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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."
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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
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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
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100 Years t
Mill I W T
away aoing iancy worn.