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HEPPNER GAZETTE Wedding News Is Of Interest lo Friends Here By DELPHA JONES LEXINGTON Announcement of the recent wedding of a former Lexington resident, Hugo Leyva, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gar Leyva, now of Medford, to Miss Marilyn Doucet of Tillamook, has been received here. Hugo graduated in the class of 1958 from Lexing ton High school and has been employed at Meier and Frank Co. in Portland as a window dec;) rator for the past two years. His wife is also employed at Port land. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Jones at tended the Hoffman-En dlcott w(ddinL' at Elkton on .Saturday Their daughter, Char'ene, of Portland, was maid of honor lor the ceremony. Besides their daughter, the Jones w:;r accom panied by Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Leyva who went on to Medford to visit at the (Jar Leyva nonie The Lexington Cafe is open to the public, alter being closed several weeks by the; death of Mr. Cornelison, co-owner of the business. Birth of Son Announced The announcement of the bir'h of a son, Donald Dale, to Mr. ni d Mrs. Donald Hunt of Garrk-n Grove, Calif., has been receiver by the young man's grandmoth ei, Mrs. Bertha Hunt of Lexin ' ton, The baby weighed 1 lbs. ounces. Maternal grandparent s are Mr. and Mrs. Dale T. Waddul of Oregon City. Mr. and Mrs. New't O'Hair? were visitors in Walla Wa'la art Ivmlli Ion the past wtvk. M G'llarra attended the WesP-v Schaum school of music in Pen dleton. Mrs. Arrnin Wihlon spent Mother's Day in Emmet t, Ida., at the home of her paren s. Mr. and Mrs. Greg Leyva and .small daughter are spending some time at the Gar Leyva home in Medford. Mrs. Florence McMillan st)"iit Mother's Day week-end w'th h'-r daughter, Mrs. Pal SaA-ycr ar.l children in Pendleton. On Sun day they visited at the Frej lli istow home in Cove. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Yoeum and children and Mr. and Mrs. Areh'.e Nichols visited in Kinzua, and ( amp 5 on Sunday. Among those from Lexington attending the Mother's Tea in lone on Monday were Mrs. K"n Palmer, Mrs. Hoy Martin and Mis. C. C. Jones. Mr. and Mrs. Hoy Martin and son were Portland visitors over the week-end and visited Mr. Martin's mother, Mrs. Hortense Martin, who makes her home there. Mr. and Mrs. Vern Key of Bend, an aunt and uncle of Mrs. Dean Hunt, were visitors at the Hunt home on Saturday. The Lexington Bridge club met a' i he home of Mrs. Dean Hurt on Thursday evening with tie following members present: Mrs. Johnnie Ledbetter, Mrs. Elsie Cole, Mrs. Velma Glass, Mrs. Oliver Cresswiek, Mrs. Klrton Pailberg, Mrs. :lob Davidson, Mrs G lie Cutsl'orth and the hostess. Mrs. Hunt. High Was won by Mri. Glass, second high by Mrs. Hunt and low by Mrs. Ledbetter. Mis. Bertha Hunt entertainel the 1-cxinglon 3-Links (Tub l ist Thursday afternoon. At this' if I, if iA k Y "H'.'.1 u. HUMPHREYS REXALL DRUG STORE Mr. and Mri. Rod Murray 217 N. Main Ph. 676-9G10 We are At Your Service Around The Clock - TIMES, Thursday, May 17 ,1962 LEXINGTON LOG Jack Smith of Condon stopped at the local airport on May 8 while taking care or campaign work for state representative. On May 9 Mrs. Louise Lane and son stopped in, en route to Heppncr where they spent several hours visiting rel atives. May 10 was a busy day with Emery Tresham and Gary Muller of Pendleton coming in, also Res Lanham of Emmett, Idaho, who was enroute to Portland. Mr. Lanham had stopped at the John Day airport only to find he was unable to buy gas there, so con tinued on to Lexington. On May 6 Dr. C. M. Wagner stopped at the airport, and later flew on to La Grande. Some used car dealers from Yakima also stopped briefly last week. Landing at the airport on Sat urday were Lindy Reid and Harold Siebling, both of Pasco, Wn. Slopping here on Sunday was Kenneth Thompson whose home is in Eugene. meeting plans were discussed for an Oddfellow and Rebekoh picnic for friends and relatives, and plans for the delegates to go to convention were made. Those present for the afternoon were, Mrs. Charlie Padberg, Mrs. Joe Yoeum, Mrs. Dale Sherman, M.'.i Earl Warner, Mrs. Florence Mc Millan, Mrs. Art Keene, Mrs. Lon nie Henderson, Mrs. A. F. Majus ke and Mrs. C. C. Jones. The next meeting is planned for the Art Keene ranch. Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Breedirg spent Mother's Day in Spray wifn Mr. and Mrs. Emery Burnsii'c, parents of Mrs. Breeding. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Steagall were LaGrande visitors Sunday w'th their son Jimmie who it. t.'nds Eastern Oregon College. Mrs. Trannie Parker was a rntient in Pioneer Memorial hos pital one night this week. Mrs. Kenneth Palmer was su.' prised Mr.y 9 when friends and r datives honored her with a surprise birthday party. GueVs included her mother, Mrs. Ken neth Marsnall; Mrs. Gene Majes ke, a sister; Mrs. Bud Marshall of H.-ppner, sister-in-law, Mrs. K. ates of Pendleton, and other ("iends. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stout, Jr., and daughters, are visiting this month with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Irby, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stout. They will return to their home in Ketchikan, Alaska, the first of Juno. Mrs. L. D. Tiblbes and Mrs. J. - H. Huffman were in Eugene over the week-end to attend Mother's Day festivities at the University of Oregon campus and visit their sons, Mr. and Mrs. Lance Tibbies, Larry Tibbies, and Bob Huffman. Mrs. Charles Gomillion, Athena, accompanied them to visit her sister. Mothers going to Oregon State University for Mothers' Week end were Mrs. Bruce Spencer, Mrs. Clint McQuarrie, Mrs. Art Fergeson, Mrs. Claude Graham, and Mrs. Lucille Wilson, who visited her daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Barratt. Mothers visited Kathy Spencer, Dennis Fergeson, Helen Graham, and Mr. and Mrs. Dick Ruhl. Mrs. Harry Sherwood, Silver- ton, is visiting here with her stepdaughter and family, Mr. ind Mrs. Arnold Melby. She ar rived from Pendleton Monday afternoon, coining over with Mr. and Mrs. Claude Graham. YOUR OW PROUCJIONl C. A. RUGGLES INSURANCE AGENCY 148 W. Willow Ph. 676-9G25 7 .... v.,. - m GUARDIAN . . . of vour family's health. Together with your phys ician, we form a health team dedicated to keeping vou and your family well at all times. Soroptimists To Host Senior Tea May 27 At Humphrey Home Senior girls, their mothers, wives of faculty members and women teachers will be guests of honor Sunday, May 27, at the annual Soroptimist tea. Held again at the Leta Humphrey home, invitations have been ex tended to call between the hours of 2 and 5 p. m. An informal program is planned under the direction of Mrs. John Pfeiffer, program chairman. Other activities of the club have included the observance of its 14th birthday, receiving the original charter on April 10, 1948 through the Baker chapter. Re ports were given last week by Mrs. E. E. Gonty, president, and Miss Humphreys, delegate, to the Northwest Regional Conference last month in Lewiston, Idaho. Also attending the conference was Mrs. Pearl Devine. The club is again taking care of the expenses of one of the girl representatives at Girls' State in June and will handle the registration guest book at the Pioneer Memorial Day picnic. Erickson to Go To Madras Bank Roy Erickson of the staff of the Heppner branch, First National Bank, will be transferred to the new Madras branch of First Nat ional about mid-June, it was learned this week. He will be in charge of install ment credit loans in the branch which will be opened In a new building. Erickson has been with the Heppner branch for one year and seven months, coming here from Bend. Harley Sager of Nvssa. who Is married and has two children, will take Erickson's position here. Moving date for the Erick sons remains somewhat un certain, depending upon when the new branch is ready. While the couple, who has two children, said that they do not like to leave friends in Heppner, they look forward to the promotion and their new work. Opening Delayed On School Bids Opening of bids on construc tion of an addition to the A. C. Houghton elementary school at Irrlgon has been postponed by the Morrow County School Dis trict R-l for one week, to May 24. Original date for the bid opening was set for May 17. The board at its meeting Mon day night changed the date when the architects advised that electrical specifications were late in getting completed, allowing too little time for contractors to complete figures before the bid opening. Dr. Fred Often Dies In La Grande Mishap Dr. and Mrs. A. D. McMurdo received word late Wednesday uternoon ot the accidental death of Dr. Fred Otten, prominent La Grande physician and surgeon on his place in La Grande. He was killed when a tractor he was operating tipped over and rolled on him, breaking his neck. Death was almost instantaneous. Mrs. Otten, the former Florence Simms, is a niece of Mrs. Mc Murdo, Judge J. O. Hager and Mrs. Hugh Bran. Dr. and Mrs. Otten have four children. The accident happened about 4:30 Wednesday. Funeral services are pending. Attend Week-end Festivities At OSU Mrs. Jim Lovgren, accom panied by her mother, Mrs. Cal Sumner, motored to Corvallis recently where they enjoyed the Mothers' week-end festivities on the campus of Oregon State University. They visited in the home of Jack Sumner and in the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house where Jay Sumner resides. Both voting men are students at the university. They enjoyed the Saturday night music program put on as special entertainment for guests. Auxiliary To Meet An important business meet ing is set for the Pioneer Mem nrial hospital auxiliary on Mon day. May J.X, at cju p. m. Mrs. A. G. Pieper, president urges all members to attend the meeting in the iurv room at Hit county courthouse, and inter ested visitors are also welcome. TO THE EDITOR. To the Editor: It is certain that evervone in Morrow and surrounding coun ties deeply regret the very costly fire at the Elks club in Heppner ast Friday. Along with that regret how ever, we should all take pride n having one of the most effic ient fire departments in the ountrv. in a fire of that magni ude, with no one hurt and the ire being confined as soon as t was, bears out this fact. Also the response of friends and n.tahhnra wn tmlv rtmsirL-nh!. We would like to thank all these people for their offer of assis- nee to us. Very grateful neighbors, Harold and Arolene Laird 9tm iiMt; r'1 THOMSON BROS f S7 EXISifedi 0 MAIN STREET became a depository lor Elks lodge furnishings at the height of the fire Friday. This photo shows much of their salvaged equipment piled in front of Thomson Bros, grocery. It was later moved to vacant building next to MiLadies. (G-T Photo) Braves Take First Win; Game Tonight The cry of "play ball" has sounded and the Little Leagues will battle it out for the next two months of early evening baseball gimes fighting for the leagne championship. The first game of the season got underway Monday nigh' when the Braves took a 12 to 'J decision over the fighting D gers. The Dodgers opened up Hi.. scoring in the first inning with two runs on one hit by Kit Anderson. The Braves bounced back in the bottom of the iuA with two' runs on two hits, one each by Kent Pratt and iNVil Chamberlain. Both teams wen held scoreless until the bottom th third when the Braves came up with tnree more runs a n t! then broke loose in the fourth for seven runs on six hits. The Dod gers came back with a run in the fourth, two in the fifth, and clos ed out with one run in the sixMi. The Braves used three pitcher) starting Randy Stiilman, follow ed by Kent Pratt, and Steve Tettyjohn, each pitching two in nings and allowing a total of si;; rins on four hits and getting si strikeouts. The Dodgers use I ohn McCabe and Jon O'Donno 1 who allowed 12 runs on 12 hi.s and struck out three men. The Giants and Indians mou. tonight (Thursday) for an ex pected close ,-rame starting a' 5:30 p. m. Friday the Giants meet the Dodgers, and on Saturday ta Indians and Braves tangle at 2:00 p. m. Gaines next week are: Mav 21, Braves vs. Giants. May 22, Anlgers vs Indians May 23, Do.'gers vs Braves May 21, In lians vs Giants Barbara Hutchins Engagement Told Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hutchins announce the engagement of their daughter, Barbara Jean, to Larry Angel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Angel of Portland. A summer wedding is planned by the couple. Barbara Jean is completing her junior year at Heppner Higli seiiool. Larry graduated from high school in Portland and is presently employed at the Hepp ner BOX MIU. Civic League Plans Important Meeting An important business meet ing is planned for members of me Heppner Civic League Mon day evening at the home of Mrs. Matt Hughes. The annual pic nic will be discussed, as well as hearing of reports on the re cent rummage sale. Mrs. Roy Erickson announced that she will present her resignation as president of the group, due to her husband's transfer to Madras the first of next month. Members are asked to make a special effort to bring vounc mothers who will be prospective members for next year. fffk The next best thing to being there- LONG p DISTANCE 1? Share friendly talk -settle plans , and give just as much pleasure 5 you get CALL TONIGHT! 'M PACIFIC NORTHWEST BELL Bi-&.i: .v-vm 1 - . Y 2 rttf1 r-.: Town Team Gets Call to Practice Call to practice has been sounded by Manager Eert Corbin of the Heppner Merchants, town baseball team. All the veterans and newcomers interested are asked to meet at the rodeo grounds Sunday at 2 p. m. for tryouts and discussion on the coming season. Corbin says that he hopes to schedule a local game for Mem orial Day, but no schedule has been drawn for the Wheat league season as yet. The Merchants won the pennant last year, and are seeking to repeat this year in order to claim permanent pos session of the league trophy. Good news for the locals comes with the information that Pitcher Jack Ford of Pendleton will be back again for mound duty. All men interested in trying out for the team are urged to be on deck Sunday, Corbin said. Wonderly Takes Penitentiary Post Don Wonderly, who has been office manager and bookkeeper ror Heppner Lumber company for the past 2k years, will move with his family to Salem about June 1 so that he may assume fluties as a correctional officer at the state penitentiary, ho said Monday. Wonderly said that he took Livit Service exam tor the po sition and will be working ir rehabilitation and guard duties He said that he also hopes to go to Willamette University o; Oregon College to train for juv enile counseling work. The move to Salem will be return home for Wonderly be cause lie is formerly of the Cap ital city. He attended Mcrritt Davis Business College there Banquet, Dance Set For Eighth Graders Plans are progressing well for the littn annual eighth grade banquet and dance to be held in the Catholic parish hall Sat urday night. The banquet starts at 6:30 p. m. with the dance to follow until 10:30 p. m. Co-chairmen for the event are Mrs. Max Barclay, Mrs. Paul Webb, Mrs. Herb Case, and Mrs, Lewis McDonald. Those working on other phases of the party are tne foods committee, Mrs. Her man Green, Mrs. Gene Majeski Mrs. Kenneth Batty, Mrs. Gene Pierce, Mrs. Paul Hisler, Mrs, Case, Mrs. Gordon Hutchins, Mrs Jack Ilealy; decorating commit tee, Mrs. Lowell Gribble and Mrs, Ed Schaffitz; hostess, Mrs. Paul Brown; and in charge of the dance, Mrs. Jack Healy. Students will also take part in the decorations and help with tne party. Parents are invited to drop in brietlv to watch the students during the dance. ....... . ..v . x. . ,v - . ... . .... . . mm i Mrs. Dick Seated As PTA President Mrs. L. E. Dick was installed Wednesday night as 1962-63 Heppner PTA president. Working with her next year and also in stalled at the meeting were Everett Struckmeier, vice presi dent; Mrs. Ray Massey, secretary; and Robert Hopper, treasurer. Mrs. Massey was ill and was installed by proxy. Installation officer was Mrs. Bill Heath, past PTA president. Mrs. Dick stated that question naires are being sent to the par ents through the school asking committee prerences, suggestions for next year's programs and money-making ideas, and study group suggestions. Parents are asked to fill them out and re turn them to Mrs. Dick. A group of first graders per formed exercises to the Meredith Wilson record, "Chicken Fat," as part of the program. Others tak ing part in the program were Barbara Logan, P. E. teacher, singing and playing the guitar, Mrs. Harold Erwin and Mrs. Dick Meador, sixth grade teachers, re citing a poem in Spanish, which they had learned during PTA Spanish study group; and Mrs. Ola Mae Benson playing piano numbers. With Miss Logan ac companying on the guitar, Mrs. Benson led the audience in group singing to close the program. Mrs. Don Clark's first grade won the room count and the first grade room mothers served re freshments following the meet ing. Palmer to Enter State Track Meet Joe Palmer of lone High school tossed the shotput 43' 7" in the district B track meet at Uma tilla last week and tied with Mike Shields of McEwen for first place. This gave Joe the right to enter the state tournament at Springfield, and he is conceded a good chance of bringing home some points for lone. The Cardinals, who have not worked out regularly on track this season, took five to the dis trict meet and ended witli SVa points, about midway among the 12 teams participating. Ken Nelson took a fifth in the 220, and Wayne Hams was fifth in the broad jump. Tom Heim bigner tied for first in the pole vault with five others, but Peter son of Helix and Brehm of Ukiah made the 10' 6" height on their first tries and thus will rep resent the district. Joe Halvorsen, only a fresh man, ran the low hurdles in 27 seconds, thus showing prumLe for the future. Hospital News Patients in Pioneer Memorial hospital this week are: Viola Flugrad, Long Creek; Alvin Yates, Heppner; Vida Noble, North Powder; Elmer Knighten, Condon; Geatta Cox, Heppner; Marion Udell, Heppner; Sidney Britt. Hardman: T.neille Hnskina Condon; and Mary Potter, Con don. Those dismissed for the week were: Eugene .Taeksnn rnnHnn- Phil Emert, lone; Delores Barnett, lone; John Reeder, Pilot Rock; Trannie Parker, Lexington; and urenaa huh, Heppner. Municipal and Justice Court James J. Byers, defective equip ment, fined $10. Leland Clifford Proffitt, violation of the basic rule, fined $25. Roland Ekstrom, passing school bus while bus was unloading children, fined $30. James Cowins. overtime park ing, fined $1.00. Now. ..test drive the fllW'JHP'TORIIADO-OIIC RIGIflE You'll be amazed at its performance! Presenting the Tornado-OHC, America's first overhead camshaft engine designed specially for commercial vehicles. WHAT IS AN 0HC ENGINE? In a conventional engine, the valves are on top-the camshaft, which operates them, down below. TheTornado OHC has overhead valves and an overhead camshaft-which is what OHC stands for. The simplicity of this system-it has 36 fewer moving parts-makes it much more efficient It produces 33 more power with up to 25 better gas economy-needs less maintenance and lasts much longer. COME IN AND TEST DRIVE THE TORNADO-OHC ENGINE now available in Jeep' Pick ups, 4-wheel drive Utility Wagons, 2-wheel drive Station Wagons and Panel Deliveries. trai? J0B-pR0VED w IIM n J VEHIC1ES . J a TOHNAOO.OHC-STOUT NEW FARLEY MOTOR CO. HEPPNER iFire Ravages Lodge Building; Theater Damaged (Continued from Page 1) that it will be some time before any final decision is made. Chief Ruggles said that this was Heppner's worst fire since the Morrow County Grain Grow ers' elevator was destroyed here on July 18, 1949, with damage approximating $500,000. He praised all those who as sisted with the fire and par ticularly commended the public for its helpfulness and for the orderly manner that residents cooperated during the time the fire was in progress. Those who had no part to play in helping, stayed back and did not obstruct firemen's work. In all, firemen laid 2350 feet of 2y2" hose at the fire and 350 feet of 1" hose. During the course of the blaze, four sections broke at various times from the pressure. The chief said that he believes this is due to a faulty drying arrangement in the trucks, which allows hoses to deteriorate, and the department has taken steps to prevent the same thing happening in the future. Many of the Elks leaders were away at their state convention in Ontario when the fire hit. They were notified by telephone, but all remained at the conven tion. News of the fire brought a somber note to all the Elks at the meeting. Origin of the fire and cause is still a matter of conjecture. Two deputy state fire marshals, Stan Phillips of John Day and Joe Gault of Corvallis, spent con siderable time here the first of the week in an attempt to lo cate the cause. They have not yet made a report. Volunteer firemen turned out in full strength for the fire. In cluded in the group are Chief Ruggles, Everett eKtihley, Nate McBride, Herman Green, Bill Earra, Fred Gimbel, Darrell Power, Forrest Burkenbine, Clyde Allstott, Morgan Connor, Herman Stroeber, Jim Devine, Don Stroeb er, Joe Daniels, Charles Samp son and Don Wonderly. Former firemen and others also offered their services and took a place on the fire lines. L. E. Dick Returns From Eastern Trip L. E. (Ed) Dick returned late last week after a fast trip to Ft. Smith, Arkansas, where he viewed the massive new Norge factory. With other Norge dealers, Ed made the trip by airplane, and their only stop was at Bill ings, Mont., where more dealers joined the flight. The factory has more than 25 acres under roof, one of the largest such installations in the United States. The company laid out the "red carpet" for dealers, and Dick was very impressed although time was too short to cover the operation completely. Episcopal Men Plan Breakfast Meeting Men of the Episcopal church are invited to attend a breakfast Sunday in the parish hall follow ing early church, approximately 8:30 a. m. Some of the college students home over Mother's Day week end were Joan Spencer, Dob Ma honey, Jerry and Carole Anne Anderson, Stuart Gribble, Ber nice Thomson, Barney Nistad, and David Creswick. County Agent, N. C. Anderson, left Monday for a 3-day confer ence at Oregon State University in Corvallis. 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