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Freddie Stevens of Ritzville is shown with Santa Claus when, in cooperation with the Jaycees, Santa gives sacks of Christmas treats to about 500 area children. The Saturday before Christmas visit by Santa Claus is a tradition of the Ritzville Jaycees dating back more than 30 years. - Journal photo (December 26, 1974)
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The Ritzville
Journal-Times
Dec. 25, 1924
FIVE DEAD IN STAGE SMASH
CHEHALIS, WASH. - Five persons were killed and two probably fatally injured when a big tree, uprooted by a high wind, fell from a bluff across a Chehalis-Morton stage.
The dead are: Dan Shuler, farmer; Shuler's 7-year-old son; Buck Belcher, farmer; W. S. Kaiser, garage man; and S. N. Chapman, 60, school teacher.
Chapman is a resident of Harmony and the others are from the Klickitat Prairie district, on the route traveled by the stage. The accident happened 21 miles east of Chehalis as the stage was bound for this...
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