PIONEER PORTRAITS

Ten Years Ago May 17, 2001

As the community anticipates the 88th Days of Real Sport this weekend, another "One of A Kind" story comes to light. Waitsburg's Days of Real Sport holds the distinction as being the track where the photo finish camera was developed. The concept was developed by Waitsburg's Don Glover and an original photo finish camera is on display in the Waitsburg Historical Society's Bruce Memorial Museum.

The Waitsburg Cardinals win big at District. Clay Lindsey ripped three consecutive home runs to help the Cards to a 14-7 win over DeSales. The home team rallied in the seventh to hand Garfield-Palouse a 5-4 loss to bring home a District 9 Championship trophy.

Twenty-Five Years Ago May 8, 1986

Waitsburg runners at the Bloomsday Run in Spokane were Scott and Margret Hagerman, Travis and Lynna Larsen, Troy and Todd Larsen, Rusty cooper, Roland & Sherri Erikson, Jeff Hofer, Rick Piper, Kristy & Peggy Kirkpatrick, Krista McKinley, Kelly Zuger, Jeff Jameson and Steve Sickles.

Washington State is known for its nutritious homegrown foods. All the schools will be serving the Washington State menu on May 14, County Fair Chicken, Columbia Basin spuds, Evergreen beans, winter wheat bread, delicious apple slices and dairy fresh milk.

Fifty Years Ago May 12, 1961

Vickie Gohlman, Patty Harris, Susan Hawks, Mary Hermanns, Jean Sprankel and Nancy Willis received the highest award in Camp Fire at a Council Fire Sunday evening when they were presented the Torchbearer rank.

Rick Davis of Waitsburg, and Curtis Long and Gordon Sandberg of Prescott, will attend Evergreen Boys State to be held at Parkland, Wash., in June.

Bob Butler had the grand champion fat steer of the Livestock Show; first place in 4-H beef and first place in 4-H livestock judging.

Seventy-Five Years Ago May 15, 1936

Lloyd's Market, once of the oldest established firms in this city, changed hands this week when Ira Bloor and son Harold, purchased all interests from Marvin Lloyd, who had been sole owner since the death of his father, George M. Lloyd.

Harvey Mills and family, Rev. Oscar Cooper, Mrs. C.E. Hand, Virginia Bloor, Helen Brunson, Elizabeth Walker, Eunice Quigg, composed a party that visited the White Swan Mission near Yakima Tuesday.

J.E. Butler and W.T. Hamilton spent the weekend on Spirit Lake north of Spokane on a fishing trip. The gentlemen are rather quiet about their ability as fishermen but they had a splendid outing anyway.

One Hundred Years Ago May 12, 1911

A sample of barley was brought into the office Wednesday which came from Reservoir Hill, just north of town. This fall-sown barley, which is now heading out, stands 46 inches high and is as thick on the ground as lawn grass. The land belongs to M. Zuger.

The Art Exhibit which opened Tuesday at the High School building has excited a great deal of favorable comment. The admission fee is 10 cents.

The school census is now being taken in their District and the Enumerator suggests it would greatly facilitate matters if parents would hunt up the family Bible and figure out the ages of all the children before the arrival of the census taker.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago May 14, 1886

This week, the county commissioners, notwithstanding a numerously signed protest, ordered warrants aggregating $2,500, drawn in favor of Levi Ankeny, in payment for a penitentiary site. If the county commissioners can legally appropriate $2,500, they can appropriate two hundred and fifty million for the same or any other purpose. It may be the law, but it is not right.

If the saying "a new broom sweeps clean" be true, J.H. Morrow will see that our sidewalks are immediately put in repair.

M. Cheetham this week sold his fine sorrel stepper to John McLain of Walla Walla for $110.

C.O.W. Carpenter of Field's Gulch, and John Pettyjohn of Prescott were in the city yesterday.

Prof. Ells will give a public exhibition of his skill as a horse trainer in this city tomorrow at one o'clock. He will drive unbroken colts through Main Street without lines.