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Prominent Matron
Succumbs to Heart
Ailment Wednesday
Harriet Kimball
Mahoney Passes at
Pendleton Hospital
Death came unexpectedly early
"Wednesday morning to Mrs. Har
riet Mahoney prominent Heppner
matron, at St. Anthony's hospital
in Pendleton where she has been a
patient the past six weeks. Suffer
ing from a heart ailment, Mrs, Ma
honey was prevailed upon by mem
bers of her family to go to the hos
pital for complete rest and medical
attention. She suffered an attack of
pneumonia about three weeks ago
but had fully recovered from that
and her condition was such that it
had been planned to bring her
home this week-end. Latest word
from, the hospital Tuesday evening
was that she was feeling fine and
was in the best of spirits.
Memorial services will be held at
10:30 a. m. Friday from All Saints
Episcopal church, with Bishop Wil
liam P. Remington officiating. Ar
rangements are in charge of the
Phelps Funeral Home. Interment
will be made in the Heppner Ma
sonic cemetery.
Harriet Kimball was born Jan. 26,
1872 in Filmore county, Minn.,
where her early life was spent. As
a young woman she was employed
as clerk in the county treasurer's
office at Watertown' S. D. There
she met William P. Mahoney who
was county auditor and they were
married May 15, 1895. . Ten years
later they moved to Bonner's Fer
ry, Ida., where Mr. Mahoney help
ed open the First State bank, re
maining there to manage the insti-
tution until 1917 when he became
the head of the First National Bank i
of Heppner. He continued in that like a Council report. It would be
capacity until his death in 1936. (impossible to suggest any improve
Mrs. Mahoney took an active part j ments for the way Camp and Hos-
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growers auxiliary and of the Ore-
gon Woolgrowers auxiliary, serv
ing both groups in the capacity
of president. She maintained an ac
tive interest in these and other or
ganizations as long as her health
permitted. She was an active mem
ber of All Saints Episcopal church
and of Ruth chapter, Order of Eas
tern Star, being a past matron of
the latter. She was keenly interest
ed in civic affairs and always lent
a willing hand toward improve
ments for the benefit of the town
and community.
Surviving are five children,
Vera V. Mahoney of Los Angeles,
Calif.; Doris (Mrs. Archie Ball),
Heppner; Mrs. Kathleen Mather,
Santa Barbara, Calif.; Philip W.
Mahoney, Heppner, and Mrs Pa
tricia Espy, Hpppner, and nine
grandchildren. One son, Kenneth,
preceded her in death.
High Hazard Areas
Closed to Public
Carl Ewing, supervisor of the j
Umatilla National forest announced
that the following high hazard
forest areas lying in and adjacent to
the Umatilla National forest will
again be closed to public entry ex
cept with permit: Kinzua logging
area, Johnson Creek logging area
and Shaw Creek logging area.
These comparatively small areas
are highly inllammable on account
of logging slaah or other fuel which
must be closely guarded to prevent
fires that would disrupt the essen
tial logging industry,Ewing said.
He also stated that none of the
closures will cause undue incon
venience to the general forest using
public, since none are within re
creational areas. Settlers may en
ter without permit and others hav
ing business within the areas may
secure entrance permits from any
forest ranger or at any guard station.
Heppner,
Boy Dreams House
On Fire; Woodshed
Burns Instead
George Ross, 12, had a dream last
night He dreamed his, grandmoth
ers house was on fire and the
awakened, and sure enough there "TV neppner leign r me
was a fire-the woodshed "45 w as queen Mxss Kilkenny
burning , is the daughter of Mrs. Lottie Kil-
Mrs. Louise Ritchie and two of,kenny' uPPer mnon creek ranch
her grandsons, George and Jackie 1 woma 13 , a gduate of Heppner
"ni" wvainc oj icat uiai. ir was
Ross, had been hurninff erass!1"1 ana an expect rider,
around her home Wednesday eve'
ning and thought they had put out
the last spark, but evidently one or county to select princesses. Willows
more sparks got inside the wood- grange named Darlene Biddle for
shed and along about midnight the honor. She is the daughter of
had grown into flames. The fire j Mrs. Vernon Brown of lone. Doro
department responded within eight thy Bergstrom, daughter of Mr. and
minues but due to the fact that Mrs. Carl Bergstrom of Eight Mile
there is no fire plug in that area
water had fo be hauled several
blocks .and the woodshed was de
stroyed. Neighbors joined the fam
ily in playing garden hose streams
on the house, saving it from dam
age. Most serious loss was Mrs. Rit
chie's coal supply and six cords of
dry wood and a hutch of rabbits,
the property of Jackie Ross.
County Committee
Given Official Praise
If there are any doubting Thom
ases regarding the work of the
Morrow county committee of the
Blue Mountain Camp and Hospital
council, they 'should read the fol
lowing note received by Mrs. R. I.
Thompson, county chairman, from
the regional director of the camp
and hospital service, Pacific area.
Writing from San Francisco June
19, Richard H. Anderson has the
following to say:
Dear Mrs . Thompson:
Thank you for your letter of
June 11th. It is hard to believe that
your Camp and Hospital report is
for
single committee, it
looks
pital has been interpreted to the
communities. It would seem that
those responsible for its operation
have a keen insight of the factors
involved. Keep up the good work!
Yours very truly
Richard H. Anderson
SIIELLAR BURGESS FROCK
Funeral services were held at 2
o'clock p. m. today from the Phelps
Funeral Home chapel for Shellar
Burgess Prock, 39, whose death
occurred Tuesday morning Inter
ment was in the Heppner Masonic
cemetery. Mr. Prock passed away
in his sleep, the family making the
discovery when he did not appear
at breakfast.
He was born Nov. 28, 1905, at
Hartsyille Mo., and had made his
home in Heppner since 1925. Sur
viving are the father and mother,
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Prock, one sis
ter, Mrs. Jack Merrill, Corpus
Christi, Tex., and three brothers,
Vernon, Faye and Farris, of Hepp
ner, besides five nieces and three
nephews.
FINDS PECULIAR ROCK
Raymond Wright was displaying
some peculiar rock in town Friday.
It had the appearance of melted
glass or sand that had been melted
by intense heat. The rock was
found in the ashes pf a haystack
that was burned on the Wright
place Thursday. When the fire was
discovered the stack was burning
from top center, which led to the
belief that a meteor fragment might
have landed on the hay. Specimens
were sent away for analysis and
Wright is waiting for a complete
report.
Philip W. Cohn, ART 3!c, came
in Sunday to spend several days
with the home folks. With his fa.
ther, Harold A. Cohn, he left
Monday for a brief fishing trip in
Wallowa county. Philip is station
ed at Seattle.
Oregon, Thursday, July
Colleen Kilkenny Named
Queen of '45 Heppner Rodeo
Directors of the Heppner Rodeo
association in meeting Saturday
evening selected Miss Colleen Kil
. TT , ,
To assist the queen, the associa
tion invited the granges of the
is the choice of the Rhea Creek
grange, while Lexington grange
chose Betty Graves, daughter of
Mrs. Mary Thomson,
Lifelong Resident,
Passes Wednesday
Death came to Mrs. Mary Thom
son, 65, at her residence on Balti
more street at 10 o'clock Wednes
day evening, July 11. She had been
ill several months and in April
went to The Dalles for consultation
only to learn that medical aid
could not relieve her. After spend
ing a few weeks there and at Port
land she returned to Heppner to
be among family and friends.
At th hour
Funeral services will be held at
10:00 a. m. Saturday at the chapel
of Phelps Funeral Home, with in
terment in the Masonic cemetery.
Mrs. Thomson was a native of
Morrow county and was the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Farns-
worth, pioneer of the Rhea creek
section. She attended school here
and at St. Helen's hall in Portland.
On Thanksgiving day 1919 she was
married to Charles Thomson, mem
ber of the mercantile firm of Thom
son Bros. Mr. Thomson passed
away Aug. 11, 1934.
Surviving are two brothers,, Karl
W. Farnsworth of The Dalles and
Frank Farnsworth of Heppner, and
three sisters, Mrs. Marcellus Mor
gan, Mrs. Flo Beamer and Mrs. L.
E. Bisbee, all of Heppner, and two
stepsons, Earl and Ellis Thomson.
Mrs. Thomson was a member of
All Saints Episcopal church.
HUDSON-UNREIN NUPTIALS
PERFORMED AT BOISE
Springing a surprise on family
and friends, Miss Wilma Marie
Hudson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Darl E. Hudson, and Fidelis Un
rein, proprietor of the Richfield
station, were 'married Thursday,
July 5, at Boise, Ida. The newly
weds returned to Heppner the first
of the week when the news was
given out to the public.
The bride has been employed at
Scotty's Super Cream for several
months. Mr. Unrein came to Hepp
ner early in the spring and took
over the Richfield station, coming
from The Dalles. He is a discharg
ed veteran ot the present war.
RECEIVE SURPRISE CALL
Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Clark were
pleasantly surprised Tuesday when
their son-in-law, Lt. Com. Gordon
H. Ridings- called from Pendleton.
He was enroute to Eugene to spend
a 10-day leave following which he
will receive a new assignment. He
has been staff commander of the
South Atlantic force the past seven
months.
Ted Smith .has taken over the
duties as manager of the Heppner
branch of the Morrow County
Grain Growers taking the place of
Kenneth Blake, resigned. Smith
had to resign from the AAA of.
uce, leaving those duties in the
hands of Arnold Ebert. Blake has
not indicated what he plans to do,
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Saling
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is visiting his
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12, 1945
Mr. and Mrs. John Graves. Since
Lena grange no longer functions,
ad that section is typical of the
range country, Edwin Hughes was
asked to. name a princess from that
vicinity and his choice was Joan
Hisler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Hisler.
Mrs. Lee Beckner has been plac
ed in charge of the royal court and
will assist in outfitting them, hav
ing their pictures taken and other
matters of preparing for the big
show.
The granges will give dances to
buy cowgirl outfits for their respec
tive princesses and the association
is planning to open the round of
social events with a dance at the
pavilion the evening of July 28.
Contracts Signed
By New Teachers
Supt. George Corwin announced
this week that two new teachers
have been signed up to teach in the
Heppner high school. Upon the re
signation of Don Strait as Smith
Hughes instructor, Marvin Wight
man was prevailed upon to take
the job and was hired as of July 1.
Mr. Wightman has had three
years teaching experience besides
two and one half years with the
farm security administration. He
taught Smith Hughes work at Ar
lington and Condon and was en
gaged in farm security work at
Grants Pass.
. Corwin states that he has secured
the services of Miss Janet Curtis,
Reed college graduate, to teach
English. She is a Portland girl and
comes highly recommended.
Health Law Best
Yet, Nurse States
The new health law passed by the
1945 Oregon legislature is the best
yet, in the opinion of Miss Margaret
Gillis, county health nurse. Miss
Gillis as program chairman of the
Heppner chamber of commerce pre
sented Mrs. Lucy Rodgers at Mon
days luncheon program as inter
preter of the new law. Mrs. Rod
gers discussed it section by section,
showing that it is designed to meet
new conditions as well as improve
present sanitation methods.
Miss Gillis followed Mrs. Rodgers
with a discusion of some of the
more salient features.
AT P I & L OFFICE
Mrs. Audrey Thomas of Pendle
ton is helping out at the local of
fice of the Pacific Power & Light
regular clerk, Miss Laurel Ball,
company during the absence of the
who is taking her vacation. Miss
Ball had planned to spend a few
days in Pendleton and then go on
to Portland for a visit at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Peavy.
Mrs Thomas is from the Pendleton
office of the company.
u
S Sgt Leland Edmondson, army
air corps, has arrived in Heppner
to visit at the home of his mother,
Mrs. Durward Tash and Mr. Tash,
for 30 days. Mr. Edmondson has
seen much service in the European
theater and still is not sure wheth
er he is going to be discharerd nr
whether he will go to the Pacific
area, but will find out when he re
ports to Florida at the end of his
30 ray furlough. He reported at Ft.
Lewis on his return to the states
and "from there visited his sister,
Mrs. Wilbur Nichols in Enumclaw,
Wash, arriving here Wednesday
evening. Sgt Edmondson was mar
ried while in England, but his wife
will not be able to come to America
for the present because transporta
tion facilities are not available
while troops are being shipped in
such large numbers.
John E. Himelwright from the
AAA office at Corvallis is spend
ing a few days here checking the
records of the local triple A office.
Volume 62, Number 16- o
Fall From Tree
Fatal to William
James Applegate.
Accident Occurred
Saturday Evening
At Turner Place
William James Applegate, 8, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Applegate of
Heppner, succumbed Sunday morn
ing to injuries received Saturday
evening at the Sam Turner place in
Sand Hollow.. The little boy passed
away at St. Anthony's hopital in
Pendleton to where he was rushed
immediately after the accident.
William and his cousin, Kenneth
Turner, were engaged in the youth
ful sport of climbing trees about
the Turner place. William ventured
up to a distance of about 25 feet
from the ground in a balm tree and
it is thought a small limb broke,
precipitating him to the ground.
His head was badly crushed by the
impact and he probably sustained
internal injuries.
Funeral services were held at 10
o'clock a. m. Tuesday from St Pat
rick' Catholic church in Heppner,
Rev. Francis McCormack officiat
ing. Rosary was held at 8 p. m.
Monday at the Phelps Funeral
Home chapel. Interment was in the
Heppner Masonic cemetery.
William was born Feb. 23, 1937 in
Pendleton. He attended the Hepp
ner public school, having passed to
the third grade at the close of the
spring term. He was an affable
little lad and greatly loved by fam
ily and friends to whom his untime
ly death is a great shock.
Surviving besides his parents are
two brothers, Richard and Paul.
, and a sister, Peggy.
Here to attend the funeral were
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Straley of We
natchee, Mrs. Helen Berland, En
terprise, and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ap
plegate and daughter Mabel of
Joseph.
RUTH FRENCH DAVIDSON
Cliapel services were held Friday,
July 6 at the Phelps Funeral Home
for Ruth. French Davidson who
passed away in Salem on the 4th.
Mrs. Davidson was a native of Hep
pner, daughter of pioneer parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff French. She is
survived by her husband, Ray Da
vidson, two daughters, Mrs. Betty
Godwin of Pendleton and Mrs.
Mary Stewart of Summit, Ore. one
son Raymond, Oakley, Ida., a grand
daughter, Susan Kay Godwin, the
mother, Mrs. Jeff French, three
sisters, Mae McFerrin, Freewater,
Mrs. Anne Howell, San Frrancisco,
and Marjorie Smith, Santa Monica,
Calif., and a half brother, Lewis
Pkley, Heppner. Mrs.' McFerrin
Mrs. Godwin and Mrs. Stewart
were here for the srvices.
BUY THOMAS PROPERTY
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Engkraf
have purchased the residence pro
perty of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Thomas
on south Chase street and have
taken possession. The house is a
duplex, one apartment of which is
occupied by Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Hall. It is the Engkrafs plan to
build a house later on, as well as
anotner unit or two for rental pur
poses. 'An.y may sell the lot on
no ah Court street, the scene of the
the which lcit them homeless. Mr.
and lYjis.. Thomas plan to take a
trip euA to look for a new location.
WARD GRAVES
Funeral services for Ward Gra
ves, who died in Baker Friday, July
6, were held from the Folsom chap
el in Pendleton at 2' p. m. Monday,
with the Rev. Clifford Noble of
Heppner officiating. He is survived
by the following children: Edith
and H A. Graves of Sparta, George
W. Graves of Pendleton, S. E. Gra
ves of Yoncalla, J. W. Graves of
Heppner and Mrs. Orville Cutsforth
of Lexington.
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