Pioneer Portraits - October 6, 2016

Ten Years Ago

October 12, 2006

PacifiCorp will purchase the 140.4-megawatt Marengo wind project, currently under construction near Dayton, the energy company announced recently. When completed in August 2007, Marengo will become part of the resource mix used to supply electricity fo PacifiCorp’s 1.6 million customers in six Western states. This particular project is expected to have the capability to serve the needs of approximately 37,000 customers.

The Waitsburg City Council voted 4-1 to give City employees a 3% wage increase while changing the benefit package from 100% to an 80-20 split in an effort to offset deficit budgets in 2004 and 2005. Councilwoman Markeeta Little Wolf voted against the measure at the Coouncil Meeting October 4.

Freshman Maya Garcia has been finishing in the top five at XC meets this fall and is a favorite to make an appearance at state this year.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

October 10, 1991

The Louisiana-Pacific Corp. mistakenly cut timber from five acres of land owned by the city along Coppei Creek, where city residents get their water supply from springs. City officials are now assessing what should be done in the sensitive watershed area, south of town, to maintain Waitsburg’s high quality water in the future. City utility chief Elmer Hays said the logging operation was stopped by city officials before any damage was done to the springs. Mayor Roy Leid said this week the logging never should have happened.

Ernest Kison’s special talent flows from his ancestors. “I come from a German-Russian family,” says Kison, sitting in the living room of his home on Main Street in Waitsburg. “They were a peasant people and every one had a knack for handling tools.” Kison’s tools are small carving blades used to sculpt wooden figurines. He’s just about finished caring a set of 50 figures – Noah, his wife and 48 animals.

Farmers began seeding this month in the latest of a string of dry planting seasons in the last six years. “This is our sixth dry fall,” said Bob Danforth, who has been farming for more than 30 years near Waitsburg.

Fifty Years Ago

October 6, 1966

Photo caption: Waitsburg Superintendent Gerry Maib greets a long-time Waitsburg grade school teacher, Daisy Wale, who was present for the first meeting of the PTA on September 21. Teachers who were introduced to the large crowd of parents on hand were Gladys Keve, Dawn Jackson, Nancy Faix, Jim Faix, Orvil Clay, Bill Peterson (PTA Pres.), Ed Larsen, Jerry Gordon, Duane French, Larry Hickman, Maib and Daisy Wale, Art Jarvis, Dick Kinart, Richard Wright, Olive Smith, Shannon Hiatt, Nora Keyes, and Bob Sickles (School Board member.)

Troop 336, Boy Scouts held a Court of Honor September 29, 1966, Larry Broom, troop committee chairman was in charge. Charles Baker received merit badges in First Aid, Swimming, and Life Saving. Douglas Brown, Wildlife Management merit badge. Martin Huffman merit badges in Horsemanship, Swimming, Life Saving. Charles Baker and Martin Huffman received awards for successful completion of a one mile swim. John Nordheim was the recipient of Second Class rank in Scouting.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

October 10, 1941

The teachers were honored by the PTA Friday night at a Ho-Bo party. First prize went to Daisy Wale; second prize, Mrs. Leland Kessler; first prize, men, Mr. Sutton; second prize, Forrest Conover.

Winter visited Tollgate for the first of the week. Three inches of snow fell at the Blue Mountain resort Saturday.

Contractor Wm. Vogt and a force of carpenters have commenced remodeling of the cottage at the corner of Orchard and West Sixth Street, known as the Steele property and recently purchased by Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Shaffer.

Mr. and Mrs. Emory McCown and Miss Winnifred Neace have returned from a month’s trip to Alaska.

One Hundred Years Ago

October 13, 1916

Voyle Perkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Perkins and Guy Loundagin, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Loundagin, were two of the Waitsburg boys who returned with Co. K.

Everybody in this locality, with the exception of a few farmers on the mountain who have not quite completed their harvesting operations, are hoping and wishing for a general soaker – a real rain.

The Dayton Band under the leadership of E. D. Cleveland, gave an open air concert in this city Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock from the band stand on Main Street.

The Jones, Keve, Testament and Allen families visited at the Tom Fell home Sunday.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

October 16, 1891

Glad to learn that the proposed entertainment for raising funds to buy a new flag for the new school house has not fallen through. The books are ordered and a play will be prepared soon. Glory!

John Dooly, the cattle king, was in town on Tuesday.

J. V. Crawford, Vawter Crawford and T. J. Hollowell left on Tuesday morning for Seattle to attend the state convention of the Christian church.

Dr. C. L. Stubbs has a new buggy, one of the very best in town. He is an excellent physician, and has a very extensive practice.