Out of the Past September 16 2026

100 Years Ago—

School work in the Colville schools commenced on Tuesday with the enrollment more than ever before. The new school building and the improved transportation facilities provided by the local school district have aided materially in increasing the enrollment, according to Superintendent G.L. Putman. The grammar school enrollment reached 355 this week, and there were more than 400 in the junior and senior high schools. Putman stated that he expected many more to enroll in the senior high school within the next two weeks.          

PALMER SIDING – School began here last week with Mrs. H. Noble as teacher again. The enrollment is not as large as it was last year, as most of the seventh-grade pupils go to Colville in the school van.

A new drinking fountain has been installed on the street in front of the Davenport barber shop. 

75 Years Ago—

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Porter re-opened the North End Grocery at the north city limits Monday. They purchased the grocery store from the estate of Clarence Jarvis.

Stevens County had its first week without a forest fire since April 11, state forestry records showed this week.

Warren B. Scott, former editor of the Statesman-Index, is returning to Colville on Oct. 1 to become the city editor of the Statesman-Examiner, according to Chas. Graham and R.L. Price, publishers.

Nearly 175 teachers and businesswomen met in the city hall Tuesday night for the chamber of commerce’s annual business-education day. It was the largest attendance in the history of the annual event.

50 Years Ago—

An organizational meeting was held Thursday in Colville to form the Mount Carmel Hospital Foundation. The foundation is being formed to collect money for the upgrading of Mount Carmel Hospital in Colville.

A check of the gate admission at the Northeast Washington Fair, held in Colville Sept. 9-12, totaled 17,120 through the gates on the four days of the fair. This exceeds last year’s total by approximately 2,000.

Colville Lady Jaycees are spearheading a drive for Aster School playground equipment. The goal is to collect 50,625 Post Cereal box tops before March 31, 1977.

Dee McMillan recently captured the Colville Elks Ladies Club Golf Championship as she defeated runner-up Maxine Brauner, one-up in the 18-hole final. McMillan, the defending club champion, fired a 79 in edging out Brauner.

25 Years Ago—

Hunters hoping to get their hunting licenses the day before the season starts may be in for trouble this year, according to Ray Clark of Clark’s All Sports. Due to a new computerized system installed last spring by the state of Washington, hunting licenses are now processed by an on-line computer instead of the traditional handwritten licenses.

The photos appearing on the front page of last week’s Statesman-Examiner of the American flag with the “C” and cross on Colville Mountain in the background, has been made into a card and is being distributed throughout Colville. The photographer, Jeff Tetrick of Colville, is donating the cards for those wishing to purchase them through donations. All proceeds will be given to the Red Cross.

10 Years Ago—

The city plan to set up two trail systems along the upper and lower portions of Colville Mountain is becoming a reality, thanks to volunteer efforts. After the Parks and Recreation Department got approval from Colville City Council to begin work on the trails, recreation coordinator Jake Wilson began setting the plans.

Harry Dotts recorded his first-ever hole-in-one Friday morning at Dominion Meadows (DM) Golf Course. Dotts, who was playing with Brian Fineley and Glen Jensen, got his ace on the par 3 130-yard 16^th hole at DM. He used a nine iron.