Ten Years Ago

November 2, 2016

Waitsburg Middle School was awarded a $300 grant sponsored by the Seattle Seahawks Student All-Star Program. The grant was given to help with the financial costs of starting up Middle School Football in Waitsburg. The grant was applied for by Zach Bartlow last November.

Thirty-nine were present for dinner when Commercial Club met Oct. 17. Guests attending were Court Ruppenthal and Heath Druffel of McGregor Co. Druffel was presented with a plaque as a thank you for the use of their facility for the Salmon Bake. J.E.McCaw, Lion’s Club President, wrote to inform Commercial Club that the Lion’s Club chose to defray the cost of the refrigerated truck because the salmon barbecue did not show a profit this year.

Maerican Legion Post No. 35 and Auxiliary will meet Monday, Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. at Ye Towne Hall. Gabe Kiefel will speak to both groups at that time about the trip to Spain that he and 16 other WWCC honor students will take during spring break, 2007.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

October 31, 1991

The Lions also plan to smoke about 430 turkeys for Christmas. The Thanksgiving turkey smoke goes back about a decade, when Don Gagnon started smoking a few of them. Popularity of the birds caught on faster than a gobble. Every years since then the Lions Club has cooked more and more turkeys to meet the demand.

Are you ready for chills and thrills, spooks and goblins? Do you want Halloween to be a family affair? If so, visit the Waitsburg Grange’s haunted house and carnival, Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 30 and 31, from 7 to 10 p.m. “We’ve got something for everyone,” said Terry Ferguson, a member of the Waitsburg Grange and one of the coordinators of this annual “frightful” event.

Walla Walla Community College has six new faculty, including an English instructor who lives in Waitsburg. Michael Kiefel, of Waitsburg, teaches English, speech, literature and journalism classes on both the Walla Walla campus and at the education department of Washington State Penitentiary.

Fifty Years Ago

October 27, 1966

Waitsburg 4-H Club members saw their year’s work pay off Monday night at the achievement dinner held in Walla Walla. The Pinheads, sewing group under the direction of Mrs. Ellsworth Conover, was awarded the Pomona Grange Trophy for the best record books of individual members. They were competing with 34 other home economics clubs in the county. The Waitsburg Livestock Club with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Nordheim as leaders, received a similar trophy for their record books. There are 17 livestock clubs in the county.

The Jolly Pinochle Club met Saturday night in Prescott at the home of the Archie Phillips. A potluck supper preceded the evening of cards. High scores were held by Mr. and Mrs. Bill Rose; low score went to Mr. and Mrs. Don Ford. Mrs. Neil Witt won the traveling prize.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

October 31, 1941

Mr. and Mrs. James Kinder moved the latter part of last week from the Harper farm north of town, which they have operated for so many years, into their recently purchased cottage on Second Street.

Heavy morning fog caused Chinese pheasants to stick close to cover and kept the number of Sunday morning hunters at a minimum with the result that a very limited number of birds were taken during the day.

Many friends of the Sorotus Club were entertained at the Club’s annual Guest Day Tea at the home of Mrs. Miles Brunton with Mrs. Donald Harris in charge of the program.

One Hundred Years Ago

November 3, 1916

John Barnes shipped his household effects, stock and farm machinery to Waterville, Washington, this week and his family expects to follow within a few days.

Friday’s rain put an entirely new expression upon the countenance of the Walla Walla valley wheat farmers.

The proposition of Walla Walla County taking over the Walla Walla Fair Association equipment and grounds will come before the voters at the general election Nov. 7.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

November 6, 1891

A. Mikkelsen now runs a milk wagon, and our word for it, he will furnish as fine a quality of milk as was ever delivered in this city, for he is a man strictly honest in all his dealings, and his boys are chips off the old block, every one of them.

Rev. N. Cheetham preached a most excellent sermon last Sunday. One great beauty about Mr. Cheetham’s sermons is that he does not spend his time attempting to prove disputed points, but he takes a text and then delivers a sensible, practical lecture.

Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Kingman celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary last Tuesday evening.

A pleasant dinner party was given at the hospitable home of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Phillips on Tuesday.