E-mail from Cheryl

Facts from the past gleaned from the Moses Lake Herald, Columbia Basin Herald and The Neppel Record by Cheryl (Driggs) Elkins:

From the Columbia Basin Herald on Feb. 14, 1952:

Wow, would have been a large bill to pay if Don Dunn had been required to pay income tax on Farm-in-a-Day. Read on.

No income tax on farm prize

The veteran who wins the “Farm-in-a-Day” to be built near Moses Lake as part of the Columbia Basin Water Festival next May won’t have to pay income tax on the $50,000 property.

Rep. Has Holmes reported the good news in a letter to the state Columbia Basin Commission, saying he had received the ruling from the Internal Revenue Bureau. It had been rumored that the recipient of the prize might have to pay as much as $20,000 in income taxes.

Valentine’s Day dance

A special Valentine’s Day dance will be held tonight in the Cascade Done and Dance. Jack Decker and his band will plan from 9 to 1, with Ila Lavone Decker as featured soloist. Official opening for the Cascade under its new management will be held next month, partner Ed Sheppard says.

Dennis note: Where was the Cascade Dine and Dance located? This business evolved into another business and then another business. What were the names of these businesses?

Driggs to head soil directors

Percy Driggs was re-elected chairman of the board of supervisors of the Moses Lake Soil Conservation district when the board reorganized Feb. 5 after the election of three supervisors. Karl Goodrich was e-elected secretary-treasurer.

Taking their seats on the board were Robert Goodwin, Verlyn Cole and Clark Larson, joining Driggs and George Knapp, the two holdovers. Driggs and Goodrich have held their offices since the district was set up in 1946.

Herald begins editorial page in next issue

The Herald will have an editorial page, beginning next week. One full page will be devoted entirely to editorials and feature material.

In addition to straight editorials on local and national issues, Uncle Moses will have a spot on the page for his pithy comments every week. So will Aunt Emma with her “Advice to the Lovelorn.”

There will be an editorial cartoon supplied by the Associated Press, plus letters to the editor and reprints of what other editors say about the Columbia Basin.

The feature will occupy the back page of the paper every week. It will be the first time that any newspaper in the Columbia Basin has established a full editorial page.

Gloyd Loop bid to Oregon man

Tony Garcia, Medford, Ore., contractor, has been awarded a contract for building 7.7 miles of the Gloyd Loop Road in Irrigation Block 40, it was announced last week by the state highway department after nine bids were opened. Garcia’s bid was $92,895.44, will under the engineer’s estimate of $130,000.

Carl Honer of Spokane submitted a bid of $84,894.66, but neglected to quote a figure on one of the 19 items in the bid form and his offer was disqualified. High bid of 183,430.53 was turned in by J.A. Terteling & Sons of Boise.

Blood drawing by Red Cross here Monday

The opportunity to donate blood for men overseas and civilian hospital use will be open in Moses Lake next Monday, Feb. 18. A bloodmobile from Yakima Red Cross Processing Center will set up shop in the housing project from noon until 4 p.m.

Mrs. S.E. Larson, whose phone is 145-R, is recruitment chairman. She and her volunteers plan to ring every telephone in town this weekend as a reminder, and to offer an easy chance to register.

During the three years since the bloodmobile started coming to Moses Lake, every quotas asked has been met, Mrs. Denise Womack, county Red Cross secretary, said this week. She hopes the record will be maintained.

Warden church is remodeled

Remodeling of the Baptist Church building in Warden is nearly finished and services already are being held there by the Evangelical Methodist Church, according to the Rev. Harold Terpening, pastor.

The ceiling was lowered four feet, plasterboard was installed, ceiling tile was put in and a new chimney was added. The building will get a new roof and an exterior paint job as soon as the weather permits, the pastor said. All work was donated by members of the congregation an interested friends in the community.