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Services Held -In
Portland for
Mrs. N. A. Leach
By Delpha Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Henderson,
Miss Dona Barnett and Mrs. Trina
Parker motored to Portland
Thursday where they attended
the funeral services of Mrs. N. A.
(Charity B.) Leach who passed
away Sept. 1 at a Bend hospital
following surgery, Mrs. Leach
who has made her home In Port
land, was vacationing at their
summer home in Camp Sherman
when she was taken ill. Charity
B. Nichols was born to R. A. and
Elizabeth Nichols, Dec. 17, 1868,
in Montpelier, Mississippi, and
came to Oregon in 1884, where
she made her home in Lexington
for several years. She was united
in marriage to Norris A. Leach,
Sept. 16,1888 in Lexington, where
he was in business for several
years, moving to Portland where
they made their home for about
50 years.
Services were held Thursday at
2 p. m. at the Lincoln Memorial
Park, vault entombment. She
was a member of the Methodist
church, having taken member
ship a good many years ago In
Lexington where she served as a
Sunday school teacher, and
faithful member until changing
residence. She leaves to mourn
her passing her husband, N. A.
Leach, 2 daughters, Mrs. Veva
Dopplmaier, Mrs. Virginia Miller
and one son who proceeded her
in death, one grandchild, Mrs.
Barbara Spiers, one sister, Mrs.
Winnie Webb, Muskogee, Okla
homa, a number of nieces and
nephews and a host of relatives
and friends. Others from this part
of the country who attended the
services, were Doc Leach of Pen
dleton and Mr. and Mrs. Nell
White. She is remembered here
by many friends and relatives.
Miss Marilyn Munkers returned
to California last week after a
visit with her parents, Mr. and
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Mrs. Vernon Munkers. She has
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dine College of Los Angeles, and
will major in music. She was
taken to Portland last Sunday
by her parents and from there
she flew to Los Angeles.
Mr. and Mrs. Emory Burnslde
of Spray visited at the George
and Wilbur Stsagall homes and
the O. G. Breeding home one day
last week.
Mr .and Mrs. George Steagall
motored to Salem last week tak
ing their son Tommie to the
blind school there.
Mrs. Ida Burchell and Hulda
R. Wrieelsworth of Corvallis was
a visitor at the Emma Breshears
home last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Hunt are
vacationing in Portland, Salem
and way points. Mrs. Clarice Mc
Fadden is taking care of their
children while they are away.
Mr. and Mrs. Al Winkelman
and family are now living in the
Doc Lewis house.
Dr. and Mrs. Whalon are the
proud parents of a baby daugh
ter born last week in the Pioneer
Memorial hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hentze, of
Auburn, Washington are the
parents of a daughter Valeria
Lynn, born last week in that
city. She is the former Carla Lee
Whilock. The maternal grand
narents are Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Whlllock and the great-grand
mother Is Mrs. Emma Bresnears.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Breeding
visited with their daughter, Mrs.
Grant Denis and family in Port
land and Carlton and their son,
Paul on Saturday and Sunday.
Henry Maxwell Breeding left
Treasure Island Saturday night
by plane for the Philippine Is
lands where he will be stationed.
Mr. and Mrs. Erling Thoen were
overnight guests at the Newt
O'Harra ranch on Tuesday. He
was an engineer at the C. C. C.
Camp Ileppner several years
ago and they made their home in
Heppner.
Peyton Winn of Weston was a
guest at the Newt O'Harra home
last week. He is heading the
government crop Insurance In
this district.
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Htppner Gazette Times, Thursday, September 13, 1956
were overnight guests In Walla
Walla on Friday night.
Larry Groves has gone to Port
land where he has enrolled In
Lewis and Clark college for the
coming year.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Cutsforth
are the parents of a son born
In Pioneer Memorial hospital on
Monday.
The Lexington P-TA was hos
tess to a teachers reception on
Friday in the gymnasium. Mixer
games were enjoyed during the
evening, with Mrs. Bill Parsons
winning a prize and Mrs. Emma
Breshears winning one. A short
talk was given by the principal,
Dale Waddill, who introduced his
teachers. Master of ceremonies
for the evening was Lloyd For
shee, president of the P-TA who
also introduced the school board,
custodian, bus drivers, and cooks.
Refreshments of cake and coffee
were served later in the evening.
Miss Paula Barak left on Sat
urday for Walla Walla where
she will attend school.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris McCarl
and daughter Barbara are visit
ing in the Willamette Valley for
a few days.
Mr. J. F. McMillan and son
Danny returned home after a few
days in Portland and Salem.
Holly Rebekah lodge met
Thursday night with the N. G.
Otillia Hunt in the chair. Plans
for the fall and winter meetings
were made. The sick members
were remembered with cards. It
was decided to have a pinochle
party once a month, admission
50 cents with proceeds to be used
in repairing the hall. The next
meeting will be Sept. 21st.
at Hager's Dairy in Heppner.
at Hager's Dairy in Htppner.
The den mothers of the cub
scouts will hold a meeting in
the school auditorium on Monday
right after school and boys inter
ested in joining cub scouts are
asked to be there. The mothers
are invited to attend also if in
terested. Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Ledbetter
are vacationing in Utah, Califor
nia and Mexico.
School Notes
The Lexington high school
registration is the same this year
as it was last year with 30 pupils.
There are 8 seniors, 5 juniors, 10
sophomores and 7 freshmen.
Courses offered the students
this semester are homellving,
health and P. E., business law,
typing MI, English Mil, U. S.
history, world geography, biology,
senior math, library, office prac
tice, geometry, science, and 9th
grade math and shop.
The following boys are eligible
under O. S. S. A. regulations to
compete in all athletic contests
for the Lexington high school:
Lee Cornilson, Robert Davidson,
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Boardman Fair And
By Mary Lee Marlow
The Boardman Tillicum club
took first prize for its float in
the parade Saturday for last day
of the North Morrow county fair.
Theme of the float was "Let's
Vote." Second prize went to the
Lutheran church of Boardman,
its theme being "Guardian An
gel". The Boardman Community
church was third, depicting
"Christ For The World", and
fourth prize went to Greenfield
Grange, with its "Harvest Moon".
In the novelty division the
Chevron Station float was first,
high school Pep club second, and
the Harwood Hunters third.
A large crowd was in attend
ance for the parade and the last
day of the fair, with the warm,
sunny skies making perfect fair
weather.
Queen Patsy Wright and her
court from the Morrow county
fair at Heppner were in the pa
rade, as was also members of the
Morrow county court, Judge Gar
net Barratt and Commissioner
Ralph Thompson of Heppner, and
Commissioner Russell Miller of
Boardman. Jimmy McCoy, Irri
gon, led the parade with the
American flag.
Judges were Gene Inskeep and
Lloyd Berger, Irrigon, and Mrs.
Joe Tatune, Boardman. Parade
announcer was William Garner,
Boardman. Parade directors
were Mac Coy, Irrigon, and Wil
lard Baker, Boardman.
"At the afternoon races Susan
Partlow, Boardman, was winner
of the genuine Navajo saddle
blanket donated by Judge and
Mrs. Garnet Barratt of Heppner,
which was won by the largest
number of points in competition
of 14 year olds and under.
Winners in the bicycle parade
were Sherryl Mills, first; Linda
Daniels, second; and Donnle
Aardappel, third, all of Board
man. Winners of musical ropes, 14
years and under were Susan Part
low, first; Ronnie Olmstead, se
cond; Billy Getz, third, all of
Boardman.
Musical ropes, adults, Lorena
Coder, first; Leon Kennedy, se
cond; both Boardman, Pat Stea
gall, Lexington, third.
Pole bending, 14 years and
under, Susan Partlow, first; Ron
nie Olmstead, second; Jim Mil
ler, third, all Boardman.
Pole bending, adults, Frank
Shade, Irrigon, first; Pat Stea
gall, Lexington, second; Lorena
Coder, Boardman, third.
Pole bending, pony: Albert
Rogers, first; Steve Partlow, se
cond; both Boardman; Jim Mc
Coy, Irrigon, third.
Shetland pony race: Jim Mc
Coy, Irrigon, first; Mike Partlow,
second; Linda Tatone, third, both
Boardman.
Welch pony race: Jimmy Part
low, first, Boardman; Jim Mc
Coy, Irrigon, second; Albert Rog
ers, Boardman, third.
Boot race, 14 years and under:
Ronnie Olmstead, first; Albert
Rogers, second; Jim Miller, third,
all Boardman.
Boot race, adults: Ray Olm
stead, Boardman, first; Frank
Shade, Irrigon, second; Leon
Kennedy, Boardman, third.
Barrel race: Frank Shade, first;
Pat Steagall, second; Susan Part
low, third.
Quarter mile race: Jim Miller,
Boardman, first; Pat Steagall,
Lexington, second; Leon Ken
nedy, Boardman, third,
Relay race: Susan Partlow, Jim
Miller and Pat Steagall, first;
Leon Kennedy, Ronnie Olmstead
and Ray Olmstead, second.
Bicycle race: Bobby Taylor,
first; Nelson Cruthers, second;
Larry Fussell, third, all Board
man. Mrs. Nate Macomber, Board-
man, was winner of the gold cup
Dennis Doherty, Russell Dolven,
Laddie Henderson, George Her
mann, Donald Hunt, Hoyt Laney,
Gregory Leyva, Dexter Miles,
Verne Nolan, Earl Paplneau, Mike
Patrick, Keith Peck, Hank Poln
ter, and Raymond Schoonover.
The first football game will be
Scjit. 14 with Boardman at that
city.
The first and second grades
have 3 students transferring here
from other schools, Mark and
Mary Whalon who attended
school in Baker last year, and
Ronald Thomas who Is in the
second grade and attended in La
Grande last year. The teacher is
Mrs. Alyce Waddill.
The third and fourth grades
have 27 pupils, with ten in the
4th grade and 17 in the 3cd
grade. Their teacher Is Mrs. C. C.
Carmichael. Thursday the 5th and
6th grades elected their class of
ficers: pres., Jimmy Martin; vice
pres., Penny Parsons; sec, San
dra Beach; news reporter, Martha
Doherty; hospitality chairman,
Lee Padberg; librarian, Kenneth
Klinger; lunch officer, Bud Laney.
There are 15 pupils in the room,
but Stephen Peck a fifth grader
has not returned from his vaca
tion. Mrs. Meador is the teacher.
At the beginning of the school
year we had 4 students enrolled
in the 7th grade, and five in the
eighth grade. In P. E. we are
playing flag football. Our teacher
is Serge Coval.
Parade Winners
in the Nationwide Crochet con
test, showing a crocheted daily.
Other ribbon winners in the con
test were Mrs. W. B. Dexter, Irri
gon, tablecloth; Mrs. Macomber,
centerpiece and scarf; Mrs. Fred
Adams, Irrigon, apron and vanity
set; Mrs. Floyd Hobbs, Irrigon,
chair set; Mrs. T. W. Rippee, of
Boardman, edgings and inser
tions; Mrs. Earl Briggs, Board
man, Pot holders; Mrs. Adolph
Skoubo, Boardman, original de
sign; Mrs. Margaret Klitz, over
65 years old.
In the judging of 4 H livestock
Friday, Barbara Gantenbein was
grand champion in showmanship,
and Irene Potts was named re
serve champion. Irene was also
grand champion in the beef class,
showing a Hereford heifer. Ro
sina Jones was grand champion
in the dairy class, showing a
Holstein heifer. Bill Thorpe, FFA,
was first in both the Hereford hei
fer and Hereford cow divisions.
All winners were from Boardman.
Pfc. Max Fussell, who is sta
tioned at Fort Monmouth, N. J.
and his sister, Pfc. Sharon Fussell,
staioned at Fort Meyers, Va., met
for a sight seeing trip in New
York City on Labor Day week
end. They recently received their
private first class promotions
within a few days of each other.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Hockett, of
Bellingham, Wash, visited from
Wednesday till Monday at the
home of Mrs. Hockett's brother
and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Guy Ferguson. Another visitor
was the Ferguson's son-in-law,
Vern Moe, Kelso, Wash.
Among out of town visitors here
Saturday for the fair were Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Downey, Prosser,
Wash., Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Fus
sell, Madras, Mr. and Mrs. Al Ma
comber, Arlington, Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Gwinn, The Dalles, Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh Brown and Mr. and
Mrs. William Lilly, Pendleton.
Mrs. Olive Mefford was taken
to the Good Shepherd hospital in
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Hermiston Sunday night, suffer
ing from pneumonia.
Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Ely were
called to Spokane, Wash., Satur
day by th illness of their son
Allen, who had an emergency
appendectomy. They returned
home Sunday, and reported he
was recovering satisfactorily.
Mr. and Mrs. La Verne Van
Marter were in La Grande Sun
day where he attended a district
meeting of exalted rulers of the
Elks lodge.
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VISITS
' Mrs. Frances Putman of Po
mona, California has been spend
ing the past week at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
Troedspn. She came for the wed
ding of her daughter, Carol Odom,
who was married September 8 at
Arlington.
Mr. and Mrs, Alfred Lovgren
have returned from a visit with
their son, Mr. and Mrs. Victor
Lovgren, Lewis Creek, B. C, Can
ada and with Mr. and Mrs. Ever
ett .Harshman at Port Angeles,
Wash.
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