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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, February 2, 1956 Mercury Drops to By Mary Lee Marlow The temperature dropped to six below zero here Monday night, with some farmers reporting as low as nine and ten below. Mini mum Monday was 24 above. Many people were kept busy dur ing the night thawing out frozen fuel oil lines. There are about five inches of snow on the ground which fell last Thursday and again Sunda.y The annual congregational and corporational meeting of the Boardman Community church was held Sunday afternoon at the church. The Rev. Robert Huff, pastor of the Umatilla Presbyter ian church was moderator, and conducted communion services before the meeting. Two trus tees were elected to the board for a term of three years, re placing Robert Miller and Wil lard Baker, whose terms expire. The new trustees are Max Van noy and Seth Russell. Mrs. Flor ence Root was reelected church treasurer. Following the mornine services a potluek dinner was held at noon in the church base ment. Members of Greenfield grange held a social Saturday night at the hall, with obout 40 attendine. An oyster stew supper was served at 6:30 p. m. and the evenine was spent playing bingo. Hosts were the grange social committee. Mr and Mrs. Earl Briggs, Mr. and Mrs. William Garner and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Mills. Mrs. Paul Smith, Union, was a guest. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Hamilton and daughter Lorelei, and Larry Thorpe went to Portland Sunday to attend the services at Frovi dence hospital at which Carol Hamilton received her cap as a student nurse. Ed Kunze returned home from Portland Sunday after spending two weeks there at the home of his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. LIVESTOCK MARKET Cattle Hogs Sheep SALE EVERY TUESDAY 12 Noon On U. S. Hiway No. 30 NORTHWESTERN LIVESTOCK COMMISSION CO. JO 7-6655 Hermlston Oregon Frank Wink & Sons, Owner Don Wink, Mgr. Res. Hermlston JO 7-3111 GENERAL AMERICA Own Aeon , wssm(iw FARM f"" JM-' ; ' 'low'" T iflj"X. 1 AM C " Tl35T " "" LM l l i.U ' . . i n n i . . 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Mr. and Mrs. Newell Vaught, Richland, Wash., visited at the home of Mrs. Vaught's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Ely, Sunday. Ronald Black, high school FFA instructor, took seven members of his class to Pendleton Satur day for the Blue Mountain dis trict Parliamentary contest. In the group were Bill Thorpe, Bill Coder, Martin Shattuck, Gerald Anderson and Jerry Peck. Alter nates were Sidney Cloud and Ivan Kress. Due to the extreme cold, Mrs. Velma Glass, county health nurse, Heppner, was unable to come to the Boardman school on Monday to give the patch test for tuberculosis. It will be given at a future date, which will be an nounced later. Attendance pins were present ed to 18 pupils of the Sunday school at Boardman Community church Sunday morning. Those receiving six months pins were Dayle Rae and Mark Vannoy, Larry West and Mrs. Lee Har wood; one year pins, Mrs. Max Vannoy, Cheryl and Lynn Van noy; two years, Bobbie Taylor and Miss Zelma Cowan; three years, Tonl Taylor, Mrs. Margaret Klitz and Mrs. Louise Earwood; four years, Miss Jean Scott; five years, Mrs. Arnin Hug; six years, Jim and Patty Miller; eight years, Wanda Hug; nine years, Irene Potts; ten years, Marie Potts. Mrs. Hug and Jim and Patty Mil ler were given a gift for com pleting five years attendance. The Tillicum club met on Tues day night, Jan 24, at the home of Mrs. Gunnar Skoubo, with nine members present. Mrs. Bob Stew art was a guest. Names were drawn for next year's Carnation sister. 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Com mittees for this are as follows: food, Mrs. William Garner and Mrs. Eldon Shannon; invitations, Mrs. Ray Gronquist and Mrs. Sid Cloud; program, Mrs. Ralph Skoubo; decorations, Mrs. Don Downey; pouring, Mrs. Joe Ta tone. Mrs. Ray Gronquist entertained with a party at her home on Wednesday afternoon of last week in honor of her daughter Karen's sixth birthday. Present were Mrs. Ed Berger and Renee and Janet, Mrs. Dewey West and Dewena, Mrs. Bill Wilson and Connie and Susan, Mrs. Ronald Black, and Diane, Mrs. Nathan Thorpe and Teresa, Mrs. Joe Ta tone and Linda and Jody, and Cindy and Nancy Morlan. Ray Anderson, school superin tendent, and Henry Zivney, the school board chairman, attended a school meeting in Heppner on Wednesday night of last week. Pvt. Sharon Fussell left last week for Fort Myer, Va., after spending a ten day leave at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Fussell. Mrs. Earl Briggs, Mrs. Ed Kunze and Mrs. Algy Taylor went to Pendleton one day last week to visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Brown. lone defeated Boardman in a basketball game here last Fri day night with a score of 67-52. Sherer of the lone team was high for the evening with 19 points. Eades of Boardman was high with 12 points. Boardman won its first game of the season at Lexington on Saturday night, defeating them with a score of 50-28. ;?.,'f mm Zmml SjaUUttt. SUIT This farmer could Lave been wiped out of his lifetime of work and savings. He was fully protected with General Insur ance Company of America's Farmer's and Rancher's Special Blanket Liability Policy. When the loss occurred, his agent was right there to give him assistance when he needed it most. You too can have this complete "blan ket of protection" for your farm or ranch. Here's how it works: The plan is de signed to incorporate into ONE policy protection from almost every conceiv able angle. To our knowledge there is no more complete, dependable insurance protection available to you. You're in sured in one of the nation's largest and strongest capital stock insurance organi zations that takes pride in fast, fair claims settlements. Get the facts about General's Farmer's and Rancher's Special Blanket Liability Policy. It's tailored to meet your par ticular needs. us today secretary, Edith Morris; treasurer, Sharon Bryant; and sgt.-at-adms Eddie Brosnan. Heading the junior class are Jesse Smallwood, president; Jay Sumner, vice-president; Alice Peterson, secretary; Evonne Esch, treasurer; Jay Dee Hudson, sgt-at-arms; and Shirley Kononen, student council representative. Sophomores again chose Burke Gentry as their prexy. Other of ficers are vice-president, Jim Mor ris; secretary, Joann Brosnan; treasurer, Tom Currin; sgt.-at-arms, Len Ray Schwarz; and stu dent council representative, Peggy Applegate. President Renn Harris will lead the Frosh for the rest of the year. His associates are vice-president, Dick Ruhl; secretary, Nancy Slo cum; treasurer, Marilyn Calvin; and student council representa tive, Carolyn McDaniels. A foodsale at Red and White Saturday netted the junior class $20 to add to prom revenue. The prom is scheduled for May 11. Orville Cutsforth entertained Heppner students Jan. 30 with pictures he had taken on his world tour. Slides were shown of the Holy Lands, Japan, India, Europe, and other places visited. Honor Roll Listed Thirteen students received se mester grades of 3.75 or better making them eligible for the honor roll. Every class except the Freshmen had one 4. stu dent. Seniors receiving honors were: Nancy Anderson, Lynda Borman, James Monahan, and Karen Prock. Juniors: Jay Sumner, Janet Wright, Shirley Kononen, Mary Stewart. Sophomores: Jo ann Brosnan, Judy Collins, and Tom Currin. Freshmen: Janice Martin, and Renn Harris. Twenty-six students received 3. or better to make the low honor roll. They are: Sharon Bryant, Shirley Palmer, Bob Hare, Edith Morris, Wayne Soward, Bob Stevens, Lance Tibbies, Lowell Turner, and Skip Ruhl, Seniors. Laural Allstott, Francine Fran cis, Alice Peterson, Jesse Small wood, Alice Stewart, and Mere dith Thomson, Juniors. Peggy Ap plegate, Jan Beamer, Helen Gra SLEEP CORRECTLY PONT S'-tiP "IN t I0W"I Sjtfinx , too-soft matirtsui tirf Auuv AO ipport: Jl w u$uwsm tt mt WHTWI j"! unmi mckd ilMMllj'j 'IlI'lV I.r NATURAL HIT " I Wl 1 am. . .and thttndunnf wlM M qiulity at this Annivar- t MM M mry outtnM It backd I M M M by th Amtrvm SUM- aJ' " M M Ttwtr8tllMlAbirttorr 1 ytjfi r CV - ham, Jim Morris and Phyllis Quackenbush, Sophomores. Ste ven Flug, Bob Huffman, Carolyn McDaniel, and Susan McQuarrie, Freshmen. A special school board meeting was held Jan. 30 for the purpose of working on the school budget and going over final checking of the new schoe with Simonton and Steel Contractors. The board also discussed the remodeling of the high school building which will be started this year and continued, taking in the home-ec department, lunchroom, kitchen, library, sci ence rooms, and commercial departments. PONY KICKS By Mary Stewart The seventh and eighth graders are starting work on their speech festival which will be held Feb ruary 20-24. There will be eight contestants from each room, ond the finalists will go to the regu lar contest that will be held in March. A recreation room will be opened in the old building for the seventh and eighth grades sometime during the coming week. The students will operate the room themselves and facili ties for table games and dancing are being provided. Two more victories have been added to the HGS basketball teams score book, since they soundly whipped both the A and B strings of lone last Friday af ternoon. The A score was 35-28 and Tom Driscoll led the scoring with 13 points. Gary Huit and Bill Irby tied for second with 8 points, each. The B games total was 27-8 and Stuart Gribble and Bob Nich ols each racked up 5 points apiece, tying for high point man. The Pilot Rock gym will be the scene of the HGS teams next game. It will be Friday after noon. Tom Driscoll's team is leading the intramural tournament in the seventh and eighth grade divi sion, and Marion Biddle's is m WAKE REFRESHED UrtP "STIAICHT AS k ARROW I Rest mrrctly c:;o' ooi"ii a Stiy Aai4.mi Rtst. ahead in the fourth, fifth and sixth grade bracket In the girls' intramural tourna ments, both Llbby Van Schoiack's and Geraldine Swaggart's team have been the winners so far. Several games are scheduled to be played in the near future gar flvifl Tion SPRAYING - SEEDING - FERTILIZING For A Better Cleaner SPRflV Phone 3-8422 NOTICE TO ALL MEMBERS ANNUAL MEETING OF THE Lexington Oil Co-op. TUESDAY, FEB. 14, 10:30 A. M. 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