COFFEE BREAK
Saturday, July 1, 2017
OUT OF THE VAULT
Pendleton boy shanghaied to England
A
Pendleton native was
“shanghaied” at the turn of the
20th century by a Portland man
and forced to serve on board a ship
traveling to England, where he was
abandoned.
Ed Bentley, an 18-year-old native of
Pendleton, was staying at the Portland
Sailor Boarding House when another
man forced him aboard the Sofala, a
ship heading to Bristol, England, with a
group of other young men. The youths
were forced to sign as sailors before the
mast and then serve aboard ship.
Shanghaiing, or crimping, was a
practice of kidnapping people to serve
as sailors, and fl ourished in port cities
including Portland in the late 1800s and
early 1900s. The practice was driven
by a shortage of skilled labor aboard
ships on the West Coast due to mass
abandonments during the California
Gold Rush.
Larry Sullivan, the man behind the
forced conscriptions, sent a letter to the
East Oregonian protesting that young
Bentley had been treated well and paid
$20, or 4 British pounds, per month. In
reality, according to a March 28, 1900
East Oregonian story, when Bentley
arrived in Bristol he was paid $10 per
month instead of the promised wage
(a total of $50), and was charged $10
by the captain for his board during the
voyage. The captain also paid $25 of
Bentley’s wages to Sullivan for his
“recruitment.” This left Bentley with
$15, which was not enough to pay for
passage home.
Bentley had also fallen 80 feet from
the ship’s royal yard during the voyage,
breaking his ankle. Instead of medical
attention, the captain gave him a dose
of castor oil and a few curses, and
Bentley was forced to bind up his ankle
himself, which healed badly.
Ed Bentley Sr., of Pendleton, was
unaware of his son’s fate until after the
ship had already crossed the Columbia
River Bar, and sent money for his son’s
return to the U.S.
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Renee Struthers is the Community
Records Editor for the East Oregonian.
See the complete collection of Out of
the Vault columns at eovault.blogspot.
com
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WHERE’S MY CROSSWORD,
SUDOKU AND TV SCHEDULE?
Some of the puzzles and TV schedule for
Saturday, Sunday and Monday can now
be found inside the comics section.
DEAR ABBY
Boy can’t resist sneaking out to play with bullies
Dear Abby: I’m a 12-year-old
might like to be friends with you
boy with some generosity prob-
for no other reason than the fact
lems. When my neighborhood
that you are a nice person, too.
friends come to my house, I offer
Dear Abby: I’m having
them some things (food, mostly)
a problem with my dental
that are strictly off-limits, but it
hygienist, “Gloria.” During my
feels necessary.
appointments, she engages me in
Also, these friends bully me,
conversation, which invariably
and it’s against the rules to play
lengthens the appointment from
Jeanne
with them, but I want to, so I Phillips a half-hour to a whole hour. She
sneak out to do it. I know I’m
giggles like a schoolgirl and
Advice
not doing the right thing, but I
stops multiple times during the
can’t help it. Can you help me?
cleaning to remove tools from
— Can’t Say No
my mouth so we can talk.
Dear Can’t Say No: I’ll try. But fi rst,
I don’t want to be rude, but my
you will have to understand and accept appointments are on weekdays, and I
that “friends” who bully and take advan- need to get back to work. Occasionally, I
tage of you are NOT friends. Giving have brought something to read, hoping
them things that are “strictly off-limits” it would keep Gloria from striking up
may seem necessary, but it won’t buy a conversation, but it never works. I’m
real friendship.
now considering changing dentists
Believe it or not, your best friends are because I have neither the time nor the
your parents. That’s why it’s important patience to deal with her. Please help. —
that you level with them about what has Miffed In Milwaukee
Dear Miffed: When you go to your
been going on. Ask them if they can
help you get into after-school activities next appointment, the fi rst words out of
where you will meet nicer people who your mouth should be to tell Gloria you
don’t have time to talk and must be out
of there promptly in 30 minutes. If she
can’t comply, discuss it with your dentist
so he/she can “remind” Gloria that her
relationship with patients isn’t personal,
but professional, and discourage the
small talk. The dental practice is a
business, and if the situation is as you
describe, Gloria could book twice as
many patients as she’s seeing now if she
curtails the small talk.
Dear Abby: My husband has gained
a signifi cant amount of weight, which
has changed his appearance. I have to
admit I no longer fi nd him attractive
and have a hard time even kissing him. I
don’t want to hurt his feelings, but I am
turned off physically.
He wants to lose weight, but can’t
seem to fi nd the motivation, even after
visiting with a doctor and a dietician.
What can I do when he approaches me
for a kiss (or more)? — Ashamed In
Alabama
Dear Ashamed: Tell him what you
have written to me. If that doesn’t give
him motivation, nothing will.
DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 1-2, 1917
Dr. J.A. Best, mayor of Pendleton,
has enlisted in the medical reserve corps
of the U.S. army and will be subject
to call as soon as he has received his
commission. He enlisted Saturday while
in Portland attending the state medical
convention at which he was elected fi rst
vice president. Dr. Best stated that he
and the four other doctors who enlisted
at the same time were moved to their
action by an address made before the
convention by army authorities. These
men told them that the government
needed 20,000 doctors and that Oregon
would be expected to furnish 250. If
response was not voluntary and imme-
diate, conscription would be resorted
to, the doctors were told. Dr. Best stated
that he would rather offer himself volun-
tarily than be drafted. He expects to
receive a commission as fi rst lieutenant
within four weeks and to be called into
active service before September.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 1-2, 1967
Skip Volk, winner in super stock
competition in Seattle, San Diego,
Arizona and Florida, has turned to
airplane aerobatics. He is one of the
contestants in the West Coast Amateur
Championship this weekend at the
Pendleton Municipal Airport. The
competition is part of the entertainment
for the Round-Up Air Show sponsored
by the Umatilla County Pilots’ Associ-
ation. In addition to the aerobatics, the
air show features racing, skydiving, free
rides, and competition between old cars
and aeroplanes. Over 100 antique cars
and aeroplanes will be on display in the
big hangar.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 1-2, 1992
When Larry Skellenger opened the
door to his business today, it marked his
30th year of selling gas and groceries
atop Battle Mountain. But don’t expect
any price breaks or anniversary sale.
A gallon of unleaded will still cost
$1.48 — and nine-tenths — but the
73-year-old attendant will pump it at
no extra charge. “That’s a little high
compared to Pendleton,” Skellenger
admits. “But these little joints out in the
country have to make a profi t on each
item.” And when the needle hits “E” a
the top of Battle Mountain, travelers can
bear quite a bit.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Today is the 182nd day of
2017. There are 183 days left
in the year. This is Canada
Day.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On July 1, 1867, Canada
became a self-governing
dominion of Great Britain
as the British North America
Act took effect.
On this date:
In 1535, Sir Thomas
More went on trial in
England, charged with high
treason for rejecting the Oath
of Supremacy. (More was
convicted, and executed.)
In 1916, during World
War I, France and Britain
launched the Somme Offen-
sive against the German
army; the 4 1/2-month
battle resulted in heavy
casualties and produced no
clear winner. Dwight D.
Eisenhower married Mary
(“Mamie”) Geneva Doud in
Denver.
In 1934, Hollywood
began enforcing its Produc-
tion Code subjecting motion
pictures to censorship review.
In 1946, the United States
exploded a 20-kiloton atomic
bomb near Bikini Atoll in the
Pacifi c.
In 1957, the Interna-
tional Geophysical Year, an
18-month global scientifi c
study, began.
In 1961, Diana, the prin-
cess of Wales, was born in
Sandringham, England. (She
died in a 1997 car crash in
Paris at age 36.)
In 1973, the Drug
Enforcement Administration
was established.
In 1980, “O Canada”
was proclaimed the national
anthem of Canada.
In 1987, President Ronald
Reagan nominated federal
appeals court judge Robert H.
Bork to the Supreme Court,
setting off a tempestuous
confi rmation process that
ended with Bork’s rejection
by the Senate.
In 1991, President George
H.W.
Bush
nominated
federal appeals court judge
Clarence Thomas to the
Supreme Court, beginning
an ultimately successful
confi rmation process marked
by allegations of sexual
harassment. The Warsaw
Pact formally disbanded.
In 1997, Hong Kong
reverted to Chinese rule after
156 years as a British colony.
Actor Robert Mitchum died
in Santa Barbara, California,
at age 79.
In 2002, the world’s
fi rst permanent war crimes
tribunal, the International
Criminal
Court,
came
into existence. A Russian
passenger jet collided with
a cargo plane over southern
Germany, killing all 69
people, including 45 school-
children, on the Russian
plane and the cargo jet pilots.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Actress Olivia de Havilland
is 101. Actress-dancer Leslie
Caron is 86. Actress Jean
Marsh is 83. Actor Jamie Farr
is 83. Actor David Prowse
is 82. Cookiemaker Wally
Amos is 81. Dancer-chore-
ographer Twyla Tharp is 76.
Actress Genevieve Bujold
is 75. Rock singer-actress
Deborah Harry is 72.
Movie-TV producer-director
Michael Pressman is 67.
Actor Daryl Anderson is
66. Actor Trevor Eve is 66.
Actor Terrence Mann is 66.
Rock singer Fred Schneider
(B-52’s) is 66. Pop singer
Victor Willis (Village People)
is 66. Actor-comedian Dan
Aykroyd is 65. Actress Lorna
Patterson is 61. Actor Alan
Ruck is 61. Rhythm-and-
blues singer Evelyn “Cham-
pagne” King is 57. Olympic
gold medal track star Carl
Lewis is 56. Country singer
Michelle Wright is 56. Actor
Andre Braugher is 55. Actor
Dominic Keating is 55.
Actress Pamela Anderson
is 50. Rock musician Mark
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