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PTA; Officers Chosen
By JUNE CHRISTOPHERSON
Phone 676-5322
IONE lone PTA met Wednes
day, April 10, in the high school
cafetorium. The evening opened
with the program, in which six
grade school boys performed a
tumbling act. Those participat
ing under the direction of Les
Matthews, were Leon and Ice
land Magill, Jim Macobs, Jim
McElligott, Kerry Peterson and
Neal Christopherson. Two girls
Jeri Krebs and Sandra Carlson,
presented a skit, "Robinhood and
the Tanner," with the sixth
grade girls' chorus singing in
the background and Karen Nel
son narrating.
A group, composed of Connie
Emert, Linda Williams, Teresa
Tucker, Bonnie Morgan, Bonnie
Akers, Teresa Stefani and Pam
ela Proudfoot, portrayed the
theme song for the Beverly Hill
billies, accompanied by Mrs.
Gene Rietmann. Two numbers,
"Moon River" and "Puff thp
Magic Dragon," were sung by
the 7th and 8th grade chorus.
Garry Tullis presided at the
business meeting. Sponsored by
the Ways and Means commit
tee, there will be a movie,
"Cheaper by the Dozen" present
ed April 21. A committee was
appointed to check on prices
and qualities of new band uni
forms; they are Mrs. Lewis
Halvorsen, Mrs. Raymond Lun
dell, Mrs. Jodie Morrison and
Mrs. Roy W. Lindstrom.
Nominations were opened for
new officers. The following were
elected by unanimous ballot:
Joe Hausler, president; Mrs.
Henry Krebs, vice president, and
Mrs. Ernest Christopherson, secretary-treasurer.
Hostesses were Mrs. Donald
Peterson, chairman, Mrs. Her
shal Townsend, Mrs. Henry
Krebs and Mrs. Ernest Chris
topherson, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Ball were
home from the Air Base in
Burns to visit their parents in
lone and Heppner over the
Easter week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Esteb,
Battle Ground, Wn formerly of
lone, are parents of a son, Ron
ald Dwain, born March 18. The
father is stationed with the U. S.
Army in North Carolina. Grand
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Archie
Esteb, lone.
Guests for the lone Topic club
meeting Tuesday will be in the
Bookworms from Heppner. There
will be a short business meet
ing before the program at 8:00
p.m. The Bookworms are in
charge of the program. This is
annual book shower month.
Annual spring meeting of the
lone Community churcn will be
Sunday, April 21. All members
and friends of the church are
urged to attend. There will be a
potluck dinner following church
services. The high school girls
will be in charge of serving and
cleaning up after the dinner.
There will be free baby sitting
and movies will be shown dur
ing the meeting. All boards and
committees will give their an
nual reports.
lone Garden club will hold its
annual spring plant sale Tues
day, April 30. They will also
sell pie and coffee and home
baked foods. The sale will start
at 1:00 p.m. in the old Bristow
Calendar of Events:
April 19 Home Ec. will meet
at the home of Mrs. Lewis
Halvorsen with Mrs. Hershal
Townsend as co-hostess. Ladies
are to bring salad or dessert.
April 20 Willows Grange meet
ing at 8:00 p.m.
April 21 Annual spring meet
ing of the lone Community
church.
April 21 lone PTA will sponsor
a movie, "Cheaper by the
Dozen." Movie starts at 5 p.m.
at the high school cafetorium.
April 23 lone Topic club will
meet at the library at 7:30
p.m.
April 30 lone Garden club plant
ana looa sale starting at 1:00
p.m.
May 7 Woman's Fellowship,
10:00 am. and Marancrthas,
1:30 p.m.
June 8 lone Community church
auction and barbecue.
June 10-14 lone Community
church vacation church school.
Hours will be from 9 a.m. to
1:30 p.m. There is a need for
more assistants and teachers.
Please contact Mrs. Bob Riet
mann or Mrs. Jim Barnett.
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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, April 18, 1963
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store bldg. There will be a wide
variety of dahlias, gladioli,
chrysanthemums and many per
ennials and annuals. Mrs. Wm.
Rawlins is general chairman.
Mrs. Lee Palmer had a coffee
hour Friday, April 12, in honor
of Mrs. Harold Sherer's birthday.
There were 13 guests present.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sherer
went shopping in Pasco, Wn.
Saturday, April 13.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Barak and
sons were Easter Sunday guests
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Norman Nelson.
Mrs. Mary Swanson, Mrs. Ken
neth Turner and daughters, and
Mrs. Nora Turner were dinner
guests at the Garland Swanson
home Sunday, April 14.
Roy W. Lindstrom has been
in Portland for medical treat
ment during the past week.
Miss Julie Rietmann, a teach
er from Garden Grove, Calif.,
was in Pasco, Wn., Wednesday,
April 10 visiting with a friend.
Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. David
Rietmann, went to Pasco to get
her and then took her to Port
land Saturday where she was
to meet some people who were
taking her back to California.
Alice Nichoson, daughter of
Edith Nichoson was in lone over
the week-end visiting with her
mother.
Mr. and Mrs. Herval Petty
john of Yakima, Wn., and Mr.
and Mrs. Buss Salvester of The
Dalles spent the week-end with
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Crawford.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Crawford
Rollo Crawford, Gary Morgan,
and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hermann
went to La Grande Sunday, April
14 to have Easter dinner with
Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Crawford.
Ernest Christopher son and
Vernon Christopherson were call
ed to a Salem hospital Satur
day afternoon, April 13 when
their father, Ernest W. Chris
topherson was suddenly taken
ill. They returned home Sunday
evening.
Maranathas club met at the
home of Mrs. Kenneth Smouse
Wednesday, April 10, with Mrs.
Ella Burgoyne, Mrs. Smouse's
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MATTERS of mutual concern to the cities of the Morrow-Gilliam
county area were discussed at a recent meeting at the lone Lions
club, host to guests from the Heppner and Arlington Chambers
of Commerce. Jim Barnett, Lion president stands between Fred
Erickson, Arlington Chamber president (left), and Dr. C. M.
Wagner, Heppner Chamber president (right).
mother assisting her. It was an
nounced that a caravan of state
officers of the Women's Fellow
ship of the Church of Christ will
meet in lone at the community
church on Tuesday, May 7 at
10:00 a.m. Ladies are requested
to bring sandwiches and the
makings for salads for a noon
luncheon. The Maranathas club
will meet in the afternoon on
Tuesday at 1:30. This meeting
will take the place of the regular
Wednesday afternoon meeting.
Please note the change, all club
members. Officers for the com
ing year are Frances Smouse,
president; Helen Nelson, vice
president, Mary Lundell, secretary-treasurer.
Rev. Paul Ashbrook of Pasco,
Wn., performed the sacrament
of baptism for the following
young people prior to their ac
ceptance as members of the lone
Community church Sunday,
April 14: Delores Ann Emert,
Robert Alfred Emert, Karen
Elizabeth Nelson, Mark Edward
Halvorsen, Charles Alfred Nel
son, James Michael Jacobs, Mer
rilee Jacobs, Joe Lewis Halvor
sen and Ralph Martin were con
firmed new members of the
church. The church choir, under
the direction of Arnie Hedman,
sang a special number, "The
Holy City." Flowers on the altar
were provided by Mrs. Grace
Ware in memory of her daugh
ter, Evelyn Dobbins, and were
arranged by Ralph Martin.
Seventy persons attended the
sunrise services in the lone city
park Sunday, April 14. Recorded
music was played as people
gathered for the services. Rev.
Kenneth Robinson of Hope, Valby
Lutheran churches was guest
speaker. Robert Emert gave the
invocation, Karen Nelson gave
the scripture reading, prayer was
by Arleta McCabe and Ralph
Martin was in charge of dec
orations. Singing of hymns was
accompanied by Mrs. Lindsay
Kincaid on her accordion. The
remainder of the service was by
classes of Glenn Biehl and Mrs.
Norman Nelson. There were SO
Capt. Brenner
Completes School
Captain Clarence L. Brenner of
lone graduated from the United
States Air Force's Squadron Of
ficer School at the Air Univer
sity at Maxwell Air Force Base,
Ala., April 12.
Captain Brenner was selected
for the special professional of
ficer training in recognition of
his demonstrated potential as a
leader in the aerospace force.
The captain, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence E. Brenner of lone,
is a graduate of lone High
school. He is a member of Delta
Chi.
Captain Brennerfwhose wife is
the former Terry I. Itokazu of
Okinawa, is being reassigned to
Travis AFB, Calif.
people in attendance at the East
er breakfast and decorations for
this were provided by the pri
mary church classes.
Mrs. Eddie Patton entertained
at a bridge party at her home
in Cecil Friday, April 12. Those
attending and winning prizes
were Mrs. Annie Schaffer high,
Mrs. Beth Hynd, low, Mrs. Dode
Krebs, Mrs. Evelyn Krebs, Mrs.
Ernestine Smith, Mrs. Mary Jo
Lane and Mrs. Bob Jepsen.
John Swanson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Garland Swanson, came
home Wednesday, April 10, for
Easter vacation, he brought his
roommate, Manuel Hernandez of
Cuba and Jerry Coffee of Port
land with him. They all attended
the University of Portland.
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Garden Club Plans
Plant and Food Sale
IONE The lone Garden club
met Tuesday, April 9, at the
farm home of Mrs. G. Hermann
with Mrs. Ralph Crum as co
hostess. Fifteen members , were
present and responded to roll
call with bird calls and interest
ing experiences and observa
tions concerning birds.
To complete the program. Mrs.
Oscar Lundell read a paper re
viewing a chapter from "The
World in Your Garden," concern
ing the history of our common
vegetables, many of which have
a long varied story.
A tree committee reported that
there have been 104 trees planted
to date. Not all requests could
be granted because of the water
main situation.
The club voted to lend some
equipment to the Junior High
school class for use in entertain
ing.
A plant sale was planned for
April 30, with Mrs. William Raw
lins as general chairman. A food,
pie and coffee sale will be held
at the same time. They will be
held in the front part of Elbe
Akers' building (the old Bris
tow and Johnston store).
A committee was appointed to
make the year book and a nom
inating committee was also ap
pointed, with the next meeting
to be election of officers.
Penlands Visit
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Penland,
former publishers of the Gazette'
Times and now of Livermore,
Calif., visited with old frier.ds
in Heppner last Wednesday and
Thursday. They came north to
attend the 50th anniversary ob
servance at the journal i s m
school, University of Oregon
Eugene, and intended to visit
friends in Bend and their f-on
and daughter-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Neal Penland, at Klamath
Falls on their way back home.
Penland is now publisher of the
Livermore Herald and News.
Club Sponsors Hunt
On April 8 the meeting of the
Knifty Knitters was called to
order at 4 p.m. at the home of
Jeanette Led better. We discussed
having an Easter egg hunt for
our little sisters and brothers.
We decided to have it on Satur
day, April 13, at 10 a.m. at the
Lexington schoolhouse. Kay Van
Winkle was our visitor,
Agent Leads Lesson
For Rhea Creek Club
Rhea Creek Extension ciub
met April 3 at 10:30 for an all
day meeting. An interesting pot
luck dinner of foreign dishes was
served at noon. Miss Esther Kit
mis gave an informative lesson
on the "Care of the Sewing Ma
chine." Members are making plans to
attend the Homemaker's Festi
val in May. At the next meet
ing, the club will have a white
elephant sale.
Jeanette Ledbetter, reporter near Coos Bay.
Joe Hartle, Gazette-T imes
printer, went to the Veterans
hospital, Portland, last Monday
for a checkup on a back ailment
for which he underwent surgery
over a year ago. Mrs. Hartle ac
companied him, and the next .
day they motored to Coos Bay
to see a brother-in-law, Willis
Williamson, who was hospital
ized following a log truck acci
dent. However, when they ar
rived, they learned that he had
lust been transferred to the
Nyssa hospital. He lives in
Nyssa and had been working
Telephone Company
Hearing Scheduled
The state public utility com
missioner has scheduled a hear
ing for 9:30 A.M. PDT on May
7, 1963 in the Umatilla County
courthouse in Pendleton on an
application by Eastern Oregon
Telephone Company, Pilot Rock,
lor a commission order allocat
ing to it the service areas where
they operate exclusively.
The application describes two
main service areas, which in
clude the company's exchanges
at Boardman, Pilot Rock and
Ukiah. One area covers the ex
treme northeast corner of Gil
liam county and that portion
of Morrow county west of Irri
gon and north of Cecil. The sec
ond area takes in part of Uma
tilla county.
The company has about 825
subscribers in the areas which
it wants certificated as exclusive
territory.
EOT Co. is the first telephone
firm operating in Oregon to have
an application of this type reach
the hearing stage, the PUC said.
Several others have applied for
allocations of territory but have
not yet had their applications
accepted.
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