Thursday, June 1, 1939
Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Page Five
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Blankenship
and family left Saturday afternoon
for Centralia, Wash., where they
expected to attend the wedding of
a sister of Mr. Blankenship the
next morning. The sister, Miss
Opal Blankenship, was wedded to
Mr. Robert Connor. Tentatively
planning to attend the University
of California summer school, Mr.
Blankenship expected to return
here shortly to attend to business
connected with his postion of sup
erintendent of schools.
Mrs. A. D. McMurdo returned
liome Sunday from a six weeks trip
to the east coast in company with
her sister, Mrs. M. A. Leach of Pen
dleton. They went first to New York
where they visited at the home of
Mrs. Leach's daughter, Mrs. Richard
Stockman, then went to University
of Virginia to visit Mrs. McMurdo's
son, Ted, and with relatives of Dr.
McMurdo's in that vicinity.
Miss Mary White, grade school
teacher, departed Sunday for Port
land to visit for some time. She ex
pected to go later to join her mo
ther, Mrs. Lena White, at Caldwell,
Jdaho, and then take a trip to New
York in company with Mr. and Mrs.
B. Stanley Moore, former residents
of this city, returning by way of
San Francisco to take in the world's
fair there.
Miss Cecelia Nordstrom and Miss
Shirley Smith, high school teachers,
left the end of the week for their
homes at Birkenfeld and Hillsboro
respectively. Miss Nordstrom ex
pected to join Miss Maude King,
grade school teacher, shortly for a
trip to Miss King's home in Louis
iana. Miss King will not return next
year, having a year's leave of ab
sence. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Hayes, Le
land and Mildred, arrived last
Thursday, from Joseph, Mr. Hayes
returning home that day while
Mrs. Hayes and the children re
mained for a visit at the home of
Mrs. Hayes' mother, Mrs. Cora
Crawford.
T. Babb motored to Portland the
first of the week and returned Tues
day night accompanied by Mrs.
Babb and Mrs. Clarence Cook. Mrs.
Babb had spent a week visiting in
the city, and Mrs. Cook will visit
here until this week end.
Guy Huston was in the city yes
terday and reported that he was
taking a truck load of mares out of
the county for breeding. Crops are
hurting for rain, he said, and unless
rain shows up mighty quick the
yield is going to be short.
Elmer Peterson, in the city yes
terday from the farm in the lone
section, was promoting a benefit
dance to be given at lone Legion
hall the evening of June 10. He said
rain would be mighty welcome in
his country.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Borg were
over Memorial day visitors in the
city from their hbme at Portland.
Mr. Borg, former Heppner jeweler,
is now a leading optometrist in the
city.
Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Crawford
arrived Sunday evening from their
home at Ashland and are visiting
relatives and friends while Mr.
Crawford is assisting at the Gazette
Times ofifce.
Matt Halvorsen, pioneer wheat
raiser of the lone section, was in
the city last Thursday attending the
public auction sale and transacting
other business.
Ernest Smith was a business vis
itor in the city yesterday from the
north Lexington section. Grain
there is needing rain badly, he said.
Mrs. J. H. Padberg of Clarks can
yon went to Pendleton Monday in
response to word of illness of her
brother, Joseph Lieuallen.
Maxine and Harlan McCurdy, Jr.,
are expected to arrive home this
week end for summer vacation from,
their studies at Pacific university.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Wells were
over Memorial Day visitors with
relatives and friends from their
home at Pendleton.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Orin O.
Brace of lone at the Corda Saling
home in this city Monday, a four-
pound son.
P. H. Mollahan was in from the
Kenny farm Monday, taking a short
respite from work with the sheep
flocks.
L. W. Briggs and daughter, Miss
Opal Briggs, motored to Portland
the first of the week for a short
visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Alva Jones and Don
left yesterday for Portland from
where Don expected to take the
train for San Leandro, Cal. to spend
the summer at the home of his aunt,
Mrs. Ellis Hendrickson.
O Ten Years Ago
(Gazette Times, June 6, 1929)
Large assemblage hears Francis
Galloway, The Dalles, deliver ad
dress at Memorial Day services.
Big free chautauqua opens Satur
day. Pioneers to have day Tuesday,
Rev.- W. W. Head to address pio
neers. 1
Miss Etta Devin wedded to Loyal
R. Parker Saturday evening.
H. M. Bull arrives at Lexington
to represent Kerr-Gifford company.
HeDDner wins from Arlington and
lone in ball games Thursday, and
Sunday. .
Council passes resolution estab
lishing boxing commission.
Born, June 2, to Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Cole, a daughter.
Arthur Petteys, 21, formerly of
lone, passes at Walla Walla.
Residence of Mrs. Maude Howell
burns at Hardman.
Phelps Funeral Home
Ambulance Service
Trained Lady Assistant
The Season's
CHOICEST
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and
FRUITS
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Our Menus
New Fountain
Larger Lunch
Counter
New Booths
Contributions taken for
CHINESE RELIEF SOCIETY
and official receipt given
Elkhorn
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4 Local Students
Graduated from OSC
Oregon State College The sev
entieth and largest annual com
mencement here Monday, May 29,
sent 691 men and women out to
"commence" their life work. Most of
them had permanent positions al
ready arranged, a recent survey
showed, others have summer work
lined up, some of the women will
go directly into homemaking or oth
er non-commercial field, while not
a few graduates will continue in
advanced study.
Included in this largest of all OSC
graduating classes were the follow
ing from Morrow county, Nancy
Jane Cox and William Claire Phe
lan, Heppner; Edward L. Burchell
and Lawrence Philip Doherty, Lexington.
Degrees conferred this year in
cluded 5 honorary degrees, 3 doctors
of philosophy, the highest earned,
4 proiessional degrees, 8 masters or
arts, 66 masters of science, 3 mas
ters of education, 2 masters of for
estry, 26 bachelors of arts and 574
bachelors of science.
The school of agriculture led in
numbers of graduates with 130. En
gineering, which led last year, was
second with 106, followed by home
economics, 96; forestry, 71; science,
64; education, 58; secretarial science,
55; pharmacy, 16 and nursing edu
cation, 4.
Geographically the graduates this
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