Wallowa County Chieftain
Community
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June 21, 2017
Volunteers improve
part of ‘rail and trail’
Wilson reunion draws family
OUT OF THE PAST
Compiled by Paul Wahl
100 YEARS AGO
June 21, 1917
Not in all its history has
Enterprise had such an epi-
demic of house moving as is
now on. Old buildings are trav-
eling in all directions, making
room for improvements. The
squeaking of trucks and rollers
and of the windlasses has been
in the air for two weeks.
Byram Mayfi eld was
elected to succeed himself as
school director at the annual
meeting of District 21 (Enter-
prise). George M. Gaily was
re-elected clerk. Teachers for
next year have been chosen.
Miss Joyce Craig will sing
a solo at the Red Cross benefi t
tonight at the People’s Tavern.
A jolly crowd from Joseph
and Enterprise motored in on
Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Wilson’s. The guests brought
a lovely picnic dinner, which
was spread on the lawn and
enjoyed by all present.
The annual Wilson Family
reunion was held at the home
of Albert Wilson at Paradise.
Four car-loads attended from
Joseph and Enterprise. All of
the children of Mr. and Mrs.
W. C. Wilson were present
except Parke who is with the
cavalry in Wyoming and Mrs.
Mabel Carruthers of Peace
River, Alberta, Canada.
70 YEARS AGO
June 19, 1947
Saturday evening at the
Wallowa County Fairgrounds
dance hall, Betty Louise
Strohm, 18, of Joseph was offi -
cially selected as queen of the
Wallowa County Fair. She is a
1947 graduate of Joseph High
School and is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Al Strohm.
Gene Boswell, who has
been in Bend since last fall,
has returned to Enterprise and
plans to make his home here
again. He has bought the Vet’s
Taxi Service from Ed Tippett.
The 8,000 acre ranch
owned by Averill Combs, for-
merly the Mark Sevier place
located two miles out of Wal-
lowa, has been sold to J. W..
McMichael and Mr. Hawkin-
son of Nevada. All of the cattle
(approximately 300 head, not
including calves) and equip-
ment were included in the sale.
Mrs. Art Prince and Mrs.
Willard Collins gave a kitchen
show at the former’s home in
Wallowa in honor of Betty Lee
Wortman of Enterprise.
The two fl ying clubs at
Joseph Airport, the Joseph
Flvyers and Hells Canyon
Flyers have merged under the
name Chief Joseph Flyers and
will retain two Piper trainers
for its use. Raymond Johnson
was elected president of the
merged clubs.
three young bulls that were
huddled near a wire fence by
and irrigation ditch. Together
they were valued at well over
$1,000.
Dick Gosney is the new
president of the Enterprise
Lions Club. Don Van Maren
is fi rst vice-president and Bob
Hawkins is second vice-pres-
ident. Clarie Turllinger was
named president of the Lady
Lions.
While riding on the fi rst
of June, Rita and Joe Poulson
came upon a large brown bear
in a canyon near their home.
The unlucky bear came within
range of the .22 rifl e carried
on the saddles and, quoting
Rita, “that was the end of Mr.
Bear.” The bear was judged
to be about two years old and
weighed around 160 pounds.
Darrell Garrett of Los-
tine came home from Ger-
many recently where he has
been stationed for three years
in the service. He has been
discharged.
Lorin Ricker, local attor-
ney, was appointed Justice of
the Peace by Gov. McCall.
He intends to move his offi ce
upstairs in the courthouse. He
will replace Uley McGinnis,
who had been serving tempo-
rarily after the resignation of
G. A. McCubbin.
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fi nancial services.
Cool and rainy weather last
week kept some fi shermen off
Wallowa Lake last week, but
generally improved the rain-
bow trout fi shing.
Amy Zollman, daughter of
Steve and Joyce Zollman of
Enterprise, is a member of the
1992 Elgin Stampede Court.
She was selected after tryouts
in May. The court will make
an appearance at Chief Joseph
Days.
Mildred Baird, Lottie
Chrisman and Genevieve Gel-
singer of Wallowa went to La
Grande Sunday to visit their
brother Roland McCrae who
is in the Valley View Care
Center. He was reported to be
about the same.
Enterprise city offi cials this
week were monitoring report
of gas fumes coming from the
basements of at least two Main
Street businesses. City mainte-
nance supervisor Dawson Neil
said the problem was proba-
bly caused by heavy rains the
past week, which raised the
local water table. Some down-
town business owners believe
the problem stems from a gas
spill at Steve’s Conoco over
Memorial Day weekend when
an estimated 5,100 gallons of
unleaded gas spilled after a
rubber hose failed.
A Wallowa County cele-
bration of Oregon Outdoor
Recreation Day became a
day of community service
for supporters who turned
out to spruce up the proposed
Joseph Branch Trail between
Joseph and Enterprise.
The day was organized
by the Joseph Branch Trail
Consortium, which with the
approval of the Wallowa
Union Railroad Authority, is
proposing this six-mile seg-
ment of the 63-mile railroad
as a fi rst step toward con-
structing a walking, bicy-
cling and riding trail along
the rails.
“The cleanup day exem-
plifi ed what rail and trail is
all about,” said Kim Metlen,
who also operates the Rail
Rider pedal cars. “Around 32
neighbors from Wallowa and
Union counties found a sur-
prisingly small amount of lit-
ter and mostly chatted and
enjoyed and formed stronger
community bonds.”
Starting from Joseph, the
consortium arranged shuttles
so people could hike as much
or as little as they liked.
Penny Arentsen and
Emily Sheahan brought their
four children.
“It was a nice morning
hiking and enjoying this pub-
lic corridor with folks from
3 to 83, even though the
Joseph Branch Trail has not
been established yet,” said
Arentsen,.“I enjoyed seeing a
small side trail folks can use
for now.”
Establishing a Trail Man-
agement Plan and working
with Wallowa Union Rail-
road Authority to improve
it is the most recent effort
to move the project for-
ward. The overall Joseph
Branch Rail-With-Trail Con-
cept Plan is available in area
libraries. Lostine resident
Terry Polk, a nurse who has
experienced other trails in the
country, supports the project.
“Taking this project for-
ward from its current ‘dia-
mond-in-the-rough’ status to
a fi nished community trail
will bring untold benefi ts to
our citizens,” she said.
Another nurse, Jen Wing,
said she would commute
by bike when possible from
home in Joseph to the hospital
in Enterprise using the trail.
“It would be much safer
than Hurricane Creek Road,
and SO cool,” she said.
People are allowed to use
the existing right-of-way as
long as they respect the per-
mission to do so and act
responsibly.
50 YEARS AGO
June 22, 1967
25 YEARS AGO
The storms reported last
week proved to be rather costly
for Roy Daggett of Joseph.
As they passed over his place
north of town, they unloaded
some mighty electrical charges
and one happened to strike
Bob L. Lewis, certi-
fi ed public accountant, has
announced the opening of his
offi ce at 102 S.W. First, Enter-
prise. He has 12 years of expe-
rience and offers a full range of
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June 18, 1992
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