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bEAVERTON, WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1949
VOLUME 22, Number 27
Clubs, Businessmen Join
In Recreation Program
Beaverton Survey
Underway; Port.
Housing Comm.
SQUARE DANCE GROUP
EXTENDS HEARTY
"WESTERN" WELCOME
Her«» w e (‘onte with the old
meiw w agon
A s ta ff o f P ortland experts
OVER 500 INTERESTED PEOPLE ENJOY
llin d w heel broke and the axle
has been quietly at w ork all week
draggin'
in B eaverton counting every dw el­
BENEFIT STYLE SHOW, ENTERTAINMENT
It’s tim e for a squ.ir dance,
lin g unit, b usin ess establishm ent
boys—
and even vacant lots in the com ­
Sw ing 'em high and sw ing 'em
T he con tinu ance through A ugust
m unity.
low
19 of the d aytim e recreation pro­
It’s all part of the survey of
And keep on »wingin' that
gram conducted at the B eaverton
P ortland
and
the
surrounding
calico—
grad e school w as assured by the
m etropolitan area being made by
R ight on down to the Iteaxer-
C om m unity
R ecreation
B enefit
the
P ortland
H ousing
Survey
ton h igh school cafeteria on
held W ednesday, July 20, in the
com m ittee, u sin g com bined city
F riday night, .Inly 2!» at 8:30
cafeteria of the Beaverton Union
and sta te funds.
p. ni.
h igh school.
A lready the count has been
The B eaverton old-tim e danee
A lthough the exact am ount of
com pleted w ithin th e Portland c i­
D
orm
an
McGann,
8-year-old
son
group w hich h a s been vacation
m oney raised for recreation in the
ty lim its and now Beaverton, Os­
area cannot be given yet, because o f Mr. and Mrs. Cal McGann, S. w ego. L ake Grove, Oak Grove, ing thru' the sum m er except for
n ot all th e m oney has bben turned E. 12th St., B eaverton, had a near M ilw aukie, G resham and Troutdale a party once a m onth is planning
in, it is know n th at over $400 will brush w ith death T uesday a fte r­ are being covered. R ep resen tatives this m onth's party to be a grand
affair.
be available. $200 Is needed to
noon w hen a .38 calibre revolver of D an Clark II and A ssociates
All the H'l sage hens bring a
com p lete
the sum m er program .
of P ortland are m ak in g the local passel o f cook ies and wear a cot­
T h e rest w ill be used to m eet ex- th at an older boy w as sh ow ing tally.
ton d ress (lo n g or short,» and
p en ses at th e T een A ge center. to som e sm aller children w as dis­
W hen it is com p leted one out
More d efin ite plans w ill be made charged. The bullet knocked out of ev ery 25 d w ellin g units will he their pards w ear their jeans and
a fte r
the
d efin ite
am ount
is three upper teeth on the right visited by in terview ers w ho will flash y sh irts. P unch will be ser­
ved and 50c in th e pot will defray
know n.
side and lodged near the jugular obtain the a ctu al inform ation expenses.
T he su ccess o f th is ev en in g is
w hich Is the basic purpose of the
Progrint wil be old-tim e couple
due to th e fa ct that so m any or- | vein on the left side of his neck. survey. It w ill provide valuable
d
ances
and square dancing. You
gan iaation s and in dividu als co- , The accid en t occurred betw een fa cts not only for residents but ,
are w elcom e.______________________
operated to m ake it so. T ick ets 1:30 and 2 p. m.
for such groups as realtors, banks
w ere sold by every w om en's or- j T he em ergen cy treatm ent w as and civic officials.
g iv in g in form ation as to the num­
gan ization in and around B eaver­
ber
of persons in the structures
F
ra
n
cis
A.
S
taten
o
f
Portland,
g iven and the bullet rem oved
ton, w ith Mrs. W. S tratton and
ch airm an o f the com m ittee, has J and type of liv in g facilitirs con
T u esday
ev en in g
Dorman., w as
Mrs. C. E . B ailey in charge.
stressed that in th e present count­ tained.
T he Junior C ham ber of Com-1 restin g as w ell as m ight be ex- ! ing of stru ctures on ly such per­
"We w ant to m ake this the best
m erce, K iw an is
and
W estd ale pected h is fath er stated.
sons as operators of boarding and survey the area ever has had
M other’s club not only turned
Severe powder burns on the lodging houses, or persons who and w e h ave to get this inform a­
their m eetin g tim e over to the R e­ right side of his face m ay leave j live in the rear of sm all business tion so w e can set the stage for
creation b en efit, but helped great­ perm an en t scars, according to Mr j esta b lish m en ts w ill be contacted. the a ctu a l Interview ing and have
ly in preparation for th e program . McGann.
H e ask ed their co-operation in our a v era g es righ t,” he said.
T he m erch ants of the area w ere
particularly generous in their g ifts
for the b en efit. E veryon e w ho w as
con tacted w a s m ore than w illin g I
to lend support to th e program . |
M any offered to help, but w ere j
asked to w ait until the n ext recre- I
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f
a tio n b e n e fit to be held A ug u st
27, in order to divide th e load
w ith in the area.
O ver 500 neighbors and friend s |
of th is area enjoyed the pot luck j
supper togeth er, in sp ite o f the I
JR. C. of C , KIWANIS, CHURCHES, GIVE SANCTION
fact that th ev had to be rather '
crow ded inside because th reaten ­
FOR CONTINUANCE OF RECREATION PROGRAM
ing rain d uring th e d ay kept the
com m ittee from h olding the pro­
gram in th e stadium as originally
planned
The T een-A ge club in' B eaver- again st players from neighboring
Mr. A D G eorge, accom panied
,
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ton is a goin g concern w ith a towns.
by Dod B erg, led everyon e In
,
com m unity sin g in g throughout the , m em bership o f 75 at the end of
F urnished to provide a gam e
evening. R everend A lbert K in g I the flrst three w eeks. A com plete room w here pool, ping-pong and
opened the g a th erin g w ith prayer. ; rostieir ° f of,ficers ftre leading sh u ffle board m ay be enjoyed.
D urin g the early part o f the eve- w eek ly b usin ess m eetin g s to for- and a brow sing room w hich has
n ing the you n gsters ta k in g hand m u la,e a ctiv ity plans, and estab bppn f urnisbpd to provide a place
during the sum m er played several ,ish rules and regu lation s for the for reading, con versation, or per-
num bers under th e d irection of KrouP-
haps a gam e of ch eck ers (ch ess
“Snap G illm ore.”
U n til the start of school there js a planned addition in the n ear I
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a ctiv itie s
scheduled
every future), and an o ffice for th e ad-
u | u > ic a r iss •> e
night except Sunday and Monday m inistration of the club, th e group
Accidental Shot
Nearly Fatal To
Beaverton Lad
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Rebekahs Install
Certain O fficers
At July 19 Meet
Beaverton R ebekah Lodge No.
248 met in regular session on July
19th with u good attend ance re­
ported.
Mabel Glllmore, D istrict Deputy
President, assisted by her D eputy
Marshall. Leona Rand. Installed
into their offices conductor, Flo­
rence Rice, and O utside Guard­
ian. May Lusk. The Good of the
Order chairm an P earl Brow nrigg,
had a well planned program.
Nobel Grand, Anna Taylor, pre­
sented J essie Lee Bollinger with
a gift from the Lodge.
J essie Lee will leave for N ew
York on the 24th w here she will
leave by troop ship for W eisbad-
en. Germany,
A m erican
Zone,
where she is em ployed as Gov't,
secretary.
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The Lodge paid her a tribute by
all singing. "I’ll Be Ix»ving You
A lw ays”. After closin g of lodge
the singing w as continued w ith
com m unity sing in d ining room
led by Mr. Roland Pearce. R e­
freshm ents were served, co n sist­
ing of cookies, punch, and coffee.
SIN G L E COI*Y FIVK ( ENTS
SUBSCRIPTIO N IN A D V A N C E *2.00 l ’U t Y E M I
FREE TRANSPORTATION
OFFERED VOTERS SAT.
B eaverton
resident»
who
w U li to vote on the budget
Saturday, hut are unable to
w alk to th e |Hills, or are oth ­
erw ise Inconvenienced, will he
fiirulshixl transportation
h\
calling Beaverton 3231 or j j h
Th« He are the phone nuni-
bera o f the Beaverton P har­
m acy and R asm ussen Garage,
firm s w ho h a \e i olnnti*ared
th e us«* o f their ears to get
th«> voters out.
G r. Encampment
O fficers Return
From Ft. Jones,
T he follow ing Grand Encam p­
m ent o fficers returned Sunday
from Ft. Jones, Calif, where they
visited tw o encam pm ents. A R.
M cLaughlin, Grand Patriarch of
D ayton,
Ore ; William
Bloom,
Grand H igh Priest. Beaverton;
H ugh Lew is, Grand Junior Ward
en, Y am hill, O re: and W illiam
Ebhart of McMinnville. Ore.
T here w ere over one hundred
can d idates for the two encam p­
m ents one at Scott Valley and the
E N T E R T A IN S C H E E R IO CLUB oth er at Mt. Shasta. Calif.
Theresa Gibson en tertain ed the
Most of Grand officers from
“Cheerio Club" at her hom e last these encam pm ents plan to be at
Thursday with a luncheon and E u gen e, Oregon. Aug. 6 .
bridge. Her extra g u ests were I
Mrs. Thurlow W eed, Mrs. F rances 10-DAY' VACATION
Cook, Mr*. Edna Freize and M is
Mr. and Mrs. A. R Pearson are
Gertrude G illespie of Chicago.
on a 10 day vacation trip.
Heavy Vote
To Decide
City Budget
ALL CITY SERVICES
SUBJECT TO VOTERS
APPROVAL SATURDAY
A large turnout is expected at
the election on the Beaverton Ci­
ty budget w hich will be held in
the B eaverton City H all, Satur­
day. July 30, from 8 a. m to 8
p. m. D efeat o f the budget at the
election held June 29 n ecessitates
Saturday's vote,
A public hearing Friday eve­
ning at w hich tim e all o f those
w-ishing to voice opinions on the
proposed budget m ay appear and
l>e heard at a m eeting of the city
council. T his m eeting is set for
that purpose and anyone desiring
further inform ation on the sui>-
ject is urged to attend.
A doption of this budget will
provide funds for the fire depart­
m ent, police departm ent, Beaver­
ton City Library, street lighting,
street m ainten an ce and repair and
general services rendered bv the
city.
V arious city groups are urging
the citizen s of B eaverton to vote
at this election. To arouse Inter­
est in the election w indow sign s
arc being displayed throughout
the business district ad visin g citi­
zens of the election.
TEEN-AGE CLUB DEVELOPING REGULAR PROGRAM
y WQ M d! FinanCC btO IT O t
Youth Center; Invest $2,000
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with ,hp rhlh room s ,hp mpetini; after a m ere three w eek s of ac
place, from 7 to 10:30 p. m. ex- tivity is already fig u rin g on w ays
cePt F riday w hen there Is a dance Gf g ettin g m ore room as It is ex- |
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r. ,
£ 7 .1 '» « “
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n .o f« a
*hort
the m em bership to thp club w ill
«how, which featured garm ents cym .
The schedu le a fter the start of totaI 300 a ctjve m em bers
from the stores w ithin the area. school has not been decided upon.
W ednesday
n ig h t
is
"guest
D on Johnston of H illsboro m ade ; but it is planned to keep the cen ­
Shown, left to right, In the photo are: B arhaia H einrich. Pat
G A T H E R E D A B O U N D T H E PIA N O in th. Teen A <■ Club
a very able com m entator, and ap- [
> pveryone bas a cordial in vitation
at th e first Saturday n ight opening, Ju ly 16, are shown a group of
propriate background m usic w as ter open at least
_ three night
Hanley, Ed Zurfluh, Mrs. N orton L. P eck, Mrs. Mildred H ughes,
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__week during that tim e.
young people and their advisors en joying the privileges of the
to visit and see ju st w hat this
furnished by Mrs. Clem Lorson
C larence Poppert, M arlene Douglas, Jan ice Cllen, Harry R othschild,
center. Shown with the young people are four of the adults who
and Mrs. Robert Barnes. The mo-
P in g-p ong and pool tournam ents youth group is doing. T h is in v ita ­
D ave Baker, Bill D aw es, E. W. Kenney, Shirley W illiam s, Im elda
have
been
instrum
ental
and
helpful
In
g
ettin
g
the
center
developed
dels were all little ty k es from the are planned to begin im m ediately tion is sp ecially intended for the
Bailey,
anil Onlta Albino.
P hoto by H arrell -- B eaverton 4988
a
s
a
part
of
the
com
m
un
ity
life.
Sm all Fry classes of th e recrea with elim ination co n tests startin g parents and older friend s of th e
to
determ
ine
the
“cham
ps"
of
the
youth of the area to get better
tion program, teen agers w ho are
m em bers o f the teen age center, group w ho w ill then he pitted acquainted w ith the club and see Building a Com m unity
R ecreation has becom e an In-
just what has been accom plished
and adults w ho live w ith in the
and what plans for the future crea sln g ly m ore im portant requl-
area-
'expression o f appreciation to the
have
m ade.
, site in the program o f building a
John Comer painted the bark- follow ing:
nave been
neen macie.
ground of a large clock, indicat-
W alk er’s D ep artm en t Store, Bea
The first o fficers selected to com m un ity witb ,h < increased pop­
in g the them e of "Styles of the verton E lite DrPSa Shop Beaver-
guide th e orgnizatlon include: ^ a tl° na lln ,he B^a',erton . Aloha,
Hours." This w as carried out from fon
W eiby's,
B eaverton,
The
Bill D aw es, president; D ave Ba W es* ® 0pe, area' ** vacan t lots
the household bein g aw akened Fashlon Bar, Aloha, S tarkles Tot ker, supervisor; John Comer, l i t ,
_W!1'I^.?
Saturday, A ugust 27, at th e
in the m orning by th e
littlest sh op H askell Center, Lad and vice-president;
Ed Zurfluh, 2nd " a consequence more children are
high school a th le tic field , the
you ngster, through to th e end of laj ,.. Shop, W est Slope, Chez Suzy. , vice-president;
Shirley W illiam s. required to seek th eir recreation
Beaverton lodge IOOF, w ill spon­
day, when "Dad w in ds the cat Wpst slop e. The F ash ion House, secretary; Don M etcalfe, treasus- eith er in a greatly confined -.rea,
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for am usem ent
sor the first annual R ecreation al
and puts the clock out.”
R landings D ream H ouse, W alker er: Bill Fudge
sergeant-at-arm
s: ° r seek out places
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F estival for th e b en efit o f the
Inform ation on the work of the Boad.
Alton Byrd, publicity chairm an; a w ay from home.
S tartin g last year th e Beaverton
recreational program In the Bea­
recreation com m ittee, and th e tw o
VVpst Slope V ariety Store, Wal- and Paul W ilson, art director,
verton district.
m ain parts of its program w as ton tbp Ta iior, W est Slope. L'Abbe
“A m ore rigid check of mem - area began their sum m er recrea­
All the other civic organ ization s
given bj| Mr*. Mildred H u ghes. Mr. F| owpr Shop. W est Slope Clean- hership
cards Is
go in g to he tion program for sm all children
i in th e Aloha, B eaverton and W est
O scar Martin told how the city pr„ W est Slope P harm acy. Can- j started," stated Bill D aw es, pres- w hich proved su ccessfu l and again
i Slope areas w ill join w ith th e Odd
councll is in support of the work yQn B eauty Shop. W est Slope Gro- ident, "but w e w ish to extend this year such a program w as car­
F ellow s #o m ake th is truly a
of the com m ittee. Carolan Popp cpry an d M arket. R eedville Dairy, a cordial in vitation
to anyone ried on under the supervision of
a paid supervisor for the pro­
com m unity function.
expressed the appreciation of the (->a]p<, Furniture, C anyon Drug at interested to visit the club on
gram .
Final plans are not com pleted
teen agers for the center and the HaskPn Center, D oughty's Appli- j W ednesday ev en in g s " I'd like to
H ow ever, this is the first year
j but the ten ta tiv e program lines
opportunity
it a fford s for
the ancp sh op . Lake R oad Service add." Bill continued, "that the
up as follow s:
you ng people to get together.
Station.
d ances on F riday ev en in g are that B eaverton has had such fa ­
cilities as the T een-age Center
Mr. M. C ollett
of
H azeldale
K aiser-Frazer, Mr. K eene; The j open to anyone . w a n tin
g
to
com
e
POOL IS PROVING A PO P! I.AU PA STIM E with the mrm
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whprp ,b o se very im portant mem-
SATURDAY A FTER N O O N
ch allenged the paren ts o f the W asherette, Johnson's D og and T here is a 25 cent adm ission ,
bers o f the Teen-Aye Club. A tournam ent is planned -to d eterm in e
hers of our com m unity could meet
Program put on by the “Sm all
w ho Is the Clubs best player, a fter which It is hoped that m eets
com m un ity to u nite in their e f - ! Cat H ospital. D ana P o rter’s Jew - j ch arge.”
their com panions and enjoy an
m ay be arranged with out-of-town clubs to determ ine d istrict su pre.
F ry” and the grade school chil­
fort to carry th e program for- j elry Store. C ham berlin ’s
Shoe
T he senior group w ho act as even in g in the com pany of those
m acy. The girls are also startin g to become Interested in the gam e
dren, danqlng. m usic, tum bling,
ward until a recreation district Repair.
B eaverton
P harm acy, advisors con sist of the founders.
th eir own age.
and th e pool table Is alw ays running to rapacity. The "S.cen: a
handicraft, races, baseball, etc.
is
form ed.
and. am ong other D ean’s
D rug
Store.
B eaverton E w
K enney and H arry R oths- M**n S*-». Need
cue" ch arge 1.“ about su fficien t to keep the table and equipm ent in
T here
w ill he no
adm ission
th in gs the facilities of a sw im - F lorists. W h itesid e V ariety Store fh i|d wW|) , hrpp truBtepg
MrB
good repair it Is believed, and like rharges on other en tertain m en t
In the developm ent o f this cen ­
! ch arge to the afternoon program .
m ln g pool are m ade available for T hrifty Market.
H azel Bergquam . of th e H azel-
featu
res
o
f
the
club
goes
into
the
club
treasury.
ter lies a story of real com m un­
A rrangem ents are being hand­
all.
McCall Oil Co.. Beaverton. Falk d a ,e achool Mr Behren*. a
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ity Interest.
led by recreational director, Mil­
Mr Sudtel conducted th e auc- H ardware. H ask ell Center, Idea genUl*fv€ o f th e Odd F ello w s lod*e
R ealizin g the im portance of the
dred H ughes, assisted by Mrs.
tion in w hich th e garm en ts and C leaners. B eaverton B arney’s Gun and H ow ard Sm ith, a d elegate youth program for th e area, hut other problem s in the area to j little
response w as g iv en . The
other articles given by the stores and Sport Shop. H askell Center. from thp j UBjor C ham ber
of seein g that it did not go beyond m ake such expenditures by the tw o men. who had thu s fa r m ade Burkland, the m others and teen­
age volunteers.
w ere sold to the h igh est bidder L. C. H arrell Studio. F lan n ery’s com m erce.
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the very sm all children, tw o men people a possibility at this tim e a 8tart, decided to go all the
G reatest a ctiv ity cam e w hile Jay R anch House. W estern Wood Pro
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SATURDAY EV EN IN G
Gibson bought the o v e r a l l s o ff of duets. Gra.ter
and
A ckerm an pndor8pmpnt
from
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ThM * ,w o mPn
, ° * c,h eir
way, and furniture and equipm ent
Road race from Aloha to B ea­
Farm er Jones."
T erry’. F u m ltu r .. Can von R - d rhurrhpc in thp arpa i ^ g e a b ud -
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m eetin g s and after an exchange quarters
readied
for
opening verton.
H ow ard Sm ith and Ed K enney
and F lo r a l W est slo p e R<> nP«mpn.B cIub,
m o th er’s clubs they assum ed the '<>*.e responslbll of ideas decided that with the night.
B icycle races.
handled the giv in g of the prizes
cord *nd Girt Shop.
p T A.'s and all Hvtc groups But j lt|e s and began to assem b le the G range hall having space avail
At , hp Pnd o f thp
thrpp
R unning races
quarter-m ile,
also donated by th e stores. The Modern
Interiors, W est Slope the opportunity for every adult 1 m aterial to interest the future
able they would team -up and lease wppkg nf operation, the club has h alf m ile and one m ile
m ain prize of a lovely hand cro-
Toy M enagerie, W est Slope, Gre- m the com m un ity to get behind 1 m em bers of the Teen-age Center, the space and get som ething start- nParly
thp treaaury w hlch
Sp«,.,a | PVents.
cheted tablecloth, m ade by Myr- j gory Signal S ervice Station. Flor- the program Is at hand.
E w K enney and H arry Jloths-
is
not
quite
su
fficien
t
to
m
eet
)
,
tle Buzan. a little blind girl, w ent ence B eauty Shop. Mr Sudtell o f
Aa one Individual w ho recently child had both been w orking to­
W ith a ssista n ce from you ng peo- the m onthly exp en ses w hich arc S A T I RE EY E N T
rn Bill M atzke.
S ud tell’»
A uction C enter. Ideal presented benches to the club s t a t - |WBrd Bomp ^ r t f)f , pJacp whprp
Pal Club of P ortland Show In-
T he R ecreation com m ittee w ish- S u d tell’s A uction C enter,
Beaver- ed. "the B eaverton area Is too teen-agers could m eet
and enjoy pie w ho would enjoy such a club. e.T|m ated at $100 per m onth
thr prem ises were cleaned up and These exp en ses include rent, light, j eludes boxing, tum bling and other
es to thank th e w hole com m un ity ton E nterprise. T'.Usman's Tip Top. U rve for the fin an cial respo-tsl-
them selves, hut neither were mak-
for m ak in g thia event such a sue- Howard S m ith ’s
Public
A ddress b llity o f such
a w onderful p r o -' ing too m uch progress, a s
it ap- painted and floors waxed to m ake heat, w’atrr and telephone. The acts put on by you ngsters par-
w-ay for furnishin gs. N eeds were telephone Is th e m ost recent ad- ticipating in Portland recreational
ceas. M ay w e give our s p e c ia l, System
gram to be handled by tw o m en.” peered that there were too
m any v oiced q th e com m un ity l.u t t c r v .. l n u ..
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Festival Planned
To End Summer
Rec. Program
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