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Columbia Gorge News www.columbiagorgenews.com Wednesday, December 9, 2020 B5 HISTORY VERBATIM Eby Store Windows Reflect Yuletide Sub-freezing temperatures outside and condensation of moisture inside the windows furnished Willis Eby with a real problem, to keep the col- ors from running. However, he secured a big electric fan, draft from which has kept moisture on the windows down to a minimum. The window decorations are only part of the Yuletide picture, as a visit to the interior of the Eby Food Store will convince all. — Hood River News, Dec. 13, 1940 The unusual in Christmas decoration is drawing much attention to the windows of Eby’s Food Store, corner of State and Second Streets. Norman Tucker, well- known young artist, has used the windows of this store as backgrounds for two of the best-known Christmas themes: “Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night” and “The Journey of Santa Claus.” The pictures, incisor, are of broad design and testify to the pictorial ability of Norman. Witness Chair In New Location An electric train occupies a loft in this Dec. 22, 1948 newspaper photograph by George Lindsay of The Dalles Optimist. The image was scanned by from a 4-by 5-inch black and white negative. Information on the envelope included the date and the name “Gap Woodworth.” YESTERYEARS 1920 — 100 years ago In order to secure an ap- propriate name for the new tourist hotel now being built on the highway at the edge of Hood River, Henri Thiele is offering prizes of $50 and $25 for the two best names submitted. Rules governing the contest require that the name shall be brief and de- scriptive. Only American and Indian names will be con- sidered. Foundations of the building are now complete and builders expect that it will be open to the public by May 1 next year. — Hood River News The long expected “pro- test” to the board of control of the State Athletic associ- ation by the Salem football team over the game won by The Dalles on the local field Nov. 25, has finally eventuat- ed, but in an entirely differ- ent form than was expected. Instead of claiming the game on the grounds that The Dalles players walked off the field without completing the game, as Salem high school officials had announced they would do, Salem makes what is considered a far more serious charge; that The Dalles players displayed an attitude in the game ... which is “prejudicial to the interests of clean and sportsmanlike athletics.” — The Dalles Daily Chronicle 1940 — 80 years ago The problem of what to give for Christmas to distant friends can be solved through the medi- um of Gift Boxes of Apples and Pears, now available through the Apple Growers Association. These boxes, of most attractive design, each containing 18 specially selected Delicious, Ortley and Spitzenberg apples and D’Anjou pears, are 95 cents per box, but the Association will ship these gift boxes to any destination for the addi- tional express cost. — Hood River News From 585 paid subscribers in 1916 to an accredited sub- scription list of 2,652 in 1940! Such is the march of progress of The Dalles Chronicle since the ABC audit of circulation first was incorporated within its business policies some 24 years ago. —The Dalles Chronicle 1960 — 60 years ago Carol Marchbank slapped the chill from her bare arms and cocked a bright grin at the long ribboned rows of candy canes that fenced in brightly decorated rows of homes down the street past her Seventh and Montello Street home. “Golly, since we started this thing, I know everybody who lives within three blocks of us — before I bet I didn’t know half of them!” It was a happy thought as it must be to the 17 families whose unique idea and initiative in follow through effort created Candycane Lane, Hood River’s brightest Christmas idea in recent memory. — Hood River News “No blood in the bank” is bad news that can be avoided by heavy turnout of donors at Friday’s blood drawing here, the spon- soring Dalles Ministerial Association pointed out today. — The Dalles Daily Chronicle As Dalles City’s recently completed sewage treatment plant prepares for an official open house, the Oregon State Sanitary Authority has added another step to its op- eration. Since the sparkling new plant is near the lower Columbia, it must, by May 1 be able to treat with chlorine daily plant effluent drained into the river. — The Dalles Daily Chronicle 1970: An Open House will be held at the Dallesport Restaurant for county resi- dents to meet the new chief for the restaurant, Howard Woodward. Word from the Dallesport Restaurant Wednesday said the open house doors will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with coffee and donuts for the guests coming in during the day. — White Salmon Enterprise one person to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Dick Hyde on Nov. 12. — The Dalles Daily Chronicle (1979) Monica Smith spends many of her days sitting in area classrooms observing students. Smith is called in by teachers who encounter a student with disabilities, varying from a student’s inability to read at their grade level to emo- tional problems that can hamper classroom learning. Smith administers a variety of written, oral and ma- nipulative tests to students in grades one through 12, which help determine an area of learning disability. “Then I will recommend materials or approaches that should be taken with the student to assess what their strengths are. We try to find solutions that will strengthen those weaknesses.” — White Salmon Enterprise 2000 — 20 years ago Lynn Mitchell’s chemistry classroom at Hood River Valley High School was a clutter of dye bottles and soggy t-shirts this week. Students wearing plastic gloves milled around the room advancing their scien- tific knowledge by … making tie-dyes? “It’s good chem- istry,” said teacher Lynn Mitchell. He should know because he just received the Outstanding High School Teacher award at the annual Oregon Science Teacher’s conference in Newport. The award is given only to one high school science teacher in the state. “It was a com- plete surprise,” Mitchell said. “I didn’t even know it was happening.” — Hood River News Annexation of portions of Hood River County into the Columbia Gorge Community College District saw a key advance Friday in Salem, with conceptual approval by the Oregon State Board of Education. Board members approved a resolution to cooperate with a citizens’ advisory commit- tee in Hood River County toward the goal of annex- ing parts of the county not already served by a college district. — The Dalles Daily Chronicle Construction of the White Salmon in-lieu fishing site is in high gear on the Columbia River shore west of the Hood River Toll Bridge. Colville Tribal Services is overseeing the project, with support from the Army Corps of Engineers. The site will fea- ture a new boat ramp, camp sites, and a fish drying shed. — White Salmon Enterprise preparation and completion of first contracts had been approved under the super- vision of County Judge A. E. Lake, Commissioner C. H. Stoughton and H.C. Rooper, and Judge Fred W. Wilson, then district attorney for the Seventh Judicial District. The Hon. W. L. Bradshaw, circuit judge at that time, also assist- ed with the supervision. Total cost of the court- house when completed on Oct. 3, 1914, was published as $188,600 wile jail and equipment amounted to $8,955. Another $12,654 went toward the installation of furniture and fixtures. — The Dalles Daily Chronicle, Dec. 2, 1920 Transfer of the witness chair in the circuit court- room from behind the bench to an elevated platform facing the assembly hall was completed Saturday. Shifted for the purpose of facilitating the work of the court report- er in recording testimony, the relocation also will make such testimony more clearly audible to members of the jury and others assembled at court sessions. The alteration, one of the first effected in the court- room in many years, today brought reminiscences of how and when the court- house was originally con- structed. Actual work on the building was commenced in May 1912, after preliminary New Bridge Repair Costs $43-Thousand Dethman Ridge Road and the Loop Route with all-steel supports and railing. The bridge has been condemned “for about two years” and will be renovated during this fiscal year. — Hood River News, Dec. 8, 1960 Judge Harris Higgins said West Coast Steel Co. is “pro- ceeding without problems” on the $43,000 bridge repair project at Fike’s corner on Highway 35. The firm has contracted to replace the shabby wooden structure at the crossing of Editorial cartoon from a 1980 The Dalles Daily Chronicle. 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