HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday. July 4 1963
Family Travels
To Idaho Service
Funeral services for Mrs. Ella
Stevens, 86, were held Thursday,
June 27, at the First Baptist
church, Buhl, Idaho, at 2:30 p.m.,
with the Rev. Robert Burchell
officiating Interment was in
Buhl cemetery with Reynolds
Funeral Chapel, Twin Falls, Ida.,
in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Stevens, mother of Mrs.
Wes Sherman, Heppner, died
Sunday, June 23, in Magic Val
ley Memorial hospital, Twin
Falls, where she was taken by
ambulance following a fall on
the steps immediately alter
church services Sunday morning.
X-rays showed a head concus
sion, from which she did not re
gain consciousness.
Born October 14, 1876, in Floyd
County, Ky., she was married to
Harvey Ernest Stevens in 1903
at Henryetta, Okla. They moved
to Wyoming in 1913 and came
west to Buhl by wagon in 1914.
Except for two school terms
when she lived in McMinnville,
Oregon, in 1929 and 1930, she
made her home on a farm near
Buhl and in town for nearly 50
years. Her husband preceded her
in death in September, 1943. She
was a member of the Buhl First
Baptist church and of Philathes
Matrons class,
Surviving are three daughters,
Mrs. Flossie Lough, Monterey,
Calif.; Mrs. Dollie Bonneville,
Oakland, Calif., and Mrs. Helen
Sherman, Heppner; three sons,
Judge and Bascom, both of Buhl,
Ida., and Floyd of Portland ; two
slop sons, Leo of Payette, Ida.,
and Roy of Denver, Colo.; 10
grandchildren and nine great
grandchildren. All of her children were
present for the services except
the two step-sons. Mr. and Mrs.
Sherman and Cathy Jo returned
to their home in Heppner Friday
afternoon.
Methodists to Hold
Picnic on Sunday
The Heppner Methodist church
picnic, sponsored each summer
by the Sunday school depart
ments of the church, is sched
uled for Sunday afternoon, July
7, at the Courthouse picnic area.
Members and their friends are
asked to meet at 12 noon for
a picnic dinner and afternoon
of fellowship, Rev. Melvin Dixon
announces. Each family is asked
to bring their own table service
unH ninnlp fnnM
Morning worship hour during
the summer is from 9:00 to 10:00
a.m. with Sunday school classes
from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
HOSPITAL
Patients admitted to Pioneer
Memorial hospital for medical
care during the past week are:
Colleen Padberg, Lexington;
Stanley Dixon, Heppner; Harry
Coghill, Condon; Sumner Spohn,
Kissimmeo, Fla.; Milton Boyce,
Condon; Edna Hutchens, Hepp
ner, and Bertie Davis, Condon.
Those dismissed during this
same period are: Robert Steagall,
Lexington; Earl Soward, Lexing
ton; Merri Lee Jacobs, lone;
Marguerite Moore, Heppner, and
Richard Hynd, Cecil.
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Kennedy
of Mayvllle are parents of a
daughter, Peggy Sue, born Sat
urday, June 29. The little girl
weighed 5 lbs., 104 oz.
A son, Larry Duane, was born
Sunday, June 30, to Mr. and Mrs.
Larry Fetsch, Lexington, weigh
ing 7 lbs., 13 oz. Grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. Al Fetsch, Lex
ington, and Mr. and Mrs. Marion
Avery, West Frankfort, III.
REV. RICHARD HAMMERSLA
Ex-Heppner Girl
To Speak July 11
As Missionary
Rev. and Mrs. Richard D. Ilarn
mersla, missionaries from Ma
laya will speak July 11 at 7:30
in the Assembly of God church
in Heppner.
Mrs. Richard Hammersla Is
the former Dorothy Ellis of Hepp
ner. She graduated with the
class of 1952.
This young couple recently re
turned from Penang, Malaya,
after completing three years of
pioneer missionary work. They
have been serving as faith miss
ionaries under Voice of China
and Asia, an Interdenomination
al Foreign Missionary Organiza
tion with International Head
quarters in Pasadena, Calif.
The Hammerslas will present
colored slides showing the de
velopment of the work in Pen
ang. Malaya Is strategically im
portant because of its location
gLOuraphically and its political
uosition in Southeast Asia.
"Attendance at this service
will enlarge your vision and
strengthen your faith as you see
God's work growing In the
midst of spiritual and political
conflict," the Rev. Bill Alsup,
pastor, states.
NOTICE ...
To Those Certified
To Receive
Surplus Foods
The Morrow County Welfare
Food Store, located at 117 W.
Center St- Heppner, Ore., will
be closed Thursday, July 4.
but will be open Thursday,
July 11, and Thursday, July
18, from 1 to 5 p.m.
Beginning with the month of
August, the store will be open
the first two Thursdays ol
each month from 1 to 5 p.m.
until further notice. .,
MRS. MELVIN DIXON
Surplus Food Store
MANAGER
i Day Mothers'
Aid 4-H Campers,
Observe Program
By ESTHER KIRMIS
"Day Mothers" Is a new plan
we're using at the Morrow coun
ty 4-H camp at Cutsforth Park
June 30 to July 3. We believe
they will add considerably to the
smoother functioning of the an
nual camp.
The idea of "Day Mothers" Is
to use various designated
mothers of 4-H campers to come
up to the camp for one day and
be helpful In the kitchen anil
dining areas. They will also wit
ness the activities and events
in the, camp and take a deeper
interest in what is being accom
plished. ,
The primary aim of this 4-H
educational program is to pro
vide our young 4-H members
with opportunities for mental,
physical, social and spiritual
growth.
The mothers were chosen from
various areas so that they might
come together and tell other 4-H
parents in their area about the
camping program.
The following have been con
t acted for "Dav Mother" service:
Sunday June 30 (2:00 to 8:00
p.m.), Mrs. Louis Carlson, lone,
and Mrs. Don Peterson, lone.
Monday Julv 1 (7:00 a.m. to
8:00 p.m.), Mrs. Bernard Doher-
ty, Heppner; Mrs. L. A. Met .a be,
lone, and Mrs. Leonard MunK
ers, Lexington, (alternate).
Tuesday July 2 (7:00 a.m. to
8:00 p.m.), Mrs. Willard French,
Echo, and Mrs. Max Barclay,
Heppner.
Wednesday-July 3 (7:00 a.m,
to 2:00 p.m.), Mrs. Perry Purtv
mel, Irrigon, and Mrs. Byron
Hobbs, Irrigon.
TO THE
EDITOR. . .
To the publishers of the
Gazette-Times:
I was looking through an old
scrapbook of my late brother,
W. L. Smith who lived many
years in Heppner. As the 60th
year approached of this terrible
storm, was wondering if you
would publish this poem for all
to see. I was one of a few who
escaped to the hillside that
terrible time but will never for
get those who perished.
So with thanks,
Mrs. Annie Webster
1040 Huntington East
San Bruno, Calif.
P. S. I get your paper every week
and enjoy it.
The Terrible Heppner Storm
The sun was brightly shining
down in Oregon, that good old
state,
The little town of Heppner knew
no thought of cruel fate,
The children played upon the
street without a single care,
While hum of toil and business
echoed on the evening air;
Then suddenly the sky grew
dark, the rain began to pour,
And many loved ones parted, to
meet on this earth no more.
And in the streets where child
ren played and business people
trod,
Five hundred lives, sweethearts
and wives went forth to meet
their God.
CHORUS
Many a home with grief is sad,
Many a heart is aching,
Many a loved one sleeps that
sleep that knows no dawn
of waking,
Many a life has passed away
and stilled a heart once
warm,
For lives and homes were
swept away in the terrible
Heppner storm.
Of all the heroes there that day,
there is one we know so weil,
Who risked his life for Lexing
ton, the news there he might
tell.
And as his steed leaped forward,
the rider urged him on
That he, so brave, their lives
might save from the water's
awful flow:
I And as the news he cried aloud
Ull.y lieu lu uic lliuuiiicuu ami;
And knew that they were saved
that day by the hero's noble
ride:
And as the news spread o'er the
land in homes that knew no
fear.
The strongest man in all the
land could not restrain a tear
Len Spencer
E.D.B.
BUNIE
LEXINGTON NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. (Jack) Bed
ford returned home Monday after
a vacation trip to Southern
California. The trip was marred
by the illness of Mrs. Bedford
who was stricken just as they
stopped at a filling station in
San Jose. She was hospitalized
there for two days until they
were able to continue their trip
south. On the return, they spent
three days in Portland. Mrs. Bed
ford is feeling better but still
is not quite up to par.
Great Grandson Born
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Rice be
came great-grandparents the
same week of their 50th wedding
anniversary. A great grandson
Branton Johann Obenaus, was
born June 21 in San Francisco,
Calif., weighing 8 lbs. Parents
are Mr. and Mrs. Richard Obe
naus of San Francisco, and
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Edwin Rice of Seattle, Wn.
FLOWERS
FOR EVERY OCCASION
By DELPHA JONES
(Held over from last week)
LEXINGTON The HEC of
Lexington Grange met at the
home of Mrs. C. C. Jones Thurs
day afternoon with the chairman
Bernice Wihlon presiding. It was
announced that there would be
no meeting in July and plans for
the fall calendar of business were
discussed. Following the meeting
the ladies spent the afternoon
visiting, with refreshments be
ing served later. Those present
for the afternoon were Mrs. Ar
min Wihlon, Mrs. Norman Nel
son, Mrs. Ella Burgoyne, Mrs.
Annie Smouse, Mrs. Nora Turner,
Mrs. Florence McMillan, Mrs. O.
W. Cutsforth, Mrs. Lonnie Hen
derson and the hostess Mrs. C. C.
Jones.
Mrs. Johnnie Hartman and
daughter Cheryl of Toledo are
visiting at the Al Fetsch home
while completing plans for
Cheryl's wedding to take place
bunday.
Holly Rebekah Lodge mem
bers assisted by Mrs. Roger
Campbell were hostesses to a
cradle shower honoring Mrs.
Larry Fetsch one night last week
at the IOOF hall. The rooms
were decorated in pink and blue
streamers and the main table
was beautifully arranged with a
stork, and floral arrangement ot
pink roses and white peonies
Following the opening ol trie
many lovely gifts refreshments
were served to about 32 people.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Jones and
son Kenneth visited Sunday at
the Edward Hudson home at
Fox.
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Miller and
two children of La Grande were
visitors on Sunday at the C, C
Jones home.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. C. Van-
Winkle are visiting with their
son Alfred and family in bpo-
kane this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bennett of
Portland are guests at the A. F,
Majeske home this week. The
Bennetts made the trip to tne
Hawaiian Islands last fall with
Mrs. McMillan and Mrs. Ma-
ieske.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl ward or
California were overnight guests
in the homes of Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Warner and Mrs. Edna
Munkers this week, and also re
newed acquaintances with other
Lexington friends.
Mrs. Dean Hunt was among
those playing in the Kinzua golf
tournament on Sunday.
Mrs. Johnnie Ledbetter motor
ed to Pendleton Tuesday to take
care of business
Lexington Christian church
high school Sunday school class
t S.itnrHav at Lehman
Springs where they enjoyed a
day ot swimming. Accompany
ing them was their teacher, Carl
Marquardt.
Mrs. P. C. Higgins of Galax,
Va sister of Mrs. Claude Cox,
arrived Sunday from the east
for a visit with Mr. and Mrs.
Cox. She made the trip by jet
airplane to Denver and then
boarded another plane for Pen
dleton where the local couple
met here. "We hope she stays
all summer," Mr. and Mrs. Cox
said.
Hardman News
By ALTA STEVENS
HARDMAN, RHEA CREEK
Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Chapel and
daughters Cassie and Mrs. Joel
Engleman and son Frankie of
lone returned home Friday from
a week's business and pleasure
trip to Portland. Eslie Walker
looked after the Chapel farm
while they were away.
Mrs. Ivan McDaniel, son
Sammy, Mrs. Doyle Key of Hepp
ner and Mrs. Key's houseguest,
Mrs. Rosalie White and two
children Butch and Lynn of Eur
eka, Calif., visited Alta Stevens
Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam McDaniel
were Sunday dinner guests at
the home of Mr. McDaniel's
brother-in-law and sister, Mr.
and Mrs. Carey Hastings in
Heppner. Mr. and Mrs. Bud
Marshall and family were also
guests at the Hastings home.
The Bleakman family reunion
will be held Sunday, July 28, at
the Bull Prairie park. All friends
and relatives are invited, with
all joining for a potluck dinner
at noon.
Carol Davis of Lonerock vis
ited at the home of his brother-in-law
and sister, Mr. and Mrs.
Cecil McDaniel and family one
day last week.
Miss Bonnie Kessell returned
home Monday after visiting
Bretti and Patti Howell in Hepp
ner for a week.
Wednesday was cattle moving
day. Sidney Zinter of lone took
his herd of cattle through town
in the morning and Marion
Palmer and son took theirs
through about noon on their way
to summer range in the moun
tains. The Leathers family reunion
was well attended Sunday by
friends and relatives. It was held
at the Hardman IOOF hall. They
hope to continue the custom,
with a larger crowd of relatives
and friends expected in coming
years.
Mr. and Mrs. Norris Stubble
field and children and Mrs.
Stubblefield's mother visited at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil
McDaniel and family Sunday
evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Renoe,
Mrs. Bill Lesley and children of
Irrigon, Mrs. Renoe's nephew,
Oran Snipes and three sons of
Portland were visitors in Hard-
man Saturday and Sunday. They
picnicked in the mountains Sat
urday evening and camped out
overnight.
Lawrence Williams returned
home Thursday from the Vet
eran's hospital in Walla Walla.
Barton Clark went over after
him.
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Cecil and
Kay went to Canada for a few
day's sight seeing and vacation
ing. Owen Leathers took care of
their home.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Donaca
of Sweet Home stayed Thursday
night with Mr. and Mrs. Eslie
Swansons Enjoy
Trip to Canada
Mr. and Mrs. Gar Swanson of
lone returned Monday afternoon
after a week's trip to Canada
that was highlighted with their
30th anniversary dinner at Lake
Louise.
Mrs. Swanson's cousin of Kel
owan, B. C, called them and
asked them to accompany them
on a trip to Banff and Lake
Louise, so they joined Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Schmidt at Kelowan
and continued on together.
The trip to Banff was beaut
iful, Mrs. Swanson said. They
also went to Calgary for a few
days. Weather was intermittently
rainy and bright, but the trip
was thoroughly enjoyable.
Their son, Jim, stayed with
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Turner, the
Swansons' daughter and son-in-law,
while they were gone.
Odd Fellows Slate
Picnic on July 14
Picnic of Willow lodge. No.
66, IOOF, will be Sunday, July
14, In Cutsforth park, it is an
nounced. All Odd Fellows, Re
bekahs and their friends are in
vited to attend.
Pop, coffee and ice cream will
be furnished, and those attend
ing are asked to bring other
covered, and picnic dishes.
Mrs. Case Writes
Mrs. Gene Case, formerly of
Heppner, writes from her new
home in Portland but says that
she has not felt good since she
left here about the first of the
year. A case of pneumonia was
followed by a bout with the flu,
and she has not been able to go
to work there as yet. Mrs. Case
operated Case Furniture store
with her husband for a number
of years and continued for more
than a year following his death
in 1961 before selling to Arnie
Hedman and Gil Lujan. Her
home address is 8321 S. E. Tay
lor St., Portland 16.
Reception Slated
To Honor Thomases
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Thomas
rr.ota Hnmnhrevs) will be hon
ored at a public reception at
tha Vret Phristian church On
Thursday, July 11, from 7:30 to
9:30 p.m.
The public is invited to meet
Mr. Thomas and his daughter
and son-in-iaw, Mr. ana mis.
Royal Gardner.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas were
married last year and spent the
winter in California and Arizona
returning recently. Friends have
chosen this method to compli
ment them. It is requested that
no gifts be brought.
Hope and Valby Set
Picnic at Cutsforth
Members and friends of Hope
and Valby Lutheran churches
will meet at Cutsforth Park Sun
day for their annual church pic
nic, Pastor Ken Robinson an
nounces. Worship service will be in the
park at 11 a.m., to be followed
by a family potluck dinner.
Games and fellowship then will
be the order of the day.
Mr. and Mrs. Dayton Gustaf-
son of Sumner, Wn., visited with
Mr. and Mrs. Gar Swanson, Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Tews, Mr. and
Mrs. Clell Rea, Mrs. Mary Swan
son and Tuda Swanson in lone
from Monday until Wednesday.
Gustafson is a cousin of Swan
son and is also related to the
others whom they visited.
Tom Gonty, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Gonty, arrived in Port
land Sunday after visiting with
a long-time family friend, Harry
R. Parsegian, in Willits, Calif.,
for two weeks. The young man's
father met him in Portland Sun
day and after staying overnight
there, they returned home Monday.
Walker. Mrs. Donaca is an aunt
of Mrs. Walker.
Mr. and Mrs. Vester Hams vis
ited Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hams over
the week-end.
Pacific Power Crews
Share Safety Award
Local crews of Pacific Power
and Light Company shared
honors this week with PP&L em
nlrnooe wlin havf hppn eited bv
the Edison Electric Institute for
anHovfnor an outstanding safety-
at-work record throughout the
utility s system during the past
year.
The national electric utility in
dustry association's award is
made to utilities whose em
ployees have reduced the ire
quency of injuries by 25 per
cent or more below their aver
age injury-frequency rates of the
preceding three years, accord
ing to PP&L's district manager,
W. C. Sundby.
Daniels Have Son
A son, Scott Allen, was born
to Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Daniels,
Boardman, on June 21 at Good
Shepherd hospital, Hermiston.
Mr. Daniels is administrative
principal at Boardman. The baby
joins two sisteTS, Pam and Vicki,
and weighed 6 lbs., 12 oz. Grand
parents are Mr. and Mrs. W. L.
Daniels of Caldwell, Ida., and
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Peterson of
Parma, Ida. Mrs. W. L. Daniels
has been taking care of her
grandchildren.
Stanley Dixon, father of the
Rev. Melvin Dixon of Heppner,
is in Pioneer Memorial hospital
after suffering a stroke recently
at Echo where he lived. The
father was taken t0 the Herm
iston hospital and later was re
moved here. One side is affec
ted and his speech is impaired
but he is showing some improve
ment, the Rev. Dixon said.
IPenney'sI
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NOTICE TO OUR CUSTOMERS:
Let Us Do Your Cleaning Now
IN ORDER THAT YOUR NEEDS ARE TAKEN CARE OF
WHILE WE ARE
ON VACATION
July 14 Thru July 28
To allow our entire crew the opportunity for a vacation
we will be shut down for a two-weeks period. There will
be no cleaning done during that time but the office will
be open to pick up cleaning daily from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
All cleaning received by Thursday, July 11, will be processed and ready for you by
Saturday, July 13.
Remember
OPEN DAILY FROM 9 TO 1 SO YOU MAY PICK UP
YOUR CLEANING
WE WILL
Reopen Monday, July 29
HEPPNER CLEANERS
PHONE 676-9441