July 22 I M2 (Sto 2)
» AANOY (O r* ) POST Thurt
Clearing marker a near-forgotten tradition
large band of ravens in
vade a JOacre meadow
s itu a te d along H e n ry
Creek, in Rhododendron
People know when they
h e a r the s e e m in g ly
by M ICHA EL P. JONES
P m ( Carrespeedeat
It has become s tradition
in the best sense of tradi
lions, yet those who par
tlc lp a te re c e iv e lit t le
recognition for making a
n e a r-fo rg o tte n O regon
T rail marker
a bit more
presentable for those who
care to pay their respects
They come armed with
ra k e s , shovels, weed
eaters work gloves, and
almost the attitude of pay
ing their condolences to the
small brass plate that was
dedicated and placed, in
1918. by the Multnomah
Chapter of the Daughters
of the American Revoiu
lion
Some of the participants
refer to the gs then ng as a
work party, while to others,
it ’s a clean-up Actually,
it's a patriotic rendezvous
It happens every year, just
about this time, when a
They meet at the place
where Arlie Mitchell Road,
Little Brook Lane and
Highway 26 all merge, near
the southwestern tip of the
Mt Hood Food and General
Store parking lot Here,
they gather around a small
but heavy stone, and begin
cutting down the grass and
brushing away the dirt to
reveal the inscription,
“ The Oregon T rail 1845 ”
This year's gathering
took place on July 17 and
consisted of Jack Arnold
and his wife, Beth. Dale
L a m o re a u x and Ja ck
haunted calls of the black
feathered birds, and watch
their mischievous antics,
that a handful of locals will
be doing their part to keep
history alive
Registration is open
for watercolor class
The
d ir e c to r
of mountain area parks
R h o do den dron 's
new
In te re s te d
persons
Glacier Gallery. Sharon should contact the Glacier
Smith, is taking registra
Gallery at 622 4110
lion for watercolor classes,
which will begin next Mon
day, July 26
Smith, who has been
There were 106 students
p ain tin g and teaching
watercolor classes the past named to the president's
10 years, said classes will lis t (4 0 g ra d e point
be limited to 10 students
each This will allow her to
individually help each stu
dent on a one to-one basis
Classes will be held on
Mondays, for eight weeks,
Roy L. Hyde and Liz
in three hour sessions
Graybeal Hyde of Hillsboro
A class will be held for announce the birth of their
b e ’ in n ers
and
in daughter, Jackie Lee, July
termediates from 9 a m to 11
noon Advanced and in
She joins a brother, Scott
termediate classes will be Alan and a sister Amanda
held from 7 to 10 p m
C a ro le
She weighed 7
Cost for the watercolor pounds, 6 ounces and
class is 150 per student, measured 20 inches long She
which includes supplies
was born at St. Vincent’s
Smith said space is still Hospital in Portland
Grandparents are Jack
being sought for the class
but during the nice weather and Carole Graybeal of San
she will have her students dy. Great grandmother is
take advantage of the Sylvia M Jackson of Sandy.
Staab, N icholas on h o n o r roll
a v e r a g e ! a t W este rn
Oregon State College, while
another 286 students were
named to the honor roll ( for
a 3 5 to 3 9 gpa*
Jackie Lee
welcomed
elso sta tio n e d
iu T u rk e y
Staff Sgt Kern J Kelso,
son of Richard P Kelso of
Oroville, Calif , and Ber
nice Cicchetto of Boring,
has arrived for duty at In-
cirlik Air Base, Turkey
Kelso, a telecomm uni c a
tions control technician,
was previously assigned at
Fort Huachuca, Ariz,
Area students named to
the honor roll this spring in
cluded Sonya Hiilaniwai
Staab of B o rin g , and
Marybeth Nicholas of San
dy
Baker They were joined by
Bill Stark, the owner of the
Mt Hood Food and General
Store.
This was actually only
the third year for the
gathering, said Baker
O r ig in a lly , when the
marker was first placed,
residents from the town
took on the task of keeping
the site cleared and flowers
planted around it
However, over the years
as the old-timers died off,
11,245-foot peak that the In
dians called Wy'East now
known as Mt Hood), the
most
d if f ic u lt
and
dangerous segment of the
2000-mile ordeal had to be
undertaken
The pioneers wove their
way through the thick
timber that spanned steep
hillsides on the southern
slopes of the mountain
These
e a r ly -d a y
tra ve le rs accomplished
this task by tying ropes on
to their wagons and slowly
lowering them down to the
canyon's floor
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the marker was forgotten
as tall grass and weeds
overtook it
Why donate their tim e’
Baker said it is being done
out of the respect for our
ancestors who emigrated
west from Missouri and
other points and braved the
long months of travel so
they could settle in the
Willamette Valley
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