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Wednesday, April 3, 2019
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Sales of automobiles promise to break all records in 1919
A new service was inau-
gurated for farmers of the
area by the Wallowa County
Grain Growers last week
when they offi cially opened
their new fertilizer plant.
One of the fi rst loads of
mixed fertilizer went to the
Greg Wieck ranch.
OUT OF THE PAST
Compiled by Cheryl Jenkins
100 YEARS AGO
April 3, 1919
The war trophy train,
touring the northwest in the
interest of the Victory Lib-
erty loan, will pass over the
branch line next Wednes-
day. The exhibits consist of
both large artillery pieces
and many small articles,
shells, rifl es, sabers, helmets
and scores of other things.
Sales of automobiles
promise to break all records
in 1919. Many cars have
been bought already, and the
season is just getting under
way. Rodgers Brothers
ordered 200 Ford cars for
the season, a number much
greater than ever has been
handled in any past year. To
date 28 have been received.
A statistical report sub-
mitted to the state depart-
ment of education shows
salaries paid in Wallowa
county. City superinten-
dents and principals receive
$110 — $152.75 per month;
teachers receive $75 —
$100 per month. Twen-
ty-fi ve teachers receive less
than $75 per month. The last
session of the legislature
passed a law making $75
the minimum salary for any
teacher. Total monthly sala-
25 YEARS AGO
March 31, 1994
Courtesy photo
Enterprise relay team. Individuals not identifi ed.
ries in county, $10,205.28.
70 YEARS AGO
March 31, 1949
There are nine or ten
families in the Zumwalt
area interested in forming
a farmer-owned telephone
district to tie in with the val-
ley line.
The largest volume of
new building construction
seen in Wallowa county
in a number of years will
get under way this spring.
Heading the list of proj-
ects is the new county hos-
pital building, followed by
the new bank building and a
number of new homes.
The R.V. Downs home
on Parsnip creek burned
to the ground last Friday
with a loss of practically all
of the contents. The fam-
ily, consisting of the father
and mother and nine chil-
dren, lost all of their cloth-
ing, cooking utensils and
dishes, appliances and fur-
niture. The Lostine school
bus came along shortly
after the fi re started and the
driver and some of the chil-
dren helped carry many
things out of the house to
a woodshed. After the fi re
had destroyed the house and
everyone had left, a second
fi re broke out in the wood-
shed and all the contents
burned.
50 YEARS AGO
April 3, 1969
Dr. Bryce Moffi t was
chosen for the “Elk of the
Year” award by the local
lodge.
Bryan Stockdale, Dan
Courtney and Steve King
were classmates at EHS and
are now serving in the Spe-
cial Forces in Vietnam. They
enlisted in the army upon
graduation from high school
in 1967.
Births
Women inspiring women the theme at Brown Bag talk
By Ellen Morris Bishop
Wallowa Couny Chieftain
During the last week of
Women’s History Month, the
Josephy Center for Arts and
Culture honored Wallowa
County’s past female lead-
ers at a Brown Bag lunch-
time talk. Josephy Executive
Director, Cheryl Coughlan
explained why she estab-
lished the annual exhibit of
women artists during Wom-
en’s History Month.
“I remember when I was
working as a court secretary,
a long time ago,” she said. “It
was a very bi-modal world.
All the men were judges. All
the women were secretaries.
That sort of extended into the
art world. I wanted to give
women artists the attention
they deserve.” As a conse-
quence, Coughlan started the
annual Women’s Art Exhibit
at the Josephy Center. This
year’s show opened March 2,
and continues until April 18.
At the Brown Bag talk,
Wallowa County Soropti-
mist President Beth Hough
recounted the history of
the organization, touted its
contributions to the Wal-
lowa County community,
and invited women to join.
“There’s an array of ways to
participate,” member Janet
Pulsifer said. “It’s not just
working in the Thrift Shop.”
The Brown Bag partici-
pants paid homage to women
who inspired them. Mona
Kay Williams told an emo-
tive tale of how Anna Mary
Swafford, her English teach-
Now taking
new patients!
Dr. Wes
Baker
ers at Joseph High School,
inspired her to enter a writ-
ing contest about “What the
United Nations Means to
Me.” What Williams didn’t
know was that the contes-
tants were required to give a
speech about the same topic.
Williams thought she hated
public speaking. “Mrs. Swaf-
ford put me in a position to do
something out of my comfort
zone,” Williams said, “and it
turned out that I was actually
good at it.” Ultimately the
contest win took her, along
with 50 other students from
Oregon, Washington, Alaska,
and Utah, across the U.S. to
visit the United Nations. They
attended the Security Council
and the General Assembly,
and listened while a Russian
Ambassador congratulated
the U.S. for its moon landing
earlier that day. “For a little
girl from Joseph, it was spe-
cial,” Williams said. “That
trip, and Mary Swafford’s
faith in me, sparked some-
thing that propelled me to be
on high school and college
speech teams, and ultimately
choose a career that required
speaking in front of people.”
In Wallowa County, lots
of women have provided
encouragement and support
to others. “Wallowa County
is full of amazing women,”
Gail Swart said. “They taught
me there was never a glass
ceiling. There’s always a
door. You just have to fi nd the
handle.”
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Three Enterprise FFCL
members, Bri Adams, Heidi
Miller and Bridget Brown,
presented Wallowa Memo-
rial Hospital with six sets of
specially designed pajamas
to be worn by children when
patients at the hospital as a
Volunteer Action commu-
nity service project.
Jim Clegg of Enterprise
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his 35-year golfi ng career
at the Clarkston Golf and
Country Club. He used a six
iron to ace the par-3, 143
yard third hole. Clegg is a
sixth grade teacher at Joseph
Middle School.
Louis Perry of Joseph
earned the 1994 State Star
Farmer Award, presented to
the FFA member who has
conducted the most out-
standing production agri-
culture program in the state.
He earned the honor with his
sheep project.
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(support for family and
friends of alcoholics)
meets Tuesday evenings
at the Joseph United
Methodist Church
(basement on north),
6pm-7pm.
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