New post office for Ephrata in 1941

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 Moses Lake Herald on Aug. 14, 1941:

Ground broken for post office

Ground for the new $10,000 post office at Ephrata was officially broken Tuesday. Postmaster D.C. Theimens, Eprhata; F.T. Bell, president of the company holding the construction contract; Mayor V.E. Bjorklund and others participated in a brief ceremony. The building is expected to be ready for occupation by oct. 1.

Mae-Hiawatha

-Mr. and Mrs. Scott Wilkins attended the funeral of L.S. Phillipe in Wenatchee Monday.

-Mrs. Walter Miller and Mrs. Wm. Goodwin made a business trip to Wenatchee Wednesday.

-Loren Lamphear of Yakima is visiting his sister and brother in law, Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Richard.

-Mrs. Joseph Schragg and daughters were guests at eh home of Mrs. Harold Stoggs Friday.

-Mrs. Frank Low is spending her vacation in Idaho visiting relatives.

-Betty and Gene Graham are employed in the fruit harvest in Wenatchee.

-Mr. Ackerlund is building a silo of 150-ton capacity to take care of the silage for his diary herd.

-Chester Coffman made a business trip to Ellensburg Wednesday.

-Bud Galloway, Carl Burress and Percy Driggs attended a meeting in Yakima Friday in regard to stabilizing the potato market.

Good yield

Several farmers in the Othello district have finished harvesting and report yields of 16 to 20 bushels per acre on spring grain and 22 to 35 for winter grain. J.L. Fox has about 45,000 bushels in his warehouse off one and three quarters sections, some of it on land that has not been farmed in more than 20 years.

Rain delays harvesting

Rain the fore part of the week delayed wheat harvest for a few days. It is estimated that nearly ninety percent of wheat in the area is cut. The yield is way above average with storage facilities inadequate.

Chamber meets

The Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce met Wednesday evening of this week and made final arrangements for staging the big Water Carnival and boat races on Aug. 24. Fourteen members were present. Various important subjects were discussed among them being a city park, sidewalks, etc.