PIONEER PORTRAITS

Ten Years Ago May 31, 2001

Ten names were dedicated at the second Memorial Day ceremony by the Veteran's Memorial Wall at the Waitsburg City Cemetery as townspeople turned out to remember those who served in uniform for our country.

The Waitsburg High School Class of 2001 gets a "One of a Kind" designation as plans are finalized for the commencement exercises for 17 members of this Friday at Walla Walla Community College. Facilities in Waitsburg are out of commission as the high school, v0o-ag shop and gymnasium are being renovated. Marshal McKinley, son of Dan and Krista McKinley is valedictorian of the Waitsburg High School senior class this year. Miss Kate Ahmann, daughter of Martin and Audrey Ahmann, is salutatorian of the class.

Twenty-Five Years Ago May 29, 1986

Six Vandals (from the once Prescott Waitsburg track and field "combine") qualified for the state track meet in Wenatchee May 30-31. They include Mary Conner, Jodi Hallenbaugh, Gennie Adams, Katy Dicus, Margret Hagerman, and Jack Otterson. The coaches are Orval Hagerman and Keith Carpenter, assistant.

Fifty Years Ago May 26, 1961

Completing 50 years of membership of the Waitsburg Lodge No. 16, F&AM, Clarence N. Eaton was presented with his 50-year jewel, certificate and life membership by Ernest Mikkelsen at the regular Monday meeting.

The gas war extended to all service stations in Waitsburg last weekend with gas prices as low as 30.9 for regular compared to a previous price of 39.54. Ethyl gas is now 35.4 compared to a previous 43.5.

Lola Segraves was installed as Worthy Advisor of Waitsburg Rainbow Assembly May 20. Installing officers were Bobbie Hillis, Jan Lloyd, Mrs. Jack Otterson, Carole Harris and Bobby Zuger, crown bearer.

Seventy-Five Years Ago May 29, 1936

The Edgar Leonard Grain office show window is attracting much attention this week with an attractive display of race horse equipment, trophy cups and photographs of well-known jockeys, all of which is very appropriate at this race meet time.

Mack Taylor, Pioneer wheat grower in this district, this week sold his wheat farm in Wilson Hollow, containing 600 acres to Fred Lonneker of Prescott.

The boys of the Class of 36 have set in the southwest corner of the high school grounds a memorial which should commemorate their high school days for years to come. This week they brought in from Wes Lloyd's place, a halfton stone on which they had chiseled the numerals '36.

One Hundred Years Ago May 26, 1911

The Oregon Holiness Association which is interdenominational, will conduct a camp meeting on the Washington Seminary grounds, Huntsville, commencing Thursday, June 8, and continuing 10 days. The meetings will be held in a large tent.

Forrest Carpenter and A.J. Carpenter returned home last week from a successful bear hunt in the Blue Mountains near Baldy Peak. They brought back the hides of two specimens - one of a black bear and the other a large cinnamon.

Chas. H. O'Neil, manager of the new Walla Walla Valley Spectator, was in the city Saturday. Charley has changed the style of his weekly to magazine form and is getting out a "crackerjack" of a publication.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago May 28, 1886

Judge Guichard has sent to each saloon-keeper a list of the names of habitual drunkards in Washington Territory. The total number is thirty-four, of which Whitman County furnishes four, Yakima three, Walla Walla two, Garfield two, Kittitas two, and the rest of the counties, one apiece.

Mayor Preston will leave on Saturday evening for Olympia to attend Masonic Grand Lodge.

If Main Street were kept thoroughly sprinkle, it would not be so awfully dusty as it is. Sabbe?

The Times office now has two amateur typos in the persons of Misses Dora Wheeler and Anna Jessup.

J.H. Morrow and R.H. Ormsbee shot at 20 pigeons each last Friday for the championship of Waitsburg. Morrow was the winner, scoring 14 birds against 7 for Ormsbee.