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HnllsbonÄArg us O 1111 Isboro, < fregi, hursday, Ibuembcr I I, Four Prizes Offered in Xmas Contest ♦ Volume Head Man Now Prominent Businessman Entries in Annuni Rotary And Former Pastor Home Lighting Contest Active in Community A Hill the with District WHEN WHERE evening. Hillsboro All city Bonds Authorized in Derk. Solution for Hillsboro's long ex- istent problem of an inadequate wa- ter system was sighted by city councilmen who met in special ses- sion Thursday night and authorized City Attorney Paul Patterson to prepare ordinances pertinent to purchase of the utility from the People's Water and Gas company Oiling the condemnation machin- in motion several months th<> council at the same time voted authorization for $200.000 in bonds, to be issued at such time as the transfer of water company prop erties to the city can be effected. Started in October Steps leading toward acquisition of the utility through a condemna tion suit in circuit court were taken by the city fathers on October 20 when a letter was framed and sent to the public utilities commission of Oregon informing that body of their contemplated action. According to a statement from Attorney Patterson, the bonds would be matured over a 25-year period and paid up with revenue from op- eration of the water company and none of them will be issued or sold until the transfer of property is to be made. Russili gan. Washington orney. was elect- president of the District At- tornevs' Association of Oregon in th>- closing bu inc» essuin of that bodv s annual convention Saturday in Portland. . W11Y mu PRIZES »2 Entry Blank iEssential for com petiti r»> on page 5, tills see- ificatmn includes the lighter fronts, illuminated trees and shrubs which Hillsboro families arrange hristmas season The doors Wa .hi jammed the thru* n r the tykes m his arms >111 li.md*. to disti ibule oimtain of .’UMKl candy the middle picture, surrounded sacked the ample P.U.D. Proponents Heard In Public Hearing Here Gethci'ctl in the cin nit room here Monday afternoon at th“ hour appointed for a public hearing on the pro- district, three members of the com- mission ami about loo W ashington county taxpayers were presented with testimony in support of the proposal hut aside for those who do not make such pretentious displays, but con fine their Yuir hgliting efforts to multi-colored lights for window or doorways of their homes, thr Rotary committc'emen explained In this way, anyone who woufd hk<* to < ntrr the contest is provided with 4 simple and inexpensive means of TWrtlng the reqnh-rments. I I Closing date for entering the con- ! Am.u her An I'.ficml blank for any Hillsboro resident de siring to enter will be found in this Everyone entering the contest must submit a filh*<l-out entry blank Amuchrr declared "Other wise they will not be eligible for prizes This move necessary this year, led. because of the difficulty in locating the lighted homes and also because without the entry blanks, judges do not know III win individuai homi- i eompetmg blanks are to be filled out and left the office, and st be in by 5 p m. of December The judging will take place that Other members tln committee are George Selfridge and J. W. Barney. 3300 Attend Annual Kiddies’ To Be Broadcast The is now su i >| >11 < < I with municipally distributed i h et i icily. Objection V oiced Objection to thedilrict in regard on (irolcst by Joe MeUrcady city torney Im' liiat mumcipnhty, declan d that a paicel of leiri about 12 square miles m area mi served with electricity and that it should be excluded from any P H Lewis A Stanley, engineer for the hydioelectrie commis, ion, in read ing that body’:, preliminary report the present population of the terri 35,2911 The i dimated a ■ ed vain ation of this : ame territory, the re port said, is about He al- quoted a figure. $22. 000,0(10, supplied by County A < The commission s final findings and report are Io be announced n il more thrm IL^I day,- from the dale of the prelnnimiry hearing, he i mi. Other member of the commis ion I present were George W Joseph, chairman, and John :< llodiun of LaGramle, vice chairman Three speakns were heard from the floor m public di a ir ion which followed closim; |. .Iimmiv II A. bo three mill ing that private utility costs mv high as compaivl 4th B ohihvi De and nutiin ipul : y h niA borati. < neh Jury Ans« cred Yeoman . city A Fori I Grove, addle: ed a qm Inin to die commission on il power to allocate areas within nr without a district and was informed that in such a case as Ilie disputed territory (Continued on page 3) 33110 w ashington county children and their parent: milled through the mi d Kiddies’ Christmas parly here. Almost 3000 bags containing can- ti ihuh d «inions the children during I the cour: by Santa spirit of Christmas will afternoon at 2:30 o'cliwk when Lu cille Fisher and her children's chorus from the B W Barnes trict attorneys by United States Dis trict Attorney t'arl Donatigli. who full co-operation and support of his office in their efforts to curb crime. Death Calls County Native Frank Holcomb. 70. Washington county son. died at his home near West Union Sund.iv aft lie nddre installed er about a week's illness Widely in the chamber of commerce rooms known bv Washington county old- Scheduled as entertainment for timers. Mr Holcomb was born, Main street crowds, the caroling reared amt died in the same house. Funeral services were held Tues remher day afternoon in the Donelson ami Sewell chapel. Rev Henry Haller officiating, with interment in the Friday ably be held Friday afternoon. Ar rangements are in charge of Don- Febru- Born in Bethlehem ary 4 1870. the son of the late Mr and Mrs Ausben Deck. Mr Deck was educated at Albright college at prosecutors group marks the climax of thre <>f advancement for the Hillsboro lawyer He was nam ed secretary and treasurer of the , ical seminary in Chicago. Ill His association in 1937 and vice-presi first pastorntc was the Evangelical churches in Hillsboro and Laurel in dent last year 1898 Other pastorates held in Ore Resolutions Paiaed A number of important resolu- gon were at Dallas. Corvallis. Sa lem and Portland He sj>ent five Ol s The first proposes election if years each in Arizona and New Jer Congregational minister a board of three to confer with the sey as a state liquor commission, state po and returned to Hillsboro in 1920 lice. sheriff s officers and municipal when he became pastor of the local law enforcement officers "for the Congregational church After five years he became as purpose of presenting to the 1941 legislature a bill further restricting sociated with Lester Ireland as a the indiscriminate use of such <al- partner in Leiter Ireland & Co. The firm at the time of his death in cluded Mr Deck. Mr Ireland and More regularity in the matter of Percy Hillis county audits was the subject of a Mr Deck was active in commun resolution which followed a sugges ity affairs having served as a tion of Attorney-Ganeral 1 H Van । school director in district No 7 for Winkle. The association on | eight years and as a member of the record as favoring a system wherein »Hillsboro library board for about nnv shortage or irrexularits i. ;... , .. i. n < . / Kynrus u.. ( year . He was a member of the closed in the audit of a state, county 1 - - J — Masonic lodge and of the Rotary or municipality should not be- made club, in which he had served as a public immediately but should be member of the board of directors first submitted to the district at Even after leaving his Congrega torney's office from w I mtc public tional pastorate he was often called release would later be made after on to officiate at marriages and an investigation by his office and funerals other proper authorities survived the widow, Bertha Barendrick Deck, to Van Winkle pointed out the married in Portland need for uniform state laws to ex- whom he peditr the arrest and conviction of April 14. 1900; a son. Rollin Deck of Hillsboro: a daughter. Mrs Gordon er un 1 nais A number of states now have laws, he said, permitting peace (Laura! DeBok. of Selby. Cal; two officers to extend their pursuit of brothers. Walter J and Howard S. law-breakers from one state into Deck, of Pennsylvania, and two another Uniform narcotics laws grandchildren A son. Homer Deck. aid. where are found inadequate for the prosecu tion of criminals, application of federal law is often found to be the Tax Deadline \ ived by his wife. Mrs, Maude Hol Friday. December is the comb. day to pay fourth quarter install Frank Holcomb was born on April luring "Nancy Drew and the Hidden ments on current taxes without (lay 1889. the of native-born ing interest penalty for delinquency. American parents, Stephen A Hol the Our Gang comedy Washington county property own comb and Amanda Lee. who settled youngsters rollicking with laughter ers were reminded this week by O. m Washington county while it was (Continued on Ihme 5) H Hemsing, tax department head still pioneer country School District Reorganization Is Discussed A favorable attitude toward hold ing community discussions o n problems of school district reorgan- sed by many of ization the 50 or more board members call ed together in the county courtroom here Monday afternoon for a meet ing with the newly organized school district re-organization com mittee Supplied with facts and figures favoring union of some small and medium-sized districts in the coun ty. the board members advised the commission that such meetings would be organized in their com- , munitics. Representatives who attended the , mectin ! here were from county districts. Gale Creek. Fir Creek, Laurel View Whitmore Shute. Dilley. Seghei Fern Hill. Iowa Hill. Timber I ! Part to be Sold Of the authorized total. $180.000 would be sold at the time a pur- chase price is f.xed by the circuit court condemnation suit, the pro cecds to be used in acquiring the water company property, in creat- ing a working fund for operation of the utility and for repairs of im- mediate necessity. The remaining $20.000 in bonds would be retained by the city and not sold until needed for major re pairs to the system, city officials declared. Crisis in Hillsboro’s trouble-spot ted water supply history was reach ed last summer when service was completely cut off for 1 *4 hours while a line break was being re ¡’aired. Coming in a period of drouth when fire hazard conditions were at their peak, the shutdown constituted a menace to the city, it was later declared by City Manager J. W Barney. itaged a skm-the-snake demonstration in the Hillsboro gymnasium as an event of their annual district rally Friday night, there was no doubt about their "having the floor." The boys were stretched out in "believe it or not" end-to-end fash- ion m parallel lines which ac jally covered half the spacious door court Fred Plass of Troop 285 demonstrates for the cam*, ra in the bottom picture; how he won the fire-by-friction contest. Srimke spreads from a fast whirling wooden spindle in the inset at left and at right, flames are eating in dry tinder which he holds s hand only a few seconds later. District Boy Scout Rally Here Wins R. Frank Peters Award Pressure too Low One of the largest spectator crowds ever to attend Boy Scout rally in Hillsboro gathered in the high school gymnasium Friday night as members of ten troops in this district assembled for their annual demonstration in pro- ficiency events. Approximately 650 Scouts, parents and other townspeople were present. 'I he Lions dub troop. No. 261, organized only Seal Sale Quotas Reached In First Week A checkup on the progress of Christmas seal sales at the end of the first week’s work in Washington county revealed that seven schools in the county had already reached their quota and three of them had written for more seals, according to Zola Morgan, chairman of the coun ty seal sale drive. Aloha-Huber. Jackson and Shute were the first to turn in their sales quotas. Mrs. Morgan said. An attempt is being made in this year’s drive to better the record of ed or the tuberculosis-fighting ■rs This amount represented ale of 4 4 seals per capita, rank- ing the county 30th from the top or seventh from the bottom, the sale chairman reported. looking ahead to a better record this year. Mrs Morgan included in her bulletin tins week to commun- ity seal sale chairmen and school teachers: "I am sure that Washing Meetings in communities would be supplied with all needed statis ton county will not want to be rated tical information to help them in a I as one of the counties at the bottom decision to whether consolida I of the list for long but is going to tion of their districts with others effort to come out on would be of material value to them i make i top.” or not. ,year won the first aid kit donated by Circuit Judge R. Frank Peters for having the largest representa tion of parents in attendance on the basis of the troop s registered mem bersip. Twenty-five parents were on hand when the count for this 14- member troop was conducted. Ribbons Presented Proficiency ribbons were award ed to Troop 219. Aloha; Troop 285. Knights of Columbus, and Troop 216. Rotary club. Hillsboro. Satisfac tory rating ribbons were awarded to Troop Cornelius: Troop 226. Hillsboro Legion post; Troop 261. Lions club. Hillsboro; Troop 222. (Jr- enco. and Troop 247. Helvetia. Fred Plass of Troop 285 took first place in the fire by friction contest: one of several novel demonstrations, seen at the rally His official time for making fire by friction of a wood spindle was 25 seconds. Dale Busch Best Bugler I Busch of Troop 226 was ad-1 judged the most accomplished bug- 1er of five boys who entered this contest High score in the first aid! contest wa- earned by the Rotary I No. 216. with a record of 921 per cent. Troop 247. Helvetia, fol lowed closely with 91 per cent in tins competitive event. Conducted under guidance of Field 1 ve Guy Miller and Deputy District Commissioners Henry Schainck and R L Burnett, the rally offered one of the most varied programs ever seen here in an event of its kind. Some of the evening's novelty fea tures were a troop singing contest. (Continued on page 31 All Organizations to Be Represented on Safety Council Arne Dickason Jerry Wieber Named Heads Initial steps toward organiza tion uf a Hillsboro traffic safety program were taken last Wednc: - night meeting in the chamber of commerce with elect- officers for a mmiiiipal council which community. Arne Dickason, inn. and Jerry Wicber, temporary Secretary. A tentative program to be followed the control group w .i out lined al the meet i ng by G. •I. Pollard and W.liter Ricks, mcni bers of the Portland traffic safely An imposing array of speakers were heard at the meeting, which was arranged and called by W W the first move in a campaign to decrease the number of traffic ac cidents in the city. In addition to the two safety experts from Portland, talks were heard from Mrs. C E Wells, who- presided lit the session. Paul L. Patterson, meeting chairman, Mayor Hugh S, Rogers, City Man ager .1 W B irney. Fire Chief S. W. Melhuish. Lucille Fisher, pres ident of (he Business ami Profes sional Women's club. Grade School Superintendent .1 W Poynter, The Rev Newton D. Pcnbcrlhy and Art Kroeger, chairman of the cily street com- mil tee. Three short movies on .traffic safety vere featured on the program. In opening the meeting. Mrs. Wells touched the keynote of talks to follow in declaring one of the most imiMirfant steps toward a reduction of accidents Io be the development safety con- sciousness on the part of driv- Key points in talks by other speakers follow: Mayor Rogers: It is disappoint ing to sec such a small turnout at a meeting to organize this very important campaign. . It is up to the younger generation to find answers for problems which their parents have thus far been unable Manager Barney: Cars if prop erly handled are safe. . Burden of safety rests with driver . . Courtesy of the road should be a fundamental driving rule if aeci- Chief Mrihuish: Considerai ion for fire departments in giving right-of-way to fire will eliminate sonic accidents . . Some thought - trucks Io fire . Minutes are val uable to fire-fighters as property and lives arc in danger when sirens warn motorists to pull over . . . . Youngsters on bicycles also Attorney Patterson: Mrs Wells had more to do with development of present traffic code in Hills- boro than any other citizen. . . . Traffic enforcement officers can not be at all (’laces at once. . . Safety question one of mental attitudes............. A majority of ac- cidents are traceable to lack of consideration for others. . . . Lucille Fisher: Business and Professional Women’s club i s ready and willing to cooperate in any way possible with the safety program . Whenever there are children in the street or along for caution because of I heir care free running and sudden, unac countable movements. Superintendent Poynter: Solu tion of the traffic safety question is through attitudes Each dm - er should take it upon himself to play the game fair and square. . Rev. Penbcrthy: The church heartily endorses this program and will be glad to give any de sired support Io the move. . . . Art Kroeger: Too much faith should not be placed in signs ami pedestrian lanes. . . . The human in Special Council Meet ing to leave customcd time Community Mr Dick will lx held in tin- C >n- gregat in. Siu Timi the C church we re not determined late Wednesday pending word from the brothers in Pennsylvania Rev A J Sullen« of the Congregational church will of ficiate. Interment will be in F r in Morgan Named Headd Of Association WHA t Eighth Total of $200,000 Attor- convention this I K.H I IM .. Purchase of City Water System Eyed 10 20 Wednesday morning Death wa attributed l apoplexy suffered as I mg about 7 o’clock for Lester Ire- i land & company store in which he | wa a partner Mr Deck nad been i at thr 'ori' regularly, He seemed to be in gr>od health and spirits organ Washington county the hoy Scouts Had the Floor Herbert Deck Dies Suddenly At Home Here December 22 Deadline for 40 Three Sections, 18 Pages clement must be considered . . . Not enough emphasis has been (d.iced on pedestrian responsibil ity . . . The city street committee has arranged tn have a traffic survey made in Hillsboro............... These satisfies will be helpful m the safety program . . Walter Ricks: In all the wars that t h c U. S has total of 235.(KM) men were killed: in the last 15 years. 425.000 men. women, and children have been killed in traffic mishaps . . . . American.- more for property damages from traffic violations than for schools . . . It is time to find a solution to individual to do his or her part. . . Tit rec fields of action are open to those six'kmg this solution: first, stricter enforcements of traffic laws; second, through en gineering. by building safe high ways and planning streets and all thoroughfares with safety as major consideration, and third, through education, in which the creation Driver Attitude Held Kev Factor In Car Mishaps of a traffic consciousn is an important part. . . . There arc four main causes of accidents: first, speed; second, reckless driving; third, driving I on the wrong side of the road, and fourth, not surrendering the right-of-way . . . Drivers have dual (vrsonalitics They are courteous at home and with their neighbors but when • bey get behind a steering wheel they become oblivious to the feelings, rights a n d safetv of others. Another meeting for complet ing organization of the safety council was held Tuesday night (Story on page four.) I l i I During the summer of the year now drawing to a close, water pres sure in Hillsboro mains dropped to a low point of 12 pounds per square inch. Recommendations of Manager Barney submitted to the council on August 1 included a statement that pressure in city mains should never be allowed to drop below 80 to 83 pounds per square inch. Among other recommendations approved by the council at that session was one setting 2.000.000 gal lons of water per day as the mini mum supply which should be held available to Hillsboro residences and commercial plants. Demand Improvement First action toward improvement of the water situation here was tak en at that time. The council passed a resolution instructing City At torney Paul Patterson and City Manager Barney to proceed to the Peoples Water and Gas company with demands that improvements be made immediately. No action was taken by the water company. After months of discussion and negotiation with water company of- ficials. the council cleared a path to public ownership by filing intention of taking the water company by a condemnation suit. The situation has now progressed to a point where it seems possible that Hillsboro will own its own water system in the near future and thus be able to effect the better- ments that it feels are necessary to keep pace with the development of the city. Tree Crashes On Power Line, Fire Started Danger was literally “in th< air" at the north end of Third avenue Friday when blustery gales crashed a 40-foot fir tree onto a 2300-volt power line in front of the H T Bates residence, cracking two telephone poles and causing a temporay suspension of electric ser vice to residents on the street. Trouble-shooters who immediate ly arrived on the scene found the ■ heavy nwv uuvu MU treee suspended on tri lit electric power and telephone lines. the top of the tree hovering men- acmgly over the Bates roof Wires had been stretched to within feet of the ground before breaking the tree's fall. Smoke curled up from the con tact point of wires and rain-saturat ed bark as the workmen hastened to break lines farther south on the street and a few flashes of flame threatened to start a major confla gration before the power was cut off. Three guy wires saipporting a pole more than a hunderd feet north had been «napped by the strain of tugging wires when the crash oc curred. This pole was leaning dan gerously and another was splintered at the base. Line disturbances caused by the Third avenue mishap were indircct- ly made known to Hillsboro re«i* dents by the blinking of their lights shortly before 11 a. m. Mr. and Mrs. O. A. McLeod and 1 daughter Lorna spent Sunday at Depoe Bay.
