HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1937. PAGE FIVE
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Walter McGhee, former manager
of Interior Warehouse company here
and now on the road for John Deere
Plow company, was shaking hands
with old-time friends here today
while calling on the trade. With
his family he moved to Walla Walla
the first of March from Great Falls,
Mont., where they lived for two
years. The low temperature at
Great Falls for the winter was 40
below, with the mercury hovering
between there and zero for more
than a month. Lower temperatures
were recorded at points near Great
Falls, Mr. McGhee said.
Foster Collins, in town yesterday
from Camas prairie, said he was
two weeks digging out his road so
he could get to town. Though the
snow is leaving the mountains quite
fast now, he had it piled to the top
of his car on top the ridge between
his place and the highway. He said
the snow was the heaviest he had
experienced in his more than 19
, years residence on the prairie, and
he believed there would still be
snow left in June. Mrs. Collins ac
companied him.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Marquardt
entertained at Easter dinner for a
group of friends at the farm near
; Lexington. Guests included Mr. and
Mrs. Sylvannus Wright, Mr. and
Mrs. Leith Gordon and children, Mr.
and Mrs. Russell Wright, Tom Craig,
Madge Marquardt and Bonnie Coch
ran. Frank Anderson returned Sunday
to Corvallis to continue his studies
at Oregon State college after spend
ing spring vacation at home. He
was taken to Arlington by car ac
companied by his mother and sister,
Mrs. Hilma Anderson and Miss Lou
ise Anderson.
Among Heppner people attending
the funeral of the late Wilson Brock
at Pendleton Tuesday afternoon
were Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Pruyn, L.
L. Matlock, Mrs. Rosa Howell, Mrs.
Mary Thomson, Mrs. Cora Crawford,
Mrs. J. O. Turner and Mrs. R. B.
Ferguson.
Miss Jean, second oldest daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Joe M. Simas of
Kimberley, underwent an operation
for appendicitis at Morrow General
hospital last Thursday. She is re
ported to be doing nicely and expects
to return home in ten or twelve
days.
Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Gemmell, Jim
my and Jean were week-end visitors
from Salem at the home of Mr. Gem
mell's mother, Mrs. Emma Gemmell,
also enjoying a visit with many
friends here. Mr. Gemmell is sell
ing life insurance in the capital city.
James N. Luper, pioneer of the
Heppner flat district who has been
confined to his bed for three years
from a broken hip, celebrated his
87th birthday anniversary Sunday at
Morrow General hospital. He re
ceived well wishes of many friends.
John Parker came up from Port
land to spend the week end with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Parker.
Miss Mary Van Hoomissen of Ar
lington and Miss Frances Van Hoo
missen of Portland were also guests
-at the Parker home.
E. L. Young, in the city Saturday
.from Eight Mile, was reminded by
Friday's evening storm of a similar
electrical storm on the 28th of Feb
ruary, 1908, showing that there have
been electrical storms earlier in the
; season. '
A. A. McCabe and young son were
up from lone yesterday. Mr. Mc-
Cabe reported considerable reseed-
ing of fall sown grain underway in
, the lone section as well as much
spring seeding.
Mrs. Josie Jones was called to
Pendleton Sunday by the death of
' ber brother-in-law, Wilson E. Brock,
remaining there after the funeral
' Tuesday for a visit with her sister.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter La Dusire
from La Grande were in the city
Sunday to attend last rites for Mrs.
La Dusire's brother, the late Harry
' Turner.
Mrs. Frank C. Alfred and Mrs.
Lila Carver came up froms Portland
Friday and stayed until Sunday af
ternoon, Mrs. Alfred visiting with
her husband, the Morrow county
district attorney, while Mrs. Carver
visited at the S. E. Notson home.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Turner of
Portland and Miss Jeanette Turner
of Colton were in the city Sunday
to attend funeral services for their
uncle, the late Harry Turner.
Elmer Hunt was in town Tuesday
from Lexington. With his family he
recently returned to Lexington from
Yakima where they lived for several
months.
Henry Hensley departed yesterday
morning for his home at Hillsboro
after a fortnight visit at the home
of his sister, Mrs. Joseph Belanger.
Among Pacific university students
spending spring vacation with home
folks were Miss Irene Beamer, Ed
Dick, Jr., and Harlan McCurdy, Jr.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Bros
nan at the maternity home of Mrs.
Pat 'Mollahan Monday morning, a
7 1-2 pound son, John William.
Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Clark returned
home this week from a fortnight's
visit in Eugene at the home of their
daughter, Mrs. Frank Riggs.
Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Anderson from
Portland were over-Easter visitors
at the home of Mrs. Anderson's sis
ter, Mrs. W. C. McCarty.
Miss Marie Barlow who is attend
ing school in Portland spent Easter
vacation with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Chas. W. Barlow.
Miss Anabel Turner arrived the
end of the week from Portland for
a visit with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. F. W. Turner.
Mrs. Margaret Blake, the Gazette
Times correspondent from lone, was
in the city yesterday for a short
time on business.
Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Tenney mo
tored to Pendleton Sunday to attend
services at the Christian Science
church.
J. E. Craber was down from the
Hardman farm Tuesday, taking out
a supply of squirrel poison.
Raymond H. Turner was a busi
ness visitor in the city Saturday
from lone.
Lynn Caton, wool buyer from
Pendleton, was a visitor in the city
Tuesday.
Willows grange will have a social
dance at the hall in Cecil, April 19.
Carl Bergstrom was a visitor in
town Monday from Gooseberry.
Crocket Sprouls
Goes to Hood River
Mr. and Mrs. Crocket Sprouls
and daughter Janet departed Tues
day morning for Hood River where
they will make their home while
Mr. Sprouls accepts a position there
with Standard Service stations. Be
fore leaving they disposed of their
residence property on Baltimore
street to Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Tur
ner. ,
The position at Hood River came
to Mr. Sprouls as an advancement
in recognition of his good manage
ment of the local Standard station
for several years. Both Mr. and
Mrs. Sprouls have been life-long
residents of this city, graduating
from the local schools, and leave a
host of friends who bid them god
speed in their new fields. Notice to
move was received Saturday after'
noon, and there was little opportu
nity for farewells before leaving,
though a group of immediate friends
met at the Sprouls home Saturday
evening for a farewell get-together,
On leaving, Mr. and Mrs. Sprouls
served notice that the latch-string
would be out to all Heppner friends
passing through Hood River.
Harold Gentry, who has been as
sisting at the local station, succeeds
Sprouls as manager and Billy Cox
has taken Gentry s place.
BOARDMAN
By LA VERN BAKER
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Dean, Mrs.
Dye and children, Deloris and Jack,
of Seattle, were week-end guests at
the Packard and Jenkins homes. Mrs.
Dean is a sister of Mrs. Packard and
Mrs. Jenkins.
Mrs. King and daughter Ruth spent
a few hours in Boardman Sunday
visiting friends. Mrs. King is now
living in Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bradley left
for Morton Thursday where they
will make their home for the time
being.
Mr. and Mrs. Nate Macomber and
Mrs. Al Macomber spent the week
end in Pilot Rock and Walla Walla.
They visited Al Macomber who is in
the hospital at Walla Walla.
A lovely Easter program was held
at the community church Sunday
evening. All of the children of the
Sunday school took part in the pro
gram. Mrs. White, a former resi
dent of Boardman, sent many daffo
dils from her home in Troutdale to
help decorate the church.
H. E. club met at the grange hall
Wednesday afternoon, a large crowd
attending the meeting. Pot luck
lunch was served.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Ingles, Miss
Tildon and Miss Brennan spent the
week end in Portland.
Miss Marie Ledbetter spent the
week end visiting friends in Salem.
Miss Ada Mae Harford spent the
week end in Portland visiting her
mother, Mrs. George Harford.
Miss Virginia Compton spent Sun
day in Umatilla.
Mrs. Blanche Jones anl children
spent Sunday in Hermiston where
they visited the Phillip Jones fam
ily. Mr. Walker and Mr. and Mrs.
Hendricks made a business trip to
Heppner Saturday.
Mildred Ayers and Janet Gorham
motored to Umatilla Saturday.
Miss Elizabeth Slanger is working
in Umatilla at house work.
The student body girls of Board
man high school served a lovely
banquet to the F. F. A. boys and
their fathers Tuesday evening. East
er decorations of yellow and laven
der were used on the tables.
What might have been a serious
fire Tuesday noon was caused by a
partly filled fuel oil barrel explosion,
scattering burning oil over Gorham's
garage. A whirlwind had blown
burning trash against the barrel,
causing gas formation. Quick work
by several people with fire extin
guishers and water hose soon had
the fire out with very little damage.
Mrs. L. McCrumb and her daugh
ter left for their home in Midvale,
Idaho, last week after visiting at
the Strobel home.
An Easter cooked food sale was
held in Jack's store Saturday. It
was sponsored by the Ladies Aid
society and many good things were
sold.
The Townsend club sponsored a
pie social at the church Monday
night. Glen C. Wade of Hermiston
was one of the speakers of the eve
ning.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Root spent Sun
day in Umatilla, visiting Mr. Root's
brother.
The F. F. A. boys spent Friday in
Condon where they held their reg
ular convention. The boys made a
very good showing for such a small
chapter. They took third in par
liamentary practice, Ralph Black
won second in public speaking, Dave
Johnston took first in nail driving,
in soldering Bob McCutcheon took
first and Ralph Black second, in
milk testing Ted Wilson took sec
ond and Charlie Smith third, and in
poultry judging Bill Black took
third.
The grade school enjoyed an af
ternoon as well as some who took
the evening for their Easter parties.
The first and second grades and
third and fourth grades had Easter
egg hunts in the afternoon. The
fifth and sixth grades had a party
about 12:30, and the seventh and
eighth grades went on a weiner
roast in the evening.
Glen Mackan who recently moved
to Hereford, near Baker, where he
purchased a 160-acre stock ranch, is
reported to have suffered a leg
fracture and shattered knee when
the team he was driving ran away,
Before going to Hermiston the Mac
kan family lived in Boardman.
George Wellington Wicklander HI,
the small son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W.
Wicklander. Jr., was christened at
the community church Sunday eve
ning. Named as god-mother, Mrs.
Josephine Rands, and god-father,
Gus Vaccino.
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Hedgreen and
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Bickford of La
Grande are spending a few days
visiting at the Hug home.
PINE CITY
By BERNICE WATTENBURGER
Pine City school board elected
teachers for the coming year on
March 30, selecting Mrs. Joyce Smith
as primary grades teacher, Miss
Dora E. Moore for intermediate
grades and high school, Mrs. Ray
J. Pinson as principal and high
school teacher. The teachers were
all hired at an increase in salary.
Mrs. Joyce Smith spent Easter
vacation with her home folks in Ir
rigon. E. B. Wattenburger and son Junior
spent Saturday in Condon and Fos
sil on business.
The Rauch children were visitors
at the Julian Rauch home on Easter.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Neill and
family and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Neill
and family spent Sunday in Hermis
ton. They attended the Easter ser
vices. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Van Orsdall
of Pendleton and Mr. and Mrs. E. B.
Wattenburger and children spent
Easter Sunday in Walla Walla.
Eb Hughes and son Allen were
visitors at the Jim Daly home Mon
day.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Young were
Hermiston callers Monday. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Finch and family at
tended the show in Hermiston last
week.
Butter creek people are glad to
have an improvement in the roads.
Hugh and Ralph Currin were call
ers at the Jim Daly ranch Saturday.
They went to Portland Sunday.
Miss Isabella O'Brien spent East
er vacation with her mother. She
returned to Pendleton Monday,
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Former Resident
Dies at Pendleton
Wilson E. Brock, one-time Hepp
ner druggist and for many years
prominently identified with the bus
iness life of Pendleton, died at the
family home in that city Sunday
morning following a prolonged ill
ness. Funeral services were held
from the Episcopal church in Pen
dleton Tuesday afternoon, attended
by a number of old-time friends
from here.
Mr. Brock was born near Gaston,
September 21, 1868, to George and
Eunice Brock. After graduation
from Tualatin college, now Pacific
university, he engaged in the phar
macy business for many years, for
three years following the profession
at Heppner. While in this city he
helped organize the Elks lodge as a
charter member, and was exalted
ruler for a year. He purchased a
half interest in the T. C. Taylor
hardware business in Pendleton in
1905, assuming full control upon the
death of Mr. Taylor, and had since
managed that firm. He married
Miss Eller Rhea of this city, a sister
of Mrs. Josie Jones, October 8, 1893,
who with one son, Harold Brock of
Pendleton, and a sister, Mrs. H. D.
Bryant of Gaston, survive.
A 32nd degre Mason and past
grand commander of Knights Temp
lar of Oregon, Mr. Brock was espec
ially prominent in lodge and church
circles. He was the first treasurer
of the Pendleton Round-Up associa
tion and had served as president of
the Pendleton chamber of commerce.
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