Iris Doherty Partney to reign
over St. Pat's festivities
Iris Doherty Partney
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Volunteers paint shamrock In preparation for festivities
Irish Players to perform again during St. Pat's
Iris (Rockwell) Doherty
Partney has been selected to
reign over
Heppner's 17th
annual St. Patrick's Celebration
planned this weekend, March 12-
14. Ins will nde in the St
Patrick's
parade
with her
daughter, Donna. The parade is
scheduled to begin at 1 p.m..
Saturday, March 13.
Ins, whose former husband is
the late Joe Dominic Doherty,
lives with her husband, Dick
Partney, on the same ranch
where she grew up. The ranch
was originally owned by her
grandparents, Julius and May
Gudenan.
Ins, 68, was bom February 15.
1931, to Guy and Irene Rockwell
at Pendleton and grew up on the
family place which is situated on
McKay Creek between Pilot
Rock
and Pendleton. She
graduated from Pilot Rock High
School and, after graduation in
1949, worked at the Umatilla
County Counhouse in the tax
department. She and Joe were
mamed in 1950. After their
mamage they bnefly lived in
Pendleton, but then moved back
to the farm because o f her
father's ill health.
Joe farmed and worked nights
at the Pilot Rock lumber mill and
later went into the real estate
business.
Iris and Joe had four children,
Donna, David, Richard and
Dennis.
Donna, who lives nearby, has
two children, Kyle and Heaven.
Donna is employed with the city
o f Pendleton in their finance
department. David, who is
employed
with
Pioneer
Construction, and his wife
Rachel live outside Pendleton.
They have two children, Lucas
and Justine. Richard and his wife
Sue live on the ranch. Their
children are Jake and Jessie.
Richard is employed with the
Pendleton Flour Mill. Dennis and
his wife Kelly also live on the
ranch, along with their children,
Adam and Alex.
Dennis is
employed with Cascade Gas.
Joe, who passed away in 1981,
had a tremendous singing voice,
says I n s ,‘and often sang at
weddings and funerals.
Joe is buned at the Vinson
cemetery at Nye Junction. When
visiting his grave a while back,
Ins noticed that several quarters
had appeared on his headstone.
She discovered that the quarters
had been placed there by Mike
Kilkenny o f Pendleton. She
placed several there herself and
it has become a tradition.
In 1991, she mamed Dick
Partney, who is a self-employed
contractor. Dick, who bom at
Milton-Freewater, moved to Pilot
Rock after graduation.
Besides her children and
grandchildren, Ins also loves
horses and the outdoors and for
many years bred and showed
purebred Arabian horses. She
still has about nine horses, but
has since given up breeding
them. She had a 4-H horse club
for 25 years. She was a member
ot the Umatilla County Fair
Board, was superintendent for
the horse division at the Umatilla
County Fair and was honored to
be selected as the grand marshal
of their fair.
The family still has a white
carnage with wine-colored velvet
seats which was pulled by a
white Arabian. Joe used the
carnage and their son, David
Doherty, has also used the
carnage.
The Doherty family has a rich
Irish
hentage.
Joe
D.'s
grandfather, Pat Doherty, came
to Amenca in 1888. He worked
in the U.S. until his return to
Ireland in 1901 to wed Mary
McLaughlin. When they returned
to Amenca, they brought Mary's
brother. Cor, and Pat's cousins,
Paul and Nora (Newman)
Doherty with them.
In 1908, Pat and Mary, sailed
on the Lusitania back to Ireland
with their son, Joe (Joe D.'s
father), who was six years old at
the time, and daughters, Susan
and Mary. They spent three
months in Ireland visiting
relatives and friends. Susan, who
attended grade school in the
country
school
at
Big
Buttercreek, married Bernard
Doherty, son o f Barney and Katie
Doherty, Sandhollow. Barney
had property in both Morrow and
Umatilla counties and ran sheep
for years. Susan has also presided
over the Heppner St. Patrick's
festivities as grand marshal.
Joe D.'s great, great, great
paternal grandfather was John
(Newman), who left the Isle o f
Dough in 1785 and settled at
Ballyloskey, County Donegal,
Ireland.
His great,
great
grandparents, Philip and Nancy
McLaughlin Doherty had six
children: Mary (many o f whose
descendants
settled
at
Sandhollow), Shan, Big Paddy
(Blackhorse),
Rose
(Hirl
families), and Kate (Mullaly).
Joe D.'s great grandparents,
Shan and Susana McLaughlin
Doherty came from Ireland in
1890 with five o f their children
and joined the rest o f the family,
settling at Hog Hollow in
Morrow and Umatilla counties.
Joe D.'s parents, Joe and Fanny
McCauley Doherty, raised a
family o f nine. Most o f their
descendants live in Umatilla
County.
Other descendants o f John's
include Tutuilla Dan Doherty.
Susie Doherty French and
Catherine Doherty Nelson.
On the maternal side, Mary
McLaughlin Doherty's father.
Daniel McLaughlin (Big Denny)
came from a long line o f
McLaughlins, known as the
"Crocker
Behg"
(Gaelic)
McLaughlins. The first son in
each
family
was
named
Cornelius. Mary and Cor were
the only ones in their family to
emigrate to Amenca. Cor
McLaughlin
mamed
Mary
Doherty (Blackhorse) and they
raised a family o f 13 children on
their ranch in Morrow County.
City leash law
to be enforced
Heppner City Manager Jerry
Breazeale has said that because
o f the numerous complaints
about dogs the city has received,
the city is going to enforce the
leash law and city police may
start issuing citations for people
who don't comply.
Breazeale said that dog owners
who violate the law may be
subject to a fine. Up until now,
while the law has been on the
books for some time, it was only
enforced if a complaint about a
dog was made.
Breazeale said that dogs within
the city limits are to be confined
to a fenced enclosure or on a
leash when out in public.
"Owning a dog is the
responsibility o f the owner," said
Breazeale. "They need to be sure
their dogs are not causing
problems for other people.”
Bike-a-thon
planned
St. Jude Children's Research
hospital has announced plans for
the "Wheels for Life" Bike-a-
thon to be held Sunday, April
25, in lone.
St. Jude Children's Research
Hospital, founded in 1962 by the
late entertainer Danny Thomas,
is the largest childhood cancer
research center in Amenca in
terms o f the number o f patients
treated and treatment success.
Treatment is provided at no cost
to the family and all finding are
shared freely with doctors and
hospitals all over the world.
"Thanks to St. Jude Hospital,
children who have leukemia.
Pediatric AIDS., sickle-cell
anemia,
and
other
life-
threatemng diseases now have a
better chance to live," said a
spokesperson.
Routes and other details will
be released soon. For more
information, call Anne Morter.
ride coordinator, at 422-7429.
Mustangs to hold baseball camp
The Heppner Mustangs will
hold a baseball camp Monday,
March 22, to Thursday, March
25, at the Heppner High School
baseball field from 12 p.m. to 3-
o.m.
The late Joe Dominic Doherty
The cost is $25 which includes
a team hat. All youth from ages
9-14 are invited to come.
For more, information,
contact Tony Pupo at 676-5997
or Robin Graff, 422-7191.
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The Irish singers (left to right): Scott Sager, Kreg Hawkins, John Doherty, Mike Duffy, Paul Green and Ivan
Meads will be performing again this year during the St. Patrick's Day Celebration. The group has been playing
Irish music at Heppner's celebration for many years.
Donkey basketball game planned at lone
The Cardinal Booster Club is
sponsoring donkey basketball at
lone High School on Wednesday,
March 17 at 7 p.m. It will be the
lone school faculty and fire dept,
members versus the high school
basketball (boys and girls) teams.
“If you have never had the
privilege o f watching basketball
being played from the back o f a
not-so-enthusiastic donkey, don’t
miss this opportunity. It’s fun for
the whole fam ily,” said a club
spokesperson.
Presale tickets are available at
B e e c h e r ’s Restaurant and
Wheat-land Insurance. Debbie
Morgan will be selling tickets, and
the lone middle school children will
sell tickets also. Adults are $4.50,
students grades 7-12 are $3.50,
and students K-6, $2.50. For tick
ets at the door, add .50 each.
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