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Large Crowd SalutesPioneers at LuneheonBy CAROL LUNDment of Walla Walla as “the meDcenhasingOne of the outstanding high-1 tropolis of the state” because of iUcl■ A. M .Alights of Centennial Week drew nearly 200 persons to the Marcus Whitman Hotel for “Pioneerits location and Army protection,;halland touched on such aspects of life here as the state of the roads, Day” Tuesday, when the Cham- wooden sidewalks, bed bugs, vol-ber of Commerce members forum unteer fire departments and was turned over to history. hitching racks. (asiTables were decorated with an- “This ends a brief discourse on tiques and mountain flowers, and the good old times we do not wantCwillAllen Reynolds, presiding as president of Marcus Whitman Foundation, Inc., was resplendent intyeveHotnesnto go back to,” said the historian.Dr. John Hussey, of San Francisco, regional historian for the a swallowtail coat, with the rest National Park Service, was fea- j 1of his clothing to match. Some of ;tured speaker. His specialty is ^the other committee members Pacific Northwest history, and in jp were also garbed in historical- his talk he described some little-styles — notably Margaret Cole- known but significant pioneers I _ man, who had charge of decora- who by their actions and atti-1 tions, and W. D. Church, who was tudes, the speaker said, have left 1 a featured speaker. traditions to which the presentp^ others Saluted day can look. ’ v .Also costumed, and honored,! He spoke of the “courage, good were Miss Margaret Pettyjohn,!judgment and endurance” of the |De( president of the Walla Walla Lewis Clark expedition, of the County Pioneer and Historical So- Whitmans, the soldiers who cietv. and Miss Anna Gose vire foueht the Nez Perce Indians.roa1president of the Daughters of Pioneers of Washington. The dress“We need the reassurance andstrength that comes from seeingworn by Miss Pettyjohn was that how our ancestors overcame sit-of Lvdia Sheets Johnson, daugh-1 nations which were as difficult to ter of John Sheets. Walla Walla them as are any of ours, to us. ’MeCounty commissioner from I860 to 1865. The dress was worn by her as the wife of Parrish B.poifrcTeWilorCandles LightedAmong other luncheon events jl°r was the lighting of the candles on StiJohnson, /me of the founders of,the birthday cake by Miss Pet-the Walla Walla Union. 1 tyjohn and 'Miss Gose, and thedaScdressedby Mayor Waynef)man, who was born here in 1883, Hereford, County Commission skimmed over the history of the j Chairman Preston Hanson and valley from the time of Marcus Dr. Chester C. Maxey, represen-Whitman through years he him- tatives of the three centenar*self—and others at the luncheon jians.”Pistlt;Gs—canA showing of pioneer styles, all fr1900tooreTiscsaid, “but Dr. N. G. Blalock I Mrs. Albert Kibler and directed proved otherwise by raising a 30-'by Mrs. Richard Klicker, the *n ’ bushel crop 10 miles south of town show was presented by women of B , . The first platted survey of the Mill Creek Farm Bureau, and Inthis town was made by W. W. by some of their children. itJohnson in 1861. It showed a wide| Louis Clayson of Southern Ore-spread of Mill Creek at the Nez gon College, formerly of Walla Perce trail crossing —now Main Walla, sang, accompanied bygm* ,1 » Miss Pat Feeney; Dr. F. W. w“Flour mills sprang up to con-: Werts of Pioneer Methodistjdvert wheat in a more concen-, Church—which is also celcbsating, trated product. A heavy tonnage its 100th anniversary this year— of sacked wheat was hauled to gave the invocation; President Wallula for steamboat shipment Hilmer Johnson of the Chamber to Portland to be loaded into sail-1 outlined other Centennial week ing vessels for delivery to Eu- events, and Reynolds concludedthe meeting by reading a Cen-Was Metropolis tennial poem composed by H. R.Church’s remarks covered the Holm.establishment of Dr. Dorsey Syngl The buffet luncheonVcaropeBaker’s railroad, the develop-'pioneer menu.\
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Walla Walla Union Bulletin
Walla Walla, Washington, US
Wed, May 13, 1959
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