HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEB. 4, 1937.
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Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Dennis of Port
land are visiting Heppner relatives
and friends this week. Mrs. Dennis
was formerly Adeline O'Shea, a
teacher in the local schools for sev
eral years, and Mr. Dennis was a
contractor on the Heppner-Spray
road. He now has a contract for
new construction on a highway from
Paso Robles to Spirit lake in Wash
ington. They are guests at the home
of Mrs. Dennis' sister, Mrs. H. A.
Cohn.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Bleakman re
turned to their home in Portland
Saturday after spending a week at
the home of Mr. Bleakman's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Bleakman.
Their visit was marred by Dale con
tracting the flu, and they were forced
to stay a little longer than they ex
pected, on this account.
Mrs. Edward Green, nee Helene
Curran, arrived from Portland this
week for a visit with her mother,
Mrs. Agnes Curran. Her stay was
prolonged by the highway tie-up.
Mrs. Green, a registered nurse, re
ported nurses were at a premium in
Portland during the recent flu epi
demic. Mildred Hunt, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Alex Hunt of Lexington, re
turned to Heppner hospital January
29, suffering from pleurisy. Bright
ening her stay at the hospital was
the arrival of eleven packages of
gifts this week from teachers and
students of the Lexington school,
one to be opened each day.
E. E. Rugg and daughter Frances
came to town Tuesday afternoon
from Rhea creek, making the trip
around by way of lone, a distance
36 miles against 11 miles over the
Heppner hill road which was closed
by snow.
Ralph Jackson was in the city Sat
urday evening after attending the
tractor school his company held at
Lexington. He expressed pleasure
with the large turn-out considering
the adverse weather.
Clyde Swift and Sam McMillan
were business visitors in the city
Tuesday from Lexington. They re
ported the chinook not so far along
in their district as it was at Heppner.
Mrs. Annie Clowry is suffering an
attack of flu at Heppner hospital.
She took care of the hospital recent
ly in the absence of her niece, Miss
Mildred Clowry, manager.
George Starr, railroad engineer,
was able to get up this week from;
an attack of flu, and Mrs. Starr suf
fered an attack shortly afterward.
John Curran received treatment
at a doctor's office this morning for
a finger infection as the result of
a barb from a sand burr.
Barney Doherty reported making
the trip to town easily yesterday
from Alpine, as the road had been
cleared through.
Nels Justus was snowbound in
town this morning, not being able
to get through to the farm on Hin-
ton creek.
Loyal Parker, Elks secretary, left
for Portland Tuesday night to spend
a couple of days on business.
John Anglin left on Tuesday
night's train for Portland for treat
ment of his feet.
"Slim" Emert was a business vis
itor in the city Monday from lone.
Edward J. Reilly who was chief
defense counsel for Bruno Haupt
mann has been admitted to a Brook
lyn hospital for the insane following
a nervouse breakdown.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Beckner were
in town Monday after being ma-'
rooned by snowbound roads for a
" week at their farm west of lone. Mr.
Beckner, one of the large tractor
wheat operators of his section, said
his fields were covered with snow
measuring from a few inches to sev
eral feet in depth. He believed his
seed had all germinated before the
snow came and did not think the
weather was cold enough to hurt it
before the snow.
IONE
By MARGARET BLAKE
W. A. Hayes returned Saturday
morning from a month's visit at his
old home in Texas. Most of the
time he was away he enjoyed warm
weather and found our prolonged
winter quite a change.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Turner
and children, Raymond, Jr., and
Katherine have been sick with the
flu. They are recovering and are
all able to be up once more except
Mr. Turner.
Paul Smouse was an incoming
passenger on Wednesday morning's
train. He has been attending Paci
fic university at Forest Grove.
Mrs. Jennie McMurray has learn
ed that her brother-in-law, Chas.
M. Howe, is home and recovering
nicely from a recent operation for
hernia in a hospital at Fort Dodge,
Iowa.
Dixon Smith has been very ill
at his home in the country. The
family was snowbound and Mrs.
Smith had to walk through the drift
ed snow for nearly two miles to
reach the Heliker ranch for assist
ance. Mr. Smith is better though
still quite sick.
The Boardman high school boys
basketball team played here last
Friday night. The local team lost
to them.
Mrs. Pauline Boyer is moving into
the house, recently vacated by the
E. J. Blake family.
Erling Thompsen had the misfor
tune to upset his school bus on the
snowy road just past the Beckner
farm. Though there were children
on the bus no one was hurt as the
bus went over slowly and landed
on a large snowdrift.
Mrs. E. J. Keller has been ill with
the flu.
Mrs. E. J. Blake was a Portland
bound passenger on Wednesday
night's train; giing down to visit her
father, Rev. J.,L. Jones, who is ser
iously ill in a hospital at Oregon
City. Rev. Jones was pastor of the
Congregational church here for sev
eral years.
Mrs. Oscar E. Peterson and small
son returned last week from Kansas
where they had been visiting rela
tives for several weeks.
The mail carrier has been unable
to make his trip completely for some
time. It goes to the Lee Beckner
farm toward Gooseberry then re
turns to town and goes as far as pos
sible up Rhea creek. On Wednesday
Irvin Ritchie and Leo Holboke were
able to get into town from the Chas.
McEUigott ranch and get the mail
for all their neighbors for the last
week.
Orrin Brace became stalled in a
snow drift with his school bus early
last week and tried to get it out
a few days later with a team but
was unable to do so on account of
the deep drift. Harvey Smith later
towed it out with his tractor as far
as the Carl Feldman farm.
has been doing carpenter work at
Milton.
Owing to the condition of the
weather it was necessary to call off
the special meeting of Locust chap
ter 119, O. E. S., called for last Thurs
day night for an official visit of Mrs.
Stipe, associate grand conductress,
grand chapter of Oregon. Three of
the Locust chapter officers, Mrs.
Ruth Mason, Mrs. Mary Beckner and
Mrs. Beulah Mankin. went Thurs
day afternoon to the home of Mrs.
Roxy Krebs, worthy matron, to meet
Mrs. Stipe.
Willows grange met for business
at the hall at Cecil Saturday night,
January 23. Owing to the disagree
able weather the attendance was not
very large. However, the regular
business was cared for and all offi
cers elect who were present were in
stalled by the county deputy, Mary
LundelL An interesting lecturer's
program of songs, . readings, current
events and a grange history paper
was given by officers and members.
The following committees were ap
pointed by O. L. Lundell, master:
Agricultural, George Krebs, Vernice
Crawford, Ed Buschke: Co-opera
tive, Vida Heliker, Elmer Peterson,
Anna Ball; Relief, Elsie Peterson,
(Too late for last week)
Mrs. Clel Rea gave a dinner party
last Saturday evening. The occa
sion was in honor of her husband's
birthday. Those present were the
Misses Ralph, Stewart, Baumgartner
and Reed, Mr. and Mrs. Garland
Swanson, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lun
dell, Carlton Swanson and Joel En
gelman. After dinner cards were
played.
The next Topic club meeting will
be held Feb. 6th at the home of Mrs.
George; Tucker.
The lone library has five sets of
new books from the state library.
Last Saturday evening the Topic
club was entertained at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Cotter. Those
present were Mr. and Mrs. George
Tucker, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Corley,
Mr. and Mrs. Ture Peterson, Mrs.
Omar Rietmann and Mr. and Mrs.
Bert Mason. Mrs. Cotter and Mrs.
Mason were hostesses. Cards were
played. Mr. Tucker and Mrs. Corley
took high honors and Mr. and Mrs.
Peterson low.
Mr. and Mrs. R&y Turner and
daughter have been quite ill the
past week with flu.
Mr. and Mrs. John Blake are here
from Milton to visit relatives and
friends for a few days. Mr. Blake
Leola Brinkman, Stella O'Meara;
Dance, Mary Lindsay, W. G. Palma
teer, Glenn Kopp.
Legislative, Alex Huber, O. B.
Spaulding, Mary Lundell; Finance,
Roy E. Hurst, Anna Krebs, Harry
Peterson; Tableaux, Roxy Krebs,
Ida Kopp, Harriet Heliker; Music,
Kenneth Lundell, Marion Krebs,
Donald Heliker; Home Economics
chairman, Marie Ledbetter.
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We regret that three letters from
lone, postmarked Jan. 26, went as
tray and were not received until yes
terday morning. Included were last
week's lone news items and com
munications from Mr. and Mrs. E. R.
Lundell and the Salter hatchery.
This word of explanation is given
for delayed service to those whose
wishes should have been fulfilled
last week.
ROTARY PLOW COPIES.
A state rotary snow plow arrived
in the county Monday from the
Ukiah section and started work
clearing the Heppner-Eight Mile
road. The generator being out of
order prevented it working nights.
With it was Stephen Irwin who re
cently re-established his home In
this city. Another rotary plow on
its way to the north end of the
county had been ordered to Port
land to assist in ridding that city's
streets of the heaviest snow in many
years, according to rumor current
that day.
The most embarrassed labor lead
er in Oregon is the man from The
Dalles who urged his followers to
vote for P. J. Stadelman for the state
senate. Stadelman introduced the
first anti-labor bills.
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