Wallowa County Chieftain
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December 21, 2016
Santa has been visiting county for decades THE SCENE
OUT OF THE PAST
Compiled by Cheryl Jenkins
Items of interest from the
pages of The Chieftain from
this week in years past.
100 YEARS AGO
DEC. 21, 1916
Farmers from the north end
bringing in grain report parts
of the long grade above the
East Oregon camp very sidling
and full of chuck holes which
are dangerous with even the
best of driving. The grade is
not steep but neglect and the
heavy traffi c have put it in bad
condition at all seasons of the
year.
The Enterprise communi-
ty Christmas tree celebration
will be held December 24, in
the street at the corner of Main
and River streets. The program
will be attractive with vocal
choruses and instrumental mu-
sic. Candy, oranges and nuts
for 650 children have been or-
dered, and will be distributed
to them free.
Never before in the history
of Enterprise has holiday shop-
ping been as active and inter-
esting as this year. There are
more stores to sell, and they
have brighter displays, with
greater variety and there are
more people to buy.
The four towns of the val-
ley are now connected in one
circuit by the Enterprise Elec-
tric Co. which thus has com-
pleted the actual unifi cation
of the electric plants of the
county.
School notes: The lunch
room is now well organized.
The freshmen girls do the
cooking and serving and are
giving satisfaction. About 20
lunches are served each day. A
“penny” lunch is served at the
grade school.
The passenger train ran off
the tracks as it was leaving Jo-
seph Saturday afternoon, and
did not get away until after 8
pm.
70 YEARS AGO
DEC. 19, 1946
A huge section of the Prai-
rie creek districts will be plant-
ed to peas next year according
to reports. A Umatilla canning
company, with a plant at Elgin,
is reported to already have an
estimated 3500 acres of land in
this area purchased, leased, or
under contract for the raising
of green peas for canning.
For the fi rst time since the
opening of the second world
war the electrically lighted
star is seen on the hill north of
the hospital. This star, 16 feet
across, is set up on poles about
ten feet high, and is plainly
visible at the east end of Main
street. It is the Christmas gift
of the Pacifi c Power & Light
Co. to the community.
Rev. & Mrs. Howard E.
Pierce of Wallowa have been
notifi ed that their son, Pfc.
Harold Pierce, will call them
from Berlin on Christmas day.
The call is scheduled to come
in here at 1:00 am Christmas.
Enterpriser advertisement:
If its slippers she wants – the
most casual wedgies to glam-
orous satin mules are on our
shelves. $3.29 to $6.95.
Joseph has begun to take on
a holiday atmosphere to make
ready for Santa’s appearance.
The business houses are all
prettily decorated and Tues-
day the large tree was put up
on Main street by the Pacifi c
Power & Light Co. and will be
lighted.
50 YEARS AGO
DEC. 22, 1966
Photo caption: About 125
children swarmed around San-
ta Claus when he arrived in
the fi re truck at Wallowa last
Saturday afternoon. Santa had
a busy time handing out treats
and admonishing the children
to be on their good behavior.
St. Nick, who looked a lit-
tle like Jack Coleman, some
of the youngsters thought, is
shown holding Ginger Goebel,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Har-
old Goebel.
With Bob Keyser leading
the Cougar offense and Rocky
Wilson and Scott McCrae
leading the defense, Wallowa
High School returned from St.
Francis December 10th with a
61-46 victory.
The Tuesday Afternoon
Friends brought not only a
program to the residents of the
Wallowa County
Chieftain archives
Does anybody know when or where this was taken? Contact
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Nursing Home Dec. 20, but
also gaily wrapped presents
for each of the 18 men and 14
women there.
A strange blue light glowed
over the Wallowa mountains
last Friday evening and creat-
ed a considerable amount of
excitement. A number of peo-
ple witnessed the phenomena
and generally reported seeing
about the same thing, although
the location of the light ranged
from Hurricane creek to Wal-
lowa Lake.
Santa Claus demonstrated
his speed and dexterity last
Saturday when he showed up
at Wallowa at 1:30 and passed
out treats for 15 or 20 minutes,
and then, 15 minutes later ap-
peared in front of the Vista
theater in Enterprise to greet
several hundred youngsters
pouring out of the free movie.
Volunteer fi remen helped San-
ta distribute 550 bags of can-
dy. Santa will visit downtown
Joseph this coming Saturday
afternoon.
20-foot metal Christmas star
they hauled Friday afternoon
up Tick Hill, overlooking Wal-
lowa, in preparation to replac-
ing the old wooden star.
Enterprise area Mack Birk-
maier was elected as vice
president of the Oregon Cattle-
men’s Association during the
organization’s annual conven-
tion in Portland.
Photo caption: Local
HELP, Inc. manager Carmen
Prince accepts donations from
Joseph High School student
body president Samantha Rob-
erts totaling $350, a month’s
rent at the Joseph Community
Center for the senior citizen
meal site program.
A zone change that could
pave the way for a subdivision
of expensive homes along the
terminal moraine of Wallowa
Lake was approved last week
by the Wallowa County Court.
The court decided to approve
the development despite the
unanimous opposition of the
Wallowa County Planning
Commission. Opposition was
also voiced by nine state agen-
cies, the Nez Perce Tribal Ex-
ecutive Committee, and over
140 individuals.
Photo caption: EHS student
Sonja Simmons focuses in on
Justin, 5, and Chelsey Mon-
crief, 3, on Santa’s lap during
the Cloverleaf bazaar Decem-
ber 7, while fellow year book
student Aaron Sackett looks
on. They were among young
photographers taking photos
of children with Santa to raise
money for the EHS year book.
Thursday, Dec. 22
• Student Art Show 7 p.m. at
Josephy Center
Saturday, Dec. 24
• Lower Valley Farmers’
Market, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
Wallowa
Friday, Dec. 30
• “Final Friday” Open Mic
Night, 7 p.m. at Stockman’s
Lounge
Friday, Jan. 6
• Open mic, 7 p.m. at Termi-
nal Gravity
Thursday, Jan. 12
• Big Read Kickoff, 7 p.m.
Fishtrap, Enterprise
Friday, Jan. 13
• Bart Budwig and Marshal
McLean, 7 p.m. at Terminal
Gravity
Saturday, Jan. 14
• Wallowa County Gamblers
Snowmobile Club Annual
Poker Run, Salt Creek
Summit
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mation to editor@wallowa.
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