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Page Two IONE NEWS lone Oddfellows and Rebekahs Install By MRS. ELMER GRIFFITH i Installation of officers was held at the Rebekah lodge here Thursday evening. Mildred Lundell was the installing officer. Officers are Mar jorie Gordon, N. G.; Eva Swanson, V. G.; Lena Lundell, secretary; Mary Swanson, treasurer; Ida Flet cher, warder; Etta Bnstow, R. S. N. G.; Mildred Lundell, L. S. N. G.; Clara Kincaid, R. S. V. G.; Minnie Forbes, L. S. V. G.; Delia Corson, inside guardian; Margaret Morgan, outside guardian; Ruth Lundell, chalain; Elaine Rietmann, conduc tress. Refreshments were served at the close of the meeting. lone Oddfellows installed their of ficers at Morgan Thursday evening, with the Morgan officers. Elmer Griffith was installing officer and those installed for lone were P. J. Linn, N. G.; Wm. Clark, V. G.; John Clark, secretary; E. J. Bristow, trea surer. The Morgan officers are Ce cil Thorne, N. G.; Dean Ekleberry, V. G.; J. A. Troedson, treasurer, and Fred Ely, secretary. Mrs. Wallace Matthews who has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Ely at Morgan, left Mon day for her home at Roseburg. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Carlyle of Walla Walla are again employed on the Fisk ranch. The O. E. S. social club met Wed nesday at the Masonic hall. Mrs. D. T. Smith was the hostess. The President's Ball for the fight on infantile paralysis will be held in lone, Saturday evening, Jan. 25. The Union Aid society held elec tion of officers at their meeting Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Dela Cor son was elected president; Mrs. W. J. Blake, vice-president; Mrs. Lax ton McMurray, secretary, and Mrs. J. E. Swanson, treasurer. Mr. and Mrs. Dell Whitmore and daughter, Betty Joan of Bickleton, Wash., were guests at the Harry Yarnell home on Friday. The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs will hold, a countywide get togeth er meeting here on January 30. A large attendance and a fine meeting of Oddfellows was held here Tuesday evening with members in attendance from various outside lodges. Heppner was represented by 13, Lexington 7, Morgan 9, lone 10, Hardman 1, Baker 1, Caldwell, Ida., 1, and Montana 1. Lunch was serv ed following the lodge session. Lowell Clark left Thursday to return to his work in Los Angeles, after spending his vacation here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hen ry Clark. Mrs. Omar Rietmann is ill at her home here. The social meeting of the Women's Topic club will be held Friday, Jan. 24, at the home of Mrs. J. E. Swan son. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Hummel spent the week end in Portand. Mrs. Walter Eubanks went to Pen dleton Monday in company with her sister, Mrs. Letha Buschke, to visit at the latter's home. The Schoolmaste'r club met here Monday evening and enjoyed a ban quet at the Park hotel. Twenty-two members were present, representing schools at Echo, Boardman, Hepp ner, Irrigon, Umatilla, Lexington and lone. A light snow, melting on the froz en ground, has made bad driving conditions. John Eubanks had the front axle pulled off his truck when an attempt was made to pull it out, after it mired down in front of a service station on the Columbia riv er highway. John Ray, driving C. E. Brenner's truck, ran into a land slide near Arlington and wrecked with a load of wheat. School busses found the going hard. A capacity audience attended the game Wednesday evening last week between the Morrow County All Star basketball team and a traveling colored team calling themselves the Hottentots. The visitors won by a small margin, and meantime enter tained the spectators with clever by-play and clowning. Mrs. D. P. Phelan is reported quite ill at a hospital in Portland, where she went last week for treatment of an illness. Heppner IRRIGON NEWS Irrigon Homes Hit By Illness in Week By MRS. W. C. ISOM Rev. Mr. Harness and Rev. Mr. Graves of Hermiston motored to Portland last Monday to attend a meeting of the Pentecostal church, returning Saturday. Mrs. Tom Cald well and Mrs. Harris accompanied them on the trip. Mrs. Harris re turned to her home near Portland and Mrs. Caldwell went to visit her two sons, Wayne and Vernon Cald well, and families. The Ladies Aid members met at the home o Mrs. Elmer Ruker on Thursday for an all day meeting. Pot luck dinner was served and a very enjoyable time was spent. Mrs. Abe Swearingen who was called away by the illness and death of her father recently, return ed home Monday. James Warner became quite ill at Portland last week and was brought home by bus Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Marshal Markham and family motored to Richland, Wash., Sunday to visit his brother, Fred Markham, and family. Mrs. Belle Cadlwell, who has been quite ill for some time was removed to the home of her grand daughter, Mrs. Woodward, near Hermiston, where she is improving, it is re ported. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Isom visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Will Gollyhorn Sunday. Chas. Stewart became very ill last week and was taken to the veter ans hospital at Walla Walla Sat urday. WILLOWS GRANGE NEWS By MARY LUNDELL Although the fog was so heavy last Saturday night that many could not attend grange, a lively meeting was enjoyed by those present. Two members coming from a distance were Kenneth Lundell, Seattle, and Gordon Hall, Hood River. An interesting and entertaining feature of the lecture hour, Barbara Heliker, lecturer, was the New Years Resolutions by the officers, using their initials as leads. "Absent Minded," a skit, was en joyed by all. Characters were: Wife, Geneva Palmer; Husband, Marion Palmer. The lecturer suggested drill prac tice as a feature for lecture hour for the first meeting each month, a thought well taken. There will be a conference of of ficers and committee members on Sunday, Jan. 26, in the hall dining room. There will be a pot luck din ner at noon. All members are in vited to join for the dinner and at tend the conference. The President's Ball will be held in the Willows hall on Saturday evening, Jan. 25. Come out and do your bit. Committees were appointed for 1941 as follows: Agricultural com mittee, Mary Lundell, Donald Hel iker, Jack Bailey; cooperative com mittee, Oscar Lundell, Ernest Hel iker, Wid ' Palmateer; legislative committee, Jack Bailey, Clara Kin caid, Ivar Nelson; membership com mittee, Vida Heliker, Dot Halvorsen, Anna Ball, Paul O'Meara; dance committee, Lewis Ball, Mary Lind say, P. C. Peterson. Coming soon: Plays by the Arling ton chapter of Future Farmers of America, followed by a dance spon sored by the Future Farmers and the grange. Watch for the date. A very fine bible was presented to Willows grange by Rev. W. W. Head of Cathlamet, Wash. Mr. Head is an honorary member of this grange. Willows grange meets in regular session on the first and third Sat urday evening of each month. The new pass word has been given to those members entitled to receive it, namely those whose dues are paid. APPRECIATE RESPONSE Mrs. Walter Becket and Mrs. Ben O. Anderson, committee workers, wish to thank the people of the Eight Mile community for the fine response in the recent Red Cross roll call.' A total of $39 was turned in to the county chairman by them. Gazette Times, Heppner, HARDMAN NEWS ' Hardman Teachers Surprise Students By ELSA M. LEATHERS Mr. and Mrs. Foster Collins left for Portland Monday evening where Mrs. Collins will consult a doctor. She has been troubled for years with arthritis. They expect to re main in that city two weeks. Ed McDaniel went to the Victor Lovgren home to visit this week, and from there will go to Lonerock to visit his son, daughter and little new grand daughter, Carolyn Marie. All of the high school were pleas antly surprised Friday "by the teach ers when they gave a birthday party for Vera McDaniel. The teacher presented a very lovely birthday cake. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Boggs and three children of Aliance, Neb., arrived here Saturday and visited at the Sabin Hastings home. They are rel atives of Mrs. Hastings. They ex pect to visit in Washington, also, before returning to their home. Mrs. Owen Leathers was appoint ed Infantile Paralysis worker in the Hardman community, and she named as helpers for the party to be given Friday, January 31, Misses Vern, Vera and Maxyne McDaniel, and Jean Leathers. There will be re freshments sold and the proceeds will go for the funds being raised in Morrow county. Mr. 'and Mrs. Ralph Scott and children of Lexington visited at the Neal Knighten home Sunday. Mrs. Knighten is ill with the flu. Mrs. George Hayden and son Marion returned home this week end from Portland where they have been visiting for two weeks, to at tend the funeral of James Carsner Sunday at Spray. He was Mrs. Hay den's nephew and son of the late Bob Carsner. He left many friends in this community to mourn his passing. When his father and mo ther lived on the French ranch he and his brother, Joe, attended the Camas Prairie school, thus also leav ing schoolmates. Sympathy is ex tended to his wife and babies and Mrs. Hayden and Marion. Little Freddie Knighten had a birthday party Saturday, inviting all the boys. They played basket ball and boxed much to the boys' delight. Freddie's cake had seven candles. Oscel Inskeep returned home Sun day evening from Salem where he visited his sister, Mary. Mr. and Mrs. Claud Buschke and boys visited at the Walter Becket home Sunday evening. Friends that have been in to call on Darrel Farrens who is in the hospital in Heppner, report he is getting along fine and expects to be out again soon. Miss Lois Hewitt was sick with the flu and Mrs. Marvin Brannon taught her room one half day. Mrs. Lucy Rodgers gave the mid year exams in grade school Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank McDaniel and Mrs. B. H. Bleakman went to Hepp ner Monday to attend to business. BUYS REGISTERED BULL Hermiston, Ore. The American Guernsey Cattle club, Peterborough, N. H., reports the sale of a regis tered Guernsey bull by Frank See liger to Mrs. Emma Holub of lone. This animal is Frantilla Cherie's Lad 292052. New 1941 Zenith Radios ARE HERE LATEST IMPROVEMENTS LOWER PRICES Portable RADIOS.. $11.95 UP Radio Repair and Service BRUCE GIBB Phone 1382 Oregon BOARDMAN NEWS George Mefford Passes at Lebanon By MRS. CLAUD COATS Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Sullivan and daughters, Gail and Patty, and Miss Elinor Tilden visited here over the week end with friends. Miss Til den taught the third and fourth grades in Boardman last year and Mr. Sullivan was the agriculture in structor in the high schol until he was called to active service in the army in November. They were warmly received by many friends here. George Graves, five year old son of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Graves, was taken to the hospital two weeks ago with a ruptured appendix. He was operated on Wednesday and is im proving as well as can be expected. A series of pinochle card parties are being heldin the grange hall on Thursday nights. The first one was last week with Mrs. O. Merritt and Bill Harrington wining high prizes. There will be a party every Thurs day night for five weeks, and then at that time grand prizes will be given to the man and lady with the highest total score. George Mefford passed away at his home in Lebanon Tuesday mor ning, after a three weeks' serious illness. Funeral services were held in Salem on Thursday. Mrs. Ed Barlow and Mrs. Leo Root, daugh ters of Mr. Mefford, who had been with him several days, returned home Friday. Mr. Mefford is a for mer resident of Boardman. Two basketball games will be played on the local floor this week. On Tuesday, Condon plays here in a consolation game, and on Friday, the Echo quintet meets the Board -man Yellowjackets in what prom ises to be an exciting league game. The men teachers in the Board man school attended the regular schoolmasters' banquet in lone Monday night. Mrs. George McNabb nee Janet Gorham, spent a few days in The Dalles the first of the week. She returned and started to work in Gorham's store. Construction has gotten under way this week on the new highway be ing put through from Boardman to Stanfield, which meets the highway from there to Pendleton. Gilbert Petteys, Zearl Gillespie and Henry Graves are among those to receive employment on the work. Frank Marlow spent Sunday in The Dalles with his wife, who is ill in the hospital theme. For Clean, Economical Heat Heat Your Home with a DURO SAWDUST BURNER Fill the hopper and it does the rest For details and prices see I. R. ROBISON lone, Oregon I J, 1 f ; F i 1 tar- SHIP BY TRUCK The Dalles Freight Line, Inc. SERVICE BETWEEN PORTLAND : THE DALLES : HEPPNER AND WAY POINTS Arrive Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday Warehouse: KANE'S GARAGE Carl D. Spickerman, Agent Thursday, January 23, 1941 James Carsner, 31 Passes at Spray Home James Warren Carsner, . young stockman-rancher of the Spray dis trict, died at his home at that place last Thursday night, passing from heart failure after retiring for the night. Son of the late Senator Rob ert J. Carsner, the young man was well known in Heppner where he had business dealings, and he was a member of Heppner lodge 358, B. P. O. Elks. Several years ago he was employed in this county as a federal trapper, in which position he also made many acquaintances. The local Elks lodge officiated at funeral services, held at Spray Sun day afternoon, with' a large con course of friends of the family in. attendance. Burial was in the Hay stack cemetery beside graves of his late parents and brother, Joseph. Mr. Carsner was the last member of his immediate family. James Warren Carsner was born at Heppner, January 10, 1910, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Cars ner, pioneers. He was educated at Spray and was an ex-student of Ore gon State college, following stock raising most of his life, and assist ing his mother and brother in op eration of the large holdings after the passing of his late father. He married Vema Bolton, January 28, 1938, and is survived by the wife and two children, Vivian Ann and Robert Joseph. Among those from Heppner at tending the last rites were those who officiated as lodge officers, Ken neth Akers, exalted ruler; Norton Lundell, esteemed leading knight; Earle Bryant, esteemed loyal knight; J. Logie Richardson, esteemed lec turing knight; Dr. R. C. Lawrence, esquire; J. J. Wightman, chaplain; Mr. and Mrs. Luke Bibby, D. M. Ward, Henry Aiken, Hanson Hughes, Lyle Matteson, James Farley and Mark Merrill. To buy, sell or trade, use the G-T Want Ads and get best results. 7 ft DELICIOUS SEA FOODS OYSTERS CLAMS CRABS NOW IN SEASON The "R" months are back again with a fresh supply of choice sea foods always avail able here. Contributions Taken for CHINESE RELIEF SOCIETY and Official Receipt Given Meals at All Hours FOUNTAIN SERVICE Elkhorn Restaurant ED CHINN, Prop.