Pomeroy Pioneer Portraits

Ten Years Ago

December 22, 2010

Employees of McGregor Co., in Pomeroy, donated $500 to the Garfield County Food Bank, whose co-manager Chris Pawlik said that more than 80 families would be served by the food bank this month.

The Pomeroy Pirate wrestling team won the Downriver Challenge in Cathlamet for the second consecutive year, scoring 186 points.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

December 27, 1995

Pomeroy Service Club’s Christmas Food Basket program helped make the holiday brighter for 83 families in Garfield County. Local residents and businesses donated money and foodstuffs totaling 3,000 lbs. of food.

Pomeroy School District will place a maintenance and operation levy request of $396,000 before voters in February.

Fifty Years Ago

December 24, 1970

The winning bid of $3,543.75, including tax, for a new sheriff’s car for Garfield County, a 1971Rambler Ambassador sedan, was awarded to McKeirnan Hardware & Implement Co. There was no trade-in.

A civil action in the Eastern Washington U.S. District Court has been initiated against several Garfield County landowners by the United States of America. The suit apparently involves some phase of Bonneville Power Administration’s assigned task of surveying and acquiring right of way for a power line between Little Goose and Lower Granite Dams.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

December 27, 1945

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Adams received official communication from the war department advising them that their son, First Lieutenant Robert Adams, reported missing in action in a P-38 over Wewak, New Guinea, in the Pacific theatre of war on September 2, 1943, has been declared officially dead. Lieutenant Adams was awarded the air medal in May, 1943, for meritorious achievement in aerial fights in the southwest Pacific.

The highlight of the Christmas social season insofar as local servicemen are concerned will be a free, private dance at Maple Hall, sponsored by the American Legion, honoring all service men and women of World Wars I and II, and their lady and gentlemen friends and respective families. Everything will be free including music furnished by Ray Ruark and his orchestra, and use of the hall donated by the Pomeroy Jaycees.

G.W. Jewett closed a deal Monday, in behalf of his son, John Jewett, purchasing from Mrs. J.N. Anderson a tract of ground on west Main street better known as the Anderson tourist camp and will begin at once the construction of a modern motel and auto trailer camp.

One Hundred Years Ago

December 25, 1920

The Eastern division of the Inland Empire highway from Dodge siding to Clarkston will be graded and graveled within two years, according to J.R. Stevenson, president of the Pomeroy Commercial Club.

The farm wife of Washington does 34 percent of the outdoor work on the farm, 75 percent of the housework, 26 percent of the record-keeping, and in return, receives 10 percent of the money made on the farm, according to facts collected by the State College Extension Service.

The list of Christmas wishes by Pomeroy children includes “a dolly with sleepy eyes and a buggy for her, and a real baby boy,” said the daughter of Dr. Sherfey when giving her order to Santa Claus at Kuykendall’s drug store on Saturday. A constant stream of children poured in, spreading out through the aisles until every inch of floor space was occupied and a considerable overflow found perches on the toy-bedecked counters. Little Billy Cardwell, after taking a careful inventory of everything on the counter and shelves, put in his order: “Let me have a two-wheeled bicycle, a Raggedy Ann storybook, some trains, a basket of candy, an air gun and a sled.”

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

December 21, 1895

Born, Dec. 15, to the wife of Homer Hender, a son, of regulation weight and fineness.

Some of our society ladies have decided to observe New Year’s night by giving a Leap Year party in Seeley’s opera house. The ladies who have the arrangements in charge thoroughly understand the art of entertaining, and this promises to be one of the most delightful of all the holiday events now in order. Excellent music has been secured and dancing will be indulged in. A splendid supper will also be served.

There is to be an entertainment at Mayview schoolhouse on Christmas night, followed by a box supper. As the supper part is something new for this place, it is expected the house will be filled to its utmost capacity. Rev. Cashman, to whom the proceeds of the supper are to be given, will be present.

Mr. Hal. Dickson has bought N. Berkley’s interest in the stock of goods at Mayview and contemplates moving the entire stock to Almota. On account of the deal, which has been under consideration for some time, Mr. Dickson would not qualify as postmaster, and now that he is quite certain of going away, the name of our blacksmith, L.N. Wade, has been forwarded with the request that he be appointed postmaster.

The stages are again running on the winter time schedule, arriving in this city at 6 p.m. and leaving at 6 a.m.