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Letters to the Editor continue from pg 4 Appreciates Elks appreciation To the Editor On May 9. | was pro .»lodged to he present at the Flks for an even mg of recogmtian and appreciate Ui our young people of tx<h lone and Heppner for excelling in spons and academics This must he very en couraging for both teachers and students We must thank our Flks for the awards and scholarships they present to our students each year The dinner h*r over 2(1) pe«>ple was lovely as usual also the Mi<hers Day Special recognition was beautifully presented by the Members of the Elks The poetry »as read so eloquently by the of ficers and the Music played by Ken Turner were songs we all so well remembered and were very appropriate Thank you Elks for a lovely even ing enjoyed by h.*h Young and old Sincerely (s) Irene Swan*>n Nominate Ed Eadeley for governor To the Editor ing to worry about a sales tax being Well, Oregon voters on May 20. thrown at us every time we turn 1986 we face the game of truth or around consequence in the nominal ion of For years we have had Governors governor for the State of Oregon elected here in Oregon who were The truth is do we nominate Ed backed by the big money and the big Fadeley a people's nominee who tru corpirations that have raped the ly will represent the people of working class of people in wages, Oregon or do we pay the conse jobs, hemfits and left them hopeless quence by nominating pro sales tax ly frustrated and taken away their and - big money candidates Neil dignity and self respect Goldschmidt and Norma Paulus So people, please open your eyes If Goldschmidt and Paulus arc the as it's very plain to see that the big two nominees and run for Goscmor money and corporations once again this November, whoever gels will try to force themselves on us elected, I will predict that before And it won't only effect the work their first term runs out that we will ing class it will be the senior citizens, have a sales tax forced upon us And unemployed, farmer, etc I n 's do that our defeat of the last sales tax it right this time, let's nominate Ed will be for not and other taxes will Fadeley in May and elect him be raised and forced upon us Governor in November But if we can get together and pull together and nominate and elect Ed (i) Rex King Fadeley who is strictly anti sales, we Ele/. Box 83 have a chance of getting Oregon go Reedspori. Ore ing again with no new taxes or hav 97867 John S. Kilkenny family for Pioneer Picnic By Justine Weatherford The Irish of Morrow County con stituted a considerable segment of its population around the turn of the century One of the outstanding leaders of this gn>up was John Sheridan Kilkenny, then age 20. who arrived in Heppner in May. 1890. with James Carty . another leader of the Gaelic invasion With the assistance of their established friend William Hughes, they obtained a band of sheep and set up head quarters in Lower Sand Hollow In 1898, John married Rose Ann Cur ran Earley in the first mamage in the newly built St Patrick's Catholic Church in Heppner Jim Carty. not to be outdone, returned to Ireland and prtKeeded to marry Maria Curran, sister of Rose Ann In the early I9UH Jim and Maria moved to their homestead in Juniper Canyon west of Sand Hollow and set up their own headquarters In February. 1915. Rose Ann was killed in Pendleton in a tragic acci dent This left John alone and the sole custodian of the children. Rose Ellen. John Francis, Sara. William P and Mary Ann. the eldest 16 and the youngest five In the spring of I9W. prior to Rose Ann's death. John had purchased from George Currm a 20.000 acre ranch with headquarters on Hinton Creek John had already acquired a substantial heard of cattle and then enlarged his sheep holding to approx imatclyl K),000 head of breeding ewes In 1917, John married Untie Russell from Condon, and to this union were born llcne. Colleen and Robert Joseph During the height of his operation in the I920's. John had under his control over 40,000 acres of land which he owned, leased, or held under Forest Service permits After spring lambing the sheep expanded from 14 to 17 bands with a like number of herders and untold numbers of dogs total employees during the lambing season would reach 40 to SO men Regular lamb ing camps were established at Hin ton Creek, the Thompson Camp. Butter Creek, Mud Springs. Sand Hollow. Bowman Ranch and the Blacksmith Shop John would visit and supervise all of these camps, sometimes on a daily basis John's industry was prodigious Throughout his life he anise between 5 and 5 30 a in He dnivc his workmen and children and did not spare himself "His impatience with the indolent was matched only by his patience with the willing performer" He was always interested in the con mwersial issues of the day and delighted in arguing about them In 1938. he developed a growth on his left jaw This turned into a malignancy and he was placed in St Anthony Hospital in fYndleton in the fall of 1939 With the left side of his jaw completely gone, he went to his God in the presence of most of his family on November 29. 1939, almost fifty years after he first set his feet on the soil of Morrow County which he had grown to dearly love The descendants of John Sheridan Kilkenny and his wives Rose Ann and Lottie are in charge of the ar rangements for the 1986 Memorial Weekend Picnic at the Morrow County Eairgmunds on Sunday. May 23. More information will be published in next week's newspaper WHQtTLhND INSURANCE CENTER, INC. Support The School Budget Vote YES May 20th V Now is the time to write your Hail/Fire Crop ln -^ surance because it doesn't cost any more to get that coverage now, then, increase as the need arises WHEATLAND INSURANCE CENTER, Inc. has the staff and the expertise to write your Hail/Fire Crop Insurance Protect yourself with crop insurance. " Contact Jim, Nancy or Ron at 422-7410 (formerly Swanson Insurance) Ih r Heppner (.«urite-Times, Itrppm r, IHrttim, Wnlm-Mlut. Mut 14. |VN6 H U Obituary Ksta I). (Miller) Smith Exta D Smith, a retired high school teacher of history, died recently in a Portland area care center at age 83 Interment was at Odd Fellows Cemetery in The Dalles A native of The Dalles, she tjughi history and international relations mainly at Oakrulge and Heppner high schools She taught for a year during World War II at the old Hill Militarv Academy on Rocky Butte in Northeast Ponland She also taught at Tigard and Beaverton high schools Apnl R). 1927 she married Austin Smith, who worked at the Heppner “ Timex". The holders of a master's degree in education from Reed College, she was a member ol Delta Gamma Society. Portland Women's Club and the Rebekah Uslge At s arums times she held membership in the Oregon Historical Society. I'nited Nations Association, National Retired Teachers Association. Oregon Federation of Women's Clubs. Portland Sornsis. the World Affairs Council and the Toastmistress Cluh Survivors include her husband Austin of Portland, one daughter. Dorothy Vendshus of Tampa Florida a sister. Vcrla MacDonald of Portland, four grandchildren and nine great grandchildren Marriage Licenses The Morrow Counts Clerk's Or tkc rofx>rts issuing marriage licenses to the following Jeffrey Keith Kes 21 lone, and Jody Catherine William!, 18. Ponland. Bruce Michael Pike 27. and I Vbra lax Talley. 28 both ol Hcpp ner. and Frances Herbert Stubenrauch M. and Terri Germain. (3. both of Irrigon Hospital Notes Pioneer Memorial Hospital reports admitting Harold Stevens. Heppner on May 8 He was still receiving care at the Hospital Monday Eastern Oregon Half-Marathon Saturday, May 24, 8 a.in. Near Service Creek Trading I*bst Sponsored by Spray Recreation & Amusement Club, also sponsors ot Spray Rodeo. May 24 & 25 $H SO with T shirt liy May 1 S10.50 with Tshirt after May 1 SS.OO without T-shirt by May IS $h.(X) without T-shirt after May IS For more information contact Brian & Oomta Adams. Race Directors. Bo* 234. Spray. Oregon 97874 468 2356 Keinirt In 7 IS a m to reteiw a number. Numbers will also I k * available at the Trading Post the night before from 7-fl p.m Melbourne S. Boyer A memorial service for "M el" Boyer was held Tuesday. May 6 at the Lexington Airport Boyer. 39. died in Spokane on May I. 1986, following a heart attack He was horn Aug 22. 1926 in Rushvillc. Nebraska, the son ot lamis and Albie Boyer The family moved to Parkdale. Ore . when he was a boy. and he graduated from high school there He enlisted in the Air Corps in 1944. in a pilot training program In late 1943. he received his disc (urge On June 23. 1949, f,c married Anita Rue in Mosicr Boyer worked as an agricultural pilot He bought Gar Aviation at lxxington in 1961 and operated the company with his wife Survivors include his wile, Anita Boyer, at the home in Lexington, daughter Valet ic Doherty. and sun John Boyer, also ol Lexington, his lather Louis Boyer, in Hood Riser, sister Burdcne Captain o! Parkdale. and one granddaughter Boyer was a member ot the Hcpp ner EJkx. the lone l.cgion. the Lex mgton Grange, and the Heppner Lions He did amateur photography and painted in oils and acrylics as a hob by He was also deeply interested in archaeology, and worked on a dig with a University ol Oregon team at the Dirty Shame site in the Owyhee Basin Memorial contributions may be made to the Oregon Heart Fund ★ Lifelong Eastern Oregon Resident ★ Competent and Experienced Prosecutor ★ Will Vigorously Prosecute All Criminal Cases Elect JEFF WALLACE Morrow County District Attorney Paid for by the commit!«-*“ to «•list |ett W ill.H «' D istrict Mtorru-y l«M*rne VanMarter. Treasurer. P( ) Box 'iH J Heppner OK 978 16
