PIONEER PORTRAITS

Fifteen Years Ago

November 11, 2010

Six vehicles were reportedly entered over the weekend in Waitsburg, according to the Walla Walla County Sheriff's Office. Purses, wallets, credit cards, cameras, and more were taken. Nearly all the vehicles were left unlocked overnight, though several were reportedly locked but showed no sign of forced entry. Two Waitsburg households on E. 7th St. reported stolen purses with one brazenly snatched from inside a garage. The perpetrators got away with more than $600 in cash around midnight Saturday and attempted to use the victims' ATM cards within the hour. Rose Engelbrite called in her incident as a warning to other Waitsburg Residents, particularly those who live close to Coppei and the football field, to be extra careful and secure their valuables. "It's hard to do in a small town," she said. "But these are hard times."

Twenty-Five Years Ago

November 9, 2000

[Photo Caption] The Cardinal Cross Country team celebrated the season's end at the new Flour Mill Bakery on Tuesday. Front row: Matt Baker, Jeremy Bobber, Dustin Smith, Robert White, and Brad Huffman. Standing: Haly Ingle, Jessica Huxoll, Bertha Poirier, Ella Record, Brandi Smith, and Coach Denise Winnett. Not pictured: Leslie Husted and Kraig Stringham.

Fifty Years Ago

November 13, 1975

During 1976, Green Giant Foundation will award approximately $20,000 in scholarship funds to sons and daughters of regular and seasonal employees who worked for Green Giant during 1975 and contract growers for the 1975 crop. The funds may be used at any accredited University of College (including 2-year) and at Vocational-Technical Institutions. Individual awards range from $250 to $1,000 according to C. J. Halling, Personnel Supervisor. Interested applicants should contact their high school counselor prior to November 20, 1975.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

November 17, 1950

Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Leonard of Walla Walla celebrated their golden wedding anniversary last Tuesday when friends called and sent gifts of congratulations.

At the regular city council meeting Wednesday evening the group voted to hire Tim Hubbard as night watchman to replace Bill Dick, who resigned recently.

Wait Hi W-Club members surprised Coach Tim Smith Wednesday evening when they arrived at his home loaded with baby gifts, sandwiches and pop. The stork is to visit the Smith home in the near future, and the W-Club is boosting for a boy.

One Hundred Years Ago

November 20, 1925

Born in this city Monday, Nov. 9th to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hayes, a son.

Frank Sims, foreman on the Falkner ranch in Fields gulch was kicked in the pit of the stomach by a horse last Friday and his condition was considered serious for several days.

Sam Breeze of Pullman, who recently purchased the Waggoner farm in Spring Valley, was down the last of the week looking after some business interests here.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

November 23, 1900

The Preston-Parton Mill had to shut down Tuesday night at 8:30 on account of ice. The electric light plant shut up shop at 10:30 on Tuesday night for the same reason. The boys at the Mill say they never saw water thicken so quickly as it did on that evening.

J. W. Bruce and Chas. Saunders last week sold 50 cavalry horses to the post at Walla Wala for a good price. Bruce and Saunders have sold nearly $10,000 worth of horses and mules this summer and fall, a good many of which were for army purposes. Ten thousand dollars is a neat sum to distribute among our farmers in this vicinity for horses.