Th Bnd Bulletin, Wed., August 1, 1962
Early Bend golfers recall
days of 'cow pasture pool'
If Sin! LeGloric
Kulltlln Stiff Writer
truck from Shevlin served as the
I firs'. raHHv hnncn Drirtinfillv It
Cow-pasture pool," a pastime ; sUiri directly behind the first hole,
eiijoyed by many lo-al rodents in bu! later was moved to its present
the early two's, was the .'o.-enin-; pwuion. Todav. as part of the
ner l one of Bend s most popular club house, it houses the men's
"V"' la i locker room and club stora;
B. A. Stover and George Gove. quarters.
" euninay gon cninusiasls.
call uiat a six-hole "course" laid
out in a pasture near Dc clm'es
During the past quarter-century,
numerous additions have been
mnU i (K& U..;M;.. c .
t Z 7 5'f S 8S "7" ttas due Principally to lumber and
ed as an attraction for many lo-1 carpentry furnished by the Gil-
'"HnuT',. a, Uhrlst Timber Co.. Th. Shevlin.
However, by the m.d-lKOs golf . Hixon r and Brooks.Scan.
fans were dreaming of a more : iolli nc
complete course, nearer town. The I ', . . , ,
local links, today rated as one ofLlher la'E,e io"al '"dune
the prettiest and toughest in the ' e p,"nR' urm'hed r,mi?
state, is a result of their dreams. ! .""'V ' n'' X
... . , outfitted by Tom Brooks. Women
Club Chartered i of ,he cub have peridically rais
in January of 1924 the Bend td funds to go towards furnishing
the clubhouse with tables, chairs
curtains, and other necessary
items.
Gold Club was officially charter
ed. First members included Gove,
Ralph Hamilton, Llovd SIcGill, J.
H. Meister, H. A. Miller, S. R.
Peoples. Frank Prince. Grant
Skinner, J. L. VanHuffel, and Sto
ver. The nine-hole course, originally
Intended as an 18-hnle range, was
laid out southeast of Bend on land
obtained from Brooks Rcanlon,
Inc. The fogging mill donated 153 1 SALEM (UPII-Attv. Gen. Rob
scres to the club, and later sold ert y. Thornton said Monday that
members 320 more acres at SI per his preliminary investigation into
C.r.?u i , ! identical bidding on public con-
While the course was being ,racts in 0 js compietedi
seeded members set up their own ; and his fiie has turned ovcr
njugn aio.iB lo a Aislrkl aUorney.. for action
"We started out where the dnv
Action sought
in bidding case
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fivrf ' -'-" !
s -te&4 -LBIJW. Witt- jTW,
Ing range nnw is." recalls Gove,
"and finished up beside the pres
ent first hole, behind the pro's
house."
".Fairways" were covered with
sage brush, and golfers had to
hunt, hard to find a clump rf I
bunch grass on which to tee their
drives. They putted on sand
"greens" 10-12 feet in diameter.
Explansion Noted
According to charter members
who have seen the club expand to
its present size, each improve
ment has been a "labor of love."
Donations of materials, work, and
Thornton recommended that the
matter betakentoacounty
grand jury. He declined to name
the county.
Thornton said he found more
than 75 instances of identical bid
ding in public contracts involving
state, county, city and other po
litical subdivision contracts.
"Tlie question is whether there
was collusion," he said. Asked
whether his information indicated
there was, he said he couldn't
comment.
The data from the preliminary
Investigation was given to the dis
trict attorney July 10, when an
initial conference was held
EARLY DAY GOLFERS Pictured above are members of the are George Gove, Brian Trlplett, Tracy Fairchile!, unidenflfied,
Brooks-Scanlon golf team, squad that competed with Shevlin- Hoddy Richards, Marie Sargent, Frank Minor, Jim Donovan,
Hixon and town teams during the 1920's and '30's. From left Frih Riquel, and Herb Allen.
Churches active in Bend area
Erection of (he new First Pros- i the cornerstone of the present
bytcrinn Church this year at 230 1 building was laid in 1922.
Two Catholic Franciscan priests
In 1910 set up a small parochial
house in which Catholic services
were conducted until the present
structure on Lava street was con
structed. Cornerstone for this
rick building was laid on Jan.
25. 1920.
The Methodist church was or
ganized in 1937 as part of the
Columbia River conference, and
in 1921 became a part of the Ore
gon conference. The Rev. G. R.
Short was first pastor, succeeded
in 1903 by the Rev. C. L. Lowther.
The original Methodist structure,"
now a part of the Odd Fellows J
hall on Franklin avenue, was
build in the fall of 1912. Corner,- ',
stone for the present building w as
laid on Oct. 13, 1921.
Episcopalians were also aetlve
in Bend in the early part of the
century. Four missionaries, Rev.
Mr. Tebeau, Rev. Ball, Rev. Mf."
Sturgis and Rev. Mr. Lewis, serv
ed the congregation before a par
ish was established In 1937. Alex
ander M. Drake, the man who
founded Bend, donated to the.,
church the site on which Trinity
Church now stands. T)he present '.
church was dedicated on Oct 27,
Woodland Blvd. brought to 27 the
number of churches now estab
lished in the immediate Bend
area.
That's an unusually large num
ber for any city of relative size
testimony that Bend citizens
are devoted church-going citizens.
Some of these steeplcd struc
tures date back almost to the turn
of the century when Deschutes
V:ittv ninni.Ar firul avvAmKlwl In
organized worship services. 1
The first significant community
relicious effort took place on Jan.
12. 1902, when Rev. B. J. Harper,
missionary pastor from Milton,
presided over the Union Sunday
School service. These services
were conducted in a little log
school house on the east bank of
the Deschutes, present site of the
rock fountain in Drake Park.
When the Union Sunday School
disbanded in 1904, members were
advised to form their own religi
ous organizations. The first of
these was the First Presbyterian
Church, a mission church. Rev.
William G. Alter was called to the
pastorate.
Baptists Build
In 1904, the Baptists built their
first church, a frame building
with bell tower and steeple. It
was destroyed by fire In 1918 and 1929.
Schools
time have accounted for most of ! Thornton said. The investigation
them. was authorized by Gov. Mark
An old bunk house brought in by j Hatfield.
Continutd from page 4A.
Scheduling is extremely difficult
because of the dearth of space
and the absence of specialized fa
cilities." Lack of Space
Local school officials, of course,
h.-ve recognized tins problem all
along.
Defeat of a bond issue late last
year was a serious blow to plans
for correcting the problem of in
adequate building facilities A
special school study commmiteo
is currently at work on plans for
a new bond proposal.
Approval of that proposal when
it is presented to district voters
would elimina.e the chief defect
of Bend's pioneer efforts in space
age education.
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