Looking Back

100 years ago

The Davenport Football team had to forfeit its game with Vera High School due to most of the backfield players being out with injuries.

Following the resignation of Chief Deputy Sheriff Cecil Fisher, Sheriff Gilpatric named Ed Spinning to fill the position. Mr. Fisher resigned to focus on his campaign for county Assessor.

The building and contents of the Mills-Keller Motor company is a total loss after it was destroyed by fire. The building was owned by J. H. Luiten and leased to the motor company.

Sunny Jim Peanut butter $0.27/lb. Kellogg’s Corn Flakes 3 packages for $0.31

75 years ago

Mr. and Mrs. Loeffelbein of Odessa, just returned from a trip to Medicine Hat Alberta and they reported that halfway through the wheat harvest there the rains came one day and the next, 2 inches of snow.

Alan Denson, deputy sheriff for the past two and a half years, has resigned his position to go to work for Robert Gunning at his Chinchilla farm.

Reardan scouts Dan Plaster, Ronald Walther, Paul Lillengreen, Eddie Brommer, Mike and Pete Bisson, Clifford Carstens, Paul Johnson, Don Kelson and Roger Hein recently attended a camping trip to Newman Lake.

Sweet Peas $0.10/can

25 lb. bag of No. 1 Potatoes $0.89.

50 years ago

20 Year-old Craig Lobe was killed recently near Moses Lake when the irrigation pipe he was moving came into contact with a power line.

Davenport Vo-ag teacher Don Wamstad tendered his resignation after reading in the newspaper that his position had been cut from 40 hours to 20 hours by the school board.

Enid and Thell Borck of Davenport were the winners of this year’s 8th annual Kuper Kraut Kapers golf tournament at Harrington. 54 couples from all over competed in the tournament.

Best Foods Mayonnaise $1.08/16 oz. Campbell’s Tomato soup 6 cans for $1.00.

25 years ago

The lights at Davenport’s Hering Field are “a tragedy waiting to happen,” according to Superintendent Gary Greene. Replacing the lights will cost the district $35,000.

Reardan Indians football team suffered what is being dubbed the KXLY curse last week when they hosted the Ritzville Broncos. It seems that all the teams visited by the local television studio’s Friday night sports program have lost the game the show attended.

10 years ago

The 46th annual Deutschesfest was well attended and enjoyed by many despite the rain during the parade and the hour-long power outage.

Davenport’s bowling alley is the proposed site of a retail cannabis store. Mayor Brad Sweet noted that this would generate tax revenue that the city hasn’t been eligible for until now.