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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 14, 1993 - THREE Heppner family tree reaches ‘round the world A Hop-a-thon to benefit charity - - - The H eppner D aycare preschool is sponsoring a ‘ ‘ Hop- a-thon” on Saturday April 17 at 10 a.m. at the daycare center. The children will gather spon sors and on Saturday they will see how many hops they can hop. The hop-a-thon is to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy. “ If you know one of the children who is jumping we encourage you to support them. It is for a very good cause,” said a spokesper son for the event. Health Fair asks for input P harm acy & Your H e a lth Do you have an interesting hobby, a skill, a craft or something that helps keep you alert, active and in good health? Health fair organizers would like to know about it and share it with others at the first “ Health Fair” to be held in Heppner at the St. Patrick’s Senior Center on Thurs day, April 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Forms may be obtained at the senior center office. Deadline to submit the form is Friday, April 16 For more information contact Stan Hoobing 676-5069. Clockwise from left: Helen, Kim, Michael, Ursula Heppner and Sally Cohn. members of the Heppner family, creating a computerized family tree 12 feet long. Michael left East Germany as a two year old with his parents Henry and Alice in July of 1939. They fled to England to escape the Nazis, just before war broke out in September of that year. Kim (I) and Michael Heppner Michael’s cousin Kim, who ac display 12 foot long family tree. companied him on his trek to Heppner, escaped with his The tree was splintered in the parents, Alfred and Lotte to New 1800s w ith the lure of adventure Zealand the year before. and fortune in the west. Its seeds Much of the information about were cast to the wind in the 1930s the Heppner family Michael with the terror of Hitler's reign. discovered on a trip to Israel. But the tree is being pieced Rabbi Dr. Aron Heppner, who together again as one man traces died in 1938, left an archive of the roots of a family name so papers which survived the familiar to us. Holocaust. His daughter, Ruth, Michael Heppner journeyed all now 92 years old, fled with the the way from London to visit the family to Israel and carried the town of Heppner. the namesake papers with her. They had been of his distant relative, Henry . His forgotten for nearly 50 years un research has taken him all over til Michael’s visit in 1986. the world, and in the process, he Another breakthrough occurred has amassed information on 400 when Michael received a clipp- HAPPY 40th BIRTHDAY CARLEY Hardman Center plans oyster feed (slightly older in other places) The Hardman Community Center’s Oyster feed, salmon bake and ham dinner, cooked by Bob Allen will be held Saturday, April 24 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Hardman Community Center. Desserts will also be served. No Gifts Please ANNIVERSARY DAY AUCTION Saturday, April 17 Refreshments Door Prizes AUCTIONS 10 A.M. and 2 P.M. Conducted by RATHBUN-MUSSER Auction Service A one-woman historical drama showcasing the lives of several remarkable women from Nor thwest history will be presented on Wednesday, April 28 at 7 p.m. at the Morrow County Museum. Featuring well-known touring performer Jane Van Boskirk, “ Abigail and Others: The Nor thwest Women” highlights the humor and wisdom of women who sowed the seeds of civiliza tion. culture and conscience in the Western wilderness. The pro gram features Oregon's leading suffragist, Abigail Scott Duniway, as well as such notable Oregon pioneers as Narcissa Whitman, Tahitha Brown and others. Jan Van Boskirk is familiar to adult and school audiences through the Northwest. Her Nor thwest Touring Theatre has traveled the region with such Health Fair 10 a.m. to 2 p.m N U LAMP nseñV TUPF SCAPINO Col. J o r d o n Mood Off È' Hwy Eilt 102 H o rm is to n , O regon^ 567 - 7235 * OPEN 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday thru Saturday Oregon #5015 Fiddlers to perform The Blue Mountain Old Time Fiddlers will be performing in Ir- rigon at the Stokes Landing Senior Center on Old Main and Opeal St. This is the seventh year they have presented a variety of old time music. The show will be held Saturday, April 17 at 7 p.m. Admission is $2 and refreshments will be available. For more infor mation contact Jane Weston 922-4399. There will be no waiting in line outside this year, said a center spokesperson. Arrangements have been made for everyone to wait inside and coffee will be served. Cost is $9 for adults and $4.50 for children. One-woman historical drama to be presented at museum April 29 § ner, Sally Cohn, Portland. Sally, whose father was Henry Hepp ner’s great-great nephew, grew up in Heppner. Her mother, Helen Cohn, who died in 1964 and her father, Harold, who died in 1974 are both buried at the Heppner Cemetery. Sally left Heppner just before her senior year, although she returned for summers and holidays. Their home was sold to Bill Kenny. While in town the two Hepp ner families toured the museum and the downtown shops and planned on visits to the cemetery, the hospital and rodeo grounds. Before arriving in Heppner they visited Michael’s daughter, Carrie, who is attending school at Santa Barbara, CA. and stop ped over in Portland to see Elinor Shank, whose grandmother was Elizabeth Heppner, the sister of Henry, our namesake. Elinor is a sister to Harold Cohn, Sally’s father. The Heppners, who arrived in the U.S. March 31. return home on April 16. Michael runs an engineering distributing company in London and Kim is a dental surgeon in Auckland, New Zealand. Ironically, Kim’s office is on Morrow Street. STILL YOUNG AT HEART! Friends and relatives are invited to drop by the St. Patrick’s Senior Center in honor of A1 Fetsch’s 80th birthday on Sunday, April 18 from 1 to 4 p.m. Cof fee and cake will be served. r E6' ing of the Gazette-Times, repor ting that Gary Heppner had visited the town of Heppner. Gary, who lives in Nebraska, was a descendant of Kaskel, Henry’s brother. The only information Michael had known about this “ lost” branch of the family was that Kaskel had not migrated to the West Coast with his brothers and sisters and was still alive in 1905 when Henry the founder of Heppner, died. Second cousins (their grand fathers were brothers) Kimand Michael have grown to be good friends since Kim traveled to England in 1962. Kim and Michael and Michael’s wife, Ur sula, accompanied Michael’s parents to East Germany and Poland in 1988. It proved to be a very emotional journey, for there they visited the station where Henry bid farewell to his parents when he left for England in 1939. They also discovered, still standing the family bakery and the barber shop where Henry got his hair cut. A ccom panying Kim and Michael and their wives on the pilgrimage to Heppner was another relative of Henry Hepp historically accurate dramas as “ Prodigal Daughters’’, “ The Youngest Pioneer" and “ Armed in the Spirit” , among others. “ Abigail and Others: The Nor thwest Women" is sponsored by the Morrow County Museum and is made possible by the Oregon Council for the Humanities, an affiliate of the National Endow ment for the Humanities. There is no admission charge. Free HBO or Disney Channel Connect The Week Of April 19-23 Call Heppner TV Inc. 676-9663 Boardman Pharmacy & Hardware 202 1st N.W . P.O. Box 170 Boardman, Oregon 97818 481-9474 481-7351 The Most Common Bacterial Infection According to a recent report in Pharmacy Times , the most com mon bacterial infection reported in the United States is a urinary tract infection (UT1). The report indi cates that UTIs result in between 8 and 10 million visits to physicians’ offices each year. Most office visits are made by women. 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