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Grade school children, through
their various clubs.
furnished
the entertainment. Tuesday eve­
ning at the Beaverton Parent-
Teacher
Association
meeting.
Represented organizations includ
ed Campfire Girls and Blue Birds
Girl Scouts and Brownies. Cubs
and Boy Scouts. 4-H Club mem­
bers and the Glee Clubs who
contributed to the program to
give parents a broader under­
standing of the activities these
character building organizations
carry on. Mrs. Harris Hansen
acted as chairmn of the program
arrangement committee.
Parents of 6th graders, with
Mrs. Paid Knepp and Mrs. A. C.
Enger in charge, provided re­
freshments.
Membership contest will end
November 26 and the room hav­
ing most member-parents
will
win a prize.
Thanksgiving Assembly
Afternoon assembly
at
the
grade school on Wednesday, No­
vember 26, will be followed by
a two-day holiday.
For the program, various stu­
dents will give recitations, dial­
ogues. music and songs in an
hour-long convocation to which
parents and friends are extended
a cordial invitation.
A rehearsal of the entertain­
ment will be held Tuesday after­
noon, to which all grade students
will be admitted. For the Wednes­
day affair, only those students
participating in the program will
be present, in order to make
room for parents and friends.
Miss Merle Davies, principal,
regrets the need for such a break­
ing up of the student body, but
lack of space makes it necessary,
she stated.
I M A ESN HITS TWO
Two
teachers,
Mrs.
Faye
Marks. 7th grade and girls physi­
cal education, and Mrs. Melva
Shaer, music, were absent Mon­
day, victimized by the flu.
Mrs. Marks is not expected
back the rest of the week, while
Mrs. Shaer may recover enough
to be present at the'Wednesday
assembly.
SCHOOL CENSUS SLIPS
School children are helping the
district school census by taking
home the required slips for in­
formation listing all children in
the family.
A check will be
made by school district workers
among homes not contacted thru
the school.
This information is vital sta­
tistics for the county superinten­
dent of schools, in older for him
to draw full hinds from »be bc-
sic school support plan adminis­
tered by the state.
SECOND SIX WEEKS
This week concludes the sec­
ond six week’s portion of the
school semester—and the tests
that always go with such a time.
Tests were at the first of the
week, this time, due to the two
day holiday.
Report cards will go out De­
cember 3.
MRS HUTTON RECUPERATES
Mrs. Ila Hutton, fifth grade
teacher, is at home, recuperating
from a recent hospital operation.
She hopes to be back on the staff
by the first part of January.
EASIER BREATHING NOW
Students and teachers alike
breathe more easily, now' that the
fan has been installed in the
school cafeteria. The idea works
well, keeps kitchen odors from
spreading throughout halls and
classrooms.
The cafeteria culinary staff has
set up a Thanksgiving menu
which they will serve the chil­
dren for lunch, on Wednesdy.
Food will include creamed tur­
key and other fixings of the sea­
son.
BASKETBALL PRACTICE .
Grade school boys are working
hard in basketball turnouts, un­
der the direction of Eugene Rich-
ards,ph.vslcal education Instruc­
tor and coach.
Sometime next week a prac­
tice game is intended, with inter­
school competition slated later
VO LLEYBALL FOR GIRLS
Although the grade school girls
are not in line for volleyball
games stheir sport) with other
schools, there is a good prospect
for teams from different classes
meeting on the maple court.
BOOK SHORTAGES
There are a number of valuable
hooks on the state-approved list
of texts adopted for general use
in school systems. But the dif­
ficulty encountered in obtaining
these books has made it impos­
sible to make general use of
them.
ESTABLISHED I thiT
VOLUME 20— M MB Kit
II
BEAVERTON
WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON,
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1947
POLLUTION NINOS THREATS
Annex Vote Sure Way to Man's Heart Shows On JCC's Sanitary Authority Cites
Beaverton's Health Hazard
Scheduled on
m
COI IM SI I I IM N lt S l M I S S DISPO SAL
January 6th
PLAINS SHOW \ I ONCE
Beaverton
city
council,
in
special meeting. November 24th,
voted to hold an election Janu­
ary 6, 1948, to decide the issue
of annexing Kaiser Community
Home’s Pinehurst residential de­
velopment. Members of the coun­
cil are invited to attend the pub­
lic dinner meeting. Kiwanis hall,
November 26, 6:30 p. m , when
the annexation issue will
lie
aired and explained
Committee on sewage dispos­
al plans having
recommended
affirmative action on location of
a suitable site for a disposal
plant Major .1. V. Chandler an­
nounces he will designate a com­
mittee to investigate and secure
option, for presentation to the
council.
Two bids for improvement on
So. 11th street were read. Lyle
Cobb Constructing company sub­
mitted a low bid of $2,734 and
Porter W. Yett stated a figure of
$2,810 for draining, grading and
rocking of the three block stretch
from Lombard, work to he done
under favorable weather condi­
tions. The bids were tabled pend­
ing more information from the
city engineer.
Beer license renewal for Old
Heidelberg Park
received
the
council’s O. K.
No reply has been received
from Southern Pacific railway,
in regard to work
done and
charges due on Hall street track
crossing.
The council voted down a sug­
gestion the city stock up on 182
dozen house numerals to facilit­
ate numbering of houses for city
mail delivery.
Private business
was cited as the best agency for
such service.
Citing Beaverton's total lack]
of a sewer system and underlin­
ing its grave menace to the pub­
lic health by its recurring over­
flow of
contaminated
sewage
drainings, the Oregon state sani-
Ministers To
Sha re Pulpit
Thanksgiving
Sages have long remarked the
surest way to a man’s heart and
in the above picture of the Beav­
erton Junior Chamber of Com­
merce, after they finished a mag-
nificient Thanksgiving
turkey
spread. Thursday, November 20
at 6:30 p. m., in Kiwanis hall.
Church Looks To W ater District
Will Vote For
Thanksgiving In
Days Observance Bond At Raleigh
THANKSGIVING GUESTS
Portland guests for Thanks­
giving. at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. H. .1. Garrison, on Farming
ton road, wijl be Mr. and Mrs
Joe Lussier and daughter, Donna
Lee.
"Squeezing'' On the Target!
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"VIEWS IN THE NEWS"
Marvin Myers. Beaverton sen­
ior student of architecture at the
University of Oregon .is listed in
one group of students who w-ill
participate in the radio program
“ Views In the News," heard over
station KOAC. Corvallis, every
Monday at 8 p. m.
It might he recreation for
The program features round­
to
shooting
but rifle
some
table discussion on matters of
une
marksmen
is
a
public Interest and two groups earnest v<
serious
skill.
Shown
matter
of
of students have been named
and each group will hold the mlc-l as they ganged around the
rophone spot on alternate Mon*, range. Sylvan PTA Carnival
dav. November 21. the v<
davs.
¿vV
which also included plum pud­
ding and all the other season­
ally expeett*d viands.
No speeches and no entertain­
ment marked the affair. Follow­
ing the dinner, the group of
32 celebrants enjoyed dancing at
Old Heidelberg Park.
(Photo by Harrell— Beaverton)
Cedar Mill Cubs
Induct Three In
Group Ceremony Former Resident
Cub scouts of Pack No. 207 Returns To Take
opened their monthly pack meet­
ing Friday evening at the Cedar Over Donut Shop
Mills school by presenting colors
Deciding the replacement of
present, dilapidated laterals which
are practically oursting at the
seams, members of the Raleigh
Water distrle. will participate in and the flag salute. Seated ar­
a special election December 1, ound an Improvised campfire,
from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m., on the the group joined in a otxb song
issuance of bonds *n the amount and participated in ceremonies
of $24,500 to provide funds nec­ at which Tommy Brown, Duane
essary for supplying water to Simshauser and Gene Glasner
inhabitants of the district. At were inducted into the pack.
Ronald Kingsley was awarded
the same time, a general elec­
tion will be held, same time and his hear badge and gold arrow
place, for the purpose of elect­ and Gary Pearson was awarded
ing one comm*ssioner to fill an 1 a silver arrow'. Mr. V. Miner
ass’t. cubmaster, who was in
expiring term.
Present water sysiein at Hal- charge for the evening announced
eight dates from a cooperative “ Helps and Gives” as the theme
formed about 28 years ago which for December.
Stunts were presented by Dens
installed the wooden mains still
in use and laid the laterals which No. 1 and 2 followed by a game
Dis­
now cont'nue to burst, week af­ with group participation.
plays by Den 2 received first
ter week.
Th water district, last Febru­ choice by the judging committee
ary, was organized as a PUD anil In closing cubs jojined in the
has in the neighborhood of 80 living circle. A short movie with
Don Miner operating the projec­
users.
The two elections will be held tor proved most entertaining
simultaneously on Decemlier 1.
at the Raleigh Water Distrirt
warehouse on Scholl’s Ferry Rd.
with V*vian Lawrence. Visa Ol­
son ami Hazel M. Lynn making
up the election board.
The only candidate for
the
commissioner vacancy is Charles
The prayer chattel of the Four­
R. Lynn, who was nominated by square Church was the scene
of the marriage Saturday, Nov.
COMMUNITY CHORUS SING petition.
Present commissioners 'nclude 15, of Miss Delores Ann Katter­
Beavertan’s community chor­ Fred Voget, Samuel B Lawrence,
us will present a Thanksgiving L. S. Wolf and E. R Tongue man, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Calvin Katterman of Portland,
concert. Sunday. November 30. and Mr. Lynn.
| Route 5, and Robert Harvey
8 p m., at the Christian church.
Two of the most important us­ Johnson, son of Mr. Joseph Harry
The public is invited
ers of water in the Raleigh dis­ Johnson of San Jose, Calif. The
trict are the Portland Golf Club Rev. Harold W. Jeffries officia­
and the Raleigh Sanitarium
ted.
The bride was dressed In a
MOTHERS PLEASE COME
pearl grey suit wth black acces­
A special plea is sent by the sories and wore an orchid cor­
Her sister-in-law, Mrs.
Raleigh PTA to mothers, urging sage.
attendance it the 2:30 p m. meet Richard Katterman. who was her
i ing of the organization, in the only attendant, wore a forest
green suit with black accessories
I school building.
Mrs Esther Lorentzen, pro- and a corsage of gardenias.
Mr. Richard Katterman was
| gram chairman, announces a
best
man.
1 children's show will he put on.
Mrs. Ernest Schmid was pian­
of especial interest to mothers
ist.
Following the wedding, a re­
FAMILY FUN AND FROLIC ception was held at the home of
An evening of celebration for the brides parents.
Miss Don-
the family Is planned by the Ral­ nice Katterman served the wed­
eigh PTA. Friday, December 5. ding cake, while Mrs. Rose Shel­
7:30 pm when doors open on don, grandmother of the bride,
its “ Frolic"
and Mrs. Ernest Wuthurh. the
Arrangeme nls have been made bride’s aunt, poured
for movies dancing, good food
The couple will be at home
and a list of interesting door pri- temporarily In San
Francisco
zes.
where Mr. Johnson will report
Everyone i s invited to attend for further naval duty and later
for the fun that Is promised will Is- in San Diego.
Children. It - declared by Mrs.
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Neil Whisn. nt. publicity chair- YOUNG DAUGHTER
sprouts surely have attentive
man. will lm p the affair'
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Lawrence
eyes on the rod bulls-eye.
, are parents of a daughter. Ann
Mr. Morris was chairman of
1 Millet, tmrn Nov. 2.. The baby
this carnival feature but he had VISIT NEHALEM
Mr and Mrs. James Walter- weighed 8 pounds.
a great ileal of ssistance from
local Bov Scouts who helped visited the Lee Mead family m 1 Mr I awrenee is headmaster
! .it Gable County Day School
him run the side-how 'Harrell' Nehalem over the weekend.
Special Thanksgiving services
will he held on Thanksgiving
Day at Pilgrim Lutheran church.
Farmington Rd. at Menlo, at
10:30 a. m. The Rev. Erwin
Gerken, pastor of the church,
will preach on the basis of the
103rd Psalm. "TH AN KSG IVIN G
AND TH A N K S LIV IN G .”
Thanks will he shown in a spir­
itual way, by attending worship
and also In a material way. A
special
Thanksgiving
offering
will go into the Pilgrim building
fund. While clothing and dry
foods brought to the
church,
A miscellaneous shower which will be sent to two families and
orphans
which
Pilgrim
was staged as a “complete sur­ two
prise", Friday, November 21. at church has clothed and fed the
the Barnes Road home of her past year.
The public is cordially invit­
parents, honored the forthcoming
nuptials of Elsie B. Peterkort. ed to attend the slides and lec­
Route 5, Box 154, ami Dayton tures which are given every Fri­
day night and are bsed solely
C. Peck. Beaverton.
With Mrs. Walters and Mrs. i upon the verbally inspired Word
The
Peterkort presiding as joint hos­ of God. the Holy Bible.
tesses. 40 guests, all old friends fourth in this series will he held
and many long-time residents of Friday, Nov. 28, 8:00 p m. at the
the district, enjoyed the gala so­ church and will show the life
cial affair
Refreshments were of Christ. The fifth lecture on
Friday. December 5th, will also
served.
Date of the pending marriage he on “ The Life of Christ,” while
has not been definitely set. al­ the final slides and lectures will
though it is expected to take he shown on the follow ing Tues-
| rlav. December 9th. and will he
place some time in December
“ The Life of Paul.”
Surprise Shower
Barnes Rd. Home
Fetes Bride To Be
the signposts must have been
correct.
The dinner was an informal
affair, in place of the group's
regular meeting, to which wives
were invited. Joe Loomis donated
abundant turkey and caterers
fare
whipped up a delicious
The annual Union Thanksgiv­
ing Service, sponsored by the
Beaverton Ministers Association
will he held in Bethel Congrega­
tional Church, 6th and Watson
streets, at 10:00 Thanksgiving
morning with sermon hv Rev.
Orville Poulin. Highway Chapel.
Scripture by Rev. Bowers, First
Methodist, Thanksgiving Respon­
sive Reading by Rev. Leonard
Johnson, the Church of Nazar-
one, Benediction by Rev. Geo
Springer. Church of Christ, and
Invocation by Rev. Francis Stur-
tevant,
Bethel
Congregational
church.
The public is cordially invited
to share in this service of wot
ship and thanksgiving.
tary authority, November 4. took
off its kid gloves and demanded
plans be drawn up at once show­
ing immediate progress on sew­
age disposal plant under threat
of a court suit foi abatement
proceedings if the demand is not
met.
Aggressively
surveying
th e
state pollution picture, the sani­
tarians, in the state board o f
health offices, Portland, tolled o ff
a long list of offenders and serv­
ed blunt notice that it would use
all its powers, under state law.
against offending companies anil
cities which disregard the safety
of public health by maintaining
such health hazards.
Oregon members of the auth­
ority Include
Harold
Wendel,
chairman; B. A. McPhillips. Mc­
Minnville; John Veatch,
Port­
land. Blain Hallock. Baker; Chas.
Stricklin, Salem;
Kenneth H.
Spies. Salem and T. M. Gerow.
Salem.
New owners have taken over
the Donut Kettle, thriving busi­
ness stand at the east "Y ” , Bea­
verton, with Helen B. Little, for­
mer resident of Beaverton, and
Edith M. Blackwell assuming
the responsibility of furnishing
householders of the area with
big, springy doughnuts. Mr. and
Mrs. Clostin A. Carl started the
business, which was known as
“ Carl’s Donut Kettle” , anil their
retirement from the business was
made due to ill health.
Mrs. Julia Getford, who was
employed by the Carls, will re­
main with the new owners.
Under the new management,
the kettle will be open for fresh
doughnuts every day of the week,
including Fridays and Saturdays.
Kiwanis Schedule
Open Dinner For
Nuptials Nov. 15 —
Annex Discussion
D. Ann Katterman
To explore the Issue of the
And R'bt. Johnson forthcoming annexation of Kaiser
company’s Pinehurst, residential
district, the Beaverton Kiwanis
have scheduled an open discus­
sion dinner meeting, November
26, in the Kiwanis Hall, 6:30 p.m
to 8 p.m., in place of the regu­
lar club date, according to Leon­
ard Adams, chairman of the
group’s program committee
Although the public Is cordial­
ly Invited, Mr Adams requests
all local residents Intending to he
present to make early reserva­
tions so food arrangements may
be made in ample time
Garden Club Sets
Xmas Decoration
For Dec. Meeting
At the November meeting o f
the Cedar Mill Garden Club,
which was held Wednesday af­
ternoon Nov. 19, in the Grange
Hall dining room, Mrs. Leonard
l ppinghouse was elected to pre­
side in the absence of both the
president anil vice president. Mrs
C. M. Mattopn gave a program
committee report in which she
stated that is planned to devote
part of each regular meeting to
table decorations.
Another part of the program
will deal with nature study with
a series of lessons to be given
by Mrs. Frank I^iukat. On tlw
December program. Mrs. Ferry
will lie present to give instruc­
tions on Xmas decorations. Mrs.
I^tukat gave an informative talk
covering generalities df plaint
life.
Also on the program was Mrs-
G. C. Haskins who spoke on soil
anil fertilizer. She cited the need
of proper sort and nutrients for
various plants giving many ex ­
amples of acid and alkaline lov­
ing plants. Mrs. Mattoon then
gave tips for the gardener to ob­
serve in November.
"OLD FRAT" STAG NIGHT
Fred Scheller, Jr., and Francis
T. Sturtevant attended the an­
nual Gamma Sigma stag feed
held at Forest Hills Golf Out*
Nov. 22.
Rev. Sturtevant was the alum­
ni speaker on the program. Gam­
ma Sigma, a Pacific University
fraternity. Is the oldest frater­
nity west of the Rockies and
well-known In speech, Journalism
and other University activities.
GABLE LOSES GAME
Hillside school defeated the Gal*-
le school football team by
a
score of 24-12 on Wednesday,
Nov. 19. A return game will
lie played Nov. 26.
Festive Fishers Find Fun
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St. Cecilia’s Fall Festival pro­
vided fun and merriment, No­
vember 22, in the Aloha grange
hall.
Here, before the fish-pond con­
cession. some of the younger
generation are debating whether
to fish or cut bait, as they stand
by waiting for a chance at a
fishing pole.
In the background, many col­
ored balloons add
a carnival
note to the atmosphere
The Grange Hall was crowded
to the walls during the festivit­
ies and an estimated $2500 was
realized by the parish for Its lab­
orious venture.
'Photo bv Harrell— Beaverton)