FOUR * Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 8, 1994
The Official Newspaper o f the
City o f Heppner and the
County o f Morrow
Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
U.S.P S. 240-420
Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
Published weekly and entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at Hepp
ner. Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Second class postage paid at Hepp
ner, Oregon. Office at 147 West Willow Street. Telephone (503) 676-9228.
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Heppner. Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $16 in Morrow. Wheeler. Gilliam and
Grant Counties: $23 elsewhere.
Joyce H u g h es............................................................ Office Manager. Typesetting
April Hilton-Sykes ................................................................................News Kdi,or
Monique D ev in ............................................................................................... Bindery
Penni K eersem aker.........................................................................................Printer
Jean Ann T u rn e r..................................................................................... Distribution
David and April Hilton-Sykes, Publisher
Obituaries
Donald E. Drake
Donald Ellsworth Drake, 76,
of Stockton, died Monday, May
30, 1994 at St. Joseph Hospital
in Stockton.
Private graveside services were
held at Lodi Cherokee Memorial
Park Cemetery followed by a
memorial service at St. John
Episcopal Church in Stockton.
Mr. Drake was bom Oct. 23,
1917 in the Gooseberry area near
lone, to Raymond Keith “ Ray”
and Emma Wright Drake.
He attended Oregon State
University where he was editor
of the college newspaper “ The
Barometer” and he was a second
lieutenant in the ROTC. After
graduation he served during
World War II as an infantry of
ficer and was promoted to lieute
nant colonel. He received a
Bronze Star for bravery.
In 1946, he worked as a
reporter for the Idaho Daily
Statesman in Boise and later join
ed The Oregonian in Portland
where he was a reporter for sever
years. He worked at the Van
couver Sun in British Columbia
for a year and worked as a staff
reporter for the Stockton Record.
In 1961, he went to work as the
city’s information officer and
later became the county informa
tion officer, serving in the posi
tion for 18 years until his retire
ment in 1985. He was named
President o f the National
Association of County Public In
formation Officers twice and
served as president of the
Sacramento Chapter of the Public
Relations Society of American
and as an officer in the Oakland-
East Bay chapter of the
organization.
He was a member of the Sons
in Retirement, Delta Rotary ani
the Grandfather’s Club. He
volunteered for United Way and
American Cancer Society drives
and was one of the founders of
san Joaquin County’s annual
Spring Festival, which began 27
years ago. He enjoyed playing
golf.
Survivors include sons from an
earlier marriage, Donald of Min
neapolis, Minn, and Robert of
Beaverton; sons Kevin of Osage,
Iowa, Jon of Stockton and Kelly
of Acampo, CA.; brothers Ray
mond, of Milwaukie and Claude
of Athol, Idaho; sister Claudine
Warren of Heppner and 10
grandchildren. His wife of 37
years Shirley W heir Drake
preceded him in death in 1991.
Memorial contributions may be
made to the American Cancer
Society, 207 E. Alpine Road,
Stodkton, CA.
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‘Burl’ Wattenburger
Funeral services for Edward
’Burl’ Wattenburger Jr. were
held May 27 at the Echo
Methodist Church. Interment was
at the Echo Cemetery.
Mr. W attenburger, 66, a
lifelong resident of the Echo area,
died Monday, May 23, 1994 at
St. Vincent Hospital in Portland.
Descendent of a pioneer fami
ly, he was bom Jan. 28, 1928 at
Pine City to Edward B. and
Frances B. Wattenburger. He
grew up in Echo and graduated
from Echo High School.
He served with the military
during the Korean conflict.
Mr. Wattenburger was a school
bus driver and contractor for 48
years until his death. He was a
retired Buttercreek rancher and
was recipient of the 1987-88
school bus driver of the year
award.
He was a life member of the
Elks Lodge; had been a member
of the VFW since 1950 and held
positions in that organization up
through Commander for District
8 .
He enjoyed bowling, hunting,
fishing and his cows.
Mr. Wattenburger served as
mayor of Echo from 1968-72 and
was on the Echo City Council for
eight years prior to that.
On March 17, 1991 he and his
wife, Louise, were married at
Echo.
Survivors include his wife,
Louise at the home; his mother
Frances Wattenburger of Her-
miston; son Wayne “ Bruce”
G oasttoG oast
TOOLS
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Wattenburger of Redmond; step
sons Phil and Steve Johnson and
Clint Chandler all of Anchorage,
Alaska; daughters, Rhonda
Walker of Reno, Nev. and San
dra Needlans of Portland; step
daughter Susan Kranzpiller in
Germany; sisters Darlyn “ Fritz”
Ramos of Echo and Lucille Bur
ris of Hermiston; six grand
children and stepgrandchildren.
Bums Mortuary. Hermiston,
was in charge of arrangements.
Edna Opal Coxen
Edna Opal Ayers Coxen, 96,
Salem, formerly of Heppner,
died May 31, 1994. Chapel ser
vices were held June 3 at the
Virgil T. Golden Chapel. Inter
ment. was at the Restlawn
Memory Gardens, Salem.
Mrs. Coxen was born July 4,
1897 on Buttercreek. She married
Burl Coxen on June 28
1913. After living in Pendleton,
Heppner and The Dalles, they
moved to Salem in 1959. For the
last several years she has been a
resident of Sunnyside Care
Center.
Mrs. Coxen was a homemaker
and enjoyed sewing and garden
ing. She was a member of the
First Christian Church, the
Rebekahs and the Degree of
Honor Lodges.
Mrs. Coxen is survived by her
daughter, Betty Hoyt, Mon
mouth; son, Glenn Coxen, Port
Townsend, WA; eight grand
children
and
11 g reat
grandchildren. Her husband
preceded her in death in 1972.
Contributions may be made to
the First Christian Church
Memorial Fund, % of Virgil T.
Golden Funeral Service, 605
Commercial St. SE., Salem,
97301.
Virgil T. Golden Funeral Ser
vice was in charge o f
arrangements.
Chamber Chatter
By Claudia Hughes, Chamber Manager
Sprinkles of this and that today,
which kind of goes along with the
rain falling outside. No com
plaints about the much needed
moisture as it certainly helps the
area economy; however, rumor
has it that it’s time for a break to
get the hay cut. Chamber has a
number of projects in the works
and some fun planned for sum
mer. Next week Gary Neal, Port
of Morrow, is scheduled as guest
speaker. Economic development
speakers from timber impacted
communities will be invited for
the following programs. June 15
interested persons are encourag
ed to join HEDC, HCC and
Chamber members in an excur
sion to Salem for the ODOT hear
ing to insure that the Main/May
Street and sidewalk project for
Heppner stays in the six year plan
and occur the same year. Call the
Chamber office to join the
delegation.
Anyone interested in marketing
is invited to attend a seminar in
Elgin on June 16 from 1 p.m. to
5 p.m. Call for a ride.
June 29 Mike and Kay Proctor
owners of Green Feed and Seed
will host Business After Hours
“ Bales, Business & Blue Jeans” .
In July chamber will be tour
ing the dam, traveling to the sites
for flash flood warning informa
tion and learning about plans for
wildlife and walking paths.
Transportation will be provided.
Start thinking about the Mor
row County Fair and Oregon
Trail Pro-Rodeo. The theme
“ Horsin’ Around in Morrow |
County” invites all kinds of in
teresting possibilities for booth
and parade participation. There
may be just a stick-horse race
challenge. Chamber members
have to “ horse around’’
once-in-awhile.
Thought for the week; “ Some
people make things happen.
Some people watch things hap
pen. Some people wonder what
happened.”
The Morrow County Sheriff s
office in Heppner reports dispat
ching the following business dur
ing the past week;
May 31: Morrow County
Sheriffs office dispatched the
Heppner ambulance to the Hepp
ner Condon Highway mile post
17-18 for a male with an injury.
Patient was transported to
Pioneer Memorial Hospital in
Heppner;
Morrow County deputy began
investigation of a stolen car in
Irrigon;
M orrow C ounty deputy
responded to a disturbance at the
Trail Apartments in Boardman.
June 1: Morrow County depu
ty responded to the Irrigon area
for a traffic problem;
Morrow County Sheriffs of
fice dispatched the Heppner am
bulance to Main Street for a
motor vehicle accident. One male
was transported to Pioneer
Memorial Hospital with an
illness;
M orrow County deputy
responded to a residence in Ir
rigon to take a traffic complaint;
M orrow County deputies
responded to Boardman for a
report of vandalism.
June 2: Morrow County depu
ty responded to the Irrigon area
for a report of stolen gas;
Morrow County deputy return
ed some property that had been
located to Chase Street, Heppner;
Morrow County deputy in
vestigated a report of a family
disturbance in lone;
M orrow County deputy
responded to a disturbance in
Irrigon.
June 3: Morrow County depu
ty responded to the Irrigon area
for a disturbance;
Morrow County deputy in
vestigated a report of a stolen car
in Irrigon;
Morrow County deputy in
vestigated a report of a distur
bance in Irrigon;
Morrow County deputy in
vestigated a report of people call
ing and hanging up in Irrigon;
M orrow C ounty deputy
responded to a report of a distur
bance in Boardman;
Morrow County Sheriff s of
fice dispatched the lone Fire
Dept, to a brush fire north of
lone.
June 4: Morrow County depu
ty responded to the Boardman
area for an animal problem;
M orrow County deputy
responded to Irrigon for a com
plaint of food service.
June 5: Morrow County depu
ty responded to a call from the
lone area regarding a traffic
problem;
Morrow County Sheriffs of
fice dispatched the Spray Fire
Dept, to a haystack fire on Hwy.
19, 3*4 miles east of Spray;
Morrow County Sheriffs of
fice assisted in looking for a
possible drunk driver on 1-84.
Subject was located and was not
intoxicated, only sleepy;
Morrow County deputy began
investigating a report of van
dalism to a vehicle in Irrigon.
June 6: Morrow County depu
ty investigated a report of van
dalism near Heppner;
Morrow County deputy located
a traffic problem on Hwy 74, due
to cattle;
Morrow County deputy took a
theft report in Irrigon. A CB
radio was stolen from Ruth
Bostick. Amount of value was
unknown;
Morrow County deputy handl
ed a problem in Irrigon that turn
ed out to be a civil matter;
Morrow County Sheriff s of
fice dispatched the Boardman am
bulance to a business in Board-
man for a male with an unknown
illness. Patient was transported to
Good Shepherd Community
Hospital in Hermiston;
Morrow County deputy ar
rested Jaime Caldron Rosales,
23, for Driving While Suspend
ed, misdemeanor and Driving
Under the Influence of Intox
icants. He was released on his
own recognizance .
A portion o f the story,
“ Soldiers remember D-Day” in
the June 1 Gazette-Times was in
correct.
Jam es
N orene
volunteered for duty in Dec. of
1942. He was not drafted. The
Norene family has relatives in
England, not Holland.
The following pictures were
misidentified. Jubby Roach is
shown with his army truck. The
other picture is Gene Hall
Gene Hall
Jubby Roach
Notice
Drs. Edward and Jeanne Berretta will be out
of the office from July 1, 1994 through July
31, 1994. Pioneer Memorial Clinic will re
main open and hours will be unchanged.
Clinic hours are Mon.-Fri., 9:00 A.M. to 5:00
P.M. Wed. hours are 9:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.
A physician will be available to provide ser
vices at the clinic and at Pioneer Memorial
Hospital. As usual, please call the clinic at
676-5504 to schedule an appointment dur-
ing this time._________________________
June 9
Ladies nite dinner by bachelor officers
“ Breakfast Dinner’’ 6 p.m.
Flag Day Services
with Scouts and Legion Post 87, 8 p.m.
June 19
Elks Picnic Potluck family style.
Lot's of kids games, horseshoe pitching,
baseball, etc. Weiners and refreshments pro
vided. Starts at 10 a.m. at Cutsforth Park.
BINGO Every Wednesday night, 7:30 p.m.
Congratulations lone and Heppner
Seniors and all Eighth Graders!
Heppner Elks 358
676-9181
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John Elliott Pierce-a son John
Elliott was born May 20, 1994.
His parents are Steve and Mary
Anderson of Arlington. The baby
weighed 7 lbs. 1 Vi oz.
Grandparents are Gene and Fay
Pierce and Frank and Kay Ander
son, all Heppner. Great grand
mother is Nellie Baker, Tulsa.
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