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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1939)
Page Eight County Schools Start Final Week; Closing Rites Set Baccalaureate Sun day; Graduations Come at Week End Closing exercises in Morrow coun ty schools will be general this week as all schools will be quiet for sum mer vacation after Friday of next week. Liberty and Hail Ridge schools are closing this week, announces Mrs. Lucy E. Rodgers, county su perintendent. Previous to closing, all districts but two have filled teaching positions for next year. Mrs. Rodgers expressed apprecia tion for the fine cooperation re ceived from all schools in the year just ending. In Heppner baccalaureate services for the high school seniors will be held beginning at 8 o'clock next Sunday evening with Rev. R. C. Young bringing the message at the gym - auditorium. Commencement exercises will be held Friday eve ning at the same hour and place with Dr. Dan V. Poling, public re lations man with the state system of higher education, as speaker. A feature of exercises over the county is the baccalaureate sermon to be given at lone Sunday by Rev. W. W. Head of Cathlamet, Wash., who has brought this message to every class of graduates for a full school generation. ' Baccalaureate will be held at Lex ington Sunday morning at 11 o' clock with Rev. C. F. Trimble con ducting the service at the Congre gational church. The four gradu ates, Dan Dinges, Wilma Tucker, Robert Campbell and Joyce Biddle, will receive diplomas at commence ment exercises Thursday evening, the 18th, beginning at 8 o'clock in the high school auditorium. Mr. Brockhaus of Pacific U. will speak. Grade school diplomas will be given at the same time, announced W. D. Campbell, superintendent, when in the city yesterday. Mr. Campbell also announced his acceptance of the superintendency at Wallowa next year Ladd Sherman will succeed to the Lexington superintendency, ac cording to recent action of the board. Local graduates are Joe Aiken, Bill Barratt, Lloyd Burkenbine, Emery Coxen, John Crawford, Le- land Edmondson, Donald Frederick son, Thomas Gonty, Arthur McAtee, Howard Patton, Robert Scrivner, Dick Wilkinson, Lee Pettyjohn, Ru fus Hill, Floyd Williams, Bethal Blake, Alvina Casebeer, Helen Egan, Betty Happold, Sybil Howell, Edna Hughes, Helen Lundell, Frances Mc Carty, Betty Robinson, Joan Wright, COMMUNITY MOURNS Continued from First Page Peterson, Mrs. R. B. Ferguson, J. O. Turner and R. C. Lawrence, sang, accompanied at the piano by Mrs J. O. Turner. Pallbearers, school mates of the deceased, were Arthur McAtee, Austin McAtee, Thomas Gonty, Clifford Fay, Merle 3ur kenbine and Howard Wray. Burial was in Masonic cemetery. Miss Grace Burchell Weds in Corvallis Of interest to many Morrow county friends is the recent mar riage of Miss Grace Bruchell, daugh ter,of Mrs. Paul Nichols of Cor vallis and former Lexington girl who was graduated from Lexing ton high school in 1933. Her marriage to Mr. John Graham of Corvallis was an event of April 30 at the Cor vallis Episcopal church. Rev. Gray officiated, reading the beautiful ring ceremony. '- Mr. Paul Nichols gave the bride in marriage. She wore white lace with aluminum veil and carried cal- la lilies. Her sister, Mrs. Doris Sandy, matron of honor, wore pink lace with blue hat and muff. Mrs. Kay Burchell, her sister-in-law, and Mrs.. Ethel Raw, sister of the bride groom, as bridesmaids wore blue lace and pink hats and muffs. Little Misses Lee and Lou Raw, twin chil- Heppner Gazette Times! Heppner, Oregon itiHitiHiiiiiiiinintinttimnimnnwn At Heppner CHURCHES CHURCH OF CHRIST MARTIN B. GLARK. Pastor 9:45 Bible School 11:00 . Communion and Preaching 7 :00 Christian Endeavor 8:00 Evening Church Service 8:00 P. M. Wednesday . Choir Practice 8:00 P. M. Thursday Prayer Meeting METHODIST CHURCH REV. R. C. YOUNG, Pastor 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 2:30 P. M. Wednesday : Choir Practice ..... 7 :30 P. M. 1st Wednesday, Ladies Aid Business and Social Meeting 2 :30 P. M. All other Wednesdays: Sewing Group meets. Thursday : Prayer Meeting 7 :30 P. M. Mothers day, will be specially ob served both in the Sunday school and the hour of morning worship. There will be special music and a Mother's day sermon. In the evening this church will unite in the baccalaureate services at the high school. THE ASSMBLY OF GOD Rev. E. D. Greeley Sunday services: Bible School, 9:45 a. m. Devotional Service, 11 a. m. Evangelistic Service, 7:45 p. m. Mid-week services, Tues.-Thurs., 7:15. dren of Mr. and Mrs. Raw, were flower girls and wore peach frocks with blue hats and muffs. Mr. Raw stood up with the bridegroom. Ed ward and Billy Burchell, brothers of the bride, were ushers. Following the ceremony a recep tion was held in the parish house. Mrs. Hulda Wigglesworth cut the cake, Mrs. Pauline Elder and Miss Jerry Vessey poured, and six girl friends of the bride served. The young couple went to San Francisco to take in the Golden Gate Interna- tionaj exposition on their honey moon. They will be at home in Kings valley, near Corvallis, on their re turn. Both young people are former students of Oregon State college. Lions Observe Mothers' Day Martin B. Clark, Christian min ister, brought a Mothers' Day mes sage to Lions assembled for the Monday luncheon at Hotel Heppner, and songs for the occasion were sung by Mrs. Ture Peterson, ac companied by Mrs. A. H. Blanken- ship. Discussion of swimming pool finances and the Boy Scout troop occupied the time of the service group during the business session, A club committee was appoint ed which selected Billy Scrivner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Scrivner, as the club's represtntative at Bea ver Boy state camp. Glenn Cecil Killed In Car Accident Glenn Cecil, brother of Mrs. J. O. Rasmus of this city, was instantly killed in an automobile accident near Dayton, Wash., Saturday afternoon, and Mrs. Cecil received serious in juries including amputation of her nose by broken glass. The car was in a head-on collision with another car driven by two Walla Walla men. Funeral services were held at Day ton Monday, in charge of I. O. O. F. lodge of that city, with interment following in Dayton cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Rasmus and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Cecil of Spray were in attend ance. Glenn William Cecil was born on Willow creek just across the Gilliam county line, January 24, 1895, to Wil ford and Elsie (Zachary) Cecil, pio neer residents. His grandfather founded the town of Cecil in this county. He attended school in Hepp ner in 1904-5-6, going to Dayton as a boy with an uncle, and had resid ed there for the last 33 years. He married Miss Mabel Rockhill, daugh ter of a former Washington con gressman, at that place and for many years had followed farming. Surviv ing besides the widow, the sister here, and the brother Ralph of Spray, are three children, John, Lenore and Nadine. Wightman Bros. Start New Milk House " Ground was broken this week as construction was started on a new milk house at the lower Wightman brothers farm to complete facilities to replace those razed by fire on the upper farm last year. Recent ap proval of the barn facilities at the lower place was obtained from the state so that a complete new plant, for a time contemplated, was not needed for Heppner's leading dairy supply. Mr. Hill, head draftsman for Cope land Lumber yards of Portland, who assisted in drawing the plans, came up from Portland last week with T. Babb, contractor, and received the final okeh of the owners. The struc ture is expected to be pushed as rapidly as possible. Thursday, May 11, 1939 WILLOWS GRANGE NEWS The Home Economics club of Wil lows grange will meet on Saturday, May 20, at the home of Mrs. Hila Timm at Pendleton for an all day meeting and a pot luck dinner at noon. The men have also been ex tended a special invitation and Mrs. Timm says that there is a good place at the lake for fishing. All who can make this trip are assured a good time and plenty of eats, so start making plans to be at Timm's on May 20. Willows grange will meet on May 13. Following a short business meet ing there will be a dance to which the public is invited. L. Z. Terrell and family of Union were week-end visitors at the homes of R. C. Rosewall and Bert Apple gate in this city. 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