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By Delpha Jones 989-818$
The board of directors of the
Morrow County Historical
Society met on Monday even
ing at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Bloodsworth, start
ing with a potluck dinner at
6:30, followed by a very inter
esting business meeting.
The Morrow County History
Books were discussed, with
the committee stating that all
750 books have been sold.
There are a few more of the
books being sent from the
publishers. These books will
sell for $42 due to freight
charges. There is a waiting
list, but if you still want a book
please send your order in. It is
hoped that there will be
enough books to take care of
this.
A trip is being planned to
Grand Coulee Dam with the
night spent in Ephrata were
the historical society there
and the Chamber of Com
merce promise an interesting
evening.
The society needs to know
how many are planning to go
on this excursion so that the
plans may be finished. This
trip is scheduled for Saturday,
May 5, leaving our area early
in the morning, spending the
night in Ephrata, and return
ing home in the evening on
Sunday.
Plans were discussed for the
annual meeting with the pro
gram under the direction of
Mr. and Mrs. Keene and the
display table by Mr. and Mrs.
Hayes. Remember the annual
meeting date is the first Sun
day in October, as set by the
bylaws.
The century farm commit
tee of Barton Clark and Jean
Nelson gave an interesting
report, stating that there are
about six of these farms in
Morrow County. Plans are
being made to honor these
owners soon. The Committee
appolrrtetrto take'pictures of
the older buildings in the
county for a permanent record
are planning on taking them
very soon. If you have a
building which would fit in this
category, please call Sue Vin
son. Delpha Jones, Barbara
Bloodsworth or Ruth McCabe.
An election of officers was
held with the following voted
in : Chairman - Delpha Jones,
Vice-chairman - Harold Peck
and Secretary - Ruth McCabe.
The next board meeting is
scheduled for March at the
Jones' home.
Present at the meeting were
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hayes, Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Peck, Mr.
and Mrs. Barton Clark, Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Hisler, Mr. and
Mrs. Darrell Vinson. Mr. and
Mrs. Bryce Keene, Mr. and
Mrs. C.C. Jones and the host
and hostess.
An inspiring sight catches
the motorists eye as they drive
from Lexington to lone. When
going around Palmer's corner
you see the American flag on a
high pole with a spot light on
it. This is provided by Morse
Brothers Construction Com
pany, and is indeed appreciat
ed by all who see it. Thanks for
this patriotism.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Robin
son celebrated their 50th wed
ding anniversary at the home
of their daughter and son-in-
law, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Papineau, on Sunday. The
group enjoyed the dinner and
the cake made by their grand
daughter, Carol Ermentrout.
All of their children, grand
children and great grandchild
ren were present with the
exception of Debbie Sharp,
who is a patient at St. Mary
Community Hospital in Walla
Walla, Wash. The flat cake
was decorated with a large
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gold 50 and golden roses were
entwined around the edge.
There were also other rela
tives and friends who dropped
in during the day. The after
noon was spent in visiting and
enjoying the ball game.
Donna Orwick is a patient in
St. Mary Community Hospital
in Walla Walla.
Holly Rebekah Lodge met
on Thursday at the hall for a
regular meeting with the N.G.
Leila Palmer presiding. Plans
were further discussed for the
President, Una Makin's visit
in March. Also the program
for the district meeting to be
held at San Souci lodge was
read and discussed. The com
mittees were appointed for the
meeting.
Several members recited
the written work to the D.D.P.
Hilda Yocom.
Refreshments were served
later, and the card party for
Saturday, Feb. 4 was announ
ced. Pomona Grange will meet
Saturday, Feb. 28, at the
Greenfield Grange Hall in
Boardman. The meeting
starts at 10:30 a.m.
Mr. and Mrs. O.W. Cutsforth
entertained with dinner and a
card party on Saturday night.
The guests for the evening
were Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hutch
inson, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle
Peck. Mr. and Mrs. C.C.
Jones. Dennis Papineau an
and the host and hostesses.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Breeding
and daughter Janet were busi
ness visitors in Lexington on
Saturday following the funeral
services of his mother, Lola
Breeding.
Lexington Grange met on
Sunday with a special meeting
for the purpose of initiating
the newly elected members.
The work was beautifully done
by Dot Halvorsen of lone, a
member of Willows Grange.
The officers of Lexington
each took their chairs with the
exception of the Steward,
which was filled by Bryce
Keene, and the Musician, fill
ed by Bertie Helseth of Ir
rigon. Mrs. Keene assisted
with the harvest march and
feast.
The first two degrees of the
order were given in the early
afternoon, a potluck dinner
was enjoyed, followed by the
next two degrees.
The tables looked lovely
with red bouquets, candles
and heart decorations by
Frances Smouse. In charge of
the kitchen were Virginia
Peck and Joyce Buchanan.
There were several guests,
and the following initiates:
Anita and Mel Boyer, Berl
Stillman, Linda and Bill
Hutchinson and Ellen and
Larry Kennedy.
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Nelson
and two children have moved
from Texas to the Alfred
Nelson, Sr. house where he
will be involved in the farm
ing. The Alfred Nelsons have
moved to their new home in
Pendleton.
Mr. and Mrs. L.E. Ruhl had
the following Super Bowl Sun
day guests: Mr. and Mrs. Skip
Run and Laurie, Cindy and
Tracey of Hermiston; John
Robertson, Al Vela, Karen
Webster and Holly Scarratt,
all of Bend; Sheri Willis of
Hilo, Hawaii; Todd Lindsay
and Mark Hammon of Lexing
ton; Mouse Walsingham of
Pendleton; and Florence Gray
of Heppner. They all enjoyed
watching the game.
Obituaries
Harold Warren Dobyns
PENDLETON - Harold
Warren Dobyns of Pendleton,
formerly of lone, died Thurs
day, Jan. 12. 19X4. at the
Veterans Administration Med
ical Center at Walla Walla,
Wash. He was 87.
He was born July 30, 18, at
Canby to William and Emma
Hayden Harrison.
Graveside services were
held Tuesday. Jan. 17. at
Olney Cemetery in Pendleton.
Mr. Dobyns was among the
first predatory wild animal
trappers to be employed by
the U.S. Biological Surveys in
Oregon in 1915. He studied
biology at Oregon State Col
lege. He was promoted to chief
assistant under Stanley G.
Jewett, working in Oregon and
Washington with special as
signments in Alaska and other
places. He spent over 36 years
with the biological surveys,
and later, five years with the
U S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
with headquarters in Olym
pia, Washington. The balance
of his life was spent in Eastern
Oregon.
He supervised predator and
rodent control operations and
helped to devise and improve
control methods.
On January 21, 1952, he
married LaRetta A. Thomp
son in Pasco, Wash.
After his retirement from
government service in 1952. he
operated Dobyns Pest Control
Service in lone, which con
tinues to bear his name. Mr.
Dobyns was considered to be
one of the foremost author
ities on matters pertaining to
pest control. He was appointed
a delegate from the Pacific
Northwest Pest Control As
sociation to the International
Pest Control Conference held
Lola Belle
IRRIGON --Lola Belle
Breeding. 77, of Irrigon, died
Thursday. Jan. 19. 1984 at
Good Shepherd Community
Hospital in Hermiston.
She was born October 26,
1906 in Abingdon, Va. She had
been a resident of Irrigon
since 1973.
Mrs. Breeding was a mem
ber of the Assembly of God
Church in Irrigon.
Funeral services were held
Saturday. Jan. 21. at the As
sembly of God Church in
Irrigon. with the Rev. Allen
Gordanier officiating.
Casket bearers were Dale
Breeding. Jay Matthews, Jim
Grant, John Grant, Lloyd
Humphreys and Gary Gordan
ier. La Verne Partlow was or
ganist and Vern and Marilyn
Stewart were vocalists.
Burial was at the I.O.O.F.
Jack T. McMillan
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- Jack T. McMillan, formerly
of Lexington, died Saturday,
Jan. 7. 1984, at his Crooked
River Ranch home. He was 66.
He was born July 21. 1917 in
Lexington to Gus and Frances
Hechtner McMillan.
On December 15. 1941, he
married Helen "Sally" War
ren in Vancouver. Wash.
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in Vienna. Austria in May,
1958, where scientists from all
over the world were in attend
ance. He was a member of the
panel.
He was instrumental in the
establishment of the Hart
Mountain Natural Antelope
Refuge and others of equal
importance. He assisted in
collecting and identifying
scientific species of birds and
rodents in Oregon for Stanley
G. Jewett and Dr. I.N. Gab
rielson, chief of the U.S. Bio
logical Surveyors. Mr. Dobyns
was also an experienced air
plane pilot. He is accredited
with being the first to success
fully use an airplane in predat
or control operations.
In recognition of Mr.
Dobyn's service in the field of
predator and rodent control, a
lake bearing his name ap
pears on the map of Lake
County, Oregon. Mr. Dobyns
also was a recipient of the U.S.
Department of the Interior's
Commendable Service Award.
Mr. Dobyns was a World
War I U.S. Navy Veteran, a
member of Pendleton Bar
racks No. 66 and The Ameri
can Legion Post No. 23.
Survivors include his wife,
LaRetta A. Dobyns. Pendle
ton; a brother, Noel K.
Dobyns, Florence: a
daughter. Mrs. L.W. (Pat
ricia) Schaad. Aurora; two
stepsons. Russell D. Holly.
Seattle. Wash : and Jerald D.
Holly, Beaverton. One son.
Harold Warren Dobyns, Jr
preceded him in death. Mr.
Dobyns has three grandchild
ren, six step-grandchildren,
six great-grandchildren, and
five step-great-grandchildren.
Breeding
Cemetery in Lexington.
Survivors include her sons.
Henry (Max) Breeding. Gres
harn. and Paul T. Breeding.
Elgin; daughters. Freida Den
nis. Portland. Wanda Taylor.
Hood River, and Joan Smith,
Irrigon; brothers: Earl Stea
gall. Medford. Dave Steagall,
Portland. Willie Steagall. Leb
anon. Wilbur Steagall, Lexing
ton. George Steagall. Hep
pner. and Bobby Steagall, Al
bany; sisters. Mary Taffey
and Virginia Sitton, both of
Fossil. Eunice Strudgeon in
Illinois and Irene Clark, in
California: 16 grandchildren;
and 13 great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the Heart
Fund.
Burns Mortuary. Hermis
ton. was in charge of arrange
ments. For 31 years. Mr. McMillan
ran Mount Hood Dental Lab
oratory in Portland. In 1968.
he bought EI Rancho Motel in
Redmond. He sold the motel in
1974 and moved to Crooked
River Ranch. He was one of
the founders of the Crooked
River Ranch Volunteer Fire
Dept.
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He had been a member of
the Hollywood Lions in Port
land for muny years. He also
was a member of the Red
mond Rotary Club and a char
ter member of the Tignrd
Masonic Lodge.
Besides his wife, Mr. McMil
lan leaves a son, David, who is
a student at Central Oregon
Community College; a
daughter, Barbara Trow,
Aloha, a grandson. David
Trow, Hillsboro: and three
sisters: Frieda Slocum of Hep
pner, Eula Markle of Sandy
and Naomi Hill of Redmond A
brother. Robert of Hillsboro,
died January 1R. Itt4. He whs
horn July 6, 1904 in Iexington.
Frank Hamlin
HEPPNER - Frank Hamlin,
87, of Heppner. died Tuesday.
Jan. 17. 1984, at his home.
He was born February 27,
imi, in Little Falls, Minn, to
John and Anna Rivet Hamlin
The family moved to Gresham
when he was 12 He later
owned and operated the Gres
ham Service Garage
On September 15, 1!K!2. he
married Hazel Herlinger.
In the early liMO's he spent
two and one-half years in
Panama.
He came to Heppner from
Redmond in 1951. where he
operated the Aikens Tavern
and Barratts Building Supply.
Mr. Hamlin was a member
of the Masonic Lodge and
Heppner B P O E No 3!i8 A
veteran of World War I. he
was also a memlier of the
American legion.
Memorial services were
held Thursday. Jan 19. at the
Heppner Elks Lodge An in
urnment service was held Fri
day. Jan. 20 at Forest Lawn
Memorial Park in Gresham.
Survivors include his wife.
Hazel Hamlin in Heppner;
daughter Marvette Wright,
and brother Ernest Hamlin,
both of Gresham: stepson
Hoyden Herlinger, Rend, two
grandchildren and two step
grandchildren; five great
grandchildren and two great
great grandchildren
Memorial contribut ions
may be made to a charity of
choice.
Sweeney Mortuary. Hep
pner. was in charge of arrangements.
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Morrow County Livestock
(rowers and Oregon State
University Extension Service
cooperated In putting on a
brief seminar stressing herd
health and new developments
in that field. Dr. Bill Jepsen of
Oregon Trail Veterinary
Clinic and Holierta Vaughn of
Bio-Ceutic labs, were the
speakers.
Ambulance
drivers needed
from p. 5
transmission and power steer
ing. Ambulances are dispatch
ed on local calls to Rites of
motor vehicle accidents, emer
gencies in homes and some
transporting of the frail elder
ly to the hospital or nursing
homes. Smith said.
Volunteers can expect to be
"on call" for a 12 hour period
about twice a month, accord
ing to Smith. Each volunteer is
furnished with an electronic
pager, so that she or he can
keep in continual touch with
the dispatcher at the hospital
Interested driver volunteers
should contact Gary Nolan,
I' M H director of mainten
ance, at (7ti -8133 to register or
obtain further information.
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wholesales to local retail out
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research into deficiencies of
the trace element Selenium
and some of his determina
tions. Selenium Is necessary in
animal diets and must be
supplemented in the local
area. Prescription doses in
mineral supplements and In
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administering the mineral.
Dr. Jepsen's work has been
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Dr, Jepsen also discussed
new drugs and treatments
which are on the market
These include: Compudose, an
estradiol growth stimulant Im
plant; Pre-con, a shipping
fever vaccine; Genlcol-99, a
paste, carrying an E. coli
monoclonal antibody for
culves who didn't get Colos
trum ; Diolyte and Life Saver,
electrolyte replace In
nutrient carriers; B.V.D. kil
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eye vaccine.
The meeting attracted 38
people and was quite Informa
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regarding these products, the
local dealers In veterinary
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