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A photo from 75 years ago – Ritzville is proud of this smartly uniformed School Boy Patrol. Above is shown the School Boy Patrol from the Junior High School and Central School, as caught by the Journal-Times camera.
100 years ago
The Ritzville
Journal-Times
May 11, 1922
Wreck foils burglary: Arrest four alleged Yeggs with full
set of burglar tools near Lind last week
The sharp turn of the road just east of the Tromp Donnell place on Rattlesnake Flat proved the undoing of a gang of what is considered genuine yeggmen on Wednesday evening of last week.
The surmise is that a job was planned on the Washtucna bank for that night when the overturning of the car in rounding the turn spoiled the game for the night.
The four men in the car could not right the car and proceed so the suspected plan was abandoned.
This came through the location of a cache of burglar tools near Lind, the arrest of the four men in the party, and the subsequent tracing of their movements...
75 years ago
The Ritzville
Journal-Times
May 8, 1947
Community spirit gets
uniforms for School Boy
traffic patrolmen
Ritzville's School Boy Patrol has been provided by the Chamber of Commerce, Community Chest and others with smart new uniforms consisting of white caps and Sam Browne belts and red jackets.
The Chamber of Commerce set its first goal in the underwriting the expense of these uniforms an amount of $250 but this quota was exceeded and the total collected came to $391.50.
50 years ago
The Ritzville
Journal-Times
May 11, 1972
Ernie Norris steer a champion
Ernie Norris showed the grand champion FFA steer at the Spokane Junior Livestock Show this week and Jeff Beckley of Lind showed the reserve champion.
Ernie's prize animal was an 1,100-pound Hereford and Jeff's was a crossbreed weighting 1,065 pounds.
Debbie Kulm of Lind won showmanship honors in 4-H competition, being named reserve champion beef showman behind Pat McGreevy of Pomeroy.
About 1,500 entries of steers, lambs and swin were entered from the throughout the Inland Empire.
25 years ago
Ritzville Adams
County Journal
May 8, 1997
Herrington on duty
with Ritzville WSP
Ritzville's newest trooper with the Washington State Patrol detachment is catching the eye of passing motorists.
It's not the uniform, or the shiny white car, but because she's a Lady Trooper, not a familiar sight on Eastern Washington highways.
Carmen Herrington started duties with the Ritzville detachment on April 23, a move she chose to make.
Herrington has been with the patrol for five years, assigned to Snoqualmie Pass out of the North Bend detachment.
She and her husband, David, have a six-month-old daughter, Hannah. They are making their home in the country near Lamont.
– The Journal
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