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Pcg 6 Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, October 10 1957 Burton Pecks Take 9000 Mile Trip To Former Home (The following is the first of several crticles written by Burton Feck of Lexington about a recent trip he and other members of his family took to his former home in the mid-west In their travels they covered 9000 miles in Just over 30 days. By Burton Peck A very pleasant trip was com pleted Sept. 10 when Burton Peck and wife Myra Peck of Lexington, together with their son James and wife started a trip to Mr. Peck's home town, Sunbury, Ohio, which he left with his parents in May, 1893, a lad of 13 years. The trip taken bv stationwae on, started Aug. 8 in Lexington, with the first stops being Glacier National Park, where the beauties of this park were greatly enjoyed and when in mid-August one might revel in snow-banks al ong the highway; then to Yel lowstone with its "Old Faithful" and many steaming attractions not to forget the bears and other animals. Eastward through the Black Hills, Rusmore's sculptured presidents, and the vast rolling prairies of the Indian reserva tions, a thing we noticed was be ing modernized and improved with drift-fencing, better types of forage and grasses, many ponds and some Irrigation ditches. Through the miles to Sioux City, ues Moines, Peoria, Line, aud fi nally to Akron the "Good-Year stronghold. We stopped with our cousins Mr. and Mrs. Jack Parrish, who have a delightful home in Ak ron. Mr. Parrish is high author ity in the Goodyear police de partment, having worked in and around rubber for over 30 years. We were privileged to go through truck-tire manufacturing from Party Given For Mrs. Clive Huston Friends of Mrs. Clive Huston called at her home Monday aft ernoon and surprised her on her birthday. Those present were Mrs. Roy Neill, Mrs. Ray Drake, Mrs. Floyd Adams, Mrs. Ealor Huston, Mrs. Ililma Anderson, Mrs. Millie Wil son, Mrs. Earl Gilliam, Mrs. Ben Anderson. Mrs. Ealor Huston baked the cake which was a feature of the refreshments. LIVESTOCK MARKET Cattle Hogs Sheep SALE EVERY TUESDAY 12 Noon On U. S. Hlway No. 30 NORTHWESTERN LIVESTOCK COMMISSION CO. JO 7-6655 Hermiston, Oregon Frank Wink & Sons. Owners Don Wink Mar. Res. Hermiston JO 7-3111 HMnMaaMailHMiaaHMIMMHiaMHaM-, GET YOURS NOW Guardsman Permanent-Type ETHYLENE-GLYCOL BASE km Will Mix With Any Other Type of Permanent Anti-freexe IN U Lexington Implement: COMPANY PHONE 3-8111 LEXINGTON sub-basement to sixth floor, a leaves are broader and longer and sequence of processes quite dit- more abUndant on the stalk. First ferent from what one might im- . , . u u 6 ; they cut the top off about should- agine. . c , . , ' or high, then break off any buds On Sunday, Aug 18, a gather -1 ., t t ing of the Wormell Clan (myiUiat put out at the leaf s,em" mother's sister's people) at Mari-: Tnat is to keep the tips from ab on Ohio, park was held at which! sorbing sop from the leaves. A time we were introduced to some hand goes through each three 52 relatives, only four of whom Ijrows and placos a double point. had ever met. ed stake in the ground about From here James and wife put i each 15 feet. A metal cone with back toward Indiana and Ne-1 a sharp spear attached is placed braska, where they had relatives fin trm nf th stako thon ho n,nB and army acquaintances, and,off the tobacco stalk near the Mrs. Peck and I returned to Ak-'Pronnd nri imnni Em,o,ai foil Willi relatives. Jne forepart or the new week , , - wt a,,u..L .-..euu-cinj;. wiie cveii.;tney remain there a day or two ,..s v,u. .vuo, ua a spin on the N.Y.-Chicago turn - pike 35 miles for 35c and wound up with a fish feed at Cayhoge Falls, a famous resort. Cousin Irene Parrish drove us down to Cousin Wright Wor mell's at Berkshire and from there we visited Sunbury where! I was born. The house my fath-: er built and moved into when I was four had A its nao WntJ - ' ter than the peonle. but two f0 ft. greenhouses had disappeared. ' ..,uu Bm "vim; persons of the Krammar school class I left in 1893. The three- j brick square town hall on the public square seemed the least - 1,1,,, . . ., , changed of ai . Most of the frame hnildmrrc hurt V i - rnnl U.. fe-3 "y The next afternoon we proceed large structures. At Delaware. ,i .j ,i,h.- Ohio, I found mv birth orooerlv recorded and I took up my birth coruricate. j We spent two nights with a cousin, Pearl Stalder. a widow. She raises corn. milo. sovbea"ns. wheat, oats, and hay on her 100 acre farm and had twice the ma chinery we use on our wheat ranches. We drove through the black lands near Kenton, stop ping for lunch at Indian Lake a popular resort. Onions are a paying produQt in these parts. The land is laced with deep drainage canals to render the soil tillable. We vis ited several lamilies at Marlon, Ohio, then 'crossed Indiana, Il linois, and Missouri, to Liberty, a suburb of Kansas Citv, Mo. These states seem to have the cream of the corn and soybean! crop. One evening our cousin Ross Jenkins decided to show us! the city, the river and railroad yards from the promenade at the. Veterans Memorial tower.. We were returning to the car when ' the wife missed her footing, and fell, fracturing the right radious' an inch below the wrist. Within the hour we had it X-rayed and .'.plintod and with an ice pack 1 and the next day the fracture was reduced with a cast. Fortunately it gave her no serious pain. Dur ing a conversation Ross intro duced us to a state trooper who offered to take us to a tobacco plantation. We drove up the Mis souri river about 20 miles into the hilly country. Here we found the trooper's brothers and his helpers harvesting the tobacco crop. The tobacco plants are placed in rowsj about 5 ft. apart and resemble some flower stalks, although the GALLON ANY QUANTITY I tfllk nn nanh ctnUn MmfUn harhnH m ct.u Pt.i, vviiv nvni o lci im; iu Dicmc, until vvilted then are ricked on ;trucks and taken t th drvi shed. These sheds are huge struc tures wilh multijoists spanning from rafter to rafter and .braced vertically. Afew stakes are raised high by rope and pulley and se cured to the joist sufficiently ap art so that air can circulate. Here they stay until they are dry. Later in the season the leaves be- .nu.oraitu ai WHICH lime u tt,na ... i i ienfy party torn from th st fibre, the lower richer leaves piaced in one basket. The middle leaves are in another and the top iue i n,.. t ...u.-l t m tu -in JU uitry aic aucuuiieu oil to Kentucky and other buyers. " . J ho i ot, j Clarence Peck. . , : 11 b uiw AbUlN on grizzly bears for THE KETTLES ON OLD MacDONALD'S . FARM, Star Theater, Sunday and Mon day. A rural riot. we Rainfall Heavy In Boardman Area By Mary Lee Marlow Boardman received one of the hardest rainfalls last week that residents had ever remembered in a 24-hour period. A total of 1.8 inches fell Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, which is a lot of moisture for this area. Two- tenths of an inch fell Sunday I nicrht mab-incr iha uroab-'c t,,ol I tun in,. cmmi rt,i , 'tivuto. iJLvtim Luumy luuua were washed out and culverts undermined on the project. The west end school bus got stuck about a milo south of town, and had to be pulled out. The teachers reception was well attended last Thursday evenine at the school cafeteria. Ivan Kress president of the student body, was master of ceremonies. He in troduced Sigvald Aase, superin tendent, who introduced the teachers. New teachers this year are Richard Waymire. sevenfh and eighth grades, -and Harold Gauger, high school. The rest of the program includ ed a solo. "I Believe", bv Stevp Partlow; humorous reading. Pat- ti Partlow; piano solo, Rosemary Deulan; vocal trio, "Columbus". Alan Moore, Mike Partlow. and Johnnie Pierce; accordion solo. "Blue Skirt Waltz" and "In the Mood", by Barbara Gantenbein; trombone solo, Martin Shattuck, accompanied on the piano by his mother, Mrs. Lowell Shattuck. Hostesses for the reception were Mrs. Harold Kress, Mrs. Willard ! Baker, Mrs. Henry Gantenbein. Mrs. Roy Partlow and Mrs. Arn- ..,...,,m.,,,,.,..., ' ' " f;'K VJr " " : ' I it J v"$ s . I i ' frV CH V V" : 'i'l 1 f J . k My - 'te ? s' m0 f , n I . " s fii'"' Wz "Even with six live electrically for only 40 a day!" . . . says Mrs. Paul "Modem electric oppliances make our living much more pleas ant. I'll admit I'd be lost without electricity to help with the household jobs. And the daily cost of operating all our appli- . ances is only 40." The cost is low; the value is high. That's why Mrs. Fortier, who lives in Yakima, Washington, and thousands of other home makers throughout Pacific Powerland are using more and more electricity all the time. Count up the jobs electricity docs in your home and you'll agree: PP&L electric service is today's biggest bargain. You live so much better when you make full use of hard-working PP&L electricity. See your elec tric applfance dealer today for full information about modern, work-saving electric appliances. PACIFIC POWDER --LIGHT COMPANY in Hug. Mr., atid Mrs. Nathan Thorpe and daughters Sandra and Teresa, went to Upper Lake, Calif., last Thursday, called there by the death of Thorpe's father, Harry Thorpe, 77, wh0 died Oct. 2, aft er a short illness. He was n rpsi. dent here from 1934-37 and agaih trom 1944 till 1946. Hp was horn March 15, 1880 in St. Paul Minn., and came 1o Oregon when five' years old with his family, where he spent most of his life. He mov ed to California about three years ago. Other surviving relatives in clude his wife, Emily; one daugh ter, Mrs. Myra Miller of Anchor age, Alaska; five sons, Isaac of Empire, Leonard and Lester of Portland. Clifford of Lakpnnrt I Calif., and Nathan of Boardman. Also a stepson, Aldis Emerson, of ban Francisco, Calif., two step daughters, Bernadine of Upper Lake, nd Margaret of North Bend; 21 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. Funeral ser vices were held Sunday in Up per Lake, with the five sons and stepson as pallbearers. o Monument News By Martha Matteson Mr. and Mrs. Earl Sweek of Ridgefield, Wn, formerly of Mon ument, announce the wedding of their youngest daughter, Carol E. Sweek, to Jerry Leon Myers, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hooker of Junction City, Ore. The ceremony was performed at the church of the Latter Day Saints in Weiser," Idaho on Sept. 28 with Bishop Moser Kenneth officiating. A reception was held at their apartment after the cer- childron in the fa Fortier, a Pacific Power customer r M SI jS $ JSJ 2 K SI JS I emony. The bride is a graduate of Junction City high school, a for mer student of Monument high school. The groorn Is a graduate of Triangle Lakp high school and attended Portland University be fore transferring to Oregon Col lege of Education at Monmouth. The couple will be at home to their friends and relatives at Apt. DON'T LET FOR Turner, Van Marrer fir Bryant INSURANCE PHONE 6-9652 milv The eight members of the Fortier family make generous use of all these electric appliance! at a daily cost of only 40$: Range Refrigerator Mixer Toaster Coffee Maker Dishwasher Freezer Washer JS Dryer Off Iron rS Fry Part JH Water Heater S wale Iron $ Radios (2t IS Television S Kitchen Fan X Heating Pad Power Tools S Lighting How many of these appliances do you use in your home? 4, 437 East Liberty street, Weiser, Idaho. . Mr. and Mrs. Earl Sweek, who used to run the pastime here, but inow of Ridgefield, Wash., spent the weekend here visiting the Roy I Ti. -.J Tnnl. CiiroalD Thn were on their home from Weiser, Idaho where they had attended the wedding of their daughter, Carol. Better to be safe than to be sorry! FIRE THROW YOU A FINANCIAL LOSS Are your farm buildings and their contents adequ ately insured against loss by fire? Better let us check your coverage. For all types of farm insurance coverage, see us. HEPPNER J.
