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HEPPNER GAZETTE
Sunday Boardman Fire Blackens Over 2000 Acres
By MARY LEE MARLOW
A fire which started from a
pickup traveling west on high
way 30 Sunday ahout 2:30 p m
burned over some 2,000 acres of
desert and pasture land about
five miles west of the Boardman
project. A man with his wife
and two small children of three
and six years of age were In the
pickup, and were moving to
Olympia, Wash. They had some
of their household goods in the
vehicle. The two children were
riding In the back of the car,
and when they discovered the
fire which was thought to have
started from the exhaust pipe,
could not attract their parents'
attention. Finally the six year
old kicked the back of the cab
and his father then saw the fire.
He stopped and got the children
out in time to save them. He
and his wife threw their belong
ings out of the pickup, but they
had already caught fire, and
most were destroyed. The car
was saved.
Four fire trucks were at the
scene from Boardman, Ordnance,
the Boardman Bombing Range
and Arlington. They with volun
teers and with bulldozers fought
the fire for over four hours be
fore it was controlled. A hard
wind was blowing from the south
and took the fire toward the old
highway and .the Union Pacific
railroad tracks. At one point the
fire jumped the old highway and
some railroad ties caught fire.
They were put out by the Ar
lington section crew. Had the
wind been blowing from the
west, the story may have had
a different ending. As it was the
fire burned almost up to the
end of the project. About half
of the pasture land of 450 acres
owned by Russell Miller burned,
and most of the buildings on
the old Dillabaugh place, a land
mark for many years, burned to
the ground.
- TIMES, Thursday, July 16, 1959
The temperature hovered
around the 100 degree mark here
over the weekend, but the wind
Sunday cooled things off con
siderably. Maximum Monday
was about 90 above.
Mrs Earl Briggs and her sister-in-law,
Mrs J D Carnegie, who
has been visiting her from Har
lem, Mont., left for Portland Fri
day where they will visit rel
atives and friends lor a ween.
They will also go to Delake to
visit.
Mrs Emil Keehafer and sons,
Fred and William, Westnort, were
v'sitors at the home of Mr and
MrS W G Reehafer from Wed-
nesdnv till Friday of last week.
Other Friday visitors were the
Seehafor's daughters, Mrs Joe
r.nnrsinnH and sons Johnnie and
Melvin, and Mrs Walter Corley
and daughter Sherry of lone
Mrs Scehafcr entertained In hon
or of Mrs Gaarsland's birthday
Johnnie Gaarsland has been vis-
iting here for the past three
weeks.
Mr and Mrs Richard Mulligan
are the parents of a daughter,
hnm Julv 6 at Othello, Wash
She has been named Sheri
Louise. Grandparents are Mr and
Mrs Jack Mulligan, Othello, lor
mer residents here.
Mr and Mrs Frank Marlow
went to Portland Friday where
Mr Marlow aeain consulted a
physician. They also visited Mrs
Mariow's niece, Judl Newman.
Mrs Harold Kress Is convales
oint? at home after being a pat
lent at the Good Shepherd hos
pital in Hermiston from Thurs
day through Saturday.
Dominic Tatone. 74. of Arling
ton, father of Joe Tatone, is a
patient in St Anthony's hospital
in Pendleton following a heart
attack suffered July 5.
Mr and Mrs Franklin DeLano
of Seattle, Wash were weekend
visitors at the home of DeLano s
stepfather and mother, Mr and
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Mrs Elmer Messenger. Overnight
visitors at the Messenger home
Sunday were Mrs George Baker
and sons, Bill and Guy of Spo
kane, Wash, former resident here.
Greenfield Grange met Thurs
day night of last week at the
hall with Mr and Mrs Nathan
Thorpe and Mr and Mrs Guy
Ferguson as hosts. Perfect at
tendance pins for officers were
presented to Nathan Thorpe,
master, Flossie Coats, secretary;
Guy Ferguson, executive com
mittee; and Ruth Ferguson,
Flora.
It was voted to not have a
meeting at the regular time in
August, and instead a picnic will
be held August 16 at the home
of Mr and Mrs Thorpe.
Mrs Thorpe and Mrs Ferguson ,
Susan Partlow of the Morrow
eountv fair court in HeDDner.
Saturday, July 18. Music will be
rurnished by Rod tsseistyn s or
chestra. Mrs Zoe Billings and daugh
ter Brenda returned home Sun
day from a four weeks visit in
Mountain View, Calif at the
home of her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr and Mrs Bill Miller.
While there, they also went to
San Francisco and other points.
Mr and Mrs Ronald Black and
daughter Diane are in Wallowa
this week visiting at the home of
Mrs Black's brother and sister-in-law,
Mr and Mrs Crawford
Oveson. Other guests there are
Mrs Black's parents, Mr and Mrs
M I Oveson of Tooele, Utah.
Mrs Dewey West entered St
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Mr and Mrs R J Cavens of
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visitors at the home of Mr and
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Mr and Mrs Bob Stewart were
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the home of Mrs Stewart's par
ents, Mr and Mrs Oscar Veelle,
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in-law and sister, Mr and Mrs
Don Downey.
Mrs Zena Harwood of Hermis
ton, former resident here, was
an overnight visitor at the home
of Mr and Mrs Elvin Ely Saturday.
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On July 12 seven members of
the Heppner Rough Riders rode
their horsese from the 4-H sum
mer camp at Cutsforth park to
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ride had an enjoyable trip and
were especially pleased with the
ride through mountain trails.
Taking part in the ride were
Diane Fulleton, Shannon Ma
honey, Ronnie Jones, Judy Jones,
Mark Murray. Maralie Murray
and Linda Fulleton, a visitor
from Vale.
Horses were trucked to the
park by Rod Murray and Marcel
Jones. Mr and Mrs Homer Hager,
tu.n of their 4-H leaders, ac-
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