PIONEER PORTRAITS

Ten Years Ago

October 30, 2014

Dayton – Collection week for Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes is November 17–24, 2014. Twenty-one years ago David C. Cook decided to pack simple gifts in a shoebox for child victims of the Bosnian war. To date, over 100 million shoeboxes have been given to needy children around the world. Operated through Samaritan's Purse, Operation Christmas Child is the world's largest Christmas project of its kind. Dayton-Waitsburg-Prescott area donors gave 295 shoeboxes last year- over a hundred more than the year prior.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

October 28, 1999

[Photo Caption]- This li'l punkin, Madeline Erikson, was getting some fresh air with Grandma Sherrie Erikson when the Times lens happened by. Madeline will venture out Sunday, Oct. 31, with hordes of Waitsburg Trick or Treaters, ringing doorbells and gathering candy.

Fifty Years Ago

October 1974

"A Special Place," A poem by Sharon Weyand.

"It's a new town, it's a whole new place, the people all smile hello as you meet face to face.

Not the fast pace of the city lived in before, but a peaceful place - like the ocean coming ashore.

Gentle and quiet as when the tide is low, but richer in beauty than even the rainbow.

A sparkling, clear stream runs through the town, glittering in the sun like jewels upon a crown.

And the mountains surrounding hold their own, their might and power protruding with an undertone.

And the people of Waitsburg have a special flair, a more charming place I know not where.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

November 4, 1949

A.D. McClenaghan of Richland has purchased the Quality Bakery from Mr. and Mrs. Gil Burgund.

The 4-H Livestock Club initiated 9 members at a meeting at the Maurice Witt home Friday evening bringing the membership to 23. The new members are Jean Gibson, Marilyn Collingwood, Tommy Straley, Sereta Patton, Patty Pambrin, John Wood, Sharon White, George Young and Dean Hermanns.

The guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hansen from Mott, N.D. are Mrs. Jake Fries, Miss Irene Fries, Norbert and Donald Fries.

One Hundred Years Ago

November 7, 1924

A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Webber last Wednesday.

With the snow gradually creeping down on the mountain-side, we are forcefully reminded that winter "comes on apace."

The Preston-Shaffer Milling Co. received a few days ago a sample of Manchurian so-called bread which was made from wheat grown in Manchuria. The product is a kind of hardtack and resembles a dumpling more than anything else we can think of.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

November 3, 1899

John Collins was having a hot chase after a truant calf in the public highway Saturday, when Mr. Clodius came along at the opportune moment and bought the calf, leaving Mr. Collins free to go on his way rejoicing.

The 40-foot triumphal arch across Main Street is about completed. It will indeed be handsome. The church bell which the boys sent from Pasig, hangs under the arch. The word "Welcome" in large letters, made by electric lights also adorns the arch.