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Ten Year Ago

April 19, 2012

Jerry and Peggy Hall at Prescott celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, April 14. They were married on Friday the 13 of April in Waitsburg. Peggy’s maiden name was Dorsey. Jerry was working at Bills Thrift Store. He was employed for 4.5 years at the WW Farmer’s Co Op in Prescott, and in February 1967, began working at the Walla Walla County Road Department. After 10.5 years, he was hired as the Swine Supervisor at the Washington State Penitentiary and retired after 19 years in June of 1996. Peggy was teaching seventh grade in Dayton. After moving to Prescott, she was a stay-at-home mom and then cooked at the Prescott School for 13 years, retiring in September of 1995. They were very active in 4H. The kids all raised and showed hogs. Jerry also enjoyed judging hogs at county fairs for many years.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

April 24, 1997

Heated exchanges and acrimony marked the first meeting of the 1997-98 Waitsburg City Council, as council members and a vocal opponent clashed during a lengthy discussion of the sheriff-marshal topic. Councilman Mark Lambert and Councilwoman Bettie Chase strongly objected to statements regarding the Council’s actions in the controversy which were voiced by Jim Burres, a Waitsburg farmer-rancher and a one-time city council member. The hostile exchanges occurred during discussion of council person committee assignments initiated by Mayor Tom Baker.

Fifty Years Ago

April 20, 1972

[Photo Caption] Terry Lambert was the Reserve Grand Champion FFA Showman of the Waitsburg Junior Livestock Show.

Waitsburg’s junior class chose David LaRue and Margaret John to be King and Queen of the Prom which was held in the high school gym last Saturday night. Theme of the prom was “When You’re Hot, You’re Hot” with the décor depicting a night visit to Hades.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

April 25, 1947

Merle Horney was awarded honorable mention in the news photo contest sponsored by the Washington State Press Club for her picture of several small boys fishing under the bridge over the Touchet River on Main Street.

A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Peck last Wednesday at St. Mary Hospital.

Betty Pollard was “Queen of the Week” when she held the lucky ticket at the Jaycee dance last week. She was crowned with a wreath of flowers by Johnny Romine, master of ceremonies.

One Hundred Years Ago

April 21, 1922

Mrs. J. P. Gasaway, Mrs. Lyman Lakin and Mrs. A. E. Dumond were shopping in Dayton Thursday.

An alarm of fire was turned in Saturday night from the McKinney Auto Co. garage, when an auto tube caught fire from a vulcanizing outfit. The fire was easily extinguished without the aid of the chemical and no damage was done except to the auto tube.

The second-year class in Home Economics composed of Donna Buroker, Nellie Harrington, Ellen Glover, Helen Gould, Bessie Barnes, Margaret Zuger, Lillian Segraves, Elsie Klatt and Marjorie Spafford, prepared and served a five-course dinner in honor of the teachers Thursday evening.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

April 23, 1897

A quilting party was given Mrs. Margaret Jones, who lives with her son John Jones near Alto, on Tuesday. The occasion was grandma’s 70 birthday. Several attended from this city.

A. Vining started the street sprinkler on Monday morning. The streets were becoming very dusty.

Harness thieves are getting in their work (in Dixie) and the officers are after the offenders. Peter Strahm and W. T. Hastings had three sets of harness stolen last Friday night and Fred Hanm and Henry Parks are under arrest for the offense.