Pomeroy Pioneer Portraits

Ten years ago

November 28, 2012

Baritone-organist Mark Newman from Clarkston and Jon VanVogt of Pomeroy will present their Annual Christmas concert Sunday, Dec. 2 at SonRise Church in Clarkston Heights. The program will include a wide variety of vocal and instrumental renditions of familiar carols and classical pieces, Van Vogt said.

United Methodist Church will hold its annual 50 cent Sale for Christmas in Fellowship Hall. The event starts with "Children First Shopping" from 9 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. Adults are invited to wait in the Fireside Room while children have first pick of items. For 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. the sale is open to all, with all items for sale at 50 cents.

Twenty-five years ago

December 3, 1997

Three Pomeroy residents received awards Nov. 16 in Winchester from the Central Washington Idaho Rodeo Association. Deron Shawley won a trophy belt buckle for first place in chute dogging for men age 16 or older. Lisa Appel won a $25 gift certificate for her fourth-place finish in pole bending, a pair of bell boots for fifth place in barrel racing, and a set of reins for her fifth-place finish in goat-tying. Tracy Wren also competed in the women age 16 to 25 group and won a belt buckle for her first-place finish in barrel racing, a personalized jacket for first place in goat-tying, a $25 gift certificate for her fourth-place finish in breakaway roping, and a trophy for winning the all-around in her age group.

The Bell Telephone System-Tri-State Hospice in Clarkston presented the Memorial Tree of Lights and Remembrance ceremony on Nov. 24 at the Lewiston Elks Lodge. Betty Weiland received an invitation to attend as her late husband, Dr. R.J. Weiland, Sr., was being honored by a special ornament with his name on it being placed on the tree. Betty said the ceremony was very beautiful and very well attended. The beautifully lit tree is now on display at the Lewiston Mall. It will remain there until after the holiday season. The names of Pomeroy people honored by having a special ornament with his or her name on it included David Baker, Sewell Briggs, Timothy Briggs, Marilyn Evanson Kimble, Walter Morgan and Richard J. Weiland, Sr.

Fifty years ago

November 30, 1972

Pauline Miller, mother of Paul Miller of Pomeroy and occasional author for the E.W., made area headlines this weekend when the Associated Press picked up a story about a petition filed by Mrs. Miller with the McCall, Idaho, City Council, asking that Union Pacific Railroad shut down its noisy engines at night. City residents and the railroad are at odds on the problem-which apparently has been going on for some 40 years-so the story made the headlines.

The Philomathean schoolhouse on the Alpowa, which is used for storage by Parker McFaddin, was broken into twice during November, Sheriff Russel Pierce said Tuesday. Stolen were numerous household articles, including antiques, valued at a very minimum of over $3,000, he said. Pierce said the schoolhouse was broken into on Nov. 11, and then again on Nov. 24. On both occasions the school was broken open at night, and about a pickup load taken.

Seventy-five years ago

December 4, 1947

Washington's automobile license plates are scheduled to be made of aluminum again for 1949, but License Director George Starlund said a new process is expected to keep the numbers from fading so badly. The present plates, even with vanishing numbers, will be used through 1948. He said the aluminum base will be painted along with the numbers on the 1949 issue. Steel, he said, will not be available to replace aluminum.

The Pomeroy Junior Chamber of Commerce has organized a group of teams who will cavass the entire county in an effort to raise necessary finances to complete the building program at the fairgrounds east of town. The money raised will be used for the construction of livestock and exhibit barns for the use of 4-H and F.F.A. club members, as well as adult exhibitors at the annual fall fairs. In addition a large general exhibit hall is planned, to house home economics, agricultural, community booths and other exhibits. The plans are to construct the buildings either of concrete blocks or steel, to make them fire proof and to reduce maintenance and repairs costs to a minimum.

One hundred years ago

December 2, 1922

Pomeroy's largest mass meeting in recent years was held on Friday night, when a complete ticket was nominated for the city election to be held on Tuesday of next week. Mayor C.E. Kuykendall called the meeting to order and was elected chairman. Wood H. Powell was chosen secretary. There were spirited contests for the nominations for mayor and councilmen-at-large and some of the ward positions. The crowd was so large and voting so active that it required the services of four tellers, R.J. Stevenson, H.A. Adams, W.J. Rummens and E. Richardson, to handle the ballots. The ticket was named "The Citizen's Ticket", and was finally concluded with H.C. Krouse as Mayor; W.J. Schmidt and Dr. J.W. Sherfey councilmen in Ward one; D.L. Lewis and James Patterson Councilmen in Ward two; John Soper in Ward three Councilman; Ed Ramsay in Ward four Councilman; Chris Christensen as Councilman-at-large; Roy Robinson, City Treasurer; and C.A. McCabe, City Clerk.

Walter J. Robinson, general manager of the Washington-Idaho Wheat Growers association, and Roy Peringer of Oakesdale will leave Sunday night for Minneapolis to attend a meeting of the board of directors of the Northwest Wheat Growers, Associated. This meeting, December 7-8, will be the first at the Twin Cities office. Mr. Robinson and Mr. Peringer are Washington members of the board. H.J. Herman of Genesee will represent the Idaho association and two from the Oregon association will leave Portland Monday night.