Wallowa County 1940 News Events Chronology
A dense wrap of events from Wallowa County through January to December 1940. Notes on ice accidents, railroad work, loggers strikes and resolutions, post office receipts, marriages and anniversaries, county debt payments, school consolidations, road work, CCC moves, drought and flood glimpses, community milestones, elections, and local enterprise activity. Named places include Enterprise, Joseph, Lostine, Wallowa Lake, Wal lowa county, and organizations such as Rebekahs Odd Fellows, Lions Club, PTA, and various chambers. Numerous dates and local figures appear across weekly wrapups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Pallette
Maha
Calvin Larm
Wallowa
Union
Enterprise
Kyle McGrady
Snake River
Hig Launch
Florence
Enterprise Post Office
Rebekahs and
Odd Fellows
Mra
Eva Willigerodt
Jane Sardam
Lewis
Idaho
Jack B. Hagen
Enterprise Forest Office
R. P Bortcher
W Paulson
Etmkelp
CCC
Wallowa Lake
Moore Lumber Company
Dew
The
Valley Lumber
Lazy Trade Ranch
L. Kmsgill
Lostine
Wallowa County
Robin Bird
Ray Magee
Joseph
F A Moody
Jakimson
Main Street
Pleasant Pomona Grange
Hurricane Creek
Enterprise Savages
Enterprise Churches
Katie Murray
South River Street
San Diego Frat & Produce Company of
San Diego
Calif
Joe Becker
Forest Service
Elgin
Weston
Presbyterian
Walklow
WRA
Tollgate Road
Hiver Street
Paul Paps
Christian Church
Washington
Oregon
Lewiston Enterprise Highway
Sam Litech
River
Troy
Union Tn Enterprise
Boys of Joseph
Fred R. Asher
Dayton
D. B. Reavis
A. B. Miller
W D. Ballard
Enterprise Chamber of Commerce
H. M Bay
G W Franklin
W J Ortman
KR. E Stivers
J R
Mutch-Ratcliff
Berlands
Baker
Sfilver's
Flora Burns
Lewiston Enterprise Road
Miller
Richfield Oil Co
P &L
Warren Smith
University of Oregon
Wallowa Mountains
California
E Caton
South Wallowa
E B Knapp
Alvin
Joseph Market Road
George Rogers
Louie Olsen
Enterprise Shipyard
Walla Wallowa
Chamber of Commerce
Enterprise Chamber
Cloudburst
Corvallis
Wallows County
la Grande
William Workmat
Christine Mcullough
Effie Lyman
Clackamas
Harvey
Athena
Bull Roots Band of Gypsies
Roy Fisk
Gine
Forest
Enterprise School
Qoal Crath
Thelma Stringer
Ralph Barber
Omaha
Gayle
Junior College of New Mexico Military Institute
Byrd
Lila Ault
E Bingham
New Economy
CCC Company 282
Enterprise Odus
Baileshoys Union Grocery
View Electric Company
Ole Madsen
Roy Briggs
Sidney Casteel
Gill
Waltlowe County
United States
Cora White
Walliewa Lake
Cedric F. BleeSeman
Southroen
Ceorge Botta
Flore
Scholl
Yoo
Waconsin
Wallone
Taylor
Promine
Ittery
Walhowe
Frank Hedrick
Bellingham
Friends
William Aschenbrenner
Camp Creek
Boottes
Enterprise A
Ourram
Mre
Candice Miller
Irene Forsythe
Chris
Bert Zimmerly
Lewiston
H B Maxwell
Portland
Wisher
Smith Mountain
Presbyterian Church
Francesa L. Bouquet
Familly
Willow Springs
J A. Hopkins
Old Peoples Theater
Epworth League Institute
Georgia Company of
CCC Boys
Volt
Pyles Ranch
Zurcer & Sons
Carl Roe
Butte Creek
Joyce Craig
Roberta Boyd
South Fork
Swamp Creek
Pratt
James Powers
Bouquet
Moral Shintaffer
Yakima
Alvin McFetridge
Joseph Creek
Fleet Sisters
Parmella Weaver
Flora
Willis Wright
St Aiires
Charles Whitmore
Modesto
Cal
W 4H
Imnahea
Wright
Mee
Robert Reece
H. A Mutch
Dewey Miller
Harlam Weeks
Warren Homan
Tom Wolf Place
Wallowa County Creamery Association
Vincent Gallagher
Bowman-Hicks Lumber Company
Whiskey Creek
Winniford Family
Curtis Dahl
Eleanor Dahl
John Boettinger
Frat le Post Intelligencer
Franklin DD Roosevelt
Wallown County
United Staten Supreme Judge
Win O Douglas
Samuel I. Clark
Walete
Seuss
Bil Childers
Zollman
Heecher
Alder
VA Searles
McArtor
H A
Pine Creek
Thelma Victor
S D Cole
North Road
Summit Ridge
Billy Meadows
Winifred Roby
Mary Marquis
Bills Sons and Daughters of Pioneers
Bob) White
Tepee Springs
Pasco
Carter L. Smalley
van Buren
Enterprise Gardens
Josephh
Federal Farm Securities Administration
Court House
Dennis
Banday
Fred Lamberson
Glen Whitmore
Indianapolis
Indiana
Bruce B. Boyd
Fair
Rebekah County
U S
Thomas Johnson
Enterprise High School
M Rector
New Forest
J F Irwin
W G Beith
E. Donley
Kansas
Dorrance Ranch
Chesnimnus Creek
Colonial Construction Company
Spokane
Minam Hill
Eben
J F
Rwin
Wallowa National Forest
Banquet RD
McClanen
Gana Prairie
Eee
Stewart Hamberton
Reba Murrey
Donald Miller
First National Bank of Portland
AE Pavia
North Woods
Self
Raymond L. Harrin
Barton Wade
Oliver M Adama
Community Congregational Church
Jeon Elmer
Byron Daggett
W E. Daggett
Clair Humphreys
Wayne Keith Crowell
Frank 8. Wagoner
Cleon Elmer
Wallowa Valley
Hallowe'en
Harvey Rice
Lyle Witherrite
Bear
Eugene Palmette Ranch
Imnaha
Valley
Roosevelt
C. H. Zurcher
Frank Wright
Union County
Grants Pass
New Community Church of Enterprise
American Legion
Boy Scouts
FFA
Minam
New Community Congrégational Church
Glenn McGarry
S H Burleign
Guy W Hillman
Marine Corps
John D. Jones
EF. H Miller
H B Thornburg
G W Chandler
Floyd Fletcher
Ira Martin
Canyon City
W F Craig
al Noregrard
Oves
Rodgers
Ford
Noregaard
E . Mather
Clayton Hefflefinger
Tacoma
Jacobs
Boy Scout Court of Honor
R Stein
Methodist
Mazamas
N Ashby
Wallowa Canyon
Red Cross
Wallowa Livestock Marketing Association
Maz Walker
O L Pace
Crow Creek
Crow Creek Burns Dec 13. R WV Chrisman
Compleien Highway
Canyon Bridge
Masonic
Eastern Star Lodges
Ed Anderson
Jim Estes Ranch
S. D Keltner
Marriages of 1940 Link Wallowa and Nearby Residents
A series of 1940 marriage notices lists couples from Enterprise Wallowa Portland and nearby towns. Notable pairings include Nellie Woods with R E Heskett in Everett Washington and Geneva Warnock with Relph Strohm in Enterprise. Other weddings span Lewiston Boise Portland and Weiser with dates in late 1939 and early 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Woods
Evans
R E. Heskett
Freewater
Everett
Jane
Geneva Mitchell Warnock
Relph H Strohm
Enterprise
Pearl Graham
Lewiston
Ida
Henry Foster
Thelma van Houten
Portland
Wm. Kettle
Vancouver
Wash
Also Mentioned on This Page
Irvin Mabon
Pendleton
Creighton
Abner
HL Shafer
Don R Hout
Joseph Friddles
Fairview
Colfax Hospital
Zimmerly Bros
Baker Meeting
Federal Eagle
Forest Lands
Evans and
Armin
Roth Hayes
M H Fayne
A B Miller
Burllegh
B L McCormack
Roy McCormack
Boise
Nina Gibson
Oakland
R J Campbell
Kanaaas City
Hep Taylors
Pete Schaubsa
Eden
C E. Lewis
State Hatchery
Sandiin
McCubbin
Whitman
Allen Wilson
Cairyin
Sylvia Turn
Lillian Peterson
Vernitz Wood
Vadis Slack
E. W Sanday
Nez Perce
Bud Neiman
Bartlett May
New Hall
J W Henderson
Jay H Lagston
Stop Street
W P Robinson
Gerald Homan
Geraldine Murrey
Rowe
WPA
Belp
Milla Liberty
Flory
Foenta Yvather
Teoluben
Oud
Hebekah
Clifford ¢ Jacobs
Enterpriser
Stopes
Enterprise Hospital
Millers New
Kenneth Biggar
Robinson Drug
Cedric Bingham
Ted Juve
L Bales
Lady Lions
Carol Hammond
Bob Denney
Mutch-Ratcliff Motor
Wrecker Girl Scouta
Methodiat
Joseph Safeway
Byron Daggetts
Jease C Masterson
Harold
Robert
Gweneth Young
Nevada
McClay
Enterprise R
Chrisman
Enterprise Lions
Safeway
J. &. Magill
J. H Horner
Chas Flanary
Pomona Grange
S. L. Magill
Ukiah
Vacation Bible School
Fred W. Falconer
Leater Robison
Hvard
Bafild Jast Mokin North Highways
Jean Frances Cone
B R Sherff
Ella Applegate
W H. Bohnenkamp, Jr
Paulina Baselfest
Weittars
Brock Tucker
Beverly Huffman
Gerald B. Homan
Cottage Grove
Allene June Tucker
Roy William McCall
Alice Himelwright
M L A'pehureh
Ralph Quesenberry
Kathryn Griffith
Elko
Mabel Biggs
E . Biggs
James T Kerns
Clara Wood
Hans Finstad
Weliser
Edna Kennison
Trell Coleman
Charles Daggett
Ella Garrison
Kennewick
Winnifred Laird
J W Loftis
McMinnville
Weiser
LaVera Fae Swisher
Alvin Marshall Norton
Paradise