A weekly look back compiled by the Clark County Historical Museum from The Columbian archives available at columbian.newspapers.com or at the museum.
- 100 years ago
A musical test program was broadcast from Vancouver Barracks on April 21, 1925. The Barracks All-Star Orchestra played, and Sgt. Arlon V. Carroll made the announcements. The night before, the station had made its first test broadcast and received “numerous telephone calls … approving of the test.” The Vancouver Barracks was the third station to apply for a broadcast license.
- 75 years ago
On April 22, 1950, Mrs. Norman Nellis dropped an egg on the floor. Mrs. Nellis discovered the cracked egg, which weighed a quarter-pound and measured “7¾ inches the short way round and 9¾ inches the long,” contained not only a complete yolk and white, but “also another egg complete with hard shell.”
- 50 years ago
Groundbreaking ceremonies for Vancouver’s new indoor tennis and racquetball center took place April 22, 1975. Local leaders, including City Manager Alan Harvey and Parks, Recreation and Memorials Department Manager Ted Brown, made speeches. A ceremonial lease-signing and construction contract presentation took place. The event culminated in the actual groundbreaking on the 5-acre site, which was built with four outdoor courts and four indoor courts.
