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Ten Years Ago

Sept. 22, 2005

Photo caption: George Wale, Jim Hansen, Ivan Keve, and Pioneer of the Year Ben Flathers inspect a buggy on display at the Bruce Memorial Museum during the Pioneer Fall Festival last Sunday. Hansen was demonstrating how little the former mode of transportation weighted by lifting the front wheel as the others looked on. Flathers was honored as Pioneer of the Year and added remarks about his life following presentation of the honor following the non denominational church service that morning.

Bill Hinchliffe of Waitsburg was honored by the Eastern Washington University Alumni Association for his years of past leadership given to build the association. Hinchliffe’s contributions, as president of the organization in1968-69, were conducive of “the strong fabric of our history.”

Through the efforts of Lenny Flannigan, a past Waitsburg resident who works for Wal-Mart, Weller Public Library received $200 worth of supplies for its Summer Reading Program, and this week received $1,500 in cash. Librarian Jan Cronkhite was presented the check at the store Monday evening.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

September 20, 1990

Margaret Collingwood was tickled to be named as Pioneer of the Year along with husband Miles. She has a little mishap at home last week, and attended the Fall Festival in a wheelchair. Husband Miles was in the hospital with pneumonia. The acceptance and some glowing words about what good parents Miles and Margaret came from family members, Marilyn Robert, Betty Hofer and Richard.

Waitsburg’s Jeff Braman came to life for the Cardinals in the third quarter of a game with Lacross/Washtucna, and boosted the Redbirds to their first win of the 1990 season. Quarterback Braman ran for 8 yards, then passed to John Stacy for two points, then scampered in from 4 yards out and added a second point in the same fashion.

Fifty Years Ago

September 23, 1965

A vote of thanks from the community to Ernest Mikkelsen and his committee who put on a very fine Salmon Bake. Over 425 people came thru the line, and all that was left of some 430 lbs of Salmon was a small pile of bones. A fine production, as usual.

Natives of the area and life-long residents, Mr. and Mrs. Otheo Glenn Conover of Waitsburg were honored at a 2 to 5 p.m. reception in the social rooms of the Waitsburg Grade School at a golden wedding reception, Sunday.

Photo caption: Early in the second quarter of last Friday’s football game with Prescott, Larry Conover caught a Tiger punt on his own 47 yard line. He raced for the sidelines with three Prescott tacklers in hot pursuit and Robert Maib running interference in front. Larry’s scamper netted him 40 yards and a chance at the Prescott goal from the 13. Mike Hubbard carried the ball across the line two plays later for Waitsburg’s first tally.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

Sept. 27, 1940

A group of friends helped Mr. and Mrs. Bert Hillis celebrate their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary Sunday. Among out of town guests were their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Vern Adams and son, Gary. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hillis of Walla Walla, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Adams of Pomeroy and Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Hoover of milestone, Montana. The Hoovers were attendants at the Hillis wedding.

To replace the barn and machinery recently burned on the Henry Roberts farm some 7 1/2 miles northwest of this city, contractor Wm. Vogt commenced this week the erection of new buildings.

Mrs. Miles Brunton has opened a kindergarten school at her home during the morning hours.

One Hundred Years Ago

Oct. 1, 1915

Monay Bert Will exchanged a half acre of ground on which is located a five-room house and other buildings at Walla Walla, for the Frank P. Miller residence property in the eastern part of Starbuck.

Floa M. Hays of Waitsburg married Burton E. Hillis of Dayton on September 11, 1915 at the First Congregational Church in Walla Walla. The couple were escorted to Walla Walla by Frank Zuger and accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. H.E Hoover.

Wm. Keve and associates are arranging for a dancing party at Segraves Hall on Jasper Mountain, Saturday night of this week. Everybody is invited and if the weather remains pleasant, no doubt a number of young people who enjoy “tripping the light fantastic” will drive up.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

Sept. 19. 1890

The erection of a $16,000 public school in Waitsburg speaks well for the district and adds to the general improvement of the city.

Several emigrant wagons passed through the city on Thursday morning, all well loaded down with household effects, agricultural implements, household goods and young ‘uns.

Everybody will be able to attend the fair and races in Dayton. The fare on the O&WT railroad has been placed at 55 cents for the round trip, tickets good from Sept. 30 to Oct. 4th.