Pomeroy Pioneer Portraits

Ten Years Ago

October 30, 2013

Submitted by Pastor Roger Pedersen-Besides the evolution of human culture, politics and economics, there is also an unfortunate evolution in the use of language. Things that were clearly understood 50 years ago can mean something entirely different today. For example, the word "martyr" today in the postmodern period is applied to a person who straps on an explosive vest and kills innocent people "for" his cause and "for" a great reward after his suicide. But this is a very different definition from the concept of "a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion"-Merriam-Webster.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

October 28, 1998

Charles Woody, who has worked in the Pomeroy Grain Growers office for the past 20 years, took the ribbing at the co-op's annual meeting last week Tuesday with his usual aplomb. Charles will retire in January, so the program for the evening consisted of stories told by people who have known him, some for most of his life. One of the best was told by John Robinson regarding a trip to Portland. Inquire at the Grain Growers office for details.

Fifty Years Ago

October 25, 1973

PHS Freshmen will be selling goblin clean-up insurance for Halloween, Class Advisor Ed Sullivan announced this week. The insurance-which pays off with members of the class cleaning up any Halloween pranks on buildings and vehicles-is being sold to raise money to repair a pickup truck which was vandalized last weekend. The class members felt badly about the turn of events, and decided to raise money to pay for the damages.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

October 28, 1948

A revolution that kept her from venturing off the air force's Albrook Field in the Canal Zone in Panama was the story told by Ruth Henley this week upon her return from a four-week visit with her brother, Major Eugene Waldher, and his family. Ruth told how she got into Panama City only three times during her visit because of a revolution and installing of a new president in the Central American republic.

One Hundred Years Ago

October 27, 1923

The little sawmill in the woods south of town has been closed for the season. It would have been operated a little longer, according to A.P. Nicholson, only for the fact that the timber supply ran out, the purchase of 200,000 feet from the forestry service having been exhausted. A new contract for 300,000 feet is being made, but the mill probably will not be put in operation until next spring.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

October 29, 1898

The Republican Central Committee have succeeded in securing the eloquent and talented Ex. U.S. Senator, John B. Allen, for one speech in Pomeroy, to be made in the opera house, on Tuesday evening, November 1st. Mr. Allen is known throughout the whole country as an able reasoner, and the exalted position he has held in the nation renders him competent to intelligently discuss the leading issues of the campaign.