PIONEER PORTRAITS

Ten Years Ago January 17, 2002

A picture of Preston Hall illustrates the article, which cites the people of Waitsburg and the Waitsburg School District as role models of communication and cooperation in this month's District Administration magazine, published for public schools.

This week the war Afghanistan took on a personal note as Eastern Washington lost a native son, Sgt. Nathan P. Hays was among the seven marines who perished in the crash of a KC-130 Hercules refueling plane in Pakistan.

Word reached The Times this week that Greg Nysoe, formerly of Dayton and Walla Walla died. A driver for UPS, Greg is illustrated packing a sandbag during the 1996 flood.

The community is invited to a demonstration of a working Intertype typesetter in The Times office. Former publisher Tom Baker will be on hand to demonstrate the machine, which set type at The Times from the mid 1920's through to 1975. This contraption is owned by the Waitsburg Historical Society.

Twenty-Five Years Ago Jan. 22, 1987

Miles of untracked snow still cover the wheat fields of the area. Waitsburg continues to shiver under the icy grip of winter. The cold snap started Jan. 13 and remains as temperatures have dipped to near zero the past week.

Linda Stonecipher gave a very interesting program to De Nova Club on Thursday about her antique and unusual thimbles. She shared particulars of 50 thimbles.

Keith Brodhead, Waitsburg's deputy marshal, graduated from the police academy Dec. 19 and is back on the job.

Fifty Years Ago January 19, 1962

Chester Stonecipher is representing the wheat growers of the Pacific Northwest at the International Wheat Agreement Conference at Geneva, Switzerland, according to Hal Edwards, president of Western Wheat Associates.

A verdict of not guilty was returned Friday in the case brought by the State Game Department and the State of Washington against Ray Gardner. John Wood and Roy Renick for game violations hunting geese. Members of the jury were Norman Woods, Sam Sills, Don Hinchliffe, George McCresy, King Witt and Byron Gusse.

Seventy-Five Years Ago January 22, 1937

The Amity Art Club met with Mrs. H.A. Mount Tuesday. A dessert luncheon was served at 1:15. An interesting review of the book "Gone with the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell was given by Mrs. Mount.

Waitsburg defeated Starbuck High School Monday by a score of 33 to 19. High scores for Waitsburg were made by Joe Buroker with 10 and Lowell Houtchens with 6.

Still thinking of snow drifts, one cannot refrain nevertheless, from noting that not only is George Drumheller's string of racers stabled at the Waitsburg track but Craig Tull's as well. Craig will be home from a Santa Anita meet soon.

One Hundred Years Ago January 19, 1912

A number of local sportsmen are interesting themselves in a plan to stock this part of the county with the Chinese Pheasant, than which there is said to be no "gamier" bird.

Harvey Stonecipher and family gave a dance Friday night the 12th. There was a large attendance and it proved to be an enjoyable affair.

County Engineer L.W. Loehr with a crew of men is busy this week surveying and staking out the proposed new county road west of town. The new road as at present outlined commences at the west end of Second Street and bear s off south to the point of the hill west of town.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago January 14, 1887

During the last 12 months, F.P Kinder, one of our best farmers, has sold at the P.S.D. in this city 1,088 dozen eggs at an average price of 20 cents per dozen amounting to $201.16. He estimates that he has used of his hen fruit 700 dozen eggs. Figuring these at the same price as those sold, Mr. Kinder's $100 stock of hens has yielded him within the last 12 months $342.16 or an average of $28.43 per month.

As a result of attempting to pick the cap from a powder cartridge yesterday, C.A. Hayden of Dayton has the palm of his left hand blown off. Loaded cartridges are dangerous to fool with.

According to the Columbia Chronicle, Dayton has the muddiest streets of the world.