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About Cascade Locks chronicle and the Bonneville Dam chronicle. (Cascade Locks, Or.) 1939-1939 | View Entire Issue (March 17, 1939)
Cascade Locks C h ro nicle o ffic ia l paper o f city o f Caecada Duck». Oregon F R ID A Y . MARCH 17. 1939 TH E CASCADE LOCKS CHRONICLE P \ <> E FOI K vw v v w v w v w v w v w v vw v w vw w School News y y w vyvy y y w y y w w w v y w y y w w wiches, salad, cake and punch. They invited several upper class men. Those attending were: Hank Brink, Jeanne Orvis, Eileen Pro haska. Norman Hesgard, Jimmy Merrill. Sal lie McMullen. Howard Hrolliar, Norman Lovell, Dub Mer rill, Irene Walker, Miss Wetzel, and Virginia McMullen. A good time was enjoyed by all attending Mrs. Saunders will have her piano recital at the Cascade Lodge, March 29, at 8 p. m. Several of j the high school girls will take j part. Everyone is invited. The Camp Fire Girls are having a "Bean Pot Supj*er” Friday even ing, March 17. There will be an old Square Dance, Spelling Bee, piano solos, several orchestra selec tions, a supper anil other features for only 35c for adults and 25c for children. Proceeds from the din ner will g«> toward dues for the members and funds to go to camp. Friday night the Junior class had a puppet show which was sh««wn by a gentleman from Portland. He showed “ Hansel and Gretel,” “ The Three Wishes," and other short selections. The funds from it were used for financing the Junior Prom which will he in the near future. The Junior class had a pot-luck supper Hfter the puppet show. The Sophomore class is expect ing to have the school paper out B O N N E V ILLE S< HOOL NEWS (B y terrain Webber) The prngrum Friday evening went over big with the huge crowd Entered under the name of Bon that gathered. “ Cinderella” was neville Dam Chronicle a* necond given by the 1st and 2nd grades. clam matter at the postoffice at “ Toby Helps Out," by the 8th Hood Kivrr, Oregon, under the Act grade. The 3rd and 4th grades of Congre»» of March «I, 1879. were dressed in old-fashioned cos- tumes and were guests at the ju ll.N H. T R A V lb Kdltor I Princess hall. Jeanette Caron und Keith Hixby Published «vary F riday in tba ure out of school at this time. m teie a t» of Ihr Itonnevilla Dam area Keith Hixby had an unfortunate by iln- .Hun Publishing Company, Inc accident, lie was trying to chop wood anil the axe slipped and gave 8 l!U H C K II*T lO N HATIC8 him a nasty cut. He had nine One year.............................. $100 stitches taken. Music has been received for Multnomah County Music Festival. J. |>. BOSS Bonneville School has been well He waa a man who had dream». [ represented in past years, and we They were dream» of a guunt j hope to he able to participate again mai-unry thrown aero»» roaring this year. mountain atreama; maaonry that The Festival will center around held within it» gra»p giant tur- American music, and will be pre- blnea; turbine» that revolved under sented in four episodes, featuring the impelUN of deacending water, , Indian music, Negro music. Cow- und turned great generator» of hoy music arid Pioneer music. We electric power. They were dream» hope that many parents will be of tr»n»m i»»ion network», feeding able to attend this year, and enjoy publicly owned diatributing »y»- the work accomplished by the chil t«-m«. AH to the end that u natural, dren of Multnomah county. It will never-ending reeource might be he held in Portland on a date later employed for the betterment of the to he decided. Upper division Art classes are common living Yet he wa» not a dreamer in progressing nicely with their pic the meaning that he viaioned the»e 1 ture enlargement problems made thing» and dwelt contentedly with on doth. Several are ready to put a mental picture of them. He color on, and we are eagerly await took off hi» coat, rolled up hi» ing the results. alcove» and went out to make the The Hth Grade Dramatic class dream» come true. will discontinue this work until a Some of lb«- dream» with which inter date. At this tune, we wish : the mind of J. D. Ruaa wu» anburb- to thunk the public for their kind ed have come true. In Seattle he reception of our play, "Toby Helps wa» known a» the "Father of ( ity Out," and for the many encourag ht.” tnd <i i v Light with it■ ing ami helpful things you so three dam», it» tran»mi«»ion line» kimlly said about our work. and distributing »y»tem, and it» investment of $414,000,000 of public CASC \DE LOCKS money 1» perhaps the most am IIIC I! SCHOOL bitious hydroelectric enterprise (Ity Virginia McMullen) ever undertaken by any city of comparable resource». in Seattle Monday night th«* Freshman .1. 1» Rosa wa» was in a sense City class hml their pot-luck supper. Light and City Light was J. D. They hail a basketball game be Ross. tween the girls and boys and also There is no doubt, had J. D. Ross played ping pong and badminton. lived on a» administrator, that Refreshments consisted of santl- Bonneville would have become a completed project Hut lie wa» confronted by the difficult prob lent of sale»miin»hip. It was a problem that reipnred stimulation of new or additional use» of power. In »trl\ing to solve that problem i his frankness permitted no illusion j among those who gi*\c h«-ed to Ills words over the comparatively in consequential saving in the custo mer’s bill to be derived from low cost of generation. He preached that the main economy was to be had from u lowered cost of distri bution He believed thut this could lie attaint'd through the organic» tion of people’s power dtstrtcts. Some complaint» were heard thut he emphasised public consumption too much by comparison with in dustrial consumption Yet hack of the administrator were restrictions on |>ower contracts in the law it-«•If. and over which he had no font rol Ami he had another itream It had to do with development of «Lt« « t current 1 1 ansmissilde eco nomically over great distances, and the final tie up of the whole coun tiv in a system foil with electric energy produce«! bv water power. \n«l s o It was with J D Ross, till« dr< :«m that It«- made collie true inevitably led to another dream. I«>t such as hi*, death is always untimely Oregonian O ffic ia l publication for Am aricaj) l>egion p«i»t No N), lionnavUla, Ora Friday. The Freshman class wi put it out the following time. B O NNEVILLE OFFER TO EUGENE HELD UP EUGENE, March 15— Due to de lays in Washington, representatives of Bonneville were unable to offer definite rate schedules to the Eu gene water board in the meeting I Monday night, Superintendent J. McArthur announced Tuesday. Representatives of the power se -up said they were negotiating with the federal power commission with a view of setting up a rate schedule which would be accept able to Eugene. The schedule, they told the board, must be one which could be offered other patrons also. Happy Birthday T W E N T Y - F IF T H A N N IV E R S A R Y IN S U R A N C E March 15th, 1939 r . e . S cott TOM SCOTT Hood River. Oregon $5 CASH REWARD For the name and address of a prospect to whom we sell a NEW OR USED C AR within 30 days. Prospect’s name and address must be mailed or delivered in writing. No phone calls or verbal contacts. Your letter recorded by time clock. First informa tion received on any one prospect gets reward, upon completion of sale. 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