Heppner Gazette Times, Heppn'r, Oregon, Mar. 17, 1949
Page 3
High School Girls
League Banquets
lone B-Ball Team
By Echo Palmateer
The high school girls league
gave a banquet Friday evening
March 11 for the basketball boys.
The school gym was decorated
with red and white streamers.
The tables were decorated with
red and white candles and three
basketball trophies, the Elks tro
phies, 1949 and 1948, and the Lit
tle Wheat league trophy. The lone
PTA served the food, consisting
of fruit cocktail, perfection salad,
roast chicken, cranberry jelly,
mashed potatoes and gravy, peas,
rolls, butter, Jelly, celery, carrot
sticks, olives, apple pie ala mode
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Hidden -tank
Deep in the firs near
i J-IJ; one of the largest heating oil tank
""i'"'' farms in the West is being built...
and motorists passing by on the highway will
never know it exists.
A large ring of trees has been left standing
around the tanks to preserve the scenic beauty
of the area; the farm itself will store 28,896,000
gallons of oil.,, enough to heat 50,000 homes
all winter long,
Actually, the six tanks are not needed under
normal weather and shipping conditions.They're
being built at a cost of more than $1,000,000
to make certain there will be enough oil on
hand to meet any emergency spell of unusually
bad weather.,, to make certain the homes of the
and coffee. The freshman girls
wailed on the tables. Lola Ann
McCabe and Helen Fay Baker
were toastmistresses.
The address of welcome was
given by Miss Mary Brackett, re
sponse and presentation oi let
ters and certificates by Francis
Ely, coach. Other speakers were
B. C. Forsythe, Berl Akers, Mrs.
Victor Rietmann and Henry Tetz.
After the dinner the rest of the
evening was spent In dancing.
The main feature was dancing
the Virginia reel directed by Mrs.
Mary Hendrickson.
The regular meeting of the
lone P-TA was held Thursday
evening, March 10. Mrs. Omar
Rietmann, president, gave a talk
and welcomed the large attend
ance and the 4-H club members.
Mrs. B. C. Forsythe. Mrs. Noel
Dobyns and Mrs. Marion Palmer
were elected on the nominating
committee. Committees were ap
pointed to help with the junior-
-Weeds
A Fool Proof Program
Gilliam & Bisbee
Heppner Phone 333
A'
farm to keep 50,000
Puget Sound
people we serve
expenditures are
important job of
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DATES TO REMEMBER
March 1 Speech festival at
the school house.
March 18 HEC of Willows
grange at the Lewis Halvorsen
home.
March 19 Regular grange
meeting and initiation beginning
at 7:30 p.m.
March 19 Third anniversary
dance at the Legion hall.
March 22 Eastern Star meet
ing. March 25 Three Links club
meeting at Rebekaji hall.
March 26 Social meeting of
Topic club at the home of Mrs.
Verner Troedson.
senior banquet which will be
April 22.
The 4-H club put on the pro
gram for the evening with Mrs.
L. A. McCabe in charge. It con
sisted of: Flag salute by all;
song, "Star Spangled Banner," by
all; 4-H club flag salute; prayer
by Rev. Alfred Shirley; Ingrid
Hermann gave a report on the
beef club and Ronald Baker a
talk on usefulness of feeding
(E. M. Baker Is leader of the beef
club); demonstration by wood
working club, Mrs. Garland
Swanson, leader; clarinet solo by
Duane Baker, accompanied by
Ronald Baker; demonstration of
measuring foods by cooking I
club, Mrs. Verner Troedson, lead
er; piano solo, Mardene Baker;
demonstration on color selection,
kind of pattern, shrinking mater
ial and how to cut out pattern,
by clothing club, Mrs. L. A. Mc
Cabe, leader; "Song of Health,"
by all the 4-H groups, accompan
led by Mrs. Mary Hendrickson;
talk by Miss Mabel Wilson, home
demonstration agent, who intro
duced the main speaker of the
evening, Miss Esther Taskerud,
state 4-H club work leader from
Corvallis. She explained how the
P-TA could help with 4-H club
work. The program ended with
a song by the high glee club,
'Three Little Maids." Lunch was
served by Mrs. Garland Swanson,
Mrs. Delbert Emert, Mrs. Earl Mc
Kinney, Mrs. Marion Palmer, Mrs.
L. A. McCabe and Mrs. Bryce
Keene. The lunch room was dec
orated in the 4-H colors, green
and white, with green and white
candles and yellow daffodils on
the tables.
The next P TA meeting will be
April 18. The state convention
will be at Eugene April 26-27.
Mrs. Omar Rietmann, Mrs.
Francis Ely, Mrs. L. A. McCabe
and Mrs. Sam McMillan, leaders
in the cotton dress work shop,
met with Mrs. Myrtle Carter, 0.
S. C. specialist, at the grange
hall Friday. The work shop opens
Thursday, March 17, at the
grange hall.
A potluck dinner was served
at the grange hall Sunday, and
a practice for initiation in the
third and fcurth degrees was
held in the afternoon.
Mr. Jansen has completed drill,
ing a well at the M. J. Fltzpatrick
farm. The well is 630 feet deep.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Martin and
son's of Hermiston spent the week
end at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clark.
Mrs. Darrel Padberg and Mrs.
homes warm
always will be warm. Similar
being made constantly in the
serving the West well.
Joe Hamilton gave a birthday
party Monday at the school house
for their daughter, Leann Pad
berg, who was eight years old
and Beverly Hamilton who was
two. They served cup cakes, Ice
cream and pop.
Miss Betty Ball, telephone op
erator at Arlington, is spending
a few days at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Ball.
Earl Morgan made a trip to
Portland last week after some
roofing for the Garland Swanson
new residence.
The Maranatha society met at
the home of Mrs. Verner Troedson
March 9. They reported that the
material had come for the tables
rfor the church. It was decided to
hold their mothers' and daugh
ters' banquet April 29. Refresh
ments were served by Mrs. Larry
Fletcher, Mrs. Gordon White and
Mrs. Troedson.
A card party and dance were
held at the Oddfellows hall at
Morgan Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. John Turner of
Baker visited her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Engelman, one
day last week.
The study meeting of the Topic
club met at the home of Mrs.
Roy Lindstrom Friday afternoon,
March 11. Mrs. Noel Dobyns re
viewed the book, "Menagerie In
F Sharp" by H. W. Heinsheimer,
and Mrs. Bert Mason gave an ar
ticle on family relations. Lunch
was served by the hostesses, Mrs.
Dobyns, Mrs. Verner Troedson
and Mrs. Fannie Griffith.
Mrs. Lloyd Morgan and son Vir
gil Lloyd came home from The
Dalles hospital Friday of last
week. Judy, small daughter of the
Morgans, fell from her bicycle
Sunday afternoon and injured her
head. She was taken to The Dal
les hospital. It was thought she
had a concussion but was rest
ing all right Monday.
MIMIII H0IIAC
John Johnson Is seriously ill
at his home following a stroke
that he had one day last week.
Mrs. Ethel Stewart is taking care
of him.
Those from here who attended
services at the Valby Lutheran
church in Gooseberry Sunday in
cluded Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Lun-1
dell, Miss Mary Brackett, Mr. and
Mrs. Garland Swanson and fam
ily, Mrs. Mary Swanson, Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Ekstrom and fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dobyns,
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Carlson and
daughter Leslie, Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Stefani Jr. and Mr. and
Mrs. G. Hermann and familv.
Rev. and Mrs. Hokenson of Port
land conducted the services and
a potluck dinner was served in
the parish house.
Mrs. Henry Clark gave a birth
day party Saturday afternoon in
honor of her granddaughter Ale
cia Jean Swales who was eight
years old, and Donald Martin, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Martin
of Hermiston, who was ten. Cake,
Jello and punch were served by
Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Jerry Bailey.
Guests present were Sally and
Maxine Cropp, Rosetta and Sadie
Jane Bye, Sue and Ann Belle Cole
man, Grace McCabe, Alice Kay
Mason, Mardine Baker, Carol Mc
Coy, Lee Martin, Keith Peck and
Clara Ann Swales and Jean Ann
Swanson.
Mrs. Hugh Salter went to Pen
dleton last week for a medical
check up.
Among those being ill 1 ast
week were Mrs. G. Hermann and
Miss Donna McCoy.
Mrs. Elmer Hurd of Blackfoot,
Idaho, is an lone visitor.
Elisha Sperry of Portland is
staying in the community.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Brenner
were Portland visitors last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Anderson of
Prosser, Wash., and their daugh
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ter, Mrs. Leola Tucker of Holly
wood, Cal., were guests of his
sister, Mrs. Tom White, last week.
Mrs. Tucker is a technicolor tech
nician in MGM in Hollywood.
I Arthur Stefani Sr. is having his
shop on Main street stuccoed and
lis starting a residence on Main
street.
S. L. Wiles is clearing a lot on
I Main street and getting ready to
'build a house. Arthur Stefani Jr.
iis building a garage on his pro
I perty on Third street. Ralph Crum
pulled some of the trees out on
he Noel Dobyns lot on Main
i street. The Walter Dobyns house
on Third street is nearing com
Ipletion. Among those going to Tollgate
to ski Sunday were Bobby and
Billy Jo Rietmann, Gene Riet
Rom where
Cappy Miller's young son. Squint,
is forever coming up with new
ideas. Now they're not all world
beaters, but Cappy fa usnally will
ing to give them a try.
Seems Squint found new way
to clear brush. They take two trac
tors, about thirty feet apart, and
connect them with a heavy chain
weighted down on the ground with
old iron. First they both go par
allel in one direction, then they go
back over the same ewath in the
opposite direction and up comes
the brush roots and all. Worked
fine and saved time.
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STARTING TODAY every member of the staff of
your local banking office in the First National Group
takes on a special job. That job is explaining to you the
varied services his or her bank maintains for your use.
HEPPNER BRANCH
NATIONAL BANK
OF PORTLAND
mann, Robert Jepsen. Joel Engel
man, Harlan Crawford, Harold
Snider, Miss Joyce Salter and
Miss Francine Ely.
Judy Morgan came home from
The Dalles hospital Monday. X
rays showed that she was all
right.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald McElIigott
are the parents of a son born
Saturday in Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Crum are
the parents of a son, Monty Lee,
born Sunday at Pendleton.
Joan Coleman is home from
the St. Anthony's hospital in Pen
dleton. Oscar Peterson reports that
their daughter, Eunice, is much
i Improved from her long illness.
Mrs. Carrie Cason of Lonerock
, was a recent visitor of her sister,
I sit ... Joe Marsh
Never Too Late
To Learn
That's why things go to well at
the Miller farm. Cappy is open
minded, tolerant of new ideas and
new ways of doing. He doesn't
think hit way is the only way.
From where I sit, a little toler
ance will make things go better for
all of as. You respect my views and
111 respect yours whether it's on
farming, politics, or choosing be
tween an ice cream soda or a tem
perate glass of beer.
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Mrs. Ida Grabill. Mr. and Mrs.
Willis Cason and their daughter,
Mrs. Knighten of Condon, spent
Sunday at the Grabill home. Mrs,
PnifW (a nmt, iricitin. nt 1 I
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of her grandson, Jack Estberg, In
Ineppner.
Sharon, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Everett Keithley of Heppner
'is visiting her grandmother, Mrs.
lua uraDiii.
The Ladies Aid met at the
home of Mrs. Marv Swanson nn
Thursday of last week.
Lexington Cafe
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We will feature
FRIED
CHICKEN
DINNER
All Day Sunday
Price Per Plate
$1.25
All Other Meals
Will Be Lower
In Price
Due to Lower Meat Prices