Isaacs named Nash manager in 1952

The C.B. Supply Company sold Ferguson 30 tractors, as the ad indicates, but the company also sold Nash automobiles. Read on.

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 Oct. 2, 1952:

Nash manager at C.B. Supply

Gene E. Isaacs, formerly with Poynter Motors in Ellensburg, is the new manager of the Nash Car Agency of C.B. Supply Co., it was announced this week by George Wicks, C.B. manager.

Isaacs and his wife, Lorene, are buying a home here, they said. They have two children, Marlean, 18, a student at Central Washington College in Ellensburg, and Sandra, 10.

Posse riders organize, name Noel president

Organization of a Moses Lake Sheriff's Posse was underway this week after an initial meeting of posse enthusiasts in the grange hall last Thursday night.

Howard Noel was elected p resident, with Zane Howe as vice president and Margaret Lybbert as secretary-treasurer. Directors are Vern McGee, Myrnie Caldwell, Kenneth Sparks, Verl Lybbert, John Shannon and Roger Ostler.

Ted Maahs is drillmaster and Deputy Sheriff Claude Davis, who called the initial meeting, is chief posseman.

First ride of the new group, open to all persons interested in joining, will be Sunday. Riders will assemble in an area behind the Cascade Dine and Dance at 10 a.m. and ride around the south end of Moses Lake, having lunch at the Goodrich Ranch.

The charter roll will be open until Jan. 1, Mrs. Lybbert announced. Dues are $10 a year and active membership is limited to men and women 21 years of age or older. Associate memberships will be accepted, the secretary-treasurer said.

Posse meeting will be held on the first and third Monday evenings of the month at 8 o'clock in the Boy Scout hut. Decision on uniforms, drills and other details are to be made later. The group is planning a public Halloween dance.

Tank firm sold to Seattle man

The Central Septic Tank Co. was sold Sept. 15 to H.G. McCormick of Seattle, who has a five-year contract for cleaning the Bureau of Reclamation septic tanks. Phillip Craig, a Block 40 settler, had owned and operated the company for three years, but plans to devote all his time to farming.

The service will be called the Star Septic Tank and plans are being made to open an office here soon. McCormick said. An added service will be the installation of septic tanks.

Tacoman buys White Hotel

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bakke of Tacoma recently bought the White Hotel from Jake Peters. Several changes have been made by the Bakke's since purchasing the hotel in July.

Bakke recently returned from a fishing trip which takes him to Alaska for five months each year.

Dennis note: The White Hotel is the Alder Street Tan today. The building was originally moved from the Town of Ruff to its current location to become the White Hotel.