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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
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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
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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
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