PIONEER PORTRAITS

Ten Years Ago

September 30, 2001

Fred Hamann received the first Booster of the Year plaque presented by Jeff Pietila during halftime of the Waitsburg/Mac-Hi game last week.

Columbia County Transportation now offers transportation to Walla Walla three times daiy Monday through Friday. The service began September 20 and for the time being will be on a trial basis.

For once, Terry Mc Coy, a former Waitsburg resident and a former Waitsburg School Board member, was being pursued by a hurricane rather than him following a hurricane and providing relief assistance. McCoy, 64, recently returned from about two weeks in the gulf states as a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster worker.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

September 28, 1989

Jack McCaw and J. W. "Buffalo Bill" Thompson were elevated to "Young Buck" status at Lions Tuesday night as a result of being the only elderly Lions to show up for wood cutting. Treasurer Ken Miller reported that the club netted $705.67 on the Buffalo Feed, and has an account balance of $10,701.04.

We were pleased to see former Cardinal football star Jack Otterson get a nice write-up in the Union-Bulletin Playbook last weekend. After a successful football and track career in high school, it has been largely a waiting game for the WWCC sophomore. He signed on as a punter, but a back injury put him into the "redshirt" category for a year. But Jack's patience has paid off. He is prime punter for the Warriors this year, averaging 41 yards per kick.

Fifty Years Ago

September 25, 1964

We didn't purposely leave out all of last week's doings up "Whoop-em-up Hollow." Dick Harper caught some stubble on fire Sunday while burning a few weeds. Then on Monday, Bob Barger was coming down the road and noticed a fire in the old barn on the Brown farm. This is a favorite trysting spot for the local in-love set, and someone had built a fire in or near the barn. If Bob had not discovered it when he did, the barn would have been gone. Sparkin' is normal, kids, but keep it figurative not literal!

This weekend the Plaza will feature "McClintock," a movie starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. It will be free to all who wish to attend. Businessmen in town have made plans to sponsor this show as a "Phil Monfort Appreciation Night." Phil has worked hard and diligently to keep the Plaza open, in spite of discouragements which would have caused less hardy souls to give up long ago.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

September 29, 1939

Mrs. Daisy Wale, local school teacher, is building a new home on Fifth Street.

The Alto Club met last Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Pete Hermanns with Mrs. Snyder and Mrs. Andrew Hermanns as hostesses. Mrs. Pete Hermanns was honored with a stork shower.

Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Stonecipher and son, Buddy, left Wednesday for Berkley where Stonecipher has work. MR. and Mrs. John Segraves and son, Robert, left Tuesday by auto for a visit to their former home at Grassy Creek North Carolina.

Future Farmers of Americas' officer's for the coming year are Lewis Dunn, president; Alvin Robinson, vice president; Denny Neace, secretary; John Gagnon, treasurer; Donald Hinchliffe, watch dog; Clarence Long, reporter.

Miss Florence Rees, who is reaching in Twin Falls, Idaho, spent Saturday here on business.

One Hundred Years Ago

September 25, 1914

Edw. Nelson, proprietor of Variety Farm, just east of town brought a pie pumpkin to this office Monday which weighed 92 pounds and a sugar beet weighing almost 3 pounds. Edward says that this pumpkin will "hold" most of 'em, but if anybody brings in a larger one, he is able to come again with a heaver one.

Mr. John Smith of Seattle spent Friday in this city shaking hands with old friends, after an absence of almost a quarter of a century, Mr. Smith was formerly a member of the firm of Smith and Marvin, proprietors of the meat market here. Twenty four years ago he sold his interests to G. M. Lloyd. This was his first visit to the old town since.

James Neace is in town this week from Westfall, Oregon, visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Neace. He made the trip in his big Cadillac.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

September 27, 1889

M. M. Teater arrived home from the Sound country yesterday. He returned via Ellensburg and reports the Waitsburg boys at that place are all doing well.

A. Mickelson informs us that parties hunting in his pasture killed a two year old steer for him. Mr. Mickelson does not think the killing was done intentionally, but he asks that hereafter hunters be a little more careful. He has no objections to parties shooting birds or prairie chickens, but he draws the line at cattle.

Jimmy Laidlaw of the firm of Laidlaw Bros. made a flying visit to Walla Walla today.