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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1973)
IIKITNKK OKK. GAZETTF.-TIMKS, Thursday. February 22. 1973 Great Grandmother Whittles Furniture And Gifts PholOc The six-gun cabinet at the Wayne Papineaus showing the rose design and the carver, Agnes Papineau Nichols. By Jl'STINE WEAT1IEKFOKD Five large gun cabinets, five kneehole desks, several tables, chests of drawers, a baby's clothes cabinet, 38 clock frames, various spice cabinets, dozens of smaller articles such as pot-holder hangers, ther mometer plaques, napkin and letter holders, and many carved pictures have been created by Mrs. Archie Nichols, Lexington wood carver. A south paw, she has kept her talented left hand very busy practicing her an cient form of art these last few years. Her work is now in many Oregon locations, up at Friday Harbor in Washington, in Los Angeles, and even as far away as Iowa. A few Examples Each piece of original furni ture, given to members of her family, has several carved designs. In son Wayne Papi neau's home there is a large desk with seven drawers cover ed with roses and a six-gun cabinet with six drawers and a top board carved in similar rose designs. Wayne's family is also very proud of their spice shelf and of other examples of his mother's art. At the Dick Hoffman home several fine gifts are being used with pride: a gun cabinet with animals carved on its head board and its six drawers stands in the livingroom. Mrs. Nichols chose deer, moose, elk, and mountain goats for its design. Grand-daughter Penny (Mrs. Hoffman) is especially happy with their pair of davenport end-tables carved in the rose design with end supports of wheels carved out of single blocks. The Hoffman's T.V. set sits on a carved three-drawer chest. Grandmo Nichols has promised Penny and Dick a carved coffee table, too. various supplies home to carver Agnes. He is a Lexington native whoso father Thomas Hale Nichols came to the area with Archie's grandmother in 18iU. After farming awhile, T.H. Nichols Joined W.E.Leach in the Nichols and Leach general merchandising business in town. In 1902 they sold out to W.F.Barnett who enlarged the store considerably in 1915. The stock changed hands four times in its later years. Archie was Its next -to-last owner and operated as Nichols Grocery across from the I.O.O.F. Building. Before the store closed the Warners bought it and operated it briefly. Now Archie has a few sheep, some chickens, a milk cow, and a terrific garden which supplies fine fresh vegetables to the members of the their families. He has adopted many homeless, deserted cats. Last spring he was giving a home to 19 cats which usually followed him as he made his twice daily trips to the barn carrying his milk pail. He kindly shared fresh milk with the cats who constantly passed the word around and more cats kept coming to him. Mr :-r BMCC Tax Levy Up Only 3 Pendlelon;; dents and permit preparations yilene Rlnghand, Milton for an Associate Degree Nur- Freewater, and Shirley Zlelln sing program later In the year, gk, Boardman. he continued. Members of the board who The committee elected a80 serve on the budget Kobert Mautx. Pendleton, committee, are: Bob Abrams, chairman, and Ben Holdman, Heppner; Kenneth Dauble,. Pendleton, secretary. Weston; Russell Dorran, Brent Members of the committee. In Horn and Harmon Springer, all addition to Mauta and Holdman, of Hermiston; Joe Green, are- Bill Etter, Pilot Bock; Pendleton, and Bob Zerba, Homer Hughes, i.cxinnion; Ainena. 3 (i-T Photo r7 5S v yd J (i-T Piiulu Meet Agnes Nichols Born Agnes Schoonover at Boise, Idaho in 1902, she first whittled at her logger father's knee. She recalls that her dad enjoyed years of winter whittl ing. She has always enjoyed it too, but she really got going in a big way after grand-daughter Penny brought home a small wood-carving knife from one of Tom Shear's art classes at Heppner High in 1970. Most of her carving is done in pine; however, she has also used tamarack and fir. Agnes does not spend all her time carving. She also cooks, sews and freezes much garden produce. She is espec ially noted for her fine western style men's shirts which she cuts without using a pattern. Each of her sons, and many Gun Cabinet at the Dick Hoffmans with the deer and elk on the grandsons, have Christmas-gift headboard of tne gun cabinet carved bv Mrs. Nichols. shirts every year since they were tiny. She came to Morrow County with her logger husband Frank Papineau who was especially proud of his Clydesdale logging teams. Frank and Agnes im bued a love of horses in their sons. Agnes mothered eight Papineaus; still living are sons, Fred of Union, Earl, Ray and Wayne, Lexington and daugh ter, Frances (Mrs. Bill Beck of Hermiston). Agnes has 16 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. Early in the I950's she married Archie Nichols and is now a step grandmother and great grandmother to the Bill Nichols family of lone. Agnes has shown some of her work at recent county fairs. She sells a few carved frames with electric clocks for which she charges from $35 to $50 depending on the size and design. Husband Archie Archie Hale Nichols says he is the errand boy who brings The end table showing the Wheels that Mrs. Nichols carved from a solid piece of wood. (i-T Photo - - ' . j Prospecting I'liins Archie Nichols and step-son Fred Papineau, now pretty well recovered from a bad logging accident-but unable to do heavy work, are planning to go gold prospecting this coming summer. They expect to comb the mountains of eastern Ore gon and parts of Idaho. They will have very good company. Agnes savs she is going along, j' too. so they will not want good cooKine ana so mat sne win share the fun and excitement. Perhaps she will get some carving done around the even ing campfires in some beautiful locations. The ( Ian Agnes and Archie live on Black Horse Canyon Road just east of Lexington's "down town." Their green-colored home has a large livingroom and a big, busy kitchen centered with a good-sized table. There is a woodburning stove that must consume lots of wood chips from the busy left-handed carver. Agnes carves and keeps her tools in a little shop room off the livingroom. Her son Earl and family live across the road on higher ground, and above them on the hill is son Ray Papineau's home. Son Wayne and family live in the large rose-colored house on the town side of the Nichols. Blue Mountain community College's tax levy for the 1973-74 school year will inch up by a bar three percent over the current figure If a budget proposal by President Wallace MeCrne is approved by the college board of education and budget committee, In his annual budget message last night to the board and budget committee, McCrae said the proposed budget reflects a shift in emphasis from meeting the steady enrollment pressures of the past to an attempt to raise quality and add programs that are long overdue. The emphasis on quality, he said, follows three consecutive "hold the line" budgets which were designed to keep budget requests down to a "bare bones" level without diluting existing programs. The pro posed budget, which calls for a 4.6 percent increase in operat ing funds, would allow a modest beginning in music and home economics and an enlarged Licensed Practical Nursing program. The proposed levy is $1.78 per $10oo true cash value, an increase of five cents, or three percent over the current figue. Total proposed budget McCrae presented is $2,058,875, up 4.6 percent over this year's $1,967,850. While colleges and univer sities throughout the country face continued enrollment drops, McCrea said he expects BMCC's full time equivalent enrollment next year to reach I0K0 students. A full time equivalent is 15 hours of credit for three terms, an average full load for a full school year. The college's full time equivalent this year will be 1037, McCrae estimated. Total number of persons enrolled in the college this year, he added, will exceed 3000. Although BMCC suffered its first enrollment decrease this year. McCrae said the reasons were well understood and the college adjusted rapidly. Among the reasons he cited were: 81 fewer high school graduates in Morrow and Uma tilla Counties, changes in Selec tive Service regulations, improved enlistment opportun ities in the armed services, and the desire of students for exploration, travel and inde pendence. McCrae said the proposed budget allows a modest be ginning of the "long-delayed" music program and the first year of a transfer home economics program. It also allows, he said, for continuation of the Air Traffic Control program and enlarging the practical nursing program. The latter would permit continua tion of a health services program for high school stu- 3 JO MARBRO DATSUI1 1 for work a fun 1972 Datsun Vl Ton rickup radio, heater, 4-speed Hunt bumper Local, one owner 18,000 actual miles. $1905 1968 Datsun 1. Ton Pickup radio, heater, 4 speed Hunt bumper, also West Coast mirrors. $109$ 1970 Datsun i2 Ton Pickup radio, heater, 4 speed Hunt bumper $1495 1966 Datsun Yj Ton Pickup radio, heater, 1 4 speed 1 Hunt bumper $095 1964 Datsun io Ton Pickup radio, heater, 4 speed $595 J8 1967 Datsun $ 10 Ton Pickup radio, heater, 4 speed & Hunt bumper $993 1965. Datsun y Ton Pickup radio, heater, 4 speed Hunt bumper $69S 1969 Chevrolet 34 Ton long wheel base radio, heater, 3 speed completely overhauled I cylinder engine $199S MARES RO DATSUN 515 S.E. Dorion ph. 276-0330 Pendleton "We will not be undersold" Putting her name on the back of tea pot potholder is Agnes Papineau Nichols, left handed carver. G-T Want Ads Pay Big How You Can If f?yj Put Yourself in J 11 This Picture "jf v mm. m 1 t: .. . m K; Rose-design clock frame similar to 38 others that Mrs. Nichols has carved and sold or given away. Importance of Communication Imagine. Your family in a new home . . . a first home ... a dream home. One that has a play-yard for the children ... a real laundry room ... a wood-burning fire place. Ahh. You think it won't ever happen? We think it could! Come and talk to us. We'll give you all the facts about our Mortgage Loans. LENDER ID t UAL If SAVINGS tni LOAN ASSOCIATION Don Gray, manager nrTTTn 180 NE Second Hermiston, Ore. Guest speaker Andy Land force, Extension specialist from OSU, stressed communication between youth and adults when he spoke at the Morrow County 4-H Leaders Banquet at lone High School Feb. 15. The banquet sponsored by Columbia Basin Electric Co-op, was served by the Empire Builders 4-H Club, under the supervision of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Brownfield of Heppner. Annually, 4-H leaders from the north and south of the county are honored for their work in the 4-H program. One, five and ten year leaders were presented with pens from Harold Kerr, Morrow County Extension Agent, who also introduced all the county's leaders. Mrs. Garry Tullis introduced special 4-H community spon sors, especially the sponsors of the summer school program. Master of Ceremonies for the evening was Empire Builders pres. Jan Ekstrom of lone. Empire Builders serving the dinner were Anita Davidson, Tom Wolff, John Kilkenny, Debbie Yocom, Sherrie Kemp, Phil Carlson, Mark Rietmann, Micki Hoskins, Charlie McElli gott, Kay Bergstrom, Mary Pat McElligott, Melissa McElligott, and Rick Peterson. First Year Pin Leaders: Sharon Biddle, Bonnie Hardi man, June Lindstrom, Barbara Peterson, Sandi Rodriguez, Sheridan Tarnasky, Kathy Wahl, Ken Nelson, Phyllis Crowi, Dora Sundin, Edith Partlow. Five Year Pin leaders: Gladys Alderman, Bonnie Clow, Beverly Doherty, Nancy Myers. Ten Year Pin leaders: Lou Crum, Rose Wiison, Rita Wolff. Fifteen Year Pin leaders : Pat Pettyjohn. 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