Clackamas Count)» i^etos
(Êstacafta’s
In Its Fifty-fourth Year of Publication
Volume No. 54
Estacada, Oregon, Friday, Jan. 9, 1959
Number 47
County Farm Sales Almost Stationary Last Rites for
in 1958, Says County Agent Inskeep Local Pioneer
LO C A L STUDENTS ON OSC
HONOR R O LL for F A L L TERM
Robert H. Marchbank of Esta-
cada and Janice M.
Buhlinger
and Barbara J. Burnett of Eagle
Creek are listed on the fall term
scholastic honor roll released by
Oregon State College.
T o be eligible for the
honor
roll listing, students must make
at least a B plus average for the
term.
Miss Buhlinger
was singled
out fo r special recognition as one
o f 81 students making straight-A
grades.
She is a sophomore in
the school o f business and tech
nology. H er home address is Ea
gle Creek, Route One.
Marchbank is a senior in the
school of pharmacy. Miss Burnett
is a senior in business and techno-
logy.
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Rehbein Defeats
Army Champ
1 Oc Per Copy
Phone Co. Presents
Rate Hike Case
$3. |00 Per Year
Estacada Locals
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. W esterberg
and Sue drove to
Seattle last
Monday and spent two days vis-
Tuesday, Jan. 6, the Estacada
I iting Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Barrett.
Telephone & Telegraph Co. had i '
its public hearing at the Estacada
j Legion hall. The only people I)R. A L L Y N PR IC E M E D IC AL
present were the Public U tility SO C IETY PR E S ID E N T
Commissioners staff and person-
Dr. A lly n Price was recently
nel from the Estacada Telephone elected President of the Clacka-
Co.
Duane Day presented a | mas Medical Society fo r a term of
brochure which contained a com- one year.
He w ill assume
his
parative balance
sheet, state-! duties this month,
ment o f income and
expenses, I
rate base data, gross revenue,op-
erating expenses, computation of ' A N N H A R B E R T GOES TO OSC
revenue proposed rates and rev- j Ann Harbert ]e ft Sunday f
enue and summary o f
revenue Corvallis where she will
attend
needed to earn 2.44 percent r a te |0regon state CoUege
sh e has
Estacada’s flashy Jerry
Reh-
By J. J. Inskeep, County Agent 3 percent.
Funeral services for
Robert
bein had little trouble in defeat-
Clackamas “County farm sales
2. N early 30 percent improve- Hugh Currin, a true pioneer
ot
ing U. S.
Arm y Champ
John
remained practically
stationary ment in beef cattle prices.
this community, age 89,
whose
Plechl at Portland Labor Tem ple
in 1958 when
compared with
3. Increases sheep numbers, 5 ; parents founded the town o f Cur-
Tuesday night. Plechl put up a
1957 figures. Our estimate o f precent increase in wool incent- rinsville after coming to Oregon
game scrap but couldn’t keep up
1958 sales at the farm gate totals ive payments (numbers or pounds by the Barlow Trail, were
held
with fast pace set by
Rehbein.
$25,592,000
compared
to of wool in app lication fo r pay- last Monday ah 1:30 p.m. at
the
Hard stomach smashes had the
$25,505,000 in 1957. Loss of in j ments.)
C layville Chapel in Estacada.
Arm y fighter hanging on desper-
come fo r certain farm commodi-
Rev. Arthur Hansen officiated
4. N early 15 percent less val-
ately in the last round.
Both
ties have been balanced by great- ue fo r wool because o f low er pri- at the funeral rites.
boys received a big round of ap
Mr. Currin, a farmer and d a iry
er income from others. Certain ce of wool and correspondingly
plause. Rehbein w ill enter
the
man, was born and married
in
increases have been due to ad- lower incentive payments,
Tacoma G. G. championship Jan.
From 1918 to 1929
ditional units rather than to bet-
5. About 12 percent better pri- Currinsville.
23 and 24 where he will be
an
he was foreman o f
the
Dodge
ter prices.
ces for lambs.
outstanding favorite.
Actually Clackamas
County
6 Further increases in
hog Park waterworks of the City of
farmers, as a whole,
had less numbers plus about 15 percent Portland. He was a charter mem-
ot return.
| been transferred from U. o f O. at
LEG IO N AN D A U X IL IA R Y
ber of Estacada Lodge No. 175,
cash fo r their labor at the
end improvement in prices,
Several reasons were given for Eagene
she is taking a course
M E ETING J A N U A R Y 12
of the year.
Growers o f several
Many may be
surprised
to lOOF, and o f Rebecca Lodge No.
the necessity o f the in c re a s e:(lj in pre.nursing.
The
local
American
Legion
147.
commodities are in real distress, learn that our largest source ot
Since the last increase of
1955 j
He was identified with the dev- j MR- & MRS. P A U L I SPEND
Post and its Auxiliary Unit will the telephone company now has '
This is particuarly true o f berry agricultural cash
receipts
in
H
O
LID
A
YS
IN
C
A
L
IF
O
R
N
IA
hold
their
regular
meeting
on
growers.
They experienced a Clackamas County
come from elopment o f this community, be-
inves
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Pauli made Jan. 12th with pot luck supper at $395,274.00 more money
disastrous year.
our poultry industry. Total sales ing instrumental in having
the
A special meeting o f the Cen-
ted in the dial phone plant. (2 )
a
trip
to
California
over
the
holi
6;30.
I t is interesting to note
that from chicken eggs, farm chickens, first telephone line established in
Increase o f taxes over 1955 has tenial Rebecca Lodge is to be held
days.
They
arrived
at
the
home
total farm sales in
Clackamas turkeys, turkey eggs, commercial the Currinsville area and at times
been $6,358.00. (3 ) The general Friday, Jan. 9 at 8 P.M. honoring
County have remained stationary broilers and miscellaneous poult- served as its president and secre o f Mrs. Pauli’s sister, Mrs. Clay-
increasing costs o f doing busin the visitation of the President of
to
have
j
l
°
n
Woodward
in
Stockton,
on
tor the past four years. Produc- ry
products
amounted
to tary.
He was the fir
ess. They pointed out that they the Rebesca Assembly of Oregon,
tion costs, which include taxes, $6,164,000 as compared to only rural electricity on
his
farm,
. . .
A ll
have spent $10,943.00 more
in Edna Oster o f Molalla.
building his own line from
the wlth them and their three daugh-
have greatly increased
during $5,714,000 in 1957.
the maintenance o f the telephone members are urged to attend.
crossing his | *.ers 'v" ° wer® borne from
Los
that period.
Since the start of W orld W ar transmission line
plant than was spent in 1955.(4)
Angeles, until Sunday.
W hile
Regardless of the
individual [I the Pacific Northwest has fail- ; farm. As an ardent road enthu-
They also pointed out the increas-
there they also called on Mrs. El
Jerry Rehbein, Estacada’s G.
farmers immediate cash position Çd to Produce enough eggs to sat- siast, in early life, he helped es-
sing cost in labor and fringe ben
la Garretson, a former resident of G. champ, w ill figh t the main ev-
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Vandecoev-
25 m illion dollars in total sales is^y the area demand, that is, un tablish a passable wagon road be
efits which have been offered to
ering and fam ily o f Cloverdale,
Estacada,
and
Mrs.
Garretson’ss
[
ent
of
a
12
bout
fight
card
at
Es-
tween
Barton
and
Carver.
is o f tremendous economic im- (il now- Layin g flock expansion
employees
since
1955.
Calif., have been visiting
Mrs.
the
Grade
Mr. Currin retired to his home son, A lvin and family. On Sunday tacada Jan. 17 in
portance affecting every resident has slowed down as we balance
Thp Public U tility
Commis
they went to Daly City,
where School Gym. Rehbein w ill fight
Emma Gilleran, mother o f Mrs.
o f the county. In many respects the scales. E gg prices were up at Currinsville where he spent the
sioner’s
staff
had
no
comment
to
Mrs. Pauli’s Portland’s W ade Smith
■
. . Vanecoevering, and with
other
whose
last 25 years.
He always adher they visited with
the total farm income resembles 2 cents a dozen over 1957.
make.
N ow the final approval I reIatives in , Tnwaulde and Hills_
a payroll of the same size.Farm-
Other increases are due to ex- ed to the Golden Rule and count- brother and fam ily until Thurs only loses are to Rehbein. These
day. They came home the Coast boys have put on a whale o f
by the Public UtU- boro They leH Sunday for
a
ers spend their income for taxes, pansion rather than to more fav- ed everyone his friend,
home ta
the red show in the past and a repeat is tty Commission.
interest, labor, form machinery! orablc Prices. W e are producing
The Currins celebrated
their highway and enjoyed
woods and
other
interesting expected.
fertilizers and other steadily in- more broilers and we had an in- 50th anniversary in 1947
and
_ .
,
SMITH- B RAO AD H U R ST
M ILBERGER TO FIG H T
creasing production costs.
crease in turkey numbers.
The quietly observed their 61st in i sypts. arrvrving home
Saturday
F A M IL Y R E U N IO N J A N .l
afternoon.
SPENCER
T o make a comparison Clacka- latter was mostly due to raising 1958.
The Smith- Broadhurst annual |
Ed Milberger, veteran
from
mas County’s allowable
tim ber slightly more earlier market tur-
Survivors are the widow Nellie,
Portland Pal Club w ill
tangle fam ily reunion was celebrated on
cut approximates
200 m illion
This area has been
the and a daughter, Mrs. Donald F.
with Thad Spencer of Knott St. Naw Y ea r’s day at the American |
of
income-
about Allen, both of Estacada.
board feet.
On a stum page ba source
in one of the top bouts. Estaca Legion hall with a big dinner and |
Burial was in
Forest Lawn
sis at $30 a thousand the
gross $860,000 in 1958.
Those pre-
da’s John Woodcock, who
won a good tim e visiting.
Cemetery,
Gresham,
with
Bate
return would total $6 million.
These figures do
not imply
Championship sent were Mr. and Mrs.
Arnold
the Ore. N ovice
I t is estimated that for every that all is smooth sailing in the man Funeral Chapel in charge of
last month will try to
continue Broadhurst and fam ily o f
Mil-
dollar the farmer receives, two poultry industry.
A ll segments arrangements.
The International
Order
ot his winning ways against Larry waukie, Mr. and
Mrs.
Alton
dollars are added fo r processing o f the industry are subject to th -
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Job’s Daughters w ill hold a pub Young of Portland. Woodcock’s Smith and fam ily of Concord.Mr.
and marketing most
o f which ^ stiffest kind o f competition.Broil- RETURN FROM EN G LA N D ;
lic installation of officers Satur stand up and slug style has made and Mrs. Bob Brown and family
present added labor costs
W e je r producers must compete witii SPEND N E W Y E A R ’S HERE
day, Jan. 10th, at 9 P.M. at
the him a big favorite. Clyde W il- i of Faraday, Mr. and Mrs. Arnie
do not have the figures showing cheaper feed costs and cheaper
S-Sgt. and Mrs. Don Berg and Masonic temple in Estacada.
liam, Northwest Bantam C ham p! Broadhurst
and
fam ily of
added value by way o f transpor labor found in the cotton belt.No ¡son Duane, who recently returned
w ill also appear on the show.
Springwater, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald
tation and fabrication o f timber longer can we ship turkeys profit- f rom England, spent from N ew
_________________ .Smith and family, Mr. and Mrs.
but the comparison is obvious.
ably- to Eastern states. W e now Years unitl Tuesday o f this week
Jack Broadhurst and fam ily, Mr.
M A R IA N GUILD DISCUSSES
Subsidies from the federal go- produce just enough turkeys to at the home of Mr. and Mrs
and Mrs. Fred Bates and Mr. and
Ar- P L A N S FOR FUTUR E
yem m ent play a negligible role supply area needs
A small In- ch U tt. Other members o f the
At the December meetine of the
Mrs. A rt Smith all o f Estacada.
in Clackamas County. Our farm- crease in the local market price famiiy, M r. and Mrs. Dave Sher- Marian Guild Christmas
decora-
ers are subject to extreme com- results in a flood of turkeys and man of p orUand. Mr. and
Mrs. Uoms and d c a n m T fo r tho church
OREGON A L IE N S MUST
petition from other areas.
It chicken broilers from other areas. Tom Bates and family
o f Oak- were dilcu s^d
The H oly Name
REGISTER TH IS MONTH
now appears that our top position Only the most efficient remain in ridge> and Mr and Mrs
James
’V*® Jttoly
A ll Clackamas County aliens i
as a strawberry producing coun- the game. Low er unit margins Arndt and f amiiy 0f
Portland.
^he Christmas sale was a great
together with the other 20,000
ty may be lost forever to Calif- of profit are responsible for larg- were a!so at the Utt home at d if_
s d Ja to the wonderf ul to -
aliens in Oregon, must register
J- -- (B
— uster) Tunnell _ is the
,
ornia. I t is probably true th a t1 er flocks and few er flock owners, terent times during this period A 1
dire to the wonamaui co
their addresses yith the federal new lessee of the Texaco Serv c
our Marshall berries are o f high- The same is true o f the broiler w o ^ e r fu T u m e ^ 'e a U n g T n d v r Z
Z
Ava Goodman won the
N ow playing at the Broadway government this month in com- Station at Wade s corner. He too
e r quality but California growers industry where producers
com- siting was enjoyed,
door prize wheih was a lovely ap- Theatre, a suspense and horror pliance with the Federal
; over from A1 Larson. W e are sorry
have much longer harvest seas- monly have housing capacity fo r
picture o a western style ‘TH E Address Program.
to lose Mr. Larson as an Estacada
on with higher yields.
And the 20,000 or more birds. They corn-
W ALKED
TH E
Refreshments were served by F IE N D WHO
Postmaster Chris Myers
has business man, but at the same
trade is accepting the California monly raise three batches
pe,1
Hugh O’Brian the required blanks at the local time we have regained Buster who
Mrs Eileen Marak and Mrs. Paul W E S T ’ starring
year.
berry fo r processing.
and Robert Evans with Dolores postoffice which he w ill provide j is a form er Currinsville store
ine Van Dyke.
Producers o f blackcaps ran in
Income from seed crops
was
Michaels and Linda Cristal. A aliens living in this area.
(owner.
to a snag with overproduction. down from $1,190,000 in 1957 to
Our great and important poultry $850,00 in 1958. The seed crop
W IL L ASSIST T A X P A Y E R S
from start to finish. Second fea-
industry suffers s tiff competition average remained steady but un-
W IT H TH E IR INCOME
| ture— TH E DECKS R A N RED
with every item produced. The seasonal hot weather in May and
T A X RETU RNS
with James Mason, Dorothy Dan-
same is more or less true o f ev June resulted in decreased yields.
Ralph C. Granquist, District Di- i dridge and Broderick Crawford, j
ery farm commodity
produced A t the same time, it is interest
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_____________________________rector
of the Internal
Revenue ( \ modern day mutiny at sea. A
Many
friends met at the home
here.
ing to note that the gross income of Mr. and Mrs. John Marchbanx Service fo r Oregon, announced to- f dm crammed with action, sus-
Changes in the farming pict- from seed crops average $75 per
fo r
filin g I pense and thrills.
the evening o f January 1st to help day that the period
ure are coming along rapjdly.We acre while the gross from grain them celebrate their 60th wed 1959 Federal income tax returns
starts Sunday— one of the pic-1
are s e e in g more intensified far- crops averaged on ly $42 per acre- ding anniversary.
The March- extends from January 2 to A p ril j tures on the ‘Must see’ list ‘CAT
ming eveiy year.
W e cannot go chewings fescue, used
in lawn
”Were mairied in
Oregon 15, inclusive.
In order to assist O N A HOT T IN ROOF’ with lov-
into detarl but we look for more grass mixtures, continues as our citv bv Pastor A J Ware Thev taxpayers throughout the State o f eiy Elizabeth Taylor, Paul New -
changes during the next lO year. most important small seed crop-1 moved \ o Estacada in 1903 and Oregon during this period,
the man and Burl Ives plus a host of
Portland office w ill be open each others.The story is superb, based
experienced m the . g r o ^ re tu rn $500,000.
have lived here ever since,
past 50 years.
The acreage of hay and grain
Games were played and enjoyed weekday (Mondays through Fri- on the play by Tennessee W ill-
Income from dairy
products remained about the same. So did by all. Mr. and Mrs. Marchbank days) beginning January 2, 1959 jams. There are
scenes
with
continued on a slightly
down - 1 the gross income 2,900,000. The were seated at the
table
and and continuing through April 15, much humor, others with high
ward trend as the numbers
of county wheat acreage has been pLufed"’before them was a'
Director Granquist stated drama and characterizations that
cake 1959.
dairy herds and dairy cows cot.-; increasing steadily due to the in- deC0rated in their honor with that new space is being provided are quite
important attention
tinue to decrease slightly.
The creasing number of growers pro- tells! "pink roses and l’lUy of "the in Portland and taxpayer inform Next week— ‘Missouri Traveler’
^ t r f
al1f w,nce vall^ . Then a love song was sung ation which was previously furn and ‘Zero Hour*. The free kiddie
Mdst <rf the smaller herds cannot under the U. S. program- 15 acres. by Miss Heather Hendreikson, at- ished at 830 N. E. Oregon Street matinee on Saturday
will be
• S R ? “, r £ i!* * * * * i f *
I Ij lcame tlxfm
fe e fruits eompinied on the violin by
her will now be furnished at 830 N. E. showing ‘California’ in color plus
outfits which have smaller unit and nuts increased slightly due to ^ t h e ^ Mrs j ewel H endrick*». Holladay Street. The use of the several cartoons and
comedies
costs.
increased yields of English wal- M n . chM lie Smith lead a
__ , telephones wherever pos6sible in with another chapter of ‘Captain
For the second year in succes nuts and filberts.
contacting
local
offices
of
the
In
As explained I appropriate verse about the trials
Video.’
sion gross income from meat an previously, the small fruit indus- and joy* they have
shared to- ternal Revenue Service is urged
imals and wool has exceeded the try is in distress. Truck crops and gether the past 60 years. They to save time and unnecessary tra
income from dairy products.This potatoes, certified seed potatoes have passed the Tin, Silver
and vel expenses in obtaining answers SPRINGW ATER HOME EX.
is a new trend wheih first hap in particular are important in the Gold anniversaries, a
privilege to tax questions.
TO HOLD M O NTH LY MEET
pened last year, 1957. This past total picture.
However,
sales granted to only a few. StUl very
The Spmigwater Home Exten
year the gross income from the dropped from $3,121,000 in 1957 : much in love, we wish them many
sion will hold its monthly meeting
dairy
industry
totalled
at the Grange Hall on Tuesday,
de
b >more
anniversaries togeth-
$2,570,000.
The income from
January 13 at 10 A. M.
meat animals and wool come to the ■CTabkaTrft.s County Extension
The Marchbanks were piesent-
Hostesses will be
Mrs. Lucy
$3,605,000.
Meat animal prices Agente. They may be subject to a ed records for their new record
Stmtii aud Mrs. Clair Brown who
have been generally satisfactory.
of criticism. W e player, a beautiful red bedspread
are to serve cake and coffee and
This would seem a remarkable shall few g h d t s make correction and a red azalia plant. While re-
Daniel Thomas Kerr, 17. of Ea
furnish a door prize.
situation in a county adjacent to should any of these figures be in
cake, strawberries, gle Creek, was charged with neg
The project for the day will be
a large metropolitan area.
ligent
homicide
and
having
no
op
error and ye shall welcome any-1 ice cream and punch were being
‘Italian Cooking' which will
be
Extension Agent Hugh Caton one with open arms who volun
erator’s
license
by
Multnomah
served by the hostesses, the new
prepared and served by Mrs.Grace
attributes thepe cfeaages to
the teers to do a better job. hi the ;
County
authorities,
following
the
records were played and enjoyed.
Henderson and Mrs. Edna
Mae
following facMrrt
death of Suzanne Page of
Port
meantime our figures
are
in
Palumbo.They will also tell about
1. Continued reductions in dai great demand from many sources.
land. The girl was thrown from
the many
interesting
dishes
ry cattle numbers and lower pri Itemized copies are available a t 1
a car driven by her mother, Jean
The Estacada Garden Club will Page.when it was struck by Kerris wheih can be made with Italian
ces to producers. Prices to pro the Extension office in
Oregon
cheese, meats and sauces.
meet at the City Hall, Tuesday, car and spun into the path of
ducers were down approximately City.
a
Any lady living in the vicim-
Jan 13th.
The meeting
w
car driven by Hairy L. Rist, 4320
ing Chairman Mrs Bertha Gente-
postponed from Jan. 5 on account S. E. 113th Ave.
Witnesses said
Mrs. Emma Gilleran. Mr. a n d ( , Mr. and
Mrs. R. R.
Cooke of weather conditions.
ty is welcome to attend by notify-
that the car driven by Kerr near
Mrs. Jerry Vandecoevering and caled
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on the Melvin Johnstons in
mann
ed
the
intersection
at
high
speed
family, and Mr and Mrs Tom Gil- Portland on New Year’* eve La-
and
hit
the
Page
car
after
running
leran and family spent New Years ter the Judge took his wife out
B A R G A I N S !
a stop light.
day at the Tim Gillerans in O re-; to dinner,
gon City.
g
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BOOK FORUM AT LIBRARY
Betty Fullerton arrived
last
A Book Forum will be held at
Sunday morning from Hawaii to the Estacada Library Saturday,
Mr. and Mrs. Len Verburg of
Mr and Mrs R. R. Cooke had
visit her aunt. Mrs. Emil Poikil- January 10 at 3 P. M. The sub-
Eagle Creek
spent Chsistmas New Year’s dinner at the home
la, who lives in the George dis- ject will be 'Biographies.' Every-
i
week end in Seattle visiting cou- ■ ot
of Mr. ano
and
Mrs.
Jack Kohl of
trict.
one is invited.
I Lower Logan.
sins.
Jerry W ill Fight
In Estacada Bout
Texaco Service Has
New Operator
Job's Daughters
W ill Install
Liz Taylor in " Cat
on Tin Roof“ Plays
Broadway Sunday
Alien
John Marchbanks
Celebrate 6 0 Year
Marriage
WANTED!
The CLACKAMAS COUNTY NEWS
Needs Correspoondents for the follow
ing districts:
BARTON
GEORGE
Local Teen-Ager
Held for Homicide
i
PORTER
UPPER LOGAN
We are contemplating a new policy fot
our outside writers and you may benef
it both yourself and your community
O. E. S. Social Club
White Elephant and
RUMMAGE SALE
FRI., - SAT. JAN. 9-10
LEGION HALL
if you w ill call at the office or phone
CR 9 -3 2 4 1 .