PIONEER PORTRAITS

Ten Years Ago

December 2, 2010

Valley Girls Barrel Racing members, from left: Rosie Gallaher, Kelli Currin, Josilyn Fullerton, Sidney Andrews, Kyla Connell, Shayla Currin, Emily Adams, and Ellie Johnson

Twenty-Five Years Ago

December 7, 1995

Waitsburg's annual Hometown Christmas celebration, including the lighted parade on Main Street, is Sunday. Dec. 10. This is the 10th year for the popular event sponsored by the Waitsburg Commercial Club. It is the fifth year for the lighted parade.

Waitsburg's fourth-graders scored higher than in the past on achievement tests, but the district's eighth-graders and high school students did not.

You can bet that Chuck Reichert and his wife Jeanette of Waitsburg will be in front of the television Saturday, Dec. 9, to watch their grandson, redshirt freshman running back Brian Gales, of Richland, when his University of Montana football team takes on Stephen F. Austin University in a game that could take the 10-2 UM to a NCAA I-AA championship.

Wedding vows were exchanged by Brandee Ann Halley of Waitsburg and Rodney Lee Smith of Vidar, Texas, on Oct. 9. The bride is the daughter of Kristine and Brandon Halley of Waitsburg. The groom is the son of Rebecca and Rodney Smith of Vidar.

Fifty Years Ago

December 17, 1970

[Photo caption] What is an old, authentic Shirley Temple doll worth? Mrs. Bill Shively is trying to find out after a friend from Astoria, Alice Vanderfeen, told her of the possible value of the collector's item. Estimates have placed the value anywhere from $50 to $2000. The doll, originally given to Mrs. Shively by her mother circa 1935, was in turn given by Mrs. Shively to her daughter Carol when she was a small girl. The doll was dearly discarded by Mr. Shively before the possible value was discovered. Any interested doll collectors in the area?

Several breaking and entering cases in Waitsburg were solved when five local juveniles admitted to taking part in a series of thefts that dated back to June. Items were taken from the Bill Zuger home, the Barbara Black home, and $200 worth of food and supplies were stolen from Elfrink's Grocery. The young people agreed to make restitution for the items pilfered, and no formal charges were made by the local police officers.

Attendance this fall and winter have been so low at the Plaza Theatre that future shows have been canceled. Jack Otterson states that the receipts are not covering expenses, so the theatre will be closed until conditions warrant opening it in the future.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

December 21, 1945

Mary Loundagin returned home last weekend after being confined to the hospital for several months with rheumatic fever.

A telegram from the War Department has just been received by Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Lloyd notifying them of the death of their son, Lt. Tony Baynton Lloyd, in a prison camp in Japan, Jan. 7, 1943.

The new dining room adjoining the coffee shop operated by Mr. and Mrs. Bert Johnson will be open Sunday, December 23. Holiday turkey dinners will be served on Sunday and also on Christmas Day.

One Hundred Years Ago

December 24, 1920

Naomi Danielson arrived home from the State College at Pullman Saturday and will spend the Christmas vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Danielson.

Mrs. M. D. Perrin announced the marriage of her daughter Florence to Mr. Earle Deardoff of Spokane on Wednesday of this week, Dec. 22.

Among those home for the holidays from Pullman are Carolyn Bickelhaupt, Aaron Jessup, Homer Martin, Lester Wade, Ernest Mikkelson. Leon Sayers, Donald Keiser, Verl Keiser, and Victor Harrington.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

December 27, 1895

William Philips, Ed Kimmel, and Chas. Preston are home from Pullman College to spend the holidays.

J. P. Mullinix this week ornamented his Preston Avenue residence by building a substantial sidewalk in the front thereof.

Hon. P. A. Preston arrived home from California on Monday morning. He brings joyful tidings that Mrs. Preston is much improved and is gaining steadily and rapidly.

There was a dreamer in town this week with a full line of straw hats. Is that a sign that winter is "broke?"