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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1987)
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May 24 al the Morrow County lair pavilion in Heppner Ihe dinner and program will begin al I p m Die family has compiled the following history of the McCabe family Lola (Olden) and I.on McCabe's children were horn at the Olden homestead with the exception of Hr me. who was horn at the John Olden home on Rhea Creek Lon and Lola lived there with the yonger children from 1*423 to 1*423 before moving in to lone where the sis younger ones attended school The new home was al fhc cast end of lone included 10 acres of alfalfa hay land, an orchard, ami a big garden Lon turned the ranch work over to his older sons. Jim ami Lonnie Jessie.the oldest girl, also remained on the ranch and cooked for them until thev were married-then she went out on her own All of the McCabe hoys including Bob. Hurl and ('lilt had a pan in helping Lon at the ranch both before jnd after the move to town However. Jim and Lonmc were the principal operators from this tunc on In I*42H. Lon and hts sons bought a new Harris combine, pulling it with horses ami mules In 19 34. they bought an RD4 Caterpillar tractor, being among the last of the farmers in ihc County to give up their horses ami mules for a machine to pull the farm ecjuip mem They were told that the mules were shipped to Mississippi to he us cd for farm work there Jim and Lonmc had their mules and horses well trained and look good care of them After a day in the field and a drink at the watering trough, it took only a sharp whistle to send the mules to one side of ihc barn ami the horses to the other side, where they were unharnessed and ted Thev School hires architect to study crow ding f f j m U Only a drill M av 7i B oardm an Special Election u "E = ^ Q ZZ '7 u . *C u 19 Yes Yes Yes ( Unofficial Results) School f u. Û. 14 c Nt> 2(y6 lf»f» s. » No No 164 No 967 / $5,870,917 one-year 101 60 177 71 250 Passed Massed hailed hailed Passed operating levy Passed No 30f> 65 lA ? v y Nis Yes Yes TOTAL Police were tirsi to arrive on ihc scene, soon followed by lire trucks ami ambulances I he su tuns were removed from the vehicles treated ami taken to Pioneer Memorial Hospital Onlv one person, sdiool bus driver (tinger O'Brien, "d ied ” in the accident Pictured above are <1 to R> Heppner firemen SI Hurt. Gary McT.lhanv and Allen Hurkenbine lake Rita Bergstrom from the Wrecked car Inset with injured arm is Dawn Palmer It wasn't real, but by slanders to a mock accident Sunday could hardly tell the difference, as Hepp ner police, firemen. F.MTs ami hospital personnel responded a chance to test their skills in the event of a real emergency Donning simulateli rubber wounds, and smearing themselves with fake blood, volunteer accident sic lims were scattered about inside a school bus which had '"collided” with an automobile carrying four passengers 659 Passed A rea sch ools slate com m en cem en t The school hoard hired the Portland architectural firm ot Hamblin and Hatlan to study district schools and population trends and to make recommendations to relieve possible overcrowding in north district sch ools I jsi year the hoard appointed a committee to study the same pro Mem. and alter hearing their fin dings, decided it needed professional recommendations before beginning anv building projects 1 tic former committee was a - appointed and tour members added to it. the committee will work with the architects tin a building plan to present to the board Classified employee representative Betty Christman ob|ecled to a sec Iron of a proposed food service policy change As it is written, the policy would prevent lood service personnel from nuking personal purchases at local iiurkets. ami "I don’t think that’s the intent,” she said II the district wants to restrict its personnel from buying go»*ds lor ihcir own use Irom vendors who sell to the district, it should be a general policy am) not |ust a lood service policy, she said School Superintendent Doyle McCaslin said that he would review the section with other district ad ministrators it the board wished Wc do not want to prevent or even try to prevent district employees from buying Irom local markets I he intent is to prevent a conflict ol interest It's not a good idea tor employees who purchase goods tor the district to buy items tor their own personal use al cul rate because ot I he -1 r position with the district.' he said Unless the board declares an emergency. a policy must be read in iis final form al two N urd meetings before it can be adopted In other business, the board: read a proposed policy governing co curricular activities tunded by donations saw a demonstration ot a com puterized drafting progiam used al Riverside High School Jay Harmon. Riverside lmlustri.il arts teacher, told the hoard that advanced students who have already taken a basic drat ling course and learned the ter minology are learning to work with the program accepted Don Adams resignation as a bus driver He intends to retrain as head custodian al A C Houghton in Irrigon Adams has been a bus driver for the district since 1952 and has not had an accident accepted the resignation of Lori Longwuy Vince as special education teacher in lone She has been on maternity leave this year hired certificated employees Sarah Ruc ker, business education at lone, ahd Helen Symionow. media specialist at Riverisule. who were hired on temporary contracts to fill mid year vacancies Both will be of fered probationary Icachct contracts lor I9H7-KX school year approved hiring classified employees as recommended by building principals approved recommendations lor classified and confidential employee contracts approved changes in the assistant superintendent’s contract accepted the resignation o f Heppner Lexington Advisory Com mittee member Jean Bra/cll approved the appomlntcnt of Steve Hill to replace newly-elected board member Marcia Kemp on the H eppner I exington advisory committee heard reports on the "Safety N et” ballot measure and the legislature s repeal ot the net tax rate limitation held an executive session concer ning personnel matters Wheat and grape growers to discus 2,4-D A Vlas 2X meeting has been set by a three county ad line 2.4 I) commit lee to discuss lest data, economic nil pact, and drill data, and to assess damage from use- of the chemical t he committee of grape growers and wheat growers formed after learning that the Oregon Wheat League had proposed an April toOc tober restriction on the use ot butsIc ester 2.4 I) fhc league has since witlnli.iwn its proposal to the Stale Department ol Agriculture We were angry that the Wheat I eague which is supposed to repre sent farmers was going ahead and acting without including us in the decision. Letingtnn area rancher Steve Hill said "Usually when you have a problem with your neighbor, you go ask him to co operate with you and work it out.” he said It seemed like grape growers near ihc Homhmg Range were skipping over us and going to the next step Hopefully now. we’ve got it back to the first stages where we can work together, he said Continued p 3 /t f ? • r •*r<r . -4 / ' _________ Continued p 2 Weather Report by t*y of m «| * -«s#- . 'V \ a ] > A .1 . f * my / • \ . */: . c f V 4 Î :. V, » * .J ^ • • y . *4 »V . * - * . ve, f • a. ¡T ^ ' ’» . ft- 4 ! l i t '* * o •‘ V ' : k •*. ll I % *% f*’ V *• : V A - w 4H 52 50 42 3U 47 R) . * . • -M * * I ' • ' * * # \ # ‘ . • •. ' A T- • ' 4 ; ’ . 4j ... y w ' » . ■ * 5 *1 * ' . ^ * J s * . ' - ' . •• » * * Nu . ' X Theresa Lindsay Jason Palmer Trent Harrison Chris Rea Heppner and lone high schools have named homwed scholars and set baccalaureate and commencement services for nest week The three students with highest grade point averages among 40 Heppner seniors were named honor sch o lars. They w ill address classmates and guests at the school's commencement ceremony Friday. May 29 The service begins at 7 30 p m Theresa Lindsay will gise the welcome. Jason Palmer will remind classmates of events in the class' Iflstory Trent Harrison wAI talk about graduates' hopes and plans tor the future F.llcn Simonis Johnson, a graduate of txw is and Clark College who taught Fnglish at HHS last year, will he the guest speaker Paula Heather ly will give the invocation Music will he provided by the Heppner music department Patty McHlligott was named lone High School Valedictorian ami Chris Rea Salutatorian Sis lone seniors will he graduated at Commencement exercises Thursday. May 2X. X p m in the High School gym Am hassador John L t.oeb, Jr the ambassador to Denmark, will be the guest speaker Robert Adams will give the invocation M usk , will be by Terry McFlligott ami the high school band Baccalaureate will be Tuesday, May 26, 7 3 0 p m for both schools For Heppner seniors, the service will he at St Patrick's Catholic Church with a reception to follow at the St Patrick's parish hall The ministerial association will conduct the service • V ' ' r 07 0 03 0 0 0 0 ' C»r (**••% V Tuesday, May 19 Soit White Patty McElligott with the Rev Don Boyce as guest speaker Baccalaureate for lone seniors will he conducted by the Res Matthew Nelson al lone United Church of Christ May June July August Sept » 3 07 ' 1 o f *3 oi *2 97 *2 9S *2 96 *2 97 *2 9X Barley May Sept H ard Red May W inter *9| ( frd in ar ics *3 05 PIK (ieneric Certifie ates 104 r P* »• > * . > V *•* i '- v i * ty , i» ? * - * ? . ' ■ j* -y k • e * - ' • ite ' . ■ • -* j M —. • * V . •. - s ^ . f t tt* - r s w 1V V - "s-*( > * -] 1 •" u . *f ,1 * - 1 V .11 j V- ' . < v \ ’ : ' - v x - l v V 4 ^ . ' » ^ - b : --.I ■ £ -I T ’a '- • ». . ^ ''"g r • "A i i ». •AL" 2 - • Market Report ; 1 *1 c 1 v i i , « . i S. . • 1 * 69 74 75 75 6X 73 60 • - Mav 12 IX High ! Prec Tucs Wed Thurs Fn Sat Sun Mon s;.-.-. K Jr. - V , » » each had a name and if one of them started to enter the wrong stall, a loud call of his or her name would make them hack out of that stall ami get into his own place To help stop the dust blows ami the water run off from the fields. Lon and hts sons were among the first to stubble mulch their tarm land In 1954, they purchased a D6 Caterpillar tractor and in 1957 bought a self-propelled Harris com bine which simplified the if t.um work The children of Lon and Lola are John Robert ( I 9 I0 I9 7 D . James Monroe (1907 I9b2l. Alonzo d on me) Alvin <I90X 1974) Chflord Daniel (1916). Charlotte Louise ( 1 9 1X ). A nnabclle M argaret (1921 ). Jessie F.thel (1906 i. Farl Francis t |9 |2 1909). and Frnest Clyde (1*425 > Alonzo Alvin was married in 1932 to Ruth (Keene) After Jim died Lonnie farmed the ranch alone until his son Alvm came Kick in 1973 and was in the process of taking over the (arming of the ranch so that Ruth and Lonnie could retire Lonmc passed away the nest year 1974 Then Alvin and his mother purchased Alice McCabe's halt ot the ranch Alvin continued to farm the land un til 19X6, when he moved with his family to Ptteomx. Arizona I onme and Ruth's children are l.ola Ann of Portland, Alsinot Phconiv Grace of Havasu City. Arizona. Christine o f New York and D oris of Hcrmiston C lifford Daniel married Winona Ritchie in I*43-4 He worked on farms in Morrow County lor a number of years, and also for a time at the I .ex ington Oil Co-op Ihen he moved his family to Brookings Charlotte Louise married Ra> mornl Lundcll in I93X fhey farm ed in Morrow County fot 2X vear before moving to Bend and then to Hugcnc. where Ray worked tor the State as a Safety Compliance «>t ficcr. making safely inspections of farming, construction, industrial work and logging He retired in 19X3 at age 67 They have two daughters. Karen and family arc I is ing in Montana and Chcrylc is I is ing in California with her family Annabclle .Margate! was married to Howard F.uhanks in 19 (9 fhey managed the Tommy Kerr ranch south ol Arlington lor a number ol vears After they retired and moved to Condon, their oldest son. larry tiK»k over the operation of the Kerr ranch Marlene is living in le x ington and teaching in lone and Ixland is working in Condon Frnest Clyde iFrnicl married Mary Jean Bristow in l‘*4X and he also served in the U S Navy (South Pacific Area) after graduating from lone Fligh School in 194 3 I rmc has recently retired from his work at Central Market in Heppner where he was half owner of the store Mary Jean has been City I reasurcr of Heppner lor a number ol year Hum children arc Pamela of Wilsonvillc John of Heppner; Lisa of Prairie Ci ly. and [.auric ol Dayton D)C six oldest McCabe children attended Fairview School before the younger ones moved into lone lam was a member of the sc H iki I board during those years and some ol the teachers hoarded at the McCabe home »V . f . 2s- w • ■ , * * Lola and Lon McCabe • •v-v' cash ‘>»í ■» * i
