Looking Back: A Glimpse Through The Chronicle’s Files July 11, 2004 40 Years Ago, July 11, 1964 The Dalles High School’s yell squad for the coming year placed third on Monday and second on Tuesday in daily competition at the rally clinic the girls are attending on the Lewis & Clark Campus. Squad members are Diane Forebe, yell captain; and yell leaders Kathy Monaghan, Cathy Jackson, Kathy Duvall and Barb Williams. Jim Dunahoo scored a low net 73 at golf play held recently at The Dalles Country Club. Twenty players competed with Bob Twiss but only five finished. Twiss was one of those who completed play. 60 Years Ago, July 11, 1944 The first 20 units in the federal public housing project on the Bluff street grounds will be ready for occupancy, Monday, July 17, it was announced here today by L.H. Davies, housing manager for EPHA projects, who has his headquarters at Lebanon [Oregon]. Opened first for occupancy will be furnished units, as the EPHA has had furniture in storage for these units and wishes to get it installed, Davies said. Fire loss in The Dalles during the month of June totaled $105.45 it was revealed by the monthly report submitted to the city council last night by Charles Roth Jr., fire chief. 80 Years Ago, July 11, 1924 Much 25 bushel wheat, and an average of 20 bushels to the acre for all of Wasco County, is the report of crop conditions generally brought back to the city last night by County Agent C.W. Daigh. County Agent Daigh has been in the wheat fields practically all of his time since the latter part of June. Throughout his tour of the grain fields where the harvest is in full swing, the county agent declares the wheat to be in excellent shape. Except for the plastering and the installation of furniture, the new Chenowith district two room school just west of the city is practically finished, it was reported by Pete Peterson, the contractor, this morning. County superintendent A.E. Gronewald said today that the county will have two new schools next term, the Antelope [Oregon] district plans being underway for a three or four room building. 100 Years Ago, July 11, 1904 Mr. Thomas Brogan, living on Antelope creek, lost about $1000 in the waterspout of last Wednesday, in the destruction of hay cut and that was ready to harvest. Yesterday afternoon a sad accident happened in Mill Creek at the old mill. Soon after 2 o’clock Charles Kreft, about 17 years of age, oldest son of Mrs. Paul Kreft, of this city, was drowned at the old mill near the foot of Third Street. He, in company with some other boys, were bathing at the time, and in an attempt to swim across the creek at that point, which perhaps is over 100 feet wide and ten to fifteen feet deep, it is supposed he was taken with cramps and sank before help could reach him. 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.gorge.net/genealogy [Note: new website address] Browse http://historysavers.com/orwasco/ recently updated information regarding Wasco County - Links are at the bottom of page http://searches.rootsweb.com/ "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant." Robert Louis Stevenson Incoming and Outgoing mail protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program