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Columbia Gorge News
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
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HISTORY
YESTERYEARS
1921 — 100 years ago
The Hood River High
School Commencement
Exercises were held at the
auditorium Wednesday
night, the building being
filled to capacity. While the
program contained many
features, it went with a swing
that has been typical of the
work in the schools this year,
under the able administra-
tion of Supt. A.M. Cannon
and his efficient faculty
and both parents and other
citizens expressed their
unqualified approval of the
exercises on Wednesday eve-
ning and the various class
functions that have preceded
it. — Hood River News
The Dalles was selected
at the convention of the
Oregon Laundry Owners’ as-
sociation held in Eugene last
week, as the next meeting
place for the organization,
according to word brought
back by J.H. Weiss of the
Model laundry. The 1922
convention will probably be
held in June. — The Dalles
Daily Chronicle
1941 — 80 years ago
At a meeting of the board
of directors for School
District No. 3, on Wednesday
of last week, it was decid-
ed to discontinue manual
training and home econom-
ics in the seventh and eighth
grades in the city junior high
school and center these
activities in the ninth grade
courses at the high school.
It was also announced that
the new home economics
hall will be available for use
at the start of school this
coming fall. The contractors,
Baldwin & Wheir, are now
awaiting arrival of some
cabinets and when these are
at hand, the new department
will be rapidly completed,
probably in early June. —
Hood River News
Power from Bonneville
flowed into Wasco County
promptly at 2:10 p.m.
Saturday, signalizing the
energization of 26 miles of
REA lines and the beginning
of service to 51 rural cus-
tomers who heretofore have
had to do without all those
comforts that are associated
with electricity. The “juice”
hummed over the new-
ly-constructed lines as soon
as W.E. Davis, president of
Wasco Electric cooperative
pulled the switch on the
sub-station grounds. — The
Dalles Daily Chronicle
1961 — 60 years ago
Hood River firemen fol-
lowed up their busy Saturday
at Jaymar mill with a week
of minor duties. Tuesday
morning an alarm brought
two trucks to cover a flu fire
on Prospect Street. Firemen
maintained a watch wile
the chimney blaze burned
harmlessly out. Wednesday
was “thrill day” for kids
at Coe Primary school.
Firemen gave the grade
schoolers their annual ride
on the department’s shiny
red fire engines — account-
ing for the impressive wail of
sirens around the downtown
area that morning. — Hood
River News
One Dalles City opera-
tion is beginning to cause
problems for another. City
Manager C. Dean Smith was
informed today that burning
waste gas at the city’s sewage
disposal plant has on several
occasions caused alarms at
the city fire station. When
the excess waste gas is ignit-
ed in an exhaust pipe at the
plant, the flame shoots high
over the buildings’ skyline
silhouette ... People south
of the shielding buildings,
seeing the sudden fire jet,
immediately and logically
assume the buildings are
ablaze and summon the fire
department, the chief said.
— The Dalles Daily Chronicle
1981 — 40 years ago
Oregon has placed a July
1 deadline for closing the
Hood River County middle
mountain landfill, but Public
VERBATIM
Stage Is Set For Presentation
Of Great Historical Pageant;
Thousands Expected To Attend
Picturesque Braves And Familes From
Wapinitia Reservation Arrive to Participate
In Event; Encamped At Auto Park.
Pioneers In Parade To
Receive Honors
Local Song Leaders Will Have Charge
Of Community Singing; Portland
Parties To See Big Show
who may gather on the slop-
The Dalles tonight stands
on the eve of one of the big-
ing ground leading away
from the natural stage.
gest days in its history.
The site elected for the
The historical pageant will
Janel Turner flips over backwards while some members of the Village Tumblers look on at the out- be given tomorrow evening
pageant is a beautiful one,
side stage in Rheingarten Park on Saturday. The Village Tumblers, all students at Whitson Elementary at 6:30 o’clock, when, in
and splendidly adapted
School, also performed on Sunday. Jackie Littrell, Ellie Rodriguez, Tanya McGraw, and Amy Miller, left a series of ten episodes,
to the purpose. The stage
to right, also participated in the May Fest performances. — White Salmon Enterprise
nestles at the base of a rocky
momentous events in the
cliff, is perfectly flat, and
history of the making of the
Works Director Tony Klein
Pacific northwest will be por- permits the presence of large
says it is “all but impossible”
numbers of people on the
trayed by nearly a thousand
to meet that date, and an-
performing ground at one
residents of the city and its
time.
immediate environs.
other deadline set requiring
There will be a pictur-
The final rehearsal is
a permanent facility to be in
being held this afternoon.
operation. He said he’ll draft
esque parade of Indians and
Each scene of the pageant is
a proposal for an appeal
pioneers at noon tomorrow.
being carefully worked out
that would allow the county
Judge J.T. Rorick will be
for the last time, following
another year and a half of
marshal of the parade, at the
the systematic rehearsals of
use at the landfill, and even
head of which, in automo-
each group which have been biles, will be carried the
then he’s not sure a replace-
going on since last month.
five beloved pioneers of the
ment facility can be in place
Scores of Indians from
city whose residence here
by that time. — Hood River
the Wapinitia reservation
antedates the established
News
reached the city early this af- governments of state, county
Four fires here last week-
end may have been set, local
ternoon, after having started and city as they exist today.
These pioneers are John
authorities said today. On
their journey yesterday. They
Crate, who came in 1850, B.F.
the way to the first report of
will encamp at the park. Ten
Laughlin, 1850, Mrs. Mary
a fire at the Mattes garage,
of the Indians in an ad-
Cushing, 1853, George R.
firemen reported they found
vance party reached the city
Snipes, 1853, and Mrs. Mary
a fire in a trash barrel at The
Wednesday and have made
Ellen Caleb Silvertooth. The
Dalles High School. City
plans to care for the balance
latter was born at old Fort
Fire Chief Guy Ealey said it
of the tribe when it arrives.
Dalles in November 1853,
appeared all of the fires had
Six thousand people
and is the oldest living native
been set. Some juveniles
are expected to attend,
of The Dalles. All of these
were interviewed by city po-
according to H.W. Arbury,
Community Service director, folks were here before The
lice after the garage fire and
Dalles had any city govern-
who is in general charge of
some juveniles were seen
the pageant.
running from the area short-
ment, when Wasco county
Seats are being provided
extended to the Rockies
ly after the fire at the Wilbern
and south to California, and
residence was observed. No Poster Winners — Award winners in Hood River’s Sister City post- for 2,000 people, the chau-
er contest stand by their creations, which judges selected from
when Oregon was still a
arrests have been made. —
tauqua chairs being utilized
among more than 120 entries. Elementary winners are in front,
The Dalles Daily Chronicle
for the purpose. There will be province.
backed by junior high winners. From front are Malinda Klantchnek,
— The Dalles Daily
plenty of good seating space
third, $10; John Fenn, second, $15; and Pat Hazen, first, $25; and
Chronicle, May 26, 1921
2001 — 20 years ago
for the thousands of others
junior high winners Christie Wangelin, first, $25; Kristy Peleshok,
A group of nearly two
dozen volunteers rallied to- second, $15; and Mary McMurren, third, $10. Their posters went
gether last weekend to clean on display at the Hood River County Library and some of them
might be sent to Hood River’s Sister City of Tsuruta, Japan, for dis-
up debris in Post Canyon.
play in that community. — Hood River News, May 28, 1981
The group hauled to the
dump 10 truckloads of trash
and household items that
had been illegally dumped
clear up any doubts which
along the popular mountain
In order to give residents
exist.
biking road on the West Side.
of Pine Grove and other
As this will probably be the
According to organizer Ruth
sections of the valley an op-
Chausse, about 50 old tires
portunity to solve the various last opportunity of securing
the presence of the commis-
were picked up along with
doubts in their minds raised
mattresses, a washer and
by the opponents of the Loop sioners before the date of the
dryer, and a refrigerator. —
Road bond issue, a mass
bond issue, all interested are
Hood River News
meeting has been called for
asked to make an effort to
The Washington
tonight at Pine Grove Grange attend.
Department of Health’s
Hall at 8 p.m.
— Hood River News,
Internet-based anti-tobacco
One of the state highway
May 27, 1921
reality series, Unfiltered,
commissioners, Mr. Booth
follows the lives of five
or Mr. Yeon, will be present
tobacco-using high school
to talk on the project and to
students from across
Washington. One of the five
Between showers on Monday, members of the Wamic and Maupin
students featured is White
Salmon’s Nicole DeArmond, American Legion Posts conducted Memorial Day Services. The pic-
ture is from services at the Kelly Cemetery in Juniper Flat.
a 16-year-old sophomore at
— The Dalles Daily Chronicle, May 26, 1981
Columbia High School. All
1921
five were brought to Seattle,
Stage Hits Cow; 1 Dead, 8 Injured
where they had to kick their
Measures affecting the future Kitzhaber for additional
Human Hair Is Found In Trunk
college funding are still on
smoking habit for a week-
of Petersburg School, Hood
Cigarettes Help End Mine Strike
hold, according to state rev-
River County annexation
1941
end or be sent home. “It’s
into the Columbia Gorge
Germans Open Offensive On Island Of Crete
been fun,” DeArmond said
enue officials. — The Dalles
Community College district, Chronicle
Greek King Has Narrow Escape
“I’ve had congratulations
and a request by Gov. John
Portland Faces Bread Shortage
and the program helped
1961
me stop. I’ve learned a lot.”
Bus Riders May Get Suspended Sentences (Freedom
DeArmond was chosen
Riders)
among 100 students across
Vicious Wind Kills Lad in Yakima Valley
the state who applied for the
Hood River Man Pear Official
program. One of the graphic
1981
lessons the students endured
BPA Will Crank Windmills, Add Bonneville Generator
was looking at a smoker’s
2001
lungs in an autopsy room.
Congress passes historic tax cut
“The autopsy was pretty
Israel retaliates for suicide bombing
intense,” she said. Piggy
Bush defends energy proposal
Thomas, from MTV’s Road
Rules, hosted the program,
which saw the students visit
the University of Washington
Medical School for a look at
the true effects of tobacco
use. The girls also ran drills
with Head Coach Lin Dunn
of the Seattle Storm. — White
Salmon Enterprise
Several local education
issues are still awaiting word
Funeral services are advertised in the Hood River News, May 27,
from Salem following last
1921.
week’s revenue forecast.
Mass Meeting At Pine
Grove Tonight
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