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FOl'K I.ANE CANYON
ROAD HANGS 11» ON
PROPERTY WRANGLE Established 1927, VOLUM E 21. NUMBER l7
City Set To
BEAVERTON, WASHINGTON COU N TY, OREGON,
The Day Of "Easy Money"
FRIDAY
M AY 21, 1948
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS
SUBSCRIPTION IN ADVANCE $2 00 PER YEAR
,mProved Wa*er Graduates
___
In Elmomca Area . .
Honored;
Discussed May 25
Of
Grade School
___________________
Commencement
A ccording to E ngineer W illiam s, |
second in com m and to sta te h igh
A
^
w ay en gin eer R. H. Baldock. call
/o r bids on the im provem ent ot p
f
|
Canyon road from W est Slope t o j E H l O I * C e
L O W
th e B eaverton E ast “Y" to a four-
An open m eeting for all water
BOARD Gil \IRMAN PRESEN IS DIPLOMAS IO
lane road is h an gin g on the point
users
o f the Elm ontca district,
of a right-of-w ay w rangle. H e ex
scheduled
for May
25, in the
FIFTY-ONE STUDENTS IN \ N N U \ L RITT \L
pects th is d iffic u lty to be ironed
I
O.
O.
F.
hall,
B
eaverton.
8 p.
out to perm it legal ad vertising by
PEI POISONERS ON
m.. w ill hear ta lk s and discu ssion s
June 1, according to a statem ent
At the annual com m encem ent ta R obinson, song. "Dream Ships
by
John Chinook, attorney, and
m ade in a telephone conversation
cerem on ies for Beaverton grade Sailing . by girls triple trio, pi-
RAMPAGE; REPORTS
E
ngineer
S
m
ithson
of
the
W
olf
w ith W arren E rw in, county can d i
. .
,
j .. »*
in «no solo, "Arabesque”, Gale En-
,
..
. _
Creek and Aloha-H uber w ater d is sehool. held W ednesday. May 19,
date for the sta te legislature.
ger; class history, V anda Benson.
TELL OF ATTACKS
tricts
All
interested
parties
are
8 p. m.. in the school auditorium vooa, go,Q ..A„ the W orld Ig Sun.
A previous report from th e state
urged to he present, in this ex N orton Peck, chairm an of school sh in e”, M aralyn B oyei; presenta-
A new arrangem ent has been
h igh w ay departm ent office, 'in Sa
ploration o f a problem w hich is
lem , prom ised an earlier action w orked out w ith D. K. Kanne-
dlstrict 48 board of directors, pre- tlon of A m erican le g io n school
fast becom ing im perative am ong
on the m uch sou ght after im prove man, o fficia l protector of the pub
sented diplom as to fifty-one stu- aw ard; song.
Be the Best ot
residents o f Elm onica.
m ent in the heavily-travelled road lic’s Interest again st loose run
,
.W h a tev e r You C an”, eighth grade
dents.
I.ike
m
ost
of
T
u
alatin
valley,
section but in h is conversation, ning dogs of th e county, w hereby
girls’ chorus; valedictory. P atricia
residents of E lm on lco are faced
Mr. W ililam s reported that an un the county dog catcher w ill bend
Program arranged to honor the Madden, and presentation of di
with com p lication s arisin g from young graduates included: Pro plom as.
expected hitch In arrangem en ts an effo rt to apprehend all dogs
the low drainage condition of the cession al;
in
B
eaverton
that
are
running
has n ecessitated a tem porary de-
invocation.
Reverend
claf,H ro„ included
Jerry An.
terrain. H eavy rains and high w a Leonard Johnson; salutation. Gret- derson
loose, w hether they have a county
N ancy Anderson, Vanda
lay.
ter level of the sub su rface have
M eanw hile, h igh w ay departm ent licen se or not.
com bined to spread th e area's in A— — i — — — — — — --------- e- Benson, G eraldine Berquist, Rich-
A ccord i^ ; to city m anager M aur
crew s are con tin u in g w ith culvert
I ard Bess, Ilene Boge, M aralyn
creasing am ount of underground i
d itching and oth er w ork \W ich ice M. R om ig. B eaverton has an
B oyei.
Paul
Buffani,
P atricia
sew
age
until
d
efin
ite
fears
of
seem s to be preparatory to the ordinance requiring dog ow ners
| Campbell. Janet
Carl.
Beverly
contam inated w ells now point .up I
to
keep
their
pets
tied
up
or
con
prom ised im provem ent.
Durdel, Barry E astham . Dorothy
the
threat
of
epidem
ic
dangers
I
'
i
#
i
m
i
i
i
k
fined to a yard, under p en alty of
| Eddy, G ale Enger. E u gen e Fedu-
Private in v estig a tio n s by in ter
having them im pounded. Ju st such
| | ick, Martha Flore, R oberta Gibbs.
ested
residents
indicate
that
there
an ordinance is now on the ballot
! G lenys F riesen, R ichard Gervais.
are tw o con tam in ation-free souro
"V I
in the neighboring C om m unity of
Howard Grabhorn, M aurice Ouin-
es
of
w
ater
w
hich
are
com
par
Portland.
On the D ew ey Stassen merry-
M AY 15 W IL L BE REMEMBERED by many Beaverton
ther.
Jack
H aldem an,
E laine
atively near to the E lm on ica area.
A long w ith n otification that of
go-round, which is focusing
H ansen. Rarbara H ew itt, Arthur
residents as the day of "easy money " Inflationary tenden
Bull
R
un
w
ater,
from
Portland,
ficial action w ill be taken to pre
national attention on the race
H olm en.
cies, it is reported, even surpassed the wartime spending or A loha-Huber d istrict water,
ven t the p eregrination s of pet
betw een th ese tw o political
Maureen K ain. R onald K em m tr,
days
of
G
l.'s
in
their
"trading"
forays
with
South
Pacific
from
F
orest
Grove,
figure
in
pre
pooches, com es reports th a t som e
stalw arts for 12 votes in the
Ijiw
rence Leach, N ila L lchty, Zola
lim inary con sid erations for the
tw isted m en tality of the area is
natives
R epublican
party's
national
Lindsay, Bill Lovett, P atricia Mad
determ ined to pursue a dog poi
In case you were not there, the scene pictures the auc securing of a w ater supply.
convention, the noise and hull
den. Barbara Martin, A rvis M att
The May 25 m eetin g w ill ex
INSTALLATION RATE soning effort, even if it is neces tion, held in conjunction with the "Merchant Money" cam
abaloo is som ething terrific.
son. Joanne Morton, W endell Pike.
plore all an gles o f both possible
sary for him to invade pens w here
Rut all the hands and hurray
Philip Ram bo, Edw ard R am sdell,
paign conducted by some local merchants.
supplies.
R
esidents
are
encouraged
dogs m ay be kept.
OF AREA SAID TO
ing on the national level ends
Marilyn
R ay,
R onald
R enner.
Talking into the microphone is Rollie Truitt, master to be present and to take active
Mrs. W illiam H ew es. resident on
to obscure the real, im portant
G retta R obinson.
D ina
Semon,
part
In
the
d
iscu
ssion
s
w
hich
will
(Photo by Bob Roosch)
RE SIXTY PER WE EK Menlo D rive, tells of the latest of ceremonies
IAJCAL story.
Fern
Sm
ith,
Joan
ne
Springer,
Ger
follow the scheduled talks.
' ach ievem en t
by
the
m entally
T here is a job to be done on
ald St. Clair, R ichard Straley,
All
w
ho
are
interested
in
the
Friday, May 21. And that Job
Hernie T hom pson, Solie W alker,
W ith a new trunk line from tw isted dog poisoner w ho very
m atter are w elcom e to attend.
Allen W illiam s, C urtis W ilson and
w ill not be taken care of by
B eaverton into P ortlan d reported thoroughly broke the h earts of
the w inner o f the presidential
Sylvia W ilson.
ly installed M ay 18, subscribers her little children as w ell as her
trial heat. It concerns the
o f the W est C oast T elephone com own. H er sta tem en t w as in the
sta te and county level o f gov
pany are prom ised m uch better form o f a sem i-obituary of a pet
ernm ent — that governm ent
service on long d istan ce calls, golden cocker sp aniel w hich she
w hich w ill a ffe ct you and
through a rearrangem ent that has had in a little dog pen.
The poisoner, apparently, uses
FUNDS SHORTAGE HAMPERS CONTI Nl VTION
yours directly and prim arily.
been made of all such ou tgoin g
Don't let the expensive na
lines, according to A. D. Scripture, som e new sort of k illing agent
F irst sig n s are listlessn ess and a
PROGRAM PLANS FOR YOUTH ORGANIZATION
tional oratory dull your eyes
district m anager. F orest Grove.
to the fact that th is race for
P reviou sly, B eaverton had 13 loss o f appetite. W ithin n ine days,
F aced by a shortage of $2100 sisted by C larence Buffani, Tom
a handful of the 1094 nation
tw o-w ay trunk lin es into P ortland how ever, th e dog so poisoned dies In funds, the T u alatin valley d is -1 Graf, P aul Taggart, Harold Gre-
al convention votes Is nothing
and frequ en tly th e operator would in convulsions, a fter a slow, tor
gory
and
F
isher
Logan.
tricts of the Boy S couts are em
m uch less than a high-pressure
hold up the service from B e a tured process.
R
aleigh
H
ills
solicitations
are
CONVENTIONS DEAL
She reports a veterin arian told b ark ing on a fund raising cam - under ^
ch. , rmHnghip of s A
cam p aign foi political buildup.
verton in order to accom m odate
her
that
the
poison
goes
from
the
R ather, concern you rself with
ca lls origin atin g in P ortland. U n
paign. w hich w ill be m arked by Fredeen w hile M H H ansen han-
WITH WATER AND
der th e n ew setup, how ever, B ea in testin es in to th e nerve centers a big kick-off m eeting. May 24, dles Bonny Slope
the fact that If you w ant good
and
the
dog
su
ffer
s
beyond
m
eas
clean governm ent IN O R E
verton w ill have 14 d irect trunks
T here are 24 h alts in the T u ala
in the A m erican Legion hall. B ea
SEWER PROBIJ- MS
in to
Portland,
w ith 13 direct ure until It dies. She w arns other verton, 7:30 p. m., according to tin district, representing 646 cubs
GON, you m ust stir your
dog
ow
ners
to
ta
k
e
their
pets
for
tru nk s from P ortland Into B ea
stum ps and vote for can d i
City M anager M aurice R om ig
veterin ary care as soon as the M aurice M. R om ig, chairm an of and boy scouts. E fficien cy charts
dates on the county and state
is back in B eaverton th is week,
verton.
the
B
eaverton
solicitation
com
m
it-
o
f
the
22
districts
of
the
state
Mr. S cripture declares th at B ea first sig n s appear, w hen there is tee.
after sp en din g five days in Boise.
level.
show T u alatin in six th place as
verton and v icin ity subscribers still a good chance to save them .
R em em ber, the ch aracter of
Idaho, w here
he attend ed
the
B
eaverton,
W
est
Slope,
Cedar
of
the
first
of
May.
She realizes, sadly, that th ere Is
should benefit, by th is arrange
the sta te is the ch aracter of
c o n v e n t io n of the A m erican W a
Mill,
R
aleigh
H
ills
and
Bonny
C
larence
Buffam
,
Beaverton,
is
m ent, w ith a little fa ster service no plea of d ecency, no a ccu sa Slope troup w orkers com prise one ch airm an of the T u alatin district
the citizen s W HO VOTE!
terw orks association, and o f the
th a t
can
on calls out of the local exchange. tion of sh a m efu ln ess
P acific N orth w est S ew age W orks
MISS
M
A
R
ILY
N
W
A
LKER
,
phase of the drive, w hile Tigard, and is lik ew ise represen tative on
R egardin g new phone in sta lla touch the distorted m en tality of Shejw ood. T ualatin,
association , in a trip w hich , he
M
allory
and
the
P
ortland
area
council
execu
daughter
of
Mr
and
Mrs.
C
one who is so low in the hum an
tions. the d istrict m anager re
reports, rew arded him w ith m uch
Ladd H ill m ake up
the southern tlve board.
Bryan W alker, Route 3, Box
scale as to poison a ch ild ’s pet.
ports that there are three in sta ll
valuable inform ation.
end of the district. E ach com m un-
The m ain purpose o f th e s o lid 43, Beaverton, is shown as she
in g crew s busy on a backlog of
Also in atten d an ce at the tw o
ity represented w ill
have Its own tation. w hich will be on a person- appeared, May 14, at com
about 700 held orders. N ew phones
con ven tions w ere w ater and se w
I cam paign personnel,
w ith individ- al basis, will be to m eet the gen-
mencement exercises w h i c h
are being put in, he said, a t the
age experts, sta te san itary a u th or
* ual chairm en, but w ill w ork to eral budget for a d m in istrative ex-
average of 60 per w eek and it is
ity represen tatives,
independent
gether in an in tegrated effo rt to penses, w ithout which local seout- marked her graduation from
Follow ing in itial au dition s held con su lting en gin eers and city ad
hoped to have all ap plications
! bring in enough to
m eet budget ing program s would fail of ef- the Emanuel Hospital school
Saturday, May 15, In th e B eaver m inistrators.
cared for w ith in three m onths, or
requirem ents.
fectlv en ess,
it w as said.
T he of nursing, Portland
about the m iddle o f A ugust.
In a com parison of th e sta te s
Miss W alker graduated from ton Odd F ellow s hall, am ateur
The Beaverton group is under am ount sought throuogh the Port-
S in ce school d istrict No. 48 is
T he phone com p any w ill issu e a
the
leadership
of
M.
R
om
ig,
as-
j
land
area
is
$8,000.
Beaverton high school in 1944 th esp lan s of eastern end of the of W ashington. Oregon and Idaho.
now
recognized
as
first
rlass,
pro
T ualatin v a lley have started the R om ig said, tlje three sta te s stand
com plete new directory, listin g all
a ctiv e developm ent of a play In that order in regard to present
new as w ell as old phone num bers cedure for eleetion of a new d irec
goers
organization
w hich
will developm ents. Oregon plans, how
on Septem ber 20, instead of the tor to serve on th e board w ill be
stress the local and am ateur activ ever, prom ise to put it on a par
usual January 20, 1949. This is different, this year, from the pro
ity am ong the younger set. under with W ashington. Idaho, due to
being done in the b elief that it cedure follow ed in the past, ac-j
16 in Portland's
cording to Errol H assell, super-
Sunday, May
direction of M iss Pat Bolton.
w ould p rove of m ore con ven ience intendent.
finan cial lim itation troubles, has
j T rinity B ap tist church Thurlow
E ncouraged by the response her fallen quite a w ay behind in the
to phone users, in view of the
V oting will take place in the W eed, local attorney, w as seated
effo rts have already brought out,
m any new phones to be connected.
B eaverton grade sehool building next to H aiold S tassen. Introdue-
The Beaver chapter Order of as w ell as the prom ise of support developm ent parade.
In the m eantim e, the com pany
All of Tualatin valley is in vit
R om ig reports that the statu«
betw een the hours of 2 p. m. and 'nK h im self after th e
services,
D em olay, last T u esday night, b e from adults of the area, Miss B ol
w ill supply another special sup
of Beaverton's sew er plans are the
7 p. m., on June 21. The nam e W eed told the v isitin g M innesotan ed, May 21, to a sp ecial cooking stow ed the initiatory degree upon
ton is desirous to form a com m it
plem ent. around the 15th of June,
offered
free
to
of an y qualified elector m ay be that they they had m uch in corn- dem onstration
five
new
candidates,
Edward tee o f people w ho are Interested sam e, w ith the d ifficult task of
w hich w ill carry the listin g s o f all
hom em akers by F la tt’s Canyon
placed on the ballot as a eandi- ™on for each w as seek in g a R e
R am sdell, Cyril W right, Richard In th e furtherance of the recrea preparing an ordinance the last
phones up to and including May
road store Beaverton, betw een 2
hurdle barring the issue from a
date for school director if a certi- publican nom ination,
Shafer, Richard Olson and Jam es tion program.
and 4:30 in the aftern oon and
31
vote
by the general public.
ficate of nom ination, signed by
W hen W eed Informed Mr. Stas-
Gregory, at the B eaverton Ma
The com m ittee. Miss Bolton de
from 7 to 8:30 In the evening
D uring his absence, h ighw ay en
ten qualified voters, is filed w ith sen that he w as a candidate for
son ic temple.
clares, hopes to eventu ally repre
C onducting the school, In an ex
E. H. M asters not later than Ju ne ju stice of the peace, th e president
This degree, headed by Master sent various fraternal and service gineers have begun im provem ent
position
which
includes
sm
okeless
14.
ial can d idate replied that the tw o
Councilor D ick N elson, w as one of organ izations o f the vulley as work on E ast and Lombard streets.
and
odorless
broiling
as
w
ell
as
The candidate, so nom inated, certain ly had much in com m on
tw o degrees given before adm it w ell as schools and businessm en. The city m anager declares that
crew s will put a four-foot strip
m ust file an accep tan ce with Mr. for he. too, w as cam p aigning for precision baking, w ill he M iss Lois tance to the order. T he second or
T he group w ill act In gu idan ce of on the east side of ex istin g pave
H eesacker, Oregon S ta te college
M asters not later than Ju n e 16.
"justice” and "peace.”
D em olay degree, will be conveyed the Plnygoers, which will remain
graduate
home econom ist. The
Thursday, May 20, to these and strictly am ateur and strictly local. m ent on Lombard, from the rail
d em onstrations w ill be m ade on
seven other fellow s for the ap Any person Interested in serving w ay «rack to 13th street and will
new
two-oven
W erlgewood g a s
Funeral services in the B ethel
im prove the en tire road surface
proval of B eaverton M asonic lodge on the com m ittee, or In helping
C ongregational church. May 19,
range, furnished by the Portland
to
a width of 16 su rface feet.
After receiving this last degree In an y w ay to help the rerrea
Gas & Coke com pany, In w hose
2 p m., w ere held for L eslie S h er-|
T his will not m ean, he points
these m em bers will be eligible to tlon plan, are asked to contact
m an Barnes. 77. w ell-know n B ea
service departm ent Miss Hees-irk
attend the Oregon D em olay con Miss Bolton, through this new s out, that any more property will
ej is a member.
verton pioneer, w ho passed aw ay
be required In the im provem ent
clave at Salem this Friday and paper, and help the project to the
at the Good Sam aritan hospital
D uring both the afternoon and
project.
Saturday, May 21 and 22 where! su ccess lt deserves.
In Portland. May 15. R everend !
evening sessions, cook ies will be
all D em olay chapters in Oregon
Purpose of the P laygoerr Is
E verett
B ow ers officia ted ' and I
baked, for sam pling by all who
gather and present degrees, par to en courage the developm ent of
vault interm ent
w as m ade
in
attend. Miss H eesacker, also, will
ades and drill work
am ateur en tertain ers
for
local
C rescent Grove cem etery.
answ er any question
regarding
stage presen tation s, aim in g for an
Mr B arnes w as born on Aprils
broiling, baking or top of stove
eventual appearance over the ra
25. 1871, in Long Lake, M innesota
cooking.
dio The program is not designed
For the past 64 years, he had . I
In addition. F la tt’s will award
lived in Beaverton, con trib utin g to
a handsom e floor lam p as dooi
Last rites for Sim on Henry to con flict or com pete w ith an;
Contract
on
replacem ent
of
Its developm ent. He w as a m em
prize, during each d em onstration G eorge Fricke, who passed away other sim ilar recreational effort.
wooden m ains and certain laterals
Rather,
It
Is
being
organized
as
ber o f the B ethel C ongregational
in Portland on May 15, were held
that have seen about 28 years of
church.
at the chapel o f the R lverview the result of a d efinite need as
GET
ACQ
U
AIN
TED
TEA
service, in th e R aleigh w ater d is
ex
ists
in
the
eastern
end
of
the
Surviving children include Mrs
ce m e te iy crem atorium on May 18.
trict, has been let to R ude anad
W omen's F ellow ship of Bethel 1 30 p. m., w ith R everend White- county.
F loren ce MoCallen, Portland; Mrs
C ongregational chureh w ill hold side* of the H illsboro Episcopal
A dults w ho m ight not feel th em com pany, w ith th e stip ulation that
Pearl Lingo, Los A ngeles; Harry
their annual "get acquainted" tea church o fficia tin g
selves able to devote tim e and construction w ill start about Sep
M. Barnes. Beaverton; Mrs Hazel
!
Thursday,
May
26,
from
2
to
5
work
are tem ber 1 and be com pleted w ith
Fuller. H illsboro; Cecil J. Barnes,
Mr F ricke had lived In Port effort to com m ittee
I p m . in the social loom o f the land since 1920 and is survived n evertheless urged to contact Min. in 60 days. N ew construction will
Santa Rosa. C alifornia and M is
be steel-lined.
L ucille Barnes, Beaverton.
by his wife, Maren, and the fol Bolton, care of the new spaper, and
FEATURED at the school graduation exercises at M c I church.
T he district budget for the fis
All ladies of the church are in lo w i n g children: V ictor S Fricke advise her of their Interest and
Also rem aining are his sisters,
Kay school, Thursday, May 13, before a copacity crowd,
cal
year ending June 30, 1949. w as
vlted.
especially
those
w
ith
sm
all
Mrs Beryl Steen. Milton. Oregon,
and Theodore B. Fricke of route support.
were the above pictured eighth grade students who now
approved at an annual m eeting
children. N ursery care will be pro 3, Beaverton: Carl H Fricke, lx
and Mrs. M abel McLeod. H ills
embark upon a high school career
held May 18, 7:30 p. m., in the
vided fot the youngsters.
M ltS T GRANDSON’
boro, a brother, E rnest Barnes.
< : 11 os, Calif., A lbert C. F ricke. Lt
P ortland Golf cli.b.
F irst rr w , left to right, Lavella DeHaan, Lucille Wright,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
E
O.
Webb
are
Grand Ronde. Oregon and a step
_________
; A ngeles, Calif., and Mrs. Marie
B udget com m ittee Included W il
receivin g con gratu lation s upon the
M IR IM
lio
i l I \i
Pot' cia Schlaht, Carol Coulter and Sharon Tippery
brother. W illis Colm an. In Alaska
liam
Steudler, chairm an, W J
arrival
of
their
first
grandchild
He also had 15 grandchildren and
A group o f ladies of the N ile children and tw o great grand
Second row left to right, Gobnella Ghigletti, Elwood
a son born last w eek to Mr and B row ning, Earl S Briggs, John
18 great grandchildren
sewed at the Shrine hospital In children.
- K-m and Viola Fanno
;rt, Charles Ward, Fred A
K Crow and Edw ard Kropp.
Mrs Lym an W ebb in E ugene.
P egg's M ortuary w as in charge
P egg's M ortuary In charge
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