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Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Thursday, April 21, 1938
IOXE NEWS
John Louy, lone
Pioneer, Passes
By MARGARET BLAKE
Funeral services for John P. Louy
were held in the I. O. O. F. hall on
Wednesday afternoon with Alvin
Kleinfeldt of Heppner officiating
and lone Lodge No. 135 in charge,
assisted by Phelps Funeral home of
Heppner. Special music was sung by
Mrs. Walter Roberts and Mrs. Ture
Peterson, accompanied by Mrs. E.
J. Blake. Richard and Frank Lun
dell, Lowell Clark, Arthur Crawford,
James Warfield and Garland Swan-
son acted as pallbearers. Interment
was made in the I. O. O. F. ceme-
' tery following graveside services by
the lone I. O. O. F. lodge.
Mr. Louy was born Dec. 29, 1866,
at Custer, Ohio, and died in Seattle
April 18, at the home of his daugh
ter, Mrs Viola Townsend, where he
had spent the winter hoping to be
benefitted in health by the lower
climate. He had expected to return
to lone soon, but passed away sud
denly and quietly before that time
came. Mr. Louy came to Oregon
when a young man and settled on a
homestead. Later he operated the
lumber yard here and was also a
section boss for several years. In
1892 he married Margaret Harbke
at Heppner, Oregon. To their union
a daughter was born. Mrs. Louy
died at lone on Jan. 1, 1921. On No
ember 26, 1926, he married Mrs. Lou
isa Sperry who survives him. He
also leaves his daughter, Mrs. Viola
Townsend of Seattle, two grandsons,
James Townsend of Sitka, Alaska,
and Gene Townsend of Seattle; two
sisters, Mrs. Nancy Wilson of Walla
Walla and Mrs. Maude Cook of Tra
cy, Calif.
Mr. Louy was elected one of Ione's
first councilmen in 1899 and in 1930
he was elected mayor, serving until
September, 1937, when he resigned
on account of ill health. He was a
faithful Odd Fellow, having been
one of the oldest members of the
lone lodge.
Mrs. May Waters, state president,
Mrs. Hazel Snyder, vice-president,
and Mrs. Marie Todd, district presi
dent of the American Legion auxil
iary, will be in lone Friday evening
when they will visit the local unit.
All members are urged to attend.
A special Easter program was
presented by the members of the
Union Sunday school at the Baptist
church last Sunday morning. Songs,
recitations, readings and vocal solos
were enjoyed by an audience which
filled the church. Following the
Sunday school hour Rev. Frank E.
Carlson, superintendent of Congre
gational churches in Oregon, preach
ed an Easter sermon.
The comedy, "Aunt Tillie Goes to
Town," was presented at the gym
last Friday night by the junior and
senior classes and was enjoyed by
a large audience. All parts were well
taken by the members of the cast.
Four tables of bridge were at play
at the social meeting of the Women's
Topic club at the home of Mrs. Hugh
Smith last Saturday afternoon.
Prizes were won by Mrs. Bert Ma
son and Mrs. M. E. Cotter. Hostesses
with Mrs. Smith were Mrs. Elmer
Griffith, Mrs. Clyde Denny and
Miss Emmer Maynard. Refresh
ments were served. It was announced
that the May study meeting would
be held at the home of Mrs. M. E.
Cotter on Friday afternoon, May 6.
The regular day for the study meet
ings each month has been changed
from the first Saturday in each
month to the first Friday.
Mrs. Agnes Wilcox underwent
a major operation at the Emanuel
hospital in Portland last Wednesday.
Her daughter, Mrs. Clyde Denny,
went down on Tuesday to be with
her. She "was accompanied by Mrs.
C. W. McNamer of Heppner. Word
has been received from Mrs. Denny
of the success of the operation and
expectation of rapid recovery of her
mother.
Mrs. Maude Ferris returned Fri
day from The Dalles where she had
spent a week.
Bert Mason Jr. has returned from
Portland where he has been em
ployed for several months.
Miss Mary Alice Rulifson, third
and fourth grade teacher, has ac
cepted a contract to teach the third
grade in the Condon school next
year.
At a special school meeting held
in Morgan last week patrons of the
district voted against transporting
their grade school pupils to the lone
school next year.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Bergevin are
at their farm near Gibbon where
they are tending to their spring
work. They expected to be joined
there by their son, Denward, while
he enjoyed a short vacation from his
school work at Gonzaga.
Dr. and Mrs. Frank E. Carlson and
Mr. and Mrs. I. R. Robison were
dinner guests of Mrs Laxton McMur-
ray on Sunday.
Earl Padberg of Portland spent
Easter Sunday with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Padberg.
Relatives have received word of
the serious illness of Mrs. Sarah
Lindsay at her home in Salem. Her
son, Frank Lindsay, went down to
see her on Wednesday evening, also
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Halvorsen. Mrs.
Halvorsen is her granddaughter.
Laxton McMurray was a passen
ger on Saturday night's train en
route to St. Martin's springs.
The Schoolmasters' club, com
posed of men teachers from Uma
tilla, MorrOw and Gilliam counties,
met in the local school Monday eve
ning. About twenty-five members
attended. Girls of the student body
served them a supper in the base
ment of the school.
Miss Linea Troedson returned to
her work in Portland after a short
vacation at the home of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Troedson.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Heliker and
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Eubanks re
turned last Thursday from a teiv
day trip to California They went as
far south as San Francisco and were
accompaniel home by Miss Harriet
Heliker who had spent several weeks
in Los Angeles and met them there,
Mrs. Pauline Boyer came up from
Portland Monday and will remain
for a few days before returning to
her home there.
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Feldman drove
to Portland Friday to meet Mrs.
Feldman's aunt and uncle, Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. Smith of Minneapolis,
Minn., who are on their way home
after spending the winter in Call
fornia. The party returned Satur
day. On Wednesday Mr. and Mrs.
Feldman took them to Seattle for
a visit with other relatives.
Bert Mason is driving a new Ply
mouth.
Leo Gorger received word Sunday
night that his brother Joe had been
seriously injured in an automobile
accident near Napa, Cal., and was
not expected to live. His sister, Mrs.
Minnie Ramsay, who has been at the
Leo Gorger home caring for Mrs,
Gorger, left Monday to be with her
brother. She was taken as far as
Arlington by Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Gorger.
Miss Harriet Heliker has gone to
Cecil to work at the John Krebs
home.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Coleman and
children of Minnesota are visiting
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Schlevoight Mr. Coleman is the son
of Mrs. Schlevoight.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Eubanks mo
tored to Portland Satruday to see
Mrs. Ida Moore who received an in-
tored to Portland Saturday to see
found her getting along nicely tho
her leg is still in a cast. They were
accompanied to Portland by W. H.
Padberg of Lexington and Mrs. E.
C. Heliker. On the return trip home
Saturday they also had Mrs. W. H.
Padberg, sister of Mrs. Moofe, who
had been down there several days.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Kruse and
daughter Karen of Oswego, Mrs.
Opal Cason and Mrs. H. C. Wood and
son Billy of Portland were Easter
Sunday visitors at the homes of rel
atives here.
Boardman Upsets
Local FFA Fighters
Heppner FFA fighters expected
to give Boardman a return revenge
smoker when they journeyed there
Friday evening and the expectation
was accomplished as Boardman won
four, drew one and lost but two of
the seven matches. The climax of the
evening came in the last match when
Johnny Hays, with a fine record in
previous cards, took the knock-out
count from his opponent, Partlow,
in the first round.
Alan Gibb emerged from the first
match with two black eyes and a lost
decision to Albert Partlow. Floyd
Williams did some tall ducking to
outpoint his opponent, Ralph Skou-
EXPECT POWER SOON
Mrs. E. B. Wattenburger and ba
by daughter were visitors in the
city this morning from Pine City.
Mrs. Wattenburger was thrilled at
the , prospect of having electrical
power at their place soon. The line
survey has been completed as far
as Pine City and it was expected the
line would be completed that far
within the next six weeks.
ECHO WOOL SOLD
With price not revealed, the 42,
000 pound 1937 wool clip of C. A.
Johnson of Echo is reported to have
been sold at Portland the first of the
week to F. W. Clarke, representing
Hallowell, Jones and Donald of Boston.
bo, in the next match, but the trend
of battle was indicated when Rufus
Hill lost his match to Boardman's
Fred Collosso.
Lawrence Wehmeyer showed his
usual good spirits by never losing
his grin as he drew with Bleak
ney, and Howard Patton evened up
the evening's score for the moment
as he took a decision from Tannehill
who was forced out in the first
round with an injured thumb.
Boardman again came to the front
as Clayton Wright lost to Ted Wil
son, and their evening's supremacy
was clinched with the knockout in
the final match.
Johan Troedson and son Carl were
business visitors in the city Monday
from the lone district.
TO BROADCAST
Jpseph Belanger, county agent, is
leaving today for a conference of
county agents at Corvallis. He is
scheduled for a talk on the KOAC
farm and home hour tomorrow eve
ning, beginning at 6 o'clock. He will
talk on the county's soil conserva
tion work as one of the outstanding
developments in the county in the
last year. The conference will deal
generally with results of recent
county farm economic conferences.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Chaffee were
in Pasco, Wash., Sunday to help
celebrate the 84th birthdaof Mrs.
Chafee's mother, whom they found
in good health and active for her
I advanced years.
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