Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, June 28, 1956
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Dunes. History Intrique
Motorloggers on North Beaches
Wusmngion vuuai
Peninsula Found
Ideal for Repose
Tb foUowlof It condeiua
tlon of a motorloi ppearln
June U in Northwt iotirra
vure muKBiin of The Sunday
Oregonian. It It one of an
nual eerlee .pon.ored JoliitJy by
The Oreionlan and the Orfjon
State Motor eiioclatlon.
BY JOHN A. ARMSTRONG
a.,.w Mitor. Thi Ortfonlu
The trouble with people down
on Washington'! Norm iseacn
peninsula is that they spend too
much time talking about their
razor clams. Anyone who visits
the place gets to feeling hes
obligated to dig some.
Digging clams, particularly
those speedy razors, can be
work. And my Idea of a perfect
vacation or week end at the
beach Is to avoid as much work
as possible.
Not that razor clams arent
about the most delicious things
you can eat, properly chow
dered or fried . . . almost any
one can get his daily limit of
24, given a minus tide and a
mti fnst sand shoveling . . .
and to top it all they never
o,m in run out of razors on
the peninsula, no matter how
many thousands of clam dig
gers get their quotas.
But all this preoccupation
with the razor clams tends to
obscure all of the other aurao
;, nt thn Nnrth Eeach peniiv
sula, that recreation-rich arm
extending north from the
m.th nt the Columbia river to
the entrance of Wlllapa bay.
An Oregon State Motor asso-clation-Orcgonlan
motorlog to
the peninsula unearthed limit
less other opportunities for the
lazy vacationer.
For example, driving on the
beuch. It'i a simple enough
vacation pleasure, but one
that's guaranteed to give you
onH tlio fnmllv thrill. To a
traffic-haunted driver such as
tills writer, wheeling the white
mntnrW FnH down the lone,
straight stretch of flat sand
edging the sea side of the pen
insula brought a feeling of
abandoned freedom.
If you stay under 35 miles
ivr hour nnd off the clam beds,
you can drive the 28 miles of
lmnlwtnipted beach from Sea-
tha nnrth end Of the
peninsula as many times as you
want.
Some words of warning for
the tourist: Drive It at low
tide, and don't attempt to go
nmiinri the nenlnsula'i end to
the bay side. Don't stop on the
Lewis and Clark saw 1'aclfic for first time near this weather
beaten church at McGowan, Wash., not far from ferry.
watery sand or your car will
sink in. If you get stuck In
loose, dry sand, let some air oui
of your tires to get more trac
tion.
Picnicking on the beach de
mands very little physical
exertion, and the North ueacn
peninsula offers hundreds of
perfect picnic spots. From Long
T)oo.V. nnrthwnrrt a stl'iD of low
sand dunes, partially covered
with beach grass, separates
beach proper from tne summei
homes that line It.
Hri In the dune area,
nrntented from the bite
of the Northwest wind that
niouiip our beaches during
many summer days. The sun
gives golden warmtn nere, anu
surrounding dunes a sqreen of
nrlvnpv.
Over on tne Day siue m ui
nnrth end of the peninsula,
the Bre more cnances ior
vacation enjoyment with
minimum of exertion.
watrh for W sons oyster
cannery, a white ounuing ex
tending over the water Just
south of the Nahcotta dock.
Any time during the day you
can walk In and rino ex-ron-lnnder
Rill Stacev. who owns
the place, happy to take a few
minutes off and show you now
hi nvstors are harvested,
owned and nrepared for
.
maruM
If you're history-minded, and
most Northwesterncrs are, the
North Reach Deninsula is a ripe
snot for exploration. Sleepy
littlfl Ovsterville. population
now 140 but at one time not so
sleepy, is a photographer's
dream. Any camera bugs eye
will light up at the venerable
OjrstwnHt J S t
land Monday. They plan to see
the stage play "DamYankees".
Word was received by Verner
Troedson that Arthur Johnson, re
cently of lone, has arrived in
Malmo, Sweden where he expects
to make his home. He reports
a very enjoyable trip by air.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Rietmann
and Mr. and Mrs. Verner Troed
son attended the General Motors
"Parade of Progress" in Yakima
Sunday.
Dolores and Connie Emert spent
a few days at the Herman Blet-
tell home. i
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Thome of
Newberg spent he weekend with
his brother and sister-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Thome.
Weekend guests at the W. E.
Melena home were his son and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Me
lena and daughters, Betty and
Lois of Scobey, Mont. Last week
quests at the Melena home were
his son and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Leonard Melena and children,
Billy Jean and Donald, of Pull
man, Wash.
Gene Heliker of Lexington
visited at the Donald Heliker and
the Ernest Heliker homes last
week.
Those from here who attended
the Warren family reunion In
the mountains Sunday were Mr.
and Mrs. Art Dalzell, Mrs. Wal
lace Gaarsland and Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Crawford ond son Neil.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Juday, and
Mr. and Mrs. John Kaiser of The
Dalles, and Mr. and Mrs. George
Karometis and two children of
Vancouver. Wash., visited the
Ray Barnett. Mr. Juday Is an
uncle of Mr. Barnett.
MONUMENT NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. B. K. Kingman re
turned Sunday from a visit at
Chelan, Wenatchee and other
Washington towns.
Lexington News
Interest points on North Beach
peninsula are located on map.
old homes of the last century,
roitnrPd in 1954 to commemo
rate the town's 100th anniver-
sarv: the w e a t h e rbeaten
church; the old dock.
There are history and ample
ohoto subjects up and down the
peninsula ... the Fort Colum
bia museum, just a iew nm
from the Megler ferry landing
. . . the old Cape Disappoint
ment lighthouse ... the North
Head light and near-by rem
nants of Fort Canby, a short,
scenic drive out of Ilwaco.
At Ilwaco, a fishing port, you
can watch the fleet of little
ocean trailers come and go, and
dangle your legs over the edge
of the dock.
By Delpha Jones
A group of women of the Wo
men's fellowship group of the
Lexington Christian church met
at the C.C. Jones home on Tues
day afternoon and spent the
time sewing on clothing which
had been donated to the Mc
Kinley Indian Mission at Top
penish, Washington. Those pre
sent for the afternoon were Mrs.
O. G. Breeding, Mrs. Floyd Smith, berg
Mrs. Vernon MunKers, Mrs. w.
McMillan, Mrs. Bill Nichols, Mrs.
George Steagall, and Mrs. C. C.
Jones.
Misses Charlene Jones and Van
essa Hemerey entertained a few
of their friends at the airport on
Saturday night with a hangar
party. ' At 10:30 Cecil Jones
showed slides of the trip that the
7th and 8th grades took to Camp
Sherman on the Metolius river.
Some of the mothers present were
Gloria Dolven, June Cooper, Jerry
Doherty, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Mc
Millan, Mr. and Mrs. Gar Leyva,
and Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Jones.
Refreshments were served to 32
guests.
Monday Gar Leyva attended a
cloud seeding meeting at Moro,
where the weather modification
bureau was given a renewed con
tract for this district with Gar
Leyva the local attendent in
charge. On Wednesday Leyva
flew to San Jose, California
where his seeding plane was fit
ted with the necessary radio
equipment.
Mr. and Mrs. Luhr and daugh
ter Susanne visited the weekend
with her parents, Mr and Mrs,
Ray Johnson from their home In
Colville, Washington. Susanne
remained for a visit with her
grandparents.
Mrs. Johnnie Edwards and Mrs
Rav PaDineau visited over
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weekend in Ephrata, Washing
ton at the home of a friend, Bon
nie Graves.
Rev. and Mrs. Norman North
rup and infant daughter Peggy
the an aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Cornilson from Walla Walla.
Ray Papineau and Archie
Nichols motored to Wilhemlna,
on Wednesday after Mrs. Nichols
who is visiting there.
Ann are spending the week in
Turner, Oregon where they are
attending the Turner church con
vention. While their they will
visit with her mother in Dallas.
Mrs. Amy Sperry of Portland
is visiting with her daughter and
family Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Pad-
Miss Roseanne Schenck and
brother Johnnie are visiting at
the Gar Leyva home from their
home in Pendleton.
Mr. and Mrs. D. Ausmin and
children from Wallowa, spent the
weekend with her sister and fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Padberg.
Their daughters Christine and
Deanne remained here for a
visti.
Mrs. Maxine Brown and two
children visited with her sister
and family Mrs. June Cooper and
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OWNEB AND OPERATOR
Phone 8-7180 lone. Oregon
lone News
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and children, Judy and David,
of Coos Bay, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Jepsen nnd children, Susan Jane
and Billy, Mrs. Walter Jepsen
and children, Anna, John, Frank
and Evelyn, Shirley Bales, Har
old Holtz, anil Kathy Holtz.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gaarsland
and son and Mrs. Ronald Tye
and children spent Sunday at the
W. G. Soehafer home in Blckleton,
Wash. They brought John and
Elaine Gaarsland back home
with them who spent two weeks
at the Soehafer home.
II. O. Ely and Sadie Olson
were visitors last week at the
Elvin Ely home in Boardman.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Jack Nelson of
San Jose, Calif., were Wednesday
night guests at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Verner Troedson. They
returned to their home by plane
Thursday of last week.
Mrs. Jay Tlgard and daughter,
Nancy of Portland were guests at
the Franklin Lindstrom home
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Verner Troedson
were guests at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. John Krens in Arling
ton Tuesday evening of last week.
Mrs. Victor Rietmann and
daughter, Ruby Ann left for Port-
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Fireworks Display
STARTS AT 9:00 P.M.
AT
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Watermelon slice changing color
Electric storm curtains
Jumbo Shower
McNary Dam
Cop and Speeder
Skating Monkey
Niagara Falls
Firetruck and House
American Flag
And Dozens More
Street Dance
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' 10 a. m.-Children's Parade
1 1 a. m.-Fire Department Water
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12 noon-Picnic. in Park
1 :30 p. m.-Motorcycle Races.
4:30 to 6:00 p. m.-Picnic in Park
6:00 p m.-Palmetto Polo Game, Sage
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