HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. February 14. 1963
Cemetery Acquires Name
By LaVELLE PAHTLOW
IRRIGON "Des e r t Lawn
Memorial" is the name chosen
by the judges for the newly
relocated Irrigon cemetery as a
result of the contest sponsored
by the Irrigon Cemetery Maint
enance District. Mrs. Warren Mc
Coy was the winner, and receiv
ed the $15 cash award. The Cenr
eterv Maintenance District
would like to thank the public
for their Interest and partici
pation in the contest.
Group Plans Pinochle Party
The Irrigon Grange met
Thursday evening in the old
cafeteria with Mr. and Mrs. Vern
Dillon hosts for the evening. The
Grange voted to sponsor the can
cer drive in the Irrigon area, and
to assist with landscaping the
new cemetery. Lee Gustafson
was appointed chairman to have
double sinks installed in tne oia
cafeteria room. During the even
ing, Mr. and Mrs. Don Kenney
gave an Interesting and inform
ative report on the REA Con
vention held at Las Vegas, Nev.,
which the Kenneys attended.
The Grange members have
moved their dishes and silver
ware into the old cafeteria to
be used by the public. They will
sponsor a pinochle party in the
old cafeteria Saturday evening,
February 23, at 8:00 p.m.
Graybeal Services Call Relatives
Out-of-town relat Ives who
came to attend the funeral of the
late Max Graybeal of Umatilla,
and to visit in Irrigon were Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Leach and girls
of Drain. They spent the week
end visiting Leach's sister's fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Isom and
Donna, and Mrs. Leach's father
and brother's family, R. V. Jones
and Mr. and Mrs. Max Jones
and family. Also here were Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Allen and child
ren of Salem, who visited with
Mrs. Allen's folks, Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Graybeal, and Allen's aunt
and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
Grim, Mrs. Frank Stewart of La
Grande, spent the week-end with
her mother, Mrs. Ruth McCoy,
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Rosen
crants of Portland, Mr. and Mrs.
Jay Berry, Mr. and Mrs. Russell
McCoy of Portland and Mrs. C.
J. Janeura of Seattle, spent the
week-end at the Albert Partlow
residence. Others here were Mrs.
Dosliia Brownell, Mr. and Mrs.
Krvln Chapman, Mrs. Elmer Le
vine of Walla Walla; Mrs. Wil
bur Stever of Pendleton; Miss
Snow McCoy, Mr. and Mrs. James
Mills and boys of Hermiston,
The group, along with Irrigon
relatives, were dinner guests of
the Albert Partlows and Mrs.
Myrtle Markham Friday even
ing. A 3c John C. Wilson arrived
in Irrigon Wednesday morning
to visit his folks, Mr. and Mrs.
Chester Wilson and family. Wil
son came via Springfield, where
ho visited his sister, Miss Car
mine Wilson, and through Boise,
Ida., where he visited friends
and former classmates of Links
School of Business where Wilson
was a former student. Wilson has
just completed Technical train
ing in a Personnel Specialist
course at Greenville AFB, Miss.
He plans to visit in Irrigon for
10 days, and from here he will
go to Amarllla AFB, Texas.
Misses Ann Schmeder and
Sandra Creamer, freshmen at
KOCE, LaGrande, were week
end visitors with their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Schmeder and
Mr. and Mrs. Art Creamer.
Schmeders took the girls back to
LaGrande Sunday.
Arlyn Pembcr of Iola, Kansas,
is visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey Warner.
Mrs. Chester Wilson and John
and Miss Sharon Olson drove to
Seattle Friday to visit Mrs. Wil
son's daughter and son-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Slab Bartlett, Stevie
and Cynthia Gayle. They return
ed to Irrigon Saturday evening.
Mrs. Lloyd Cooley left Tues
day for Guadalupe, Calif)., to
visit her son and daughter-in-law,
A 2'c and Mrs. Burrel
Cooley and sons, David and
sons, David and Robert. Little
David has been ill, but is re
ported improving.
Carrie's Cafe catered the KOHU
birthday party in Hermiston,
serving smorgasbord to approx
imately UK) guests.
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Allen of
Walla Walla were Saturday af
ternoon visitors at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Graybeal.
Grayboal's grandson, Randy
Shinglcdeeker of Hermiston,
stayed overnight with them
Monday.
There will be a PTA meeting
Monday night, Feb. IS, at 7:30
in the new cafetorium.
David Kenney, who has been
attending college in Costa Mesa.
Calif., Is here visiting Ills par
ents, the Rev. and Mrs. John
Kennev.
The "Sewettes" 4-H club met
February 5 at the school house,
with nine members present. The
club members worked on their
shear csaes and TV slippers,
and learned the correct method
to press a seam. Their junior
Thank You
I wish to express ray appreciation to customers
for their patronage during the six years I have
been in business.
I hope the same continued support will be given
Mr. Lyle Jensen as he takes over as new owner
of the Ileppner Harber Shop.
-BILL EDWARDS
leader, Miss Susan McCoy
taught the girls a new game,
Their next meeting will be Feb
ruary 19 in the school house at
3:15' p.m., with Anita Pummel
and Cheryl Meade as hostesses.
The Boy Scouts wore their
uniforms to Sunday school and
church at the Assembly of God
and Baptist churches Sunday
morning, and were given special
recognition in honor of Boy
Scout Week.
Rev. and Mrs. Ralph Coy of
Alva. Okla., are parents of a
baby daughter, Vylene Faye,
born February 5 and weighing
6 lb. 4 oz. The baby has an
older brother and sister, Chad
Ray and Bonnie Kay. Maternal
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
William Mueller of Colorado
Springs, and paternal grand
parents are Mr. and Mrs. W. F.
Coy of Irrigon.
Miss Linda Warner has com
pleted a Secretarial course at
Evangel College in Springfield,
Mo., and has returned to Irrigon
to spend a few months with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Warner.
Menus at A. C. Houghton
elementary for the week of Feb
ruary 18 through February 22 are
as follows: Monday hot dogs,
buttered corn, potato chips, fruit
salad; Tuesday chicken and
noodles, green salad, and blue
berry cobbler; Wednesday
barbecued pork, hot rolls, green
beans; fruit and cake; Thurs
day mashed po t a t. o e s and
gravy, peas, and pears (subject
to change); Friday vegetable
soup, tuna fish and peanut but
ter sandwiches, plums and gra
ham crackers.
A. C. Houghton will play bas
ketball at Umatilla Friday, Feb.
Ileppner will play at A. C.
15, game starting at 2:30 p.m.
Houghton Elementary Thursday,
February 21, at 2:30 p.m. Ad
mission will be 25c for adults,
15c or one student body card
for students. Pre-schoolers ad
mitted free.
The third grade room will en
tertain for the student body
meeting to be held in the cafe
torium Tuesday, February 19 at
12:35.
The library has been trans
ferred to the new building, and
is open on Tuesday evenings
from 7 to 9 p.m. The public is
invited to make use of the li
brary books, and several books
have been donated for the adult
section.
PINE CITY
PINE CITY Mrs. Rilla Allen,
sister of Mrs. Phoebe Barthola
mew, passed away Tuesday at
Walla Walla. She was the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. F.
Thomson, pioneer family of But
ter Creek. Relatives attending
the funeral service in Walla
Walla were Mrs. Phoebe Barthol
arr.ew, Mr. and Mrs. Jasper
Myers, Mr. and Mrs. Marion
Finch, Mrs. Truman (Mary)
Set her, O. F. Bartholamew, Mrs.
Bill Correa, Echo; Mrs. Kale
Robertson, Hermiston and Mrs.
Allen Thomson, Pendleton.
Those attending graveside ser
vices at Kcho Cemetery were Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Valentine; Mrs.
Pt'Kgy Thomson, Portland; Mr.
and Mrs. Jerry Myers, Mr. and
Mrs. Burl Wattenburger, and Mr.
and Mrs. Leo Ashheek. Mrs.
Allen visited a number of times
with Mrs. Bartholamew and rela
tives on Rutterereck. Her hus
nana, luipn Allen, passed away
in iv'm.
Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Myers and
Mrs. rnoebe Bartholamew hai
as dinner guests Saturday even
lug following the burial: Mr. am
Mrs. Maniey iwaxine) Holiness.
Salem; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Allen
arid sons lorry and Movie, Cor
vauis; Kuoort Alton, Walla
Wf.lla, daughter and sons of Mrs
Rilla Allen. Also Mrs. Peggy
inomson; Mr. and Mrs. Jim Val
entine, Mrs. Truman Sether, D
V. Bartholamew, Mr. and Mrs
Marion mien, and Mrs. Allen
Thomson.
O. F. Bartholamew came Wed
nesday for the funeral of his
aunt, Mrs. Rilla Allen, and re
turned to Salt Lake City by
piano Sunday. Mrs. Tru m a ii
Sot her of Seattle arrived Friday
by plane and will stay for two
weeks to visit her mother, Mrs.
Bartholamew and sisters here.
Mrs. Louis LeTraee visited her
daughter Barbara in Portland
this week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Snow of
Pilot Rock, Mr. and Mrs. Marion
Finch and Mr. and Mrs. Waller
Wiggle-worth were dinner guest.;
of Mr. and Mrs. Burl Wattenbur
ger on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Wither
rite and family drove to Enter
prise Thursday whore they at
tended the tuneral ot Mrs. Willi-
errite s uncle, Jay V. Sehroll.
Weldon and Allen returned on
Friday but Mrs. Witherrite and
Ricky, Sarah and Sharon staved
until Sunday to visit with her
family.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mvers
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Anita Jo Ullman
Named Princess
Of Blossom Fete
The selection of Anita Jo Ull
man, 20, daughter of Congress
man and Mrs. Al Ullman of
Baker, as the Oregon Cherry
Blossom Princess, is announced
by Kenton D. Hamaker, Presi
dent of the Oregon State Soc
iety. Miss Ullman will be crown
ed as the Oregon Princess on
February 16, at the 31st annual
dinner meeting of the Society,
to be held this year at the Nat
ional Press club in Washington,
D. C. This year's dinner will be
in honor of the State's congres
sional delegation and the 104th
anniversary of Oregon state
hood. Anita Jo will be one of the
candidates for Queen of the an
nual Cherry Blossom Festival
which is one of the highlights
of the Washington social season.
The festival will be opened by
Secretary of the Interior Udail
and the Japanese Ambassador on
Tuesday, April 2, and will con
tinue for the whole week. The
activities will include fashion
shows, concerts, formal balls,
and will conclude on Saturday,
April 6, with the festival parade
and pageant.
The new Oregon princess is the
oldest of the three children of
Congressman and Mrs. Ullman
Her two younger brothers, Ken,
17, and Wayne, 10, attend pub
lic schools in Arlington, Va.
Congressman Ullman represents
the 2nd District of Oregon, which
includes all of the State east
of the Cascade Mountains. Now
in his fourth term, he is a mem
ber of the House Ways and
Means committee.
and family visited in Portland
this week-end with her parents,
Mi. and Mrs. Carl Schwab.
Mrs. Sylvia Witherrite and son
Orson; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wat
tenburger and Lynn of Pasco
visited at the Weldon Witherrite
home on Sunday.
Karla Luciani returned home
from St. Anthony hospital on
Friday.
Mrs. Marian Finch, Mrs.
Phoebe Bartholamew, Mr. and
Mrs. Jasper Myers and O. F.
Batholamew drove to Walla
Walla on Thursday. On Friday
Mrs. Truman Sether and the
above visited Miss Georgia Perry
and Joseph Brosnan at Pioneer
hospital and at the Roy Noill
homo in Ileppner.
Mrs. Larry Campbell is a pa
tient at Pendleton Memorial hos
pital. Mr. and Mrs. Gone Itanby of
Crt swell were here for the funer
al of Mrs. Rilla Allen.
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Whitely of
Ileppner wore dinner guests Sun
day of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Porter, Sr.
Mrs. Jim Stockard entertained
at a buffet luncheon and pinoeh
lo party Thursday. Throe tables
wi re in play. High was won by
Mary Ashbeck- low by Julio Kil -
isonnv; traveling pinochle was
won bv Shirley LeTraee and
Donna Brown.
NIAGARA
Falls might put out a fire but
the TURNER, VAN MARTER
AND BRYANT INSURANCE
AGENCY, Heppner. will pay
for the loss. Everyone wails
when a premium
FALLS
due but when the TURNER,
VAN MARTER AND BRYANT
AGENCY pays a claim quick
ly the way they always do. it
DRIES
their customer's tears right
away. If you like good service
with your insurance prob
lems, ust call us
ANITA JO ULLMAN
UP!
Square Dancing Club
Invite Family Groups
Families who enjoy fun, fro
lic and good entertainment are
invited to join the Squared Up
Rounders in the Fair Annex Sat
urday evening at 8 p. m. for an
evening of square and round
dancing.
Special emphasis is made that
there are no restrictions in age or
experience, with family groups
encouraged to participate. Visi
tors and new members are al
ways welcome, including those
who have never square danced
before.
The club meets regularly at
the annex each first and third
Saturday evenings. Refreshments
are served at the close of the
evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Neal Penland,
Klamath Falls, students at OTI,
visited in Heppner Saturday and
Sunday.
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C. J. Grayson, plantation owner, banker,
Sinner, and cattleman, In Fort Necessity,
Louisiana, Is president of the Northeast
Louisiana Power Cooperative at Winnsboro,
operate
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Fred Schones operates his own barber shop
In Selfrldge, North Dakota. He also serves on
tha board of Mor-Gran-Sou Electric Coopera
tive, Inc., with headquarters at Flasher.
These six consumers are the kind of
people who own and operate Amer
ica's Rural Electric Systems. They
are typical of the rural people who
found it necessary to join with their
neighbors, borrow money from the
Rural Electrification Administration,
and build their own electric power
systems to get electricity.
Columbia Basin E
'Family Togetherness'
In Honduras Culture
Impresses Speaker
Life in Honduras with his six
host families last year provided
Don Walls, International Farm
Youth Exchangee, with memor
able experiences that he shared
with members and guests of the
Soroptimist Club at their lunch
eon meeting last Thursday noon-
Mr. Walls, a former 4-H club
member in Hermiston and a sen
ior student at Oregon State Uni
versity, was accompanied and
introduced by Miss Esther Kir
mis, home extension agent. His
talk was illustrated by colored
slides showing the wide range of
living conditions. He found the
South American country well or
ganized in youth clubs, under
the name of "4-S" clubs, with
aims and objectives much like
those of our own "4-H" clubs,
but their motto given in the
Spanish language.
One of his most memorable
experiences was living with the
Carlos Lopez family on a large
banana plantation owned by the
United Fruit Co. All homes were
very cordial to him and he was
most impressed by the "together
ness" of the family unit.
According to the speaker, ba
nanas are the most important
cron in the economy of the
country, with about 100,000 acres
under operation of the United
Fruit Co., whose employees fam
Hies make up the upper class
segment. The lower or laboring
class receive very little education
and live in very meager condi
tions. He found his blue eyes to be
quite a popular subject of con
versation, by his brown-eyed
Spanish and Indian friend i.
Catholicism is the religion of
98 of the native people. Hon
duras is considered to be the
most underdeveloped country in
South America, according to Mr.
Walls.
Many souvenirs of art and
other culture of the country were
on display after the meeting.
His appearance was one of
many made before schools and
grange groups during the week
Ed Gonty was in The Dalles
Monday where he met a shoe-salesman.
5 million families just like yours
Mrs. Robert Rengel, farmer's wife and mother
of three, has been a director of Corn Belt
Electric Cooperative, Inc., Bloomington,
Illinois, for the past six years.
their own rural electric systems
Milton B. Scott, partner in a general store in
Pinetops, North Carolina, is also president of
the board of Edgecombe-Martin County Elec
tric Membership Corporation at Tarboro.
The REA doesn't own or operate a
mile of line. It acts only as a banker
whose Job it is to make and collect
loans and interest. Ownership of
America's 1,000 rural electric sys
tems rests solidly with the five million
families -the 20 million people they
serve. They're as local as your newspa
per and as private as your signature.
Rockhound
Corner
By BETTY WAGNER
Mercury an interesting name
is remembered in history as
belonging to a god of Greek
mythology, but in rock clubs it
refers to a more solid substance,
in fact one quart of mercury
weighs 28 pounds and at a -39
degrees F. will freeze. Ed Gonty
told of its use in barometers,
radios, medicines, paints, and
also gave a demonstration of its
use In batteries. Cinnabar is the
most abundant source of merc
ury with Spain, Italy, Austria,
Mexico, and California its larg
est producers.
Club members brought some
specimens to display among
which were oolite (petrified fish
eggs), jasper, and a mud baby
(I have one that isn't petri
fiedshe's only six years old).
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Dr. B. W. Gibbs, a dentist In Star City,
Arkansas, finds time to be a member of the
board of locally owned C & L Rural Electric
Cooperative Corporation at Star City.
Jack Zavadil, editor of the weekly newspaper
at Humphrey, Nebraska, is a member of the
board and treasurer of the Cornhusker Public
Power District at Columbus.
Owrwd and operated by ptopf we
led ric Co
Also displayed was a sample
of cinnabar found near Antelope
and a frame filled with plume
agate cabochons from the Pri
day Ranch near Madras.
In an area southwest of us
and little larger than an acre,
have been found thousands of
specimens of fossil, petrified
walnuts, nuts, bones, ginko
wood, and seed of cherries,
grapes and tropical plants dat
ing back to the Eocene epoch.
A series of colored slides en
titled "The Fossil World of
Clarno" taken by Thomas J.
Bones, an authority on this sub
ject, was shown, giving us an
opportunity to see many of these
interesting seed specimens.
Our hosts, Mr. and Mrs. Har
old Evans, served delicious re
freshments, and guess who won
the door prize? It was my lucky
night and a lovely green and
white onyx egg has been added
to my collection.
Mrs. W. W. Weattierford re
turned to her home this week
end from Good Samaritan hospi
tal, Portland, where she had
been under medical observation
for a few weeks.
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