Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 14, 1993 - THREE
Heppner family tree reaches ‘round the world
A
Hop-a-thon to benefit charity
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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HAPPY 50th
Judy R.
From Your Older Friend
(but not by much!)
A Special Thank You to the
physicians, hospital staff,
EMT’s, fire department, police
department, sheriff’s depart
ment and volunteers who
helped out during the trauma
Sunday night.
Your quick response and
hard work in this situation is ap
preciated more than words can
express. You did an outstan
ding job and we are proud of
you all.____________________
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