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OTfe JESsS HEPPNER AZETtE-TIMES AN M UAL Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, November 5, 1970 Section 7 JORDAN ... As It Once Was! (Edltor'a note: This article was written by Fred Lockley of i the Oregonlan and was publish ed July 26. 1929. This copy comes from Edith Nlchoson of lone. This Is another historical . article that we enjoyed and hope you will too.) While driving from lone to . Pilot Rock recently, I stopped at a farmhouse about two miles out from lone to admire a gar den of old-fashioned flowers. There was a riot of Canterbury bells, of sweet wllllam, forget-me-nots, brilliant poppies with their crinkled petals resembling tissue paper, and a score of oth er flowers that our mothers knew. An old lady, with a lit tle girl about "so high", was feeding the chickens. I called over the fence to her, "When you have finished feeding the chickens, come and tell me the names of your flowers. I have n't seen as fine a garden as this for many a day." A mo ment or two later, the old la dy, holding the little girl's hand, came to the gate, and in answer to my question said: "Yea, I have been here quite awhile. I wasn't much bigger than my granddaughter here when I came to this country, and I passed my three score and ten milestone three years ago. My name Is Catherine Petteys. I was born in Missouri on April 15, 1856. My father, George Gi enger, was born In Germany. My mother, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Felker, was al so born in Germany. Father left Germany to get away from mil itary service and army life, but it looked as If he had jumped out of the frying pan into the fire, for when I was about 5 or 6 years old there was fight ing going on all over Missouri between the Union troops and the Confederate troops, and then there was bushwhacking and grudge fig;hting, so father decided to go somewhere where it was more peaceful. "We started across the plains in the spring of '63. There were 62 wagons in our train. Two or three times the Indians wanted to make us pay for traveling through their country and run ning off their game, but Cap tain Wolf, the captain of our wagon train, invited the Indi ans to eat with us. Twice the womenfolk had to stay up pret ty near all night, making bread and cooking for the Indians to get them all fed. Captain Wolf settled at Aurora. He died at Astoria a few years ago. My father settled on Willapa Har bor, in Pacific County, Wash. I went to school at Willapa for three terms of three months each. "In 1871 we came up to The Dalles on a freight wagon here. My uncle, John Gienger, had bought a half section of land here. I was 14 years old when I came to Morrow County, 58 years ago. Most of the people up in this country ran cattle. Here and there an occasional rancher had a few sheep, but sheepmen were not popular with the cattlemen. In those days they didn't know they could raise wheat here. "I was married in Pendleton when I was 23 years old. I came to this place as a bride 50 years ago. In those days we did our trading at The Dalles, for there was no town either at Heppner or at Arlington, and, of course, there was no lone, or no Lex ington. After a while they start ed a post office here in our farmhouse. The post office was namni Ppttpvsville. and my husband was the postmaster for 17 years. At nrst tney Drougm the mail in a buckboard, but later thpv uwd a regular stage coach. We got our mail on the stage that ran between the Leonards bridge, on the John Day, and Pendleton. My daugh ters Olive Engleman and Arvil la Swanson live at lone. My daughter Marilla Newton lives at South Bend. My daughter Ruth Cossman lives at Wood land, Wash. My daughter Edith Nichoson also lives at lone. Al bert has a place on Willow Creek and Mannie runs the home ranch." Mrs. Petteys husband, Aman uel C. Petteys, came to Morrow County in 1868, driving a band of cattle across the mountains from the Willamette Valley. He settled in the forks of Rhea and WiUow creeks. Two years later he took up a homestead, on which he lived until his death, about 10 years ago. He was bom in New York City" on August 8. 1836. His father, Seneca Petteys, was a minister of the Christian Church. His mother's maiden name was Olive Town er. In 1841 Mr. Petteys. with his parents, moved to Michigan. His father died in with her children, started across 1850and in 1853 his momer, ihA ninins. Thev wintered near Salt Lake and arrived In the Willamette valley In July, it4. Mrs. Petteys, with her two sons and three daughters, took up a place near Salem. Mr. Petteys added to his Morrow county homestead until he had over 1 rwi iin tin was among the first to put his bottom land In alfalfa. He was also one of the n nnonra in nnttlner out an or chard. In 1896, he served as county assessor. Written by Fred Lockley Published July 26, 1929 THE OREGONIAN Granddaughter Alice Nlchoson Felker? Volker? 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Fad berg, 498; High Team Game Parlberp-Pettviohn. 841: High Team Series Kincaid-Barnett, 2361. NANETTE L. McCLANAHAN New Chief Nanette .L McClanahan has been named Pacific Northwest Bell's chief operator in charge of operator services for 24 com munities in the northeastern part of Oregon. She replaces Mrs. Agnes L. Kelly who has transferred to Portland to take charge of a new Directory Assistance unit there, according to PNB Mana ger Dale Slusher. Mrs. McClanahan started her telephone career at Topeka, Kansas, as an operator in 1954. ?ho ramp to Oreeon in 1955 as a central office clerk at the traffic office in Bend. She also bptvpA as a surjervisine opera tor there before transferring to The Dalles in 1964 as an eve ning chief operator and to Eu gene in 1967 as a group chief operator. She has held the position of chief operator in Portland since January of this year. Headquartered at Pendleton, Mrs. McClanahan will supervise the work of some 70 PNB wom en who provide long idstance, nirpptorv Assistance and inter cept operator services for the following communities: Pendleton, Athena, Weston Milton Freewater, Umatilla Heppner, lone, Lexington, Her miston, Echo, Stanfield, Umatil la, John Day, Arlington, Helix Boardman, Ukiah, Pilot Rock T .nncr Oppk. Monument. Mt Vernon, Prairie City, Bates and Dayville Mrs. McClanahan and hus band have five post teenage children. Mrs. Stuart Cribble and Rod ney were over from La Grande last weekend to visit her folks, Mr. and Mrs. Don Bellenbrock. She also stopped in to see Stu art's folks, Mr. and Mrs. Low ell Gribble. Another First nn the same dav that Mrs McMurdo had her first great grandson, Mr. and Mrs. Carey Hastings ana Mr. ana ivirs. Frank Connor received word of their first grandchild. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Gamel of Newberg are the parents oi a daughter born Oct. 31. She weighed six pounds. 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