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A6 News wallowa.com May 27, 2015 Wallowa County Chieftain Sylvia Tippett drowns in creek 100 YEARS AGO May 27, 1915 Caught in the spring tor- rent in Joseph creek, Mrs. Syl- via Tippett, wife of J.H. (Jidge) Tippett, was drowned Sunday afternoon while trying to save her husband from the stream. Her body was recovered yes- terday and is now on the way to Enterprise ... Full details of the tragedy have not come from the canyons, as none of the searchers have returned, and there is no telephone reaching to lower Joseph creek. From the reports sent out, it seems that Mr. and Mrs. Tippett had been for several days at G.W. Salladay’s, seven or eight miles from their home east of Joseph creek and near the state line. 7KH\KDGEHHQ¿VKLQJ6XQGD\ afternoon they started home, and came to the ford near Bob Haskins’ place, a mile above where Joseph creek empties into the Grande Ronde. The creek was still a torrent, and Jidge concluded to ride in to see if his horse could make it. The animal was swept off its feet and he fell into the rapid OUT OF THE PAST Compiled by Rob Ruth stream. His wife, a splendid rider, rode into the creek and tried to throw a rope to him. It seems that was the last he ever saw of her. The current carried him down stream and out of sight, and some distance below he was washed against the bank and crawled out. The largest crowd ever gathered in Wallowa county assembled yesterday afternoon at the fair grounds to see the Al G. Barnes animal circus. J.F. Morrow of the show manage- ment estimated that there were not less than 4200 persons in the tent. 70 YEARS AGO May 24, 1945 Mr. and Mrs. R.J. Surber of west Greenwood street received a telegram on Wednesday of last week stating that their son, Pfc. Virgil F., had died on Ne- gros island in the Philippines from wounds received in action on April 26. Virgil was born in Enterprise and attended school here. He worked with the CCC for awhile and enlisted in the army in December, 1941. Word was received last week that Lt. Ray Pierson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Winfred M. Pierson of La Grande and hus- band of the former Mary Jane Faucette of Enterprise, had been missing since May 3 in a ÀLJKWRYHU,QGLDDQG&KLQD/W Pierson, a graduate of Eastern Oregon college of education, was the pilot of a C-46 plane. T HE B OOKLOFT AND S KYLIGHT G ALLERY Finding books is our specialty 541.426.3351 • 107 E. Main • Enterprise • www.bookloftoregon.com Chieftain archives This sepia-toned photo is of the Rankin family, Mary B. , William F., Asenath and John Rankin, according to information on the back. It was taken according to a prominent photo credit on the front by “A.W. Mackey, Traveling Artist.” Sgt. Harry Voss arrived home Sunday from Nebraska where he had been stationed for the past 18 months. Sgt. Voss has received his discharge pa- pers from the army, and is here to stay. He is also a veteran of WKH¿UVWZRUOGZDU Canning sugar applications are now available at all gro- cery stores and the ration board RI¿FHV DW (QWHUSULVH DQG :DO- lowa. 50 YEARS AGO May 27, 1965 The selection of a queen for Chief Joseph Days has been made. Miss Sharon Dougherty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Dougherty of Wallowa, was Sharon’s Bouquet of the Week Many thanks to Mountain View Glass for their gift of service. God Bless You! Love , Sharon Sherlock Church Directory St. Katherine's Catholic Church Summit Church Fr. Roger Fernando 301 E. Garfield Enterprise Mass Schedule Weekdays 7:15am Saturdays 5:30pm Sundays 10:30am (541)426-4008 stkatherineenterprise.org St. Pius X Wallowa Sundays 8:00am All are welcome Gospel Centered Community Service time: 10:30 am Cloverleaf Hall in Enterprise Pastor Mark Garland www.summitchurchoregon.org Joseph United Methodist Church ACROSS 1. Dried hemp leaves 5. Shuts 11. Golf shot 12. Emitting light 16. Maple genus 17. Integrated circuit 18. O'Reilly from "M.A.S.H." 19. SNL'S Olympia Rest. dish 24. Liberal degree 25. Short task trip 26. Must have something 27. Prefix for wrong 28. Student furniture piece 29. Semitic fertility god 30. Back talk 31. Lost brightness 33. Reconnaissance (Brit. military) 34. A narrative song 38. Men who cannot lose face 39. Bastard wing 40. 55121 MN 43. Young sheep 44. Fashioned 45. Short fight 49. Large payroll service Co. 50. Fantasy video game 51. Blind spot or ___ lutea 53. 39th state 54. Dessert topping 56. Eyelashes 58. Touchdown 59. 2nd largest Spanish river 60. Made poisonous 63. Favorite old shade trees 64. Table linen 65. A measured portion of medicine DOWN 1. Separated 2. 32-card game 3. Guides a vehicle 4. A brief run of luck 5. Baby bed 6. Manuscript gaps DOWN (continued) 7. Overdose 8. Yes in Spanish 9. Dog-____: shabby & worn 10. Mark with an asterisk 13. Potato state 14. Cereal giant 15. Lawn, sedge & cereal 20. Tin 21. -__, denotes past 22. Interpret written words 23. Jelly-like colloid 27. Speed of sound 29. Initials of "Jezebel" actress 30. Not wet 31. Supervises flying 32. In the year of Our Lord 33. Stood for election 34. A state of equilibrium 35. His magic lamp 36. Small sugar cube 37. Bachelor of Laws 38. Pa's partner 40. Wyatt __, OK Corral 41. Device that makes 2 pieces compatible 42. NBC's parent Co. 44. Japanese apricot 45. Concrete leveling guide 46. Adobe dweller 47. Warning devices 48. Having many branches 50. ___ Vesh, "Star Wars" 51. Doc 52. Carrier's invention 54. German for Vienna 55. Contrary water movement 57. Roman 55 61. Out of print 62. Of I 3rd & Lake St. • Joseph Pastor Kaye Garver Phone: 541-432-3102 Sunday Worship Services 8:30 & 11:00 am Child care provided at 8:30 am service Faith Lutheran Church 409 W. Main Enterprise, Oregon Worship 2 nd & 4 th Sundays - 2 pm Bible Study Tuesdays before the 2 nd & 4 th Sundays at 11 am LCMS (Lutheran Church Missouri Synod) Christ Covenant Church Pastor Terry Tollefson Church Office: 541-426-0301 Family Prayer: 9:30am Sunday School: 10:00am Worship Service: 11 am 723 College Street • Lostine Providence Academy Enterprise Community Enterprise Community Church Church Congregational 11:00am Group Worship & Discussion 9:30 AM Worship Service 11:00 Children’s S.S. AM 10:00am Choir 9:30am Adult Education 541.398.0597 Childrens program during service Blog: dancingforth.blogspot.com Lostine On the Hwy web 82, at lostinepc.org Stephen Kliewer, Minister Wallowa Assembly of God 606 West Hwy 82 Wallowa, Oregon 541-886-8445 Sunday School • 9:30 Worship Service • 10:45 Pastor Tim Barton wallowaassemblyofgod.com 301 NE 1St St * 541-426-3044 BigBrownChurch.org Worship at 11:00 301 N. Study E. First Bible at Street 9:30 Enterprise the “Big Brown Church” Sunday Worship 11A.M. with the Open Door (541) 426-3044 Pastor Joseph Donald Newcomer, L. McBride Pastor 541-263-0695 541-263-5319 305 Wagner (near the Cemetery) P.O. Box N, Enterprise, OR 97828 541-426-3751 Church 541-426-8339 School Sabbath School 9:30 - 10:45 a.m. Worship Hour 11:00 a.m. - Noon Pastor Jonathan DeWeber Pastor Steve Gilmore announced as the winner at the queen selection dance at Joseph Saturday night. Members of her court include two princesses, Kitty Loftus of Enterprise and Sharon Sorweide of Joseph. Unless recent rains have ap- preciably dampened the spirits of the Wallowa county citizens, a large crowd can be expected to be on hand for the events of the Spring Fair which begins today and continues through Saturday. It is expected that there will be about 200 individual exhibitors in the various phases of compe- tition. Both 4-H and FFA will take part in the spring fair. The snow pack of the high Wallowa mountains still stands at a record high water content according to measurements made on May 15 ... At Aneroid course No. 1 the snow measures 80 inches and the water content 46 inches ... The highest pre- vious reading for the Aneroid FRXUVHRQ0D\VKRZVD¿J- ure of 45.6 on course No. 1 in 1952. Ben Peal, who had lived in Wallowa county most of his life until he was seriously injured in a logging accident near Joseph in 1956, passed away in a Walla Walla hospital on Friday, May 21, 1965. He had been para- lyzed since the accident. 25 YEARS AGO May 24, 1990 The Oregon Elections Divi- sion is investigating allegations that Mary Goebel Grote, who unseated incumbent District Attorney Bill Reynolds in the May 15 Oregon primary elec- tion, falsely stated that she is occupied as an attorney in a re- SRUW¿OHGZLWKWKH2UHJRQ(OHF- tions Division. That statement was subsequently published in the 1990 Oregon Voter’s Pam- phlet compiled and distributed by Secretary of State Barbara Roberts. “We’re looking into the allegation that she may have inappropriately used the term attorney in advertising and the Voter’s Pamphlet,” said elections division director Jack Graham ... The issue of whether Grote becomes District attorney is not connected to the investiga- tion and the alleged elections vi- olations, according to Graham. PHOTO CAPTION; “Peo- ple won’t tell you where they get their mushrooms. That’s like telling where their gold mine is,” observed independent mush- room buyer Slim Huckfeldt, RI6SULQJ¿HOGWKLVZHHN+HLV paying from $2.50 to $4.50 a pound for morel mushrooms 3-7 p.m. daily in front of the Little Store in Enterprise. Morels are still coming in slow, Slim says, though he did take 600 pounds WR VHOO WR KLV EX\HU 3DFL¿F Mushrooms, in La Grande last weekend. Slim is one of several mushroom merchants purchas- ing morels in Wallowa County.