E-mail from Cheryl

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

From the Record in 1916:

News from Neppel:

"L. Warden made a business trip this week to North Yakima."

"John Lindstrom is working with the Moses Lake fishing outfit."

"Mrs. C.O. Kampe arrived in Neppel last Tuesday evening from Seattle."

"F.H. Nagel left Sunday afternoon for a short business trip to nearby cities."

"C.F. Byrd is working for Road Supervisor Gadd in the country to the north of Wheeler."

News from Moses Lake:

"Mr. Thorp came over from Ephrata on Monday with Roy Metz, returning in the afternoon."

"Mr. and Mrs. F.W. Inglis visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. R.P. Penhallurick at Neppel."

"Mr. and Mrs. John Ewald and son, Donald, motored to the Liberty district Sunday and visited with the A.W. Hartsock family."

"Ferris Daniels came home this week from Bright, where he and his brother spent the winter farming their ranch in that locality."

"Many traveling men are taking advantage of the splendid roads and use automobiles to call on the trade, four of them stopped here Tuesday."

Washington items:

"The total registration of voters of the County of Stevens, as reported by the registration clerks, is 8,027."

"Clarkston people want the county seat moved from Asotin to Clarkston and have subscribed the cash for the courthouse."

"Refrigerators, both east and west bound, have the preference over all classes of cars on the Great Northern Railway."

"The dry spell was broken at Walla Walla, Friday, the drought of 47 days being the longest in the history of the valley."

From Marsha Wade:

"Dennis, I live in California and liked to read the Columbia Basin Herald daily as I grew up in Moses Lake and miss it from time to time. I see your Bits & Pieces columns on line and enjoy them very much. The bad thing about the mystery photos is I never know the answer to who the people or places are or where the picture was taken.

"My question is 'when do you print the answers?' I think I recognize one of the men in your current picture, but would like to see for sure. Can you please tell me when you print the answers to the questions? Or maybe where they are 'hidden at'? Thanks for your time." Marsha Wade

Thanks for your comments and the question, Marsha. The answers to the mystery photos and questions are usually printed in the next edition of Bits & Pieces. Now I'm not making excuses, mind you, but I'm relatively new to this Web site stuff and so is the Herald. But our goal is to work out all of the bugs.

I'm trying to get the Bits & Pieces column to remain on line for an entire week, instead of just a few days. For example, one of the photos with names from the column two weeks ago, which was explained last Friday, has already been taken off. It should remain on the site until the new columns are published.

If you would let me know which explanations of photos you missed, I'll get word to you about the names of the people or where the places were located.

Now, how about a little information from you? What was your name when you lived here? When did you live here? Where do you live now? If you will send me your contact information and with your permission of course, I'll pass it along to your Moses Lake friends who might want to contact you.

From Judy Spalding of the Moses Lake Farmers' Market and Craft Bazaar:

The market will be open on Wednesday, August 25, from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Moses Lake Civic Park.

Saturday, August 28, is Children's Day at the Farmers' Market. Kids 12 years old and under may bring their crafts and produce to sell without having to pay market fees. Also, the local 4 X 8 Square Dancers will put their prancing feet on the lawn. Sessions & Green from Othello will entertain country style. The market is open on Saturday from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

From Harold Reedy:

"With the interest created by the building of the World War II Memorial in Washington, D. C., I'm wondering just how many WWII veterans there are living in the Herald's circulation area.

"I think it would be interesting if the Herald would make a survey and publish the results. The questionnaire could include name, address, age, military unit, length of time served and areas of service. There are undoubtedly some vets in nursing homes and other care facilities who couldn't respond, but perhaps their relatives might.

"I'll be interested in your thinking on this subject." Harold Reedy

This is a great idea, Harold. Columbia Basin Herald Publisher Harlan Beagley passed along your suggestion to me with the idea it become a Bits & Pieces project. I will work on a survey document of some sort.

As long as we are asking the questions, would it be appropriate to include veterans from the Korea War the Vietnam War, or should we simply keep it to the WWII vets this round? Let me know.