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Je. Bride-Elect Given " Shower By Group Of lone Friends By Echo Palmateer A bridal shower was given at the Masonic hall Saturday after noon for Miss Wilma Dobyns, with Mrs. Fannie Griffith, Mrs. Omar Rietmann and Mrs. Roy Lindstrom as hostesses. Miss Dobyns received many lovely and useful gifts. Angel food pie, tea and coffee were served with Mrs. Walter Dobyns and Mrs. Noel Dobyns, mother and aunt of the bride-to-be pouring from a ta ble decorated with pink flowers and white candles. The Ameca club met at the home of Mrs. Marion Palmer on October 15. Mrs. John Proud foot assisted Mrs. Palmer. The afternoon was spent In playing pinochle. Delicious lunch was served by the hostesses. The HEC of Willows grange held their regular meeting at the home of Mrs. Elsie Peterson at Lexington with 22 members and two guests present. A pot luck dinner was served at noon. Plans were made for their baz aar and dance November 22 at hieppner Gazette Times, Heppner) Oregon, October 23, 1947-3 the grange hall. The following , sythe, Oct. 25. .. , A potluck din officers were elected for the I ner at the Congregational church coming year: President, Mrs. Wate Crawford; vice-president, Mrs. Sam Esteb; secretary, Mrs. Uershall Townsend, and treas urer, Mrs. Lewis Halvorsen. Pete Cannon, who has been spending the past few weeks in Portland, stopped In lone awhile Sunday evening. He was on his way to Heppner where he has a position with the soil conserva tion program. Among those from here attend ing the Oregon-Washington foot ball game in Portland Saturday were Mr. and Mrs. Edmond Bris tow and Mr. and Mrs. Milton Morgan. A Hallowe'en party was given after the regular meeting of the at noon Sunday, Oct 26. Every one invited. ...X-ray mobile unit at the school house, Nov. 1. The Maranathas have chang ed the place of their dinner to the grange hall, Nov. 1, at 6 o' clock to 7:30 p.m. A potluck supper was held be fore the regular grange meeting Saturday night. The following program was also given in charge of the lecturer, Mrs. Oscar Lun dell: Song, "Old Glory," by all; prayer by chaplain, Mrs. Walter Corley; reading, "A Day In Court," by Ruby Ann Rietmann; .Master Jack Bailey welcomed the vis itors and told the purposes and meaning of the grange songs; 'That's My Desire" and I Won Rebekah lodge Thursday evening 1 der," by high school girls ac- Order Your 1947 Rodeo Pictures N ow! 8x10 Glossy Prints $1.00 each These are the Johnny Ainsworth pictures of Rodeo and parade. Contact Corabelle Nutting Local Representative Heppner, Oregon of last week by Mrs. Wallace Matthews, Mrs. Paul Pettyjohn and Mrs. Francis Ely. Games were played and stunts perform ed after which a lunch of sand wiches, doughnuts and coffee was served. H. O. Ely is ill at his home at Morgan. companied by Mrs. Cleo Drake; talk by Rev. Alfred Shirley on 'The Church and the Grange"; a skit written by Mrs. Ernest Heliker and acted out by Mr. and Mrs. Marion Palmer, entitled "Don't Jump at Conclusions." Mr. and Mrs. George Dague of Walla Walla were guests at the Miss Wilma Dobyns of Port-; Fred Ely home at Morgan last land spent a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dob yns, last week. They took her back to Portland Sunday. week. Mrs. Dan Long and daughter Dorothy of Echo, and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Doan and daughter of From the lone Independent, j Palo Alto, Cal., were in lone last Oct. 27, 1922: "Bert Mason re- week. Mrs. Doan is, also, a turned Tuesday from his hunt- daughter of Mrs. Long. ing trip with one bull elk to his Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Flet credit. We have an interesting cher and Mr. and Mrs. Don Mor- ! account of his trip Into the dep ths of the Rocky mountains, but an unusual number of political and other advertisements pre vents its publication this week." Harold Warren Dobyns Jr., who was killed in an airplane wreck in Clackamas county, October 17, was a nephew of Walter and Noel Dobyns. The lone teachers returned Friday of last week from Baker where they attended a teachers' institute .Mrs. B. C. Forsythe and Mrs. Francis Ely accompan ied their husbands to Baker. Dates to remember: The social club of the Eastern Star will have a food and fancy work sale at A. C. Swanson's store at 11 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 25 The social meeting of the Topic club at the home of Mrs. B. C. For- gan of Portland were guests at the Sam Esteb home last week Mr. Fletcher is a son of Mrs, Esteb. Mr. and Mrs. Tom White and Mrs. Imogene Mooney returned from Yakima last week, where they spent several days. Funeral services were held for Arthur E. Reed at The Dalles Monday, Oct. 20. Mr. Reed was born in Johnson county, Mis souri, near Holton, and came to this county when a boy In 1884, where they lived near Morgan. He is survived by his wife, Fan nie, at The Dalles; a daughter, Mrs. Lorene Pinney of Portland, and a twin sister, Mrs. Delia Corson, from here. Mr. Reed was well known by many in this community P. J. Linn is visiting relatives -IfcE A FIGHT UP PUFF- JW STREET ING? I AHD I WAS RUNNING TO STOP.ITA, .fKV K vt i WHO WERE J r4NP ANOfHEt? lf OUR DEMOCRACY by Mt MEN-4W? the SEA The men who built America's Jl writ's i wrnmv r or THE CLIPPER AND WHAUN6 SHIPS FACEO A LONG HARD APPRENTICESHIP IN LEARNING TO MEET THE CHALLENGE OF THE SEA. youNS MEN ANSWERING THE CALL TO THE SEA TODAY HAVE A MUCH BUOADEK CAHEE.K OPPORTUNITY IN THE MARITIME SERVICE. ' THE 0.9. MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY AT KINGS POINT, N.V(J FOR EXAMPLE, OFFERS FACILITIES FOR THE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF MERCHANT MARINE OFFICERS. GRADUATED .' WITH COMMISSIONS IN THE U.S. NAVAL RESERVE, 7HCSC YOUNS MSN HCLP TO INSUKE AMEWCA S Having trouble with any of your Maytag appliances? Keep them working! Otfen they will need only a minor adjustment or an inex pensive part .... and remember, they save you hours of time, eons of energy! Keep them serviced and they'll keep serving you. The HEPPNER HARDWARE & ELECTRIC COMPANY has a full ser vice department for Maytag. in the Willamette valley. Mrs. Frank Engelman and G. A. Petteys attended the funeral of a cousin, Mrs. Frances An derson, at South Bend, Wash., last week. Mr. and Mrs. Dayton Gusta son of Sumner, Wash, visited at the homes of his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Swanson and aunt, Mrs. Mary Swanson, over the week end. We Must Have the Room lor our Christmas Stock To do this we ore closing out our entire line of Decorative Horses and Birds Mow ii your chance to get some of those nice orna ments at greatly reduced prices. Saager's Pharmacy Lexington Grange Has Homecoming Saturday Evening The Lexington grange hall was the scene of a homecoming party Saturday evening. Invitations were sent to all people who had ever been members of the grange and to those who might be in terested in becoming members A potluck dinner was held and an old-fashioned style revue was presented. The latter part of the evening was given over to old time dancing. Mrs. Give Huston and Mrs. Kenneth Smouse play, ed the piano and violin, respec tively for the dancing. Ed McFadden has returned home from the St. Anthony's hos pital in Pendleton where he had been for two weeks after having his hand amputated. Mrs. Roger : Anderson and daughter have returned from Lewiston, Idaho, where they spent the past week visiting her mother. Don't forget the P-TA party for this Friday evening at the school house. Fun for everyone, old and young, is assured with many games being played including bingo and pinochle. This Is a library benefit and the admis sion is 25 cents. The party will begin at 8 p.m. Lawrence Reaney of Vaneou- News From Irrigon . . By Grace Shoun Mr. and Mrs. John James have moved to Umatilla. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hayes have moved into the place they moved out of as they had purchased It recently. James C. Shoun of Walla Walla and Betty Acock of Pendleton spent the week end with their families here. Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Allen and children and Billy Allen also spent the week end with rela tives and Sunday afternoon with the Allen boys 'mother, Mrs. Jan ie Grim In St. Anthony's hospit al. Mrs. Grim Is very much improved ver, Wash., spent the week end visiting old friends here. Mr. Reaney lived in Lexington for many years. The Barnetts have received word from their cousin, Mrs. Le ona Leach White of San Lean dro, Cal., that she and Mr. and Mrs. Togo Erickson (Wilma Leach) and son BUI of Laguna Beach, Cal., are visiting their mo ther, Mrs. Leach Cicero, In Fin ley, Okla. They report Mrs. Ci cero is fine. Ida Buchanan and Charles Bu chanan Jr. spent last week vis iting relatives in Ellensburg, Wash. The Horizon club girls and their leader, Mrs. Cecil Jones, were hostesses at a bridal show er honoring Mrs. Homer Hughes Thursday afternoon. The show er was held at the home of Mrs. Hughes' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Marquardt. During the afternoon Jo McMillan and Beth Edwards sang a duet, "Love's Old Sweet Song," accompanied by Trina Parker; and Iris Bloods worth played a clarinet solo, "Ciribiribim," accompanied by Beth Edwards. The door prize, a corsage of chrysanthemums, was won by Mrs. Leonard Mun kers. Refreshments of fruit cock tail, whipped cream and coffee were served to twenty-five guests. Cecil Jones, Elmer Hunt and Joe Engelman attended a co-op meeting in Hermiston Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Newt O'Harra went to Portland Thursday where Mr. O'Harra was to consult a physician. They were accompan ied by their daughter, Patricia, who will join the nursing staff of the veterans hospital in Van couver. James Leach, former Lexing ton man now residing in Port land, is an amateur photograph er who makes his hobby pay. He entered a snapshot of a little neighbor girl in the 1947 Journ al amateur snapshot contest and won top honors. The snapshot was then sent east to the nation al awards where it won the hon orable mention cash prize of $25. This information and Mr. Leach's picture, with the winning snap- snot were in last Sunday s ure gon Journal. Dona Barnett, Trina Parker and Mrs. Frank Parker spent Saturday in Walla Walla visit ing Mrs. Cypert, mother of Mrs. Parker and aunt of Dona Barnett and Trina Parker. Mr. and Mrs. B .P. Rand were Pendleton visitors Wednesday. They returned by way of Walla Walla, visiting their son David at Whitman college. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Duus spent Monday evening at the E. A. Franchier home In Pendleton. One of the Franchier girls was married that evening. The teachers spent from Wed nesday until Saturday in Baker at the teachers institute. They got home Saturday excepting Supt. Solwold spent the week end with his family in Freewater. Rev. John Ricketts is painting for the Harry Reeves'. Sam Umiker, Don Kenny and Frank Leight brought in their bucks. The county nurse, Miss Gillis of Heppner, visited the Irrigon school Tuesday. The Acock, O'Brien, Rand, Poulscn hunters got back Mon day from a hunting trip. Tne eight hunters got back with five bucks. The Assembly of God church Is having revival meetings each evening and on Sunday except ing Saturday night. Rev. Earl D. Benson is the preacher. Lester Seites is building the Warren McCoy home. The Jack White home is going up, as is also the Mike Hinkley house. Virgil Sparks is building a sta tion for the Standard Oil com pany on his lot next to the post office. Billy Allen is signed up to run the station when it is completed. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Umiker are also getting lumber on the ground to build a house. The John Aliens with Fred Da vis as carpenter are putting up a house for a home. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Brownell of Troutdale are visiting her mo ther. Mrs. Josephine Grsytwal. and other n-Uthrs. Thry came in Monday. Mr. and Mrs. J iy BVrry of Port land came up Monday to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. McCoy. Mrs. Frances McTny gut wnrd today that her father. Mr. O' Rourk. hart passed away. He lived at Baker. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Isom and daughter Donna were Pendleton visitors Monday. The John Voile family and Mrs. Ruth Umiker and daughter Kathleen went to Pendleton Tuesday. CARD OF THANKS The family of the late George Patterson wish to thank the peo ple of Morrow county, his for mer neighbors and friends, for their expressions of sympathy and floral tributes to his memory. BEAUTIFY YOUR WINDOWS By having me mea sure and install beautiful Venetian blinds- Any Color Tape and Slats O. M. 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