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100th birthday dinner
and Julie Nelson of lone f 10 second
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Am y W a g e n b la s !.
daughter of Sieve and Vicki Wan
enblast v>f Lexington and $15 first
place «in n e r Harney Lindsay, son of
I j r r y and ('orrin e Lindsay of la-x
ington
Lindsay read his winning
essay. "A n Important P io n ee r" (See
related story.)
Jones told everyone that because
so many had turned out for the
dinner some plates might not
he
as full as others, so "pretend
you've just eaten a big plate of
food "
Hetty M arqu ard t accom p an ied
Wilma Cheney for a musical rendl
lion of “ l)o What You Can Where
You Are
which Cheney Introduced
by saying that her II years as a
resident of the county had taught her
that most Morrow Countianv when
they sec something which needs to
he done don't wail for an expert to
com e in and do it. hut just put their
shoulders to the wheel and accom
plish the task
Jack Morion, retired Dean of
Students from Western Oregon State
Cniversity, reminded contempora
ries of earlier days in Heppner See
related story
f ollow ing the speech, Jones intro
duced dignitaries in the audience,
the second Morrow County Kodeo
Queen, E va Griffith, arid last y ear's
fair and rodeo queen, Sylvia I -add
Rodeo Quean for IMS Bridget!
Greenup outlined her Irish Morrow
County heritage and along with her
court. Bobbetle Angel. Stacey Ken
nedy, Sheila Sceler. and Cindy lam
Davis, invited everyone to the
year's fair and rodeo festivities
Krancine Mansell and laiVerne
I'artlow . both of Irngon. entertained
with a rendition of "(¡o n e Are the
Days
when the women stayed at
home "
During the following recess. Kuby
Roberts, H6, lone, descended from
early county settlers, the Pettys
fam ily, cut the county's birthday
cake Dignitaries and guests served
themselves while the Grand Squares
entertained with square dancing
Caller Iton Davis of Arlington kept
the spirited dancers moving smooth
ly through their routines Dancers
included Lloyd and Shirley Me
Nary, lone, Joe and Chris Nix .
Condon. Mattlon and Cathy Hicks.
Lone Hock Hill and Daisy Collins.
Heppner. Hob and Julie Griesen.
Heppner. and George and Lorene
Griffith, lone
Jones reconvened the crowd with
a recap of the town organized cen
tennial events which were held in
four of the county's communities
She explained that none of the
helium filled balloons released at
the events had been returned
Irrigon's were not even released
because they deflated in the warm
car before the ceremony
Within a month of being asked,
la-xington held a celebration, the
first town to do so and was judged
the winner of the plaque which was
accepted hy Mayor John Hippie and
committee members Kay Papineau
and Linda Jones
"Seeger described Jones as the
"toughest drill sergeant he'd had
since the A rm y " and explained that
since he was the county planner he
was so well organised he couldn't
find his list Retrieving the list,
however, he awarded several certi
ficates thanking those who contribu
ted their services to the centennial
Jones returned to the lecturn with
a plaque in the shape of the county
which is presented to loo year
farms The first event in the year's
centennial was the awarding of
farms which had been owned and
operated by one family for loo years
or more
Ruth McCabe reviewed the bus
trip from Irngon to Lexington via
Valby Church and the Willow Crock
Dam in Heppner She concluded
with a challenge to south county
residents to visit the north part of
the county to find out what is going
on there
Numbered com m em orative cen
tennial belt buckles were presented
No I to Judge Don McElllgott for
the county court, and No 2 to the
Museum Buckles numbered three,
four, and five were auctioned by
Jerry Peck as a fundraiser for the
historical society
No Three was
bid up to Wo by Fred Nelson.
Pendleton, number four was pur
chased by Hoardman mayor. Gale
Grill for $75. and number five was
bid to $70 by Frances Smouse. lone
Following the bidding. Judge M cFI
ligott presented guest speakers Mor
ton and ('lark with buckles num
bered 1% and 197
Norita Marquardt sang a medley
of songs from the Sound of Music
including Edelw eiss.” and "Favo
rite Things "
Emma Drake. 91, drew Anita
Lutcher's name as the w inner of the
numbered print of the "Centennial
Desert Scene ” Tw o of the prints of
a painting by Mary laiu Carlson
were donated for the Centennial, the
other one hangs at the Morrow
County Courthouse in Heppner
Jones introduced the final speak
er. Portland mayor. Hud Clark, who
reminded everyone that "w e are the
foundation ami the cornerstone for
the future
we are where western
civilization mel western civiliza
tion," and shared some of his hopes
for the state's future and his pride in
our collective pioneer heritage ( See
related stiry, page I)
A ccom p an ied by B etty M ar
quardt. Wilma Cheney sang the final
musical selection, ‘ May the Good
laird Bless and Keep Y ou ." which
she said she hoped would express
Former Deun of Students at WOSC, Jack Morton
Mayor
FmmPagei
Seated at tHe bead table (from left) Jerry Peck, Millie Rauch, Mayor Bud Clark,
The Rev Stuart and Julie Dick, Paul Jones, and Warren McCoy
Bud Clark chats with guests
V
Barney Lindsay
wishes for the future after talking so
much about the county's past
In one of the many lighter m o
ments of the evening, Judge McEl
ligott presented Portland business
man Clark with a gift, a hat. from
local businessman Greg Gallien,
proprietor of G reg's Irngon Tavern
lie also introduced Mayor Clark s
son and became serious with the
presentation to Jones and McCabe of
tokens of appreciation from the
County Court
Pete Christensen who explained
that his paycheck was signed by the
mayor of Portland asked Jones lor
rebuttal time to Morton's speech
during which he read a dipping
which humorously described a 19 to s
Prohibition raid on an illicit still in
the Heppner area
Jones thanked Jean Nelson for
decorating the head table and the
following groups for decorating the
other tables Heppner Sorop'imists.
Heppnei Garden Club lot
Club la-xmgton Garden Club Holly
Kebekah lo d g e .
Harold Peck am
Barbara Hloodsworth
Also m attendance at the ilinnet
were Morrow County Sheriff Hoy
(>rago and several of the deputies
from the Morrow County Sheriff s
office who also helped with the
celebration and were decked with
special centennial patches on their
uniforms
Jones concluded the program with
an apology to those who thought the
program too long or too short and to
those who thought the program w.is
just right she said, "thanks a lot
l
Delpha Jones (left) and Ruth McCabe receive
awards from Deane Seeger
Ruby Roberts (left) and Jean
birthday cake
Nelson
cut the
Former Dean shares lessons learned during youth
vou knew \ou weren t supposed to
Jack Morton, one of the two
keynote speakers at the Morrow
County Centennial Dinner and re
tired Doan of Students of Western
Oregon Slate College at Monmouth,
told his audience that although he
had lived in Morrow County only five
years, I9:u :I7. he considered the
county his home because he had
learned much during the time gro
wing up here
Although adolesence is a difficult
time, he said. Morrow County was
probably as good a place as anyone
could have to grow up in because it is
a safe place psychologically The
community, he explained is nurtu
ring, and "you knew what to do and
what not to do and what the ronse
quonces would lie if you did do what
do "
Following indulgence in a doles
cent reminiscences he paid tribute
to laiVerne Van Marter as a tre
mendous all around athlete who,
before his illness was the only
Cniversity of Oregon freshman at
that tim e to letter in four sports He
explained that many benefits were
to he derived from the extended
fam ily of friends and the impact by
adults such as the Methodist minis
ter who instilled a love of God and
fear of the devil
Morton said he learned another
kind of lesson in faith from the
Heppner city marshall who insisted
that certain "cowboys" take a nap in
their pickup and then leave town by
S .k ip tn or become his guests at the
Courthouse After seeing the truck
leave town. Morton asked the sheriff
how he knew they would do as he
said The sheriff answered
Son,
you've got to have faith "
Another lifelong lesson he said he
learned from a friend's father dur
mg a poker gam e when he had bet
his prize pocket knife After losing
the bet his knife was returned to
him with the advice, 'Poker's a
game, never make a bet you can't
afford to lose ”
He was inspired by county school
superintendent, Lucy Rogers, who
suggested that he go to college
because he had perform ed well on a
seventh grade national achievement
text a n(j h;l(j '*a good mind " After
his original inward rage because he
wanted to be a mountain man —
logic "com pelled that I agree that I
had a fine nund
A final lesson, learned from music
teacher Harold Huhman. was to
play the music, not the notes.”
Music is not playing notes Huhman
explained to him during a summer
trumpet lesson, but music is a
knowledge of and respect for life
IM.iv the music as if you're aware
of what's going on
Ills own trumpet playing he des
crilxsi ,iv enthusiastic and loud,
much inferior to that of colleagues
Jack M errill and a skinny kid from
Arlington named Severin.son
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