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Page 7 Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, May 29, 1952 on Auxiliary one ales 23 ! By Echo Palmateer AV. E. Wilkins, La Grande, ment president, American I Auxiliary and Mrs. Ver ennedy, Pendleton, presi f District 6, were official at the Auxiliary meeting ly evening of last week, were three past presidents trict 6 present. They were j Frank Zimmerdahl, of t, Mrs. M. J. Pinney of Pen i and Mrs. Cecil Thorne of Initiation was held for 23 ers with Mrs. Kennedy as stalling officer Mrs Wil lave a talk on the work of Ixiliary. Refreshments were ! to over 50 persons. ! Robert DeSpain, Unit ent, presented Mrs. Wilkins rs. Kennedy with gifts frorn, lit The hostesses were Mrs. ! Rietmann, Mrs. Gordon I Mrs. Walter Corley and DeSpain. A program was ;by the junior members? a y Ann Baker and Lona a song by Virginia Griffin, song by all the juniors, he Legion meeting May 20 were made for a Memorial tgram at the athletic field. 'Tooth Rock' Cavity Cures Highway Headache c X ' WV LIVE ON YOUR SAVINGS NEXT YEAR? ,1 I I ra ll K .VI' If hail rips through your field before will your bank account (port the family? Call or write ' details on AIL INSURANCE irner-Van Marter And Company Phone 152 When man was just a boy. the basaltic fang since known as "Tooth Rock" stood poised on the edge of the cliff near where Bonneville now stands. One day the earth twitched her shoulder and the future Tooth turned a somersault to land bottom-down by the edge of the Columbia far below. When the pioneering engineers of the Highway Department bumped against Tooth Rock on their way up the river, it gave them an engineering headache which they cured by gouging a roadway out of the enamel of the Tooth. That road (shown just above the present highway tunnel) was scenic, but narrow and high up and not at all straight; all out of kilter with modern traffio conditions! So, in 1936 the Federal Forest Serv ice got the chore of straightening things out. which it did by boring a cavity (left center) 21 feet high, 26 feet wide and 406 feet long beneath the old road and right through the middle of the Tooth. It was a $237,500 dental job with an automatic electric lighting plant which starts Itself up at dark, illuminates the 400 foot cavity, then quits and turns off the juice when daylight comes. The new way may be short on high, twisting scenery but it gets you from here to there on time and all in one piece. Plans were also discussed for a celebration here the Fourth of July. Mrs. John Proudfoot and Mrs. Earl McKinney entertained the Arnica club at the Proudfoot home Wednesday of last week. Mrs. Roy Lindstrom told of their trip through the south and east this spring. The club planned a picnic at Lehman Springs June 22nd. A surprise picnic dinner was given in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Russell DeBondt in the school gym Wednesday evening May 21. Around 150 people were served. The remainder of the evening was spent in dancing and games. Mr. DeBondt, instructor and coach in the high school will rejoin the Marines in June. Mr. and Mrs. DeBondt were presented with a money tree which contained $52. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Hyde were Walla Walla visitors last week. Ted Crosby of Spokane was a visitor at the Ralph Crum home one day last week. He is a brother of the motion picture actors, Bing and Bob Crosby; and is interested in the rain making program. Charles Dezell of Spokane died May 19. He was a brother-in-law of Mrs. Bert Mason and is sur vived by his wife Hester and a daughter and a son. Mrs. Mason was visiting at the Sam McMil lan home and was taken to Spo kane by Mrs. McMillan and Mrs. Herbert Ekstrom Tuesday of last week. Mr. and Mrs .Bruce Myers of Husum, Wash., are the parents of a daughter, Candice Lee. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Ray are the greatgrand parents. The Rays visited rela tives in Lyle, Wash., last week. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Crum and family visited relatives in The Dalles recently. The parents and friends of the senior class entertained them at a dinner at the grange hall Mon day evening May 19. The H. E. C. served the food and girls waited on the tables. Mr. and Mrs. Russell DeBondt were also guests. Mr. DeBondt is their sponsor and was given a gift from the class. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Lundell and Mrs. Mary Swanson " returned home from Salem Friday of last week. They attended the I. O. O. F. and Rcbekah Grand Lodge there and reported a very enjoy able time. Mrs. Adon Hamlett and daugh ter returned home from Salem Friday evening. Mr. Hamlett met them in Portland. Mr. and Mis. Russell Cox of Pasco, Wash., were week end guests at the John Eubanks home. Mrs. Cox is an aunt of Mrs. Eubanks and Lloyd Morgan and a sister of Earl Morgan. Mrs. Frederick Martin present ed her piano pupils in a recital at her home Saturday afternoon, On the program Alecia Jean Swales, Jean Martin, Melvin Mar tin, Kay Sherer, Julianna Riet mann and Bonnie Crum. Duets were played by Alicia Swales and Jean Martin; Alice Swales and Kay Sherer, Jean Martin and Kay Sherer and Bonnie Crum and Juli ana Rietmann. Pinochle and bridge were played at the social meeting of the Topic club Saturday after noon at the Masonic hall. Those winning prizes were: in pinochle, high, Mrs. Fannie Griffith, and second high, Mrs. Victor Riet mann. In bridge, high Mrs. Echo Palmateer and second high Mrs. Dixon Smith. A dessert luncheon was served by the hostesses, Mrs. E. R. Lundell, Mrs. Sam McMillan and Mrs. Harlan McCurdy. The study meeting will be held June 13 at the Dixon Smith home and the roll call will be a book shower for the lone Public Library. Dates To Remember: May 30 Memorial Day pro gram by the American Legion at the Memorial field at 11 a. m. and a ball game in the afternoon. June 3 Legion and Auxiliary meeting. June 4 Eastern Star Social Club. June 11 Maranatha Club meeting. June 13 Study meeting of the Topic Club at the Dixon Smith home. June 14 Father-Son banquet at Grange hall in the evening. June 16 Annual school meet ing at 2 p. m. Mr. and Mrs. Verner Troedson and John Troedson were Portland visitors last week. Mrs. Georgia Brewster, Mrs. Troedson's mother, returned home with them. The storm here last week did some damage. A window was broken at the school house and a large tree was broken ot the Delmar Crawford home damaging the roof and broke a 'window in the Walter Dobyns home. A hard rain fell for a few minutes. Guests Friday of last week at the Carl Linn home were Mr. and Mrs. DaV " Head and ry The DallesX ContinuV I'1 i 1 i n ni A jiTW' ""fiiijgS f-W ..m.,)iu.,i..J CZ C pL I l.'vF lip Altar Society CARD PARTY MONDAY, JUNE 2 Refreshments Prizes 8:00 p.m. Adm. 75c Catholic Church Basement VENIPLEX The Translucent Venetian Blind HALF THE WEIGHT OF METAL BLINDS . Half the weight of metal .. . . so easy to raise a child can lif 1 the biggest blind. You'll love VENI PLEX lightness, its smooth-oh-so-easy to clean surfaces, the fact that VENI-PLEX never needs reiinishing because there Is no paint to chip, flake or fade. See VENI-PLEX today. Once you do, youU never be satisfied with commonplace Venetian blinds. 9 TRANSLUCENT COLORS Case Furniture Co. in 2 A Notice of Major Importance to Morrow County Wheat Growers A proposea1 new joint contract with adjacent weather research groups is being considered by directors of the Tri-County Weather Research which if accepted will mean decided savings to members of this area. Two contractors have each submit ted bids of approximately $70,000 Flat Fee to provide 12-month weather experimentation under a jpint con tract with Tri-County, Blue Mountain, Horse Heaven and Big Bend groups for 1952-53. The 195 1-52 cost to-the Tri County for 1 0 months service was $50, 000. By combined contract the four areas can save $100,000 over present separate contracts. Tri-County's pro portionate share (according to area) of the cost under the proposed new joint contract would be $25,000, or half the present contract cost. NEW COLLECTION SYSTEM Directors of the Morrow County Weather Research propose the follow ing new plan to raise its share of neces sary funds to fulfill such a contract for continued weather reseacch: e The proposed method to be on the basis of Vicent per bushel of the 1 952 wheat crop. Morrow County members and inter ested ranchers are urged to attend the Annual Meeting of the Tri-County Weather Research to be held at Igo Grange Kali, 4 miles west of Condon, Thursday, June 5 starting at 10 a. m. This meeting will determine the pro gram for the coming year-It is import ant that you be present to make your wishes known. Wheat Growers wishing more com plete information on the new propos als are urged to contact Ralph Crum, Harry Duvall or D. 0. Nelson, Directors or Bradley Fancher, Secretary-Treasurer Morrow Co. Weather Research A MEMBER OF TRI-COUNTY WEATHER RESEARCH, INC. 1Z
