The Dalles Chronicle March 20, 2003 Looking Back is compiled weekly by Elroy King. 20 Years Ago, March 30, 1983 Persons interested in finding a solution to the condemnation of the first base bleachers at Quinton Street Ball Park (The Dalles) are being asked to attend a meeting at noon at Spooky's Pizza Village. Jack Willis and Jerry Urness have called the meeting to determine any action the public might take in helping school district 12, the owner of the property, solve the problem. 40 Years Ago, March 30, 1963 Petersburg school board visited the upper Chenowith School Friday night to learn more about Chenowith's plans for physical facilities and curriculum for the high school to be operated there this fall. Petersburg Chairman Carl Kaser said the board met twice at Chenowith - first with the District 9 (Chenowith) board and then independently after viewing the upper building. Dalles Fire Chief Charles Roth Jr. and Lt. George D. Telfer will be among more than 200 fire service command officers from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, California, Hawaii and British Columbia attending the fifth annual Northwest Command School April 1-4. 60 Years Ago, March 31, 1943 Delmar Kendrick, Dalles High School senior and son of Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Kendrick, was the winner last evening of the American Legion oratorical contest for Eastern Oregon held at the Eastern Oregon College of Education at La Grande. He earns the right to go to Salem (Oregon) to enter the state contest and his name will be placed upon a plaque. Miss Anna Macnab, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.S. Macnab of Wasco (Oregon) was on the honor roll at Marylhurst Normal for the term ending March 9. Miss Macnab is a senior at Marylhurst and holds the office of student body president. 80 Years Ago, March 30, 1923 An oil portrait of Joseph H. Sherar, a former pioneer of Wasco County, builder of the Sherar's grade and of Sherar's bridge, which at the present time is being replaced by a new structure, is now in the office of Circuit Judge Fred W. Wilson and along with other pictures of Wasco pioneers, will be hung in the courthouse in the near future. A portrait of Orland Humason, the first county judge of Wasco County and the man who introduced the bill making Wasco County, will soon be hung over the bench in county court. 100 Years Ago, March 30, 1903 Last Tuesday night the cellar at the William Jordan home on Chenowith Creek was entered and a lot of wine taken, the house ransacked and $35 in money, a note for $107 and a mortgage stolen. Coming into the city later, Mr. Jordan reported to Marshal Woods, producing a pipe which the culprit had left behind. Strange as it may seem, the marshal recognized the pipe as the property of a man by the name of W.G. Cullen, who he had in jail last summer for mistreating his little daughter. Cullen lives in the Chenowith neighborhood and it seems that with him was a harness maker by the name of Oscar Helgrin, and the two men being under the influence of liquor, told neighbors they had taken some things from Jordan's. This morning a warrant was issued for their arrest and the preliminary hearing has not take place as we go to press. 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/ 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 _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963