TWO The Gazette. l i.'i.es, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 6, 1978
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Committee needs
your help, too
The Morrow County Doctor Search Committee,
which held itsorjauimational meeting last week, is a
group of people thai will bo spending considerable
time and ener in the months ahead for the
ultimate boni-i; uf all people residing in Morrow
County.
The Si-r.n-h Committee already lias a brochure
underway and inters of inquiry are being sent to all
physician pia..-f.,.!..l.t centers and medical schools.
We flunk their approach is sound looking for
some inn ; irn physicians to handle patients, while '
scouting lor doctors that would like to make Morrow
County their home for a lifetime. Also, the
Committee is looking ai selling the doctors on
Morrow County without promise of guaranteed
income, (roe reft, etc.
Financing Ihi search for doctors will largely
become the responsibih'y of citizens in both the
north and sou!h otitis oi Morrow County. Business
and industry wi.'l provide much of the financial help
needed, hut individual contributions are badly
needed. I'vrs'-ns wishing to make contributions
should send them k the Bank of Eastern Oregon,
Heppner in care ot the Morrow County Doctor
Search Coin 'nit tee
A contribution now will help get needed
physicians for Heppner and Boardinan clinics, and
for the people that reside in those communities.
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Heppoor merchants are again planning their
annual sbk walk u.!e... called Summer Sizzlers
Sidewalk Sale tin.- year, to he held on Friday, July
14.
The streets of Heppner will be loaded with
bargains tor everyone. Don't miss it.
Picture -Credit
.Mayor of Sa nthoUow. Ken Turner, looks over (barely)
one of his wheat fields and smiles at the thought of the
anticipated yield. Fanners in the area have been happy with
this year's wet spi ho.: ami early summer as kernals are now
filling out beautihin . v itii the added precipitation. It'll take
some doing hmvre. for anyone to, come up with better
wheat than Ken's invsi-hih (ahem I crop.
Letters From ieoders
ThanksforBMCC
budget support
Editor;
Prior to budget elections public officials are very visible
in the different communities seeking the support of the
citizens in regard to the tax levies. It seems to me that it is
also appropriate for public otticmi: to express their thanks to
the voters following a successful budget election.
That is the iio.cnt of this letter to express the
appreciation of the IV-ord of Directors, the faculty and staff,
and the administration of the college to you. the voters, for
your continued support of the college.
It is our intention ' continue to operate the college in a
manner that wi!l viirrant the continued support of the
citizens of Morrow foul Umatilla counties.
I am especially appreciative of those residents of south
Morrow County who contributed dollars and placed their
rans v'h .m.t i-vmnr t-imnnrt fny the college
budget. This public e!i,iri was. particularly meaningful to me
as most of those people art personal friends of mine.
Ronald L. Daniels
President, BMCC
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Thunder takes toll on county roads,
power, and fallow land
Rain drenching thunder
storms during the extended
Fourth of July weekend
played havoc with area roads,
croplands, bridges and elec
trical service.
The highway between Hard
man and Spray was virtually
impassible Sunday night, af
ter cloudbursts filled other
wise dry runoff gullies with
water and debris. Rocks, mud,
and water covered that
stretch of highway in more
than a dozen locations.
Summer fallow grain fields
were badly eroded at sites in
the Eightmile and McNab
areas, as were some county
roads. A Union Pacific rail
road bridge about 10 miles '
north of" lene was put out of
commission by floodwaters
along Willow Creek, disrupt
ing train service to the Kinzua
Corp. mill and area grain
elevators.
Lightning caused scattered
electrical outages to Columbia
Basin Electric Co-op custom
ers in rural Morrow County.
No more than 10 customers
were without power at any
given time.
Three bridge washouts oc
curred along Hwy. 19 between
Spray and Dayville, and a
bridge approach was washed
awav along the Condon-Mc-Nab
road. Flash flooding was
also reported in the Olex area.
TE -TIME
Nearly half of the youths
attending the annual 4-H
summer camp at Cutsforth
Park were sent home "a day
early on Saturday, after
marble-sized hail pummeled
the camp during a cloudburst.
4-H Horse Show
starts July 9 at
fairgrounds in
Heppner
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Camp officials said about
three inches of hail fell, before
the precipitation took the form
of rain.
Officials said the hail fell
with such force that paint was
stripped from some buildings
and parked cars received
The Morrow County 4-H Horse Show will get underway
Sunday, July 9, at 9 a.m7 with youthful area competitors
taking part in five categories of horsemanship.
Contests will be held on horse showmanship, followed by
western equitation, colt ground training, English riding, and
trail horsemanship. '
Competitors will be divided into beginner, junior,
intermediate and senior divisions based on age and
experience.
The event will be held at the Morrow County
Fairgrounds, in the outside arena, weather permitting.
A related horse judging contest will be held July 11 at the
fairgrounds.
OBITUMliS
Verl Frederickson
Verl Frederickson, 86, of
Monmouth, a former Lexing
ton schoolteacher, died June
29 in Monmouth.
Born Feb. 21, 1892 in Joliet,
Mont., she was the daughter of
Samuel and Mary Carmack.
Mrs. Frederickson was a
graduate of Oregon College of
Education, and for a number
of years was a teacher in
Lexington and Hermiston.
Funeral services were held
Monday in First Christian
Church, Heppner, with the
Rev. Edwin Sikes officiating.
Carl and Betty Marquardt
sang "In the Garden" and
"Beyond the Sunset".
Casket bearers included
Jack Van Winkle, Howard
Bryant, Cornett Green, Ken
neth Peck, Dean Gilman and
Kit George.
Concluding service and in
terment were held at Heppner
Masonic Cemetery, with
Sweeney Mortuary in charge
of arrangements.
Mrs. Frederickson s hus
band, Lewis, a daughter,
Louise, and a son, Don,
preceded her in death.
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minor damage.
In the 24 hour period
preceding 6 a.m. Monday, a
total of 1.9 inches of rain was
recorded at Pendleton Air
port, according to the National
Weather Service.
Survivors include a sister,
Ethel Chapin of Monmouth,
several nieces and nephews.
Ralph Yeager
Ralph Andrew Yeager, 86,
of Santa Monica, Calif., for
merly of Heppner, died June
25 in Santa Monica.
Born in Heppner in 1892, he
attended schools here before
moving on to Idaho, Washing
ton and California. He mar
ried Emma Fahey of Clarks
ton. Wash., who preceded him
in death in 1961. Mr. Yeager
has lived in the Los Angeles
area since 1961.
He was a retired mainten
ance man with the U.S. Postal
Service, and a member of the
Disabled American Veterans.
Survivors include a son,
Ralph Jr. of Grand Rapids,
Minn.; daughters, Mrs. Gard
ner Clark of Yakima, Wash.,
Mrs. Dave Jennings of Santa
Monica, Cal., and Mrs. James
Huff of Torrence, Cal,; broth
er, James Yeager of Califor
nia; 22 grandchildren; and 16
great-grandchildren.
Sixty years ago this week in Morrow County, a large
crowd gathered in lone to hear J.W. Brewer of Portland
deliver an Independence Day speech carrying the usual
patriotic theme, plus a blistering attack against "the slacker
and the pro-German," according to the Gazette-Times
account of the day. ,
The 1918 July 4th celebration included a Red Cross hosted
dinner in the lone Christian Church basement. An evening
program of entertainment followed, but was interrupted
when word was received that a fire had broken out in
Heppner.
And what a fire it was, The blaze broke out about 4 p.m.
in the Patterson and Elder barber shop during that hot and
windy day. It soon spread to the Pearlson Tailor Shop, and
into the Palace Hotel.
Mrs. J.L. Wilkins, co-proprietor of the hotel, rushed to
the upper stories to warn all guests in time for them to make
a safe exit with their belongings. Cut off from the stairway by
flames, Mrs. Wilkins jumped to safety from a fire escape,
' cutting her chin in the process.
By that time, the fire had spread across Main Street to
burn the Natter buildings, the Star Brewery building, which
housed the local Red Cross chapter, and the Heppner Light
and Water Co. wood yard. A number of residences and other
structures also went up in flames.
Two men were seen carrying a 1,100 pound player piano
from the Oscar Borg residence, in an effort to salvage the
instrument from falmes. They managed to push the
cumbersome piano about 75 feet down the sidewalk before
heat from the fire forced them to flee. The piano was
consumed in the inferno.
Two horses being boarded by out of twon visitors at the
Red Front Livery Barn burned to death in the blaze.
Total damage was set at more than $200,000 to downtown
Heppner. including the $30,000 destruction of the Palace
Hotel. Insurance covered only a fraction of the losses.
During the same week in 1918, Joseph Hayes of Butter
Creek was returning from Thompson Falls, Mont., after
moving a band of sheep there for summer grazing. Pvt.
William O'Rourke of Heppner was having trouble convincing
Army officials at Fort Lewis that his 5 foot 2 inch height was
sufficient for military purposes.
The departure of doctors from Heppner was also in the
news 25 years ago this week, when Dr. Wallace Wolff notified
his patients that he was closing his Heppner practice to
report for Army duty at Fort Sam Houston, Tex.
Dr. Wolff had been in Heppner about a year at that time
in 1953, after he took over the practice of Dr. Richard O'Shea,
who was also called to duty during the Korean war.
That same week in 1953, D.O. Nelson was the first grain
grower in the county to put combine to wheat, en a stand of
volunteer grain near Lexington. Agricultural officials at the
time were predicting a "bumper crop" wheat harvest of 2.3
million bushels in Morrow County.
Apricots were selling for six cents a pound at an orchard
near Irrigon during this week in 1953.
Twenty years ago this week, the grain harvest was just
underway, with Lexington area ranchers showing average
yeilds of 30-35 bushels per acre in wheat, and 40-45 bushel
averages in barley.
Oregon motorists were praised by then-governor Holmes
for making it through the 1958 Independence Day. weekend
without a fatality.
- Fifty years ago this week in the Gazette-Times, an
editorial called for the immediate construction of stop signs
in Heppner:
"Some folks may smile at the mention for such a need for
traffic regulation in Heppner," stated the editorial, noting
that people wouldn't smile should they encounter "a loaded
wheat truck coming in off Heppner Hill, never at less than 30
miles an hour."
This week in 1928, the Lexington Post Office, at the end of
the fiscal year, showed a record-setting business, with sales
totaling more than $18,000 for the year. Holiday fisherman in
1928 likely experienced good angling during the July 4
weekend, since 29,000 trout had recently been planted in
Willow Creek.
( Hospital Notes j
Patients admitted and later
discharged from Pioneer
Memorial Hospital between
June 20 and Juiy 5 included
Rick Henderson, lone; Rich
ard Schmidt, Heppner; Patri
cia Osborn, lone;
Edgar
Myers, Fossil, Ella
Mae
Green, Lexington; Inez Gen
try, Heppner; Julie Ann
Harrison, Heppner; Alice
Rains, Condon; and Anna
Wilson, Heppner. Wilbur
Gourley, Heppner remained a
patient.
A son was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Mark Steven Greenup of
Community
BILLBOARD
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July 6
Sen. Mark Hatfield, tour of
Kinzua Mill, Kinzua, 3 p.m.
Soroptomists meeting, noon,
Wagon Wheel
Doctor Search Committee,
Courthouse, 7:30 p.m.
Heppner.
The seven pound, IOMj ounce
boy was named Jonathan
Paige. The new Greenup's
birthday wes June 17.
Grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond Kahl of Port
land, and Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Greenup of Port
land. Great-grandparents are
Mrs. Hannah Kahl of Port
land, Mrs. Sam Omar of
Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Peggy
Moyer of Heppner, and Mr.
and Mrs. Norval Martin of
Lake Oswego.
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July 7
Merchant's Committee,
noon, Wagon Wheel.
July lo
Chamber of Commerce,
noon, West of Willow
July II
VFW meeting, 8 p.m.,
Wagon Wheel
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