On this day: August 24, 1949

Jack Wilson, Richland banker, suggested that the Chamber of Commerce have a dunking booth during Atomic Frontier days. It was also his idea to offer chamber members as a "sacrifice" to the "water god." Then he was out-of-town on a business trip during the event. When he returned the chamber meeting closed early and members escorted Wilson to a local pool and threw him in, clothes, cigar and all.