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4- HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday. November 29, 1962 Friends Honor Irrigon Couple on By MRS. ALBERT PARTLOW IRRIGON Mr. and Mrs. Vestie Elgin were honored with a surprise party on their 25th Wedding Anniversary Sunday. They had been invited for din ner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Way of Kennewlck, and fol lowing the meal the Ways sug gested driving on to Pasco to visit other friends. When tney arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Gilles, a group of friends were there to surprise them, and join in celebrating the Elgin s anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Grover Weaver spent Thanksgiving in Portland with their daughter, Mrs. frank Fleming and family. The Weav er's children Pat and David were there, also. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Collins drove to Battle Ground, Wn last Tuesday, where they were over night guests of Mrs. Vera Mat thews. They returned to Irrigon Wednesday, bringing Lisle Col lins, who is attending Columbia Academy at Battle Ground, home for the Thanksgiving holidays Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Knights and family of Springfield, spent Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. Chester Collins. Mrs. Collins is Mr. Knights' mother. Bud Jorgensen, who is major ing in Industrial Psychology at the University of Oregon, spent the holiday week-end with his folks, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Jorg ensen. Members and friends of the Community Church of Boardman met Sunday night tor slngspir ation with the Irrigon Baptist church. After the service, every one enjoyed a time of fellowship with cookies and cottec turn ished by the host church. The two churches meet after the wor ship service on the second Sun day in each month. Mrs. Ernest Stephens left Wed ncsday for Portland, where she will visit her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Park Gary, Julie and Carolyn; also her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Stephens and children Richard, Karyl and Robert. After spending a few days in Portland, Mrs, Stephens plans to go to Eugene to visit another daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cooper and children Harry Jr., and Er nest. Mr. and Mrs. John Henner have returned from a 9-day elk hunt in the Rock Creek area in Baker county. Besides the Henners, either members of the party were Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Linnell of Mayville and Jim Brown of Haines. The party of 5 brought out 3 elk. The following members of tile Irrigon Baptist church attended an Association meeting at the Athena First Baptist Church: Mr. and Mrs. Roy Part low, Mrs. Harry Adams, Mrs. Hees Morgan, Mrs. Avery Slioun, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Graybeal, and Rev. George Hash. Alter tlie dinner, served by the ladies of the Athena church, the Oregon Baptist convention camp director, ltev. Jack Frye, led in a training session for the tith ing enlistment program. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Gasser and children drove to The Dalles Fri day, to visit Mr. Gasscr's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gasser. The A. R. Gassers returned home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Jackson and children moved to their new home in Hermiston Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Kugene llerg and Ronnie of Westminster, Calif., spent the past week here with Mrs. Berg's mother, Mrs. Myrtle Markham and the Albert Part lows. The Bergs came via Cald well, Idaho, where they spent a few days with Mr. Berg's ONE GOOD MffTEL LEADS TO ANOTHER. foHow to CongrMi ilgnl It tak you from om good mctoi to another. 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Mrs. Markham's grandsons from He r m I s t o n Ricky, Randy and Steve Mills spent the Thanksgiving holiday week-end In Irrigon, also, and their parents, Mr. and Mrs James Mills were Thanksgiving dinner guests of the Albert Part lows. Mr. and Mrs. LaVern Christ iansen and family drove to The Dalles Wednesday to spend Thanksgiving with their daugh ter s family, Mr. and Mrs. Mich ael Creighton and Vince. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Mulkey joined them there inursday, and they all had thanksgiving together, Christiansens returning to Irri gon Thursday, and Mulkeys com ing back Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Zehner and family spent Thanksgiving with Mrs. Zehner's daughter's family, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Edwards in Pendleton. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Edwards of Pendleton also joined them for dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Vestie Elgin en tertained Mr. and Mrs. Howard Gilles and son Gerald and Mr, and Mrs. Harry Worrell and son Gary, all of Pasco, for Thanks giving dinner. Also at their home for the week-end was Elgin's son, Ronald and a friend, LeRoy Peters. Both boys attend Colum bia Basin College at Pasco. Sk3 John Califf left November 18 for Travis A.F.B. in California and from there he caught the first flight out on a MAT bound for Okinawa, where Califf will spend 11 more months stationed in the navy. An overflow crowd attended the Community Thanksgiving service held this year at the Assembly of God church. The service was conducted by Rev George Hash of the Baptist church, scripture reading was by Rev. John II. Kenney of the Assembly of God church, and the sermon was preached by Elder Clyde, pastor of the Seventh-day Adventist church. A large crowd attended the November PTA meeting conduc ted by president, Mrs. Harold Gugle, Speaker for the evening was Morrow County Health Nurse Vclma Glass, who talked about health problems and also told of the duties of a county health nurse. Following the talk, the fifth grade, taught by Mrs Hoyd Ilobbs, gave several choral reading selections, and sang two songs, accompanied by Mrs. Al bert Part low. Mrs. Partlow also played a piano solo. Refresh ments were served following the program. The fifth graders entertained at the November student body meeting, conducted by President Mike Partlow, at A. C. Hough ton Elementary. Football awards were presented to members of the team. EXAMINER COMING A drivers license examinei wlil be on duty in Ilcppner Tues day, December 11, at the Court house between the hours of !):.'!; a.m. and 3:30 p.m., according to an announcement received from the Deartment of Motor Ve hicles of Oregon. Persons wish ing original licenses or permits to drive are asked to file appli cations well ahead of the sched uled closing hour in order to assure time for completion of the required license test. CONGRESS OOAST-TO-COAST FREE Wrttiforpoo httttuTrawl Guide. Civ detail and ratei of SOO Congrest Mo. tor Hotels. Riverside Names Students Placed On Honor Rolls By MARY LEE MARLOW BOARDMAN The honor roll for the first nine weeks at River side High school is as follows: A roll, with an average of 3.6 to 4.0: seniors Janis Parker, Brenda Billings, Dorothy Rash; sophomores Terry McCoy, Lyle Hobbs, Roy Obermeier. B roll, with an average of 3.0 to 3.5: seniors Sharon F r a n k e, Pat Partlow, Eileen Ely, Barbara Da vis, Gloria Friend; juniors Elnora Eppenbach, Susan Mc Coy, Mary Thompson, Kathy Mc Ginnes, Sharon Donovan, Allyn Hobbs, Vivian Templeton, Leon ard Bedord; sophomores John Lathrop, Anna Mae McQuaw, Dick Skoubo, Dewena West; freshmen Charles Jackson, Mike Smith, Richard Summers, James Wilson. Attend Postal Meetings Mrs. Flossie Coats, postmaster, and Mrs. Florence Root went to Rufus November 17 to attend a meeting of the 4th District or Oregon Branch, National League of Postmasters. Joe Kerr, postal service officer, was the speaker. Sunday Mrs. Coats, Mrs. Root, and Mrs. Gunnar Skoubo attended the Morrow-Umatilla county postmasters meeting in Pendleton, Knitting Club Organizes The Knutty Knitters 4-H club met recently and organized at the home of their loader, Mrs. Joe Tatone. Officers elected are as follows: Jody Tatone, pres ident; Diane Black, vice-president; Cheryl Daniels, secretary; Linda Tatone, treasurer; Bobbie Skoubo, reporter, Roxann Wiese, sergeant-at-arms; Theresa Ball, scrapbook; Sandra Wiese, song leader; Kathy Getz, flag salute. The club made nlans for a tour to the Maryhill Museum and the Portland Woolen Mills. They also planned a Mothers' Tea for December 5. Joe Tatone, Boardman nayor, Only an likes ' W - : 'i " ' W - 'Wtf !f; JSt, ! - 'I III, 'I ... I Iff Pacific Power & Light Company Cottonettes Meet Five members of the Cotton ettes 4-H sewing club met Sat urday, November 17, at Mrs. Keith Rea's home to reorganize for the coming year. We have one new member, Cathy Haus ler. Our visitors were Mrs. Wal lace Matthews, Mrs. Joe Haus ler, Mrs. Walter Jacobs, and Mrs. John Proudfoot. We elected Karen Nelson pres ident, Merri Lee Jacobs vice president, Berniece Matthews secretary; Pam Proudfoot, news reporter; and Cathy Hausler and Deniece Matthews recreation leaders. It was decided to meet once each month on Saturday and to have 11 or more meetings. Our next meeting is planned as a buying trip to Pendleton on December 1, at 9:30. Pam Proudfoot, reporter was in Portland from November 15 till November 17 for the League of Oregon Cities meet ing. Saturday night he partici pated in the state Elks Bowling tournament. electric dishwasher to wash dishes! Get one - you'll love it! An automatic electric dishwasher will put a new sparkle fa your eyes . . . and a new sparkle in your kitchen, too. Let electricity take over after every meal . . . keep the china, the glassware, the silver even the pots and pans sparkling bright and hygienically clean I Now, enjoy extra hours and extra energy to spend on things you want and like to do. Dishwashing's a pleasure . . . electrically ! See the newest dishwashers, either portable or built-in models, at your electric appliance dealer's today I You Live Better... Electrically! Van Blokland High Scorer in Livestock Judging Competition Dale Van Blokland was the high scoring livestock judge in a county-wide 4-H livestock judging day held at the Frank Anderson ranch on Saturday, No vember 17, announced Joe Hay, Morrow county agent. Van Blok land scored a total of 492 points out of a possible 500 points. In piling up the winning score, he had three perfect scores out of four classes of animals judged and had the highest score on reasons. Terryl Greenup, Heppner, scor ed 482 points in taking second place at the judging day. She also had three perfect scores. Others in the top ten scorers include Kenneth Wright, third; Doug Anderson, fourth; Carol Rawlins, fifth; Sheridan Wyman, sixth; Karla Luciani, seventh; Cherilyn Smouse, eighth; David Hall, ninth; and Greg Greenup, tenth. Similar 4-H livestock judging High Hopes 4-H Club Elects; Plans Program The 4-H High Hopes club had their first meeting at the home of Mrs. Howard Crowell of lone. Five out of six members attend ed. We elected officers. They are as follows: Teresa Stefani, presi dent; Barbara Nichols, secre tary Teresa Tucker, sone leader; Bonnie Morgan, news reporter, and Linda Williams, games. We discussed what we could do riurine the vear and what we would need at our next meeting. Bonnie Morgna, reporter days will be conducted in April and at county fair to help 4-H members learn to select and judge livestock. "Scores from the three livestock judging events will be used to select 4-H mem bers to represent Morrow county at the State Fair 4-H Livestock judging contest," Hay said. Fifty 4-H members, leaders and parents braved the cold, windy weather to participate in the judging day.