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Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Thursday, April 6, 1939
IONE NEWS
lone Students Win
In Speech Contest
By KATHERINE GRIFFITH
Friday evening six students rep
resented lone at a declamatory con
test in Echo. The following awards
were given our school: Helen Lind
say placed first in the humorous
division 6f the high school group,
and Thelma Nelson was second in
the non-humorous division. In the
grade school group Shirley Smouse
got first prize in the non-humorous
lower division; Robert Everson first
in the upper division with a humor
ous piece, and Donald Ball second
in the lower division with a humor
ous selection. Those attending from
here were Mr. and Mrs. Erret Hum
mel, Richard Gronquist, Mrs. Harriet
Brown, Miss Gladys Brashers, and
James Lindsay. The other contest
ant was Ernest McCabe.
Mrs. Luvisa Louy was moved to
Heppner Friday to the nursing hqme
of Mrs. Gentry. She has been at the
home of her son, E. G. Sperry, for
some time.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Frost and Mrs,
Frost's mother, Mrs. Martha Knight,
of Sims, Mont., are guests at the Bert
Mason home. Mr. Frost is the neph
ew of Miss Emmer Maynard. Tues
day the entire party made a trip to
Bonneville and Crown Point. Mr.
and Mrs. Frost returned home Wed
nesday, while Mrs. Knight remained
for a longer visit.
- Gene Newlin and Otto Rietmann
left Tuesday for an automobile trip
through Arizona and Nevada. They
are planning to return by San Fran
cisco and attend the fair.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clark have
given up the management of the
Park hotel and have moved to their
home on Second street.
The Past Noble Grand club will
hold a tea and sale in the Odd Fel
lows hall on Saturday afternoon,
April 8.
Miss Roberta Robison of Portland
and Mrs. Mildred S. Reeher of For
est Grove will be in lone at the
Christian church next Friday eve
ning to speak and meet members of
the church and others of the com
munity who are interested.
Elmer Griffith has purchased the
building which contains his office
and that was formerly occupied by
the telephone office. It was owned
by M. R. Morgan.
Miss Linea Troedson, teacher in
the Girls' Polytechnic school in
Portland, arrived Friday to spend
Easter vacation with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John Troedson.
Mr. and Mrs. Erret Hummel en
tertained members of the basketball
squad with a waffle supper Monday
evening. Those attending were Mel-
vin Brady, Norman Bergstrom, Clyde
and Claude Pettyjohn, Harry Ring,
Bill Eubanks, Jimmie Ledbetter,
Douglas Renoe and Coach Homer
Williams.
Miss Cassie McDevitt went to
Portland last Wednesday. Her sis
ter Margaret who is a teacher in
the Bend schools, met her in Arling
ton and made the trip with her.
They retruned Saturday to lone
where Margaret visited until Mon
day.
Dr. E. J. Sakrison preached at
the Swedist Lutheran church in
Gooseberry, Sunday.
Mrs. Holmes Gabbert and children,
Patty Ann and Dwight, of Portland
are visiting Mrs. Gabbert's sister,
Mrs. Fred Mankin, and family.
Guests of Mrs. Margaret Rietmann
are her daughter and children, Mrs.
Victor Peterson and sons, of The
Dalles.
Miss Oleta Raimey, grade teacher
at Morgan, spent the week end in
Condon at the home of her paren'J,
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Raimey. She
has signed a contract to teach in
the Hardman school next year.
Mrs. Ella Davidson returned on
Tuesday from Los Angeles, where
she has been spending most of the
winter with her son and daughter
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Da
vidson. She was met in Arlington
by her daughter, Mrs. Harlan Mc-
Curdy, of Heppner.
The Volby Women's Missionary
society met at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Baker last Sunday.
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Swift Farm, Lexington
THURS., APRIL 13
1:30 P.M.
60 H EAD GOOD SHORTHORN
AND DURHAM CATTLE
Cows, Calves and Yearlings
SOME GOOD MILK COWS
SOME HORSES AND HOGS
TERMS: CASH
Jack Osier, Mgr. E. H. Miller, Clerk
V. R. Runnion, Auctioneer
Those present were Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Bergstrom and children, Mr.
and Mrs. Leonard Carlson and fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Peterson
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Pe
erson and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Claude Huston and Jane, and Mes
dames Ben Anderson and John
Bergstrom.
Mrs. J. W. Howk and children of
Condon have been spending part of
their Easter vacation in lone at the
home of Mrs. Howk's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. P. J. Linn, and at the home
of her brother, Elmer Grifith of
Morgan.
Mrs. I. L. Stewart and Mrs. Fran
ces Ackley of Silverton motored to
lone to visit Mrs. Stewart's daugh
ter, Frances. They returned to their
homes Sunday.
School was dismissed early Tues
day afternoon and all of the teach
ers left immediately for Spokane
where they will attend the Inland
Empire Teachers' institute.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Baker and
little sons are spending the week in
Kahlotis, Wash.
The Gooseberry and Eight Mile
Garden club met at the home of
Mrs. Claud Huston Thursday after
noon. This club was organized two
years ago by Mrs. Huston, with the
exchange of flower seeds being one
of the main features. Mrs. Huston
also divided plants and shrubs with
the guests. Those present were
Mesdames Claud Huston, Dale
Brown, C. F. Bergstron, Oscar Pe
terson, Julia Clark, Walter Becket,
B. O; Anderson, F. Worden, Henry
Peterson, Henry Baker, Leonard
Carlson, and Miss Jane Huston. De
licious cinnamon rolls and coffee
were served by Miss Jane. The next
meeting will be held some time in
June.
The high school presented "Mur
dered Alive" Saturday evening in
the gymnasium and those attending
enjoyed it. The receipts were $36.05.
An added attraction to the stage is
the new scenery, which consists of
monk cloth curtains and teasers.
BOY SCOUTS
By Robert Grokett
The Boy Scouts had their weekly
meeting April 4. There were no tests
passed so they played games and
talked over the idea of having a
camp in the mountains for the boys
to go to over week ends, etc.
There will be Scout camp this
summer at Wallowa Lake for four
weeks from July 16 to August 12.
The scout officials have not decided
which week the boys will go, so
every boy be at the next meeting
to decide which week will be best.
G. T. Want Ads bring results.
Stream Flow Forecasts
Scheduled April 5-12
Final forecasts on prospective
stream flow and irrigation water
supplies for Oregon will be made at
a series of meetings through south
ern and eastern Oregon, to be con
ducted by R. A. Work, April 5 to 12.
Work, who is superintendent of
the Medford Branch experiment
station and also associate irrigation
engineer in the USDA, is in charge
of snow surveys and related work in
Oregon.
After a meeting in Medford on
April 5, district forecast committees
will meet in Bend April 6, in Burns
April 7, in Union April 10, in Her
miston April 11, and in Portland
April 12.
These official forecasts of water
conditions are used by irrigation
districts, power companies, those
interested in flood control, and oth
ers affected by variations in water
supplies.
A special speed test to show that
foolhardy driving in traffic actually
saves very little time has been plan
ned by the Josephine County safety
council to impress the value of care
ful driving upon beginners in the
safe-drivng class scheduled in Grants
Pass.
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