The early 1940s newspapers had columns from several small towns plus The Dalles articles included. I can only transcribe long-hand a certain amount of these articles in the two hours available to me. These are the items I have been able to transcribe today. I was pleased to find the following article in 2002, I had a request to find something about these ashes after submitting an article about the ashes being found. I couldnt find a follow up article close to the November occurrence at that time. Perseverance pays off. Earline Wasser The Dalles Optimist Friday, January 2, 1942 page three DISCOVERY OF SMALL BOX REVEALS ASHES OF PIONEER The ashes of William Offield found recently by a telephone line crew in a small cardboard box beside ahe [sic] Old Oregon Trail section of U.S. highway No. 30, just east of this city, have been claimed by H.L. Smith of Umatilla and have been forwarded to him by C.R. Callaway, Wasco county coroner. Mrs. Herman Schilling of Grass Valley [Oregon] who had read of the discovery of the box, the label on which indicated that it contained the mortal remains of Offield, called at the coroners office and informed him that Smith had been given custody of the ashes. The coroner received the following explanatory letter from Smith: In regard to your letter of November 27 and the remains of William Offield, please send the ashes to me as it was his wish to have them scattered over Mount Hood, but to date have not been able to do so, but soon will. I was moving some of my belongings from The Dalles, about five weeks ago and had a flat tire near the spot where the package was found. When I reached Umatilla [Oregon] I missed the package and wrote The Dalles but got no reply. Please send the package to me, C.O.D. Among letters from relatives of Mr. Offield, Mr. Callaway received one from Lydia Andross of Grants Pass [Oregon], who said the ashes were those of an uncle, an Oregon pioneer who had come to Oregon at the age of 10 about 1850. He had lost his father, she said, who died enroute by wagon train. MUIR FUNERAL WEDNESDAY Front page Funeral services were held at the Zell Funeral home Wednesday afternoon for Jennie Muir, 85, who died Sunday at the home of a son, Bruce Muir, here. Mrs. Muir was the widow of John Muir, who died in 1933. She was a member of the Free Methodist church, and the pastor, the Reverend R.E. Pickthorne, officiated at the services. Interment followed at the Odd Fellows cemetery. WASCO page four Wasco Folk at Moro Funeral Sherman County Folk Do Much Inter-Community Visiting WASCO Mr. and Mrs. Pardy Rich, Mrs. Eliza Dingle and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Belshee were among those attending the funeral services for Mrs. Jessie Hendricks in Moro Friday. >Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Frink visited their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and >Mrs. Gene Hull, in Portland through the Christmas holiday, returning home >Sunday. >Mr. and Mrs. Walter Maffie of Hermiston [Oregon] spent Christmas at the >home of the latters parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.F. Feldman. >Katherine Fridley and Margaret McDermid were home from E.O.C.E. to visit >their parents over the holidays. >Mrs. Charles Wallace of Terrebone [Oregon] visited here [sic] parents, Mr. >and Mrs. Clyde Fridley. >Jerry Barnett and Charles Hartman spent the week-end in Portland. >Mr. and Mrs. Gus Hartman were in The Dalles Christmas visiting Mrs. >Hartmans parents. >Guests At McKee Home Mr. and Mrs. Hal Sheldon and daughter, Nancy Lou, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Marshall and daughter, Mary, of Portland and Mr. and Mrs. Marion McKee and son, Gordon, of Moro [Oregon] were guests at the E.D. McKee home on Christmas. >Mr. and Mrs. A.C. Kaseberg and daughter, Janet, motored to Portland. Mrs. >Kaseberrg left for Modesto, California to visit her sister. >Pat OMera and sons, Philip and Stephen, are visiting in California. >Captain Scott spent Christmas in Portland visiting relatives, returning to >Wasco on Friday evening. >Mr. and Mrs. Fred Henneghan and daughter, Katherine, are in Portland >visiting. >Mr. and Mrs. A.S. Johnson returned Sunday from Portland, where they had >visited their daughter and family and son, Philip, and wife. James OMera >is home from O.S.C. to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pat OMera. >Mr. and Mrs. William Hulisz of Portland visited at the E. Feldman home on >Christmas day, retuning home Friday. >Mr. and Mrs. Jack Chapman of Portland called on friends in Wasco Wednesday. >Howard Hines of Portland visited in Wasco Tuesday. >Mr. and Mrs. Robert Belknap of Junction City [Oregon] visited at the home >of the latters parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Wilde. >Enest Medler Ill Mr. and Mrs. Walter Medler were called to Redmond [Oregon] Friday to the bedside of Ernest Medler who suffered a heart attack. >Mrs. Anna Hilderbrand and son, Billy, of Portland called on friends in >Wasco last week. >Joe Weatherford was a visitor in Idaho over the holidays. >Frank Medler and son, Leland, were visitors in Redmond over the week-end. >Mrs. McKee is in The Dalles to-day calling on her mother who is seriously >ill. >Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Fridley and Mrs. Ida Andrews were callers in The Dalles >Monday. >Owen Barnett has returned to Portland for medical care. >Mr. and Mrs. Andrew De Noma have moved into the Everett cottage. >Mr. and Mrs. Hub. Nichols are visiting in California. ANTELOPE page five Rooper Family Holds a Reunion Antelope Mr. and Mrs. R.B. Rooper, Ralph, Masie and Bob, entertained with a family dinner on Christmas day. Guests present were Mrs. Elizabeth Rooper, Mrs. Alma Clark, Mr. and Mrs. H.E. Rooper, Marcia, Elizabeth and Earl Rooper, Mr. and Mrs. Alex McKay, Peggy, Sandra and Herb [space], Mrs. James Carsner, Vivian McKay, Mr. and Mrs. D.V. Bolton and Bob Carsner, Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Hastings, Jimmy, Billy, Eddy, Dick, Bob and Bud Hastings. >Mrs. J.A. Silvertooth and daughters Mildred and Janet, spent Christmas with >Mr. and Mrs. Reeder of Orchards, Washington. >Mrs. Edith Martin is at her home in The Dalles for the holidays. >Misses Marcia and Elizabeth Rooper, students at Monmouth [Oregon], spent >the holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.E. Rooper. >Bob McGreer and Bud Bain left Friday for Portland, where they enlisted in >the army air corp. >Mr. and Mrs. Gus Schillings of Goldendale, Washington, were holiday >visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Millard Thomsen. >Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thomsen and daughter moved to Kinzua [Oregon] on Monday, >where Mr. Thomsen will be employed for the winter. >Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hoffman and children of Culver [Oregon] have moved to the >Taylor ranch at Antelope for the winter. >Mrs. Inez Gamble of The Dalles spent the holidays at the home of her >brother, E.H. Glisan, in Antelope. >Bud Hastings was home from Portland for the holidays. >Mrs. J.J. Brogan and children spent Christmas vacation at the Brogan ranch. >Spending the holidays at the I.J. Wyman home in Prineville [Oregon] were >Mr. and Mrs. W.N. Rooper and son, Bill Rooper. >Mr. and Mrs. D.V. Bolton of The Dalles were overnight visitors of Mr. and >Mrs. E.H. Glisan on Saturday. >Mr. and Mrs. Bob McCulloch and son were visiting in Antelope Friday. They >returned to Kinzua Monday after spending a few days at the D.H. McRae home >at Clarno [Oregon]. >Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Vanderhoof were in Shaniko [Oregon] Monday afternoon. >J.A. Malone went to The Dalles Tuesday. >Mrs. Alma Clark left for her home in Seattle [Washington] on Sunday. >Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Rhodes were in Antelope Saturday evening. >Mrs. Mary Grant came home Monday evening. FRIEND page five >Snowfall on Wheat Pleasing to Farmers Friend The farmers were very glad to see a light fall of snow come Saturday evening along with the colder weather. The fields of winter wheat are well covered. >Mrs. John Martin and Mrs. Viola Johnston were Dalles callers on Saturday. >Mrs. Susan Brown has been on the sick list the past week. >Clifford Corson made a trip to The Dalles Saturday. >Holiday guests at the J.R. Platt home were Mrs. Platts sons and daughter >and their families, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Bowdle and small son and Darrell >Bowdle from Vancouver, Washington, and Mr. and Mrs. Vern Dutton of Lebanon, >Oregon. Lester Lindell and Paul Buskuhl were in The Dalles Saturday >evening. >Week-end guests at the Harold Lindell home were Mrs. Lindells father, Mr. >George Krug, and sister Miss Adeline Krug, of Connell, Washington and her >brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Yager of Ritzville, >Washington. >Mr. and Mrs. Charles Walston of Wamic [Oregon] were visitors at the J.R. >Platt home Sunday. >Guests at the Fred Miller home Christmas were Mrs. Millers mother, Mrs. >Grace Bailey, of Kinzua, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Foster and daughters, Marie and >Joy, of The Dalles and a nephew, Elmer Wineman of Grass Valley. >Frank Page and son, Billy, were dinner guests at the Harold Lindell home >Christmas day. >Mrs. Archie Heilmeyer left Saturday for Ashland [Oregon], where she will >visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Heilmeyer. Mr. and Mrs. T.C. Murray >accompanied her to The Dalles. Mr. and Mrs. Louie Schrieber and small son >of Klamath [Oregon] county have been visiting here at the home of Carl >Schrieber and with Mrs. Schriebers parents, Mr. and Mrs. Garfield Easton, >on Tygh ridge. Copied and submitted by Earline Wasser Member of Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society c/o The Dalles/Wasco County Public Library 722 Court Street The Dalles, Oregon 97058 http://community.gorge.net/genealogy [Note: new website address] Browse http://historysavers.com/orwasco/ recently updated information regarding Wasco County - Links are at the bottom of page http://searches.rootsweb.com/ "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant." Robert Louis Stevenson Incoming and Outgoing mail protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program