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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 21, 1950
Volume 67, Number 40
C-C Holds Annual
Director Election .
At Monday Session
Group Hears Girl
Talk on TB Seal
Origin, Purpose
Two cars were badly wrecked
and occupants somewhat batter
ed when the cars met head-on
Saturday afternoon on the Wil
low creek highway near the Tom
Michos ranch about three and
one-half miles north of Heppner.
Some of the people involved
were taken to the Pioneer Mem
orial hospital where it was
found that none were seriously
injured.
The Clarence Warren family,
returning from lone, had been
following a car from Lexington
that was on its way to Spray.
The car was moving slowly in
the heavy fog and when Mr.
Warren turned out to pass it on
what he considered a safe
straight-away, he crashed into
the car of Claude Pettyjohn who
was enroute to lone from Hepp
ner. Pettyjohn received cuts about
the head and was otherwise bad
ly shaken up. The Warrens suffer
ed bruises and some scratches
and Mrs. Warren was kept in the
hospital until Monday morning
when it was found she apparent
ly had not suffered serious in
jury. Pettyjohn was still in the
hospital Wednesday.
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UNCLE DIES IN WALLA WALLA
Mrs. Harold Becket received
word Tuesday of the death of an
uncle, James O. Parkins, that
morning in Walla Walla. Mr.
Parkins was a member of a pion
eer Morrow county family that
originally lived on what is now
the O. W. Cutsforth ranch north
of Lexington. He was engaged in
the sheep business in the Ritter
section for many years and upon
retirement from that industry
took up residence at Walla Wal
la. Funeral services will be held
at 10 o'clock a. m. Friday in Wal
la Walla.
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80TH BIRTHDAYS OBSERVED
The womens societies of the
Methodist church sponsored a
birthday party Tuesday evening
honoring Mrs. L. A. Humphreys
and Mrs. Katie Slocum who were
observing their 80th birthday an
niversaries. A general social eve
ning was enjoyed by 45 ladies.
The honored guests were the re
cipients of numerous gifts and
the presentation was made by
Mrs. J. Palmer Sorlien. Since Mrs.
Sorlien's birthday will be on the
24th, the sponsors presented her
wlth a 6lft- 1
lone School Teams
On Winning Spree
The lone Cardinals carried
their fourth straight win of the
basketball season by smothering
an underdog Stanfield 72-40. A
smooth functioning fast break
and a tight zone defense paid off
handsome dividends for the Car
dinals. The Cardinal B team wound up
in victory lane also with a 40-27
win over the Stanfield B squad.
In their four pre-league games
this season, lone has played Fos
sil twice and been on the big end
of 44-37 and 39-31 scores. The
other two games with Stanfield
were won at 61-23 and 72-40
scores. The lone squad averaged
54 points per game in the open
ers.
lone graders have also been
registering in the win column
Thev defeated the Heppner Pon
ies Saturday night 46-32. It was
anybody's ball game for the first
half, but the Cardinals forged
ahead in the third and fourth
quarters to chalk up the victory.
In the r Iirst came oi me sea
son, the lone grade team lost to
Condon, 26-24.
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Mr nnH Mrs. Jack Loyd will
an
tn Jnhn Dav to spena ine
Christmas week-end with Mrs,
T rwrtVa nnrpntfi.
PcnHnii ppterson is home for
tv, hniiHavs with his parents,
! qh Mrs J. O. Peterson. He
is attending Junior College of
TrioHr, at rnnpr d' Alene where
he is enrolled in general educa
Mrs. Maude Casswell will
spend the Christmas vacation
,,ith hpr mother in Seattle. She
riii hp inined there by her bro
thers and a sister in the first re
iminn nf the family for a num
Amnnu HenDner people plan
ning to spend the Christmas
week-end away from home are
utr nnrt Mrs. Hugh Berry who
uHi'i cm to Redmond i Mr. and Mrs
to Portland
to be with their son Raymond
mH fnmil? Mr. and Mrs. C. w,
Barlow to Aumsville as guests
f jr onH Mrs. A. S. Akers. and
Mrs. Clara Gertson to Portland
ho with her daughter and
Judge and Mrs. Garnet Barratt
will have as their guest for the
holiday week Mrs. Barratt s fath
er, Jose Tieulie, who resides at
Something Added
To Elks-Star Show
Something new has been add
ed to the Free Picture Show spon
sored annually by the Star Thea
ter and the Elks Lodge. In addi
tion to the ever-popular horse
story, "Green Grass of Wyoming"
there will be free candy given to
the young people attending the
show.
The show starts at 2 p. m.
sharp and will be shown only
once. Everyone is welcome but
if there is a shortage of seats,
preference will be given the
youngsters.
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Lex Grange Slates
Dance This Saturday
Due to linotype troubles which
took the better part of the day
to fix the Gazette Times has had
to curtail the size of the paper.
Consequently an advertisement
from Lexington grange announ
cing a dance Saturday evening
at the grange hall had to be
omitted and this special men
tion of the affair is being given
front page position with the hope
that those of our readers who
would be interested in attending
will get proper notification.
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Three Inductees In
Class Called By
Dist. Draft Board
Three young men, one from
each of the district draft board's
counties, have been called to re
port for duty under the December
quota, announces Jack Combs,
Condon, board secretary. The in
ductees include Charles Thomas
Brookshire, 23, Mitchell; Charles
Edward (Ted) Ferguson, regis
tered in Morrow county but a
resident of Gold Beach, and Car
roll Hugh Davis, 21, Lone Rock.
Ferguson is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. O. Ferguson of Heppner
and is engaged in the men's clo
thing business at Gold Beach.
The draft board reports that
although it has been announced
that state quota for induction
during January has been doubl
ed, the local board has received
no request for additional re
cruits. .
A new directive, wherein local
boards can accept volunteers be
tween the ages of 18 and 26
years, has been received by the
board. , t.
State headauarters, beiecuve
. , g tem for Oregon, today
- L that instructions
' aiuiuuiti-u
have been received permitting
voluntary induction or regis
trants from 18 to 26, if acceptable
to the armed forces.
Up until this time," said col
onel Francis W. Mason, Deputy
State Director, "a registrant has
had to wait until his - number
came ud in regular sequence.
This has worked a distinct hard
ship on many young men, whose
work is of such nature that aner
their being found acceptable to
the armed forces, following the
nhvsiral examination, it has
been difficult for them to find
rpmnnerative work during the
period between this examina
tion and actual induction.
Now," continued Colonel Ma
son, "upon written request to his
Local Board, any registrant, if
not obviously disqualified, may
be physically examined with the
next group being forwarded by
the Board, and then inducted un
der the next call."
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ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
Mrs. Frieda Slocum announces
the engagement of her daughter
Barbara June to Robert Lee
Clough of Arlington. Both young
people are students at Oregon
State college. Mr. Clough is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Uougn
nf Arlineton. The wedding date
has not been set.
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Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kenagy will
leave Saturday afternoon lor
Hubbard to spend the holiday
week-end. They will be accom
panied by Mrs. Martha Shannon
and daughter Mary who will
spend the holidays in Corvallis
with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Ruggles and
daughter Connie are leaving Sat
urday morning for Spokane to
snend the Christmas week-end
with relatives.
Mrs. Josie Jones will have as
her guest for the Christmas
week-end her daughter, Mrs. Ve
nice Stiles of Portland.
The Rainbow Assembly held
initiation Monday evening in the
Masonic hall. Miss Marie Gra
ham was the candidate.
Mr. and Mrs. Jonh Graves re
turned the first of the week from
a transcontinental trip which
took them as far as Florida.
From the Staff of The Heppner Gazette Times
Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Crawford
Mrs. Bradley Fancher Thos. W. Allen Hazel Hart
Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Dunham and Cammie
Mrs. Claud Coats Mrs. Echo Palmateer Mrs. C, C. Jones
Mrs. Chance Wilson
CHURCHES
METHODIST CHUHCH
J. Palmer Sorlien, Minister.
December 24, Christmas wor
ship and sermon at 11 a. m. Spe
cial music.
Sunday Church School at 9:45
a. m. Oliver creswicK, superin
tendent. A class for every age.
Thursday choir practice at 7:dU
m.
Watch night service Dec. 31 at
10 p. m.
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
Pastor Shelby E. Graves
Sunday, 9::45 a. m. Sunday
school. Lesson topic "The Visit
of the Wise Men."
11 a. m. worship service.
7 p. m. Singspiration.
8 d. m. We are having a mu
sical jubilee. A special Christmas
offering will be taken lor an or-
Dhanaee.
Tuesday, 7:45 p. m. Bioie stuay
and prayer meeting in lone.
Thursday, 7:45 p. m. JtsiDie stu
dv and prayer meeting.
Come and let us sing praises
unto Him, the Lord of Glory. For
God's great gift was not merely
a Babe lvlne in a manger, out a
Savior who died . on Calvary's
cross, that we might have eternal
life.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
R. J. McKowen, Pastor.
Sunday services: 9:45 a. m.
Bible school, with classes for all
CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS IN
OTHER LANDS
There are many legends about
St. Nicholas or as we call him,
Santa Claus. One of the happier
ones is that he is the protector of
all humble and small folk and
the special guardian of unmar
ried girls. It is said that at one
time he learned of three young
women who had no suitors be
cause their father was too poor
W. Barlow, superintendent.
11 a. m. morning worship and
communion. Special music this
week will include an anthem by
the choir, and a solo, "O Holy
Night," by Mrs. Kathryn Hosk-
ins. The evening service will
consist largely of music, with a
short sermonctte by the pastor.
On Friday night a playlet,
The Meaning of Christmas,"
will be presented by the Bible
school. "White gifts" of tos, clo
thing, etc. are to be brought that
night, to be sent to McKinley In
dian Mission. Toppenish, Wash.
Everyone is cordially invited.
ALL SAINTS MEMORIAL
CHURCH (Episcopal)
Holy Communion, 8:00.
Church school 9:45.
Morning prayer and sermon,
11.
The traditional midnight ser
vice choral eucharist, starting at
11:30 p. m.
Christmas day, Holy Commun
ion at 10.
Week day services:
Holy Communion on Wednes
day (Saint John's Day.) at 10.
Holy Communion on Friday at
7:30.
No scout meeting this week.
SAINT PATRICK'S CHURCH
Sunday, December 24 Christ
mas Eve, one mass in Heppner
to provide them with a dowry, So
one night he filled three bags
with gold and threw them into
the windows of the rooms occu
pied by the young women and
I they soon were happily married.
Unexpected gifts thereafter were
said to come from St. Nicholas.
A ROYAL CUSTOM
AT CHRISTMAS-TIDE
Each year at Christmas time it
at 9 a. m.
Christmas Eve Mass and
Cantata at midnight.
Christmas day Mass in lone
at 9; mass in Heppner at 10:30.
Sunday, December 31 Mass
in Heppner at 9.
New Year's day Holy day of
obligation; mass in Heppner at
9.
The Christmas crib will be dis
played this year on the outside
in front of the church. This yeai
the display will include a back
ground, painted by Theodore
Braash, church artist from Hol
lywood, Calif. Mr. Braash is re
decorating the church and the
sanctuary will be partially com
pleted for the Christmas masses
The public is cordially invited to
view the outdoor display of the
Nativity scene.
VALBY LUTHERAN CHURCH
Rev. Henry J. Hokenson, re
gional director of the Columbia
Conference, will officiate at the
Carlson-Graves wedding at 4 p,
m. Friday, December 22. He will
remain until Sunday afternoon,
presiding at the annual meeting
of the church at 1 p. m. Saturday
and holding services at 11 a. m.
Sunday.
The wedding ceremnoy and
church services will be open to
the public.
is the custom of the King of Eng
land to present gifts of frankin
cense, gold and myrrh to the
Chapel Royal in commemoration
of the eifts of the three wise
men. The Christmas gifts of to
day include watches, rings, gold
and platinum pens and pencils
and other jewelry and silver
ware.
Livestock Growers
Plan Annual Meeting
Meeting at the courthouse in
Heppner Tuesday evening, Mor
row county livestock growers
made plans for their annual
meeting. The date was set for
Saturday, January 13. President
Luke Bibby, appointing commit
tees to work on the various as
pects of the event, selected Har
old Erwin and Eb Hughes to
make arrangements for the so
cial hour, banquet and dance
planned tor the evening's enter
tainment. In planning the program, the
group requested that Art Sawyer,
superintendent of the Squaw
Butte experiment station, be fea
tured as the principal speaker of
the day. Sawyer is doine consid
erable work on livestock manage
ment proDiems under range op
erating conditions.
Frank Anderson. W. W. Weath-
erford and Don Greenup were ap.
pointed as the nominating com
mittee. o
It Takes Children
To Make Christmas
Real to Everybody
It does not take Rnnw nr clpiarh
bells or brightly twinkling lights
to make Christmas. It takes chil
dren. Wednesday night at the
gymnasium the grade school
children lifted their audience to
the land of make believe and in
jected the spirit of Christmas in
to oldsters as well as youngsters
as they unfolded their storv of
Christmas of many lands.
A packed house greeted the
young starlets and every encour
agement was offered them by
the rapt attention and spontan
eous applause given the young
performers.
It was Christmas eve in an
American home and while a boy
and a girl awaited the arrival of
ineir cnristmas tree they were
visited by Mexicans, Dutch, Aus
trian, English, Russian, Italian
and Lierman entertainers por
traying the songs, dances and
holiday customs of their native
lands. At last, for the entertain
ment of all these guests, the lit
tie American children in their
night gowns and pajamas com
pleted the picture.
The school band added much
to the pleasure of the evening
with several selections indicative
of the season. They also furnish
ed the accompaniment for some
o the carols.
Untiring efforts of the grade
school faculty made this annual
Christmas program a success.
There were no long pauses, the
story unfolded with alacrity, the
participants spoke distinctly, the
voices were tuneful. The entire
performance was on a high
plane.
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MRS. MCNAMER SPEAKS
ON TRAPIST MONKS
Mrs. Sara McNamer was guest
speaker at the luncheon ot the
boroptimist Club of Heppner on
Thursday, December 14. She gave
an interesting discourse on the
Trapist Monks, a religious order
for men first formed in and later
established in the south in this
country. It grew from 35 to a
membership of 600 and has a re
treat in Georgia.
Peggy Wightman made a briei
talk on the TB seals, urging each
woman present to buy and use
these familiar little seals tnat
make their appearance every
year at this time.
The luncheon scneauiea iui
this noon was deferred and in its
stead the organization will hold
its Christmas party this evening
at the home of Miss Leta Hum
phreys. The baskets will be
nacked, which is a cusiom oi
club, to be given to those who
are in need of rememDrance di
this season of the year .
On December 28 Miss Humpn
..,c havp a storv on Christ
mas customs in other lands. This
program will present the picture
f timps when the world accepted
neace on earth good will towards
men as a matter of course
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Mr and Mrs. W. U. uix win
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have several guests for the week.
ThPir riauehter and grand
daughter, Virginia and JoJean
Dix are coming from Seattle for
tv,Q hnliHavs From Portland. Mrs.
Lena White, Miss Mary White
anH Tnrrv Cheek, and from Pen
dleton, Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Moon.
Miss Anne McNamee is coming
from Seattle to spend the holi
days with her mother, Mrs. Anna
McNamee, and omer reiauveo.
College folk are beginning to
arrive home for the holiday sea
mn rrald Bercstrom got in
Sundav from Corvallis; Miss Lor
ene Mitchell and Morgan Connor
arrived Wednesday from the
same place; Tom Hughes is due
Saturday from Linfield college at
McMinnville, and uariene wise,
who is taking nurses training in
Spokane, came home Tuesday.
Others are due as the week wears
on.
Crash On Highway
Wrecks Cars, Puts
Folks in Hospital
Warren, Pettyjohn
Autos Clash Head
On in Thick Fog
Election of one-half of the
board of directors for the ensu
ing two years was the order of
business at the weekly luncheon
of the Heppner chamber of com
merce Monday noon. The list of
names submitted by the nomin
ating committee the week be
fore received no additions from
the floor. The ballots were passed
out and the result of the voting
showed that J. G. Barratt, Merle
Becket, P. W. Mahoney, Dr. R. J.
O'Shea and Loyal R. Parker were
elected.
President Tetz called a meeting
of the new board for the near fu
ture to choose the officers for the
ensuing year.
Sally Palmer, representing the
school, spoke for a few minutes
on the origin, purpose and ac
complishments of the tuberculo
sis seals, the sale of which is
now underway throughout the
nation, and even in some foreign
about 40 years ago and has been
countries. The plan originated
the means of providing funds for
many services in the battle ag
ainst tuberculosis. Only five
cents out of each dollar goes to
national headquarters. The re
maining 95 cents remains with
in the state to help promote the
constant fight with the dread
disease. One outstanding service
is the free x-ray mobile unit. The
fact that 50,000 people in the
United btates died from the dis
ease in 1947 should be sufficient
reason for everyone to buy the
seals, Miss Palmer concluded.
P. W. Mahoney reported that
the hospital had 22 patients over
the week-end.
Nels Anderson made a brief
report on the wheat league meet
ing at The Dalles, stating that
fewer people attended the annu
al banquet than was the case in
Heppner in 1949.
President Henry Tetz and oth
ers commented on the civil de
fense meeting held in lone one
evening last week. It was well
attended by Boardman, Irrigon,
meeting will be held at lone on
lone and Heppnr people. Another
January 9, 1951.
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Vesper Service By
Combined Groups
Meets With Favor
An audience that taxed the ca
pacity of the Methodist church
auditorium Sunday afternoon
greeted the combined Womans
Chorus and Harmony club ves
per service. Nothing but praise
has been heard for the program
which included the following
numbers:
Prelude, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
Boyer.
O Come All Ye Faithful, Con
gregation.
Scripture, Christmas story from
Luke.
Prayer.
Solo, "He Shall Feed His
Flock," Mrs. Lucy Peterson.
O Little Town of Bethlehem.
Beautiful Savior, Christmas Sons:
Womans Chorus.
Solo, Ave Maria, Gounod, Oli
ver Creswick.
Good King Wenceslas. We
Three Kings of Orient Are, Silent
Night, Harmony club.
Birthday of the King, Joy to
the World, congregation.
benediction.
Alfred Boyer directs the Wom
ans Chorus and Oliver Creswick
the Harmony club. Mrs. Alfred
Boyer was accompanist.
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Mr. and Mrs. John Pfeiffer Jr.
will have as their guests for the
Christmas holidays Mr. Pfeiffer's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Pfei
ffer Sr. of Seattle.
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Roger W. Babson
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