The Times 

Pioneer Portraits - December 31, 2015

 


Ten Years Ago

January 5, 2006

The Waitsburg Community Portrait was deemed a success by photographer Jean Sherrard. Some 110 folks turned out on New Year’s Eve and posed on Main Street in a location that mimics historical pictures taken around 100 years ago. Seven people rode their horses and the local emergency services and Sheriff’s Deputy were present. The photo will appear in a Paul Dorpat book, “Washington: Then and Now,” which is expected to be printed this year.

November 9, 2005 was the end of a long, long time for a tusk believed to have come from a 15,000- to 30,000-year-old mastodon. The archaeological find was made on the ranch of Wes and Faye (Abbey) King. Faye is a Waitsburg native now living in the Odessa area and is the daughter of Joe Abbey of Waitsburg and the late Liz Abbey.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

January 3, 1991

George Downing of Waitsburg became a one-man street cleaning department recently, using his four-wheeler to move the masses of snow about Main Street. Whatever George did was effective, because the day after his first effort, the Chinook wind took everything down to pavement, and the same thing happened several days later. It was good of George to put out the effort, and if he has the key to getting a Chinook started, some of the ski area managers would like to have words with him.

Prescott Fire District 7 answered a call at the Prescott School at about 12:30 a.m. on Sunday morning. The boilers had just back fired and filled the boiler room with smoke. Sunday afternoon Dave Cloke had a fire in his van but had it out when Fire Chief Justin Mayberry checked.

Fifty Years Ago

January 6, 1966

The Waitsburg Lions Club have a treat in store for the January 11 program. They will hear from Waitsburg’s world traveler, Bob Settle. Bob, who has been in the merchant marine for a number of years, will give a talk on major world waterways and end up with a view of Viet Nam as seen from aboard a merchant ship. All Lions are urged to be on hand for this program.

Waitsburg’s business district was enlarged this week with the opening of a Laundromat in the old Ray Feed Store on Preston Ave. just off Main. It will fill a long-felt need in the community. The business is being operated by Maurice “Pete” Huew and J.W. “Bill” Thompson.

A boat house belonging to E. V. Mikkelsen of Waitsburg was sunk during the severe weekend windstorm at Port Kelly on the Columbia River. Mikkelsen’s 20X40 boat house was lifted up by the wind, carried over the dock, and up-ended and sunk on the other side.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

January 10, 1941

Frank Wardrip won first in the cribbage tournament and Roy Allen a close second.

Mrs. Adda Roberts has been widely complimented for the efficient manner in which she installed Walla Walla County Pomona Grange and five subordinates Thursday evening at a joint installation.

Johnny Buroker left for Spokane Sunday, where he is attending Kinman Business College taking shorthand and bookkeeping.

We have just been notified of the birth of a daughter on Dec. 24, 1940 to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Davis. She has been named Caroline Louise.

One Hundred Years Ago

January 14, 2016

Lewis Neace, another of the early Washington pioneers, and one of the valleys first citizens, has gone the way that all of us must go sooner or later. He died at the family home in this city, Wednesday morning at 1 o’clock, after being at death’s door for the past ten days.

The Misses Ruth and Eileen Cole were hostesses for the first large affair of the new year on Saturday evening, Jan. 8. Progressive five hundred was the main feature of the evening.

Jacob Keve, of Jasper Mountain, was in town a few days last week on his way home from a visit of several days at Dayton.

The Central Market and A. J. Woodworth are filling their ice house this week with ice from Powder River and they have many wagons and quite a crew of men at work getting the ice from the cars. Mr. Lloyd, of the Central Market is putting up 200 tons this year.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

January 9, 1891

Elmer McKinney recently had a hand-to-hand fight with an angry steer on the range in the Crab Creek country, and it was a hard fight, too, one which came near sending Elmer “over the river.” Asit was he came out minus coat, pants and shirt.

The Ladies Dime Society of the Presbyterian Church had a pleasant and profitable meeting at the residence of Mrs. Hunsaker, Thursday afternoon. The meeting was the largest the society has ever had.

 

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