Flashback: Miss Redmond to go direct to finals; Local post office to sell food stamps; Cleanup drives home ecology lessons

Published 12:00 am Thursday, May 23, 2024

100 Years Ago

May 29, 1924 — From ‘Local Happenings’

“Larry” Hagen, the smiling salesman for the Standard Oil products, was in town Tuesday. Larry has just been married and his smile was wider than ever. His wife was formerly Miss Mabel Boyer, prominent member of Bend’s younger set. The matrimonial leap was taken in company with Jack Wright, the present head of the 40 & 8 society in Central Oregon.

The W.O.W. and their families had a big time last Friday night at a combined initiation and social meeting. Many out-of-town visitors were present and dancing was indulged in until late hour.

75 Years Ago

May 26, 1949 — Miss Redmond winner to go to finals

Many girls sign for June 11 show

Winner of the Miss Redmond contest June 11 will go direct to Seaside and the state finals.

This word has thrown the 15 girls who have signed up to enter into a new gear. They had thought the show here was merely a preliminary for an all-central Oregon elimination.

The Central Oregon chamber of commerce decided Tuesday to give the Redmond choice its blessing and acknowledge that the five other towns have put off selecting their candidates for so long that now it’s too late to start.

Girls signed up thus far to take a whirl at the Redmond show are Lila Mae Popish, Sue Skinner, Anna Bozarth, Jean Stauffacher, Jean Baker, Dorothy Simmons, Lois Hammond, Doris Dixon, Ilene Hayes, Bonnie Young, Margaret Conklin and Helen Suhre. Three other talented girls are entered for the practice, but are too young to qualify in the 18-to-22-year bracket. They are Joyce Van Matre, Hazel Edwards and Doris Osenton.

Merchandise prizes for the girls are being offered with practically no solicitation at all, according to Roy Newell, who is in charge of this part of the arrangements. Now he wants to make sure that everybody understands that even if they aren’t contacted, their prizes will be welcomed. The awards as they come in will be on display in the Pacific Power and Light company window.

Featured in the June 11 show will be Miss Oregon herself, Joyce Davis, who will sing for the crowd, coach the girls, and demonstrate for the audience some of the things she had to go through at Seaside and Atlantic City last summer.

Although a packed house is expected in Redmond high school gym that evening, and the advance sale of tickets is started, there will be no reserved seats.

Darrell Smith is in charge of ticket sales. Lester Houk is general chairman of the show, which is sponsored by Redmond chamber of commerce.

50 Years Ago

May 29, 1974 — Local post office to sell food stamps

A federal food stamp program will become effective July 1 in Deschutes County. It will make available to certified low income and public assistance residents of the county the sale of food stamps for minimum cost. Food stamps in varying denominations will be sold by all but two post offices in Deschutes County.

The new food stamps, required by federal law, will replace the Abundant Foods assistance program which has operated in the county since 1967. Food stamps will be sold at minimal cost on a fixed scale.

Ralph Romans of Bend, supervisor of the assistance unit for public welfare with the State Department of Human Resources, Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson are among the last counties in Oregon to adopt food stamps, already long in use in other counties and states. July 1, 1974, is the deadline for compliance.

His office requests that older persons, generally 62 and over, and those disabled, with limited, steady incomes, usually from Social Security, contact his office to establish eligibility for stamps. They are asked to telephone 382-4000, ext. 36, or come to 168 Greenwood Ave., Bend, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. They will be given appointments to meet with certifiers in order to establish eligibility to purchase food stamps.

Applicants will receive special forms to provide certain information, says Romans. They will be advised what information is required, such as verification of income, proof of disability, age, residence address and evidence of cooking facilities. The latter is important, Romans stresses, but adds that even a campfire will qualify.

25 Years Ago

May 19, 1999 — Cleanup drives home ecology lessons

Kids care about where they live and play, about the environment, and about the safety of their turf.

Last week, 31 fourth-grade students and seven parents donned orange vests, grabbed trash bags and attacked the school grounds and several blocks along Obsidian Ave. near Vern Patrick Elementary to clean up their community.

Teachers Merilee Patrick and Heather Renz were finishing a several-month study of fish propagation specifically and healthy environments generally.

In cooperation with the city’s public works department, Renz and Patrick organized a neighborhood clean-up as the students’ final activity in their ecology study.

In addition to the school grounds and a few blocks up and down Obsidian, the kids patrolled the several pathways they’ve created across vacant land between school and the Hayden Village housing area where many of them live.

Renz said the highly enthusiastic kids found a “gold mine of trash, running out of bags and having to quit after they’d filled 15.

Climber hurt at Smith Rock

A Seattle man was injured Monday morning when he fell from a rock wall while climbing near Asterisk Pass at Smith Rock State Park.

Jeffrey Borsecnik, 36, is in fair condition at St. Charles Medical Center in Bend with spinal injuries.

Borsecnik received his injuries about 11:30 am. when he fell about 30 feet, according to the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office.