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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 24, 1972)
New Hospital C ont. (rum page 11 of Trustees must see that the tuispiul is managed ef ficiently and effectively by an appointed administrator who is responsible to the board. Ilene Kilkenny Wyman is tlie current administrator. The hospital honors many insurance plans, and patients under the State Industri e Ac cident Commission have full coverage for medical care. Ambulance service is avai lable 24 hours a day. MEDICAL CAFE A brochure that was printed about 1960 gives this statement- hicb many citizens wish could be made today. "In the past 10 years, Mor row County has built and paid for a 49-bed hospital so that we are in a much dica.1 needs, "We no have 4 full time medical physici ans in this area which ful fills the minimum standard of medical care for civilian population as set up by the the U.S. Health Service. And in addition, there is an os teopathic physiciananda staff surgeon; orthopedic special ists and pathologists are ava ilable from Pendleton." 1 i -1 1 -1 r it. ail linirir n The R R came up Willow BEKT SIGSBEE'S photo of Gertrude Crawford Parker The daughter of Jasper V. Crawford, the organizer of the Christian Church in Hepp ner, and his wife Elizabeth Dunlop, whose father was a Linn County judge, M:-s. Ger trude Crawford Parker has many memories of early days'. She will be 92 very soon and has been regaining strength in the Pioneer Hos pital where we had a most pleasant visit. Ker brothers were outstanding newspaper men- Vawter and Otheo with the Heppner Gazette and Gar field with a Texan paper. Mrs. Parker tells of watch ing the 1903 flood through the windows of her family's home on the hill above the Christian Church. She had been working as an assistant to the postmaster, and after the flood she became tempor ary postmaster in charge at Heppner. In 1905 she married Frank Parker who had come to Hepp ner to work as a stone mason with Mr. MJntrestelli from Pendleton when the stone buildings on Main St. went up. The young Parkers ran cattle on the Snake Fiver un til they came back to Hepp ner to gain better schooling for their first two children, Frances and Vawter. PURCHASE RANCH Frank Parker and Dr. Vaughn vttie dentist) pur chased the old Oscar Minor ranch which was then owned by R.L. Rente. Later Mr. Parker bought his partner Vaughn's share. The Par ker s four children are Frances Mitchell of Portland, a retired teacher and account ant; Vawter of Hood River, an attorney; John of Portland, an accountant, and Kathryn (Mrs Fred Hoskins, Jr.) a teacher here. Frances Mit chell was a sheriffs deputy here before going to Port land. EASTERN STAR LEADER Gertrude Parker has been very active in her church and in Eastern Star work where she held every office and was an especially note worthy secretary. Mr. Par ker died in 1968. Mrs. Par ker still farms some wheat land in partnership with her grandson Mac Hoskins who comes from his weekly work at the flour mill in Pendle ton to work on the land on weekends. Oscar Minor's now the Fred Creek in 1KK8. train going by- Mrs. John Brosnan (Zetta Ha per) Mr. and Mrs. John Hager (he was from Missouri and she, Belle Wilkins, was from Vermont) give their daugh ters interesting names-Zetta and Zilpha. Zetta was born in Heppner in 1888, and her mother told her tliat whe was the first child baptized in the St. Patrick's Church up on the south hill where the Legion Hall is now. She recalls an early day train-trip to Ver mont where she celebrated her 6th birthday. Zetta went through grade school in Heppner , then went to a convent high school in Walla Walla, graduating in 1906, and going on to Wash ington State College at Pull man the next year. She work ed several places in Heppner -at Jim Hart's Confectionary Store and at the post office while W.W. Smead was post master. After she left Pull man, she worked as a tele phone operator in Weiser, Idaho for awhile. MOVS TO LENA In 1908 she and John Brosnan were married in St. Patrick's and went to live on the Brosnan Ranch at Lena where Zetta live today. Her husband was the son of Irish man Jeremiah Brosnan and his wife the former Mary Cafney. At Lena the Brosnans lived rather near the Franklin fam ily who kept a stage station where passengers stayed overnight and horses were exchanged for a fresh team. The hill east of Lena is named after this family. For awhile Zetta kept the Lena postoffice on her front porch. The first store at Lena was about north of where the Eddie Brosnans live now. A later store was built north of there where the Randall Martin barn stands about 58 years ago, and it had the postoffice with the store downstairs anda hall upstairs that was used for dances. Lumber from this store was used to build a shed now standing on the Merlin Hughes place. Zetta recalls that young people would gather to dance in the hall above where Murray's Drug store is now. Those who lived out rode their horses to town. The boys took up a collec tion to pay the piano player I? Mountain Valley Stock Ranch Hoskins. Jr.. home i who was often Vi Hart. Her husband died in 1952. Son Jerry and his wife Mar ian farm the ranch with great help from their son Eddie and his wife Lorraine and their' five fifth-generation Brosnans. Zetta' s other children are a son Joe and a daughter Margaret (Mrs. Donald Williams.) GENIA HOUSTON Genia Huston is known es pecially for her fine sense of humor and for her gener osity with her natural musi cal talent. She is a daughter of Jake Young and Mattie Hooker Young, Eightmile pio neers. Most of her 84 years she has lived in various sec tions of the county, and she is presently a patient at the Pioneer Hospital. Born near Eight Mile Cen ter, she attended school there and at Hail Ridge, then her parents brought their family to live in Heppner before 1903 where Mrs. Viola Gilman lives now at the west end of Aiken St. Genia has a sister, Mrs. Faye Young george living in Portland. Genia' s husband, Clive Hus ton, son of Luther Huston i I m ... . u.,,,, r,u.k 5 !" 'ZUriav fet'lia pi - - . - an early Rhea Creek pio neer, died about 10 years ago. Their daughter Velma Huston Parker taught at Rocky Bluff and Liberty school years back and now lives in Pasco. JUSTLY POPULAR Harold Cohn recalls that years ago Genia Huston was queen of a big July 4th cele bration in the county- "She won the popularity contest", he said. She is a natural mu sician with an outstanding sense of rhythm, and since she was 4 yrs. old has been able to play any melody she heard. At 4 she would play on an old pump organ but her legs could not reach the pedals and someone else tiad to pump for her. She played the piano for countless dances, alone and in groups. She has given her talent gen erously to her lodge, and recently to the Golden Age Club. Mrs. Huston has until recently been living in the E Congratulations to Heppner: on its We are happy to have been a member of the business community for the past 25 years and to have been privileged to participate in numerous community activities. Heppner Cleaners Bill and Daisy Collins nnrl Fnmilv IT Two recently completed afghans are shown. Lanham Apartments where she had many loyal friends nearby-but she is such a "fun" person she will always have many friends every where she goes- she is so easy to meet and to like. ririck A. Ka by July 31 and August 1 and 2, Mr. and Mrs. Ulrick A. Raby from Chico, Ca. and their son Delbert visited in the county. Mr. and Mrs. Raby were here 53 years ago and hired a horse and wagon and looked up his par ents, the Thomas J. Raby's, homestead out at the foot of the Col well Grade. 1972 was a first look at Heppner for their sox Ulrick is one of 5 brothers and 2 sisters born to Thomas J. Raby and his wife the former Turie Miller who homesteaded beside the Ad Moore family. Tnomas J. was a lay preacher, and lie Cont. on pige 13 100 Years t Mill I W T away aoing iancy worn.
