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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER . Phon (00 ft News and Activities Engagements ... Weddings Social Events . ' " Monday, July 9, 1945 Page 3 1 Sgt. Jean Ann Richards Becomes Bride of Pfc Edward R. Griggs , At a morning ceremony July 7, in the chapel. of the Methodist church in Union., Sgt. Jean Ann 'Richards, WAC, daughter of Mr. ' and Mrs. Dick E. Richards, for , merly of Union and now of ; ! Prairie City, became the bride of ' Pfc. Edward -R. Griggs, son of Mr. and Mis. E. R. Griggs of Un ion. . i A patriotic motif inspired the beautiful setting for the wfedr ding The altar, framed with a background tf. candles and the American flag, was banked with red roses, white lillies and blue delphiniums. Preceding the cere mony the candles were lighted by Miss Doris 'Busick. The double ring service was read by Rev-Floyd E. White of Fir street Methodist church of La Crundt! and the . wedding music ! was played,, .by Miss Marilyn , Scroggin. "" " ' The bride," given in marriage by her father, wore her "off duty" uniform of ivory shantung with military insignia and carried a small prayer- book. Miss Eleanor Richards, the bride's sister, was her only at tendant. She 1 wore a soft fold crepe with a corsage of Talisman roses. Master Sgt. Marvin Smith of the 13th air force, recently re lumed from duty in the Pacific, acted as best man. A reception was held at the church immediately following the marriage service and the parents of both the bride and groom re ceived Willi the wedding parly. Assisting with the arrange ments and ,ftlu' reception were Mrs. Walter Voyel and Mrs. Don ald Gale. Mrs. Dell Irvin of Union and Mrs. Loring Parkins of Haines, both aunts of the groom, presid ed at the table which was deco rated with pink roses, orange blossoms and ferns. In the traditional manner, th-a bride and groom cut the first slice of the beautifully decorated wed ding cake. The bride was reared in Union where her father was superin tendent of the Eastern Oregon experiment station. She is well known throughout the state for her outstanding record in 4-H 1 club work, both as a club mem- i ber and as a club leader, ror : mcr members of her clubs pro vided the flowers, served as ush ers and were her special guests. She is a graduate of the Union high school and has attended Eastern Oregon college of educa tion and Oregon State college. In the summer of 1943 she en listed in the WACS and took her ! basic training at Des Moines, la., where she was assigned lo the army signal corps. After spend ing several months as a recruiting officer in the middle west, she returned to regular duty and is stationed at Washington, D. C. The groom is a member of a pioneer family of the valley and he also is a graduate of the Un ion high school. He was a mem ber of the 188th infantry, 41st di vision, and entered the service in September, 1040. Ha has spent 33 months in the Pacific area and has recently been returned to the States and granted his discharge. The young couple left immedi ately following ihe reception for a short wedding trip after which time the bride, will return to Washington, D. C; where she is stationed with the women's army corps at their post in Arlington park, and the groom will remain at their farm home near Union for the summer. - Cove News COVE (Special) Gail Mills, who is employed at Sunnyside, Wash., came to spend the Fourth with his parents, Mr, and Mrs. J. E. Mills. With him was Miss Allie Amundson and her niece, Mary Ann Amundson. Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Hefty had a picnic on their lawn the Fourth which included the families of J.. B. Love, L. G Lantz, Thomas Towle, T. R. Conklin, and J. E. Mills, Lloyd Amundson of Sunny side, Wash. There were 33 in all. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Wheeler of Weiser, Idaho, are visiting at the home of their daughter, Mrs. J. R. Price. . ,, '' Mrs. William Downing and her small son Billy Robin of Portland are visiting her parents Mr and Mrs. J. R. Price. ' '- ; Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Robinson, of Walla Walla, Wash., arc here for a few days and their daughter-in-law, Mrs. Clifford Robin son, also of Walla Walla is with them. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bell, Dr. and Mrs. Ernest Kellogg, Mr. ' 'and Mrs. George Butterfield and chil dren, and Miss May Bell picnick ed near the power plant in the canyon on the Fourth. ' .; ", . Miss May-Belli-who -is employ ed in Portland, is here for a few. days. , ...(. Mickey Richardson, who is em ployed at Ordnance, had the mis fortune to have an arm broken. Miss Lorna Dee Hallmark has gone to Bonneville to be with her brother Eldred's family. Lang Bell took his family to Baker for the celebration the Fourth and entered the contest for the best equipped horse, win ning second prize. A number of Cove people went to Baker for the celebration. Among them were Mr. arid, Mrs. John Miller, Mr. and Mrs.,' Mack Rces, Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Boswell and several others. - L. M. Laird's family and Laird's daughter, Mrs.' Margaret Richardson, and her ; family of Pendleton and a friend, Mr. Kopp, of Pendleton, Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Williams and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Duncan, picnicked with the J. R. Prices and Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hallmark at the camp Yew Eow. . . . . ; Vr AS A GUIDE TO FINE WHISKEY.. LA The name of Corby's in Canada ptande for fine whiskey tradition, and Corby's ns produced in America today merits Ihe approval of the most critical. You, too, will enjoy llie fine pre-war quality of lliis light, sociable blriiij. Ask for Corby's ike ext time you liar. ftteoucn in m u.i a. 86 Proof 68.4 Grain Neutral Spirits conDY's 1 OF U i i J ir 0 Social Calendar TUESDAY" 8:30 p, m. Friendly club of First . Presbyterian church pot luok pjenio at Riverside park for families. ' I p. m. WBA lodge will meet Of the JOOF hall. . ' .? "p. m. Wesley an . Service guild of Fir street Methodist church, with Miss Eva Dough erty, l$06Wi V avenue. WEDNESDAY. 13:30 p. m. circles No. 1 and 2, WSCS of the First Methodist church will hove potluck dinner at Riverside park. ' 8 p. m. American Legion aux ilipry nomination and installa tion, Sacajawea hotel, i THURSDAY 4 p. m. L. A. to B. of R. T. pot luck picnic, Riverside park Jas. Barclay &., limited Peoria, Illinois LEGION AUXILIARY TO MEET The American Legion auxiliary will meet at 8 p. m. Wednesday in the Sacajawea hotel for their last meeting uutil the fall ses sion. , Further nominations and installation will be held for new officers, Mrs. Lee Thomas, pres ident, will-conduct the meeting. UNFORTUNATE LOOT " OLYMPIA, July "9 . (UP) Po lice were' agreed today that the thief, who' stole baby diapers and a shirt irom Mrs. Ethan Riggin's clothes line will not be too happy with his loot in the long run. The Riggln youngster is recovering from scarlet fever. M-1-1-1-1 -11-1-1 -1-1-1 -I -1-1- t-f 'l;i?i".-i-l-ill-iri-1'-J1i-11 -i-i'i SOCIETY BRIEFS Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. McCliiy returned to their home here Sat" urday from Portland,, where Mr. McClay has toentin the convales cents hospital for more than three months. He is much improved in health. , ' - Miss Stellina Hall left Sunday for Seattle, where she works for Alaska communications system, after visiting 10 days here with her mother, Mrs. Mary Hall, who went to Seattle with her and will stay for about 10 days. Lt. Henry Wenger, foimer cadet here, who hud been u prisoner of war in Germany, was also a guest of the Halls for about 10 days. He went to Miama, Fla., for further as signment Saturday morning. . Henry Miller, formerly of Un ion and a former student of East ern Oregon college where he was a football and basketball player, Phillip Walnum, formerly of La Grande, and Harold Pugsley, all of Pendeton, spent the weekend fishing on Catherine cfeek. Mrs. George Ferguson of Union left Saturday night for Portland where she will remain during buyers week. Albert Wcslcnskow will oncn a new grocery store in Union July 11. He formerly was en gaged in the grocei-y business la. Imblor. , Mrs. Robert Wells und Miss Lois McKinney of Union, Friday night went to Furrogut Idaho, to visit Mrs. Wells' son, Pfc. Dean Wells, a patient in the navyv hos pital there for treatment , of wounds received" in action on Okinawa. ' Miss Edith Lovan arid Helen Kingsford spent Wednesday and Thursday in Pendleton visiting with friends and attending to business matters. .'' Mr. and Mrs. John Nelson and their daughter,. Lois, and their son-in-low ond daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Willis Bailey and baby daughter, all of Enterprise, were guests Sunday at the home of Mrs. Minnie Miller, .". i Miss Mabel Miller of " La Grande, bride elect of Anthony P. Bnigga of John Day, was com plimented at a miscellaneous shower Friday evening. About 20 friends and relatives gathered at the home of her mother, Mrs. Minnie Miller, 1204 M avenue. The wedding has been set for late this month. Wesleyan Service guild of Fir street Methodist church will meet at 8 p. m. Tuesday at the home of Miss Eva Dougherty, 100(1 ft Y avenue. Former Guard Unit From Oregon Makes Enviable Record HQ., 41st . DIVISION, Philip pines The 180th. regiment of the 41st infantry division has made a magnificent record since it entered Philippines operations four months ago. In killing 3,841- Japanese this crack regimental combat team has had 28 of its own men killed in action. This staggeringly dispro portionate ratio is 437 enemy slain for each Yank lost. In addition, the regiment has captured 287 Japanese. On Feb. 28 the- 188th invaded Palawan, western-most isle of the Philippines, and shattered the foe there. Olher elements of the 41st struck Zamboanga March 10, and shortly after the bulk of the 180th crossed . the Sulu sea to help its brother regiments, the 182d und 103d. The 180th then continued the mopping up of the Zamboanga peninsula, hunting down Jap anese remnants and ruthlessly de. stroying them. Originally an Oregon national guard regiment, the 180th has ser ved in the far Pacific with the b a 1 1 1 c- burnished 41st for 39 month. Commanded by Col. Oli ver P. ' Newman, of Oakland, Calif., the unit fought two New Guinea campaigns prior to its ar rival in the Philippines. . Body of Mountain Climber Recovered SEATTLE, July (t (UP) A pack train arrived at the Ilainmn Hainmn runger station early to day with the body of Edward L Wiener, student president a' Seattle college, killed - Satuidn;, by a fall into a 40-foot crevasse. Wiener and a companion, Clay ton Olson, 17, left Thursday after noon on Wiener's motorcycle for a trip in the Olympic mountains. Olson said Wiener slipped and plunged into a 15-foot wide cre vasse, falling to his death on docks. Olson hiked to u tele phone at Lena Lake and sum moned a pack train directed by Jess Bttcll, Humma Hamma dis trict ranger. - Olson guided the party buck to the scene of the tragedy near Three Brothers mountains. 1 . Wild ' morning .glory see'ds sprouted immediately on being planted In moist soil, after being burled for 30 years Indry cai'th. New York Hamlet to 'Return to Union' TOWN LINE, N. Y., July 9 (UP) This tiny hamlet planned today to return to the union. It seceded in 1801 and no record exists to show it ever returned. Town officials said a formal cere mony probably would be held in the blacksmith shop where the article of secession were sighed in 1801.- No explanation has ever been given for the secession. Most of the residents were of Vermont or German stock ond had no econ omic or sentimental ties with the south; . Gunt her Gathers , Oregon Material : For 'Inside? Book PORTLAND, Juiy' 9 (UP) fathering material on the north west which will occupy, a section, of a forthcoming book; 'iriside America," John Gunther, news paperman and author of the now famous "Inside" books stopped over here today prior io visiting Bonneville dam and parts of Washington and Idaho. . '- ' v Gunther, 43, is on the 27th lap of a tour of the 48 states, of which the remaining 21 Will probably be finished by Novorii bor. '.,'; "What I'm lifter," ho explained, "is to desciibe the United States, the characteristics of each state, Ihe great Issues of cleavages, trends and influences." Gunther said one of the things which interests him most is the icnson for the election of Wayne Morse to the senate! .: ' "He is one of the best public, servants we have," .Gunther said. rrmHTu., ..... 1 At Your Dealer MAMU HQ fflffrj im nT"TI7Q ; mi - ll i - i I reffmory to gGfl gasoliriQ 1 If everyont had to males his own gasoline, there certainly wouldn't be any parking problem. For the crudest kind of old-fashioned shell stills cost about $5,000. And a mod ern refinery such as Union's costs about $53,000,000. 2 Yet if we're going to have the kind of gasoline we're, accustomed to-in sufficient quantities someone has to put up the refineries. Obviously, it's more fun to spend your money oii something you can consume yourself than on ! something that produces goods for irr people. ! Yat if everyone did that, we'd all soon be walking. So in order to get people to invest their money in refineries instead of spending it, our economic system offers them a re ward in the form of interest or prnjit. 4 At Vision Oil, for example, 32,227 Americans have pat up the money lo provide the oil wells, tools, refineries, etc., in or1' r that some 519,000 Union Oil customers may get gatulin 'jr investing their money thit way, instead of (pending it. they get profits in the form of dividends. ' 5 Pwring the last ton years the earnings on the net capital invested in Hie company averaged 5' i. Now this cap ital could have been raised-as it is in socialistic countries by automatically awessing all the people through govern ment ownership. But we Americans do it on a tvltwtary basis. 6 For that way we can preserve the freedom of the indi vidual, Ihe efficiency of a free economy and that all-important human incentive-rumWifion. Our profit system isn't perfect yet. Hut it has given us the highest standard of living and the greatest capacity for production the world lias ever known. 001 0U Ml gOMPAUV OF C A II F 0 R N I A . This series, sponsored by the people of Union Oil Company, is dedicated to a discussion of how and why A merican business functions. We hope you'll , feel free to send in any suggestions or criticisms you have to offer. Write: The President, Union Oil Co., Union Oil Bldg., Los Angeles 14, Calif. AMIRICA'S tlfj H PRIIDOM IS Mil INTIRPRIII
