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Alumni Take Off TV Show Ribbing for students, players and teachers filled the RHS auditorium with gales of laughter, as alumni staged their take-off Friday of the Archie Bunker show, "All in the Family." The role of Archie is taken by Mel Hurst, seated with cigar, his wife Donna Galbreath, and son-in-law Russ Rummer.
100 Years Ago
Ritzville-Journal Times
November 9, 1922
Ritzville Loses to
Kennewick Huskies
Outweighed and outplayed, but fighting to the last ditch, the Ritzville high school football team went down to defeat before the onslaught of the husky Kennewick team at the fairgrounds Friday afternoon, the final score being 27 to 0. Kennewick won because they were the better team and they had the advantage in weight, but at the final whistle there was not one of the "big brutes" but knew he had been in a football game.
75 Years Ago
Ritzville-Journal Times
November 6, 1947
Very Little Serious Property
Damage Done Hallowe'en Eve
is Report of City Officials
Very little property damage was done on Hallowe'en, Chief of Police Duffy reported today. Several strings of street lights were shot out, traffic signs were over-painted and fences torn down, but in general, behavior of Ritzville's youths was quite commendable according to Duffy.
Barbara Heimbigner Gets
Chicago Trip for 4-H Achievement
Barbara Jean Hiembigner, 4-H Queen of the 1947 Adams County Fair, was recently selected to attend the National 4-H Club Congress at Chicago this year. Miss Hiembigner was chosen for the Chicago trip on the basis of her 4-H work in Adams County.
50 Years Ago
Ritzville-Journal Times
November 9, 1972
County Road Workers Mull
$60 a Mo. Offer
Adams County Commissioners offered road employees a salary increase of $60 a month across the board in negotiations held Monday afternoon. The road workers union, in a unanimous vote Friday night at Lind, had rejected the county's earlier offer of $45 a month. Commissioner Gordon Hays said the $60 increase would amount to about a 7 per cent advance in salary.
Washtucna Girl Appears on TV
Washtucna – Janet Denman, pre-school daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Denman, appeared on KHQ's Romper Room TV show last Saturday and yesterday. Janet will be on the program for two weeks, weekdays at 9 a.m. The program is directed to kindergarten age children. Attending the studio presentations last week were Mrs. Denman and Mrs. Elsie Wilder, Ritzville.
25 Years Ago
Ritzville-Journal Times
November 6, 1997
Burglary investigated
at new golf cart shed
The Ritzville Police Department is investigating a break in and burglary at the new golf cart shed on the Ritzville Golf Course. The theft occurred sometime between 2 p.m. on Oct. 31 and 12:15 p.m. Nov. 1 when a complainant reported the break in. Police found a side door pushed in. Several golf clubs were the only known items taken at press time. The value of the clubs has been set at $1,000.
Ritzville Fun Center
team winners
The Ritzville Fun Center's first all-around team play championship was won by the team of Andy Stegmeier, Travis Kubik, Ryan McCroskey, Tracy Paulson, Justin Bartley and Philip Newton. They played five different games of intense and skillful play at the fun center. The four-hour event was a fun time for the players and spectators alike, who cheered the teams on.
--The Journal
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