Yellow Roses and Purple Flags
The following article wag
written by Milei F. Potter,
Portland, whose parents were
pioneers In Morrow County.
Mr. Potter grew up In the
area. With his mother, now 88
years of age, he will be in
Heppner for Memorial Day.
This article was sent to Dr.
A.D. McMurdo who passed it
on to the Gazette-Times.
The Oregon pioneers were a
hardy breed, filled with raw
courage and a desire to build
for themselves and their
children a new home in a new
country. They streamed west
ward on the long Journey
across the plains, the rivers
and the mountains, their
meager possessions packed
away in the old prairie scho
oner. Many of them failed, their
unmarked graves are lost and
forgotten by the side of the Old
Oregon Trail.
It is from those who made it
that our heritage springs and
of this we are justly proud.
When we look around us
today we realize what a debt
we owe those courageous men
and women. They are no
longer with us but their graves
are In every cemetery, from
the finiest village to the
largest city. The names you
read there are familiar
names the same you hear on
our streets today. Should you
ask these descendants from
whence they came, they would
point with pride to some little
village, town or city, saying
"my people were pioneers."
They settled there on the
Journey westward. They could
bring so little, Just the bare
necessities of life.
The women dug from their
gardens only a few flowers
and shrubs, Just some little
reminder of the past that they
could take with them into the
future. Most of the plants
withered and died during the
long Journey. Only a few were
strong and hardy and in many
ways so much like our people.
Because of this, it's possible
even today to find many of the
spots where our forefathers'
cabin once stood.
As did most of the women of
the wagon train, one lovely
lady with tender hands plant
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owned...
Poor Jack!
He thought be was completely covered. He
ever bothered to read the floe print ia kit
policy aad lis agent aever bothered to eiplaia
it to bim. Don't be a poor Jack, drop la today
for t free, no-obllgatlon professional evalua
tion of yonr luaraace coverage. We might
even be able to offer yon better coverage for
less than yon are now paying.
Turner, Van Marter,
and Bryant
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ed an old fashioned yellow
rose and some purple flags.
Many privations were en
dured. Children were born and
reared. Over the years laugh
ter, sorrow and fears, all
were contained within the
little cabin walls.
Now only the site remains,
identified by a few stones
where the fireplace stood, part
of a broken churn, a well worn
grandstone and the rusty lid
from an iron Dutch oven. The
well has long since caved in.
Beside the clear little stream
meandering down through the
valley stands a lonely poplar
tree. At Its base lie part of a
wagon wheel and a rusty
walking plow.
The family that claimed this
spot as their own is scattered
and gone. You may meet them
in your home town, or even in
far away places. Yet they had
their beginning here. They
built their cabin and took up
their new way of life.
Now there is no laughter, no
tears, for this is a deserted
place.
But each year, when the
days grow long and warm and
the hills are green, the flowers
bloom again.
Not far away, rests the
pioneer lady whose home this
was, while over her grow a
yellow rose and some purple
flags.
OREGON DEPT OF
AGRICULTURE PROPOSE8
Oregon's Department of
Agriculture is proposing to
amend its brucellosis regula
tions to permit entry into the
state without testing for bru
cellosis those dairy cattle
from areas having a brucel
losis control program equal to
Oregon's program.
Persons having evidence or
data to contribute regarding
the proposed .revisions can
direct it to Dr. Glenn B. Rea,
state veterinarian, Agricul
ture Building, Salem, OR
97310. Copies of the proposed
changes are also available
from Dr. Rea.
The deadline for requests
for a public hearing and for
data or evidence to be receiv
ed by the department is Feb.
17, 1976, 5 p.m.
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lone
Topic
Club
The Topic Club announced
there are some new books at
the lone Public Library and
here Is a summary of two of
them.
Castle Malindine by Hilary
Ford Arabella Harley, as
spunky as she is pretty, has
grown up as the adoring
daughter of an adoring father
and her pride in him has not
been lessened by their recent
financial reverses. Mr. Hart
ley, an incorrigible optimist,
has an unbroken record of
guessing wrong about sup
posedly safe investments, and
therefore Arabella is dubious
indeed about his latest "sure
thing." His conviction based
chiefly on a gold handled cane
inherited from the father he
never knew that he is the
true heir to a great title and
estate. Yet she agrees to go to
Ireland to prove his claim'.
The Millionaire's Daughter
by Dorothy Eden For Christ
abel Spencer, life In turn-of-the
century New York glows
with all the glamour and
warmth of the shimmering
gas lights that Illuminated the
countless balls, the galas at
Delmonico's and the lavish
parties crowding her 19-year-old
life. Her father as a new
rich man wants his daughter
to acquire an old world pedi
greemust buy herself a title
and it is to this end that
Christabel is packed off, to a
London debut before the
Prince of Wales and one of the
most dazzling seasons in the
history of London society.
She captivates Britain's
most eligible young aristo
crats, the dashing young Earl
of Monkshood, owner of a
home in Wiltshire. As shadows
darken on the Wiltshire hori
zon, Christabel must take her
destiny into her own hands
and bid for love at any cost in
this deeply moving and dra
matic novel.
Jim and Mark Scheelar,
Salem, were here over the
weekend to visit their grand
mother, Blanche Scheelar and
aunt and uncle Leo and Irene
Crabtree. On Sunday Ashley
and Kevin McCabe Joined all
of them for dinner and later in
the day the boys returned
home.
FEDERAL SITE VISIT
The Morrow County Mental
Health Clinic will have a
federal site visit on Jan. 21,
1976, to insure that the clinic is
providing services required
under their grant-in-aid. Elsie
Ho and Charlotte Market will
be the two individual making
the Federal Site Visit.
One of the tasks the inspec
tors will be undertaking,
besides checking the records,
will be talking with communi
ty members, including pa
tients. If any community
member would like an ap
pointment to talk with the
Federal Site Team, please call
the Mental Health Clinic,
676 9161.
Elsie Ho and Charlotte Mar
ket will also visit with the
Morrow County Commission
ers and the Mental Health
Advisory Board at 4 p.m. at
the Court House, Jan. 21.
Decorate our
Valentine Tree
with your
Homemade
Valentines
winners will be
drawn Feb. 12.
Prizes
gift certificates.
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EVANS BERGSTROM
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Evans,
Heppner, announce the en
gagement of their daughter,
Michele Ann, to Michael Jay
Bergstrom, Heppner. Mr.
Bergstrom is the son of Mrs.
Randall Peterson and Mr.
Robert Bergstrom, both of
Heppner.
Michele is a 1974 graduate of
Heppner High School, attend
ed Eastern Oregon State
1902
The Morrow County Grain
exhibit at the Pan-American
Exposition made a creditable
showing. The fact that five
diplomas of honorable men
tion were awarded to Morrow
County farmers is conclusive
proof that the grain was of
superior quality.
Following is the list of
awards:
Ed C. Ashbaugh, Eight Mile,
wheat, oats and rye.
John Hughes, Willow Creek,
oats, wheat and barley.
Wm, Gilliam, Rhea Creek,
wheat.
Frank Gentry, Black Horse,
wheat.
" Luther Huston, Eight Mile,
wheat and oats.
Volunteer wheat, that is
land that was seeded from the
shatterings of a previous crop,
yielded as high as 13' j bushels
to the acre during the past
year.
Mountain Districts Contain
Minerals.
There are no extensive
developed mines in the coun
ty, however the mountain
districts contain minerals.
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Admission prices
adults $2.00
Children under 12 $1.00
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square miles in Umatilla, Morrow, Gilliam, Sherman
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College, and is a sophomore at
Blue Mountain Community
College. She was a princess on
the 1975 Pendleton Round-Up
Court.
Mike graduated from Hepp
ner High School in 1974 and is
employed by Jerry Dougher
ty, Heppner.
An early summer wedding
is planned.
There is free-milling ore in
large quantities, but the
mining industry like the
county in general, is still in its
infancy.
On Willow Creek, about 25
miles from Heppner, the
Oregon Railroad and Coal Co.
has a very flattering coal
prospect. The company has
been operating a diamond
drill for some time. The assay
from samples shows an extra
quantity of bituminous coal,
r some of it assaying as high as ,
55 per cent fixed carbon.
In the mountains there are
some fine timber which will
some day be valuable.
Harvesting Wheat
There are farms in Morrow
county with big threshing
machines with powerful trac
tion engines, that thresh all
the way from 1200 to 2,000
sacks of wheat a day. Each
sack contains two bushels. To
run a big outfit like these it
takes a small army of men
who work from daylight until
dark. The harvest season
usually lasts about 35 days.
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Have you noticed all the
flags on downtown lone?
Members of the lone Ameri
can Legion donated them to
the businesses and also instal
led the flag holders. The mer
chants will fly the flags
through July 4.
The Dealing Dozen Pinochle
club met at the home of Linda
LaRue. Winning high and
traveling was lone Martin.
Second high was Sharon
Harrison. lone Martin will
host next month's card party.
. The Junior high boys A and
B teams lost to Heppner 27-26
and 28-27 respectively. It was
Ione's favor for the girls; the
score being 4-2. They will play
Riverside there on Jan. 29.
Friday nights Varsity game
with Umapine ended in Ione's 4
favor 72-56. The Jvs played
against the "Superdads" and
defeated them 49-41. Cheer
leading for the "Superdads"
were the varsity cheerleaders
dressed in the uniforms of dad
vintage and doing the yells of
years past.
Saturday nights game with
Echo with double overtime
resulted in Echo's favor 53-51.
JVs won 37-36.
This Friday the game will
be here with Helix and the
team will travel to Echo
Saturday.
At a special meeting Jan. 15,
the lone City Council voted to
start a feasibility study for a
sewer system for the city.
Donald Branton, President of
Tennesen Engineering Corp.,
The Dalles and Kenneth
Durrel, Farm Home Admini
stration, Pendleton, were pre
sent to discuss with the council
and community about funding
for the project, future main
tenance costs, monthly costs
to residents, etc. The study
will begin within the next four
months and the council will
decide where to go from there.
The council was pleased to
see local people at the
meeting.
The lone town basketball
team is doing well this year
with 6 wins and 2 losses.
Sponsoring them are the
Morrow County Grain Grow
ers who purchased new uni
Russell Stover
Candy
Colognes rfS
Cosmetics
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Cards
Stationery
Wallets
5, THE GAZETTE-TIMES, Heppner, OR, Thursday, Jan. 29, 1978
By Jalie Nelson
forms for the team this year.
They are in the Hermiston
City League. which consists of
13 leagues. Two games with
one practice every week is
their customery schedule.
Players are CHuck Ernst,
Frank Halvorsen, Tom Heim
bigner, Del LaRue, Gordon
Meyers, Lee Padberg, Jim
Swanson, La Verne Van Mart
er Jr., and coach-player
Marvin Padberg.
They were asked by B ard
man to play in an exhibition
game on Jan. 18 to raise
money to pay for the expense
of their uniforms. Boardman
raised $120 and lone defeated
them 101-81.
Monday nights game with
Hermiston put lone with 7
wins; they won by 30 points.
The next game will be Feb. 2
with Inland Bank and Feb. 3
against C. Kik & Son (the top
team). Game time is 8 p.m. at
the Jr. high gym, Hermiston.
At approximately 4:30 p.m.,
Jan. 17 the Volunteer Fire
Dept. made a run to the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Rod Murray.
They had been gone about 45
minutes and when they arriv
ed home the house was full of
smoke. An electric blanket
was suspected as being the
cause of the Tire.
The girls varsity game with
Sherman County was 37-34,
Sherman's favor. Top scorers
with 11 points each were
Katherine McEIligott and
Donna Rea. Also scoring were
Susan Thompson 6, Dawn
Peterson 4, and Debra Palmer
1. The JVs lost 23-25. They will
play here against Heppner,
Thursday, Jan. 29.
The lone United Church of
Christ Women's Fellowship
had an installation of officers
at the home of Jan Oswalt.
Helen Nelson installed Laree
Hubbard, president; Jan Os
Boots Shoes repaired
and tack work
18yrsexp.
Boots & Saddle
Monty Glaze
124 Main St. Heppner
Valentines is only Two weeks
away you'll find just the right
gift at Murray s
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walt, vice-president and Bev
Wilson, secretary-treasurer. .
In charge of the program
"What does the Lord require
of me in relation to others",
was Frances Smouse.
The women's fellowship is
registered with the Flav-R-Pak
and Santiam Redemption
program and will receive one
cent for each label of canned
goods, poly bags from frozen
food and flattened juice cans.
There will be a box in the
basement of the Church for
those who wish to donate the
items.
At February's meeting
there will be a sewing session
for the State Hospital at the
Church. The annual clothing
drive will be Mar. 25.
I am going to be giving the
lone news a new title. Be
looking for it in one of the next
two issues.
TRI-COUNTY HEREFORD
Range Bull
Sale
55 Hereford Bulis-55
Horned A Polled
Clear Pedigreed
Range Bulls Being Offered
are the tops from the
Hereford Herds of Oregon
Clear Pedigrees
guaranteed by Consignors
. There will be no tale in the
Northwest where there
will be the selectiost
offered sack as this.
FAIRGROUNDS
LaGrande, Oregon
Lunch will be served
by Union County
CowBeues
WEDNESDAY.
FEB. 4
Sale 1 p.m..
Show: 30 a.m.
Free delivery to central
point oa highway ap to
15 miles at bayer risk
For further information
write or call
Dave Shepherd
P.O. Bos 777. Elgin. Or.
97827 Ph. 437-3192
Whitman Sampler
China
Pottery
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