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T W O - Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner. Oregon Wednesday, August 12.IW7
New bowling manager at Heppner Bowl
To celebrate 100th birthday
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Ethel Fay Eskdson-W ikox w ill
celebrate her 100th birthday August
19 The longtime Morrow County
resident now reside» at a nursing
home in Portland
She was born at Lexington and is
one of the nine children o f Mary Ann
(Phariss) and Joseph Eskelson Her
father worked on the railroad branch
line from Heppner Junction When
the line was completed the family
stayed in the area and filed a
"homestead cla im " in the Social
Ridge area
She attended Social Ridge School
and looked forward to meeting her
friends there As a youngster, ra il
ed on the farm, her chores included
m ilking, herding pigs away from
wheat sacks at harvest time, feeding
chickens, gathering eggs, gardening,
co o kin g , washing, household
chores, and keeping younger siblings
from falling into watering troughs
She recalls the hot Sunday after
noon o f June 14, 1903 when she and
her older sisters tended to the
younger ones and did chores while
her parents and older brothers went
to help following the cloud burst that
flooded Heppner demolishing the
downtown area and leaving many
dead
Taffy pulls, basket socials, and
dances required that she and her
sister pul on their good dresses at
home then fold the skirts and pet
ticoats up to their armpits and pull
on divided skins to ride their horses
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Ethel Fay (Eskelson) and Robert Bennet Wilcox on their 70th
wedding anniversary.
into Lexington When they arrived
they had only to step out o f the divid
ed skirl and shake down (heir dresses
and petticoats
August 18. 1904 she married
Robert Bennet W ilcox, a teacher
first at Social Ridge then at Lex
ington school
They moved from Lexington in
1916 to Oakland and then Klamath
Falls where Ritbcrt worked in the
Reclamation System farming and
teaching school Ethel helped the
Red Crmx and with other communi
ty efforts, including home extension
Their children became involved with
4 H clubs
They returned to Morrow County
in 1923 Three o f their six children
joined the Navy during W orld War
124 attend 1940-46 Heppner reunion
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Three form er teachers were
honored as the classes o f 1940-46
celebrated a reunion at the Heppner
Elks laxlgc Saturday und Sunday.
August 1-2, according to Co-
Chairman Jim Barratt o f Corvallis
Juanita Leathers Carmichael,
Hcpjnici, Lyle Swenson, Clc Elum.
Washington, and Beth Blcakman
Hynd. Pendleton, were honored by
their former students
There were 124 at the dinner and
dance Saturday night al which time
awards were presented Harry
O 'D o n n e ll. '41, Heppner was
chosen as the person who had chang
ed the least in 46 years Kathryn
Ihompvon Webb. 4 1. Walla Walla,
won the same award for the women
Eunice Hyatt McEJIigott, '43.
lone, has had the most children with
I I Claudine Drake Warren, ‘43.
Heppner, has the most grandchildren
with 11. and Sydney Van Schotack.
‘45. Heppner. has the most great
grandchildren with two Bob Van
Sc ho tack. '46. Heppner. has the
youngest child age 17.
A ll but eight members of the 1942
Heppner High Football Team, con
sidcred the best team ever to wear
a Mustang uniform, were on hand to
celebrate with their coach Lyle
Swenson
State of Oregon photo books were
presented to 15 who attended from
out-of state, including Mary Kay
Blake Singer and Don Jones. Scott
sdale. Arizona; Frances Wilkinson
Oslund. Denver, Colorado. Hugh
Crawford. Coronado, California.
Joe Hughes. Los Angeles, Bob Pm
ckncy, Bremcrlon;/Dean Sprinkcl.
Redmond, Washington; Claude
Drake. Athol. Idaho. Midge Provo
Novak. Nordland. Washington. Jack
Pickens. Kay Elowcll CUmmings.
and Hugh M cLaughlin, all o f
Spokane. Doris Schaffer Clcrf. K it
titas, W ashington, Jean Hays
G ro n cw a ld .
Vancouver.
Washington, and Kathryn Thompson
Webb. Walla Walla
Carolyn Bergstrom, '46, Athena,
had the most unusual occupation be
mg a p i//.i i..iscr lot 1 amh Weston
corporation
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Pilot Rock Lions and Boosters are
sponsoring a 5k and 10k walk/run
Saturday. Sept 12 beginning at 8
a m Entry fee is S5 and proceeds
w ill be donated to the Pilot Rock
Athletic Complex Project Awards
w ill be given to race winners in
seven age divisions For further in
formation, contact Meet Director
Deacon Perkins. Box 335, Pilot
Rock. Oregon 97868. phone
443-4881, 443-2671 or 443 8291
The descendants o f Louis Edwin
and Martha Dick met for the first
tin e at a reunion held at Lake
Penland August 1-2 Louis and Mar
tha Dick first settled in Morrow
County at lone in 1922 Twenty
eight family members representing
Kemp and L E, 'Ed' Dick Jr and
their families met at Ed's cabin on
l-akc Penland
Kemp Dick's family included his
wife June; Daryl and Anita Dick
from Portland. Gary Dick from
Newport, and Diane and Gary
Synder and daughter Brcanna and
son Joey from Canby
lid Dick's family included his wife
Rachel, l-add Dick from Whidbv
Island. Wash; and daughter Lori
Rhodes and her husband Brian from
Central Point. Oregon. Stuart and
Julie Dick and daughters Alyssa and
Taryn and son Beniamin from Elcpp
ncr and friend Wolfgang Grota from
Redlands. Erin and Jim Clem and
sons Jmuiiy and Joey from Portland,
and Kevin and Jana Dick and
daughters Janellc and Lisa Joe from
Portland
Some of the family members had
not been together for over twenty
years Family members enjoyed
heantiftil Penland l^ k e as well as
horseshoes and badminton The
c h ild re n
especially
enjoyed
horseback riding under the direction
o f Alyssa Dick Another reunion is_
planned for next year in Portland
Condoms for AIDS virus preven
tain are now available free o f charge
to clients o f the Morrow County
county health department The AIDS
virus can be transmitted sexually
from male to male, from male to
female, and from female to male
Condoms have been demonstrated to
significantly reduce the risk o f
transmission o f the AIDS virus, and
are recommended tor risk reduction
for all sexually active persons not in
long term monogamous relation-
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Grass Now Available
• Sheep Fescue
Nordan Crested Wheatgrass
• Siberian
• Oahe Intermediate
• Luna Pubescent
• Canby Blue Grass
• 'Lull Wheatgrass
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• Rice Hulls
• Mix & Bag
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lone's main city streets w ill be
resurfaced in September. Mayor
Judy (K m in has announced Money
for the project comes from the state
street fund, she said.
Between now and September, fhe
city's maintenance worker w ill fill
chuck holes and prepare the streets
for the work S ouk o f the streets
washed by last month's flooding
need graveling, she said The city is
in the process o f writing a letter to
the Soil Conservation Service asking
their suggestions for ways o f con
trolling the flooding in town
In other business, the city
-appointed Mark Tullis to till the
vacancy created by Wayne Hams'
resignation Hams began serving a
four-year term in January He had
been a nKmher o f the council for 10
years
-heard information about dog pro
blems. but nude no decision
heard that the city would not be
getting an ambulance because not
enough people have indicated they
would help staff it. Osmin said A
paging system will allow the hospital
to contact three lone residents who
are Eirst Responders, however
ships Increasing the availability o f
condoms is one part o f the Oregon
Health Division's AIDS prevention
initiative
Information on proper use o f a
condom is provided as an important
part of this educational initiative A
pamphlet. “ Using a Condom", has
been produced by the Health D iv i
sion and is intended to minimize con
dom failures and to further educate
sexually active Oregonians CopKs
of this pamphlet are available al the
health department. 676 5421 The
Health Nurse is at the Heppner o f
fice on Fridays
There's still i i i i k to entei the
Saturday. August 22 Fair and Rodeo
parade says Chairm an Joyce
Hughes
To enter, contact Hughes.
676 9228 or 989 8412 or mail entry
form to the Parade Committee. Box
925. Heppner. Ore 97836. before
August 14 Entry forms are available
in (he fair premium honk and at the
Heppner Gazette jlines and Board-
man Enterprise offices Late entries
w ill be accepted up until the time of
the parade but may not be able to be
judged
Prizes and ribbons w ill be award
ed in many divisions including adult
organizations, business floats, out
of county Boats, best mounted farm
ly group, queens and courts, best
comic, clowns and clown groups,
antique and classic cai clubs, old
cars and trucks, children's floats,
children's marching units, and bands
and bugle corps
YARD SALE
Proceeds on items sold
from the Sam Worley
Estate will be donated to
the junior Bowlers
Trophy Fund.
ITFMS IN C LU D ED
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Popper-Classes-ett.
County
Grain Growers
CONE EARLY »HO JOIN IIS E0» COFFEE
KimCTM oxsoa HIM
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day evenings Women's leagues are
planned for Tuesday and Thursday
evenings and Thursday morning
Kids leagues w ill be Thursday and
Enday after school, with an adull-
jumor league on Sunday . One senior
citizen league is also planned
lone streets slated
for re-surfacing
Still time to enter
Parade
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Many people can give you ads ice.
he said, but each bowler needs to
sort it out for himself and decide
whal w ill work for him
l-cague howling w ill begin after
t-abor Day Men's leagues are
scheduled for Monday anti W'edncs
A full crew and three trucks were
called to the City Landfill Monday
morning when wind whipped a con
trolled bum out of control, Heppner
Volunteer Eire Chief Eorric Btirkcn
hine said.
About 300-acres of rangeland and
stubble burned before the fire was
extinguished, he said Crews were
called oul again in the afternoon
when the lire flared up again, hul
had the lire under control quickly.
Saturday night the department was
dispatched by the S heriffs Office to
a lire at the Daroid Hams residence
on Rhea Creek Weeds and fence
posts burned, the fire chief said; the
lire was under control by the time
fire trucks arrived Cause o f the fire
is under investigation by Oregon
State Police
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County health dept, provides service
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Twenty attend Dick family reunion
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W alk/run planned
Terry Smith (left) weighs bowling ball lor Heppner Bowl
owner Doug Smith
Fire Dept has busy week
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II After the war they sold their
ranch and began touring the United
States They settled in Ashland for
several years where Ethel worked at
the Ashland Hospital and eventual
ly became a Licensed Practical
Nurse; she was in her sixties when
she was capped She continued to
work as a volunteer at the Veterans'
hospiul after their move to Portland
They had been married 72 years
when her husband died in 1975.
Their children arc Mary Eva.
Charles Bennett, Dorris Lorene.
Claude Edward. Ixster Joe. and
Glenn Howard
Terry Smith. 23. The Dalles, is
the new bowling league manager at
Heppner Bowl
Smith, no relation to owners Doug
and Sonia Smith, has worked at
bowling centers in Pendleton. The
Dalles, and Portland He bowled in
junior leagues for 13 years and
represented Oregon in the Junior Na
tional Scratch Tournament at
Washington. D C during his senior
year He has bowled three seasons
of adult competition and achieved his
first sanctioned 300-game last season
in Pendleton
A 300-game w ill be his goal in
Heppner because nobody has ever
bowled one here law« year his
average was 206 Heppner w ill give
me an opportunity to grow and put
things together as I was taught to do.
he said
He w ill organize league bowling
and w ork w ith ju n io r league
bowlers He w ill he at the lanes to
help bowlers improve their game and
to help beginners get started
SATURDAY »U C
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315 n CHASE
Hal Bergstrom of the Heppner Volunteer Fire Dept, douses
flames at a Tuesday evening Aug 4 fire at the Episcopal
Church Ashes from the church barbecue pit were cleaned out
and ignited when stacked in cardboard boxes Fire Chief For-
ne Burkenbme said The tire was extinguished before any
damage was done.
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