Thursday, May 16, 1940
Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Page Three
LEXINGTON NEWS
Girls' League Names
Officers for Year
Ey MARGARET SCOTT
On Wednesday, May 8, the girls
league of the high school elected
officers for the coming year. Those
elected were May Rauch, president;
Lavelle Pieper, vice-president and
social chairman; Doris Scott, secre
tary; Jerrine Edwards, treasurer.
On Tuesday evening the girls league
entertained the eighth grade girls at
a picnic.
Gerald Acklen spent the week
end in Portland.
Miss Doris Deemer of Portland
was a week end visitor at the El
mer Hunt home. She came up to
attend the junior-senior banquet.
The regular grange meeting was
held Saturday evening at the hall.
Mrs. Emma Bellenbrock and Ice
land Edmondson were initiated into
the first and second degrees. The
grange voted to send Jean Rauch
and Buddy Peck to the 4-H club
summer school at Corvallis in June.
The highlight of the lecturer's pro
gram was violin selections by Miss
Anne Tierney of Walla Walla. A
bouquet of red roses and a box of
chocolates was presented to Mrs.
Olive Swaggart in . honor of Mo
ther's day.
The junior-senior banquet was
held Saturday evening at the Lucas
Place in Heppner. After dinner the
guests attended the show. Those
attending were Jerrine Edwards,
Doris Scott, May Rauch, Suzanne
Buchanan. Zelma Way, Thelma
Sticknev, Maxine Way, Raymond
Turner, Eugene Majeske, Irvin
Rauch, Kenneth Jackson, Eldon
Padbere. Donald Campbell, Char
lotte Chambers, Doris Deemer, Ivon
Amend and Ladd Sherman.
Kenneth Peck and Miss Etta Mil
lett of Corvallis spent Sunday at
the George Peck home.
A short Mothers day program was
given in place of the Sunday school
hour Sunday morning. A corsage
was presented to each mother pre
sent. After the program Rev. Mof
fat Dennis delivered the baccalau
reate sermon for the five high school
seniors, Telma Stickney, Zelma Way,
Maxine Way, Suzanne Buchanan
and Irvin Rauch.
The annual election of officers
for the P. T. A. was held last Wed
nesday evening. Those elected were
Freda Majeske, president; Ned
Gleason, vice-president; Mary Ed
wards, secretary-treasurer. After
the business, meeting a short pro
eram was presented, followed by a
farewell party for Ladd Sherman.
Mr. Sherman was pesented a book
as a rift from the P. T. A.
At a snecial school election last
Friday afternoon, Mrs. Lorena Mil-1
ler was elected clerk to fill the va
cancy left by the resignation of Mrs.
Ruth Lasich.
Mrs. Sarah White, Claude White
and Mrs. Emma Belenbrock attend
ed a turkey dinner at the Gerald
White home in Hermiston Sunday.
Mrs. Elsie Beach returned home
Saturday from Logan, Utah, where
she had been visiting her son, Law
rence Beach, and family.
Mrs. Orville Cutsforth was hos
tess for a birthday dinner Sunday
honoring her husband. Guests pre
sent were Mr. and Mrs. Martin of
Rtanfield. Mrs. Martin's birthday
was also on Sunday and she was
the same ase as Mr. Cutsforth
Mrs Duncan of Wamic is visiting
her son, Callie Duncan and her
daughter, Ora Kistner.
Among local people going to the
mountains Sunday were Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. Van Winkle and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Laurel Ruhl and son,
and Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Scott and
children.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Ruhl enter
tained with an old time dance at
their home Saturday night. Re
finements of sandwiches, cake,
cookies, pickles and coffee were
Mr. and Mrs. Laurel .Ruhl, son
5Wrmv Mrs. Gene Grey and son
TKWv wpre visitors in Pendleton
and Hermiston Monday. Bobby re-
mninpd in Hermiston to spend a
-p vc with his sister and father.
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Guests at the S. G. McMillan
Tnpsdav were Mr. and Mrs
Lawrence Slocum and children, Pet
er and Frances Ann.
The infant daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ladd Sherman has been named
Maryland.
Mrs. Tempa Johnson has been ill
at her home this week.
Melba Burnside is confined to
her home with measles.
Maxine Barnes is now employed
in the Curran Dress shop at Heppner.
Joe Wav is assisting with the
chores at the Ted McMillan farm.
BOARDMAN NEWS
School Officials
Visit Valley Points
By MRS. CLAUD COATS
Neal Bleaknev, chairman of the
school board, Russell Miller, Walter
Lay and George A. Corwin, super
intendent of schools, were in Port
land and other valley points last
week looking at school bus bodies.
Class night was held in the school
auditorium on Friday. May 10. An
interesting program was pesented
by the seniors and Mr. Maliery and
Miss McGrew presented awards.
Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Ransier and
Mrs. Claud Coats and Echo were
in Heormer Saturday afternoon.
Echo visited at the Charles Barlow
home until Sunday when she accom
panied Mr. and Mrs. Barlow to
Boardman. Barlows visited his mo
ther in this city that day.
Miss Mardell Gorham and Miss
Clara Mae Dillon were week-end
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Delbert
Wetherell in Echo
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Pettys and
Geraldine Healy spent Sunday in
Pendleton.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Marlow of Um
atilla, Mrs. Anna Hadly and son
Darrel of Pendleton were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Ransier on
Sunday,
At church on Mother's day prizes
were given by Rev. and Mrs. Wal
pole for the youngest and the eldest
mothers present, and the mother
with the most children. These were
won by Mrs. Robert Berger, Mrs.
Ella Blayden and Mrs. Oliver For
bes, respectively.
Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Messenger and
family of Meacham were visiting
relatives here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman, nee Wilma
Myers, were here visiting her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Claud Myers,
Sunday and Monday.
Contest Scheduled
to Close May 31
The contest being sponsored by
electric range dealers and Pacific
Power & Light company ends May
31. Thousands of entry blanks have
been given out and hundreds re
turned, indicating real interest in
the contest. But the sponsors wish
to urge all contestants who haven't
completed their entries to do so as
quickly as possible so that they
won't accidently forget the deadline.
All entries must be returned in
person to the store where they were
secured to be eligible for one or
more of the prizes, which include 5
electric ranges, 12 electric roasters
and 56 merchandise awards. v '
Entry forms are still available at
electric range dealers for any adult
or child who hasn't yet secured a
copy. No purchase is necessary.
This contest is open to anyone who
is served by Pacific Power & Light
company and who is not employed
by one of the sponsors or is a mem
ber of a sponsor's family.
Health Conference
Held in Heppner
A child health conference was
held in Heppner Monday when
children of pre-school age and in
fants were examined by Miss Lu
cille Vale, county health nurse, and
Dr. M. C. Davis of the state board
of health. Smallpox vaccinations
were given 10 children and 13 re
ceived diphtheria immunizations. A
total of 29 children were examined.
A similar conference was held at
lone Tuesday. Eleven children were
examined, eight received smallpox
vaccinations and seven diphtheria
immunizations.
Tuberculin testing done at Board
man, Irrigon, Pine City and Lex
ington on Monday, May 6, resulted
in 191 examinations. Of these, 12
were found to be positive reactors.
All positive reactors should have
an x-ray to see whether or not they
have active tuberculosis, the health
authorities state. Dr. Balstead of
the Eastern Oregon State hospital
at Pendleton took the tests
IRRIGON ITEMS
By MRS. W. C. ISOM
Mrs. Joyce Wood and baby from
Hood River are visiting her uncles,
the Benefiel brothers, and her aunt,
Mrs. Carl Haddox.
Mrs. Ollie Coryell visited relatives
in The Dalles over the week end.
George Caldwell from Astoria has
been visiting his mother, Mrs. Belle
Caldwell. She has been quite ill
but is improving.
Mrs. Don Kenny and two sons
went by bus to Portland Monday.
Her little son Jimmy will undergo
an operation for rupture at the
Doernbecher hospital Thursday.
Mrs. Birdie Stewart and Mrs. Ef
fie M. Fall from Imbler visited rela
tives here over the week end. Mrs.
J. A. Grabeil returned with them
and will visit her son, Lee Grabeil
who underwent a major operation at
the La Grande hospital recently.
Rev. Harness and Rev. E. Bediwell
were Pendleton visitors Monday.
Rev. and Mrs. Ernest Bediwell
will leave this week for Spray where
he has a pastorate in the Pentecostal
church.
Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Hoaglan
are the parents of a baby girl born
at the Hermiston hospital Thurs
day, May 9.
Miss Marcella Staughton from
Portland is visiting her parents here.
Among outside people attending
the eighth grade exercises last eve
ning were Evelyn Kirk of The Dalles
and Clifford and Zan Sims ot Pen
dleton.
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2. SERVICE IMPROVED...
"Our small company wanted to give better service
and bring down rates, but we didn't have the money
or the engineering help we needed. Then in June
of 1910 Pacific Power & Light Company was organ
ized and consolidated our small company with others
like it into one unified system. It began building
transmission lines and modern power plants . . . and
has kept it up ever since . . . until today it supplies
every customer with metropolitan service.
3- FARrVSS ELECTRIFIED...
"Back in 1910 electricity on the farm was almost
unheard of. But it wasn't long before Pacific Power
& Light Company began building lines out into rural
areas. Every year these lines have been pushed out
farther and farther until now 11,500 farms are served
by the Company.
1940
1. I STARTED IN 1907...
"Yes, it was 33 years ago I started working for the
small electric company that used to serve this town.
iWe started the dynamo at dusk and turned it off at
midnight . . . unless something broke down first.
There was only about enough electricity for lights ...
and anyway, practically no one had any electrical
appliances. It wasn't very good service, I'll admit,
but people were glad to pay as much as the 20c to
25c a kwh it cost to deliver electricity in those days.
4. RATES CUT.
"Probably, though, the thing people like best abou,
Pacific Power & Light Company in addition to service
improvements is its policy of constantly reducing
electric rates. Today our average residential rate is
not 20c .. . but only about 2l2c a kilowatt-hour.
Yes, I've seen a lot of development in your electric
service, son, but I've a feeling that the next 30 years
will see just as much progress as we saw in the past
30 years ... if only we keep alive the same spirit of
enterprise that brought us this far along the road.
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Pacific Power & Light Company
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