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SECTION TWO Heppner, Oregon, Thursday June 18, 1953 The Masonic painted inside. hall is being Shower Honors Mrs. Holtz In lone Tuesday By Evho Palmctteer A stork shower was given in honor of Mrs. Elmer Holtz at the Community Church basement on Tuesday June 9. She received many lovely gifts. A program was given which consisted of songs, Rock a Bye Baby and The Doggie in the Window by Mar jorie and Terry O'Connor, Kath leen Martin, Cheryle Lundell and Susan I.indKtmm TVin, irara o cnmpanied by Mrs. Kenneth iSa urd y- Smouse on the violin and Mrs. Mrs- Jalmer Koskl and daugh Cleo Drake on the piano. Tea, 'tPr' Millie Jane, of Vashon, Wash., coffee and cake were served from and Mrs' Ted Ha" of Sou,n Bpnd' a table decorated with spring Wash., are visiting nere. mey visited Laxton McMurray and Mr. and Mrs. Elmo McMillan; and in Mrs. Winnefred Zinter and son,Milwaukie they stopped at the William, and grand daughter, Lois Messenger, were recent visi tors in Spokane. Members of the Birthday club met at the home of Mrs. Elsie Peterson . in Lexington Friday June 12. Mrs. Sam Esteb and Mrs. Wavne White were the honorees. Games were played and refreshments of ice cream cake and coffee were served. Mrs. Harry Yarnell received the door prize. Mrs. Peterson and Mrs. Lewis ball were the hostesses. Mr. and Mrs. T. N. White, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne White and Mrs. Imogene Mooney attended the Pioneer Picnic at Bickleton, Wash. flowers. Mrs. Walter Jepsen and are nfcps f Mrs. frank tngle Mrs. Clarence Holt? nnnmH Tho'man, Mrs. Arilla Swanson and hostesses were:: Mrs. Roy Lind- strom, Mrs. Raymond Lundell, Mrs. Berl Akers, Mrs. Wallace Matthews, Mrs. Lewis Halvorsen, Mrs. Lloyd Rice, Mrs. Charles O'Connor, Mrs. Merle Baker, Mrs. Noel Dobyns and Mrs. James Barrett. Mrs. Edith Nichoson, and G. A. Petteys. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Rietmann met them at Pasco Wednesday of last week. Miss Alice Nichoson of Portland spent the weekend with her mother, Mrs. Edith Nichoson. ihome of her brother and family Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lundell. At Gold Hill, Calif., the children enjoyed panning gold. Mr. and Mrs. Charles O'Con nor and daughters left Tuesday of last week for Portland where Mr. O'Connor attended the Masonic convention. Mrs. Roy Lindstrom and child ren visited relatives and took in the Rose Festival in Portland last week. Mr. Lindstrom drove down after them the last of the week. Dates to remember: June 19 H. E. C. of Willows grange. June 20 Grange meeting at 8 p. m. June 20 Dance at the Legion hafl. June 21 Strawberry feed at the Masonic hall. All Masons and their families and members of the Easten Star and their families, are invited at 5 p. m. June 26 Three Links club meeting. Those from here attending the 4-H sunmer school at Corvallis this week are Sue Coleman, Billy Seehafer, Jean Ann Swanson, Grace McCabe, Jerald Rea, Dick Ekstrom, Alvin McCabe and Wayne Ball. . Mr. and Mrs. Omar Rietmann, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pettyjohn The Maranatha club met at the; returned home last week from a Community Church basement on trip south. They visited at Reno, Wednesday afternoon. After the Lake Tahoe, Yosemite Park, Los Mrs. James Lindsay and Mrs. business meeting cake and coffee I Angeles and TiaJuana, Mexico. Sam McMillan attended the were served. It was a no hostess On their way home they stopped grand chapter of the Eastern Star attair. 'at San Francisco. In balem tney jn Portland this week. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Ray re turned home last week from Lyle and Husum, Wash., where they visited relatives. They also made a trip on to Mt. Hood highway and went to Timber Line lodge. Janet Howton and Virginia Jepsen attended the Girl's State at Salem the past week. The girls were elected to go by the American Legron auxiliary. Those attending the 411 Fat Stock show in The Dalles last week were Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Baker and family, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert" Ekstrom and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Blettell and son, Bill Brannon, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Howton and family. Those entering stock and receiving prizes were Dick Ekstrom entered two calves arid received 1st on one and a high 2nd on the other; DON'T FORGET TO REMEMBER DAD ON SUNDAY, JUNE 21 Wil son's Men's The Store of Personal Wear Service on a sheep, and 2nd on a calf; Mardene Baker got 1st on her two lambs; Janet Howton got 2nd on her calf and John Howton 2nd on his calf. Duane Baker, Dick Ekstrom and Jerald Rea received first on judging; Bill Brannon and Duane Baker competed in champion hog and beef showmen. Duane Baker got 1st on his two calves. Around 113 men and boys regis tered at the Father-Son banquet at the grange hall Sunday even ing. The food was served by the iadies of the H. E. C. of the grange and young girls dressed in West ern garb waited on the tables which were decorated in the Western theme. The program, with Gene Rietmann as master of ceremonies, consisted of the in vocation by Rev. A. Shirley, Wel come to fathers by Gene Riet mann, response by Omar Riet mann, a reading, The Job of Be ing a Dad, by Berl Akers, a talk on fathers and sons by Rev. A. Shirley, a reading, When Father Was a Boy, by Wayne Ball, two accordion solos by Malcolm Mc Kinney, musical numbers by Dennis Swanson, Larry Rietmann and Gene Rietmann, and a skit by high school students. Harold Dobyns showed movies of his boat trips on the Salmon River in Idaho, on the Owyhee and John Day in Oregon, of t he Pendleton Round Up and coyote hunting and trapping in Morrow county and the Jordan valley. Fathers receiving prizes were, fathers with birthday nearest to June 21, Donald Heliker, son having birthday nearest June 21, John Barstow; father with sons with most difference in age of oldest and youngest, Lewis Ball; youngest son Johnny McCabe; father with the most grandsons, E. R. Lundell. Mrs. Jerry Bolman drove up from San Jose, Calif. Sunday and is visiting at the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Heliker. Mr. Bolman flew to Chicago and is attending the American News paper Publishers Association con vention in Milwaukee, Wis., and will visit publishing companies in Duluth and St. Paul before coming to lone next week. He is in the publishing business in San Jose. Mrs. W. G. Seehafer and daugl are visiting here this Wash., week. Keith Roundy returned to their home at Scio with Louis Buschke Saturday. Mrs, Walter Swanson and daughter, Mrs. Robert Atkinson of Walla Walla spent the weekend here with relatives. Mrs. Etta Bristow returned home with them. Mrs. Bristow and Mrs. Swanson are sisters. College students home on vaca tion are: University of Oregon, Helmuth Hermann; Oregon State college, John Bristow and Elise , hie ' , R.llinrtlfinnrl- V Ci f F Rnht Ann home in Kennewick, Wash., last Klotmann: Washington State col week his uncle John Bryson. took pg0, Ronald Bakpr; Padfic Lutn. him home. eran C00R0: Gerald Peterson. Barbara and Shirley Peck who, Mr. and Mrs. Wate Crawford, have been visiting at the home of j Earl Morgan and Oscar Peterson their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. I returned from Medford Saturday Ed Buschke at Morgan, returned! where they attended the State Grange convention. They reported a very successful convention. Roy and Arthur, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Lindstrom return ed home Monday from Portland where they took in the Rose Festival. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gorger of Pendleton went to Chicago to at tend the wedding of his niece, Miss Charlotte Ramsey, Saturday June 13. Mr. Gorger gave his niece away in marriage. Little Trudy Ritchie of Hermis ton spent the weekend with her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Lindstrom. The Merle Bakers' are having two bedrooms built on their house on main street. (Continued on Page Four) Bill Brannon got 1st on a hog, 1st ters and John Tye of Bickleton, with a p n'1 vJf Csspifd f' 1 yr i s J See the luxurious, color-blended interior . . . the seating width of over 5 feet front and rear ... the immense panoramic view from inside. See all i fenders from the driver's sejt and note the racy, llluitroladi Atro-Falcon rakish lines of this Aero Willys . . . rated above all other cars as the safest car , . . the best handling car (by Motor Trend Magazine) and next to Cadillac as "the car of the year". See it and drive it today. Farley Motor Company 1 '"!' JB"P5W Special Notice to County Wheat Growers i - - 4 -. I " " I St . I .S ' - cBaffl25? General Electric Research Laboratory Weather Scientist WILL SPEAK AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF Dr. Schaeffer is shown here making snow in a home freezer in the General Electric laboratory. This was one of the major experiments which proved that weather modification was feasible. Dr. Schaefer, the man who discovered the method for producing snow and rain for the General Electric Company, and who'is recog nized as outstanding for his contributions to the science of meteorology, will be one of the main speakers at the annual meeting June 30. The General Electric company is in no way Tri-County Weather Research Inc. Tues., June 30-Igo Grange Hall, Condon connected with any weather development com pany but is doing continuing work on weather research, which places Dr. Schaefer as one of the best informed men in America in this field. In addition Dr. Fred Decker of the OSC phy sics department will report on precipitation and and the techniques which will be used this year in preparing a final report on evaluation studies. This meeting is of vital importance to all ranchers and all are urged to attend and to take part. Directors will be elected, and there will be NO SOLICITATION at this meeting which will start at 10:00 a. m. at the Igo Grange hall, 5 miles west of Condon. Morrow Co. Weather Research A MEMBER OF TRI-COUNTY WEATHER RESEARCH, INC. IE
