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In Its Fifty-fourth Year of Publication
Volume No. 54, Number 1U
Timber Sales Planned for Benefit of
Smaller Logging Operators Locally
Earl M Karlinger,
District
Ranger o i the Mt. Hood
Na--
tional Forest District announces
the following program for tim
ber sales on the Estacada dist
rict:
Approximately 72
million
board feet of timber is planned
to be sold on the Estacada Dis
trict o f the Mt. llood Natoinai
Forest during the 1958 calen
dar year.
To be sold before July 1,1958:
Rotten Bridge Springs 20 Mill
ion board feet
Wanderer’s Creek
17 million
board feet
South Fork Ridge
9 million
board feet
Lookout Springs
3,500.000
board feet
Misc. small sales 600,000 board
feet
A total of 50,100,000 board ft. j
To be sold between July
1,'
1958 and Sept 30, 1958:
Fish Creek Forks
18,000,000
board feet
Starts Saturday
C ivil War Drama
Saturday, April 19 is the date
o f the beginning o f the Estacada
District G olf Tourney and any
one wishing to participate must
be registered by that date.
The tourney is open to any
man living in this area and the
entrants can play on any course
c f their choosing. It will consist
of thirty-six holes of golf.Scores
will be figured on a handicap
basis with the winner being the
entrant with the
lowest
net
score.
A nominal $2.50 entry fee is
being charged; said entry fee be
ing used solely for trophies and
prizes
Those interested in
joining
the fun— no great golfing abil-
iy necessary— see Verne Sutton
at the bank; Bob Cooke at the
City Hall or Lem Jenkins at the
Union Oil plant.
Now playing at the Broadway
Theatre, an action packed dra
ma of Civil War days “ DRAN-
GO” starring Jeff Chandler,Ju
lie London and Joanne Dru.Cap-
tain Drango has been set by the
Army to plunder a small Geor
gia town
during
Sherman’s
march to the sea. Afterward he
was assigned to govern the town
v/hich he tried to do with
no
blood shed Trouble
develops
as the crowds call
him the
'blood mad killer’ who
looted
and plundered their town.Sec
ond feature the untold story in
the life of Btllv
the
Kid is
brought to the screen in “The
Parson and ‘.he Outlaw.”
An
thony Dexter plays the
Kid
with Budy Rogers as the parson
ably assisted by Sony Tufts aid
Marie Windser. Filmed in tech
nicolor and replete with thrills.
Sunday. Monday and
Tues
day— a fabulous
technicolor
picture film, d in the Sahara de
sert “ Legend of the Lost” with
John Wayne, Sophia Loren and
Rossano Brazzi. A stranger Is
sent to Wayr.e
to be guided
across the desert. As they pre
pare to start on the hazardous
journey a native girl takes
a
fancy to Brazzi. but he does not
want to take her with him since
they are going to
search for
treasure at a lost city in the de
sert-
The girl goes along and
they fight their way
through
blinding sand storms, blistering
heat and fight o ff mauraudlng
nomad tribes. They locate the
treasure as the stranger
goes
mad. A frightening and exciting
story from beginnnig to end.
Next week Robert Mitchum in
‘Bandido’ and ‘Rockabilly Baby’
The Estacada Army Reserve
Unit, Company D, Heavy Wea
pons, traveled to Camp Bonne
ville April 12
fire the 30 cali
ber machine guns and the
81
mm. mortars.
It was a 75 mile trip to Camp
Bonneville.V/hen the unit got
there it was raining, but they
fired the ma-hme guns anyway.
To their dismay there was
no
mortar range available to use.
So the mortar
company just
practiced setting up their mot-
ars in the rain.
six
They got back at abont
o ’clock in the evening. None of
them left the headquarters in
Estacada until all the equipment
was cleaned and put away. This
took until 7:30.
Fred Bartholomew has indi
cated he will send back a lot of
post cards to his friends in Esta
cada.
Bet the local P.O will
be busy
10c Per Copy
$3. .00 Per Year
Schoolboard Association of Zone 5
Popular Barton Bridge Back in Service Berry Growers
Meeting A p ril 23. Ie '!s Plans for Junior High School
The Northwest Berry Grow-
ers’ Association will hold a mee-
ting at the
Garfield Grange
liall on Wednesday, April 23rd
8 P.M.
All berry growers and farm
ers of this area are urged to at
tend this important meeting.
Misc. small sales 2,500,000 bd.
fast
Total 20,500,00 bd. feet
To be sold between Oct. 1,1958
and Dec. 31, 1958:
Misc. small sales 1,500,000 bd
feet
Grand total for 1958- is
72,100,00 beard feet
Small Sales Program:
The Estacada District has a
planned program which should
enable the small operator to ar
range his jobs in advance and
allow him to bid on small sales
as they come up.
Notice o f these small
sales
will be sent to piospective buy
ers and notices will be placed
in the window of the Estacada
Ranger’s office and
Estacada
,
iff ice.
The sale auctions j
will be conducted by the Dis
trict Ranger in the ranger’s m-
fice in Estacada at the time and
date specified in the notice.
Local Golf Tourney Broadway Feature
Company D on
Firing Range
Estacada, Oregon, Friday, April 18, 1958
The publicity committee for oral trend, however, is a rapid
the Schoolboard Assn , Zone 5,is increase in population in
the
continuing their work on the Northwest. The large corpora-
proposal for the establishment tions and utliities are
gearing
of a new Junior Hi for the Esta their operations for a 100 per
cada High Srhool district.There cent increase within the next 10
has been a great deal o f plan years.
ning and forethought given to
The Association of
School
the estabishment o f a Junior Hi Boards within the Estacada Hi
vs. adding on to
the present School District
recommended
building.
the new unit be built on proper
It is obvious the most ccon- ty now owned by
the Grade
omical use of the tax
dollars School District 108 just a block
would be utilized in building
north of the present Hi School.
new High School Unit and con This area contains
24.37 acres
Thirty nine t eople were pres verting the present High School more or less, and can be obtain
ent for the 5th Civil
Defense to a Junior Hi By adding ad ed for the amount paid by the
Home Preparedness Workshop ditional class rooms to the pre Grade School District for that
sent high school, the
preset-.' property. The proximity of this
on Monday evening.
,
present
Hi
In addition
the Estacada shop and Ag. facilities would be property to the
Fire department members were overloaded and would require School, with its auditorium amt
present to hear
Cle
Pcdur- addition» construction. In this athletic griunds, made it seem
baugh, Clackamas County Fire agricultural area in which we more feasible economically by
Defense Chief and Chief o f the are situated, these two
facili- using the present facilities and
Oak Ridge Fire District talk on tics cannot be over stressed. In reducing transportation costs to
the a more distant location. Other
(fire prevention.
Two films order to properly balance
| were shown by the
assistant additions thr * would have to be considerations are the water and
made to the high school, the ul- | sewerage fac’ lities, etc
county chief Mr. Zinner.
The committee is planning to
The next meeting will
be timate cost would approximate
held at the Legion hal on Mon 50 percent of the cost of a com- meet in the various districts and
be will have available information
day, April 21 at
7:30.
The plete new unit and would
subject will be
Home Light filled beyond capacity by 1962, brochures for the public which
school will explain in detail the need
Rescue and a team will be pre as our census of grade
youngsters shows, and
there for additional school facilities,
sent to demonstrate-
would bean additional increase All parents are urged to attend
of 100 students by 1964
The j these meetings and express their
school census figures
include desires and opinions, these mee-
! only the students that are now tings will be held in conjunction
enrolled in the elementary dis- with PTA, Community, or Moth-
’ tricts and do not take into con- ers Clubs, depending on which
sideration any who might move 'organization represents the in-
The Estacada Grade School into the district or out. The gen- dividual schools.
d High School budget elect-
ins on Monday rcsslted in
r
lir turnout.
The High School
udget was approved 169
ti
02.
The Grade School wa.-
pproved 142 to 33. It is hop-
By Leila Gordon
John Parvin said since Con
d that more folks will
show
Garfield Grange met on the gress was on Easter
vacation
iterest is the very important
at
lections to be held in the near r egular date April 12 and as the there wasn’t any legislature
Grange is now 56 years old Re- present to report except the de
future.
Parents of high school stud | rra Davis, a charter member had valuation of the dollar; it gets
Ken
ents will be interested to learn the honor of opening and clos less as the years go by.
She has held Palmatcer mentioned an old law
that high school class rooms an- ing the Grange.
she o f 1830 still in effect that
the
being left open for the use
of nearly every office since
Des
students who wish to eat their rccame a member. Our chaplain Indians may fish on the
Sadie Anders is also a charter chutes and
Pelton Dam on
lunches indoors.
member
their side of the river
H. E.
Letitia Kirk and
Bill Ray Norma Lee gave a report on the
were given the 1st and 2nd de H. E. meeting and said the next
gree. Bro. ard Sister Beutler meeting will be at Grace Jans
of Oswego were
visitors and sens May 6. More flowers will
Sister Beutler, Pomona
H. E. made for the wheelchair parade
chrnn. gave us rules and dates oi and we also have a date in July
the State and National Sewing to send home made cookies to
mpetition.
the Roseburg Veterans hospital.
| Standing committees:
Ray The H. E. gave $4 to the Spence
The Estacada Volunteer Fire Gordon mentioned
that
fed memorial scholarship fund. Lei
men were invited to attend
a . steers had reached a three year la Gordon reported on the chest
meeting of the civil defense of high of $28 75 Pete Ballou had mobile,
tw t grange members
th commuuity held in the Amer attended the FHA banquet and ;md two Home Ext. members
ican Legion nail Monday
eve. was amazed at all they have ac- served on it
Pete Ballu said
Chief Puderpaugh of Oak Grove complished, especially the build- that grange members are recei-
spoke to the group on
causes ing of farm, horse and
cattle ving funds on 1952 car
insur-
and safeguards about fires.
trailers and surplus
jeep the ;ince
Following the meeting
the boys had bought with their earn
firemen held their own business ings. He said it would be worth The grange will send n letter
County
meeting. Chief Sagner gave the j time to visit the Ag. class as vi- and representative to
Officers' Report and was follow- sitors are welcome. Ray Gordon Court to protest closing of roads
ed by swearing in a new mem- then told of seeing the trailers by Publishers.Dates to remem
Pomona at Warner April
ber, Carl Prokop.
at the Co. fa r and that he had ber:
E. R- (Red) Anderson o f the ■ later made one to haul hay and 26. Open house at Oswego Apr
Eagle Creek Dranch or the Bor machinery. ■
25. Its their 84th anniversary
ing Fire Dept, was a guest
of
the department and spoke a few
words to the group. Fifteen men
were present and after the mee
ting refreshments were furnish- 1
ed and served by Glen Hartwig.
The Estacada RangijreN
Estacada Local 5-40, CIO—A. tore the Parkrosc Bronc ' M n
part
F.L. Branch unanimously voted April 11 Th' * A ge
ev-
at their meeting this week
in
match t> n a\ c fin ì
th
opposition to any closing o f pub-
pub ery
V ,
. / V
w
,he ‘“’ason fdr the
lic roads in the Clackamas Co *hut out
Rangers. This is the Dert record
re
area.
Thomas O. Montgomery, late
_______
| the Estacada t oys’
oys' tennis t team
of Estacada Route one, died on
has ever had this early in
the
April 9th in an
Oregon City
season
hospital after being ill several
The Rangers who have
won
months.
all their nTatchcs arc Terry Hol
Born April 3,1880 in Browns
liday. first singles;
Richard
ville, Oregon, he lived in Esta
K eeth^ccon 1 sirgles; Don Has
cada since 1952.
He had been
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bartholo te and Richard D 'hrens,
first
retired the past few years but mew will leave by plane Mon
had worked as a faller in log day morning for New York; go doubles. Roy Gaylord and Eddie
White, second doubles. None of
ging industry many yenrs
ing from there to Naples, Italy.
Survivors are one son, L. K. They will make a tour of eight these boys have been beaten so
Montgomery o f
Montgomery,
different countries in Europe far this season and hope to con
Alabama and four daughters:
as
before sailing for home
from tinue their v/irning streak
Mrs. Florence Hayden, Estaca-
luck
against
Southhampton, England,
on thep try their
la; Mrs. Hazel Buck, Lynwood,
Parkrosc here again April 18
Calif; Mrs. M. J. Reese. Albany, June 24th.
Local C ivil Defense
Group Activities
The Barton-Boring road has been reopened with
the completion o f the new state highway bridge on
I Deep Creek at Barton. Residents and users of this
j bridge certainly appreciate its reactivation.
Thurs. Hite Grade Tractor Burns at
School Open House Forman Place
The community is treated to
a very fine double barrel enter
tainment
program
tonight
when the Estacada PTA
will
hold their monthly meeting m
the grade school cafeteria- The
meeting will begin at 7:30 and
after the mooting the
fourtn
througn the eighth grade rooms
wil be open for the parents to
visit.
In the classrooms the teachers
v/ill have many interesting ex
hibits to show the parents
on
the projects the students have
been working on the past yeat.
This will be a chance to meet
the teachers and talk over any
problems the parents see fit to
discuss.
Remember Grade School Op
en House cafeteria at 7:30 and
the visitations
following the
meeting.
The Boring Fire Dept.
was
called out when a tractor was
reported by a log truck driver
and others to be burning on the
ranch o f Mrs Minnie Forman at
Barton The quick response of
the fire department saved other
machinery and an
old barn
from being destroyed.
The tractor tank was full of
gasoline and did not explode.lt
had been used the evening be
fore and toox fire at 11 o’clock
from some unknown reason.
Mrs.-Forman wishes to thank
al lwho helped
save
other
buildings as she was alone
at
home at the time
The old barn was built in 1890
and timbers are put
together
with wood pegs and square nails
The ranch was homesteaded
in 1850.
Spring Festival
l/Yell Attended
RUMMAGE SALE AT LEGION
HALL FRIDAY & SATURDAY
The local American
Legion
Garfield Home Ext.
Spring
Auxiliary wil have a Rummage Festival had a lovey day for the
Sale at the Legion hall in Esta event.
There were 73 present,
cada this Friday and Saturday, representing 9 units— Garfield
April 18 and 19.
' 16, Viola 17, Dodge 8, Highland
5, Redland 14. Dover 5; Dickie
Prairie 4, Springwater 1
and
FORMER ESTACADA
Damascus 1. Also present was
RESIDENT IS DEAD Agent Helen McDowall; County
Blanche Norris, sister of Ray committee women Polly Knight,
Keeth of Estacada, who was a Mrs. David Lind and Zoe Durst.
former resident
o f Estacada, The displays were very good
died last Monday.
and the slides and movies
ot
Funeral services will be held Hawaii were well received Esth
at Finley’s in Portland on Fri er Weston commented on
the
day afternoon at 2 30.
pictures and trip and the Haw
aiian dresses were modeled by
the Viola unit Cake walks col
Jim Anderson attended fun lected over $13 for the Eleanor
eral of Ben Miller in Woodbum Trindel fund and a plant
sale
Wednesday
was held for the 4H camp.
Local Men and County Court Cover Are a Involved in Road Closure Request
chool Budgets
Joter Approved
Garfield Grange Celebrates 56th Year
with Review of Past Accomplishments
lagle Creek Fire
Chief Visits Local
Fire Dept. Meet
Union Opposes
Road Closure
Rangers Tame
Parkrose Broncs
Last Rites for
Thos. Montgomery
F. Bartholomews
Europe Bound
Wisconsin;
Mrs Jack Smith,
Cuttcn, Calif; a brother, Robert
F. Montgomery, Medford, Ore,
12 grandchildren and 14 great
grandchildren.
Services Thursday at 2 PM at
Clayville Chapel Estacada. In
terment wi be in the Odd Fel
lows cemetery the Rev. Violet
Bolliger officiating.
Lester Colson has started the
•instruction o f his new house
on his ranch on the Duus road.
A three car cavalcade escorted the Clackamas
Publisher's Paper Co. seeks to close. Left to right:
Surley Mills, Com. Stan Kly, Oscar Forseth, L.
who was the victim of Sinclair’s wanting to shoot
The Court felt after the survey o f the roads in
County Court on a tour of the area roads that t!;
Bill Sinclair, Howard Smith, Com. Darrell Jones.
W . Fortner, Judge Ld Latourette and Jim Anderson
a picture - to prove we still have Moose in the area.
question they would be able to make a fair decision.
NOTICE: Ooi deadline
lo r
news and advertising is Tues
day night. We cannot guaran
tee publication If material is
received liter than Tuesday
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