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Olden-McCabe family hosts
Memorial Day Pioneer Picnic
Morrow County’s Home-Owned Newspaper
The Heppner
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VOL 105 NO 20
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Heppner 25*
Wednesday. May 20. 1987
10 Pages
The Olden McCabe family is
hosting this year's Pioneer Picnic,
Sunday. 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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