Pomeroy Pioneer Portraits

Ten Years Ago

January 14, 2015

Dawn Waldal received a warm reception from guests at Blue Mountain Artisan Guild's open house Thursday. The owner of Wild Country Wearables on Main St. in Pomeroy displayed several paintings from her collection. Besides Dawn's paintings, the event also featured a "free-for-all" display of paintings without a collective topic.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

January 19, 2000

Pomeroy Junior Miss Mandy McKinley went to Pullman on Sunday for the start of this week's state program activities. The three nights of competition begin Thursday, Jan. 20, and culminate with the crowning of the winner on Saturday, Jan. 22. The three programs will be held at Gladish Community Center Auditorium in Pullman. The winner will represent the state in the national program this summer in Mobile, Ala.

Fifty Years Ago

January 16, 1975

Garfield County Board of Commissioners said Monday they plan to drop the Pataha Sewer Project, due to an apparent lack of interest. The commissioners said that not enough signatures were received on the petition and little time is left, according to the time limitations of the Farmers Home Administration, which would provide 50 and 90 per cent grants for the program.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

January 19, 1950

David Trump, 22, of Waitsburg, and Charles Greiner, Dayton, have admitted the burglary of the Tum-a-Lum Lumber company, Tuesday night, Jan. 12. Both men are lodged in the Garfield County jail, said Prosecuting Attorney Pat McCabe today (Thursday). By their admissions, Trump and Greiner have implicated two Dayton men who are now held by Dayton county officials. Besides the Tum-a-Lum robbery, the two have confessed to taking part in various burglaries in Dayton and Waitsburg. The men held at Dayton are George Hubbs and Thomas Keen.

One Hundred Years Ago

January 17, 1925

What to do with $10,000 worth of Pomeroy residence property, which may only be used for housing a public library but which carries with it no provision for maintenance or other incidental expense? That's the question now facing the City Council. The property consists of lots on Arlington Street and the valuable brick residence built by Frank Cardwell, later owned by the late Mrs. Mary Ashby. The bequest carries with it certain mounted birds and animals and furniture now in the house. But it includes in cash only $100 and for this there is a specific use-the purchase of a name plate for the institution, which must be known as the "Denny Ashby Library." The name was selected by Mrs. Ashby in honor of her son Denny Ashby, who was drowned years ago while attempting to save the life of another swimmer at an Atlantic coast resort.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

January 13, 1900

"Editors should show proper respect for the dead by refusing to publish obituary poems written by amateur authors," remarks an exchange. We have often felt the force of this truth, but not wishing to displease the living we have published the "poems".