Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Ten Years Ago
November 18, 2000 In a double-ring ceremony, Sherrie Reedy and David Morris exchanged wedding vows in the First Christian Church with Rev. Michael Ferrians officiating. The daughter of the late Bob and Velma Sickles, the bride graduated from Waitsburg High School. The groom has roots in Dixie, Wash. Jon Van Vogt, the owner for the Pataha Flour Mill, spoke to the City Council on Nov. 15 about possibilities of the future of Wait's Mill. A similar presentation is slated for the Waitsburg Lions Club meeting.
Twenty-Five Years Ago
November 7, 1985 Members of the champion Cardinal volleyball team are Brenda Gales, Wendy Davis, Debbie Davis, Marne Lytle, Tammy Warehime, Patty Kenny, Lisa Thompson and Gennie
Adams. Their coach is Dinah Lindsey, assisted by Karen Huwe.
Odako Club met with Donna Keeney Oct. 24 for a Halloween party. An array of interesting characters from clowns to "punk" types with orange hair and indescribable attire graced the Keeney home. Todd Wood and 24 other fraternity pledges from Delta Sigma Phi house in Pullman successfully dodged their upperclassmen by taking refuge at the "remote" Mantz Farm in a Frat Hide. As is the tradition, the many ghosts and ghouls who made their way through city streets last week, are featured throughout this issue.
Fifty Years Ago
November 11, 1960 A.T. Sutton has returned from a seven-week trip through Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas, Missouri and the east.
Open house at the Waitsburg schools was well attended Wednesday evening. The theme for the evening was "Strengthen Schools in the Sixties." The W Club served refreshments, and the Home Economics girls baked the cookies.
Seventy-Five Years Ago
November 8, 1935 Arnold Shuford and Chas. Zuger brought in two finegeese and two mallard ducks Friday morning which they shot along the Touchet River back of the Harland Mills place inside the city limits. Concrete is being poured this week for the basement and foundation of the dwelling being erected on the McKinney farm just west of town on the Touchet River. This will replace the home destroyed by fireseveral weeks ago. Waitsburg will observe Armistice Day, Monday, Nov. 11, in an appropriate manner. The business houses will be closed all day. At 10 o'clock there will be patriotic program at school. At 11:10 the football game between the Wait-Hi Cardinals and Pomeroy will commence. Making their last appearance will be Jim Hamby, Willard Pollard, Ty Cobb and Pete Kinder.
Elk hunting is proving to be very poor this season. Local men who have been successful include Robert Olson and Bernard Donnelly, Byron Gusse and Ted Nelson, and the Keve party brought in one. Snow reported 14 inches deep in the Table Rock and Godman Springs areas has forced hundreds of elk hunters out.
One Hundred Years Ago
November 11, 1910 Frank Zuger and family expect to leave Thursday for Calgary, Alberta, where they will visit for several weeks with Mrs. Zuger's parents, Mr. and Ms. Jasper Corkum. Georgia Hurt has had to close her school near Alto as a result of measles breaking out in the school and Miss Hunt not having had them herself. D.C. Eaton, one of our big farmers, this week purchased 480 acres of choice farm land, comprising what is known as the Aldrich farm on the Coppei . Consideration $75 per acre. This land adjoins Mr. Eaton's place and gives him a farm of about 1,300 acres.
One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago
November 25, 1885 Jake Weinhardt of Dayton, the man who makes the most popular beer in the country, was in the city last Monday and made us a friendly call.
The Waitsburg Rod Gun Club will have a grand pigeon and turkey shoot on Thanksgiving day. Three hundred pigeons and 50 turkeys have been secured for the occasion. The "Crack shots" from Walla Walla, and a number from Dayton, have signified their intention on participation in the sport.
On Tuesday last 10 ladies met at the residence of W.W. Mineer and organized a Ladies Christian Aid Society. Mrs. Cheetham was elected president. The objects of the Society are implied in its name. The next regular meeting will be held next Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence of C.W. Wheeler.
Mrs. Wm. Yeend of Dry Creek last Saturday received a kick from a cow, breaking her ankle; Dr. Boyd of Walla Walla dressed the wound.
J.W. Morgan has purchased the exclusive right for Waitsburg, to manufacture a superior quality of ink.
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