10 years ago—
At the Condon Chamber meeting, members heard from Ellen Stump who plans to open Nana’s Kitchen April 7th. The location is the former Round-Up Café on Main Street. “I want to make this the town’s restaurant,” said Stump, who has restaurant experience. She is coming to Condon from Springfield, Massachusetts.
Air Force Airman Shane Asher graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas. Shane is the son of Frank Asher of Spray, and a 2010 graduate of Spray High School.
Paradise Rose Chuckwagon Catering has teamed up with Sunshine Mill Winery in The Dalles for the inaugural Wine and Wagons Tasting Event March 22nd at the winery. Sounds like a great outing.
25 years ago—
Johnny Wayne Johnson went head to head with an angry heifer…and lost. The heifer pinned him against a fence then trampled him until John’s son Brian could help him from the pen. He spent the night at the hospital in The Dalles and returned home next day…sore, but wiser.
From Virginia Humphreys’ Spray Facts and Fallacies: The local school board and classified workers had a meeting last week and there was still no solving of the problem with negotiations. The union representative and the school board lawyer didn’t attend the meeting, but stayed out in the hall. We tax payers still paid the salary of the lawyer regardless where he sat.
50 years ago—
The Fossil Baptist Church was the scene of a Golden Wedding Anniversary reception for the run-away marriage of Clyde and R.J. Britt. Goldendale, Washington was the place where Clyde and R.J. eloped on March 3, 1924. (This next entry is from The Globe-Times 100 years ago:) Miss Argie Younce, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.S. Younce of Spray, and Clyde Britt of Service Creek were married last week at Goldendale. Quite a romance is connected with the marriage. Mrs. Britt was a 17-year-old school girl a week ago last Monday, but on that day she did not appear at school, and her father having learned that young Britt and Miss Younce had driven away in a car, notified Sheriff Johnson of Fossil, who notified Sheriff Montague in Condon to be on the lookout for the young couple. But Cupid must have extended his special favor and protection to the young folks, for in spite of the vigilance of the officers of two counties, the elopers reached Goldendale. Mr. and Mrs. Britt returned at once to Spray, where they received the congratulations of all.
75 years ago—
Dick Greiner of Mayville was a visitor in Condon Monday. He reports that it is the first time since 1926 that the water pipes between the cistern and the house have been frozen tight. He still has an ample supply to the stock troughs.
Harlan Schroeder took Clay Phillips to Fossil last week for medical attention. Clay has been confined to his home for several days. Very seldom in the past few years has Butch’s face been missing from behind the meat counter at Kinzua Mercantile.
No one will deny that this has been a hard winter and it seems almost impossible that three lambs could lose themselves in October and come home again in the middle of February looking hale and hearty. However, such is the case for Bill Huddleston of near Lonerock. Bill says a search failed to reveal the lambs’ whereabouts, so it was thought they had perished from the cold, or had been eaten by coyotes. On February 17, the lambs, now grown to a sheep’s estate, returned to the Lonerock corral.
100 years ago—
Virgil Rogers of Condon is showing up well in practice for the Beaver track team. Rogers is turning out for the 100 and 220 yard events. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. F.E. Rogers of Condon, and a graduate of Gilliam County High School.
Mrs. Charles Fitzmaurice returned from St. Louis, Missouri after seven weeks visiting with her parents and friends. While she had a most delightful visit, she says she is glad to get home to the grain fields of Gilliam County.
From the Condon Times 1909 —
The Fossil Lodge I.O.O.F. bought 100 cords of wood last week. There is nothing wonderful in that, but they only paid $4.50 a cord for the wood. Happy are they who live within a holler of the pine trees.
As we go to press the chinook is blowing its gentle zephyr from the southwest, and nobody would think that at supper last night the mercury was hovering around the zero mark. The cold snap did not last as long as expected and it would be no surprise if we had another flurry of snow. Therefore take an old sheepman’s advice and don’t get the band too far away from he haystack or you may have a heavy loss yet.
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