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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Wallowa County Chieftain
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Frank McCully was named fi rst citizen of Joseph for 1949
$205,992.20 in hard cash
to quench their thirst for
alcohol.
A plaque commemorat-
ing 20 years of service in
Wallowa county as a Good-
year tire dealer was pre-
sented to Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Kreizenbeck of Jack’s Tire
Service, Enterprise.
Cupid came out second
best in the fi eld of romance
in Wallowa county during
1969. During the year 29
couples pledged in mar-
riage ceremonies per-
formed in the county, but
32 couples fi led petitions
in the county for divorce.
Saturday night was a
joyous night for Coach
Rice and company. The
Eagles outclassed the
Imbler Panthers 58-29. The
stars for Joseph were Doug
Sandlin, who was high
score man with 15 points,
and Dan Stein who was
second high with 9 points.
OUT OF THE PAST
Compiled by Cheryl Jenkins
100 YEARS AGO –
JANUARY 15, 1920
Fire destroyed the home
of Mrs. R. W. Bloom early
Friday morning. Some arti-
cles were saved but they
were of small value com-
pared with the heavy loss.
When fi rst seen the fi re
could have been extin-
guished with a few pails
of water. But there was no
water in the mains. As has
been done frequently, the
water was turned off from
the city to divert some to the
reservoir.
The boxing commission
petitioned for by many citi-
zens recently was named this
week by Mayor Miller. They
will have authority to con-
duct matches of 10 rounds or
less. It is the idea of enthusi-
asts to have one evening of
good boxing a month.
Deaths in 1919 num-
bered 40, of which 24 were
males and 16 were females.
The average age at death of
the males was 25 years and
7 months; of females it was
40 years.
Few books (149) were
added in 1919 to the Carne-
gie library in Enterprise and
the year closed with a total
of 3,551 volumes.
70 YEARS AGO –
JANUARY 12, 1950
Frank McCully was
named fi rst citizen of Joseph
for 1949 by the Joseph
chamber of commerce. He
was selected for this award
because of his many efforts
to promote the development
of the city through commu-
nity projects and widespread
advertising.
The city of Enterprise has
Enterprise Laundry, located at the site of what is now the DMV. Left to right, Melba Zollman, Mervin Zollman, Patricia Zollman
(the remaining four are unidentifi ed).
adopted an ordinance set-
ting aside $15,000 from slot
machine receipts to purchase
a new fi re truck. Money for
the project is being diverted
from the sewer construction
fund, which has been built
up mostly with slot machine
receipts and now stands at
$43,792.
This winter the Promise
school building has a new
aluminum roof on one side, a
new woodshed, water foun-
tain and a slide. The children
are now having one hot dish
each day at lunch with their
sandwiches and fruit. Milk
is provided by Mrs. Bank’s
Guernsey cow at the school
barn.
Flue fi re
OBITUARIES
Eunice Elma Skillings
Ruth Vernetta Wineteer
August 28, 1948-January 7, 2020
August 9, 1930 – November 5, 2019
Eunice Elma Skillings of
Wallowa passed away peace-
fully at Wallowa Memo-
rial Hospital January 7th
2020. She was born to Leo
(Tuff) Lathrop and
Ursula E Young
on August 21st
1948 in Enterprise
Oregon.
Eunice grew up
on a farm out Leap
Parsnip
Creek.
Eunice attended
school in Los-
tine and Wallowa.
In 1965 she mar-
ried Elvin Wilks, they later
divorced. On June 27th 1971
Eunice married the love of
her life Jonny Skillings.
Eunice loved to be the
fi rst out in the hills to fi nd the
fi rst buttercups of the spring.
She also loved to go out
mushrooming. Her favorite
thing was going on drives all
over the county with Jonny.
Eunice always had a sense
of humor. Eunice loved pea-
nut butter pie, Hershey bars,
and Mug Root Beer.
Eunice is survived by
her loving husband Jonny
Skillings Wallowa Oregon.
Her children Lisa
(Randy) Barton
Wallowa , Zene
(Shelly)
Wilks
Wallowa , Jason
(Patty) Skillings
Wallowa , Wel-
don Skillings Wal-
lowa , Gaylen
(Sally) Skillings
Wallowa , Cindy
(Rod) Comstock
Wallowa. Her brothers and
sisters Mary Ann (Richard)
Wheeler Pendleton , Kathy
(Dan) Moffi t Union, Leo
(Nona) Lathrop Wallowa ,
Leslie (Patty) Lathrop Mea-
cham. 20 grandchildren and
28 great grandchildren. She
was preceded in death by
her parents Leo (Tuff) and
Ursula E Lathrop.
Family will announce
services at a later date.
DEATH NOTICE
Grace A. Gray
88 year old Grace A. Gray of Joseph died Jan 12 at Wal-
lowa Memorial Hospital. A memorial service is planned in
May when the full obituary will appear. Bollman Funeral
Home entrusted with arrangements.
ABOUT OBITUARIES
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Obituaries are accepted from family members or a funeral home. No
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subject to editing. Obituaries that exceed 400 words will be referred
to the advertising department for paid memorials. Send obituaries
by email to editor@wallowa.com; fax to 541-426-3921 or mail to P.O.
Box 338, Enterprise, OR 97828. Deadline to submit an obituary is 10
a.m. Monday for publication the same week. Obituaries submitted
after deadline will be queued for publication in the next edition. Info:
541-426-4567.
50 YEARS AGO –
JANUARY 15, 1970
Wallowa county res-
idents spent better than
$32 per capita the past
year for hard liquor, and
plunked down a total of
25 YEARS AGO –
JANUARY 12, 1995
A crew from Portland’s
KPTV Channel 12 was
in Wallowa County last
week fi lming a documen-
tary piece on the Wallowa
County Chieftain for its
“Northwest Reports” news
magazine.
Senator Gordon Smith
this week became the fi rst
legislator from northeast
Oregon to be elected presi-
dent of the Oregon Senate.
Gary Thiebault and
Steve Krieger announced
this week that they have
entered into an agreement
with Ron Yanke to pur-
chase R-Y Timber’s Joseph
sawmill.
The staff of U.S. Bank
will go to work for Bank of
Wallowa County tomorrow
when the acquisition of two
branch offi ces is fi nalized.
Ruth Vernetta Wine-
teer was an indepen-
dent woman who fear-
lessly pursued her dreams.
She was born August 9,
1930 in Wilm-
ington,
Cali-
fornia to Her-
bert L. Cole and
Hazel M. Hard-
ing Cole. She
had two older
siblings, Rich-
ard and Dorella.
One of her fond-
est
memories
growing up in
southern California was
spending summers fi shing,
hiking, and riding ponies
at Big Bear with her fam-
ily. Those times fostered in
her a life-long love of the
outdoors.
She married Ralph
Wineteer in 1949 and
they moved in 1956 with
their three young chil-
dren to Grants Pass, Ore-
gon where they bought a
dairy farm. Ruth raised her
children there, was a farm
wife and mother, shuttled
cars for river guides, and
worked as a veterinarian’s
assistant, before embark-
ing on a career as an insur-
ance agent until she retired
in 1992. She fi lled a spe-
cial niche in insurance for
recreational businesses in
the Pacifi c Northwest, par-
ticularly for river guides,
outfi tters,
and
llama
ranches.
After retirement, Ruth
started a new chapter of
adventures. She worked
at three fi re lookouts for
the Forest Service on the
Rogue River, then moved
to Joseph, which became
her home base for the next
25 years. She made many
good friends there and par-
ticipated in many commu-
nity activities, including
attending the Methodist
Church, doing volunteer
work for a ser-
vice
sorority,
and participat-
ing in the Write
Group. During
this time, she
bought a motor-
home and spent
several summers
working at gift
shops in Yellow-
stone National
Park. Into her early 80s she
still traveled the country in
her motorhome, spending
several winters in Arizona.
Ruth moved back to
Grants Pass in March
2018 to be closer to fam-
ily. She passed away in
her sleep November 5,
2019 while living at The
Bridge Assisted Living
facility. She was preceded
in death by her parents;
brother and sister; grand-
son, Eric Wineteer; and
her favorite four-legged
child, Cody. She is sur-
vived by her children —
Gary, Marcia, and Craig,
ex-husband Ralph, grand-
children — Jim Wineteer,
Erin Gilpin Rose, Molly
Wineteer, and Nicholas
Wineteer, great-grandchil-
dren — Bethany Forsyth,
Jacob Wineteer, Madison
Rose, James Oaks, and
Wild Oaks, and great-great
granddaughters — Anna-
belle, Arielle, and Alice.
Ruth also leaves behind
nieces and their families
and many friends who
were like family to her. A
celebration of life will be
held in Joseph in spring
2020.
Ellen Morris Bishop
Beware of fl ue fi res! As winter’s chill settles into Wallowa
County, lots of us are stocking up our wood stoves to
stay warm. With that comes the season of possible fl ue
fi res. Kyle Power of Enterprise became worried that his
really warm woodstove might be getting too warm. As
a precaution, he called the fi re department. “That was
exactly the right thing to do,” said Enterprise Assistant
Fire Chief Dan Niezen. Fortunately, there was no fl ue fi re
or other concerns. “It’s better to be safe than sorry,” Niezen
said. He added that if you suspect a fl ue fi re, or even a wood
stove that’s getting too warm, you can cool things down
by tossing a pot of cold water into the fi re. “The steam
from that will go up the chimney, and that will also help
douse any fi re in the chimney,” he said. “But calling the fi re
department anyway is a really good plan.”
“The Enterprise fi refi ghters got here really fast,” Power
said. “It was a great response.”
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