PIONEER PORTRAITS

Ten Years Ago

July 17, 2002

The Block Watch watermelon feed pulls a big crowd.The Block Watch Program is building momentum andgrowing with each event. At the last meeting, there were75 citizens interested in moving forward with the organiza-

tion of the Waitsburg Block Watch. The next step will befor persons who attended a June organizational meetingto take sections of Waitsburg and contact others in thoseneighborhoods to network that whole town with watchingcitizens. The next event will be a community barbeque onAugust 6 in Preston Park.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

July 16, 1987

The Prescott School Board voted 3-2 to continue thepartial sports co-op program with Waitsburg SchoolDistrict. Superintendent of Prescott School District, BillEdwards, opened the discussion by stating what he andWaitsburg School District Superintendent Ed Larsen haddiscussed. There were numerous positive reasons givenfor not having a Co-op, having a partial Co-op, and hav-

ing a total Co-op. It was mutually agreed that the schoolboards would meet jointly once a year, and a supervisingcommittee would meet quarterly for evaluation.

Fifty Years Ago

July 20, 1962

Jonny Gibson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Gibson,was named Outstanding Boy Camper at this year's 30thannual high School Summer Camp at Washington StateUniversity.Anne Payne, Shelley Jones, Diane Zuger, Charie Mc-

Cown, Joan Land, Gwyn Ferguson, Julie Stonecipher andJohn Nordheim are spending this week at Starbuck attend-

ing a riding school.

Mrs. A.S. Perason and Mrs. Ken Zuger took MarkZuger, Randy Pearson, Claudia and David Hevel to CampGhormley near Yakima. Dr. and Mrs. S.R. Hevel are help-

ing at the camp.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

July 23, 1937

Miss Henrietta Vollmer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. WmVillmer has been selected to represent this unit at the Fair-

est Farmerette contest of the Walla Walla County Fair.Henty Zuger, who started threshing last week, reports thathis wheat will make about 30 bushels to the acre.Bloor's Market had a small blaze at the slaughter houseTuesday evening about 6o'clock. Considerable damagewas done to the floor and a new scalding vat will have tobe build. Mr. and Mrs. Miles Brunton were in KennewickSaturday.

One Hundred Years Ago

July 19, 1912

Four cars of grain bags arrived at this city the latter partof last week, containing over a quarter of a million of thebags. The bas sell at $6.61 a hundred and are all contractedfor by farmers, members of the Farmer's Union.

On account of the heated season the Tuesday nightpractice of the Waitsburg Band will be discontinued for thetime being. There will be the regular Friday night practicewith the open air concert on the street Saturday evening.

Miss Lena Keve will help Mrs. Fred Aldrich with thegeneral housework after the summer

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

July 15, 1887

A man may chin and a man may work for the temper-

ance cause all day, but he can't go fishin' and observe pro-

hibition because he just ain't built that way.

Lewis Neace returned yesterday from a trip throughDouglas County where he had been putting cattle thievesto route.

There are 101 prisoners confined in the prison in WallaWalla.

The wooden business houses destroyed by the recentfire at Pullman are being replaced by two-story brick build-

ings.

H.H. Griffith, chief of threshing men in this neck 'othe woods, started his crew in Kent's barley field at BollesJunction. Mr. Griffin has a complete and convenient outfit.He has a "kitchen on wheels" almost equal to the famousPullman dining car. In addition, he has a water wagon andtroughs for watering and feeding the horses.