Museum getting ready to close for the winter

TIME FLYING--Can you believe it? We're half way through October already and by next week, we'll be thinking very seriously about Thanksgiving dinner and drooling over that turkey dinner celebration. Of course, once we do that, then "wham" it's all things Christmas. It just doesn't seem possible! For now, we'll enjoy the Fall and all that it includes, like football!

SPECIAL DAYS--Those celebrating birthdays from Oct. 16-22 are Heidi Heywood, Michelle Collupy, Brianne Helms, Justin Garrison, Dixie Anderson, Randy Kuhn, Keith McNally, Mike Phelan, Davey Hoven, Kathy McClain, Emily Elliott, Louis Stornetta, Gary Backman, Mary Heagy, Madeline Rather, Aron Kuller, Hunter Baldwin, Jennifer Kyle and Debbie Chamberlain. Happy Anniversary wishes go out to Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Reid, Erik and Kim Anderson, Mr and Mrs. Brian Elliott, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Boldt and Matt and Lori Kyle. Here's to making many happy memories as you celebrate all of your special days!

MULES--We've got a home game coming up this Friday night against Winlock, so here's hoping for a good outcome as our Mules continue to fight through the season. The Lady Mules will be at home for their volleyball meet against Mossyrock tonight. Fight on ladies! On Tuesday, Oct. 21, they will be at PeEll and both the JV and the Varsity teams will play. The Cross Country team has a few days off so their next meet will be next Thursday, Oct. 23 with a league meet in Mossyrock.

TWO WEEKENDS--There are only two more weekends left for the WCHS Museum in Cathlamet to be open, and they will not be open again until the first Saturday in May, which will make that May 2, so they hope you stop by in the next couple of weeks. If you haven't been in for awhile, you'll enjoy viewing the new Veterans Section. If you have a member of your family who served prior to 1965, they'd be interested in adding your military memorabilia or hearing your stories about military life.

Also, If you have a group that is interested in seeing the museum for some special occassion, or you have some out of town guests that would love to see it, there is a possibility that you could arrange that by contacting Kari Kandoll at 360-849-4353 and hopefully that could be worked out. Sometimes family members want to see about their ancestors and such and maybe even do a little research during the quieter, winter hours, and by contacting Kari ahead of time, that could be made possible.

The museum doesn't get any county or city dollars and really relies on memberships and fund raising to keep the doors open and to keep heat in the building, which is extremely important, so if you'd like to join, or buy a brick to commemorate a loved one or just get your own family immortalized as a supporter of the museum, then by all means, please contact them. Donations are always welcome of course, and you can send them to WCHS, PO Box 541, Cathlamet, 98612. This is a great way to honor a loved one who has passed on as well, as flowers wilt away, but your donation can keep the doors open for generations to come.

HH/CARNIVAL REMINDER--Don't forget, in just a couple of weeks, the Wahkiakum Fairgrounds will be bursting with fun, as the Haunted House will be in full swing and the carnival the night before Halloween will be a great place to come and take part in contests, cake walks and games. The games like bean bag toss, are only a buck, so it's not spendy either. Don't forget to carve a great pumpkin at home and take part in the best pumpkin contest, and of course, there will be best costume contests for different age groups. Also, the Haunted House admission is only a buck if you bring some canned food, or three bucks without any, so that's a good deal too. We hope to see you down here!

ADVERTISING--If you've got an event coming up, it really helps to contact your local columnist and have them put it in their columns, and to also put an ad in The Eagle. If you're making signs for an event, make them "big and bold" so they will be easily read from several steps away, or if they're along the roadway, they need to be even bolder, so people driving by it can read it. Often times we see signs that are written with one thin line and there's just no way to be able to read it even if one is only going 25 or 30 miles an hour, so the signs are basically useless. Some get too fancy or too wordy. Make your signs bold and brief, and not too fancy, as those are hard to read. The idea is to get folks to your event and then you can have signs there with all that you have going on. Remember, The Eagle comes out on Thursdays, with many people not getting them or reading them for a day or two, so get your ad in there a full two weeks in advance for best results.

OUT OF THE PAST--This week back in 1944, it was nice albeit foggy, until the last day when it rained. Grandma Elsie was spending the last couple of days in Seattle and traveled out to Kirkland with her sister Jean and her husband, Frank and a couple other relatives. Later on, they went to see a play, "Women of the Jury" which she liked. It was a long ride home on the bus and Grandma had gotten a cold, so it seemed even longer. It was actually quite hot when she got to Kelso. Later in the week, after going to the doctor, Grandma felt good enough to go to the show "Around the World with Kay Kayser," a short clip of Mexican music with it and it was very good too. Bonnie and Virgil Johns had a baby boy that week and John West stopped by with a desk that the Everests had purchased.

In 1949, it was a "lovely" week except that it had gotten quite nippy and on Oct. 19, folks in the area woke up to thick white frost on everything. A huge article appeared about the last days of the Imperial operated by the Foster brothers and pictured Mrs. John Harlow from the Brookfield post office, handing Ernie the last sack of mail coming from there. Another picture featured Jerry Prindiville in Cathlamet getting the last mail from Ernie and Harry. Harry recounted a story of how he did all the shopping for everybody, and when one lady wanted a girdle from Astoria, well, he got it, but he misjudged her size, so he had to take it back. Unfortunately for Harry, he'd had to take it along as he'd done his other shopping and it wound up slipping from its packaging right in the middle of a nice restaurant where everyone could see it. Needless to say, that was one of his more embarassing shopping experiences!

In 1964, the week started with rain and hail but then it turned sunny, all in the same day. The rest of the week was nice but very cold. Lori Ann Pedersen spent the week with her grandparents, Krist and Carol Pedersen, as her parents, Frank and Carolyn Pedersen were out hunting. Mrs. Gene (Karen) Healy and daughters of Auburn, came to visit her parents, the William Andersons of Skamokawa that week. It seems Gene was working in the area with the telephone company as they were installing the direct dialing system in Longview. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Faubion and Tom, Joe and Bill of Olympia spent the weekend at the home of his mother, Mrs. H.H. Faubion. Mrs. Frank Schuster hosted the Dorcas Society of the Congregational Church that week. A check was enclosed in Grandma's diary. It was written on the Wahkiakum County Bank account of the Everest's to Bertha Ackerman and cashed, even though the check had not been signed! Former President Herbert Hoover died that week at the age of 90. All this according to Grandma Elsie Everest's diaries.