GEORGE W. WINN celebrates his Eighty-first Birthday on Jan 6
Wednesday, Jan 6, 1960, marked the 81st anniversary of the birth of George W. Winn, lifelong Weston Vicinity resident.
Mr. Winn, or just plain "George" as he prefers to be called, was entertained at a birthday party, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peyton Winn in Weston, where members of the immediate family gathered to honor him and his wife on the happy occasion.
George has always been an expert storyteller, and this reporter was able to glean the information set down here because of reminiscences of bygone days that several incidents at the birthday party recalled.
George Winn was born on Jan. 6, 1879, the fourth of eight children of Jesse Winn and Ann Grazell Winn. All but the eldest of the children were born on the Winn farm 2-1/2 miles north of Weston on a branch of Little Dry Creek. Jesse Winn bought the original ranch from a homesteader and at that time there were only 10 acres broken out of bunch grass. Here the family grew up, five boys and three girls. George, his brother Henry, and his sister Lillian Saunders, all residents of Milton-Freewater, are the only members of the family still living.
The farm has been in continuous production since the early 1870s. George tells of the trials in farming this area in those days, recalling that his father used to use a post-hole digger to test the depth of soil moisture in the spring. If there was as much as 1 foot of damp soil found by such a test, he would plant a spring grain crop. If there was not that much moisture, he would summer-fallow the land, and wait until the next year to plant a crop. Some of the best land in the wheat-pea area today was thought to be nothing but bunch grass and squirrels by some of the Weston Mountain residents at that time.
After all, they, the mountaineers, were close to wood and water, while the farmers in the lowlands were thought to be much too far from these necessities of farm living. George tells of how his father brought the first red chaff wheat into the country from the Willamette Valley, and that this wheat revolutionized wheat farming because the new variety was so superior to the older strains.
Jesse Winn died in 1888 when George was nine years old leaving the young widow with her big family. The years after that were hard ones, and George tells of following a walking plow when he was nine years old, helping his brother perform the farm labor. The old Oliver "foot burner" plow can still be seen on the Winn farm, occupying a vacant fence corner near the farm shop.
One by one George bought the interest that each of his brothers and sisters had in the ranch, completing the task in 1937. This had been a driving desire of his life - to own all the farm upon which he was born and raised. To help him in this work, George chose a wife in 1921, when he and Anna Peyton Compton were married in Walla Walla. Anne Compton Winn had been associated with the music departments of both Whitman College and Columbia Junior college in Milton, before and after her marriage. She also had charge of the music department of McLoughin Union High school in Milton-Freewater after her marriage, and directed church choirs in Walla Walla, Weston and Pendleton over the course of her life.
Three children were born to George and Anna. Their daughter , now Mrs. Chester L. Reed (Ellen) lives in Burbank, CA, while Peyton and Bob live at Weston, where Bob is associated with his father on the wheat, livestock and irrigated operation. George has five grandsons and four granddaughters, all very proud of their "Grandpa George" as they affectionately call him.
Anna Winn died in 1940, and George remarried in 1945. He and his wife Clara Byall Winn moved from the home ranch to Milton-Freewater in 1946.
Moving to town has not caused George to retire - far from it. Since 1946 he has entered into an intensive irrigation program, drilling a splendid series of wells and becoming as well known for his irrigated strawberries and carrots as he formerly was known for his dry land watermelons. Irrigated pasture and Hereford cattle are seen on the old home place now, and many a retired farmer has marveled at his courage in such an ambitious venture at an age when most men think they are ready to rest.
The years have been kind to George Winn, and his many friends still remember his activities of former years when he used to recite the poems of James Whitcomb Riley at the annual Umatilla County pioneer Reunions. George and Clark Wood, his beloved friend of many years standing, used to participate together in these reunion programs. It was at the birthday party that news of Clark Wood's death was made known, and many a fond memory was told about the days gone by when Anna Compton, Will and Clark Wood performed "Asleep in the Deep" which Clark was noted as singing"betther than any basso this side of the Mississippi river" to quote Clark himself.
All the family wished George Winn a very happy birthday with refreshments including two cakes, but not 81 candles!
Thursday, January 14, 1960
Eagle Times, Milton-Freewater, OR
(Possibly written by Vance Orchard, the reporter)
==
*Resided Weston Pct., Umatilla Co., OR, 1880, with Jessie C. Winn
(George W. Winn, age 1 [b. ca. 1879] b. OR).
*Resided #143, East Weston Pct., Umatilla Co., OR, 1900, with Ann G. Winn
(George Winn, age 21, b. Jan. 1879, OR, farm laborer).
*Resided East Weston Pct., Umatilla Co., OR, 1910, with Ann E. Winn
(George W. Winn, age 31 [b. ca. 1879], b. OR).
*Resided Weston, Umatilla Co., OR, 1918
(George W. Winn, age 39).
*Resided Umatilla Co., OR, 1920, with Ann G. Winn
(George W. Winn, age 40 [b. ca. 1880], b. OR).
*Resided Umatilla Co.,OR, 1921
(Geo. W. Winn.
*Married Anna Peyton Compton, 15 June 1921, Walla Walla,
Walla Walla Co., WA.
*Resided #12, Near Weston, Pct. 15, Umatilla Co., OR, 1930
(Geo. W. Winn, age 51 [b. ca. 1879], b. OR, wheat farmer).
*Resided Weston, OR, 1943
(George Winn).
*Married Clara (Mueller) Byall, 5 Aug. 1945, Walla Walla, WA.
*Died Milton-Freewater.
Obit. - George W. Winn
Son of Jesse Winn...1921 married Anna Peyton COMPTON (deceased 1940) 1945 married Clara BYELL...1946 moved to Milton-Freewater, OR...Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Walla Walla, WA, 1 Dec 1966, Page 5.
Other children: George Robert "Bob" Winn.
Wednesday, Jan 6, 1960, marked the 81st anniversary of the birth of George W. Winn, lifelong Weston Vicinity resident.
Mr. Winn, or just plain "George" as he prefers to be called, was entertained at a birthday party, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peyton Winn in Weston, where members of the immediate family gathered to honor him and his wife on the happy occasion.
George has always been an expert storyteller, and this reporter was able to glean the information set down here because of reminiscences of bygone days that several incidents at the birthday party recalled.
George Winn was born on Jan. 6, 1879, the fourth of eight children of Jesse Winn and Ann Grazell Winn. All but the eldest of the children were born on the Winn farm 2-1/2 miles north of Weston on a branch of Little Dry Creek. Jesse Winn bought the original ranch from a homesteader and at that time there were only 10 acres broken out of bunch grass. Here the family grew up, five boys and three girls. George, his brother Henry, and his sister Lillian Saunders, all residents of Milton-Freewater, are the only members of the family still living.
The farm has been in continuous production since the early 1870s. George tells of the trials in farming this area in those days, recalling that his father used to use a post-hole digger to test the depth of soil moisture in the spring. If there was as much as 1 foot of damp soil found by such a test, he would plant a spring grain crop. If there was not that much moisture, he would summer-fallow the land, and wait until the next year to plant a crop. Some of the best land in the wheat-pea area today was thought to be nothing but bunch grass and squirrels by some of the Weston Mountain residents at that time.
After all, they, the mountaineers, were close to wood and water, while the farmers in the lowlands were thought to be much too far from these necessities of farm living. George tells of how his father brought the first red chaff wheat into the country from the Willamette Valley, and that this wheat revolutionized wheat farming because the new variety was so superior to the older strains.
Jesse Winn died in 1888 when George was nine years old leaving the young widow with her big family. The years after that were hard ones, and George tells of following a walking plow when he was nine years old, helping his brother perform the farm labor. The old Oliver "foot burner" plow can still be seen on the Winn farm, occupying a vacant fence corner near the farm shop.
One by one George bought the interest that each of his brothers and sisters had in the ranch, completing the task in 1937. This had been a driving desire of his life - to own all the farm upon which he was born and raised. To help him in this work, George chose a wife in 1921, when he and Anna Peyton Compton were married in Walla Walla. Anne Compton Winn had been associated with the music departments of both Whitman College and Columbia Junior college in Milton, before and after her marriage. She also had charge of the music department of McLoughin Union High school in Milton-Freewater after her marriage, and directed church choirs in Walla Walla, Weston and Pendleton over the course of her life.
Three children were born to George and Anna. Their daughter , now Mrs. Chester L. Reed (Ellen) lives in Burbank, CA, while Peyton and Bob live at Weston, where Bob is associated with his father on the wheat, livestock and irrigated operation. George has five grandsons and four granddaughters, all very proud of their "Grandpa George" as they affectionately call him.
Anna Winn died in 1940, and George remarried in 1945. He and his wife Clara Byall Winn moved from the home ranch to Milton-Freewater in 1946.
Moving to town has not caused George to retire - far from it. Since 1946 he has entered into an intensive irrigation program, drilling a splendid series of wells and becoming as well known for his irrigated strawberries and carrots as he formerly was known for his dry land watermelons. Irrigated pasture and Hereford cattle are seen on the old home place now, and many a retired farmer has marveled at his courage in such an ambitious venture at an age when most men think they are ready to rest.
The years have been kind to George Winn, and his many friends still remember his activities of former years when he used to recite the poems of James Whitcomb Riley at the annual Umatilla County pioneer Reunions. George and Clark Wood, his beloved friend of many years standing, used to participate together in these reunion programs. It was at the birthday party that news of Clark Wood's death was made known, and many a fond memory was told about the days gone by when Anna Compton, Will and Clark Wood performed "Asleep in the Deep" which Clark was noted as singing"betther than any basso this side of the Mississippi river" to quote Clark himself.
All the family wished George Winn a very happy birthday with refreshments including two cakes, but not 81 candles!
Thursday, January 14, 1960
Eagle Times, Milton-Freewater, OR
(Possibly written by Vance Orchard, the reporter)
==
*Resided Weston Pct., Umatilla Co., OR, 1880, with Jessie C. Winn
(George W. Winn, age 1 [b. ca. 1879] b. OR).
*Resided #143, East Weston Pct., Umatilla Co., OR, 1900, with Ann G. Winn
(George Winn, age 21, b. Jan. 1879, OR, farm laborer).
*Resided East Weston Pct., Umatilla Co., OR, 1910, with Ann E. Winn
(George W. Winn, age 31 [b. ca. 1879], b. OR).
*Resided Weston, Umatilla Co., OR, 1918
(George W. Winn, age 39).
*Resided Umatilla Co., OR, 1920, with Ann G. Winn
(George W. Winn, age 40 [b. ca. 1880], b. OR).
*Resided Umatilla Co.,OR, 1921
(Geo. W. Winn.
*Married Anna Peyton Compton, 15 June 1921, Walla Walla,
Walla Walla Co., WA.
*Resided #12, Near Weston, Pct. 15, Umatilla Co., OR, 1930
(Geo. W. Winn, age 51 [b. ca. 1879], b. OR, wheat farmer).
*Resided Weston, OR, 1943
(George Winn).
*Married Clara (Mueller) Byall, 5 Aug. 1945, Walla Walla, WA.
*Died Milton-Freewater.
Obit. - George W. Winn
Son of Jesse Winn...1921 married Anna Peyton COMPTON (deceased 1940) 1945 married Clara BYELL...1946 moved to Milton-Freewater, OR...Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Walla Walla, WA, 1 Dec 1966, Page 5.
Other children: George Robert "Bob" Winn.
GEORGE W. WINN celebrates his Eighty-first Birthday on Jan 6
Wednesday, Jan 6, 1960, marked the 81st anniversary of the birth of George W. Winn, lifelong Weston Vicinity resident.
Mr. Winn, or just plain "George" as he prefers to be called, was entertained at a birthday party, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peyton Winn in Weston, where members of the immediate family gathered to honor him and his wife on the happy occasion.
George has always been an expert storyteller, and this reporter was able to glean the information set down here because of reminiscences of bygone days that several incidents at the birthday party recalled.
George Winn was born on Jan. 6, 1879, the fourth of eight children of Jesse Winn and Ann Grazell Winn. All but the eldest of the children were born on the Winn farm 2-1/2 miles north of Weston on a branch of Little Dry Creek. Jesse Winn bought the original ranch from a homesteader and at that time there were only 10 acres broken out of bunch grass. Here the family grew up, five boys and three girls. George, his brother Henry, and his sister Lillian Saunders, all residents of Milton-Freewater, are the only members of the family still living.
The farm has been in continuous production since the early 1870s. George tells of the trials in farming this area in those days, recalling that his father used to use a post-hole digger to test the depth of soil moisture in the spring. If there was as much as 1 foot of damp soil found by such a test, he would plant a spring grain crop. If there was not that much moisture, he would summer-fallow the land, and wait until the next year to plant a crop. Some of the best land in the wheat-pea area today was thought to be nothing but bunch grass and squirrels by some of the Weston Mountain residents at that time.
After all, they, the mountaineers, were close to wood and water, while the farmers in the lowlands were thought to be much too far from these necessities of farm living. George tells of how his father brought the first red chaff wheat into the country from the Willamette Valley, and that this wheat revolutionized wheat farming because the new variety was so superior to the older strains.
Jesse Winn died in 1888 when George was nine years old leaving the young widow with her big family. The years after that were hard ones, and George tells of following a walking plow when he was nine years old, helping his brother perform the farm labor. The old Oliver "foot burner" plow can still be seen on the Winn farm, occupying a vacant fence corner near the farm shop.
One by one George bought the interest that each of his brothers and sisters had in the ranch, completing the task in 1937. This had been a driving desire of his life - to own all the farm upon which he was born and raised. To help him in this work, George chose a wife in 1921, when he and Anna Peyton Compton were married in Walla Walla. Anne Compton Winn had been associated with the music departments of both Whitman College and Columbia Junior college in Milton, before and after her marriage. She also had charge of the music department of McLoughin Union High school in Milton-Freewater after her marriage, and directed church choirs in Walla Walla, Weston and Pendleton over the course of her life.
Three children were born to George and Anna. Their daughter , now Mrs. Chester L. Reed (Ellen) lives in Burbank, CA, while Peyton and Bob live at Weston, where Bob is associated with his father on the wheat, livestock and irrigated operation. George has five grandsons and four granddaughters, all very proud of their "Grandpa George" as they affectionately call him.
Anna Winn died in 1940, and George remarried in 1945. He and his wife Clara Byall Winn moved from the home ranch to Milton-Freewater in 1946.
Moving to town has not caused George to retire - far from it. Since 1946 he has entered into an intensive irrigation program, drilling a splendid series of wells and becoming as well known for his irrigated strawberries and carrots as he formerly was known for his dry land watermelons. Irrigated pasture and Hereford cattle are seen on the old home place now, and many a retired farmer has marveled at his courage in such an ambitious venture at an age when most men think they are ready to rest.
The years have been kind to George Winn, and his many friends still remember his activities of former years when he used to recite the poems of James Whitcomb Riley at the annual Umatilla County pioneer Reunions. George and Clark Wood, his beloved friend of many years standing, used to participate together in these reunion programs. It was at the birthday party that news of Clark Wood's death was made known, and many a fond memory was told about the days gone by when Anna Compton, Will and Clark Wood performed "Asleep in the Deep" which Clark was noted as singing"betther than any basso this side of the Mississippi river" to quote Clark himself.
All the family wished George Winn a very happy birthday with refreshments including two cakes, but not 81 candles!
Thursday, January 14, 1960
Eagle Times, Milton-Freewater, OR
(Possibly written by Vance Orchard, the reporter)
==
*Resided Weston Pct., Umatilla Co., OR, 1880, with Jessie C. Winn
(George W. Winn, age 1 [b. ca. 1879] b. OR).
*Resided #143, East Weston Pct., Umatilla Co., OR, 1900, with Ann G. Winn
(George Winn, age 21, b. Jan. 1879, OR, farm laborer).
*Resided East Weston Pct., Umatilla Co., OR, 1910, with Ann E. Winn
(George W. Winn, age 31 [b. ca. 1879], b. OR).
*Resided Weston, Umatilla Co., OR, 1918
(George W. Winn, age 39).
*Resided Umatilla Co., OR, 1920, with Ann G. Winn
(George W. Winn, age 40 [b. ca. 1880], b. OR).
*Resided Umatilla Co.,OR, 1921
(Geo. W. Winn.
*Married Anna Peyton Compton, 15 June 1921, Walla Walla,
Walla Walla Co., WA.
*Resided #12, Near Weston, Pct. 15, Umatilla Co., OR, 1930
(Geo. W. Winn, age 51 [b. ca. 1879], b. OR, wheat farmer).
*Resided Weston, OR, 1943
(George Winn).
*Married Clara (Mueller) Byall, 5 Aug. 1945, Walla Walla, WA.
*Died Milton-Freewater.
Obit. - George W. Winn
Son of Jesse Winn...1921 married Anna Peyton COMPTON (deceased 1940) 1945 married Clara BYELL...1946 moved to Milton-Freewater, OR...Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Walla Walla, WA, 1 Dec 1966, Page 5.
Other children: George Robert "Bob" Winn.
Wednesday, Jan 6, 1960, marked the 81st anniversary of the birth of George W. Winn, lifelong Weston Vicinity resident.
Mr. Winn, or just plain "George" as he prefers to be called, was entertained at a birthday party, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peyton Winn in Weston, where members of the immediate family gathered to honor him and his wife on the happy occasion.
George has always been an expert storyteller, and this reporter was able to glean the information set down here because of reminiscences of bygone days that several incidents at the birthday party recalled.
George Winn was born on Jan. 6, 1879, the fourth of eight children of Jesse Winn and Ann Grazell Winn. All but the eldest of the children were born on the Winn farm 2-1/2 miles north of Weston on a branch of Little Dry Creek. Jesse Winn bought the original ranch from a homesteader and at that time there were only 10 acres broken out of bunch grass. Here the family grew up, five boys and three girls. George, his brother Henry, and his sister Lillian Saunders, all residents of Milton-Freewater, are the only members of the family still living.
The farm has been in continuous production since the early 1870s. George tells of the trials in farming this area in those days, recalling that his father used to use a post-hole digger to test the depth of soil moisture in the spring. If there was as much as 1 foot of damp soil found by such a test, he would plant a spring grain crop. If there was not that much moisture, he would summer-fallow the land, and wait until the next year to plant a crop. Some of the best land in the wheat-pea area today was thought to be nothing but bunch grass and squirrels by some of the Weston Mountain residents at that time.
After all, they, the mountaineers, were close to wood and water, while the farmers in the lowlands were thought to be much too far from these necessities of farm living. George tells of how his father brought the first red chaff wheat into the country from the Willamette Valley, and that this wheat revolutionized wheat farming because the new variety was so superior to the older strains.
Jesse Winn died in 1888 when George was nine years old leaving the young widow with her big family. The years after that were hard ones, and George tells of following a walking plow when he was nine years old, helping his brother perform the farm labor. The old Oliver "foot burner" plow can still be seen on the Winn farm, occupying a vacant fence corner near the farm shop.
One by one George bought the interest that each of his brothers and sisters had in the ranch, completing the task in 1937. This had been a driving desire of his life - to own all the farm upon which he was born and raised. To help him in this work, George chose a wife in 1921, when he and Anna Peyton Compton were married in Walla Walla. Anne Compton Winn had been associated with the music departments of both Whitman College and Columbia Junior college in Milton, before and after her marriage. She also had charge of the music department of McLoughin Union High school in Milton-Freewater after her marriage, and directed church choirs in Walla Walla, Weston and Pendleton over the course of her life.
Three children were born to George and Anna. Their daughter , now Mrs. Chester L. Reed (Ellen) lives in Burbank, CA, while Peyton and Bob live at Weston, where Bob is associated with his father on the wheat, livestock and irrigated operation. George has five grandsons and four granddaughters, all very proud of their "Grandpa George" as they affectionately call him.
Anna Winn died in 1940, and George remarried in 1945. He and his wife Clara Byall Winn moved from the home ranch to Milton-Freewater in 1946.
Moving to town has not caused George to retire - far from it. Since 1946 he has entered into an intensive irrigation program, drilling a splendid series of wells and becoming as well known for his irrigated strawberries and carrots as he formerly was known for his dry land watermelons. Irrigated pasture and Hereford cattle are seen on the old home place now, and many a retired farmer has marveled at his courage in such an ambitious venture at an age when most men think they are ready to rest.
The years have been kind to George Winn, and his many friends still remember his activities of former years when he used to recite the poems of James Whitcomb Riley at the annual Umatilla County pioneer Reunions. George and Clark Wood, his beloved friend of many years standing, used to participate together in these reunion programs. It was at the birthday party that news of Clark Wood's death was made known, and many a fond memory was told about the days gone by when Anna Compton, Will and Clark Wood performed "Asleep in the Deep" which Clark was noted as singing"betther than any basso this side of the Mississippi river" to quote Clark himself.
All the family wished George Winn a very happy birthday with refreshments including two cakes, but not 81 candles!
Thursday, January 14, 1960
Eagle Times, Milton-Freewater, OR
(Possibly written by Vance Orchard, the reporter)
==
*Resided Weston Pct., Umatilla Co., OR, 1880, with Jessie C. Winn
(George W. Winn, age 1 [b. ca. 1879] b. OR).
*Resided #143, East Weston Pct., Umatilla Co., OR, 1900, with Ann G. Winn
(George Winn, age 21, b. Jan. 1879, OR, farm laborer).
*Resided East Weston Pct., Umatilla Co., OR, 1910, with Ann E. Winn
(George W. Winn, age 31 [b. ca. 1879], b. OR).
*Resided Weston, Umatilla Co., OR, 1918
(George W. Winn, age 39).
*Resided Umatilla Co., OR, 1920, with Ann G. Winn
(George W. Winn, age 40 [b. ca. 1880], b. OR).
*Resided Umatilla Co.,OR, 1921
(Geo. W. Winn.
*Married Anna Peyton Compton, 15 June 1921, Walla Walla,
Walla Walla Co., WA.
*Resided #12, Near Weston, Pct. 15, Umatilla Co., OR, 1930
(Geo. W. Winn, age 51 [b. ca. 1879], b. OR, wheat farmer).
*Resided Weston, OR, 1943
(George Winn).
*Married Clara (Mueller) Byall, 5 Aug. 1945, Walla Walla, WA.
*Died Milton-Freewater.
Obit. - George W. Winn
Son of Jesse Winn...1921 married Anna Peyton COMPTON (deceased 1940) 1945 married Clara BYELL...1946 moved to Milton-Freewater, OR...Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Walla Walla, WA, 1 Dec 1966, Page 5.
Other children: George Robert "Bob" Winn.
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