Pomeroy Pioneer Portraits

Ten Years Ago

November 12, 2014

A reception honoring Garfield County commissioner Dean Burton on his retirement at the end of the year, after 20 years on the board, will be held at Spinners Hall. Dean Burton moved to Garfield County to get his family out of downtown Los Angeles in the early 1970s. Little did he know that he would be getting himself into a career of public service that would carry him past his 80th birthday.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

November 17, 1999

Ferd Herres Chevrolet and Farm & Home Supply, two business foundations of Main St. in Pomeroy since the end of World War II, will enter the new millennium with a new generation of ownership. Tom Herres and Dan Wolf announced at an appreciation lunch Oct. 26 that they had purchased the interests of Ferd Herres and his brother Jim Herres, and that they will continue to operate under the present business names.

Fifty Years Ago

November 14, 1974

Pomeroy Jaycees are again sponsoring the Junior Miss contest this Saturday, Nov. 16, in the high school auditorium. This year's contestants are: Miss Phyllis Schilling, Miss Becky Collier, Miss Denise Odell, Miss Katie Wolf, Miss Eileen McKeirnan, Miss Lois Feider, Miss Vicki Bowles, and Miss Debbie Gasseling.

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 15, 1924

The funeral of Dennis B. Messenger was held at 10 o'clock Thursday from the Vassar chapel, Rev. F.N. Morton conducting the services. Mr. Messenger was 85 years old. He was born in Knox county, Ohio. He served four years during the civil war in the Fourth Iowa regiment, and when on furlough, in 1862, he married Miss Mary Barker of Corodon, Iowa. They came to Garfield County in 1882 and settled on land in the Mayview district, which is now owned by P.J. Olson, where they made their home for many years.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

November 11, 1899

The returned soldiers of Co. F. all speak in terms of highest praise of the military life and conduct of Corporal Edward W. Strain, who lost his life on the battlefield in the Philippines. A few words gleaned from an account of Mr. Strain's death as given by his messmate, Seargt. Gaymon, will be of interest. "I was about 30 feet away from Ed and saw him fall. I ran and drew him into the mouth of an old well which had been partially filled. He said but little. He knew his wound was fatal and said 'F. Co. had at last lost a man'. Mr. Strain was the first and only man of Co. F. to die in battle.