Obiluaries
Page 9. THE GAZETTE-TIMES. Heppner, OR. Thursday, Mar. 18. 1976
By Justin Ueatherford
BOOK REVIEW
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Bl'NMK L STRONG
Bunnie L. Strong, . Board
man, died Saturday at St.
Anthony Hospital. She was 36.
Mrs. Strong was born at
Hermiston. She had lived at
Eoardtnan the past year. She
attended school at Irrigon,
Council, Idaho, and Pendle
ton. She had open heart
surgery at the University of
Oregon Medical School in
Portland 10 years ago. She
was secretary of the Umatilla
Sage Riders.
Survivors are the widower,
James M.; mother, Luella
Melvina Acock, Irrigon; dau
ghters, Raelene and Lorri
Jane Strong, both of Board
man; brothers, Ora Ralph
Acock of Minneapolis, KS.;
Charles Wells Acock, Board
man, Roy Dean Acock, Irri
gon; Fred Dale Acock, Pen
dleton, and Donald Lee Acock,
Portland: sisters. Merry Mae
Nerove, Bakersfield, CA,
Grace Melvina O'Brien, '
Longview, WA, and Betty
JaneShoun, Pendleton; and 25
nieces and nephews. ,
Funeral was Wednesday, 2
p.m. at the Baptist Church in
Irrigon. Interment was in the
Irrigon Cemetery.
Contributions may be made
to the Heart Fund.
Mark Sargent shows the proper way to bottle feed one of his
lambs during Sheep Production Day last Saturday at the
Morrow County Fairgrounds.
CLARA GF.HTSON
Clara Gertson, 84, a lifetime
resident of the area, died near
John Day Monday.
Funeral services are pend
ing at Sweeney Mortuary
Chapel, Heppner.
She was killed when her car
left U.S. 26 and hit a tree nine
miles west of Mt. Vernon.
A complete obituary will be
published next week.
MRS. MK'IIKAI. DONAHUE
Word has been received that
Mrs. Michael Donahue, Pen
dleton, died Monday. Mrs.
Donahue is the mother of Mrs.
Rose Bergstrom. Heppner.
AAUW MEMBERS HAVE
BUSY SATURDAY MEET
Members of the Heppner
Branch of the American Asso
ciation of University Women
considered future changes and
creativity and heard
nominations for next year's
officers at their March 6
meeting at Monica Swanson 's
home at lane. Pat Edmundson
and June O'Connor assisted
the hostess.
Marion Abrams, chairman
of the topic "21st Century'
shewed a film produced and
distributed by Newsweek
which looked into future
changes. Liz Curtis, chairman
for "Creative Thinking"
conducted several exercises in
creativity.
In the afternoon an in-depth
discussion of the Oregon ballot
measures concerning the
construction of nuclear power
plants involved the group. The
AAUW state organization has
circulated factual information
covering nuclear plants and
reactors, power plant siting,
waste removal, energy
alternatives and the
statement of the probable
ballot measures.
Monica Swanson presided
over panel members Mamie
Anderson, Julue Angermeyer,
Madeline Buskendorf and
Anne Doherty. The branch
was asked to send an
Indication of local feeling on
this matter to the state head
quarters. The group
determined that It felt that
more up-daied Information
needs to be presented to the
public. They hope that some
commercial T.V. prime-time
presentations of this nutter
will be aired before
November.
Delegate Monica Swanson
and one or two other members
will be attending the
organisation's April state
convention in Eugene.
The nominating committee
reported that the three
positions to be filled for next
year will be selected from this
slate: President, Kathy
Anderson or Linda Johnson;
2nd . Vke-President, Colleen
Fluke or Monica Swanson;
Secretary Inex Erwtn or Mary
Pat Lands.
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MABEL WADE
Word has been received of
the death of Mrs. Mabel H.
Wade, 87, March 4, Cheyenne,
WY.
Born Dec. 22, 1888 in Lupe
City, NE, she had lived in
Wyoming since 1914 and in
Cheyenne since 1922. She was
co-owner of the Cottage Grove
Trailer Court.
Mrs. Wade was a member of
the First Baptist Church;
Mizpah Chapter O.E.S.; Gold
en Age Gub, Memorial Hospi
tal Auxiliary; Queen Esther
Circle and Retired Railroad
Society.
She married Alvin N. Wade
May 2, 1906 in Heppner, OR,
and he preceded her in death.
She was also preceded in
death by her son, Floyd Leslie
Wade; a daughter, Mrs. Virgil .
(Betty Arlene) Dodson; a
brother, Emery L. Crawford,
and a sister, Mrs. Roy Neill.
Survivors include a son
Alvin C. Wade, Cheyenne; a
daughter, Mrs. Jack (Norma
Jean ) Lewis, Lame Deer, MT;
10 grandchildren and 18 great
grandchildren.
Attending the funeral from
Kennewick, WA were her
nieces, Mrs. Elma Scott and
Mrs. Ethel Knighten, both
formerly local residents.
RUBY BECKET TELLS
OF FOXFIRE III
The Bookworms were told of
the successful project of high
school students who have
recorded many interesting
personalized stories of "real
mountain" pioneer folks and
their skills by Ruby Becket at
their second February meet
ing. The book she talked from is
"Foxfire 3". published by
Anchor Press in 1975. Its 500
pages record a continuation of
the life stories that began In
Foxfire Magazine and appea
red in the two earlier Foxfire
books.
Ruby and Harold Becket
have made three cross-count-
Kevin Hughes spent the
weekend at the home of Larry
Blakeslee.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Os
burne moved from Kimberly
to their home in Foxx last
weekend. Their daughter Les
lie is slaying with her grand
parents, the George Stubble
fields. Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Far
rens left Monday for Ashland.
ry trips through the Blue
Ridge Parkway area, where
many of these people live, as
they have gone to visit their
daughter Sharon Burkenbine
(Mrs. Albert) and family at
Wilkesboro. NC. They have
collected many interesting
colored pictures of that terri
tory, which Ruby circulated
''as she was giving her review
on Feb. 24 at Ella Smith's
home.
The Foxfire project was the
brain child of Eliot Wigginton
who teaches journalism at the
Rabun Gap, Georgia Nacoo
chee School (just over the
state line from Wilkesboro). .
"Wig" as he is known to his
students is currently working
to extend the Foxfire concept
of education and oral history
to other communities; similar
projects have been started
recently from Main to Missou
ri and from Alaska to Hawaii.
Some of the skills described
in the "living interviews" by
students in this third book
include the building of banjos
and dulcimers, animal care
and hide tanning; summer
and fall wild plant foods,
ginseng, the making of butter
churns, and many other pioneer-type
ideas on plain,
honest, simple living and
sharing.
A reader can gain know
ledge from these interviews
and from the reports of the
students who actually got in
and worked with a truly
learned from the mountain
folk. The use of gourds, the
building of a smokehouse, the
making of brooms and brush
es, the creation of cornshuck
mops, dolls and hats, and
many practical recipes and
other instructions are simply
given. Ruby showed a corn
shuck doll she had made after
reading instructions in this
book.
Persons who enjoy do-it-yourself
living will find that
Foxfire 3 is very interesting.
Its stories make interesting
reading, bringing the history
of parts of North Carolina.
Georgia. Virginia. West Vir
ginia. Kentucky and Tennes
see alive. The persons written
about and photographed in the
book immediately seem like
neighbors and old friends to its
readers.
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