TEN The Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, November 29, 1979
Farm boy who joined
at 14 now top sergeant
At the age of 14 when most
teenagers are dreaming of
becoming a big league ball
player or looking forward to
buying their first car, Roy
Gammell was entering World
War II at the age of 14 years.
Now a retired Sergeant
Major, he remembers vividly
that day in 1943 when, at the
age of 14, his cousin Frank
Lieuallen and he signed their
fathers' signatures on the
enlistment papers for the U.S.
Marines.
As a boy, Gammell was
raised on Little Butter Creek
and stayed with his aunt and
uncle, Norman and Beulah
Florence, and went to school
in Heppner. His father and
mother, Lester and Lois
Gammell, are of Hermiston.
After fighting in both the
European and Pacific thea
ters of war. Sergeant Major
Gammell was discharged in
1946. Civilian life came to
an abrupt stop for Gammell
when he was recalled to active
duty in 1950, for the Korean
Conflict.
In 1952 he was again
discharged from the USMC.
Getting letters "that he might
be recalled to active duty,
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Roy Gammell
Gammell enlisted in the Army
Airborne as the Army would
let him take his family
overseas. Gammell entered
the Army with the rank of
private and in just 12 years
rose to the rank of Sergeant
Major.
He was the most decorated
soldier in his regiment. One of
his recommendations for the
Silver Star reads "For hero
ism in ground combat against
a hostile force in the Republic
of Vietnam."
Sergeant Major Gammell
has been cited 11 times for
heroism and has a list of 26
decorations.
O Iriigon news
Fra nets Rose WUso n 922-3352
Home Extension unit displays
quilt to aid in project
The Irrigon Home Exten
sion women have chosen a
special project this year to
help the Rural Fire Depart
ment. The department is in
need of some Sea-packs to
wear into burning buildings or
to give oxygen to those in
need.
The Home Extension group
has made a quilt which will be
on display in a public place.
, Raffle tickets will be sold to
raise funds for the Sea -packs.
The quilt will be given to the
person holding the number
drawn.
The women of the commu
nity considered organizing a
fire department auxiliary but
decided they would work
through this organization as a
community service.
If anyone wishes to give a
donation or has a question
concerning this they may
contact Frances McCoy,
chairman of the committee,
phone 922-3622, or co-chairman
Lyla Wilcox, phone
922-3597.
The next Extension meeting
will be Monday, Dec. 10 at the
home of Charlotte Carpenter,
vice president. Each woman is
Counties group
to meet in Heppner
The East Central Oregon
Association of Counties will
have its monthly meeting Dec.
6 at 10 a.m. in the Columbia
Basin Electrical Co-op Con
ference Room in Heppner.
The association will discuss
and make recommendations
on the CETA staffing pattern,
equal employment opportu
nity and the Senate Interim
Task Force on Intergovern
mental Coordination.
asked to take a gift for the gift
exchange.
The Extension group be
longs to the "Country Women
of the World", and this year
the country to be studied is
Greece.
Nancy Rogers is president
of the group and Pat O'Brien
is secretary. A welcome is
extended to the women of the
community.
4-H Club news
The 4-H Gem and Geology
Club have been having meet
ings each Tuesday afternoon
since early October. On Oct. 13
the club went on a field trip to
the Columbia River banks in
Umatilla, where they collec
ted agates and pebbles to fill a
rock tumbler. It took about a
month to tumble and polish
these.
Officers for the club were
elected Oct. 23. They are:
President, Swayne Evans;
vice president, Patrick Don
nell; secretary. Colleen Dike;
treasurer, Maria Mills; news
reporter. Susan Evans: sar
geant at arms. Gibb Evans
and Steve Hulen.
There are nine members in
the club and each one has
made several pieces of jew
elry with tumbled agate,
jasper or quartz stones that
are plentiful in this area.
The Royal Riders 4-H Horse
Club elected new officers.
They are: President, Ronaca
Douglas ; vice president, Steve
Hulen; treasurer, Mellissa
Miller; reporter. Clayton Fre
drickson; secretary. Shelly
Timm: leader, Sharon Doug
las. This is a new club and any
boy or girl may join. For
information call after 3:30
922-3451.
WARNING!
To those disposing of garbage in city streets and parks:
Dumping of rubbish, debris or materials on private
land or public way is prohibited by City Ordinance No.
365. Violators shall be punished upon conviction by a
fine of not less than $5.00 nor more than $100.00 or by
imprisonment for a term of not less than two days but
nor more than fifty days, or by both such fine and
imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
Marshall Lovgren
City Administrator
Publish: Nov. 15, 22, 29, Dec.
6. 13. 20. 1979.
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Stephen H. I.indstrom
Square dancing
The Grand Squares square
dancing club has changed its
night for lessons from Monday
to Thursday from 7:30 to 9:30
p.m. at the Oddfellows Hall in
Heppner.
Interested persons may call
Barrel Wilson at 422-7523.
Port official
to direct N.W.
Waterways
Stephen R. Lindstrom, man
ager of the Port of Umatilla,
has been elected the new
executive vice president of the
.Pacific Northwest Waterways
Association to succeed Roy
Webster who resigned from
the position effective Dec. 31,
1979
Lindslrom. a native of lone,
has been manager of the
Umatilla port since 1977.
A resident of Hermiston, he
will move to the Vancouver
area at the time he begins
work in the PNWA headquar
ters. PNWA deals with compre
hensive planning and develop
ment of water and related
land resources in the Pacific
Northwest and Alaska.
"Fame and tranquility can
never be bedfellows."
Montaigne
Winners announced in
window guessing contest
House razed by fire
while owner at church
At I he opening of the
Christmas shopping season
lasl Friday, store windows
offered several guessing con
tests. Winners announced by mer
chants included:
Peterson's. Diana Ball.
Heppner; Dianna's This N'
That, boy Marion McMillan,
Lexington; girl Kelli Berg
strom. Heppner: Doris La
Rae's. Mary Kennison: Shoe
Box. Cindv Green.
Gardner's Men's Wear,
Frances Smouse, , lone;
Kroll's. tie. Jan Paustian,
Heppner and Mrs. Ray Thol
berg: Coast to Coast Total
Hardware, a discount to
customers: Cole's House of
Fashion and Posy Patch.
Carol Adams, Heppner.
Murray's Drug Store. Inc.,
Phyllis Thomson, Heppner:
Case Furniture, 1. Judy Eck
man. Patterson. Wash.. 2.
Richard Berger. Heppner.
Two in race for treasurer
Two candidates tossed their
hats into Oregon's political
ring by announcing they are
running for state treasurer.
Both revealed their plans on
Monday.
Clay Myers, the incumbent
treasurer, said he would seek
re-election in 1980. He will be
opposed by Oregon Senate
President Jason Boe, who said
he would run on his record as a
legislator.
The home of Rita Sumner
was completely destroyed by
fire Sunday morning. The
cause of the fire has not been
determined.
Rita Sumner had just got
home from the Kinzua Mill,
where she works the grave
yard shift as a guard, when
she dressed for church and left
the house at 8:30 a.m.
When she got to the Valby
Lutheran Church, about 20
minutes away, someone asked
her what was going on at her
house and she looked and saw
smoke. When she got there,
followed by most of the
members of the Lutheran
congregation, the house was
completely in flames.
The wind was blowing and
Pastor John Maas picked up a
garden hose to spray down an
A-framed building that sits
next to the house.
The A-framed building was
saved and Rita Sumner and
her family are living in it,
although Tuesday she began
looking at mobile homes to
possibly move onto the spot.
All is not completely lost
because she did have fire
insurance but all her material
possessions were destroyed in
the fire, according to htlj
mother, Helen Cox.
84,000 working
Wood Products employment
in Oregon totaled 84,000 in
mid-October, 1979 compared
with 82,500 a year earlier and
compared with 84,900 in mid
September, a month earlier,
the Oregon Employment Divi
sion reports.
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