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.• • • ♦ • * • % — TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 4,1998 Tht* Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow H eppner Ìli GAZETTE-TIMES U S P S 240-420 Morrow County's Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekls 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 U7 West Willow Street Telephone (541)676-9228. Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O. Bos 33 .. Heppner, Oregon 97836 Subsc riptions *18 in Morrow. Wheeler. Gilliam and Grant Coun ties; *25 elsewhere April Hilton Sykes ................................................................. N«*w* Ed,»°r Stephanie J e n s e n ................................................................................ Typesetting Monique Devin Advertising Layout & Graphics Bonnie B en n ett................. Distribution Penni Keersemaker M etW David Sykes, Publisher Obituaries Allie S. Gentry Allie S. Gentry, 90, of Pendle ton, died Monday, January 26, 1998, at her home. Graveside service was held Fri day, January 30, 1998 at the Heppner Masonic Cemetery. Allie S. Shipps was bom May 4, 1907, at Ava, Missouri, to Clyde and Edith Jackson Shipps. She grew up at Ava and attended school there. On August 8, 1928, she mar ried O rville W. G entry at G ainesville, M issouri. They moved to Oregon in 1938, living at Heppner, Pilot Rock and Port land before moving to Pendleton in 1964. Mr. Gentry died in 1983. Survivors include sons, Bill of Heppner, and Jack of Pendleton; sisters, Nola Dean Ray of Ava, Missouri, and Bertha Inman of Mount Vernon, Missouri; four grandchildren and 10 g reat grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to a charity of choice. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner was in charge of arrangements. • >• -. , r.t ' .• * ' . * » > : v .v , V S - v - v ; - f : .- •;*' - • . . • . •, > l ' - - : ? . I < - . *-* ' ' • • .• - • •> . •• V t •' * _ ' * r •» * * ■ L • ■ ‘ [ a •* r - *.;• ' . * t ■ •. V i ' . ' •* •* • • 14 . ’i ¿y* V»... / v , ! . « *1 Fair Board and also served on the rodeo board for 25 years. He helped form the local Soil Con servation D istrict and Cattlemen’s Association. He was the second recipient o f the Cattlemen’s Association Man of the Year award in 1952. He was grand marshal o f the Morrow County Fair Parade in 1974 and later was honoree of the Heppner St. Patrick’s Day Celebration. His wife, Pauline, died in No vember 1997. Survivors include a son, Merlin Hughes of Hepp ner; sister, Anita Lutcher o f Milton-Freewater; five grandchil dren and six great-grandchildren. A son, Edwin Allen Hughes; a brother, Arthur Hughes; and a sis ter, Kathleen, also preceded him in death. Memorial contributions may be made to the All Saints Episco pal Church Memorial Fund, P.O. Box 246, Heppner, OR 97836; or to the Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home, P.O. Box 9, Heppner, OR 97836. Sweeney Mortuary in Heppner was in charge of arrangements. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Hermiston and a 46 year member of the Her miston Eagles Lodge. Survivors include his wife, Vashti of Irrigon; sons, Bill of Texarkana, Texas, Tony o f Sedalia, Missouri and Conley of Fallon, N evada; a daughter, Lucille Haynes of Portland; a brother, Marvin of Jefferson City, M issouri; sisters, H enrietta Helzer of Thomas, Oklahoma and Yvonne Widener of Amarillo, Texas; 15 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; a daughter, Pat Reece, sisters, Betty Malson and Marley Lou Didier; and brother, Diel. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Dis ease Center of Oregon, P.O. Box 10051, Portland, OR 97210. Bums Mortuary of Hermiston was in charge of arrangements. Death Notice Word has been received of the death of Leila M. Palmer, 73, of Lexington, who died Monday, February 2, 1998 at her home. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in charge of arrangements. A complete obituary will be in next week’s Gazette-Times. grant Weather Report By th e City of H ep p n er For the month of January Low High Precj). 63 30 1/1 .00 34 1/2 60 T 43 1/3 23 .06 1/4 35 23 .09 47 24 1/5 T 47 41 1/6 .00 47 44 1/7 .53 44 1/8 32 .00 41 1/9 18 .00 29 1/10 21 .01 28 1/11 12 .31 1/12 18 8 .21 42 1/13 8 .15 1/14 49 46 T 1/15 51 30 .28 49 1/16 32 .18 1/17 56 42 .33 1/18 55 37 .00 1/19 59 38 .33 49 1/20 32 .00 49 1/21 28 .00 1/22 47 38 .13 1/23 53 32 .05 1/24 59 38 .00 1/25 56 34 .00 1/26 57 36 .00 1/27 41 52 .20 1/28 50 32 .03 1/29 47 33 T 1/30 53 35 .01 1/31 55 23 .00 Heidemans to celebrate 50th anniversary continued from page 1 Butch and Helen Heidem an An open house in honor of the 50th wedding anniversary of Robert "Butch" and Helen Heideman will be held Sunday, February 22, from 1:30-4 p.m. in the lone United Church of Christ basement. The community is invited to attend. The couple requests no gifts. Hinson W . Didier Hinson W. Didiet, 83, of Irri- gon, died Thursday, January 29, Ebb Hughes 1998, at Willamette Falls Hospi William Edwin “Ebb” Hughes, tal in Oregon City. 88, of Heppner, died Saturday, Funeral services were held January 31,1998, at Pioneer Me Wednesday, February 4, 1998 at morial Hospital in Heppner. Trinity Lutheran Church in Her- Funeral services were held miston with burial following at Wednesday, February 4, 1998 at Hermiston Cemetery. All Saints Episcopal Church in Hinson Walter Didier was bom Heppner with concluding service October 7, 1914, at Fay, Okla and burial following at the Hepp homa, to Henry and Mabel ner Masonic Cemetery. Bumison Didier. Mr. Hughes was bom Novem When he was three, he lost the ber 9, 1909, at Heppner, to Percy fingers on his left hand in an ac and Mable Ayers Hughes. He cident. 'grew up in the H eppner and He worked on his parents’ farm Buttercreek areas and attended sharecropping and dairy farming local schools. He attended high for a time, then hopped a train school at M ilton-Freew ater, across the country working fruit graduating in 1929, then went on harvest and odd jobs. to attend Oregon State University On May 25, 1939, he married in Corvallis before returning to Vashti Sullivan at W atonga, Heppner. Oklahoma. On August 10, 1931, he mar In 1950, he sold potatoes and ried Pauline Ballou, at Walla moved his wife and five children Walla, Washington. The couple to Hermiston where he went to settled on the homeplace on Little work at the Umatilla Army De Buttercreek near Heppner where pot where he was employed until they ranched. his retirement in 1973. In 1957, they began spending He built two houses in Hermis eight months a year on their ton, and in 1969, moved to Irri- Ukiah ranch, then in 1993, moved gon. into Heppner. He raised vegetables and ran Mr. Hughes was a member of Riverview Fruit Stand and Trailer the All Saints Episcopal Church, Court at Imgon from 1973-1992. the Heppner Elks Lodge, was past He was well-known for Didier chairman of the Morrow County tomatoes. Anipro Introduces... PasturepHlex Friends and Family are Cordially Invited to Attend an OPEN HOUSE Given in Honor of RAY and KAY AYERS to Celebrate their 25th ANNIVERSARY A rtist's conception of the am phitheatre addition by Astrid Bruno complete the amphitheatre for the whole county to use and enjoy for years to come. The amphitheatre's country design and practicality, along with the creativity of the community hold Saturday , February 7, 1998 from 1 -4 p.m . . a endless possibilities for the future, said Rietmann. Anyone who would like more information, or donate money, make a memorial contribution or help with the project may call 422-7243. 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