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Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Thursday, December 11, 1941
IONE NEWS
LEXINGTON NEWS
lone Community Tree
Set Monday the 22nd
By MRS. ELMER GRIFFITH j
Due to a change in the date for
closing school for Christmas vaca
tion, the community tree will be
held at the school house on Monday
evening, December 22. School will
close the next day, to resume on
January 5.
The Ladies Missionary society of
the Valby church held election of
officers at the home of Henry Baker
in Gooseberry last Sunday. About
fifty persons were present and en
joyed the following program. Devo
tional services, Mrs. Charles Huston;
reading, Mrs. Algott Lundell; read
ing, Mrs. Huston; a missionary letter
from Colombia, written by a cousin
of Mrs. Henry Peterson, who is a
missionary there, and the annual re
ports. Election of officers resulted
in the following: President, Mrs.
Charles Huston; vice-president, Mrs.
Leonard Carlson; secretary, Mrs.
Ben Anderson; treasurer, Mrs. Henry
Peterson. Those from lone who at
tended were Mr. and Mrs. Erling
Thompson, Mrs. Laxton McMurray,
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Lundell, Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Swanson, Mr. and Mrs.
H. V. Smouse and Mrs. Minnie
Forbes.
Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Balsiger of
White Salmon were here visiting
friends Thursday and Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Matthews
of Morgan returned home Monday
afternoon, after a visit of several
weeks near Roseburg. They en
countered fog all the way home but
found little that delayed them.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl F. Feldman de
parted Saturday afternoon for Sun
nyvale, Cal., where they plan to
spend the winter,
Clarence Harris has purchased the
Louy house on Main street, which
has just been vacated by Paul Pet
tyjohn. Elmer Ball has purchased a house
on Third street, now occupied by
the Cleo Drake family.
Miss Eva Swanson is employed at
the Penney store in Heppner, and
drives back and forth to work.
Mrs. Dorr Mason returned Mon
day from Portland, where she spent
a few days visiting her husband.
Mrs. Matthew Gordon entertained
a party of little folks on Friday in
honor of her daughter, Janice, who
was four years old that day. Guests
were Denny and Jean Anne Swan
son, Janet and Judy Mason, Arleta
Blake, Larry Rietmann, Everett
Hummel, Shirley McCabe, and also
Mr. Garland Swanson and Mrs. Er
ret Hummel.
The Women's Topic club met Fri
day afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Victor Rietmann. The book, "They
Came to a River" by Allis McKay
was ably reviewed by Mrs. Hugh
Smith and Mrs. Henry Gorger. Mrs.
E. M. Baker tendered her resigna
tion as a member.
Roy Blake of Kinzua was a visitor
in lone Wednesday.
Rev. J. Fred Stilwell and Mrs.
Stilwell arrived Saturday from Al
bany with their household goods
and have moved into the Congrega
tional parsonage. Erling Thompson
went to Albany and brought up a
load of Mr. Stilwell's goods..
The Legion Auxiliary gave a danc
ing party in the auxiliary hall Sat
urday evening.
lone and Lexington met Friday
evening in the first basketball game
of the season on the local floor, and
the visitors were victorious, 37-35.
The Lexington grade school team
was also the winner, 10-2.
The Union Missionary society is
giving a silver tea at the church
parlors on Thursday, Dec. 11.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Morgan have
moved on the Gorger ranch and are
living in the house vacated by Dan
Long, who has moved to Echo,
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pettyjohn have
moved to Hermiston, and are living
inside the ordnance depot reserva
tion. Students taking part in the mys
tery play, "The Curse of Siva,"
which was well received at the high
school Thursday evening were Bar
bara Ledbetter, Doris Palmateer, Bill
Eubanks, Gene Empey, Pete Can
non, Gladys Seehafer, Alice Nicho
son and Bill Bryant. Paul Rietmann
produced and recorded the sound
effects.
lone Masons held election of of
ficers Wednesday. Those elected
were W.M., E. Markham Baker; S.
Lexington People
Attend Umatilla Rites
By MARGARET SCOTT -
land Sarah White attended funeral
j services for Rebecca J. Miller in
j Umatilla Tuesday. Rebecca Powell
was married to W. O. Miller at Mos
cow, Idaho, on April 18, 1888. Mr.
i Miller passed away a year ago in
October. The Millers were well
known in Morrow county and Mr.
Miller was a Lexington preacher
forty years ago. Mrs. Miller made
her home in Umatilla until a year
ago. Since then she had lived at
the Patton home in Portland. She
was taken to a Portland hospital
four days before her death.
Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Gray were
supper guests at the Roy Williams
home Sunday before last and at the
Vernon Scott home last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Whillock, Helen
Breshears and Everett Crump were
Pendleton visitors one evening this
week.
Bobby Gerard who is in the Do
ernbecker hospital is reported to be
in excellent condition following his
recent operation. Dorothy Peck, in
the same hospital, has had the cast
removed from her leg and is also
in good health.
Word has been received that Er
ma Scott is out of The Dalles hos
pital and is living at her parents'
home in Wasco.
Mayor Henderson was confined to
his home by illness several days this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hunt and
family and Esther Thompson spent
Saturday in Pendleton. They were
accompanied as far as Pilot Rock by
Helen Meger. Mrs. Callie Duncan
was in charge of the grocery store
and Joe Way was in charge of the
service station.
Archie Padberg had the misfor
tune to get his hand caught in some
machinery at the local warehouse
this week. His little finger was sev
ered and the rest of his hand badly
mangled.
Services were held Sunday after
noon for the late Sarah Booher in
the Christian church with a large
crowd of relatives and friends at
tending. Helen Breshears and Everett
Crump were Wednesday evening
guests at the Carl Whillock home.
Mrs. Delbert Vinson spent Mon
day at the Charles Buchanan home.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Whillock and
family visited relatives in Spray
Sunday. While there they saw Wil
lie Steagall who now lives in the
valley but plans to return here with
his family in the near future.
Several families have moved this
week with Kenneth Marshall and
family moving into the Joe Eskelson
W., Erret Hummel; J. W., George N.
Ely; treasurer, E. R. Lundell; sec
retary, Bert Johnson.
Locust chapter, O. E. S., held el
ection of officers Tuesday evening,
resulting ts follows: W. M., Lena
Lundell; W. P., E. R. Lundell; A.
M., Elaine Rietmann; A. P., George
N. Ely; secretary, Ruth B. Mason;
treasurer, Ruby Roberts; conduct
ress, Mildred Morgan; A. C, Doro
thy Smith. Preceding the business
meeting a bountiful turkey supper
was served for members and their
families by the losers in the attend
ance contest. Joint installation will
be held with the Masons on Decem
ber 17.
Mrs. R. L. Ekleberry, who has
been a patient in St. Anthony's hos
pital in Pendleton for the last week,
was brought to lone Tuesday and
is at the home of her son, Rood Ek
leberry. The infection in her hand
has been corrected but she is still
weak and is confined to her bed.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Blake of Moro
spent the week end here with Mr.
Blake's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Blake.
James McCabe and Irvin Ander
son returned Thursday from a most
interesting journey which took them
to New York, Washington, D. C,
and south into Florida. They came
through San Francisco, but found
that Oregon still looked good to
them.
The H. E. C. of Willows grange
will hold an all day meeting on
December 19 at the hall, with a pot
luck dinner at noon. On December
20 there will be a pot luck supper
at 7 p. m., with grange at 8. This
will be followed by a Christmas
program and an exchange of gifts.
HARDMAN NEWS
Hardman Navy Lad
Gets One-Day Stay
By ELSA M. LEATHERS
Ted Reed returned home Monday
from San Diego where he is sta
tioned with the navy. He enlisted
in October. He was on his leave,
and part way home when war was
declared or his leave wouldn't have
been granted. He could stay only
one day.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Davis and
Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Cook of Kinzua
visited Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rog
ers over the week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Neal Knighten at
tended the wheat league at Heppner
on Thursday and also heard Gov
ernor Sprague's speech.
Mrs. Wm. Greener went to Ritter
to visit her mother, Mrs. Hector,
Sunday. She will return the last of
the week.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. McDaniel went
to Arlington Friday, returning Sun
day evening.
James Hams and son Vester went
to Portland Wednesday where Mr.
Hams will visit his parents, Mr', and
Mrs. Charley Hams for a week or
ten days.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Reed returned
to Reeds mill on Rock creek from
Pendleton where Mr. Reed had been
in the St. Anthonys hospital the last
month. Mr. Reed is improving at
this writing.
Little Jerry Buschke, small son
of Mr. and Mrs. Claud Buschke, has
been nursing a badly injured arm.
He caught his hand in the wringer
of the washing machine, and was
pulled above the elbow, however no
bones were broken.
Mr. and Mrs. Al Lovgren and son
Stacy visited in Condon Sunday with
a sister, Mrs. Walter Hayes, and
mother of Mrs. Lovgren, Margaret
Wick.
Misses Hewitt. Eversole, Bell and
Maxine McDaniel did their Christ
mas shopping in Heppner Saturday.
Mrs Jim Hams was hostess at a
miscellaneous shower for Mrs. La
Vern Hams Saturday afternoon. Re
freshments were served, and Mrs.
Hams received many nice and useful
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presents. Mrs. Ives Koomson accompcuucvi rc
Miss Edith Stevens, daughter of , young people from here. They will
jonn Stevens, was unixea in mar-. uuwr
riage to Stanley Musgrave, son of
David Musgrave of Monument, in
John Day, December 4. Mr. and
MTr- -r,r1 Mrs Sam McDaniel, Sr.,
attended to business in Heppner
Saturday.
house; Clifford Yarnell has purchas
ed the Harry Duvall house; George
and Sherman Tucker have moved
into their new house, and Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Wren have taken an apart
ment in the Eber Hanks house.
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