Editing Chehalis, Washington (section)

==Notable people==
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* [[Don G. Abel]], Washington state supreme court justice<ref>{{cite news |title=Post Taken By Chehalin |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/washington/centralia/centralia-daily-chronicle/1957/07-01/page-1 |access-date=August 22, 2024 |work=The Daily Chronicle |agency=[[UPI]] |date=July 1, 1957}}</ref>
* [[Ernst Bechly]], American surveyor and map maker<ref>{{cite news |title=Ernst Carl Bechly (1872-1954) |url=https://www.olsonengr.com/download/globios/bechlyernstcbio.pdf |access-date=September 5, 2024 |work=[[Sheboygan Press]] |date=January 25, 1951 |page=7}}</ref>
* [[Kay Bell]], football player and professional wrestler
* [[Morgan Christen]], United States federal appellate judge<ref>{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Carol J. |title=After 202-day delay, Senate confirms judge for appeals-court seat |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/after-202-day-delay-senate-confirms-judge-for-appeals-court-seat/ |access-date=August 22, 2024 |work=The Seattle Times |publisher=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>
* [[Robert MacArthur Crawford]], composer and musician<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Pat |title=The story of the 'Air Force Song,' a local composer and a trip to the moon |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/the-story-of-the-air-force-song-a-local-composer-and-a-trip-to-the-moon,220108 |access-date=September 5, 2024 |work=The Chronicle |date=July 15, 2006}}</ref>
* [[Henry C. Davis (businessman)|Henry C. Davis]], Washington state pioneer and businessman<ref>{{cite news |title=Another Pioneer Is Dead |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/washington/chehalis/chehalis-bee-nugget/1912/01-18/page-7 |access-date=September 5, 2024 |work=The Chehalis Bee-Nugget |date=April 25, 1912 |page=5}}</ref>
* [[Dave Dowling]], former starting pitcher in [[Major League Baseball]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aadland |first1=Gordon |title='58 team shows there is life after youth baseball |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/58-team-shows-there-is-life-after-youth-baseball,238346? |access-date=September 6, 2023 |work=The Chronicle |date=August 28, 2004}}</ref>
* [[Frank Everett]], Washington state pioneer and businessman<ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/washington/chehalis/chehalis-bee-nugget/1920/03-12/page-3 |access-date=September 5, 2024 |work=The Chehalis Bee-Nugget |date=March 12, 1920 |page=2}}</ref>
* [[Judianne Fotheringill]], 1963 and 1964 pair skating [[United States Figure Skating Championships|U.S. national champion]]
* [[Dave Gregg|Dave]] and [[Vean Gregg]], professional baseball players<ref>{{cite news |last1=Eals |first1=Clay |title=Baseball's 'Western Wonder' lefty pitcher knew how to fuel a local comeback |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/baseballs-western-wonder-knew-how-to-fuel-a-negotiation/ |access-date=June 14, 2021 |work=Seattle Times - Pacific NW Magazine |date=March 18, 2021 |archive-date=June 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614025939/https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/baseballs-western-wonder-knew-how-to-fuel-a-negotiation/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Bill Markham]], member of the [[Oregon House of Representatives]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Oregon Blue Book |date=1973 |publisher=[[Oregon Secretary of State]] |page=88 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_HYNAAAAIAAJ |access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Olive McKean]], Bronze medalist swimmer at the [[1936 Summer Olympics]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Alumni News - In Memoriam |url=https://issuu.com/teamusa.alumni.newsletters/docs/0401theolympian_2006may-june |publisher=[[United States Olympic Committee]] |access-date=September 3, 2024 |page=18 |date=May 2006}}</ref>
* [[Seton I. Miller]], Oscar winner in 1941 for [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Chehalis Boy Joint Author of "Scarface" |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wYU9AAAAIBAJ |access-date=September 3, 2024 |work=The Chehalis Bee-Nugget |date=August 26, 1932 |page=6}}</ref>
* [[Andy Olson (American football)|Andy Olson]], American football player and coach<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hansen |first1=Brandon |title=AFL Football: Olson Has Shock in Prime Position |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/afl-football-olson-has-shock-in-prime-position,95928? |access-date=September 5, 2024 |work=The Chronicle |date=August 9, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Brock Peterson]], former [[Major League Baseball]] player<ref>{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Zach |title=The Ultimate Underdog: Brock Peterson goes through a rollercoaster before reaching MLB in St. Louis |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/the-ultimate-underdog-brock-peterson-goes-through-a-rollercoaster-before-reaching-mlb-in-st-louis,359435 |access-date=August 5, 2024 |work=The Chronicle |date=August 3, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Ralph Rivers]], first [[United States Representative]] from Alaska<ref>{{cite news |title=Obituaries - Ralph Rivers |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/washington/centralia/centralia-daily-chronicle/1976/08-13/page-13 |access-date=September 5, 2024 |work=The Daily Chronicle |date=August 13, 1976 |page=12}}</ref>
* [[Wilma Rosbach]], member of the [[Washington House of Representatives]], 1979-1983<ref>{{cite news |title=Wilma Rosbach Brown |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/wilma-rosbach-brown,19645? |access-date=September 5, 2024 |work=The Chronicle |date=February 5, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Lewis D. Scherer]], college football player and coach, early 20th century<ref>{{cite news |title=L. D. Scherer Succumbs |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-chronicle-l-d-scherer-succum/16747709/ |access-date=October 24, 2024 |work=The Daily Chronicle |date=July 17, 1963 |location=Centralia, Washington |page=2 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref>
* [[Elmer Schwartz]], professional football player in the 1930s<ref>{{cite news|title=Former Chehalis Boy A Fine Football Prospect |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vL89AAAAIBAJ&pg=3353,5138975&dq=elmer-schwartz+football&hl=en |access-date=August 28, 2024 |work=The Chehalis Bee-Nugget|date=April 19, 1929 |page=3}}</ref>
* [[Orin C. Smith|Orin Smith]], former CEO of Starbucks<ref>{{cite news |last1=Perednia |first1=Graham |title=Chehalis City Council Honors Prolific Philanthropist Orin Smith |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/chehalis-city-council-honors-prolific-philanthropist-orin-smith,22351 |access-date=September 3, 2024 |work=The Chronicle |date=October 24, 2017}}</ref>
* [[H. H. Swofford|Harry Hudson Swofford]], Washington state legislator<ref>{{cite news |last1=Blomdahl |first1=George |title=Harry Swofford, Early-Day Auditor Of Lewis County, Is 91 in February |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/washington/centralia/centralia-daily-chronicle/1963/12-30/page-10 |access-date=October 22, 2024 |work=The Daily Chronicle |date=December 30, 1963 |page=10}}</ref>
* [[Warren A. Taylor]], first [[Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Warren A. Taylor |url=https://www.alaska.edu/uajourney/history-and-trivia/alaska-history/creating-alaska/constitutional-convention/delegates/taylor/ |publisher=[[University of Alaska]] |access-date=August 28, 2024 |date=March 7, 2022}}</ref>
* [[Ralph Towner]], acoustic guitarist<ref>{{cite news |last1=Otten |first1=Liam |title=Ralph Towner |url=https://source.washu.edu/2004/09/ralph-towner/ |access-date=August 29, 2024 |work=[[Washington University in St. Louis]] |date=September 28, 2004}}</ref>
* [[Albert E. Tozier]], founder of the [[#Media|Chehalis Nugget newspaper]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ellington |first1=C. |title=Discussing Current Events - Starting Volume LV |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/washington/chehalis/chehalis-bee-nugget/1937/07-09/page-6 |access-date=August 28, 2024 |work=The Chehalis Bee-Nugget |date=July 9, 1937 |page=6}}</ref>
* [[Harry R. Truman]], [[1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens|1980 Mt. St. Helens eruption]] folk hero<ref>{{cite news |last1=Paulu |first1=Tom |title=Hard-living Harry was true to his ways to the very end |url=https://democratherald.com/news/local/hard-living-harry-was-true-to-his-ways-to-the-very-end/article_838a0ad5-ac42-5cb7-b3b5-33468f339d91.html |access-date=May 27, 2021 |work=The Daily News |agency=Albany Democrat-Herald |publisher=Lee Enterprises |date=May 17, 2020 |archive-date=May 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210527071423/https://democratherald.com/news/local/hard-living-harry-was-true-to-his-ways-to-the-very-end/article_838a0ad5-ac42-5cb7-b3b5-33468f339d91.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[William Muir Urquhart#Chehalis|William Muir Urquhart]], Chehalis pioneer and businessman<ref>{{cite news |title=Lewis County Native Son Is Taken By Death |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tacoma-daily-ledger-lewis-county-nat/89847449/ |access-date=August 29, 2024 |work=[[The Tacoma Daily Ledger]] |date=April 15, 1933 |page=8}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Westendorf]], American songwriter, composer, and educator<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Pat |title=Song's writer waited a long time to fulfill promise to his wife |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/songs-writer-waited-a-long-time-to-fulfill-promise-to-his-wife,223908? |work=The Chronicle |date=March 11, 2006}}</ref>
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