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.
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