Thursday
JUly 3, 2014
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Community News ���Page 5 Sports ���������������Page 7 Classifieds ���������� Page 17 Volume 82 No. 46
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Worth Brandeberry-West End Historical Society Pioneer. Submitted photo
Harry Reynolds-Parade Grand Marshall. Forum photo
Hometown Hero-4th of July Float-Oscar Peterson and his wife Wilma. Submitted photo
For the three men that will be honored during this year’s Fourth of July parade their roots run deep on the West End
Worth Brandeberry West End Historical Society Pioneer In 1905 Pete Brandeberry had just finished his time serving in the Spanish-American War in the Philippines. He came to Washington where he married Ora Crippen. Pete worked at a mill in Burlington before putting in a homestead claim on the Hoh River. Worth was born in June 1925 in Burlington and then the family moved to the Morganroth place and later his father purchase the Christensen homestead. Worth attended small schools at the Christensen place
and on the Undi road before attending school in Forks. In 1943 Worth was working on the construction of the Snahapish road when he was drafted. On D-Day Worth recalls entering the three feet of water that took him onto the beach as the big push of World War II began. Worth made it through the war and returned to Forks, where he continued in road construction, then drove a log truck for Joe Damon and eventually owned and operated his own log truck. As for being the Pioneer for the West End Historical Society, Worth says he doesn’t mind doing it, but said, “All the real pioneers are gone.”
Harry Reynolds Grand Marshal Harry Reynolds’ parents met when his father’s spring board broke and the axe he was using hit him on the back of the neck. The nurse that took care of him became his wife. The Reynolds family came to the West End around 1927 and Harry was born in 1937. In addition to working in the timber industry, Harry’s father Arthur was a PUD commissioner for many years and is responsible for the West End getting electricity; SEE HONORS, page 3
Dog saves owner PRSRT STD US Postage Paid Permit No. 6 Forks, WA
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Gunnar with one of his rewards for saving the life of his owner.
Nine years ago Joni Evans saved a newborn puppy that had been tossed out in the woods. Somehow it and several of its siblings survived for about 36 hours on their own, so Joni named the dog Gunnar Grip in memory of her grandfather who after being injured in a timber falling accident had survived 36 hours before dying. Last Saturday night Joni knew the power was going to be off so she lit a few candles because she hates the dark and she planned on staying awake but nodded off. She usually puts Gunnar outside but had decided to leave him in for the night. She woke to Gunnar barking, she told him to stop, then 104-pound Gunnar jumped on top of her. As she opened her eyes she could see light and thought to herself that the power had come back on, it had not, Joni’s house was on fire, it was about 1 a.m. She grabbed a few things and Gunnar and sat in her car as she called 9-1-1, her house was a total loss. Joni and Gunnar are being helped by the Red Cross and she is overwhelmed with all the generosity that people have extended to her at this very difficult time, but mostly she is thankful for that dog she saved nine years ago, the dog that paid her back by more than likely saving her life.