Pioneer Portraits - September 15, 2016

Ten Years Ago

September 21, 2006

Finding answers to important questions and making resulting decisions are in the Waitsburg City Council’s future in the aftermath of the portion of the Columbia Complex Fire that swept through the City watershed in the North Coppei Creek canyon in August. Questions revolve around water quality, reforestation and potential for flooding, according to Dan Katsel, Public Works Director for the City.

The only cloud that cast a shadow on the Pioneer Fall Festival last Sunday was that its 2006 Pioneer of the year, the late Roberta Stonecipher Broom Adams, couldn’t be there to receive the community’s thanks and appreciation. Her son Jeff Broom graciously accepted honors in her stead and her husband, Carroll Adams, also spoke a few words about Roberta’s remarkable life.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

September 19, 1991

Wow! What a party. The party got off to a thundering start, what with 933 “out-of-towners” popping in for the best salmon bake around at the community building. Ivan Keve and the Commercial Clubbers – with an able assist from the Waitsburg Lions – served up a night to remember of great food and friendship. No wonder one out-of-towner told our reporter he starts thinking about next year’s salmon feed the first morning after the last one.

The number of high school students attending Wait-Hi is expected to rise 15 percent in four years, according to figures released by school officials. “I am not comfortable that this building is going to hold 170 or 175 students,” school superintendent Ed Larsen said, after seeing the projections. Currently, there are 156 students in all grades at the high school. By 1993, the number Is projected to increase to 176; by 1995 to 180.

Fifty Years Ago

September 15, 1966

We were pleased to see that Jeannie Pearson, 13-year-old daughter of Dr. and Mrs. A.S. Pearson of Waitsburg was the top judge in 4-h Horse judging t the Columbia County Fair last weekend. We know that Jeannie put a lot of miles on her horse, “Smokey o,” an Arab gelding during the past two weeks. “Smokey” wouldn’t climb aboard a trailer for the trip into Walla Walla for the Fair there on September 1, 2, 3 and 4, so Jeannie rode him into town from Waitsburg. The trip took from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Jeannie was accompanied by Michelle Saranovich, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mickey Saranovich, also of Waitsburg. Both girls also rode their horses back to Waitsburg when the events were over.

The Buttons and Bobbins 4-H Sewing Club exhibited at the S. E. Washington Fair with ribbons being won by Jill Zuger, Ann Hubbard, Debbie Smith, Sandy Kenney, Karen Webber, Jenny McKinney, Linda McKinney, Helen Marie Long, Susan Maib, Barbie Gagnon and Janet Roberts.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

September 18, 1941

Roy Allen and John Clodius came home Tuesday night from a couple of days fishing for Chinook salmon at Celilo Falls, on the Columbia River.

The Preston-Shaffer Milling Co. flour mill in this city is entirely shut down and has been for the past ten days. Lack of boat space on the Western seaboard at the present time is given as the cause.

The lineup for Friday’s game with Lind as announced by Coach George Blume will be Donnie Wills, Andrew Weir, Richard Roberts, Gordon Arthurs, Earl Arthurs, Captain Jack Blize, Raymond Jeremiah, Dorne Hall, Richard Wolfe, Earl Cusick, and Glen Hofer.

Mrs. George Bateman this week sold her one-story brick building adjoining Hamilton’s Electric Store, to W.T. Hamilton. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. E. Shaffer have just purchased the residence property at the corner of Orchard and West Sixth Streets, which belonged to the late Mrs. Ella Steele.

One Hundred Years Ago

September 22, 1916

Additional operations have started in the gas fields northeast of Kennewick. The Walla Walla Gas and Pipe Co. has started drilling with a standard drill. Seven automobiles carrying gas and oil enthusiasts from Walla Walla, Dayton and Waitsburg visited the region Sunday and Monday.

Emory and Malcolm McCown arrived home Friday from several days spent at Wallowa Lake and vicinity, where they spent ten days fishing.

N.B. Atkinson Friday stated his crop consisted of 9000bushesl of wheat and 2500 sacks of oats.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

September 25, 1891

The Ladies Cornet Band of Dayton, furnished the music for Columbia County’s fair. A good drawing card, that.

The finest grapes we have seen this season were left at this office last Saturday with the compliments of Garl Taylor.

We hear it rumored that the roads in this district are to be strawed. We hope the rumor is well founded.

The train on the Main Line and the grain on the Dayton branch of the U. P. road ran into each other at Bolles Junction on Tuesday night. No one was hurt, and but little damage was done to either train.