Days of Yore: December 5, 2024

Days of Yore for December 5, 2024

10 years ago—

K’Lynn Lane, office manager of the Condon Chamber of Commerce for the past two years, has recently been named executive director of the Chamber.

Arlington’s Tami Williamson of Home Town Coffee Roasters, braved the Gorge traveling to Eugene to attend the Oregon Counties’ product tasting event. Home Town Roasters coffee and Ghost Town Flour and Bakery Company’s cupcakes were the featured products from Gilliam County. The event was well attended and Gilliam County’s table was one of the favorites. You can’t beat homemade baked goods served with great coffee!

25 years ago—

In Arlington, thirteen young participants took part in raising $817.15 for the St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. Bicycles, scooters, and roller blades were the tools used by the participants. Rachel Walsh organized the event.

From Mitchell Madness, reported by fifth and sixth grades: Recently new vehicles have been showing up in Mitchell. Alice and Ray Heggie have a motor home. David and Linda Gorton have a pickup. Robert and Jenny Ross have a new pickup and a new car. Betty Jo and Carlyle Norton have a new car, and so do Ruth and Bob Collins.

Mitchell fifth and sixth graders taught the preschoolers about the flag and then they helped them say the Pledge of Allegiance. After that, Mrs. Fitzgerald told the class about the time she was in the Women’s Army Corps.

50 years ago—

Cooperative Arts celebrates its first year at a meeting at the home of Boyd and Sandra Harris. Coop Arts, a non-profit UNorganization available to professional and aspiring artists, musicians, actors and friends has had a busy first year.

Valedictorian of the 1973 graduating class at Arlington High School, Jerry Bartlemay recently was selected as tuba player in the Oregon State University Concert Orchestra.

Doug Potter, 14 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Gail Potter, was found Sunday evening when he walked into a logging camp. Doug had been elk hunting with his father and became lost about 8:30 a.m. Sunday. It was estimated he had traveled about 15 miles before walking into the camp. Many Kinzua employees helped in the all-day search.

75 years ago—

One man was killed and six escaped without injury when a navy training airplane crashed in a summer fallow field one mile south of Mikkalo at 7:15 Wednesday night. All the men were from Whidby Island naval training station in Washington. D.H. Earhart, 22, was killed, even though his parachute opened, but not in time. He was found by searchers headed by Sheriff Stinchfield who had combed the countryside all night in search of him.

Notice the clock? The clock on the city hall is now keeping good time. The first time in years. Thanks to Roy’s Jewelry and Watch Repair Store.

100 years ago—

A very enthusiastic crowd of football fans saw Wheeler County High lose a game that showed a sample of the spirit and fight that boys from Fossil are made of. The game was won by Boardman, at Fossil, at a score of 25 to 6. The boys attribute the loss to a black cat that ran in front of a truck while the captain and a few members of the team were going after sawdust.

Miss Schomp has succeeded in arousing quite an interest in the Mayville school, which if maintained cannot be other than productive of good results. Already the pupils march in and out of the school room in single file and double column with a precision never equaled by Company E.

Art Miller who is in charge of the Caledonian dance tonight, is authority for the assertion that the invention of the harp was due to an accident, while the inventor of the bagpipes was a Highland cottager who got the idea through stepping on a cat.

From the Condon Times 1910—

Quite a number of people from Mayville attended the Old Folks Ball at Fossil and all report a general good time. Even for old folks.

After a week of snow, frost and rain, the weather has taken a tumble to itself and is most salubrious at the present writing.

Fred Shipley, the boy who broke into Myers store and stole expensive meerschaum pipes and money was caught at Arlington and a number of the pipes found on his person. The balance were found buried in the basement of the Condon National Bank. Shipley was arrested at Arlington but the Marshall having no suitable jail to lodge him in, he was allowed to make his escape with a pair of steel handcuffs on his wrists.