T he C olumbia P ress
October 5, 2018
Senior Moments
This Week in Aboriginal History
by Carl A. Ellis
with Emma Edwards
We grow old if we stop playing
Ahhh, the simple pleasures
of life.
Ice cream waffles. Making
someone smile. A handwrit-
ten letter addressed to you. A
convenient parking place on a
busy day. People watching. A
young person who asks what
it was like in the “olden days.”
Many of us remember
“dime stores” or “five and ten
stores” (Kresge was the name
of one where I grew up in De-
troit). Mother would take me
there for items that now are
often found at “dollar stores.”
That was where my love for
ice cream waffles was born.
Ten cents with a napkin
around it and, if we weren’t in
too much of a hurry, we could
sit on one of those red stools
and twirl around. We didn’t
care if the hot waffle caused
the ice cream to run down
our arms. Pure pleasure!
Have you noticed the change
in the weather? It appears
that fall is here in our amaz-
ing town called Warrenton.
Of course, that means Hal-
loween is around the corner,
only 26 days away. So, we
have reason to buy candy for
the little goblins who’ll come
to our door or to donate to
community parties.
Candy has a way of disappear-
ing before the big event and we
have to buy more. Guess some
of us never grow up.
What was it that I was re-
minded of the other day? I
know, when we stop play-
ing, we grow old, and when
we grow old we stop play-
ing!
Most of us senior citizens
who get out and mingle with
our peers don’t quit “play-
ing.” It keeps us young.
And we find that we really
do need each other. Wheth-
er it’s something as simple
as having lunch together, a
church outing or Pinochle or
Bridge or Bingo -- we laugh a
lot and all of it feeds our in-
ner souls, giving us the sim-
ple pleasures of life.
Where has the year gone?
If we are 26 days away from
Halloween, before we know
it Thanksgiving and Christ-
mas will be here. These are
usually pleasurable times
often surrounded by family,
friends and lots of memories.
In doing a little research
about those ice cream waffles
that I simply love, I found a
photo of an advertisement.
It was complete with a pic-
ture at one of the Detroit
Kresge Stores advertising a
triple-dip banana split for 24
cents. That was in the ’50s.
Yes, those were the days!
Not that they were without
crisis, but I think we had
more time then for the sim-
ple pleasures of life.
Senior lunch menu
Monday, Oct. 8: Beef stew, roasted potatoes, carrots, tomato
soup, apple pie.
Thursday, Oct. 11: Chicken with mushroom sauce, rice, green
beans, potato corn soup, spice cake.
The Warrenton senior lunch program is at noon (doors
open at 10:30 a.m.) Mondays and Thursdays at Warrenton
Community Center, 170 SW Third St. Suggested donation is
$5 for ages 55 and older; $7 for those younger. For more
information, call 503-861-3502.
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U.S. admits to atrocities in Sand Creek Massacre
Oct. 5, 1801: The Choc-
taw sign the Treaty of Fort
Adams, agreeing to allow a
wagon trail through their
land and allowing more white
settlements in Mississippi
Territory. The tribe loses 1.5
million acres of land under
the pretense of returning to
an old boundary.
Oct. 6, 1879: The first
group of Dakota, Kiowa and
Cheyenne children arrive at
Carlisle Indian Industrial
School in Carlisle, Penn.
Officer Richard Henry Pratt
of the 10th Cavalry had spent
eight years commanding a
unit of black “Buffalo Sol-
diers” and Indian scouts be-
fore founding the school.
The children are greeted
by hundreds of townspeople,
who accompaned them to the
former Army post. But when
they arrive, tired and hun-
gry, there are no provisions
awaiting them.
Oct. 7, 1763: Britain’s King
George III issues the Royal
Proclamation of 1763, claim-
ing territory in North Amer-
ica for Britain after defeating
France in the Seven Years
War.
The edict guarantees Indian
rights to land and self-gov-
ernment, but denies colonial
settlers from claiming land
north and west of the Allegh-
enies.
Oct. 8, 1865: The Unit-
ed States government ad-
mits guilt for “the gross and
wanton outrages perpetrat-
ed against certain bands of
Cheyenne and Arapaho Indi-
ans” at Sand Creek in Colora-
do Territory.
A year earlier, Army Col.
John Chivington had ordered
the Sand Creek Massacre,
carried out after a night of
heavy drinking by the sol-
diers, and resulting in the
slaughter or maiming of 500
Indians, of which two-thirds
were women and children.
Oct. 9, 1903: Kiowa and
Comanche Indians sue the
Secretary of the Interior to
stop the transfer of lands
without consent of tribal
members in Lone Wolf vs.
Hickcock.
In the Supreme Court case,
the tribes claim the land
transfers violate promises
made in the 1867 Treaty of
Medicine Lodge.
Oct. 10, 1609: Champlain,
in his search for a northern
passage, befriends the Algon-
quin and Huron Indians and
together they raid Onandaga
land south of Lake Ontario in
present-day New York. The
Onondagans are one of the
original five constituent na-
tions of the Iroquois Con-
federacy in northeast North
America.
Oct. 11, 1794: Tennessee
Gov. William Blount agrees
to meet with Chickamauga
Chief John Watts near the
French Broad River in east-
ern Tennessee.
The conference, which oc-
curs the following month,
includes peace discussions
between the warring settlers
and the Chickamauga.
Ellis is an author and his-
torian working on a book
about American Indians.
Legal ad
Notice of Pending Type II Administrative Decision
Momentum, Inc, on behalf of Fibre Federal Credit Union, has submit-
ted an application for site design review for a 3,250 square foot finan-
cial institution at SW Corner of US 101 and SE Ensign Lane in North
Coast Shopping Center. The subject property is identified as Tax Lot
81027CB01900.
The application file is available for public review until October 22,
2018 with an administrative decision to be made after the close of the
review and comment period. Applicable Warrenton Municipal Code
criteria include Chapter 16.40 General Commercial District, Chapter
16.116 Design Standards, Chapter 16.120 Access and Circulation, Chap-
ter 16.124 Landscaping, Street Trees, Fences and Walls, Chapter 16.128
Vehicle and Bicycle Parking, Chapter 16.140 Stormwater and Surface
Water Management, Chapter 16.152 Grading, Excavating and Erosion
Control Plans, Section 16.208.040 Type II Administrative Procedures,
and Section 16.212 Site Design Review.
All evidence to be relied upon to make a decision on this application is
in the public record and available for review at the Warrenton Community
& Economic Development Department, 225 S. Main Ave., Warrenton, at
no cost. Copies can be made at reasonable cost. Following the close of the
comment period, the Community Development Director shall issue a Type
II Administrative Decision which will be mailed to the applicant and all
parties who submit written comments or who are otherwise legally entitled
to notice.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE: All interested persons are invited to submit
written comments to Kevin A. Cronin, Community Development Director,
Warrenton City Hall, PO Box 250, Warrenton, OR 97146 by October 22,
2018. Failure to participate in this administrative review in writing or fail-
ure to address relevant issues with sufficient specificity may preclude your
right to appeal the administrative decision on this application.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION contact Kevin A. Cronin, Communi-
ty Development Director at 503.861.0920 Monday through Thursday, 8:30
a.m. to noon/1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Published: The Columbia Press, October 5, 2018