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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 24
FISHTRAP’S BIG READ:
FOOD AT SEA: HOW TO
MAKE YOUR OWN HARD-
TACK: Watch it live online at
1 p.m.; anytime beginning
Feb. 25. Free. Fishtrap.org.
Read along through Nathan
Philbrick’s remarkable In the
Heart of the Sea. Visit fi shtrap.
org for a full list of this year’s
Big Read events, resources,
and videos.
THURSDAY, FEB. 25
FISHTRAP’S BIG READ:
SAILOR
SUPERSTITIONS:
Watch it live online at 1 pm;
anytime beginning Feb. 26.
FOR THE RECORD CAN BE FOUND AT:
www.Wallowa.com
Grace Helen Berry
March 10, 1924 – January 21, 2021
Grace Helen Berry went to be with the Lord on January 21, 2021, joining
her husband Warren E. Berry, son Bryan Berry, daughter JoAnn Lawrason &
daughter-in-law Vickie Berry.
Helen was born March 10,1924 to Joe W. Rounsavell from Missouri and
Carrie L. Roop Rounsavell from W. Virginia in Wallowa Oregon, being the third
of six children. She graduated from Wallowa High School in 1942 and from
college in 1948. Helen met Warren in 1947 & they were married on September
11,1948. Bryan joined the family in 1950 and JoAnn in 1952. The family moved
to Idaho where Warren worked for Idaho Power and Helen taught school for
many years. They were members of the Methodist Church where Helen played
the organ and was a member of the bell choir.
Helen is survived by her siblings Barbara Lamoreaux and James Roun-
savell, her son-in-law Stephen Lawrason, 5 grandchildren Rede (Monica) Eder,
Damon (Jeanette) Eder, Carrie (Mario) Belem, Daniel Lawrason and Joshua
Berry and 4 great-grandchildren and many friends.
Helen loved being a wife, mother, grandmother, teacher, and organist.
She enjoyed flowers and music, especially Christian hymns.
A Celebration of Life was held at Demaray’s in Gooding and a graveside
service will be held at the Wallowa Cemetery in Wallowa later this summer.
Any gifts may be given to the Hagerman Senior Center in Hagerman Idaho.
Otis Melvin Varney
March 23, 1921 - January 28, 2021
Otis Melvin Varney of Enterprise, died
January 28, 2021 at the Wallowa Memorial
Hospital in Enterprise, Oregon.
Born on March 23, 1921 in Flora, Oregon
the son of Roy M. Varney and Bessie V. (Conrad)
Varney. Otis graduated from the Joseph, Oregon
high school in 1939. On December 23, 1941, he
married Inez LaVera Fisher at Nampa, Idaho.
They had two children, Dennis Varney and Donna
(Varney) Aschenbrenner. Otis started his plumb-
ing career in 1949 and retired as an Oregon State
Plumbing Inspector in 1986. He loved sports, being outdoors, camping, hunt-
ing, fishing, and gardening. He built his home in Troy, Oregon and lived there
until the age of 80. Then he decided it was time to move back to Enterprise.
Otis was preceded in death by his wife, parents, sister Violet Conaway, and
brother Vester.
Survivors include his son, Dennis and daughter Donna, son-in-law Dan
Aschenbrenner, brother Walter Eldon (Roy) Varney of Dayton, Washington.
Five grandchildren, Lynn Riggin, Michelle Huck, Julie Hereford, Chad Aschen-
brenner and Cynthia Waggoner and 13 great-grandchildren. Otis was buried
at the Enterprise Cemetery next to his wife in a private ceremony. The Bollman
Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements..
Free. Fishtrap.org. Read along
through Nathan Philbrick’s
remarkable In the Heart of
the Sea. Visit fi shtrap.org for a
full list of this year’s Big Read
events, resources, and videos.
SATURDAY, FEB. 27
ELKS ANNUAL CRAB &
PRIME RIB FEED: 4-8 p.m.
All-you-can-eat crab and/
or prime rib. Dessert auction
starts at 6:30 p.m. Casino night
follows at 8 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3
FISHTRAP’S BIG READ:
WHALING IN OREGON:
Watch it live online at 1 pm;
anytime beginning March 4.
Free. Fishtrap.org. Read along
through Nathan Philbrick’s
remarkable In the Heart of
the Sea. Visit fi shtrap.org for a
full list of this year’s Big Read
events, resources, and videos.
TUESDAY, MARCH 16
WALLOWA
COUNTY’S
THIRD FEAST (FOOD EDUCA-
TION AGRICULTURE SOLU-
TIONS TOGETHER) EVENT:
5:30-7:30 p.m. via Zoom. Orga-
nized in partnership with the
Oregon Food Bank. Learn
about Wallowa County’s
local food systems and share
your ideas and experiences.
To register visit tinyurl.com/
WCFEAST. For more informa-
tion, email caitlin.rushlow@
gmail.com.
ONGOING
LIBRARY BINGO: Have
some fun during these short
dark days ahead! Bingo for
adults, kids and preschool-
ers. Pick up your bingo card in
the entryway of the Enterprise
library during regular hours, or
download the bingo card from
the library’s web page or face-
book page, or call or email and
we will send one to you via
USPS. Finish up one card, get
the next one. You can play as
much or as little as you want.
Prizes for everyone! Questions:
Call 541-426-3906 or email
enterpl@eoni.com
Wallowa County Humane
Society Sweetheart Sale
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursdays,
Fridays and Saturdays. 119
E. Main St., Enterprise. Half
off storewide sale during the
month of February.
A.A. online meetings ore-
gonaadistrict29.org.
Building Healthy Families
541-426-9411.
Community Connection
541-426-3840.
Enterprise Public Library
541-426-3906.
Fishtrap 541-426-3623.
Hurricane Creek Grange
541-605-8233.
Josephy Center for Arts
and Culture 541-432-0505.
Wallowa Public Library
541-886-4265.
W a l l o w o l o g y
541-263-1663.
J.C. Penney store undergoing changes
good quality, are now being
packed and prepared for
shipment.
OUT OF THE PAST
Compiled by Cheryl Jenkins
50 YEARS AGO
100 YEARS AGO
Feb. 25, 1971
Feb. 24, 1921
The rear of the J.C. Pen-
ney store is undergoing some
changes which will greatly
facilitate the handling of their
ever growing trade. New
shelving is being put in for
the shoe department which
will allow more room for the
ladies’ clothing department.
A wage scale has been
adopted by the Wallowa
county farm bureau. It is con-
siderably lower than last year
but the products of the farms
and ranches have decreased
in value so much that it is
impossible for farm own-
ers to employ any help. The
scale is as follows: Common
farm laborer, $40/month and
board; Cooks, $30/month
Wallowa County Chieftain, File
Youths ice skate in this undated photo.
and board; Married men, $70
where house is furnished;
Sheepherders,
$60/month
and board; Camp tenders,
Dottie Stephen
April 27, 1926 - January 15, 2021
Dottie passed away at her home in Walla
Walla, Washington on January 15, 2021. Born
April 27, 1926 in Wallowa, Oregon, she was the
youngest child of Roy and Lucy Schaeffer.
When Dottie was young she shared her time
between Wallowa Oregon where she graduated
high school in 1944 and her father’s pack station
up the Lostine River (Lapover). She learned to
ride a horse at a very early age and helped pack
campers into the high mountains. She was hap-
piest when she was on a horse!
Dottie married her first husband at the age of 20 and had one son, Roy C
Earhart (Sonny) who later passed in 2003. Dottie then married one more time
to Chuck Stephen, the love of her life who passed away in 1991.
Dottie believed that the secret to a long life was to keep moving. She exer-
cised regularly and rode her horse well into her 80’s. Her love of horses and the
mountains were a huge part of her memories and dreams in her later years.
Dottie was the last of her Schaeffer household.
Dottie is preceded in death by her parents Roy and Lucy Schaeffer,
husband Chuck Stephen and son, Roy C. Earhart. She is survived by her step-
son Carl Earhart, grandchildren Burke Earhart (Amy), Tracy Rosales, three
great-grandchildren, niece Sharon Harris, nephews Robert Isaacson (Ellen),
Rick Schaeffer (Cora), Randy Schaeffer (Becky) and several great-nieces and
nephews all of whom loved her very much!
The family hopes to have a celebration of life this coming summer 2021.
Cleo Morgan Parker
March 6, 1927 - January 29, 2021
Cleo Morgan Parker died January 29, 2021
at the age of 93 in Dallas, Oregon. Cleo was born
March 06, 1927, in Woodruff, South Carolina and
considered Dallas their hometown. Cleo Morgan
Parker, 93, passed away on January 29, 2021,
in her apartment at Dallas Retirement Village
Assisted Living in Dallas, Oregon surrounded
by family. She was born on March 6, 1927 in
Woodruff, Spartanburg County, South Carolina to
the late Leonard Thomas Morgan and Bessie Mae
Bragg Morgan.
She grew up in Greer, South Carolina and graduated from Greer High
School in 1945. In 1959, she moved to Brookings, Oregon, and later resided in
Joseph, Oregon and Dallas, Oregon. Cleo was an avid reader and loved reading
books from a very young age. She also enjoyed reading her Bible. Cleo enjoyed
playing pinochle with friends. She also liked playing Skip-Bo with her grand-
children. She liked to knit and crochet. Cleo was a very accomplished artist in
both drawing and watercolors. Cleo enjoyed listening to music: Christian, old
bands, and old-time banjo and fiddling.
She enjoyed going to the annual Oregon Old Time Fiddlers Convention
Fiddle and Variety Show in Rickreall, Oregon every year; and attending her
grandchildren’s Dallas School events. She also enjoyed writing poems. People
who met and knew her, described her as a very sweet considerate person.
She was predeceased by brother, Merrill Leon Morgan; sisters, Bonnie
Kate Sanders, Mildred “Tillie” Ponder, and Edith Morgan Wood; husbands, Alex
Wilson and Earl Jack Parker; and twin grandchildren Adam Parker and Ben
Parker.
She is survived by sons, Eddie Steve Wilson (wife Kay) of Midlothian,
Virginia, and Jarrett “Jerry” Parker (wife Shelley) of Dallas, Oregon. Also
surviving her are grandchildren, Travis Wilson of Virginia, Taylor Parker of Dal-
las, Oregon, Shaymarie Parker of Dallas, Oregon; and great-grandchildren,
Amaya Parada and Charlotte Wilson of Virginia.
The family wishes to recognize and thank all the dedicated healthcare
heroes at Dallas Retirement Village Assisted Living, and Traditions Health
Hospice Care (formerly Hospice Care of the NW) for taking great care of Cleo
Morgan Parker.
Burial and services will be at the Enterprise Cemetery in Enterprise,
Oregon. Memorial contributions may be made to Wallowa Valley Health
Care Foundation in care of Bollman Funeral Home 694 Main Street in Dallas,
Oregon who is caring for the family. To leave an online condolence for the
family or to share a memory go to www.dallastribute.com
Bollman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. 694 Main Street,
Dallas, Oregon. 97338. (503)623-3286 www.bollmanfuneralhome.com
michael@dallastribute.com
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
David M. Crow
February 9, 1938 - February 3, 2021
David Melvin Crow was born February 9, 1938 to Melvin and Louisa Crow
of Lostine, Oregon. He grew up in Lostine with four siblings and a larger
extended Crow family, all of whom were involved in the family businesses of
M. Crow & Co and Crow Equipment Inc. He attended Lostine schools, grad-
uating from high school in 1955, then entered Eastern Oregon College the
following fall. The draft loomed large, however, and he chose to enlist in the
Air Force during that year, leading to a tour of duty in Fairbanks, AK.
Following his discharge, college beckoned him again, this time to
Macalaster College in St. Paul, MN. During his first year he met Beverly Bates.
They began studying together in the college library 60 years ago and were
married June 3, 1962. They raised three children: Dallas, Heather and Michael;
and were host parents to two international students: Diego de la Sovera
(Urugua) and Elja Valanne (Finland).
Dave made the decision to enter the ministry which led to completion
of a M.Div. degree from Louisville Presbyterian Seminary and later a D.Min.
degree from McCormick Presbytery Seminary. He began his ministry serving
in the Campus Ministry Center at Oregon State, moving to a Pastor position
in churches in Harbor Springs, MI; Boone, IA and Hudson, WI. He then had
an opportunity to return to Oregon, the place he loved, as General Presbyter
for the Presbytery of the Cascades in Portland. Following retirement from
that position, Dave filled in for brief terms in churches without a pastor.
He and Beverly had the opportunity to serve together in churches in Oregon;
Stavanger, Norway; and Hanapepe, Kauai.
Dave died February 3, 2021, after a long illness with kidney disease.
He is survived by Beverly, their children Dallas, Heather (Danny Martinez),
and Michael; grandchildren Rawley, Sidney and Wyatt; sisters Betty Sims and
Nancy McConville (Jim), and brother Steve (Joao DeCarvalho). His brother
Dallas preceded him in death.
Dave’s body has been donated to the OHSU body donation program
for education and research. Gifts to honor Dave’s life may be made to
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, Presbyterian Peace Fellowship, or a local
church of your choice. A memorial service is being planned for a time when
friends and family are able to gather, remember and share stories.
$70/month and board.
Selected items from the
Model Bakery Restaurant
dinner menu: Plain steak, .35
cents; Rib steak, .40 cents;
Porter house steak, .75 cents.
Beverage and side dishes
included with all orders.
75 YEARS AGO
Cadet Neil J. Morse.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Neil E.
Morse, Enterprise, has been
named an element sergeant
with the rank of cadet staff
sergeant at the U.S. Air Force
Academy in Colorado. Cadet
Morse graduated in 1969
from EHS.
The Enterprise Elks Lodge
has awarded scholarships to
four Wallowa County seniors:
Kathy Gentle, Wallowa; Wil-
liam Bagley, Joseph; Mona
Kay Williamson, Joseph; and
Jack Crow, Wallowa.
Another business venture
which has met with almost
instant success is a dress shop
at Lostine which is being pro-
moted by Irene Barklow and
Geneva McArtor of the Fab-
ric Shop
‘Enchantments
from
Wallowa’.
25 YEARS AGO
Feb. 22, 1996
Feb. 21, 1946
A deputy federal income
tax collector will be at the
court house to assist Wallowa
county residents in making
out their federal income tax
returns.
Mrs. Herb Haun recently
received a picture of her
brother, Pvt. Merle Marks,
with Pvt. Keith Searles and
Pvt. Bob Denny. The boys
were all stationed in Tokyo.
Merle has been suffering
from arthritis in his hands and
feet and has had diffi culty in
even writing home.
Work has started at Troy
on the construction of a new
sawmill which will have an
estimated capacity of 60,000
board feet daily. The mill
owners and the residents of
Troy, to whom the mill means
a good deal, are hopeful that
Wallowa county will improve
the road connecting Troy
with the Lewiston highway.
The committee for the
Victory clothing collection
for overseas relief advise that
the drive is now over. The
response was very generous
and approximately two tons
of garments, mostly of very
Director of Public Works
Randy Strohm estimates that
Wallowa County roads sus-
tained $3.5 million in dam-
ages from heavy fl ooding Feb
6-8. The damage came in the
northern part of the county,
mostly in the Troy area.
Gerald Perren presented
the Paul Harris Fellow award
to Wallowa County philan-
thropist Erna Ratcliff during
a recent meeting of the Wal-
lowa County Rotary Club.
It is the highest award con-
ferred upon citizens by the
organization.
The Wallowa County
Chieftain announced this
week that it has launched a
new online version of the
newspaper on the informa-
tion superhighway. This cul-
minates almost two years of
research and development by
placing a 110-page “web site”
on the World Wide Web.
The Voice of Democracy
winners are Bridget Brown,
EHS; Heath Curtiss, JHS;
and David Temple, WHS.
Each student received $100
from the VFW post and aux-
iliary. Bridge Brown went on
to place third at district.
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Feb. 25
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snow showers
Feb. 26
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snow showers
Feb. 27
34
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snow showers
Feb. 28
37
27
partly cloudy
March1
37
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snow showers
March 2
37
23
partly cloudy
March 3
39
26
partly cloudy
Phases of the moon
Feb. 27
Mar. 5
Full Moon
Last Quarter
Mar. 13
Mar. 21
New Moon
1st Quarter
WALLOWA COUNTY SUNRISE & SUNSET DATE FEB. 25 – MARCH 3
(from the U.S. Naval Observatory)
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