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A6 News wallowa.com October 7, 2015 Wallowa County Chieftain Nine serving with U. S. forces in Saudi Arabia 100 YEARS AGO October 7, 1915 By order of the Public Service commission of Ore- gon, the city of Enterprise is empowered to extend Depot street south across the tracks of the O-W railroad. The ex- tension will run close to the east end of the Woolgrowers’ warehouse, and will give the city an outlet to the south and southwest now lacking. At a hearing set in Enterprise, the railroad objected stren- uously, on the ground that the proposed crossing would be dangerous. The city took the ground that it wanted the crossing at Depot street or not at all. The people of Flora are to be congratulated on their new schoolhouse, occupied now for the ¿rst time. ,t is the newest, and in many respects the best school building in the county, as regards complete- ness and ef¿ciency of eTuip- ment. To give the best service to the many farmers who must use butter wrappers, under the new law, Friday of each week will be butter wrapper day in the Record Chieftain job shop. Wrappers will be printed at reduced rate on that day only. School notes: The domes- tic science girls have been canning fruit. The purpose is to have fruit this winter when the department opens the lunch room. Meals are served at noon during the winter……. Coach Worrell reports that football started this year with more vigor than previous years; over 25 boys responded to the ¿rst call. William Ault was elected cap- tain and Sylvester Burleigh manager for the season. 70 YEARS AGO October 4, 1945 The extent of demobili- ]ation in World War ,, is in- dicated by the fact that 126 Wallowa county men have registered their discharge pa- pers in the of¿ce of the county clerk as of Sept. 30, 1945. The ¿rst fall meeting of the Enterprise chamber of com- ELECTRICAL & WATER SYSTEM CONTRACTOR CCB#187543 EC# 32-14C ELECTRICAL & PLUMBING SUPPLIES • PUMPS IRRIGATION • HARDWARE • APPLIANCE PARTS 208 S. RIVER ST. • ENTERPRISE, OR www.jbbane.com 541-426-3344 OUT OF THE PAST Compiled by Elliott Seyler merce was held at the Caton hotel Tuesday evening under the direction of the new of¿- cers, ,. E. Snyder, president, and M. J. Rutherford, secre- tary. Approximately 35 mem- bers were on hand and several guests. Actions taken were the adoption of a resolution favoring the establishment of a state park at Wallowa Lake, and the endorsement of a per- mit sought by J. N. Daugherty to resume operation of the Lewiston-Enterprise stage. A resolution was adopted to pe- tition the state highway com- mission to re-paint the yellow line in the center of the high- way and to erect a guard rail along the road around Wal- lowa Lake. Secretary of State Robert Farrell has awarded a plaTue to the city of Enterprise in rec- ognition of the city’s excellent traf¿c safety record in 1944. The plaTue, a second place award for cities up to 2000 population was presented to Mayor M. J. Rutherford. A car driven by Mr. McCor- mick of the forest service, and another driven by A. B. Amoni- no collided at the intersection of North and River streets in Enterprise last Friday, doing extensive damage to both cars t S udent k e e W e of th The West Coast Telephone Company placed this ad in the Chief Joseph Herald paper based in Joseph on June 23, 1955. and giving the occupants a con- siderable shaking up. Jane Kissinger has earned a 3.94 GPA over her high school career. She is a two year English AP student and is currently enrolled in a dual credit English Class. She has excelled in the sciences having taken both Anatomy and Physics and is currently enrolled in Chemistry and Advanced Biology. Thank you Jane for your Jane Kissinger outstanding Academic performance Enterprise High School here at EHS. The Student of the Week is chosen for academic achievement and community involvement. Students are selected by the administrators of their respective schools. 50 YEARS AGO October 7, 1965 A reception will be given for Alvin Josephy, Jr. at Wal- lowa Lake Lodge on Sunday afternoon, October 17. Mr. Josephy, author, editor and his- torian, has just published his newest book, “The Nez Perce ,ndians and the Opening of the Northwest”, a history of the Nez Perce people up to 1887. Mrs. Sally Kooch of Enter- prise has been selected by the Oregon Heart Association to head up the associated activ- ities of the Heart Fund in Wal- lowa county this year. She re- places Mrs. Dorothy Wergen who has been the chairman for the past several years. On Sept. 28 the Enterprise FFA chapter traveled to Wal- lowa to participate in the Dis- trict Soil Judging contest. The schools that took part in the event were: ,mbler, La *rande, Elgin, Union, Powder Valley, Enterprise and Wallowa. Pow- der Valley placed ¿rst, with Enterprise placing second. The boys on the judging team from Enterprise were: Homer Thor- pe, Kent Kozier, Randy Cherry, Dan Surber and Keith Smith. Kent Searles will be alternate. Others participating were John Hawley, Tom Zollman, Bill Hammack and Bob Andrews. 25 YEARS AGO October 4, 1990 At least nine servicemen from Wallowa County are currently serving with U. S. forces in Saudi Arabia, in re- sponse to the invasion of Ku- wait by ,raT. Michael Barstad, Marc Christman, Troy Davis, Brett Hays, David Little (not veri¿ed, Randy Lynch, *ary Morrison, Earl Perry, Steve Strong and Jason Werst were the names gathered by Shirley Parker for publication in the Community Church bulletin. Tuesday night the Joseph city council recommended ap- proval of an OLCC license for Louis and Elizabeth Travis of Tualatin, who are in the pro- cess of purchasing the *old Room Restaurant and Cow- boy Bar from Ron Schenck. The Main Street business has been closed for several months. Showing this week at the OK Theatre: “Air America” with Mel *ibson and Robert Downey, Jr. Jack Walker rushed for 154 yards and 3 touchdowns and Justin Harvey complet- ed seven of 14 passes for 93 yards last Friday as the Joseph Eagles notched their third vic- tory of the year with a 22-8 exhibition triumph over ,m- bler JVs.