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Ten Years Ago

September 27, 2017

Delores Gohlman had a fun-filled summer with her family. In August they went on their annual trip to the Washington Coast, followed by a Mariner’s Game at Safeco Field. Granddaughter Lisa Hathaway surprised everyone with a Rally Fry sign for them to hold at the game. They may not have gotten any fries, but at least the babies didn’t cry!

With fiddles, mandolins, guitar and bass packed, the Blue Mountain Troublemakers, Waitsburg’s youthful Bluegrass combo, are more than hitting the road. They are hitting the great circle route to Japan as part of the cultural exchange between sister cities Walla Walla and Sasayama ..The Troublemakers consists of mandolin player Will Garcia, 11, son of Roger and Maria Garcia; Nick Carpenter, 14, (mandolin0 and Chris Carpenter, 16, (guitar) sons of Neil and Kathy Carpenter; fiddle player Austin Beasley, 14, and bass guitarist Zach Beasley, 17, sons of Ken and Pam Beasley; and fiddler John Hockersmith, son of Eric and Kate Hockersmith, all of Waitsburg.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

September 24, 1992

“We’re almost in the process of being overrun by livestock,” is the way Waitsburg Mayor Roy Leid put it. Last week at the City Council meeting the council members unveiled a proposed law that will change and restrict the keeping of large animals inside the city.

The pranksters in the cook area at the Salmon bake last week ended on a high note. They7 put school principal Glynn Davis’ bicycle on top of the cold-storage semi-trailer, more than 15 feet in the air. Before Davis could pedal home, he had to recruit Salmon Bake co-chairman Dave McConnell, driving a forklift, to left Davis up, up and away to retrieve the bike in the dark about 8:15 p.m.

Two Waitsburg girls did exceptionally well in 4-H applied arts at the Frontier Days Fair. Renee Scott and Amanda McKinley, daughters of Jerry and Karla Scott and Dan and Krista McKinley.

Five Waitsburg High School students attended a leadership conference sponsored by the District 9 school districts at Camp Wooten last weekend, Sept. 19-20. …The students who attended were: Clint Reser, ASB president; Jim Pearson, ASB vice president; Jeremy Leroue, junior class vice president; Robert Hinchliffe, sophomore president; and Ellis Erikson, freshman class president. In recent school elections, Stephanie Miller was elected senior class president.

Fifty Years Ago

September 21, 1967

September 9, the Waitsburg judging team won second in the Dayton-Columbia County Livestock show. Joe Gagnon came in second place over all individual. On September 16, Waitsburg judging team went to Pomeroy – Garfield County Livestock Show. Waitsburg won second again. Bobby Johnson came in fourth over all individual. Larry Conover came in 13th and Joe Gagnon came in 12th over all individual.

Photo caption: Calvin Candaux, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Candaux of Waitsburg, shows his painting of a Navaho at the crossroads to Plaza Theatre manager Phil Monfort. Phil is making plans to feature an American Indian night at the movie and to have Calvin have his painting in the theatre.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

September 25, 1942

A call for help from individuals as well as all clubs and lodges in Waitsburg is being made this week by club women of the community to aid in the furnishing of a Recreation Room at the Walla Walla Air Base.

The Standard Station on the highway has been leased by J. V. Glover from Blen Phillips and plans to offer a complete lubrication service and pick-up delivery.

A marriage license was issued Wednesday Sept. 16 to Miss Gloria Dumas, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Dumas of Dayton and Edwin Lawrence, a member of the Frank Neace family of this city.

Four weary travelers have returned from a one-day fishing trip back of Tablerock, with a stack of fish that would tempt anyone. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Keve and Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Barnes hiked down to the river Sunday and haven’t been able to navigate since.

One Hundred Years Ago

September 28, 1917

W. S. Guntle of LaCRosse, Wash. was in town Saturday night and Sunday to confer with members of the city Council relative to the purchase of the right of way to the big spring on Mr. Buntel’s farm on the south fork of the Coppei, where the City proposes to secure its supply of pure water.

Mildred Dickeson and Birdie Hamm of the Waitsburg High School were members of the club that attended the No. Yakima State Fair last week. Mildred Dickeson was in charge of cooking and Birdie Hamm demonstrated her tact in sewing.

The rain which fell last Saturday stopped grain hauling for a half a day also stopped treshing on the mountains until Monday, but it makes for pasture and permits of plowing.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

September 30, 1892

Marcus Zuger is building a fine $2,000 residence on his ranch west of town.

The republican club of Waitsburg has leased the Library Hall and have nicely furnished and decorated the same. Red, white and blue bunting adorns the front.

That lecture on Japan is something you cannot afford to miss. Those beautifully colored dissolving views are alone worth the price of admission. Secure reserved seats Caldwell and Thorn’s.