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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, January 26, 1956 Page 3 ; Auxiliary is Child If are Tea By Echo Polmateer ! American Legion Auxil .et at the home of Mrs. Cecil 3 Tuesday afternoon Jan. tentative date of March 18 it for the Child Welfare tea held at the Legion hall at . m. Mrs. G. Hermann and Harold Dobyns are chair I this project. r the business meeting pin was played. Mrs. Eldon r received high prize and Dobyns low. The next ig will be at the home of iermann. Clothing will be at for children through size llch will be given to Child re. The members will make rchase children's clothing ister. and Mrs. Harlan Crawford aughter of Hermiston visit atives here over the week John Proudfoot was elect sident of the Arnica club at 'ting at the home of Mrs. Tullis Wednesday Jan. 18. officers elected were Mrs. ; McCabe, vice president, PUBLIC :ard party Caturday, Jan. 28 7:30 P. M. HEA CREEK GRANGE I I 75c Per Person and Mrs. Roland Bergstrom, sec retary and treasurer. Pinochle was played af;er the meeting. Mrs. Adon Hamlet t received high prize, Mrs. ..Raymond Lundell, low, and Mrs. Milton Morgan the door prize. Mrs. Roy Lindstrom was co-hostess. Mr. and Mrs. John Henery of Scotland were guests at the Franklin home last week. Mrs. Ida Coleman returned home from Portland last week where she was with her grand daughter, Mary Ann Williams who underwent a heait operation there last week. Mary Ann is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Williams of Heppner. She Is re ported to be getting along satis factorily. Mrs. Coleman's son-in-law, Rodney Crawford Jr. return ed home with her. Mrs. Tad Miller and children stayed at the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Wate Craw ford last week. Dates to remember: Jan. 27 Three Links club at the home of Mrs. Cecil Thorne in the afternoon. Feb. 1 Eastern Star Social meeting at the Omar Rietmann home. Feb. 2 Extension Unit meet ing at the home of Mrs. Fred rick Martin at 1:30 p. m. Subject Care of the Skin. Feb. 8 Maranatha club meeting at the Wate Crawford home. Henry Baker and Oscar Peter son are in St. Louis, Mo., at tending a R. E. A. meeting. Church services were held in the Valby Lutheran church on Sunday morning, Jan. 22 with Rev. Melvin Zier in charge. In the afternoon the annual church meeting was held. The follow ing officers were elected: Ro bert Peterson, deacon for 3 years; Carl Bergstrom, trustee; Mrs. Donald Peterson, organist, with Karen Lundell, assistant; Sunday school superintendent, Oscar Pet erson for 3 years; auditors, Law rence Beckett and Louis Carlson; Conference convention, Ray- 1 D. A. Short, your Telephone Manager for Heppner 15 J i 44 Vi4 ! i I 'M.f t ?' r ! i i V. N L-A if h Tl y. t s I 1 .hut-ins" go to school by telephone many ill or handicapped children facing long confinement lome, there's a new interest in life these days. Thanks to jol-to-home telephone service, they can now "attend" classes ilarly. A speaker-microphone is put in the classroom and ther in the home. They're connected by a private telephone , The student at home hears everything his teacher and class es say, and they hear him. As one youngster says: "Before, 3t did my lessons at home and that was that. Now something happens every day." The men and women of Pacific Tele ne work to make your telephone more useful every day. i w beauty and convenience for your heme . with CGicrtei2pStcr.es Wouldn't you like to have ex tension telephones in beautiful colors in your home ? Well, it's a simple matter to order yours. Just call your telephone busi ness office. You have a choice of eight full colors red, ivory, brown, green . . . blue, beige, yellow, or gray and two-tone combinations. With color tele phones in your living room, hedroom. kitchen, and any jr room you use a lot, you'll enjoy new ease of living. Cost: er a single installation charge, you pay only $1.25 a month each extension. So why not call us today. u can call coast-to-coast for only $2.G0 t's right t You can call all way across the country a right here in town to, say, ton for only $2.00 plus tax. t's typical of how little it i to call station-to-station ; talk for three minutes r 6 o'clock any evening and lay Sunday. Why not look he front of your telephone ictory now and see how e it costs to call those who I the sound of your voice. If io Telephone. Fid k t mond Lundell delegate and Ger ald Peterson, alternate; District Cumention, Mrs. Win. Bergstrom, delegate and Lawrence Beckett, alternate; Vice pastor, Dr. S. L. Swanson, President of Columbia ! Conference, Seattle. The pastor Rev. Zk'r will conduct services twice a month 2nd and last Sun day. A potluek dinner was ser ved at noon. Mrs. Peter Timm of Pendleton demonstrated textile painting at a H. E. C. of Willows grange meet ing at the Ernest Heliker home Friday, Jan. 20. She was accom panied by Mrs. Alvina Wilson, Mrs. Lyrel Thompson and Mr. Timm all of Tendleton. Mrs. L. A. McCabe was als0 a guest at the meeting. At the . business meeting Mrs. Harvey Ring, chair man, chose the following heads of committees: fancy work, Mrs. Ernest Heliker and Mrs. Marion Talmer; aprons, Mrs. Wate Craw ford; year book, Mrs. H. O. Lun dell; baby gifts, Mrs. Walter Cor ley; hobby, Mrs. Donald Heliker; cards, Mrs. Lewis Halvorsen; courtesy, Mrs. Lloyd Howton and publicity, Mrs. Echo Palmateer. A potluek dinner preceded the meeting with Mrs. Mabel Cotter as co-hostess. Mrs. Paul O'Meara received the door prize. Mrs. Ernest McCabe entertain ed the bridge club at her home Friday evening, Jan. 20. Mrs. Robert Jopsen received high prize, Mrs. Pete Cannon, low and Mrs. Ray Boyce, Jack high. Mrs. Delbert Emert entertained the Altar Society of St. Williams church at her home Wednesday evening of last week. The officers of the Community church held a meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Me lena Sunday evening. Harry Yarnell and son Alton, made a trip to The Dalles Fri day of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ball are the parents of a daughter, Me lanie Ann, born Jan. 20 at the Pioneer Memorial hospital in Heppner. Weight 7 lbs. and 5 ozs. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Ball of lone and Mrs. Rod Thompson of Heppner are the grandparents and Mrs. Elsie Peterson of lone is the great-grandmother. Those attending the Valby Lu theran church from here were Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Lundell, Mr. and Mrs. Adon Hamlett and children, Mrs. Merle Baker and children, Mrs. Henry Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Roland Bergstrom and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dobyns, Mrs. Mary Swanson, Miss Zoe Terfily and Gary Stevenson. Mrs. Lloyd Morgan gave a birthday party in honor of her daughter Judy, Sunday Jan. 22. She was 13 years old. Those pre sent were: Marilyn Morgan, Teresa Esteb, Sharon Crabtree, Jean Martin, Lona White, Ann Baker, Mary Emert, Linda Heim bigner, Brenda Townsend, Karen Lundell, Linda Hams, Dianna Pettyjohn and Geraldine Morgan. Games were played and refresh ments were served. Those win ning prizes in the games were Lona, Karen, Teresa and Jean. Linda Heimbigner received the Heppner High School SCOOP March of Dimes Drive Aided By Alice Peterson Heppner high school was real Iv "on the beam" for the March of Dimes contest, held last week Altogether they collected $363.50. The sophomores and seniors real ly made the contest exciting The seniors organized the L. F S. (Lynch for Seniors) club, which had two candy sales, and were ahead until Friday noon, when the sophomores held an auction downtown. They auc tioned two pigs donated by Ralph Beamer. This put them about $80 in the lead, so the seniors dug into their class fund and produced a $10Q dollar bill. The money was presented to Floyd Sayers, county chairman, at an assembly Friday afternoon. The high school wishes to thank the townspeople and students who contributed funds and did work for this worthy cause. Nona Sowell, secretary and clerk for school district No. 1, has resigned her position effective Jan. 31. Mrs. Sowell has been offered a better position, and Mrs. Sowell said, "even though I will miss contact with the teachers and students, I feel that I can't pass up such an opportunity". The faculty presented her with a gift, Monday, Jan. 23. Mr. Popham has been tutoring Barbara Warren, for 1 hour each day so that she can get enough credits to graduate. She also has an inter-communication sys tem, connecting the hospital with the classroom, so she can listen to the class. Barbara was Injured in an automobile acci dent December 30. The Future Homemakers of America have elected new offi cers, and they will be installed Feb. 8 before the Parent Teachers Association. The Quill and Scroll held a dutch auction between the A and B games with Echo, Saturday, Jan. 21. James Monahan was the auctioneer. Earl Wilkinson baked two cakes, which were auctioned and $28.76 was made. The Quill and Scroll would j like to thank everyone who' help'ed them, and donated money ' to them. Stanley Holm has been driving to Pendleton every Monday to take an educational course in psychology. Both Mr. Holm and Bob Hare have been taking geo logy courses in Arlington. Lex High School Presents Play door prize. Books added to the public libr ary are: The Long Way Around, Carlson; West Young Man, Jones; Long Rope, Kielty; The Gabriel Horn, Holt; The Little Cow and the Turtle, DeJong; How Do You Travel, Schlein. ATTENTION rarm ureau Members Your Application For Farm Bureau O. P. S. Health & Accident Insurance Must Be In By Feb. 1, 1956 If You Want The Benefits Of Charter Membership CHARTER MEMBERSHIP INCLUDES 1. No Age Limit 2. Immediate Benefits Contact Mrs. Gens Cutsfoith, Lexington By Delpha Jones Wednesday evening at 8 p. m. the Lexington high school pre sented the play "Aaron Slick from Pumpkin CrPek", a clean rural comedy in three acts with the following students in the cast. Aaron Slick, Donald Hunt; Mr. Wilbur Merridew. Dexter Miles; Clarence Green, Hugo Leyva; Mrs. Rosy Brry, Inez O'Neal; Gladys Mae Merridew, Pat Stea gall; The Girl in Red, Maureen Groves; Little Sis Riggs, Sue Laney; and guests at the hotel, Gerry Messenger, Beverley Baker, George Hermann, Cherry Grey, Barbara Steagall, and Hoyt Laney. Stage manager James Laney and assistant to the direc tor, Mike Patrick, Gerry Messen ger. Lee tornilson; advertising, Laddie Henderson and Hank Pointer; business manager, Karl Beach and Barbara Steagall; costumes, Cherry Grey; dressing, Nancy Wright; makeup, Joan Patrick; properties, Vern Nolan and Keith reck; electricians, Larry Henderson arid Paul Breed ing; sound technician, Dora Sue Davidson and director Nola Co- val. Following the play the play cast presented Mrs. Coval with a fine gift. Als0 a party of the high school and cast followed the play. Mr. and Mrs. Serge Coval and daughters have moved into the Don Campbell house. Mrs. Don Hatfield has been confined to her home the last week on account of illness. Mrs. Bill J. Van Winkle has been cooking at the school cafe teria the last week, due to the illness of Mrs. Gladys Young. Mrs. Van Winkle is thp assistant cook. The Thespians met at the home of the president, Mrs. Cecil Jones on Friday where a potluek din ner was enjoyed with a good practice following. The date for the play given by this group is Feb. 17th at the school auditor ium. The name of this play is "Hessie of Hills" a hill-billy play. The proceeds of this one will go to the Cub Scouts and the build ing fund of the Lexington Chris tian church, to be used for a floor to be put in the main audi torium. The following people are taking parts, Mr. and Mrs. George Irvin, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Angell, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Jones, Mrs. June Cooper, Mrs. O. W. Cutsforth, Miss Pat Majeske, Bill Nichols and W. E. McMillan. The business meeting of the Lexington Christian church and Sunday school was held Thurs day evening in the church. At this time the meeting of the Sunday school was first, with lit tle new business. Mrs. Bill B. Marquardt and Mrs. Karl Mar quardt resigned as cradle roll officers" and Mrs. C. C. Jones and Mrs. Norman Northrup were volunteers for the position. Also at this meeting Mrs. Marquardt resigned as pianist for Sunday school and church. Next was the business meeting of the church with the chairman Karl Miller presiding. At this time the fol lowing elders were elected, Don Campbell, Truman Messenger, Homer Hughes, Bill B. Marquardt, and Douglas Price. Deacons elected were Karl Mil ler, Franklin Messenger, Vernon Munkers, Harry Dinges, Kenneth Peck, and Ted McMillan; associ ate deacons, Carl Marquardt and Harold Beach. The following ladies were elected as deacon esses, Miss Dona Barnett, and Mesdames Trina Parker, Edith Miller, Beryl Northrup, Rena Mar quardt, Betty Marquardt, Merle Price, Majo Hughes, Alta Mes senger, Lucille Peck, Marjorle Campbell, Fay Munkers, Beverley Miles, Delpha Jones, Florence McMillan, and associate deacon esses, Mrs. Irene Nolan and Mrs. Cora Allyn. Jan. 29th at 7:30 there will be candlelight instal lation service for these new of ficers. This is the first time a service like this has been held in the Lexington church and the public is urged to attend. 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