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BESSI E U OF ORS WET Z E L L T 3 P A P r' S L t B 5 E N E d 7 4 ; 3 or The Heppner HtKh Tursday. May 7 60 U rd n m liy. Mai 8 63 Thursday, May » 67 Friday. May 10 58 Saturday. May II 56 Sunday. May 12 65 Monday Mav 11 75 Gazette-Times M o r r o w ’ C o u n t y 's H o m e -Ou.’n e d W e e k ly N e w s p a p e r V MU IDI S I I M H H l N V s H W MM Heppner. Oregun 11. I K , Descendants of Swedish pioneers prepare for Pioneer Picnic Andrew S and Sophia C Carlson from V’armland Sweden who founded the Carlson Family of Valhy This year s Memorial Pay week end. Morrow ( ounts Cioneer Picnic is lining arranged by the desevn dants of Anders < Andrew and So phia C Carlson who came to America in 1880 from (irythttan Holmtrop V'armland Sweden They tarried briefly in Chicago where sometime in 1881 Andrew read phamphlets telling of free farm land in Eastern Oregon so thes moved on Twoof Sophia s sisters and their husbands also came here The womens maiden name was Cu duller, their parents were < Andersons and two of the sis married Andersons Sophia Andrew Carlson were married 1878 Hy I88t Andrew and Sophia had mover I their family to the Valhy area to a homestead where their descendants are still living So phia s sister Louise and her husband Carl Anderson settled in the lone area where she died in 1906 she is buried at Valby Cemetery Their sister Charlotta Mrs Andrew An derson is also buried at Valby Andrew and Sophia Carlson lie came parents of six In March, 1880. Andrew obtained his I s citi/onship at Heppner He and Sophia cant mu to exoand their land holdings as attended the chartering meeting tor the Swedish I other.in V .ilhx Congre gallon in 1886 and their children »e re hapti/ed and confirmed there I heir first son Carl Kind ■ »a s (aim in Sweden 1870 a ilaughter Hilda in Chicago in 1881 the four younger children Victor Leonard >, 188-1 Vmanila liuw Edith Carolina IH 81 and Benard, 188.1 »e r e born in Morrow Counts Sophia died in 1828 in her 78th year and Vndrew lived until he wav 81 in 18:11 They are Ixith buried in Hose i its Cemetery in Portland I uni married Mary Kthel llarri son a teacher from tiersais in 1808 Iheir children are Janet. 1811) and Charles iSwede 1811 Emil and Kthel (armed land he purchased adjoining his parent'* place, work ing with his brother la-onard and brother in law Jesse Warfield In 1843 thi- ( arlsons retired and moved to Woodbiirn whci ihei are buried Ttwfirst i -ii bon daughtet Hilda, maried Samuel i k i ,» i Ksteb in I8txi in lleppnei I fiey had Itsc children Kilwm Elmer I8i»l Hazel Edith. I80T the third and fourth children died scry young their fifth was V irgil I. 1811 Vndrew and Sophia > second son Victor l.eonard- marries! Julia llagstrom in 1817 Thes met when she came from Iowa to Cortland to visit her friend then a neighbor of ( . I i . i McEIbgott Their four chil dren Joyce Vmunda Clifford M i l dred Carolsn. Louis Vndrew. grew up on the homestead place purch ,ised from lb* laituly estate in lou The fourth second generation CarskM Hilma Amanda iww mar ned Robert Jesse Warfield and thes adopted a daughter l.aiira I he fifth ol the Andrew and Sophia Carlson family Edith Carolina. 1881 was married to Evers. Rouse Olson and Hite She died in Cortland in I'tti 8 The youngest tnemlier of the family Itenard 1881 never married and was killed in a farm accident in 1818 On Saturday May 23 all the Carlson relatives will have a family jmlluck at the Homestead Ranch Joyce l>arsl is ft»«! chairman for the imtluck and Mildred Hope is in charge of decorations Over 54 adults and 14 children are expected from outside Morrow Co A cousin from .Sweden is coming later Vt the Sunday Cioneer Cicnic. Swedish decorations will be featur ed A three section eight foot high family tree will lie displayed The Carlson Family will have ham. baked beans, coleslaw hot rolls, and (leverages ready (iuest attending are asked to provide sulads or Board man firm a to Picnic menu Jim lleimbacker general ma ger of (iourmet Brands of Ro.i man has announcer! that Eli Colburn sujiervisor of perxoni will he in charge ol providing French fries for csersune s attends the cioneer picnic Mas 2t Heppner (iourmet brought French frie> the 1884 Morrow < '«Hints f air wli thes were a jmijui I. ii f cat uri Coming to the annual picnic is a i venture this year for this comp which in one of the county's larj employers with more than workers Art meeting set The Morrow County Creative Arts and Crafts meeting for the month of May has l»*en changed fwcauxe of the Memorial Pay holiday The regular business meeting will be combined with a paint day May 21 at the Morrow County fairgrounds dorm building in Heppner Beginning at 10 a m , l malilla artist liars Snyder will give a demonstration with colored pencils Snyder, says an art club sjeikes person is a Realist, working in several mediums He had a one man show last year at TZl M tiallery in La lirande He teaches art classes at Me Nary and last week was the winner in Pendleton at the Arts Council show A sack lunch is planned at noon concluded the spokesperson Any one wanting to jwint or finish works in progress with the help of other members is encouraged to attend i 25 il P.M1ES V sjiecial election will tie held in Morrow County Tuesday. May 21 from H a m to 8 p m Registered county voters may mark their bal lots at the following [tolling places Combined Boardman precinct* 1 A 2 *1 Ihe (ireenfield (¡range Hall lone 4 al Ihe lone City Hall, I ombined Irrigon 5 A « at the North Morrow Annex, and Combined Hardman Heppner at the Heppner N e ig h b o r h o o d C e n te r Vtorrow County voters will decide the fate of Ihe Morrow County 92 882 247 one year sjiecial levy needed lo balance this year's county operating budget Voters rejected ,i $2 180,470 levy projxixal on March 28 following Ihe defeat budget cuts were made in the areas of capital outlay from Ihe Hospital and Koad IVjit funds Elected officials are scheduled nol lo receive salary increases Morrow County Judge lion McEIbgott said earlier lhal should the county budget fail at Ihis election, the County Court would have lo begin cutting county ser vices not mandated hy statute Voters will also consider a three year serial levy of 984.428 lo help fund the l.ifeliuard medical trans jmrt service l.ifeliuard is currently funded through a l malilla County Ihrre year serial lax levy with a 9230.(88) yearly amount l.ifeliuard Executive Director Craig Manley has asked II counties within the helicopter 's serv ice area to share in binding the service on a jiercentage Absentee ballots available Absentee ballots (or the Tuesday, 21 election are available at the Morrow Counts Clerk s Office at the Courthouse in Heppner Anyone who plans to be gone on election day may slop by the Clerk's Office and fill out an application for an absentee ballot or mail a teller saying that they will he alisent during the election and need an absentee ballot One letter may be sent for a husband and wife who Ixith jilan to tie gone, hut both need to sign the letter explained County Clerk. Barbara Bloodsworlh based on Iheir jtojiulalion Morrow County's share 5 8 jiercent of Ihe total would be 928,14t which is a tax rate of four cents jier 91 ixk ) salua lion Patients m jiartinjiating coun ties Manley explained wdl receive a 20 jiercent discount on mileage chai ges and a 2.'> jiercenl discount on jiaticnl medical services In addition to the county levies. Heppner cits voters will mark Iheir ballots on a one sear ntieratmg levy 15 form er Heppner resident. Jim Kenny, recently received a Bronze Star which he earned serving with the 77th Infantry Division, taking Hill 87 on Ihe island of ( ikinawa near the end of World War II He explained that because his squad leader was discharged soon after Ihe battle, jiajierwork con cernmg his commendation was lost in the shuffle " When his children became interested in his life history, he continued, he wrote lo the Defense Dept asking the govern men! to send him the medals he had earned and related the story of the Bronze Star wondering if an expla nation why he didn't receive il was in the records Hr said he was surprised to learn that he should have received the star i Stephanie Payne Stephanie Payne, oulslanding emor track athlete at Heppner High ichool. I ij s I m it i selected by Ihe nlernational Sports Exchange lo larlicipate in a It) day cultural I rip o China, July 7 It; The trip will he nghlighted hy a track meet in anion China against youth of and that the Army would lie sending it to him In spite of Ihe delay. Kenny says. I consider myself very fortunate I was a green replace ment that didn't have to go through very much I saw a lot of good boys who were green replacements who didn't come off that hill Kenny is the son of John F and Bridget! Kenny, both deceased, his brother. Bill Kenny is si ill a Heppner resident Jim Kenny is a 1843 graduate ol Hepjiner High Vhisil and a graduate of Eastern Oregon State College He taught al fossil and llermiston before moving lo I-ike ( Is w ego w here he taught at Ihe junior high school until his relire ment version ol "W e Are The World as well added a music department spokes jierson The concert program for grades 5 8 will lie on Tuesday. May 21 al 7 30 p m in Ihe junior high gym featured groups include the fifth grade hand, sixth grade hand, junior high tiand, sixth grade music and the junior high chorus There is no charge for these concerts and every one is invited to attend these final concerts for the school year Artist fellowships available jecls wun outer am sis working in Iheir medium, and market Iheir work both regionally and nalionally Application forms will he sent automatically by May 13 lo indi vidual Oregon artists currently listed on Ihe Commission's mailing list Additional forms can he oh famed hy contacting Oregon Aria Commission, 835 Summer Street NE Salem (lit 87 Mil plMM 378 3825 Circuit Rider coming M a y 22 Micheál Hanna. "Circuit Bider” lor Congressman Boh Smith will hold a public town hall meetings Wednesday, May 22. from H a m to 12 noon al Hej>pner City Hall The public is urged lo allend and to communicate their thoughts request for 9128. Udi outside the existing tax base laist year's total budget amount was within the tax base so no special levy was reques (ed The present lax base reflects a lax rale of 98 45 jier 9l.<xx) ol assessed valuation If approved, next year's budget would require an increase in the tax rate of approximately 93 02 tier 91 1X8) Heppner girl picked for international sports exchange H eppner man receives W W I I medal The Oregon Arts Commission announce recentlv that ajiplicalion forms are ready for Ihe commis Sion's Individual Artist fellowship Program This program provides fifteen cash grants of 92.(88) each to Individual Oregon artists lo assist in their professional development Artist fellowships have helped recipients explore new techniques, (ravel, develop collaborative pro Emil Carlson «father son Charles "Swede", Ethel ' mother); daughter Janet, as photographed in 1812 al Janet's DSC graduation 06 Budgets, Serial Levy go to voters May 21 Heppner schools spring music programs are set for this week and next week The Heppner High School Band and Choir will jierform their ' Spring Concert" this Wedne* day May IS al 7 30 p m in (he high school gym featured groups will tie the high school concert band, the high school choir, the jazz ensemble anil as a sjiecial attraction Kathleen Brazrll will jierform her piano solo from Ihe stale competition Don't miss Ihe Metmner High Choir's Warfield and lamnard Carlson who lived their lives Preclp 01 by til** i-it> of Heppner Spring concerts slated Rernard Amanda in Morrow County low 42 35 38 28 28 19 39 ideas, or problems lo Hanna who will then relay them lo Congressman Bob Smith in Washington Payne is one of three area track athletes chosen to jiarticipate in Ihe cultural trip The others are Donna Schiewe of Weslon McKwen and Tim Purler of Helix International Sports Exchange is a California non juofil corporation run primarily by track coaches and is dedicated to pros idmg athletes from the C S with the opjxirtunity to comjiete abroad with other nations and to bring foreign teams and athletes to the l' S for comjietition I S E offers athletes an o|ijior limits to travel and comjiete in sporting events with athletes of different cultures and languages The track team Payne will lie a member of is composed of track athletes from Oregon und Washing ton There is no host country nor organization lo fund the team and each athlete is responsible for raising Ihe funds lo pay his way Payne has raised approximately 75 percent of the cost A sjiecial account has been opened at the Bank of Eastern Oregon in llejipner and anyone wishing lo donate to that account lo help her raise Ihe neces sary funds is encouruged to do so other fund raising activities are iri the planning stages Including a possible bicycle raffle 7 H H S students plan European tour On June 8. 1885, seven Heppner High School students, accompanied by Phyllis 1'ijier and teacher Valery Volesky. will dejiarl for a 21 day educational lour of Eurojie Stu denis jutrtici[rating in the tour are Jack Estberg, Kim (ieorge Loran Hayes. Chris Melatughlin. Jodi Bad herg, Sheri Fijier. and Kym Warren The tour leaves from Seattle and will visil latndon. England I'aris. Bayeux. Tours, and Ml St Michel, France. Madrid. Toledo, Cordoba. Seville, (iranuila. and Torremolmos, Spain, and Tangiers, Morocco Highlights of Ihe trip include a ferry ride jiasl the Bock of (iilirul ter, and visits lo Ihe Prado and Louvre museums. Normandy's I) Das beaches, and Buckingham Pul ace I he combination of sightseeing special excursions, and free time will enable Ihe students to more lull) appreciate the art. history, lang uugr. and entertainment of major cities in England. France, and Sjiain said Volesky Parade entry forms available Entry forms for the Morrow Coun ty f air and Bodeo Parade are being sent out this week, announced par ade chairman. Joyce Hughes All individuals, businesses, clubs and organizations may enter Children especially are encouraged to partin jiate Due to liability insurance no motorcycles, go carls, or small KV's will lie allowed in Ihe parade This year s fa ir theme is "Alive in '85 '' Participants may wanl (o fralure this in their parade entry although il is nol necessary Entries will lie judged prior lo the start of Ihe jvarade al 9 15 a m on August 17 Cash prizes and ribbons will he awarded in approximately 15 divisions If you have not received an entry form by mail, you may obtain one at Ihe farm ers Insurance office in Heppner or by calling Hughes at «76 5818 or 988 8412 The entries must be returned by July 31. 1985
