Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Thursday, July 18, 1940
LEXINGTON NEWS
Death Takes C. C.
Boone, War Veteran
By MARGARET SCOTT
Funeral services were held at 1:30
p. m., Monday, at the veterans' plot
in Lincoln Memorial park, Portland,
for C. C. Boone, 94, Civil and Indian
war veteran, whose death occurred
Friday at the veterans hospital.
Mr. Boone was one of the early
sheriffs of Umatilla county, serving
several terms. He migrated west in I
1867 when all of eastern Oregon was
new country and when the Indians
were showing resentment over the
encroachment of the white men. In
1877 he organized the Fairview Ran
gers in Umatilla county to combat
the Bannock Indians. He was be
lieved to be the last survivor of that
war. A native of Illinois, he served
in the 6th Illinois cavalry in the
Civil war, enlisting at 18.
In 1897 Mr. Boone became a resi
dent of Morrow county, engaging
in wheat raising at Lexington, an
occupation he followed until 1924,
when he disposed of his holdings
and moved to Roseburg, living with
his son until about two months ago
when he entered the veterans hos
pital. Both his grandfather and father
saw military service before him, the
former in the battle of New Orleans
and the latter in the Black Hawk
Indian war.
, Survivors are one son, Daniel B.
Boone, Roseburg; and two daugh
ters, Mrs. W. R. Wyrick, Pendleton,
and Mrs. W. L. Blann, Scappoose.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Frederickson
and son ' George left Thursday for
their home in Salem. They were
accompanied by Louise Hunt who
will visit friends in the valley.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Barton and
children of North Dakota spent sev
eral days last week visiting rela
tives in this community. Mrs. Bar
ton is the former Nettie Davis.
Mr. and Mrs. Laurel Ruhl and
son Skippy spent Wednesday in
Pendleton.
Mrs. Otto Ruhl is confined to her
home by illness.
Lena Belle Forbes is working at
the Terrel Benge home. Her father
Earl Forbes, is employed at the
home of his brother in Boardman.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Townsend
and family have moved from the
Lawrence Palmer farm below town
to lone where Mr. Townsend will
work in the warehouse.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Allstott,
daughter June and family, were vis
iting relatives here this week.
Melba Burnside returned home
after visiting reltaives in Hermiston
for the past few weeks.
Mrs. Trina Parker was elected as
recorder to fill the vacancy left by
Margaret Leach. Joe Thornburg is
on the council in place of James
Leach, who has resigned.
Mrs. Laura Scott and Mrs. Melissa
Stonebraker were dinner guests at
the Ralph Jackson home Thursday.
On this day Mrs. Scott and grand
daughter, Carol Jackson, both cel
ebrated their birthdays.
IRRIGON NEWS
Irrigon Gardens
Marketing Melons
By MRS. W. C. ISOM
Clair Caldwell, Frank Brace and
Myrtle Markham opened there mel
on stands on the highway Monday.
' Mr. Whipple and W. C. Isom are
erecting new road stands to be open
ed within the next few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Farrell are visiting
relatives in Idaho.
The Benefiel brothers have leased
the Doll place for the coming year.
Mr. and Mrs. Doll have moved to
Yakima.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell McCoy an
nounce the arrival of a 6V2 pound
boy Friday, July 12, at the Pendle
ton hospital.
Robert and Florence Brace left
Sunday for Weiser, Idaho, where
they both have employment.
Rev. Harness held services at Pas
co Sunday. Rev. Greeley from Her
miston filled the pulpit here at both
morning and evening services.
Mrs. Brewker of Kansas, sister
of the late Mrs. Fred Reiks is visit
ing at the Reik's home for a few
weeks
Arlie L. Hatfield of Corvallis and
Miss Ludmilla Seidl of Portland are
the new high school teachers for
the coming year.
Frank Brace, Robert Smith, Forest
Hunting, Batie Rand, R. V. Jones
and W. C. Isom attended the annual
turkey meeting at Hermiston Saturday.
PINE CITY NEWS
School Repairing
Contract Awarded
The repairing of the Pine City
school was let to the Tum-A-Lum
Lumber company of Echo. Bud
Springer is doing the painting and
George Dennis is doing the roofing.
Mr. and Mrs. John Healy were
Pendleton callers Thursday.
Herb Instone of Pendleton called
Friday at the E. B. Wattenburger
home.
Mrs. Reid Buseick and daughter
Barbara spent Tuesday night with
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Wattenburger.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Bartholomew
came home Saturday from Spokane
and on Sunday they drove to White
Salmon, Wash., to a family reunion
of the Bartholomews.
Mrs. Robert Smith of Irrigon is
spending a few days with Mrs. Rus
sell Moore. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton, Ayers and
Bernice Wattenburger spent Sunday
at the Bill Wattenburger home in
Mattenger, Wash.
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Finch and
family and Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Wat-
Officials Come to
Inspect Forest
A. R. Standing, assistant forester
in charge of personnel management,
and R. F. Grefe, division engineer,
arrived in Heppner today enroute to
the Heppner division of the Umatilla
national forest on a trip of inspec
tion. They have been on the eastern
section of the forest for several days
and will be here three days at this
time, returning later to spend two
days on the western unit.
Forest operations claiming the at
tention of the inspectors will be
grazing, roads and lookout stations.
Standing is rated one of the best
posted men in the service in the
matter of grazing.
tenburger and family were callers
Sunday evening at the Clayton Ay
ers home. It being the seventeenth
birthday of Ray Ayers, ice cream
and cake were served in the evening
by Mrs. Ayers.
Mrs. Isabella Corrigall is spending
a few days with her daughter, Mrs.
Harold Wilkins.
Oscar McCarty was thrown from
his horse and at first thought quite
badly hurt, but at this writing we
hear he is improving.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Bartholomew,
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Hughes left
Monday morning for Spokane where
Mr. Bartholomew has his sheep.
Mrs. Hughes is staying in Spokane
with Mrs. Bartholomew and the men
are leaving this week with Mr. Bar
tholomew's lambs for the eastern
market at St Paul.
Hardman Youth
to Serve in Air Corps
Ellis K. Williams, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Tilden H. Williams, Hardman,
enlisted in the United States army
air corps at Portland July 6, it was
announced in a news release re
ceived from Lt. Col. H. D. Bagnall,
Portland recruiting officer. He will
be sent immediately to the West
Coast training center at Stockton,
Calif.
Young Williams, who was born
and reared in Morrow county, grad
uated from Heppner high school in
1937. He was accepted for enlist
ment by Corporal Martin V. Pilgrim,
Pendleton recruiter, and forwarded
to Portland for final examinations
and actual enlistment.
Enlistments are being accepted at
a rapid rate, according to the news
release. Ninety-six young men were
enrolled in the regular army at the
Portland office during the first six
days of this month. Men are being
enlisted for the field and coast ar
tillery, infantry, signal corps, medi
cal department and engineers.
BOARDMAN ITEMS
By MRS. CLAUD COATS
Noel Klitz of La Grande stopped
at the home of his mother, Mrs.
Margaret Klitz Thrsday, enroute to
Salem. He was through here Sun
day on his way home.
Zearl Gillespie, who is employed
in the Texaco Oil company plant
at Arlington, spent the week end
at his home here.
Mrs. Al Giese's sister, Miss Ruby
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Heidle of Weiser, Idaho, is visiting
here this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Al Macomber of
Heppner were visitors here Satur
day evening.
Miss Janet Gorham and Miss
Shirlee Gallie arrived here from
Union last Wednesday. Sunday
they went to Portland where they
live. Miss Gallie is from Union.
Mrs. D'jlbert Wetherall visited at
the Gorham home last Saturday.
She was joined by her husband in
the evening. Later they returned
to their home at Echo.
Vernon Root and Miss Roberta
Cannon of Athena visited the for
mer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. V.
Root, Sunday.
.The Misses Janet Gorham and
Clara Mae Dillon, and Mrs. E. W.
Peck and infant son, Gerald, were
in Pendleton Saturday where Mrs.
Peck consulted a physician about
her son.
Kenneth Ransier who has been
helping in harvest near lone, is now
at home.
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