Archive for October, 2022

THE GREAHAM AREA’S FIRST SUPERMARKET


223rd and S.E. Stark in Gresham.  (1954)

    


1963

       

Carl and Ada Zimmerman leased a one-room country store
(above) from Edward and Minnie Aylsworth in 1938 and purchased it in 1943, remodeling and expanding it into the
area’s first supermarket.
 

The store closed in 2001 and the building was demolished
in 2005 when Weston Buick Pontiac GMC and Kia built a
new showroom and dealership in its place (below).

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POSSESSION OF ALASKA ON THIS DAY IN 1867

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On October 18, 1867, the U.S. formally took possession of Alaska
after purchasing the territory from Russia for $7.2 million, or less
than two cents an acre. Indigenous peoples settled the unforgiving territory thousands of years earlier.

The Alaska purchase comprised 586,412 square miles, about twice
the size of
Texas, and was championed by William Henry Seward,
the enthusiastically expansionist secretary of state under President
Andrew Johnson.

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William Henry Seward (May 16, 1801 – October 10, 1872)

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Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845)

Jackson served as the seventh president of the United States
from 1829 to 1837.

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OLDEST GORILLA IN U.S. IS DEAD AT AGE 64

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(Fox News) – The Louisville Zoo in Louisville, Kentucky,
announced it made the tough decision to euthanize Helen
on Friday, Oct. 14,  because her
quality of life declined for
several months due to natural aging.

The zoo said Helen had been in "remarkably good health
for most of her life" despite being diagnosed with "expected
age-related arthritis and some periodontal disease.”

According to the media release, In recent months, Helen
developed instability and tremors that put her at fall risk
and impacted her day-to-day life.
 

Female zoo gorillas typically have a median life expectancy
of about 39 years.


Helen’s estimated birth year is 1958, and she was born in the
wilderness of
Western Africa, which is now modern-day
Cameroon.


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GANGSTER WENT TO PRISON ON THIS DAY

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Alphonse Gabriel Capone  (1899 – 1947)

       
 

On October 17, 1931, gangster Al Capone was sentenced to 11
years in prison for tax evasion and fined $80,000, signaling the
downfall of one of the most notorious criminals of the
1920s
and
1930s.

       
        

 

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DRIVER WALLACE IS A DISGRACE TO NASCAR!

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William Darrell "Bubba" Wallace Jr.

Bubba Wallace, driver of the #45 McDonald's Toyota, confronts Kyle Larson, driver of the #5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, after an on-track incident during the NASCAR Cup Series South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on October 16, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Bubba Wallace, driver of the #45 McDonald's Toyota, pushes Kyle Larson, driver of the #5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, after an on-track incident during the NASCAR Cup Series South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on October 16, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Bubba Wallace and Kyle Larson, involved in an incident
during the NASCAR Cup Series South Point 400 at Las
Vegas Motor Speedway on October 16, 2022.

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