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The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 18, 1978 NINE California, firm ,Wirded 25th Pioneer Picnic to be May 28 v !-A California engineering firm has heen awarded a $3 million contract to install the turbine-generator for Port land General Electric 's Boardman area coal plant. Wismer and Becker con tracting Engineers of Sacra mento is scheduled to begin work on the generator instal lation sometime this month, and continue through early 1980. o Kinzua Barbara Pike The Wheeler Dealers CB Club met at the Fossil Grade School cafeteria on Thursday, May 11. The business meeting was conducted by Club Presi dent Denny "Catskinner" Rogers. The members voted on several questions including a request for members to monitor the route of the Bike-a -thon again this year. Club members will be on hand to help the riders. The club decided to have a camp-out again this summer. Club officers will be elected at the next monthly meeting. Wheeler Dealers are again extending an invitation to all those interested in CB radios to join them. The club is primarily a service organiza tion, but the members are more than willing to have a Nostalgia king at Kinzua community reunion party Nostalgia was king last Saturday night when more than 250 past and present Kinzuaites gathered at Jeff more Hall for dinner followed by an evening of music and dancing. The hall, decorated in the old Kinzua school colors of red and white, rang with the sounds of old friends greeting : each other, some for the first time in 20 years. Among those coming to the party from out of this area were John and Marge Paler mo, Portland; John and De loris Meadows, Prineville; Belinda (Meadows) Dahill, Prineville; Paul and Mavis Oyler, Bend; Winnie Ma 7 thews, Bend; John and Jua nita Murray, Arlington; Vesta ''- Keegan, Port Angeles, Wash ington; Mike and Bev Ball, Prineville; Robert and Hazel Reid, lone; Frank and Eunice Dosser, Prineville; Irene Portner, White Salmon, Wash ington; Jim Baur, Quartz Site, Arizona ; Elvyn and Patti Bell, Heppner; Larry and Linda Allen, Tigard; Ernie and Ada Schell, Eagle Creek, Dan and Sharon Bell, Prineville; Steve Kendall, Eugene; Denver and Gloria Campbell and children Melody and Lindy, Wapato, Washington; Dave and Mar j lean Stevens, Boring; Way ; land and Pat Hyatt, Heppner; ? Mike and Viki Craig, Tigard; : Mike and Eloise Nelson, Prineville; Rod Elgin, Bre merton, Washington; Bob i Zimmerman, Prineville; Mr. and Mrs. R.W. Brinkley, Jr. Pendleton; Jim and Kathy Brinkley, Prineville; Mr. and Mrs. Gary Wolden, Pendlet ton; Jerry and Lorce Luther, Prineville; Ole and Mabel ; Hornseth, Bend. Also attending the party were a number of "old timers", some of whom have been gone from Kinzua for years. Others in this elite group are still living in town, waiting for the sound of the final whistle. Among the first group and the year they came to work or live in Kinzua are Louis and Betty Lorengel, 1949, Maupin ; Bud and Lucille Bird, 1925, Washougal, Wash ington; Gerald and Betty VflW About 700 workmen are now at work on the facility, a 530,000 kilowatt, $500 million coal-fired power plant. Con struction began in February of 1976, and the plant is sche duled to begin generating electricity in mid-1980. In another development at the coal plant site, PGE announced that it is recom mending that an experimental wind-powered electric gener- news 768-2861 good tine with their family and friends. Watch for the announcement of the next meeting and come join the fun. Junior and Betty Benson had a house full of relatives over the weekend. Their daughter Nancy Christianson and grandaughter Carrie, Weaser were here to attend the Kinzua Party. Betty's sister, June Stirm and her children Darcy and Dean and Mrs. Stirm 's friend Jean Bruce were also here from their home in Weaser. Sunday morning the Benson group was joined by Lewis (Yap) and Cenona Benson, Prine ville, Ray and Thelma O'Neal also of Prineville and Golda Barzee, Fossil. Rood,t 1947, Heppner; Elsa Leathers, 1943, Heppner; Opal Adams Cook, 1942, Hermis ton; Perky and Mary Woods, 1943, Fossil; Zolen Tripp, 1929, Redmond; Mark and LaVelle Jellick, 1935, Prineville; Jim and Hazel Hulett, 1935, Prine ville; Fred Wallace, 1936, RE-ELECT JUDGE vm W. WELLS CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE Dept 1 NON-PARTISAN Circuit Court JUDGE WILLIAM W.WELLS should be retained in office. He has a reputation as a fair, diligent and thoughtful judge. He is experienced, having 25 years of judicial service. Howard Bryant Lowell L. Gribble Paid for by committee) to Re-Elect FEDERAL LAND BAIU VoE3S 11 1 HZJ (7 "WES . . . THICK m ) J sS S-h r PRICES EFFECTIVE O ' m.yZ A V MAY 17 THRU MAY 23, 1978 J LB. JCm k MainOffice X . -r " f ri H EH h-fuMAT1LLA J fSC or iMHlljlL II -iONe l s ill i II Tr.viit-5dt2?5 jmr ti of bars sliced II liow--- WW Tlrrfcl i Bkitiu vi iwiv ynnn III 1 m a Br franki. Any othm application cov j5 I I J A --2 tituta. fraud. Mail coupon to CUDAHV FOODS I 1 I I Imw, rar fennel el UKIArt MM tale eMert I I u"" ""T GOOD ONIV AT THRIFT WAV. I ,.J... . I ' ' lllllllM(TM. I I I EXPIRES MAV 23. 1978 f .U.. -y-r Pn- I 'T1COUPONPERfAMllV A fa I . v laiMtaManta. Ill S I f It TOEiftlCV'lkMik. J .ln--MnhTM-. I U . V.. J 1 ; ' " 1 em inn went t. vm mm ytt. I V IN PENDLETON PHONE 276-7361 I "I SSH IN HERMISTON PHONE 567 7176 I ator be built in the Boardman area. PGE suggested the location to the federal Energy Re search and Development Ad ministration, which will make the final choice for the electricity making windmill along with the National Aeor nautics and Space Admini stration. The giant windmill, being designed by Boeing, is expec ted to be mounted on a 200-foot tower. Blades for the mill will span 300 feet, and are de signed to produce power at wind speeds as low as 11 miles per hour, with peak perfor Five directors elected last week Five new directors of the Blue Mountain Potato Grow ers Assn. were elected during a special meeting held last week in Hermiston. Newly elected directors are: Glen, Chowning, general manager of Eastern Oregon Farming Co., at large; Gene Kerby, representing Morrow And Gilliam counties; Ralph Ward, representing Baker County; Ellis Charvet, farm manager for Simtag Farms, and Leonard Aldrich of ARZ farms, both at large. Ralph Ward fills a vacancy created by the death of his father, Clyde, a long-time Baker area potato grower. Fossil; Joe and Nadine Wor lein, 1931, Spray; Jim and Margaret Penticost, 1927, Mayville; Ernie and Ariel Wall, 1933, Condon; Ray and Thelma O'Neal, 1943, Prine ville; Del and Violet Williams, 1944, Fossil; Dan and Elma Walter, 1935, Fossil. Those Judge Weill; Henry Barham, Tracts., 1 324 mance reached at 28 miles per hour. When operating at capacity, the wind-powered generator is expected to produce 2,500 kilowatts of electricity. Boeing's prototype would account for the largest windmill in the history of the world. The Boardman site will be considered with a number of other proposed locations from across the nation, including a site on Augsberger Mountain in the Columbia Gorge, being proposed by the Bonneville Power Administration. No date has yet been set for final site selection. Another vacancy was created by the resignation of former president Sam Martin, who left to join an irrigation development in Libya. Carryover directors include Rich Betz, Hermiston; Tom Butterfield, Joseph; John Walchi, Hermiston ; and Merle Carlson, Boardman. In the reorganization of the board, Chowning was elected president, and Kerby vice-president. Carlson continues as secretary-treasurer. Business at the meeting included the decision to pur chase a compendium of potato diseases to be available to area potato growers at the Hermiston Extension Office. long time Kinzua people who attended and are either living in Kinzua or working here at the time of the party are Quincy and Hazel Tripp, 1929; Arden and Marian Tripp, 1929 and Jack and Virginia Sitton, 1940. N.W. King, Pendleton, O regon 97801 V I (fcUDAHY W J? 1 r-V - m IT if.:;;;.;;,,. s r i r yivjil: i a pSS x Srn Biiu This year will mark the 25th anniversary of the Morrow County Pioneer Picnic, an annual event that attracts many descendants of early county settlers to Heppner. This year's picnic will be held Sunday, May 28, at the Fair Pavilion. Each year different pioneer families handle picnic ar rangements, with the Green and Bryant families taking charge for 1978. The commit tee is headed by Herman and Alma Green, Cornett and Florence Green, and Howard and Beth Bryant. A community potluck dinner will start at 12:30 p.m., with Soroptomist members man ning the registration book from 10 a.m. to noon. Ham, potatoes, rolls and beverages will be furnished, with partici pants asked to contribute salads or deserts to the meal. The first Pioneer Picnic was held on Memorial Day in 1954. The idea originated with Mrs. Guy Boyer of John Day, a former long-time Heppner resident, and was guickly taken up by members of the cemetery maintenance dis trict. They felt that many of the pioneer residents of the county, who returned on Memoiral Day to decorate the graves of relatives, would enjoy a get-together with their friends. Around 200 persons attended the first picnic, with a like number attracted to the event each year since. In 1957, the newly organized Morrow County Pioneer Com mittee, with J.O. Turner as president, was instrumental in including commemoration of the county's dead of World War I and II as a focus for the annual picnic. A plaque, listing their names, was dedicated and placed in the county courthouse, with names of those who died in J uu jyJLrUuJL I I I rWviW, "" V Mr D. Cody Food. C. redm I military engagements since that time added over the years. The picnic has developed into a time of special remem brance of the pioneers who built the foundations of the community, as well as a memorial to the men and Pioneer families spotlighted A look at the background on the Alex Green and Glen and Madge Bryant families, who are spearheading this year's Pioneer Memorial Picnic, shows the original progenitors to be long-time, loyal trans , plants to this Western land. ; Alex Green came to Heppner from Grayson County, Virgi , nia, in May 1903, just two - weeks before the devastating ' flood. His uncle, A.L. Cornett, for many years a Justice of the Peace in Heppner, was already established in ranch ing on Butter Creek, and Green came to work with him. In 1907 he went back to Virginia, married Mattie Bry VOTERS Elect Bill Paid for by committee to elect Mr. Oaalar: Cudahy Food Co. will radam thta coupon for 2SC plus SC for handling ff you racaiva It on aala of any packaga of Bar S Slicad Bacon and Bar-S Franks. Any othor application corv atitutaa fraud. Matt coupon to CUDAHV FOODS CO.. P O Box 1M70. Houston. Taxaa, 77024 In voica proving purchases of aufftctant stock within 46 daya of thia off ar to covar coupons praaamad for radamptton must ba mada availabla upon raquoat. Void wham taitad. prohibitad or rostrictad by law. uood only m U S A, Offar limitsd to ona coupon par packaga. Cash valua 120 of 1C. EAD'S THRIFTWAY Sagebrush Plaza, Hermiston women of Morrow County who gave their lives in the service of their country. Among the 200 who annually attend the event, are many people who travel from far-away places to return to Heppner for the get-together. With the descendants of ant and together they came back to the great opportunities of the West. Through the years they were engaged in farming, a grocery business, a delivery business, a feed and seed store, and finally acquired the farm near town which is today owned by the oldest son, Cornett. Encouraged by the presence of their sister, Mat tie Green, two Bryant broth ers, Glen, with his wife Madge, and Scott, a bachelor, came to Heppner in 1916. Scott married Blanche McMillan of Lexington, and after working on ranches for several years, OF MORROW In November of 1977 I filed for State Representa tive for district 55. Since that time I have been busy putting together my campaign organization. I would like you, the people of district 55 to know that I plan on running an active campaign, both in the Republican primary and the general election. I look forward to meeting you and discussing some of your concerns. I am interested in serving the people of district 55. I plan on living in the district and maintaining contact with the people throughout the 2 year term. I believe these two items are important to you as voters. If you have any questions, my home address is Rt 1 Box 85 C, Culver Oregon 97734 and my home phone 546-3322. Bellamy State Bill Bellamy Representative. JoAnne Holcomb YV7 & BAR-S ill BRING YOU m VALUES BAR - tm pa WITH THIS VALUABLE COUPON Alex and Mattie Green and Glen and Madge Bryant in charge of this year's arrange ments, many local organiza tions are giving support in making the 1978 Pioneer Memorial Picnic another success. took his family back Virginia where they to ll re-1 mained. The Glen Bryants remained in Heppner and had two sons, Earl, now deceased, and Howard, who with his S wife, Beth, has resided in Heppner all of his life. A number of Earl's children and 1 grandchildren will be coming j for the celebration, and it is II expected that -virtually all of the Green descendants and their families, numbering M some 78 people will be in j attendance. Next year the Peck families ff will take over planning for the annual event. COUNTY Representative Chairman. Rt 1 Box 85 C Culver, Ore. S n m. n n I m. o LB. A Xtthriftway i - fle- w f, ,-E. !.ft .-P-
