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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 2017
Author recalls Seaside during World War II
By REBECCA HERREN
The Daily Astorian
sists of historical bits of infor-
mation about Seaside, she kept
the topic on pre- and post-
World War II and the affects
the war had on this small town.
“The innocence was gone
and we now knew we were in
the fi ght,” Linkey said.
SEASIDE — Sunday, Dec.
7, 1941, started out as any other
Sunday. The family of Gloria
Linkey, along with other Sea-
siders, attended church. Shortly
after Rev. Dutton began his
sermon, a man went up to Dut-
ton and whispered something
into his ear. That, Linkey said,
was when everything changed.
“Rev. Dutton announced that
the Japanese had just bombed
Pearl Harbor.” He said a prayer
for peace and dismissed the
congregants.
“Nobody could fi gure out
how this happened,” Linkey
said. “We just huddled around
the radio all day. The reports
of the casualties and the dev-
astation were very slow com-
ing in.”
By the end of day, Seaside
was in blackout, which would
continue throughout the war.
No lights could be on, painted
rocks had to be fl ipped over
and gas was rationed. Seaside
had been thrust into the war
years. “A Town Called Sea-
side” is Linkey’s latest book
and the subject of her discus-
sion in March at the Seaside
Library. Though the book con-
Seasiders were not allowed
on the Prom after 4:30 p.m., or
on the beach during the winter.
There was an 8:30 p.m. cur-
few for the beach and the P rom
during the summer. “The only
one’s on the Prom were the
MPs (military police) in their
jeeps going up and down mak-
ing sure we were safe,” she
explained. “There were air-
raid wardens who would knock
on your door if you had a light
showing. It was very different
and sobering for all of us.”
Linkey said no one was
prepared and how they got
prepared had to be “a mira-
cle and by the grace of God.”
In school, the war was dis-
cussed in class daily, noting on
the wall maps where the allies
were, where the Germans were
and where the Americans and
Japanese were.
Soon, everyone adjusted to
this new way of life.
Then it came, she said, the
night of June 21, 1942. The
Linkey sisters had a few friends
over for a slumber party and
since they were telling ghost
stories had left the curtains
The affects of
war on a small
coastal town
Seaside res-
ident Gloria
Linkey is the
author of three
books: “Abby
Rescues Ani-
mals,” “Native
American
Women: Three
Who Changed
History” and
“A Town Called
Seaside,” her
newest book.
Curfew
Rebecca Herren
‘The innocence was
gone and we now knew
we were in the fi ght.’
Gloria Linkey
opened. Late into the night, the
girls heard noises and went to
the window. They saw lights
fl ashing from the ocean toward
shore. They ventured outside
and almost immediately, the
military police screamed, tell-
ing them to go back inside.
“Get back into the house,
we’re under attack. It’s a Jap-
anese submarine, he’s shelling
the coast.”
The teenagers’ thought,
“Wow!” and stayed outside to
watch. Years later the Linkey
sisters realized the stupidity of
their actions. But, as Linkey
explained, “We knew, I think,
instinctively, we were watch-
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lowa, Union, Umatilla, Mor-
row and Grant counties.
Offi cials from both agen-
cies say they are working
to improve communication
between the entities and share
information on future wolf
sightings.
guardrail along the north side
of the road shortly after 10:30
a.m.
The driver — Shawn Hall,
34, of Gresham — and a pas-
senger — Nathanial Eugene
Richcreek, 38, of Seaside
— were later fl own in a Life
Flight helicopter from Colum-
bia Memorial Hospital to
OHSU Hospital in Portland.
Two other passengers —
James Shannon McDuffi e, 48,
of Cannon Beach, and Jaime
Nicole Thiess, 23, of Seaside—
were treated and released from
Columbia Memorial on Thurs-
day afternoon. Thiess was then
arrested on a felony warrant
for violating probation.
More charges may be com-
ing as the investigation con-
tinues, Astoria Deputy Police
Chief Eric Halverson said.
DUII
• At 5:32 p.m. Fri-
day, John George Bocks-
tael, 54, of Hammond, was
arrested by the Warrenton
Police Department on the
800 block of Southeast Mar-
lin Avenue for driving under
the infl uence of intoxicants
and harassment. Bockstael
allegedly was making threats
to employees at the Kia deal-
ership over his dissatisfac-
tion with a car he had bought
there. He had left but drove
back to the dealership while
offi cers were taking state-
ments. Offi cers noticed he
had an odor of alcohol on his
breath, but Kitzman refused
to take a breath test.
Assault
• At 11:48 a.m. Saturday,
John Ethan Osburn, 39, of
Seaside, was arrested by the
Seaside Police Department
on the 2500 block of South
Roosevelt Drive for assault.
Osburn allegedly engaged in
a physical confrontation with
his ex-girlfriend.
Disorderly conduct
• At 6:42 p.m. Monday,
Jacob Martin Kitzman, 25, of
Warrenton, was arrested by
the Warrenton Police Depart-
ment at 695 South Highway
101 for disorderly conduct.
He allegedly had a fi ght with
another person at a bus stop
in the area, and witnesses
said he was the aggressor. He
was also cited for consum-
ing alcohol on an unlicensed
property.
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IN
ENTERPRISE — Six east-
ern Oregon counties say they
are halting the use of cyanide
traps to kill coyotes to protect
the state’s wolf population.
The Baker City Herald
reported that the federal Wild-
life Services and the state
Department of Fish and Wild-
life came to the agreement to
stop the use cyanide traps in
six counties after the acciden-
tal killing of a gray wolf in
February.
Offi cials say cyanide traps
to control predators will no
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Tragedy
The one tragedy during that
period, she noted, was of Sea-
side’s only Japanese family
who owned a small curio shop.
Eastern Oregon counties halt use of traps
A driver and three passen-
gers involved in a crash on
Lief Erikson Drive near 51st
Street last Thursday morning
have all been released from the
hospital.
A blue 1995 Nissan Path-
fi nder rolled 40 feet down a
hill into a backyard after hit-
ting the end of a protective
Baker
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Ashland
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According to Bert Webber’s
“Retaliation: Japanese Attacks
and Allied Countermeasures
on the Pacifi c Coast in World
War II,” a Japanese subma-
rine shelled Fort Stevens on
June 20, 1942, to raid shipping
off the American coast. The
next evening, the I-25 ( subma-
rine) came in close to shore —
through a fi shing fl eet to avoid
minefi elds off the Columbia
River — and took position near
Fort Stevens. The crew then
fi red its deck gun inland.
The Daily Astorian
Ontario
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Klamath Falls
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Shelled Fort Stevens
Per an executive order signed
by President Franklin Roos-
evelt in 1942, all Japanese liv-
ing on the coasts of California,
Oregon and Washington state
had to move. The family sold
everything and moved back to
Nebraska. After the war, Jap-
anese families were allowed
to return to their homes.
But, Linkey said, they never
returned and “we never knew
what happened to them.”
After the war, Seaside no
longer opened its doors on
Memorial Day and closed on
Labor Day. Seaside proved it
could be a sustainable, full time
resident town, not just a sum-
mer respite for the wealthy.
“We have grown from this lit-
tle tiny town to where peo-
ple can now reside 12 months
out of the year, if you can take
the rain,” said Linkey. “We
have everything that any town
needs.”
Linkey grew up in Seaside.
She was connected here at a
young age and never thought
of leaving. Then, when her
parents decided to move to
Laguna Beach, California, her
dad requested she accompany
her mother. That was in 1948.
The desire and yearning of
those earlier times never left
her heart and she couldn’t wait
to return. It took more than
40 years, but the opportunity
fi nally presented itself in 1989
and Linkey moved back to the
town she loved.
Driver, passengers in crash released from hospital
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Brookings
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May 2
John Day
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UNDER THE SKY
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Eugene
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The Dalles
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Portland
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Sunset tonight ........................... 7:48 p.m.
Sunrise Wednesday .................... 6:48 a.m.
Moonrise today .......................... 1:08 p.m.
Moonset today ............................ 3:22 a.m.
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Precipitation
Monday ............................................ Trace
Month to date ................................... 0.13"
Normal month to date ....................... 0.63"
Year to date .................................... 32.46"
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Apr 10
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REGIONAL WEATHER
Astoria through Monday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 54°/35°
Normal high/low ........................... 55°/40°
Record high ............................ 70° in 1966
Record low ............................. 29° in 2008
Full
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ing history and that was what
we wanted to watch.”
Even though the mouth of
the Columbia River was well
fortifi ed, Fort Stevens never
did open fi re because, Linkey
pointed out, “They didn’t want
them to know how far off base
they were.” The Japanese had
begun shelling about 6 miles
south of Fort Stevens.
It was later learned that the
commander of the submarine
knew they could not hit any-
thing, but wanted Americans
to know how vulnerable their
coastlines were. “And could
at anytime launch an invasion
on the West Coast,” Linkey
added. The impressions of
the war years in Seaside were
infused onto the memory a
young Linkey. But that night in
June was most indelible. “That
night I remember more than
any other night,” she said.
The fl avor of Seaside began
to change.
Families of the service-
men came, homes were rented
out and businesses stayed
open during the winter. Even
the high school grew with the
infl ux of new families. “There
were people with Brooklyn
accents and accents from the
South. It was interesting and
gave Seaside more of a cosmo-
politan feeling,” Linkey said.
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Seaside Library Board, 4:30
p.m., 1131 Broadway.
Port of Astoria Commis-
sion, 5 p.m., workshop, Port
offices, 10 Pier 1, Suite 209.
Clatsop County Fair Board,
5:30 p.m., Clatsop County
Fair and Expo, 92937 Wallus-
ki Loop.
Astoria Library Board, 5:30
p.m., Flag Room, 450 10th
St.
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92219 Highway 202.
Miles Crossing Sanitary
Sewer District Board, 6
p.m., 34583 U.S. Highway
101 Business.
Seaside Planning Commis-
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Broadway.
Cannon Beach City Coun-
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Gower St.
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Clatsop County Board of
Commissioners, 9 a.m.,
special work session for goal
setting, 800 Exchange St.,
Suite 430, Astoria.
Seaside Improvement
Commission, 6 p.m., City
Hall, 989 Broadway.
Gearhart City Council, 6
p.m., City Hall, 698 Pacific
Way.
Oregon Historic Preserva-
tion Plan Public Meeting,
6:30 p.m., City Hall, 1095
Duane St.
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