PIONEER PORTRAITS

Ten Years Ago

October 14, 2010

[Headline] Ski Bluewood Under Contract, Expected to Open This Season

Sometime around 11:30 last Saturday night, someone uncoupled Union Pacific car # BF-100-48, removed the chocks from its front wheel, and force-snapped the padlocked cable tether to release the brake. “If any motorist had crossed the tracks, they would have been taken out,” Sheriff Walt Hessler said.

[Photo credit] Open for business: area invitees enjoy hors d’oeuvres and drinks during the grand opening of Waitsburg Business center on Preston Avenue. The fully wired center is designed to accommodate service professionals and has office space for rent.

Cross Country runners in both Waitsburg-Prescott and Dayton continue to keep pace with personal goals and edge their way up the rankings. Waitsburg sophomore Seth Deal beat his personal best and finished a three-mile race in 16:22:88, taking first place at the Richland Invitational cross country meet Saturday.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

October 19, 1995

A 12-year-old Waitsburg boy, who was seriously burned Sunday in a case being investigated by police, was to undergo surgery Friday to graft skin from his back to his burned right leg, his family said.

Girl Scouts have gone nutty. Well, sort of. Members of the Mid-Columbia Girl Scouts, which includes Waitsburg, are currently selling cans of nuts as a fundraiser. Money from the sales will support the Girl Scouts Scholarship fund, which helps pay fees for girls who might not be able to join Girl Scouts because of lack of money.

Navy Seaman Apprentice Michelle M. Benavides, daughter of Cheryl Baker of Walla Walla and Sal. A. Benavides of Dayton, has reported for duty aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk, which has the homeport of San Diego.

Fifty Years Ago

October 29, 1970

[Photo caption] Wait-Hi Homecoming Queen Patti Bennett and Mr. Football George Gagnon were honored at the Homecoming dance last Saturday night. Queen court members were Jani Keve, Jenny McKinney, Linda McKinney, and Becky Estes. Mr. Football court was Gary Pierson, Keith Carpenter, Verlyn Smith and Howard Smith.

The game of golf is lots of fun, it gives you a chance to lie in the sun.

Mrs. Lowell Burres, Fred Zuger, and Ronda Erickson have been discharged from the Dayton General Hospital.

Some 200 times last Sunday in the Waitsburg multi-purpose room, young people in this area were given free Rubella vaccinations. Assisting in the effort were Dr. S.R. Hevel and Mrs. Ed Larsen. Getting his shot is a little fellow who told the Times that he “just smiled through all the pain.”

Seventy-Five Years Ago

November 2, 1945

Thursday morning, business and house windows were smeared with soap and wax but other than that, damage downtown was slight following Halloween.

John White made his first application for a Victory Bond at the local post office.

Helen Quigg is employed in a dentist’s office in Walla Walla after spending the summer here working in the cannery.

Mrs. Robert Huwe, Mrs. High Allmon, and Mrs. Wade Wolfe, Miss Fanny Weller, and Miss Marion Kingman, and Mrs. Percy Gentry were guests of Mrs. H. Mount.

One Hundred Years Ago

November 5, 1920

Marvin Hales, Homer Martin, Harold Beckley, and Mount Shaffer were in Pullman Friday to attend the Montana and Washington State College game.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kellogg and ‘Jazz’ returned home Saturday evening from a two week’s vacation in Spokane.

Tom Wyatt brought down from his mountain ranch Tuesday a wagon load of mighty fine turnips which he has just harvested and which were grown, of course, without irrigation. He left a couple samples at this office and one of which weighed 9 pounds 14 ½ ounces and the other was not much smaller.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

November 8, 1895

W.J. Duncan and F.M. Newbiel received the contract for furnishing the stone for the foundation of the new Academy building. They will get the stone from H.J Woodworth’s place, just east of the city.

Ed Mills is expected home next Sunday. A recent letter from him says that it is four degrees below zero where is—New Rockford, N.D.—and that he’s anxious to get back to the delightful climate of Washington.

Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Hudgin celebrated the 20th anniversary of their marriage on Monday evening last Nov. 4th. At nine o’clock Mr. and Mrs. Hudgin attended by Mr. and Mrs. C.H. Kingman took their position in the midst of their guests when Dr. Mineer in beautiful words gave a brief history of the bride and groom of twenty years.