Postal Saving To Be “Out”
The oldest “savings bank” in White Salmon will be going out of business next week. On Oct. 2, Postal Savings will be discontinued at the local post office, after over 40 years of service as a savings depository.
The Postal Savings System was established nationally in 1911 as a convenient and safe depository for the accumulation of savings and to encourage thrift. It was made available at the White Salmon office sometime before 1924 and at one time or another almost everyone in town held an account. Postal Savings became quite popular after 1933, for at the time the banks closed those who had money on deposit with the post office where the only ones who could obtain their savings in full immediately. With the establishment of federally-insured bank savings, however, and eventually offering higher interest rates — Postal savings never paid more than 2 percent — the use of Postal Savings began to decline, about 15 years ago. From a high of $180,000 on deposit in 1947, balances had dropped to $13,000 in May of this year, when the process of discontinuance began.
— White Salmon Enterprise, Sept. 24, 1964
Arlington Women Entertained By Views Of London Visitor
ARLINGTON—Miss Ann Kingston, a comely, bright-talking 21-year-old Londoner, kept the women who were gathered at the home of her cousin, Mrs. Henry Krebs, for a coffee hour alternately gasping and chuckling with candid comments on her trip to American and her impressions of the people and places she had seen.
Miss Kingston, raised in Durham, England, where Mrs. Krebs of Arlington grew up, teaches hair - dying in London, and lives in an apartment there. She visited Buffalo and Detroit before coming to Oregon, and will make a trip to Seattle before flying home next week.
Some of her remarks were wry but always friendly. For instance she thought American cars were “tinny” and American woolens “under quality and over-priced.” On the other hand she was enthusiastic about American cottons and synthetics and ecstatic when she discussed packaged food stuffs available here.
The only things she has purchased so far to take back with her were cowboy boots complete with western pants and shirt. When asked if she thought her new costume would start a trend away from the more formal English riding habit she replied, “Oh no; it is you people who have to smarten up!”
— Mrs. Krebs and her family have kept their young guest busy and interested. Among other things they took her to the Round up and to the John Day River fishing.
— The Dalles Daily Chronicle, Sept. 29, 1964
Recreation, sports courses offered
Volleyball, basketball and soccer headline the Community Education sports and recreation schedule for the fall, but several other courses are also offered for adults and youths. One course coming up right away is a one-session class on care of big game animals. The seminar will be conducted by the Oregon Department of fish and Wildlife. Covered will be field dressing, care of meat, curing, skinning and butchering techniques of big game animals. Planned this fall and winter are co-ed volleyball drop-in sessions that are non-competitive in nature, and co-ed volleyball leagues featuring complete rosters and schedules for competition.
— Hood River News, Sept. 19, 1984
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