News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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I read with some sadness about the closing of the Coulee Dam Community Church. During the 1950s I attended the church, sang in the choir and have wonderful memories of the candlelight Christmas Eve services. Back in those days, the Community Church was about the only church that held services every Sunday. It accommodated all the protestant faiths. The Catholic church had a traveling priest who held mass regularly, but did not live in Coulee Dam. Our minister, Rev. Petersen, was very active in the community and even played tennis regularly with... Full story
I am a former graduate of Coulee Dam High School and read with interest the article on lack of housing or activities for employees at the dam. In the 1950s this was a problem, too, and the USBR provided a dorm for the single employees. Many of our teachers boarded there. As for activities … everyone in the community attended all the school games, concerts, plays, the movies changed three times a week, there were tennis courts (six of them), a swimming pool, plus all the water recreation behind the dam, sledding in the winter and ice skating o... Full story
I may be wrong, but in your news coverage you mentioned the tennis courts in the 60 years news items. Since I attended High School in Coulee Dam from 1950-1953, I believe those tennis courts were installed much earlier than 1952 because I played tennis on them when I was a freshman in high school … that would be 1950 or 1951. The interesting thing is that in the winter, the USBR sprayed water on the courts, creating an ice skating rink for all the residents. There were two metal barrels that were lit with a fire so that the skaters could w... Full story