PIONEER PORTRAITS

Ten Years Ago

February 19, 2015

[Photo caption] (l-r) Don Morgan and Court Ruppenthal show off Laht Neppur's People's Choice "Best Cure for Cabin Fever" award for their Waitsburg Winter Warmer at the Palouse Cabin Fever Brew Fest on Feb. 7. This is the second year that Laht Neppur has walked away with the award.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

February 17, 2000

A bunch of Walla Walla men have sort of taken the lead in running down this Bigfoot thing around here, but a woman is right up there with them, heading into the hills every chance she gets. Dar Glasgow Addington of Walla Walla uses a motorized vehicle to reach some of her Bigfoot prowling, but she is the only one around here who uses pack goats. That's right... the trained goat you own or rent to do your gear packing when you want to hike the woodsy trails but not be burdened by a pack on your back. The goat does it for you, and those who have turned to this animal say it's a lot better than a horse, llama, or whatever.

Fifty Years Ago

February 20, 1975

We have been carried, by legislative and executive wishful thinking, down the primrose path to the promised land of uniformity – only we find it isn't heaven. The Days of Real Sport this year will lay approximately $1100 or more before the altar of the high priests of uniformity in the State Racing Commission. For some 60-plus years, the Waitsburg racing meet has been operating quite nicely on locally printed, hand-sold pari-mutuel tickets. Through an ingenious numbering system, all tickets were accounted for, and easy access to all information was there. But the State Racing Commission decreed that ALL tracks in the State of Washington must use pari-mutuel machines. So this year, the Days of Real Sport will have to pay DOUBLE what their tickets cost them in the past. In addition, ALL the money paid for the tickets will go out of the area in the pocket of the dude who rents the machines.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

February 24, 1950

The Methodist Church parsonage is being remodeled this week with the kitchen being enlarged and modernized.

Miss Carlene Carson became the bride of Donald Malcham at the First Presbyterian Church Sunday afternoon.

Mrs. James Nisbet entertained last Friday evening at a birthday dinner honoring the birthdays of Mrs. Kison and Rev. Philip Walborn.

One Hundred Years Ago

February 27, 1925

Friday was the 7th birthday of Master Herbert Butler, second son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Butler and he was the host of a party to a number of his little schoolmates from 3 to 5 o'clock.

The following drove to Dayton Monday evening and paid a fraternal visit to the Rebekah Lodge: Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Bailey, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Jordan, Mesdames Ella McConnell, Emma Harris, Theresa Dickeson, Annie Glover, Millie Ogden, and Miss Harrity Stewart.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

March 2, 1900

A camp of Royal Neighbors, the ladies auxiliary to the Modern Woodmen of America, was instituted Tuesday evening at Odd Fellows Hall.

Mrs. Zulu Sterling who has been studying elocution in Portland for some time past, arrived in the city last Sunday on a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Grubbe.

John Kinder this week sold 8,000 bushels of wheat to the Pacific Elevator Co. for 41 ¾ cents per bushel f.o.b.