The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
H eppner
GAZETTE-TIM ES
Twin city
winner to be
announced
U S P S. 240-420
Entries in the contest to find
Heppner a twin city have been
received at City Hall and city
council members are examining
the entries to determine the
winner.
City Manager Jerry Breazeale,
will
contact
the
Irish
community's officials with our
proposal. On July 30, at the
Celebrate
Heppner
event,
Breazeale will announce the
name of the contest winner and
the name of the Irish town.
The council members will base
their selection only on the merits
of the suggested towns, for the
names of the contestants have
been withheld from them until
after the voting. The winner of
the contest and $75 will be
notified on July 30, at the
celebration or after.
If the chosen community does
not accept Heppner's offer of a
relationship across the ocean,
efforts will be repeated with
officials of the second choice,
and so on, until, hopefully, a
twin is found. And should that
be necessary, the contestant who
submitted the final selection will
win $50.
M orrow C o u n ty ’s H om e-O w n ed W eek ly N ew spaper
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under the Act o f March 3,1879. Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon. Office at 147
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David Sykes ...................................................................................................................... Publisher
April Hilton-Sykes ............................................................................................................ Editor
Letters to the Editor
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publish unsigned letters. Please include your address and phone number on all
letters for use by the C-T office. The C-T reserves the right to edit.
Help Sr. Center
To the Editor:
As a follow-up to the letter last
week enlisting community
support for the Heppner Senior
Center, report can now be made
that items are coming in for the
upcoming "Big Yard Sale" July
16-17, proof that the community
cares.
All items, none too large, none
too small, are being accepted at
the office now Monday through
Friday-the more the better...
Their greatest need now is
volunteer arms and legs to make
this project walk, in moving
things about, pricing and setting
up. Some septuagenerians and
octogenarians wonting there
admit that physically they "ain't
what they use'ta be." Therefore,
anyone wanting to help in this
way can call the center (676-
9303), (676-5393), or (676-
9435).
This letter is based on the
belief that the senior center is an
asset to Heppner. Also, because
I work for a Jewish carpenter
who tells me: "Ask and you'll
receive, seek and you'll find."
(s) Jane Rawlins
Heppner
Roger Childers named
officer of the year
Roger Childers was chosen
Officer of the Year for the
Roseburg City Police.
A banquet was held at Roseburg
County Club on June 1 in his
honor. Childers received an
engraved plaque and pen. He
was honored along with Don
Campbell of the Oregon State
Police and Sheriff Wheaton of
the Douglas County Sheriffs
Department.
Childers has been with
Roseburg City Police for ll'/j
years and has been a motorcycle
officer for 10 years.
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B y D olpha Jo n es
He graduated from lone High
School and from Blue Mountain
Community College in criminal
justice and then went to Eastern
Kentucky
University
and
graduated with a degree in law
enforcement. There he met his
wife, Barbara. They have two
sons, Matt and Luke.
Childers is the son of Cleo and
Marilyn Childers of lone.
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BURNING
BAN
Effective July 1,1999, the Fire Chief
of the City of Heppner is imposing a
CLOSED SEASON for open burning
based on local fire safety concerns.
This burning ban is for the City of
Heppner. A reminder that open
burning also includes a “burn barrel.”
The closed season will remain in effect until
further notice this fall as per ORS 478.960.
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Grange meets
for annual picnic
Lexington Grange met on Sun
day at Cutsforth Cabin for the
annual picnic before vacationing
in July and August.
A potluck dinner was enjoyed
prior to the business of the day.
Reports were given by the
M aster C larence Buchanan;
members Kathy and Ned Clark
and guests, Bob Allen, master of
Willows Grange, and his wife.
The grange is involved in many
projects, the newest of which is
testing the hearing of newborn
babies; many community activi
ties, and local help for projects for
the handicapped youth in the area.
The resolution from Wheatland
Pomona for the growing of hemp
was defeated by a close margin;
the dam project which would con
serve the salmon by other means
than taking out the dams was
passed.
Life membership in the grange
has raised from $250 to $300,
which may be done on an install
ment plan.
Junior Grange put on the floor
work which was well done. The
group would like more youth
grangers.
Due to the high cost of running
the grange, it was voted to raise
the state dues by $ 10 a year, start
ing next year. This will mean a
raise in subordinate dues to offset
the difference.
A committee to adopt projects
that the grange can help with was
appointed as follows: Archie and
Jeanette Padberg, Barbara Gil
bert, Wilbur Jackson and Master
Clarence Buchanan. It is hoped
to have something going at the fair
in August.
Beth Clark, a patient at Pioneer
Memorial Nursing Home, was
present for the day. Members
were happy to see her attend.
The meeting adjourned around
4 p.m.
Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 30, 1999 - FIVE
Over 500 Alistott clan to gather for reunion
Back row (left to right): Betty Lieuallen, Dome Spencer, Dollie Carr, Susan Padberg-Whetmen, Gladys
Burnside, Tressie Wilcox, Mary Bray, June Meek. Front Row: Mary Alistott, Don Alistott, Bob Alistott, Jr.,
Otis Alistott, Bob Alistott, Sr.
500 Alistott relatives from
across the United States, are
expected to attend the "Third
National Family Reunion" July
2-5 at the Convention Center in
Pendleton, Oregon.
This event is held every five
years. The first Alistott reunion
was hosted by West Virginia
families, the second by Indiana
families and this year it will be
hosted by Oregon Alistott
families.
Although there are many
spellings
of
the
name
(pronounced "AWL-STAHT),
research has determined that all
families that immigrated to the
U.S. came from a 90-square mile
area in Germany. Spellings
attributed to this clan are:
Aldstadt,
Allstadt,
Alstat,
Allstatt,
Allstot,
Alistott,
Alstadt, Alstat, Alstatt, and
Alstott.
The Alistott families located in
Morrow County are descendants
of German Immigrants that
came to the United States in the
early 1700's and 1800's. In the
early spring of 1729, Johann
(Hans) Marting Alstatt, his wife
Anna Judith, and young son,
Johan Nicholas, sailed from
Rotterdam, Holland, for the
English Colonies. Many of the
families of his descendants, John
Nicholas Alstadt, John Alstatt,
Joseph
Alstott,
spread
throughout
Pennsylvania,
Virginia, Indiana and later to
other states.
John Wesley Alistott and his
twin brother William, the fifth
and sixth children of Joseph
Alistott, were bom in Clark
County, Indiana, in October
1935. It is recorded in the
Gazette-Times of Morrow
County, Oregon, that John was
in the Heppner area in the year
1857. He may have come west
with other treasurer seekers but
felt that Oregon looked to be a
good farming area. He left to go
back east, but always had
Oregon on his mind. On
September 24, 1871, he married
Hannah Elizabeth "Lizzie" Love,
in Lawrence County, Missouri.
John and Lizzie had six children,
the first three bom in Missouri,
the next two in Oregon and the
last daughter was bom in Indian
Territory (Oklahoma). John died
August 22, 1907, and is buried at
Heppner.
The third child of John and
Lizzie was Robert Enicholas
Alistott (1875-1961), who was
bom in Lawrence County,
Missouri. Robert "Bob" married
Mary Elizabeth Wardwell on
March 20, 1898. To this union
was bom 12 children: one son
stillborn, Dollie Alistott (Carr),
Betty
Alistott
(Pamter/Lieuallen),
Robert
"Bob" Alistott, Jr., Susan
Alistott
(Padberg/Whitman),
Otis Alistott, Gladys Alistott
(Burnside), Tressie Alistott
(Wilcox), Mary Alstott (Bray),
June Alistott (Meek), Dorris
Alistott (Spencer) and Don
Alistott.
The fifth child of John and
Lizzie was R. Dell Alistott
(18791946) who was bom at
Shedd Station, Oregon. R. Dell
married Millie Stroud in 1900.
To this union was bom three
children: R. D. Alistott, Irene
Alistott (Padberg) and Bernice
(Bemie) Alistott. R. D. and
Irene were bom in Indian
Territory, Oklahoma, and Bemie
was bom at Eightmile, Oregon.
After the death of R. Del's first
wife, Millie, he later married
Fannie on December 25, 1910.
To this union two children were
bom: Jane Alistott (Smith) and
Jack Alistott. After some
moving around R. Dell moved to
Morrow County in 1915, where
they stayed.
The descendants of these two
pioneering men have lived,
prospered and raised their
families in Morrow and Umatilla
Counties for many years.
Throughout the years these
families have had many reunions
and remain a close family. The
latest count of family members
from these two men has reached
339 with the majority still living
and raising their families in
Oregon.
John Wesley Alistott
descendents still living in
Morrow
County
include:
granddaughters-June L. Alistott
Meek and Dorris W. Spencer,
daughters of Robert E. Alistott;
grea t- gr an dc hi ld ren -C ly de
Alistott,
Dorothy Jackson,
Virginia Peck, Bill Padberg,
Fred Painter, Aloha DeSpain and
Archie Padberg; great-great-
grandchildren-Cyde
Estes,
David Alistott, Allen Peck,
Dennis Peck and Merry
Brannon;
great-great-great-
grandchildren-Aaron Alistott,
Blake Alistott, Amber Peck,
Christopher Peck, Amellia Peck,
Sara Peck, Quinn Peck, Shenlyn
Peck and Drew Brannon.
Several books have Been
written by members of the
Alistott clan which tell of life,
love and hardships of living on
farms in Morrow County, copies
of which can be seen at the
Morrow County Museum in
Heppner.
We Will Be
CLOSED
Monday, July 5th
Havez' a/ happy
4-th/ of July!
MuMtyy Biug
217 North Main
H eppner
676-9158
Health district
plans meeting
A regular meeting of the
Morrow County Health District
will be held Tuesday, July 6, at 7
p.m. at the Irrigon Ambulance
Hall.
.
Business will include: a facility
site plan; bank loan/line of credit;
clinic and ambulance reports;
June hospital statistics; a home
health policy on assisted suicide;
and an executive session which
includes physician employment
and the Adventist contract.
RELDAN 4 E
RELDAN 3% DUST
Ann Shear
wins all around
Ann Shear, lone, won the Se
nior Girls’ All-Around at the 51 st
annual Umatilla Sage Riders Jun
ior Rodeo, held in Hermiston on
June 11. Shear placed first m pole
bending, and second in barrel rac
ing and steer daubing.
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