The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-03-07
Laura May Stoy. a minor.

Laura May Stoy, minor.
Now at this time this cause coming
on for hearing upon the petition of
William H. Hays and Effie Ann Hays,
his wife, for the adoption of Laura
May Stoy, minor. and it appearing
to the Court from said petition that
the mother of said minor is dead ana
that the father of said minor Is not
within the State Of Oregon, It Is
therefore Ordered that said petition
and objections thereto be heard on
Saturday, the Goth day of April,
1918, at the hour Of 0 O. clock in the
forenoon of said day, at the County
Court Room in the Court House at
Heppner, Oregon, and that copy of
this order and copy of the said pc
titiOn be published for three consec-
utive weeks, beginning with the is
sue of February 2S. 1918, in the Ca
zette-Times, a newspaper published
weekly at Heppner, Oregon, and that
all persons interested will take no.
tice accordingly.
Done this 23rd day of February,
1918.
(Signed) C. c. PATTERSON,
County Judge.
(Copy of Petition.)
IN THE COUNTY COURT OF THE
STATE OF OREGON FOR MORROW
COUNTY.
In the Matter of the Adoption
Laura May Stoy, a minor.
To the Honorable c. c. Patterson,
Judge Of the County Court of the
State of Oregon for Morrow County:
Come now William H. Hays and
Effie Ann Hays. his wife, and respect
fully show to the Court that they are
residents Of said Morrow County;
that said Laura May Stoy is minor
child, who was born to Edgar Stoy
and --Stoy, his wife, at Weiser, |
in the County of Washington, State
of Idaho, on the End day of March,
1904; that the mother of said minor
child is dead; that the father OF said |
minor child deserted her in tno
month of March, 1916, having left |
her in the care and custody Of petit |
tioners on the 29th day of January,
1916; that said Edgar Stoy, father
If said minor child, has not been |
heard from for nearly two years, and |
his whereabouts is unknown to the |
petitioners; that said Edgar Stoy, |
when last seen by petitioners and |
said minor child, stated that he in
tended to go to Alaska.
Your petitioners declare that they |
and each of them do freely and vol |
unfairly adopt said Laura May Stoy |
rs their own child; that 1t is their !
wish to bestow upon said minor child |
,1ual rights, privileges and immuni-
les of children born to them in law
full wedlock, and that the name of
said child be changed to Laura May
Hays.
Wherefore, your petitioners pray |
that said Court will fix time for the
hearing on this petition, that notice
thereof be given all persons interes-
ted as provided by law, that on said
hearing a decree of adoption be made
and entered by said Court bestowing
on said child all the rights, privileges
and immunities of children born to
them in lawful wedlock, and that the
name of said child be changed to
Laura May Hays.
(Signed) WILLIAM Fl. HAYS.
EFFIE ANN HAYS.
State of Oregon,
County of Morrow.
We, William H. Hays and Effie Ann
Hays, being first duly sworn, each for
himself or herself, says: That I have
read the foregoing petition and know
the contents thereof, and that the
same is true as verify believe.
(Signed) WILLIAM II. HAYS.
EFFIE ANN HAYS.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 21st day of February, 1918.
(Signed) SAMUEL E. NOTSON,
(SEAL) Notary Public for Oregon.
My commission expires Dec. 15,
1919.
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS, AN. |