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J .'IV,,. - - fe" ' A ; ' V V MR. AND MRS. LA VERN F. MILLER L'nited In Church Ceremony Bewley, Miller United In Local Church Rites An early Fall wedding at the Pioneer I'ark Church of God. united in marriage, Joyce Elcaine Eowlcy, daughter ol Mr. and Mrs. Georse Bewley, Salem, and IxVern F. Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dannis Miller, La Grande. The ceremony was performed ty Rev. Harold Neal. Lester Mor tier sang "I Love You Truly," pre ceding the ceremony and "The Lord's Prayer," during the cere mony, accompanied by Miss Leo la Miller at the organ. The bride in a lace and ivory satin wedding gown, was attend ed by her sister. Miss Sibyl Bew ley, as maid of honor. The brides maids were Miss C'harottc Coffin, lmbler. and Mrs. Judy Lundy, Cotvallis. .Miss Marcia Miller. La Grand?, ard Mi;s Deana Sehorn. Astoria, lighted the candles before the ceremony and the little Misses Jeannie Joiner, Eugene, and Jana ANN LANDERS Answers Your Problems Dead Ann: In April our 16 year old daughter eloped with a boy who was also within two mnnihs of graduation. They had been going steady lb months. We got together with the hoy's parents and had the marriage an nu'led. There was a tacit agree ment that if they felt th? same way about each oth'r in four years we would agree to a big church wedding. Last month our daughter dis covered she is pregnant. .The boy and his family, now bint on a college tduca ion, have turned their becks on us and want no more talk cf marriage. Can we have the cnnullment annulled? Does the fact that they were married a! the time of con ception giv us any legal rights? Can we force this boy to cont:ibulc to the baby's support? We are comfortable, but we're not made of money. J. T. L. Dear J. T. L.: You need a lawyer. I am not one. More important than legal right! how ever, ii the well being of your daughter. If the boy, after being told what a tpot this girl is in, has turned his back on her and wants no talk of marriage, he would make a lemon of a hus band and fs'her. In my ooinion, she's bet'er off to face this or- CHURCHES Elgin Seventh Day Adventist Church Rev. Fred Wagoner Sabbath school 9 30 a m. Morning worship 11 am. Cove Seventh Day I Adventist Church Pastor Edward C. Harms Sabbath School 9:30 a m. Sat urday. Morning worship 11 a.m. Seventh Day Adventist Church, La Grande Pastor Edward C. Harms Third and M Street Sabbath School 9:30 m. Sat urday.. Morning worhip 11 m. Kay Miller, La Grande, were the lower girls. All of the bride's attendants wore matching dresses of yellow embroidered organdy. . Orville Miller served as best man for his brother. The ushers were Derrall Bewley, Salem, Dick S.toddard, Jerry Williams and lale Wagner, all of La Grande A reception was held immedia tely following the ceremony in the social rooms of the church Mrs, Lester Mortier, sister of the bride; was in chaise of the guest tyok. Serving at the reception were Mrs. John Tuck. Mrs. Nel Ire McDaniel and Mrs. Orville .Miller and the Misses Nellene Tuck and Donna Neal. , The bride is a graduate of lm bler High School, and the groom ar graduate of La Grande High School. The newlyweds are now living in Albany, where the tTooin is employed. deal alone rather than be shack led to a resentful and bitter punk who would only add to her problems. Dear Ann: Last night I had a big fight with my husband. Mv husband said if his father ever got too sick to work, he would so'l everything we own to keep the house and car payments up for his dad. I said if he sold so mnrh r,n' slick of our furniture I wou'd tak the bahv and move n'lt u c-,;,' it proved I didn't love him or I would Slav by his side through thick or thin. I came frcm a family where there was no love cr affection My mother wo.ked all day. Mv father was dsd. My bro'hers punched me if I didn't breathe the right way. Now that I have a home of my own and a happy lilr I' want to hang on to it. Am I Tor.g?-K. . M. i rtmmm V I M . D I I rtopie nave enough to 'do to solve the prob lems they meet from day to day. Here you're fighting about some thing that has not happened and probably never will. Every sal aried person should keep in mind that one day he may no longer have an income. It would br wise if your husband h?lpod his td wcrk out a program where by he saved a part of his weekly check no matter hov small. This would be far better than fightirw) about what will happen when the old man is down and out. Rainbow Girls Initiate Three New Members I'NION (Sp"cialThe Unior Rainhnw for Girls rrw.i fAnm- night at 7 in the Masonic hall for a regular mining and rorma! initiation. New members initiated were Wanda Cox. C lara Barton ar.d ; Barbara Brown. Phns were made for their Christmas formal and a Christmas party and carroling. --Refreshment were srved ANN LANDERS 'If You Don't Care For Food Try Dinner In (This is another in series of twelve articles by the author of America's most popular hu man relations column.) MOSCOW Dinin r in a Russian resiuuiant is lun if you don't care about ,'ond. The require mints are simple for dining out in Moscow. You need a few rubles h-.1 patience of a saint, and a cast ron stomach. If I could make only one i (commendation to an Ameri an who plans on dinner in a Soviet restaurant it would be this: E..t something (irst. The bd.cr restaurants are al wrys packed. This calls for a 30 minule wait before you get insid-1 to wait. Russians do not dress up to cat out. Men fretiuently appear in the dining rooms in checked 'sports shi:ts, and without neckties. The women, however, do make ,m effort lo gussy up a bit. They wear hose rather than bobby socks; I saw must women in high heels. Although tipping is frowned upon as "capitalistic bribery" every waiter 1 tipped smiled and said "Spasee'ba" i thank you'. Russian waiters are courteous and frienily and thev scm to have the best interest o' the customer at heart. They will tell you i' the herring doesn't look good or if the chef who makes the best apple pancakes is on vacation. The table linen, silver and dinmrware are "bolabo'tish" (aristocratic in appearance' but salt and pepper shakers and sugar bowls seem to be in short supply. Th? waiters jockey them from one table to the next. In Russia as elsewhere in Europe) it is customary for strangers to sit at any table where there is a vacant s"at. A woman dining alone is a likely target for loquacious tourists as well fs wolves American and indigenous. I managed to dispose of both varieties by simply saying "Nyet ponyeem -my-yeh Paroosky" I do not speak Russian' or, "No speak English" depending on the situa tion. If you want water you must ask for it. You will get tap water unless you specify bottled mineral water. Most tourists drink bottled water "lemoned," which is not lemonade but soda pop. Russian bread, both white and dark, is a delight and plenty is served, without extra charge. When I asked the waiter for Russian rye he told me there is no Russian rye in Russia. "What Americans call Russian rye is a recipe some baker took from the Ukraine to Milwaukee." Butler is not served unless it is ordered. It is 10 cents extra. Black caviar is delicious but it's no bargain. The caviar appetizer adds $110 to the bill. A good steak or a cut of roast beef is out of the question. Fried chicken is $1.15 for a generous portion, including fried potatoes and fried eggnlant. A fried omeH is 60 cents, with ham it's 70 cents. A'mnst every main dish is fried I would not have been surprised if :he wa.ter had brought the check fried. Tea is always served in a glass, n-ver a cup. You can get a large glass of tea with "verenyeh" 'berry je lly ' and all the bread you can eat for 10 cents. But a chocolate candy bar is $2.60. Russian paslry made me suspect a conspiracy between the pastry chefs and the dentists. It's hard s granite and a threat to bridge work. Most hotel dining rooms have dinner music. The I kraine has a seven-piece band five evenings a week. Patrons dance between th shies 'after a few glarses of wine' Local Church Hosts Officer Conference Sixty-two persons were present ,t the Missouri Synod Church Officers' Circuit meeting held in La Grande Sunday. Faith Luther an of La Grande was the host :hurch. The theme of the conference centered around Stewardship, Evangelism, and Education. Rev. R Langhecker, Walla Walla, cir cuit counsellor, presided. Topics presented were "Chris tian Education Is for Everybedy," Rev. Henry Schulze. Ilcrmiston; Reaching Heavenward." R. R. Tschirl-y. Enterprise; and "What a Combination," Rev. Walter Bid, Pendleton. Congregations represented, in cluded Pendleton. Walla Walla. Ik'rmiston, Enterpris?, and La Grande. Following the thre-hour presen tation of topics and in'ormal buzz sessions, a formal dinner was served. Dinner hostesses were the mcs rfam"S Harold Dorn. Neil Wilson. Bruce Ryao. Herman Wilhe'ms, V-rn Hughes. Herb Haig, Tom Schmrrkpepcr, Jim Hines, and Karl Potten. Neil Wilson, acompaniod by Janet Ivie, presented two vocal selections for the evening's entertainment. Soviet Cafe and there is always spirited ep plause from the tourists when the orchestra plays, "Sunny Side of tn' Street" or other American tunes. The mcst fascinating aspect of a Russia n restaurant meal is the 3'mosphore. There is always e fight in the kitchen. Loud. unre strained arguing among employes is a familiar part of the scene. I ! noticed this not only among wait ers, but elevator girls, hotel maids, luggage porters and salef people. There seems always to be an intramural rhubarb and no one is embarrassed about it. It's cheaper to eat in a first class restaurant in Moscow than to cook at home. I came to this con cision after a day of grocery shoooing. In order to do a complete day's food marketing a woman must go to two places an open-air free market and a gastronome, ine free market sells fruits, vegetables. and fresh flowers. Some free mar kets have adjoining butcher shops Russians buy flowers as readi'y as most Americans buy a stalk of celery. A gastronom? is comparable to an American grocery. It offers cinncd goods, cleaning agents. milk products, eggs. meat, fish poultry, vodka, beer and wine. The gastronome and the free market look as if they belonged in different centuries. At a free market one finds peasants in ragged head scarves and faded cotton dresses who make change from their apron pockets. The gastronome I visited had modern fixtures, scales, cash reg isters. A magnificent Czecho- slovakian chandelier hung from the ceiling. The windows were com pletely draped like an American mortuary. No merchandise was dis played. One would never expect to find groceries inside. All prices are set by the govern ment. The free markets and gas tronomes may go under the desig nated price but never over. A pound of purple grapes was priced at $1 50, red plums 10 cents each, a box of raspberries $1, peaches 35 cents each, a large honeydew melon $2.90. Carrots are 25 cents a bunch and onions the same. Potatoes are 30 cents a pound. Small green apples are 35 cents a pound. Beverage prices run like this: Vodka is $3.10 a liter (large pint'; beer 20 cents a bottle; wine (good grade) 70 cents a liter and up. Milk is 22 cents a liter. ui The meat show cases in the free-' market butcher shop were not refrigerated and much of the meat was outside the counters. Flies swarmed all over and the sight of this was enough to make me a vegetarian for the duration of the trip. Meat prices went like this: Beef steak (grainy and with bone) $1.70 a pound, hamburger $1.60 a pound, veal ribs $1 15 a pound. Cow's heads and feet were 25 cents a pound. "This makes fine soup," a salesgirl told me. Tomorrow: Alcoholism in the Soviet Union. Social Club To Give Gifts For Christmas The Eastern Star Social Club met in the Masonic hall for a dessert. Friday. The tables were decorated with holly and green candles with a centerpiece of angels and white candles. Dessert was served to 23 mem bers, by the hestesses Verna Per rine. Helen Broomfield, Helen Richardson, Elsa Hammond and Katheiyn Moran wilh Anne Decker as chairman. Helen Cash, presid"nt, was in charge of the business meeting A gift of money will be sent tc the Eastern Star Masonic Ilomf for Christmas. A soecial gift will be sent to Myron Whitney, one of the Eastern Star members from Hope Chapter, who is residing at the home. The next meeting will br Dec. 18, a potluck with the club "urnishing tu:key and rolls. Cards were played in the parlor after the business mating. In bridge, high went to Julia Metzler. low to Virginiaa Kub'er. In pinochle, high went to Florence Hall, low to Mildred Hamilton. Annual Fellowship Rally Draws 200 I'NION 'Special' More than twr hundred young people regist"re) this weekend for the annual Metho dist Youth Fellowship Rally. They came from Eastern Oregon and Boise Valley of Idaho. Pannrl discussions were h"ld and Saturday evening Dr. Bolen of La Grande spoke. The theme of (he Rally was "What We Ought to Want." The youths were housed in vari. ous homes of the town. Kitchen Wares Vell Known Makes at La Grand Hardware fver. La Grande, Or., Frl., Nov. 27, 1959 P9 5 Woman's World MAXIMS M'RMI, Woman's Editor Nebekers Entertain Royal Neighbors At Roval Nivuhho s of Am erica ere entertained recently t the opening of their meeting. ''h i Up dance by Jan Nebeker. 'Iter uhuh Mr. and Mrs. Wiley ehelier sang a duet, a llawiian number. Ledge was then called to or ''r by Kate Talbott. Oracle, w ith ne regular order of business be " conducted. A letter was read rom the l'nited Fund, and it s voted to donate to this wor ny cause. Several were still reported on 'h' sick list. Nell Clark had just Elgin Church Holds Special Revival Meets Tiw Elgin Church of the Naz--rme u ill be holding special revival services at the church, rem Nov 25 through Dec. 6 The unices each evening will be gin at 7.3u. The Rev. L. C. Hopkins, Nam-' pa. Idaho, will be guest speak er. He has had considerable pas toral experience, he also pastur ed in Alaska for several years, beginning a new work there. Special music and inspirational singing will be featured each evening along with the Bible teaching. Mrs. Williams i Reports On Newell House Mrs. Hugh Snider was hostiss to members of the Grande Ronde Chapter, Daughters of the Ameri can Revolution, at their monthly meeting. Mrs. John Sullivan, regent, pre sided over the business meeting. Mrs. Ray Williams gave a report on her visit to Newell House. This house was recently restored by the Daughters of the State, and opened to the public Aug. 8, as part of Oregon's Centennial cele bration. She described the placo- ment of the various articles do nated by members of Grande Ronde Chapter and valley resi dents, and also mention-d the renovated schoolhouse and pos' office on the same location, as be ing well worth seeing. The theme of the evening s pro gram "Giving Thanks to our Founding Fathers," was developed by the reading of two articles. "A Nation Cnder God." and 'Known But To God." by Mrs. E. Lyle McMullen and another read by Mrs. F. J. Lottes, "He Paid the National Debt." Mrs. Snider was assisted in serv ing refreshmnets by hr co-hos-'.esses, Mrs. Joe Richardson and Mrs. George Cochran. The next meeting will be the annual Christmas party on Dec. 14 Scout Troop Cooks Dinner Over Fire Scout Troop 114 took advant age of the sunshine last Saturday md went for a hike up Highway tfl towards Pendleton to the Mt Emily road and cooked their din ner on the old camn ground vhere the wagon train camped his summer. There was only about an inch if snow on the ground and each cout cooked his dinner over ire which he started with one r two matches, but which was lot hard to do as there was )lcnty of dry wood at the bot '.om of the pine trees. They found five deer hides at he old camn ground, which lome hunters had thrown away md brought them into the trail in front of the Elks Club. Those making the trip were Mian McGlassnn. Run Heyden, lohn Kcllcv. Howard Patten, Jaul Tomeraasen. W'avne Kaaen. Bob Bevcr, and Dan Nicson. Paul rcoked some biscuits for his Poking merit badge over his -amp fire. Gel NEW ADMIRAL APPLIANCES A FURNITURE for Prices A LOW AS USED e La Grande FUR1IITURE Warehouse East Adams Ava. Local Meetiing returned li:ine tiom the hospital after suffering a seigeof flu. Glen Payne had a had eut on the head; and had to have several stitches j taken, I.u Cmntncy still suffering fiom a leg injury which she re eeived a couple of weeks ago, a! so others sutferin minor ail inents at home. A large "Space Age" Member ship Campaign banner, was dis played in the front of the room and after each "Aviator" called her rcll, thev placed colored star rn the banner for each member present in hopes their team will be the first to get up the stair way to the stars and reach the moon. Wilma Payne and her team had the most members present, and Matilda TsiatsOs team hail credit for the most new memliers Mrs. Payne was also in charge ol the evening's entertainment Feeding the birthday kitty was Aileen Taal. Mary Ann DeVore. Wilma Payne and Reta Gaertner The next meeting, Nov. 23. wili be the birthday dinner , w ith al having birthdays July through December as the honored guests All others are aske'd to help with the dinner and please call Gladys i Huff) Lester, chairman, if not already contacted. After the 6:30 p m. dinner, lodge w ill convene at 8 p.m.. with all team members asked to be in orchid formal for initiation. The Social club will meet at the home of Ella Koeter, Friday at 8 p.m. with Mrs. Koeter, Rebah Huff, Minnie Bragg and Gladys Lester entertaining. Chapter Approves Fair Booth Plans By City Council Mrs. J. K. Moore w as hostess for Gamma chapter of Beta Sigma rhi at her home, with Mrs. Ken Lillard as co-hostess. Ways and Means chairman. Mrs. Robert Mitchell, auctioned off seme winter bouquets that had been made by Mrs. Mooro as a srmple of a Ways and Means pro ject. The chapter voted to approve he proposal of City Council re garding the permanent location of the fair booth. Sinro it will be necessary for Mrs. Max MrGlasson to be out of town fur a time the next me-el ing will be held at the home of Dortha Vorus on Nov. 24. The budget for the year was presented and approved. It was decided that Mrs. King Leach would serve as alternate City Council representative while Mrs. Earl Bensel is on leave- of-ab-sence for a short time. A program, rat or Ht' was presented by Mrs. C. W. Ramey after which refreshments were served by the hostess. please hunger 1 every So many like him art hungry . .V A bowl of rice, a lunch of bread Ond milk, are a feast to millions of children. More than half the people in the world do not hav enough to eat, We have luch plenty to share . . ." From our farm abundance the U.S. Government ' gives CARE milk powder, flour, corn meal. Then, to help even more, CARE buys other foods to match the various needs of hungry people in other lands, f . You can be their friend . . I Every $1 you give provides one food package I based on country conditions. Your packages reach needy families, schools, welfare institu- l tions delivered with your'name and address, fo bring a message of friendship from you and f our country. Join CARE's Food Crusadel- ' " j Your dollars do so much Send as many as you County Group Announces New Projects The County Comniiltee met re cently in the local extension office with Hetty Rogers, chairman, call ing the meeting to order. There were six members present and one g'i'st. Mu le Scales. State Agent .nri Oregon State College. M ss S. ales was the speaker for the (-JS program o' the day. Arlene . M'WW" chairman, report "d she li.iel information to send the county units. Mrs. ling, rs, chairman, turned n her r signation of her mst in the county conim'tioc. due to her niuung to Pendleton in the n-nr future. N'.nied to fill her vacancy was Mrs. A M. 'Susie' Lee. Mrs. Sijjrid Jones was voted as the new chairman and Arlene Case as the secretary treasurer Miss Scales announced that pro grams for the remainder of the year, would include freezer meals, short en's in ironing, meringues t it thing storage and patio cookery A cotton workshop will be held during February. Hie nrl mooting will be nn nvunccd at a later date. Elgin Chapter OES Observes Special Night ELGIN, i Special 'Blue Moun tain Chapter 52. OES. met Friday evening in McKenzie hall for their regular, meeting, which was the annual Friendship Night. Over members uere present, with visit ors (runt Rope Chapti-r. La Grande Grande; Ronde Valley Chapter I'nion: Jessica Chapter. Wallowa and Wa'lowa Valley Chapter, Jo seph. Worthy Matron. Mrs. Mildred Hnrwood and Worthy Patron, Or ville Wayt presided in the East Distinguished guests were Past Grand Matron. Mrs. Pearl Mc Clay of La Grande, Mrs. Fonda Miller, I'nion Grand Ada of the Grand Chapter; Mrs. Olga Smith of I'nion Grand Representative of the state of South Dakota and Mrs. Dorotha Davis, Elgin- Grande Representative to the state of Indiana. Kst"lle Johnson, Wal Iowa special projects committee and several worthy matrons and patrons. The hall was decorated in the worthy matron's theme "Friend ships Garden." Following the meet ing, Marilyn Sherwood gave a comic reading and Janis Yaring ton entertained with a modern dance. Refreshments were served from tables decorated wilh friendship chains and horns of plenly, by Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ruckmnn. Mr. and Mrs.' Ed Schwebke, Mr. and Mrs. Keith McKinnis and Mrs. Shirley Bingamrn and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Richmond. care... hurts! sends a Food Crusade package i. . . . can CARE 660 Tn' Av ' N,w York 16 N- Y-' or your nearest CARE oddres Here i $. .'7. . lo tend Food Citade packages. i Name ' Address PUBLISHED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY THE LA GRANDE OBSERVER LOCAL EVENTS Odd Fellows Lodg 14, La Grande will meet Friday at S p.m. in their hall. Past President club of the LS of B of LF and E will meet in the heme of M:s. Lyle Fihn, 906 Penn Avenue. Friday at 7:30 p.m. Past Matrons of Eastern Stu will meet Friday at 7.3k D.m. in the Masonic teinp'e. Reckwall Grange will hold a Christmas Tree benefit dance at their hall, Saturday evening be ginning at 9 o'clock. La Grande Hiqh School Band Alumni are planning a "Get together." Any interested band tumni trom ir.e year ih.)S tnrough '59. please contact Wendell See or Margaret Skaggs. Merry Mixers will hold a square dunce in the Imb'er Legion hall, Saturday at 8 p.m. All square dancers welcome. Celebrating birthdays today art Nellie St inc. Elgin; and Bruce John R.Miearson. Roger Borine, Ehrman Hates and Hill Dodds, La Grande. Whirlaway Square Dance club met Saturday evening at the Un ion Spoitsmens club. Committee tor the evening, Mr. and Mrs. Run Maeky and Mr. and Mrs. "loyd lironson. Blue Mountain Gem Club will meet Monday at 8 p.m. in the Woman's Clubhouse at Union. Potluck at 7 p in. Bring own tabic service and rock for auc tion. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Williams, Cove, just returned from Cald well, Idaho, where they visited their son and family, Mr. and Mrs. , Russell Meroney. Youth Activities teen age dance will be held in the Armory, Sat urday between 8:30 and 11:30 p. m. Music will be by disc jockey. Small nominal charge. Gilstraps Travel On European Trip Mr. and Mrs. Rodcric Gilstrap of Boulder, Colo., are vacationing for two weeks in Europe. They reach ed Amsterdam early last week via KLM (Dutch Airlines l, and expect to visit relatives in Holland, and friends in Frankfort and London. Two of their four children, Ted and Warren are dividing the time between the homes of their grand parents, Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Gil strap and Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Scroggin. Susan and Nancy Gil strap remained in Boulder with friends in older to continue in school. Ph. WO 3-3451 la Grande 703 K iMit-SJ kM f ej Food Crusad packages go to these countries: Colombia Ecuador Wtii Oarmany Or co Otfatomal Hong Kanf Ha.t. India . - Iran , Italy Karoa olmfan Poland Turkay Ywflav! f Viifc' if Vf l