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North Plains Community News November 2013 City of North Plains, 31360 NW Commercial Street, North Plains, OR 97133 www.northplains.org Show Off Your Holiday Spirit! If you would like your home to be included in the judging for this year's event please register on our website http://npfun.org/jingle.html Lights must be installed by December 1, 2013 to be included in the contest. Awards are given in various categories including: - Most Holiday Spirit - Best Lighted House - Best Street Spirit, and - Most Likely to Be Seen From Space. 10th Annual Jingle December 5, 2013 6:30 pm A unique North Plains Holiday tradition sponsored by the City of Playdates are coming North Plains and North Plains back on 11/24/13. See Events Association. See the Holiday www.NPfun.org for Lights and be a part of the parade. more information Individuals, families, friends, and organizations are encouraged to decorate anything that moves and participate in the parade. You don't have to register for the parade; just Individual Highlights: show up and sign a waiver at the event. Some folks decorate trucks and trailers, others bring the family Those were the good car, and many residents rent golf old days .......................... 2 carts from J & S Golf Carts on Main Senior Center News. .......... 3 Street (503) 647-1984. It's up to you as long as you can keep pace with the Library News ..................... 4 parade, which moves about 10 miles Senior Center News ........... 5 an hour. Awards are given for the Event Dates ........................ 6 best decorated vehicle. The Jingle begins and ends at Jessie Mays Community Park and the procession lasts about 20-30 minutes. Hot chocolate, cider, and cookies are North Plains’ newest reserve Police Officer Todd served afterwards courtesy of the Duncan sworn in at City Council 10/21/13 North Plains Events Association. North Plains Community News Page 1 Those were the good old days… building still stands today. On the old North Plains map there is a sketch of this church. I had two I am Melvin Van Domelen, I’ve conversations with Bob Scrafford, who bought the lived in house, which indeed had Mountaindale been a church, in 1988. all of my life. He pointed out high My great, great windows that had been grandfather lowered and siding was John Dobbins used to fill in. Bob has settled on a donation land claim seen records of how the of one section, just south of sloped floor was leveled Beach Road on both sides of and alterations made. Glencoe Road. One of John’s Bob Scrafford told me sons, Flemmon Dobbins, filed a that a short time before he land claim number 41 for 314 st looked at this house, he had acres in Mountaindale March 1 a dream about this very 1851. Our family still owns 60 building. He told me it was acres of Flemmon’s farm and almost frightening to go my wife and I live there today. upstairs because he already I wrote the history page for the knew what was up there, local publication The Beacon and he was right. Bob told for three years. Now, I have Class of 1913 me there is a picture in the been asked by City Manager North Plains school library of Martha DeBry to submit an article in the teacher Ruth Troutman and their newsletter that goes out each her students standing in front month. I am willing to give this a try of the church in 1913. The and see what happens. 1914 – 1915 school year was Our North Plains Historical Society held in the Methodist Church has a hand drawn map in pencil dated located on the south east 1910 - 1912. This map was given to corner of North Avenue right us by the Parson brothers. We believe across from the power it to have been drawn by Florence North Plains Elementary 1915 substation. This church had been Bunger. There is a ton of information on part of old Glencoe years before North Plains came into that map. Every house and business that was there is existence, Miss Bentrod is listed as teacher. I have seen identified. Directly across Commercial Street from a story that the pews were removed from this church City Hall stood a two story grainery building. when it was dismantled, and they were used in the Commercial Street, in those days was Main Street, the Tualatin Plains Presbyterian Church and the old Scotch only street in town to have a name. Church. I have questioned Scotch Church folks about The first school in North Plains was held on the this, but no one knows if this is true. second floor of the mill here in town for two years By 1915 the square two story school building that 1911- 1913. A Mr. Winn and a Mr. Baker were listed many of us remember had been built where the tennis as teachers. Shortly after, Roy King remodeled the courts are now next to the Jessie Mays Hall. This hall lower floor and started printing his newspaper, the was once the school gymnasium, North Plains held North Plains Optimist. The Optimist was published school here for about 40 years. An every Friday; subscription was interesting article in the 1915 Optimist talks one dollar per year. of a firewood purchase for this school. During 1913 – 1914 the school “Joe Ash sold this week to the local school was moved to the Community board, 16 cords of 4 foot fir wood at $2.35 Church, just south of the City a cord” Hall across Kaybern Street. I Melvin Van Domelen heard rumor that this church North Plains Historical Society North Plains Community News Page 2 NEWS AND NOTES KITCHEN REMODEL The re mode l is expected to begin the first of FROM THE SENIOR CENTER December and should take about a month. Meals HOLIDA Y BAZAA R AND BAKE SALE will continue to be served at the Center as long as November 16, 9: 00 to 3:00. Call 503 447-1025 and possible and the n at the Senior Plaza Apartments reserve your 8’ table and chairs now if you have next door. items to sell. Tables are $10 each; payment is due no MAKE US YOUR C HARITY OF CHOICE later than November 9. Make checks payable to Just a re minder that the Senior Center runs on North Plains Senior Center no refunds. Each vendor is community donations and proceeds from our various asked to contribute one item for a door prize. Se t-up fundraisers. If you’d like to make a tax-deductible will begin at 7:30 a.m. All baked goods must be donation, send it to North Plains Senior Center, PO wrapped, price d and contain the following warning: Box 147, North Plains, OR 97133. Thank you! “Food not prepared in a commercial kitchen and may contain nuts, milk, etc.” CRAB FEED January 18, 2014 at OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD Jessie Mays The Senior Center is accepting donations until mid- Save the Date!! November for Billy Graham’s Operation Christmas Join us for crab, steak Child. Items needed are small pads of pa per, or both plus coloring books, crayons (must be Crayola entertainment and a no-host bar. brand), pencils, pens, glue sticks, erasers, Advanced purchase: $30 for Crab or combs and brushes, tooth- brushes, tooth Steak, $35 for Surf & Turf. At the Door: paste, hard candies (no chocolates) and $40 for Crab or Steak; $45 for Surf & small cars and dolls. Turf. Three seatings —at 3:00, 4:30 and JUST HEAR T HOSE SLEIGH BELLS 6:00. Order ticket s online at JINGLING http://www.mealsonwheelspeople.org/news/special- Bring a little Victorian Christmas into your life with events/crab-feed or at the Senior Center. this genuine Antique Horse-Drawn Sleigh. Crafted in Quebec in 1909, the sleigh has been 90% Chili CookOff Winners beautifully restore d. Original Traditional With Beans – Charlynn Newton shaft is included. This sleigh Non Traditional – Skip Alton nee ds a home w he re it can Hot! – Owen Vandehey glide effortlessly over the People’s Choice - Ann King snow and where you can Kids’ Choice – Maria Basile snuggle up under a cozy Thank you to the many cooks, Knights of Pythias, blanket and count the stars in North Plains Events Association and North Plains the sky. If you need more information or are Senior Center for making this such a wonderful event. interested in purchasing this special antique call More than Margaret Wold at 503-647-5666. 300 people BOXTOPS FOR E DUCATION attended Since 1996, the Box Tops for Education program has this year! helped schools earn cash for the things the y ne ed. Support our North Plains Elementary School today and see what a difference you can make! Watch for Winners Ann King and specially marked box tops on the products you buy Owen and drop them off at the Senior Center. Vandehey North Plains Community News Page 3 will be held on Friday, November 8 from 6 -7:30 Library News p.m. The public is invited to this free event, and Cover Oregon Informational Meetings. Oregon’s refreshments will be served. health insurance marketplace, Cover Oregon, is a Quilt Display. The November quilt is a lovely fall resource for citizens who are seeking affordable health design with a deep green border and yellow, cream, insurance or assistance in obtaining and orange squares. This piece was made by Westside insurance. Oregonians will be able to compare and Quilters Guild member Julie Mason.