Ten Years Ago

October 18, 2007

Ceremonies held statewide on October 10 recognized schools, including Waitsburg High School, for their achievements in improving WASL scores over the past six years. W.H.S. Principal Ken Beasley, Liv Leid, English teacher and Superintendent Carol Clarke accepted the trophy . . . denoting the school’s achievement . . .

The Waitsburg Elementary Fifth Grade, putting elements of its reading curriculum into practice, placed and replaced birdhouses along Jasper Mountain Road in the Blue Mountains on Sept. 30, then gathered at the Conover Cabin for a potluck. Cecil Webber donated the lumber and Mike White cut the pieces and supervised assembly with students and parents in the high school shop.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

October 15, 1992

The city’s tough ordinance restricting livestock was dead on arrival last week. After 55 people turned out for the City Council meeting Wednesday, Oct. 7 – the majority of them expressing opposition to the proposed law, Mayor Roy Leid acknowledged that the proposal was too restrictive as drafted.

The Bullseye Tavern will have a birthday part for the J.W. Morgan building on Main Street in Waitsburg, Friday, Oct. 16, beginning at 9 p.m. The building that houses the popular tavern is 100 years old.

The Clover Kids 4-H Club was well represented at the Frontier Days fair in Walla Walla and the state fair last month in Puyallup. The clothing garments of Amanda McKinley, Emali Jones and Anne Bickelhaupt went to the state fair and each one won a blue ribbon.

Fifty Years Ago

October 12, 1967

Waitsburg City Council appointed a committee to contact an architect to investigate a new firehouse for the city and the fire protection district. Mayor Albert Land explained that the present facility was designed for two trucks, and the district now has two trucks, two tankers and a hose truck. The present building is just not adequate for the increased needs.

Dr. and Mrs. A. S. Pearson hosted their bridge club Saturday night with the high scores being held by Mr. and Mrs. Ken Zuger.

The annual school employee dinner was held in the grade school Monday evening. Chairman for the affair was Mrs. Ervin Ely assisted by Mrs. Jay Weeks, Miss Cay Gilbert, Mrs. Carl Fisher and Duane French.

Sixty Years Ago

October 18, 1957

A party of five, including Ivan, Jake, Bill and Andy Keve and Dick Long returned Wednesday afternoon with five deer from the Burnt Flat area of the Blue Mountains.

Miss Rosalie Mead and Mr. Glenn Vogt were married Oct. 6 at Pioneer Methodist Church.

Lower Monumental Dam, the second on the Snake River northwest of Waitsburg will be started in November. The Army Engineers in Walla Walla will call for bids this week for explorations in the vicinity of the dam site in Walla Walla and Franklin Counties.

Lt. Robert Collins is home on leave for a short time before going to England where he will be on duty with the U.S. Air Force as a jet pilot.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

October 16, 1942

Cal Malone and his championship High School band have been slated for the Victory Center program in Walla Walla Saturday afternoon.

Blaine Pasley who has operated the Pasley Service Station since 1935, has closed out his business and will leave sometime next week for Spokane, where he will take a course in airplane mechanics.

Fred Zuger, son of Mrs. Marcus Zuger, left Thursday evening for the induction center of the U.S.Army at Fort Douglas, Utah. Zuger will be unassigned until after he reports for duty there.

One Hundred Years Ago

October 19, 1917

Every available man and woman in this locality is now wanted in the orchards to assist in saving the big crop.

The Ladies Progressive Club will meet Saturday afternoon of this week at 2:30 o’clock with Mrs. Frank T. Dice at “The Catalpas.” All members and Associate Members are especially invited to be present.

Word has been received from Dwight Howell, Camp Kerney, Landa Vista, Calif. to the effect that he has been promoted to the position of orderly to the major and to a salary of $40 per month.

James Stonecipher, 18, has returned to school after an absence of several weeks.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

October 21, 1892

Quite an army of men have been digging ditches for the water works all over town this week. They have been making the dirt fly and are quite well along with the work already.

J.C. Wright arrived home from his eastern trip last Saturday. He went as far as Minnesota where he sold his horses to a good advantage. He says on his way home he traveled more than a hundred miles in snow a foot and a half deep.