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Willow Creek Dam....
Planning out their program to make crepes at the Artifactory are (1-r) Ellen Arbogast,
Stephi Payne, Jason Mnllineau, Janelle MeElhany, Kenny Graves, Damon Wilson and
junior high home economics teacher Liz Curtis.
Let us count our blessings
By Justine Weatherford
One of the very first Thanksgiving observances in
America was entirely religious and did not involve feasting.
On Dec. 4, 1619, the 39 English settlers who arrived at
Berkeley Plantation on the James River near what is now
Charles City, Virginia, began observing the day of their
arrival with a service of thanksgiving to God.
The first New England Thanksgiving was celebrated less
than a year after the Plymouth colonists had settled in the
new land. The first dreadful winter in Massachusetts had
killed nearly half of the members of the colony. But new hope
grew up in the summer of 1621. The corn harvest brought
rejoicing. Gov. William Bradford decreed that a three-day
feast be held. A Thanksgiving Day set aside for the special
purpose of prayer as well as celebration was decreed by
Governor Bradford for July 30, 1623. It was really like a big
summer picnic.
The women of the colony spent many days preparing for
the feast. The children helped by turning roasts on spits in
front of open fires. Indians brought wild turkeys and venison.
The men of the colony brought geese, ducks and fish. The
women served the meat and fish with journey cake, corn
meal bread with nuts and succotash. Everyone ate outdoors
at big tables.
Later the custom of celebrating a Thanksgiving Day
spread from Plymouth to the other New England colonies.
During the Revolutionary War.eight special days of thanks
were observ"1 for various victories. On Nov. 26, 1789,
President Get3 je Washington issued a general proclamation
for a day of thanks. In the same year the Protestant
Episcopal Church announced that the first Thursday in
November would be a regular yearly day for giving thanks,
"unless another day be appointed by the civil authorities."
For many years there was no regular national
Thanksgiving Day in the United States. Some states had an
annual Thanksgiving holiday others did not. But by 1830 New
York had an official state Thanksgiving Day and other
northern states soon followed its example. Virginia was the
first southern state to adopt the custom. It proclaimed a
Thanksgiving Day in 1855.
Mrs. Sarah Josepha Hale, the editor of Godey's Lady's
Book, worked many years to promote the idea of a national
Thanksgiving Day. Then President Lincoln proclaimed the
last Thursday in November, 1863, as "a day of thanksgiving
and praise to our beneficient Father."
Each year afterward, for 75 years, the President of the
United States formally proclaimed that Thanksgiving Day
should be celebrated on the last Thursday of November.
Grace For Thanksgiving
Dear Lord, we give Thee thanks this day,
But not alone for daily bread
Nor all Thy gifts which bless our lives,
Nor for the feast before us spread.
We thank Thee for peace in our time,
For love, that makes life's burdens light,
For friendships shared, for hope and joy,
But mostly for the precious right
To think and speak as conscience leads,
To worship Thee, each in his way,
To walk in freedom where we will,
Lord, as we pause to praise and pray,
From our abundance help us share
Thy gifts with all men everywhere!
Have a Happy Thanksgiving
Thanks be to God who gives us life,
Homes warm with love, and friends who
care;
A country beautiful and blest,
Now rich with harvest everywhere.
Keep us, dear Lord, and those we love
Safe under peaceful skies, we pray.
Guard all those rights we hold so dear
In freedom's name to go or stay,
Voice our opinions without fear,
In our own ways to worship Thee!
Now as we lift our hearts in praise
God help us share abundantly!
talks to Mayor Jerry Sweeney
VA manager
big health system
The Veterans Administra
tion manages the nation's
largest health care system
which includes 172 medical
centers. 220 outpatient clinics,
91 nursing home care units,
and lfi domiciliaries.
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was in the original plans but
was taken out because of the
lack of local support but the
corps has put it back into the
project so "If the people want
it, the benefit can be deve
loped, Thayer said.
Thi Heppner city water
lank is now in the area of the
dan i so it has to be moved. The
corps is obligated to move the
water tank to a location that
has the same water pressure
and distribution as the present
one but city officials are
talking aout moving it to a
better location.
If the city does, the city will
have to pay a betterment
difference, Dugger said. The
city voters will have to vote on
the money to pay the differ
ence. "If the water tank is not
moved by next fall, it could
delay the construction of the
dam." Thayer said.
City administrator Marshall
Lovgren said an engineer for
the city will help to decide
which of two sites the city has
for the new location of the
water tank.
The city is looking for a
reservoir higher up to give
more pressure. The tank will
either be moved about 200 feet
up from where it presently is
near the cemetery or it may
be moved across the valley
above the present Willow
Creek Road.
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We're Thankful
For Life's Blessings
Let us pause a moment,
between the feasting and
merriment to reflect on
our good fortune. ..and
celebrate in the true
Thanksgiving tradition.
School board....
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in Morrow County but no
contingent plan was needed
beause a check from the state,
"bailed us out," Doherty said.
Doherty added the basic
school support money re
ceived from the state recently
is sufficient to cover the school
district costs until mid-December
when tax money will
begin flowing in.
In other board action. Loyd
Peck was hired as a custodian
and bus driver in Boardman,
Sharon Myers was hired as a
class aid for the first grade at
A.C. Houghton, Terry Wood
was hired as a coach at A.C.
Houghton, Stephanie Dyer
was hired as a bus driver at
Riverside, Brenda Weygandt
was hired as a basketball
coach at Heppner Jr. High
and Mrs. Jim Thompson was
hired as the girl's basketball
coach at Riverside Jr. High.
The resignation by Russell
Reed from Heppner elemen
tary for health reasons was
accepted. The board is seek
ing a replacement.
(These poems whose authors
submitted by Justine Weatherford.)
Public TV slated
for Heppner
Heppner is one of three
cities in eastern Oregon that
I be receiving public televi
sional by January of
1M1
The other two cities are
Arlington and John Day.
The Oregon Public Brnad
caslingnnd Education Service
will be transmitting the sig
nals possibly sooner if the
Federal Communications
Commission issues licenses at
an earlier dale.
are unknown were
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sion
Miller and Son's Welding
will be closed the week of
Nov. 26th thru the 30th
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all our many
essinas. Cele
brate Thanksgiving
with peace . . . love.
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