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THE BULLETIN • SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 2021 C7 YESTERYEAR St. Charles Memorial Hospital eyes new site in 1971 Compiled by the Deschutes County Historical Society from the achieved copies of The Bend Bulletin at the Deschutes His- torical Museum. 100 YEARS AGO For the week ending Jan. 16, 1921 Cause of fire in auto shop unknown Fire of unknown origin de- stroyed the vulcanizing and battery-charging shop owned by Louis Doonar and James Dean at the north end of Bond street, early this afternoon. The equipment lost was valued at approximately $1500, and was without the protection of in- surance. Flames came into being sud- denly and without apparent cause as Dean was outside the building, changing a battery for a customer. The fire depart- ment answered the alarm and had the fire under control in a short time. From the arrival of the engine, until water was being pumped on the burning structure was only 40 seconds, according to several spectators, who held watches on the fire- men. The department use for the first time in this city a four-way valve, which permits pressure to be used through the first line of hose laid from the hydrant to the fire without shutting off the water to make a new con- nection. Women’s work explained to Civic league Called for the purpose of placing before the public the facts concerning the work of the women’s protective divi- sion of Bend, the meeting of the Women’s Civic league, held yesterday afternoon, resulted in a lengthy discussion of the work and of the action of the city council in so far refusing to continue it. Several hundred women and a score of men, including Mayor Gilson and Councilmen Gilbert, Baker and Leverett showed their in- terest by attending, every seat in Sather’s hall being taken and many standing on the side and in the ante room. Following a short business session of the league, the sub- ject of the afternoon was in- troduced by the reading of a written reports from Mrs. Stockwell of the work she has done since the protective divi- sion was created in April of last year. The report showed that in the past eight months there have been 150 girls and women cared for in various ways at a total cost of $1586.85. Speakers included Mrs. V.A. Forbes, Robert W. Sawyer, Dr. A. Lessing, Rev. J.Edgar Purdy and A. Whisnant, of whom Mr. Purdy and Mr. Whisnant made especially able addresses con- cerning the work that had been done and the importance of going forward with it. Deschutes county to get new nurse To take the position for- St. Charles Bend in 1974. merly held by Miss Margaret Brems as public health nurse, Miss Clara Clock has been as- signed to this county, accord- ing to a letter just received by J.D. Donovan from Miss Helen Hartley, acting state advisory nurse. Miss Clock is expected to arrive in Bend before the end of the week and Miss Hartley intends to visit this city Sunday or Monday to plan the organi- zation work in connection with installation of the new nurse. 75 YEARS AGO For the week ending Jan. 16, 1946 Three Bend soldiers win awards Bend’s Three Musketeers, boys who fought together from the sands of Africa to the Alps of Europe and won pur- ple hearts and other awards en route, are back home, civilians again They are Pte. Rolin H. Thompson, bronze star and purple heart winner, Pte. Byrl Shellhart, purple heart and Pte. Adelbert A. Skaggs, bronze star and purple heart. Each of the boys has four battle stars and an arrowhead for participation in the Riviera D-day invasion, and Rolin and Adelbert shared in a presidential unit citation. Byrl was in an army hospital, recovering from wounds when his buddies won their bronze stars. Seven-room house in Bend to be moved to new site Steps to remove the house at 239 Louisiana avenue, said to have been built in 1910 or 1911, recalled today one of the earliest real estate transactions in Bend. The house, now the property of Mrs. Ira Cram, is to be moved to the southeast cor- ner of Wall street and Georgia avenue, where it will be remod- eled as a home. A perusal of the records of the Deschutes Federal Savings and Loan association today showed that the property, lot 6 block 5, of the original Bend townsite, belonged to the Pilot Butte Development company in 1905. This company, with L.D. Weist as vice president and A. L. Goodwillie as secretary, sold the lot on Nov. 7, 1905, to John Bloss for the sum of $350. It was reported that Bloss erected the house of the lot several years later. The builder, on Oct. 6, 1914, sold the home to Charles Bloss of Ashland county, Wis. On July 31, 1919, Charles Bloss sold the property to S.E. Morgan and his wife, Margue- rite. This couple then trans- ferred the title to Joseph J. Klein on Oct. 3, 1925, and he in turn sold to Elizabeth Read on Nov. 19, 1929. The most recent owner before the purchase by Mrs. Cram was Robert Hill of Bend. The building is being moved by Albert Wright, Bend Mov- ing contractor, who estimates it will take about a week to trans- fer the structure up Louisiana avenue to Wall street, and on to its new location at the corner of Georgia. Mrs. Cram has ob- tained a $1,000 permit for the building of a concrete founda- tion on which the seven-room, two story dwelling will rest. Reason for removal of the building is said to be plans of the Bend Garage company, which is buying the property, for the construction of an an- nex to its present building. Central Oregon’s turkeys get spot Turkey raising as an indus- try in Central Oregon, and a picture of a large flock of the birds on the Owens turkey farm near here are featured in the December issue of “The Northwest,” publication of the Northern Pacific railroad. The publication reports that tur- key growers around Bend and Redmond raised in excess of 100,000 turkeys in 1945, add- ing, “The climate and soil con- ditions are ideal and there are other advantages which should make turkey growing perma- nent in that area.” 50 YEARS AGO For the week ending Jan. 16, 1971 St. Charles eyes new site — plot east of Bend A 68-acre plot east of Bend in all probability will be the site of the new St. Charles Me- morial Hospital, Sister Kath- ryn, hospital administrator, said today. Preliminaries for purchase of the property were completed when an option was exercised last night. Under terms of the agree- ment, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Triplett will sell the property, which is bounded by Neff and Denser roads, for $74,500. The purchase includes rights to 19 acres of water in the Central Oregon Irrigation District. “The decision to build is still tentative,” Sister Kathryn said. “The scales definitely are tipping in that direction, however, but a final report by Steinle Associates of New York, who have been making an in-depth study, will be a de- ciding factor.” The option was to expire on Jan. 15, and could not be renewed, Sister Kathryn said. For that reason, it was de- cided to purchase the property, which had been the front-run- ner among several suggested sites. The purchase involves two parcels: 65 acres at $60,000, and three acres improved with a house and other buildings at $14,500. The three sisters and a for- mer president of the governing board of the Sisters of St. Jo- seph arrived Jan. 7 from Indi- ana to view the property and assist in making the decision. The Indiana nursing order owns the hospital, long located north of Franklin Avenue on Lava Road. The option was exercised on the recommendation of the hospital’s lay advisory board, the Central Oregon Hospital Foundation, the medical staff’s executive and hospital plan- ning committees, and the ad- ministration. A long-range plan calls for construction to begin some- time in 1973, with 1975 as the target date for occupancy. The Portland architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill has been engaged for the project. Bertis Crawford Rasco, project manager and Bill Rouzie of the firm were present for last night’s action, as were John Steinle of the New York hospital consult- ing firm and Sheldon Martin, West Coast manager. Recommendations to ex- ercise the option were made preceding a luncheon meeting of the boards and committees yesterday. Some 35 persons, including the four sisters from Indiana were present. HEADLINES: Government to study future timber supply – Experts predict shortages — Supreme Court to hear Muhammad Ali’s appeal — Reagan wants to get all able bodied welfare recipients into work force — B52s fly support for S. Viets in Cambodia — Fashion designer perfume maker ‘Coco’ Chanel dies. 25 YEARS AGO For the week ending Jan. 16, 1996 Developers move to next phase of east-side project Safeway’s done. What’s next? Developers of The Forum shopping center on Bend’s east side aren’t revealing the names of merchants. But they’re ap- parently up to something. Grading work began Wednesday on a section of the 40-acre shopping center near Purcell Boulevard in front of Costco, said Mel Getz, co- owner of The Forum. In addition, developers have submitted land-use plans for five retail buildings and three restaurants on the site. In all, these buildings total more than 80,200 square feet and would essentially com- plete the retail center at High- way 20 and 27th Street. “We’re not able to confirm the names of things,” said Judy Getz, co-owner of The Forum. “we’re dealing with people on all but one of the buildings, but we don’t have signed leases yet. These negotiations tend to go back and forth.” Negotiations must be get- ting close with at least one tenant — given that site work got under way Wednesday. “We promised a building for this summer,” Mel Getz noted. “If we don’t get started we won’t get done.” The Forum has been the centerpiece for a surge of commercial development on Bend’s east side in the past three years. The shopping cen- ter already contains Costco Wholesale, Ernst Home Cen- ter and Safeway. Costco purchased its site outright and constructed its own building. But other re- tailers in The Forum are leas- ing their structures from Getz Properties, which appears to be the plan for the proposed new structures as well. Buildings in coming phases won’t be as large as Costco, Ernst and Safeway. Land-use plans call for a 31,350-square- foot building in front of Costco divided into two parts- one 23,500 square feet and the other 7,850 square feet. The size of this building alone indicates a fairly large merchant. As a comparison, United Furniture Warehouse, which recently opened on Bend’s east side, occupies only 18,000 square feet. Other retail buildings in Getz Properties land-use plan include a 14,700-square-foot structure in front of Ernst Home Center’s parking lot, and a 22,700-square foot structure between Safeway and Highway 20. In addition, three restau- rants sites line Highway 20. On the west side of The Fo- rum’s Highway 20 driveway, plans call for a 2,700-square- foot restaurant, a size typical of fast-food outlets. On the east side of the drive- way, two larger restaurants are planned, one 5,400 square feet and one 6,000 square feet. The time frame for con- struction depends on when lease agreements are signed. Mel Getz wouldn’t speculate on when negotiations with prospective tenants might be wrapped up. “It’s like trying to call a home run,” he said. SENIOR SOLUTIONS þ Medicare þ Supplemental Insurance þ Short Term Care þ Final Expense 61396 S HWY 97 #222, BEND þ 541.420.3209 þ SCHOLZINSURANCE.COM
