THREE - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Murray Clan gathers for Robert Burns Supper in Condon
Reprinted from the
Condon Times-Journal
As spring-time ap-
peared ready to bloom in
the unseasonable 60-de-
gree temperature outside,
over 100 Scottish clansmen
gathered for the 22 nd an-
nual Robert Burns Supper
Jan. 26 at the Condon Elks
Lodge.
They came to honor the
featured Clan, the Murray
Clan of Heppner, and to
enjoy the pipes and drums,
some Robert Burns music
and recitations and a hearty
meal of haggis, neeps and
tatties.
The Murray and Lind-
say families, at least 17
strong, commanded the
table of honor at the festiv-
ities, and provided much of
the entertainment as well.
Four generations of the
families were in attendance.
Clan ‘Chieftains’ Rod and
Meg Murray and Larry and
Corrine Lindsay headed the
table.
Kevin Murray, tall, kilt-
ed, handsome and articu-
late, presented the Murray
Clan history, dating back
nine centuries and 36 gen-
erations to the Morays of
Bothwell. The Murray Clan
family history, as presented
at the Burns Supper, can be
found in its entirety on page
4 of the January 31 issue of
the Condon Times-Journal.
Musicians for the day,
members of the Royal
Condon Highland Guard,
included Katie Santini of
White Salmon, WA, Bill
Shelton of Carson, WA And
Rick McCaul of Portland,
all bagpipe players, and
Ann Rosen of Salem, tenor
drummer.
Others who took the
mic offering lively musical
renditions included Joe
Lindsay, his wife Leanne
with daughter Corrie Jo,
and sons Andrew and Ryan;
Larry Lindsay who added
authority to “a good old
Scottish custom that has
stood the test of time, a
custom that’s been carried
out in every land and clime.
When brother Scots are
gathered, it’s aye the usual
thing, just before we say
good night, we fill our cups
and sing, ‘Just a wee doech
an doris.’” And we did!
Patrick Flaherty of
Clarno added some inter-
esting comparisons in the
lives of Robert Burns, Bob
Dylan and Woody Guthrie,
along with mandolin and tin
whistle accompaniment and
an a cappella Burns song,
‘Silver Tassie.’
Andrew Jamieson, who
is earning a reputation as
Condon’s Harry Lauder,
performed masterfully the
Address to the Haggis in
the ceremony surrounding
the meal, and later offered
the traditional Toast to the
Ladies and finally a riveting
rendition of Burns’ famous,
and famously long, poem,
‘Tam O’Shanter.’
Also with a lovely clear
rendition of ‘Skye Boat
Song’ was Rebecca Bro-
chu, new to the celebration
this year from Hood River;
and Sue Logan offered the
heart-wrenching Bonnie
George Campbell from
memory.
The Scottish Short-
bread contest this year at-
tracted 14 entries, all of
varying versions of short-
bread recipe, worthy one
and all. Three judges, all
un-related to any contes-
tant, judged the entries and
found the entry submitted
by Lisa D’Arcy of Wasco
to be number one. Also
catching the judges’ atten-
tion were entries from Jean
Wilson of Condon, second;
Nicole Jamieson Dyne of
Portland, third; Karla Rob-
inson of Pendleton, fourth;
and Kevin Murray of Hep-
pner, fifth.
The Shortbread con-
test prize table was laden
with unique gifts from and
associated with ‘the Home-
land,’ and the five winners
were allowed first pick of
the prizes. The contest is
unique in that those who
enter the contest also bring
enough to share for the din-
ner’s dessert; and in the fact
that no contest participant
goes away without a prize.
Everyone is a winner.
Jannie Allen of Ione
spearheads the Shortbread
contest, with the help of Jan
Stinchfield, and they both
share the load, along with
The Heppner Mustang
JV boys’ basketball team
won their final game of
the season by defeating the
Pilot Rock Rockets 74-17.
The Mustangs led at the end
of the first quarter 14-4 and
the halftime score saw the
Mustangs ahead 25-10.
The third quarter be-
longed to Mustangs as they
outscored the Rockets 25-6
and they improved in the
fourth quarter by outscor-
ing the Rockets 24-1. That
made the final score 74-17.
Gavin Hanna-Robinson
scored 15 points to lead the
Mustangs. Roy Collins fol-
lowed with 12 and Cannon
Wilkins had eight. Scoring
seven points each were
Kellen Grant and Jayden
Wilson. Casey Fletcher and
Jackson Lehman each add-
ed six points while Brock
Hisler and Joe Sherman
scored four each. Rounding
out the scoring were Kason
Cimmiyotti with three and
Jorden Sweeney with two.
The JV Mustangs fin-
Seventeen members of the Murray and Lindsay families gathered to be honored by the Caledonians of Condon recently at
the 22 nd annual Robert Burns Supper in Condon. From left are John Murray, Rod Murray, Kevin Murray, Sean Murray,
Laurie Murray Wood, Olivia Wood, Ian Murray, Katie Siri, Corrie Jo Lindsay, Ryan Lindsay, Leanne Lindsay, Corrine and
Larry Lindsay. Front row: Andrew Lindsay and Joe Lindsay. Mark and Cindy Murray missed the photograph.
Dallas Harsin, Cassandra
Flatt and Sheila McCoin, of
the two-day preparation of
the meal. The featured item
of the meal, the Haggis, is
a specialty of Charles Lamb
of Lamb, Etc. in Roseburg.
There are many who
make possible each year
this celebration of the area’s
Scottish heritage. Support-
ers include the Gilliam
County Cultural Coalition,
the Condon Chamber of
Commerce, Don Dunbar,
Patty Burnet, Hotel Con-
don and the Condon Elks
Lodge.
Editor’s note: An ex-
cerpt from Kevin Murray’s
presentation of the Murray
Clan’s history of 36 gener-
ations. Reprinted from the
Condon Times-Journal.
On July 28, 1945 in
Biloxi, Mississippi, Rod
married Margaret Gwin
(obviously from that neigh-
boring country, Wales),
and they have five children.
Well, hardly ‘children’ now,
and they have added more
descendants to the Murray
clan, descendants who are
now increasing our Mur-
ray line, so far with 13
great-grandchildren of Rod
and Meg.
Apparently, carpentry
and construction work were
the chosen enterprises of
most of the Murray and Ma-
cInnes men in Oregon. So
Rod’s interest in pharmacy
was a new direction for our
branch of the clan. Eager to
serve his country in World
War II, Rod joined the Army
Air Corps and served in
the European Theatre as
crew chief on a C47. Using
the GI Bill he studied at
Oregon State University in
pharmacy and graduated in
1950. One of his early jobs
was for a drug company
as a sales representative.
This job allowed him to see
many parts of Washington
and Oregon and showed
him the beauty of Eastern
Oregon. Seeing hundreds
of pharmacies in rural set-
tings allowed him to find a
great place to raise a family
and operate pharmacies,
Condon was one of those
places.
In 1959 Rod and Meg
purchased Humphrey’s
Drug of Heppner in the
building originally built
as the Rock Saloon. Not
many years later in 1963
they opened what is now
known as Murray’s Condon
Pharmacy. At one time, two
other pharmacies were in
the fold though they closed
during the course of the
60-year history of Murray’s
Drug, one was in Prairie
City (later owned and beau-
tifully operated by Mark
and Sandy Murray) and
another in Arlington. Added
to the fold lately is Murray’s
Boardman Pharmacy in
June of 2018.
Three generations of
Murrays have lived and
served in Morrow and Gil-
liam counties thus far and
we hope to continue for
many more.
Rod and Meg, then
Mark and Sandy Murray,
then John and Ann Murray
(she could not be here today
as she is visiting a girlfriend
in Sweden this week), and
now Laurie Murray Wood
and Sean Murray. In my im-
mediate family, my siblings
are Luke, Laurie, Sean, Ian
and myself, Kevin Murray.
We look around today
at the many friends we have
gathered in this room and
recall many fond memories
of working with and truly
enjoying being a part of
Condon. We Murrays have
always felt at home in this
kind and generous Scottish
community and we grate-
fully count you among our
blessings. Thank you for
these past 57 years and the
enjoyment of being the hon-
ored family of this year’s
Robert Burns Celebration!!
Students take Time Out for
Reading
JV boys win final game
of season
Free
movie to
be shown
Friday
Hopeful Saints free
Friday movie for February
will be shown Friday, Feb.
15 at the All Saints Parish
Hall beginning at 7 p.m.
The movie, rated PG,
tells the story of a disfigured
child who doesn’t let his de-
formity define who he is and
who he will become. Every-
one is welcome. Additional
information is available by
calling the church office at
541-676-9970.
ished the season with a 19-2
record. They scored 1,183
points over the season to
average 56 points per game.
Their opponents scored 614
points, averaging 29 points
per game. It was an out-
standing season of growth
and improvement for the
young team.
Prayer team to meet
The Heppner prayer
team will meet at the SDA
Church on Minor Street in
Heppner on Wednesdays,
Feb. 20 and Feb. 27 at 5:30
p.m.
The Feb. 20 topic will
be “Fervent in Prayer” and
the community prayer focus
will be the sheriff’s depart-
ment. The topic on Feb. 27
will be “What to Pray for”
and the community prayer
focus will be the Morrow
County Municipal Court
staff.
For additional informa-
tion contact Wendy Bleth at
509-540-8800.
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Pictured back row (L to R): Delilah Sauceda, Rylee Palmer, Caleb George, Sierra Greenup,
Connor Wilson, Jaime Cavan and Aden Lathrop. Front row (L to R): Makiyah Christian,
Jackson Coiner and John Lindsay.
The fifth- and
sixth-graders of Heppner
Elementary recently com-
pleted their yearly reading
incentive program, Time
Out for Reading. During
this four-week program,
students keep track of min-
utes they read each day.
At the end of each week,
the minutes were added to
their total.
Each student is on a
team and they work towards
earning individual and team
prizes. The goal of the pro-
gram is to encourage read-
ing for fun and teamwork.
The fifth- and sixth-graders
read a total of 92,866 min-
utes this year.
This years’ top reader
was fifth-grader Delilah
Sauceda with 10,133 min-
utes read. Jackson Coiner,
a sixth-grader, was second
with 7,893 minutes.
The students culminat-
ed Time Out for Reading
with their prize party on
Thursday, Feb. 7. Students
were allowed to choose
prizes, many of which were
related to the basketball
theme, in the order in which
they finished with their total
minutes read. Each stu-
dent received a prize and a
book. Prizes and books are
purchased from donations
from community members,
local organizations and the
H.E.S. Parent Teacher Club.
122nd Elks Annual
Saturday Feb. 23
"Diamonds are Forever"
Ladies Tea 2 pm - Indoctrination 3pm
Lodge 4pm
Dinner 6 pm
Live Music by Wicked Mary 8 pm
Tickets will be available to
RSVP
purchase at the lodge
541-676-9181
for a men's and women's raffle basket. elks358@centurytel.net
Drawing will be Feb. 23