The Dalles Daily Chronicle The Dalles, Oregon August 2, 1934 MRS. ROOSEVELT PASSES THROUGH DALLES Presidents Wife Given Flowers, Letter Of Appreciation A brief glimpse of Mrs. Roosevelt (Anna Eleanor) as she passed rapidly through The Dalles at the wheel of her small roadster shortly before 2 o’clock this afternoon was all that citizens saw of the country’s first lady – on her way to Portland to meet President Roosevelt (Franklin Delano) when he disembarks from the cruiser Houston there tomorrow. Mrs. Roosevelt stopped her car for a few minutes at The Dalles-California highway junction east of here while Cliff Allen, member of the city police department, presented her with a bouquet of flowers and a brief letter offering her the hospitality of the city. Chief of Police Frank Heater shook hands with the president’s wife and offered her a police escort, which the first lady declined. City Prepared The city was “dressed up” in anticipation of Mrs. Roosevelt’s visit, and crowds of people who had been standing on the streets since noon saw her. Business men, acting spontaneously, had placed flags for the length of Second street as reports were current during the morning that she planned to pass through here after leaving Bend, where she spent the night. She drove her car at a rapid pace through the city’s main business thoroughfare, but smiled and waved her hand at the crowds gathered to see her as she passed by. The letter delivered to her by Officer Allen was sent by Miss Celia Gavin, city attorney, commissioned to greet Mrs. Roosevelt by Daughters of the American Revolution, who felt that some formal show of hospitality by the city should be made. Allen was told by Mrs. Roosevelt that she could not accept the city’s invitation to stop because she had refused similar invitations all along her route, and was loathe to delay her arrival in Portland. A number of persons who had driven to the highway junction obtained a close-hand view of Mrs. Roosevelt as she conversed with Allen and Heater. A state police officer who also had been waiting at the junction for her preceded the first lady’s car into The Dalles and notified citizens of her approach by blowing his siren. Earline, Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society http://community.oregonlive.com/cc/genealogy 78th Annual Wasco County Pioneer Association Reunion May 5 & 6, 2000 The Dalles, Oregon http://w3.gorge.net/dzopf/wcpa.htm