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2A — BAKER CITY HERALD WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2019 O BITUARIES Marjorie Buxton Baker City, 1922-2019 B AKER C OUNTY C ALENDAR FRIDAY, SEPT. 27 ■ Live Music by Keith Taylor: Ragtime piano, 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Crossroads Carnegie Art Center, 2020 Auburn Ave.; no charge; continues most Fridays. SATURDAY, SEPT. 28 ■ National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center: Free fee day in celebration of National Public Lands Day; volunteers are being sought to improve the site from 9 a.m. to noon. Sign-up starts at 8:45 a.m. Gloves, tools and trash bags will be provided. The fi rst 30 volunteers will receive a commemorative T-shirt. Refreshments will be served and participants will receive a coupon good for free access to a Department of Interior-managed fee site, such as the Interpretive Center of Crater Lake. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2 ■ Baker County Board of Commissioners: 9 a.m., Courthouse, 1995 Third St. ■ Baker City Farmers Market: 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Downtown at the Court Avenue Plaza. TUESDAY, OCT. 8 ■ Baker City Council: 7 p.m., City Hall, 1655 First St. T URNING B ACK THE P AGES 50 YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald September 25, 1969 The Burnt River Bulls stampeded to a 79-6 trouncing over the Powder Valley Badgers Friday afternoon on the Badgers’ gridiron. Burnt River took advantage of their “beef” to take the win. The bulls proved to be a much larger team physically. The grade A team had little trouble moving the ball by capitaliz- ing on superior backfi eld speed and line strength. 25 YEARS AGO from the Baker City Herald September 26, 1994 U.S. Forest Service law enforcement agents were inves- tigating the causes of two large fi res this morning, one on the Malheur National Forest and another on the Wallowa- Whitman National Forest. 10 YEARS AGO from the Baker City Herald September 25, 2009 The Baker School Board has rejected a grievance fi led by the teachers’ union seeking payment for the fi ve days cut from their contract in June to save the district money. ONE YEAR AGO from the Baker City Herald September 26, 2018 The french fry that ends up on a plate in Indonesia or Vietnam or Japan might have embarked on its long jour- ney from a dusty patch of ground next to Highway 30 just north of Baker City. A bit before noon on a nearly cloud-free Tuesday, Mark Ward stood beside a conveyor belt bearing a constant tor- rent of dusky brown Russet Burbanks. The belt disgorged its starchy stream inside a half- moon-shaped metal cellar 185 feet long, 51 feet wide and more than 20 feet high. The cellar can hold 3,000 tons of potatoes but today, just the second day of what Ward expects will be a 10-day harvest, only the far end is crammed with spuds. Ward, who is chairman of the Oregon Potato Com- mission, said there’s a good chance that the potatoes tumbling past on the belt, after they’re turned into french fries, will be shipped across the Pacifi c Ocean. He said about 65 percent of Oregon-grown potatoes are exported, and Asia is the most important, and fastest- growing, foreign market. O REGON L OTTERY MEGABUCKS, Sept. 23 8 — 14 — 17 — 37 — 38 — 40 Next jackpot: $2.4 million MEGA MILLIONS, Sept. 24 6 — 14 — 24 — 42 — 46 Mega 4 Next jackpot: $40 million WIN FOR LIFE, Sept. 23 12 — 40 — 56 — 65 PICK 4, Sept. 24 • 1 p.m.: 0 — 9 — 2 — 4 • 4 p.m.: 9 — 6 — 4 — 6 • 7 p.m.: 6 — 3 — 8 — 6 • 10 p.m.: 1 — 6 — 4 — 8 LUCKY LINES, Sept. 24 3-5-12-14-19-23-27-30 Next jackpot: $22,000 S ENIOR M ENUS ■ THURSDAY: Meatloaf, potatoes and gravy, mixed vegetables, roll, fruit ambrosia, cinnamon roll ■ FRIDAY: Barbecue ribs, baked beans, corn, roll, broccoli- bacon salad, apple crisp Public luncheon at the Senior Center, 2810 Cedar St., 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; $4.50 donation (60 and older), $6.75 for those under 60. Marjorie Florence (Bowman) Buxton, 96, died Sept. 14, 2019, at Saint Alphon- sus Medical Center in Nampa, Idaho. A graveside service for both her hus- band, Dale (with military honors) and Marjorie will take place at the Eagle Val- ley Cemetery in Richland when the weather is warm in 2020. The time and date Marjorie will be announced. Buxton Marjorie was born on Dec. 8, 1922, to Jack and Agnes (Woodcock) Bowman at Sturgill Creek on the Idaho side of the Snake River, near Robinette, Oregon. She had one older brother, Mervin, and one older sister, Nadine. They had many good times riding their horses in the hills around their home. Crossing the river to the Oregon side was accomplished from a ferry boat or row boat. When winter came and Snake River was covered with ice the only way to cross was riding in a cage that was hung from a cable across the river. Marjorie started school at fi ve years old, riding horseback behind her brother to Robinette Grade School which was six miles from their home. In the winter, their mother, Agnes, stayed in Robi- nette during the week so they didn’t have to travel. In later years she stayed with her aunt and uncle, Carl and Eva Miller, while attending grade school and later high school in Richland. She graduated high school in 1940 and later attended Superior Beauty School in Nampa. After graduation, she worked several years at Saratoga Beauty Shop in Caldwell, Idaho, and then later at her own shop in Vale. While attending a dance in New Bridge, Oregon, she ran into her high school sweetheart, Dale Buxton, who she hadn’t seen in nine years, and the romance started all over again. They were engaged Christmas 1948 and mar- ried at Winnemucca, Nevada, on her birthday, Dec. 8, 1949. They moved into their home (which Dale helped build) on a farm in Richland. On Dec. 20, 1950, a baby boy named Glen Dale, and on April 30, 1953, a baby girl named Judie Bernice, were born. Many wonderful years were spent in Eagle Valley. She was a Cub Scout den mother for several years while Glen was involved in the scouting program. In 1968 they moved into Baker so the children could attend Baker High School, and Dale pursued his trucking business. When the children left home, she worked at Dan’s Jewelry in Baker, which she dearly loved. She worked there off and on for the next 20 years and when Dan decided to retire, she helped close the store. The customers called her the “diamond lady” because she loved to sell diamonds and all kinds of jewelry. She and Dale celebrated their 68th anniversary on Dec. 8, 2018. Marjorie was a member of the Baker United Methodist Church and loved the Lord. Her grandchildren and great- grandchildren were the pride of her life. To them she was always known as “Grams.” Marjorie is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Glen and Peggy Buxton of Pasco, Washington; her son-in-law, Robert Schock of Klamath Falls, Oregon; four grandchildren, Rick (Samantha) Buxton and Brian Buxton, and Dondi and Christopher (Chelsea) Schock; four great-grandchildren, Caleb, Bailey and Sydnee Buxton and Emma Schock; one step-great-grand- son, Rylee Oak; and several nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jack and Agnes Bowman; her husband, Dale, her daughter, Judie; her grandson, Travis; her brother, Mervin; her sister, Nadine; her niece, Sylvia; and her nephew, Jack. Those who would like to make a donation in memory of Marge may do so to the Baker United Methodist Church through Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral Home & Cremation Services, P.O. Box 543, Halfway, OR 97834. Online condo- lences can be made at www.tamispine- valleyfuneralhome.com. 1668 Resort St. Open Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Telephone: 541-523-3673 Copyright © 2019 Fax: 541-833-6414 Regional publisher Christopher Rush crush@eomediagroup.com Publisher Karrine Brogoitti kbrogoitti@lagrandeobserver. com Jayson Jacoby, editor jjacoby@bakercityherald.com Advertising email ads@bakercityherald.com Classifi ed email classified@bakercityherald.com Circulation email circ@bakercityherald.com ISSN-8756-6419 Serving Baker County since 1870 Published Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays except Christmas Day by the Baker Publishing Co., a part of EO Media Group, at 1668 Resort St. (P.O. Box 807), Baker City, OR 97814. Subscription rates per month are: $10.80; by mail $12.50. Postmaster: Send address changes to the Baker City Herald, P.O. Box 807, Baker City, OR 97814. Periodicals Postage Paid at Baker City, Oregon 97814 Formerly of Haines, 1936-2019 SALEM – Eugene Victor “Gene” Zacharias, Jr., 83, died Sept. 10, 2019, after suffering with polio for much of his life. A celebration of his life is being planned for March 2020. Gene was born Aug. 9, 1936, at Freewater, Oregon, to Eugene V. Zacharias, Sr. and Martha (Schindler) Zacharias. Gene was 3 years old Gene when he contracted polio. Zacharias He recalled recently that moment of discovering something terribly wrong occurred play- ing outside with his older brother Robert “Bob” Zacharias; when his mother called the boys into breakfast, “I couldn’t stand up,” Gene said. The local doctor refused to treat the toddler because the virus was so con- tagious. He warned Gene’s mother it wouldn’t matter anyway because the boy was likely to die. The family refused to accept the doc- tor’s dire prognosis. Gene’s mother and grandmother attended to the disabled toddler, taking care to protect Gene’s siblings from contracting polio, which was raging across the U.S. from that point in Marjorie Miller the early 1940s to its U.S. peak impact in North Powder, 1948-2019 the 1950s. Marjorie Ann Miller, 70, of North The World Health Organization Powder, died Sept. 16, 2019, at Baker estimated that in addition to the tens of City. thousands of U.S. victims, during this one Her memorial service will take place decade up to 20 million people worldwide at a later date. contracted the debilitating disease before Marjorie was born on a vaccine was developed that has nearly Dec. 25, 1948, at Baker eradicate polio today. City to Francis and Doro- The last recorded case of polio in the thy (Calloway) Phillips. U.S. was in 1979. Survivors, like Gene, She attended Baker Senior who have dealt with the aftermath of High and graduated in polio include national leaders like Presi- Marjorie 1967. She worked as a dent Franklin D. Roosevelt, actors Alan Miller caregiver at many places Alda and Mia Farrow, photojournalist caring for the elderly and Dorothea Lange, musicians Itzhak Perl- as a desk clerk at the Sunridge and El man, Judy Collins, Neil Young, and writ- Dorado. ers Harry Crews and E. W. Swanton, who Marjorie enjoyed puzzles, sewing, contracted the disease in a POW camp. home improvements and spending time After Gene was left disabled by the with her grandchildren. She raised fi ve disease, a physical therapist at Medical children by herself and was proud to Lake, Washington, rigged up a handmade have received her CNA and med aid cart to be pulled by an English Springer status. Spaniel as a means for the youngster to Survivors include her son and daugh- get around the farm. ter-in-law, Mike and Cindy of Baker Gene eventually got additional medical City; her daughters, Jodi of Baker City help from the Shriners Hospital in Port- and Shelly of North Powder; her son, land where he received several opera- Bryce of Boise; her sisters, Gloria of tions through his grade-school and into Baker City, Marie of La Grande and high-school years that enabled him to Patty of North Powder; 10 grandchil- walk again, albeit with continued physi- dren and 6 great-grandchildren. cal impairment. She was preceded in death by her Gene graduated from Enterprise High parents, Francis and Dorothy Phillips; School in 1954 and attended Eastern and her daughter, Cassie Miller. Oregon University and, later, Judson Contributions in memory of Marjorie Baptist College while it was located in can be made to Heart ’N’ Home Hospice Portland. See Obituaries/Page 3A through Gray’s West & Company, 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker City, OR 97814. To light a candle in memory of Mar- News of Record on Page 3A jorie, or to leave a condolence for her family, go to www.grayswestco.com. After 35+ years with Silven Schmeits & Vaughan winners Week of September 23rd Pat Guymon Missed 2 Wins $25 Lyle Laeger Missed 4 Wins $15 Monty White Missed 5, beat tiebreaker C ONTACT THE H ERALD ‘Gene’ Zacharias Wins $10 KATHY RAYL IS RETIRING! Please join us for an Open House as we wish her well! Monday, September 30th 3:30 - 5 pm 1950 Third Street, Baker City Tie-Breaker: Oregon 21, Stanford 6 Baker & Union Counties Outstanding Computer Repair Outstanding Computer Repair is providing personalized mobile in-home computer support in Baker City, and La Grande. We are avilable Monday-Saturday from 7am-7pm. Please text or call 541-297-5831 to get on the schedule. 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