PIONEER PORTRAITS

Ten Years Ago

November 16, 2000 It was déjà vu at the high school when rains came last week between the jobs of tearing off old roofingand building the new roof. The same scene occurred a few years earlier at the Preston Hall renovation. Plans are for project completion by Sept. 20, 2001.

An Oregon company is proposing a 250-foot lat­tice tower on top of Buttercup Hill. Mericom, out of Wilsonville, Ore,. advises the tower provide four platforms for radio transmitting antennas or similar equipment. Community organizations have started getting ready for Hometown Christmas. The Waitsburg Li­ons Club wrapped up the cooking segment of their annual smoked turkey project. The Lions returns the thousands of dollars it makes with the Thanksgiving and Christmas turkey project to benefit the commu­nity through projects and financial support of youth activities-including softball fields, tennis courts, Preston Park play equipment, and refurbished swimming poolhellip; The list goes on and on.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

October 31, 1985 A fired-up Waitsburg Cardinal volleyball squad downed their strongest challengers in the Blue Mountain Conference in three sets Tuesday night at home, winning sole possession of first place in the league. R.E. "Tiny" Jorgensen was returned to his post on the state Board of Education for another six-year term. The voting is done by school board members, and the votes are weighted by school populations. A weak side panel in the new wheat storage warehouse at Prescott gave way last week, allowing several hundred bushels of grain to spew from the side of the building. TVGG manager Bob Abbey said that the manufacturer of the building went into high gear in looking over the damage and seeking its cause.

Fifty Years Ago

November 4, 1960

Miss Judy Duckworth was proclaimed Home­coming Queen at half-time ceremonies at the Wait-Hi - DeSales game Friday afternoon. Other candidates were Sally Chase, Nancee Clodius, Sue Lawrence and Donna Thomas.

George Lloyd and his bride are expected home next week from California. They have rented the small Keiser home on Orchard Street. The American Legion Auxiliary Junior members held a Halloween party Friday at the home of Au­drey Augustine. Prizes were won by Tracey Harper and Lorna Henze. Coffee and doughnuts were en­joyed by the mothers.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

November 1, 1935 Henry Zuger and wife, Joe Grote and wife, Teddy Grote and Ed Hermanns went up to the Zuger-Clodius cabin at Stayawhile Springs last Tuesday evening and returned Thursday morning with three finebucks.

The sixth subordinate Grange in Walla Walla County was organized Monday night at Dixie with 37 members. Ira E. Shea, deputy master of the State Grange, was in charge of organizational work. The thermometer dropped to 12 degrees above zero Tuesday night in this locality, according to Fred Klatt. One of the outstanding social affairs of the season was last Friday afternoon given by Mrs. J.L. West and Mrs. John Clodius at the Pythian Hall. Seven­teen tables of cards were in play in the large room.

One Hundred Years Ago

November 4, 1910 Mrs. F.A. Fender and children expect to leave Friday for Holtville, Calif., where Mrs. Fender will spend the winter looking after some business interests. Dr. Elmer Hill and bride will occupy Mrs. Fender's home on 4th Street this winter.

On Wednesday morning, Nov. 2nd, at 8 o'clock occurred the marriage of Miss Della Conover and Mr. Allen Brunson, Jr., both well-known Waitsburg young people. After the wedding breakfast the newly married couple left on the 9 o'clock train on a short wedding trip to Spokane.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

November 13, 1885

The editor of this first-class family journal (sub­scription price $2 per year in advance), wants a nice fat young turkey for a Thanksgiving dinner, and he has the money (borrowed for the occasion) to pay cash on delivery for the same. So bring or send in the nicest of your young flock of turkeys between now and the 26th.

At the glass ball shooting last Tuesday, T.C. Taylor made a clean score-shooting 11 times and bringing home 11 uncracked balls.

Large bustles are again fashionable this winter-old papers for sale at this office at 50 cents a bundle.

Land Commissioner Sparks has decided that set­tlers cannot mortgage their claims for money with which to prove up on the same. This is a remarkable ruling and will only work a hardship on the poor man, for whose benefit the land laws were enacted. The ruling is unjust. Washington Engine Co. No. 1 will give a grand ball at the Opera House on Thursday evening, Nov. 25. The best of music will be furnished and an elegant supper served. The boys deserve a liberal patronage and as they have put a price of admis­sion

to only $1, everybody can afford to attend and should do so. Waitsburg should give her fire ladies a rousing benefit on the occasion of their Thanksgiv­ing ball.