Pomeroy Pioneer Portraits

Ten Years Ago

April 28, 2010

Pomeroy resident Bud Crickmer has donated $5,000 to the Seeley Theatre project, and the Pomeroy Community Center said the donation made it possible for the non-profit service organization to arrange the mortgage with Dixon Land for the Seeley.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

May 3, 1995

At a staged accident last Wednesday at 10th and Pataha, Pomeroy High School students observed emergency response personnel evaluate injuries and perform initial first aid. Student victims watched as others were pulled from the wreckage and the procedure of certifying a fatality (portrayed by Jack Morrow) at the scene. The girls’ hysterics were very convincing. It was only a drill last Wednesday, but the message to kids was: don’t be the ones to make it real.

Fifty Years Ago

April 30, 1970

Pomeroy School District revealed specific class and activity cuts, mainly in the high school, for next year as it trimmed its budget to reflect the fact that the special levy which would have provided another $65,000 for the general fund did not pass.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

May 3, 1945

Sixty-nine high school and junior high students met at Maple Hall in the first of a series of dances made available to them by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Because there isn’t too much recreation for the young people in Pomeroy, the Jaycees announced several weeks ago that if the students were interested, the Maple Hall should be made available to them without charge for a Friday or Saturday night dance whenever the necessary arrangements might be worked out satisfactorily.

One Hundred Years Ago

May 1, 1920

What is said by competent judges to be the finest lot of dairy cows ever shipped into Garfield County arrived by Tuesday’s train. There were 10 head of Jerseys and Holsteins. Mr. Durbin bought these cows in Western Oregon. It is said he will bring in 27 head with which to supply milk to the city and operate dairy.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

April 27, 1895

Wednesday night about 8 o’clock our stock men started in to load cars with cattle for shipment. When they took the cattle out of the corral, the stock got stampeded and scattered all over and around town. The civilized town cows got mixed in with the wild heathen cattle, and it took a whole lot of sweat and swear words to get them righted up again. Along toward morning the train went out with an unearthly screeching of whistle and ringing of bells that would almost wake the dead.