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Ten Years Ago

April 13, 2006

Commercial Club met April 4, 2006 and President Vance Price opened the meeting at 7:15 p.m. There were 44 present for dinner.

Members of the 55 Plus will gather at Ye Towne Hall on Friday, April 14th at noon for potluck. Pat Largent and Iris Stearns will hostess.

The Easter Bunny with plenty of chocolate and extra eggs, will be there. Numerous eggs have been specially marked and finders of those eggs will receive a plush toy. Children age 10 and under are invited to the hunt. Separate areas are roped off according to age groups from toddlers up to pre-schoolers. The eggs are provided by E-Lynn Farms’ Skip and Sandy Carpenter. Waitsburg Grange prepares and helps Mr. E.B. hide the eggs. Waitsburg Commercial Club supplies all the prizes.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

April 11, 1991

Waitsburg City Council, meeting April 3, certified the April 1 election and spent time on a variety of issues from trees to parked cars. Newly-elected council member Bob Abbey attended the meeting. Council certified the election, with the following candidates to be installed in office: Mayor Roy Leid, Council-persons Walt Warehime, Don Wills, John Lindsey, Bill Thompson and Bob Abbey; City Treasurer Jean Hinchliffe. The new regime will be administered the oath of office by City Clerk Joan Hays at the next meeting on May 17.

Kennie Reeves, veterinarian, will present the program at the Waitsburg Commercial Club on Tuesday, April 16. Kennie and her husband, Chuck, have returned to this area, and have purchased the veterinary practice of Aaron Horowitz, formerly of Dayton. Kennie worked for a time with the animals used in the filming of the Jack London movie, “White Fang,” and has some interesting tales to tell as well as a video of the activities on the film set in Alaska.

Fifty Years Ago

April 14, 1966

Master carpenters, Cecil Webber and Bob Sickles, pitched in to work on the Little League dugout project for the Waitsburg Lions. The dugouts will provide a good, safe place for young ball players to sit while observing the game.

Keith Loper, Whitman College football coach, spoke on the “Importance of Athletics in School,” at the annual W-Club banquet held April 4. The tackling and inspirational trophies were awarded to Gary Gales in football, John Payne and Stan Pearson shared the sportsmanship trophy. Norman Hansen won trophies for free throw, rebounding, honorary captain and inspirational in basketball. Gary Segraves and Jim Langdon divided the sportsmanship trophy.

Carl Nordehim was promoted to manager of the Frontier Machinery operation in Dayton effective April 1. Carl lives in Waitsburg and has been active in 4-H work.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

April 18, 1941

Jimmie Stonecipher, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Stonecipher and a sophomore at W.S.C. has been taking student’s training in aviation and made his first solo flight on April 1st, after 8 hours of flight time to his credit.

Billy Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Brown of South Coppei, braved the flames of a burning barn last Saturday afternoon and saved his saddle pony, receiving a slightly scorched neck in the courageous undertaking.

Joan Hamilton, Roy Leid, Waitsburg; Kathleen McCaw, Pauline Pennell, Prescott, will represent their respective high schools at the 13th annual high school convention to be held at Washington State College April 18-19.

One Hundred Years Ago

April 21, 1916

Through the enterprise of John Warren, of the Warren Transfer, Waitsburg now sports her first auto truck.

Elmer Stonecipher, one of our well known farmers, reached another milestone last Friday, and the birthday anniversary was made the occasion of a very enjoyable dinner at the Stonecipher home at 7:30 Friday evening with sixty in attendance.

Among the Waitsburg young people who are at home this week for the Easter vacation from Cheney Normal are Miss Fleeta Kinder and Harold Wayde.

The City Health Officer this week quarantined two Greek section hands in their bunk house near the Northern Pacific. The young men are suffering from a mild attack of smallpox.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

April 17, 1891

To Let – 160 acres of summer fallow at $1.50 per acre. Will furnish feed at reasonable rates if desired. Address, Henry Bateman, Waitsburg.

A K of P Lodge was organized in this city Thursday night with 18 charter members.

The lovely trees lining the banks of the classic Touchet are rapidly dawning their spring attire.

The west bound train on the U.P. last Saturday had ten cars loaded with emigrants of the Big Bend and Palouse country.

The Spokane match factory will soon be in operation. It will give employment to 25 men. Spokane jobbers have encouraged the projectors by agreeing to handle the product of the factory.