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Columbia Gorge News www.columbiagorgenews.com Wednesday, December 2, 2020 B5 HISTORY Heavy Industry Industrial workers stand for photos at their work stations at Employees of Martin Marietta Aluminum in 1979. The alu- minum reduction plant began operations in 1958 as Harvey Aluminum Inc., which became a wholly owned subsidiary of Martin Marietta Corporation in 1970. The plant was shut down in 1984. In 1986, portions of the plant were leased to Northwest Aluminum Company, which resumed primary operations. The property was formally listed as a National Priority List superfund site in 1983: During facility operation, waste con- stituents were stored, treated and disposed of onsite. Waste included fluoride, sodium, sulfate, cyanide, and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Also buried on site were asbestos insulation, coke, pitch and cathode waste from the alumina reduction cells, which contain cyanide compounds formed during the reduction process. The central plant has since been demolished, the landfill capped with liners and rock, and water from the site is moni- tored for contaminants and treated. YESTERYEARS 1920 — 100 years ago Superintendent A.M. Cannon announces that a sufficient number of students have registered for commercial subjects to justify the opening of that department in night classes. Miss Lucretia Rodell will be in charge and offers a three months’ course in typewriting, shorthand and bookkeeping. To cover cost of instruction and overhead, a tuition of $4 per pupil, payable in advance, will be collected by the superinten- dent at the opening. — Hood River News The keys to the city will be turned over to 150 members of the Oregon State Hotel association who will arrive in the city on the noon train tomorrow. A reception committee made up of local business men will be at the depot to greet the visiting hotel men and welcome them to the “gateway to east- ern Oregon.” — The Dalles Daily Chronicle Work of graveling the Columbia River highway immediately west of The Dalles has begun, Divisional Engineer J.H. Scott an- nounced today. Course grav- el is being hauled from the city rock crusher, as none of the natural rock used on the Mosier end of the highway is available. The course gravel will be rolled, and then coat- ed with fine crushed rock. — The Dalles Daily Chronicle 1940 — 80 years ago That the people of Oregon will vote this state dry by 1944 was the predic- tion made by B.N. Hicks, state superintendent of the Anti-Liquor League, before Pomona Grangers at Rockford Hall Tuesday of this week. Hicks, who de- livered a convincing talk on his subject, was the leading speaker at the open meet- ing of the Grange. He was warmly applauded. — Hood River News The Central Machine Welding Works, Second and Jefferson streets, will be the scene tonight of the first ses- sion of a machine tool class which has been organized in The Dalles under the nation- al defense training program and is being conducted with the approval of the state board for vocational edu- cation. — The Dalles Daily Chronicle 1960 — 60 years ago Duckwall Bros. completed their packing operations for the season today, Thursday, at the Odell packing plant. The packing house crew enjoyed their annual end of the season party Wednesday afternoon during coffee break, then exchanged small gifts. “We do not have packet figures averrable as of yet,” said Sales Manager Dick Duckwall. “But packets will be less than last year due to smaller sizes. Prices to both export and domestic markets are higher than last year.” — Hood River News A “go-slow” policy has been adopted by the Wasco County Assessor C.A. (Mac) Wood in regards to the Oregon State Tax Commission’s recent direc- tive that property of fraternal organizations be no long considered tax exempt. — The Dalles Daily Chronicle 1980 — 40 years ago GLOBAL HEADLINES 1920 Italian Troops Blockade City Of Fiume 771 Are Killed In Irish Revolt Wilson May Urge League Adoption Upon Congress 1940 Devastating Air Raids Directed At Britain British Convoy Attacked by Subs Greeks Pushing Italians Back At Bayonet Point 1960 Hatfield Has Record Budget For 2 Years Kennedy Assured No Election Fraud Reds Say Space Zoo Still Up; Westerners Doubtful Plan Would Cut Old-Age Grants 1980 Higher Prices, Less Gas Is Forecast Power Plan For Northwest Still In Future Potential Peanut Butter Panic Threatens 2000 Election case draws justice skepticism High Court sets aside Florida ruling Greg Walden rejects bid for governor A successor to the Hood River County landfill will be sited at property in Hood River near Rand Road. County Commissioners vot- ed Friday to sign the option to purchase 6.44 acres of land at the corner of Rand Road and Cascade Street, now owned by Herschel Johnson of Odell. The germinate ends a search that started in earnest more than six months ago and has been a goal for more than two years. — Hood River News Shoplifting arrests have hit a three-year high in The Dalles and efforts of an anti-shoplifting program currently underway here may push it even higher. Sgt. Art Labrousse of the city police said as of the end of October, 56 persons had been apprehended and accused of shoplifting, or of- ficially first or second degree theft depending on the value of merchandise taken. — The Dalles Chronicle Procedures to permit the annexation of Foley Lakes Mobile Home Park were begun by The Dalles City Council Monday night. — The Dalles Chronicle (19790 Port of Klickitat Manager William Hemingway advised com- missioners not to accept a verbal offer from SDS Lumber Company regarding a 25-acre lot currently under lease to Dickey Farms. SDS offered about $75,000 for dryland acreage located around Marina Park and ad- jacent to SDS. The land also includes a lake. Hemingway advised commissioners not to accept any offer under an average range of $6,000-$13,000 per acre. Dickey Farms and another company whose identity commissioners are guarding have expressed interest in purchasing land owned by the port. — White Salmon Enterprise 2000 — 20 years ago Pay the fine for a traffic violation or buy a Christmas toy for a child. That’s the choice offered by the Hood River City Police Department and Municipal Court for minor traffic tickets issued during the next two weeks. The holiday Toys for Ticket program is in its third year and is popular with the patrol officers who usually face only negative feedback from issuing citations. Officers will deliver the toys, along with the annual food CALL US TODAY FOR A FREE ESTIMATE • Drain Cleaning • Camera & Locate • Backflow Testing • Water Heater Installation & Repair BONDED & INSURED OR #177235 WA #CAMPSPL938Q9 10% Veterans Discount! Visa, Mastercard & Discover QUARANTINE MEASURES CONSIDERED JOKE BY MANY PERSONS GATHERINGS DANGEROUS SCHOOLS WILL PROBABLY CLOSE AND THEATRES REMAIN DARK Good Ones Needed — Some plastic toys of the type held here by Capt. Frank Bonn of The Dalles fire department are suitable for local Christmas distribution but if they’re damaged, the repair crews can’t make them into suitable gifts. More toys are needed for repair program and early donations are sought so there will be plenty of time for repair and paint-up work. VERBATIM Displays Shown Tyee Group The Tyee Mineralites were shown two exhibits during their Nov. 12 meeting. Mr. and Mrs. James Ellett brought to the meeting some rock specimens they picked up up during a hunting trip. F.S. Creighton furnished the program with a display of his wood carvings — wagons, planter, bookends, a haybaler that ac- tually works, and an inlaid table that was made from woods from various places. The club elected officers for the following year. Light refreshments were served at the close of the meetings. — Nov. 18, 1960, The Dalles Daily Chronicle, Hair Grown on Bald Head After being almost totally bald, a New Yorker happily found something which brought out a new, luxuriant growth of hair of which he is so proud that he will send the informa- tion free to anyone who asks for it. Write: John H. Brittain, Station F, New York, N.Y. Many women and men have grown hair after all else failed. Cut this out, show others; this is genuine. — November 4, 1920, The Dalles Daily Chronicle baskets, on Dec 17. — Hood River News Wasco County plans to resume clean-up efforts on the Hi Dollar property by seeking out partners to assist with the project. Cleanup of the property, located at 2365 E. Second St., became the county’s problem when it foreclosed on the site in 1995 due to unpaid back taxes. A salvage and scrap operation existed on the property for over 20 years. — The Dalles Chronicle A White Salmon real estate committee meeting NO MORE GUTTER CLEANING, OR YOUR MONEY BACK GUARANTEED! SERVING THE ENTIRE GORGE • New Construction • Industrial • Commercial • Residential • Remodels • Service & Repair “FLU” LID TO BE NAILED ON TIGHT 15 % AND! OFF YOUR ENTIRE PURCHASE * Promo Number: 285 1-855-536-8838 10 % OFF SENIOR & MILITARY DISCOUNTS + 5 % OFF TO THE FIRST 50 CALLERS! ** resulted in a recommenda- tion to hold onto the title of the building where White Salmon’s library once sat. Committee chair Penny White Morris pointed out each member of the com- mittee seemed to be in favor of the recommendation. “There is no reason to get rid of that building. We should hold on to it, and lease it or rent beginning Jan. 1, 2001,” Morris said. The building is located at 142 east Jewett, has been va- cant since the library moved. When the new mayor and city council assume office this evening, their first offi- cial act will be to consider a very material tightening of the influenza Quarantine in The Dalles. With two deaths yesterday and the num- ber of new cases showing practically no reduction, it is the opinion of Mayor-elect P.J. Stadelman that a serious emergency exists in this city and that strict measures must be taken to safeguard the public health. Mr. Stadelman yesterday made a thorough survey of the situation as it now exists in this city and he declared this morning that he is deeply impressed with the need of the strictest measures to check further progress of the disease. “It can no longer be doubted,” said Mayor Stadelman, “that some of the deaths which have occurred were directly due to attendance at gatherings where somebody had the disease. It has also been shown that although the person giving the disease may have it in a light form, they may transmit it in a most acute form, resulting in death. I had a confer- ence yesterday with Dr. Thompson and he stated that his recent experience has proved to him beyond the shadow of a doubt that the disease is being spread through public gatherings. “While I do not wish to appear radical,” Mayor Stadelman continued, “I do believe that a few dollars or a little loss of business or social pleasure are not to be considered when weighed against a human life. Immediately after I read my message this morning, I shall recommend to the council that they put the quarantine lid on the city as tightly as possible.” —The Dalles Daily Chronicle, January 6, 1919 Imagine The Difference You Can Make DONATE YOUR CAR 1-844-533-9173 FREE TOWING TAX DEDUCTIBLE Help Prevent Blindness Get A Vision Screening Annually Mon-Thurs: 8am-11pm, Fri-Sat: 8am-5pm, Sun: 2pm-8pm EST *For those who qualify. 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