THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREG0N
V
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1951
PAGE SIX
NEWS OF SOCIETY
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Sorority Groups
Make Plans For
July Convention
The three central Oregon chnp
turs of Epsllon SlRma Alpha so
rority. Beta Alpha and Alpha
Thota of Bend nnd Alpha Mu of
Redmond, will furnish table deco
rations and pages for the Inter
national convention to be held in
Eugene, In July.
Members of the groups will
also attend the state council meet
ing in Roseburg on April 14 and
15 It was announced at a meet
ing of Alpha Theta chapter, last
: week at the home of Mrs. Archie
Hammer, on E. Eighth street.
Mrs. Hammer and Mrs. Robert
Nordby gave project reports, and
plans were made for a joint din
ner meeting with the Redmond
chapter.
After the meeting, the group
joined In a valentine exchange,
and the hostess served cake and
coffee.
Members present were ' Mi's.
Dale Curtis, Mrs. Newt Moore,
Mrs. Jack Kasparl, Mrs. Robert
Nordby, Mi-s. Donald Grubb, and
Mrs. Hammer. Mrs. Norman
Wells, Mrs. James Booth and Miss
Frances Hale were guests.
'
Betrothal News
Of Interest Here,
An engagement announcement
of Interest in Bend is that of Miss
Marihelen Canup, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Owlen Canup of Padu
cah, Kentucky, to xWarren L.
Smedley of Chicago, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Roy W. Smedley of
Bend.
Both young people are employ,
ed bv Zenith Radio corporation
in Chicago.
Miss Canup is a graduate of
- St. Mary's academy at St. Mary,
Kentucky.
Smedley is a graduate of Aus
tin high school, Chicago, and com
pleted four years of service with
the U. S. marine corps, receiving
his honorable discharge at Camp
Pendleton Calif. He is to receive
soon his degree in electronic en
gineering from American Tele
vision, Inc.
Plans for the wedding have not
been completed, and no date has
been announced.
Town and Country club will
hold a card party Saturday at
8 p.m. at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Hooper Dyer, in the grange
hall district . .
Observe Golden Wedding
Mr.
and Mrs. Guy Durham, married In Pendleton in 1901, were
congratulated at a dinner party last Friday.
Crook County
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Mr. and Mrs. Claude C. Dunham, long-time Prineville residents, celebrated their golden wedding anni
versary Sunday. . . 1
4-H Club News
GUCN VISTA CLUBS
The Glen Vista 4-H clubs held
an organization meeting last 1-ri-d:iv
niL'ht at the Karl Kicsow
home. Clubs fur a number of
different Interests were organ
ized, with subjects and leuders
as follows:
Rabbit, poultry and pheasant.
Mrs. Ira Cox; livestock, Kolmer
Bodtker; electric. Mi's, frontier
Bodtker; garden. Mrs. I.pslie
Kiibs; clothing, Mrs. Roy Wil
liams. A tractor-maintenance club and
a canning club were organized,
with leaders to be engaged later.
Clubs organized earlier were a
woodworking club led by Howard
King, a rose and flower club led
by Mi's. James Price, and a cook
ing club with Miss Bemiece Her
eenroder as leader. The Glen
Visia clubs have a total enroll
ment of 36 members.
UNIT PLANS EXHIBIT
Members of the Glen Vista
home extension unit made plans
for their exhibit for the annual
spring festival, at a meeting last
week at the home of Mrs. Leslie
Kribs.
Miss Shelton gave a demon
stration on the use of detergents.
and also gave pointers on 1uds-
ine mumns. to assist tne mothers
with 4-club work.
The next meeting will be March
14. at 10:30 a.m.. at the -home
of Mrs. G. L. Croft.
Sixth Birthday
Party Occasion
Murl Arthur, son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. L. Arthur, celebrated his
sixth birthday anniversary with
a party for which his mother was
hostess last Thursday afternoon
at the Arthur home, 1004 Colum
bia. Friends of the six-year-old pres
ent for the occasion were Dennis
and Curtis Jones, Virginia and
Eddie Swafford, Janet and Wan
da Dalkenberg, Judy Duncan.
John, Billy and Richard Olson and
Bobby Rogers. '
Games were played, and after
the gifts were opened, ice cream
and birthday cake were served by
Murl's mother and his aunt, Mrs.
Everett Jones.
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GROUP TO MEET
Bend Beauticians association
will meet Monday, Feb. 26, at
8 p.m. at Helen's beauty salon,
760 E. Greenwood.
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Pioneers Have Golden Wedding
Prinevilleites
R. W. Zevety (left), Judge M. R.
with a birthday dinner of their
Three-Way Birthday Party
Held on Patriotic Holiday
Prineville. Feb. 22 Judge M.
R. Biggs, who was Crook county
judge for a number of years;
Herman H. Schmitt, ranch real
estate dealer, and Robert W.
Zevely, ex-postmaster of Prine
ville, are celebrating Washing
ton's birthday todnv with a birth
day dinner of their own.
Biggs .and Schmitt have the
same birthday anniversary as the
father of his country, and zeve-
ly's birthday falls on February
12, Lincoln's birthday. Mr. and
Mrs. Mike Dragich, friends of the
celebrants, prepared a birthday
feast to be served at their City
cafe.
Judge Biggs, who is S7. is a
native of Pike county, Mo. He
same to Crook countyin 1894, and
engaged in ranching, developing
a nerd or pureorcd shorthorn
cattle which was recognized as
one of the finest on the Pacific
coast.
Spearheads Campaign
Judge Biggs was one of the
founding fathers of- the Pacific-
International Livestock exposi
tion, and with Frank Brown of
Carlton and Frank Rothrock of
Spokane, spearheaded a campaign
which raised the first nucleus of
around $30,000 for permanent
buildings.. The livestock event.
now recognized as one of the lead
ing shows of the kind in the na
tion, had its start in North Port
land during the mid-years of the
decade 1910-1920. First exhibi
tions were made in tents.
At the meeting marking the
launching of the exposition cam
paign. Judge Biggs opened the
subscription list by offering the
tinest bull from his shorthorn
herd, to be auctioned for the
building fund.
Judge tsiggs is a past grand
master of the Oreeon lodee of
Odd Fellows. On Monday night
the Prineville lodge honored him
with a birthday party.
scnmitt barns iNlctcname
Schmitt, who was born in
Washington county, spent his
Bend Couple
Honor Guests
At Dinner
Mr. and Mrs. Guv Durham.
Bend residents for the past 12
years, were honored on the occa
sion of their golden wedding an
niversary at a ainner lor lamiiy
members and close friends, last
Friday night In the Pine tavern
dining room.
Mr. and . Mrs. Durham Were
married Feb. 16, 1901. in Pendle
ton. They now make their home
in the Glen Vista community.
Hostesses for the dinner party
were the Durhams' daughters,
Mrs. Roy Fugate of Denver and
Mrs. Max Weaver of Bend. The
golden-weds also have four grand
children. Eighteen places were set at
the banquet table, which was cen
tered with the golden wedding
cake. After dinner, the group
played bridge at the Durham
home.
Mr. Durham retired last May,
after a 36-year career as a mail
and passenger stage driver. He
began driving in 1914, on the
Canyon City-Burns run, and was
driving th "end-Lakeview run
when he retired,
Share Birthdays
Biggs nnd H. H. Schmitt
own. Zevely's birthday
anniversary
have birthdays today.
younger days In Lane county. He
later went to tiu rncmc norm
west, where he became a cattle
buyer, covering a territory all the
way from Texas through the
Rocky mountain livestock states
to southern California. He gain
ed the nickname of "Trninloader
Schmitt" 4n livestock marketing
circles, because he frequently
bought tralnload lots of rnttle,
especially in depression days,
when his buying activities extend
ed as far north as Montana.
Schmitt located In Prineville In
1937, and because of his wide ac
quaintance with stock ranchers
of the southwest. Is credited with
starting a new migration to the
central Oregon livestock country
from southern and central Cali
fornia. Arizonn and New Mexico.
Zevely Oregon Native
Zevely retired from the post of
fice here in July, 1950. He Is a
native of Douglas county, where
he says he was a "turkey wrang
ler" in days when the Oregon tur
key industry was getting its start
there. Later he became noted as
a jockey, and first came to Prine
ville to ride thoroughbreds at a
fair.
Zevely has served as a Crook
county commissioner and as a
member of the Prineville city
council. He is best known to old
timers, however, for his manage
ment of early-day championship
baseball teams.
Although Zevely declares he Is
proud to have been born on Feb.
12, the natal day of Abraham Lin
coln, for whom he expressed a
deep admiration, he remains, as
he puts it, "an old-time democrat."
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Golden-Weds
Felicitated ;
In Prineville
Prineville, Feb. 22 Mr. and
Mrs. Claude Dunham, both mem
bers of pioneer Crook county
ranch families, celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary Sun
day. Their daughters. Mrs. Clif
ton Dunham and Mrs. Glen Ede,
were hostesses at a tea held at
the home of the former, In Prine
ville. . The rooms of the Dunham
home were decorated in the gold
en wedding motif, and gold-colored
flowers centered the tea
table.
Mrs. Wayne Houston cut the
elaborate cake, Mrs. Manford Nye
poured tea, and Mrs. E. L. Woods
presided at the coffee urn. Mrs.
George Clark served the punch,
and Mrs. Barnett South assisted
about the rooms. Bobby Ede,
grandson of the honor couple, was
In charge of the guest book.
Mr. and Mrs. Dunham were
married Feb. 20, 1901, at Hay
creek, where the bridegroom's
father operated" an early-day
ranch. Rev.' W. H. Wlltse, father
of the bride, was the officiating
minister. - Rev. Wiltse and his
family had come to Crook county
in 1895. -
Dunham is a native Oregonian.
His parents, who came to Crook
county' in 1884, were of covered
wagon pioneer stock, immigrants
of 1852. The ranch was later
sold to the noted Haycreek com
pany, which built up one of the
biggest holdings of the state.
Dunham and brothers operated
the noted Keystone ranch, now
known as Normandale, for four
years. In 1906 they dissolved
partnership and Claude Dunham
ind one brother purchased the
Bear Creek ranch, south of Prine
ville, where they engaged In
sheep and cattle raising. The
brother left the partnership In
1917, but Dunham continued the
operations until 1949, when ha
sold the place. At that time they
: moved to the oid Basler ranch
near Prineville. Dunham and his
son, Clifton, continue the joint
uperauon oi tnis place.
Dunham, ever interested In a
full development of central Ore
gon resources, was for a number
of years Crook county commis
sioner, retiring from the office
last December. , "
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INITIATION HELD
Redmond, Feb. 22 At a lunch
eon meeting held Tuesday at
Mary's Drive-In dining room nine
Redmond high school students
were Inducted into the Key club.
New members are George Dit
worth and Jim Pulslfer, seniors;
Ron Orlebeke, Everett Smith, Jay
Williams and Marvin Smith,
juniors; Dale Schult, Francis Pe
terson and Gary Strunk, sophomores.
With Statesmen
to
f
observed Wnshinaton's birthdav todnv
falls on Feb, 12, and the others
Incas of Peru
Subject of Talks
Ancient Peru was the theme for
the regular mcotlng of the Bond
Toastmlstress club, Monday night
in the high school home econom
ics room. Speakers nnd their sub
jects were: Mrs. E. B. Hognn,
"The Incus of Peru A Lost Civ
illzntlon"; Mrs. Art Brinson, "In
ca Treasures"; Mrs. Crulg Coy
ner, "The Voice of Xtnbny," and
Mrs. G. L. Conklln, "The Incn
Ruins to the Modern Sightseer."
Mi's.. Elsie Dunn presided as
toastmistress, and Mrs. - George
Marshall was topic mistress for
impromptu three-minute tnlks on
a variety of subjects.
Critics were Miss Kathrvn
Kelley, Mrs. Ralph Waller, Mrs.
Howard Cox nnd Mrs. B. W.
Seeley. Others who took part
were: Mrs. J. D. Dudrey, evnlua
tor; Mrs. W. E. Parsons, lexicolo
gist, nnd Mrs. Henry Cusiduy,
timekeeper. .
Guests were Mrs. Levi Bodily
and Dorothy McKinnon.
The next meeting will be March
5, in the high- school home eco
nomics room.
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DATE SET FOB PARTY
Redmond. Feb. 22 Mrs. Hugh
Stewart, Mrs. John McKelvey,
Mrs. Raymond H. Jones nnd Mrs.
Frank May were on the serving
committee for the Enstern Star
meeting Monday night at Town
send hall.
March 19 was set as the date
for the birthday party. Mrs. Hel
en Winchester will be In charge
of the program and Mrs. R. H.
Jones will arrange for refresh
ments. BREAD GETS HOT
Fort Worth, Tex. ttw-A bakery
truck driver hnd plenty of hot
bread .after making one early
morning stop. The driver parked
over what turned out to be a
leaky gas main. When he started
the truck again, there was an ex
plosion and fire that burned the
wrappers from the bread. The
driver wasn't hurt.
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