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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (July 9, 1986)
U G H I - I V H fppnrr G azrttr llmx-v. H rppnrr. Orr*«*«» M rd n n d u ), July », |vnz> Engagements Ficenec Around About Blue Mt. lists By Justine Weatherford honor roll Now we are in our second week of summer and a few folks are com Peck — Mr and Mrs l u i x n J Ficcncc announce the engagement of their daughter. Mary, to Robert W Peek. v»n of G W and Kavrn Peck of Boardnuin An August 21 wedding is planned at the Gerald Peck home and garden in Boardnuin The bride elect is a 1984 graduate ol Pendleton High School and is currently a student at Blue Ml Community College in Pendleton She is employed part time at K Mart Hie bridegroom elect is a 1910 graduate of Kisersidse High School, a student at Blue Ml Community College, and is employed part time at Godfather's Descendants of Jay Dewitt Ball gather at lone By Ksu I lu mitt t Two hundred thirty descendants of Jay Dewitt Ball and Mary F.llen (Johnson) Bull gathered at the lone I egKin Hall on June 28, to renew ac quaintances and love of family heritage J D and Mary Ball were early Morrow County pioneers, settling in the lone-Gooseberry area in the late IHtkls He was born in IK*>r, ,»n,t passed away in 190b Mary was horn in I Hb I and died in 1906 Both are buried in Washington state where drey lived before moving to the Imre area Family members came front Florida. Illinois, South Carolina, Arizona, California, Washington, Idaho and other areas of Oregon to (oin the members of this pioneer family who still reside in Morrow County Before the pot luck dinner was served. Harry Owens, a son in law of the late F.velyn (Ball) Farrens gave the blessing IXrn Ball and Freda ( Ball ) Bates of Coarsegold. California, were co master and m istress of the ceremonies During his welcome, the emcee honored the special honorées, who were scaled at the head table with the speakers Mrs George (Pearl Ball) Urlackrr of Tacoma, W ashington, who is the only surviving child of J D and Mary Ball, was presented a gift for being the oldest family member pie sent A special Hbth birthday cake was presented to her as June 28 was her birthday She remarked it made her real proud to be the only living member of the family of the 12 brothers and sistets which included, Matthew. Hester. Fvelyn, Fdgar, Fllen, Glenn, FImer. Roy, Archie, Pearl, lew is and Gladys .Seven of these i hildren chose Morrow County as their permanent home, married and raised their families here Of the twelve children bom to J D and Mary, family members from all but one were represented at (he reunion Also honored were the only two living spouses Anna (Mrs lew is) Ball and Ikons (Mrs Archie) Ball All three honorées were presented corsages Cnfts presented inc luded Anna Bail for having the most grandchildren (12) present Ikons Ball fro the most great grandchildren ( 17) present and Fills Ball of Panama City. Florida, who traveled the farthest Freda gave a brief resume on the history of the Ball family She and her husband Ed, have been very ac ■sft" lively researching and traveling about the country gathering all the family history they could tkocumenling these facts, she knows the family originated in England and the First to migrate to American soil, was Francis Ball in IM ). settling in Massachutes Even tuaJly (tie family migrated to the west coast Many interesting facts were discovered as she began tracing each generation, one of which she found a Major l.ibbeus Ball who was a Revalutionary War Soldier at one time a captain of the famous Minutemen at Concord She has a copy of his original military papers from the U S Archives Also, she discovered that among the famous descendants of Franc is Ball were Sir Winston Churchill and President Grover Cleveland Freda and Ed are still working on the geneology of the family and will eventually have a publication printed v) that the future family generations can have a permanent record to preserve Another interesting fact brought out m compiling the family statistics show that each generation is tradi (tonally carrying out the name of Jay in the male members of the family Hester (Ball) Akers descendants had b3 members present for the reu mon and the Archie Ball family had 48 of which most reside in Oregon The family agreed that in two years there should be another reu mon. as they had such a good time visiting and brousing through tami ly pictures and history, which were brought by different family members Organization of the Ball reunion was conducted by local family members, which included Mr and Mrs Leon Ball. Harnett Hall. Mildred Wright and Diana Ball of Happoar, Mi a a d M n Jack Bail of Lexington. Mr and Mrs Bcrl Akers, Nancy Fkstrom, Marsha Ball, Fred Sherman and Mr and Mrs, Don Ball of lone plaining about the fa* days we base had Seems like less than three months •go they were crying "Will it ever warm up h e re ''' The weather hasn't done the best it could for many, farmers especially, who depend on it Mayhe you read or heard about neighboring Condon s brave advertising campaign to bring 10 new families into that community Ihc story w.ts pick cd up by quite a few publications across the U S I happen to listen to the nightly talk time and news over San Francisco’s Radio KGO prettv regularly One night the story was read and the host asked if vmieone would please call in and tell a little more about Condon Before long the Condon Chief of Police responded and willingly told the hundreds of thousands of listeners about Condon's charms The radio host asked him seseral questions ''Is there much crime in Condon? How many officers work with you'1" The chief said there is very little crime and that he is the enure p>lice force Asked what people do in Condon, he told of the good schools, the golf course, the park and swimming p»»l. the county fair, the churches and lulges and the asvirtment of businesses there He mentioned the little library and spent some minutes telling about the hunting and Fishing in the mountains south and cast of town Has anyone learned if the advertising brought new families to Condon' If the plan worked, it might he good d Heppncr tried a similar idea Just what are the charms of Heppner’’ Many folks say that it is an ideal, pleasant and safe place to bring up children Others dec lare that it is a triend ly. helpful place for retirement The community has doctors and hospital care available This care has grown more helpful in several wass sinc e the Pioneer Memorial Hospital has become affiliated with Pendleton's Si An thony Hospital We know that our schools are very good We surely Find all the merchants very friendly and always helpful If everyone here really enthusiastically supported the merchants and al the various community actismcs this town could prosper Look forward to a super summer Sidewalk Sale soon' F.sery pervm should take sincere pride in keeping the streets, homes and businesses looking attractive rhen perhaps more folks would he attracted to Heppncr W'e don't forsee any important industrial growih here, hut nothing is impossible if people feel positive about themselves and their community and work together for het ter growih Having the Fillies bring home a state basketball championship surely brought good publicity Fhe graduates of the county high schools seem to he gaining more scholarships than ever The recent hack door bcautifica lion efforts of seseral Main Street businesses are much admired Die latest is the sery interesting miniature western theme display behind the Wagon Wheel You need to take time to admire the old wood and artistic collet lion of western desert items Morrow County's Fair is just a month and a half awjy It s theme is "To Morrow. Today". Let's all support this all-county happening le t's he proud of the activities and displays there The Rodeo performances and the parade arc expected to draw more participants and more spectators this year Die many special contests need more contestants Join the Heppner Chamber of Commerce, the Heppner Economic Development Corp, the Heppner Merchants Committee and the Heppner Garden Club and get busy working together in promoting this town Only by cooperating, by demonstrating enthusiasm and pride will we all help make Heppner shine and attract others here Morrow County Justice Court at the Morrow County Courthouse in Heppncr reports handling the follow ing business during the past week Terry le e Blakey, Pilot Rock - Truck Speeding (63 mph in a 55 mph zone), $48 fine Russell Tibbs. Hermiston Viola turn of a Road Closure. Driver. $55 Fine »>■ * ^ Your home is probably worth a lot more than when you bought it But with to day s inflation, is it insured lor what it would cost to repla« e. should something happen! At farmers, wv know about inflation and how it aftca ts your investment So (all me. your fast, lair, friendly farmers Sgenl. and I'll help see rha! your home is protected tor its increas ing value Automatic ally Ployhar Insurance Heppner, OR 676-5818 wC.Y*" Elks is Open for Lunch ,— - Tues.-Fri. 11:00-1:30 Dinner with LIVE Dinner Music Thurs.-Sat. 6:00 Heppner Elks 3x58 H’ here friends m e e t” ' « N XAm 676-918) In Oregon Lottery’s new instant game, 3 FOR T H E - MONEY, you’ll find two very exciting new features, that, well, you asked for. First, you asked for more low and middle instant cash prizes than ever before. You’ve got it. And, you asked for an easier way than ever before to get to the Jackpot w heel You’ve got that too. 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