Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Ten Years Ago
October 26, 2000
Cardinals surprised the Pomeroy Pirates with three touchdowns while holding the always-tough Pirates to just one touchdown at last Friday's Homecoming game. Burglars broke into Waitsburg Grocery in the early hours of October 23. The demolition and discovery phase of the $4.5 million Waitsburg High School Renovation project is proceeding with few surprises.
Twenty-Five Years Ago
October 10, 1985
Duckworth Repair is erecting a new shop on Preston Avenue next to the White Stallion Restaurant. The 40 by 40-foot pole building is being built by Lory Duckworth with help from brother Ernie Duckworth of Clarkston. Also helping are Jerry Smith of Saveway Steel Buildings and Bob LaRue Construction. Anyone missing a number of old coins may find them at the marshal's office. The coins were turned into the officerecently, and they may be recovered by contacting Marshal Morgan and identifying them.
Fifty Years Ago
October 14, 1960 The constant rise in freight rates during the past decade has necessitated Green Giant Co. closing its Pomeroy, Wash., plant.
A flagpole has been erected at the south end of the Waitsburg High School football field so that a color-raising ceremony may be held for each home game. The work was done by Howard Davis, Miles Brinton, Roy Leid, Ernest Kasson and Lee Manta, Jr. Scoot Lumber Yard provided the pole.
Mrs. Lenora Gammon attended the women's golf tournament in Richland Tuesday and won the gross low score. Cigarette advertising is being placed in weekly newspaper for the first time in the highly competitive media field. The Times is among the weekly papers to receive two such ads from Camel cigarette. It is estimated the tobacco firmwill spend about $485,000 for advertisements in weekly newspapers.
Seventy-Five Years Ago
October 11, 1935 Mrs. W.H. Wallace was hostess to the Dorcas Society and the invited guests, which were the teachers of the high school and grade schools on Wednesday afternoon. The afternoon was spent in a social way and inspecting the attractive new Wallace home.
There was a most successful pep rally held Thursday evening, Oct. 3. At the bonfire, Coach Easton and some of the football players talked. This was followed by the traditional serpentine through town. Mrs. F.O. Cox, Mrs. Loris Cox and Mrs. Dwight Howell entertained at a salad bridge luncheon at 10 o'clock on Thursday at the Cox home. The hostesses were assisted by Mrs. Sereta Sayers and Mrs. Harvey Stonecipher.
One Hundred Years Ago
October 14, 1910 Walter J. Woods this week purchased from the J.E. Houtchens Co. 20 feet frontage on Preston Avenue adjoining the Park Theatre on the east. Consideration $1,000. Roland Allen is the headquarters for glass. The nights are getting cool now, and that broken window should be repaired. Mr. Phillip Heinen, formerly of Oregon, who purchased a farm adjoining the Blize place on the east near Huntsville, has moved to the place and will build a residence and barn this fall.
One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago
October 23, 1885
J. Pettyjohn, one of the substantial farmers and stock raisers of the Lower Touchet, an old citizen and a Republican of the first water, was in town during the week.
The following well-known citizens of this vicinity will leave on this evening's train for a somewhat protracted visit to Indiana, Iowa and Missouri: T.J. Holowell, wife and daughter, Lilley; Sam McCown, Mr. Mack Taylor, Mrs. Chas Taylor and Joe Ellison. Mr. Hollowell and family came to this Territory in 1865, and this is their first visit to their old home after a lapse of 20 years.
The great crop of shippers now is "give us more cars." The present crop has fully demonstrated the fact that one railroad is inadequate to the task of supplying this country with shipping facilities, and if the country continues to prosper, more railroads must be built and that right soon. We doubt very much if any other spot on the continent of America can show up a better spell of weather for the current month of October than the Inland Empire. It is all that any reasonable person could ask.
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