Pomeroy Pioneer Portraits

Ten Years Ago

March 5, 2014

Volunteers from Holy Rosary Catholic Church's parish removed pews from the church Sunday morning in preparation for taking up the old carpeting. The new carpet will be part of the remodeling project that will include new paint. The parish will hold Mass in the school hall until the work is completed, just around Easter.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

March 3, 1999

Pomeroy members of the Mt. Misery Snowdrifters Snowmobile Club rescued a Lewiston man who got his snowmobile stuck in the bottom of a canyon Thursday night. The snowmobilers are part of a Search and Rescue Team that the club is organizing to cooperate with Garfield County Sheriff Department personnel in winter emergency situations in the mountains. After spending almost 12 hours without food, water, or heat in the Kelly Camp area of the Umatilla National Forest, Josh Jones, 21, was reached by club member Derek Shawley, who walked about a half-mile on snowshoes to reach him.

Fifty Years Ago

March 7, 1974

The Pomeroy Boy Scout Troop No. 255 has 12 boys advancing rank at the next Boy Scout Court of Honor. The date has not been definitely set, but if the Eagle kits arrive, it will be the end of March. To obtain the highest rank in Scouting, three scouts have prepared themselves for this rank. The Eagle Award will go to Tom Kucklick, David Long and Rick Slaybaugh.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

March 3, 1949

Pomeroy and county school children will forego their annual spring vacation this year. Pomeroy schools have already missed 12 days of school this school year, and in order to catch up with back work, teachers have volunteered to make up for the work by going to school during spring vacation. The annual spring vacation was for three days this year.

One Hundred Years Ago

March 3, 1924

Five men are now enjoying the hospitality of Sheriff E.E. Powell, and it begins to look as if there will have to be a clearing out before more guests can be accommodated, as the little jail is full to overflowing. Four of the occupants were arrested on booze charges and the fifth is charged with failure to support his dependent mother.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

March 4, 1899

The attention of the city marshal and the other officers is called to the practice of some of the half-grown loafers who hang about the street corners and hallways of the buildings on Main Street, marking and defacing the walls of the buildings and whittling their casings. The officers should keep a sharp lookout for individuals engaged in such practices and, if caught, the culprit should be given a lesson which he would not soon forget.