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eppner Gazette Times
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, June 6, 1946
Volume 63, Number 1 1
1 -1
Pioneer Saddlery
Sold Past Week
By E. G.Noble
Thomas Lloyd
Buys Building
And Equipment
Purchase tlie past' week of the
Noble Harness and Saddle shop by
Thomas Lloyd is one of the latest
business changes to take place ou
Main street. iUr. Lloyd has been
employed at tlie shop for several
months under the tutelage ot ii. G.
Noble, who retires aiter one of tlie
longest periods ol operation in lo
cal annals.
Mr. Lloyd will be assisted by his
brother JacK Lloyd, who lias coiik
to lieppner lrom John Day where
he lias been employee as a teacher
since tlie lust ol tile year.
The purchase includes building
and contents.
The Noble Harness and Saddle
Shop was started by . U. Noble's
father, the late George Noble, in
1V60 and lias been in the lamily
continuously since that date Gene
Noble served nis apprenticeship
under his father a.id early in the
present century Iouk over the bus
iness. Lous, Campbell another
Noble apprentice, was associated
witu him lor a nurnoer ol years,
later selling his interest to Mi
Noble and accepting a position as
sadule maker in Uie Hamley shop
at Pendleton. Suite that time the
place has been operated by Mr.
Noble who in recent times has
worked by himself.
Tlie fame ot the Noble saddle
was wide and orders came lroin
many sections ol Uie country. SiocK
men and cowboys, once they used
a Noble sadule, pi ef erred inem anu
the shop was never wiuiout a list
oi orders.
Altiiough he has disposed of the
shop, Mr. Noble has assured his
successor that h- will occasionally
want a place at Lie bcncli to keep
his hand in, for one who has loo.ed
leather as long as he has can t
quit it cold. At piwseut he is recu
perating tiom an illness which kipt
him out ol t'-e sn.ip for several
weeks, This, combined with ad
vancing years, induced htm to dis
pose ul tlie business.
Forest and Range The Gazette Times
The fonst service cruisers, Ken
neth Keeling and Bei t Mason Jr.,
have hit the brush for the sum
mer. They lelt town t'-e first oi j
the week with their gypsy camp
consisting of trailtr house and ar
my cargo truck. At the present they
are camped at Blue Spruce camp
on Wall creek; as tlie summer pro
Goes Conventional
In an effort lo conserve paper
and lo gain bitter advantage of
meebaniiul equipment. The Ga
zelle Times has forsaken the ta
bloid form and returned to a
conventional (we think that's the
proper word; size. The change
has been contemplated (or some
greases they will camp at Long , onu;what
by the growing scarcity ol news
print Hy eliminating margins we are
able to gain C4 inches on tlie
same size sheet This is equal
to four columns of the tabloid
si.e or three columns plus two
inches of the eight column page
It is hoped this will enable us to
avoid printing ixtra pages to ac
commodate a little additional ad
vertising, although there will be
limes when it will be necessary
lo increase the number of pages.
The overcrowded condition of
Ihe paper this week is due to
publishing two large budget no
tices. Ordinarily there will be
room' for both news and adver
ing in a more balanced ratio.
Airport lo Have
Two New Hangars
Materials on Hand
Awaiting Builders
Work was scheduled to start
Wednesday on erection of two new
hangars at the Lexington airport,
according to Jack Forsyth, mana
ger. Une is a yuonsett nut.iu by ou
Prairie, Fairview and Happy Jack
sprmgs. Tne boys will cruise the
umber in Wall creek basin, Kahler
creek basin and the bolognas.
When this inventory is taken it will
complete the cruising of the entire
Heppner workng circle.
She'p are again on the trails
heading: fur tlie-- isuinmer range.
John brosnaifc. is heading lor the
Silver creek and Matlock allot
ments with two bands. Steve
'ihompsoh has two bands in tlie
mountains m the Mallory and
joiies canyon allotment. Frank Wil
kinson has a band of "yearlings on
the Ked Hill allotment and onoth
er band on private range in the
vicinity of Lovelett creek.
Crossing permits have been is
sued to Sid Seale, Barker Bros.,
and John Denzley who cross the
lieppner district heading lor tlie
nigher mountains in tlie Whitman
and Malheur forests- A few years
back the sheep trails across the
Hi'i-pacr dislrcit had heavy use, in
fact the trails were probably the
heaviest used of any national for
est in iIk west- rellow loresters
would casually call the district the
"Heppner NaiioanI Driveway". Now
uays instead of 100,005'-heep cross
ing the district there are less than
10,0(10 head.
vorab.c spring and tne recent nca
vy rains If the weather doesn't
turn too hot and dry-, this year
Grass in the mountains should j leet ana tne otner a KnocK-uown
Ix good this season witn the fa- type. by W leet.
Materials 'or both buildings are
on tlie ground and it is expected
that they wiil be put together in
,, . , . , r snori oiuer once uie wum sums.
Should produce a goou cop Thg airport rommission al
lambs along wilh some fat beet. ,, a the iront 20 leet of the frame
I at Campbell from Lonerock was j building as an Oiiice space for the
a cell r at the office this week. He ! Forsyihe Hying Service office, re
,s seeking summer range lor a band j -ving U;e remaining byJO
oi sheep. j setl hut will bj used exclusively
aul Taylor, forest engineer from ils a hangar.
Pendleton, was in town last wetkj. Since the fire which destroyed
on business. I llle on'"al hangar, Manager For
syihe has conducted his business
H...1 anl poie p rmils have been I ( a ul.yf?Joas. box-sized shanty
Issued lo Cleve Van Schoiack, Ray:ani his planes have been tethered
r.,re.j. in. O G. H.iguewood, Orian m the open. Tuere will be room
Wright and Chas. Monaglc.
Se.eral people have called re-.
arding camp fire permits. The se
permits are not needed until July
1, when fire season ofiicially opens.
Although people wishing to burn
trash and rubbish, who live within
1-8 mile ol loicst land have to se
sure a burning pcimit from ranger
.r state waidyn. Permits to enter
Invest arras are not required at
Wilson-Barratt
Nuptials Set for
16th at All Saints
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Wilson an
nounce tlie engagement of their
daughter. Dorotha Jean, to Mr-
James Garnet B.irratt Jr. Lie wed- ' .,. ;1I i ; as v .11 1. p'-irc
dim? date lias be-er. stt and vows i ,:,,. R..f,M-. tW p art is aio cl 'se
will be taken at 8 o'clocK p. m, j . ,,' k' "vill be announced in streets kno
lh' pr-ncr a:id the areas will
posted.
in tlie new of! ice to conduct class
es ol instruction as well as housing
ofiicc equipm. nt.
A sell-wiiiding hose reel has
been installed on the gasoline
pump, making it possible to ser
vice plants nearly 100 feet distant-
BITS SKKVICE STATION TO
AUGMENT BUSINESS
James Farley, local distributor
of Shell Products, completed a
business deal last week in which
Heppner to Play
Fossil Here This
Sunday Afternoon
Locals Lost There
Last Sunday by
Heavy Margin
All good baseball fans are urged
to rally 'round Sunday afternoon
when the Heppner team meets the
league champs at the Rodeo park
grounds. From all accounts the lo
cal nine will need the comforting
assurance that the home folks are
back of them after the four to one
shellacking they took at Fossil last
Sunday. (The four to one means
that each time Heppner made a
score, Fossil made five).
Without offering alibis, it just
wasn t Heppner's day to play ball.
Cm the other hand, it was Fossil's
day and the timbermen played
heads-up all the way. Consequent
ly they ran 20 men across the home
plate while Heppner managed to
shove five over.
Miller, season opener in the box
for Heppner, will return to the
box Sunday and it is expected that
stronger opposition will develop
from the local squad. New recruits
are turning out for practice this
week and some of these boys may
be what's needed to pep up the
game.
C ;r. plays at lone and Arling'
ton at Wasco.
Regaining Camp
Trade Advocated
AtC. C. Luncheon
Heppner should put forth an ef
fort to recapture some of the Camp
5 trade which has drifted away
from here the past year or so, in
town enjoyed a prosperous business
the opinion of B. C. Pinckney. The
with the woodsmen and their fam
ilies for two or three years, es
pecially when gas rationing for the
camp was handled through the
Heppner OPA office.
Pinckney mad.- the suggestion
to the Heppner chamber of com
merce at Monday's meeting, stat
ing that if some form of entertain
ment could be provided he was
quite certain that many of the camp
folk would return here to trade.
President F. W. Turner presented
a proposal for a riding club here,
stating that such an organizaion is
under discussion. He also said that
"Billy" Straight
Passes Suddenly
Friday Morning
Resident Since '78
Expires in Lobby
Of Hotel Heppner
Entering the lobby of the Hotel
Heppner Friday morning, apparent
ly to await opening of the Coxen
barber shop, William E. Straight,
one of the oldest residents of the
county, died as he started to sit
down in a chair. While he had
grown quite feeble in recent
months, it was not known that he
had a serious heart condition and
family and friends were quite
shocked at his sudden passing.
Funeral services were held at 2
o'clock p. m. Sunday from the
Phelps Funeral Home chapel, with
Archdeacon Neville Blunt in
charge. Mrs. Ture Peterson sang.
Interment was made in the Hepp
ner Masonic cemetery. Pallbearers
were John Brosnan, Walter Luck
man, James Cowins, Burl Coxen
and Harold Becket.
In point of residence, Mr.
Straight was one of the oldest
Thinks Automobile
Here to Stay ....
Robert Turner has written his
mother, Mrs. frank W- Turner,
irom Detroit telling briefly of the
auui anniversary ot the automobile
industry which it was his privilege
to attend. Dated May 30, he wrtes
as toliows:
Deares Mother: Detroit is cele
brating the 50lh anniversary of the
automobile business- Looks like the
auto is here tostay- Ail the streets
are decorated and thousands are
here for the celebration. 1m invit
ed to meet with the beiberling
ftubber company tomorrow as the
president's (Mr. Seiberhng) guest
at an afternoon gathering preced
ing tne Founders banquet All ol
inotordom will be there, including
Henry Ford and Knudsen ot G. M.
C. Many old cars abound the streets
right in the lobby of the hotel is
a iWi International, two-cylinder
engme, buggy tires and body.
I rtally remember dads first
Ford on the ranch and Cox's Max
well that brought us to town the
day of the cycione. Some fun, eh?
American Legion
tlects Officers
Heppner Post, American Legion,
held election of olficers Monday
pvoniTiv uHn th fnllnuincf wirp
the county He came here as a lad j chosen: Commander, Dean Oilman;
ing 'or a horse rancher in the sand
iirst vice commander, Frank Eng-
r in 1 i. p j
oi ,ea.s anu iuok a joo Ol rio-;. 6econd yice rommande, Dr.
country oy uiename oi . nenR c IjaV(.renCfc; adjutant, Willard
he was 18 years of age his father; Blake; inane offi c c
joined him here and they lived for Dunham. cl,aplai rletcher For.
a time on the Joe Rector place east I v,:c.,io p,' u,um.
of Heppner.
I service officers, C. J. D. Bauman
On June 27, 1887, he was married an(j William Smethurst Jr.; serge-
ant-at-arms, Hubert Hudson.
n iMn. Tr-iki n.-in Tkn
w ub-u xjam: acvui. iuc yvuiig
couple worked about a year for the
late Millard French's father, then
leased the Mitchell place on Hin
ton creek which they ran for sev
eral years, going from there to
Little Butter creek. Mr. Straight
Installation of the new officers
will be held the evening of June
17.
Delegates to the state convention
include Dr. C. C. Dunham, Dean
engaged in the stock business with ! man and ioyai rariter. Aiierna-
considerable success, retiring about! tes are w"'ard Blake and Dr. R. C
20 years ago to take up residence I Lawrence. :
in Heppner.
Surviving are one daughter, Olaj
Jonis, two sons, Waldon of Port
land and Shirley of Post Falls, Ida ,
four granddaughters, and five'
great grandchildren. All were pre-
sent for the funeral except onei
granddaughter, Mrs. Curtis Thom-
son.
Services Held at
Condon Sunday for
iam C. Brown
New Agent Takes
Over County Office
Morrow county's new agricultu
ral agent. Nelson Anderson, arriv
ed the first of the week from North
Dakota and has assumed the du
ties of his office. He has been busy
getting his family located in their
temporary home n Clark s canyon
and finding a little time to acquaint
himself with the set-up here.
Clifford Smith, acdstant county
agent leader, is here today assist
ing Anderson with some of the de
tails and familiarizing him wth the
Oregon system.
Wth the housing situation what
it is, Mr. Anderson feeis quite for
tunate in finding a place to live,
even if it is several miles from his
office. He stated that if we think
it is bad here we should try North
Dakota.
In the county where he was serv
ing as agent when offered the Mor
row county post he couldn't find
material to make bed slats. Neither
could he find two six-foot pieces
needed as standards for a sign he
wanted to put up on one of the
experimenting plats. There is a li
mited amount of building going on
there, and that is mainly for veter
ans. It is understandable why he
wanted to be assured housing be
fore he would consent to come.
tine, but at a latT date Wgn . .....!.,. Rln .wation would seek a
.1 lie pmcnese-l uie service suiuuii
a on Uie co;ner ot case anu iviay -? " "' e -
An as Chucks Sales and that a plan would be worieeo out
7Tr. ami Mis. C. N
BT-n'ldaiiLhtpr. Joyce Washburnc.
Sunday, June IB, at All Saints Ep
iscopal church The public is invited-
The wedding of this popular
VOUIlg Cliuii c will e'UllllliUHe a m- ; . ... , . r'.-M
' . ' . . , ..ft Wmliichilav morning for Gurt
mance which he-tan in gi adc scnoen cM (() vM, he civirles
and continued on through h'K1 ' Gray teal family. Mrs. Cravbinl if
school. The groom-to-be entered n,j'r dnught r and her husband is
the navy and saw service in the j r,a r of the- Christian church in
Pacific, receiving his discharge Grulley. ,
Mr. and Mrs. tall Bryant anu
beServie.,I horn Lhailes llouge.
i Fa. lev toeik over his new en-
- -- let prise the iirst of the month and
tones and , ls a ,isled at the station by D. P.
pnelan. He hps becn operating
the Shell plant since his return
from tiie sercvice the first of tlie
year and will continue in this work
aleing with his new station.
ANNUAL TEA AND CARDS
this spring. Miss Wilson texik a year
at the Unversily of Oregon folleiw
ing graduation from Heppner high
school and followed that with a
nurse's training course in Portland.
II. .il, nt-.iMiinunt in hitfh school
UUlll WV1L yiiji.ii--.-i- O ...... - ,
activities and both graduated wth Mrs. Michael Hoaly and Mr. and
" I Mrs. William P- Healy and children
nullum- , n...l 1 .A Mr oiiH Mw. Hjiv-
.III ruiiuuiu 1H - -'
Miss mond Gronquist ot Bonrdman.
J.-h'i and Edward Uillanan
ehilelren spent tlie week-end in
H Pl-ner visiting relatives. Thev
wore called here by the death of
Mrs. Bryant's grandfather. William
C. Brown.
Hero for Deewatian day were
and
All Saints auxiliary are announc
ine; their annual birthday tea and
card parly to b held at the parish
house at 2 p. m- Thursday, June
13. Tiie public is invited to attend
Pinochle and bridge will be in play
and Ua wll be served at the con
clusion of the afternoon.
of j Business visitors
Heppner
Mrs. Kotxrt winner anu u
tT-j tf....U lf tkio tnnrnincf fur I
rT .7 ...i ... ili Rm, Festi-i Portland we're business visitors in Monday were Mr- and Mrs- C. B-
val heina more particularly inlcr-! Heppner the first ol Uie- wet k. I Eisbc(. ()f Spray, who dropped
ested in the floral parade. A. S. ' Thev are giandsons ol tne la.e "
A ". nlnnnnH tn accompany them ! A. McAtce and came to see about
I )MJH I IV l 1 IV 1 V.Tl.T .... ".T
Ted Thomson is visiting his mo-dim-
Mrs Anna O. Thomson, hav-
1 1 ing just returned from Guam where
if hr. ot ciiiii'ht un with his work
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Marshall
and daughter Gwendolen of Hcr-
. i n..-u.rnii(in Hnv in
Hepmier They were the guests of , he has seen service for quite a
Mr. and Mis D. H. Jones 1 period. He expects to be dtseharged
Secret of Longevity Found in
Leading Active Life, Declares
Mrs. Swaggart, Now Past 87
around to the G-T office to pour
little oil on the machinery.
for making headquarters for the
riding club at the grounds, the two
organizations providing a caretaker.
Davidson Acqjires
Richfield Ctalion
Reooeninn of the Richfield ser
vice station, closed lact week when
Fide lis Unrein gave up his lease
and moved to his new location on
Chase street, is made by George
Davidson who is again selling gas
and oil at the familiar corner.
Davidson, youngest son of Mrs
Mabel Davidson, states that com
plete service will be available just
as fast as he can get things in
shape, which will be in a few days.
He plans to include car washing
and polishing in his line of ser
vice as well as light mechan
ical service.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bennett attend
ed the funeral of the late William
C. Brown in Condon Sunday.
! Services were held at 2 o'clock
p. m. Sunday at the Congregational
church in Condon for William C.
i Brown, pioneer stockman 'and
Charles Notson to
Sp-:ok Here June 14
Members of the Methodist church rancher of Gilliam and Morrow
congregation are looking forward
to a visit from one of their for
mer members in the person of the
Rev. Charles Notson, who is sched-
counties, who passed away Thurs
day, May 30. Interment was made
in the Mt Moriah cemetery at
Condon- A large concourse of re-
nled to sneak in Hennner in the I la uves and menus attended tne
afternoon and evening Friday, June ' services, several going from Hepp
14. He will bo accomoanied bv his 1;cr t0 W ullir last respects to
family and they will spend just 'one who had spent nearly three
one day here. quarters ot a century in this sec-
, , i tion of the state.
wnaries, a nauve oi neppuei ,
spent several years on the Tibetan
border and upper Chinese territory
to which he is returning. It has
been five years since he last vis
ited his old home and four years
of that time was spent in war ser
vice as chaplain in the European
ll,,ln
' cd ranching in Gilliam and Mor-
me puoic is invited 10 auenu countie, until advancine vears
Mr. Brown was born in Missou
li March 13, 1850 and came with
his parents to Oregon in 1851. They
fettled near Eugene where William
grew to manhood. He was married
August 21, 1871 to Mary Anna
Scott. They moved to eastern Ore
gon in 1874 and Mr. Brown follow-
Soil Conservation
Office tom?rovide
Technical Advice
The Soil Conservation service
reopened offices in the bank build
ing Monday with Tom Wilson in
charge. The ofiice has been opened
to provide technical assistance in
soil conservation practices for the
Heppner Soil Conservation district,
which covers about 700,000 acres in
Morrow and Umatilla counties.
Mr. Wilson, recently discharged
from the army, was wiike the Soil
Conservation service here tor three
years before entering the army in
1W3. Assisting him will be Rich
ard Salzman, a soils surveyer, and
an engineer who will be secured
for this area. Both Salman and
the engineer who will be secured
for this area. Both Salzman and
the engineer will also give assist
ance on tlie Gilliam county and
west Umatilla soil conservation
districts.
Tlie regular meeting of the Hep
pner Soil Conservation district
board of supervisors will be held
next Monday June 10, at 8 p. m.
in the bank building. Supervisors
are Henry Peterson, chairman; Or
ville Cutsforth, vice chairman; 0
E. Wright, treasurer, John Wight-
man and W- E- Hughes.
"Farmers interested in securing
soils surveys and maps to assist in
their soils conservation problems
are invited to attend this meeting
or contact any of the supervisors.
Wilson pointed out- "It is hoped to
have engineering assistance soon,
he added.
Nels Anderson, new Morrow
county agricultural agent, will at
tend the meeting.
Mayor Announces
Appointments at
Monday Meeting
Recorder Huston
Placed on Full
Time Salary
important changes were made m
the city government at Monday
evenings meeting oi tne ouuiicu.
mayor J. U- iuinex suutuilieu a
pioposal that Iv il Huston be em
ployed by toe city on a full tune
wi at a salary ol UK) per monen
i"e proposal was accepted and
.nr. Jnusion will assume lus new
uuues tne first of July.
iuis. uiie &igtbee has been
wuiing pari tuna in tne water
on ice and it was stated tnai sae
longer wishes to carry on there,
ouit nor. Huston, woo is city r
curuer, is closing ws grocery store
anu will be available by uiy i, it
was deemed a good move to com
ouie toe water cierK and recorder
joos and pay nun a suuicient sai-
uy to mane a lull time job.
Miayor lurner announced that
i. U. Kasmus, water cuininins inner,
tfui nereaiutr aiso act ul ue ca
pacity oi sueet coiniiiitoiuiier. ilas
iuus nas .been ouing niucn ol uie
worn ox a street Cuiilnnii"mr lor
a number ol years auu IM mayor
eu ne aoouiu at least be givea f
utle.
Bert Cor bin was present to ask
tne council lor neip on putung a
street tnrougn his piopeiy in souui
neppuer. Cur bin naa a tract wruca
ne is siuxliviaing and heeus a street
outlet tor part ox it- tie is prepar
ing to erect a ,ouu residence on.
part oi toe property and another
party will bund a ,0u0 house on
tne tract
Frank Turner presented a re
quest from the nodeo association
lor a lease on the Rodeo park. He
was advised that the city was
agreeable to a lease and would
give the matter due consideration.
Tiie mayor reported that ease
ments had been obtained on rights-of-way
tor the new well, that a
road had been, graded to the site
and that the city is now waiting
tor A. M. Edwards to complete a
well at Echo before starting on the
Heppner well.
the meetings.
DCE FOR DISCHARGE
forced his retirement.
Survivors include lour daught-
Miss Leta Humphries spent scv- ers. alrs- "ora e?a. SP- MTS
eral days the past week in Port- Matilda King. Spanaway, Wash.,
land and Waldport with Miss Rose j Wash., Mrs- R. A. Thompson, Hep
Liehbrand who is on a 70-day ter-, pner, and Mrs Lennie Loudon,
minal leave from the Women's Condon; a son Scott Brown of
Auxiliary Corps. Miss Liebbrand ! Condoni u graI,dchildren, 16 great
will receive her discharge July a , .... , '
m .K tiniv.ritv nf grandchildren, and one great great
Missouri his fall. She is in Seattle i grandchild. His sister, Mrs. Ellen
at present and wll visit in Heppner ! Bennett, passed away in Heppner
before returning east.
First Postwar Class Graduated at OSC June 9
April 26 of this year. He was the
last member of the family of Silas
and Jane Ann Brown.
Robert Kelly has returned home
from the navy and is engaged this
week in helping move his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kelley. to their
new home in Grant county.
Mrs. Lucy E. Rodgers is spend
ing tiie week in Salem where she
is attending conferences of school
secretaries and the annual conven
tion of the county superintendents.
Mr. and Mrs. C M. Rosewall
Exam Scheduled for
Postmastership Here
Examination for the position of
postmaster for the Heppner post
office has been scheduled for an
early date, according to word re
ceived at the local office the first
of the wee k. Joe Aiken has been
serving as acting postmaster since
the death of Charles B. Cox last
falL
The examination will be open to
anyone regardless of political faith
and those desiring to make a try
for the job are advised to secure
application blanks at once. These
papers must reach Washington D.
C on or before June 26 to be ac
ceptable. The necessary forms must be ob
tained from Mrs- Muriel Rice, lo
cal civil service secretary, at the
Heppner postoffice.
Mr. and Mrs- J. F. Davis were
guests at the homes of their sons.
have been enjoying a visit with Poinh and W. E. Davis over the
Mr. Rosewall s brother Abe Rose-1 Memoriai week.end coming from
It: VK.M3& h- cl w
man has been visiting his moher Mr. and Mrs. Layton Isom of
at Walla Walla. It has been 23 from the service in September,
years since he visited the home I Portland were week-end guests at
folks. the home of Mr. and Mrs. Blaine
If one would live lo a ripe oldlgarts lived in the Athena district.
, . , , . . Settlers were warned to be on the
age, ne or sue suuum imun.
tive and take an interest in whal
is going on. That's the philosophy
upon which Mrs. B. F. Swaggaii
bases her claim lor passing the
87th milestone w''1 a 8"'' P"'s"
ptct of seeing . vend more. "Work
ne r hurt .. .me," she deolnros
ai !n e ..a to keep busy at
i long as she eem gel
aiound i
The Swni;i;a,t ranch northeast of
Lt xington has long been noted for
ils horses. It is the birth place of
the famous Crcamoline horses, a
development the lale B. V. Swag
gurt worked on for many years.
These hors: s are Mrs. Swaggart'.'
joy and her pels. To keep in llieii
Hood unices she pulls grass and
feeds them by hand."They like It
so much." Another of her activit
Us al present is raising a pet crow.
She loves animals and this has
made it easy for her to spend most
of 63 years on the place her hus
band homcsleaeled in 1883.
As a young couple, Mr. and Mrs
Swaggart moved to Umatilla coun
ty from the Willamette vnlley In
1873. Indians were kind of bother
some Iheiso days and finally went
on the war path in 1878- The Swag-
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Weddings Holding Spotlight in Heppner as
Month of June Rolls Merrily Along
lookout for attacks so t o young
ouple decided lo forsake their ca
bin for what they at first Ihmiglil
would be a safer haven on top ol a
hay slack- Mr- Swaggart tethered a
bullion to a post near the slack to
give warning in case some red
skins showed up. He figured the
horse would get excited by the apt
proaeh of other horses and make
a iuss which would wake them
lhe Indians didn't show up that
night but some were spoiled in the
Jislimee the next morning. The an
imal did. get excited and Mrs
Swagi' art said ihey didn't lake time
lo let down tiie ladder and descend
in a ceinvi ntlonal manner. They
just slid olf that slack and spent
the rest ef the night in a giainj
field- The next morning Ihey caii
lioitsly peered about to see if e-'
eirvlliimr urns tnlni'l II l.'ili-i4 nt'-
curnd to them that the haystack
would have bprn one of Ihe first ;
things the Indians would have
burned.
Mis. Swaggart diviele'S her time
between lhe ranch home and he r OREGON STATE COLLEGE TIM dignified ana (center), -cItIo leader, war bond chairman, banker and
daughter's Mrs V'heeler In Pen-1 mlorful ceremonies of graduation, enacted here for tha for 1 years member of the state board of higher
n . ., i u 't,, i,,i seventy-seventh Um June , complete tht academU ducaUon. Baccalaureate speaker at 11 o'clock, pre-
dleton, but. she Keeps her "'' Work for 420 grndunt whose degrees are conferred by ceding greduaUon exercises at 8, is Rnbbl Henry
in as the sunst way lo keep time president A. L Strand, upper left The only honorary BerkowlU, Portland, recesnUy returned Ironl chaplain
from dragging. 1 degrea granted tbil you If to & a Baaunona, Portland Mrrloc
local high school and was em
ployed in the superintendent's of
fice the past year.
The groom, son of Cornelius Mc
Laughlin, served with the Marines
in the South Pacifc and has just
recently been dscharged from the
sefvice. For the present the young
couple will reside in Heppner but
they expect to go to California ths
fall to make ther home.
Monday evening the Church of
Christ was tlie scene of the wed
ding of Miss Betty Jepson, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs- Walter Jepson
and Mr. Elmer Lee Newton, son of
given in marriage bv her father. ' "' anU "lrs- tlmer Newton of
Her attendants were Mrs. Edward , Co Ba - Rev- - Wendell Herbi
Riee sister of the groom, as mat- 1 s"n rcaa the double ring ceremony
rim ol honor, Misses Colleen Miller The church was attractively de
and Lois Vance as .bridesmaids and eoiated for the occasion with white
her own sister, Betty Howell as peonies and candles. The candles
llower birl. I were lighed by Juanita and Mar-
P.inl Dolieiiy, uncle of lhe groom jgaret Hale- Mrs. Robert Walker sang
screed as best man. and ushers
were his brothers, Dan and Hugh
MiLi.ughlin. Mrs. R. C- Lawrence
furnished te wedding music.
A reevption was held in the
basement of the church following
Weddings are taking the spot
1 light these days and Heppner is
' enjoying ils share. The next one on
the calendar is scheduled for Sun
day morning when Miss Helen
Healy and Mr. Harry Thomas
O'Donnell Jr. will plight their troth
i at 10 o'clock in St. Pauick's church.
1 On Wednesday, May 29, at tile
Catholic church Miss Kathryn Ho
well, daughter of Thomas Howell
and Mrs. Melissa Howell ' b. came
the bride ol James McLaughlin. It
was solemnized before tlie altar
with Rev. Francis McCormack of
lieiating. The bride, gowned in
tradtional white with full veil, was
tor Jesus" and was accompanied
by Beverly Elliott of Milton who
also played tlie wedding music
The bride was given in marriage
by her father. She wore a white
the ceremony. Mrs. Harvey Miller u,r length gown and veil and car
presided at tlie nicely appointed j rii'el a bouquet of white carnations
table which was centered with a and white Bible,
beautiful wedding cake bearing ai The bride was attended by Mrs.
mnialure bride and groom under a I Wendell Herbison, sister of the
w deling bell Mrs. Sam Turner andjgloom and little Mary Esther Her.
Mrs. R. C. Lawrence assisted about j bison was flower girl. Willard Her
the room- bison was tlie groomsman. Bob and
The bride is a graduate of the John Jepson were ushers.
A reception followed the cere
mony and was held in the church
parlors. Mrs. Lee Howell was in
charge of the refreshments.
Out of town relatives included
the groom's father and mother of
Coos Boy and his brother and wife,
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Newton and
his sister Ruth of Coos Bay. and
anothir sister and her husband,
Mr. and Mrs. Byer Putnam of
Prospect.
The young couple will go to Mil
ton to work until school time in the
fall when they plan to finish their
high school courses at Prospect in
Jackson county
Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Elliott and
daughters were here from their
home at Milton.
Announcement of the marriage
of Miss Mary Ronayne and Rich
ard Ferguson has been received
by relatives and friends in Hepp-
Thiough tlie Years" and "Living ner. The marriage was solemnized
at the Old St. Mary's church In
San Francisco anel the couple
left for St. Paul, M nn.. home of
the oriele, where thev will visit for
a few weeks and then will come to
Heppner to spend the summer.
The groom ls the son of Mr. and
Mrs- E. O. Ferguson of Heppner
and prior to entering tlie service
was a stude nt at Oregon Statu col
lege He is a graduate of the Hrp
pner high school and well and fa
vorably known hers. His marriage
is the culmination of a remiance
started while located in the mid
western are-.
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