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C lackam as C ounty N ew s VOLUME E STAC AD A^ OREGON w x v --------- N U M B E R ■FRIDAY, A P R IL 18, 1941 FUNERAL CAMPAIGN WPA Labor Cotton Supply CHAPMAN Will Enter Dist. lb LOCAL HOME IS IMPROVED SPRNG OPENER Shortage Acute Arrives Soon Band Contest MATERIAL DUE FOR MAKING COTTON MATTRESSES THRU, OUT THIS COUNTY For Claekamas'county’s part in the federal mattress making program for use o f surplus cotton from the south, ern states two and a half carloads of cotton and ticking are expected to arrive in this county the latter part o f this month Irene Leach home de monstration agent said. The shipment will include 64.00Q pounds o f cotton and 14,000 yards o f ticking enough to make 1400 mat tresses Miss Leach pointed out. Applications have been received from 798 rural fam ilies in the coun ty. This exceeds by 400 the number o f mattresses estimated. Eleven centers are to be set up thruout the county to handle the large scale program with Estacada, Oregon City, Wilsonville, Canby, Sunset, Mulino, MolaPu, Boring, Col ton,, and Oak Lawn certain to be se lected. Leaders fo r these centers will at tend a special class at the county ag ents o ffic e May 1 and 2 and first of the centers will open a fe w days la ter. The only cost to the applicant« is 75 cents on each mattress fo r in cidental materials and expenses to Miss Leach. P.T.A. NOTES The April meeting o f the P T A was held Tuesday, April 8th in the grade school auditorium. Miss Betty Schlop- kohl, county health nurse gave an interesting talk on the value o f the pre-school clinic which is to be held in May. Two numbers by the grade school orchestra were greatly enjoy ed. An interesting business meeting was held at which discussion o f the annual eighth grade trip, convention delegates and repoit cards took place. Refreshments served by the grade school ended the meeting. W ILL HAVE REMODELING SALE ON SATURDAY The Eagle Creen store at Eagle Creek is having a remodeling sale and celebration next Saturday, A p ril 19th. Special prices fo r the day will be made on all groceries, meats, vegetables, fruits and hardware ac cording to Harry W right the prop rietor. There is to be an all day demon stration o f Golden W est coffee, Sun shine Biscuits, H & D canned foods, etc. In the evening there wil be a free motion picture show starting at $ o ’clock. Tw o pictures will be shown, "Tobaccoland, U. S. A .” and Fred W aring in “ Pleasure Tim e.” ‘“ Tobac. coland, U. S.A.” gives high lights o f the Southland and was made right on the scene in the inimitable March o f Time manner. “ Pleasure Tim e” shows how Fred W aiin g’s orchestra can go on the air fo r 15 minutes fiv e nights weekly with a brand new program every nigiht. BOB'S PLACE HAS N E W NEO N SIGN Estacada's Broadway has taken, on a new light blaze since last Thurs day night when a large neon sign was installed in the window o f Bob’s Place in the Masonic building. This new neon sign is in two colorful lights and is exceptionally attractive. I t was designed by Mr. Marchhank and is causing much favorable com. ment. taFACE TO FACE W ITH ~A M AN EATER A true story o f the jungles of India, “ Face to Face with a Man Eater,” by H. D. Strever will ap pear in next week’s issue o f this newspaper. Owing to the length o f the story it will be run serially. This is a tiger story packed wit!) thrills and the descriptions o f Indian life and character are vividly related. RESULTS OF HIGH SCHOOL T E N N IS GAM ES The Estacada union high school tennis teams coached by Prin. M. F Johnston played the tennis teams o t Canby high school last Friday after noon. Park and W eaver won the singles and Hammond and Cobb lost the double« for the local high in this contest _____ V W ork was recently completed on the redecoration o f the Chapman Fu neral home at Estacada. This funeral home with its beautifully landscaped grounds is one o f the beauty spots of Estacada a city noted fo r its flowers shrubs and well kept lawns and gap. dens. The Funeral Home and grounds were designed by Mr. Chapman who has shown exceptional ability in se curing attractive and artistiic effects. The grounds are spacious and con tain a large variety o f flow ers and shrubs native to (cTegon.. These are now in bloom and are exceptionally beautiful. The various rooms o f the funeral home itself have been redecorated thruout in a color scheme which make« them bright and cheerful. The walls, woodwork and ceilings o f the office, chapel and music room have all been repainted and heavy new drapes in a rose color adorn the windows in the fam ily room. The mortuary iis completely eq uipped and tne entire funeral home is furnished to give the greatest pos sible service. Adjoining the main building is a work room where rough boxes arc made and which also houses the large Studebaker hearse. A ll the rooms in the building aro under one roof and the entire home is heated by a furnace. L. A. Chapman is one o f the oldest morticians in point o f service in the state o f Oregon, having been engaged in his profession over 30 years. He is now ably assisted by Frank Chev ron who recently graduated from the College o f Embalming at Oakland. During his many years o f service to the Estacada community M r Chap man has been active in the life o f the city and surrounding territory. He has served several terms as may or o f Estacada, as a member o f th« city counciil and has also been a lea— der in lodge and civic w elfare work He is an enthusiastic booster not onl.'j for Estacada but fo r Clackamas coun ty and Oregon and is ever ready to do everything he can fo r the wel fare o f his home community. MAY HAVE TO ABANDON ESTA- EUHS TO PARTICIPATE IN DIS- ÇADA-NORTH FORK WATER TR1CT BAND CONTEST AT SYSTEM PROJECT IT IS SAID NEWBERG THIS WEEK W ith defense projects on the coast demanding more and more W P A la bor and requiring the services o f ail W PA men who are able bodied and able to do a days woik, it is possible that the Estacada-N orth F olk watet system project may have to be aban. uoned at least temporarily. A t the high tiue there were 1200 men anil women in this county on W P A relief work. The number is now down to about 300 and an average o f 15 are being taken from the rolls weekly as they secuure private em ployment. A strong drive has been made to secure strawberry pickers but the state employment ofuce in the court house reports that no applications have been received. I t is expected that demand will be made irom Washington fo r all able bodied men to be assigned to defense projects there without delay. Erection ot camp buildings in that state will Like about 4000 men and this demand may take every one o f the Clackamas county W P A men who are not already working on defense projects in this state. With the berry season coming on much earlier than usual the short age o f farm labor is going to bo g serious problem. STREVER WILL SPEAK ON “ TWO GREAT PASSPORTS” Continuing the Good News Bible institute at the Estacada Adventist church Evangelist H. D. Strever will speak this coming Sunday evening April 20th on the subject "T w o Great Passports.” There will be free moving pictures and special music by Riig- gin Brothers o f Milwaukie. On Tuesday evening, A p ril 22 Mr. Strever will speak on the subject« "W h ere are the Dead?” Is it possible to communicate with loved ones ta ken from us by death? Motion p ic tu.es and music. “ God’s Blackout over Rome” will he the subject o f the talk fo r Thurss* day evening,, April 24th. Seven fear- lul judgmnts are conning upon the world says Mr. Streve.. The time will come wr.en everybody who reads these woids will wish ti.ey had attend ed these meetings. ESTACADA RANGERS OUSTED Services begin each evening with JY CANBY COUGARS singing at 7:15, motion pictures are shown at 7:30 followed by the lec The Estacada Rangers attempted to ture. drive out a pack o f nine Canby Cou gars from the local field last Fri day afternoon. The attack began at PLANTING OF TREES HERE 2:15 o’clock in the afternoon. The IS PROGRESSING RAPIDLY Rangers had the invaders on the run up to the end o f tbe seventh inning The work o f planting nno.noo "seed at which time the score read 4 to 3 lings in the Estacada district o f th « in favor o f the defending Rangers. Mt. Hood national forest is proceed In the next two innings the Cougar? ing rapidly and will be finished in tied the score 5 to6. A t the end o f about two weeks. Thirty-five men are the tenth inning the Cougars led engaged in the work, the trees be 5 to 7. ing planted in the old burn about 10 Stormer, Ranger right fielder laid miles southeast o f Estacada. out the biggest hit of the game with a three base hit. Smith, local mounds man rolled up two 2-base hits. Està, cadas runs were made by Carter, Stormer, Smith and Douglas. I A change has been made in the I schedule. The Rangers will play Cor- ! bett on April 22nd at Corbett and VVoodbum at Woodbum on Thursday Miss Allene Wilson local physical April 24th. education instructor in the local high school has been appointed state chair ESTACADA PARENTS, man o f basketball for 1941-1942 by the state chairman o f sports. Doro ATTENTION! » thea Lensch. The entiire program of — s.— the state is under the supervision o f Recently a certain gang o f ’teen Miss Wilson. Given a free hand id age boys have broken into and enter this state she will strive to set up ed certain summer residences in the the needs o f the individuals and fo l park, stealing small articles and do low the state trends. ing other damage. Also these same This position oflfers wonderful boys have smashed the locks on sev eral row boats on the lake and after opportunities to work with national using have set them adrift or kicked lenders in health and physical edu cation. out the seats and floo r boards. Miss Wilson was one o f the two It is alleged the names o f three o f these lads are known and i f the mat women in Oregon that earned her na» ter must be turm/d over to the state tional rating in this sport last year, police it will be an easy m atter to .Graduate o f Pacific university and identify the others. I t must be re attended the university o f Oregon alized that the penalty fo r breaking summer school last summer. and entering a residence is a peniten tiary offense and that the parent is TWO W ILL LEAVE FOR responsible fo r a minor child. The various owners have hesitated ARMY APRIL 21ST in the past to bring criminal action because o f the parents, but in the fu ture will adopt a stern policy. The T w o more men will be inducted entire future life o f any boy depends into the U. S. army by the Estacada upon his training as a youth and one d raft board on Monday, Apriil 21st. o f the most important elements in They are Hubert Francis Monner of child training is to instill a healthy route 1„ Boring and Joseph Kenneth and proper respect fo r the rights and Peters o f Clackamas. property o f others. I f you cannot dr this or i f the boy is a moron then the proper authorities must be per WILL HOLD ANNUAL mitted to do so. BIRTHDAY PARTY Miss Wilson is State Chairman Friday and Saturday, April 18 and 19 the music students o f the Esta cada union high school w ill partici pate in the district contest o f the national competition festival which is being held at Newberg. On Friday vocal and solo instru mental participants will compete. The Estacada high school w ill send eighty students who w ill enter the follow ing group events; mixed chor us, girls’ chorus, boys’ chorus and girls sextette. Gladys Genber will play in the piano com petition; Aud rey Ludlow, Wanda Guild, Vivian Meyers, V ictor Ivelier, Joe and Tom Barr w ill sing solos. T w o busses w ill take the students to N ew berg and return. --------- o “ TALL, DARK AND HANDSOME” AT ESTA THEATRE One o f the greatest laugh and thrill romances o f tne .season packed with hit tunes w ill be the first feature o f the double bid at the i'.sta theatre this Friday and Saturday when Ce sar Romero and V irgin ia Gilmore are starred in “ Tall, Hark and Hand some.” N ew hiit songs featured in this picture include "H ello, M a „ 1 Done it Again,” “ Did 1 Have Fun,” and “ I ’m A liv e and Kickin.” The second feature on this prog ram stars ltoy Rogers and Gabby Hayes in Zane Grey's greatest wes tern thriller "T h e B older Legion.” Wherein Roy Rogers rides the dan ger trail to onng a new Kind o f jus tice to the lawless frontier. “ Footsteps in the Dark” E rrol Flynn and Brenda Marshall are the stars o f a lively comedy cal led “ Footsteps in the Dark,” which w ill be at the Esta Theatre Sunday, Monday and Tuesday evenings, April 20, 21 and 22. There’s pienty ol thrills and adventure :n this picture and this time Errol 'swaps his bow and arrow fo r top hat and tails. He is starred in the role o f a writer o f mystery stories and amateur sleuth. Fiynn who attempts to «ead a double life because he wants to keep his mystery writing exploits a secret gets himself into a line mess with the po lice accusing him o f murder on one hand and his wife, Brenda, accus ing him o f being unfaithful on the other. Errol finally straightens thin,:' out but only a fte r a series o f han rowing and laugh provokiing expern ences that makes one o f the cinema seasons best entertainments. Prog« ram concludes with C liff Edwaru: and his Buckeroos,, Mexican Jump ing Beans and News "E v e ry spring we look forward to the opportunity afforded by the A p ril tu e seres features which Good year organizes to stimulate business fo r us wmeh is also as well a contri bution toward saler driving," said it. it. Cooke local Goodyear dealer vwio told the News tbat lus company nad jusc piaced a 3ti-inch season-op- euer campaign to extend from April 10 to 26. featuring the lines o f the brund new u-d red VV eatner, Marathon it] standard and reversiole sidewall types “ nu tne A il American auccessruliy introduced last year :n five sizes, the ro-day campaign marks the first big m e selling pi emotion o f the com pany tins year, Mr. Cooke declared, fa c t tnal there will continue to bo considerable bad driving weather yet tins spring witn heavy lams creating slippery pavements the matter o f bay ing new iruction is in the opinion oil M i. Cooke a most important factor, coupled with the point that as soon as rugnways get hot tile trufiic will be heavier and then if there are tire failures on crowded roads the result ing potenliial is likely to be much greater in toll o f injury and pro. perty damage. because mo Goodyear tire line has beetr improved und since there is the opportunity to trudu m oui tiros, there are few car owneis wh» needing good rutrier will want to pas.« up tiie saie opportunity to equip their curs fo r summer driving. Tires sold now are protected by lifetim e guai- antee anu while prices are still stab- ble and ample supply o f rubber main tains to keep them thus now is still the best time to get properly equip ped fo r summer. CLACKAiViAG COUNT i MUSIC FESTIVAL —d > - - Sponsored by tho music lovers of the county to promote interest in group sin.;ing. r u s t annual festiva. fo r tne county. Time, Wednesday ev ening, A p ril 23 at 8 p.m. Place, Mi!- waukie nign school auditorium. N o admission, everybody welcome. P rogiam picsenud by: West Side Community chorus, Neri Thebeau, director; Vera Brobst, ac companist. 32 Drops Dead While at Work OREGON CITY MAN DIES OF HEART FAILURE WHILE WORK ING AT EMERSON MILL John (Jack) Ketels, 57. father o l Mrs. Jesse Deetz, form erly o f Esta cada dropped dead a t 10 a.m. Mon day at his place o f employment, the R. H. Emerson saw mill in the George district. Death was said to be due to a heart attack. The body was taken in charge by L. A. Chapman local mortician and later turned over to the Oregono City Funeral home where funeral servi ces were held. Mr. Ketels was a resdent o f route 2, Oregon City having come there several years ago from Glen Echo. LAWRENCE INSTALLS ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS i S, E. Lawrence local electrical contractor came home from Pendle ton by airplane to attend to the in stallation o f several electric systems here over the week end. Mr. Law rence installed a new electric water system for the Geo. Perry fam ily o l Springwater an electric Hot point range and water heater fo r the Spring water store an electric range and wa ter heater fo r Mr. and Mrs. F. E» Dooley and an electric water system fo r Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Bartholomew. Mr. Lawrence who is putting in the electric wiring system for the new U. S. army airport at Pendleton said that it only took one hour and four minutes to fly to Portland from Pen dleton. He said work at the airport was progressing satisfactorily. F if teen men are employed by him on this project. Mayor Urges Safe Driving Oregon City Mothers chorus. Irene D. Lind, diiiector; Marian Speaker accompanist. W arner Grange chorus. Mrs. Le Mayor S. E. Woostser today called Grand Larson, director; Evelyn Sheu- upon citizens o f this city to coop herd, accompanist. M il—Aruen Choi us. Minna Colt,, di« rector; Pauline Wahlstrom, accom- panisit. Milwaukie Gleemen. Minna Colt director; Pauline Wahlstrom, ac companist. Sdwood Mothers Chorus. Pauline Wahlstrom, director and accompan- erate in the campaign to keep Ore gon at the top o f the list in traffic safety by driving and walking care fully during the remainder o f thq year In a statement calling attention td the recent announcement that Oregon Wichita Chorus. Minna Colt, di had won first place in the National rector; Mrs. O. Noble aceompan.sL Safety council’s 1940 tra ffic safety Concord Chorus, Minna Colt, direc contest in the western divission M ay tor; .Mrs. O. Noble accompanist. or Wooster stressed the fact that this M a iy .Margaret Martin, pianist. “ ’ Comin g ’ Round the Mountain” state already had made a good start Cazmis Jelenieski, violiniist. Bob Burns, Una Merkle, Jerry toward a favorable record fo r 1941 Wanda Jelenieski, accompanist. Colonna, Don Wilson and Pat Bar by leading the nation in tra ffic fa rett (Uncle E z r a }) will be stallec* tality reduction during the first two COMMUNITY CLUB MEETING in the feature attraction “ Coming months o f the year. "Round the Mountain” at the Este —~ o — — Wednesday and Thursday, bargain “ In this modern era o f automobile The Eagle Creek community club nights, April 23 and 24. I f you like meets at the Eagle Creek school house travel the reputation o f being a safe the down to earth comedy o f Bob Bums and the homespun philosophy Thursday evening at 8 p.m., April 24 area in which to drive is o f inestim uf radiio’s Uncle Ezra he o f the pow with a program consisting o f skits, able value in attracting tourists to erful little five-w atter down in Rose- and music by members o f the club our state,” the mayor declared in dale and i f you like a little rowdy and motion pictures by II. R. Cooke his statement. "In addition to the going on such as might be found at o f Estacada. The purpose o f this club besides high distinction conferred upon the a hill-billy hoedown and if your ear is tuned to good oid fashioned moun social activities is to sponsor two 4-H state by winning the contest there is tain music you will certainly like club members fo r a scholarship at a tangible value involved in being this picture which is one o f the most Gorvallib this summer. Hotdogs,s cake, c o ffe e and ice recognized as the safest place in the hilarious comedies o f the season. Pro cream will be sold. Everybody wel- west. It is to our interests to main gram ends with cartoon. come. tain this reputation as long as pos sible. PONY EXPRESS RACE IS ANNOUNCED The Clackamas county sh eriff’s posse is announcing a Pony Express rider’s race on Sunday, June 29th from the Lake Oswego hunt club tc Timberline lodge. The local riding club, Riders o f the Cascades, wili probably partici pate in this pony express race which is sponsored by the Timberline Lodge Inc. The course o f the race will be approximately seventy miles and will follow the historic Barlow trail. This annual race will bring back the spirit and color o f the Pony Express o f the West. The race will feature good horses, judicious horsemanship and real sportsmanship according to the sponsor. It will also bring together the leading western riding groups o f the Pacific const. On the evening o f the race mem bers o f the Riders o f the Riders o f the Cascades together with other riding organizations o f this district will be guests o f th? Lake Oswego Hunt and Clackamas County Sheriffs Posse at a gala western evening’s The annua) Methodist church birth entertainment to be held at the Lake J. C. T U N N E L L SUFFERS Oswego Hunt club it is announced. day party will be held Friday even A BAD F A L L ing, April 2oth in the Estacada high J. C. Tunnell had a bad fall on school dining room. A fine program Deep Creek Dairy.— -Morning de Monday night which painfully injur has been prepared. Everybody wel- livery o f cream and milk. Call Carl come.-Adv. ed his le ft elbow. Behberg, Tel. 86.61. COOKING SCrlOOL AT GRESHAM APRIL 23RD An event to which the housewives o f this community will look forward with pleasure will be the General Electric Cooking demonstration and school to he held tn the Gresham thaatre at Gresham on Wednesday April 23 at 2 p. m. This cooking school is sponsored by A. W . Metzger & Co, o f Gresham a.s part o f their 30th anniversary celebration whieh is continuing with a special sale which lasts ail thru the month o f April. The cookirg demonstration and school at the Gresham theatre next Wednesday will be conducted by Es ther Nuem berger nationally knowr home ecm omist assisted by May E. Millay, home economist fo r the Port land Geneial Electric company. Free souvenirs will be given all who attend and also many free gifts. A ll women o f this community arc, cordially invited to come and inspect the new 1941 G. E. Ranges, refrig erators and water heaters and to joilj the G. E. National "R oast o f the Month” club. Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Syron visited their old home at Falls City and the city o f T o l'ilo coming down the coast by Glercrl n where they said hello to W. F. Cary. “ T ra ffic accidents can be prevent ed. Figures compiled in the offic e o f Earl Snell secretary o f state show that for the first two months o f this year tra ffic increased 15.6 percent as shown by figures on gasoline con sumption. But during this same per. Tod tr a ffic fatalities decreased 40 percent. Clearly the mere fact there is a great volume o f tra ffic on our highways and streets does not mean there must be a correspondingly great volume o f traffic fatilities. " I f we as individual drivers wil! hold down our speed on the highways approach intersections with greater caution, always remember to give pro per hand and arm signals and to ob serve the rights o f others we can prevent accidents, as pedestrians, we can cross streets only at intersection« where we can use crosswalks, watch fo r approaching tra ffic before leav ing the curb, walk to the le ft o f the highway, facing tra ffiic and wear something white at night. “ In this way we can avoid becom ing involved in tra ffic accidentss and each one o f us can thus do his part in maintaining the states reputation as a safe place in which to drive and walk.”