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Columbia Gorge News
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
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HISTORY
VERBATIM
Vets Make Them, Local
American Legion auxiliary
ladies gathered at the home
of Poppy Day Chairman Iris
Hay to assemble the little red
flowers to be sold here May
27 to raise funds for aid of
disabled veterans and their
families.
The poppies are made by
the disabled veterans, then
distributed to the Auxiliary
posts, where the ladies take
charge of the sales.
The veterans make the
poppies by hand, assembling
the stamens, petals, stems
and labels from parts they
make by the millions.
Poppy Chairman Mrs. Hay
says that new uses have been
found for the poppy sale
proceeds.
“Besides the veteran ben-
efits, the funds educate war
orphans, provide financial
assistance for needy chil-
dren,” she said.
Then Mrs. Hay urged all
local residents to watch for
the poppy salesmen May 27.
— April 27, 1961, Hood
River News
Float Boxes Are Damaged
By Fire At Tie Plant Here
Ruins of Old Fort Dalles are pictured about 1940. The first regular soldiers to be here at Fort Dalles were members of Loring’s regiment,
which had come across the plains. They built some log houses that were added to from time to time. The government realized the strategic
importance of the location and approved construction in 1856.
YESTERYEARS
1921 — 100 years ago
Fred Vogel, of Wyeth, was
in Hood River last week
displaying a new auto rim
which he has invented and
on which he has already
secured full patents. He has
sold half of his interest to
F.W. Schultz, of Eugene, at a
price, it is stated, of $10,000.
The main feature of the rim
is that, by two hinges, it can
be easily released from the
tire, thus enabling a change
or repairs to be made in
a few minutes. Mr. Vogel
is also the inventor of a
railroad jack, from which he
draws a comfortable royalty.
— Hood River News
With testimony concern-
ing 143 different water rights
in the White river water
shed written into the court
records during the last two
weeks, attorneys working
on the various angles of the
litigation today expressed
belief that final work will
be completed either this
evening or tomorrow. — The
Dalles Daily Chronicle
1941 — 80 years ago
Construction work on the
new Dalles City municipal
airport at Dallesport is ex-
pected to get under way here
about May 15, Mayor Norval
G. Martin reported today fol-
lowing a recent conference
in Portland with Paul Morris,
regional engineer of the Civil
Aeronautics Authority, and
Superintendent Deyereaux
of the WPA. Sam Guess, res-
ident engineer of the United
States army engineer corps,
was in The Dalles last week-
end looking for a place in
which to establish residence,
Martin said. — The Dalles
Daily Chronicle
1961 — 60 years ago
Ordered by the city
council to push hard at the
town’s cracked and bro-
ken sidewalk areas, City
Engineer Hal Puddy put out
another appeal to property
owners for cooperation
on the project this week.
Administrator Puddy noted
that city ordinances require
that property owners be
responsible for maintenance
of their sidewalk areas to city
standards. He said notices
are being mailed to those
residences where inspec-
tions reveal those standards
are not in force at present. —
Hood River News
Bids will be opened May
17 for the alterations and an
addition to the Chenowith
upper school Invitation to
bids was published yester-
day. This is one phase of the
Chenowith school expan-
sion program made possible
by voter approval of a
$533,000 bond issue March
27. It will include addition
of five rooms on the east
side of the school building,
conversion of the present
library to classrooms, and
construction of a new library
about double the size of the
present one. — The Dalles
Daily Chronicle
1981 — 40 years ago
The Cloud Cap-Tilly Jane
Recreation Area has been
Originating from a spark
from a welder’s outfit, fire
burned and singed four
submarine net float box-
es at the Forest Product
treatment company plant
here yesterday. The blaze oc-
curred about 3:30 yesterday
afternoon on the assembly
line. The assemblers had
completed their day’s work
on the floats concerned and
welders were finishing the
job when a spark apparently
ignited some burlap which
is used in wrapping two-inch
eye bolts.
The welder, his head under
a hood, and eyes covered
by dark lenses, was unable
to see the small blaze until
it had reached greater pro-
portions and had obtained a
good start underneath one of
the boxes.
The four boxes were dam-
aged to such an extent that
they will have to be rebuilt.
— April 21, 1941, The Dalles
Daily Chronicle
Plan Would Double
Boardman Size
SALEM — Gov. Mark Hatfield late Thursday announced a
plan to double the size of Oregon’s space age industrial park
at Boardman — to nearly 200,000 acres — and allow the Navy
to share it with Boeing Airplane Co., Seattle.
Hatfield said Boeing, which has leased the 96,000 to
100,000 acre Navy bombing range for 80 years at $60,000
per year, wants to begin construction at Boardman “as soon
as possible for significant activity” in connection with the
national space exploration activity.
Legislative leaders promptly endorsed the proposal.
Boardman is in Morrow County and has frontage on the
Columbia River.
— April 28, 1961, The Dalles Daily Chronicle
April 28, 1961, The Dalles Daily Chronicle.
entered into the National
Register of Historic Places,
according to Rep. Denny
Smith. Listing in the national
register makes the property
owners eligible for federal
grants-in-aid for preserva-
tion, administered by the
states as part of their historic
preservation programs.
The newly-designated area
is southwest of Cope Spur
Junction off the old Mt.
Hood Loop road. — Hood
River News
Marine Biology, Indian
culture, ocean beaches,
the Olympic rain forest, as
well as the opportunity to
be away from home and
living with their fellow
students and teachers for
four days, were among first-
hand learning experiences
gained by Dallesport School
fifth and sixth graders this
month. Fifty-seven students
and 14 teachers and parents
took a trip to Neah Bay on
the edge of the Olympic
Peninsula, the first time an
overnight trip was organized
at the school. Learning ex-
periences tied into students’
curriculum. Each student
made a notebook cover-
ing the different subjects.
Student Scott Tuthill said his
favorite part of the trip was
finding a purple sea urchin
on the beach and he added
that is one place that he’d
definitely like to visit. White
Salmon Enterprise
The very first firm figures
on upcoming rate increases
for Northern Wasco County
PUD will be on the table
tonight. Manager Bill Kotge
said that an announced
53 percent rate increase
by Bonneville Power
Administration would trans-
late into a local rate increase
of around 25 percent. — The
Dalles Daily Chronicle
2001 — 20 years ago
“Hatred and anger is bad
for your stomach.” That’s
what Alice Kern told a
group of students at Wy’east
Middle School on Thursday.
As one of a dwindling num-
ber of Holocaust survivors,
Kern knows a lot about
hatred and anger. “I had to
learn very hard, because I
was very angry,” said Kern.
“But I learned to leave the
anger and hatred and do
something good.” Kern, who
lives in Portland, spoke to
more than 100 captivat-
ed students in the school
cafeteria about her youth in
Sighet, Romania, and her
year in the Nazi death camps
of Auschwitz and Bergen-
Belsen during the last year of
World War II. — Hood River
News
SDS Lumber Co. is mov-
ing fast to bring new power
generation systems on line
in Bingen. Last week, SDS
President Jason Spadaro told
members of the Bingen City
Council that three power
generators were ready to
be switched on and start
producing electricity as of
April 18. The generators will
operate over a temporary
DOE air quality permit that
is valid for two months. SDS
also is bringing a portable
boiler to the mill site, which
will run on natural gas,
burning wood as its primary
source of fuel. — White
Salmon Enterprise
Although Wasco County
Planning Department’s new
director hasn’t had time to
move into his new office,
Todd Cornett has begun
tackling his new duties with
the same energy and enthu-
siasm he had as the county’s
senior planner. In fact,
Cornett will be performing
both jobs — director and
senior planner — until the
county hires a new planner
to fill his spot. — The Dalles
Chronicle
Community Work
Interferes With
Pupil’s Duties
Prof. Kirk Protests Dives And
Programs Which Detract
Public School Used
Propaganda Of Various Kinds Distributed
Through Educational System
Charging that the numer-
ous drives and community
activities which have been
conducted in The Dalles
during the last several
months, have seriously
interfered with school work
of the children of the city,
Superintendent of City
Schools R. L. Kirk today
raised his voice in protest
of the “roping in” of school
children to help...
— April 28, 1921, The Dalles
Daily Chronicle
GLOBAL HEADLINES
1921
Beer Regulation, Break In Dry Dyke
Crowd Kneels As Four Are Executed
Early Life In Community To Be Portrayed
1941
Battle For Mediterranean Getting Under Way
Athens Captured By Germans, New Moves Awaited
Lewis Seeking Way To End Coal Strike
1961
Kastro Says He’s Willing To Negotiate
Civil Defense Role Broadened
Cage Bribe Probe Gets Bigger
1981
State Lottery Bill Heats Up In Salem
Reagan To Address Nation, Seeks Votes For Programs
Asians To Carry Bigger Defense Load
2001
Governor: State can help fish, have power
World leaders try to avert recession
Nazis: prosecuted or hired
Decorative drop cap samples for the li-
notype, from a book on linotype printing
found in the pressroom of the Hood River
News.
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