Out of the Past: 04/28/2026

100 Years Ago—

A request has been that all people owning lots in the Colville cemeteries make a special effort to clean them up before Memorial Day. It will be impossible this year for the Post to attend to it, and we should like to have our memorial grounds look as beautiful as possible.

Colville’s April weather did not quite break the record, but almost. The average temperature for the month was 50 ½ degrees which, in the last 26 Aprils, has been equaled but once.

The Meyers Falls ball team went to Daisy Sunday where the game was lost, but all had a good time.

75 Years Ago—

William Schumaker, twice state rifle champion, has opened a gun and sports shop in Colville. Schumaker, who has operated a gun shop in Chewelah for the past three years, opened his business in Colville in the Commercial Electric building at 444 South Main.

Time and location for tuberculin skin tests to be given in Colville and Chewelah were announced this week by Mrs. Lester Cohrs, executive secretary of the county TB (Tuberculosis) League.

Retail grocers as well as wholesalers on May 14 are required to put into effect ceiling prices for a long list of standard grocery items, said the OPS (Office of Professional Standards) District Office in Spokane. 

50 Years Ago—

Washington Governor Daniel J. Evans and Alcoa President William Renner will be featured speakers at the dedication ceremonies today beginning at 11 a.m. at Northwest Alloys in Addy.  The ceremonies are expected to last approximately 45 minutes.

Colville dresses up for the coming Colville Valley Bicentennial Pageant. “Starting Monday, we ask employees, employers, all Colville people to dress either historical or western to advertise the coming pageant,” stated Patrick J. Graham, chairman of the event.

“Remember the Maine” means far more than a slogan or old song title to Marcus resident Alex Stuart, who is one of approximately 700 remaining Spanish-American War veterans in the United States.

25 Years Ago—

The fate of the shooting range beneath Colville’s city park pool is once again a hot topic. The findings from a second study on the amount of lead in the range were discussed at the April 24 city council meeting.

Recent speculation that Rendezvous is an endangered event is just rumor, reported Rendezvous Chairman Norma Yost. “We’re going on as scheduled,” she said. “There’s never been a question, really, as to whether we’re doing Rendezvous this year. We’re on schedule.”

10 Years Ago—

Stevens County’s seat Colville was named a 2015 Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation in honor of its commitment to effective urban forest management.

ONION CREEK – Discovery Education, the leading provider of digital content and professional development of K-12 classrooms and the Nutrients For Life Foundation, an educational nonprofit that teaches students and the public about the vital role soil nutrients play in growing the world, said Onion Creek School is one of the winners in the 2016 Let It Grow Contest.