Pioneer Portraits - May 18, 2017

Ten Years Ago

Thursday, May 24, 2007

People playing the ponies last weekend at the 94th Annual Days of Real Sport bet a total of $48,275 during the two-day race meet.

It was another long and enjoyable Days of Real Sport Parade. Heading the parade was 2007 Queen Brittany Prince and her royalty, Princess Brandi Toomey. Riding as Parade Marshal was 1950 DRS Princess Meredith Huwe.

Former Waitsburg Schools superintendent and downtown business owner Robbie Johnson was the unanimous selection to fill the City Council vacancy created by the resignation of Orville Branson last month. Mayor Markeeta Little Wolf and Councilmen Larry Clinton, Jim Helm, Larry Johnson and Leroy Cunningham questioned Johnson and two other candidates, Ken Lenhard and Mark Shively, for 1 ½ hours before deciding on Johnson unanimously on the first vote.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

May 21, 1992

Upwards of 2,500 people turned out under picture-perfect blue, sunny skies Saturday for the Days of Real Sport parade in Waitsburg. Sixty-eight entries of marching bands, visiting royalty and horseback riders, floats, Cub Scouts, hitches, rigs and Rainbow girls stretched more than a mile down Main and Seventh streets under picture-perfect blue, sunny skies.

The man who keeps the school buses rolling is retiring. Jim Young of Waitsburg, will retire on Aug. 31. “I hate to hear that,” responded school board member Terry Jacoy. The school “reluctantly” accepted Young’s resignation during an open board meeting May 13. Less than an hour later, his boss, Superintendent Ed Larsen, also announced he will be retiring on the same day as Young.

Fifty Years Ago

May 18, 1967

Mrs. Orville Fullerton of Huntsville has been named “Pioneer Woman of the Year” by the Eastern Washington State Historical Society. She will receive the award on Thursday, May 18 in Spokane. The announcement along with pictures of Mrs. Fullerton is scheduled to be on KREM, KXLY and KHQ 11:00 p.m. news broadcasts Thursday evening.

Notice: Days of Real Sport red shirts should be worn starting Monday, May 22 through the celebration days, May 27-28.

Seven teachers have submitted their resignations to Superintendent Gerald Maib. James Faix will be working under a research fellowship at Southern Illinois University. Art Jarvis will enter the Enumclaw system after two years here. Larry Utzinger is leaving the teaching profession to farm while Mrs. Utzinger will be teaching at Umapine. Orvil Clay has accepted a position to teach biology in the Silverdale, Washington high school. Mrs. Olive Smith who has headed the commercial department, has no teaching plans in mind. Norman, Wood, who has been with the school system in a custodian and bus driver capacity, has resigned effective June 1. He will farm at Pomeroy.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

May 22, 1942

Receiving baseball letters this year are Earl Arthurs, Andrew Weir, Kenneth Hays, Bull Dunn, Robert Estes, Richard Wolfe, Raymond Estes, Jack Blize, Lyle Huwe and Wayne Hinchliffe.

The eighteen graduating seniors were entertained at a breakfast given in their honor by their class advisor, Miss Helen Melville.

Friends of Prescott, Walla Walla and Waitsburg assembled at the home of newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Mancil Hopwood and gave them a surprise. The evening was enjoyed by those present and dainty refreshments served later in the evening.

One Hundred Years Ago

May 25, 1917

C. W. Wheeler passed away at Seattle Saturday evening, May 19th at about 8 o’clock. He was 65 years of age.

Will Harris this week purchased of Chas. W. Smith 350 acres of farm land near Menoken and adjoining the Mrs. W. D. Wallace farm on the south. Consideration $85 per acre.

Miss Mildred Tabor who is taking training as a nurse in the Seattle General Hospital arrived last Friday and will spend a few days vacation with her sister Mrs. C. R. James, and family.

The Ladies of the G. A. R. will assemble on Monday afternoon on May 28 at the home of W. W. Long on East Third street to prepare 42 evergreen wreaths for decorating the graves of veterans in our two cemeteries.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

May 27, 1892

Prof. Merwin Pugh has decided not to take charge of the Empire Business College, but to remain another year at least as principal of Waitsburg Public School. He decided that it would be exceedingly unwise to give up a certainty of $100 per month for an uncertainty. Crops of all kinds are looking well but in some localities mustard and dandelions look about the most promising.

A. C. Dickinson will go to Seattle on Monday, a delegate from this county to the prohibition convention.

J. J. Woodworth and C. W. Cramer and family arrived home from their up-country trip. They come back full of disgust of course. Waitsburg is the best place yet discovered.