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Thursday, August 11, 1938 Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon Page Three BIGGEST EASTERN OREGON CONVENTION WHEN LEGION MEETS IN PENDLETON Pendleton The biggest conven tion so far to be held in eastern Oregon will be staged in Pendleton, September 1, 2 and 3, when legion naires from all over the northwest will come here for the 20th annual Department of Oregon, American Legion, convention. Advance registrations indicate a large attendance and some 1500 del egates are expected, and that prob ably as many as 2000 to 2500 will be here altogether, including wives. The state legion auxiliary and the grand voiture, 40 et 8 society of Oregon will also convene at that time. The convention commission has re cevied word that Daniel J. Doherty of Woburn, Mass., national com mander of the American Legion, will arrive in Pendleton on Thursday, September 1st, and will remain for the convention. His visit will be of interest to legionnaires of the west for seldom do they have the oppor tunity to personally meet their na tional commander. Prominent men who have indi cated that they will be present in clude Governor Charles H. Martin of Oregon, a legionnaire and dele gate from Willamette Heights Post No. 102, Portland; Secretary of State Earl SnelJ, also a legionnaire; State Treasurer Rufus D. Holman; mem bers of Oregon congressional dele gation and several' department offi cers of the departments of Idaho, Washington and California. The convention program, in brief, shapes up like this: Wednesday night, August 31, an nual 40 et 8 parade, wreck, banquet and entertainment features. Thursday, September 1, conven tion opens with public ceremonies at 10 a. m., annual department le gion parade in the evening. Friday, September 2, golf tourna ment in the morning, state rifle and pistol matches in the afternoon, ju nior and senior drum and bugle corps competitions in the evening. The drum corps contest should prove a big attraction and will be held at the Round-Up park. Some eleven musi cal organizations have indicated they will be here in attendance, and there are more to hear from. Klamath Falls state champion drum corps, of 40 men, will be here to defend their title. Also, from Klamath Falls will come the junior drum corps. Among others are the Corvallis drum corps, Enterprise drum corps, Portland Post No. 1 drum corps; Portland 40 et 8 band; Sherwood American Legion band; Silverton American Legion Junior band of 60 pieces; Albany Junior drum and bugle corps of 55 girls and boys Clatskanie junior drum corps of 34 boys The Dalles Sons of the Legion drum corps of 28 boys, and the Pretzel band of La Grande. The famous and well known American Legion chorus from Walla Walla will also be here. Saturday, September 3, Legion ro deo in the afternoon at the Round Up grounds, with well-known per formers taking part for a "preview" of what will follow later in the month at the Round-Up. In the evening legionnaires will take part in the annual Round-Up dress-up events, when residents of the city start wearing western garb. Business sessions will be conduct ed each of the three days. Happy Canyon's huge gray building will be the legionnaires' and auxiliary members' playground Thursday and Friday nights, with dancing and en tertainment each evening. Also, the "Legion Corral," the bright spot of Pendleton, will be a rendezvous for visiting legionnaires. LEXINGTON NEWS Bridal Shower Given Miss Edna Rauch By MARGARET SCOTT Mrs. Cecil Jones was the hostess at a bridal shower Tuesday after noon at the parlors of the Congre gational church, honoring Miss Ed na Rauch. A large crowd was pres ent and Miss Rauch received many lovely gifts. Mr. and Mrs. John Parker and Mr. and Mrs. Will Parker of Bingen, Wash., called on friends here Wed nesday. The Parkers are former res idents of Lexington. Miss Mary Alice Reed who has been a high school teacher here for the past two years has resigned. The scales of the local stores were inspected by the scale inspector on Wednesday morning. A large number of the local peo ple attended the gathering at the W. T. Campbell home in Heppner which was held in honor of Mrs. Effie Crow of Canada. Mr. and Mrs. James Leach en tertained with a picnic lunch at their home Tuesday evening. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Young, Mrs. Letha Smith, and Mrs. Lucy Rodgers of Heppner and Opal Leach. Homes being redecorated are those of Elmer Hunt, Lou Broadley and John McMillan. Wm. Barnett and daughter, Trina Parker, and Mrs. Cora Warner were Pendleton visitors Monday. 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Hami- Street, Number, r RFD-City ry Dinges and Opal Leach were con fined to their respective homes by illness a few days last week. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Eber Hanks has been ill this week. Ray Coblantz is taking the local laundry to Pendleton sinae the Heppner laundry was burned. Emma Breshears was painfully in jured when her thumb was crushed in a car door Monday. Guy Shaw and family of Hermis- ton were visiting here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Swift and son Kenneth of Kellogg, Idaho, spent the week end at the home of Mrs. Swift's grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Thornburg. G. J. Ryan has purchased a new Oldsmobile. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Cutler and daughter Gerry spent a few days last week at the home of Mrs. Cut lere's father in Athena. Tom Barnett and Wm. Barnett and family spent Sunday visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Parker on Heppner flat. Mrs. Alex Hunt and son Edward were picking huckleberries at Mt. Hood this week. Mrs. Cutler of Portland is visiting at the home of her son and daughter- in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Cutler. Lester White of Hermiston was a visitor here last week. Waldo White, who is with the Pendleton-Heppner freight line and who is well known here, is taking an extended vacation in Seattle. His place is being filled temporarily by Herman Borwig. Mrs. A, M. Edwards and children, Jerrine and Clyde, are spending the week with relatives in Spokane. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Cutsforth are taking a two-weeks' vacation at the coast Byron Kinsley and Harry Kenan of the Sunset Motor company of The Dalles were business visitors here Thursday. Church services will be held at the Christian church Sunday at 8:15 p. m. C. E. is to be at 7:15. Everyone is welcome. Frequent sudden stops not only damage the brakes of a car by over heating, but also create excessive wear on the lining, Secretary of State Earl Snell said this week. 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