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The Gazette-Times, Heppner. Ore., Thursday, May 19, 1977 FIVE
Pioneer Picnic plans made
by IBergsirom descendants
Forest still dry
despite heavy rains
By Justine Weatherford
This year's Morrow County
Pioneer Picnic is being ar
ranged by the descendants of
Olaf and Erik Bergstrom. By
noon, Sunday, May 29, a great
many third and fourth gene
ration, as well as a few second
generation, Bergstroms will
be at the Morrow County Fair
Pavilion to greet visitors and
to mingle with friends.
The Bergstroms plan to
furnish scalloped potatoes,
ham, rolls and butter, coffee
and punch and Dixie cups.
They will set the tables and
the Heppner Garden Club
members will decorate the
tables, as they have each
year.
Those attending the picnic
are asked to bring along pot
luck food a hot dish, a salad
or a dessert. There will be
some special prizes awarded.
The Bergstroms were ori
ginally named Jonson. The
family name was changed to
Bergstrom when the first
family member, Olaf, settled
in this country and found there
was already an Olaf Jonson
living here. Their mail was
continually getting mixed up,
so Olaf and his brother Erik
decided to change their name
to Bergstrom, which was their
mother's maiden name.
Olaf's family
takes roots
Family history tells that
Olaf Jonson was born in
Vermland, Granmark, Swe
den in 1853. He died on April
16, 1936, at Eight Mile, Ore.,
and is buried in the Heppner
Masonic Cemetery. His wife
was the former Koralina
Olson.
Their children included:
Hilma, born in 1888, died in
1927, who married Frank An
derson, and their children,
Frank Anderson and Louise
Farley (Mrs. Jim); both still
live here, Frank farms west of
Ruggs; Hannah, born in 1894,
who married Benjamin Oscar
Anderson; Emma, who mar
ried Charles Long, both de
ceased; Ellen, who married
Carl Allyn, both deceased,
who have a daughter, Maxine
Gower, at Woodland Hills,
Calif. ; and the two Bergstrom
daughters, who survive.
Selling
Call 676-9228
or 676-9492.
Plan to attend
ethodist Lawn Sale
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Good selection of household items and furniture.
if Craft items Some antiques
Well-started house plants and attractive cemetery pieces.
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This year's Pioneer Picnic, scheduled for May 28, will be hosted by members of the Olaf and Erik Bergstrom families.
Pictured here is Olaf's family "way back when." Front, I. to r., Hilma, Olaf, Ellen, Florence, Emma, and Mrs. Bergstrom.
Back row, I. to r., Hanna, Alfred, John, Carl, Edwin and Esther.
Esther lives alone in Hep
pner; Florence is married to
Laurence Becket, and they
still farm in the Eight Mile
District. The Becket children
are Ron and Molly Anne, both
of Heppner.
In addition to their six
daughters, the Olaf Berg
stroms had four sons, Carl,
Alfred, Edwin and John. Carl,
deceased, married Mildred
Hanna (now Mrs. Albert Con
nor, Heppner) and their sons
are Elwayne and Bob. Alfred
lives in Portland. His wife, the
former Elvida Snipes, is de
ceased. Their daughter, Lyn
Iverson, resides in Portland.
Edwin Bergstrom married
Mary Jackson. They live at
lone and their son, Arthur
Olaf, lives at Echo. John
married Ruth Babcock, who
survives him. Their children
are Carolyn, Gerald and
Marilyn.
Olaf was one of the founders
and one of the first com
municants of the Valby Luth
THIS SATURDAY
ON THE LAWN
UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH & PARSONAGE
CHURCH STREET
VDelicious Assortment
eran Church. He served on the
church's cemetery-location
committee, and he and his
bride became charter mem
bers of the church, according
to Oscar Peterson's "Seventy
Five Year History of Valby
Church." In 1896, Olaf worked
with A. Carlson to gather
funds to build the church, and
his home was one of the homes
which housed the first min
isters. By 1900, Olaf was
chairman of the church board.
Oscar Peterson also states
that in 1902, Olaf Bergstrom
was elected deacon for three
years and Erik Bergstrom
was chosen trustee for three
years.
Erik arrives
in Oregon
Erik Bergstrom was two
years younger than his broth
er Olaf. He was born in
Sweden in 1855 and came to
America when he was 22 years
10 a.m.
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old. He first lived in Vermont,
where he worked in a stone
quarry. He saved his money
and paid for his passage from
Sweden to New York and had
almost enough to come to
Oregon in 1887.
His brother Olaf loaned him
$21 to bring him to Arlington,
where Olaf met him with his
buckboard. Arlington was
then still known as Alkali.
The two brothers camped
overnight as they journeyed to
the Gooseberry and Eight
Mile area. Several times later,
they walked from their new
homes there back to Arling
ton, between 40 and 50 miles.
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Erik established his home
stead in the Dry Fork, where
the Dalzells are now. In 1889,
he married Kajsa (Carrie)
Olson and their four children
are William, Carl, Ellen and
Oscar.
William married Anna K.
Peterson and Rudy is their
son. Carl married Esther
Anderson and their children
are Arthur, Norman, Roland,
Dorothy and Walter.
Ellen married Archie Coch
ran; bolh are now deceased.
Their son, Robert Cochran,
lives at Yakima. Oscar mar
ried Olga Johnson, and along
with their three sons, Donald,
Wayne and Bill, they live in
Portland.
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Fire season for Eastern
Oregon went into effect May 1
and Forestry Department
Rangers warn that the much
needed rains of early May
should not lull residents into
thinking the fire danger is
over.
Rangers say the moisture is
only temporary and after a
few warm days, the area will
again experience high fire
danger conditions. Burning
permits are required for all
open burning in Fire Pro
tection Districts in the eastern
part of the state. This includes
the burning of debris in bar
rels. Additional forest use re
strictions may be put into
effect as fire danger increases.
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sure if they are included in a
Fire Protection District to
phone the Oregon Department
of Forestry at Fossil (763
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Station for the Heppner area
(676-5351). These numbers can
also be used to report fires in
the area.
Forestry officials ask that
farmers and ranchers check
hay trucks, hay balers and
tractors for fire-safe exhaust
systems before the time
comes to bale the hay. Resi
dents and visitors to Eastern
Oregon should use care in the
operation of all power driven
equipment for either work or
recreation.
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on forest areas is still too early
to assess, rangers say. Recent
rains and mountain snows
were a big help, but were still
short of the moisture and
water needed to carry the
areas through the summer.
Last year, many of the 1,133
man-caused forest fires in the
state were the unintentional
result of carelessness by
recreational users. According
to the Forestry Department,
the majority of them didn't
realize what they had done.
A neglected campfire, a
burning match or even the
heat from a car muffler or
catalytic converter is enough
to catch dry foliage on fire,
resulting in needless destruc
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