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Ten Years Ago March 28, 2002

City awaiting Gov. Gary Locke's signature on a bill for I-696 backfill funds. A bill, if signed would help the City of Waitsburg with its budget woes to the tune of $35,000.

Twenty-Five Years Ago April 2, 1987

Jenni Magill to reign over Days of Real Sports. Jenni Magill, Queen of the 1986 Days of Real Sports, will return to reign for the 1987 version of the community celebration

Fifty Years Ago April 6, 1962

Harlan Hulce, Sam Wills and Jack Cyr spent March 31 in Walla Walla at the John Gossot Lumber yard where they prepared stringers and A-frames for a rustic type cabin, which is to be erected at Camp Wallowa later this summer. Candidates for Days of Real Sports race queen were named this week. They are Bonnie Sands and Kay Beechinor of Prescott, and Freda Kay Harris of Waitsburg. Kathy Hall, Judy Duckworth and Sue Lawrence, Waitsburg High School seniors took a tour of the University of Idaho campus during spring vacation.

Seventy-Five Years Ago April 9, 1937

Miss Maxine Mills led a field of eight contestants to win by a decisive margin, the Merchants Times Goodwill Travel Contest. Second place winner was Barbara Grindstad with Margaret Hillis, third. Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Hawks are the proud parents of a little daughter born to them April 2 at the Dayton Hospital. She has been named Kay Elizabeth. Darrell Mock, son of Mr. and Mrs. Denzil Mock is now the "printer's devil" in this print shop. Kenneth Loundagin is trying out on the Intertype machine, succeeding Ned Vining who has taken a night shift on the Wall Walla Union.

One Hundred Years Ago April 8, 1912

A serious accident befell Mrs. Mary Kriby and Mrs. Millie Stimmel while driving to town. They were on Preston Avenue when a hack load, Mrs. H.P. Breech as driver, in passing ahead, locked the buggy wheels and over turned it. The horse broke loose at once, or the accident might have been a fatal one. Teachers of the Touchet Valley to the number of 35 met at the Presbyterian Church, enjoyed a four-course dinner and listened to an interesting toast program. Dr. and Mrs. Elmer Hill. Mr. and Mrs. E.L. Wheeler, Mrs. R. G. Eichelberg, Miss Tin Cox and Miss Florence Shuham were among the Waitsburgers who attended the Matinee performance of "A Prince of Tonight" at Walla Walla.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago March 25, 1887

Some people near the quiet little city of Milton, Ore., have decided that at least some of the Miltonites are too straight-laced for them, and they have started a town just outside the corporate limits. The new town already has one store, a blacksmith shop and saloon. J.V. Crawford and G. P. Dixon have been in Prescott most of the week painting F. Ibberson's drug store. On Tuesday evening, a number of friends of Miss Florence Mullinix tendered her a surprise at her home in Spring Valley in honor of her 17th birthday anniversary, and right pleasantly was the evening spent. Our reporter sent in the following list of names present: Misses Florence Mullinix, Allie Handford, Maggie Preston, Nellie Squire, Kate Mullinix, Ollie Arthur, Lulu Bruce, Mabel Davis, Ida Babcock, Maud Richmond, Anna Ingraham, Anna Jessup and Janet Ingraham; and Messrs. G.M. Rice, D.V. Wood, Willie Mullinix, George Gavitt, John Mullinix, Wm. Mullinix, Edward Mullinix and James Mullinix.