Pomeroy Pioneer Portraits

Ten Years Ago

November 5, 2014

Pirate super fan Hazen Odell, who died in December last year, always stood in the same place for the hundreds of Pomeroy football games he attended, in the corner where the railings meet in front of the concession stand, on the west side of the stairs to the field. At last week Friday's final home game of the season, Hazen's wife Jennie was presented with a plaque by high school co-athletic directors Nettie Severs and Toddette McGreevy. The memorial will be installed in Hazen's spot as a tribute to his dedication to Pirate sports.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

November 10, 1999

The results of a Pomeroy School District survey that indicated parents thought more daycare was needed for local kids got DeLynn Pherson thinking about opening a daycare business here. The Phersons, who have been Pomeroy residents for four years, received their state license in October to operate a daycare in their home. Pepper's Clubhouse, as the business is called, is licensed to care for 12 children if DeLynn has an assistant, with not more than four of the 12 under age two.

Fifty Years Ago

November 7, 1974

Red Foxx, star of "Sanford and Son" television show and a hit night club entertainer, was in the Central Ferry area of Garfield County last week for the "American Sportsman" T.V. series. Foxx and Grits Gresham, an outdoor writer and cowboy, were the stars of a film on pheasant hunting in the Central Ferry area. They filmed on Deadman and Meadow Creeks, including the Klaveano Ranches and spent time at Central Ferry Store. Foxx said he really loved the Central Ferry area, and may return again in the future "to get away from everything."

Seventy-Five Years Ago

November 10, 1949

Judge E.V. Kuykendall of the superior court for Asotin, Columbia and Garfield counties, announced that he plans to retire from the bench as of December 31, 1949. Judge Kuykendall states that he has occupied positions of great responsibility for more than thirty years and believes he is entitled to a less strenuous life for his remaining years.

One Hundred Years Ago

November 8, 1924

Sheriff Powell and Deputy Sheriff Patterson and Sheriff Green of Dayton, with posse, have been searching the woods night and day in a futile attempt to root out the man believed to be Thurston, the Craigmont bank robber, since his reappearance on the gulch above the Russell place a few days ago. It is believed the fugitive was rained out last night and has either left the vicinity or is hiding somewhere here in the settlement.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

November 4, 1899

The Foresters have completed all arrangements for the reception to the soldier boys, which will be given some time during the week following their arrival. As we go to press we learn that the Foresters have decided to hold their reception Thursday evening, Nov. 9, beginning at 8 p.m. in the opera house. Everybody is invited to be present and participate in this welcome to the returned soldiers.