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THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2019 • B1 WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE COMPILED BY BOB DUKE From the pages of Astoria’s daily newspapers 10 years ago this week — 2009 ohn West fi rst set foot in Astoria on July 14, 1850. Exactly 159 years later — on Tuesday — a memo- rial marker was dedicated to him at Bradley State Park. The project was spearheaded by a relative who wanted his kin to be remembered. West fi rst came to Oregon in 1850 after Congress passed the Oregon Donation Land Claim Act. He claimed land along the Columbia River in an area that would eventually be known as Westport, a small town about 22 miles east of Astoria. He set up shop: farming, building, and planning. He started the Westport post offi ce and a water-powered saw- mill, ran a general merchandising store, and began a salmon cannery that exported salmon all over the world. His name lives on in the John West Salmon brand of salmon products now owned by H.J. Heinz. J Congressman Brian Baird called on fellow members of Congress to quickly pass legislation that will fi nally restore federal recognition to the Chinook Nation. Baird, whose district includes Pacifi c County, Washington, testifi ed before the House Natural Resources Committee in favor of his bill, as did tribal Chairman Ray Gardner. 2009 — Seaside’s Justyce Tabor, 13, skates along the metal coping that runs along the spine at the Seaside Skate N’ Ride Park. When you’re only 13 years old and you have your own unique skateboarding style, you must be doing something right. “It’s the ‘Oregon skate style’,” said Brandi Tabor, mother of Justyce Tabor of Seaside. “Made in Oregon. It’s hers and hers alone. A lot of other girls will do the same trick over and over and over, because they go to the same camps and have the same instructors.” Apparently that’s one advantage of not going to skate- boarding camps. Meanwhile, the summer is Justyce Tabor’s time to shine. Once again, the Seaside youth is traveling to West Coast locations in Washington, Oregon, and California, winning more tournaments, gaining new friends and improving her skills. The spirit for learning at the Gnat Creek Fish Hatchery has often been dampened by the weather. On the North Coast, the window of dry weather is often too short. But a new pavilion at the Hatchery promises to extend the learning seasons. Garth Gale, the new hatchery manager, said instructors and sponsors hustle to bring students to the facility in May, before classes let out, or in September and October. The construction of a covered pavilion at the hatchery — known as the watershed education building — will allow visitors to dry off if North Coast weather tries to outwit instructors. 1944 — Lt. Toivo Piippo, son of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Piippo, 579 Rivington Avenue, has just completed his 48th fl ying mission over fl ak-infested Nazi installations in France, Belgium and Holland, according to word received here this week. The former basketball star is a graduate of Astoria High School and was attending the University of Oregon when he entered military service. He is a Ninth Air Force Marauder pilot and wears the Air Medal with fi ve Oak Leaf clusters. 50 years ago — 1969 Margaret Elaine “Margie” Huhta, a pretty, dark-haired Clatsop County girl of Finnish descent, began her reign today as Miss Oregon after a Saturday night victory that appeared to surprise a large Miss Oregon Pageant audience. The slender 20-year-old college student, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Huhta, of Svensen, edged statuesque Lynn Grenz, Miss Milwaukie, in a dramatic fi nish on the Seaside High School gymnasium stage. Miss Huhta, who showed graceful poise in her stage appearances, broke into tears on the stage runway as her backers shouted their delight. CAPE KENNEDY — With the men and their ship working perfectly, America’s Apollo 11 astronauts hurtled through space today on a voyage of the ages, the fi rst attempt to land men on the moon. PORTLAND — The new Miss Oregon came to Port- land on Monday for a news conference and said her selec- tion at Seaside Saturday night had made a lot of changes in her plans. She had expected to be a junior at the University of Oregon in the fall. However, she will go to Atlantic City in September for the Miss America Pageant and does not expect to enter the university at Eugene. A bet between fi shermen out of Warrenton Deep Sea Fishing Charter Service as to which boat would land the biggest fi sh drove a crew to land a shark Tuesday. The shark, estimated to weigh between 45 1969 — Margaret Huhta of Svensen was crowned as Miss Oregon. and 30 pounds, latched onto a line held by Leona Walker of Inglewood, Calif. She was assisted by two young men who helped land the gray creature. Crews of rival boats told the shark fi shermen they didn’t have to go that far to win the bet. ABOARD USS HORNET — The men who opened the Moon Age returned to their home planet today, received a chemical bath before the eyes of the world and were hoisted aboard this carrier for a welcome from Pres- ident Nixon. 75 years ago — 1944 Frank Snyder, skipper of the halibut fi shing boat Lei Lani, is back in his home port of Warrenton, with a tale of the sea lanes and ocean currents that comes near challeng- ing belief. While cruising some six miles off Destruction Point south of Seattle a week ago, Snyder saw what he believed to be a fi sherman’s yellow slicker fl oating in the water. His curiosity changed to astonishment as he drew near the object and discovered that it was a yellowed pillowcase fi lled with papers and offi cial documents from the ill-fated aircraft carrier USS Saratoga, lost nearly two years ago off 1969 — Oregon Army National Guardsmen inspect and prepare their M42 ‘Duster’ self- propelled anti-aircraft guns to move on the fi ring line at Camp Rilea. The men are among nearly 1,000 troopers undergoing two weeks of annual fi eld training. The guns will be moved to a position overlooking the beach for live fi ring at aerial and surface targets. Midway Island in the Pacifi c. Snyder dried the soaked papers on his stove in the Lei Lani galley and turned them over to Coast Guard author- ities at La Push, Washington, on the Quileute Indian res- ervation. Presumably the pillowcase fl oated across the Pacifi c Ocean in the Japanese current. A rush of over 200 youngsters greeted the opening of the YMCA Red Cross “learn to swim” campaign, according to Mrs. Gwen Craft. Swim instructors were kept busy registering the crowd. Of the 200, approximately 100 are beginners and are expected to learn the rudiments of swim- ming during this week. The offi ce of coordinator of fi sheries has announced that, with few exceptions, it will not approve applications for priorities for construction of any additional fi shing ves- sels during the remainder of the year, according to Leif Halsan, local representative of the fi sheries coordinator. Word from the Department of the Interior explains that construction of fi shing vessels during the fi rst half of 1944 has been so accelerated that materials originally estimated for the entire year have been greatly depleted. A large part of Clatsop County’s forest lands will be closed to other than authorized civilian traffi c after Monday by order of the governor as a fi re preventive measure, it was announced today by Herb Kyle, district fi re warden at Jewell. The closure is the same as that placed in effect a year ago and lifted about time of the hunting season in later September. 1969 — A new $343,000 clubhouse building is rapidly taking shape at Astoria Golf and Country Club on the site of the old building gutted by fi re last year.
