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This week in Clark County History

By Katie Bush, public historian at the Clark County Historical Museum
Published: April 28, 2023, 6:32am

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

The City Beautiful club held its last meeting of the season on April 25, 1923, with a plan to reconvene in the fall. Mrs. Joseph Roane hosted the meeting at her house, where members discussed social and business matters. The 2-year-old group, which encouraged planting flowers and shrubs throughout the city, reported it had arranged “four bulb, flower, plant and shrub exchanges” since it began.

75 years ago

Mrs. Hulda Klager announced the dates of the annual “lilac week” on her 3 acres in Woodland. In a story on April 23, 1948, Klager said she believed the lilacs would be in bloom in the first week of May. The local garden club arranged the special “open house” for visitors “craving a glimpse of the locally well-known” grounds.

50 years ago

The Gardenettes Garden Club hosted its annual spring flower show, with the theme “April Fantasies,” on April 25, 1973, at East Mill Plain School. The show featured three divisions: horticulture, decorative and junior. Unfortunately, the paper didn’t report who took home the gold in the “April Fantasies” festivities.

25 years ago

Clark Public Utilities held its seventh annual Home and Garden Idea Fair the weekend of April 25, 1998, at the Clark County Fairgrounds. The affair featured landscaping areas and presentations on topics ranging from composting to starting a greenhouse. The main event was the plant show, where more than 50 nurseries from the Portland-Vancouver area offered herbs, trees and rare plants.

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