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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 14, 1939)
Thursday, Dec 14, 1939 Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon Pay Three LEXINGTON NEWS Lettermens Club Holds Initiation By MARGARET SCOTT The Lettermen's club held an in itiation meeting at the Roy Camp bell home last Wednesday evening. Eugene Majeske was initiated into the club. Friends here were grieved to leam of the death of Mrs. Louis Mar quardt who passed away Sunday morning at Pendleton in the St. An thony hospital where she was re cuperating from a major operation. Erma Scott is critically ill from pneumonia in The Dalles hospital. Her mother is with her. Kenneth Palmer took a load of stock to Portland Sunday and re tuned home Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Ted McMillan and family and Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Jones were dinner guests at the Adolph Majeske home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Henderson and son spent Saturday and Sunday in Stanfield visiting relatives. Mr. Henderson's sister and children who have been visiting here returned to their home in Chehalis the last of the week. M. and Mrs. Togo Ericson of Brai nard, Minn., and Mrs. Ray White of San Leandro, Cal., were visiting relatives here last week. Lot Johnston left Saturday for his home in Spokane after spending some time at the A. M. Edwards home. Mrs. Chester Brown of Monument was a visitor at the home of Anne Johnson last week. 'Edith Edwards attended a Chris tian Endeavor meeting in Pendleton Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Clair Daugherty and son returned home Sunday from Connell where they have been visit ing relatives for the last two weeks. Mrs. Archie Munkers left Satur day for Salem where she plans to visit her parents before joining her husband in Los Angeles. Rae Cowins spent the week end in Heppner. A birthday party was held at the Elmer Hunt home Saturday evening in honor of Gerald Acklen. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. McMillan and Mrs. Arthur Hunt were Pendleton visitors Ttursday. Clayton Davis is home for a vaca tion from his work in the navy. His father and sister, Clark Davis and Wanda of Canyon City, were visit ing here Sunday. The high school basketball team won their first game of the season last Tuesday evening by defeating Pilot Rock 19-14. The Heppner CCC team defeated the local town team the same evening by a score of 43 31. Wednesday evening they jour neyed to lone where they were de feated by a score of 31-28. The high school first and second teams motor ed to Boardman Friday night where both teams were defeated by the Boardman quintet. The first firing lost 28-10, while the second team lost 19-11. Among local people attending the wheat league meeting in Condon last week end were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Saling, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Cutsforth, Mr. and Mrs. Oral Scott, George Peck, Burton Peck, Merle Miller and A. H. Nelson. The Merry Thimblers club met at the home of Vera Whillock last Thursday with Faye Ruhl as hos tess. Refreshments of jello, cake and coffee were served. Eula Barn house was voted in as a new mem ber. The next meeting will be with Helen Breshears. BOARDMAN NEWS Boardman Cagers Trim Adams Five By MRS. CLAUD COATS The local basketball team was victorious over Adams in the return game there on December 5. The final score was Boardman 38, Adams 26, with Dale Russell of Boardman making 27 points. Miss Case of Corvallis held a cooking class in the grange hall Friday. There were about 30 ladies present. Earl Cramer who has been at Spokane visited on the project over last week end. Friday, December 8, the high school Girls League was entertained at a play day in lone. The girls re ported an enjoyable afternoon. Mrs. Attebury left last week for Spokane with Rev. Young of Col lege Place, Wash., to attend a Seven Day Advent conference. A birthday dinner was held in tha grange hall last Saturday. The eve ning was spent in dancing where everyone reported a nice time. P. M. Smith, McFarland, E. Sulli van and W. A. Baker were in Hepp ner Thursday to attend the Land Use committee meetings. This com mittee, which meets annually, dis cusses and plans ways of bettering the use of land in the county. In the second league game of the season, the Boardman Yeildw Jack ets defeated the Lexington Jack Rabbits by a score of. 28-12. Al though the score was too uneven to make a particularly thrilling game, it was well worth the time and money. The team, coached by Glen Mallery, is rapidly improving and by the end of the season we should be ready to make the larger teams take notice. Willard Baker took his mother, Mrs. W. A. Baker, to Hermiston Sat urday, where she consulted a doc tor. G. A. Corwin made a business trip to Heppner Monday evening. Don't forget the basketball game with Hermiston on the home floor on Saturday, December 16. This promises to be a thriller. To date Boardman is playing .1000. 1 1 in mi iiiuihi in 1 1 in inmu nun u 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ii 1 1 m i i it h 1 1 iQiTu iiiiiiiiiiiimiiimuiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiii uiiiuuiiimmiiiuiiiiuiuHiiiiuiu! Not Too to Order Early Your Christmas Greeting Cards ISEE OUR FINE DISPLAY- Heppner Gazette Times HA RDM AN NEWS Hardman Schools To Observe Christmas By HARDMAN HIGH SCHOOL A Christmas program will be held at the high school auditorium on Thursday evening, Dec. 21, put on mostly by the grade school, with several numbers by the high school. Everyone is invited. Carl McDaniel and Jim Smith of Lone Rock spent Thursday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Owen Leathers. Sometime ago Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Craber left for Ashland where Gor don, who has been there since June, is slowly improving. Mr. and Mrs. Craber plan to return about Christ mas. The monthly Christian Endeavor party and business meeting was held Saturday night. Games were played and refreshments were served. The first meeting of the Camp Cookery 4-H club was held last Friday. Irl Clary was elected pres ident; Junior Leathers, vice-president; Alene Inskeep, secretary; Ce cil McDaniel, yell leader, and Nar- vin Adams, song leader. Other mem bers of the club are Alvin Byer, Del mer Buschke, Billy Lee, Clinton Batty and La Vonne Adams. The next meeting will be held at the high school on the afternoon of Friday, Dec. 22. Marie Clary is leader of the club. A meeting of Clothing 4-H club was held at the high school on Fri day under the leadership of Mildred Clary. Officers were elected as fol lows: President, Alberta McFerrin; vice-president, Evelyn McFerrin; secretary, Carol Buschke; song lead er, Yvonne Hastings, and yell leader, Doris Robinson. The next meeting will be held on Dec. 22 at the same place. The Rev. Everett Eli of Touchet, Wash., plans to hold church services here on Sunday for an indefinite time. Mrs. Ethel McDaniel and Jim and Harold Stevens were business visitors in Heppner on Wednesday of last week. Mrs. Jim Hams, Mrs. Chas. Mc Daniel and Mrs. Harold Stevens and Bobby were visiting in Condon on Wednesday. The first Clothing H-IV 4-H club meeting was held Thursday eve ning at the home of Mrs. Carl Lea thers. The following officers were chosen: President, Vera McDaniel; vice-president, Ollie Hastings; sec retary, Jeanne Leathers, and song leader, Vera McDaniel. Other mem bers of the club are Mildred Clary, Maxine McDaniel and Juanita By er. The leader is Oleta Raimey. Sam McDaniel fell Sunday and is unable to walk. Mr. and Mrs. Owen Leathers and Junior visited at the Victor Lov gren home on Sunday. Earl Redding and Carl Leathers returned to Bates on Sunday where they will continue working. Mrs. Glenn Farrens and Mrs. Wal ter Wright and children were visitr ing here Sunday. Ed McDaniel left last week to vis it his daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Mer ritt, who lives at Muckleteo, Wash., near Everett. Harlan Adams took him to Heppner, where he caught the evening train. The weather has been so mild this fall that an apple tree on the Craber ranch has budded and the mullen is in bloom. Henry Graham and Robert Wag ner of lone visited at the A. D. In skeep home on Sunday. All last week threatened storms and finally on Sunday rain and then snow came. The fall was about two or three inches of very wet snow, much of which melted during the night as the weather continued warm. At this writing a stormy sky indicates that we shall have more winter very soon. ATTEND CONFERENCE Don Jones and Paul Doolittle, stu dents of Heppner high school, drove to La Grande last Friday where they attended a conference of high school student body officers at Eastern Or egon College of Education. Nearly 100 student body officers were pre sent to discuss various problems connected with their work. It was unanimously voted to meet annual ly in a high school student body of ficers' convention at the college ear ly each fall. A banquet and college play were features of entertainment for the group. SPECIAL BRINGS SHEEP A special train brought a ship ment of sheep to Heppner Sunday evening. 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