Image provided by: Hood River Library; Hood River, OR
About The Bonneville Dam chronicle. (Bonneville, Or.) 1934-1939 | View Entire Issue (May 14, 1937)
r H E F O IT R B O N N E V I L L E THE BONNEVILLE DAM w vw w vw %**w w *vw *w w w vw CHRONICLE Odd Shots HOOD RIVER, OREGON D A M C H R O N I C L E THE DOVE OF PEACE! By H. A. S. Official paper of city of Cascade W W V W W W V V W W W V V W M Locks, Oregon. The public dance hall is blamed Official publication for American with many of the derelictions of mod Legion post No. 88, Bonneville, Ore. ern youth. But is it any worse to have one’s foot stepped upon on the SUBSCRIPTION RATES dance floor, we ask, than under a Three months ........................... $0.50 bridge table? • * • Six months ................................ $1.00 Tango Tim tells us he likes a young One year ................................... $2.00 woman who stands on her own feet. * • * Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Hood River, Ore The smart boys tell us that wrestl gon, under the Act of Congress of ing matches are all fixed and that nobody really gets hurt. Still, we’d March 3, 1879. just as soon not land in the seventh JOHN H. TRAVIS.................. Editor row on the back of our necks. * * * HUGH A. SCOTT. .Associate Editor Wrestlers who make a specialty Published every Friday in the of concealing coat hangers and chick interests of the Bonneville Dam area en wire in their trunks should get by the Sun Publishing Company, Inc. next to Hitler and his vest-pocket battleships. * * * PROFIT AN1) LOSS There be three things that no man One of the most common fallacies knoweth: The way of a diplomat at r w current, which muddles the ec a disarmament conference, the way onomic thinking of the people, is the of a congressman with an economy idea that when one man makes mon bill, and the way of a woman on a re ey another loses it- This false be ducing diet. * * * lief makes good material for the dem The drive for traffic safety keeps agog and helps to make class hatred. ; ¡sties show that the total wealth on, the traffic deaths keep piling :•> nation has decreased more up and the liquor stores are doing a you. t'l->• '00,000,(MX),000 during the last nice business, * thank * * y. ars. This wealth is gone, no Prices on real estate and building i i..... it. Present values depend on prospective earnings, and during a materials are going up. That’s why depression earnings disappear and it’s kind of nice, sometimes, to be values evaporate. In other words, in the man in the * street. * • our case we have discounted our fu It would be altogether sportsman ture earning prospects by more than $100,000,000,000. This can be seen like, after George VI ends his cor more clearly when we consider that onation address, to remark, ‘ ‘Well, I if, in 1929, we had lost the total bank guess that just about exhausts the deposits of the nation and all the subject.” * * * gold in the treasury, our losses would We realize that King George has not have exceeded $50,000,000,000. got all the breaks, of course, but That’s all there is to it, and the man who tells you that a certain class got Wally doesn’ t look so bad either. * * * rich off of the depression is a dema gog and is trying to deceive you. Odd Shots will celebrate his first birthday May 28. After all he has done for the welfare of the commun ity, neckties and socks (size 11%) will CASCADE LOCKS HANDICRAFT THE HEART AND THE l'OCKKT- be in order. Address Sun Publishing CLUB HOOR company, Hood River, Or. (By Robert Morgan) • * • Authorities on safety are finding The members of the Handicraft important parallels between present It’s no wonder that college boys club are still showing interest in day efforts to stop traffic casual find a hard time getting anything their work. At every meeting there ties and the accident problem which to do when they leave school. Many are two or three who are passing re faced industry a quarter century ago. of them never find anything to do quirements. There were 15 members It is history that in the beginning, before they leave school. present at the meeting last week. management was reluctant to sup * * • port the industrial safety movement With all these weddings in air ODELL CAMP COOKING CLUB on any but humanitarian grounds. planes, taxis, skyscrapers, submar (By Lillian Hughet) Executives feared that the accept ance of safety standards and pro ines and whatnot, some snippet in The Odell Camp Cookers known cedures, the use of machine guards search of publicity may get married as the Ramblin’ Scramblers, held a and other such devises would slow up in church one of these days. cooking meeting Thursday, May 6. * * • production. For industry, this reas At this meeting we made stew. It’s awfully hard to feel dignified oning has long since gone into dis Each child brought five cents to when all the skin is peeling off one’s card. pay for meat and carrots. All other sunburned forehead. Oddly enough, however, a large ingredients were brought from home. • • • part of society seems to hold the Mr. Hughet, the leader, gave a dem same fatalistic attitude toward the It may be a small, small world, onstration on how to make frying traffic accidet problem. Speaking but that 12 blocks up to the house pan bread. on the subject recently, Albert \V. seems pretty long sometimes. A good time was had by all. Whitney, who is in charge of safety * • • activities for the National Bureau of Then there was the girl who bought Casualty and Surety Underwriters, the snagproof stockings, only to dis PARKDALE HOMEMAKING CLUB By Vera Parrott struck sharply at the validity of such cover that she had been given a run Last Wednesday afternoon the beliefs in a modern world. for her money. members of the homemaking club • • • ‘ ” *■1118 reasoning and this psychol were entertained at the home of their ogy re utterly wrong,” Mr. Whitney So far as Sunday morning noises leader, Mrs. John Cooper. Mrs. Eu said. “ Accidents are certainly not a are concerned, we put lawnmowers in gene Euwer spoke on the European price wo must pay either for indus the same class with outboard motor- homes which she visited when she trial progress or for the use of the boats. traveled that country. She made automobile. Far from slowing up comparisons on the homes which we production, safety actually quickens live in and the homes of Germany, it by increasing efficiency. It 1« The man who insists in making a common knowledge today that the sucker out of himself usually saves Italy. France and various other coun tries. Several pieces of needlework causes which produce industrial ac other people the bother. were passed around which illustrated • • • cidents are also the causes of inef the beautiful blending of colors in ficiency in production. Industry The average woman has few knows that a high accident frequency “ speaking acquaintances” because the faneywork done there. After Mrs. Euwer’ s talk, Margaret is a sympton of waste. most of them are listening ones. Ballweber and Audrey Cox demon • • • “ What happened in the industrial strated how to set a table properly field will happen with the automo The laziest man in the country has and the correct method of serving bile. Not only can we solve the traf been located. He turned his entire fic problem, but in so doing we shall income over to the government and and removing the various articles. Following the demonstration de very largely solve the traffic effic told it to figure out the rebate to lightful refreshments consisting of iency problem. Communities that are him. coffee or cocoa, cookies and ice( • • • cutting down their accidents suc cream were served. cessfully are just those communities We might get along much better Those present other than the club that are moving their traffic more in our personal and family affairs, girls and their leader were Miss Cal- quickly and more easily.” too, if so many with bicycle incomes If America can come to realize were not riding around in automo lihan. Miss Wise, Mrs Walton, Mrs. Brunquist and Mrs. Euwer. that by controlling traffic deaths and biles. • • • injuries it can likewise control traf PARKDALE CALF CLUB fic economy, the incentive to do both To some people excitement is that By Virginia Routaon should not be lacking. More and feeling that comes from waiting to All members of the calf club are more we realize that the causes see what the widow is gong to do asked to be thinking of suggestions which produce traffic accidents also with the life insurance. • • • for exhibit. cause us to spend more than is neces Mrs. Kile asked that all members Alcohol might not be so dangerous sary for gasoline, oil. tires, upkeep and insurance, delay us in reaching if it didn’t always concentrate In get their blankets ready so they can our business and social destinations the foot that presses the accelerator. start working on their livestock. She • • • wants them ready by fair time. and generally slow up the progress The main difference between taxes A good attendance is requested at of a motorized world. Such reason ing appeals both to the heart and and taxis is that a taxi doesn't hit our next meeting. Plans for the the pocketbook, an irresistible com you a double lick for trying to dodge food division of our exhibit are go ing to be made. it. bination.—Industrial News Review. FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1937. to organize in January. The mem bers are Chizenia Noji, Danzel An derson, Mary Helen Alexander, Rose Matters, Louise Benedetti, president, Dorothy DeHart, vice president, Ha zel Enney, secretary. The name of the club is “ Snappy Stitchers.” All of the girls are doing fine. Their leader is Mrs. Lucile Hardman. PARKDALE FLOWER CLUB By Dorothy DeHart A flower club was organized at the home of the leader, Mrs. R. G. Rum- baugh, Wednesday. They elected the following officers: Hope Rumbaugh, president; Chizenia Noji, vice presi dent; Nellie Hamada, secretary; Dorothy DeHart, reporter. They will meet this Thursday at the school house to plan for the summer gar dens, and select the name of the club. FLOWER CLUB ORGANIZED Mrs. Benedetti and Mrs. Beal have organized a flower club, of those in terested on the north side of town. Francis Kile was elected president, Chandler Bordeaux, vice president, Louise Benedetti, secretary. They met Thursday at the Beal home and the leaders explained how to plant their seeds, and the older members told of their last year’ s work. Mrs. Beal gave them some flower seed. The members are Billy Alezander, Jessie Akyama, Rose Soja, Chandler Bordeaux, Francis Kile, and Louise Benedetti. BARRETT FORESTRY CLUB (By Pat Evans) For our activities we have fishing and baseball. Our leader, Mr. Floyd McFerrin, has been sick for some time, and we are glad to see him better. We plan a trip to the punch bowl Saturday afternoon after our club meeting. We have a club pledge, and we are all enjoying the work. We meet every Saturday af ternoon at 2 o’clock. 4-H CLUB NEWS PARKDALE HIGH SCHOOL SEWING CLUB By Harriet Enney Thursday, May 20, the 4-H clubs are sponsoring a food sale at the Achievement Day exhibit in the Parkdale grade school. The proceeds from this sale will furnish part scholarships to the 4-H summer school in Corvallis. The Pierrettes will be in charge of the candy div ision. The 4-H Sewing group, Pierrettes, planned to hold a picnic party Fri day noon, May 7, in the shade of the big trees at C.- E. Cravens, but due to unexpected rain, the picnic was held in Cravens’ dining room. Each girl contributed her share to the lunch and entertainment. The club has planned more of these pic nics for the remaining school period. tW H H H H W W H H W H W H H » Meetings Cascade Locks Chamber of Com merce — Merrill’s dining room, Tuesdays, noon. Bonneville Parent-Teachers Associa tion — First Wednesday every month, study club at 1:30, regular meeting at 2:30 in Bonneville grade school auditorium. Bridal Veil Lodge, No. 117, A.F. and A.M. — School house, Latourelle falls, second Saturday in each month. Visiting Masons welcome. Cascade Yacht Club—Model room of new administration building, Fri days, 8 P.M. Cascade Locfts City Council—Second and fourth Mondays, city hall. Cascade Locks Boy Scouts — High school, Tuesdays, 8 P.M. Bonneville Boy Scotits—Grade school auditorium, Tuesdays, 7 P.M. Cascade Locks Townsend Club—Odd Fellows hall, first and third Fri days, 8 P.M. Rebekahs—Cascadia lodge, Cascade Locks, first and third Wednesdays of each month, Odd Fellows hall, PARKDALE GARDEN CLUB By Paul Benedetti The garden club of Parkdale will have a regular meeting Wednesday, May 12. We did not meet last week. The club will soon be increased by Bill Filz wrho will join soon. Nearly every member of the club has his 8 P.M. garden all planted and has some veg Damsite post, Veterans of Foreign etables, such as peas already up. Wars — First and Third Mondays, meeting room of administration OAK GROVE COOKING CLUB building, 8 P.M. (By Susan Parkhurst) The Oak Grove Cooking club had Cascade Locks P.T.A.—Second Fri day of each month, 8 P.M., high their second meeting which was held school. April 1, 1937. The meeting was called to order Izaak Walton league—Meets second Monday of every month in Bonne by the president, Mary Kawachi. ville auditorium. Directors meet The minutes of the last meeting fourth Monday. were read by the club secretary, Su san Parkhurst. The roll call was taken and the members answered London’ s telephone boom has with the different kinds of toast grown to 12,000,000 calls a week. they had made in the week before. Some made dry toast, some milk toast, and some french fried toast. We decided to have a club song. The members all stood and repeated the club pledge. For new business Miss Annala told the members about cereal and asked questions about what good affects eating cereal has on a person. She told them to cook two kinds twice Pool — Billiards — Bar at home in the following week. A motion was made and carried Cigarettes — Tobacco — Cigars to adjourn the meeting till next week. M archbank’s — for MEN on PARKDALE SEWING CLUB By Hazel Enney The 4-H Sewing club, Division II, III and IV, was one of the first clubs Second Street Hood River