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Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
Homecoming Royalty - The 1974 Ritzville High School homecoming royalty was announced last Friday afternoon during a pep assembly and this photo was taken minutes later. From left are freshman princess Susan Kison, sophomore princess Susan Gering, junior princess Theresa Holman and homecoming queen, a senior, Donna Doss. The girls will receive their official crowning ceremony this Friday afternoon during an alumni program and pep assembly and reign over Friday evening's Ritzville Bronco - Davenport Gorilla football game and then appear at the homecoming dance. Royalty is chosen by the football team members.
100 years ago
The Ritzville
Journal-Times
Oct. 30, 1924
FIGHT OFFICERS
IN BOOZE RAID
A raid by county officers on the Adam Heimbigner farm house near Packard early last Sunday morning resulted in a wild fight between the Heimbigners and their guests at a party, and the officers. O.S. Buehler, Melven Oestreich, H.W. Reimer and Adam Fredericks on information that liquor was being dispensed at a party at Heimbigners, left here about midnight for the place.
The raid caused great pandemonium among the guests, there was shouting and cursing and many bolted outside and got away.
75 years ago
The Ritzville
Journal-Times
Nov. 3, 1949
VANDALS RAISE
HALLOWEEN HAVOC
Halloween vandalism in Ritzville reached its highest peak in the past eight or 10 years last weekend, Sheriff Frank Lucas declared Tuesday after a dozen or more instances of malicious damage.
Two broken windows, paint on the school building, vandalism in the old Central school, and barricades thrown across Division Street were only a few of the results of wild nocturnal activity.
Dozens of garbage cans were trundled about the city and overturned.
50 years ago
The Ritzville
Adams County Journal
Oct. 31, 1974
OCTOBER SECOND
DRYEST ON RECORD
According to Ritzville Weather Station records, this is the dryest October in 45 years.
This October's total precipitation of .01 inches tied that of October, 1929. The dryest recording came a year after the records began, 1917, when no precipitation was recorded for October.
Highest precipitation on record for October was in 1947 with 3.94 inches, In 1973, .81 inches was recorded; 1972, ,12; 1971, .72; and in 1970, 1.47.
September of this year, with .03 inches of rainfall, sets no record.
25 years ago
The Ritzville
Adams County Journal
Oct. 28 1999
BURNT POWER POLE
SHUTS DOWN SERVICE
LIND - Avista Corp. customers in Lind and Washtucna found themselves literally in the dark Monday night as electrical service was interrupted for approximately 14 1/2 hours.
Avista spokesman Steve Becker, in Spokane, said a power pole in Lind carrying a main trabsmission and distribution line caught fire and burned nearly in two.
Harold Wilkenson, Avista Corp., said a 75-foot pole caught fire.
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