A10 THE SPOKESMAN • TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2022
COFFEE BREAK
FLASHBACK
Projections in 1997 show Redmond booming
100 Years Ago
Nov. 9, 1922 — Redmond firm is
wrapping its bread
Nichol & Son have been making a
great many changes in their business
methods since taking over the store
from W.H. Hobbs, latest among which
is the wonderful improvement of their
bread.
This article has been raised to a stan-
dard which surpasses the bread from
Portland, and places it in even competi-
tion with outside bakeries.
The firm is now enclosing each loaf
in a beautiful paraffine wrapper, which
adds greatly to its keeping qualities and
is a decided step forward in the matter
of cleanliness.
Now that we have a firm right here
at home which is turning out wrapped
bread, there should be no excuse for
the sale of outside bread by the mer-
chants of Redmond.
75 Years Ago
Nov. 13, 1947 — National weeks be-
ing observed by grad pupils
Attention is being focused on two
national weeks by students of Red-
mond grade school, who are now ob-
serving national education week and
are slated to visit the city library next
week in connection with national book
week, announced Principal Hugh
Hartman.
During national education week,
parents are being encouraged to visit
the school classrooms, Hartman
pointed out, however, that the invita-
tion is not limited to any specific pe-
riod since visitations from parents are
welcome at any time.
For book week, Mrs. H. T. Ward li-
brarian, and Hartman are arranging
a convenient schedule to be followed
by grade students, who will visit the
library by classes. This program is be-
ing conducted to familiarize the grade
youngsters with libraries and to en-
courage reading of the better books.
Hartman pointed out that a large
number of grade students already make
use of the city library since the school
does not have space for an organized li-
brary of its own.
Mrs. Ward is also making plans to
conduct pupils from the Seventh Day
Adventist school through the library
during mid-week. Everyone visiting the
library will be given a bookmark com-
mentating the national week, she said.
50 Years Ago
Nov. 15, 1972 — Ponderosa Mould-
ings burglarized
Burglars netted a cache of tools
during a break-in sometime Saturday
night or Sunday morning at Ponderosa
Mouldings, Inc. Although city police
have released no estimate of the value
of the stolen property, missing items
include a heavy duty skill saw, portable
grinder, electric drill, two boxes full of
tools, including one complete socket
wrench set, a box of electrical fittings,
two extension cords and a torque
wrench.
The burglary was reported by Jim
Whitehead at 12:01 p.m. Sunday. Entry
to the grinding room of the saw mill
had been gained through a window,
and entry to the locked tool cabinets by
prying open the locks with a bar and
file handle. Redmond police report that
the previous week the Union Oil ser-
vice station at 1302 S. Highway 97 had
been entered by forcing the south door.
Reported taken from the lube room
were two tires, a gallon of antifreeze
and two gallons of oil, valued at $45.
25 Years Ago
Nov. 12, 1997 — Population esti-
mates show Redmond booming
How’s that elbow room?
Redmond clocks in as the fast-
est-growing city in the second-fastest
growing county in Oregon, according
to preliminary estimates from Portland
State University’s Center for Population
Research and Census.
But the state’s growth during the 12
months ending July 1 was the lowest
since 1987, researcher Howard Wine-
berg found.
“It’s also the first time in 11 years
that Oregon’s population has not grown
at a rate faster than the national aver-
age,” he said.
Redmond saw a 7.3 percent jump in
its population from 1996 to 1997. PSU
estimates the city grew from 11,175
to 11,990, or 815 residents. Redmond
broke the 10,000 mark in 1995 with an
estimate of 10,585. The 1990 Census
showed it had 7,165 people. The city’s
population has more than doubled in
the past 20 years.
Bend’s population increased 4.7
percent, to 33,740, over the past year.
Prineville rose 5.6 percent, to 6,560;
Madras had a 3,6 percent increase for
a population of 4,940; and Sisters grew
3.9 percent, with 805 residents.
Archived Photo
Brown School students plant trees at Boys and Girls Club in 1997.
Deschutes County has an estimated
101,200 residents, an increase of 3.3
percent or 3,200 residents, since July
1, 1996.
Oregon grew 1.1 percent, adding
36,000 residents for a total of 3,217,000.
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