Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, December 23, 1954
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GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED
SUNDAY BY FRANK E. PARKERS
Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Parker
celebrated their fiftieth wedding
anniversary Sunday December 19
with a family dinner and a re
ception. They were married December
21, 1904 in Lexington at the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
James Cypert. Mrs, A. C. Mitchell,
Mrs. Parker's sister was attendant
at the wedding.
Present at the dinner, held at
the Parker home were their
daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Nelson and their three
daughters, Georgia, Wanda and
Corlan of Portland; a son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Onez Parker and children, David
and Julie of Everett, Washington;
Mrs. Parker's two sisters and their
husbands, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Mit
chell of Tacoma, Washington, Mr.
and Mrs. M. R. Loney of Walla
Walla and a sister Mrs. Mary
Davis of Los Angales; Mr. Par
ker's sister and brother-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. James Harris and
son, Judge William Wells and
Mrs.Wells and two children, Mrs.
Schmaling, grandmother of Mrs.
Wells all of Pendleton; his bro
ther and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Loyal
Parker of Heppner; Mrs. Emily
Nelson of Portland; Mr. and Mrs.
William Parker of Prescott, Wash,
and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Parker
of Walla Walla, cousins of Mr.
Parker; Miss Dona Barnett and
Mrs. Trina Parker of Lexington.
Following the dinner the re
ception was held at the Christian
church where over 100 friends
called between the hours of two
and four thirty.
The table was centered with a
wedding cake in the . form of
a Greek cross and topped with a
bowl of white forget-me-nots.
Pink and white carnations were
also used on the table. Gold chry
santhemums were used on the
coffee table.
The cake was cut by Mrs. Mary
Davis, assisted by Mrs. W. W.
Wells. During the first hour Mrs.
A. C. Mitchell and Mrs. M. R.
Loney poured assisted by Miss
Dona Barnett and others during
the remainder of the afternoon.
Mrs. Loyal Parker had charge
of the guest book and Mrs. Clive
Huston and Mrs. C. N. Jones
supervised the kitchen and din
ing room.
Assisting with the gifts were
Mrs. Ben Anderson and Mrs. Jar
vis Chaffee.
During the reception Judge
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Dr. C. M. Wagner . Dr. Stanley Kirk
Dr. F. L. Gronemyer Dr. Janet Kirk
William Wells played several
violin selections, accompanied by
Mrs. Harry Nelson. Wanda and
Georgia Nelson, granddaughters
of the Parkers, sang two songs
and another song was sung by
three granddaughters, Wanda,
Georgia Nelson and Julie Parker.
Wanda Nelson gave a reading,
"The Night Before Chrostmas".
Mrs. Fred Hoskins, Jr. sang two
solos "Because" and "I Love You
Truly" accompanied by Mrs.
Harry Nelson.
Mrs. Parker wore an orchid for
the occasion.
Rebekahs-IOOF Hold
Christmas Party
After the regular meeting of
Sans Souci Rebekah lodge Friday
evening December 17, the Oddfel
lows joined the Rebekahs in a
social and Christmas party.
The Oddfellows showed a
Christmas film "The Guiding
Light" and gifts were exchanged.
Several birthdays of the last
three months were honored with
special birthday cakes and a
penny for each birthday year was
given to be donated for cheer for
shut-ins.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Parker
were escorted to a table where
they cut their wedding cake
honoring them on their golden
wedding anniversary. A gift was
presented to them from the two
lodges.
About 60 members were pre
sent and hostesses were Mrs. Ru
fus Piper and Mrs. Sara Mc
Namer. Hardman. Rebekahs
Elect New Officers
Mistletoe Rebekah lodge No. 25
of Hardman have elected their of
ficers for the coming year. They
are Mary Wright, noble grand;
Ida Lee Chapel, vice grand; Del
sie Chapel, secretary and Marie
Lesley, treasurer.
Mistletoe lodge meets the first
and third Tuesday afternoons of
each month at 2:00 p. m.
Members from Hardman at
tending the meeting for the 1955
United Nations Pilgrimage of
youth at Pendleton on Sunday,
Dec. 12 were, Marie Lesley, Mis
tletoe lodge; Huston Lesley,
Archie Bechdolt and Blaine Cha
pel of Lone Balm lodge no. 82.
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Coming Events4
Saturday Dec. 25 MERRY
CHRISTMAS )
Monday Dec. 27 Chamber of
commerce, noon at O'Don
nell's American L'e g i o n business 1
meeting
Tuesday Dec. 28 Degree of Honor
Bookworms
Thursday Dec. 30 Soroptimist.
noon at O'Donnell's
Friday Dec. 31 Elks New Year's
Eve dance
lone Masons and OES
Install New Officers
By Echo Palmateer
James Barnett was installed as
worshipful master of the lone
Masonic lodge Wednesday even
ing Dec. 15.
Other' new officers installed
were Robert DeSpain; senior war
den; Gene Rietmann, Junior war
den; Lewis Halvorsen, secretary";
Paul Pettjyohn, treasurer; Leo
Crabtree, senior deacon; Carl
Linn, junior deacon; Charles O.
Connor, chaplain; Omar Riet
mann,' senior steward; Herbert
Ekstrom, junior steward; Walter
Roberts, marshall; Sam Esteb,
tyler; Walter Dobyns was instal
ling officer and Walter Roberts
the installing marshall.
New officers installed in' the
Locust chapter of the Order of
the Eastern Star were Mrs. Car
melita Halvorsen, worthy matron;
Lewis Halvorsen, worthy patron;
Mrs. Thelma Smethurst, associ
ate Matron; William Smethurst
associate patron; Mrs. Elaine
Rietmann, secretary; Mrs. Esther
Dobyns, treasurer; Mrs. June O'
Connor, conductress; Mrs. Helen
Leyva, associate conductress;
Mrs. Amabel McMillan, chaplain;
Mrs. May Ekstrom, marshall;
Mrs. Gladys Drake, organist; Mrs.
Aloha DeSpain, Adah; Mrs. Helen
Proudfoot, Ruth; Mrs. Eulenna
Corley, Esther; Mis. Juanita Me
lina, Martha; Mrs. Mary Lindsay,
Electa; Mrs. Ida Esteb, warder
and Charles O'Connor, sentinal.
The installing officers were
Mrs. Marjorie Baker, installing
marshall; Mrs. Buelah Mankin,
installing chaplain Mrs. Lena
Lundell and installing organist
Mrs. Gladys Drake.
A turkey dinner was served
to about 100 before the meeting.
Mrs. Raymond French
Heads Altar Society
St. Patrick's Altar Scciety met
at the home of Mrs. E. E. Gonty
Monday evening.
Election of officers was held
and the new officers are Mrs.
Raymond French, president; Mrs.
Jack Heqly, vice president; Mrs.
Bill Gentry, treasurer; Miss Kay
McLaughlin, secretary.
The date for the card party was
set for January 17 in the Catholic
church basement.
Breakfast for the Holy Name
men will be served January 30
by ladies of the Altar Society. All
members of Holy Name are urged
to attend.
Co-hostesses for the meeting
were Mrs. Blanche Wise and Mrs.
Gertrude Applegate,
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Circles of WSCS Meet
At Homes Last Week
The Young Women's circle of
the W. S. C. S. of the Methodist
church met Wednesday evening
at the home of Mrs. Marion Hug-
gett, with Miss Donna Sebum as
sisting Mrs. Carl McDaniel had
charge of the program.
Suzanna circle met at the home
of Mrs. George Reed Wednesday
afternoon. Miss Opal Brfggs was
program chairman, Mrs. Lester
Doolittle was a guest.-
Refreshments were served at
the close of the evening.
Alpha circle met Wednesday
evening with Mrs. Walter Beckett.
Mrs. Newt O'Harra reviewed the
book "The Greatest Story Ever
Told" by Fulton Ousler. Mrs.
Walter Ruggles was program
chairman. Refreshments were
served to sixteen.
Carol Singing
s Club Program
With Mrs. C. C. Carmichael at
the piano, the Soroptimist club
sang traditional Christmas carols
at their meeting Thursday noon
at O'Donnell's.
Plans were completed for the
Christmas party which will be
held Monday evening at the E.
E. Gonty home.
Mrs. John Pfeiffer was a guest
of the club.
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HULU i IN J I ALLAN I IUIN LKtVlUIN I to
New officers were installed by
Heppner lodge No. 69, A. F. &
A. M. at a public installation
held jointly with the Eastern Star
and Roval Arch Masons on the
evening of December 11, follow
ing the annual turkey dinner. In
stalling officer Frank S. Parker,
with the assistance of Paul Jones,
installing marshall, and Rev.
Lester Boulden, honorary install
ing chaplain, installed the fol
lowing officers: Claude Graham,
W. M.; Oliver Creswick, S. W.;
Marion Hayden, J. W.j R. B. Rice,
treasurer; Harold Becket, secre
tary; Marcel Jones, S. D.; Roy
Quackenbush, J. D.; R. C. Wight
man, Chaplain; Eugene Hall, S.
S.; Howard Keithley, J. S.; Bert
Cork. Tyler; Paul Jones, marshall.
All are new officers except R. B.
Rice, who has been treasurer since
1947, and Harold Becket, who
served his first year as secretary
in 1951.
The out-going worshipful mas
ter, Sam McMillan, was presented
with a past master's jewel.
955 officers installed bv the
Royal Arch Masons of Heppner
chapter No. 26 are: Harold Becket,
high priest; Sam McMillan, king;
Stanley Robinson, scribe; Claude
Graham, captain of hosts; Les
Grant, principal sojourner; mas-
Boxes Packed At The
Soroptimist Party
The Soroptimist club held their
annual Christmas party at the
home of Mrs. E. E. Gonty Monday
evening.
The members took home-made
candy and cookies and packed
boxes to be sent to the Veterans
hospital at Walla Walla and to
Boys Town on the Columbia. They
also packed ten boxes, each con
taining everything needed for a
dinner, to be given to elderly men
who have no families.
Refreshments were served to
thirteen members at the close of
the evening.
Carnation Club Has
Christmas Party
The Carnation club of the De
gree of Honor met at the home of
Mrs. Theta Stratton Thursday,
Dec. 9.
It was the Christmas party and
revealing of secret pals.
New officers for the coming
year were nominated. The birth
day apron was opened and Ruth
Bergstrom won the apron as she
was the one guessing the near
est to the amount of money sewed
in it.
This money is to be used to
buy presents for the county pa
tients at the hospital.
Pemey's
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BARGAINS for EVERYBODY
-WOMEN'S BLOUSES
-WOMEN'S DRESSES
A BIG GROUP OF
Women's & Girls'
-BOY'S SNOW SUITS
--SHOES
-MEN'S SHIRTS
--BOYS' CORDS
-BOYS' CAPS
tor of the third veil, Oliver Cres
wick; Marion Hayden, sentinel.
Several appointive officers will be
installed at a later date. They are
Thoral Broadus, royal arch cap
tain; Lige Long, master of the
second veil, and Gene Rietmann
master of the first veil.
Eastern Star officers were an
nounced previously.
Holiday Party Held
By Hatfields Friday
Mr. and Mrs. Don Hatfield of
Lexington were hosts at a holiday
party for 2S guests last Friday,
evening.
Miss Etta Shepherd entertained
with dance numbers and acro
batics. The" remainder of the
evening wfft spent in singing
carols and other songs appropri
ate to the Christmas season.
At midnight a buffet supper
was served to the following
guests: Mr. and Mrs. La Verne
Van Marter, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Gammell, Mr. and Mrs. Alex
Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. James
Healy, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Dag
gett, Mr. and Mrs. James Farley,
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Van Winkle,
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Blake, Mr.
and Mrs. William Barratt, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Anderson, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Miller, Mr. and
Mrs. William Labhart, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry O'Dwnnell, Miss Etta
Shepherd, and Don Shockman of
Kennewick.
What's Trump Club
Holds Christmas Party
Mrs. Emile Groshens and Mrs.
W. O. George were hostesses for
the Christmas party of the
What's Trumps bridge club, at
the George home Wednesday
afternoon. (
The rooms were beautifully
decorated with Christmas greens
and red and green color scheme
was used throughout.
Those present were Mesdames
L. D. Tibbies, Tom Wilson, P. W.
Mahoney, Raymond Ferguson,
Leonard Schwarz, James Thom
son, Robert Penland, E. K Schaf
fitz, Earle Blake, Harold Cohn,
Gene Ferguson, Orville Smith,
and the' hostesses.
Mrs. Tibbies held high score,
Mrs. Cohn second, Mrs. Penland
third and Mrs. Smith low.
An exchange of gifts was held
at the close of the afternoon.
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Orwick are
announcing the engagement of
their daughter Kathleen Ann to
Warren Disque of Condon.
No wedding date has been set
as yet.
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Robert Ferrells Hold
Open House Saturday
The Robert Ferrells held open
house Saturday evening Decem
ber IS in celebration of the
Christmas season.
Friends who called during the
evening were Mr. and Mrs. Cliff
Dougherty, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Dick,
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. M. Smith, Mr.
and Mrs. Floyd Jones. Mr. and
Mrs. Jeff Carter, Mr. and Mrs.
Vic Groshens, Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Spaulding, Mr. and Mrs. Roice
Fulleton, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bed
ford, Mr. and Mrs. John Hart man,
Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Fancher,
Mr. and Mrs. Kemp Dick, Mr. and
Mrs. James Driscoll, Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Green, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Marshall and Mr. and Mrs. Jodie
Morrison of lone.
Judy and Nancy Ferrell had as
their guests Diana, Ruby Ann and
Becky Jo Fulleton, Linda Smith
and Nancy and Carol Marshall.
Three Honored With
Party At Hardman -
On the afternoon of Tuesday
December 14, Mrs. Victor Lovgren,
Mrs. Harold Wright, Miss Ida Lee
Chapel and Mrs. Blaine Chapel
were hostesses for a birthday
party at Hardman I. O. O. F. hall
honoring Mrs. Kinnard McDaniel,
Mrs. Kenneth Batty and Mrs.
Claude white.
The hall was decorated with
a Christas tree and holly. The
afternoon was spent playing
games.
Refreshments were served at
the close of the afternoon to
Mesdames Walter Wright, Tho
mas Fraters, Les Robinson, Har
old Stevens, Pearl Steers, Claud
Buschke, Huston Lesley, James
Hams, Edgar Albert, Evalyn Far
reus, Miss Alta Stevens, the
guests of honor and the hostes
ses. Wagon Wheel Scene
Of Christmas Party
Hosts at a Christmas party
Tuesday night at The Wagon
Wheel were Mr. and Mrs. Harry
O'Donnell, Jr.
Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Webb, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Wy
man, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Palmateer,
Tom Healy, Mrs. La Verne Van
Marter, Mr., and Mrs. Alex
Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. B. D.
Fancher, Mr. and Mrs. Don Hat
field, Mr. and Mrs. William Healy,
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Healy, Mr. and
Mrs. Pat O'Brien, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Gammell, Mr. and Mrs.
Malcolm O'Brien, Mr. and Mrs.
William Labhart and Mr. and
Mrs. Jerry Daggett.
The group joined in the singing
of Christmas carols accompanied
by Mrs. Robert Gammell at the
piano.
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