6 HEPPNEH GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. July 13. 1967
Mary Swanson, Daughter
Of Pioneers, Dies at Age 83
Br KATHERINE UNDSTHOM '
IONE Mrs. Mary Louise
Swanson, 83, a long-time resi
dent of lone and a member of a
prominent pioneer family, pass
ed away on Saturday, July 8,
at Tioneer Memorial hospital in
Heppner following a lingering
illness.
Born on May 14. 18S4 at Be
lota, Calif., Mrs. Swanson was
the twin daughter of Frank A.
and Anna Louise Lundell. Her
twin brother, Oscar L. Lundell
died at his home In lone on
February 14, 1964.
She came to Oregon by cov
ered wagon with her parents,
one sister, and five brothers in
the fall of 1SS7. The family
homcsteaded in the Gooseberry
area of Morrow county, where
the children attended the rural
school.
She was confirmed in 1898 at
Valby Lutheran church in
Gooseberry and has been an ac
tive member since.
On Mav 1, 1904, she was mar
ried to John Emil Swanson, who
proceeded her in death in 1943.
Thev were the second couple to
marrv in the newly constructed
Valby Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Swanson home
steaded in the Morgan area and
later moved to lone, where he
was manager of Farmers Ele
vator Co. and Morrow County!
Grain Growers.
Mrs. Swanson was chosen a
Morrow Countv Mother of the
Year in 1959. With the excep
tion of four years spent in Ida- j
ho, her entire life was lived in j
Morrow county.
She was an active and devot-.
ed church member, having dual
membership in Valby Lutheran
and the United Church of Christ
in lone. She was a member of
the first Congregational Church
in lone and was a deaconness
when the lone Cooperative
Church was formed by the mer
ger of three local churches. Af
ter serving as deaconness for
many years, with the institut
ion of the lone United Church
of Christ, she was elected an hon
orary deaconness, which posit
ion she held at the time of her
death.
member of BunchgTass Rebekah j
Lodge No. 91 and was treasurer!
of that organization for the last
17 years. She had received the
Degree of Chivalry in Rebekah.
She was also a member of Lo
cust Chapter No. 119, Order of
the Eastern Star, and had serv-
ed as chaplain for several years.
Survivors include two sons,
Garland L. of lone and Norman
E. of Portland; two daughters,
Mrs. Elmo tEleanor A.t McMil
lan of Salem and Mrs. Adon
(Eva M.) Hamlett of lone; one
brother. Ernest R. Lundell of I
lone; 13 grandchildren and
seven great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at
the United Church of Christ on
Tuesday morning, Julv 11, with
the Rev. Walter B. Crowell of
ficiating. Interment was in High
View Cemetery.
Mrs. Paul Tews was organist
and Mrs. Fred Hoskins Jr., sang.
Pallbearers were Mrs. Swan
son's grandsons: Norman Clark,
William, Gerald, Dennis E.,
John and James. Young grand
sons Thomas and Richard Ham
lett were honorary pallbearers.
Contributions may be made to
the cancer fund in her memory.
and family have returned from
a vacation spent at Port An
geles, Wn., where they visited
their son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. David McBath and
family. While there, the Nichols'
daughter, Mary left to begin
her training with the Women's
Marine Corps.
Cassie Chapel celebrated her
eleventh birthday recently with
a slumber party. The guests
were taken to Heppner to the
drive-in for supper and then
came home and spent the night
in the camper. The next day
swimming was enjoyed by all.
Those attending were Doris Me
Cabe, Marcie Linnell, Mary Pat
and Joan McElligott, and Kar
en Crowell.
Court Proceedings
June. 1967
Order: Refunding excessive
taxes, re Gerald Swaggart, dat
ed 6 7 67.
Order: Authorizing use of
Microfilm bv County Clerk for
recording public records, dated
6 30 67.
Agreement: Purchase of land
from Morrow County by U, S.
of America.
Order: Transferring various
funds in the General Roads De
partment, dated 6 30 67.
Order: Transferring various
General Fund appropriations,
dated 6 30 67.
Motion: Made, seconded and
carried that all park functions
be transferred to the County
Road Department.
Agreement: Purchase of car
Leslie Hams, small dauehter : from Heppner Garage for Road-
of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Hams, j master as this was lowest bid
made.
The following warrants wet
issued on th General Fund:
Walter Haves. Comm Exp $ 71.63
Jack Van Winkle, do 15.69
Paul W. Jones. Trav. Exp.
160.03, Clk's off sup
5.52 105.55
Hazel C. Bauman, Juv.
Matron 3.00
C. J. D. Bauman, Jail
Exp. 8.50. Sher. sup.
2.50 11.00
First Nat l Bank, Sal 727.80
St. Com p. Dept., do 12.18
St. Tax Comm.. do 205.60
Pub. Emp. Ret. Bd.
Sal. 2S1.10, Soc. Sec.
281.10 562.20
Standard Life Ins. Co.,
Sal. 31.9S. Ins. 12.45 44.43
Pac. Mut. Life Ins. Co.,
Sal 179.33
Standard Off. Equip.,
Clk's Sup. 3.60, Co.
Ct. Off. Sup. I P, 6th
Sup. 13.90. Treas. Sup.
79c. Assess. Sup 1.40.
Nurse Off. Sup. 14.51 .... 40.50
U. S. National Bank, Comm.
Exp 27.15
Sadie Parrish, Co. Clk.
Co. Ct. off. Sup 5.00
Col. Basin Elec. Co op.,
Sher. Comm. Fund 15.75
Underwater Recovery
Unit, Sher. Sup 31.15
Bert Corbin. Ex. Dep 10.00
Standard Off. Equip.,
Tax Coll 4.75
Ford's Tire Sen-., Sher.
Car Exp 3.95
Paul Pettyjohn Co., do .... 72.20
Xerox Corp., Clk's sup 13.75
Roderick Thomson, Assess.
Fid Wk 66.77
Edna Chally, RN, H.
Nurse Tr. Exp 2o.6o
has returned home from tho
University of Oregon Medical
School after a six weeks stay.
She is improving satisfactorily.
Mrs. Edith Niehoson, who un
derwent major surgery in Pen
dleton recently, was able to
leave the hospital on Sunday.
She is convalescing at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Martin.
Mrs. Roy A. Lindstrom had
word last week of the death of
Peter Wolfe of Toledo, Ohio. He
received fatal injuries in a mo
tor scooter accident. Mr. and
Mrs. Lindstrom visited her cous
ins, Mr. and Mrs. Wolfe, in June
on a trip to the eastern states.
Mrs. Wolfe will be remembered
here as the former Sandra Buh
raan, daughter of Mrs. Harold
Buhman and the late Mr. Bun
man of Grants Pass. Mr. Buh
man formerly taught music in
the Heppner schools.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tews have
returned from a trip to Kindred,
N. D., where they had the pleas
ure of attending the fortieth
wedding anniversary party of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Trangsrud. All the couple's
children were home for the oc
casion. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Crabtree
and Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Lind
strom have returned from a suc
cessful fishing trip to East Lake.
The L. A. McCabes were not
able to go as reported last week,
but other friends there were
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Myers of
Portland.
Ed Buschke underwent major
surgery at Pioneer Memorial
hospital last Thursday after
noon. His son. Henrv. who had
just gone home from a visit here, ! Dr. L. D. Tibbies, Med
James J. Farley, do 40.00
Beokot Equip. Co.,
Civ. IVf 1
Lett's Elec. do 17
Don MeCartv, do 23
Tum-A-Lum Lbr. Co.. do 86
Hemmer Gazette-Times.
Off. Pub 667
Heppner Hotel. Sum.
Fds. Exp 25,
Texaco. Inc.. Sher.
Car Exp 11
Caps Drive-In. Jail Exp 3
Lloyd Berger, Co. Ct 66
Heppnpor Auto Parts.
Sher. Car Exp 20.
Turner. Van Marter
& Brvant. Bonds 43
TumALum Lbr. Co.,
Civ. Def. 16.40. Park
Fd. 23.51 39
Charles E. Rail. Park Fd 60
MAR Co.. Cthse. Repairs 1290
Wagon heel Restaurant,
Co. Ct. Exp 17,
Sadie Parrish, Tr. A
Conv. Exp
Pac. Mut. Life Ins.
Co.. Sal 179.33
Josephine Huston,
Park Fd 39
Marv Bryant. Dep 283.
Elvira lrby, Dep 273.
Lillian Sweek. Off. Clk 253
Jovcr Rltch. Dep. 254.
Edna Chally, H. Nurse .... 215,
D. E. Hudson. Jan 337,
Margaret Jorgensen.
Off. Clk 79.33
L. IX Tibbies. D. O.
Phy 23.90
Donald W. McCarty.
Juv. Couns. 140.60,
Civ. Dof. 50.00 190.
W. C. Driscoll, Comm.
Clk 47,
Dan W. Morrison, Cir. Ct.
Rep 128.
Nancy B. Dixon, Surp.
Fds. Help 41.
Rachel Harnett, Museum
Fund 41.
Josephine Huston, Park
Fd 39.
Alma Green. Co. Ct.
28.50, H. Nurse Off.
Clk. 102.04 130.
Blue Cross. Sal.
First Nat'l Bank, do ...
St. Comp. Dept., do
St. Tax Comm., do
Pub. Emp. Ret. Bd., do ..
Standard Life Ins. Co.,
do
156.
735.
59.
207.
567.
44.
Paul W. Jones, Tr. Exp 47.11
U. S. Nat'l Bank, do 10.40
Business Week. Co. Ct.
Off. Sup 16.00
Tscheu inib. Co.,
Co. Ct. Exp 600
U. S. Nat'l Bank.
Co. Comm. Exp 6.90
Paul W. Junes, Co.
Ct. Exp. 4.95
Sadie Parrish. Co. Clk.,
Co. Ct. Exp. 6.00,
l Ik's Sup. 6.00,
Equal Bd. 90o 12.90
Heppner Gazette-Times,
Tax Coll 267.74
Pae. N. W. Boll.
Comm. Fd 14.00
Col. Basin Elcetrlc. do .... 16.25
Ford's Tire Serv., Sher.
Car Exp 49.88
Dunham l'rlntlng Co.,
Treas. Sup 5150
Oregon Assoc. Treas.,
Conv. Dues 30 50
Add ressog ra ph M u 1 1 Igra ph,
Assess. Sup 6.80
Blue Mtn. Lab., Mod.
Exam. Exp
Edna Challv R. N.,
Petty Cash
Edna Challv, R. N
Tr. Exp
Pac. N. W. Bell, Cur.
Exp
Col. Basin Electric, Cthse.
St. Anthony Hosp.,
Jail Exp.' 9.00
Hermiston Drug, do 3.85
Robert B. Ahrams. Cir.
Ct. Sp. Attv 143.34
Herman W. Winter, DA,
Kent 63.00, Help
112 50
I II Club, Cunt
Howard Ketthlcy, Ditch
Cr. Chan. Rep
Lexington Oil Co op,
Rural Fire
Umatilla Co., Mont. Ill
Mahoney A Abrams. do
Cornell. Howl. mil. Haves
A Merrvfield, Co., Co.
Planning 511.50
MAR Co., Cthse. Mt.se.
A Repair 1338.00
The following warrants were
issued on th Gn. Rds. Fundi
Don Munkers 16.80
First Nat'l Bank 856 60
Standard Life Ins 48.00
St. Tax Comm 258 60
Pac. Mut. Life Ins 405.22
Pub. Emp. Ret. Bd 710.50
St. Comp. Dopt 77.07
A. C. Warren 142.80
Stone Mchy Co 1610.00
Balzer Mchy Co 141.06
Heppner Auto Parts 200.43
Becket Equip. Co 2 25
Ford's Tire Serv 8.53
Petlyjohn's Bldrs. Sup 40.73
Heppner Auto Sales 119.38
Clyde Equip. Co 131 71
Heppner Inland Chem 980
I,ott's Electric 1.30
John Pfelffer 50 31
Cent. Oregon Welders Sup. 60.00
Paul Petty ohn Co., 712 55
Kuhn's 76 1050
Standard tiff. Equip 1.00
Sndle Punish. Co. Clk 1510
N. W. Ind. Uundry 444
City Water Dopt 303
Cltv of lone 2 40
Col. Basin Electric 43.33
1-exlngton Imp. Co 9111
Tum A Lum Lbr. Co 209 26
Lexington Oil Co op 6.63
IVwcy's Chevron N5
Pne. Mut. Life Ins 30522
Labor 48IIOO
Roa.lmastrr 393.29
Set Salaries 1171.15
Bookkeeper 239.47
Klrst Nat's Hank 903 10
Slate Comp. Dept 46751
St. Tux Com 204 40
Pub. Emp. Bet. Hd 772 18
Standard Life Ins. Co 48 10
Blue Cross 21470
Dept. of Comm., Bur.
of Pub. Roads 5900.00
Th Hollowing warrants wf
Usu4 on ths Misc. Tundsi
James W. Norene,
DVM, Dog Fund 41,00
... 105.00
29.10
.... 24.31
142 45 . 1
113.30
177.50
130.00
990.00
. 28 03
. 13.00
.. 25.00
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Susan Baker left on Thursday
for the Hawaiian Islands to
spend the summer with her un
cle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Gorger. Mr. Gorger has his own
travel agency and Susan will be
employed there.
Mr. and Mrs. William Nichols
Winter Taking
Reserve Training
Herman Winter, a captain in
the Marine Reserves, left Satur
day for his annual two weeks'
summer training. He went to
Yakima, Wash., and from there
continued to Twentynine Palms,
Calif, for the training.
Winter, who is Morrow coun
ty district attorney and presi
dent of the Heppner-Morrow
county Chamber of Commerce,
expects to be back in Heppner
on July 24.
Sowell Policeman
At Santa Barbara
W. L. (Bill) Sowell, formerly
of Heppner, writes, in renewing
his subscription to The Gazette
Times, that he is working as a
policeman for the University of
California at Santa Barbara.
"Things are quiet now with
just summer school," he said.
"Things will pick up soon. We
expect around 14,000 students,
so we will be busy.
"Needless to say, I really en
joy getting all the local news,"
hp added. "I reallv miss all the
folks there, but things are
going good here."
Stephen Lindstrom
Makes Dean's List
Stephen R. Lindstrom of lone
was named to Pacific Lutheran
University's Dean's List for out
standing academic achievement
during the spring semester.
Lindstrom, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Roy W. Lindstrom of lone,
will be a senior this fall at
PLU, majoring in political sci
ence. Students on the Dean's List
have achieved better than a 3.3
grade point average for the sec
ond semester of the school year.
f!ew back from Los Angeles to
be with his father. Mr. Buschke's
daughter. Mrs. Roy Erner of Al
bany and her son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Peck of Albany are also here to
visit him.
Rev. James H. Rover of Wood
burn Retirement Estates deliv
ered the sermon on Sunday
morning at the United Church of
Christ. A coffee hour followed
the service.
Guests of the Edwin Kessler's
were his parents. Rev. and Mrs.
Jacob Kessler, who came home
with him Sunday afternoon and
stayed until Tuesday morning.
Mr. Kessler is staying with his
parents while attending sum
mer school at Walla Walla Col
lege. The Kesslers camped at
Cutsforth Park two days dur
ing the visit. Mr. Kessler's sis
ter and family spent the week
end at lone, Wn., a logging com
munity, with about a hundred
more residents than lone, Ore
gon has.
Mr. and Mrs. Al Brazell ar
rived on Saturday at her pater
nal home. He went back to his
job at Moscow, Idaho on Mon
day, but Mrs. Brazell plans to
spend harvest here.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pettyjohn
of The Dalles were week-end
guests of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. James Lindsay.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lun
dell drove to Missoula, Mont,
last weeke end to visit with Mr.
and Mrs. Francis Stack and get
acquainted with their new grand
daughter, Dara Christine. Mrs.
Lundell stayed for a longer vis
it. Relatives here for the funeral
services of Mrs. Arvilla Swan
son last Thursday were Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Lundell, Mr. and
Mrs. William Lundell and fam
ily, and Mr. and Mrs. Merle
Lundell and family of Milwau
kie; Mrs. Walter Christiansen
of Eugene; Mr. and Mrs. Fran
cis Rea, Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Rea, Mr. and Mrs. James Mar
tin, Mrs. Esper Hansen, and
Norman Swanson of Portland;
Gilbert Petteys of Pendleton;
and Mr. and Mrs. John Turner
of Baker.
Mrs. Algott Lundell of Port
land visited last week with Mrs.
Oscar Lundell and was here for
the services for Mrs. Arvilla
Swanson.
Twenty-five members and
friends of the Heppner Nazar-
ene Church gathered at the td
win Kessler home in lone Thurs
day evening for a barbecue and
homemade ice cream. Rev. and
Mrs. G. Nikander of Heppner
were special guests for the
evening and he gave a short de
votional message.
Cots Collide at Intersection
Two drivers escaped serious in
jury last Thursday afternoon
when their cars collided at the
northern entrance to lone near
the Ekstrom Ranch. Mrs. Wil
lard French had stopped at the
intersection and was just leav
ing lone and Mrs. Amanda Du
vall was just turning into lone
when the collision occurred. The
French car was completely de
molished and the Duvall car
was damaged on the front.
Mrs. Phill Emert took Mrs.
French to Pendleton to a phys
ician. She has multiple cuts and
abrasions on both legs and other
bruises.
40.00
51.45
92.03
Inv. Exp
Ernest Jorgensen, Just.
Ct., 5th, Rent 25.00,
Tel. 21.45, Sup. 5.00 ..
Col. Basin Elec. Co-op,
Cthse
Herman Green, do 10.00
Citv Water Dept., do 8.50
MAR Co., Cthse. Mtse.
A Rep. 6.40, Surp.
Fds. Exp. 30.50 36.90
Pettyjohn's, Cthse. Mtse.
13.46, Civ. Def. 117.13 .... 130.59
Tum-A-Lum Lbr. Co.,
Cthse. Mtse. 58.00, Civ.
Def. 17.17 75.17
John A. Pfeiffer, Cthse.
Jan. Sup. 6.31, Park
Fd. 1.60 7.91
N. W. Ind. Laundry Co.,
Cthse. Jan. Sup 5.36
Cornett Green Feed, do 1.78
St. Mary's Home for Boys,
Juv. Tr. Exp 5.00
Albertina Kerr Nursery, do 5.00
Villa St. Rose, do 5.00
Donald MCarty, do 12.98
St. Pub. Welfare Comm.,
Welfare . 3,109.50
Herman W. Winter, DA
Rent 65.00, Help
112.50, Tel. 62.22,
Off. Sup. 8.94, Tr. A
Mem. Fees 89.35 342.01
A. C. Barnekoff A Sons,
Cir. Ct. Jur. A Wit 297.20
Pettyjohn's Bldrs Sup.,
Weed Cont. Sup 9.40
Paul Pettyjohn Co.,
Weed Cont. Chem 9.00
Heppnper Inland Chem.,
do 6.00
Gar Aviation, Park Fd 17.51
Pettyjohn's Farm Sup,
do 28.82
Independent Garage,
Rural Fire 2.70
Lexington Imp. Co., do L54
Marion Green, Equal. Bd. 40.00
Visiting with Mr. and Mrs.
Wes Sherman and family Friday
night and Saturday morning
were Mr. and Mrs. Gene Stoller
of Woodburn. He is owner and
publisher of the Woodburn In
dependent. The visitors had
gone on a trip to Pendleton on
business and stopped here en
route home.
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