I 00 to ’ SZ00. ’/ 3 OFF For Your Shopping Convenience Mon. and Fri. 9 :0 0 until 9 :0 0 Puwfll A Mum Tues., Wed., Thurs. &’ Sat. 9 :0 0 until 6 :0 0 WJTTERJ'UY ooo Publishers in Italy grossed $26 million last year from the sale of some 235 million comic books Boring man charged in shooting E rn ie L. T its w o rth , 20, Boring has been arrested and charged w ith a ttem p ted murder. The C lackam as County Sheriff s deputies made the arrest last week related to a shooting incident which reportedly started following an 1 altercation at a Sandy service ' station The C lackam as County S h e riff's d epartm en t w ill discontinue its sum m er vacation home check service According to s h e riff Joe Shobe, the increase volume of calls and lack of patrol per sonnel has prompted the action to stop these summer vacation home checks " I would be derelict in my duty if 1 lulled you into a false sense of security while on your vacation." said Shobe " I could not guarantee the patrol in your district would have the op portunity and time to do justice to the program ." Sandy police ch ief F re d Punzel, stated his department would continue to provide the service for residents inside the city limits of Sandy Funzel asks that any city resident leaving on an extended vacation phone his office to sign up for the vacation house check service SAVE 50% A N D MUCH MORE. P reviously ‘ reduced m erchandise now at b a rga in prices. S portsw ear — Tops, jockets, shirts, sw eaters, skirts. Dresses and Pantsuits — In p o lye ste r k n it. Robes and Dusters — M o stly s h o rt-le n g th cottons. Accessories G ift Items — Candles A big, happy assortm ent of this and th a t at pin m oney p rice s! the n aw looks - - but sam pla siza only. with 4.1 million board feet in April D o u g la s -fir accounted for 41 6 per cent of M ay exports O ther softwoods, p r im a r ily | western hemlock and true fin , made up the remaining 58.4 per cent May shipments had a total value of 873 8 million at port of exportation ana an average ] value of 8229 68 per thousand board feet, down sharply from the average value of 8263 04 for A p ril. D o u g la s -fir a verag ed 8187 24 per thousand board feet and other softwoods, 8259 91. Export of softwood logs from the West Coast totaled 1.3 billion I board feet through the f i n t 5 months of 1973 , 20.3 per cent more than for the same period | of 1972. bullet wound to the shoulder Sheriffs investigators said Titsworth was arrested at his home about 9 p m on the basis of information provided by witnesses to the shooting at the Lonnie W Higgins residence, Rt. 1, Boring Titsworth was treated for lacerations which he told of- ficers were sustained in the I service station fight WHITE PORTABLE SEWIHG MACHINE with operable trade-in and this ad during Sidewalk Sale Days FREE In Store DEMONSTRATION THURSDAY - JULY 1 9 - 2 P.M "TANK TOPS" FRIDAY - JULY 20 - 10 A M. & 2 P.M. "T" SHIRTS SATURDAY - JULY 21 - 10 A M. & 2 P.M. "UNIQUE ZIPPER" 2 FOR 1 SALE YA R D A G E Values to *7.95 yd. COATS & CLARK ZIPPERS TRUSEW® WHITE THREAD 5821 State to hire young people The State Highway Division is in the process of appointing 225 young people between the ages of 15 and 22 years as members of the Oregon Youth Corps Program, it was an nounced today by F B Klaboe. administrator state highway engineer In the Highway program, the Parks and Recreation Branch will utilize 125 of these young employees They will paint tables and buildings, mow grass, pick up litter, weed shrubs, do tra il work and irrigation The remaining 100 w ill be em ployed by the Maintenance Section The pay rate is 81 97 per hour K laboe said youngsters desiring employment with the Parks and Recreation Branch should report to one of the following offices: District 1, Portland Parks Office, 8009 E Burnside, District 2, or Salem Parks Office, 2980 State Street (Room 104) and Fort Stevens State P ark B snk A meriuro //«/’/'MV ft» , ¿Knct ¿Fabric SEWING CENTER 175 N.E. Hood 665-2426 County halts vacation home checks Trem endous V alues Fall spo rtsw ear from a fa v o rita m a n u fo ctu rars show room Although barely opened, the center has attained a high rate of occupancy Only one space remains vacant, and a dry cleaning outlet is expected to go in there Beside the Thriftw ay and Ben Franklin stores other businesses are Jen's women's store. Decker's men’s m er chandise. a pharmacy, Health Nuts, Sports Center and H air Design Construction of a separate building to accommodate a bank is to start soon The centennial candle: Why, th at’s right next door A total of 321.3 million board feet of softwood logs, Scnbner scale, was exported from all ownerships in W ashington, Oregon northern California, and Alaska in M ay 1973 The May volume was up 37.1 per cent from April 1973 exports and up 13 4 per cent from the May 1972 total, according to research economist David D a rr of the U S Forest Service, P a c ific N orthw est F orest and Range Experiment Station in Portland Some 305 million board feet, or 94 9 per cent of the M ay 1973 west coast log exports, went to Japan. M ay exports from Washington and Oregon totaled 303 6 million board feet, up 36 3 per cent from the April volume May shipments from northern California totaled 9.3 million board feet, 23.1 per cent more than the April volume Alaska exported a total of 8 5 million board feet in M ay, compared M o d e l 78 2 David E Light, Boring, was reported in good condition at Gresham Hospital with a 22 S ID E W A L K SALE k -• SAVE $100 May log exports - show increase hopefully m ore durable public interest At anv rate, people are coming from near and far to look at Damaacua Square, atop and shop, and get acquainted with the people there who serve the public, local and visiting Although the centennial candle might now go unnoticed, not so of Damascus Square— you can't miaa it It occupies six acres of a commanding site, ooo The U S . Navy owns some .150,000 acres of forest lands, a property th at yielded 1 1 million board feet of timber in 1972 '.a E D W IN F. SM ITH of Sandy is offering a SUM cash reward lor exact information on the whereabouts of his daughter. Lily Mae Smith, who has been missing from her home since March ». Her father believes-she is somewhere in the immediate area. She may be using the name Corky or Jeanie. Mr. Smith can be reached at 66S-S639. The candle still stands by the roadaide, but many motoriata are unaware of it Besides, traffic through town has grown to the point where it ia not adviaible to be rubbernecking while on the move Now Damaacua haa a new tradem ark Damaacua Square Shopping Center, vaatly larger than the centennial candle and REBUILT: 0 0 0 Although Moscow has a population of over 7 million people, there are only 110,000 private automobiles Gresham In the O regon T rail Mai! E njoy our “Old Fashioned lee (»ream Parlor Look in a modern version. 16 Delicious Flavors »The Foot Long Ice Cream Hot Dog
