Looking Back: A Glimpse Through The Chronicle’s Files page B December 3, 2006 Edited and compiled by Elroy King 20 Years Ago, December 3, 1986 A plywood glue manufacturing company is interested in using the flour mill in The Dalles to manufacture its product. The Dalles City Council Monday endorsed the project which is being handled here through the Mid-Columbia Economic Development District. The glue operation is based in Indiana where it has operated for 105 years, Keith Sutton, executive director of MCEDD said. An agreement between the Northern Wasco Count PUD and the city of The Dalles that will bring an estimated $140,000 of income for the city was approved by the council at its meeting Monday night. Under the agreement the city will pay three percent of the gross revenue on the electricity it sells to the city as a fee under the cooperative agreement. The $140,000 is an estimate. A Treaty Oak Community College student, Robyn Jensen, of Mosier, has been appointed to serve as a member of the Oregon community college student Political Involvement Committee (PIC) team. Jensen was one of four Oregon students chosen to serve on this committee. 40 Years Ago, December 3, 1966 Installation of officers by the Mid-Columbia Shrine Club, serving Shriners from Wasco and Sherman counties, will take place at a ladies night dinner meeting, Saturday, Jan. 14, at the Recreation [restaurant]. Harold Woolsey of The Dalles was named president to succeed Gordon Hilderbrand of Wasco at a dinner meeting Friday. Other officers named were Don Heisler, vice president; Pat Crawford, secretary; and Ivor Davies, treasurer; directors Clarence Quirk, Albert Kaseberg and Herb Root. John Hilderbrand of Wasco was elected vice president for Sherman County. Wahtonka’s wrestling team got off to a winning start Friday night and opened their season by downing Corbett 41-18 at the Eagle gym. The match was run off in rapid order, as only three matches went the distance. The Eagles won by forfeit in three matches, scored pins in four more and took two of the decisions. Winning by pins for the Eagles, were Bill Turner at 1`03 pounds, Terry Elton at 133 pounds and Ken Barker at 154 pounds. 60 Years Ago, December 3, 1946 After more than 40 years of medical practice, Dr. Frederick E. Thompson, prominent local physician, has retired from active practice and he will no longer practice with The Dalles General Hospital and The Dalles clinic, it was announced, today. Effective immediately, Dr. Victor D. Mills, who has been employed by The Dalles Clinic, will become a member of the firm, he having purchased Dr. Thompson’s interest. A reorganized Wasco County Recreation Association will undertake a comprehensive, long range program for the development of recreational facilities in The Dalles, it was announced last night at the association’s annual meeting, held at the county courtroom. Included in the program will be completion of facilities at the recreational grounds, north of the county hospital. The association will lease the tract of land from the county for 15 years and an option for a 15-year renewal. 80 YEARS Ago, December 3, 1926 A $15,000 United Brethren Church building will be erected at once at the corner of Bluff and G streets, Rev. E.F. Wriggle, pastor, announced today. A building permit was secured yesterday from City Recorded D.L. Cates. The building will be modern in every way, Rev. Wriggle declared. The walls and foundation will be poured concrete, while the upper portion will be of concrete block construction. While taking a radio set home to his bungalow in the mountains beyond Dutch Flat yesterday, Ben Ulrich, suffered a fractured arm. The team he was driving became frightened and jumped, unsettling Ulrich in the seat so that he pitched forward and fell forward on the roadway. Mrs. Mildred Shafer has opened a Christmas gift shop of fancy work articles at 100 ½ Second St. The shop is a temporary one and in it are gifts made by Mrs. Shafer and her mother, Mrs. Charles Ferry. 100 Years Ago, December 4, 1906 Yesterday was the last Lodge of Sorrow Cascade Lodge will have, and Saturday’s meeting was also the last, for when the lodge holds its next meeting in the K of P hall Thursday of next week it will not be the “Cascade Lodge” but “The Dalles Lodge” No. 303, a new charter having been granted under that name. As is the custom of the order, the lodge was named after the place where it was organized, the lodge having been organized at Cascade Locks, July 11, 1905. Since the report was made public that Prof. J.S. Landers was the choice of the Pendleton board for superintendent of their schools, the school board at The Dalles has received many applications for the position in this city and others have been added for the principalship since Prof. Whitney was chosen as Mrs. Landers successor, so that there are now seven or eight applicants with the clerk. At a meeting of the school board held Saturday night the various applicants were considered and that of Prof. A.C. Strange, principal of the Crook County High School and Prineville, accepted. Incoming and Outgoing messages protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program