SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 17,2006
Heppner man pieces together bits of Heppner’s past
Jared W icklund o f
Heppner did some “treasure
h u n tin g ”
d u rin g
the
d e m o litio n o f the old
H ep p n er G a z e tte -T im e s
building during the fall of
2005.
He
found
a p p ro x im a te ly 750 old
bottles buried around and
beneath the building and in
the alle y b etw een the
building and the Odd Fellows
b u ild in g . He also found
dishes he believed to be from
the E lkhorn R esta u ra n t,
which used to be housed in
the Odd Fellows building.
The inventory of the
bottles he found included:
whiskey bottles, medicine
bottles, tonic bottles, Chinese
T ig er w hisk ey b o ttle s,
pumpkin seed flasks, shot
glasses, as well as many
o thers in all shapes and
colors from clear to cobalt
blue to green. He also found
many ink bottles and bottles
used
to
d istrib u te
medications. He also learned
of three previous drug stores
in H eppner from b o ttles
imprinted with, “Conser and
Jared Wicklund used a backhoe (right) and hand digging to Find
his many bottles.
Ayers Drug Co., Heppner,”
“ P a tte rso n
and Son
D ruggists, Heppner” and
“ S locum
Drug
C o.,
H eppner.” Wicklund said
that he learned that the
C o n se r and Ayers Drug
C om pany w ent out o f
business right after the 1903
flood as one of the men had
been among those that had
drowned.
Tom Norton to speak at
Christian Life Center
N orton with children at the orphanage.
Tom N orton o f
Portland will be speaking at
C h ristia n L ife C en ter
Sunday, May 21 during the
morning service at 10:30
a.m. Norton will be making
his fifth trip to Russia to visit
an orphanage. He will be
sharing about his upcoming
trip during the service.
N orton
was
o rig in ally in troduced to
Russia through his work, but
feel in love with the children
at the orphanage and returns
as often as possible.
Some of the things
he wishes to accomplish at
the o rp h an ag e include:
presenting the Good News
of salvation through Jesus
Christ;
maki ng
repairs and
painting as
needed;
teaching
convasat»nal
English;
teaching
Tom N orton
Bible songs
in the Russian language and
spending much time with all
the children.
To hear more about
N orton’s experiences and
upcoming goals, be sure to
attend the meeting. He is
sure to have many pictures
and letters from the children
of Russia.
St. Patrick’s Senior Center news
W icklund
spent
about two months digging in
the area. He began by hand
digging and found many
item s ju s t six -in c h es
u n d erg ro u n d . A fter he
finished hand digging, he
used a mini-backhoe and dug
up to 9-1/2 feet deep. He
said that at six feet deep you
could see signs of the flood-
silt, rocks, etc.
W icklund
has
enlisted the help of 10 books
to help identify the numerous
bottles that are not obvious.
He also has looked at old-
time photos of Heppner to
try and identify businesses
that had been in the area. He
said that at least two other
buildings had been where the
Gazette sat. He also said that
a m ech an ic g arag e was
located on the vacant lot
next to the Gazette. He also
said a d o c to r’s office of
some kind must have been in
the area as he saw a wooden
sign with a doctor’s name on
it. He also had found old-
fashioned syringes.
Many of his pieces
date back sev eral y ears
before the flood of 1903,
w ith one b ottle stam ped
Sept. 28, 1875. He said that
bottle was really interesting
because he found it on Sept.
28, 2005. H is said the
“newest” pieces he found
were from the 1950s.
W icklund
also
found some metal items,
including an old fishing reel,
but said that many of those
types of items had corroded
and
w ere
not w ell
preserved, compared to the
many bottles he found. He
also com m ented that for
every one whole bottle he
found, he found 10 more
b roken o n es. He was
sh o ck ed at how m any
survived.
“It was a lot of fun,”
W icklund said. However,
many of the bottles still had
liquid inside and dumping
that out was not so fun,
“some of the stuff was not
so good smelling.”
N ow
th at
the
retrieval is over, Wicklund is
still busy identifying the
bottles and says he has quite
a few left to go. He is also
busy trying to discover all of
the businesses that were in
the area. “I’m still trying to
learn ab o u t a lot o f it
[businesses and bottles],”
said Wicklund.
The menu for St. Patrick’s Senior Center's May 24
noon meal is barbecue chicken, oven French fries, apple
raisin salad, sliced tomatoes, hot bread and applesauce cake.
United Methodist volunteers will be hosts for the event.
Ed Baker and Grace Drake attended the Advisory
Committee meeting for Umatilla-Morrow Area Agency on
Aging. A number of other passengers on the bus were able
to enjoy bingo while the meeting was in session.
Federal funds for the current budget (2006-07) are
reduced eight percent. How adjustments can be best made
to cover the short-fall were discussed. A motion was passed
to raise the suggested donation from seniors (60 and over),
for the noon meal, to $3 per person and the charge of non
seniors (59 and under) to $6 per person as of July 1,2006.
Doug Gunderson is the resident highlighted this
week. He is one among the first roster of residents in the
S h e lb y
A nn
apartment complex. Until recently, he has served as assistant
manager. He is a native of Heppner, bom in the mid-50s, H a rs h m a n - a daughter,
graduating from high school in the seventies and then S h elb y A nn, was born
attended Blue Mountain Community College. While a March 22, 2006 at Good
student at BMCC, he had the privilege and pleasure of Shepherd Medical Center in
meeting and shaking hands with both Presidents Ford and H erm iston to A ndy and
S tep h an ie H arshm an o f
Carter
His favorite activities are bowling and golf. He adds Heppner. Shelby weighed 8
pounds 9 ounces and joins
to his lists attending baseball and football games.
His parents are Eddie G underson and the late brothers Braden and Trevor.
Beverly G underson. A fter college, he worked in his Grandparents are Noel and
H arshm an
of
mother's accounting business. His grandmother and his P atty
Hardman.
Terry
Linnell
of
mother. Beverly, died within a year and a half of each other.
Irrigon,
Lloyd
Brundage
of
He has made good friends while like at St. Patrick’s. He
not only enjoys living there, he gives volunteer time to its Irrigon and Mike and Vicki
Linnell of Morton, WA.
upkeep.
Births___
Wicklund displays over 750 bottles and is still working hard to identify many of the pieces.
Some of Wicklund's favorite pieces, including a Chinese Tiger whiskey bottle, inkwells, old shaving
mug and three stamped drug store bottles.
Memorial Day dinner planned
A Morrow County
Memorial Day dinner will be
held Sunday, May 28 at 1
p.m. in the dining room of
the St. Patrick Senior Center
in Heppner.
A time to meet and
greet friends and relatives is
planned to start at 12:30
p.m ., with a w elcom ing
ceremony and program to
follow.
Dinner is provided
by the senior center and
community churches. The
cost of the dinner is $6 for
those six and over and under
six years old is $3. The menu
includes an entrée of turkey
breast or roast beef, a variety
o f salads and dessert of
homemade cobbler and ice
cream. Any proceeds from
the dinner will be used to
provide necessities for the
Senior Center.
V olunteers
are
especially needed to help
with set up and serving. If
you can help, please call the
Senior Center business office
at 676-9030.
C U ST O M
BANNERS
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Domestic
Violence Services
to hold volunteer
training classes
Domestic Violence
Services o f U m atilla and
M orrow counties will be
holding volunteer training
for its crisis line and other
areas
of
v o lu n te e r
opportunities. The classes
will be held in Pendleton
May 27, June 3, 10 and 17.
All classes will be held from
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The classes
will be held at the DVS
counseling offices at 1103
SE Court Place. Pendleton.
For more information or to
register, call 276-3322 or
567-0424.