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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner. Oregon Wednesday, December 18, 1996
The Official Newspaper of the
City of Heppner and the
County of Morrow
Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
U S P S 240-420
Morrow-County’s Hoipe-Owned Weekly Newspaper
Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner,
Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879 Periodical postage paid at Heppner,
Oregon. Office at 147 West Willow Street Telephone (541)678-9228 Postmaster
send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O. Bos 337, Heppner,
Oregon 97836. Subscriptions. $18 in Morrow. Wheeler, Gilliam and Grant Coun
ties; $25 elsewhere.
April Hilton-Sykes..................................
News Editor
Stephanie Jensen
Typesetting
Monique Devin.................................................. Advertising Lay out fit Graphics
Bonnie Bennett
Distribution
Penni Keersemaker.................................................................................... Printer
D avid S ykes, P u b lish er
Irene V. Crabtree
Obituari«»
G eorge W illiam son
Izzett
A memorial service was held
December 7, 19%, in Healds-
burg, California for George
Williamson Ezzett, who died
November 28, 19% of cancer at
the age of 65.
Mr. Izzett was born August
6, 1931, in Venice, California.
He married Margaret Boggs in
1953. He was a teacher and
minister. He lived in the Port
land area from 1972 to 1993. He
also lived in the Heppner area
in the mid-1980s and the early
1990s, where he was the priest
at All Saints' Episcopal Church.
He belonged to St. Raphael's
Episcopal Church in Oakhurst,
California, where he was vicar.
Survivors include his wife, of
Fresno, C alifornia; sons,
Ronald of Gilbert, Arizona,
Robert of Beaverton, Bruce of
Tokyo and George of Portland;
daughter, Heather Oliver of
Chandler, Arizona; sister Mary
Connor of Santa Rosa, Califor
nia; brother Alistair of Elgin;
and 10 grandchildren.
Desposition was by crema
tion. The family suggests re
membrances to St. Raphael's
Benevolent Fund, 43140 High
way 41, Oakhurst, California
93644.
Thomas I. Wilson
Word has been received that
Thomas I. Wilson, a past long
time resident of Heppner, pass
ed away Saturday, December
14, 1996, at his home in Sand-
point, Idaho.
Mr. Wilson was a soil conser
vationist for the Heppner area
from 1940-1959, except for the
years during World War II.
Mr. Wilson is survived by his
wife, Irene of Sandpoint, Ida
ho; sisters, Permelia Vilet of
Catskill, New York, Marie Her
bert of Robbinsville, New Jer
sey, Johanne Wood of Hepp
ner; and several nieces and
nephews. Two brothers, Carl
and Herbert, preceded him in
death.
Edith M. Case
Sail Marlatt (I) and Helen Jeffreys collect Christmas gifts collected
at the Courthouse for the Neighborhood Center's Christmas gift
baskets.
Punch Card Winners drawn
This week's winners of $25 gift certificates in the Christmas
punch are: Larry Lindsay to Coast to Coast; Christal Shank at
Peterson's; Ann Wilson, Gardners; Randy Moon to Willow Lanes
Cafe; Roy Martin to Green Feed, and Judy Buschke to Shoe Box.
Don't forget
participating
entries'
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also for the grand prize drawing for $750 in gift certificates to be
given away on Dec. 26.
Shoppers can pick up their punch cards and have their cards
punched at these businesses: MCGG, Pettyjohn's Farm & Builders,
Green Feed, Lott's Electric, Murrays/ Country Rose, Gardner's
Men's Wear, Peterson's Jewelry, Shoe Box, Coast to Coast, Les
Schwab, Court Street Market, Vaw's Restaurant, Central Market,
Willow Lanes and Willow Lanes Cafe.
Graveside services for Edith
M. Case will be 1 p.m. Thurs
day, December 19, 1996, at the
Heppner Masonic Cemetery.
Mrs. Case, 77, of Heppner,
died Thursday, December 12,
1996, at Good Samaritan Cen
ter in Hermiston.
She was born July 6,1919, at
Salem, to Pete and Linnie John
son Parsegian. She grew up at
Independence, and attended
schools there.
On September 27, 1939, she
married Norman K. Case at
Dallas. They moved to Hepp
ner in 1946.
Mrs. Case had been employ
ed as a nurses' aide for over 25
years.
Survivors include sons, Gene
of Heppner, and Michael of
Pendleton; five grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by
her husband, Norman, in 1987,
and daughter, Shirley Burken-
bine, in 1990.
Memorial contributions may
be made to Pioneer Memorial
Hospital, P.O. Box 9, Heppner,
OR. 97836.
Sweeney Mortuary, Hepp
ner, is in charge of arrange
ments.
The funeral for Irene V. Crab
tree was Tuesday, December
17, 19% at the lone United
Church of Christ, with con
cluding services and burial at
High View Cemetery at lone.
Mrs. Crabtree, 79, of lone,
died Sunday, December 15,
19%, at Hermiston Terrace*"
Assisted Living Residence.
She was bom August 1,1917,
at Strome, Alberta, Canada, to
Lawrence and Blanche Fred
erick Sheelar. She moved to
Salem with her family when
she was three. She grew up at
Salem and attended schools
there.
On December 31, 1936, she
married Chauncey Leo Crab
tree at Salem. They moved to
lone in 1952.
Survivors include her hus
band, Leo, at home; daughters,
Carolyn Hall of Pendleton and
Sharon Gelinas of Nampa,
Idaho; son, Ronald of Tacoma,
Washington; brothers, Elmer
Sheelar of Palm Desert, Califor
nia, Donald Sheelar of Salem,
and Larry Sheelar of Gig Har
bor, Washington; 10 grand
children and 10 great-grand
children.
Memorial contributions may
be made to a special memorial
fund at the Heppner or lone
branches of the Bank of Eastern
Oregon.
Sweeney Mortuary, Hepp
ner, was in charge of arrange
ments.
Marvin W. Hurd
Memorial services for Mar
vin Walter Hurd were Wednes
day, December 18, 19% at the
Boardman Christian Center.
Disposition was by cremation.
Mr. Hurd, 84, of Irrigon, died
Monday, December 16,19%, at
his home.
He was bom October 17,
1912, at Hallock, Minnesota, to
James and Lilly Lindistrom
Hurd. He grew up in Minne
sota and in 1939 moved to
Spokane arid then to Mihoh-
Freewater.11,fl '■
1 :t ,n
He served with the US Army
Air Corps during World War II.
He was em ployed as a
mechanic at the Chevy garage
in Milton-Freewater and later
moved to Stanfield, working at
Hermiston. He worked at
lumber companies in Eugene,
Mapleton, Roseburg, Spring-
field, Prineville and CressweU,
before his retirement in 1977 at
CressweU. He moved to DaUes-
port in the mid-1980s and to Ir
rigon in 1991.
Survivors include sdns,
Donald of Irrigon and Gary of
Battleground, W ashington;
daughter, Marilyn Hoffman-
Amold of Salem; five grand
children; three stepgrand-
children; and tw o g re a t
grandchildren. He was preced
ed in death by his parents and
his first wife, Josephine M.
Hurd.
Bums Mortuary of Hermis- -
ton was in charge of arrange
ments.
Birth»
Esteban Ochoa Claustro and
Luis Ochoa Claustro-twin sons
Esteban and Luis were bom to
M aria O choa and Felipe
Velasco of B oardm an on
December 5, 19% at Good
Shepherd Community Hospi
tal in Hermiston. Estaban
weighed 6 lbs. 11 oz; Luis
weighed 7 lbs. 2 oz.
Letters to the Editor
Editor's n ot»: Letters to the editor must be signed. The Gezette-Tim es will
not publish unsigned letters. Please include your address and phone number
on all Heifers for use b y the G -T olfice. The G -T reserves the right to edit.
Emergency Management echoes concerns
To the Editor:
Morrow County Emergency
Management (MCEM) shares
the concerns about traffic war
ning boards Ms. Lori Straley
mentioned in her letter to the
H eppner Gazette-Times of
12/4/%.
The Oregon State Police
(OSP) Office of Emergency
Management installed eight
traffic warning boards last year
as part of the Chemical Stock
pile Emergency Preparedness
Program (CSEPP) Alert and
Notification System. They are
all within about 25 miles of the
Umatilla Chemical Depot. The
boards are part of an early war
ning system to keep motorists
from driving toward the Uma
tilla Chemical Depot (and pos
sible chemical contamination)
in the unlikely event of an ac
cident involving the chemical
munitions stored there. The
state owns this system, but the
county, being statutorily re
sponsible for the safety of its
citizens, can operate the
boards.
All eight of the warning
boards can be activated by the
Morrow County Emergency
Management via radio signal.
The Oregon Department of
Transportation (ODOT) can
utilize five of these signs, for
situations such as bad weather
or traffic accidents, via a tele
phone modem. Of the remain
ing three signs, all are in areas
which lack telephone service;
thus ODOT has no modem ac
cess to them. After they became
operational last year, the
boards on 1-84 were used by
ODOT to warn motorists of icy
road conditions, and during the
floods last February, they
warned motorists that 1-84 west
of The Dalles was closed due to
landslides.
Unfortunately, the warning
board system broke down and
w asn't fixed until this month.
We have been told that the
system now works. I echo your
concerns and I support efforts
to use the signs more often (for
bad weather or traffic acci
dents). To encourage heavier
use of the signs, I am forward
ing a copy of Ms. Straley's let
ter to the editor and this letter
to the ODOT offices in Hepp
ner, La Grande and Pendleton,
as well as to the OSP in Pen
dleton.
If you have more questions
about the traffic w arning
boards, please call either myself
at 676-5161 or Geoff Tyree, our
public information officer, at
(541) 922-4437. If you would
like to contact the state agency
in charge of these boards, call
Tom Worden (OSP Office of
Emergency Management) at
(541) 276-2209.
Sincerely,
(s) Casey F. Beard
Director, MCEM
Heppner
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