Days of Yore for October 10, 2024
10 years ago—
Recently a group of people came together to discuss the future of the Rock Creek Community Center. The Rock Creek Schoolhouse is 102 years old, and Marta Mikkalo is the president of the board overseeing the facility. “Funds are always necessary and welcome to keep the old girl going,” says Mikkalo.
Alene Rucker plans to teach classes in the new year in the art of wheat weaving. A grant is being pursued through the Gilliam County Cultural Coalition to fund the classes.
The Arlington Honkers earned the right to keep the ‘Maupin Bucket’ for another year as the Honkers defeated the South Wasco Redsides 54-28 last Friday. Carrying on the old rivalry, the team that wins each year gets to keep the bucket until next year’s game.
25 years ago—
A special meeting will be held at the Condon Grade School to discuss the future of the Condon Swimming Pool. Members of the school board, the county court and the city council will meet. The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss funding options for the future maintenance and operation of the pool, which has been owned and operated by the Condon School District since it was built in 1958.
At Eugene last weekend were Spray’s Buck, Kenna and Andy Leckie. They saw the UO-USC football game which went into two overtimes and which UO won by a field goal kicked by the third string kicker.
Larry and Robin Champagne returned to their rural home out of Spray rather late to find a deer killed near their carport. The dead deer was later packed off by a predator – a cougar, perhaps? When the trapping program was eliminated in Wheeler County, government trapper Dave Johnson predicted an increase in predators, and he is being proven right.
50 years ago—
Four years ago, John Habesohn returned to his native village in southern Austria after being away for 64 years. John came to Condon in 1905 by stagecoach and can remember when the north end of Main Street ended at Burns Brothers Grocery (then the post office) – and beyond that was sage brush and coyotes.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Brown of Hermiston were camping at Lee Prairie, near Camp 5, for an extended hunting weekend. Nine-year-old Becky Brown wandered from her parents’ camp at 10:00 a.m. to run an errand for her mother, and was found six and a half hours and four miles from camp later. When Becky couldn’t be found the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office was called and 40 volunteer searchers from Wheeler and Morrow Counties were mobilized. Search and rescue teams from the two counties, U.S. Forest Service, State Forestry, Eastern Oregon Logging Company were involved in the search. Ernie Wall, Guy Van Arsdale, and Earl Norris searched by airplane. Mike Lee, Tualatin, found Becky some four miles from camp, and she was very happy to see her parents.
75 years ago—
The case which was pending in the court of Orvine Tierney, justice of the peace, against Mrs. Elsie M. Weed on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon was recently dismissed by the Justice.
School started September 6 at Kinzua. The school house has been redecorated with new floors laid and modern fluorescent lights installed. The seventh, eighth and second grades have new desks. There are 120 pupils in the eight grades.
Bert Hoover of Kinzua drove to Portland after his daughter, Miss Dotty Hoover and Mrs. Dean Harrison. The girls have just completed a course in a beautician’s school. Dotty will open a beauty shop in Fossil.
100 years ago—
Ralph E. Schott, county surveyor, has sold his 342 acre ranch in the north end of the county to Roy Philippi, well known rancher of that section. At the same time, Mr. Philippi sold 8 acres to Mark Devlin of Blalock for $450. The land between the John Day River and Arlington will be the site of a filling station.
From Condon High News: There is no one thing which would contribute more lasting good nor confer more genuine pleasure to our athletic teams than shower baths. The high school expects to put out teams of football, basketball (boys and girls) and track. They should, after practice or games, have an opportunity to take a hot shower. We are hoping some plan may be worked out in the near future.
From the Condon Times 1909—
Everybody should know that the herd law for Gilliam County referred from the last Legislature will be on the ticket at this election. This notice is put at the request of a subscriber and the Times has nothing to say for or against the measure. Farmers want it and stock men do not, therefore scrap it out gentlemen amongst yourselves.
One of the city water pipes busted on Tuesday morning and Bert Townsend and Dan McFarland had a narrow escape from drowning. A schooner put out from the Oregon Hotel saved the two men.
Little Leline Dunlap found Mrs. Fitzmaurice’s belt and brought it home safe and sound. Nothing like telling the people every time you lose a belt.
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