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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?
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Six months ................................ $1.00
Tango Tim tells us he likes a young
One year ................................... $2.00
woman who stands on her own feet.
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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.
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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.
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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. * *
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lief makes good material for the dem
The
drive
for
traffic
safety keeps
agog and helps to make class hatred.
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¡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
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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)
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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‘ ” *■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
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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
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“ 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(
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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.
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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.
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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
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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