TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 28. 1996
Obituari«»
! Alan H. Hawk
News
By Delpha Jones i
Marvin Way from Big
Piney, Wyoming, was an over
night visitor at the home of his
sister, Zelma McDaniel, on Fri
day evening. He and his wife
had been visitors in Lexington
earlier in the week.
Janet Balfe from Anchor
age, Alaska recently visited her
mother Leila Palmer. While
here, they visited with Leila's
father and wife, Mr. and Mrs.
Ken Marshall in Naches,
Washington.
Holly Rebekah Lodge held
their regular meeting on Thurs
day evening. Plans were dis
cussed for the card party and
chili supper to be held Satur
day, March 2 at the hall. The
chili supper will start at 6 p.m.
Alan H. Hawk, 75, of Lake
Grove, passed away Tuesday,
February 20, 19% after coping
with cancer for nearly three
years. At his request, no ser
vices were held.
Mr. Hawk was bom to Jo
seph W. and Clara Linn Hawk
on August 6, 1926 in lone,
where they lived until 1935.
He graduated from Condon
High School. He earned his
Bachelor's Degree in chemistry
and Master's Degree in educa
tion from Oregon State Univer
sity (then Oregon State Col
lege). He was affiliated with
Kappa Delta Rho fraternity and
was a member of Phi Kappa
Phi Honor Society. His college
years were interrupted by mili
tary service in the Army.
He was employed for 33
years by Oregon Portland Ce
ment Company (Ash Grove
Cement) as chemist and later as
plant manager until his retire
ment in 1985. For the last nine
years, he was a volunteer, then
a teaching assistant in the Tar
geted Learning Center of
Gackamas Community College
until early January of this year.
Helen, his wife of 29 years,
preceded him in death in 1985.
He is survived by his mother,
Clara Hawk; his sister and
brother-in-law, Lois and Bill
Moller of Gresham; nieces,
Elisabeth Moller of Gresham
and Anne McCallister and hus
band, Michael of Gladstone;
uncle and aunt, Carl and Myr-
na Linn of Windsor, California;
aunt, Edna Linn of Vernonia;
and several cousins.
Because of Mr. Hawk's life
long love of reading, the fami
ly requests that those who wish
might make a contribution to
either a local school, county,
college or university library in
his name.
and will include tossed green
salad, com bread and chili for
$5. Cards will start at 7:30 p.m.
at $2.50 each. This evening is
open to the public and the
proceeds will go toward the
repairs on the building.
-:- Friends were sorry to hear
of the death of Ed Ruckman of
Hermiston last week at St.
Mary's Medical Center in Walla
Walla, Washington. He was
employed for several years at
the correctional institute in
Pendleton. He leaves his wife,
a former Lexington resident,
Dixie Kay Peck, daughter of the
late Ellwynne Peck and Em
Eckles of Pendleton. Memorial
services were held Saturday at
Burns Mortuary in Hermiston.
Hope, Valby plan Lenten services
Special mid-week gatherings
are planned during the Lenten
season for Hope and Valby
Lutheran congregations.
"Parents of the Passion” is a
series of monologues of parents
whose children-Simon the
Zealot, Thomas the Doubter,
Nathanael, Simon Peter, Judas
Iscariot, James the Less and
Mary, the mother of Jesus-were
present at the crucifixion of
Jesus Christ. They share their
story of their children's in
volvement with Jesus.
Wednesday evenings at 7
p.m., members and friends of
the Valby congregation will
meet at the home of Don and
Martha Peterson.
Thursday evenings at 6 p.m.
a soup supper will be held at
Hope with a worship service at
7 p.m. Everyone is invited to
attend-bring a friend and join
in on one of the mid-week
Lenten gatherings.
On Sunday, March 3, the se
cond Sunday of Lent, Pastor
Stan Hoobing will bring a
message entitled, "O ne in
Need of Rebirth, the Nicode-
mus Story," based on scripture
reading from the Gospel of
John 3:1-17. The congregation
will also participate in the ser
vice of Holy Communion.
Services at Valby Lutheran
Church, lone, are at 9 a.m.
Hope Lutheran Church, Hepp
ner, worships at 11 a.m. A
special study "Jesus, the Mes
siah Among U s" is held in the
fellowship hall of Hope at 10
a.m.
Visitors and friends are wel
come at all services and ac
tivities of the congregations.
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Camilla E. Samples, 83, of
Heppner, died Thursday, Feb
ruary 22, 1996, at her son's
home in East Wenatchee,
Washington.
Recitation of the Rosary was
held Sunday, February 25 at
the St. Patrick's Catholic
Church in Heppner. Funeral
Mass was held at noon Mon
day, February 26; concluding
service and burial followed at
the Heppner Masonic Ceme
tery.
Mrs. Samples was bom Nov
ember 16, 1912 at Salt Lake Ci
ty, Utah, to Emmanuel and
Mary Conway Hebert. Soon
after her birth, the family mov
ed to Hill City, South Dakota,
where she grew up and attend
ed school.
On March 25,1934, she mar
ried Mark Samples at Hill Ci
ty. They moved to Oregon in
• 1938 and to Heppner 31 years
I ago.
I She was employed as a laun
dress at Heppner Middle
i School for 12 years,
i She was a member of St.
Patrick's Catholic Church and
Altar Society and the Art Club
at Heppner.
Survivors include daughter,
l
Donald Fay McEwen
Donald Fay McEwen, 75,
died February 23, 1996, at his
home in Heppner. Disposition
will be cremation and no ser
vice will be held.
Mr. McEwen was born on
August 7, 1921 in Walla Walla,
Washington, to parents An
drew and Mary McCool Mc
Ewen. He attended high school
in Helix, where he was a
fullback on the football team. In
1939, he was picked as a First
Team All American fullback.
He was offered football scholar
ships to colleges, including
Notre Dame, University of
Washington, Oregon State
University and the University
of Michigan. Due to his father's
illness and eventual death, he
stayed and helped the family
outside of Athena until he join
ed the United States Army Air
Corps during WWII.
Mr. McEwen served as an
operator of the newly develop
ed radar system on the twin
fuselage on the P-38 Night-
Fighter nicknamed the "Black
Widow". He was decorated
twice as a sergeant at the end
of the war in 1945.
Mr. McEwen's lifelong pur
suit was as a horseman. He
participated in rodeos through
out the United States and was
a leading trainer of quarter
horse racing horses in the
northwestern United States for
five years. In his later years, he
continued to breed the Han
cock line of quarter horses. Mr.
McEwen was a charter member
of the American Quarter Horse
Association. From the age of
one to the day of his death, he
owned a horse. His family
remembers him a family man
first and a lifelong lover of
horses.
Mr. McEwen is survived by
his wife of 40 years, Betty of
Heppner; sons, Bob, Don and
Scott and granddaughter, Ty
ler.
The family requests all dona
tions be made to the Don
McEwen Memorial Scholarship
Fund, c/o Bank of Eastern Ore
gon, P.O. Box 39, Heppner, OR
97836. The scholarship will be
given annually to the most
qualified graduating senior at
Heppner, Weston-McEwen or
Helix high schools. The
scholarship will be given bas
ed upon the following criteria:
western values, horsemanship,
athleticism and above all else
"an individual who has done
the best job he or she can with
the tools he or she has been
given," which McEwen himself
valued above all else.
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Shariff» Report
The Justice Court office at the
courthouse annex building in
Heppner reports handling the
following business during the
past week:
James Patrick Sullivan, 50,
lone-No Oregon's Operator's
License, $57 fine;
Keith L. Drollinger, 34, Bend-
Tandem Axle Overload, 34,000
lb. weight limit, 36,400 lb. alleg
ed, $77 fine;
Brian Earl Rystedt, 17,
Heppner-Failure to Wear Seat
Belt, $49 fine;
Steve Ball, 37, Heppner-
Permitting Dog to Run at
Large, $43 fine.
Well water tests
offered March 12
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set fo r St. Pat's
The Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo
St. Patrick's Motorcross Barrel
Race will be held Saturday,
March 16, at 3 p.m. at the
OTPR arena in Heppner.
The motorcycle race will be
held first, with the four-
wheeler race to follow.
Entries will be open the day
of the race until 2 p.m.
Concessions will be available
and spectator admission is free.
For more information call
Ken Bailey, chairman, 676-5110
or (541)379-2812. Marlene Cur-
rin is secretary.
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She was later located.
Feb. 25: Morrow County
Sheriff's office dispatched the
Heppner Fire Chief to check an
alarm which sounded when the
power went off. It was a false
alarm caused to the power
outage;
Morrow County deputy
made contact with a citizen
about a disturbance;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice dispatched the Heppner
ambulance to respond to St.
Patrick's Senior Center for a
citizen assist. No transport was
made;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice dispatched the Boardman
Fire Dept, to a report of a car
fire on 1-84 milepost 160. They
were unable to locate;
Morrow County deputy,
responded to a report of a
burglary in progress in Irrigon.
The subject left the scene.
Feb. 26: Morrow County
Sheriff's office dispatched the
Heppner Fire Dept, to a resi
dence on Union Street for a flue
fire.
The Morrow County Sheriff's
office in Heppner reports dis
patching the following business
during the past week:
Feb. 20: Morrow County
Sheriff's office paged the Fossil
ambulance to Haven House to
transport a patient to the hos
pital;
Morrow County deputy
responded to assist a citizen,
who was taken to his vehicle at
1-84 milepost 169;
Morrow County deputy
responded to a reported alarm
at Oregon Farm Management.
It was a false alarm;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice dispatched the Heppner
Fire Dept, for a smoke investi
gation at a residence on Dee
Cox Road;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice dispatched the Boardman
ambulance to a residence in the
Wilson Road Trailer Park for a
juvenile with an unknown in
jury. No transport was made;
Morrow County Sheriff's of
fice dispatched the Boardman
ambulance to a residence on
Cottonwood Loop for a nine
year old male with an un
known illness. No transport
Rural residents are usually
was made;
responsible for their own drink
Morrow County deputy
ing water and their waste water
responded to assist the Oregon
disposal systems. The Oregon
State Police with a theft of ser
State University (OSU) Exten
vices. The suspect was heading
sion Service reminds residents
eastbound on 1-84 from Arl
that they can protect their fami
ington and was stopped at
ly's health, homestead invest
milepost 160.
ment and their community's
Feb. 21: Morrow County
water source with proper care
deputy responded to the Irri-
and maintenance.
gon area for a civil problem.
OSU Extension Service in
Feb. 22: Morrow County
vites
well owners to join water
deputy responded to the Irri-
quality
educator Gail Glick for
gon area for an animal
a
free
evening
program, Tues
problem.
day, March 12 from 7-9 p.m. at
Feb. 23: Morrow County
A.C. Houghton Elementary in
deputy responded to Sunridge
Irrigon. Glick will discuss sim
Homes, Irrigon for a report of
ple
things that can be done to
a theft;
protect
well water and septic
Morrow County deputy
systems
and point out risky
responded to the Irrigon area
behaviors that may not have
for an animal problem;
been considered. The program
Morrow County deputy
is sponsored by the Lower
responded to the Irrigon area
Umatilla Basin Groundwater
for a disturbance call;
Morrow County deputy Management and Committee
handled an animal problem in (LUBGMC).
A free, confidential, nitrate
the Boardman area;
screening of well water samples
Morrow County, deputy
will be offered to those atten
assisted the Boardman Police
ding.
Nitrate is the most com
Dept, with an audible alarm
mon
contaminant
found in well
sounding at the Child Develop
water
in
Oregon,
according to
ment Center. They were unable
an
OSU
news
release.
Those
to locate the problem.
wanting
to
test
their
water
Feb. 24: Morrow County
should
collect
a
sample
of
the
Sheriff's office dispatched the
well water in a clean glass con
Boardman ambulance to a one
tainer and bring it to the pro-
car rollover on 1-84 milepost
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139. One patient was trans gram. The test requires less
ported to Good Shepherd than 1/4 cup of water.
Community Hospital with an
For more information, con
injury;
tact the OSU Extension Service
Morrow County Sheriff's of office at 567-8321 or LUBGMC,
fice dispatched the Boardman 278-3835.
ambulance and Fire Dept, to a
reported motor vehicle accident
on Columbia Avenue. The dis- „ M a b e l A lle n to
patch was cancelled en route,
c e le b ra te 9 0 th :
no injuries had occurred;
Morrow County deputy
responded to a residence in Irri
An open house in celebration
gon for a reported suspicious
of Mabel Allen's 90th birthday
male;
will be held Saturday, March 2
Morrow County deputy
at the grange hall in Boardman.
responded to the Irrigon area
Mrs. Allen requests no gifts.
for a reported missing juvenile.
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Camilla E. Samples
Justice Court
Report
QWIKLIFT
Jean Ann Adams of Heppner;
sons, Ralph of La Grande and
Jerry of East W enatchee;
brother, Reverend Francis He
bert of Heppner; sister, Aileen
Brooks of Ganet, Idaho; five
grandchildren and 10 great
grandchildren. Her husband
died in 1975 and two sisters,
Rita and Margaret also preced
ed her in death.
Memorial contributions may
be made to the Pioneer Memo
rial Nursing Home, P.O. Box 9,
Heppner, OR 97836.
Sweeney Mortuary of Hepp
ner was in charge of arrange
ments.
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