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Page Eight Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon Thursday, June 30, 1938 LEXINGTON NEWS . Lex Rebekahs Hear Convention Report By Bertha Hunt Members of Holly Rebekah lodge met in their hall Monday evening, Mrs. Norma Marquardt gave her re port on the state convention held at Pendleton. After the business meeting a social time was enjoyed. Mrs. Ola Ward Redding was pre sented with a lace table cloth. Re freshments of punch and cookies were served. Guests at the home of Mrs. Tempa Johnson this week are Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hendricks and Clifford Johns all of Astoria. Miss Merle Carmichael is spend ing the week in Portland. Melvin, Mildred and Arthur Slate of Bend spent the week end in Lex ington with their grandmother, Mrs. Nettie Davis. Mr. and Mrs. James Leach ac companied by Miss Opal Leach are on a week's vacation, going to Dia mond lake and other points. Mrs. Sarah White spent the past ten days with her daughter, Mrs, Lee Gilbreth of Waitsburg. Mrs. Gilbreth returned home wtih her, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Barnett, Miss Dona Barnett and Mrs. Trina Par ker motored to Pilot Rock ano Pen dleton Sunday. In Pendleton they visited with Mrs. Ruth Barnett Lewellyn Evans who attended the University of Oregon is home to spend the summer with his father, E. J. Evans. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Nelson of Canby are spending some time at their farm home in this community. Mrs. Paul Mortimore with her daughter Gloria of Pocatello, Idaho, is visiting at the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Tucker. Her husband, Paul DeF. Mortimore is attending the church convention at Turner. Mr. and Mrs. James Pointer are attending the church convention at Turner this week. They expect to return Saturday. On Sunday morn ing at 11 o'clock, Mr. Pointer will hold church services at the Congre gational church. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hunt and son Claire, Otto Ruhl, Tom Barnett, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Majeske and fam ily were visitors in Pendleton on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Cummings of Heppner have moved to Lexington for the summer where Mr. Cum mings is employed with the Morrow County Grain Growers warehouse, Mrs. Velle Winkley of Corvallis is visiting her mother, Mrs. Law rence Redding. Mr. Summers with the United Benefit Life Insurance Co. was in Lexington Tuesday on business. Mrs. Nettie Crow of Calgary, Can ada, is visiting her mother, Mrs, Sarah Booher. Another daughter, Effie Parkins who has been staying with Mrs. Booher left for Palouse this week for a short visit Lon Edwards with his son Albert and daughter Edith motored to Hillsboro to spend the week. PINE CITY NEWS Clark to Head Pine City School By BERNICE WATTENBURGER The school board met Tuesday eve ning and Mr. Clark was retained as principal of the Pine City school for next year. Mr. and Mrs. Sloan Thompson drove to Portland Monday. Mr. Thompson went to consult a doctor about his condition. Miss Susan Thompson and Mrs. Ruth Middel ton are returning home with their mother. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Warner of Hermiston visited the W. D. Neill home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Patton and daughter of Helix spent Sunday at the Dave Morgan ranch. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bracher of Her miston were on the creek this week. Roy Neill was in Heppner and Condon on Tuesday. Mrs. Fay Finch attended a quilt ing bee at the George Currin home Wednesday. Malcolm O'Brien is ill in the Heppner hospital with stomach trou ble. He is some improved at this writing. children, and Mr. and Mrs. Warren Finch and family drove to Pilot Rock Thursday morning to see the flood damage. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Wattenburger and C. B. wattenburger made a bus iness trip to John Day Wednesday, They encountered a lot of heavy rain over the mountains. The Alex Lindsay threshing crew is at the John Healy home. Mrs. Bill McCarty and Mrs. Osten McCarty attended a family reunion in The Dalles Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wattenburger of Pasco spent Sunday visiting the A. E. Wattenburger home. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Finch were Heppner callers Tuesday. Mrs. Lucy O'Brien was a Ukiah caller Monday. Mr. and Mrs. George Currin spent Tuesday in Meacham. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Baker and Mrs, M. L. Baker of Pilot Rock visited the John Harrison home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis called in Pen dleton Friday. Mr. Lewis is drilling a well on the Tom Boylen ranch. Many Attend Rites For Dale B lea km an Funeral services for Dale Bleak man at the Church of Christ in this city Sunday afternoon brought an overflow attendance of friends and relatives, and the floral tribute was exceedingly large. Rev. R. C. Young and Alvin Kleinfeldt, Methodist and Christian ministers, officiated, and pallbearers were all close friends of the deceased who had worked with him on highway work at various times. Interment was in Masonic cemetery. Vinson Dale Bleakman was born October 18, 1906, to Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Bleakman at Hardman. He mar ried Miss Ora Aiken of Grant county Jan. 3, 1929, and to this union a daughter was born, who with the widow survives. Surviving also are the parents, a brother, Rho Bleak man of Monument, and a sister, Mrs. Herbert Hynd of Cecil. Mr. Bleakman passed away at Morton, Wash., on June 21, from lethargic ensephilitis, having been ill but two days. He was in charge of the Morton division of Bureau of Public Roads work at the time of his fatal illness. More than 1000 boys and girls at the recent 4-H club summer session at Corvallis attended classes in traf fic safety conducted under the aus pices of Secretary of State Earl SnelL The young people filled out traffic questionnaires and were tested on the "reactometer," which measures the length of time it takes them to react to a traffic light by stepping in the brake. FRESH CRISP, CHOICE VEGETABLES Now feature our menu FRUITS OF ALL KINDS IN SEASON We serve meals at all times at the Elkhorn Restaurant ED CHINN, Prop. iiimiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii At Heppner CHURCHES CHURCH OF CHRIST ALVIN KLEINFELDT. Pastor Bible School Morning Service C. E. Society Evening Services Choir Practice, Wednesday Midweek Service, Thursday 9:45 a. m. 11:00 a. m. . 6:30 p. m. . 7:30 p. m. 7:30 p. m. , 7:80 p. m. METHODIST CHURCH REV. R. C. YOUNG. Pastor Union service Sunday evening at 8:00 p. m. Sunday: Bible School 9:45 A. M. Worship Service 11:00 A. M. Epworth League . 7 :00 P. M. Evening Worship 8:00 P. M. Tuesday: Boys' Club 7:00 P. M. 2nd Tuesday, Missionary Meet ing 2:80 P. M. Wednesday: Choir Practice ..... 7:80 P. M. 1st Wednsday, Ladies Aid Business and Social Meeting ... 2:30 P. M. All other Wednesdays Sewing Group meets. Thursday: Prayer Meeting 7:80 P. M. THE ASSEMBLY OF GOD "K" and Elder Sts., Rev. E. D. Greeley, pastor. Sunday Services : Bible School 9 :45 A. M. Devotion 11:00 A. M. Evangelistic Service 7:80 P. M. Week Day Services : Tuesday Evening, Bible Study 7:45 P. M. Thursday Evening, Christian Heal ing 7:45 P. M. Each Morning, Prayer Service 6 :00 A. M. Saturday Evening, Open Air Service, Up Town 7:80 ALL SAINTS' CHURCH. (Episcopal) 8 a. m., Holy Communion. Ralph V. Hinkle, Archdeacon. TENT MEETINGS Evangelistic services are being continued in the tent opposite the postoffice. Interest is being taken in these meetings. The evangelists, Robert Wainwright and Ronald Campbell extend an invitation to all. Interesting messages are. given on the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God. in rightly dividing the word truth as follows: The life of Christ our example; the death of Christ our atonement; the indwelling of Christ our power; the intercession of Christ our comfort; the coming of Christ our hope. Come and bring others. IONE AND LEXINGTON UNION CHURCH SERVICES James Pointer, minister. Sunday, July 3: 11 a. m., Lexing ton Congregational church; 8 p. m., lone Congregational church. Pills for motorists who have diffi culty in seeing at night may be the next step toward safety after dark, if experiments being conducted by two eastern scientists prove successful. Capsules filled with a substance rich in vitamin A, which builds up the cells used to distinguish light and shadow, have been developed and are being tested. Secretary of State Earl Snell savs "dare blindness" and inability to distinguish objects after dark cause many serious accidents. REPORTS HEAVY RAIN F. F. Wehmeyer who returned the end of the week from fire school on the head of Birch creek, reported that the upper reaches of the creek which sent the devastating deluge through Pilot Rock was visited by a heavy downpour coincident with the disaster. The flat where the school was held was flooded to a depth of four inches. Had the run off not been diverted partly through other channels, he said, the waters might easily have washed the little Umatilla county town clear into the Columbia. EIGHT MILE FARM SOLD The former Oscar Keithley farm in Eight Mile was sold this week by Federal Land Bank of Spokane to Lawrence Palmer of Lexington. Eight hundred acres of wheat land was involved in the deal. NOTICE TO DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS Persons having real property subject to foreclosure this year, are hereby notified that publication will begin July 21st, and those interested in re deeming any property from foreclos ure should do so within the next two weeks as every possible advantage and consideration will be given the record owner before publication costs are added. C. J. D. BAUMAN, Sheriff and Tax Collector. rTi 1 !T I ' ! TTT fff wwt, Tb ,r ii flrlt . fwl . 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