PIONEER PORTRAITS

Ten Years Ago

April 24, 2014

"You can get us some money for the pool," said City Clerk Randy Hinchliffe at a City Council meeting last fall, responding to community activist Joy Smith who had asked what she could do to help. Smith took the request to Blue Mountain Resource Conservation and Development Council Executive Director Lisa Naylor, who did just that. Naylor, who is also responsible for procuring the PP&L grant that funded the recent painting of the fairgrounds, attained a $4500 Pacificorp Foundation for Learning Grant to be used toward pool repairs. Pacific Power Regional Community Manager Bill Clemens presented the check to the City on April 17.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

April 22, 1999

More rare than a Blue Moon, it has been some 30 years since a major university last recruited a Waitsburg High School athlete. Anne Bickelhaupt has signed a letter of intent to play basketball for the Gonzaga University Bulldogs. The 18-year-old Waitsburg High School senior is the first Cardinal, girl or boy, to be recruited to a Division 1A school for basketball on a full scholarship, and the second in any sport in about 30 years. She was also recruited by Washington State University, Western Washington University, the University of Idaho and others. Bickelhaupt, whose 6-3 presence helped the Cards dominate the Blue Mountain Conference in 1998 and 1999, averaged 17.5 points, 9.5 rebounds and 5 blocks per game as the Waitsburg Cardinals finished third in state this year and fifth in 1998.

Fifty Years Ago

April 25, 1974

Waitsburg Branch NBofC moves into spacious new quarters.

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[Photo Caption] the NBofC staff is ready at their new stations to give the friendly service that has been a mark of the Waitsburg Branch of NBofC. Left to right: Mrs. Callahan, Mrs. Hutsell, Mrs. Bloor, Mrs. Sharpe, and Mrs. Henze.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

April 29, 1949

Pictsweet Foods, Inc. has announced their completion of a transaction involving the sale of three of their canning plants including Waitsburg, Ellensburg, and Buhl, Idaho.

Neal Maxwell and Betty Dunn, members of the junior class, were elected by their class as king and queen of the annual Junior Prom held this month. They were crowned by last year's royalty, Bill Zuger and Betty Williamson.

Mickey Leid returned to his home in Huntsville Wednesday after spending the winter in California.

One Hundred Years Ago

April 25, 1924

One or two rooms in the Murphy residence is to be fitted up as a public reading room for the present and possibly the entire lower floor will be remodeled and fitted up for library purposes. Mrs. Mary Weller had purchased the property with intention of deeding it to the city for a library, but money is too tight now for anything to be done.

Mr. and Mrs. F. H. McDougal visited Friday in Waitsburg. They were guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Williams, leaving early Saturday for Sprague. Mr. McDougal was formerly agent for the N.P.R.R. depot in this city before going on to Donal, Wash. from here. They are moving to Sprague now.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

April 28, 1899

J. O. Stoneburner has a very neat barber pole in front of his place of business, which he claims is the "latest." The pole is painted green and white striped instead of the red, white, and blue usually seen on a barber pole.

Fred McCoy, J. B. Loundagin and Pete Loundagin returned from the Canyon City mining district last Friday. They expect to return there in a few weeks.

John and Paul Moore returned to their home near Grouse, Ore. On Thursday morning. They were accompanied by their sister Sadie who will spend the summer there rusticating.