Cathy Lindsay wins essay contest
St. Patrick's Day Supplement to the Heppner Gaietto-Titnet FIVE
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Cathy Lindsay
Cathy Lindsay of Lexington,
a Heppner High School senior,
has won an essay contest
sponsored by the Heppner St.
Patrick's Day Celebration
Committee. The contest was
open to all Morrow County
students.
As the first place winner,
Lindsay will receive a M5 cash
award and her essay is being
published in the Gazette
Times and in the Enterprise.
Betty llodson of Riverside
High School in Boardman,
who won second place, will
receive a 125 award. Christy
Kathbun of HHS won third
place and will be awarded f 15.
Judges for the contest were
John Edmundson, Bob
Abrams, Lib Daggett and
Martha Doherty.
Following is Lindsay's win
ning essay:
Irish Immigration
To Morrow County
By MARY CATHERINE
LINDSAY
The lyrics of the song des
cribing the plaque of Ireland
... immigration...
They left the mountains and
the glens,
The lassies and the fine
young men.
I saw a tear on every girl
and boy.
Many young men of twenty
said good bye.
tell the poignant story of Ire
land's loss and Morrow Coun
ty's gain.
They came to this country
100 years ago, leaving family
and friends behind, hoping to
find a better life. With large
families on small farms, the
future looked bleak for many
young people in Ireland. Eng
lish rule made life difficult for
the Irish. The Irish economy
was an agricultural economy.
Yet, the Irish could own only
the poorest land. The good
land was confiscated for the
English lords. It was even
unlawful for an Irishman to
own a horse for many cen
turies. He could use a mule,
but the horses belonged only to
the English. Then came the
years when the potato crops
failed, a main stay in Irish
diets, to add to their troubles
land drive even more young
people away in search of a
living.
Cousins, aunts and uncles
who had gone before them to
Oregon sent money for pas
sage and the invitation for
them to come. The prospect of
land to homestead and the
hope of establishing a home
where they could raise their
ownf amilies, gave them the
courage to endure the hard-
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Saturday during Heppner's St.
Patrick's Day Celebration.
The Heppner Swim Team
will be selling brownies, cup
cakes and cookies in front of
Central Market beginning at
10 a.m.
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ship of a long and dangerous
sea voyage and a rough and
dusty overland trip to Morrow
County.
My Great Grandfather,
Bernard P. Doherty, left
County Donnegal, Ireland in
1885 under such circumstan
ces to arrive in Boston. He
worked there until he earned
his passage west to Oreogn.
He went to work as a herder
for Cunningham Sheep, taking
his wages in sheep until he
was able to homestead in
Morrow County. Here, he
worked diligently with his
flock and the Good Lord
blessed his efforts with suc
cess, lambing in Sand Hollow
and trailing up to Lahman
Springs in The Blues for the
summer.
Stories told to me by my
Grandma Rosella of the jolly
times, the experiences of the
newly-landed "Greenhorns,"
and all the busy activities of
the sheep business are favo
rites with me.
Catherine Doherty, born in
Carndonagh, County Donne
gal, left home and the green
hills of Ireland at 16 to land at
the dry dusty hills of Hog
Hollow on Franklin Hill in
Morrow County. She worked
as a cook and domestic helper,
activities of newly arrived
Irish in this land.
Barney (Bernard P.) and
Katie (Catherine) met as part
of the Irish and were joined in
the Sacrament of Matrimony
in 1895 and began the intrigu
ing story of lives that would
give new lives to enrich Mor
row County.
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Saturday!
2 to 4 p.m. 6 to 10 yr. olds
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pner Lions Club will sell pop
corn and cotton candy in front
of the Abrarns, Kuhn and
Spicer office.
Also, the Heppner Soropti
mist Club will be selling
homemade pies along with
green plants at Sears.
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