9 April 29, 2011

Mark your
calendar!
The
St. Johns
PARADE
is Saturday,
May 14!!
Local family restaurant celebrates 81 years
“The key to our success,”
said Bill Mildenberger Jr.,
General Manager of the Nite
Hawk Cafe and Lounge,
Deadline nears for
parade entries
this issue of the ReAsview
hits the streets
“is our friends, family, neighbors,
customers, and, oh yes, our great
employees.” The Nite Hawk at
6423 North Interstate Avenue is celebrating its 81st year in business.
Bill Sr. and Elaine Mildenberger
purchased the business in 1980,
which first opened in 1930 as a gas
and lube shop. “You could enjoy a
hearty meal or a cup of coffee and
a piece of pie
while you were
waiting for your
car to be serviced,” said Bill
Jr. (Note: fresh
pie is still offered
at the Nite
Hawk.)
The family was
dealt a heavy
Nite Hawk Restaurant & Lounge blow in 2008
Interstate & Rosa Parks Way
when Bill Sr.
PICTURES OF THE WEEK:
“Piggy by the Bridge” This picture was taken by Jodi
there will be just over two
weeks before the 49TH ANNUAL ST. JOHNS PARADE occurs and participants begin
their exuberant march west
on Lombard street entertaining thousands of anxiously awaiting onlookers.
Deadline to be an entrant in
the parade is MAY 2!!
The next issue of the REVIEW will be the official program edition, so watch for special parade profiles and relevant
information in it.
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time to place that special ad letting readers know about all the
wonderful things your local
business has to offer.
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Parade Day, so if you can help
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St. Johns Shoot-out Part II
Where Part I of “St Johns
Shoot-out” left off in the April
15, 2011 issue of the REVIEW:
Officers from multiple jurisdictions approached the house the
Outsiders occupied about 9:00
pm on this mid-December night.
Over 30 cops were involved in the
initial attempt to serve the search
warrant. As they knocked loudly
on the door, and announced their
presence, they heard what they
later reported as a running and
shuffling of feet. Voices cried out,
and there seemed to be a frantic
effort of people within the home
to run for cover. Who they were,
or where they might go, was anybody’s guess, for the cops had the
home and adjacent Harley shop
bracketed with armed police……
Part II: 1979
Occupants within the house at
9014 N. Lombard became a frantic
as police announced their presence.
Loud knocking, that was accompanied by yells from the cops to “open
up” resulted in more movement
from inside the location, but no apparent effort was made to allow law
enforcement personnel into the
house. This left the police with few
options.
A quick decision to break down the
door was made, and the surrounding cops were told to be on the lookout for fleeing suspects. It was about
9:00 at night. Three officers broke
down the front door, and were immediately met with a barrage of
gunfire.
By Gayla Patton
St. Johns Review
passed away suddenly. Since then
Bill Jr. and Elaine have run the business.
Through its 81-year existence
the business changed owners just
five times and transformed itself
from a gas station, to a bottle bar,
to a rib joint and even at one time,
a dance hall. When the Mildenberger’s bought it, their focus became
food and drink. They purchased the
business, the property and building,
which had fallen into considerable
disrepair requiring countless hours
of remodels and renovations.
The Mildenberger’s family home
is close to the café, so their pride
and concern for North Portland runs
deep. “I believe North Portlanders
have a real sense of pride,” said Bill.
“It wasn’t too long ago that our
place in the Portland hierarchy was
way down on the list. That reputation has changed from ‘not such a
good place to work, live and raise
a family’ to a place that is now one
of the best neighborhoods in the
city. In my 50+ years in this wonderful city I was pretty sure I
wouldn’t ever say that – now I can.
How cool is that?”
The Nite Hawk suffered during
the Yellow Line Light Rail expansion down Interstate Ave., as did
many other businesses, who didn’t
survive. The construction disrupted the normal flow of vehicular traffic and even pedestrians avoided
the area, but the Mildenberger’s
invested considerable time and energy to keep the business open at
all costs. They cut back where necessary but always made sure their
employees were taken care of. “We
have always tried to provide a
healthy employment environment,”
said Bill Jr. “And one of those ways
is that the Nite Hawk has always
provided health care insurance for
Continued on Page 8
“Nite Hawk Cafe & Lounge”
By
Jim Speirs
Officer David Crowther, age 27,
and a member of the narcotics detail was shot at the doorway, the hail
of gunfire coming from inside the
house causing all of the cops on the
porch to retreat, as they returned
fire. Shotgun blasts and pistol
rounds were pumped blindly into
the house; the critically injured officer lay on the porch for nearly
three minutes before any sense of
order began to return.
The neighbors were both awakened and terrified as they ducked
for cover from their different points
of observation. To witness cop cars
passing by, and often stopping at the
motorcycle clubhouse was not uncommon. However, it wasn’t normal to see dozens of cop cars all
gathered in one spot; and it was a
surprise to see high numbers of police surrounding the Outsiders location. What locals came to expect
Historical
Editor
St Johns
Review
was a big show… the number of
cops, plus the obvious target of
their activity suggested a criminal
condition. Regardless, what the
St. Johns citizens didn’t imagine
was the North Portland equivalent
of the Earp brothers, Doc Holiday,
and the shoot-out at the OK Corral!
Police backed off from the porch,
and officers used bullhorns to call
for occupants inside the house to
surrender. Cops who were positioned on surrounding rooftops
fired more rounds into the house
Continued on Page 4
“St Johns Shootout”
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Dear Editor,
Thanks again for giving my father, Ralph
Martinson so much great publicity when he
celebrated his 100th birthday last May 1,
2010. I know so many more people from St.
Johns came to his party in Longview because
of your great articles.
Just thought I’d tip you off that Roosevelt
High School honored Ralph for his 101st
birthday. The festivities were held in the
Heritage Room which is a great idea and I
wish more people knew about it. I wrote
about my parents Ralph (1927 grad) and
Phyllis (1932 grad) Martinson and I hope
they’ll end up in the Heritage Room. Ralph
was the president of his freshman class and
he thinks he was one of the first classes to
graduate from RHS. He might be their oldest grad.
If you get a chance to check out RHS year
books in the Heritage Room, there is a wonderful photo of a younger Ralph with the St.
Johns Business Assoc. on page 198 of the
1959 Ranger.
I love to receive the St. Johns Review. I just
received your April 1 edition and especially
loved the color photo and information about
RHS’s beautiful Rose Festival princess. I was
on RHS’s May Court and it is fun to relive
the past.
Kristi Lee was our neighbor growing up,
so it was great to see a photo of her parents.
They came to my dad’s 100th birthday party.
I absolutely loved the series by Jim Speirs
on Jantzen Beach. I hope he makes it into a
book. I thought every town had a Jantzen
Beach and didn’t realize how lucky we were.
My parents loved to go dancing there and
our family loved everything else.
Your Pictures of the Week are always so
perfect and make me very homesick.
I send my dad articles from your paper that
I think he will find interesting. Unfortunately he thinks he’s too busy at 101 to read everything!
Thanks for doing so much to keep St. Johns
alive.
Sincerely,
Carol (Martinson) Lanseth
Nice addition to St. Johns
Dear Editor,
Barbara Quinn’s article about the James
John Café got me to eat lunch there. The meal
was great. I took my wife there for lunch on
Saturday. She enjoyed it, too. Thank you
Barbara for a nicely done article.
The bicycles at the new bicycle shop in
downtown St. Johns are works of art. Check
them out.
Also, Vintage Boats from Linnton has
moved to a shop on Richmond. He is a
craftsman. He has a contract to build a large
sailboat to be used by a local tour company. I
had a very nice conversation with him recently
at the end of his work day. Another good
addition to St. Johns.
Sincerely,
John Ost
Tsunami rescued dog reminded me of Vanport
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Dear Editor,
Hearing of the tsunami in Japan and res- when the dike broke and flooded Vanport;
cuing the man 10-miles out to sea and then everything was floating by us and would pile
later the dog who was rescued after 21 days up around our boats,
floating around out in the sea, reminded me
of the Vanport
flood when I
was living on a
Vanport Flood in 1948 where many dogs were rescued
houseboat (we
called a boathouse) on the
Columbia
Slough
in
North Portland.
I was five years
old in 1948
I said, daddy there is a
dog floating down the river on some boards. We
got in a boat and went out
to him and he got so excited he jumped in the
water and swam toward
us and shook all the water off inside the boat. We
rescued many dogs during that time and just
wonder now how many
we may have missed. We
must have rescued 15
dogs at that time. We
were lucky during the rising waters because we
just tied up higher to the
trees.
Betty Creveling
El Cajon, CA
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Community News and Events
Neighbors, PBOT discuss traffic safety concerns in St. Johns
Calming Measures Being Considered
In April the Cathedral Park
Neighborhood Association held a
meeting where residents concerned
with traffic issues in St. Johns discussed how they might be calmed.
Some of the issues of concern
were:
Drivers coming across the St.
Johns Bridge heading towards Willamette Boulevard are faced with
two options:
· Wait at the stop light on N Ivanhoe and face the traffic on that street
from both the St. Johns Post Office
and Safeway.
· Take a quick right before that light
onto N Syracuse and drive through
a nearby residential area to avoid
all of the above.
While the second option is a legal move, the number of people
choosing it, and doing so at dangerous speeds, has become a source of
concern for people who live along
the route to Willamette Boulevard.
“The 25 mph speed limit is barely posted,” says Greg Serazin, a
homeowner who lives on Willamette Boulevard. “There’s a blind
curve going up a hill and people are
barreling up the road fast. And if
there are people parked on both
sides of the street, they are speeding into a constricted space. In a
two-week period, we had four hitand-run-accidents just on my street
alone.”
The issue of speeding on these
residential streets and solutions to
slow motorists down was voiced to number on the
Greg Raisman of the Portland Bu- sign.”
reau of Transportation, who spearThere is some
headed a study about the severity of urgency for a
the speeding problem.
solution as the
“We’ve know that there has been city is planning
a measured speeding problem in the to install a fourpast,” Raisman said, “And we defi- way stop light at
nitely observed speeds that we were the corner of
not comfortable with in a residen- Ivanhoe and
tial area.” His office has collected Richmond, givdata on traffic speeds on the streets ing some motor- Neighbors are concerned about high speeds on Willamette Boulevard.
in question, but that information was ists even more
not available by press time. incentive to cut corners to get onto
Raisman offered up the solution Willamette. But, says Raisman, they
of installing speed bumps along the are still at the beginning of the prostretch of Willamette that runs from cess of getting those speed bumps
N Richmond to N Reno, as well as approved.
“We have to hold a project open
putting shared-lane markings on the
road to indicate that bikers have the house to discuss the project and
there is due diligence to do before
right to the full lane.
“It was the best solution they we can actually have a project,”
had,” says Serazin. “They could Raisman says, adding that it will
have put more signs up, but those likely begin “this construction seaare easy to ignore. There was also son or the next.”
the possibility of
putting up one of
those flashing
‘Your Speed Is’
signs, but they
said the wait list
for those was
two to three
years, and that
some people
who are already
speeding will
start going fast- N Ivanhoe St and N Richmond Ave will get a stop light in
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St. Johns Shootout: Part II
Continued from Page 1
when nobody came out. The area
around the shootout was rapidly
evacuated, as indiscriminate return
fire was still coming from the house.
As much as eight blocks of St. Johns
was blocked off as SERT (Special
Emergency Reaction Team) members gathered, and pumped rounds
of tear gas into the home and the
adjoining Kids Used Harley Parts
business location.
During the confusion, terribly injured Officer Crowther was removed from the porch, where he lay
mortally wounded. He would die
several weeks later from the injuries he sustained.
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toxic gas spread throughout the location, coughing and disheveled
people began to run and crawl from
the ramshackle house.
From within the Outsiders location, there was complete mayhem.
Many of the occupants had no idea
that a raid was imminent. However,
the clandestine “rats” that were
working both sides of the fence
were aware of potential trouble.
Regardless, even this group was
apparently unaware of the massive
raid. From inside the house there
were injuries.
A man and a woman (names deleted, but available if a person wants
to research specifics of the event)
both staggered to the porch. Neither
person was seriously injured, but the
male had some glancing wounds
from the shotgun rounds and the
woman was actually ready to give
birth to her child. It seems that the
trauma of the moment had induced
premature labor, and at the same
time that she was arrested, she was
moved to a hospital to deliver the
baby. The man was taken to an undisclosed location, where he was
charged with a variety of felony and
misdemeanor crimes.
Other members of the club crawled
out of the clubhouse. In total, eleven people were arrested, and most
charged with hindering prosecution,
and possession of drugs.
By 1:00 a.m. the raid was finished.
Cops removed the body of one
dog…killed during the raid. Animal loving police persuaded another frightened dog from the location.
Neighbors from the surrounding
area crowded the police as onlookers strained their necks to peer beyond the police barricades and yellow tape. The news media was
crawling throughout St. Johns, and
grabbing any witnesses to the event.
People swapped stories, and as the
early morning progressed, the
crowds grew larger, as locals gathered and phone calls to friends were
made.
Talks with residents painted different pictures of the Outsiders motorcycle club members. Al Newby,
and his wife, Mary, owned Smitty’s
Tavern near the corner of Lombard
and St. Louis. Smitty’s Tavern had
always had a “colorful” reputation;
the location was clearly the quintessential St Johns pub. Given the
time and place, Smitty’s was a location that had many stories of it’s
own; outlaw bikers only added to
the ambience of the place! To say it
could be a rough place would be a
massive understatement. However,
From website:www.odm
this was old St. Johns, and alofficer/3665-officertercations and fights were
wayne-crowther
common, so Al Newby knew
the neighborhood …he’d
seen it all. Al said that Outsider club members had often patronized his tavern, “but
they’ve never caused any
problems.”
Another man, who worked at
a gas station near the Outsiders’ clubhouse, said the bik- Officer David Wayne Crowther
ers were always nice and po- Portland Police Bureau
lite. When pressed for more End of Watch: Thursday, December 27, 1979
Biographical Info
details, he refused to give his Age: 27
name, or provide specifics.
Tour of Duty: 4 years
Other neighbors were not so Incident Details
charitable. Many local resi- Cause of Death: Gunfire
dents and businesses had Date of Incident: Thursday, December 13, 1979
called police and filed com- Weapon Used: Shotgun; 12 gauge
plaints on the club for months. Suspect Info: Convicted of manslaughter
The club headquarters was Officer Crowther succumbed to a gunshot wound sustai
called a “rats nest” and busi- weeks earlier when he was shot while serving a narcot
rant. He and eight other members of his unit were ser
ness leaders had repeatedly warrant at the clubhouse of a local motorcycle gang.
protested the behavior of the forced the door open one of the occupants opened fir
club members. Motorcycles shotgun, striking Officer Crowther in the head.
were regularly lined up in a Thirteen members of the gang were arrested and charg
manner that blocked traffic, narcotics violations and Officer Crowther's murder.
club members would harass Officer Crowther had served with the agency for 4 ye
people on the sidewalk, and was assigned to the Special Investigation Division. He w
several women had filed re- vived by his parents and sister.
ports of being “groped” by
laughing men as they walked near was questionable, and the varying dethe Outsider house or business. No scriptions of the incomplete passage made b
parking” signs were often posted on it nearly impossible to gauge the impact i
the city block that was the home of of the tunnel on any of the subsequent t
the motorcycle club. Most citizens events that took place. In later reports on
didn’t feel the urge to confront the the raid and surrounding gossip, the disrough and tumble Outsiders, but tinction of the tunnel took on nearly ro- h
many felt the weight of uncertain- mantic and mythical proportions. Not sur- i
ty; neighbors knew this untenable prisingly, papers embellished and fabri- l
relationship with St. Johns couldn’t cated the complexity of the “tunnel sys- p
last forever.
tem” and if a person was to use their imagOne of the people who surrendered ination, they might think that the Out- u
from the dilapidated house, was a sider tunnel rivaled that of Viet Cong tun- t
fellow named Charles Whillhite. nels at Cu Chi…the ones so glamorized r
Reporters noted that Whillhite had by the American press during the Viet- l
been released from prison only a nam War, a decade earlier! It was none l
few months earlier. He was alleg- of that, but it made for great anecdotes
edly the leader of the motorcycle for people’s inflated beliefs. Stories of
group, and was out of prison on ap- gold, underground bunkers, loot, machine
peal for an attempted murder beef guns, buried bodies, and assorted trea- t
that had occurred the year previous- sures became part of the brief folklore that
ly. To his credit, Whillhite appeared followed the raid. In bars and nightclubs i
to function as the negotiator be- of North Portland, the tales grew to in- r
tween police and gang members clude unbelievable twists and
within the house. It seems the com- turns…none of it had to be true, but it
bination of Whillhite’s coaxing, was great fun to want to believe the rapt
gunfire, and tear gas was enough to fabrications.
i
conclude the clumsy operation.
Officer Crowther clung to life. Within w
Upon entering the house and ad- days, a man named Robert Christopher l
jacent “Kids” Harley store, police was charged with attempted murder; af- p
found drugs and a wide assortment ter two weeks, Crowther died, and Chrisof weapons. The rumor of an escape topher’s charges were then changed to
tunnel was confirmed; a crude shaft murder.
b
had been dug that connected the
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for lack of evidence. The sudden
dropping of the charges seemed
odd, for it called into question the
real evidence that the police had
on the club.
What happened next has become
a Portland legend…or nightmare,
depending on where you stand.
There is neither time nor need to
do an in depth exposition of all
that followed the raid, or the ugly
affair it became for Portland Police.
As it turns out, some of the
“snitches” that had been working
with the cops had no loyalty to
either side and what they knew
about the police “vice and narcotics” operation was to end up compromising the entire operation.
The Outsider rats soon turned on
ined two their handlers; in an instant, the
tics war- dirty and illegal practices of some
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cops on the “vice and narcotics”
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detail was to doom the raids ree with a
sults, damage police reputations,
ged with and make the death of Officer
Crowther a sad and unnecessary
ears and chapter in a botched affair.
was surThe “shoe” was now on the other foot! The “hunter” was now
the “hunted.”
Dealing with “informants” is always tricky
business. A snitch that will give up his family and friends, will also rat out anyone who
they think will help to serve in saving their
own skins! The world of a mole is one without conscience; a rat will sell his soul to the
highest bidder. What some of the “Quisling”
informants knew were the egregious and illegal activities of some of the cops. By exposing dishonest police practices, these guys
(and gals) might be able to salvage their reputations among their peers. It might also save
their lives…for a snitch has few options; a
rat’s safety is forever damned and there is
little room for forgiveness within the Outlaw biker community.
So, as the next chapter of the saga unfolded, it was not a pretty one for police. A crescendo of ugly evidence began to surface;
the media became enthralled, and the case
against the bikers began to crumble. Depending on whom you believe, police either directly (at the time of the raid) or previously
(using their marginal informants) had planted drugs at the Outsiders location and as
charges and counter-charges flew, the emerging picture began to ruin the raids results, as
well as compromise the entire Portland Police vice division. It turned out that a few
police had routinely been planting evidence,
and this revelation resulted in several earlier
drug convictions being overturned, and the
behavior of cops coming into question.
Allegations of police being “on the take”
soon became part of the reporting, and as the
story developed, more rumors surfaced, and
the investigation of the police department
reached the district attorney’s office. Within
Portland Police, people were demoted and
reassigned. A few officers resigned. Others
tried to become anonymous, leaving the vice
and narcotics division, and working for oth-
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that police lied to get the search
warrant. It was not a proud moment
for a fine and reliable institution
such as the Portland Police. However, it certainly confirmed the old
adage about a few bad apples spoiling the barrel!
Even the conviction of Robert
Christopher in the death of Officer
Crowther was eventually reversed,
and he was out of prison in about a
year. It was determined that Christopher fired the 16-gauge shotgun
that killed Crowther in self-defense.
Portland Police couldn’t wait to get
the whole dreadful affair behind
them. Their efforts at appealing
Christopher’s release from prison
were only half-hearted and the need
to move forward was paramount.
The desire to forget the St. Johns
shoot-out became all-consuming.
So, in as much detail as time
and space in the Review allows, this is a microcosm of
the big 1979 North Portland
showdown.
However, this was not to be
the last drama that became
associated with motorcycles,
drugs, police, raids, and
weapons that is associated
with the location. Nineteen
years after the first bungled
raid, (in October 1998) the
9014 N. Lombard house
would once again become
the scene of police activity
and gunfire........
Stay tuned for
Part III in the
May 13, 2011
issue of the REVIEW.
About the Author:
Jim Speirs is a lifelong resident of North Portland, 4th generation. He is
a published author and enjoys writing about North Portland’s history. He
was a teacher of Political Science at Portland Community College and
Chemeketa Community College and taught the politics of World War II,
Viet Nam, and Korea at both colleges. Jim served as a Marine Corps
infantryman and spent 17 months in Viet Nam. He still lives and works in
North Portland. His first novel “Death In Spades” is available for purchase and his second book: “Tales of North Portland I & II ” (from his
St. Johns Review articles) are also available. He is currently working
on a third novel.
This article may not be republished without the permission of the
author. Send info/comments to: PO Box 83068, Portland, Or 97283
Military
achievement
Army Pvt. Angel I. Aleman
Mondragon has graduated from
Basic Combat Training at Fort
Knox,
Ky.
During the nine-week training period, the trainee received
instruction in drill and ceremony, weapons, rifle marksmanship
and bayonet training, chemical
warfare, field training and tactical exercises, armed and unarmed combat, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, and Army history, traditions, and core values.
He is the son of Carlos
Aleman of N. Heppner Ave., and
grandson of Liliana Aleman of
N. Alaska St., both of Portland,
Ore.
Aleman Mondragon graduated in 2008 from Marshall High
School, Portland.
Police request
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at approximately 4:57 p.m.,
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that the suspect left on foot
in an unknown direction. The
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PERSONAL MESSAGES
EVENTS
HAIRPORT
Senior center in
FAREWELL TO Scappoose holding
quilt sale
MRS. MASH
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LOWRIE
Friday, May 20 4-6pm
at John’s Restaurant
8608 N. Lombard
is retiring
Mrs. Mash has helped over 1000
kids from the
neighborhood
learn how to
read and write
and we want
you to come
celebrate her
retirement.
Parents, teachers, former
students and other supporters are
welcome to drop by and wish her
a well-deserved “Thank
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Join us for a
HAPPY 100th BIRTHDAY
FRANCES!!
Frances Schaubel celebrated being a century on Saturday, April 23rd, 2011. She
was the first child of Gilbert
and Mable (Wilson) Haines
of Oswego, as it was then
called. A few years later her
little brother Gilbert “Bud”
arrived.
The young family enjoyed
living in Clackamas County
where countless relatives
from both sides of the family
made their homes. When
Frances was in her early
childhood they lived just off
of Avenue A in Oswego.
Frances’ grandfather Haines
was Justice of the Peace for
many years and a pillar in
the early politics of the
County. Haines Street,
which may be seen from
Interstate 5 near Tigard,
was named for him. Other paternal relatives
originally came to Oregon via overland railway and steam ship in
the 1870s to work in
the ironworks at Lake
Oswego. One aunt and uncle
owned the Ford dealership in Canby, and Frances worked there later, as a teen and young adult.
Frances’ father ran the Cement
plant.
Frances’ maternal great-grandparents, kin to Ethan Allen, were
pioneers that came across the Oregon Trail in the 1850s and initially
settled a donation land claim in
Multnomah County on the Sandy
River, near Troutdale. Her maternal grandparents, aunts and uncles
and their families lived in Oregon
and Central California, and there
were many trips back and forth
between the Bay Area and Willamette Valley over the early decades of the 1900s. Her grandfather was an optometrist and practiced in Portland, Salem and Oakland, California.
Frances’ life was forever
changed when her father succumbed to influenza in the 1918
pandemic. As a seven year old she
was often given the charge of her
baby brother and cared for him as
her mother supported their small
family with work as a commercial
artist through the 1920s in Portland
and then San Francisco. The fam-
The Scappoose Senior Center at
33342 SW Meadow Drive in Scappoose, is having a Quilt Show and Sale
on May 7 from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00
p.m.
Whether you’re looking to decorate
your own home or need a perfect birthday, wedding, or baby gift, a large assortment of handmade quilts will be
available for sale.
All proceeds are going to the Senior
Center to help fund their many programs including Meals on Wheels and
in-house lunch programs.
Hot soup and rolls, dessert with coffee and tea will also be available.
For more information contact Arlene
at: 503-366-7956.
St. Johns Lions
Club brings free
health screening
Through the Oregon Lions Mobile
Health Screening Program (MHSP),
volunteers will provide free health
screenings at the St. Johns US Bank
parking lot on Saturday, May 21st, from
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Services available will
include vision and hearing screening for
all ages and additional glaucoma, blood
pressure and diabetes screening for
adults.
The MHSP is coordinated by the Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation, serving Oregonians with sight and
hearing saving surgeries and preventative health care since 1959. For additional information visit their website at:
www.orlions.org.
WORSHIP
DIRECTORY
Portsmouth Trinity
Lutheran Church
ily moved back to the Oswego house while Frances
was in high school.
Frances recalls taking the
train into Portland to attend Lincoln High where
she graduated in January
1929.
In 1931, Frances married Hugo Schaubel. As
newlyweds they lived in
Canby, and then moved
to North Portland to be closer to
the Swift meat plant where Hugo
worked. They purchased a home
on North Oregonian Avenue,
where Frances was a busy homemaker and raised their three
daughters: Diane Mildenberger,
Elaine Mildenberger, (both of
North Portland), and the late Susan Morse of Eugene.
Throughout her life she enjoyed countless trips to the Oregon coast, with Yachats being the
favorite destination. After she
was widowed in 1972, she took
trips to Alaska to visit her brother Bud and many trips to visit
family in California and Arizona.
She also took several trips to
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico to spend
vacation days with her daughter
Susan’s family, camping on the
beach. She continued to live in
her St. Johns home, surrounded
by her well-tended yard and garden, spending 70 years at the
same address.
Frances still enjoys outings and
visits with family and friends, recalling the milestones of her long
life. She has nine grandchildren,
seven great-grandchildren and
one great-great-grandchild.
“Where All Are Welcome”
Worship & Sunday School:
10:00am each Sunday
7119 N. Portsmouth (503) 289-6878
HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC
CHURCH
“In the Spirit of Unity, Welcome!”
5227 N
Bowdoin
(503) 289-2834
Sun: 8:00am & 10am
Sat Mass: 4:00pm
Spanish Mass: Sunday Noon
Daily Mass: Mon-Fri, 8:30am
Meals on Wheels
VOLUNTEER
DRIVERS NEEDED
Here’s a great way to help out our
elder citizens and get to know the
neighborhood better!
Meals on Wheels
(part of Loaves and Fishes) needs
volunteer drivers to help out in
North Portland. The home base for
our area is at the Two Rivers Center
(at University Park - 9009 N. Foss,
north of Willis).
Join a friendly group of drivers who
gather at the center Monday through
Friday around 10 a.m. (or as late as
11 a.m.) to pick up meals and then
deliver them on a route that takes
around an hour, all the while
meeting interesting people at each
door. Can you help us for even one
day a week, or twice a month?
Let us
know what might
fit your schedule
and we will set it up.
Please contact
Ruth Jensen at the Center for
further details via email:
[email protected]
or phone: (503) 953-8210.
Letters:Continued from Page 2
Dear Jim Speirs,
I thought you might be curious, since
you’re a Vietnam Vet, as to the name
of Milton Mogck’s son. (Re. your article: Deaths in the Kenton Hotel article in the April 1 issue of the Review.)
As soon as I saw that last name I immediately knew who his son was: A
Jefferson High School buddy of mine,
Daryl Milton Mogck.
We all knew that Daryl had
been killed in Vietnam not
long after graduation - but
how did he die?
I jumped onto the computer to get more information about his
death and discovered there were no
pictures of Daryl; one cold not put a
face to a name. Everyone on the Virtual Wall deserves to have a face.
I contacted another high school buddy, fellow RVN Vet G. Paul Harding
(he is our unofficial class of 1966 historian). Together, we got the senior
picture of Daryl Mogck sent on to the
Vietnam Memorial Wall, Virtual Wall
website. Hopefully, it will be posted
soon for anyone that knew Daryl to
visit the site and find their friend and
fellow comrad-in-arms.
Jim, thanks for the inspiration.
Semper Fi,
Steven Teller
From Historical Editor Jim Speirs
in response to Steven’s letter:
As is common in most publishing, the
paper and/or authors seldom get “letters to the editor”, even in the age of
computers. Phone calls are one thing,
but those messages cannot be reproduced in print, the legal difficulties
makes for an impossible condition.
The letter I received from Steven Teller (above) came as a pleasing, yet emotionally jarring experience to me. However, I’m thankful that I have permission to use it. For those of you who
can reference my recent article “Deaths
in the Kenton Hotel” the connection becomes obvious.
The mention of a man named Milton
Mogck became part of the chronicle,
and at that point, Mogck was simply a
name. That he had lost his son as a
KIA in Vietnam was a part of the story,
but the name Mogck could have been
a name that was attached to any of the
nearly sixty thousand parents that got
news of their child’s death during that
conflict. (Often, a parent or loved one
was notified of their child’s loss by a
Western Union telegram! Not romantic to say the least! Do any of the readers recall the movie, “We Were Soldiers?” If so, you get the idea.)
By reading the letter that Teller wrote
to me, it becomes evident that the use
of the nearly anonymous name
“Mogck” touched a deep and emotional vein in some of our community, and
it caused a reaction and connection that
motivated some aging warriors of the
Vietnam War to once again hear the
“call to arms.”
To him, (Teller and other Jefferson
High grads) the name Mogck immediately called to attention the loss of a
dear friend, Daryl Milton Mogck, and
it resulted in the action steps that he
and others took to further honor their
departed friend.
I could have never guessed that my
simple use of the name “Mogck” in the
Kenton Hotel article would have resulted in such deeds by some of the
readers of the Review. I am proud and
honored to have vicariously been able
to bring tribute and recognition to a guy
named Daryl Milton Mogck; a person
I never knew but now have “met” for
the first time. His name will forever
be seared into my memory and emotion.
As I write this, Easter is approaching. I’m reflecting of the most appropriate passage I can utter, it comes from
John 15:13: “God has no greater love
than that of a man who lay down his
life for a friend.”
As a veteran of that long ago conflict,
the association with Daryl Milton
Mogck becomes special. I’m thinking of a poem, and I’ll use just a part
of it:
“Grip hands——though it be from
the shadows—
While we swear, as you did of yore,
Living, or dying, we honor
The Corp and the Corps, and the
Corps.”
Maybe this Memorial Day some of
you will take time to notice and pray
over the name of Daryl M. Mogck if
you pass his name at the Vietnam Memorial Garden at Washington Park.
So long, Daryl, and Semper Fi! Jim
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Obituaries
In memory of Family & Friends
Barbara Ann (Smith) Peterson
Barbara Ann Peterson, 68,
passed away on Monday, April
11, 2011 at St. Patrick’s Hospital in Missoula, MT.
Barb was born on October 26,
1942 in Miami, OK to Buford
and Violet Smith. She moved to
Portland at the age of 4. She attended George Elementary and
graduated from Roosevelt High
School in 1960. She married
Doug Peterson on Feb 25, 1970 in Vancouver, WA, and in
1980 they moved to Elmira, ID.
She loved all kids, not just her own, and enjoyed being
“Granny” to all of them. Barb was a member of the “Elmira Social Club,” she enjoyed playing cards and games
and loved watching “Dancing with the Stars.” She was
known for her generosity, her contagious smile, loving
hugs, as well as her home made rolls, cookies and cakes.
She will be greatly missed by all who knew her.
She is survived by her beloved daughters Danette (Scott)
Beckman of Portland, and Marcy (Roger) Timblin of Colburn ID. She is also survived by her sister/ best friend,
Connie (John) Palmer of Portland; six grandchildren
Johnny, Adina, Erika, Alysha, Lance and Dorian (Holly);
four great grandchildren Sunjay, Zoey, Decoven and
Aaliyah; many special nieces and nephews, and special
friends Kristy Harvey and Maggie Gittings.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Doug
in October 2010, and two brothers: Donald and Larry.
A celebration of life will be held for Barb and Doug on
August 29th 2011, at the Sandpoint City Beach.
Lakeview Funeral Home in Sandpoint is handling the
arrangements. Please visit Barb’s online memorial at
www.lakeviewfuneral.com and sign her guest book.
four grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents.
Memorial contributions can be made to Cancer Centers of
America in care of Pendleton Pioneer Chapel, Folsom-Bishop, 131 SE Byers Ave., Pendleton, OR, 97801. Send Condolences to www.pioneerchapel.com
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Leona V. Lemaick
Leona V. Lemaick, of Camas, WA passed away on April
9 from complications related to Alzheimer’s disease. She
was born in Fredonia, ND.
Leona graduated from Roosevelt H.S. and married James
Lemaick on March 9, 1948. They resided in Portland until retirement and then moved to Bullhead City, AZ. She
moved to Vancouver in 2004 and Camas in 2006.
She enjoyed spending time
with family, bowling, golf, travel, and playing cards. She was
preceded in death by her husband, James; granddaughter,
Renee Morris, and great-grandchildren, Bryant Morris, Alexis
Morris, Lucas Morris, and
Johnathan Morris.
Survivors include her children,
Patricia (Keith) Elmore, Dianna
(Terry) Totten, Linda Allen,
James (Fran) Lemaich, and Betty Lemaick; siblings Ruth
Job, Rol Buerkle, and Ken Buerkle; seven grandchildren
and three great-grandchildren.
At her request there will be no services. Memorial contributions may be made to POMC Memorial Wall, 14427
S. Forsythe Rd., Oregon City, OR 97045, or Theodore
Roosevelt Women’s Scholarship Association (TRWSA)
6941 N. Central, Portland, OR 97203.
To send condolences or to sign the online guest book
please visit www.straubsfuneralhome.com.
Morris Dale Kolbe
Morris Kolbe passed away in Salem, Oregon on April 15, 2011 at
age 66. He grew up on Sauvie Island and lived his adult life in St.
Johns and the Portland area. He
moved to Salem several years ago.
Morris was born February 6,
1945 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,
Canada to Archie and Violet
Kolbe.
Morris owned and operated
Kolbe Insurance Agency in Portland. He enjoyed hunting, fishing,
boating, water skiing and skeet
shooting. Morris served on a submarine in the United States
Navy from 1963 until 1967.
There will be a graveside service 10:00 a.m., Friday, May
6 at Willamette National Cemetery.
Survivors include his daughter Shelly Kolbe; son, Sean
Kolbe; two brothers, Barry Kolbe and Randy Kolbe; and
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Nite Hawk Cafe & Lounge
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our employees.” They still provide that benefit for them, even with the escalated costs
of it. As a result of that commitment, many
of the Nite Hawk’s employees have remained
with them for years and years.
It was a few years ago when a proposal
was made to the city of Portland to rename
Interstate Avenue to Cesar E. Chavez Boulevard, that Bill Jr. became the rational voice
during that hot issue. His articulate speeches brought a balanced voice to a very volatile subject. He participated and invested
many hours in meetings with the city, the
community, and even held press conferences in the restaurant’s parking lot. The community looked to Bill Jr. for his leadership
role to maintain Interstate Avenue’s name for
historical reasons.
The cafe has a homey atmosphere offering booths and an old-fashioned eating
counter. The lounge, which is separated from
the restaurant, is large with a full service bar
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and many pool tables. (Bill
Sr. was an excellent pool
player.) The food is about
as close to home cooking as
it can get, and the prices are
reasonable.
When asked about how
to maintain longevity in a
business with the current
unstable climate, Bill Jr. offered the following: “I wish
there was a crystal ball that
all small businesses could
access before they invested
their hard earned money,
time and effort. Unfortunately, there isn’t, but I’d
have to say to make sure
you have a sound business strategy, then plan on working way too many hours at little or no pay for the first
few years, all the while hiring individuals with strong
work ethics, because they are a major key to your success, or lack of it.”
He said it is important to also provide a good work
environment with clearly defined job descriptions and
responsibilities. With that significant information, Bill
added, “Our loyal customers and employees have kept
our family-owned and operated business alive. Without them, we don’t exist. In the new age of homogenized, cookie cutter-like corporate-run establishments,
we have been able to survive, and for that we are grateful.”
To preserve the Nite Hawk’s history, they buried a
time capsule in the parking lot in 2001 with items significant to the era. In it (in part) is an historical essay
of how the Light Rail line came to be placed down the
center of Interstate Avenue even though it lacked support by the general population, as well as, a Willamette
Week, a Sunday Oregonian
(What? No REVIEW?), several magazines, a bottle of wine,
CD player, several CDs by popular 2001 artists, a deck of
cards, lottery tickets, old cell
phone, Watchman TV, and several photographs of the busi- Bill Mildenbergness and its employees. The er Jr. articulatMildenberger’s plan for the
ing concerns
time capsule to be opened in about renaming
July of 2050.
Interstate Ave. to
“Our hope is that we can pro- Cesar Chevez.
vide a glimpse into what life
was like in 2001,” said Bill Jr. “We
hope that those who unseal it will
enjoy the items and information and
share it with others.”
The Nite Hawk offers daily “specials” which are well worth a visit.
Their hours of operation are Sunday-Thursday 6am-8pm, FridaySaturday 6am-9pm, and the lounge
hours: 7am-2:30am.
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