8 - SANDY (Ora.) POST Thur»., Fab. 20, 1975 (Sac. 1,
What was Washington really like?
Origin disclosed on Sandy birthday sale
the th ird M onday fo r the true Even today, we tend to
have been
been a a star
star center
center for
for the
the
blessed event, b ut’ thoughtful true Even today, we tend to have
think of him as a rather dour Capitol Bullets
government officials have fixed upright, fatherly type whose
A really good PR man would
that up.
When you shop for bargains
single transgression, killin g a have emphasized George's
Mom Washington was stub
at W ashington's B irth d a y
plant, was redeemed by a courage in battle, plus the fact
born in other ways, too. By
sales, do you ever stop to think
prompt confession
that he served without pay
refusing
to
let
young
George
who made it all possible?
Now, I ask you, would we during the revolution, and his
join the B ritish Navy and see
elect someone lik e that p a rt in d ra ftin g the con
Not the sale, of course Good
old George probably never the w orld, she m ay have president today? Of course not stitution A little mention of his
dreamed posterity would en changed the history of our An im age lik e that lacks background as a plantation
shrine him as a super sales co u n try T his was not her charisma
owner and surveyor wouldn't
gimmick. But the holiday—and reason She just wanted to keep
Anyway, the wholething was have hurt either
him
close
to
home.
(Relatives
a pack of lies. Yes. the cherry
the man behind the holiday.
And then there's always the
The man whose birthday we suggested that George become tree story, the one your mother "regular guy" bit, showing how
a tinker instead, but that didn't used to make you feel guilty
celebrate.
George was just one of the boys
pan out either.)
when you exaggerated a teeny when it came to cards and
Actually, it was not George
He did join the British A rm y bit, is a myth
himself, but his mother, who
billiards, not to mention hun
was responsible for his b irth later, but became disillusioned
What a relief to know that, ting and fishing Plus it would
day. which is in itself a highly when it lowered ranks of the right? It was probably invented have helped to hint that he
colonial officers. Not ordinarily to give Washington a good
controversial event.
enjoyed a good joke now and
d u rin g
the
fir s t then.
George was really born on one to harbor a grudge, he press
Feb. 11, 1732, if you go by the decided not to become a career presidential campaign. Since
You wouldn't think it to look
Old Style calendars the early man, which was also lucky for then, campaign myths have at his pictures, but George
our side
become bigger a nd better
colonists used By our present
liked a good laugh It was just
A fte r all, if George could
Now a really sharp campaign that he didn't dare open his
ones, the date would be (are
you ready for this?) Feb 22 later defeat the B ritish w ith a manager could have had a field mouth. Because of his teeth,
Mrs. W ashington was not make-shift arm y of fairweather day with a man of George’s you know Now that would
and
som etim es potential. Towering over the
considerate enough to choose p a trio ts
definitely have been a cam
soldiers, think what would have general populace at six foot two
paign problem
happened if he’d been on their inches, General Washington
George had a lot of problems
side!
was an impressive figure with when he had his own teeth,
George was a hero of his day an athlete's build Kind of a
(they didn't have Crest then),
who displayed many admirable colonial B ill Walton. Too bad
but things didn’t improve with
qualities, but who suffered there was no professional
a trip to the oral surgeon
from an image problem. It's basketball then, or he could
Instead of "p e a r ly w h ite "
ByNANCY
By NAN't 1 BARKER
S u ff W riter
Bill favors
laid-off
workers
A m em orial b ill asking
Congress to expand the
e ligibility requirements for the
food stamp program has been
sponsored by Rep B ill Gran
nell, D-Coos County.
Several hundred rece ntly
layed o ff m ill and fa cto ry
workers have been denied food
stamps a t centers across
Oregon. The bill is aimed at
helping these workers, many of
whom own property that now
disqualifies them.
“ i t ’s ironic that we don't help
the very people the economic
crunch is hurting the m ost,"
Grannell said. "M any of the
layed o ff m ill and fa cto ry
workers are the same ones who
have supported programs like
this through their tax dollars,
programs that in turn have
helped many people. I f we can't
help these people when they’re
down, then we in turn are not
doing our job.”
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101 *»i". Sandy, Ore.
The February meeting of the
Oheland
D iscovery
Club
Cabinet, Mt. Hood Council of
Camp F ire Girls was held at
Dale Ickes Junior High School
in Milwaukie.
The girls made final plans for
their February Snow Bunny
T rip and discussed Camp F ire
Birthday week in March when
Camp Fire Girls w ill be 65-
years-old.
The cabinet also talked about
a Torch Notebook Workshop at
Far West Federal Savings in
the Oregon C ity Shopping
Center, Saturday, March 8 for
girls wishing to learn more
about th e ir Torch B e are r
Notebooks.
The next meeting w ill be
March 3 at Rowe Junior High
School.
Sandy's
sixth
grade
Adventure group has been busy
the past few months on a
va rie ty
of projects.
In
December they made a display
for the Sandy L ib ra ry and
attended a Christmas party.
Hostess for the party was Mrs.
Eva Scofield who helped the
girls make sand candles and
beaded soap art. After refresh
ments the g irls exchanged
gifts.
In January Mrs
Carol
Truesdale and Mrs. Eva
Scofield took the g irls ice
skating at Lloyd's Center and
then to the Taco Bell for dinner
At th e ir firs t m eeting in
February the girls discussed
the candy sale and fu tu re
projects in the Camp F ire
Girls Bicentennial program.
They also learned God's Eye
Weaving.
On Feb 11 the girls met for a
Valentines Day Party. Hostess
for the event was Mrs Donna
Ferguson who served the girls
ice cream cut in the shape of
hearts, a heart shaped cake
with pink frosting, nut cups,
candies, and a pink sherbet
punch
The girls brought Valentines
boxes they had decorated F irs t
prize for the best decorated
went to Kelly Muck and second
prize to Melani Ferguson Each
girl received either a pink or
red scarf from the hostess
Members of this group
besides Kelly and Melani are
^ a Y°?ne
Jones,
JoAnn
Scofield, Brenda Truesdale,
and Paula Woster. Mrs. Jan
Muck is group leader assisted
by Mrs Bev Woster.
dentures,
dentures, the
the latter
latter fitted
fitted him
him needed someone to do the dirty
with "earthy brown" wooden
work, lik e heading up the
choppers No wonder he didn't
co n stitu tio n com m ittee, or
want to smile It would be bad
being president of a new nation
enough to expose cavities with
already up to its ears in debt,
each grin, but term ites?!
they said, "le t George do i t "
Another im age problem
And he did
would have been Martha
He couldn't even enjoy his
Although, from all reports, a
retirement after two terms of
nice, th rifty ladylike person,
the presidency. France was
she lacked style and glamor
making mischief, and George
She dressed so plainly that
was asked to shape up the
visitors thought she was the
army, just in case
maid! Clearly a make-over
Not long after that, he came
would have been in order And
down w ith a sore th ro a t
maybe a nice spread in Vogue,
Despite the most advanced
with appropriately patriotic
medical treatment of the day,
outfits in colonial blue and
bleeding the victim , he suc
revolutionary red.
cumbed, after advising the
And speaking of patriotism.
doctor (p ro b a b ly from the
George almost overdid that bit.
same clinic as the dentist) that
A little overzealous really,
it was a lost cause and not to
always taking on the jobs no
bother with further treatments.
one else wanted Like com
For a man who spent years
m anding the re v o lu tio n a ry
fighting the odds, he gave up on
arm y. Now there was a
the last battle pretty easily.
thankless task, leading a bunch
Who knows why? Maybe the
of deadbeats who wanted to go
odds on that medical therapy
home at the fir s t sign of
were too much Maybe he was
trouble Nevertheless, George
tired of letting George do it
did it, and beat the odds, but
Or maybe he was afraid if he
what did it get him?
hung around much longer he
A rep uta tio n as a patsy,
might have to do a commercial
that's what. A fter that, every
for a Washington's Birthday
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