SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 4, 2015
‘The Princess and
the Pea’ audition
planned in Irrigon
An audition will be held
for the Missoula Children’s
Theatre (MCT) original
adaptation of The Princess
and the Pea on Monday,
March 23, at 10 a.m. in the
AC Houghton Elementary
School cafeteria. Those au-
ditioning should arrive at
9:45 a.m. and plan to stay
for a full two hours. Some
of the cast members will be
asked to stay for a rehearsal
immediately following the
audition. Please bring a
snack.
Among the roles to
be cast are the Princess,
the Pea, King and Queen
Size of Riverdom, Storm
King and Snow Queen of
Glacierdom, the Prince,
the mischievous Jack Frost,
the citizens of Riverdom
and Glacierdom, the Dust
Bunnies and some wan-
nabe Princesses, not to
mention some meddling
leprechauns.
All Irrigon and Board-
man students, ages kinder-
garten through 12 th grade,
are encouraged to audition.
No advance preparation is
necessary. Assistant direc-
tors will also be cast to aid
in rehearsals throughout
the week and to take on
essential backstage respon-
sibilities.
The Missoula Chil-
dren’s Theatre touring pro-
ductions are complete with
costumes, scenery, props
and makeup. MCT Tour
actor/directors will conduct
rehearsals throughout the
week.
The Princess and the
Pea will be presented on
Saturday, March 28, at 4
and 6 p.m. at AC Houghton
Elementary School. The
Missoula Children’s The-
atre residency in Irrigon is
presented locally by North
Morrow Community Foun-
dation with support from
local sponsors.
For more information,
call Angela, 541-314-0166,
or email northmorrowcom-
munityfoundation@gmail.
com.
St. Patrick’s
church starts a new
tradition for St.
Pat’s weekend meal
Nova Simpson prepares to serve her Irish potato soup to
Kathy Turner. The soup will be on the menu during the St.
Patrick’s Catholic Church meal on March 14. –Photo by Kay
Proctor
St. Patrick’s Catholic
Church is beginning a new
tradition this year for the St.
Patrick’s celebration.
The church’s annual
meal on Saturday, March
14, has been changed to a
lunch beginning at noon
and going until 5 p.m. at the
St. Patrick’s Senior Center
dining room downtown.
A hearty, homemade
potato soup with Guinness
beer breadsticks, a drink,
and a slice of homemade
pie is offered for $8. Din-
ers can choose to have only
soup, breadsticks and drink
for $5 or have just a slice of
pie with drink for $4.
Proceeds from the
lunch will go toward par-
ish hall renovations.
Catholic men to hold
first Friday meeting
The men of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church of Heppner
and St. William’s Catholic Church of Ione will hold their
first Friday of the month meeting on March 6 at the par-
ish office in Heppner. The meeting will start at 6:45 a.m.
and will be followed by First Friday Mass at 7:30 a.m.
GRAND MARSHAL
to keep contact with his
family in Ireland and the
East Coast.
Mickey became eli-
gible for U.S. citizenship
by serving in the Navy in
World War I but chose to
return to Ireland.
John operated his own
blacksmith shop in Boston.
At a later date he became
employed by Hoods Milk
Co. and had the honor of
shoeing the last horses used
in milk delivery.
Willie settled in Brook-
lyn, where he became a
motorman in the New York
City Subway system.
Charlie came to the
U.S. aboard the RMS Car-
mania out of Liverpool,
disembarking through Ellis
Island on May 13, 1920.
He was sponsored by his
brother, John, with whom
he lived for a few years
while working on the docks
in Boston Harbor.
His spirit of adven-
ture prompted him to leave
Boston with a companion
and seek his fortune in the
West. Details of this trip are
lost but apparently he came
straight to Eastern Oregon.
His main employer for the
next 10 years was the Mac
Kenny family of Heppner.
From memories of
Charlie’s stories it can be
speculated that he got off
the train in Baker and went
straight to work for the
Kennys as a sheepherd-
er and camp cook in the
Greenhorn Mountains. He
quickly developed a life-
long love for this area and
lost his urge to roam. He is
remembered to have often
said that “Eastern Oregon
is the best place I have ever
seen.”
The early Depression
years were hard for all of
the area stockmen. Charlie
felt fortunate and grateful to
be able to stay on with the
Kennys through this time.
As was typical for the Irish
in those days, Charlie mar-
ried at an older age, in his
late 30s. Charlie and Kath-
erine Doherty were married
in Pendleton in 1935. They
soon acquired their farm on
Hinton Creek and began to
raise their four children,
along with hay and cattle.
Katherine Doherty Mona-
gle
Katherine was a quiet
lady whom her children re-
member as a rock of virtue
who instilled in them won-
derful moral values, respect
for others and a desire to
do well in life. She is also
remembered by many for
her sense of humor. She was
always known as Katherine,
never Kate or Katy. She
had an aura of quiet calm
and dignity, which made
that seeming formality very
natural.
She was one of the
nine children of Bernard P.
“Little Barney” and Cath-
erine “Short Kate” Doherty,
Irish immigrants from Do-
negal who met and married
in this country. Katherine
was born in Pendleton in
1902. She graduated from
St Joseph’s Academy in
1920 and attended business
school in Portland.
Always a fan of the
movies, she loved playing
piano in Pendleton theaters
during the silent film era.
Katherine’s Father, B.P.
(Barney) Doherty, came
to this country in the mid
1880s. After working for
the Cunningham Sheep
Company for a time he,
with wife Catherine, estab-
lished their own wheat and
sheep operations in the Al-
pine area of Sand Hollow.
This century ranch is today
owned by his grandson, Bill
Doherty and his wife Joan,
and managed by his great-
grandson, Brian Doherty
and his wife Peggy.
Another prominent
Morrow County enterprise,
the Lindsay Ranches, was
started by Katherine’s sister
Rosella and her husband
Alex Lindsay in the 1930s.
This operation is contin-
ued today by Rosella’s son
Larry, his wife Corrine,
and their sons Barney, Dan
and Joe.
Katherine and Charlie as
parents
Katherine and Charlie
were wonderful, loving par-
ents to their four children,
Jack (born in 1937), Mari-
lyn (1939), Billy (1943) and
Larry (1944).
Charlie is remembered
by his children for his gruff
kindness and his pride in
each of them. He is also
remembered by his chil-
dren for his respect and
thoughtfulness towards
everybody, whether Irish,
Italian, Catholic, Protes-
tant, black or white, and
for imparting these values
to his children. In later
years, Charlie was known
for visiting old friends who
were ailing.
Katherine is remem-
bered by her children as a
quiet, funny and intelligent
woman, a fount of wisdom.
To her children she was
a rock who instilled high
standards and moral val-
ues by her example. She
made sure that each child
received some years at her
alma mater, St. Joseph’s
Academy, that each had
music training, and that
each had an opportunity
to attend college. She also
made sure that Charlie’s
heritage was not lost. Her
contacts with his family
have set up the rich relation-
ship the family enjoys with
the Irish Monagles today.
Charlie passed away
in 1978 and Katherine in
1985. They are interred
together Olney Cemetery in
Pendleton. The Monagles,
however, remain well rep-
resented in Heppner.
John B “Jack” Monagle
Jack is a member of the
Heppner class of 1955, in
which he was a class leader
and active in 4-H and FFA.
His summers—in addition
to helping at home—were
spent working on ranches
that included the McEl-
ligotts, Lindsays and Wal-
tons. He earned a business
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Wednesday, March 11, 10 am
Points of discussion:
Burial Benefits, Survivor Benefits,
Government Markers &
other topics of interest
Please RSVP 541-922-6420
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Charles and Katherine Monagle
degree from the University
of Portland in 1959. Since
then, he has always worked
in Morrow and Umatilla
counties.
After college he worked
as a farm manager for Larry
and Rosella Lindsay during
Larry’s absence for military
service. He married Patricia
Scharn of Pendleton in
1967 and began the first of
two careers for which he is
well known and respected
in the area. He first worked
for 25 years as a loan officer
for the Pendleton Produc-
tion Credit Association,
now NW Farm Credit Ser-
vices, serving the financial
needs of area farmers and
ranchers.
After retiring from the
PCA in 1994 he started a
new career at Rohrman
Ford (now Denchel Ford)
in Hermiston. His almost-
legendary mark made at
Denchel’s is attested to
by the many faithful Ford
buyers from Heppner, Lex-
ington and Ione.
Jack and Pat make their
home in Pendleton, where
they are active in St. Mary’s
Catholic Church. Jack is
active in the Knights of
Columbus. Pat, a full-time
teacher in Pendleton com-
munity schools for many
years, is also active in St.
Mary’s Altar Society. Jack
and Pat have five children
and seven grandchildren.
These are John Monagle
and his wife Dawn Pe-
terson Monagle of Pend-
leton and their daughter
Erin; Julie Monagle and
her husband Eric Fleming
of Carlisle, MA and their
children Gabrielle, Gavin
and Grant; Joan Urbina of
Pendleton and her children
Issac, Anika and Adam;
Paul Monagle of Newport,
OR; and Michael Monagle
of Pendleton.
Jack and Pat still main-
tain the original Monagle
place on Hinton Creek six
miles east of Heppner. One
of their favorite things is to
host Jack’s class reunions,
which he sadly notes are
becoming sparser.
Marilyn Monagle Berg
Marilyn graduated
from St Joseph’s Academy
in 1957 and the University
of Portland in 1961. She
married John W. “Jack”
Barry of Merrill, OR in
Heppner in 1962. Jack is a
retired doctor of optometry
with Group Health Coop-
erative of Puget Sound. He
is also from a fine Irish fam-
ily (but, alas, from County
Cork rather than Donegal).
Marilyn obtained a
master’s degree in educa-
tion from the University of
Washington and worked as
a reading specialist in the
Lake Washington School
District for 25 years.
Marilyn and Jack live
in Kirkland, WA, where
they have raised three boys:
John (deceased); Kevin and
his wife Jayme and their
children, Jessica and Mac,
of Bellevue, WA; and Mi-
chael and his wife Barbara
and daughter Stephanie of
Malaga, WA.
Marilyn remains close
to friends in the Heppner
High class of 1957 with
whom she started and fin-
ished grade school. She
says she much enjoyed at-
tending their recent 57-year
class reunion in Heppner.
Charles W. “Bill” Mona-
gle
Billy graduated from
Heppner High in 1961. He
has recently joined the Hep-
pner “Boomerang Club”
by returning here after a
45-year absence.
He obtained a degree
in general science from the
University of Portland in
1965. He worked in food
research in the U.S. Army
and then studied food sci-
ence at the University of
Georgia, obtaining master’s
and doctorate degrees. He
then went into a career in
product and process devel-
opment, focusing on soy-
bean products, for Central
Soya Company and Solae,
LLC, a division of Dupont.
He also is an author and in-
ventor on several scientific
papers and patents.
Billy married Kathy
Vahey of Natick, MA in
1968. Kathy passed away
in Saint Louis, MO in 2011.
Their children are Dennis
and his daughters Claire,
Eliza and Thea of Virginia
Beach, VA and daughter
Mary of Quincy, MA.
Billy has recently mar-
ried Nancy Pettyjohn Miller
of Ione. They are making
their home near that town.
He says he is very excited
to be once again a member
of this community. He says,
“In all my travels my heart
has always remained in
Eastern Oregon.” He also
says that, though he is very
glad to be home again, he
wonders, “Who the heck are
all these young people with
familiar names but faces I
don’t recognize?”
Billy is also active in
the Catholic parishes of St.
Patrick’s and St. William’s
churches. Billy says he is
proud of his pioneer heri-
tage and hopes to partici-
pate in the Morrow County
Historical Society.
Lawrence P. “Larry”
Monagle
The Monagle family
also would like to remem-
ber their brother and uncle,
Larry. Larry was a member
of the Heppner High Class
of 1962 and served in the
U.S. Army in Vietnam.
He passed away in Pend-
leton in 1992 at the age
of 48. He was much loved
around Pendleton not only
for his outgoing, friendly
personality but for the help
and friendship he gave the
elderly in doing tasks and
providing transportation
for them. He was also a
wonderful help to Charlie
and Katherine in their later
years.
Morrow County resi-
dents and visitors are in-
vited to come out and meet
the Monagle family as they
serve as grand marshal of
this year’s Great Green Pa-
rade on March 14 at 1 p.m.
in Heppner.