Obituaries
Luella Agnes Swaggart
Luella Agnes Swaggart, 87,
died November 26, 2000 at
Hermiston.
A graveside service will be
held on Thursday, November 29,
2000 at 12:30 p.m. at the Ritter
Cemetery in Ritter.
She was bom February 1,
1913. at the Baird Ranch in Pine
Creek to George Robert and
Maude Allen Baird. She attended
Caverhill grade school at Pine
Creek, then attended Long Creek
High School in Long Creek,
graduating in 1931.
She married Merle Cecil
Swaggart at John Day on
February 1, 1932.
She was the postmaster at the
Ritter Post Office for 27 years
and also managed the Ritter Hot
Springs for 10 years, retiring in
1986.
Survivors include daughters,
Althea Gibbs of Stanfield and
Mary Lou Blackwell of Moose
Lake, British Columbia, Canada;
son, Cecil Swaggart of Ritter; 11
grandchildren,
22
great
grandchildren and three great-
great-grandchildren. She was
preceded in death by her husband
Merle, and daughter Linnie
Bethefem "Betty" Kennedy.
Memorial contributions may be
made to a charity of choice.
Dnskill Memorial Chapel is in
charge of arrangements.
W alter W. Sinclair
Walter W. Sinclair, 85, of
Irrigon, died Friday, November
24, 2000. at his home.
Funeral services will be held
Friday, December 1, 2000 at 1
p.m. in the chapel at Bums
Mortuary of Hermiston. A
gathering of family and friends
will be held at the Senior Center
in Irrigon after the service.
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Disposition is to be by
cremation.
He was bom September 30,
1915, at Palouse, Washington, to
Joseph Elmer and Laura Gates
Sinclair (Reisinger).
He served with the Civilian
conservation Corps and worked
for the WPA during the
Depression. He was employed by
Union Pacific Railroad in La
Grande and laster moved to
Pendleton, where, after 28 years,
he retired from Eastern Oregon
State Hospital where he was
paint foreman.
He was active at the Senior
Center in Irrigon and kept busy
with his knife sharpening
business. He enjoyed hunting,
fishing, boating and was always
ready to relate tales of the
family's first boat, "The Little
Stinker." He was an avid
rockhound and collected hats
from the many places he and his
wife traveled.
Survivors include his wife, Eva
Sinclair of Irrigon;
son,
Raymond Sinclair of Richland,
Washington; daughter, Carol
Keller of Bly; five grandchildren,
seven great-grandchildren, one
great-great-grandchild
and
numerous other relatives.
Memorial contributions may be
made the Irrigon Ambulance
Service or to Stokes Landing
Senior Center in Irrigon.
Bums Mortuary of Hermiston
is in charge of arrangements.
Kenneth J. Smouse
Kenneth J. Smouse, 89, of
lone, died Sunday, November 19,
2000, at his home.
Funeral services were held
Monday, November 27, 2000 at
the lone United Church of Christ
with concluding service and
burial following at lone's High
View Cemetery.
He was bom November 19,
1911, at lone, to Henry and Clara
Troedson Smouse. He attended
country schools near lone then
attended
lone
Schools,
graduating from lone High
School in 1930. He attended
Oregon State College, graduating
in 1938 with a degree in civil
engineering. He worked for the
U.S. Geological Survey in
Portland as a hydraulic engineer.
In 1938, he married Beulah
Tucker Nichols. She died of
cancer in 1940.
On February 28, 1942, he
mamed Frances M. Burgoyne, at
Portland.
Following the death of his
father in 1943, Mr. Smouse and
his wife came to lone to take
over the family farm.
During the harvest of 1981,
while fighting a neighbor's wheat
fire, he was severely burned. He
was able to continue farming,
however, until 1997, when he
retired due to ill health.
He received the Morrow
County Conservation Farmer of
the Year Award in 1978.
He was active in the lone
united Church of Christ and the
Lexington Grange, where he was
a member for 70 years. He was a
member of the order of Eastern
Star, the lone Masonic Lodge,
the Scottish Rite Temple and the
A1 Kader Shrine.
Mr. Smouse was secretary of
the Jordan Elevator Company,
served as chairman of the
Lexington Wind Erosion District,
was elected to the Board of
Directors of the Columbia Basin
Electric Co-op in 1949 at the
beginning of their electric line
construction program, serving on
that board for 33 years. In 1955,
he served as president of the
Oregon Wheat League and from
1957 until 1962, served on the
Oregon Wheat Commission.
Survivors include his wife,
Frances M. Smouse, daughter,
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Cherilyn A. Smouse, and son,
Kenneth L. Smouse, all of lone,
son, Carl F. Smouse of
Hermiston; and sisters, Shirley
Ferguson of Kaiser and Helen
Martin of The Dalles. He was
preceded in death by a brother,
Paul, in 1973.
Memorial contributions may be
made to the lone United Church
of Christ Memorial Fund, P.O.
Box 346, lone, Oregon 97843, or
to the Shriner's Hospital for
Crippled Children, 3101 S.W.
Sam Jackson Park Road,
Portland, Oregon 97201.
Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner
was in charge of arrangements.
Direct seed
meeting
A Morrow County direct seed
meeting will be held at the Forest
Service Conference Room in
Heppner on Tuesday, Dec. 5,
from 1-4 p.m.
This meeting is an opportunity
for local growers to share
information and/or ideas about
direct seeding. Topics for
discussion
include,ent
management, (2) alternative
crops, (3) carbon sequestration,
(4) soil tilth and (5) the EQIP
program. This is an informal,
"round table" discussion. The
meeting will be for growers in
Morrow County. For more
information, contact Loren
Unruh (NRCS) at 676-5021.
Cardinal Booster Club activities
Cardinal Booster Club Cardinal
Booster Club met Monday, Nov.
13, at lone High School. A thank
you note from the weight lifting
class and their instructor, Mr.
Holland, was read. The club
recently purchased a trap bar for
their use.
Monica Swanson gave a report
on painting the high school gym.
The lowest bid for painting the
walls was Tim Wright of
Heppner. Swanson also spoke to
Jan and Bob’s Signs and they
agreed to honor their previous
bid to do the decorative painting.
The work would begin Dec. 15
and proceed through Christmas
break. The club voted to accept
the bids and proceed with the
painting. Mr. Stuart's shop class
will encase the wires and
Athletic Director Dean Robinson
will price new mats for the walls
behind the baskets.
The lone Cardinal antenna balls
have arrived. Members are
selling them for $2 each. The
club will also have black polo-
style embroidered shirts for sale
at the first home basketball
game. Hats may still be
purchased at the Bank of Eastern
Oregon in lone.
The club will be in charge of
concessions for the lone
Basketball Bonanza. Anyone
willing to help with that should
call Debbie Morgan.
Robinson reported on the
Sheep Club to wrap gifts
The Willow Creek Sheep Club
will be wrapping gifts for the
holiday season. The club will be
at the lone Fire Hall on Sunday,
Dec. 17 from 2-6 p.m. A limited
supply of gift boxes will be on
hand. Members will accept
donations for their services. The
moneys will go towards supplies
for the upcoming Fair.
Cookies, coffee and hot
chocolate will be served.
upcoming basketball schedule.
The lone boys will have a "C"
team coached by Jim Swanson.
The middle school will not have
any games in December. The
Thursday, Dec. 21 game with
Stanfield will be away instead of
home due to the painting of the
gym.
The club agreed to the following
expenditures: reimburse Dale
Holland $75.50 for the BFS
Weight Program tapes; buy two
basketballs each for the high
school girls' and boys' programs
at $144; help pay for "C" team
referees;
reimburse
Ron
Palmateer for two new Pee-Wee
basketball baskets at $340.
Robinson thanked the club for
helping the junior high boys pay
for their football jerseys. The
junior high students are currently
selling coupon books to buy new
track uniforms.
The next meeting of Cardinal
Booster Club will be Monday,
Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. at the high
school library.
Births
Cydney Ann Gutndge- A
daughter, Cydney Ann, was bom
on November 2, 2000, at St.
Vincent's Hospital in Portland to
Jennifer and Shane Gutndge,
Wilsonville.
The baby weighed seven
pounds, 9 oz., and was 20 inches
long.
Grandparents are Ron and Judy
Currin,
Buttercreek;
Toni
Lemon, Sun Valley, Bob Lemon,
Hermiston, and Pat Gutndge,
Salem.
Great-grandparents are: Helen
Currin,
Buttercreek;
Joy
Gutridge, Baker, and Alva and
Norma Justice, Baker.
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