Pomeroy Pioneer Portraits

Ten years ago

September 5, 2012

For the first time since 2005, Deb Waldher won’t be in the kindergarten classroom when the first day of the school year, and the first day of school ever for these students, comes today in the Pomeroy School District. Deb retired from teaching at the end of the 2011-12 school year.

Attorney General Rob McKenna, Republican candidate for governor of Washington, will be in Pomeroy on Friday, Sept. 7.

Twenty-five years ago

September 10, 1997

With Labor Day falling on Sept. 1, the 1997 Fair seems to have surprised everyone. But, as always, organizers and participants will pull together and again put on a memorable edition of the county’s premier community event. “Let’s Flock to the Fair” is the theme for this year’s three-day extravaganza

Pirate volleyball got off to a strong start, winning all four matches in the Davenport Grizzlies’ tournament, beating Manson, Reardan, Davenport, and Ritzville.

Fifty years ago

September 7, 1971

Mark Waldher, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Waldher, was recently awarded a Western State Angus Scholarship, representing the State of Washington in the American Angus Auxiliary Nation Scholarship Competition. Waldher’s award was based on extensive records in all projects, grade records, recommendations by High School Superintendent, local FFA advisor; his pastor; on community service records; and church service records.

Governor and Mrs. Dan Evans will include Pomeroy in a whistle-stop tour by helicopter.

Seventy-five years ago

September 11, 1947

Forgetting to take along his car registration certificate while on his way to Canada, Alton Houser, accompanied by his wife and family and Ed Patterson, on a fishing trip, had to think quickly as to how he was going to make the Canadian customs officials believe he was traveling in a car that belonged to him without his registration certificate. He had along two truck registration certificates and a GA license book and when he told the Canadian custom officials that the trucks were licensed in his name, also the car, and showed them the license numbers as they appeared in the booklet, he had no trouble entering Canada or returning to the states. Of course, Alton’s honest looking face also helped a little bit.

Plans for lighting the athletic field, the golf putting green, and the tennis courts are getting under way. School Supt. Gus Lybecker secured from surplus properties at Seattle a considerable amount of material for lighting an athletic field. The senior Chamber of Commerce made a careful survey of costs and material. Dallas Forest, local manager of the Pacific Power & Light company, furnished a great deal of information and assured the committees that the Pacific Power & Light people would do all they could to help in using their equipment for installing the system.

One hundred years ago

September 9, 1922

Miss Agnes and Katie Christy of Grandview, formerly of Dayton, had quite a thrilling experience a few days ago while traveling in their auto. Leaving Dayton in the afternoon, with plenty of time to reach Pomeroy before dark, they got on quite well until it became necessary to detour on account of work being done on the main highway. Somehow they took the wrong road and they kept on but Pomeroy did not appear to be anywhere in the vicinity. Darkness came on and they went on, uphill and down, and yet no Pomeroy. At near midnight while going down a hill flames appeared about the engine and Miss Katie thrust her hand into the critter’s innards and tore the wires loose, or something, burning her hand severely. Anyhow, the fire was put out-short circuit or something. A hike of over half a mile to a farm house and a telephone to a brother-in-law brought relief, but is was morning before they got to Pomeroy. The Misses Christy are sisters of Mrs. Fred Ward. They left early in the week for their home at Grandview, after a visit to their relatives here.