‘ TWO - Heppner Gazette-Tunes, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 7,1997
The Official Newspaper of the
City of Heppner and the
County of Morrow
Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
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News Editor
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Letters to the Editor
E ditor’s note: Letters to the editor m ust b e signed. The G azette-Tim es w ill
not publish unsigned letters. Please include your address and phone num ber
on all letters for use b y the G -T office. The G -T reserves the hght to ed it
Heppner, Ukiah hunting units stijl open
Pomona Grange meets in Spray
Receives quick response
To the Editor:
Thank you so much for printing
my letter asking your readers to
identify the home of my great-
granduncle Justus L. Simpson
from the photograph I sent you.
Two of your readers, Kathryn
E. Robinson of 290 W. Church
St., and Bob Ployhar of Ployhar
Insurance, have already sent me
letters and one photograph
identifying the house as the one
at 280 W. Church Street. It has
been remodeled over the years,
which is why I had trouble
identifying it on our visit.
As I mentioned in my last
letter, Justus Simpson was buried
on the Fourth of July, 1917, in
the Heppner Masonic Cemetery
on Cemetery Hill, after making
Heppner his home for ten years.
He had lived the previous two
years in Milton-Freewater near
his sister, Mary Jane.
Mary Jane Simpson married
Theodore James Beardsley in
Unadilla, NY and traveled west
by covered wagon in 1878.
Theodore died shortly after they
arrived in Walla Walla and she
Obituaries
was left alone to raise a newborn
son and two teenage daughters.
One of her daughters, Frances,
married William Hardee Frazier,
a very successful farmer, and
they had three children: Lela,
Earl, and Mary. Lela died in
1983 at age 96 and, having no
heirs, left the farm to the people
of Milton-Freewater. It is known
today as Frazier Farmstead
Museum.
According to material from the
museum, Justus had three
daughters and one son. One
daughter (unnamed) married
W.W. (J.) Bechdolt in Hardman,
Oregon (now a semi-ghost town).
In case you are interested, the
Heppner Herald has written
about Justus at least twice: once
on May 21, 1915: "J.L. Simpson
honored on his 78th birthday"
(the article with the photo I sent
you); and his obituary, which
was printed on July 6, 1917.
Once again, thank you so much
for your time and consideration.
(s)Patrick
Simpson
Playground equip­
ment wonderful
Delpha L. Nelson
Delpha L. Nelson, 79, of Hepp­
ner, died Monday, April 28, 1997, To the Editor:
How wonderful to have the
at the Pioneer Memorial Nursing
new playground equipment at the
Home in Heppner.
A memorial service was held grade school. Last Saturday I
Saturday, May 3,1997 at the First took four children to play there
and we all had a good time.
Christian Church in Heppner.
(s) Cam Wishart
Mrs. Nelson was bom July 11,
Heppner
1917, in Helix, to George and
Lorene Matlock Piper.
She graduated from Gnswald
Union High School in Helix in
1935 and graduated from St.
Mary’s School of Nursing as a
registered nurse in 1938.
The Hat Rock rock and gem
On June 11, 1939, she married
Delwin O. Nelson at Walla Walla. show will be held this
The couple moved to Lexington weekend at the U m atilla
Fairgrounds
in
in 1947 and farmed there until the County
1970s * They moved to Heppner Hermiston. The show will be
open on Saturday, M ay 10,
in 1971.
Mrs. Nelson became a resident from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and
of Pioneer Memorial Nursing Sunday, May 11, from 10 a.m.
Home in 1977. She was a mem­ to 4 p.m. The show will
ber of the Pioneer M emorial feature gems, rocks, minerals
Nursing Home board of directors, and fossils.
the Pine City Home Extension,
Admission is free and door
Order of the Eastern Star and the prizes will be awarded.
First Christian Church of Hepp­
ner.
Survivors are daughter Phyllis
Business Cards
Hyder of Portland, sister Lois
Gazette-Times
Ebbert of Des Moines, OR., and
two grandchildren.
Memorial contributions can be
made to the Pioneer Memorial
N ursing Home, P.O. Box 9,
Heppner, OR. 97836.
Sweeney Mortuary, Heppner,
was in charge of arrangements.
Rock and gem
show slated
To the Editor:
I am attempting to get word out
to the hunting public about a
significant change in available
land open to public hunters in the
Fossil Unit in Wheeler County
beginning this summer.
Pioneer Resources, L.L.C., a
timber company based in
Heppner, has closed a large
portion of their land in the Fossil
area to public access. This land
has historically been open to the
public.
Beginning June 1, 1997 all the
Pioneer Resource land in the
vicinity of the Kinzua Mill
townsite is closed to public
access. This area is all the
Pioneer land which comprises
approximately 40,000 acres lying
from the #21 Road (old haul
road) through Kinzua east to the
Umatilla National Forest and
FAA radar site, south to Winlock
Lane and from Winlock west
including the land behind Bear
Hollow Park and Shelton
Wayside park (see map).
Hunting and recreation rights on
this land have been leased to
Bryce & Peg Logan of The
Prairie Ranch, Fossil.
An
additional block of land lying
north of the #21 Road in the
vicinity of Oxhead Ridge is also
closed and is being leased to a
California hunt club. The result
is approximately 60,000 acres of
formerly open land is now
closed. There is now only a
much smaller block of open
hunting land available in the
Fossil Unit.
Due to this very significant
change in the land/hunter
management of the Fossil Unit,
the Oregon Department of Fish
& Wildlife is allowing hunters
who might be affected by this
change the option of redoing
their draw applications for deer
and elk hunting. Applications for
the Fossil Unit ought to be made
only if a hunter has arranged for
access to the mostly private land
in the unit. It should be noted
there is a small block of National
Forest Land in the Fossil Unit. It
also worth noting that Pioneer
Resources owns in excess of
120,000 acres which are open for
public hunting. Those acres lie
mostly in the Heppner, Ukiah,
and Desolation hunt units.
Hunters who desire to change
their draw applications may call
ODFW Controlled Hunts' office
atl-800-708-1782 or (503) 229-
5463 for instructions.
For
information about hunting in the
Kinzua / Sarvice Prairie area call
Bryce Logan at (541) 468 -
2185.
We want to make every effort to
let all hunters know of the
changes occurring here.
We
hope to avoid as much confusion
and confrontation as possible as
the transition is made from
public to private access.
I
encourage
anyone
having
questions or concerns to contact
me. Any help you can provide to
inform the public at-large is
greatly appreciated We hope to
avoid at all costs having any
hunters come here mistakenly
planning to hunt on thisformerly
open land. Please let me know if
you need more information or
have questions.
Thanks for the help,
(s) Bryce Logan
Come Share With Us At
Willow Creek
Baptist Ck urck
Worship Service at 3 p.m.
M eeting in the 7th-day Adventist Ch urch
5 60 Nortk Minor
Kindergarten Visitation
Kindergarten visitation will be held at Heppner Elementary
on Friday, May 9, from 8 a.m.-12 p.m. Visitation is for any
child who will be attending kindergarten this fall. Children
must be five by Sept. 1. Please bring birth certificate and
immunization record. Call Heppner Elementary,
676-9128, to schedule a time.
We Print
By Delpha Jones
Wheatland Pomona Grange
#29 met at the Spray Grange Hall
on Saturday, April 27, with Mas­
ter Mike Medlock presiding. Fol­
lowing the opening, the meeting
was conducted in the fourth de­
gree.
The reports from the granges
were given. Spray Grange has
built an addition to the kitchen
area of their hall and held their
regular auction in addition to their
regular meetings.
Willows Grange has held all
their regular meetings and their
GWA club is very active, meet­
ing one a month. They plan din­
ners and outside activities.
Lexington Grange has started
the GWA club in their grange
again, with Zelma McDaniels
elected as chairman. Plans are
being made for the Morrow
County Wheat Growers spring
meeting scheduled for the Lex­
ington Grange Hall on Wednes­
day, May 7 at 7:30 p.m. Pie and
coffee will be served following
the m eeting. The Lexington
Grange recently initiated the fol­
lowing people in the fourth de-
gree-Missy and Jeff Cutsforth,
Bob Ployhar, Mr. and Mrs. Mat­
thew Clark, and Mr. and Mrs.
Archie Padberg.
It was announced the signup
for the CRP is over and things
have settled down for the farmer.
A youth report was given. It was
reported that the youth have been
making gifts for the Haven House
in Fossil. They also had a poster
contest and the group voted to see
who was to receive the third place
award. They are practicing the
hula, which they will perform at
the state session. The skirts were
made from wrapping paper. The
people in that area are working on
a rural fire district which will be
one o f the community service
projects in that area. The project
will be strictly volunteer and will
not concern taxation.
A report was heard about a pro­
posed project to build a jumper
mill and samples were available
for people to see. If this project
can go through, it would employ
about 100 workers per shift. The
master explained the process of
getting this project underway.
Sunstones, which are found in
Hamey County, were on display.
The stones are different colors,
from clear crystal to reds and yel­
lows. These ran from around
$100 to $4000 and are “lovely
stones.” The master and wife
Aloha gave a history of the stones
and what they look like before
they are broken. The secretary
was escorted to the master chair,
where she received a sunstone as
a gift from the Medlocks and
Spray granges.
A resolution was passed,
thanking Spray for their hospital­
ity and dinner. The second reso­
lution was on grange flood con­
trol from outside waters, and the
third was to revise the official
grange obligation ceremony.
These will be sent to the state ses­
sion to be acted on.
The cake walk was enjoyed, as
was the program put on by the
youth in their hula outfits. The
meeting for July will be the Me­
morial at Anson Wright Park and
potluck dinner.
The roll call was as follows:
four members present from Wil­
lows; six, Lexington; none,
Greenfield; and five, Spray.
Tree give-away planned May 9 .
The Morrow SWCD will hold
its annual free tree give-away at
the Pettyjohn Office Bldg,
parking lot in Heppner on Friday,
May 9, from 8-noon.
An assortment of Ponderosa
Pine, and Engleman Spruce will
be dispersed on a first-come-
first-serve basis.
Morrow SWCD organizes the
dispersal of these excess trees
each year in cooperation with the
USFS. Trees provide shade,
windbreaks, and wildlife habitat
as well as minimize soil erosion,
said a SWCD news release.
Everyone is invited to take
advantage of this opportunity and
plan on planting a few trees this
spring to enhance
property
Those planning to take trees
should bring containers such as
burlap sacks or garbage bags to
protect the trees in transport.
For more information call the
SWCD office at 676-5452.
Some things get passed down
for generations...
Bowling League
Thursday Ntte Mixers
week of April 17
W
L
Lancer Lanes
34
22
Skaggs Auto Clinic
24
32
Wright’s Century Ranch 23
33
R&W Drive In
23
33
High games: John Breidenbach 215,
Dianna Hoeft 178.
High series: John Breidenbach
602, Dianna Hoeft 490.
Splits converted: Rob Skaggs 5-
9-7, Rene Devin 5-10, Fran Barnett
3-10.
Blue Mountain
week of April 16
W
L
Young Guns
20
36
24
Who Knows
32
Beecher's
28
28
Willow Lanes
24
32
Misfits
35
21
High games: John Breidenbach
225, Randy Sample 200.
High series: John Breidenbach
576, Bob Hubbard 546.
...and end up becoming
part of the family.
Dime A Dozen
week of April 13
W
L
23
33
Pin Dodgers
24
Penland House
32
28
28
D-Dons
Bunn Horseshoeing
27
25
30.5
25.5
BMs
33.5
22.5
Our Gang
High games. Randy Sample 220,
Sandi Hanna 191.
High series: Randy Sample 560,
Sandi Hanna 496.
Splits
converted:
John
Breidenbach 4-9, 3-10, Dianna Hoeft
5-7, Rodney Ehrmantraut 5-6-10,
Shannon Lancaster 3-10.
A good banking relationship is like that, too. It becomes a
part of the family.
Just ask a friend or neighbor who has been with Bank of
Eastern Oregon for a while. They will tell that Bank o f EO
just feels like fam ily-friendly staff, local control, concern
for the community, reliable, and for over 52 years, there
when you need them.
Bank of Eastern Oregon
Mrs. C
We’ve celebrated many bowl
lng games and birthdays to
gether. Now ‘GET LUCKY’!
tost Wishes from your older friend.
Mrs. B
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