Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Ten Years Ago
October 5, 2000 Area fields, some recently seeded, were hit hard by an intense cloudburst Sunday morning that overwhelmed drainage
ditches, washing mud and water across roadways. A half to three-quarters of an inch of rain hit in a 30 to 45-minute downpour in the early morning hours, following the quarter-inch of rain that fell over the previous day. Perry Bigelow, Neil Witt, Joe Abbey, Delbert Mock, Frank Bramlett and Dean Hermanns presented their trophies from the Waitsburg Gun Club in a picture of days gone by.
Twenty-Five Years Ago
September 19, 1985
The new bus maintenance facility was the focus of discussion at the school board meeting Wednesday night. The district plans to erect the building on school property on Willard Street.
Mr. and Mrs. Ora V. Grubbe celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary at a dinner party at their home in the Whitman Towers. The couple were married Sept. 15, 1935, at a ceremony at the ranch home of the bride's parents, the former Frances Benson. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Conover took Sandy Conover and Amy Branson to the State Fair at Puyallup this past weekend where they represented Walla Walla County Judging Team.
Amos Fine was fiddlin' finely for all the folks attending the Fall Festival. Farmers Pair-A-Docs gave samples of barbershop singing. Jack McCaw, farmer; Randy Pearson, doctor; Bob Patton, farmer; and Chuck Reeves, doctor completed the quartet.
Fifty Years Ago
September 23, 1960 Kay Witt was elected president of the local FFA chapter at their first regular meeting. Jim Wood was elected vice-president; Roger Hillis, secretary; Bert Aylward, treasurer; Bob Abbey, reporter; and Dan Clodius, sentinel. Over 200 men attended the Commercial Club salmon bake Tuesday night at the race grounds. Donna Thomas was installed as worthy advisor of the Waitsburg Rainbow Assembly Thursday evening. Her theme was "Rainbow is Friendship's Garden."
Seventy-Five Years Ago
September 20, 1935
Monday afternoon the Hoyt drug store reported to Marshal John Kanz that a man had picked up a watch, two billfolds and two boxes of face powder from the counter in the store, and skipped out.
Understanding that Mr. and Mrs. Frank Simms who have been farming the Mrs. Mina Eaton ranch adjoining this city to the south, are moving to Walla Walla soon, Paul Hofer, son-in-law of Mrs. Eaton, has leased the farm.
One of the most attractive of the autumn weddings was that of Miss Eugenia Frances Benson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Benson and Mr. Ora Vale Grubbe, son of Mr. and Mrs. P.E. Grubbe of Prescott which was a Sunday morning event at the country home of the bride's parents near Prescott, with Dr. E.T. Allen officiating.
One Hundred Years Ago
September 23, 1910 Mr. Alex Stewart, one of our public-spirited citizens, says that it will not be necessary for the fire boys to raise by popular
subscription the amount necessary to install an electric firealarm as he will purchase the whistle himself and present it to the city.
Clyde Sanders has leased 600 acres of wheat land from Walter Ginn and Charles W. Smith in the Alto district. Bert Witt has been farming this land but has released this body to take up a lease of 1,000 acres of wheat land belonging to Chas. W. Smith. This body of land is located in the Whetstone. Boys and girls who ride to school on horseback travel at a 10-mile-an-hour clip and occasionally out-run autos.
One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago
October 5, 1885 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brown and their beautiful premium babe have been in the Burg this week on a visit to parents, brothers, sisters, and friends, all of whom were glad to see them. They will return to their home in Colfax in a few days. Washington Seminary, Huntsville, is now running, but with light attendance. Prof. Kumler and his sister from the East are the teachers. Owing to a stupid blunder, or perhaps too many in charge, the catalogs were not issued. F.P. Kinder made us a pleasant call yesterday. He says his big wheat crop this year will lift his head clear above water. Mr. Kindler is one of the very best men of the country, is a hard worker, and it affords us pleasure to note his present prosperous condition. We notice wagons coming into town containing as high as 115 bushels of wheat, about a thousand pounds more than the wagons are warranted to carry. Bad policy. A horse bridle and saddle valued at $200, which was raffled yesterday by Charles Russell at Walla Walla, was won by Tony Lloyd of this city.
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