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'
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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iFire Ravages
Lodge Building;
Theater Damaged
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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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