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About Sandy post. (Sandy, Oregon) 1938-current | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1978)
Thur» . July 13, 1978 2) SANDY (O r«., POST— 9 County bank opens branch in Boring Clackamas County Bank of Sandy has opened what’s believed to be the firs t commercial bank in Boring, w ith a grand opening planned Friday, July 14. Ribbon cutting on the new 1700-square-foot bank across from Boring’s post office w ill be a bit different, with the tra d itio n a l ribbon-cutting replaced by a 2 x 4 wood cutting at 10 a m. The plank is provided by V anport Lum ber Co. of Boring. Kenneth Valberg opened the bank's first business account, and Bill Willard Boring opened the firs t personal account. Boring w ill officiate during the grand opening. Clackamas County Bank of Sandy and Hoodland con ducted its own m arket survey before opening its third office in Boring The survey suggested that 5,000 to 7,000 families in the Boring areas could utilize local banking services. Rex Brittle, formerly with Clackamas County Bank in Sandy and U.S. National Bank in Gresham, heads a starting crew of five. Other bank employees are Debbie Halvorsen, Jean Moore, Linda Poublon and Maxine Hane James Garwood of Woodburn designed the new bank, w ith T rib b le Con struction Co. of Sandy main contractor. Some landscaping work rem ains fo r P a cific NW Landscaping of Lafeyette. The new bank features four teller windows and an out side drive-up window which opens at 8 a m Inside banking hours are 10 a m. until 5 p m. Monday through Thursday and 10 a m until 6 p.m. on Fridays. The new building features extensive use of natural woods inside and outside for a rustic, pioneer decor There is plenty of parking space in the bank's own parking lot adjacent to the building. Manager Rex B rittle served as a loan officer in Sandy while the new bank reached completion. He has lived and worked in the area for 84 years and is a member of Boring's Kiwanis Club Maxine Hane of Sandy is the new bank's operations manager and assistant cashier, w hile Debbie Halvorsen of Orient is secretary in charge of new accounts Jean Moore of Boring is vault teller, while Linda Poublon of Sandy is note teller. Turin graduates Daniel Turin of Wemme received his bachelor of science degree in business and administrative studies from Lewis and C lark College in June. Turin was among 200 students who were awarded their bachelors degrees in graduation ceremonies held on the Lewis and Clark campus June 11. Daughter is born Linda and Jack Keating have announced the birth of their third child, a daughter Sara Jean Sara Jean was born July 9 at home and weighed eight pounds, four ounces. She has two brothers, Ashley, 8, and Homan, 2. t NEW BORING bank manager Rex Brittle is pictured carrying a money sack from the vault. The new office of Clackamas County Bank holds an open house Friday, July 14. , Savings bonds sales soar The U.S. Treasury today released the May sales figures for U.S. Savings Bonds and Oregon continues to rank among the leaders in per capita sales. Oregonians purchased $6,390,000 worth of Bonds in May. This is the highest Bond sales for May in the last 32 years. It is an increase of $782,946 over May 1977 Bond sales in Clackamas County this year to ta l $1,621,078 which represents 48 percent of the yearly goal. County Chairm an W.A. Gianotti, Jr. hopes to raise $3,400,000 in savings bonds sales in 1978. Through the first five months, Oregon’s sales have been $30,477,139. This is an increase of $3,700,00 over the like period of 1977 which was Oregon's record- breaking year. Oregon’s sales goal for 1978 is $69 m illion and through the first five months, the state is right on target and growing. Nationally, sales are up over last year. For the first five months, sales of $3.6 billion are six percent ahead of figures for 1977. Currently, Americans own over $79 billion in Bonds. More than $4.5 billion of this amount has been added since May of 1977. Interest ac cru in g to Bond holders during January-May, totaled $1.715 billion. Plans ready for Salem fete Listen, watch and par ticipate in the varied en tertainment to be presented at Salem A rt Association’s 28th Annual Great State A rt F air and Festival in Bush’s Pasture Park, Salem, July ? 21-23. Carl Ann Wheeler, Oregon State Fiddle Champion, w ill p a rticip a te in opening ceremonies, Friday at 2 p.m. Among other entertainers w ill be the Reliquary Theatre of Puppets (fo rm e rly W illiams Toy Theater) of Seattle and the New Mime Circus from Eugene. Fiddlers Frank Ferrell of Seattle and Bertram Levy of Port Townsend, Washington, w ill perform arrangements based on American and other tra d itio n a l music and literature. Opportunities w ill also be provided for the fair audience to learn and par ticipate in clogging and square dancing. A juried arts and crafts display and market, historic crafts and other demon stratio ns, a C h ild re n ’s Corner and varied Food Fair offerings w ill be among enticements to attend this admission-free event. Through the Arts Without Barriers committee of Arts for Everyone, Oregon Arts Commission, efforts are being made to make the festival accessible to the handicapped. Plans involve minimizing physical barriers and p ro vid ing deaf in terpreting for performances and poetry readings. During the festival, in formation about the en tertainment schedule w ill be available at the People’s Tent. ATTY w ill be available for communication with the deaf. Buses and vans may load and unload passengers near the Bush Barn A rt Center on Bush Street SE Parking w ill be available at the Pringle Parking structure between Liberty and High Streets SE. The City of Salem w ill provide free parking thereon Saturday and Sunday and w ill run a free shuttle bus between the parking structure and festival every th irty minutes. The A rt Fair w ill run until 8 p.m. Friday. Hours on Saturday w ill be 11 a m. - 8 p.m. Saturday evening, a concert by the Salem Symphony w ill begin at 8 p.m. On Sunday, fa ir hours w ill be 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information on the festival, call 581-2228. We do a lot more than offer you a perfect telephone system. 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