Wallowa County Chieftain
History
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December 6, 2017
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Soroptimists plan for Wallowa’s charter ceremony
OUT OF THE PAST
Compiled by Hanna Brandt
100 YEARS AGO
Dec. 5, 1917
The publication of the
Reporter [Chieftain] has been
moved from Thursdays to
Wednesdays.
Postmaster Weathers has
been informed that Enterprise
will receive mail delivery as
soon as Enterprise residents
have complied with the neces-
sary requirements. Houses and
streets must be numbered and
continuous sidewalks built.
An audience filled the stu-
dio of Professor W. A. Henry
last Friday evening and lis-
tened to a recital of musical
selections. The orchestra por-
tions of the program were a
special treat for the Enterprise
public.
70 YEARS AGO
Dec. 4, 1947
Al Noregaard has pur-
chased the Dr. Gregory farm
three miles southeast of Wal-
lowa on the Wallowa River.
The ranch is known as the old
Gid Masterson place. It con-
tains over 400 acres and is con-
sidered one of the best farms in
the valley. J.R. Morton’s Dia-
mond M. Hereford ranch lies
directly across the road.
Mrs. Christine L. DeJean
of Troy has been named one of
the authors whose work won a
place in “Important American
Poets and Songwriters,” a vol-
ume of lyrics and poetry being
published by Valiant House of
New York City.
The La Grande Soropti-
mist club will present a charter
to the newly organized Wal-
lowa County Soroptimist club
at a banquet in Enterprise Sat-
urday evening. The organiza-
tion’s objective is economic
advancement for women.
children, went to Portland
last Wednesday to attend the
cake-baking contest. Mrs.
Wulff won second place.
25 YEARS AGO
Dec. 3, 1992
Chieftain file photo
50 YEARS AGO
Dec. 7, 1967
A full-scale search has
been underway in the Promise
area since Monday for Harold
Noregaard, a resident of Baker
and a brother of Al Noregaard.
Harold’s car was found in a
Bruce Housington receives an “All Around Cowboy” trophy from Irv Nuss in this undated
photo from the Chieftain archives.
ditch on Monday, nearly a
week after he was last seen.
A number of new books
have arrived at the Enter-
prise Public Library.. Among
them are “Christy” by Cath-
erine Marshall, “Leafy Riv-
ers” by Jessamyn West, and
“Where Eagles Dare” by
Alistair MacLean, a new novel
of international intrigue and
high adventure by the author
of “The Guns of Navarone.”
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Wulff, of Flora, and their
The
Wallowa-Whitman
National Forest in cooperation
with the Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife is propos-
ing to release Rocky Moun-
tain bighorn sheep in locations
throughout the Hells Canyon
National Recreation Area and
Wallowa Valley Ranger Dis-
trict early next year, accord-
ing to a project announcement
released by the Forest Service.
The Missoula Children’s
Theatre will present “The
Pied Piper” on Saturday, Dec.
5 with a cast of 50 Wallowa
County children.
The Wallowa County Solid
Waste Advisory Council is
exploring options to develop a
county-wide solid waste man-
agement plan by April 1993,
which must meet the crite-
ria established by the Oregon
Department of Environmental
Quality.
Pre-orders available for second edition of county history book
Wallowa County Histori-
cal Society has announced the
release of its second history of
the county, “Wallowa County
History: A Continuation.”
Presales have begun in time
for holiday gift-giving.
The first coffee table sized
book, published in 1983, is an
heirloom, and a copy was raf-
fled for $800 in 2014.
That copy was presented to
Elane Dickenson as a retire-
ment gift when she left the
Chieftain after 36 years as a
reporter.
The first book was assem-
bled by a group of volunteers
overseen by Grace Bartlett and
Agnes Roberts.
The idea of publishing a
second book was introduced
in 2014 and soon a committee
was formed.
Dickenson joined Janie
Tippett, Darlene Turner, Gay
Fregulia, Susan Roberts and
Myrla Clark in the effort.
With the enthusiastic assis-
tance of the residents of the
county, the group has assem-
bled 600 pictures and 800
pages of family, business and
PLACE YOUR ORDER
To preorder, clip the order form printed on Page 5 in
this week’s Chieftain or pick up forms at city halls in
Joseph, Enterprise or Wallowa, libraries throughout
the county, at the county clerk’s office at the
courthouse in Enterprise and at M. Crow in Lostine.
Requests can also be sent to the Wallowa County
Museum Board, P.O. Box 430, Joseph, OR 97846.
Include the number of books ordered, compute
the total cost of the books, and add $10 per book
for shipping unless you plan to pick up the book in
person when it arrives.
Include your name, address and phone number or
the name, address and phone number of the person
to whom you wish to gift the book.
The hardbound edition is $75 ($70 if ordered prior to
Jan. 31, 2018). The softbound version is $45 ($40 if
ordered prior to Jan. 31, 2018).
Info: (541) 263-2258.
history stories for the second
book.
“We’re at capacity for sto-
ries now,” said project man-
ager Katherine Stickroth.
“We’ve got a nice supply
of people who can write in this
county.”
Stories include the his-
tory of Ed Renfrow, who got
his name when the land office
misspelled his real name,
James Edward Rentfrow.
This edition also includes
the story of Wallowa County
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only as “dad” who was dis-
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home in the basement of the
courthouse.
Maverick Publications out
of Bend will publish the book,
Stickroth said.
Maverick has published
several other books by Wal-
lowa County writers.
Books are expected to be
available for distribution in the
first quarter of 2018.
“We’ll be printing 500
books to begin with and sales
of the books will fund the pub-
lication of more,” she said.
Wildhorse
Foundation
helped underwrite the publi-
cation with a grant of $4,000
to the Wallowa County
Museum.
The pre-order option will
allow folks to purchase the
books as Christmas gifts
and inform the recipients of
the
gift Clevenger
in advance
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The Joseph and Enterprise
Fire Departments would like to thank the community
for their support in our Annual Food Drive.
We would like to thank Troy Burgland of Mt Joseph Family Foods
and Mike Goss from The Dollar Stretcher for hosting this event.
We would also like to thank KWVR Radio, The Chieftain and The
Observer for advertising this event.
A personal thank you to Embers Brewhouse and Jim Zacharias
for their hospitality.
A very special thank you to Firefighter Wup Winn from Video
Buffs and Back Country Connection for his wonderful support.
All donations to this and all of our previous food drives is what
makes this County a very special place to live and work.
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