100 years ago
For the week ending
June 22, 1924
To open bids on Union High July seventh
Bids for construction work on the new Union High School, to be built on the foundation now being excavated on the site adjacent to the school gymnasium will be let on July 7, it was decided at the regular bi-monthly meeting of the school board of the Bend district.
Inquiries relative to the plans for the high school structure have been received from several parts of the state in recent weeks, indicating that there is considerable interest among contractors, it was made known. Plans for the building are now being completed by Hugh Thompson, architect.
Cement sidewalks built on Lava Road
Wooden sidewalks on Lava road between Oregon avenue and Franklin avenue are being replaced by cement sidewalks. This work is being done privately and not as part of the Franklin avenue district improvement, it was stated today at the office of City Engineer R. B. Gould.
Brick company to make offer of well water
A contract to furnish to the city of Bend all water needed for domestic purposes will be offered to the city council by the Bend Brick Co., it is made known by A. H. Horn, president of the company. One well on land owned by this company just west of Bend is supplying a considerable part of the water used for drinking purposes in this city at present.
There is an inexhaustible supply of water at the brickyard, and the engineering problem of getting this water, protected from surface contamination by over 300 feet of clay, rock and sand, into the city mains is only a minor one. By installing a suitable pump and drilling more wells, it is predicted that from 3,000 to 5,000 gallons of water a minute can be pumped to the surface and into reservoirs for city use.
Child is lost in crowd at wedding
Believed lost in the crowd at the Ku Klux Klan wedding last night, the small son of Mr. and Mrs. William Abernathy was located an hour later after the mother had made a frantic search. After becoming separated from his mother, the child had shown good judgment by going home, and he was found at the home of neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. M.S. Magee.
Hundreds of people attended the wedding, held on the vacant half block south of Franklin avenue and east of Bend street. The bride and groom and the official who conducted the marriage service were dressed in klan regalia, their faces masked. There were about 30 other klansmen in robes and masks present.
75 years agoFor the week ending
June 22, 1949
City commission has ‘fireworks’ during session
Fireworks, both literally and figuratively, featured Wednesday night’s meeting of the city commission.
In the literal sense the “fireworks†issue was raised when Commissioner W. J. Baer announced that he had arranged with the Shell Oil company for a $2,400 pyrotechnic display at Mirror pond, on the evening of July 3. The company will donate the display as an advertising feature, Baer said.
It was after the commission had voted acceptance that Baer again was involved in “fireworks,†this time figuratively. This occurred when Commissioner Albin Nelson remarked that he felt the time had come to place municipal recreation in a separate city department, “like the police and fire departments.â€
Baer “exploded†verbally over this remark, and proceeded to berate Nelson for bringing up the subject.
“Who’s needling you in this,†he demanded. “You didn’t think it up. Why don’t the people behind this come before the commission and state their own case. I’m going to crush this thing, and crush it quick!â€
Nelson attempted to interrupt Baer several times and finally declared: “If I can’t talk I know somebody else who can!â€
Great trout rush attracts thousands to Upper River
The great trout rush of 1949 took place this week, as Crane prairie reservoir was opened to angling, after being closed since 1925. Taking part in the rush were fishermen from several states.
Cars were crowded bumper to bumper in the Cow camp area. Boars waited their turn to take off from docks, and waited again on their return from fishing trips. More than 2,000 persons, it was estimated, fished the area on the opening day.
In some of the marginal areas of the big reservoir, anglers actually fished among the trees. This occurred in places where water eddies in among dead jackpines. Camping grounds were overcrowded, and at night there were fishermen sleeping under practically every tree in the designated camp areas. Cars streamed into the camps through the night.
In some spots, great clouds of dust slowed the movements of the automobiles. Despite the congestion, some fine catches were taken in the prairie water. Most of the “big ones†averaged around 20-inches.
Bend pool opening set for Saturday
Bend’s long-awaited swimming pool will open Saturday at 1:30 p.m. While the grand opening remains scheduled for July 4, Saturday’s “less-then-grand but still pretty swell chance to swim†is intended to be somewhat of a trial run for the outdoor pool, City Manager C.W. Cuthbertson said.
Lifeguards will man the pool seven days a week from 1:30 until 9:30 p.m. Additional activities are contemplated with details to be announced later.
Prices of tickets for the remainder of this summer have been adjusted downward. For individuals, the season ticket price is $2.40; for families, $4.80. Single swims for children and high school students will cost 14 cents; for adults, 25 cents. All prices given include tax.
The pool is equipped with under-water and overhead lights; the dressing rooms with toilets and showers.
State sanitary regulations require that bathers take showers before entering the pool, and for women and girls, caps are required.
The wading pool will be ready for toddlers some time next week.
50 years agoFor the week ending
June 22, 1974
Bill Bixby to be star of movie
Bill Bixby, star of television’s “The Magician†and “The Courtship of Eddie’s Father,†will be in the Bend area in September to film a Walt Disney Production feature film. Bixby will star in “The Apple Dumpling Gangâ€. The movie will be produced by Bill Anderson and Directed by Norman Tokar.
Filming is scheduled to begin in the Deschutes National Forest near Sunriver on Sept. 5 and will last about three weeks. Most of the 100 persons involved in the filming will stay in Bend.
The announcement was made by Gov. Tom McCall. The arrangements were made by Warren Merrill, whose jot it is to attract television and movie companies to Oregon for filming. Meanwhile, filming of a television series,â€The New Landâ€, has begun in the Sunriver area. The series, about the settling of the Minnesota country, stars Bonnie Bedelia and Kurt Russell.
Drake Park sculpture gets tentative OK
“Internationally famous sculptor†Hugh Townley is working on a piece of art for the City of Bend.
Townley is one of six artists from all over the world who are working in Eugene this summer with the Oregon International Sculpture Symposium.
Douglas Campbell Smith, assistant professor of art at Central Oregon Community College, presented some of the details to city commissioners last night. Commissioners granted tentative approval for locating Townley’s sculpture in Mirror Pond Park, to the north of Drake Park along the Deschutes River. Final approval will be granted or denied at the commissioners July 3 meeting.
Townley proposes to sculpt a multi-piece work out of cement. The pieces would be abstract free forms, of varying sizes.
Vince Genna, director of the parks and recreation department said, “It’s gong to create controversy, but it’s controversy we can live with.â€
Commissioner John Stenkamp commented wryly, “I hope so.â€
The National Endowment for the Humanities has granted $20,000 for the project, and the Bend Foundation has given another $5,000.The latter is the philanthropic arm of Brooks Scanlon, Inc.
Bend is the only community in Oregon to have received a national endowment for the humanities grant.
Townley studied sculpture in Paris, Holland and London. He has taught at the University of California at Berkeley and at Harvard. Currently, he teaches at Brown University in Rhode Island.
Townley already has visited Bend — and been impressed with the beauty of the parks here — Smith said. Townley will visit again soon to meet with city commissioners and the parks board before final approval is considered for his project.
25 years agoFor the week ending
June 22, 1999
City says no to eastside grocery
Putting a grocery store as big as west Bend’s Newport Market at a busy eastside intersection was an idea city councilors could not accept.
After a hearing on just the first step in the process, councilors voted 6-0 to indefinitely table a land-use request by Bend resident Matt Steele. They will study traffic issues surrounding a proposed “convenience commercial†project at 27th Street and Reed Market Road.
Earlier this spring, city Hearings Officer Karen Green recommended changing the city’s land-use plan to allow future commercial uses on 3.7 acres at the southwest corner of the three-way intersection. The land is now zoned for low-density residential use, with lots no smaller than 20,000 square feet.
Green, however denied Steele’s request for an immediate zone change, claiming he had not proved such a change wouldn’t harm neighbors; property values.
The hearings officer also directed Steele to give the city any right of way needed for a traffic signal before reapplying for a zone change.
The city doesn’t expect to install a light at 27th and Reed Market for about three years, said Deborah McMahon, development services director.
Steele told councilors he hopes to build a grocery similar to the 33,000 square-foot Newport Market but first must determine what services neighbors want. He said putting in a small mini-mart with gas pumps would “underutilize†his property.
Steele said he merged five tax lots into one parcel to allow vehicle access farther from the corner. He also tried to show his site is one of the last in east Bend that could meet the city’s desire to place convenience commercial zones at least a mile apart.
Planners say adding neighborhood stores can reduce car trips and ease the burden on city roads, also allowing some customers to walk to the store.
Councilor Bill Fredman noted, “We’re not really talking about a neighborhood store. We’re talking about a regional store.â€
But colleague Benjie Gilchrist said that when it comes to land-use decisions, “competition is not a basis for rejection.â€
Councilor Wyvetta Wilson, a 27th street resident, repeated her frequent criticism of traffic conditions on the artery: “It’s horrible right now, and something like this is not going to help it.â€
Councilor John Schubert said the developer should sit down and work with his neighbors if the city can’t arrange such a process.
Steele said he was not disappointed by councilors’ decision to study the complex issues. But he said meeting with the area residents would have been fruitless. “The neighbors don’t want anything commercial to go in there,†Steele said.
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