CBW 50th Reunion

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

1972 Historical Record

1972 Historical record

The following entries were taken from records kept by Ward Clerks.

1 January: New Year’s Breakfast was held in the ward after celebrating the new year with the Elders Quorum preparing the breakfast.

6 January: The Junior basketball team lost a game with the Pasco Ward, in our gym.

14 January: The Ward Reunion was held in the cultural hall with many old friends and former ward members attending. A very good program was presented under the direction of the Seventies Quorum. The dinner was prepared by the Relief Society and served by girls of the Basin City Ward.

19 January: The Bi-Stake music festival was held in Richland Stake.

10 February: The Stake basketball tournament was held in the Stake Center at Pasco,
with Columbia Basin Ward teams, both junior and senior, coming in second.

19 February: The ward Gold and Green Ball was held in our ward cultural hall with live music being played. The whole ward supported this function and it was one of the best we have had in a long time.

21 February: The Ward sponsored a trip to Squillchuck State Park for a day of tubing and general fun in the snow. The day was full of minor accidents but no one was seriously hurt, and the ones in attendance had a ball.

22 February: The daddy-daughter date was held in the ward, and it was a good date with all in attendance having fun.

25 and 26 February: The regional basketball tournament was held in Richland Stake with Richland 2nd Ward winning the Tournament.

3 March: There was a seminary dance held in our ward cultural hall.

10 March: The Elders Quorum had a dinner and program in the cultural hall, with shrimp being the main course. The High Priests were also in attendance.

31 March: The Stake Gold and Green Ball was held in the Stake Center with Steve Laughery and his Orchestra playing for the dance.

1 April: The Stake wrestling tournament was held in the Stake Center, with the Columbia Basin Ward Juniors coming in first and third in two divisions.

14 April: There was a wedding reception held for Susan Perkes and Kim Pauley.

15 April: There was a stake play in the Stake Center with many of our ward members cast in the play.

2 May: There was a softball game between the Junior and Senior teams as a warm-up for the coming softball season, with the senior team winning.

6 May: The Primary Mother and Daughter outing was held in the ward.

11 May: The Junior softball team beat the Basin City Ward by a score of 27 to 3.

18 May: The Junior softball team beat the Pasco Ward by a score of 50 to 0.

25 May: The Seminary graduation was held in the Stake Center with 15 members of our ward graduating.

26 May: The Young Marrieds of our ward held a party at the home of Keith Callaway with about 45 in attendance, with a real good time being had by all in attendance. There was dancing, games, and plenty of food for all.

May: During the month of May, all ward members participated in one way or another in getting the church farm in order and getting the corn planted. The corn is now up and looking good.

1 June: The Junior and Senior softball teams had a game with the Pasco Ward, with both games being forfeited.

2 June: The Junior and Senior softball teams had a game with the Pasco 2nd Ward teams with the teams of Columbia Basin losing both games by a narrow margin.

6 June: The Order of the Arrow was held in the Ward Chapel for the scouts of the ward.

23 and 24 June: There was a Fathers and Sons outing at Lehman Hot Springs in Oregon.

29 & 30 June: There was a Mothers and Daughters outing at Lehman Hot Springs in Oregon.

17 through 22 July: The girls went to the Church girls camp and had a good time.

21 July: There was a wedding reception for Lynn and Cindy Bleazard.

22 July: The ward held their 24th of July celebration at the Robert Perkes’ Ranch. There was a rodeo and lots of good food. There was a good turnout and everyone seemed to have a good time.

3, 4, 5 August: BYU Education Week was held in Richland.

7 August: The Deacons and their fathers had a party.

18 & 19 August: The Scouts had an outing to O’Sullivan Dam.

14 September: The Relief Society opening social was held with a fashion show from Robinsons of Richland. Several of the women in the ward modeled the clothes.

23 September: There was a stake building fund dinner. The Bishopric furnished the meal with the members paying $25 a plate. It was a very nice meal. There was a good turnout. Everyone was thrilled because it was such as success.

30 September: A Stake Beehive Standard Night was held.

21 October: The Young Marrieds met at Wayne Woodward’s home and from there went to Basin City to hear an explanation on the referendums for the 1972 election. Those that went felt they learned a lot to help them know how to vote.

28 October: The Laurel Standard Night was held at the Stake House. The girls heard some very good talks and had a real nice time.

28 October: There was a meeting for the Explorers and Adventurers with their fathers.

30 October: The members of the Ward supported the Bishopric’s desire to get the Ward corn harvested. 70 acres was harvested in one day.

31 October: There was an MIA Halloween Costume Party for all those MIA age and over. Everyone there had a spooky time.

10 November: There was a Stake Young Marrieds fireside with the theme “Temple Marriage.” It was a very spiritual meeting and everyone there felt blessed to be able to attend.

11 November: There was a Bi-Stake Dance held for the youth of the Stake.

29 and 30 November: The Stake MIA Family Theater presented “House Talk” at the Pasco Stake House. Everyone that attended thought it was presented very well.

2 December: There was a wedding reception for Susan and Danny Merrill.

7 December: The girls team tied in the Regional Volleyball tournament.

14 December: The youth of the ward held a dinner and dance to earn money so they could have a speaker come from the coast to talk on archeological findings to go along with the Book of Mormon. It was a real success. They made enough money.

Some callings during 1972:

Steven Cowgill, M-Men Representative to Stake

Jose Palomarez, Aaronic Priesthood teacher

Karl Eppich and Bart Mackay, counselors in Teacher’s Quorum
Timothy Davis, Secretary in Teachers Quorum

Kent Mackay, Junior Assistant Scoutmaster

David Davis, Assistant to Superintendent of YMMIA

Warren Mann, released as Farm Manager
William H. Robison, sustained as Farm Manager
Vern Records, Assistant Farm Manager

Scout Committee: Ross Warren, George Withers, George Herron, William H. Robison, Bonnie Robison, Paul Naef, Homer Gessel, Geraldine Merrill, James Hinsley

Patsy Cook, Assistant to YWMIA
Audrey Davis, Sunday School Teacher

Michael Merrill, Deacons Quorum President
Keith Baker, First Counselor Deacons Quorum
Paul Allen Herron, Second Counselor Deacons Quorum
Greg Powell Mackay, Secretary Deacons Quorum

Timothy Davis, Second Counselor Teachers Quorum

Ernest Baker, Max Bitton, Dennis Barrow were released from Elders Quorum Presidency.

Keith Callaway, Brian Johnson & George Herron were sustained as Elders Quorum presidency.

Colleen Ferguson, Sunday School teacher

Mark Roylance, Ward Clerk

Audrey Davis, Education Counselor, Relief Society

Bernice Ririe, released as Junior Sunday School Coordinator
Louise Merrill, sustained as Junior Sunday School Coordinator

Karlene Hope, MIA Chorister
Myra Gessel, Assistant Librarian

Brenda Perkes, Sunday School teacher
Dorothy Jenkins, Relief Society teacher
Lauanna Callaway, Sunday School chorister
Helen Warren, Primary Secretary
Gloria Woodward, Primary teacher
Bruce Anderson, MIA Teacher
Juanita Anderson, Primary teacher
Gayle Mackay, Relief Society teacher
Judy Barrow, Primary teacher

Marlow Mecham, Winfred Merrill and Reese Hope released as Sunday School presidency.

Robert Perkes, Terry Fox and Danny Merrill sustained as Sunday School presidency.

Monday, July 6, 2009

Photographs of Franklin County Properties

Instructions on how to use the Franklin County Assessor web site to view aerial photographs of properties.

Go to www.co.franklin.wa.us/assessor
Click Property Search
Click Property Records Search
Click I Agree

under Situs Search, type in % and road name, using rd for road
(example: %ELTOPIA WEST RD)
All the properties on Eltopia West Road will come up.

To see the church property, scroll down to 7750 Eltopia West Road. Go to the far right and click on Map.

Click I Agree.
Click Layers
Click Aerials
Click on box by Franklin
Click Refresh

(An 2007 aerial photograph of the church will come up on the screen.) You can then use the arrows to move to another spot or do a different search.

To see a picture of the front of the church, do the following:

www.co.franklin.wa.us/assessor
click Property Search
click Property Records Search
click I Agree
under Parcel Search, type in parcel number 123-030-077
Click Assessor Information
Go to bottom of screen.
Click Photos/Sketches

The Assessor’s office is glad to answer your questions. Their number is 509-545-3506.

Memories from Shiela (Johnson) McCary

In this fast-paced world we live in now, it’s fun to stop for a few minutes and remember a time long ago when life seemed so simple, peaceful and a whole lot slower. I remember being excited to have a few hours off in the day to ride our bikes to play with neighbor friends, swim in the ditch, and how we learned to swim in the canal.

I remember winter seemed to be so much colder and our bus ride to school wasn’t very warm and in those days we wore dresses to school but got to put pants under our dress if it was super cold.

One of my first memories was holding church at the Rigbys’ (Bishop Rigby’s house), then holding church at the Junior High in Eltopia. A fun adventure was going by ferry boat to Richland which was our stake.

I was baptized in Richland and remember my interview with Bishop Bleazard. He was always very kind.

We later held church in a barracks building while we were building the church house. At that time they had work missionaries come out to help. Of course, all the teenage girls thought that was pretty neat.

MIA was always so much fun. After we had class we usually always got to take the chairs that were set up for church down and we got to dance.

We also had great Saturday night dances (usually a lot of nonmembers came also). I remember Ferris Naef and Randy Ririe as being great dancers. Sundays were fun to have Sunday School and Priesthood Meeting in the morning with Sacrament Meeting at night so it was a time when you could invite your friend over for the afternoon and go back to church at night. I remember Sundays with Vicky Herron, LaDawn Naef, Sheri Adamson, Darla Robison.

One Sunday School teacher I remember was Melvin Cook. He had just got home from his mission. I also remember when he brought Patsy and introduced her to us. They impressed me as a couple. He was a great teacher.

We had a great softball team and thought it was really exciting to go to Walla Walla or Tri-Cities to play and going to A&W afterwards for a hamburger, fries and root beer, all for 50 cents. Some players were Sharon & Diane Gibbons, Deanna and Louanna Hope, LaDawn Naef, Vicky Herron, Judy Bitton, Brenda and I, and others.

As teenagers I’m sure we all got tired of working on our own farms and loved to go work on the church farm. We knew all our friends would be there. Working was one thing we all learned to do and I’m sure we all look at it as a blessing now we’re older.

I remember Testimony meetings and how most all the youth got up to bear their testimonies.

My parents Vaughn and Bardella Johnson were on a Stake Mission and taught Robert the lessons when we were dating and he was baptized. We have three sons and one daughter with 13 grandchildren. We’re at the age where you realize how fast time really goes!

I’m thankful for the chance to have grown up in Columbia Basin Ward with all the fun memories and to be a part of the pioneering as a teenager. I am most thankful for parents who were strong in the Gospel and set such a great example for me, my children and grandchildren.

Sheila McCary (Johnson)