History
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
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O UT OF THE P AST
March 23, 1916
Grant County Journal
100 years ago
Mrs. Anna Smith has re-
ceived letters from H.W. Weath-
erspoon, of the State board of
Horticulture, and Mr. Hyssop,
of the Oregon Agricultural Col-
lege, praising some potatoes
that she sent to the display made
in La Grande during the Home
Makers Week. These potatoes
also attracted attention from
nursery men, and have brought
inquiries in regard to how many
of them could be obtained here.
Seed potatoes free from scab
and wilt are scarce this year, and
will bring a good price. Mrs.
Smith has been enrolled by the
Agricultural College on the list
of Oregon seed growers.
March 21,1941
Blue Mountain Eagle
75 years ago
Jail Condemned
No federal prisoners can be
placed in the Grant County jail.
Federal authorities condemned
it as a ¿re ha]ard and unsanitary.
Nothing especially new about
the situation for grand jury, after
grand jury hath spoken.
It has just the county court on
the spot and several plans have
been discussed and considered.
There are three county of¿-
cers without a home; the county
agent, the public welfare and the
county health nurse. Some plan
might be worked to consolidate
all of these. If a new jail must
be considered then it might be
well to build a small ¿reproof
building in the corner of the
courthouse yard. This will pro-
vide for a jail and the of¿ce of
the sheriff, and district attorney
and maybe the county agent and
the others would have room in
the court house.
Probably WPA funds would
be available, in part. It is just a
situation and so far no solution
has been made.
March 24, 1966
Blue Mountain Eagle
50 years ago
Fire Ruins Mail Truck
No cause has yet been deter-
mined for the ¿re that burned a
mail delivery pickup truck and a
load of mail just east of Monu-
ment Monday morning.
About 350 letters and an
unknown number of packages
were destroyed in the ¿re.
Ray Lunceford, the driver of
the truck, reported feeling heat
on the back of his neck. When
he turned around he saw the
wooden cover on the back of the
truck on ¿re. He was unable to
save any mail.
The pickup, owned by Fred
Henslee of Long Creek, was ex-
tensively damaged by the ¿re.
Lunceford was headed to-
wards Monument and Kimberly
from Long Creek on the mail
delivery. The pickup meets the
John Day mail truck at Kimber-
ly.
March 21, 1991
Blue Mountain Eagle
25 years ago
Trevor Knowles captures
gold at Nyssa Wrestling Tour-
ney
Grant County Freestyle
wrestlers traveled to the Nyssa
Kids Tournament Saturday for
competition. There were 350
wrestlers participating.
A gold medal went to Trevor
Knowles; silver medals went to
Dustin Elliott, Pat Gibson, Levi-
Weikel Magden and Georgie
Gibson; Drew Knowles earned
a bron]e.
Grapplers will have a week off
before their next meet, the On-
tario Animal Kids Tournament,
which will be held March 30.
O utlook
SENI R
PRAIRIE CITY –
As I was listening to
the weather forecast, I
didn’t think the sports
teams for golf, track and
baseball had any chance
of playing. Why? It was
Rose Coombs
snowing! We had two
inches and that’s not good
for golf, track or baseball.
But what a difference a day makes, huh? Two days later it is blue sky,
warm temperatures and a lovely spring day. Batter up!
We had our St. Patrick’s Day meal of corned beef and cabbage. But it
was in a soup and it was very good. It was accompanied by a veggie
plate of cucumber and tomato wedges, pepper slices and green onions.
We also had individual loaves of herbed bread. The dessert was Helen’s
famous North Dakota Salad. There were green centerpieces on a green
table cloth, as well. Harold and Frances were appropriately attired with
special hats.
Our four delivery people made it back in fine shape so Buzz could
lead the flag salute. Bob McCauley asked the blessing. He also won the
$5 gift certificate donated by Prairie Hardware & Gifts. Wanda Kaufman
gets to go to Chuck’s Little Diner for a meal soon.
Our volunteer servers and helpers included Frances Preston, Julia
Davis, Ginger Kendall, Pam Howard, Donna Adams and Linda Boyer.
The Grant County Jammers will make another appearance on
Wednesday, March 23, at the Center for our Easter meal. Come early to
hear more from them. Bruce and Gloria Blume came with his mom,
Stella McCauley. They were on their way back to Alaska from Yuma.
Now there’s a tour!
The Lincare oxygen service representative, Brian Waite, came to eat
and offer his services to any who might need it.
Lorna and Kendra brought Dorothy Blasing, Marilyn Randall and
Lois Hill from Blue Mountain Care Center. So that made 80 names on
the book.
We are having lots of fun getting the Center arranged for our needs.
We found at least six copies of the architects drawings for the “new
addition” of 35 years ago. Very interesting. There will also be another
table of “flotsam and jetsam” for you to look over and take if you can use
it. All the old jigsaws were delivered to Valley View and were greatly
appreciated, so I’m told. That’s what we like to hear. Get items to those
who can use them. Some of the items that we are NOT giving away are
all the old registration books. They will be kept along with the Grange
record books in our “new” office. That way, they will be available for
anyone to look at. AND I can get my filing cabinet out of the kitchen
pantry and the cooks can use that space for cooking stuff. Yeah! Two
more women inventors: Florence Parpart, 1914, electric refrigerator;
Josephine Cochrane, 1887, dishwasher.
Luke 23:3 “So Pilate asked Jesus, ‘Are you the king of the Jews?’
‘Yes, it is as you say,’ Jesus replied. John 19:30… ‘It is finished.’ Mark
15:46… So {they}took down the body… and placed it in a tomb…
{and}rolled a stone against the entrance…”
Remember Easter Sunday- 10:30 a.m. Prairie City School Old Gym
for the rest of the story!
JOHN DAY –
On March 14, we had a
smaller than usual crowd
but it was cold out so only
approximately 24 of us
ventured out. There were
Alma Joslin
18 meals delivered by Buzz
and Bobbie Gilmore and
Jeanette Kile with Veanne
Weddle delivering 16 frozen meals to shut-ins. Our cook, Shay, is
recuperating at home from his surgery so Lisa has taken over the kitchen.
She has a new helper, Jill Brown, who will fill in until Shay comes back.
Lisa fixed us turkey vegetable soup, chicken salad on croissants,
cucumber/tomato salad, potato chips and frosted wafer cookies for
dessert. Good job, gals.
Our servers were from Redeemer Lutheran Church, consisting of the
Gilmores and Jeanette Kile. Bobbie led the flag salute and Buzz asked
the blessing.
Veanne announced it must have been National Buzz day, as out of 24
people we had three people named Buzz present. She also announced the
Lutheran Church will offer a Seder Meal on Maundy Thursday, March
24. Also, a reminder that you need reservations for the Easter Senior
meal on March 24 if you want to be sure and have spaces to sit with your
group. The reservations are filling up fast so call in. That will also be the
day of the quilt drawing and there will be lots of extra door prizes.
Bobbie won the Len’s Drug gift certificate and David Pasko won the
free meal.
On March 17, St. Patrick’s Day, we had approximately 65 diners at
the Center, plus there were 25 meals delivered by Sherry Feiger and Jean
Willey. We had corned beef and cabbage with potatoes and carrots,
whole wheat dinner rolls and pistachio pudding for dessert. The entree
was furnished by Scotta Callister and Les Zaitz from Boulder Creek
Ranch.
Bonnie Kocis and David Pasko greeted us and our servers were from
United Methodist Church. Jean Willey led the flag salute and Sherry
Feiger asked the blessing. They had a little help serving by Carla and
Andy Anderson, Virginia Harris and Veanne. Thanks, everyone. As
usual, Karen helped with cleanup.
Ron Dowse did the announcing due to Veanne being busy helping in
the kitchen. Lisa, our cook in charge during Shay’s recuperation, had to
be out of town with her husband who was also having surgery. Our new
fill-in cook, Jill, did a good job with the help of Veanne and Danny
DePreist. Ron announced Cornerstone Christian Fellowship is having a
community Easter service at 10 a.m. on Easter Sunday at the Grant
County Fairgrounds pavilion followed by a free luncheon. All are
welcome. Redeemer Lutheran Church is having their Seder Meal at 5:30
p.m. on Friday, March 25. Call for reservations: 541-575-2348 or 541-
575-5840.
Norm Fowle then told the story of the beginning of St. Patrick’s Day.
Kim Ausland and Linda Christensen brought some of the folks from
Valley View to lunch. Attending with them were Chuck Corwin,
Dawnelle Hindman, Randy Persinger, Myrtha Fields, Jeanette Walker,
Bobby Raider and Norma Rynearson. Glad to see you folks. We also had
the card players and three of our local EMTs.
Karen Barrietua won the Chester’s Thriftway gift certificate and
Jessie Lewis won the Valley View lunch for two. Thursday, March 24,
will be our Easter dinner consisting of maple glazed ham, potatoes
augratin and a special dessert. Call for reservations. Monday, March 28,
we will have chicken teriyaki skewers, rice, Asian slaw and black forest
cupcakes.
Luke 23:46 “Then Jesus shouted, ‘Father, I entrust my spirit into your
hands!’ And with those words he breathed His last.”
MONUMENT –
By the time you read
this, I will have returned
from my trip to Portland. I
went to Portland because I
had to do some specific
Soo Yukawa
shopping and at the last
minute, decided to visit
the dentist, too.
Let me tell you, I dread going to the dentist. I think I was
traumatized as a kid. I hardly ever ate candy or cookies as a kid. For one
thing, my mother didn’t know how to bake, let alone use the oven. In
fact, she still doesn’t know how to use an oven. She uses the oven to
store her pots and pans. Well, my parents took me to see this dentist and
he basically told my parents I had tons of cavities! I think all my molars
have fillings. Personally I think he was a TXDFNDQGPLONLQJP\SDUHQWV
for all he could get. That dentist asked me to close my eyes, and needless
to say, I peeked and he was coming at me with this huge and very long
needle. Did I forget to tell you that I’m also a big chicken withneedles?
Oh, and boy did that long needle hurt! So, ever since thatincident, I get
really nervous, have shaky hands, and basically freak out
when I have to go to the dentist.
While we are on the subject of mouths, our mouths and tummies
were fed by our hard-working chefs Terry Cade and Christy Howell.
They made a very tasty roast pig, potato wedge fries, cole slaw, and peach
cobbler. Our greeters were Bob Blakeslee, Bodean Andersen and Marva
Walker. Bob led the flag salute, Bodean made the announcements and
prayed the blessing over our meal. We had 53 guests and three take-
outs. Gary Engle won the Len’s Drug gift card, Judy Harris won the
Chester’s Thriftway gift card, and Kristie from John Day won a free meal.
We had Ron Dowse from John Day, Tom Campbell from Kimberly, and
Jason and Anna Jones from Alabama joined us for lunch. A big shout of
thanks to Jason and Anna for serving in our military and country.
The rummage sale for the month of May will be run by Judy Harris,
Sylvia Cockrell and Karen Stubblefield. All proceeds will go to theSenior
Center general funds. So go through all your stuff and bring themon
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Don’t forget the People Mover’s van comes to Monument to take
folks to John Day and brings them back home around 3 p.m.
Isaiah 40:3 “A voice of one calling: ‘In the desert prepare the way
for the Lord; make straight in the wilderness a highway for our God…’”
Prairie City
Seniors
John Day
Seniors
Monument
Seniors
From the March
24, 1966, Blue
Mountain
Eagle, Phyllis
McCarthy,
administrator at
Blue Mountain
Hospital,
demonstrates
a cycoflush
machine — an
automatic bed
pan dumper
which cleaned
the pan, a
task that was
formerly done
by hand. By
inserting the pan
into the machine
and pushing
a button, the
machine had
the pan ready
to return to the
patient’s room in
a few seconds.
Eagle file photo
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