100 years ago

Col. Tom Elliott metformin hcl 850 mg of Brewster leaves this afternoon with two carloads of horses for Rochester, N.Y. The horses were raised on the Elliott place at the mouth of the Okanogan.

Dr. and Mrs. S.C. Beede of Davis City, Neb., are in Wenatchee today, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Woods. They have been on a trip to the Waterville country where Beede owns several large tracts of wheat land.

Great Northern officials have declared that Mansfield is the biggest wheat shipping point in Washington on the GN system.

Ben Spear, editor of the Douglas County Press, is in Wenatchee today.

50 years ago

East Wenatchee’s town council this week agreed to contract with the North Central Regional Library District for services. This action means the existing library will continue operating. Under a one-year agreement, the town will provide the quarters for the library and the Douglas County Library Association, an advisory group which first established library services in East Wenatchee and now serves as a booster organization, will pay for heat, lights and janitor service.

Mrs. Fred Larsen of Orondo will be one of the featured flower arrangers on the program at the convention of the Washington State Federation of Garden Clubs being held next week in Bellingham.

Native Daughters of Washington Territorial Pioneers were entertained Friday at a luncheon hosted by Anna Dahlke and Mary Nelson of Waterville.

25 years ago

The consolidation of Krupp Union Grain Co-op and Central Washington Grain Growers, Inc., was completed this week after members of both organizations voted overwhelmingly for the merger. The merger — which follows a lease agreement signed by the two cooperatives last August — will increase Central Washington’s grain volume and enhance its unit-train marketing system, according to Philip C. “Scotty” Watson, general manager of CWGG. For residents of Krupp, the merger guarantees cheaper unit-train rates that the community couldn’t obtain for itself because of its small size.

After 26 years in public life, William E. Bechtol, who lives near Coulee City in upper Douglas County, has decided to retire. Bechtol, now a Douglas County PUD commissioner, said he will not run for re-election to the post next fall. He will serve through the end of the year until his term expires. Bechtol was a Douglas County commissioner for 20 years before running for election to the PUD.

Lois Brincefield was appointed to the Rock Island Town Council.

10 years ago

Students from Douglas County were among recent graduates from the University of Washington. They are Jody Gebbers of Brewster; Natalie Akers, Joel Calhoun, Christopher Duvali, Mathew Jeffery, Martin Johansson, Puuokaala Knell, Anthony Leavitt and Daniel Miller, all of East Wenatchee; and Jessica Trantham of Waterville.

Delia Hernandez of Bridgeport was recently initiated into Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society at Washington State University.
Dole Northwest will close the doors of its East Wenatchee and Chelan Falls fruit packing operations as soon as last year’s crop is packed, company spokesmen announced this morning. The company is shutting down its Northwest tree fruit operations in an attempt to boost profits for shareholders.