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Saturday, October 21, 2017
East Oregonian
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OUT OF THE VAULT
Torrential downpour drenches Pendleton
n electrical storm that hit
Pendleton on October 11, 1951,
dropped an inch of rain on the
town and caused widespread flooding.
After a summer with very few
thunderstorms, a storm reaching several
miles in width and traveling northeast
began about 3:20 in the afternoon and
continued for an hour and 40 minutes.
The fury of the storm was focused
mainly within the city limits, with only
a sprinkle occurring two to three miles
both east and west of town.
A half inch of rain fell during the
first ten minutes of the storm, drowning
Southwest Emigrant Avenue at Tenth
Street in several inches of water.
Highway 30 in front of Eastern Oregon
A
State Hospital was covered a foot deep,
interrupting traffic, and after the storm
the highway department had to use a
blade to clear the road of silt.
Basements across town were flooded
by water pouring off both the North and
South Hills, including homes on the
North Hill and along the Umatilla River
levee, a garage in Sherwood Heights
with “a river of water” running through
it, Main Street businesses including
Payless and the East Oregonian, and
the Pendleton police station, which was
located in the basement of City Hall.
Two to three inches of water poured
into the basement of the First Christian
Church, deflected from the South Main
Street slope by cars parked nearby.
On the Terall Ramage farm five miles
from Pendleton at the foot of the Helix
grade, the garage washed away and a
tree blocked the front of it, the lawn
was covered in silt and the family was
trapped inside the home for a couple
of hours. The gravel dike at the Harris
Pine Mills log pond washed out when
the Umatilla River rose suddenly.
But as fierce as the thunderstorm
was, it was dwarfed by a storm on July
3, 1904, when two inches of rain fell on
Pendleton in a 24-hour period.
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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
DEAR ABBY
Grandma refuses to take boy’s diabetes seriously
Dear Abby: I am a
refuses to listen to me and
29-year-old single mother of two
continues to disrespect my
small children. My 5-year-old
wishes. I don’t know what else
son was diagnosed with Type
to do. We have fought repeat-
1 diabetes. I’m the only one in
edly over this, and she keeps
my family who has been trained
telling me I’m “overreacting.”
in his care, so I understand the
I’m terrified my son will have
importance of a healthy diet,
permanent damage because of
proper insulin dosage, checking
this. How do I get her to stop
Jeanne
his blood sugar, etc., and that Phillips and listen to me? — Frustrated
unless his diabetes is properly
In Wisconsin
Advice
managed, it could lead to serious
Dear Frustrated: You have
health issues — even death.
allowed your son’s medical
I have explained these things to condition to become a power struggle
my mother and attempted to train her between you and your mother. Schedule
SEVERAL times, yet she continues to an appointment with your son’s pedi-
do things she shouldn’t be doing. She atrician so your mother can have the
stops by my house almost every night facts of life explained to her. If that
with “treats” like candy, ice cream, doesn’t help her to accept reality, then
chocolate bars, doughnuts, etc. When I understand that she can’t be trusted. Do
get upset about it, she’ll casually reply, not allow her to drop by with goodies,
“Oh, whatever. If you dose him for the and supervise any contact he has with
carbs in it, he’s fine,” which is not the her. It is your job to protect your little
case. Yes, he can have a treat now and boy, even from your obtuse mother, if
then, but overall, he needs to stay away necessary.
from that stuff.
Dear Abby: I am having a difficult
It is extremely frustrating that she time relating to my older daughter.
One reason is that when she was 18,
I co-signed a $4,000 loan for school.
She’s now turning 29 and still hasn’t
paid the loan back. I talk to her about it
often and she says, “I’ll take care of it,”
but she never does.
I’m a single mom and still raising a
daughter. I’m trying to buy a place of
our own, but I am encountering credit
problems because of the loan. I don’t
know what to do. She has my two
grandsons, and if I take her to court, I’ll
never see them again. Please help me.
— Hurt Mom In Georgia
Dear Hurt Mom: If you have
explained to your older daughter that
you need the money now, and have
written proof that the loan was made
with the promise that it would be
repaid, your next step should be to talk
to an attorney. And if your daughter
retaliates by depriving her children of
their grandmother, so be it. At least you
and your younger daughter will have a
better chance of having a roof of your
own over your heads. You have my
sympathy.
DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Oct. 21-22, 1917
In the first college football game
an eastern Oregon field has ever seen,
the Oregon Agricultural College
players Saturday administered a
decisive defeat to the lighter team that
represented the University of Idaho.
The final score was 26 to 6 and about
represents the comparative strength of
the two elevens. The game was staged
at Round-Up Park and was witnessed
by about a thousand spectators. The
crowd liked the brand of football
presented by the college teams despite
the unevenness of the contest, for the
field was fast, the players scrappy
and there were enough plays out of
the ordinary to make it a red blooded
affair.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Oct. 21-22, 1967
Violet Sherry Lamb, 22, of Pend-
leton was in St. Anthony Hospital this
morning critically hurt, the result of
an automobile mishap last evening on
Highway 11 near Adams. State police
reported she was alone in her car when
she apparently fell from the moving
vehicle, hitting the pavement and
sliding across it on her head. The car
continued until it struck a utility pole.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Oct. 21-22, 1992
A Portland woman accused of helping
her boyfriend kidnap his 65-year-old
mother in Pendleton last winter was
found innocent of the charge Wednesday.
However, after the jury deliberated for
five hours, Janice Gail Michael, 30, was
convicted of a number of crimes that took
place during the January ordeal at Georgia
Elgin’s home on Southwest Nye. Michael
was found guilty in Pendleton Circuit
Court of first-degree robbery, first-degree
theft, unlawful use of a motor vehicle,
third-degree assault and reckless endan-
germent. Her sentencing is set for Nov. 25.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Today is the 294th day of
2017. There are 71 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On Oct. 21, 1917,
members of the 1st Division
of the U.S. Army training in
Luneville, France, became
the first Americans to see
action on the front lines of
World War I.
On this date:
In 1797, the U.S. Navy
frigate Constitution, also
known as “Old Ironsides,”
was christened in Boston’s
harbor.
In 1805, a British fleet
commanded by Adm. Horatio
Nelson defeated a French-
Spanish fleet in the Battle of
Trafalgar; Nelson, however,
was killed.
In 1892, schoolchildren
across the U.S. observed
Columbus Day (according
to the Gregorian date) by
reciting, for the first time,
the original version of “The
Pledge
of Allegiance,”
written by Francis Bellamy
for The Youth’s Companion.
In 1917, legendary jazz
trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie
was born in Cheraw, South
Carolina.
In 1941, superheroine
Wonder Woman made her
debut in All-Star Comics
issue No. 8, published by
All-American Comics, Inc.
of New York.
In 1942, the MGM
musical “For Me and My
Gal,” starring Judy Garland
and featuring the film debut
of Gene Kelly, premiered in
New York.
In 1959, the Solomon
R. Guggenheim Museum,
designed by Frank Lloyd
Wright, opened to the public
in New York.
In 1966, 144 people, 116
of them children, were killed
when a coal waste landslide
engulfed a school and some
20 houses in Aberfan, Wales.
In 1967, the Israeli
destroyer INS Eilat was sunk
by Egyptian missile boats
near Port Said; 47 Israeli
crew members were lost.
Tens of thousands of Vietnam
War protesters began two
days of demonstrations in
Washington, D.C.
In 1971, President Richard
Nixon nominated Lewis F.
Powell and William H. Rehn-
quist to the U.S. Supreme
Court. (Both nominees were
confirmed.)
In 1986, pro-Iranian
kidnappers in Lebanon
abducted American Edward
Tracy (he was released in
Aug. 1991).
In 1991, American hostage
Jesse Turner was freed by his
kidnappers in Lebanon after
nearly five years in captivity.
Ten years ago: Wildfires
driven by powerful Santa
Ana winds killed one person
near San Diego and destroyed
several homes and a church
in Malibu. Vice President
Dick Cheney said in a speech
to The Washington Institute
for Near East Policy that
the United States and other
nations would not allow Iran
to obtain a nuclear weapon.
The Boston Red Sox won the
American League champion-
ship in Game 7 of their series
with the Cleveland Indians,
11-2.
Five years ago: Five years
ago: Former senator and
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1972 Democratic presidential
candidate George McGovern,
90, died in Sioux Falls, South
Dakota. A Wisconsin man
opened fire at the Brookfield
spa where his wife worked,
killing her and two others
and wounding four other
women before turning the
gun on himself. The San
Francisco Giants beat the St.
Louis Cardinals 6-1 in Game
6 of the National League
Championship Series, forcing
a final deciding game. Garth
Brooks was inducted into the
Country Music Hall of Fame
along with trailblazing singer
Connie Smith and keyboard
player Hargus “Pig” Robbins.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Actress Joyce Randolph is
93. Author Ursula K. Le Guin
is 88. Rock singer Manfred
Mann is 77. Musician Steve
Cropper (Booker T. & the
MG’s) is 76. Singer Elvin
Bishop is 75. TV’s Judge Judy
Sheindlin is 75. Actor Everett
McGill is 72. Musician Lee
Loughnane (Chicago) is
71. Actor Dick Christie is
69. Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu is 68.
Actress LaTanya Richardson
Jackson is 68. Musician Char-
lotte Caffey (The Go-Go’s) is
64. Movie director Catherine
Hardwicke is 62. Singer
Julian Cope is 60. Rock
musician Steve Lukather
(Toto) is 60. Actor Ken Wata-
nabe is 58. Actress Melora
Walters is 57. Rock musician
Che Colovita Lemon is 47.
Rock singer-musician Nick
Oliveri (Mondo Generator)
is 46. Christian rock musician
Charlie Lowell (Jars of Clay)
is 44. Actor Jeremy Miller is
41. Country singer Matthew
Ramsey (Old Dominion) is
40. Actor Will Estes is 39.
Actor Michael McMillian
is 39. Reality TV star Kim
Kardashian West is 37. Actor
Matt Dallas is 35. Actress
Charlotte Sullivan is 34.
Actor Aaron Tveit is 34.
Actor Glenn Powell is 29.
Thought for Today: “A
man is what he thinks about
all day long.” — Ralph Waldo
Emerson, American essayist,
poet and philosopher (1803-
1882).
ODDS & ENDS
Facebook bug puts Pittsburgh users
in Philadelphia for a day
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Facebook users in Pittsburgh
and other western and central Pennsylvania locations have
found themselves transplanted to Philadelphia for a day.
A glitch on the social media site caused Pittsburghers
and others to receive Facebook notifications welcoming
them to the City of Brotherly Love on Wednesday.
Facebook says a “bug” with the site’s location services
application caused the problem and was fixed later
Wednesday.
Newspaper lands easy scoop:
Corvette crashes into its office
PLEASANTVILLE, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey
newspaper has scored an easy scoop.
A Corvette crashed into the newsroom of the Press of
Atlantic City newspaper in Pleasantville.
The newspaper reports the car’s driver fell asleep
Tuesday before driving through an intersection, jumping
a curb, traveling about 75 feet and then slamming into the
newspaper’s office.
No one in the office was hurt. The crash shattered two
first-floor windows and knocked over several filing cabinets.
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