Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-07-13
ANNUAL REUNION
GRAND SUCCESS
able Meeting of The
Morrow County People
in Portland.

! So East 9TH Street, Portland, Oregon
} July 8, 1911.
Mr.. VAwTER CRAWFORD,
Dear Sir:-The Morrow County Re.
J union Association met in its annual pic.
} mic at Columbia Park on the fourth ol
July, and TO say that we had good
J time would be only half telling it.
After bounteous picnic dinner, Presi-
dent Mallory called the Association to
order and made an excellent speech in
which he spoke of what help we had
been in the upbuilding of Portland,
which might still be inhabited by In
dians, had not we citizens of Morrow
county come here to help civilize the
city.
Mrs. J. N. Brown read the minutes Of
the meeting held one year ago. Her
minutes were prefaced with the follow.
ing preamble:
MANY years ago in the county OF
Morrow, State of Oregon, there lived
friends and neighbors. great many
of them went there as young men and
women and many of them have prosper
ed. Distance did not count for tho
often living many miles apart, they
we're neighbors in the best sense of the
word. There were others that lived in
the little town of Heppner. where the
same spirit of friendship and true
neighborly kindness existed. AS time
went on some of these thought best to
seek homes in other localities. Then
came great calamity to the little city
that reused the sympathy of the world,
and the great grief of all friends wher.
ever they were. Since that time very
many have scattered to other abiding
places; Portland and vici ity seeming
to be the choice of a great many of these
friends and neighbors. And so when
the on vas passed around jus. before
the fourth of July, 1908, that all who
could, come and meet together at Col
umbia on that day and have picnic
reunion. There were a goodly number
that responded to the call and it proved
that the same good will existed and a
very happy day followed, with the usual
fine lunch for which the women of Nor
row are duly celebrated. Thev decided |
to meet at the same time and place the |
next year and all arrangements were
made to do so but the day turned out to |
be verv stormy and Mr.. and Mrs. Ed |
Day invited all that the word could be
gotten to to come to their home in st.
Johns, and a good many found their way
there and again most pleasant day
followed. The resolution TO make
permanent organization seemed to be
forming, and took shape in the meeting
of 1910, at which officers were elected
and committees appointed who brought
about the successful reunion for 1911"
After the reading of the minutes and
the preamble, short program was
given. Singing of "Americs" was fol-
lowed by recitation by Nellie Hornor.
then the reading of cards and letters
from our Heppner friends. There were
only few, but how we did enjoy them.
We hope next year many of you will
send Us words of greeting.
The thanks OF all present were ex-
pressed to our friend Harry Cummings
for the beautiful boquet Of roses sent to
us by express and which reached us in
time to grace the center of our picnic
table. The boquet was presented to Mr..
Mallory at the close of his excellent
speech.
Other very interesting talks were
made by Mr.. Blackman. Rev. Mr.. Craw.
ford and Mr.. ]. N. Brown,
The program committee had secured
a phonogrsph from Eilers music house,
which furnished music while we ate our
dinners and at other intervals.
officers elected for the coming year
were DR.. A. X. Higgs, president, Mr.. J.
w. Beckett, vice president, Mrs. N. c.
Marle, secretary ana mrs. ). L. Gar
ngues, treasurer.
A part of Article III reads as follows:
All residents of Morrow county shall be
considered honorary snembers and shall
be welcome at all meetings, but not en-
titled to vote.
The following registered. and perhaps
some got away without giving in their
names:
DIR. and Mrs. Higgs
Mr.. and Mrs, ]. N. Brown; Vivian
Brown
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Day; Elizabeth
Stalter
Mr.. and Mrs. Blackmau
Mrs. ]. W. Rssmus; OrvilIe Rasmus