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.
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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.
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