Pomeroy Pioneer Portraits

Ten years ago

November 2, 2011

On Friday, October 2, Garfield Fire District No. 1 Ambulance and Rescue were dispatched to a hunter who had fallen and suffered a possible back/pelvic injury in the Cabin Saddle/ Wenatchee Creek area, which is between Mount Misery in Garfield County and Mount Horrible in Asotin County. Due to the distance to that area, LifeFlight from Lewiston was requested as well.

Thanks to the persistence of Alesia Ruchert of Pomeroy’s Southeast Washington Economic Development Association office, and the entrepreneurial spirit of Misty Hauntz of Elite Pet Salon, a lot of the city’s pets don’t have to make a trip to the valley for grooming anymore. The pair had dialogue for five months before Misty agreed to start grooming once a week in Pomeroy.

Twenty-five years ago

November 6, 1996

Tracy Wren, Cheryl Appel and Lisa Appel each won several awards on October 19 at the year-end Central Idaho Rodeo Association banquet. The association holds several rodeos from April through August and participants accumulate points over that time.

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has issued a notice to all hunters born after January 1, 1972 that it is unlawful for them to obtain a hunting license without first completing a department-approved 10-hour course in conservation, safety and sportsmanship.

Fifty years ago

November 4, 1971

Attending the state Cattlemen’s Association convention from this area were the Garfield County Association president and state director, Dick Ledgerwood and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Herres, Mr. and Mrs. Bob McGreevy, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Paris (she is the local CowBelle president) and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wolf, also a state director. Winner of the door prize, a pair of custom made Tony Lama boots, was Mrs. Bill Wolf. The old adage “Cattlemen work hard and play hard” was never truer, a spokesman said.

A Pomeroy senior at Eastern Washington State College, Steven R. Waldher, has been named to the Standing Committee of Legislative Review, an Associated Student government position. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Waldher, and a graduate of Pomeroy High School, Waldher is a sociology major at EWSC.

They’ve got a long way to go, but the once hapless Washington State University Cougars are in the thick of the Rose Bowl battle.

Seventy-five years ago

November 7, 1946

Otto Fitzgerald has sold his home on Pataha street to F. A. Batterton at a reporter consideration of $6,200. Mr. and Mrs. Batterton are retiring after farming in this county for many years. They will occupy their newly acquired property as a home. Matt Slaybaugh sold his home on Columbia Street to Otto Fitzgerald, the transaction amounting to $2,500. Both deals were handled by the C. E. Obenland real estate agency.

Alaska has hopes of becoming the 49th state. Because of the fact that it is far removed and out of the beaten track there is little general knowledge in this country regarding this possession. It remains perhaps the last frontier of the United States.

The general feeling of everyone who reads of the theft of $100,000 worth of jewelry from the Windsors is that $100,000 worth of jewelry is too much jewelry for anyone to tote around.

A hundred years ago

November 5, 1921

Commenting on a statement recently made in the Washingtonian that Pomeroy patronage several years ago probably saved one of the now large washing machine manufacturers from going out of business, Neil C. Hurley of Chicago, president of the Thor Co., in part, says “When Pomeroy, Washington, was ordering and selling more machines than the large cities, such as New York and Chicago, you can appreciate how we felt toward the town that believed in the things we were doing and what we were trying to accomplish to bring out this labor saving device, that would not only save labor but would save the clothes as well. The orders for Thor machines that came in from the Pacific Power & Light Company from time to time, gave us a great deal of encouragement.”

Perhaps the outstanding heroism of the flood in San Antonio, Tex., was that of a twelve-year-old Mexican boy, who clung to a tree for five hours, holding on his shoulders above the water a child five years old. The boy rescuer was battered black and blue to floating wreckage and was taken to a hospital unconscious. The child was unharmed.

W.J. Scott announces that he will open his newly equipped lunch counter to the public on Saturday, November 5.

A hundred and twenty-five years ago

November 7, 1896

Columbia Center was lively on election day and the way republican and populist splinters flew was a caution. S. K. Knotgrass was wound up for all day. He stayed with them till dark and then walked off with the cake.

The Militia boys looked nice Sunday morning, the 25th, and paid close attention to a sermon based on 2d Timothy, 2nd chap., 3d verse, preached for their especial benefit to Rev. Young. A large company were present. Capt. St. George may well feel proud of Co. E–we do.

Especial thanks is due Miss Minnie Allen, our esteemed organist, for her promptness, and for the great precision she takes in her duties. We appreciate it, Miss Minnie.