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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 14, 1958)
1 HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, August 14, lfiS8 t'. f i -1 District Director Named For ''Make it With Wool" Contest Girls in this area can obtain entry blanks for the Oregon sect Ion of the "Make It Yourself With Wool" contest directly from Mrs Clint Lewis, contest director for Morrow and Umatilla coun ties, Singer Sewing Center, Pen dleton Woolen Mills, Mrs Dick Wilkenson, Heppner, and Mrs Ro bert Hoskins, lone. Mrs Clint ,Lewls says that the contest, which is sponsored by the Wool Bureau and the Ore gon Wool Growers Auxiliary is open to all girls between 14 and 22. There are numerous district, slate and national prizes which include scholarships, U S sav ings bonds.Singer Sewing ma chines, and a two-week trip to Europe for the national grand prtee winners in the junior and senior divisions. The purpose of the contest is educational, to en courage home sewing and to show young girls how easy it Is to sow with wool. Girls may enter at any time between now and Oct 1, 1958. The district finals will be held at Pendleton, Oct 25, 1958 in the Vert Memorial. State finals will be held in Portland, Oregon, Nov 15, 1958. Meier and Frank is going to sponsor the style show, the United States National Bank of Portland Is going to sponsor the transportation. The national finals will take place in Port land, Oregon, next January dur ing the annual convention of the National Wool Growers Associat ion. State winners receive a free trip to the finals provided by the F W Woolworth Co. Contestants compete in one of three divisions: Junior, for girls between the ages of 14 and 17; Senior, for girls 18 to 22 inclu sive, and Sub-deb, for girls 13 to 16. Class to enter Is determin ed by age on Dec 1, 1958. The Sub-deb division will have great er emphasis this year and girls in this division will receive a larger number of prizes than ever before. The 19 participating states In elude Arizona, California, Color ado, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Da kota, Ohio, Oregon, South Da kota, Utah, Washington, Wiscon sin, Wyoming. Donors of prizes include Clauss Cutlery Co, Coats and Clark, Inc, John Drltz and Sons, McCall's Patterns, Singer Sewing Machine Co, Simplicity Patterns, and the Woolite Co. Mills contributing awards are Dorman Mills, Forst mann Woolen Co, Sag-No-Mor Jersey by Wyner, Standard Felt Co, and Strathmore Mills. Mrs Lewis is offering a spec ial prize to the girl in each dl visions that sends in her com pleted entry blank first. Monument News Mrs Lydia Capon and Robert Gertson exchanged marriage vows at the Catholic church In Portland, Tuesday August 5. The reception was held at the home of her parents, Mr and Mrs Sam Reichen. Mrs Gus Strecker of Spray was matron of honor. Mr and Mrs Stanley Boyer of Monu ment were wedding guests. The couple will make their home at the Capon ranch while teaching school in Monument. BOARDMAN ITEMS Mrs Lowell Shattuck was an overnight visitor at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr and Ms Stanley Shattuck, in El gin recently. GROUND TO Alft DISTRESS SIGNALS r IT TO PMOCCCO MID POOOwWATCR MM MCTM M IIIOHU HVMUI DL D. A. Short, your Telephone Manager for Heppner I si '2 7 V 4 3 Over the years you've come to expect your phone calls to go through swiftly and smoothly. To keep your serv ice dependable, we make sure our equipment's working well all along the line. And we've developed lots of ways to head off trouble before it starts. For instance, in the maintenance center above, a special line tester checks thousands of lines in just one hour, lets us know if anything needs fixing. And this is just one of many testers, alarms and trouble-spotters that our people use. In town and out in the country, we guard your service at all times with watchful eyes. LET'S GO TO THE FAIR AND RODEO The annual Morrow County Fair and Rodeo being held in Heppner August 26 through August 31 Is the culmination of a lot of work by a lot of people. The Fair Board this year has really gone all out to Insure a good program for us all. There are excellent exhibits to be found every where and the program of entertainment that Is being pre sented is one of the best In years. By the way, don't fail to see the exhibits offered by the 4-H and F F A young men and women. PACIFIC TELEPHONE LET'S GO TO THE FAIR AND RODEO S I m, tm II InElvl mam j FOR DEFENSE IN THE SCHOOL I 1 1 RWflvl i Vlwii.aay fc '-li- T "hm in yt I IN THE LABORATORY IN THE FACTORY1 t rM-rr-n,SWl f ON THE FARM You don't need anyone to tell you our country needs to strengthen its Peace Power. You're reminded of it every time you open your news paper. And just looking at the children brings it home to you all the more. But maybe you think . . . "I'm just one person. How could I possibly strengthen the country?" You can help. And help yourself at the same time ... by saving with U.S. Savings Bonds. You see, peace costs money. Money for many AND AT THE CONFERENCE TABLE different things: To help us keep the peace, through industrial and military strength. To make it lasting for the future, through science and education. And, most important, it takes ' money saved by individuals. Your Savings Bonds, as a direct investment in your country, make yo a partner in the job of strengthening America's Peace Power. v Think it over. Are ycu buying as many as you tnightl pi r - 'I n TA. VS. Oovrnmtnt doe, not pay or thi rnhmtUng. Tht Treasury Department thanks, for th,u thir patriotic donation. The Adverting Council and HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES
