PIONEER PORTRAITS

Fifteen Years Ago

August 12, 2010

[Photo caption] Seattle Premiere, June 8: from right, David Skinner, executive producer of Shadow Catcher Entertainment; Ginny Ruffner, subject of the film; Karen Stanton, local director; Cindy Sangster, film editor; and Tom Gorai, Skinner's partner and the producer of this film.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

August 10, 2000

Starting the City of Waitsburg on the first step to construct a flood drainage channel under Main Street and consideration of the 2001 contract for law enforcement services with the Walla Walla County Sheriff's Office were points of discussion at the Waitsburg City Council meeting Aug. 2. Councilman Fred Hamann asked Mayor H.V. "Bill" Zuger and fellow councilmembers for guidance on the next step in the process. "Is now the time that we begin implementing and creating some of these plans?" Hamann asked. Zuger replied that specific points that can be started should be and others may take more time because of funding constraints. "It boils down to finding the funding," Zuger said.

Fifty Years Ago

August 14, 1975

Harvest caused a shortage of Historical Society board members when the group met Monday night. Orin Walker presided over the meeting in the absence of the president. Albert Land has completed the renovation of the front porch deck which had begun to show the wear of time. Some parts of the pillars had to be replaced but a coat of paint will cover the new wood. The Advisory Council of the Office of Historical Preservation will review the application for putting the Bruce House in the National Register of Historic Sites. The meeting will be held in Ephrata on August 29. Anyone interested is free to attend. A lovely green velour-covered chaise has been donated to the Society by Mrs. Chas. Neace, and will be used in the parlor. The hanging kerosene lamp has been put in place and is very lovely.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

August 24, 1950

Thunder showers Tuesday afternoon brought relief after several weeks of excessively hot, dry, dusty weather with temperatures in the 100 range.

The U. S. Census bureau will notify Walla Walla County officials "the minute" the county's count goes over 40,000.

Bill Upton of the State Game Department was assisted by Bob DuPree Monday morning in planting 360 Chinese Pheasants in this area.

One Hundred Years Ago

August 21, 1925

Camp Katahab, the Camp Fire Girls' annual camp in the Touchet above Dayton closed a two week season Saturday. Attending from Waitsburg were Devoughn Campbell, Marion Bailey, Rita Ogden, Inez Danielson, Katherine Williams, Mildred Bishop, Opal Combs and Carol Hawks.

Mr. and Mrs. Glen Smith are the parents of a 7 1/2-pound baby boy born Saturday, August 15th at the farm home.

M. Zuger Jr. and son Fred and Clifford Light went into the forks of the Wenaha River Monday on a few days fishing trip.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

August 24, 1900

On Union Flat and Penewawa Creek, threshers are charging 10 cents per bushel for threshing bound grain from the shock and 7 cents per bushel for threshing headed grain. The price was formerly 6 and 7 cents. The advance is due to large straw, small yield of wheat and high wages which threshers are compelled to pay for help.

Mr. George Actor and Miss Frankie Struthers were married at Dixie last week. The bride is well known in this city where she has any friends.

Prof. Frank Henry has our sincere thanks for some fine prairie chickens this week. Prof. Henry is getting to be an expert with a gun.