The Dalles Chronicle, December 16, 2001 21 Years Ago, December 16, 1980 Gary Rood, administrator of The Dalles General Hospital, was appointed to a vacancy on the Port of The Dalles Commission on Monday night. The position Rood takes will be on the ballot in April at which time he and others interested may frun for a four-year term. Revenge was sweet for The Dalles High School, which dealt two time defending state champion Hillsboro a 64-47 girls basketball defeat at Hillsboro Monday night. Annette Foley scored 23 points and had 23 rebounds for The Dalles. (Chronicle Editor Note: The file for the last quarter of 1981 has turned up missing, so the year differs on segment of Looking Back.) 40 Years Ago, December 16, 1961 The art department of The Dalles High School topped all other schools in the state by producing three prize winners in the statewide contest sponsored by the Citizens for Art. Two local students placed among the cash prize winners and another received honorable mention. Bonnie Jo Odell placed third for her pen and ink sketch titled "El Gato." Linda Thompson placed fourth with her chalk drawing of a mare and foal. Honorable mention was awarded to Lenore Hall for her pen and ink drawing "The City." All three are students of Mrs. Henry Hutton. 60 Years Ago, December 16, 1941 Edward Arthur Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude I. Davis, The Dalles, has been lost in action, presumably the Pearl Harbor naval engagement, according to a telegram received today from Rear Admiral C.W. Nimitz. Young Davis was a seaman, first class, in the United States Navy. He had enlisted in the Navy (in) August of 1940 and had graduated from The Dalles High School in May of that year. (Chronicle Editor's Note: It was later determined that Davis had not died in the Pearl Harbor attack, but was only missing in action for a time.) Mobilization of Company I, Oregon State guard, was fomally effected in The Dalles civic auditorium last night when a grand total of 101 volunteers took the solemn pledge of war time service to their community, state and nation before Commanding General Alvin C. Baker of Salem (Oregon). With local dignitaries and four members of General Baker's staff participating, the ceremony took place at approximately 9:30 o'clock after all volunteers had submitted to a series of physical examinations conducted by local doctors and dentists. 80 Years Ago, December 16, 1921 Clyde G. Huntley, collector of internal revenue, calls attention to the fact that commencing on January 1, 1922, the stamp tax of toilet proprietary preparations will no longer be in effect. While this is a small tax it has been a source of annoyance with patrons alike and its repeal will be greatly appreciated. The Y.W.C.A. basket sale at the Corson Music store yesterday was well patronized according to Miss Estella Sherrill, the receipts amounting to more than $30. A few of the baskets have not been sold and persons desiring to buy them may see them at the Y.W.C.A. The Columbia River Highway between The Dalles and Hood River was opened yesterday, when crews of men completed the removal of the last slides and drifts blocking travel between Mosier and the Apple City according to H.R. Fancher of The Dalles. A few cars got through yesterday and reported that care must be exercised by motorists, but that the trip is not dangerous where ordinary caution is observed. 100 Years Ago, December 16, 1901 The diptheria epidemic will soon be a thing of the past. No new cases have been reported for two days and the quarantine was raised yesterday from the residence of Mrs. Allard, leaving five residences quarantined, in which the patients are practically well. Mamie Helen Flynn, the brilliant young pianiste and elocutionist, gave a recital at St. Mary's Academy yesterday afternoon. She rendered selections from Beethoven, Liszt, Schumann, Chopin and Schubert-Tausig in a manner that elicited the greatest praise from faculty and students. Hoodlums are as thick in this town as June flies. And they are just as inconsiderate. Two of them this morning applied to the editor of this paper for money to buy their breakfast before the moulder of public opinion had concluded negotiations for his own. Written permission to reprint Looking Back-A Glimpse Through the Chronicle's Files given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon. Copied and submitted by Earline Wasser