Ten Years Ago

April 6, 2016

Many years ago, too many to count but not enough to care, a Times reporter was motoring past the Huntsville Airport and witnessed a rectangular white object fluttered down out of the sky. Upon further investigation, the reporter discovered radio control pilot Jerry Baker, despondent over the demise of his RC Arrow. The white rectangular object was one of the airplane’s wings and it had departed from flying close formation with the rest of the airplane. When that happened, the aircraft went divergent on all axes, as test pilots sometimes say.

The April, 2006, edition of “Sunset” Magazine touts two of Waitsburg’s newest establishments, the Whoopemup Hollow Café and The Lyons Den in a Travel section short entitled “Tiny, tasty Waitsburg.”

Preliminary results from the 2006 Waitsburg City Election show a three-way race for the fifth seat on the City Council that is too close to call as of the Tuesday, April 4, count. A preliminary total from 340 main-in ballots received the day after the Election Day shows Larry Clinton with 194 votes and incumbents Bettie Chase and Mark Shively tied with 193 votes.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

April 4, 1991

Waitsburg’s annual election provided a spate of write-in names, but no surprises in the outcome as approximately 66 ballots were cast on Monday. Roy Leid, incumbent candidate for Mayor, received 57 votes. Closest runner-up was George Hinchliffe with 2 votes. Other persons getting a single vote for Mayor included Bill Hinchliffe, Bob Dutton and Ivan Keve. Four incumbent councilmen were returned to office, and newest candidate on the political scene, Bob Abbey, outpolled everyone else on the ballot with 66 votes. John Lindsey, Walt Warehime and Don Wills were neck-and-neck with 65 votes apiece, and J. W. “Buffalo Bill” Thomposn received 62 votes.

Louise Mock hosted the March 28th meeting of Odako Club. Frances Hinchliffe was a guest for the evening. Ivadell Nordheim received the door prize.

Fifty Years Ago

April 7, 1966

When Jerry Wood received word last week that he had won the FFA State Farmer Award, he became the last of the six Wood brothers to receive the honor. It also set a national record for being the largest family to receive the degree.

On Tuesday, April 12, the members and families of the Queen’s Court of the Days of Real Sport will be guests of the Waitsburg Commercial Club. Queen candidates this year are Sandy Lambert from Waitsburg, and Jeannie Bowles and Kay Wehe from Prescott.

As part of a biology assignment Chris Mohney and Charie McCown were raising trout in a tank behind the country Estate of Larry and Roberta Broom. We had planned a feature story with pictures of the girls, the tank, the fish, some smiling would-be anglers . . . you know, the works. Alas, the fish died a’bornin’, so we can only mention in passing this ambitious project by two young ladies.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

April 11, 1941

Heavy rains Wednesday afternoon and all day Thurs., all of which is very satisfactory to the wheat grower as well as for the quality of asparagus.

J. V. Glober received notification from the Post Office Department Sunday morning that he had been certified as rural mail carrier. He will take over Route 1 on April 21st.

Lloyd, Mayes, and Carroll Smith, sons of Mr. and Mrs. C.A. Smith, of Bolles, drove over to Seattle last Friday and are spending a week or so visiting relatives and friends.

One Hundred Years Ago

April 14, 1916

Waitsburg has a low death rate. Of the 18 deaths here during the past year, 9 averaged over 81 years of age.

Kenneth Ogden, oldest son of Mrs. Millie Ogden, ahd the misfortune to fall on the cement walk on Main Street while roller skating Friday evening, and broke one of the bones in his left forearm. He was taken immediately to Dr. Steele, who set the broken bone.

The Health and Nuisance Committee of the City Council reported that several complaints have been turned in recently of chickens running at large within the city and doing considerable damage to young gardens.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

April 10, 1891

W.G. Preston has purchased the residence property of Mrs. Anderson Cox on Orchard Street, paying therefore $1,500. He will make some improvements to the property, and make a home for himself and family.

A 12-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Brown has been afflicted with hiccoughs for several days, supposed to have been the result of having received a hit in the chest with the back of a chair in which some of the other children were rocking.

F. Dawson, as fine a workman there is on the Pacific slope, has purchased the wagon shop owned by Brand & Smith and operated for these many years by John Moorehouse, and will take charge of the same in a few days. With Mr. Dawson at the bench it will not be necessary to look elsewhere whether for new work or repairs of the finest and most delicate nature.