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Ten Years Ago November 6, 2003

Local veterans in Waitsburg, Prescott and Walla Walla will be the honorees of Veteran's Day functions planned in the area. In Waitsburg the WHS Speech & Drama Class taught by Roseann Groom will be holding a ceremony at 12:45 p.m., Monday, Nov. 10 in the Waitsburg High School Auditorium. A new flag will be presented for the auditorium and it will be walked in by Jim Hansen, veteran of the U.S. Army from WWII. ASB officers Bertha Porier, president, Cole Lindsey, vice president, Haly Ingle, secretary and Jessica Huxoll, treasurer, will perform the Star Spangled Banner. The students will then give brief presentations about Waitsburg's veterans involvement in conflicts from the Spanish American War to the present. A visual presentation will feature photos of local vets.

Twenty-Five Years Ago November 3, 1988

Waitsburg Commercial Club heard a report from the Old-Fashioned Christmas committee chairperson, Denise Winnett. The special day will be Thursday, December 1, as a date which will not conflict with the basketball schedule at school. This will be the 4th anniversary of the event. On the committee also are patty Horney and Loyal Baker. Bonus bucks will be given for local purchases that day until 7:00 p.m. Mayor Roy Leid will light the town Christmas tree a surprise arrival of a jolly fellow in red will follow and the Presbyterian choir and preschoolers will furnish some music. Ye Towne Hall will be the scene of a lot of activity, with arts and crafts tables, and various items for sale by individu- als and clubs. The prize drawing will be held at 8:00 p.m. that evening, with David McConnell presiding.

Fifty Years Ago November 1, 1963

The annual Boys' and Girls' State dinner will be held in Prescott this year at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 6, in the school cafeteria. The American Legion will furnish the meat dish for the potluck dinner and members are asked to bring hot or cold dishes or desserts. Evergreen State is held each June for deserving boys and girls. Girls' State is held on the CWSC campus at Ellensburg, while Boys' State is at Parkland, Wash., near Tacoma. Making their reports at this meeting will be Tom Land, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Land; Jeff Broom, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Broom; and Donna Harris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Harris, all of Waitsburg. From Prescott will be Sam Hopwood, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mancil Hopwood; Patty Ann Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Johnson; and Kip Reavis, son of Mrs. Margaret Reavis and Ted Reavis, who was sponsored by the Prescott Lions Club.

Seventy-Five Years Ago November 4, 1938

The annual fray between the freshmen and sopho- mores is being omitted this year on Armistice Day, since there are only 4 boys on each side who would be eligible and they would be unevenly matched.

Of interest to the many friends here will be the mar- riage of Miss Valeria Ganguet, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Ganguet, of near this city, and Mr. Fidel Meyer of Whittier, Calif. The wedding took place in the Santa Barbara Mission October 21, by Father Franciscian.

Emil Telecky, who has been working in the apple harvest at the Dumas orchard, had the misfortune to fall and break his leg in two places about a week ago. He was taken to the Brining Hospital at Dayton where he will be confined for several weeks.

Roy Bains was again a successful hunter when he re- turned from the mountains Saturday with an elk, being the first one he ever killed.

One Hundred Years Ago November 7, 1913

The Spring Valley school teacher has the measles and Mrs. O. L. Denney is teaching in her stead.

Our old friends, Clemens Keve of near Gross was in town a few hours Tuesday and dropped into the editor's sanctum sanctorium long enough to put a little oil in our lamp.

Born in this city, Monday morning to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Smith, a son and heir. Mrs. Smith and babe are at the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Tucker.

The Women's Progressive Club held their annual meeting at the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Stone- cipher, with her assistant, east of town, on Thursday. Mrs. Stonecipher, with her assistant, served a most bountiful meal at midday, chicken, ham, vegetables, delicious hot rolls, all kinds of home-made relishes, ending with ice cream and cake. About 40 ladies and their husbands and friends were served. The program in the afternoon was a short talk on recent fiction by Mrs. Ingraham, and one on the Pahama Canal by Mr. Ingraham.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago November 2, 1888

Rev. Jamieson wants the person who borrowed the wash boiler belonging to the Board of Trade cook stove to return it right away off quick, immediately, sabbe?

A poor man, who less than a year ago had only one suit, went into the newspaper business, and now has eight. Seven of them are for libel.

W. H. Babcock of Eureka Flat was offered 73 cents a bushel for 30,000 bushels of wheat, but the offer was re- fused.

Dennis Lynch this week sold 240 acres of land to T. J. Hollowell and David Roberts for $6800.

At last we are moved into our much-written-about new brick office and we cordially invite all our friends to call and see us. We are not thoroughly settled and put to rights yet, but we will be glad to see you just the same.