Christmas lights return to Enterprise following war

Published 4:25 am Tuesday, November 10, 2015

100 years ago – Nov 9, 1915

Estimates of expense for the county for next year are shown in the annual budget of the county published this week by Clerk C. H. Zurcher for the county court. The total, representing the amount of money to be raised by taxation in 1916, is $147,045. This is $17,227 greater than the total of the year previous, which was $128,818.

Within a week the first train of logs should arrive in Enterprise at the East Oregon company’s mill. A large quantity of logs has been cut at the Brown camp in the timber and is ready for shipment. The company has rented 15 log cars of the O-W railroad.

Dedication deeds placed on record last week open West Second Street, Enterprise, from Alamo street, opposite the depot, to Litch street, near the home of J. C. Conley. The signers of the instruments were E.B. Knapp, G.S. Reavis and R.F. Stubblefield. The land they gave extends a distance equal to two city blocks. This is a long step toward opening another street from the business quarter of town, a project which has been under way quietly since last spring. Everything has been accomplished to date at private expense, and so without cost to the city.

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70 years ago – Nov 8, 1945

Returning servicemen registering their discharge papers in the office of the county clerk during the past week: 2nd Lt. Marvin J. Searles, S-Sgt. Myrl D. Zollman, Pfc. Donald O. Mitchell, CMM Harold C. Voetberg, Pfc. Otis W. True, T-4 Chester L. Wise, Pvt. Doria L. Audet, Sgt. Bennie S. Smith, S-Sgt. Dan A. DeBoie, S-Sgt Russell D. Reams, T-5 Donly W. Daggett, Pvt. Ferman A. Warnock, 1st Lt. Reid Johnson, Cpl. Freilan C. Warnock, S-Sgt. William Dorrance, T-Sgt. Wesley R. Walker, Sgt. Mansel G. Pyles, Sgt. Kenneth Goebel, Sgt. John C. Musty. Note the rank of these boys. The community is proud of the records Wallowa county boys and girls have made in World War II.

The Enterprise chamber of commerce voted Tuesday night to decorate Main street again this year for the Christmas season. During the war Christmas lighting was banned by government orders.

50 years ago – Nov 11, 1965

The newly opened Fashion Center next to the Coast to Coast store in Enterprise will hold open house on Friday November 12. Refreshments of coffee and cookies will be served throughout the day and the event will be topped off with a drawing for two gift certificate door prizes. The first twenty ladies to arrive will be given a free pair of hose.

Twenty-one inches! That’s how far to one side the wind moved the trailer home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Shelby, which is parked at the Mountain View motel between Joseph and Enterprise, last Wednesday evening. A check made later indicated that the wind registered about 75 mph at the Joseph airport and was very probably higher than that at the motel.

25 years ago – Nov 8, 1990

Photo caption: Mervin Zollman displays the P.O.W. medal he recently received from the U.S. government. Chieftain clippings from 1945 tell of when his family was informed he was missing in action and of his return from a Nazi prisoner of war camp.

76 percent of Wallowa County registered voters turned out to express a collective mind on candidates and measures in Tuesday’s general election. Locally, Mary Grote easily defeated incumbent Bill Reynolds in the controversial district attorney race. Incumbent County Commissioner Pat Wortman received 2,120 votes to retain his seats. Most people in the county obviously hate the idea of being required by law to wear seat belts, nixing Measure 9 by a two to one margin, however the safety belt law was approved by the state as a whole.

Among freshmen at Wallowa High School recently competing in a fund raising slave sale during homecoming were: Jimmie Wood, Jeremy Quimby, Charity Warner, Tara Locken, Shawna Rundle, Jennifer Henderson, Sharon Baremore, Carrie Sheehy, Leland Bauck, Karman Tanzy, Stacy Campbell, Tony Dixon, Cory Eagan and Jamie Haganah.