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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, January 13, 1955
Rebekah Officers Installed at lone Thursday
By Echo Palmoteer
The following officers in
Bunchgrass Rebekah lodge were
installed Thursday evening Jan
6. Mrs. Mabel Ring, noble grand;
Mrs. Mabel Crawford, vice grand;
Mrs. Edith Matthews, secretary;
Mrs. Mary Swans(Jn, treasurer
Mrs. Helen Pettyjohn, warden;
Mrs. Catherine Thome, conductor;
Mrs. Slamc Rielmann, chaplain;
Mrs. Lena Lundell, R ,S. N. G
Mrs. Arvilla Swanson, L. S. N. G.;
Mrs. Vida Heliker, R. S. V. G.
Mrs. Ida Esteb. L. S. V. C; Mrs.
Echo Palmateer, inside guardian;
Mrs. Ida Coleman, outside guar
dian; Mrs. Gladys Drake, musi
cian. The installing officers were
Mrs. Vida Heliker, district deputy
president; Mrs. Helen Pettyjohn,
deputy marshal; Mrs. Margaret
Morgan, deputy warden; Mrs.
Lucile Rietmann, deputy secre
tary; Mrs. Eva Swanson, deputy
treasurer; George Ely, deputy in
side guardian and Mrs. Marevene
White, deputy chaplain. Mrs.
Lundell was elected trustee for
three years. t
At the business meeting it was
voted to give $5 to the polio fund.
Refreshments were served after
ward by Mrs. David Rietmann,
Mrs. Arvilla Swanson, Mrs. Paul
Pettyjohn, Mrs. E. R. Lundell and
Mrs. Milton Morgan.
A pink and blue shower was
given in honor of Mrs. Ernest
McCabe in the parlors of the
Community church Thursday
evening Jan. 0. The hostesses
were Mrs. Walter Corley, Mrs.
Merle Baker, Mrs. Pele Cannon,
Mrs. Robert De Spain and Mrs.
James Bamett.
Dates to remember:
Jan. 14 Study meeting of the
Topic club at the homo of Mrs.
Mary Swanson at 2:13 p. m.
Jan. l(i Willows Grange meet
ing in the afternoon. Pot luck din
ner at noon. AH grange members
welcome.
Jan. 16 Church business meet
ing after church at Community
church,
Jan. 18 Auxiliary social meet
ing at the home of Mrs. Echo Pal
mateer at 8 p. in.
Jan. 19 Arnica dui meeting
at the home of Mrs. Roy Lind-
stram in the afternoon.
Jan. 21 II. E. C. of Willows
grange at the home of Mrs. O. L.
Lundel with potluck dinner at
noon.
Willows Grange will hold their
monthly meetings on Sunday af
ternoons for the next three
months beginning Jan. 16.
The 12th Night ceremony was
well attended here Thursday
evening Jan. 6 which was held
on the Omar Rietmann vacant lot
on Main street at 5 p. m. A large
pile of Christmas trees was light
ed; Rev. Alfred Shirley told of the
original 12th Night which was to
commemorate the arrival of the
three wisemen, the Magi, at the
birthplace of the Christ Child, 12
days after His birth. It is, also
a safe way of disposing of Christ
mas trees. High school girls
sang Christmas carols ed by Don
aid Springer. Also following the
old tradition, little cakes were
passed to those present. This
12th Night ceremony is sponsored
by the Garden club, this is their
annual affair and they hope to
nave one each year. Mrs. Omar
Rietmann was chairman of the
program. Over 50 attended the
ceremony.
jvoei uooyns was tne new
councilman sworn in at the
council meeting Tuesday even
ing Jan. 4. Re elected officers
aking the oath were; Omar
liietman, mayor; Mrs. Doris Gol
lyliom, recorder; Mrs. Echo Pal
mateer, treasurer; Paul Pettyjohn
and Charles O Connor, counci
men. A city franchise was grant
ed the lone City TV Cooperative
to pipe television in the city.
Garland Swanson, president of
the organization, was present at
the meeting.
Over an. inch of snow fell here
Sunday night.
Die Eastern Star Social club
met at the home of Mrs. E. M
Uaker Wednesday Jan. 5 After
the business meeting refresh
ments were served by Mrs. Baker
and Mrs. Lewis Halvorsen.
Dick Ekstrom returned home
from Portland on the train Fri
day of last week. He recently
underwent an operation on his
knee. He is back in school this
St Patrick's Catholic Church
CARD PARTY
MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 8 P.M.
Catholic Church Basement
week.
Funeral services were held for
Oscar N. Ruggles, Wednesday,
Jan. 5 in Grass Valley and inter
ment in Moro. Mr. Ruggles died
Sunday' Jan. 2 in Portland. He
lived in Sherman county all his
life and was a stock rancher. He
is survived by his wife, Allic
Ruggles of Grass Valley, a son,
Oiville Ruggles and a daughter
Mrs. Charlotte Barnet, both of
Grass Valley, and a daughter,
Mrs. Zela McKinney of lone; two
brothers. Walter Rugges of Lex
ington and Starr Ruggles of Stay-
ton, three sisters, Mrs. Lu Brown
of Porterville, Calif., Mrs. Eva
Landry of Portland and Mrs. Lois
Olds of Yuba, Calif.
Mrs. Ruggles is visiting her
daughter and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Earl McKinney.
Miss Beverly Bradshaw, Home
Demonstration Agent, gave a very
interesting talk on Law and Busi
ness in the Home at the Exten
sion Unit meeting at the Com
munity church parlor Thursday
Jan. 6 There were 12 members
present. Mrs. Oscar Peterson ser
ved refreshments after the meet
ng.
John Jepsen showed pictures at
the Delmer Crawford home Sun
day evening that were taken
while he was in the army in Ger
many, Austria ana Denmark
Others present to see the pictures
were Mr. and Mrs. Roger Kincaid
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Holtz and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Jimmy Pettyjohn and children,
Mr .and Mrs. Pete Cannon and
son and Miss Ruby Ann Rietmann
and Miss Anna Jepsen.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gaarsland
an dchildren, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Corley and daughter and Ernest
Heliker spent Sunday at the W.
G. Seehafer home near Bickleton,
Wash. Mr. Heliker remained
there for a longer visit.
Over sixty five members at
tended Pomona grange at the
Willows Grange hall Saturday
Jan. 8. A business meeting was
held in the morning and in the
afternoon. The following pro
gram was given in the afternoon:
group singing led by Mrs. Karl
Miller accompanied by Mrs.
Thorp; a movie, The American
Cowboy was shown by Nels An
derson, county agent; a song by
Mr. Babbs of Rhea Creek grange;
a song, Winter Wonderland by
Mrs. Norman Nelson and Mrs.
Vernon Munkers, accompanied by
Mrs. Miller of Lexington grange;
readings by Mrs. Briggs of Green
field grange and folk dancing by
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hausler of Wil
lows grange. A turkey dinner
was served at noon by members
of the H. E. C. of Willows grange
nd lunch was served in the
evening. j
Mrs. Ernest Heliker gave a
I birthday party in honor of Mrs.
j Lana PadbPrg in the afternoon of
; Jan. 4 at her home. Mrs. Monetta
'Aldrich and Mrs. Jessie Griffith
i assisted. Others present were
Mrs. Dale Ray, Mis. Sam Esteb
and Mrs. Harry Yamell.
Mrs. Robert Jepsen entertained
the members of the American Le
gion Auxiliary at her home Tues-
day, Jan. 4 with Mrs. David Mc
Leod and Mrs. Earl McCabe as
co-hostesses. A food sale and
entertaining the inter-unit coun
cil was discussed at the meeting
There were 14 members present,
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Palmateer
gave a party at their home Sat
urday evening in honor of Pete
Pannon whose birthday was that
day. Others present were Mrs.
Cannon, Mr. and Mrs. Delmer
Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Corley, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Mc
Cabe and Mr. and Mrs. Robert
DeSpain.
lone City TV Cooperative is the
name of the new organization
recently formed. The officers and
Gunnar Skoubo
Wins Fish Derby
At Boardrnan
directors met Wednesday Jan. 5
and set up by-laws and worked
out details of the organization.
The officers are Garland Swan
son, president: Victor Rietmann,
vice" president; Merle Baker, sec
retary; Noel Dobyns, Roy Lind
strom, Delbert Emert and Alton
Yamell are the directors.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Baker are
on a trip to South America. They
left San Francisco Friday of last
week on the S. S. Tradewinds
and will go to Mexico, through
the Panama Canel to South
America and then to Havana,
Cuba. They plan to return some
time in February.
The members of the Public Li
brary gave the library a general
clean-up Friday of last week,
after which they were served a
potluck lunch at the Fannie Grif
fith home.
Mrs. Winnie Zinter and son
William, returned home last week
from a trip to California where
they visited at Willets, San Fran
cisco, Oakland, Berkeley and
Santa Rosa. They came up the
coast highway and in Oregon
visited the Waddell family at Bay
City. Mrs. Willard Waddell is
making her home with the Wad
dells while her husband is sta
tioned in the navy at Long Beach,
Calif. The Zinters also visited
the I. R. Robinsons in Portland.
Bernice Matthews, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Matthews
was a patient in the hospital in
Heppner the first of the week.
Books added to the Public Li
brary are The D. A. Cooks a
Goose, Gardner; Hesitant Host
ess, Gardner; The Frightened
Wife, Rinehart; Before the Sun
Goes Down, Howard; Storm Ha
ven, Richardson; The Keepsake,
Ritner; Dolly Madison, Mayer;
Troubled Borders, Allen; Unto A
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Gunner Skoubo took top honors
in the steelhead derby for the
month of December by winning
both first and second place. His
fiuh weighed 18 lbs. 7 ounces
and 16 lbs. 11 ounces. Bud Pha
neuf was third with 14 lbs. 14
ounces. The derby is sponsored
by the Commercial club.
The March of Dimes campaign
is under way here with all the
envelopes having been mailed
out. Everyone is asked to have
them al returned by Jan. 31.
The first snow of the season
arrived on Tuesday afternoon of
last week, but did not stay long.
Less than half an inch remained
on the ground Wednesday. Snow
fluries Saturday and Sunday
brought between two and three
inches more, but some of this
melted also. The maximum tem
perature Monday was 38 above.
Minimum Tuesday morning was
28.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Downey arc
the parents of a son born Jan. 3
at Good Shepherd hospital in
Hermiston. He has been named
Wayne. Grandparents are Mr
and Mrs. Earl Downey, Oakland,
Calif, and Mrs. Louie Earwood,
Boardrnan. Great grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. Herman Steinke,
Arlington. The baby weighed
eight pounds and one ounce.
This is their second child.
Sgt. and Mrs. Thurman John
son are the parents of a son born
Jan. 4 at the military hospital in
Hanford, Wash. He has been
named Dale Thurman. Grandpar
ents are Mrs. Mildred Johnson,
Portsmouth, N. H., and Mr. and
Mrs. Ned L. Reynolds, London
derry, N. H.; Great grandparent
is Mrs. Ernest L. Reynolds, Derry,
N. H. The baby weighed six
pounds, three ounces. They have
one other child, Dianna.
. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Tatone left
last Friday for a two week vaca
tion trip to California and Mex
ico. Their two children will stay
at the home of Mrs. Tatone's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Wicklander, in Portland.
Word was received here last'
week of the death of Charles H.
Atteberry, Tacoma, Wash., son of
Mrs. Olive Atteberry. The fune
ral was in Tacoma Friday, Jan. 7.
A group of friends surprised
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Miller Sun
day afternoon at their home in
honor of their 25th wedding anni
versary, which was Jan. 11. Pre
sent were Mr. and Mrs. William
Lilly and son Richard, Pendleton,
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Tannehill,
Mr, and Mrs. Arthur Allen, Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Miller and Mrs. Ef
fie Miller.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Tannehill
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THE ROMANS HAD
A GAUGE FOR IT!
RAILKW IS FEET EkWT
HALF INCHES W'PE.
THIS WIPTH WAS LAISSetV INRJJ
ENICEP BV THE KAAN
CHAUOT MAKE SB ANP
ftJILPEW TWO THOUSANDS
VEAUSAiSO, SINCE THE FltBT
pajlscaps wEee etiiuT on
EN6LISH ROADS THAT HAP
ORIGINALLY 6EEN LAID OUT
BV THE ROMANS,
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IT WASN'T UMTIL 1624 ANP THE ELECTION Of
UOHN OJINCV AOAMS THAT THE ACTUAL NLWKR
OF PEOPLE WHO VOTED FO THE WINNING
CANPIPATE WAS KNOWArAWS RECEIVED
10552J VOTES, NOT ASUPPICIENT MA.OTlTV
THE ELECTION WAS THEN REFERKEP TO THE
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EACH
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Good Land, Moberg.
Mrs. Amy Rigby left last week
for her home in Woodinville,
Wash., after visiting her son and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Grant Rigby
for three weeks.
and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Allen
went to Heppner last Thursday
to attend a grange deputy and
fire insurance agent meeting and
dinner at the O'Donnell cafe. The
meeting was a Grant, Wheeler,
Gilliam and Morrow counties.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ziegler
and children, Echo, were week
end visitors at the home of Mr.
and Mis. Gene Hiigel.
Mr. and Mrs., William Garner
and children Dick and Anita, and
Mrs. Blanche Garner returned
home on Wednesday of last week
from a two weeks visit at the
home of Mis. William Garner's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Jones,
at Fort Morgan, Colo. Mrs.
Blanche Garner returned to her
home at Bend on Thursday.
The Boardrnan Livestock 4-H
club met last Thursday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Potts
and elected the following offi
cers: Gurt Gantenbein, president;
Larry Fussell, vice-president;
Barbara Gantenbein, secretary;
Irene Potts, reporter. Other mem
ber of the club are Marie Potts,
Pattie Partlow, Gwendolyn Fus
sell, Ronnie Olmstead, Rosina
Jones and Anna Lou McCarty.
Mr. and Mrs. William Lilly and
son Richard, Pendleton, were
weekend visitors at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Allen.
The Ladie,s Aid Society of the
Community church met at the
church Wednesday, Jan. 5, with
12 members present. Guest
speaker was Mrs. V. B. Walker,
Milton-Freewater, president of
the eastern Oregon Presbyterial.
She spoke on her trip to Purdue
University last summer. Hostess
es were Mrs. I. T. Pearson and
Mrs. Lee Harwood.
Mrs. Pearson, president of the
society, announced the following
committees for the year: Nomi
nating, Mrs. Margaret Klitz, Mrs.
Lea Potts and Mrs. Charles Dil
lon; Sewing, Mrs. Rollin Bishop
and Mrs. Henry Zivney; Sunshine,
Mrs. Florence Root and Mrs.
Frank Marlow; Good neighbor,
Mrs. LeRoy Fussell and Mrs.
Zearl Gillespie; Program, Mrs.
Bob Miller and Mrs. Russell Mil
ler; Foreign mission sewing, Mrs.
Clyde Tannehill; Cards, Mrs.
Louise Earwood; Welcoming and
membership, Mrs. Henry Zivney,
Mrs. Charles Anderegg and Mrs.
Arnin Hug; Publicity, Mrs. Leo
Potts and Mrs. Frank Marlow;
Overseas boxes and bandage rol
ling, Mrs. Lee Harwood and Mrs.
Margaret Klitz; Open Door Child
ren s Home, Mrs. Ruth Lyons;
Dish cloth sale, Mrs. Hugh Brown;
Missionary secretary, Mrs. Arnin
Hug; Spiritual life, Mrs. Florence
Root.
The Rev. Walter Duff, national
chairman of Village Missions,
from Dalas, visited Miss Jean
Scott and Miss Zelma Cowan last
Thursday. He was on his way to
Idaho.
Jim Newman returned to his
home in Bandon Saturday after
visiting the last two weeks at the
home pf his uncle and aunt, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Marlow. He alco
visited two day with his mother,
Mrs. Lafe Smith in La Grande
last week.
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