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Visiting and
refreshments order
of hour
Queen Rosella Lindsay to reign over St. P a t’s weekend
in order In allend school there
(in NuiitLa»». Kusella »a y ». The
(•rove' m i a gathering place and a
h om e" attain lor I lie many lri»h
revident, ol Pendleton. especially
lhe young lad» and colleen» »h o a r
»ingmg and dancing made those
occasion» a Joyful time
Kosella attended grade school at
St Joseph's Academ y and two year»
of high school at Alpine
After
g rad u a tin g fro m H eppner High
School, »he enrolled at Oregon C ol
lege of Kducation at Monmouth She
taught school at Alpine, a rural
school with 25 student» and seven
grades during the Depression years
She was forced to change her mode
of transportation from a
used"
Whippet and Kssex she was nothing
to brag about i to the gasless type
horseback or a one horse buggy
She m arried Alex C Lindsay, a
native of the Alpine area in 1934
They farm ed first at South Springs.
located across Irom the North la>x
ingtun Elevator, and later were able
to purchase their present home just
off Baseline Koad
Their farm ing
operation involved wheat, sheep,
and later cattle when they bought
extensive desert land in north Sand
Hollow Alex built the first fences in
the desert and Kosella says he called
it, "land that nobody else wanted “
Sand blows and long treks to pump
water made it anything but ea s y , she
recalls, ' but when the neighbors
gathered at the old Blacksmith Shoo
corrals for spring branding, food
was waiting for them, and a good
time was had by all "
Alex and Kosella had one son.
Lawrence (Larry who cam e home
from Georgetown la w School Wa
shington. D C to take over the
operation of the ranch following the
sudden death of his father in 1960
He married Corrine Rem ily in 1962
whom he had met when they both
attended the Cniversity of Portland
They built a new home on the ranch
and have a fam ily of seven
Ann
iM urray) and Cathy attending Ore
gon State U n iversity. Alex. Theresa.
Barney. Dan and Joe at home
Kosella still lives at her home on
the ranch The Lindsays have con
tinued their wheat and cattle opera
lion, also drilling wells to hold the
light desert soil
Irrigation and
circle machines followed
where
alfalfa, corn and feed grains were
grown to replace the sagebrush and
sand dunes and to turn the desert
green
Of the IKiherty fam ily, only Kosel
la and her sister Dorothy survive
Dorothy. a registered nurse and past
yueen of the Heppner Rodeo and a
Pendleton Round I p Princess, re
sides in Pendleton Other members
of the fam ily now deceased are
Mary iDoherty i. Frances C u rran 1
Bernard 1 Barney >. Katherine Mon
Sue D oherty to lead Irish parade
Honored this year by the Doherty
fam ily and reigning (fueen of St
Patrick's weekend. Kosella Lindsay
is representing the IKiherty families
as Indeed she might
her mother
was a Doherty, both her paternal
and maternal grandparents were
Dohertys (not related!
County
jK m egal. Ireland, is often called the
‘ land of the Dohertys and McLaugh
tins Nile rightly and proudly claims
to be u descendant to almost all of
the Morrow and Umatilla county
descendants of the Green Isle
Kosella was born in Pendleton
September II, 1910. the daughter of
Bernard and Catherine IKiherty,
early Irish pioneers of Morrow und
Umatilla counties Her father emi
grated from County Donegal and
spent some time in Boston, Mass .
Indore continuing west He arrived
at Pendleton In 1886 where he found
employment in the sheep industry
until he was able to purchase some
sheep himself and homestead land in
north Morrow County in the Sand
Hollow area Her mother, also from
County Donegal arrived with her
uncle and fam ily in Pendleton in
UN
Her parents were m arried in 1895
and, she says, from m eager beginn
ings. put together a large sheep and
farming operation stretching from
what is now part of the Navy
Bombing Range lo the Sand Hollow
Alpine area ‘
Kosella. one of a fam ily of nine,
grew up in an era of great change,
from the so called ' horse and bug
g v " days to the present, mechanical
and modern world
As a child, she grew up in both
Morrow and Um atilla counties
Some of her earliest recollections
are of her home in Sand Hollow
where her parents' sheep operation
entailed a busy and exciting life
lumhing. shearing, farm ing getting
to know the fun loving Irish herders,
and attending the Saturday night
country dances at the homes of the
m any Irish s e ttle rs s c a tte red
throughout the “ Sand Country," a
name glvrn to the spraw ling acres of
sagebrush land in north Morrow
County reaching to the Columbia
River The land, vital to the early
sheep industry, is now replaced
largely by irrigation
Kosella'.» parents, called "Little
B arney" and "K atie." were well-
known for their kindness and con
cern for the incoming Irish Im m i
grants looking for work The names
of many whom are now included in
the colorful pioneer history of Mor
row County
A large grove of trees surrounded
a home the fam ily acquired later
near Pendleton and provided a name
for the IKiherty home. "The G ro v e ,"
where Kosella and her siblings
attended St Joseph Academy
Cousins also stayed with the fam ily
Grand Marshall for this year's St
Patrick s Weekend parade in llepp
ner is Susan E IKiherty
Born in
Pendleton to Pal and Mary Me
laiughlin) IKiherty Decem ber 7,
19u8. she started to travel early in
life When she was six months old,
she. her parents, brother Joe and
sister Mary sailed on the 'Lusitania
for Ireland in 1908 They spent three
months visiting relatives and friends
there
Sue attended grade school in the
country school on Big Butter Creek
above Vinson and graduated from
SI Joseph's Academy In 1925. she
entered Uehnke Walker Business
School in Portland
She worked
there until 1929 when she went to
New York to work for five years
She returned home in 1943
In 1944 she m arried Bernard P
Doherty, son of Barney and Katie
IKiherty. Sand Hollow Barney had
property in liolh Morrow and Um a
tilla counties and ran sheep for
years During lamhing season, they
lived in a trailer camp on the Sloan
Thomson Ranch She recalls that it
was a very busy lim e, but a lot of
fun "
They did a lot of traveling, taking
in all of the football and basketball
games they could
In 1966. they took a four month
tour through Germany, Greece.
Italy. Switzerland. Holland. Eng
land. Scotland, and Ireland where
they visited many relatives
Barney and Sue did not have any
children but enjoyed watching many
nieces and nephews grow up
Barney died in 1972. but Sue keeps
busy with her many activities She
tx-longs to St Anthony Hospital
Auxiliary, St M ary's Parish and the
Umatilla County Historical Society
She is a m ember of the University of
Portland President's (Tub and Gon
ruga Prep Associates in Spokane.
Washington
She has accumulated a great deal
of family history, having put logeth
er a Family Tree that goes hack on
the paternal side to her Great Great
Grandfather John (N ew m an ) who
left the Isle of Dough in I .'Hi and
settled at B allyloskev. County Done
gal. Ireland Her great grandfather
Philip and Nancy McLaughlin IKih
erty had six children
Mary <Sand
Hollow descendants and many nth
ersi. Sue's grandfather Shan. Big
Paddy < Black horse i . Rose d lir l
fam ilies), and Kate (M u llalyl
Other descendants of John are Tutu
ilia Dan Doherty. Susie IKiherty
French and Catherine IKiherty Nel
son Many descendants from these
fam ilies settled in Umatilla and
Morrow counties
Sue's father Pat IKiherty. cam e to
this country in 188« where he worked
until his return to Ireland in 1901 to
marry Mary Mel-aughlin
When
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brought M ary's brother Cor and
P at’s cousins Paul and Nora New
man' IKiherty with them
Sue is the third of six children
Joe. Mary IKiherty Keim er Dan,
Con and Pat who died young Joe.
Dan and Mary Keim er are deceas
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Mary IKiherty Kenner's sons
Carl and Dan daughter Carla Keim
er Coldesser and fam ily live in
Pendleton Linda Keim er Coila lives
in Walla Walla. Washington
Joe and Fanny McCauley IKiherty
raised a fam ily of nine, two deceas
ed Joe. Eileen, Peggy. P al. Jerry.
Nancy, John Michael, and le o
Most of whom live with their fami
lies in Umatilla county Eileen lives
in Portland and Nancy lives in
Vermont
Dan's wife. Peggy IKiherty. and
daughter Mary Alice Green and her
fam ily live in Pendleton They have
retained the family home at Vinson
built by Pat IKiherty about 1925
Con. his wife Agnes IKiherty . and
son Charlie raise hay and cattle on
property ut Gurdane
Daughters
Sharon Wahl Mary Theresu Mich
ael and fam ilies live in Pendleton
and son Pat and fam ily live in
Pasco
On the maternal side, M ary Mr
laiughlin Doherty and her brother
Cor M il^iu gh lin s father Daniel
Mcloiughlm i Big Denny i cam e from
a long line of Mclaiughlins known as
the "C rocker B eh g" (G a elic) Me
laiughlins
The first son in each
family was named Cornelius They
had considerable property in Ireland
and it's a "toss u p ," Sue says,
whether there are more McLaugh
lins than IKihertys both here and in
Ireland
It wouid be a difficult task
to count them " Mary and Cor were
Ihe only ones in their fam ily to
m igrate lo Am erica Cor McLaugh
bn married Mary Doherty Black
horse> und they raised a family of 1.1
children on their ranch in Morrow
County Cousins Michael and John
aglei. William. John and Lawrence
Kosella is a member of St P a t
rick's Catholic Church in Heppner
and is active to parish activities
Her son and his fam ily have enter
tamed for many years during the St
Patrick's Day dinner at the parish
hall
She is also a charter member
of the Morrow County Cow Belles
Already thinking about next year
with at least 8-10 professional shear
era competing
Shearing, he says requires skill
and speed and a procedure must be
followed Kill says that the average
shearer will handle 100125 sheep per
day and tom j ( the good ones will
shear as many as 1*0 200 per day
Special clippers with wide tooth
spacing are used for the thick wool
The shearer must be careful not to
cut the sheep s tender skin, but must
cut dose enough not to dam age the
ool
A hoped for event which didn't
quite make it for this year's St
Patrick s Day celebration was a
sheep shearing contest W illiam Kill
whowas trymg to organize the event
said that one of the problems was
that now is the busiest time for the
shearers and it was unreasonable to
expect them to take time from their
work for a contest here With a little
more advance preparation, though,
he is hopeful that the contest esn be
arranged for next year a celebration
Dinner boasts entertainment
because nearly that many were
served at the parish hall last year
Cost for the meal is 54 for adults.
52 for children 12 and under, and
512 50 for an entire familv Little
ones under age three will be served
free of charge
The Lindsay fam ily will entertain
with musical selections again this
year during the dinner
The Altar Society of the St Pat
rick » Catholic Church will sponsor a
ham dinner and live entertainment
Saturday from 4 40 until 7 30 p m at
the parish hall on 5*0 Jones St in
Heppner
The full dinner menu includes
ham. s callop ed p otaotes. green
salad, rolls green beans, homemade
pie and milk, coffee or tea Enough
food will be prepared for 6(«l people
State of Eastern Oregon to hold meeting
M d^iughlin worked in this country
for many years
Sue's paternal grandfather. Shan
Doherty and his wife, Susanna M c
Laughlin Doherty, five of their
children and Shan's niece. Kahe
IKiherty and Bridget! Slone came
from Ireland in I MO and joined the
rest of the fam ily who had migrated
several years before
The fam ily
set lied at Hog Hollow in M orrow and
Umatilla counties, and acquired
land and sheep At the present time.
Sue’s brother Joe's family is c a rry
ing on in the sheep and cattle
business on some of these proper
tiea
Sue's mother died in 1917 and in
1920. her father m arried Mary Ann
■ Gleneely i Doherty They had three
sons
Fr Jack IKiherty. C S C at
Notre Dame. Ind . Emmet who
worked many years as an F K I
agent and is now semi retired and
lives with his fam ily in California,
and Vincent in Arizona and Patricia
at Portland
Sheep dog compete for prizes
members dress up in old western
clothes, and it is reported that the
governor. "D o c " W om er. will be
escorted by
the notorious "o u t
laws ”
Some of the work the session will
be discussing at the Saturday meet
ing will be completion of the infor
mation packet on Eastern Oregon
now being prepared, says Ann Spic
er. local representative to the legis
lative body
The meeting will be open lo the
public
Old western dress will be the fun.
and a chance to help promote
Eastern Oregon the business, as The
State of Eastern Oregon holds its
first Heppner legislative session this
Saturday starting at 10a m upstairs
at the Elks
Started to draw attention to E as
tern Oregon and help promote the
area lo tourists, the s ia le of Eastern
Oregon has a governor, a legislative
body and conducts regular m eet
ings
As part of the fun in their work.
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Thirty five entries, including one
from Canada, have been received so
far for th Sheep dog trials to be held
at the Morrow County Fairgrounds
Saturday and Sunday during the
Heppner St Patrick s Day ceiebra
don
More entries have been received
than last year, mostly in the novice
and pro novice classes, says a spo
kesperson for the trials The open
class entries are running about the
same as last year A 550U purse is
offered in open class IKigs will also
compete for three bags of dog food
and three ink drawings donated by
Gary Erickson of Salmon. Idaho
This is only the second year for the
contest in Heppner Previous years,
instead of the trials, a demonstra
lion of dogs working sheep was
included in the SI Patrick's Dav
celebration It takes a lot of skill,
time and patience to train the dogs,
says W illiam Kill who has been
taking entries for the contest, but
they are interesting to watch
We
don’t drive sheep as much now as
raisers used to but dogs are still a
necessary part of a sheep opera
tion “
The Inals begin Saturday follow
ing the parade at 2 p m and continue
at 10 a m Sunday
Entries were tentatively closed
March 1, but some are still being
taken with a 510 fee for novice and
pro novice and 520 for open class
Those who would still like to enter
their dog should contact William Kill
for further information
Krebs ranches will provide the
sheep lo be used for the trials
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Paul Hansens. E vergreen, and Pet
tyjohn Builders Supply, have said
that they 'll still be racing although a
couple of teams have pulled out in
order to attend the state basketball
tournament Entries officially clos
ed March 10. but because of the
withdrawals, late entries may be
considered. Banka continued
Small cash prizes will be awarded
first and second place winners and
the "Best of Show
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Beds ready to roll up Main
If you have trouble getting out of
your tied in the mornings, you might
want to consider riding it up Mam
Street on Saturday That is. if you
can find four people to push
For the new St Patrick's weekend
event this year, five person teams
will race their beds up Main Street,
"fro m bank to bank ( Eastern O re
gon to First In terstate)" said race
chairman Kay Banka
Six entries
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