Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 24, 1990 - FIVE
Gary Fjellgaard, Nolan Murray to
perform in Heppner Sat. Oct. 27
Century farms awarded at Smart uses of appliances
Historical Society meeting saves money, energy
By Delpha Jones
The Morrow County Historical
Society annual meeting was called to
order, on Sunday, Oct. 7 by chair
man Delpha Jones, following a
bountiful potluck dinner. The in
vocation was given by Truman
Messenger. After the flag salute and
a group singing of "Count Your
Blessings," the roll call of directors
and the reading of last year’s annual
meeting minutes were given by the
secretary Ruth McCabe.
Gary and Lynn Fjellgaard
Gary Fjellgaard, who was named
B.C. Country Music Awards top
vocalist, duo winner, and entertainer
of the year, will perform in concert
in Heppner Saturday, October 27, at
7 p.m. at the Morrow County
Fairgrounds. Tickets are $ 15 a cou
ple, $10 general admission, and $8
for seniors and students.
Performing with Fjellgaard is
Nolan Murray, son of Sherman and
Iona Murray of lone. Murray has
won the B.C. Instrumentalist of the
year award for the past two years.
He has played at the Calgary
Stampede, Big Valley at Craven,
at the Sascatchewan Music Festival,
and has played for Jess Lee, Patricia
Conroy and lan Tyson. He was a
member of the Sneed Brothers, an
eight piece show band. He has ap
peared on Nashville Now, and he
has toured the Eastern Canadian pro
vinces of Nova Scotia, New
foundland and New Brunswick,
playing with K.D. Lang, among
others. He has also won the Oregon
State Fiddle C ham pionships.
All together, he plays nine stringed
instruments.
Lexington News
By Delpha Jones
______
-:-Friends of Pat Wright met at the
V.G. Tavern last week to honor Pat
for her many years as county nurse,
and to launch her on her political
career. Those present were Truman
Messenger, Sr., Dave Zachary,
Carol Bennett, Judy Rickert, Alberta
Johannes, Joyce Hughes, Judy
Osmin, Betty Marquardt and Dan
James.
-:-Norm Jenks, brother of Lois
Allyn. passed away last week, and
was buried in Idaho. Mr. Jenks was
employed for some time recently at
the St. Patrick Center before becom
ing ill. He had made his home in
Lexington for several years to be
near his sister. Mrs. Allyn was gone
several days to Idaho.
Methodist hayride set for Sunday
The United Methodist Church an
nual hayride to the Doug and Carley
Drake ranch will be held this Sun
day, Oct. 28, following church. The
afternoon will feature a wiener roast,
apple cider making and a pinata for
2
jf
the children.
Those planning to attend should
meet at the church at 11:30 a.m.
dressed warmly and should arrange
for their own transportation back.
For more information call 676-9224.
Jean Nelson reported on the work
done on the Oregon Trail, the new
signs and various other things. This
has proven to be a very expensive
project, but is almost completed with
many people helping out.
The stone at the Irrigon school
reportedly has been moved by the
flag pole, so that children cannot
play on it. Photographs have been
sent to an ethnographer and an
ethnologist with a doctoral degree.
Reports have indicated that the car
vings symbolize the medicine wheel
and the Blazing Sun. The wheels
were constructed by Lenope people
under the direction of the Inca con
querors. The ethnologist suggests
that this stone be left at the school
and that it is really of great value and
should be conserved by Morrow
County. The stone has an interesting
story and was moved there from an
island in the Columbia.
The report on the fountain in
Heppner across from the rodeo
grounds was heard. The city of
Heppner has restored it and they are
looking for an old fashioned pump
or fountain to put in it. There will
be more planting and other work in
the spring.
A report was heard on the Earl
ones Barge which has been given to
Boardman for a historical point of in
terest. They are now looking for a
suitable place to set it, as well as a
place for the Gazebo which has yet
to be moved from the old Sam
Boardman rest area.
Barton Clark reported that he and
Cecil Jones had set out more grave
markers, and have done some work
at the Rhea Creek cemetery, reset
ting some stones and doing some
repairs. There is still a bit to be
finished which will be done soon.
Ron Gantano and his wife and
daughter were present from the
Oregon Historical Society and
presented the century farm awards
of the past five years. Each year
MCHS honors those people and
every five years the Oregon
Historical Society honors them with
a lovely certificate. Those
acknowledged at this time were: the
Clinton Peck family, the JW Becket
and Gladys Beckett family, Hinton
Luther (Nina Rill) farm, Olaf Berg
strom farm, the Wright farm (Ned
and Kathy Clark and Barton Clark)
and the Olden Farm (Ruth McCabe).
Anyone who has property that has
been in the family for 100 years, and
has never been sold or leased con
tact Jean Nelson or Barton Clark.
An election of directors was held
with the following elected to serve
until 1993: Pat Wright, Don Eppen-
bach, Harold Peck and Ruth
McCabe.
It was reported that people have
old equipment that could be given to
the Historical Society, if there was
somewhere it could be stored out of
the weather and where people could
see it.
The speaker for the day was Jim
Lathleam from Baker City, who is
vice president of the Sumpter Valley
Railroad. He told of the history of
the railroad. It started in 1890 to
carry logs cut in the south-Blue
Mountains in the Sumpter Valley
area to the mill in Baker City. In the
1930’s it was abandoned and the cars
sold and moved to other places,
some to the White Pass in Alaska,
Durango, Colorado, New York and
other places. A group of interested
people started in 1970 to restore the
railroad and get the cars back in the
area. It has been a long hard job but
the railroad is now going again, and
one can have a fun time riding on
this train. It is a steam train with
engine, caboose, and two observa
tion cars. These runs start in May
and end in September.
The meeting was closed with sing
ing "God Be With You” . There
were several door prizes and the new
Chronicles, pens and Morrow Coun
ty pins were available for sale. The
society was pleased with the fine tur
nout. The society also had a
memorial fund, for people wishing
to donate, in lieu of flowers for
funerals, etc.
All mail goes to the secretary Ruth
McCabe at lone.
Smart use of laundry appliances
not only can save you money but
also can shrink energy consumption.
With American Energy Month be
ing observed in October, this is a
good time to remember that energy
used or wasted is gone forever,
points out Carol Bennett, Oregon
State University Extension agent in
Morrow County. The good news is
that reducing energy use saves
money, which will help offset in
evitable increases in energy costs.
In the United States, 17 percent of
the energy consumed by the residen
tial sector goes for heating water for
household use.
One way to keep from wasting hot
water in the home laundry is to use
warm and cool water settings as
much as possible, points out Ardis
Koester, OSU Extension textiles and
clothing specialist. Warm water can
be used for lightly soiled items, sav
ing hot water for heavily soiled
loads.
Special features on the washer can
save you money; for example, soak
cycles help to remove stubborn
Search and Rescue seek members
Do you like the outdoors? Do you
volunteer your time to help others?
Do you consider yourself dedicated?
If your answer is ‘yes’, Search and
Rescue is for you.
Search and rescue is a non-profit
volunteer organization affiliated with
the Morrow County SherifFs Office.
Members meet once a month on the
third Tuesday, discuss upcoming
events, schedule training drills and
talk over problems within the
organization, etc.
The members volunteer their time
for training, meetings, times when
Search and Rescue is activated, fund
raisers and other activities. The
training varies from around eight to
sixteen hours a month, normally on
weekends. Past activities included
fund raisers for members of the com-
'* & * * & * '
ft*
Don’t Miss Our
MOONLIGHT SALE
Thurs. Oct. 31 5 - 8 p.m.
Make your
Halloween Party
special.
2
i
by Pat Pettyjohn at the October 10
lone Garden Club meeting. The
meeting was at the home of Phyllis
Anderson with Delta Huber
assisting.
History says that the Indian had a
difficult life and had to travel many
miles often to supply his family with
food, shelter and clothing. He often
went many miles on the trail to get
such things as camas. yarrow,
mullen, wappato or arrowhead, wild
onions, balsam, berries, cattails, net
tles, milkweed, tare weed, California
poppies and berries, such as wild
strawberries, elderberries and choke
cherries. These were used as food in
the natural state or pounded to make
a flour.
Many plants were used as
medicine-poppies as an opiate, yar
row to stop nose bleeds or to relieve
a toothache, balsam root to relieve
the gas caused by eating too much
camas, camas to make a poultice for
infections. Many plants, trees and
leaves were used as fiber, down or
string to make clothing, fishing nets,
baskets and cooking utensils. Even
today the Indians hold annual
festivals and serve traditional foods.
A beautifully decorated cake was
served for refreshments in honor of
Jean Nelson’s 75th birthday.
munities within Morrow County that
needed assistance, purchasing equip
ment for search operations, assisting
with tuition fees for training classes
directly related to search operations
and coordination of resources.
A background investigation will
be conducted on all applicants, in
cluding fingerprinting, criminal
history records, driving records and
wanted files will be researched. The
application is forwarded to a S&R
review board, and then to the next
regular S&R meeting for a vote by
the attending members.
If you are interested in expanding
your experiences and wish to be of
assistance, contact Terri Denton at
the Morrow County Sheriffs Office
(676-9061) for questions or applica
tions. Please provide a call back
number and best time for contact.
*29.82/2550 sheet
We have
G azette-Tim es
COMPUTER
147 W . Willow
676-9228,
Heppner
PAPER
Pettyjohn discusses Indian plant use
"The Oregon Indians’ Use of the
Native Flora in their Daily Lives"
was the interesting subject presented
stains in one washing. Instructions
on the detergent box should be
followed carefully because oversud
sing causes the washing machine
motor to work harder than it should.
To conserve energy and dollars
when drying clothes, don’t over load
the dryer or overdry the clothes.
Your instruction manual will give
the proper settings and drying times.
On the other hand, don’t dry just one
or two items at a time. Of course line
drying, either inside or outside, is
the ultimate energy saver.
The clothes dryer should be vented
and the vent kept free of lint. The lint
filter on both washer and dryer
should be cleaned after each load to
keep appliances running efficiently.
To eliminate much of your iron
ing, remove all garments from the
dryer as soon as the cycle is finish
ed. Iron large amounts of clothes at
a time to avoid heating the iron too
often. Iron fabrics requiring lower
temperatures first and work up to
those needing higher heat. Use the
lowest temperature that will do the
job.
M
o o n I h * t M
Oct. 25
5 pm till 8 pm
Grandfathers
Clock
Reg. *1275°° -
*275°° off
Moonlite Price
$100000
Oneida Stainless
By the set or
5 piece place setting.
40% Off
Grag Bags * 2 00 e a c h
4
Jrwrtor* i*l Aiiw*ri< a. In«
Peterson's
^
r
“
Heppner
25% O ff
We have Halloween party-
goods, costumes and
accessories at our Boo
Bazaar display.
•¿ L ’
E v e ry th in g in
th e sto re
(except consignments)
We’re in the process of remodeling—
Come in and “ find” our many in-store
specials
^ Muxuy'j thug
21 7 North Main
Heppner
5 - 8 p
Thurs. Oct. 2 5
v J it f SS p .
V* .J ill
676-9158
>EU 'M
• «•
%
m
HEPPNER ’
143 N. M A IN
676-5211
.. > V
'
• . ..
» k
s
v
;e.V
ac I ness
■/’ * * * - » ■ Y
» A -, * -