Pioneer Portraits - September 24, 2015

Ten Years Ago

Sept. 29, 2005

Arrah Lee Wilson hosted the first meeting of Odako Club Thursday, September 22, 2005. There were 19 members and guest present. New officers were installed. They are president, Deanne Johnson; vide-president, Arrah Lee Wilson; secretary, Luella Thompson; treasurer, Velma Sickles; corresponding secretary, Betty Jo Donnelly; historian, Susan Segraves,

Waitsburg High School graduates completing studies at Washington State University following eh summer semester are Scott Allen Mason, B.A. in Business Administration and Marshal Brian McKinley, B.S. in Agriculture Technology and Management.

St. Mark Altar Society will have its first fall meeting at the home of Tammy Breier with Geraine Hansen as co-hostess, on Thursday, October 13, at 1:30 p.m. All ladies of the church are welcome.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

Sept. 27, 1990

Berger Chase and Bill Thompson were fined for introducing a new look in the hugging license saga, and both were informed that more is to come in the future. Wayne Peterson also got to pay a quarter on that issue. Kenneth Miller was presented with a plaque by Guy McCaw, honoring him for long and faithful service as club treasurer. Miller said he almost has the books balanced, and pleaded for another 5-6 years to get the job done.

Waitsburg city council voted on September 19 to back an ordinance which would raise the garbage collection rates in town by 40%. City Clerk Joan Hays said that the charges to Waitsburg for landfill use has gone up recently by that 40% increase. Councilman Bill Zuger said that the city cannot afford to take care of refuse at a loss, he didn’t want to see the city assets depleted.

Fifty Years Ago

Sept. 30, 1965

Carl Nordheim brought to my attention the fact that Waitsburg received national publicity in the October 1965 National Geographic. In the magazine was pictured an embroidered flour sack which was sent to President Woodrow Wilson by Belgium ladies. It was in appreciation for a shipment of wheat that was sent to Europe during the first world war. Printed in full color, the sack looks mightily like the one that is in the Centennial Museum.

Dave McConnell, Chairman of the Centennial Picnic Committee for the Waitsburg Lions Club has been carrying on a running feud with some of the good, kind ladies in town. They want to know what kind of a picnic the Centennial Picnic will be.

Each member of the Waitsburg Lions Club has 10 bags of Halloween Candy to sell. This delicious sweet stuff – guaranteed to pull out a filling or to crack an unsteady molar – is fully aged to the peak of perfection. Please give the Lions a “Treat” instead of a “Treatment.” Buy a bag of this candy for only $1 – it’ll be the most humane act since foreign aid was started!

Seventy-Five Years Ago

Oct. 4, 1940

There is maturing on the Marvin Lloyd place just west of town about six acres of Jerusalem artichokes. Hogs thrive on the tubers and cattle like the big branchy tops.

The Misses Evelyn Mills and Vivian Bachmann were called to Seattle over the week-end to serve on the Youth Planning Commission for the Sate of Washington and North Idaho.

Born at Spokane, Wash., Thursday Sept. 26th to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Zuger a daughter. The young lady weighed 6 ¾ pounds and all concerned are getting along nicely. Walter (Sprouts) is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Zuger of this city.

One Hundred Years Ago

Oct. 8, 1915

The high power electric line leading from this city to Prescott is nearly completed and the Pacific Power and Light Co. is bending every energy to furnish Prescott with lights by the time they have the K of P doings there this month.

Jake and Bill Keve drove some fat cattle to Lloyd’s Monday receiving 5 ½ cents per pound for them.

The Waitsburg Bantams defeated the plucky Touchet eleven last Saturday by a score of 58-0.

Clarence Yeend, Bert Lewis, Orlandas Lewis, Ed Buroker and son Walter started Thursday morning on a ten day’s hunting trip above Spokane. They made the trip by auto.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

Sept. 26, 1890

An Indian who made himself too numerous about Wm. Cattron’s place at Huntsville was given a good whipping by Mr. Cattron with a four-year old blacksnake whip.

W. B. Reeser has just received and turned loose on his farm a number of pairs of Chinese pheasants. As the birds reproduce rapidly if left undisturbed, he has hopes that they will be common to the entire valley within a few years. To render certain their being left alone, eh wisheds to notify all sportsmen and others not to hunt on his farm or those of C. N. Babcock or J. I. Brewer, which are contiguous to him.