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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1961)
4 BEffWEH GAZCTTE.TIME3. Thimdar. Dcmtf l. 1961 7ldiL toil OOD WISHES FOR CHRISTMAS CHARLES O'CONNOR, INSURANCE IONE B E S T 3 TEAMS AGO Doc. U, !9M Kenneth Pink, Lexington farm it. wm named biae Conserva lion Man of the Year at the Oregon Wheat Grower meeting in Portland on Saturday. Mrs. Cat Sumner was elm-ted president of the Heppner Band I'arenta' rlub at the meeting Monday nlKht. The recently completed cen sus snowed a total or l.-NW youngsters of kIkkiI age between lour anil 20 yean in the county which is an Increase of three over last year. Heppner welcomed a drizzle of rain which brouRMt just over a quarter of an Inch of moisture early this week. Many Christmas programs are planned for the coming week hy the schools and churches. IS TEARS AGO Dec. 12, 1946 Latest business enterprise to be announced in Heppner is the opening of a Rift shop at the Tress McC lintotk home. fctroyed the grain elevator on the It. B. Rice place, nine miles south of Heppner. Mt BorleKke was guest speaker at tne nrst annua foot ball booter dinner held Wednes day night. l D. JNelll was transplanting his strawberries when he turned up a cluster of berries, some ripe, Mme green, and more with blooms. The date, Dec. 10. 1916. Walter Luckman left Pendle ton Tuesday morning for his old home in England to spend the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Engkraf returned this week with a new Krazier car to ko on display at Heppner Motors. 30 TEARS AGO Dec. 10. 1931 Victor Lovcren was severlv nurned at the farm home in Kight Mile when a blow torch blew up. Fire of unknown orljjin do- 'Corvallis Woman Wins First Prize In Booster Corps Fire struck the business sec tlon of Heppner early Tuesday morning lor the third time In two months and completely gut ted the McMurdo building, caus ing three business houses to close temporarily and left six organizations without homes. The Business and Professional Women's club voted at Its Mon day evening meeting to assist In the sponsorship of the com munlty Christmas. y To you, who hava teen io faithful a friend and cus tomer... we repeat this ycnr the ageless, unchange able phrase, "Merry Christ mas. We know that you'll Icnow It comei from the heart. i GILLIAM & BISBEE HARDWARE Claude and Margaret Buschke -FUG. Dr. A. D. McMurdo, accompan led by W. W. Smead, W. R. Paul son, Jasper Crawford, and Ted Thi On-frnn Rooster Porna now I McMurdo. attended the big foot has a Grand Leader and 12 as- pa" game In Portland Saturday slstant nrand leaders, according between UbL ana Utan to I)al Slimher. Hennner. man ager for Pacific Northwest Bell. L R B. Wilcox, Willow creek The booster corps leaders sub- ua,ry armer, was a aaiuruay mltted the winning entries In visitor in town and reported more the "Whv I'm vviwt About Ore. snow in nis vicinity man in gon contest sponsored by the i-ppner. Deslened to point out the ad- r'- MZU?ul vantages of living, working, vis iting and locating industry in Oregon, the contest resulted in I more than 4700 Oregonlans stat ing why they were wild about their state. The No. 1 Grand Leaders of the Corps, Mrs. R. A. MacIIaffie of Corvallis, received an engraved plaque from Governor Mark O. Hatfield at ceremonies held in his office recently. She is entitled to treat two out-of-state people to a seven- day expense-paid Pacific North west vacation. Mrs. MacIIaffie also received $500 worth of mer chandise from Oregon merchants or her choice. The assistant grand leaders won $100 Oregon merchandise certificates and ticket packages io century 21, Seattle s World s tair to be held next year. December Plant Keep Garden Club Busy IONE Fourteen member an swered the roll call with I'hrUt. urns inougnia at the monthly meeting of the lone Garden Club on TutxMlav t) hui)i of Mr. umar Kietmann. Asisistinij the noMes was Mrs. Dale Hay. President. Mrs. Phil Emert. presided at the meeting, where the members decided to liKht the Oregon Spruce Tree they planted last year In the eltv park and to light the fireplace with Christmas lights, also lo cated In the park. Mrs. Phil F-mert and Mrs, Ralph Crum. committee for decorations, will purchase additional lights. The club will observe the Twelfth Night burning of trees and greens on Saturday, January 6, at 4:30 p. m. on the Omar Kiet mann vacant lot across from the Catholic church. The activities on which th club Is worklns Includes th making or swaus bv the m.-m bers for the 15 business notiui's ana tne city hall. iNirs. Kietmann gave a report on oiras at the meeting. sh toia or Columbus sighting two nrown rencans and sparrows on September 18. 1492. which told him land was near. On (wtoiw.r 3, 1492 he saw more Pelicans wnicn are land birds. Mrs. Riet man also renorted m th it;iM Kagle. They are protected in the siaie oi Alaska. In the South- eastern part two men fniimi thirteen nests and eight pair of me uiros. An interesting rapt about the bald eaeh? thev pen. erally lay three eggs, but only one grows to maturity. Mrs. Fredrick Martin, chair. man of the Street Tree Planting project, presented a program on the best trees for nlamin in lone. Hospital visitors for tho mnntn of December are Mrs. Elbe Akers no Airs, carl Bergstrom. Mrs. Rietma tacted for garden supplies which Include 19G2 flower arrangement With terramycln In their rat ions. tf will gain more weight on the Mime amount of teed as Ihox- not fed the atitibiotlc re M-archers have found. ca landers, gloves, medle puint holders and floral clay. The January mei ting will be on January 9 at the home of Mrs. fcitte Akers. Mrs. Omar Kietmann will preient a program on birds. The door prize at Tuesdays meeting was received by Fannie rinith. iS m 3 3 7 i a 3 3 WARM APPRECIATION OP OUR ASSOCIATION DURING THE PAST YEAR WE EXTEND OUR VERY BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON GONTY'S Ed and Eleanor ,1 James Nielson With Marine Aircraft- Wing Wevofoe highly our friends ... and wish for all a Christmas of lasting happiness. May Your Christmas Tree Be Bright and Gay AS YOU AND YOURS ENJOY ALL THE 1 2 Marine Cpl. James O. Nielsen, son or Mr. and Mrs. John Niel sen of Heppner. is servlne with the Third Marine Aircraft Wing ai me ti loro Marine Corps Air The wing's helicopters, trans- riiermann s naraware f ijuns aim jeis oroviae air sup port for infantrymen of the First Marine Division at nearby Camp renaieion, uaiir. W hops the glow of Christmas comas In ipscially strong in your bom this Christmas. May vtnr moment gltam brightly with hopplnf is, joy and contentment. lone Oregon I ) i 11 mm I PLEASURES OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON -t0 tlu- 'LcLpjpjULAl b .9. . I It i ChrWmas agP?n. end wa'r gfad. Glad . . . becauie it glvei li the opportunity and cccason to exprsss ouriincera appreciation tor the fnendship cf fhose whom w wrve. You va made this a wonderful Qristmas tor us. FARLEY MOTOR CO. Btlngih, R V 1 V You Cbrfstnas We Extend Very Best Wishes To Everyone 5 3 It sa ss M2Uk CORPORATION TUM-A-LUM LUMBER CO. DICK BILL TIM H ....
