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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, April 28, 1955
Mrs. Jack Bedford, Reporter Social News Deadline 6 p. m. Tuesdays
EASTER SUNDAY
LT. BLACKBURN,
RITES UNITE
PATRICIA McGEE
By Mary Lee Marlow
At an afternoon ceremony on
Easter Sunday Miss Patricia Ann
McGee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Howard S. McGee, Walla Walla,
Wash., became the bride of Lt.
John Smith Blackburn, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Blackburn,
of Baytown, Texas at the First
Congregational church in Walla
Walla.
The double ring service was
performed by the Rev. Franklin
R. Elliott, church pastor, before
a flower decked altar. A smart
military note was sounded by
the appearance of the bridegroom
his attendants and an honor
guard in airforce dress uniforms.
Baskets of white, pink and
lavender stock, and white Easter
lilies were on the altar and white
tapers were used on both the
altar and in seances along the
walls of the church.
Stanley Plummer, Walla Walla,
played the wedding marches and
accompanied the soloist, Miss
Patricia Neal, Delta Delta Delta
sorority sister of the bride, who
stng "The Rosary" and "How Do
I Love Thee."
Given in marriage by her fa
ther, the bride was lovely in a
formal length gown of nylon net
over white satin, styled with fit
ted bodice with rounded neck
line outlined in wide imported
Italian lace, short sleeves and
ljouffant skirt of net with an ac
cordion pleated ruffle in an
apron-like flounce banded by the
same lace. Her fingertip length
veil of white net fell from a
crown of pearls and rhlnestones
and she carried a white orchid
with butterfly roses tied with
pink shower ribons. The six
strand pearl necklace and match
ing earrings which she wore were
gifts of the bridegroom. She
wore the traditional blue garter
and carried a "borrowed" white
lace handkerchief, while the
Mother's
Is nearly Here. How About
ANEW
BLOUSE
oodles of new styles have
just arrived. Or how about a
new cotton dress oodles of
half sizes have come In the
Klrkwood and Edith Marling
lines, The cottons are arriv
ing daily and every day it
snows .... ,
gjpj LAST
H year
I had bedding plants come
on Mother's Day but I believe
it will be too early this year:
We will have bedding plants
the middle of May if It warms
up.
Sara McNamer'i stove is In my
back room and is for sale
cheap.
How About A Plant or
CORSAGE
for Mother? Will have nice
geraniums that can be sot out
later.
MARY VAN'S
FLOWER AND
DRESS
SHOP
penny which her father placed in
her slipper was the one he had
received in change when he pur
chased his wife's wedding ring
25 years ago.
Mrs. Grendall Hawes of Board-
man was matron of honor, and
wore a gown of chartreuse ham
mered satin, ballerina length,
with rounded neckline finished
in lace to match that on the
bride's gown. She carried a bou
quet of rose pink carnations and
matching ribbon.
Miss Barbara Love, Boardman,
and Mrs. Roger Cummings, Echo,
were bridesmaids, and wore
gowns of the same design as Mrs.
Hawes' of pale green and car
ried bouquets of light pink car
nations with matching ribbons.
All three wore single strands of
pearls and matching earrings.
MSgt. Grendall Hawes of
Boardman was best man and 2nd
LL Roger Jacobson and 1st Lt.
Roger Kemper served as other at
tendants for the bridegroom. The
ushers were SSgt. Charles Fet
ters and SSgt. Alfred Morin, who
also lighted the candles before
the ceremony.
An honor guard, with sabres,
stood at attention in the church
foyer before the ceremony and at
the back of the church during the
exchange of vows, later taking
places with crossed sabres on
either side of the door as the
couple left the church.
Following the ceremony the
reception was In the Y. W. C. A.
lounge with baskets of pastel
colored stock marking the place
where the receiving line stood.
Miss Shirley Hughes, sorority
sister of the bride, was in charge
of arrangements.
The serving table, laid with an
exquisite lace cloth, was centered
with a low arrangement of pink
and yellow carnations, and silver
candelabra with white tapers.
Mrs. Ralph McKlnley of Pomeroy,
Wash., and Mrs. Fern McKinley
of Dayton Wash., aunts of the
bride, presided at the table. As
sisting in serving were Mrs. Alvin
Ashley and Mrs. Douglas McKin
ley of Dayton, cousins of the
bride.
The tiered wedding cake, beau
tifully decorated, was on a sepa
rate table with pink and white
carnations encircling it. Mrs.
Eldon Wyrick of Walla Walla,
served the cake, after the first
piece was cut by the couple.
Mrs. Earl Schneider of Seattle,
Wash., was in charge of the
punch bowl. Miss Patricia Neal
preside over the guest book and
Mrs. Laura Shortt, also a sorority
sister of the bride, and Mrs. Rich
ard Mead the gifts.
For her daughter's wedding,
Mrs. McGee wore a sheath dress
1J h ti If t ' Jh-i w
HOSTS AT SATURDAY Hawaiian motif dinner party were Mr. and
Mrs. Orville Smith and daughters Jenny and Cathy, who recently
returned from a three moiths vacation in the Islands. (GT Photo)
Mrs. Dick Meador
Given Baby Shower
Mrs. Tom Wilson and Mrs. Jack
Marshall were hostesses Friday,
April 22 at the Wilson home at a
baby shower for Mrs. Dick Mea
dor.
Others amending were Mrs. La
Verne Van Marter. Mrs. Allen
Case, Mrs. Bill Barratt, Mrs.
James Driscoll, Mrs. Alex Thomp
son, Mrs. Bob Runnion, Mrs.
Elmer Pieper, Mrs. Don Bellen
brock, Mrs. Doug Price and Mrs.
William Heath.
Bridge, pinochle and scrabble
were played. Mrs. Van Marter was
high scorer in bridge and Mrs.
Meador, low. In pinochle Mrs.
Bellen brock won first prize and
Mrs. Heath was low. Mrs. Price
was high in scrabble.
in ice blue, embroidered with
rninestone and pearl thim, a
Coramay hat in shades of ice
blue and orchid with a touch of
pink, with pink accessories. Tier
corsage was a cymbidium orchid
with pink elf rose buds. She
also wore a champagne colored
faille duster.
The bridegrooms's parents
were unable to be present at the
wedding.
For Traveling the bride wore an
orchid wool suit, with matching
hat, and accessories in avocado
green and a topper of cream col
ored summer tweed flecked with
orchid. She wore the white or
chid from her bridal bouquet as
a corsage.
Lt. Blackburn is commander of
the Boardman Bombing Range,
and he and Mrs. Blackburn will
live in the officers' quarters at
Ordnance following a honeymoon
trip to Victoria, B. C. Mrs.
Blackburn will continue to teach
the seventh and eighth grades in
the Boardman school and in
physical education classes for
girls in the Boardman High
school. She is a graduate of
Whitman college in 1954, and
last summer had an eight-week
course at the University of Ha
waii. Lt. Blackburn, a graduate of
Rice Institute of Huston, Texas, i
was employed by a Huston fur
niture company before he entered
the Air Force.
Attending the wedding from
Boardman were Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Tatone, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Phan
euf, Mrs. William Garner, Lorelei
Hamilton, Edna Hoffman, Anita
Garner, Dick Garner, Douglas
Shattuck, MSgt. and Mrs. Gren
dall Hawes, Terry and Sharon
Hawes, Lt. Roger Jacobson, TSgt.
and Mrs. Thurman Johnson,
SSgt. Charles Fetters, SSgt. and
Mrs. Frances Berges.
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TRANSPORTATION AVAILABLE
Anyone wishing transportation
to the Homemakers festival at
Boardman next Tuesday are
asked to call either Mrs. Douglas
Drake or Mrs. N. C. Anderson.
Smiths Entertain
With Hawaiian Party
Saturday Evening
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Smith who
recently returned from the Hawa
iian Islands, entertained Saturday
evening with a dinner party at
which Hawaiian food was served
and guests were entertained by
Cathy Smith with songs and
dances native to the islands.
Each woman guest received a
camellia to be worn in her hair.
Guests were Mr. and Mrs. W. 0.
George, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pen
land, Mr. and Mrs. Verner Troed
son and Mrs. Troedson's mother,
Mrs. Brewster, Mr. and Mrs. Emil
Groshens, Mr. and Mrs. Earle
Blake, Mr. and Mrs. John Pfeif
fer, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wilson,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Anderson, Mr.
and Mrs. Jodie Morrison, Mr. and
Mrs. James Thomson, Mr. and
Mrs. V. R. Runnion, Mr. and Mrs.
James Farley, Mr. and Mrs. Har
old Cohn, Dr. and Mrs. E. K.
Schaffiz, Mr. and Mrs. Claude
Graham, Mr. and Mrs. Paul His
ler, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Fer
guson, Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Ma-
honey, Mrs. Mary Van Stevens
and Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Fan-
cher.
Gazette Times Classifieds Pay I
Coming Events
Monday May 2 Chamber of
commerce, noon at O'Don
nell's American Legion business
meeting
Tuesday May 3 American Le
gion auxiliary
Wranglers, club house, 8:00
p. m.
Thursday May 4 Soroptimist,
noon, O'Donnell's
Elks ladies night
Lions club, 6:30 p. m. O'Don
nell's
Friday May 6 Sans Souci Re
bekah lodge
Sunday May 8 Mother's Day
Hospital open house, .1:00 to
4:30 p. m.
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Mother's Day
May 8th
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Linda Thompson Has
Sixth Birthday Party
Linda Thompson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Thompson
celebrated her sixth birthday last
Saturday afternoon with a party
at her home.
Guests were Diane Schaffitz,
Jody Fancher, Trisha Farley,
Dennis O'Donnell, Chris Labhart,
Garry Dowen and Brian Thomp
son. Games were played and birth
day cake and ice cream were
served.
21 Tables At Altar
Society Card Party
Catholic ladies were hostesss
Friday, April 22 at a card party
in the parish basement. Twenty-
one tables of bridge and pinochle
were in play.
Mrs. William Labhart was high
in bridge and Jos Nys low. In
pinochle Bill Blake won first
prize and Sam Turner low. Mrs.
Raymond Ferguson received the
door prize.
Chairmen for the games were
Mrs. Les Wyman for pinochle and
Mrs. W. L. Sowell, bridge.
On the refreshment committee
were Mrs. James Healy, Mrs.
Jerry Daggett, Mrs. Jack Healy,
Mrs. Bill Gentry and Mrs. Harry
O'Donnell, Jr.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH TEA
The mothers and daughters tea
will be held on Saturday April 30
at 7:30 p. m. in the Christian
church basement It is to be
semi-formal.
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marshmallowi, brittle, fruit,
out and mint In Whitman'
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Bring The Family Children Welcome
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Chicken Soup ala Gumbo
Tossed Green Salad
Choice of
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Baked Ham, Fruit Sauce, Candied Sweet Potatoes
Roast Young Tom Turkey, Cranberry Sauce, Dressing
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Roast Prime Rib of Beef, Au Ju3
Pan Fried Spring Chicken on Toast
Mashed Potatoes Fresh June Peas
Hot Bread
Fruit Jello or Ice Cream
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Special Steak Dinners On Menu
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