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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 24, 1972)
Who's "Ifwght with Gru: u Marched with Sherman to the Sea: But I'll be D.. d if 1 11 lay here and let the Kaiser rule Mrs. Homer Green i Pearl Brannuni Com. from page 13 whrn Homer Green bought a Modvl T. Ford about 3 years after they m?.rned. He bought :: ir. Heppner, and they were si proud of it and kept it ten years before trading it in. She supposes it cost be tween $300 and $400. The Greens moved into the b:g. old Ralph Jackson house in Lexington in 1356. Mr. Green died in 1962. Pearl makes a home for her three unmarried sons, and her twin, Merle. Mrs. Arthur Keene i Annie Campbell Still living on land she and her husband homesteaded, is Mrs. Annie Campbell Keene of R:iea Creek. She was born on Social Ridge in 1887, the first child of Pioneers Wil liam T. Campbell and his wife the former Elizabeth Young who came from Ontario, Ca nada. Mrs. Keene's nephew Roger Campbell farms his grandparents place. Other children of the William T. Campbell's after Annie are a sister now Mrs . Effie Crow living inCanada, Roger's dad, Roy Campbell of Lexington, and Arthur Campbell ofTerre Kaute, Indiana. Mr. Keene whose family was in the Willamette Val ley quite early, was 9 months old when his parents brought him to this area; he died in 1365. The Keene's had two children, Ruth (Mrs. LonMc Cabe) who lives west of Rhea Creek on the McCabe home stead, and Bryce who is farm ing the Keene place . Ar thur and Annie Keene cele brated their golden anniver sary in 1963. Mrs. Keene went to the old Social Ridge School and to the newer Social Ridge Scho ol and after she passed the state's teacher exam she tau ght at that school for 5 or 6 years. She has many Keene and McCabe grandchildren and more great - grandchildren than she can count quickly some as far away as Long Island, N.y. Mrs. Keene points out that the place she Who in Our First lives on and son Bryce farms is right beside the first place taken on that part of Rhea Creek by theColumbus (Luni) Rhea family, early pioneers. Although her eyesight is joi e she lives alone very near Bryce and his family, and she is still a most keen person. Miss Alta Sletens Alta is the first child of John E. and Maggie Allen Stevens, Hardman pioneers. Their second child, James was killed in .North AFrica in World War II, the third, Edith now lives at Monument, and the youngest Harold is on the home ranch near Hard man. John Steven's parents the Virgil A. Stephens (note how the spelling changed) came west bv train to San Francisco, took a boat to As toria, transferred to a pad' dlewheeler to reach Wallula, Wn., and then bought a team and wagon and went to Weston to winter. Next spring, 1831, they came tDairyvilie(Hard man) wheu ohn, Alta's fat her was 6 yrs. old. Mrs. Alien, Alta's Grandma, ran an eating house for trave lers in Hardman. Alta's mother who was born in Hardman in 1885, died in 1913. Her father died in the Pioneer Memorial Hospi tal in 1365. Alta stayed in Hardman until 1968 and then moved to Heppner. She re calls the excitement in old Hardman took many forms, such as, big baseball games, horse races in the sfreets, and boys tormenting old store keepers. Alta Stevens became a Re- bekab in Mistletoe Lodge no. 25 at Hardman and is a Past Noble Grand; she is now ac tive in Heppner" s Sans Souci. She has been one of the fine volunteer workers at the Hep pner Neighborhood Center for some years now. Mrs. C.N. Jones (Marvel Miller) The six children of Mr. and Century over ME" reads the sign. This picture was marked "Old man Smith with the gun and Sam Hughes. Mrs. Charles N. Jones had complete and fine public scho ol experiences in Heppner ah six graduated from Hep pner High School In fact, tr im the time that son Paul W. started the first grade in 1917 until granddaughter Marcia graduated in 1970, one of their family was en rolled for each of the 53 years. The six Jones child ren are: Judge Paul W.; ranchers, Marcel, who has the home ranch; Floyd on Hin ton Creek; Vahce .(Mrs. N. O. Washburn) Astoria; Lois (Mrs. Charles Graybeal) of L'kiah, Ca.; Loma Mae (Mrs. Irv. Chalfant of Indianapolis, Indiana.) C.N. Jones who died May 4, 1371 came to Heppner just after the big flood and set tled in Donaldson Canyon. Mrs. Jones came with her pa rents the CA. Millers in 1306 into the Eight Mile commu nity. They were married in 1909 and as newlyweds moved into the house where the Dick Sargents live now. In Sept. 1971 Mrs. Jones moved to town where she is comfor tably located on Jones St. The Jones have been mem bers of the Christian Church for many years. Mrs Charles Bartholomew (Phebe Thomson) One of the oldest, if not the oldest county resident is Phebe Bartholomew who is 98 today, August 4th. She is the third of eight children of the Oscar Thomsons (her mother was Susan Atwood). Phebe was born on Butter Creek in 1874 in Umatilla County and went to The Dalles with a boatload of women a.id children who were sent out after word came that a large party of Indians was coming, during the big up rising of 1878. OLDEST GRADUATE OF O.C.E. Phebe attended the little old Thomson School on the ranch and became an avid reader. In their teens she and her older sister Lucy went to fctr off Oregon Normal at Monmouth and Phebe grad uated in the school's fourth class and has been honored as the school's oldest alum. After she came home from Monnnuth, she taught at Pine City and at Thomson School before marrying Charles Herbert Bartholomew, the son or Morrow County Judge Alba G. Bartholomew. BUILD UP RANCH After living several places they, with their four children, settled at Pine City and be gan to build up the fine ranch there that is now ojierated by the Jasper Myers (the Bar tholomew s youngest daugh ter Llla and her husband) and by the Myers son Jerry and his young family. Phebe' s other children are Mary (Mrs. Arthur Sether); Fa ye (Mrs. Marion Finch); andOs car F. Bartholomew. LEAVES BUTTER CREEK Mr. Bartholomew died in 1954 and Phebe continued to live on Butter Creek in the big home with the Myers until into 1971 when she moved into the Hermiston Good Samaritan Center. She has her own telephone, and it seems she must be out at a birthday party this even ing, as there is no answer tonight. On August 4, 1968 i very May Heppner Continue to Prosper and Grow! If Sffl i Minor Auto Repair Delco Batteries Bridgestone Tires Featuring Complete Department for Hodaka Motorcycle Sales and Services May & Chase 6765m Heppner creat birthday party was ar ranged in honor of her 95th birthday and many relatives and friends came from far and near for the two day event. She has been so busy with her knitting, making lap rubes for wheelchair pa tients, booties for great grandchildren, and other items. She insisted that the Myers should not buy a dish washing machine as that was her job-and she did it so efficient! y. The story of Phebe Thom son Bartholomew is told in the booklet "The Judge's Family" written by her daughter, Mary Bartholomew Sether. The November 1970 Ruralite, Columbia Basin edi tion, features Phebe Bar tholomew and has excellent pictures of her. Her life has almost spanned more than the history of Morrow County in fact she is only two years vounger than Heppner is this August. She is still so sweet, helpful, and generous and is much loved by so many. si
