Ten Years Ago

April 23, 2009

Photo caption: A member of the Waitsburg HS FFA Austin Beasley , the son of Ken Beasley and Pam Nolan-Beasley of Waitsburg was selected to receive a Chore Time grant in the amount of $1000 to initiate or improve Austin’s career development experience known as a Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE). Austin was selected from hundreds of applicants nationwide.

Photo caption: The court for the P.H.S. Sophomore Class dance on March 27 included, front row, left to right: Andrew Bickley, Britney Carpenter, Amanda Backman, Zac Alexendo, Morgan Beckman and Maddie Musina. Back row: Eshom Estes, David Brock, Megan Withers and Joe Purdin. Brock and Withers were named the “ Best Danny and Sandy”, after characters from the move “Grease”

Ashley Coila of Waitsburg High School, has signed her Letter of Intent to join the volleyball program at Bethany University, Santa Cruz Calif. Ashley is a three sport athlete and is planning to enroll at Bethany University this fall.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

April 14, 1994

Home sites in Waitsburg’s first and largest residential subdivision in years could be ready for sale this fall. That was the word last week from John R. Carpenter, one of the developes of Mill Race Park Estates after the City Council in Waitsburg approved the project on April 6. Carpenter said his partner Clyde Burdine of Burdine Excavating in Waitsburg, could begin putting in a sewer line on the property in coming weeks.

Justin and Laverne Mayberry spent last Wednesday through Sunday in Everett visiting Mike and Lisa Mayberry, Jonathan and Jessica.

Photo caption: Greta Hassler, state fair commissioner, poses with Reade Fersuson, left, Mitch Gagnon, Marci Jo Lanning and Jarod Gagnon at the Junior Livestock Show in Waitsburg after Hassler gave a special award to the poultry division of the show. The four youngsters showed poultry.

Fifty Years Ago

April 17, 1969

Members of the Waitsburg Assembly of Rainbow Girls were surprised by the Advisory Board Sunday morning when the girls were all “kidnapped” for breakfast, which was served at the Hevel home. Harold Mitchell and Ken Jantz were chief cooks for the 19 girls and 13 board members who attended.

Photo caption: George Gagnon is shown with is prize sheep that was named Grand Champion of the Junior Livestock Show Friday.

Photo caption: Miss Kathleen Michele Donnelly, DRS queen candidate, is the daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. Bernard Donnelly, who own a small acreage on the west city limits of Waitsburg. Kathy is a 16 year old junior at Waitsburg High School, where she is serving as a varsity cheerleader; is a member of the Pep Club, Girl’s League Honor Chorus and Band; was a member of the Homecoming Court and took part in the all-high play. She has owned her own horse for nine years and taken an active part in 4-H livestock shows for the past six years. Kathy has an older sister Sherry, who is attending Central Washington State College this year, and a younger brother, Shane, who is in junior high school.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

April 28, 1944

National honors were won by the Waitsburg High School band under the capalble leadership of Cal Malone at the spring music festival held in Walla Walla Wednesday.

Under the direction of the mayor and their scout leader, Dick Gosney, the Boy Scouts worked last Saturday cleaning the little park on Main Street between Allen’s Grocery and the PP & L building.

Phyllis Anderson, Colleen Collins and mary Loudagin who plan to attend WSC next year, visited the State College in Pullman Thursday and Friday as guests of the women students. They were accompanied by Mrs. Carl Dilts who took part in a panel discussion there on Thursday.

One Hundred Years Ago

May 2, 1919

The William McKinney wheat farm of 548 acres and located just west of town has been sold to Emmerson Woods for $200 per acre.

Surveys have been complete for approximately six miles of hard surface pavement on the Waitsburg-Walla Wall highway, extending from Walla Walla to Buroker Crossing.

J. L .Schlitz, John Clodius, and R. H. McKinzie of the local gun club were in Lewiston, Idaho for the first of the week participating in the shooting tournament being staged in that city.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

April 27, 1894

A valuable horse belonging to R. W. Pritchard ran into barbed wire last Sunday morning and was badly cut.

R. M Breeze and family expect to leave a week from Monday next for their farm in Big Ben country to remain.

Gov McGraw apprehends danger with the industrial army and the state militia may be called out at any time.

Mrs. Jennie Collins, who has been visiting her brother, C. H. Kingman in this city for the past seven months, left on Tuesday morning for home in Vermont.