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Ten Years Ago

November 5, 2009

The Grandmothers’ Roundtable will present a forum entitled “The Health of our Aging Population; Planning Ahead for Growing Older”, on Monday November 9. The Forum will begin at 7:00 pm and will be held at the Walla Walla Community college Enology and Viticulture.

The Liberty Theater, in conjunction with Touchet Valley Art Council Productions, is proud to present its ninth annual fall musical, Once Upon A Mattress, beginning Friday, Nov 13. This year’s production is directed by Darla Anderson and features a talented cast that will deliver you into the hilarious medieval kingdom of Queen Aggravaine and King Sextmus the Silent.

Photo caption: This picture was taken during the 120th Birthday celebration of Waitsburg Chapter No.9, Order of the Eastern Star. Left to right, Penny Bosley, Grand Martha: Glenda Miller, Grand Ester: Barbara Danforth, Worthy Matron. Waitsburg Chapter: Bob Danforth, Worthy Patron Waitsburg Chapter: Blanche Chambers, Past Grand Matron: and Phil Green, Past Grand Patron, Grand Chapter of Washington. A good group of guests was on hand to help celebrate the Chapter’s 120 years of Eastern Star.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

October 27, 1994

Photo caption: 100-pound pumpkin grown by Morgan Griffin near Prescott is soon to be a jack-o-lantern. Drivers are reminded to be careful during trick-or-treating by children on Halloween, Monday 31.

It appears that Burdine Enterprises of Waitsburg is the low bidder to build new sidewalks in Starbuck. Starbuck’s sidewalks—or as they are called “pathways” because they do not have curbs and gutters—are being paid for by mostly federal money.

Retired Whitman college music professor Stanley Plummer will play the 3400-pipe organ in Cordiner Hall to accompany a special showing of the 1925 silent film, “Phantom of the Opera”

In Dayton, specialized bike parts are manufactured by Gemmell Machine Works. The bike parts are made for a Kennewick, Wash, company that designs and produces titanium touring and mountain bike frames, according to Bob Gemmell. Gemmell’s firm makes the mechanized parts on the bicycles.

Fifty Years Ago

October 10, 1969

Miss Traci Harper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Harper, has been named Columbia County Wheat Queen. A senior at Waitsburg High School, she will compete in the district contest which will choose a representative to compete for the state title.

Photo caption: The League Champion Flag Football team for the 1969 season is this group of happy Mustangs who have a single game left to play and been undefeated. Front row, left to right, Mike Sharpe, Bob Olsen, Gary Griffin, Rod Lingle, Roger Brown, Miles Allen, Richard bowman, Shane Donnelly and Dick Largent. Middle Row, Jim Williams, Rob John, Mike Hinchliffe, Neil Henze, Jake Long, John Kenney, Jay Dewitt and Bob Western. Top Row, Coach Ken Haralson, Pat Davis, Marshal Maib, Doug LaRue, Roger Miller, Curtis Neal, Kelly Mohney, Carl Smith, and Coach Dick Wright.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

Nov 3, 1944

As a benefit to the Red Cross, the Amity Art Club was hostess to about 70 guests at a silver tea held Tuesday at the home of Mrs. W. D. Harris.

James B. Kinder, a resident of Waitsburg for the past 70 years, celebrated his 85th birthday Tuesday, Oct 31

Dancing, pool, refreshments, reading and games were the highlights in the fourth week of the high school recreation hall which operates in the Commercial Club rooms Friday and Saturday nights. The Freshmen had charge of hall last weekend and served hotdogs and Pepsi cola

One Hundred Years Ago

Nov 7, 1919

The long looked-for wrestling match between Carl Nelson of Duluth, Minn and Joe Kitterman, the big Dayton blacksmith, will be pulled off next week. Working under Police Gazette rules, the best 2 out of 3 falls wins the match.

A dinner was tendered Miss Emma McKinney at the home of Miss Fanny Weller last Thursday evening by the Tillicum Club at which time the engagement of Miss Emma to Mr. H. P. Y. Peterson of this city was announced. As the guests entered the dining room, they discovered little Bill Mac Mantz dressed as a cupid pointing his bow and arrow at his aunt, Miss Emma.

One Hundred Twenty- Five Years Ago

Nov 2, 1894

Thousands of sheep passed through the Burg this week, on their way from summer range in the mountains to winter quarters on Snake River and lower Touchet. They were looking as well as sheep could be expected to look with wool at the present time.

And still the petty thieving goes on uninterrupted. Scarcely a night passes but some cellar is raided: and numberless wood piles are shrinking entirely too fast for the weather we are having.