The Dalles Chronicle January 26, 2003 Compiled each week by Elroy King. 40 Years Ago, January 26, 1963 Work began this week to clear an additional portion of the old St. Mary's Academy site on Third Street and make way for construction of a building to house Joseph Knoll's Dodge dealership here. Harry Walther, from whom Knoll of Knoll Motor Company in Hood River is leasing the property, said plans have been dropped to request the planning commission to grant a variance from city ordinance requiring a 30-foot setback from the front property line. A new volunteer fire department with Than Kramer appointed as chief has been organized in Dufur (Oregon) with the assistance of Dalles Fire Chief Charles Roth Jr. Twenty-two men turned out for the first meeting Wednesday and larger attendance is expected for classes in an educational program to be conducted by Roth. Paul Glenn, grand exaulted ruler of The Dalles Elks Lodge No. 303 died at 9:30 a.m. today in Astoria (Oregon) while attending the mid-winter meeting of the Oregon Elks Association. Death was attributed to a heart attack. 60 Years Ago, January 26, 1943 Eight men from The Dalles who are attending the University of Oregon at Eugene this week were initiated into fraternities: Robert Bloom, Theta Chi; Ed Crane, Dolph Kimsey, Edgar Dick and Jim Dunahoo, Sigma Nu; Bill Galloway and Wilbur Peterson, Kappa Sigma; and Lawrence Beaudoin, Phil Delta Theta. The Moro high school Huskies lost the second game of the league series in Moro (Oregon) last Friday evening, when the tall Kent (Oregon) quintet took a hard fought game 21-30. Twenty of Kents points were made in the first half, Moro holding them to ten points in the last half, while the home team scored 11 counts. Jack von Borstel of Kent was the high scorer, making 19 of his teams 30 points. H. Zeigler was top man for the Huskies, scoring 8 points. The CHRONICLE suffered another causality to the Portland shipyards this week when E.T. Carswell, advertising manager, left to be employed by the Willamette Iron & Steel Company. Carswell has been employed in the advertising department of The Chronicle since 1936. 80 Years Ago, January 26, 1923 Using the "Mission of the Ku Klux Klan" as his topic John A. Jeffry, Portland attorney, last night addressed a capacity house at the civic auditorium. Many were turned away, unable to gain entrance to the theater, in which every available bit of standing room commensurate with safety was occupied. Jeffry defended the ideals and purposes of the klan, declaring that it was not responsible for outrages attributed to it over the country. He also spoke of the Americanism of the order. 100 Years Ago, January 26, 1903 Honorable E.O. McCoy has purchased the Main street lot and buildings of W.A. Wallis in Moro, including the brick store. Word was received in the city of the death of Thomas M. Bennett, father of Judge A.S. Bennett, at the home of his son, Sam Bennett, last night at 8 o'clock at Tygh Valley (Oregon). Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon Copied and submitted by Earline Wasser Member of Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society c/o The Dalles/Wasco County Public Library 722 Court Street The Dalles, Oregon 97058 http://community.oregonlive.com/cc/genealogy Browse http://historysavers.com/orwasco/for recently updated information regarding Wasco County Links are at the bottom of page "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant." Robert Louis Stevenson _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus