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Wallowa County Chieftain Community wallowa.com July 20, 2016 A7 County fair resumes after 6-year absence 100 YEARS AGO July 20, 1916 OUT OF THE PAST • As a result, probably of the inlux of many wanderers fol- lowing in the wake of new in- dustries, burglars have appeared in Enterprise. Two stores have been robbed of small sums and an attempt was made this week to enter a third. • It is estimated that from 75 to 100 new residences will be erected this year. Probably more than 50 have been inished al- ready. The majority of these are in that part of town west of River street. But a start has been made of building in the east side. In the neighborhoods of the East Ore- gon plant bungalows have gone up so rapidly that some blocks will soon be all improved. • In grading and graveling south River street the city has run into a problem in road build- ing. The street always has been bad, although gravel has been spread on it in various quantities many times. But in the spring each year, vehicles cut into the soft mud and travel is almost im- possible. The reason is thought to lie in the nature of the ground. Water in almost unlimited quan- tities is found anywhere in the neighborhood at from two to four feet below the surface. • R.D. Winston, a Joseph pi- oneer, was injured so severely by the collapse of a part of the old McCully Mercantile com- pany store, which was being Compiled by Cheryl Jenkins moved away, that he died last Wednesday. He was in a group of spectators watching the han- dling of the old building, which had been taken a block from its original site, when it trembled and started to fall. Everybody scrambled to get out of the way, but Mr. Winston was caught and crushed. • In the Want Ads: “Dia- monds to sell at bargain or will trade for cow. Inquire at this ofice.” “Set of new medium heavy work harness for sale at less than wholesale price; call at V.B. pool hall.” “Modern house for sale. Small payment down, balance $15 a month. “ 70 YEARS AGO July 25, 1946 • In an exciting last minute bit of diplomacy and maneu- vering by enthusiastic fans, Icel Edgmand was elected Saturday night to reign as queen of the Chief Joseph celebration. • Wallowa county will hold a fair again this fall, the irst since September, 1940. Decision to resume these shows, an annu- al event for many years, was reached at a meeting of the fair association held last Thursday. • Chuck Oswald has re- ceived a PUC permit to operate a passenger stage to and from 25 YEARS AGO July 25, 1991 Chieftain archives A Chief Joseph Days Parade float. Year unknown. Hat Point and plans regular trips over the scenic route to the brink of the Snake River canyon in the near future. • 26 individuals lived in Troy in pre-war time and now unof- icial count shows it to be more than 100. Location of a large sawmill there is credited with being responsible for some of the growth. Road improvement and location of two smaller saw- mills in that vicinity are expect- ed to increase the population even more. • Plans for Chief Joseph Days are all in readiness with a carnival, baseball games, Hells Canyon show with con- cessions, games and dancing, a parade with drill and riding team demonstrations, airport dedica- tion and airshow, saddle horse sale, cowboy breakfast, a man- hunt, a rodeo and an exhibition of parachute jumping and the dropping of cargo from planes. 50 YEARS AGO July 21, 1966 • The crop situation in Wal- lowa county which was hard hit by a spring drouth this year received some relief this week when the Secretary of Agricul- ture released all the soil bank land, amounting to about 10,000 acres, for grazing and harvesting of hay. • Photo caption: The pros- pect of attending the Wallowa County Educational Day Camp which got underway this week was met with enthusiasm by Kelly Coffman and Willie Locke. County Rotary Club to create $30,000 scholarship endowment Wallowa County Chieftain The Rotary Club of Wal- lowa County and its local foundation are creating a $30,000 endowment to fund its scholarship program, using savings built up over three de- cades. Leaders of the club and the Rotary Foundation of Wallowa County voted to join the Ore- gon Community Foundation as one of the foundation’s “endowment partners.” The endowment initially will pro- vide about $1,350 per year toward scholarships. The club has awarded $3,000 in scholar- ships this year. The club’s scholarship fund was started in 1985. The most recent memorial contribution to the fund came from the fam- ily of Leroy Bennett, former co-owner of Bennett Insurance Agency in Enterprise, who died in 2015. “During all these years, the scholarship fund was growing, but our scholarships have been inanced from members’ indi- vidual contributions and the club’s fundraising,” President Diane Daggett said. A primary scholarship fund- raiser has been the club’s annu- al Lostine River Run. “We’ve always been build- ing the scholarship fund with the idea of forming an endow- ment,” Daggett said. “The orig- inal target was $50,000 and we will get to that amount eventu- ally. We have been talking for a couple of years about what to do in the meantime.” “The time had come,” Dag- gett added, “for us to do some- thing with the money other than have it in a savings account where the interest doesn’t even keep up with inlation.” OCF’s endowment partners currently receive an annual 4.5 percent return, Daggett said. The decision came after a pre- sentation to the boards of the club and club foundation by Julie Gregory, OCF regional Retirement Celebration! Join Us Thursday, July 28th at the Joseph Branch of Community Bank Afternoon Open House 2 pm to 4 pm Cake, Coffee & Punch will be served Thank you for 35 years of Service! Local Money Working For Local People Sharon Castilleja EVP/Chief Operations Officer 609 N Main Street - Joseph Member FDIC director for Central and Eastern Oregon. Individual contributions and club operating funds will con- tinue to make up the remainder of the annual scholarship fund- ing until the endowment can fund the scholarships entirely, according to Daggett. The club will solicit additional endow- ment contributions. • The top home run hitter in the Wallowa Valley Little League this year was Mike Jewell of Joseph. Mike, age 12, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Eu- gene Jewell and boasts a record of 8 home runs for the Yankees during the season. His batting average for the season is .650. • A large number of buyers were present and prices were good and strong at the dry cow sale sponsored by the Wallowa County Stockgrowers Asso- ciation. A total of 279 head of cows sold for a total price of $47,798.64. Average price per hundred pounds was $17.25 with an average weight on the cows of 993 pounds. Average price on the animals per head was $171.32. • A controversial plan to sub- divide a 42-acre parcel of land located near the north shore of Wallowa Lake will be submitted to the Wallowa County Planning Commission next week. • Photo caption: Jazz pianist Billy Childs entertained a huge Jazz at the Lake crowd at the day use area of the state park. He and ive other well-known mu- sical groups gave enthusiastic audiences music to remember during the third annual event. • An auction to beneit the on- going effort to build a senior cit- izens center in Wallowa will be held in the near future with the date and time to be announced. Donations are being accepted at the Gateway Information Center in Wallowa County Chieftain. • Photo caption: Verne Rus- sell, 71, of Joseph is one of the founding fathers of Chief Joseph Days and has been named as this year’s grand marshal. • Chief Joseph Days this weekend will be the high point in a very memorable summer for the three personable young women who form the 46th an- nual CJD court. Queen Jill Yost and Princesses Teah Jones and Dawnette Waters bring person- ality, poise friendliness and en- thusiasm to their roles of oficial ambassadors and hostesses of Chief Joseph Days.