Yesteryears
1923 — 100 years ago
Hot lunches will be served by the Frankton school, District No. 2, for the boys and girls, after the Thanks-giving vacation, according to Miss Fannie Brenaman, principal. Those interested in the welfare of the children have been endeavoring to arrange for hot lunches at noon. The girls in the Home Making Club are the little helpers who will be largely responsible for the preparation and serving of these hot lunches.
— Hood River News
Diamond Drillers Busy on Deschutes—Work on the diamond drill operations for the Pacific Power & Light company on the Deschutes river is progressing well, according to a report made at the local office this morning. One hole has been drilled about 50 feet deep. The tests are being made for bed rock on which to construct a dam for the proposed power site.
— The Dalles Chronicle
A petition was filed last week with county auditor, signed by 108 inhabitants of the town of Bingen, who ask that the town be incorporated. The petition states there are approximately 350 inhabitants within the proposed corporate limits. Under the Washington law, there must be at lest 300. December 4 is fixed as the time when the petition will be heard by county commissioners.
— White Salmon Enterprise
1943 — 80 years ago
The board of directors of Hood River County People’s Utility District will, on January 7, 1944, submit to voters, outside the city limits of Hood River and Cascade Locks, a request for permission to issue put to $175,000,000 worth of revenue bonds, for the purpose of getting this district into the electrical distribution business. The plan, which the board says is the sequel to four years of study, provides for the purchase of the entire properties of the Pacific Power & Light Company by the issuing of revenue bods as a first step.
— Hood River News
WAC Caravan Expected — Local participation in the nation-wide WAC battle casualty recruiting program will be in the form of the three-day visit of the WAC Carnival Caravan here on November 24, 25 and 26, when the community will make a special effort to fill its quota of 12 enlistees in the Woman’s Army Corps to take the place in some small degree of the 12 Wasco county men who have died in battle.
— The Dalles Chronicle
The Trout Lake Woman’s Club, Grange, school and Ladies Aid will join forces to put on a National War Fund benefit at the gym on Thanksgiving evening, November 25. After a short program and presentation of the new Service flag, there will be contests and games, fish pond, etc.; fun for the whole family.
— White Salmon Enterprise
1963 — 60 years ago
A young Beaverton developer with a plan for a 10-apartment unit here laid his proposal before the city council Monday, but a zoning question still stands as a major block to the development. Dale Construction Co. would like to build in Waucoma Park addition on Oak Street next to the Christian Science Church. Two lots, once the site of an apartment house that burned down, form the proposed building site.
— Hood River News
Schools and public offices in this area will be closed Monday, the official day of mourning for President Kennedy, whose funeral will be held that day. In addition, many business places will be closed, and numerous public and private events have been canceled.
— The Dalles Chronicle
Formal opening of the new White Salmon Pharmacy by Forrest Walker gets under way here this weekend with the Grand Opening sale in full swing with a store full of bargains. The new White Salmon Pharmacy (formerly Callihan’s) … has been entirely redecorated with new items, new store counters and shelving, and all the latest in drug store merchandising methods.
— White Salmon Enterprise
1983 — 40 years ago
He is proud and happy to be a citizen of this country, Minoru Yasui told those who gathered to pay him homage at an awards banquet Saturday night. To some at the dinner, that might have seemed a surprising statement, considering the background of that award presentation, which included a jail sentence for standing on principals. Yasui is the recipient of the 19983 MacNaughton Civil Liberties Award, which was presented at the Portland event.
— Hood River News
A city planning commission recommendation for an ordinance controlling the construction and location of satellite receiving antennas was sent back to the commission by the city council Monday night. The recommendation ... required that these antennas be located on the ground in residential areas ... screening by sight — obscuring fences or landscaping ... required permits. ... As they must be located in a south or southeastern exposure with a proper angle, some homeowners are limited as to where they can locate the satellite receivers and Lutz said the ordinance would dictate who could and who couldn’t have the receivers.
— The Dalles Daily Chronicle
Legislators from the 17th, 18th and 49th districts are up in arms over a recent law passed during the regular 1983 session of the Oregon legislature which affects almost 40,000 Washington residents. The law, if not stopped by challenges now under way, would make Washington residents who earn part of their house-hold income in Oregon pay more in Oregon income tax this year.
— White Salmon Enterprise
2003 — 20 years ago
One of the last old-growth downtown businesses is about to fall. In the last 20 years or so, longtime Hood River residents have watched as names long associated with downtown became history. Paris Fair. Keir’s Drugstore. The Rialto Theater. First National Bank. JC Penney. Central Market. Now to be added to the list is Franz Hardware. A 95-year run as a fixture at the corner of Second and Oak streets, is ending sometime this year. Pete Jubitz, third generation owner, stated his reason simply: “Retirement.”
— Hood River News
Take a beautifully crisp autumn day, 20 acres of oak and pine woodlands, several generations of family and friends and what do you get? The Celilo Bowmen’s annual pre-Thanksgiving “turkey shoot.” Real turkeys were notably absent ... Instead archers ... shoot grizzly bear, buffalo, wild sheep and pigs, even crocodile and dinosaur. OK, they were actually three-dimensional foam and plastic targets, and there was a foam turkey in the mix. This year’s event was a fundraiser for the Salvation Army, which will purchase turkeys and hams for food baskets with the proceeds.
— The Dalles Daily Chronicle
Before the end of the year, the cities of Bingen and White Salmon will have to decide whether to maintain the consolidated police force that covers both communities. The current system — which merged separate police departments in both cities into a larger Bingen-White Salmon Police Department — has been in force since May 1, 2000. The contract expires Dec. 31.
— White Salmon Enterprise
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1923
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1943
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British Fighting Army Advances On Italian Front
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1963
Oswald Charged With Kennedy Murder
JFK Bier In White House
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1983
U.S. missiles prompt more protests
U.S. curbs Soviet travels, bans envoys from some cities
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2003
Japanese scientists report whale of a discovery: Researchers say they’ve found new species
Car bombs blast Iraqi police HG in two towns
Mideast peace plan criticized
Georgians break into parliament
Peru president apologizes
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