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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, Apnl 16,1997 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 Home-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) 676-9228. 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 D evin.....................................................Advertising Layout & Graphics Bonnie Bennett ...................................................................................... Distribution Penni ICeersemaker........................................................................................ Printer David Sykes, Publisher ________ Letters to the Editor Editor’s note: Letters to the editor must be signed. The Gazette-Times will not publish unsigned letters. Please include your address and phone number on all letters for use by the G-T office. The G-T reserves the right to edit. 1934 alum spots HHS web page Heppner High School has definitely joined the computer age. The school now has a web page on the Internet and that web snagged the attention of a Heppner High School alumnus in Arizona who had been surfing the net. HHS Principal Ron Anthony shared the story with the Morrow County School Board at their meeting Monday Night. Following is the e-mail message from the 1934 HHS alumnus, the Rev. Dr. Francis B. Nickerson, to Heppner High School, in care of HHS technology teacher Dave Fowler and students who designed the web page, Robby Schultz and David Michael. great pride to me, one o f the things that I remember with great pleasure. It was fun to grow up in Heppner. The guys were all great and the girls beautiful. We had fun even though the school board at that time didn't want us to have school dances. Four o f us had cars or access to cars. The student body had about 120 kids. My graduating class had twenty-five members. None o f my family still remains in Heppner, although I am shirttail relative to some o f the Healy family. I last lived in Heppner fo r two years right after I came home from World War II This summer my wife and I will be coming to Oregon fo r a couple o f months. I am eager to Dear Heppner High School, visit "home" one more time. I just picked up your web page I hope good old HHS is having while my daughter was trying to a great year and that 63 years show me how to use this thing. A from now you will be able to look lot o f wonderful memories back on your high school years flashed in my head. I graduated with as much pleasure as I do from Heppner in 1934. The last mine. member o f my class in Heppner I now live in Phoenix, AZ. I am that I know o f was Frank retired and generally just enjoy 4nderson. Incidentally, I was myself. resident o f the student body, Good luck & God bless, hat has always been a source o f (sjThe Rev. Dr. Francis B. Nickerson f Help needed to identify Heppner house To the Editor, My great-grand uncle was Justus L. Simpson, a Civil War veteran who moved to Heppner in 1907 and died there in 1917. He was buried in Heppner Masonic Cemetery on Cemetery Hill next to his wife, Susan E. Clemans, who died in 1939. I visited his gravesite last summer, the first relative from back east ever to do so to my knowledge. I was hoping that you or one of your readers could identify the house in the enclosed photograph. It was taken in December o f 1910 and shows Justus and Susan standing in the front yard. We tried and failed to identify it during our stay in Heppner. The only clue I have is that it might be somewhere in western Heppner. Thank you in advance for your time and consideration. (s)Patrick Simpson 3267-L Calumet Drive Raleigh, NC 27610 Womenvs dessert planned The annual Community Women's Dessert Night has been planned for Monday, April 21, beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the St. Patrick's Catholic Church parish hall. Guest speaker will be Glenna Thomas from the Boise Bible College. The evening is sponsored by the First Christian Church, the Christian Life Center and the Church o f the Nazarene Obituaries Harlan J. Devin Harlan J. Devin, 87, formerly of Heppner, died Apnl 9 ,1997, at Woodburn. At his request, there were no services. Private inurnm ent w ill be in the Willamette National Cemetery. Mr. Devin was bom in Hepp ner on March 11,1910. He served in the South Pacific in the U.S. Navy dunng World War II. He was the owner of HJ’s Cash Gro cery in Condon for over 40 years and moved to Woodburn in 1970 from Condon. Mr Devin was Past Worship ful M aster o f Mount M oriah Lodge, AF & AM, twice. He was a member of the Royal Arch Ma sons and a former member o f the A1 Kader Shrine. He was a life member and past Exalted Ruler of Condon Elks Lodge, BPOE #1869. He was a ham radio op erator and enjoyed golf. Mr. Devin is survived by his wife, Gertrude, at home; two sons, Glenn Devin o f Arlington and Boyd Devin of Cheney, WA; stepdaughter, Lynn M arie McDonald of Omaha, NE; and stepson, Tom Nelson of Lake Oswego; sister, Alma Clouston of Salem; four grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson. Memorial contributions may be made to the Oregon Elks Eye Clinic. Simon Funeral Chapel was in charge of arrangements. Paul Mildenberger Paul R. Mildenberger, 63, of Pendleton, died Sunday, April 13, 1997, at home o f Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s Disease). M em orial services w ere Wednesday, Apnl 16, 1997 at the chapel at Bums Mortuary of Pen dleton. Mr. Mildenberger was bom January 25, 1934, at Eire, PA to Raymond and H enrietta Behringer Mildenberger. He retired from the U.S. Navy after serving 21 years and was on the commissioning crew of the U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier, USS America. On November 29, 1975, he married Carolyn McMurray at Walla Walla, WA. He was a past president and secretary of the Pendleton Eagles Lodge, was a member o f the Catholic Church, Main Street Cowboys and Pendleton Eagles Aerie 28. Survivors include his wife, Carolyn, o f Pendleton; sons, Brian of Pendleton, and James and Keith, both o f Smithfield, VA; daughters, Delia Robinson of Heppner, Lynn Lindberg of Sac ram ento, CA, and Sandra Mildenberger in Virginia; a step daughter, Kim O ’Berg; and a stepson, Kirk McMurray, both of Pendleton; and 20 grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Anthony Hospice, 1601 SE Court Avenue, Pendle ton, OR 97801, directly, or through Bums Mortuary of Pen dleton, P.O Box 489, Pendleton, OR 97801. Ottilie Rauch Hermann Hunt Welke Funeral Services for Ottilie Rauch Welke Hermann Hunt, 99, Hermiston, will be held Saturday, April 19, 1997, at 10 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Hermiston. Burial will follow at the Hermiston Cemetery. Mrs. Hunt died Tuesday, April 15, 1997, at Good Shepherd Community Hospital in Hermiston. Mrs. Hunt was bom September 11, 1897, in Germany to Adolf and Henrietta Majewski Rauch. Mrs. Hunt enjoyed her flower garden. Tulips and roses were her specialty and cucumbers were always grown for dill pickles. She loved baking cookies, cakes, bread and her special apple pie. Mrs. Hunt is survived by sons, Ed Hunt of Lexington, Alfred Welke, Seattle, WA, and George Hermann of Gilchrist; daughter, Lillian Smith of Hermiston; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren, nieces nephews and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Alex Hunt; son, Henry Welke; and daughter, Elsie Welke. Memorial contributions may be made to the Trinity Lutheran Church's Women's Quilting & Stained Glass Window Fund or to a charity of choice. Bums Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements. IMS announces 3rd quarter honor roll Nonnee Walters. Seventh Grade 'A' Honor Roll: Adam McCabe, Colin McElligott, Salli McElligott. 'B Honor Roll: Amellia Peck, Kristina Powell. Sixth Grade 'A' Honor Roll: Tracy Griffith, 4., Diana McElligott, Alex Negrete, Caitlin Orem, Til Tullis. 'B' Honor Roll: Jaysi Bennetto, Cameron Krebs, Mike Radie, Koby Rea. lone Middle School has announced its third quarter honor roll. Following are students who qualify: Eighth Grade 'A' Honor Roll: Jennifer Thompson, 4., Charissa Gates, Allison Halvorsen, Shelby Krebs, Jeremiah McElligott, Jeremy Rietmann, Adrienne Swanson. 'B' Honor Roll: Katie Bacon, Molly Barrow, Cory Bennetto, Korey Morgan, Rose Parm, J&B Window Washing Plus Heppner Jo n & B eth N olan Message: 541-989-8501 FREE ESTIMATES jy out (¿Secretary $ )ee (¿¿Money E xpress Y our I A ppreciation ($15 value for $12.95) NATIONAL SECRETARIES' WEEK April 21-25, 1997 AFS Super Secretary Bouquet Without the ' valuable assistance of your secretary, you’d be lost. 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