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Remembering The Jantzen Beach Amusement ParkJantzen Beach Amusement Park was a populara area opened from 1928 to 1970 in north Portland on Hayden Island. “The Coney Island of the West,” as it was termed, opened on May 26, 1928 as the largest amusement park in the nation, covering over 123 acres.

Where we left off in the Novem-ber 18, 2016 issue: The giant swimming pool itself was to serve a variety of uses. There were regular swim les-sons and sessions. By 1948 over 22,000 people had received free swim lessons at Jantzen Beach.

Part III Olympic tryouts, national races, diving competition, stunt diving, water parades, a Learn-to-Swim

school, beauty pageants, water play, and swim fests were all a part of normal activities that took place at the North Portland pool! Activities became so popular, and the reputation of the quality events so well known, that a viewer am-phitheater was added to accom-modate over 5000 spectators and bleachers with over 2000 seats as part of the venue. Dignitaries from throughout the United States were often judges and/or bystanders at the events. Tarzan was there! Yes, Johnny Weissmuller was actually

at the Jantzen Beach pools too. Not surprisingly, the Jantzen Knitting Mills provided frequent exhibition of diving girls and host-ed the Bathing Girl Revues. After all, this was their showcase, this was their baby, and the promo-tional allure of shapely women parading the newest fashions in swimwear was a huge attraction. It wasn’t burlesque, as such, but promoters of the events under-stood the need to make the events provocative, and the girls were of-ten posed at poolside showing off

new Jantzen products. The pool became the site for other promotional activities. Lo-cal celebrities would repeatedly use the giant swimming area as a backdrop for various new product introductions. The Miss Portland contest was held there several times, and often live radio broad-casts took place from the location. In Portland, the station KWJJ fre-quently used the area for different endorsements for advertising cus-tomers and later, with the introduc-tion of television, local car dealers regularly used the Jantzen Beach pool to announce the arrival of new model vehicles. However, the monstrous swim-ming pool was not the only attrac-tion at Jantzen Beach; there was much more to come. Much of the initial construction was begun simultaneously. Build-ings, rides and the promenade were designed; nevertheless, mul-tiple changes, along with additions kept the park owners constant-ly postponing the opening date. However, the progress that was made and the planning that was

Students and teachers have been excited for completion of Roosevelt High School’s

extensive remodel, so it was dis-heartening to say the least, when the school became the victim of senseless and expensive vandal-ism. While students, parents, and faculty were in the new gym sup-porting the RHS Rough Riders during a basketball game in Oc-tober, five teenagers were inside tearing the school apart to the tune of about $650,000. In the new science wing, an emergency shower was turned on which flowed for about four hours through three floors dam-aging walls, floors, computers, elevators, and numerous school and personal property in six classrooms and bathrooms. The

senseless act was all captured on a security camera as the five Da-vid Douglas teens ran through the halls celebrating their mischie-vousness. The teens also sprayed a fire extinguisher around the classroom, and wrote vulgar lan-guage on a whiteboard. This unnecessary setback for Roosevelt is disappointing to the school’s students and facul-ty who have been very patient since 2015 while their school has been undergoing a $92 mil-lion bond-funded rebuilt of the school. The damaged wing had only been opened since August of this year. Students who were enjoying the new science lab are now using a cold food pantry

Five teens arrested after vandalizing Roosevelt HS

“RHS Vandalism”Continued on Page 3

“Jantzen Beach Part II”Continued to Page 4

This photoshows the

popularity the Jantzen Beach

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without much lighting in the school’s basement. Not only was the science room’s equipment damaged from the fire extinguisher, but teachers had to quickly adjust lessons and schedules around the delay. All the 15-17 aged students from David Douglas High School were arrested and charged with criminal mischief and second-degree burglary.

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By Barbara Quinn

Twenty-two years ago Mari-bel Gomez noticed there was no source for the baptismal gowns sought by Hispanic residents, so she organized and launched a store, Novedades Prado, to provide them. The specialty shop at 8005 N Lombard St., adjacent to the St. Johns town center, now sells gen-eral clothing as well as all items needed for important family oc-casions such as baptisms, commu-nions, weddings and quinceañeras, young girls’ coming of age parties. Over the years, families have come to rely on Maribel for supplying their events and parties on special occasions. The word Novedades translates in English to “what is trending” she says, and Prado is her married name. The business moved to its cur-rent location at N. Lombard and N. Mohawk in 2000 from a storefront at N. Greeley and N. Lombard. Maribel said the move was made because there was an opportunity to rent a building with an option to buy, a decision that’s proved to be a good one with the current com-mercial rental prices climbing fast. However, she was warned against moving to St. Johns as a place to do business. “They told me the only one who can make it is Starbucks.” But over the years she has proved them wrong. Maribel’s husband Efrain helps out in the business by paying bills and fixing things, while Maribel does the basics such as ordering. Their two children, a girl and a boy are in college and also help out at the store. Though most of Novedades cus-

tomers are Hispanic, others have discovered the shop as well and enjoy coming in to look for bar-gains. Maribel notes a disturbing trend of Hispanic residents mov-ing away from north Portland par-tially due to rising rents, but she tries not to worry. “When you are good, good things come.” Many of the moved customers still seek her out and she hopes they contin-ue to do so. Though she works long days, 10:30am to 7:30pm, and with a family has little free time, she tries to support St. Johns community events by displaying flyers and

Novedades Prado finds specialty niche within St. Johns Community

allowing postings on the bulletin board outside. She likes the small town aspect of St. Johns and has appreciated contact from Lindsay at St. Johns Center for Opportuni-ty and Kert Wright, who organizes business promotions. On the new development in the nearby town center she says, “It’s exciting to see new people. It may be good for the businesses in St. Johns. You have to be excited for the busi-nesses.” What does she like best about owning her store? “It’s a dream to be able to make a living, be pros-perous after 22 years. It’s a bless-ing.” That blessing comes with hard work and in order to keep things going she often feels like the store is a 24/7 commitment. Novedades Prado is a good ex-ample of the small businesses that make St. Johns a thriving, interest-ing and diverse place. When asked for a final word, Maribel exclaimed, “Come shop!”

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accomplished are something that should be envied and emulated by today’s entrepreneurs. Every attention to detail was scrupulously thought out; every consideration of creature comfort meticulously planned and config-ured. Jantzen Beach was not going

to be an also ran. The project was going to be the premier entertain-ment center of the West Coast, and anyone who suggested otherwise was dismissed immediately! As it developed, the leisure grounds were to include over 27 acres of lawn for relaxation and

family fun, which integrated over 16 acres of picnic grounds that had horseshoe pits, miniature golf, barbeque ranges/pits, and an ex-pansive children’s’ train ride that surrounded the area. They also added a huge number of recreation equipment items that we now asso-ciate with standardized playground apparatus, such as slides, swings, croquet sets, bocce courts, and lawn darts, etc. At the same time, the construc-tion of the massive ballroom had begun, and with it, the anticipation of the largest recreational dance facility on the West Coast. When finished, the dance floor alone was over 12,000 square feet, with no posts to interfere with dancers. A much advanced construction in-cluded one of the only “lamella” roofs in the western states. The only other one was McArthur bas-ketball court in Eugene. When it opened, in 1931, the “Golden Can-opied Ballroom” was billed as the most “magnificent” and “classiest” ballroom in the country. The ambiance of this place stag-gered even the Jantzen manage-ment throng! The builders and purveyors of the structure were to marvel at how the giant building became such a spot of splendor. The colored walls were draped with beautiful satin decorative

wraps that extended from the ceil-ing to the floor. The paint on the walls was a collection of black and gold color that set off the innova-tive lighting, and caused people to gasp with amazement when they entered the building. This was as close to European royalty that anyone had ever experienced. And it was in Portland – in fact, North Portland! Because of the immediate rave reviews for the dance hall, the location was to attract big name bands and movie stars almost overnight. Tommy Dorsey, Stan Kenton, Guss Arnheim, Benny Goodman, Woody Herman, Harry James, Louis Armstrong, and the Les Brown Orchestra were but a few big names that were frequent per-formers right here in our North Portland backyard! This building was something that those of us who were not there can only imagine. The quality and mi-lieu of the dance hall can only be envisioned when we take the time to rent a 1930-40’s movie classic. This was magic, pure and sim-ple. The cheek-to-cheek dancers, all dressed in their finest cloth-ing were to be serenaded by In the Mood, Star Dust, Sentimental Journey, Tea for Two, Don’t Get Around Much Anymore, and (for

me) the most hauntingly beauti-ful Harry James/Kitty Kallen tune ever: It’s Been a Long, Long Time, as they reveled in the majesty that was the Jantzen wonderland. Without question, the respite of the ballroom was to become a ha-ven for temporary relief from the woes of the depression that swept the nation in late 1929. And later, the horror and human loss associ-ated with WWII. The Jantzen Hop was developed in 1931 and was a foxtrot. Soon the phrase, “We’ll be ‘Dancin’ at the Jantzen,” became a common part of the local vocabulary. The dances attracted as many as 4,200 people per night, and many more were turned away! Even in the depths of the depression, people found a way to raise the 25 cent it cost to dance the night through, as the magical beauty of a nearly Cinderella type setting was the norm at the Jantzen Beach Ball-room. This was virtually a fairy tale style of adventure and buses and streetcars regularly unloaded scores of dancers right in front of the entrance. By the thousands, people clam-ored to spend a night dancing at the Golden Ballroom. The magical romance that was a part of the am-biance is something that those who attended the big band jumps are recollections they will never for-get. Memories are etched in their

A few of the Jantzen Swimwear

models. Racy

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The famous Jantzen Beach Dance Pa-vilion which brought the most famous bands. It is rumored that Dance Marathons started there.

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mind like carvings made of stone. Relationships were often built that were to last a lifetime. By the war years, the dance hall became more than just a place to cut a rug as it hosted a variety of events that highlighted service men and gave remarkable tem-porary respite to U.S. military personnel. Stage shows featuring beautiful girls from around Amer-ica also became a common attrac-tion for those folks who were to be Dancin’ at the Jantzen. People like Sally Rand, the entertainer who was introduced as “the girl who fanned a breeze into a tornado,” was often seen at the Golden Ball-room. She and her dance troupe (a collection of ravaging young beauties,) would be hoisted on the stage, where they performed their famous and provocative “fan dance” to the thrill of the audience. The admission at the time (war years) was 30 cents for women and 45 cents for men. Seldom, if ever was the 12,000 square foot dance floor lacking for patrons. Each night found couples in loving em-braces as well as sweaty exhaus-tion as they danced the night away. Men in uniform were revered, and could not buy a drink nor pay ad-mission; their every need was tak-en care of by our local citizens. Think of it for a brief moment. Young men and women, dressed to the nines entering a supernatu-ral world of near foreign design; big bands swaying, model T and A-Ford’s along with stunning Packard’s lined the parking lot, a coat/hat check area where no-body needed to worry about their personal belongings being stolen! An interior that screamed atmo-sphere and beauty, kids that glided across the floor in romantic har-mony within an enchantment that insulated them from the harm and cruelty that was the depression. Males were gentlemen; females were ladies. Participants were giv-en sheet music for the upcoming melodies; people could anticipate what song would be played, as they choreographed their dance moves with their cohort/sweet-heart. Drinks flowed, and ciga-

rettes were smoked. Nobody had to worry about thugs, gangsters, or guns. There was no chance of a drive-by shooting; that term had not yet become part of our vocabu-lary. Prince Charming and Cinder-ella were only one salsa movement away; their chance meeting begin-ning with an innocent, “would you care to dance” question? Alas, it’s now a distant memory, but it’s a North Portland phenom-enon that cannot be taken away. It’s our heritage, and it’s our pos-session! The dance hall was to evolve, just as all the events, rides, activ-ities and entertainment activities changed and altered. The adver-

tising query became “would you like to dance tonight?” This slogan became a standard question, and it appeared for years in newspapers, magazines and on billboards. The question was often followed by a self-serving answer, “we’ll be Dancin’ at the Jantzen!”

In the next St. Johns Review:An American crash changed the world & some competition opened up right next door.

No portion of the Jantzen Beach Amuse-ment Park series can be reprinted without explicit permission from the editor and/or the author of this article. Contact review-newspaper@gmail.com. Or write to Jim Speirs for more information and/or com-ments to: jtspeirs@gmail.com

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TWO PEOPLE INJURED IN SHOOTING AT STRIP CLUBNews Release from Portland Police BureauPosted on FlashAlert: November 18th, 2016 8:58 AMOn Friday November 18, 2016, at 12:39 a.m., North Precinct officers responded to the report of a shoot-ing at Jags Clubhouse, located at 605 North Columbia Boulevard. Officers arrived in the area and learned that a 22-year-old female was inside the bar and suffering from a gunshot wound. The vic-tim was transported to a Portland hospital by ambulance for treat-ment and is expected to survive. Officers learned that there was a disturbance outside the club and that an African American male fired several shots towards a parked vehicle containing sev-eral people then ran away from the scene. The victim walked into the club to seek help. As officers were investigating the shooting, other officers responded to the re-port of a carjacking in the area of Northeast Broadway and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard at the 76 Gas Station. Officers arrived in the area and contacted a 30-year-old female suffering from gunshot wounds. Medical personnel ar-rived and transported the victim by ambulance to a Portland hospital for treatment to non-life-threaten-ing injuries. Officers learned that the second victim was shot outside Jags Clubhouse and it did not ap-pear that any carjacking occurred at the 76 Gas Station. Based on in-formation learned at the scene, the Gang Enforcement Team is con-ducting the investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call the Police Non-Emergency Line

at 503-823-3333. The Tactical Operations Division’s Gang Enforcement Team (GET) and Gun Task Force (GTF) are continuing to investigate several incidents of gun violence city-wide. Anyone with information about gun crimes in the City of Portland is encouraged to pro-vide information to the Portland Police Bureau’s Tactical Opera-tions Division at 503-823-4106 or email information to gangs@portlandoregon.gov. Information learned from social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter or You-Tube should be shared with inves-tigators as these tips may lead to the identification of a suspect or suspects. Tips on gun crimes can be emailed to GunTaskForce@portlandoregon.gov. If you see a gun crime in progress, call 9-1-1. The Portland Police Bureau works closely with Enough is Enough PDX, a community-led campaign aimed at encouraging people to take a stand against gang violence in the area. For more information about Enough is Enough PDX and how you can get involved, please visit https://www.facebook.com/EnoughIsEnoughPDX Addition-al information about Enough is Enough PDX and other City ef-forts addressing youth violence can be found at the Office of Youth Violence Prevention, http://www.portlandonline.com/safeyouth/ Crime Stoppers of Oregon is offer-ing a minimum $250 cash reward to anyone who reports a convicted felon or a juvenile in possession of a firearm and tipsters can re-main anonymous. Rewards of up to $1,000 are available for other

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on September 19 and October 19. While investigators watched the location, a man later identified as Richmond was seen outside the Credit Union. Richmond appeared to be casing the credit union and he matched the description of the person responsible for the earlier robberies. Richmond was taken into custody and a pre-written rob-bery note was located in his pos-session. Anyone with additional information regarding Richmond is asked to contact Detective Brett Hawkinson at 503-823-1080 or brett.hawkinson@portlandoregon.gov.

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ly planned as a peaceful way to stop the Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL). They call themselves water protectors. Every morning the women and youths do a wa-ter ceremony. The direction of the elders has been that every-thing we do must be done in a prayerful, peaceful manner. The youths have different daily ac-tivities. They did a prayer march in silence and then sat on the bridge (to the construction site) in silence for 30 minutes. All the seven Sioux tribes are now in-volved. They have come together in a ceremonial seven fire coun-cil and formed the Teton Nation. Unity has not happened in 150

years. Indigenous people from all over the nation and across the planet have joined the movement. 130 tribes have their flags out there. Some of those who started the movement are still out there.

BQ – Where exactly is the camp?Phillip: Two of the camps are on the Standing Rock Sioux reserva-tion. The Cannonball River is the northern boundary of the Sioux land and those two camps are lo-cated south of the river. The main camp, Oceti Sakowin, is north of the river on Army Corps of Engi-neers land. But that land belongs to the Sioux according to the treaty of 1851. Those lands were

all part of Sioux territory and never ceded. The DAPL ease-ment is where the Eminent Do-main Camp is. There are a total of 5000 to 6000 people camped out. The Dakota Access pipeline would cross those lands, and go under the river adjacent to the reservation.

BQ – Has the pipeline work start-ed again?Phillip: Three federal groups have called for a stop work, the Department of the Interior, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the Department of Justice but Dakota Access Pipeline ignored it. They kept working although

they weren't laying pipe. They did other stuff.BQ – What are some of the activi-ties you were involved with in the camp?Phillip: There were petitions and marches to the Dakota Access construction camp. There wasn't any police presence when I was there. We caravanned to pick up Native American flags at the con-struction site and went on to Bis-marck for a rally. We brought the Native American flags back and I put some up on flagpoles on the road to the camp.

By Barbara Quinn

Below is an interview with Phillip Killary a SE Portlander of Native American extraction who joined the encampment at the Stand-ing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota in August for sev-eral weeks. He gives a first hand account and hopes to revisit the camp soon. The interview has been edited for clarity.BQ – When did you become aware of the Standing Rock camp?Phillip: I first became aware of it in August, but it started in April.

BQ – It was started by Native American women and youth, cor-rect?Phillip: Yes. It was original-

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BQ – What is an average day there like in the camp? Or is there an av-erage day?Phillip: We would wake up, get dressed. We had a small canvas tent. I went with my friend Ja-son. We set it up near a mobile home and got to know our neigh-bors. Then some people donated a large army tent with two wood stoves. We set up a kitchen and opened it to the neighbors. It was a base for people from Portland. We'd start off the day with cof-fee and breakfast, and then some of us would discuss what imme-diate needs had to be addressed. We'd discuss what we need to do first like getting firewood. Then we'd find out what can we do to help the larger cause. For exam-ple we'd help pitch tents. I also helped the guy in charge of all the wood stoves. We would just look

for a need in the community and see how we could fill it. Every-one shares resources and shares work. You don't pay for any food. If I heard there was going to be an action, I would go to help pro-vide security.

BQ – What happened at the bridge action the other day?Phillip: From what I understand from Mary Kay Johnson, several hundred people, 400 to 500, un-armed, tried to move one of the two burned out vehicles on the bridge that leads to the construc-tion site. They were originally put there by the water protec-tors trying to block access to the construction land. Behind the two cars there is now a concrete barrier with concertina wire and militarized vehicles with water cannons. I find it reprehensible

that the Morton County Sheriff is offering security to DAPL. It's wrong. Private security shouldn't use force. DAPL's private secu-rity firm has ties to the Blackwa-ter mercenary security company. Both companies are militarized. People here in the US are being treated like people in Syria or Af-ghanistan! The movement was planned as peaceful. According to an eyewit-ness I spoke with, there was no fire set in the vehicles like was re-ported. The sheriff's set a fire on their side of the barrier, but that's what was shown on the news and blamed on the marchers. They turned the water hoses on people when it was freezing cold and they tear gassed them and shot rubber bullets at them. There were lots of people hurt. One

woman may lose her hand.

BQ – That brings up the next question. What media sources can we rely on for the truth?Phillip: Mainstream media is either not reporting or they are reporting from the sheriff's view-point. Brenda Norrell's Censored News is a good source. Digital Smoke Signals is good. There's Indigenous Uprising and Mary Kay Johnson's blog.

BQ – What kind of outside sup-port is the movement getting?Phillip: The UN has written a letter of support and people are coming to the camps from all over the world. Every tribe in the nation has had a representative here and left a flag. Bernie Sand-

ers is working in support of the water protectors. This is an im-portant action against fossil fuels and corporate power. It's the be-ginning of a revolution. If you would like to support the movement at Standing Rock you can help winterize the large, Oce-ti Sakowin Camp and keep water protectors on site this winter at: crowdrise.com/winterize-wa-ter-protectors-camp. Direct funding can be sent to the Sacred Stone Camp at gofundme.com/sacredstonecamp. Please send new supplies to Sacred Stone Camp, PO Box 1011, Fort Yates, ND 58538 or Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Attention: Donations, PO Box D Building #1, North Stand-ing Rock Avenue, Fort Yates, ND 58538.

Standing Rock - Continued from Page 7 By Barbara Quinn A Pacific North-west delegation at Standing Rock Sioux Tribe head-quarters in Fort Yates, North Da-kota. Photo by Paul Anderson / Our Shared Responsibility: A Totem Pole Journey”

“The pipeline would adversely affect not only the security and access to drinking water of the Sioux and millions of people living downstream of the Missouri River, but it would also destroy archaeological, historical and sacred sites of the Sioux...Given these circumstances, we call on the gov-ernment of the United States to comply with the provisions recognized in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and ensure the right of the Sioux to participate in decision-making, consider-ing that the construction of this pipeline will affect their rights, lives and territory,”~Alvaro Pop Ac, chair the Permanent Forum in Indigenous Issues, United Nations