Pioneer Portraits - January 21, 2016

Ten Years Ago

January 26, 2006

Plaster busts of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln were presented to the Waitsburg School District by the Waitsburg Alumni Association last week. The likenesses of these two prominent U.S. presidents will be placed in the porticoes on either side of the stage in the Waitsburg High School auditorium. The Alumni Association obtained the busts to cap the renovation of the auditorium similar statuettes gazed down upon uncounted events for decades from the porticoes but were lost somewhere along the line and the porticoes were covered with paneling. Accepting the gift for the school district is Supt. Carol Clarke and Bettie Chase represented the Alumni Association.

Seattle’s “Twelfth Man” included a group from Waitsburg who were at Qwest Field last Sunday to see the Seattle Seahawks defeat the Carolina Panthers and advanced to the Superbowl XL. Making the game were J.E. McCaw and his son and daughter, John McCaw and Kelly McCaw; John and Susie Kenney, and Jerry Baker. An awesome experience was had by all.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

January 24, 2016

Bonnie Witt called to say that Waitsburg has some involvement in the present situation in the Persian Gulf in the form of her two sons. Major Steve Witt is an operations officer in the 18th Airborne Corps in Saudi Arabia. Bonnie said this Corps comprises the majority of the ground forces in that area. Colonel Kay Witt is a signal officer for the U.S. Army at Fort Bragg in special operations command. Pvt. Guy Keeney is stationed in Alaska with the U.S. Army.

Waitsburg Lions inducted four new members Tuesday night, and heard details of the cellular phone installation soon to come to this area from Ken Wilson of Blue Mountain Cellular. New members received into the club were Larry Branson sponsored by Orville Branson; Michael Ferrians sponsored by Bill Bloor; Mike Gammond sponsored by Neil Henze; and Jake Long sponsored by Bob Spencer.

Fifty Years Ago

January 27, 2016

Norman Hansen, towering center for the Wait-Hi Cards, got a nice write-up for his rebounding work against Prescott in the game there last Friday night. Norm put his big mitts onto 35 – which is a handsome total in any league.

Troop 336 Boy Scouts sponsored by the Commercial Club held a Court of Honor January 20, 1966, with Larry Broom, Troop Committee Chairman, in charge. Charles Baker received his First Class award. Received as Tenderfoot Scouts in recent weeks: Gary Hofer, Dale Miller, Roger Miller, John Nordheim, and Jim Stonecipher. Scouts selected Bruce Abbey, Ralph Brown, and Pat Mohney to be their representatives, to participate in a Citizenship Day at the Walla Walla County Court House February 9, 1966.

Kermit and Dan Jones left by auto last week for Arlington, Texas, where they will attend the annual meeting of the American Helicopter Association on Jan. 24, 25, and 26.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

January 3, 1941

A total of 834 trekked to the winter sports resort at Tollgate Sunday where time trials were held for the third annual Inland Empire Tri-State ski tournament.

Organization of a “cow-country” bloc in the house, to be known as the agricultural legislative council was announced Wednesday. Rept. Clarence Eaton was named vice-chairman.

Charles Zuger has been carrying an arm in a cast for the past ten days. A bone was fractured when in attempting to start the engine of a tractor, the crank struck the forearm.

Ellis Laidlaw was presented his diploma by Frank Danielson, chairman of the school board, 27 years after he earned it.

One Hundred Years Ago

February 4, 1916

Snow two feet deep and still coming. It is the longest snow fall on record.

It has been reported to us that Miss Grace Stonecipher, who is in her Freshman year at the State College at Pullman, was recently chosen captain of the Freshman girls’s basketball team. Miss Grace made quite a reputation for herself as a basketball player while I high school here.

Born in this city Saturday Jan. 29 to Mr. and Mrs. Roland Allen, a son.

R. A. Jackson, president of the American Rambouillet Association, exrepresentative, wealthy sheep and cattle man, died late Saturday night at his home on the Tucannon 20 miles from here.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

January 30, 1891

In all parts of the country farmers are exceedingly busy plowing and seeding. The rains were late in coming, but the open winter has fully recompensed the loss thereby sustained.

For slapping a drummer in the face last week, Willis Kinder was on Monday fined $20 and cost.

Miss Mary McLean this week sold her stock of millinery goods to Miss Marietta Wisckersham.

Miss Anna Jessup closed her school at Berryman today. The patrons of the district speak in high praise of Miss Anna’s qualifications as a teacher.