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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, August 14, 1952
25 Fires Started
By Lightning
Monument Area
By Millie Wilson
Warden C'het Brown reports
there has been twenty-five light
ening fires in his area this week.
Out of the twenty-five, three were
real bad ones. One on the Mid
dle Fork covered about 200 acres,
also the one on Cougar Mountain.
While the one Saturday night on
Buck Butte on Rudio covered
about 150 acres. All these fires
were taken care of by state crews
and volunteers from ranches and
logging crews. Warden Brown
wishes to thank all who volun
teered their help in subduing
these fires.
Several cloud bursts and seve
ral lightening fires were reported
Friday and Saturday. Lightening
struck between the woodshed and
house at the home of Addie Os
borne at Courtrock on Saturday.
On Friday a grass fire was set
at the L. S. Rauch ranch.
Mrs. Mary Lee Lesley, Mrs.
Margaret Holmes and Mrs. Anna
Lesley spent last week in The
Dalles. Mrs. Mary Lee Lesley and
Mrs. Holmes received medical
treatments while Mrs. Anna Les
ley visited friends.
Mi, and Mrs. C. N. Wilson were
business visitors in Prineville and
Bend on Friday and Saturday.
M. B. Robinson is home from the
hospital in Prairie City where
he had spent four days last week.
Mrs. Reynolds and her sister
Lois Fuzek returned Wednesday
from a week's visit in California'.
Last Tuesday Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Cork and children met
Mrs. Lucy Day in Dayville. Mrs.
Day has spent the past month va
cationing in and near Seattle.
The Ladies Aid of the Presby
terian church held their meeting
last Tuesday at the home of Mrs.
Lydia Capon. Those present were
Onkla Cork, Janice Cork, Mattie
Stubblefield, Mrs. Beardsley and
daughter, Mrs. Effie Wedgeworth,
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Millie Wilson and Lydia Capon.
Devotional hour was led by Janice
Cork. ,
Mrs. Mamie Fergerson received
word from her son-in-law in Hut
cheson, Kansas that her daughter
was very 111 and an operation
would be necessary. Mrs. Ferger
son left immediately for her bed
side. She accompanied her daughter-in-law
Mrs. Floyd Fergerson to
Dayville. From there she went by
bus.
The Church'Board sold their old
building to the Grange. As soon
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as the building is moved, work
on the new church can start.
Mr. Charles Direnfeld leaves for
his home August 18. The people
of Monument are going to miss
his able leadership.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cox of the
Gilmore ranch spent Sunday in
Long Creek.
Mrs. Clyde Jackson was hostess
for a "Stanley Party" last Friday.
After the party delicious refresh
ments were served.
Tom Walker, Sadie Walker and
Elna Corbin drove to Heppner on
Sunday evening. Mr. Walker will
attend to matters of business and
Mrs. Corbin will receive medical
aid.
Mr. and Mrs. George Stirritt
came from the ranch on Sunday
and spent the day visiting in
town.
Due to the Polio scare, only four
children and Mr. Derenfield at
tended the youth's camp near
Anthony Lake. There were fif
teen scheduled to go. Boyd Hinton
went for the group last Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Beardsley
and children were business visi
tors in John Day last Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Morton Cupper,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cupper and
children, Mr. and Mrs. George
Stubblefield and children, Mrs.
Ethel Leathers and children and
Mrs. Mattie Stubblefield had a
picnic on Indian Creek on August
3rd.
Roy Cork, Harold Cork, and son,
Keith were attending to matters
of business in John Day last Mon
day. Miss Carol Sweek spent the
weekend with Miss Sharon Cup
per. Marion Owens and Abe Warn of
Dayville had a close call last
Saturday. They had landed their
small airplane back of the school
house. When they took off they
failed to gain altitude. They
crash landed in Johnnie Stubble
field's pasture after breaking the
telephone and electric wires.
Luckily no one was hurt. They
brought one of Morgan's trucks
Sunday to haul it to Dayville.
The small son of Mr. and Mrs.
Leo Murry, who had been sick,
pa&sed away at Kimberly as they
were taking him to John Day for
medical aid. He was buried in
Canyon City cemetery. Mr. Mur
ry is employed at the North Fork
Lumber mill at Monument..
Mrs. Anna Lesley and Mrs. Reta
Sussi of Long Creek plan to leave
August 15th for Medford where
they will receive medical aid.
Mrs. Boyd Hinton is enjoying a
visit with her mother, Mrs. Tom
Throope of Daville this week.
Swanson Services
Held At lone
By Echo Palmateer
Funeral services were held for
C. W. Swanson Wednesday, Aug
ust 6 at the Co-operative Church
with Rev. A. Shirley, pastor, offi
ciating. Phelps Funeral Home of
Heppner was in charge and in
terment was at the Petteys ceme
tery. Mrs. Lucy Peterson of Hepp
ner sang Crossing the Bar and
Rock of Ages. She was accom
panied by Mrs. Earl Blake of
Heppner. The pallbearers were
Lee Beckner, John Ranier, Omar
and Victor Rietmann, Carl Troed
son and Louis Bergivin.
Relatives attending the funeral
from a distance were: Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Lundell of Portland,
Mrs. Anna Nickle and son and
daughter, Dayton and Marcia of
Sumner, Wash.
Guests at the Wilbur Akers
home are Mr. and Mrs. James
Lawlor and children, Deloris and
Jimmie of Kenosha, Wis. and Mrs.
F. L. Keams of Siletz. Mrs. Akers
is a sister of Mr. Lawlor and a
daughter of Mrs. Kearns.
Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick Martin
and children and Phil Emert Jr.,
left Sunday for the coast where
the children will attend Camp
Macgruder, a Methodist Church
camp at Bar View.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Roundy and
children and Susie Wickersham
of Keiinewick, Wash, are visiting
relatives here.
Arthur Bergstrorn, a military
police in the U. S. Air Corps at
Randolph Field, Texas is on a 20
day furlough at the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Berg
.stroni. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Talmateer
and children and Mrs. Hazel Beers
were Pendleton visitors Wednes
day of last week.
A bridal shower was given in
honor of Miss Betty Ball of Her
miston in the basement of the
Co-operative Church Friday after
noon of last week. She received
many lovely and useful gifts. The
hostesses were: Mrs. Gordon
White, Mis. John Eubanks, Mrs.
James Lindsay, Mrs. Robert De
Spain, Mrs. C. E. Brenner, Mrs.
Garland Swanson and Mis. Lewis
llalvorsen.
Mrs. E. R. Lundell and Mrs.
Paul Pettyjohn were hostesses for
refreshments after the Rebekah
meeting Thursday evening of
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Bolman of
Bakersfleld, Calif., Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest lleliker and Mr. and Mrs.
Donald lleliker are on a trip to
Canada.
The lone Public Library will he
open only on Thursdays from 2:30
to 5 p. in. beginning August 11
and ending Sept. 8.
Mr. and Mrs. Fayne Ely are
visiting relatives in Forest Grove
and will attend a wedding of a
.cousin, Miss Loretta Hettling. Mrs.
Ely was matron of honor.
Vester Hams has purchased a
new trailer house.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Morgan are
spending a few days in Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Bristow are
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STAR
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TING
A letter from the M. C. Merrills
of Eugene states that they are
planning a huckleberry trip close
to Government Camp, and asking
that their friends meet them
there.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Round are in
the mountains looking for huckle
berries. Mrs. Eva Bellenbrock of Court
rock was shopping in town last
Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Croft are
the parents of a baby boy born
in Prineville July 28. Mrs. Croft
and baby are home now and both
are doing well.
Charles Williams is working for
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cork.
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