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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1945)
V- Heppner Gazette Times, Moy 3, 1945 5 V t Students Display Talent in First Speech Festival (Contributed) On last Friday, afternoon and evening, the Morrow county speech festival was held at Lexington, with students from Boardman, Lexing ton, lone and Heppner participat ing. At 2:30, three panels were con ducted simultaneously with Miss Barbara Lever, H. G. Holcomb and George Linn as moderators. Panel mem.be were Aloha Painter, Mari lyn Holcomb, Louis Carlson and Gene Rietmann of lone; Audrey Wilson, Melvin Carlson and Ed ward McClellen of Boardman; Majo Marquardt, Wanda Grant, Louise Hunt and Estelle Ledbetter of Lex ington; Marylou Ferguson, Marian Miller, Edda Mae Thorpe and Bob Van Schoiaek of Heppner. Grade school pupils taking part in the poetry reading were Ingrid Herman, Shirley Peck, Bob Ben nett, Charles Buchanan, Ronald Baker and Franklyn Messenger. In the extemporaneous speaking section, Rena June Messenger of Lexington spoke on "U. S. Postwar Housing Needs;' Alton Yarnell of lone on "Voting Procedure in World Peace Council;" Joe French of Heppner on "The United Mine Workers and Their Demands", and Ed McClellen of Boardman on "The Softcoal Mine Striker." In the evening the Boardman high school gave Linsday's "The Congo" as a chorale production with these students reading: Hoyt Brown, Norman Nelson, Reba Fal coner, Rozella Meinen, Gerald See ber, Mildred Miller, Fay Anderson and Grady Beaver. Lexington students, Robert Mc Loughlin, Audrey Majeske, Rena June Messenger and Louise Hunt gave poetry readings. lone high school gave "The Boor" by Anton Tchekov with the fol lowing cast: Eunice Peterson, Alton Yarnell, Tom Doherty, Matt Doher ty and Gaylord Salter. Heppner high school cast consist ing of Ramona McDaniel, Shirley Wilkinson, Carolyn Bauman, Colleen Miller, Don Du Bois, Gladwin Hud son and Morgan Connor gave "The Man from Heppner." Edda Mae Thorpe was announcer, and Lavina Sunquist was in charge of proper- ties. Much of the credit for a success ful day goes to Mrs. Bethel Taylor the Lexington school and the mo thers. Students had charge of reg istration and ushering. The mothers were hostesses at a delicious din ner. Everyone hereby says "thank you" to Lexington. CARD OF THANKS We take this means of thanking our friends for their many acts of kindness, their expressions of sym pathy, ,and for the beautiful floral offerings to the memory of our be loved Marie Christina. Ralph Ledbetter and daughter P. C. Peterson and family Vernon Christopherson Louis Ball and family I'se Reformed My Eating Habits I'se been a man eating life, but the other day I stopped in at the Victory Cafe and now I'se reform ed. 1 didn't f imire food could taste so ffood or look so tem- ntin' those Sunday Din ners, 'speoai- 1t, Y-mmm Boy and Betty Iieuallen Proprietors lone, Ore. -T f I if J v:, ' "Pacific Power & Light meets all our service emergencies" says F. H. 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