Snippets of The Dalles Area Local History May 28, 2006 Page B3 and June 4, 2006, page A5 Text only Lots of people knew the answer to last week's History Mystery. The initials under the blanked-out portion of the sign stood for the Fraternal Order of Eagles, which met on the second floor above Western Auto. L.A. wrote: "I worked (at Western Auto) after school in 1948 and 1949. My job was to put chrome kitchen tables and chairs together, and wagons and bikes for Christmas. Upstairs was the Eagles Club and they would have dances for teenagers sometimes. On the other side of the grocery store was Hampton's Furniture store. On the west side towards Union St. was a Union 76 service station. Also at Western Auto I worked with P.T. before she was married to Art. Those were the good old days." B.F. also put in time at Western Auto and J.G. said, "I bought my first socket set there in 1954." A.L. added, "My parents had The Dalles Bowling Center right across the street." Incoming and Outgoing messages protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program