The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 18, 1978 NINE
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!-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.
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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
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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-
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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,
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Representative
Chairman. Rt 1 Box 85 C Culver, Ore.
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