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
On March 20, 1925, the Vancouver Woman’s Club unanimously voted against tipping. The group took the action after reading a letter from the managing director of the Grace Dodge Hotel in Washington, D.C., Nellie A. Lindsley. The hotel, exclusively operated by and for women, did not allow tipping.
- 75 years ago
Battle Ground High sophomore Jack Phipps won an oratorical contest on March 3, 1950. Sponsored by the Washington Resources Committee, the event was held at the county courthouse. Phipps spoke on the designated subject, “Animal Resources.”
- 50 years ago
The choir and band of Gaiser Junior High, only about a year old, had “one distinction they would just as soon not have”: They were the only musicians in their district without uniforms. The Gaiser Parents Club had already worked to raise more than $2,000 to buy uniforms. However, the “200 distinctive blazers” that would be worn by both ensembles cost $9,000. Despite the hard work, they were losing ground. The blazers, initially priced at $30 each, had increased to $45.
