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Page Two Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon Thursday, August 10, 1939 10NE NEWS Mrs. Ralph Harris Passes at lone By KATHERINE GRIFFITH Memorial services were held for Mrs. Ralph Harris at the Congre gational church Monday morning. Miss Alice D. Peterson of The Dalles was the reader, Mrs. McCook, also of The Dalles, sang the solos, and Mrs. Erling Thompson presided at the piano. Pallbearers were Bert Mason, P. J. Linn, Omar Rietmann, P. J. CMeara, W. G. Roberts and Garland Swanson. The floral offer ings were many and beautiful. Nola M. McMurray was born in Polk county, North Carolina, in 1883, the daughter of William and Emily McMurray. In 1914 she became the bride of Ralph Harris at Kalispel, Montana. Mr. and Mrs. Harris have lived in lone for about sixteen years. Mrs. Harris passed away at her home in lone on August 4, 1939. Be sides her husband she leaves to mourn her passing, Mrs. Ina Hale and Hugh McMurray of Tangent, Mrs. Blanche Werst of Clarkston, Wash., Logan McMurray of Colum bus, North Carolina, Laxton Mc Murray and Mrs. Daisy Robison of lone, and Fred McMurray of Her- miston. Out-of-town relatives here for the services were Mrs. Hiram Werst of Clarkston, Wash., Mr. and Mrs. Fred McMurray of Hermiston, Mrs. Flor ence McMurray and daughter Edna of Mullin, Idaho, Mrs. Loren Hale of Tangent, and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne B. Allen of Kings Valley. Mrs. Werst went home with the Fred McMur ray's and will go from there to her home at Clarkston. Mrs. Clara Newlin had as her guests this week end her daughters, Mrs. H. P. Olson of Winnepeg and Mrs. James P. McNamee of Seattle. They left on Sunday, taking Mary McNamee home after an extended visit with her grandmother. Mrs. E. R. Lundell entertained the following ladies at a bridge party Saturday afternoon: Mrs. C. W. Swanson, Mrs. Frank Lundell, Mrs. ' Clell Rea, Mrs. Garland Swanson, Mrs. J. E. Swanson, Mrs. Elmo Mc Millan, Mrs. Geo Drake, Mrs. M. E. Cotter. Mrs. C. W. Swanson won high and Mrs. Cotter low score, Mrs. Frank Lundell gave a hand kerchief shower Thursday in honor of Mrs. Elmo McMillan, who is vis iting relatives here. Besides the honoree and hostess guests present were Mrs. E. R. Lundell, Mrs. J. E. Swanson, Mrs. Garland Swanson Mrs. Clell Rea and Mrs. C. W. Swanson. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Emert and son and a-friend, Sherman Kanine, all of Oakland, Calif., were guests . last week of Mr. Emert's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Emert. Jimmie Lang, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Salter, broke his arm when he fell out of a swing he was playing in at Salters. On Thursday fire destroyed a house on the W. G. Palmateer farm. "The cause is unknown. Mr. Palma teer had not yet moved into the other house but was to do so soon Just last week a pile of posts burned on the same ranch. Mr. and Mrs. Neil Shuirman of Flint, Mich., are the parents of a baby boy born on Saturday. Mrs. Shuirman is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Feldman. Mr. and Mrs. Noel Dobyns and little daughter left Monday for a vacation at Lehman springs. The Women's Topic club met at the home of Mrs. M. E. Cotter Fri day afternoon for the August study meeting. "Queen Victoria," by Stra chey, was reviewed by the commit tee, Mrs. E. R. Lundell, Mrs. Clell Rea and Mrs. Cleo Drake. Members present were Mrs. Omar Rietmann, Mrs. Earl Blake, Mrs. L. K Dick, Mrs. Carl Feldman, Mrs. Hugh Smith, Mrs. Henry Gorger, Mrs. Bert Mason, Mrs. C. W. McNamer, Mis Emmer Maynard, Mrs. Milton Morgan, Mrs. C. W. Swanson and Mrs. D. M. Ward. Guests were Mrs. J. E. Swanson and Mrs. Martha Knight. The social meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. E. R. Lun dell on August 19. Clifford Yarnell of Newberg spent the week end visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Yarnell. Mary Barnett returned Wednes day from Butter creek where she has been spending a month at the Fred Buchanan home. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gorger and family spent the week end visiting friends near Ukiah. Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Sperry are vacationing in Portland. Mrs. Louivsa Louy is being cared for at the home of Mrs. Ida Fletcher. Mrs. Franklin Ely of Morgan at tended the non-high school board meeting Saturday in Heppner. Mrs. Casha Shaw returned to her home in Heppner Saturday. Merle Blake of Portland motored to lone Sunday to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Blake, and his sons, Billy and Bobby, who have been spending their summer here. He was accompanied by Mrs. Ida Moore who is a guest at the W. M. Eubanks home. Alice Nichoson left Monday night for Olympia, Wash., to visit at the home of her cousin, Mrs. Jalmar Coski. PINE CITY NEWS Electric Service Extension Complete By BERNICB WATTENBURGER The new electric extension is com pleted and waiting for the state in spectors to O. K. the line. Miss Ina Wattenburger "of Echo, Mrs. Audrey Stapish of Detroit, Mich., Miss Lilly Esselstyne of Pen dleton were dinner guests Wednes day at the A. E. Wattenburger home. Jack Healy is back working in the Clark grocery store in Heppner. Mr. and Mrs. Bill McDaid are the parents of a baby boy, born Thurs day. A large crowd attended the Rodeo princess dance at Lena in honor of Constance Instone Saturday eve ning. Mr. and Mrs. Emery Cox and fam ily, Lowell Young and Miss Geneva Young were dinner guests at the E. B. Wattenburger home Sunday. Mrs. Elmer Griffith of lone spent Monday visiting Mrs. C. H." Bar. tholomew. Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Myers and Miss Betty Finch left Wednesday morning for Portland where they will meet Mr. and Mrs. Truman Sethers of Tacoma, and all will jour ney on to the world's fair in San Francisco. Miss Hazel Richey and Mrs. Bill Westweyer spent the week end at the Clayton Ayers home. Miss Lilly Rauch is ill with rheu matic fever. She will be bedfast for at least three weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Neill were Pen dleton visitors Monday morning. getting new light fixtures for their home. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Wattenburger spent Friday in Pasco, Wash., vis iting their son, Earl, and family. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Neill attended the church dinner in Stanfield at the W. D. Neill home. Harold Wilkins left Sunday for the mountains to look after his sheep. Callers Sunday at the John Healy home were John Kenny, Mrs. Ce celia Bucknum, Mrs. Sadie Farley, Mrs. Emil Groshens and Dick Vin ton from Heppner. John Harrison made a business trip to Pendleton Monday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Finch and daughter Patty called Sunday eve ning at the John Healy home. Read G. T. Want Ads. You way find a bargain in something needed BOARDMAN NEWS Sleeping Sickness In H orses Battled By MRS. CLAUD COATS Five cases of sleeping sickness in horses have been reported up to date on the Boardman project. The owners of the stricken horses are P. M. Smith, M. Cassidy, E. A. Deu- lan and C. Myers. County Agent Conrad and Elmer Sullivan, local agriculture instructor, are inocu lating project horses against the disease. Two women were critically in jured and seven persons received minor injuries when two cars had a head-on collision close to Castle Rock Monday. A car which had just run out of gas was being pushed from the highway when the other two cars met at that point. Bud and John Chaffee and Mr. McDonald' left this week for Ga lena where they are to work in a mine. Miss Naoma Black, former resident of Boardman, is visiting friends on the project this week. Mr. and Mrs. Jess Allen were bus iness visitors in Hood River Friday. Mrs. Eva Warner and Mrs. Olive Atteberry were dinner guests at the Packard home Saturday. Mrs. Victor Myers left Thursday for Portland for an indefinite bus iness trip. Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Bleakney mo. tored to Pendleton Saturday. Come to the Townsend picnic in Warner's camp ground Sunday, Aug. ust 13. There will be a basket lunch at 1 p. m. The speaker of the day is Mrv Despain of Pendleton. Every one is cordially mvited to come. Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Bleakney and family left Sunday for a few days' visit in Walla Walla. Mr. Bleakney's brother from New Jersey, whom he hasn't seen for several years, is there. Several new trucks have been purchased lately for the watermelon hauling. Chas. Dillon has a new V8 truck, H. Ford has a '39 V8 pickup, and Henry Graves has a Chevrolet truck. Mrs. Gladys Fortier and Miss Nor ma Gibbons left Friday for the San Francisco world's fair and other California points of interest. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Baldwin and children left by car Saturday evening on a trip which they expected might take them to San Francisco and the world fair. They expected to spend some time in the Willamette valley before reutrning. Harry Duncan departed Tuesday for the coast. He expected to join Judge and Mrs. C. L. Sweek at their cottage at Seal Rocks near New port for an outing. JOBLESS PAYMENTS DOWN Salem, Aug. 9 Cumulative dis tribution of unemployment compen sation in Oregon reached $8,903,833 as footings were totaled by the com mission for July, central office rec ords here revealed. The monthly total was $253,973, a decrease of 17 per cent from June. Pendleton, covering Morrow and Umatilla counties, acounted for $2417, or 1 per cent of the state total. The Portland metropolitan area received 51 per cent of the July job insurance money. Salem got 6 per cent; Oregon City, 5 per cent; and Marshfield, 4 per cent Memorable scenes from the first movie "The Great Train Robbery" and other such relics as "Tillie's Punctured Romance," "The Birth of a Nation," "Flesh and the Devil," "The Jazz Singer" in March of Time Star Theater, " Wednesday and Thursday, August 16-17. 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