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The family of Mr. & Mrs.
Elbert Eppenbach gathered to
honor them on their 44th
wedding anniversary, Jan. 11.
They were married in 1932 In
Gering NE, They returned for
visit on a summer vacation
trip several years ago. How
ever, they have raised their
family of 8 children In Irrigon,
having lived here 25 years or
more. Mr. Eppenbach is a
member of the Irrigon City
Council and his son heads the
planning commission.
Their daughters, Mrs. Gene
(Judy) Cunningham and Mrs.
Gary Baird brought the beau
tifully decorated cakes for the
occasion. Another daughter
Mrs. John (Elnorah) Marlow
was unable to attend as she
was still in the Umatilla
Hospital after the birth of
. their daughter Angela Ruth,
Born Jan. 10. This was the 14th
grandchild for the Eppen
bachs. Those who were there in
cluded Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Eppenbach and son, Mr. and
Mrs. Norman Eppenbach,
Mark and Lisa; Mr. and Mrs.
Wayne Eppenbach and fami
ly, Hermiston; Mr. and Mrs.
Gene Cunningham and family,
Richland, WA; John Marlow
and children; Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Matlack and daugh
ters, Hermiston; Mr. and Mrs.
Gry Baird, Pendleton and
John Eppenbach who lives
with his parents in Irrigon.
There will be a "Community
Sing" sponsored by the local
churches, Thursday, Feb. 5, 7
p.m. It will be in the school
auditorium. The Good News
Singers will be on the pro
gram. Everyone is invited to
attend.
A group of 18 young people,
accompanied by Pastor Bob
Schmoll, spent a day in the
10 over Invoice
Few models left
plus set up delivery
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Mobile Homes of Hermiston
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Attention lone, Lexington
and Eight Mile area farmers
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snow Saturday at Cutsforth
Park above Heppner. While
the snow was icy and not in the
best condition for sledding,
they reported a good time was
had by all.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Johnson
plan to spend the week visiting
both of their families at
Jerome, ID. During their
absence a nephew, his wife
and 3 month-old baby, Mr. and
Mrs. Billy Sturgeon, Hermis
ton, will stay with the John
son's four teenage children at
their home on 8th Street. Mr.
Johnson was working with the
crew who recently completed
improvements on McNary
Dam,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fro
berg were called to Tacoma to
attend the funeral of Mrs.
Froberg's brother-in-law.
They also visited relatives In
Custer and Bellingham.
Mr. and Mrs. Al Partlow
drove to Vancouver, WA
Friday evening, where they
met their daughter, Sheryl,
who is a student at Seattle
Pacific College.
Saturday night, they attend
ed the Seattle Pacific vs
Portland State basketball
game. Following the game,
Sherry and other members of
the Seattle Pacific Rally
Squad spent the night at the
home of Mr. and Mrs, Gene
Berg and Ron, with a party
celebrating Sherry's birthday.
Dan and Sharron Bell went
to The Dalles Monday for
business.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Hardwick
went to Portland Wednesday
on business.
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PHIL BOWMAN
Phil Bowman is the new manager
of the Jordan Elevator Company.
He replaces Paul Pettyjohn, who
has been with the company for the
past 33 years. Jordan Elevator has
grain storage facilities for 400,000
bushels and is equipped with a 70
foot truck scale. Market Informa
tion is available by calling 422-7148.
Jordan Elevator
Company
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A bingo game was held at
the Grange Hall Friday night
with a large crowd attending.
Refreshments were served.
The Monument Grazing As
sociation met Monday night at
the Tom Campbell home. All
but two members were pre
sent. Dick Corbett of the BLM
was a guest. Some of the
members are still out several
head of cattle.
Mr. and Mrs. Teen Miller
returned home Monday after
spending the weekend at
Eugene and Salem, Mr. Miller
had been in Eugene for sever
al weeks for medical atten
tion. We are all happy to have
Teen home again.
Mrs. Harold Reynolds re
turned home Sunday evening
from Portland. Harold had
major surgery Thursday ev
ening at the Good Samaritan
Hospital. Mrs. Stella McCarty
accompanied Mrs. Reynolds
to Heppner.
Bill Elder, Ontario, took his
brother Joe Elder home for
medical attention.
Mr. and Mrs. Larry GrassI
and daughter moved to Prine
ville last week.
Mrs. Allen Hatley took Mrs.
Johnnie Gienger to John Day
Friday for medical attention.
Mrs. Marvin Nichols and
Mrs. Freda Tubbs went to
John Day Thursday.
JORDAN ELEVATOR
HAS NEW MANAGER
Phil Bowman is the new
manager of the Jordan Eleva
tor Company. He replaces
Paul Pettyjohn who has been
manager for the past 33 years.
Bowman previously worked
for the Condon Grain Grow
ers, Condon, and was highly
recommended for the new
position. He was born in
Cottonwood, ID where he
attended elementary and high
school. Following graduation
from high school he attended
Lewis-Clark State Business
University, Spokane, WA, in
business administration ac
counting. He and his wife Chris are
presently residing in lone.
They have a daughter, Karen
who is one year old.
V.
Mountain Logging started
hauling logs on the Cotton
wood road Wednesday. They
are logging in the Squaw
Creek area. Stan Powells are
also hauling logs from Cotton
wood. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Fitze
spent Wednesday and Thurs
day in Redmond and Bend.
They visited Mrs. Fitze's sis
ter Mrs. Mike Miksche at the
Bend Hospital. I-
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Fenton,
Prineville were visitors in
Monument Friday. Mr. Fen
ton is the State Deputy of the
Grange for the eastern region.
Larry and Gary Warner
spent the weekend with their
aunt Mrs. Gayle Engle. Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Howell and
children spent Sunday at the
Engle home.
Bob Corley spent the week
end in Pendleton.
Bill Smith returned home
Monday after spending sever
al days in the John Day
Hospital after surgery.
Obituaries
JOHN ORVILLE WATSON
John Orville Watson died
Monday, January 26 at Brooks
Army Hospital at Ft. Sam
Houston, San Antonio, TX.
John was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Dennis R. Watson (nee
Lisa Cutsforth) Dec. 5, 1975, at
Fort Polk, LA.
He is survived by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis
R. Watson. Grandparents Mr.
and Mrs. Orville Cutsforth,
John Watson. Covington, TN
and Dorothy Mangiaiardi,
Memphis, TN. Great-grandmother.
Minerva Denslinger,
The Dalles. OR.
Graveside services will be
held Friday afternoon. Swe
eney Mortuary is in charge of
arrangements.
FLOSSIE COATES BALL
Funeral services were held
for Flossie Coates Bell at the
Boardman Community Chur
ch. Mrs. Ball died Tuesday,
January 13 from a heart
attack.
Mrs. Ball was born Febru
ary 14, 1900 in Colby. KS. She
came to Oregon with her
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Barlow in 1901. settling in the
Gooseberry area.
Flossie Coats Ball and Roy
Ball were married at Board
man in 1969.
She worked for the Pacific
Telephone Company for many
years, beginning her service
in Heppner. In 1927, she
moved to Boardman. She was
employed by the U.S. Post
Office Department as a sub
stitute postal clerk in 1945. In
January 1954. Mrs. Ball be
came Postmaster. She retired
from this position January
l9. She was a member of the
Boardman Community Chur
ch, the garden club and the
Greenfield Grange.
Surviving are the widower.
Roy Ball, Boardman; daugh
ter, Mrs Echo Mallory;
Seattle. WA; two great grand
children and one great-grandchild.
Burial was held at the
Riverview Cemetery. January
16.
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THE PRESLE Y HARRIS FAMILIES
By Justine Weatherfor4
The story of the Presley-Harris families is a look backward
at the present Fred Hoskins Jr. ranch, north of Heppner,
which Joins the south fence of the Willow Creek Country Club.
The land was originally homesteaded by Mr. and Mrs.
James Ferguson. The parcel was later owned by the Oscar
Minor's, the Benge's, the Frank Parker's, and lastly by the
Hoskins.'
Mellie Harris, granddaughter of the Fergusons, lives in
Heppner, along the Heppner-Lexington highway. Her
husband, Andrew Thomas Harris, died at the age of 90 in
1974. Mrs. Harris was Mellie Presley before her marriage.
Her mother, Julia Ferguson, was born on the present Hoskins
property in the house Mellie's grandfather, James Ferguson
built. Julia Ferguson married Dave Presley, the son of a
Butter Creek homesteader.
Thus Mellie is related to two pioneer families and is closely
identified with a third family, the George Vinsons. Butter
Creek pioneers. Her paternal grandparents, the Ransom
Presleys, homesteaded on Butter Creek where the Bill Healy
ranch is presently situated. Her grandmother, Caroline
Presley, came from England. After the death of her first
husband. Ransom Presley, she married George Vinson,
another Butter Creek rancher.
Mellie's father, Dave, who had inherited his parent's
ranch, sold it and bought land near Lena where the Eb
Hughes are now. Mellie's mother, Julia, died when Mellie
and her brother Elmer were young, and they went to live with
their grandmother and step-grandfather on the George
Vinson homestead, which is still the Vinson place. Elmer
Presley was one of three Morrow County boys killed during
World War I. He served with the U S. Navy.
Tom Harris came with his parents from Minnesota, to live
in Pendleton after his father's retirement. The antiques in
the present Harris home are from his parents the old things
from the Presley family were lost in the floods.
The torn Harrises have two living children, a daughter,
Julia, now Mrs. Harold Hill, Coos Bay and a son, Darrell, who
lives on the Harris ranch on upper Rhea Creek. Julia's three
children, sons Dale and Clayton and daughter Creagh, (Mrs.
Jim Williams), all live in Coos Bay. Dale teaches school at
Empire and Clayton works for Standard Recapping.
Creagh's husband is employed by the Bonneville Power Co.
Darrell Harris is a custodian at Heppner Elementary School.
His wife, the former Creth Craber, helps run the Wright's
Country Store, Ruggs. They have two sons, Bob and John.
Bob is in the U.S. Air Force at Homestead AFB, FL. He
married Betty Angell, a registered nurse who formerly
worked at Pioneer Memorial Hospital. Their son, Bradley
Steven Harris, is now 18 months old. John Harris is employed
at the Don Anderson ranch, near Arlington. He married
Sherri Harrod, Vale.
Mellie and Tom Harris lost a daughter, June, as a child and
son, Renn, in a logging accident. Renn's daughter, Sheryl
(Mrs. Donald Hevener), lives in McMinnville, where her
husband owns and operates a service station. Renn's son,
Renne Harris, is an ordained Episcopal minister in Portland.
Mrs. Eileen Saling is Sheryl and the Rev. Harris's mother,
and Mrs. Lena Kelly, also of Heppner is their maternal
grandmother.
Mellie Harris was employed by Pioneer Memorial Hospital
for many years and continued to work there until past 80. She
is now retired and has time for reading, gardening, and her
many other interests. She has personal involvement with
much of the area's history.
LEXINGTON NEWS
By Delpha Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Norman
Nelson and Mr. and Mrs. Cecil
Jones returned Sunday from a
two-week trip to Phoenix. AZ.
The Nelsons visited with Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Beach,
former Lexington residents
and with Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Hosbald, former residents of
Heppner. The Jones's visited
Mr. and Mrs. John Hemery of
Cochise, AZ. The Hemerys
celebrated their 20th anniver
sary of their arrival to the
United States to Lexington
from Scotland. The Jones's
also visited Irene Graham,
Phoenix, AZ. The travelers
returned to Lexington via the
California route, where they
enjoyed many interesting si
ghts. Mrs. Charles McConnell.
Enterprise, is visiting with her
new grandson, Samuel Sean
and his family. Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Sumner.
Pendleton
276-0330
Page 3, THE GAZETTE-TIMES, Heppner. OR. Thursday. Jan. 29, 1976
Bicentennial Forum
Micheal Kane, San Fran
cisco. CA is visiting Mr. and
Mrs. William J. Van Winkle.
Mr. Kane is employed in
Pasco.
Florence McMillan returned
home Friday from Pendleton
where she has been visiting at
the home of George E. Irwin.
Carlita Marquardt is at
tending beauty college in
Portland.
Venice Hendrickson is visit
ing friends and her sister in
Klamath Falls this week.
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ENJOYING THE FRUITS OF LABOR
"Oh, why don't you work like other men do. How the hell
can I work when there's no work to do? Halleluijah I'm. a
bum." Harry. McClintock.
"A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things."
Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanac, 1746.
"They talk of the dignity
leisure." Herman Melville.
Many Americans in the future are likely to be working less
and less, and retiring earlier and earlier. Already, large
numbers work on a four-day week and enjoy a month or so of
vacation. What do we do with all that leisure time? The
question would have bewildered our ancestors; well into the
20th century, many of them worked 12 hours a day, seven
days a week, in mills, mines and factories. Leisure was rare
and highly prized; and until recently, most Americans
thought it the prerogative of the very wealthy-or the very
decadent. With more and more leisure, do we value it less?
Do we live to work, or do we work to live? In the mid-19th
century a British traveler wrote of Americans: "The
money-making faculty is alone cultivated ... All is confined
to trade, finance, law and small, local provincial
information." Are we indeed lost when we suspend our
money-making faculty our work? We have Hollywood and
Broadway, the record and book businesses, mass spectator
entertainments ranging from rock concerts to professional
sports; leisure has become an industry itself! But do we
really know how to relax? Great wealth has encouraged
great art in other cultures. What is the quality of our cultural
life? Will the arts flourish with greater leisure? Will politics
and voluntary service? What is leisure for?
Connecticut enacts "Blue Laws" in the 17th century to
punish Sabbath offenders. One such law reads: "No one shall
run on the Sabbath day, or walk in his garden or elsewhere,
except reverently to and from meeting."
Public education creates a large audience for the arts,
encouraging the growth of native schools of writing, painting
and music. The period 1830 to 1860 sees a literary
renaissance: Washington Irving, William Cullen Bryant,
James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allen Poe, Ralph Waldo
Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow, James Greenleaf Whittier, Nathaniel Hawthor
ne, Oliver Wendall Holmes and James Russell Lowell are all
producing at this time.
In 1973 Americans spend $52.3 billion on recreation and
that sum doesn't even include travel items, $2.9 billion for
admissions to spectator events, $5 billion for magazines,
newspapers and sheet music, $2.2 billion on amusement
parks.
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