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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, June 7, 1962 Hardman Friends Honor Bus Driver Before Departing By CHARLOTTE WALKER Hardman, Khea Creek Tues day afternoon a farewell party was held at the home of Mrs. Owen Leathers Jr., at Parker's Mill, honoring Mrs. Ireta Dooney, who has been our bus driver the past three years and is moving away. A big planter and plant was given her. Refreshments were served to Blanch McDaniel, Marie Walker, Emma Cecil, La Velle Hams, Marie Lesley, Randy Britt, Loretta Cecil, Charlotte Walker and Nona Leathers. Visitors at the John Stevens home the past week were Stan ley Musgraves, Rho Bleakman and Ronnie Saddler of Monu ment, and Mr. and Mrs. H. L. LaMon of Hcrmiston. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Davis and family of Boise, Idaho, visited overnight Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. Cecil McDaniel and fam ily. Mr. and Mrs. Phil Dooney, Joyce, David, Marie Walker and sons moved to Mitchell Thurs day. Morris Dooney is remaining at the Chapin Creek guard station for the summer to help the new fire warden, Howard Cline, get acquainted with this district. Graduates Are Honored Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wright had a party Sunday in honor of Archie Ball Jr., and Gary Van Blokland who graduated last week. Yellow was the theme for the graduation. Refreshments were served to the following: Mr. and Mrs. Archie Ball, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Van Blokland, Mr. and Mrs. Wright, Gary and Archie, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Huston Lesley drove to Monument and back on Sunday. Miss Loretta Cecil of Wallowa Is staying at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Cecil for a while. Mr. and Mrs. Kinard McDaniel and Mrs. Les Robinson went to Walla Walla and College Place to visit overnight recently. Mrs. Blanche Jones and fam ily of Boardman spent Memorial Day with her brother, Guy Chapin. Owen Leathers Jr. and Roger Graham were in Portland for a couple of days last week. Mrs. Wave Jackson of Monu ment is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Harold Wright and family. Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Chapel and Cassie went to Condon Fri day. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Campbell and Mr. and Mrs, Roger Camp bell of Lexington visited at the Bechdolt home Memorial Day. Archie Saling was in Hardman one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Thomas of Walla Walla were overnight guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Chapel on Tuesday. Mrs. Robert Rogers, Mrs. Hen ry Graham, Dennis and Jimmy of Sweet Home, and Mrs. Ted Wacker of Salem called on Alta and John Stevens and the Sam McDaniels on Memorial Day. Monument By MARTHA MATTESON Mr. and Mrs. Guy Hills and daughter Stella moved the past week to Crescent Lake resort where they will work for the summer. In September they will move to Heppner where she will teach in the grade school. Miss Glcnda Hills left Satur day for Springfield to take care of her grandmother, Mrs. Wil liams, who had a heart attack while visiting here a month ago and was in the John Day hos pital. Gary Engle and Ray Davis, Jr., spent a few days visiting in the valley last week. Mr. and Mrs. Billy Neal drove to Portland Sunday to be wilh her mother, Mrs. Boyd Hinton, who is there to have surgery work done. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Neal, Mrs. Arlot Flemings, Tommy and Jerrie have gone to Cordova, Alaska, to join Mr. Fleming's where he is working during the fishing and canning season. Mrs. Stella McCarty and Mrs. Martha Matteson drove to Port land Sunday afternoon, May 27, where Mrs. Matteson visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Somers. Mrs. McCarty drove on to St. Helens to be with her daughter and relatives. They re turned home Wednesday night. Mrs. Pearl Martin and daugh ters, Miss Marguerite Martin, Mrs. Charles Williams and son of Sacramento, Calif., were in Salem recently visiting relatives. Mrs. Gloria Smith and Mrs. June Hutchison drove to La Grande Saturday for a meeting of unit presidents of the Amer ican Legion auxiliary. Dinner guesls at the Elmer Matteson home May 27 were Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Malteson and daughter Martha of Alturas, Calif., and D. L. Matteson and friend of Milton-Freewater. Mrs. Fred Barnard of North Powder is staying at the Boyd Hinton home while they are in Portland, and to be near his hrolher, Earl Barnard who is in tlm John Day hospital. A large crowd was on hand at the Jim Stairwalt ranch Sun day for the horse sale and riding events. Mr. and Mrs. George Key of Plasentia, Calif., spent the week end visiting the Kenneth Thomas family in Mt. Vernon. Mrs. Key took care of Mrs. Thomas when she was a small child. Miss Etta Hunt left May 20 for Alturas, Calif., to spend the summer with her sister, Mrs. Gracie Matteson and family. Maynard Hamilton and Ken- nelh Thomas left Sunday night for Portland where they will at tend a convention of Oregon Presbyterian churches this week. Ernie Johnson is helping Ins daughter, Mrs. Francis Noland and four children move here from Prineville. They will live n the Roy Bowman house. Sunday evening, June 10, the senior high young people from Knox Presbyterian church in Spokane, Wn will participate in the services here. The group has musical numbers and one-act nlavs which thev will present during the evening services start- n at 8 p. m. Varied Entries Seen at Show The first of its kind, and a "bang-up" success, is the way to describe the 4-H community flower show sponsored by Sew-A-Long 4-H sewing club of Heppner in the Heppner Auto Sales showroom on May 26, ac cording to Esther Kirmis, Mor row county extension agent. "The flower show which feat ured iris, peonies, pansies, prim roses, roses, scilla, tulips, and flowering shrubs was an effort on the part of these 10 teen age girls to help the community flower growers and acquaint the public with the lovely blooms that could be grown here," ex plains Mrs. William Rawlins, their leader. The girls accepted 81 entries from 8:00 to 10:00 o'clock in the morning. The flower .Judge, Mrs. Kern Tcliefson, Hermiston, then took over for the rest of the morning to make decisions on the awarding of the ribbons. She commented on the excellence of the flowers and the good dis play. Entries came from both tone and Heppner. "Several of our Sew-A-Long members are also taking a foods project under Mrs. Douglas Drake," continued Mrs. Rawlins, "so they came up with the idea of having a silver tea at the flower show. The Kool Kooks, as they are called, soon got to planning and came up with a tea party to delight everyone. They borrowed a punch bowl from Miss Leta Humphreys, and the First Christian church1 of Heppner loaned their plates and cups. Mrs. Helen Cox, local flor ist, sent over a beautiful ar rangement for the tea table." "So you see it really got to be a community affair," concluded the leader, "parents and friends all joined in with the girls to make this a gala affair." Mrs. Rawlins and her husband are well-known flower growers on their ranch in Eightmile country. Mrs. Rawlins is a mem ber of the lone Garden club and lakes an active part in the staging of the lone Garden club flower show in the fall. Best horticulture award and best decorative award went to Ralph Martin, lone, who shows great promise as a flower ar ranger. Mrs. Vera Rietmann, lone, won the sweepstakes award with five blue ribbons. "Each of the girls had an assignment" pointed out Jeanne Stockard, president of the Sew-A-Longs. "Judy Smith and Joan Stockard wrote invitations and thank-you's, Judy and her mother and Jean biewert took i entries; Joan Stockard and , Susan Drake assisted the judge; Janis Baker passed the guest book; Rogenia Wilson and Mrs. Douglas Drake poured assisted by Kitty O'Hara and Kalhy ilea; Carol RawPns and Nonda Clark set up the table and center pieces and Lynn Burkenbin . Nonda Clark, Carol Riwlins and Joan Stockard and myself did the cleanup. Wo were all t re ! but felt we'd had a ball." Funds received from (he silver offering, after expenses, will be given to the IFYE (International Farm Youth Exchange) which is sponsored bv the 4-H clubs. "An added dividend that came out of all this," disclosed Miss p-i-'i ;j ' y f-;- r T-TTrr . 1 1 ijhi 11 yijWiwii.'M lgj'y.;iwijiiyiBiMwiygsBg : J--- . - . , 'a ',, 't I iiMl ' -. -1 mm 1 1 'i mum . i 1 I f-J- ' ,' Yt """t J I n Ml 4mrfi m COMMUNITY FLOWER show, sponsored by the Sew-a-lonq 4-H club of Heppner on May 28, was deemed a booming success. Mrs. William Rawlins, 4-H leader, end Lynn Burkenbine, a member, pose before a portion of the flower show held in the showrooms of Heppner Auto Sales. Kirmis. "is that the next morn ing six of the girls came up to the county agent's office and signed up for the 4-H flower grower project." Horticulture winners of the show included: Class 1 (Bearded iris): Vera Rietmann, Rita Wolff, Ralph Martin, Mrs. Ray Campbell, Maxine Gray, Bruce Thomson, Anita Stockard, and Hazel Vaughn. Class 2 (Beardless iris): Jerry Sumner, Vera Rietmann, Madge Thomson. Class 3 (Collection of iris): Vera Rietmann, Hazel Vaughn, Ralph Martin. Class 4 (Peonies, double): Mrs. Harold Laird, Lenna Smith, Mrs. Jerry Sumner, Bebe Munkers. Class 5 (Peonies, single): Helen Thompson. Class b (Pansies): Blanche Barlow, Hazel Vaughn, Emma Drake. Class 7 (Primroses): Hazel Vaughn, Helen Martin. Class 11 (Roses): Vera Riet mann. Class 12 (Scilla): Mrs. Etta Huston, Arolene Laird. Class 13 (Tulips): Bebe Mun kers, Mattie Green, Hazel Vaughn. Class 14 (Flowering Shrubs): Lilacs, Mrs. Jane Rawlins, Etta Huston, Emma Drake; spirea Maxine Gray, Gwcn Ilealy, Har old Laird; others, Mrs. Ralph Thompson, Jerry Sumner; colum bine, Mrs. Harold Laird, Helen Martin, Bebe Munkers; oriental poppies, Beth Van Schoiaek Maxine Gray; other flowers, Rita Wolff, Mrs. Harold Laird Jerry Sumner. Classes 16 to 24 (Arrangement division): Ralph Martin, Svlvi McDaniel, Bche Munkers, Jerry Sumner, Mattie Green, Ed'a Munkers, Emma Drake, Ida Farra, Rita Wolff, Bob Lowe. 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See the new Chevrolet, Chen II and Cormir at imrjoe dealer's FULLETON CHEVROLET COMPANY May & Main St Phone 676-9921 Heppner Mr. and Mrs. Jim Angell and family, Portland, were house guests of Mr. and Mrs. Don Mun kers a few days last week. They left Sunday for their home. Glcdys Corrigall and Marie Johnson, Portland, visited a few days in town last week looking up old acquaintances. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hamlin visited last week-end in Gresham with friends and relatives. 20 Heppner High Students Listed On Honor Roll Twenty-nine Heppner High school students made the honor roll for the second semester with seniors topping the list. Thirteen in the graduating class made the roll, followed by eight fresh men, five juniors and three soph omores. Getting perfect 4.0 grades were Ken Daggett and Sandra Harsh -man, seniors; Laura Sumner, Ann Jones and Martha Doherty, juniors. Others wore as follows: Seniors, Ronnie Bcl;,ma, 3.40; Beverly U.ake, 3.66; Donald Clark, 3.50; Ronnie Creswick, 3.33; Beverly Davidson, 3.66; Norma Fergeson, 3.50; Rose Nash, 3.33; Judy Schmidt, 3.80; Mary Shannon, 3.66; Libby Van Schoiaek, 3.33; and Linda Van Winkle, 3.50. Juniors Shirley Carlson, 3.50; Shan Applegate, 3.83. Sophomores Jennifer Brindle, 3.50; Gail Hoskins, 3.33; Bill Sherman, 3.83. Freshmen Carl Bauman, 3.83; Barbara Blake, 3.66; Lee Dag gett, 3.50; Stuart Dick, 3.83; Tony Doherty, 3.50; Jean Stockard, 3.83; Mike Sweek, 3.33; and John Wagenblast, 3.66. , On the nine weeks honor roll but not on the semester roll were the following: Seniors Cheryl Crist, 3.66; Don Hughes, 3.33; Diane McCurdy, 3.33; and Julie Pfeiffer, 3.50. Junior Linda Val entine, 3.40. Methodist Men, Sons Get Breakfast Invite The Methodist Men's club of the local church will be guests of the Herman Greens at their mountain cabin Sunday morn ing for a breakfast meeting. Also invited are the sons of the members. The group will meet at the church at 7 a. m. and will share car travel out to the cabin. Election of officers is planned during the business portion of the mooting. It will be the last meeting until fall. We Will Deliver Your Processed Meat Free a J l 01 Charge Heppner, Vl Ion.. Lexington WHOLESALE MEATS CUSTOM SLAUGHTERING SCHEDULE: Hogs Tuesday Cattle Wed., Tburs. Sheep Any Day Follett Meat Co. Hermiston, Oregon Ph. JO 7-6651 On Hermiston-McNary Highway COMING TO Pendleton Round-up Grounds Sunday, June 10, 8:15 P. M. GENERAL TBFS used exclusively by INTERNATIONAL AUTO DAREDEVILS PREMIUM QUALITY, POPULAR PRICE NYGEN CORD TWIN TREADS DOUBLE GUARANTEED Famous International Auto Daredevils use the safest, strongest tires available new General Jet-Air tires. The first tire ever made with premium-tire quality at a popular price, the Jet-Air features steel-strong Nygen Cord, sure-footed twin treads, new Odessa tread rubber. 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