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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1963)
Anna Harshman Dies October 19 Of Heart Attack Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Harshman, age 77, were held Tuesday, October 22, at 2 p.m. at the First Christian church. Of ficiating was the Rev. Charles Knox. Interment followed in the Heppner Masonic cemetery. Mrs. Harshman died at St. Mary's hospital in Walla Walla, Wn., on Saturday, October 19, following a heart attack. She had been dismissed a few days previously from the hospital where she had been recovering from a broken hip resulting from a fall about three weeks ago. She had been making her home recently with a daughter, Mrs. Delsie Mae Wilbur, in Walla Walla. Born May 24, 1886, on a ranch near Morgan, she was the daughter of Emery and Frances Sperry. At an early aee. she rrtrwmA ...Uu u i PaX Mill whir .re M nomesteaded. She attended schools at Parkers Mill and Hardman. She was married to Harvey Harshman in Heppner on Decem ber 13, 1904. They operated a large sheep ranch in the Eight mile district for manv years. Af ter his retirement, they moved to the' edge of Heppner, living in the house now occupied by the Bert Corbins. After her hus band's death four years ago, Mrs. Harshman made her home alter nately with her children. She was a member of the First Christian church, Heppner. Survivors include five child ren: Mrs. Irene Averill of Walla Walla, Wn.; Lloyd Harshman, Dayton, Wn.; Everett Harshman, Heppner; Buel Harshman; and Mrs. Delsie Mae Wilbur of Walla Walla; 13 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; three sis ters, Mrs. Bert (Cora) Ward of Townsend, Mont.; Mrs. Roy (Margaret) Thomas of Walla Walla, Wn.; Mrs. Blaine (Delsie) Chapel of Hardman, and a num ber of nieces and nephews. hnmprf.,,; si," ' : . - j j Morrow CowBelles Pick New Officers; Plan For Luncheon Mrs. Alex Lindsay entertain ed the Morrow county Cow Belles at their fall meeting last Wednesday at her home north of Lexington. A potluck dinner was held at noon with the busi ness meeting following. New officers named were Mrs. Ron Currin, president; Mrs. Ralph Beamer, first vice presi dent; Mrs. Wavel Wilkinson, sec ond vice president; Mrs. Albert Wright, third vice president; and Mrs. Raymond French, secretary. Carol Ann Harper, Boardman, was named winner of the Cow Belle's cookbook, "Roundup of Beef Cookery," given by the CowBelles for the best meat demonstration at the county fair. She will be presented this award at the 4-H Achievement party in Irrigon October 26. The menu was planned for the noon luncheon to be served the Morrow county Livestock Grow ers during their meeting No vember 1 in the fair annex. The CowBelles will hold an afternoon tea the following day, Saturday, November 2, and Mrs. Larry Lindsay is on the pro gram to show slides of her year of study in Europe. She will nar rate the pictures and tell some thing of her time spent there. The tea is at 2 p.m. in the Odd Fellows hall and anyone inter ested in the pictures of the Cow Belles organization is invited to attend. Hostess for the affair is the losing "traveling basket" team headed by Mrs. Herb Hynd. The CowBelle members were divid G1S COM ; , "Ob course I dot a code in my head, but dank you for calling," was the happy grandmother's reply to an unexpected long distance call from her son and his family. It wasn't Mother's Day or even Christmas. They just had the impulse to keep in touch, and the kids wanted very much to talk to Grandma. Even with the pleasant weeping caused by this call, her voice sounded good to everyone. Have you shared some tearful hap piness with your folks lately? Call this evening, after 6, when the rates are lower. PACIFIC NORTHWEST BELL lone High Students Attend Workshop Four lone students, student body officers for the high school, attended the student council workshop in Pendleton, October 14 and 15. They were accom panied by Gene Harryman, lone principal, advisor for the group. During the meet the students discussed problems which might confront student body officers in high school. Those attending from the school were: Steve Lindstrom, Hynd, vice president; Cheryle Lundell, secretary-treasurer; and bniriey Hicks, assistant secre tary-treasurer. Dr. Turner Talks To Delta Gammas "Education's Challenge to a Changing Social Pattern" was the title of a talk given by Dr. I Ewald Turner, past president of i the National Education assoc-' iation and now vice principal of Helen McCune Junior High school, Pendleton, at the Delta Kappa Gamma luncheon in Hermiston Saturday. Dr. Turner said that problems in the field of human rights exist in Oregon and emphasized the belief that it is the respon sibility of leaders to develop a concept of the problems of neg roes, Indians and other minority groups today. After a short business meet ing the session was adjourned so that members could attend the art workshop at the Herm iston Junior High school. Attending from Morrow county were Mrs. Zoe Billings, Mrs. La Vern Partlow, both of Boardman; Mrs. Leon Bentley, Mrs. Robert Smith, both of Irrigon; Mrs. Franklin Ely, lone; Mrs. Roy Kirk, Heppner; and Mrs. Adrain Bechdolt, Hardman. Two Take Trip East Mrs. J. O. Hager, Heppner, and Mrs. Bert Shaw of Pendle ton left October 4 for an ex tended trip in the East. They are spending considerable time at the home of Col. and Mrs. Clayton A. Shaw in Washington D. C. Col. Shaw is the son of Mrs. Bert Shaw, and his wife is the former Harriet Hager, daughter of Mrs. Hager. Mrs. Hager is also visiting old friends at New Castle, Penn. They are en.ioying the traditional sight seeing tours in and around Washington, D. C. Barak Receives Cuts In Chain Saw Mishap Jack Barak of Lexington suff ered a cut near one eye and on the back of his left hand Satur day when he was using a chain saw to clear land at a site in the mountains. Poles that had crossed caused the saw to jump, and he appar ently slipped at the same time. The saw, which narrowly missed seriously damaging his eye, cut a horseshoe-shaped gash around the eye as well as lacerating the hand. Barak was treated by a phys ician as an outpatient at Pioneer Memorial hospital and was re leased. ed into two teams to start a "traveling basket" around among the members as a money raising proiect. The team gain ing the most money was declared the winner and the losers will be in charge of the tea. Mrs. John Graves was in charge of the winning team. The proceeds are used for beef promotion. T H CALL er - i -i ' ! ..iiimii, h'i Tt A 111... ' ' fiT "IL - SENIOR GUARD, Don Creswick, for the Heppner backs Friday at to get their fifth victory of the New Teams Enter Athletic League Chenowith High school of The Dalles will be an addition to the western division of the Greater Oregon High school ath letic league beginning with bas ketball season, Athletic Direc tor Bob Cantonwine of Heppner High school announces. Heppner is a member of this division of the Greater Oregon league, along with Grant Union of John Day, Sherman county of Moro, Pilot Rock and Burns. Addition of the school, which has some 370 stu dents, will bring the division to six teams. Chenowith, locating in the Harvey Aluminum district of The Dalles, includes students also of the Mosier area. At a league meeting at John Day last Wednesday night, the iortncoming entry of Maupin was also discussed. Maupin, cur rently classed as a B school, is attaining A-2 status and is ex pected to ask to come into the league next year. This year's Maupin tootball team has been a strong club that has bowled over a number of A-2 teams Chenowith will compete in basketball, baseball and track during the coming seasons. Its first competition with Heppner wiu be a basketball game on January 11. It was also decided at the league meet that Heppner will be host to the sub-district track meet again in the spring. At tending the meeting with Can tonwine was Principal Gordon Pratt ot Heppner. Elementary Teachers Attend Art Workshop Three Heppner element a r y school teachers were among those attending the Oregon Art Education Association workshop at the junior high school in Hermiston Saturday. Making the trip were Mrs. Don Kirk. Mrs. Adrian Bechdolt and Mrs. Anita Stockard. Various arts and crafts were displayed from the Oregon Art Association which gave benefic ial ideas for bulletin board and regular art classroom use to the teachers. Lucky Hare Says . . . with Safety" I 2 l jlftlli " -- MOST ALL POPULAR SIZES Be ready to go in Snow, Sleet, Mud and Roin. Sove Money on service colls ond tire changing cost. i Avoid that lost minute rush. FORD'S TIRE SERVICE HEPPNER Ph. 676-9481 i ' KjA ; will be up front opening holes Burns when the Mustangs hope season in a conference counter. (G-T Photo) Lt. Gerrold White Completes Course First Lieutenant Gerrald G. White of Jone, Ore., has com pleted the United States Air Force- advanced navigator-bombardier course at Mather AFB, Calif. Following survival and spec ialized aircrew training at other bases, he will be assigned as a KC-135 Stratot anker navigator at Schilling AFB, Kan. The lieutenant, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon White of lone, re ceived his B. A. degree1 from Wil lamette University, Salem, Ore. He is a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hyle and daughter, Mrs. Ronald Kimpton, and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Stark weather, all of Portland, were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Evans. Clean up "weed beds" Bleakmans Plan 60th Anniversary By ALTA STEVENS HARDMAN, RHEA CREEK Mr. and Mrs. Bert Bleakman will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary at an open house at their home in Hermiston Sim day, November 3. They will be glad to see any of their friends from this area who can visit them on that dav. Relatives and friends were saddened by the death of Mrs. Anna Harshman at Walla Walla last Saturday morning. Alta Stevens returned from Hermiston Sunday where she had been staying for the past month. Recce Coats and friends of Salem visited his uncle, Jess Coats, and got in a few days of deer hunting. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Leathers stopped in Hardman on Thurs day. Mr. and Mrs. Sam McDaniel returned home from the Lloyd Rico Ranch, where they had been for two weeks. Kinard McDaniel of Hermiston called on relatives in Hardman on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Robinson have moved back to their home here, after being out on the cattle reserve all summer. Cecil McDaniel took his trailer house to Camp 5 Kinzua, where he is staying during the week. Marvin Jackson of Bridal Veil was a week-end guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Bechdolt. Mrs. Emma Gemmell of Sa lem was honored on her 102nd birthday on October 15. Mrs. Gemmell is a grandmother of Mrs. Harold Stevens. Mr. and Mrs. Phil Andrus, Lin da and Nick Eichelburgcr of Portland spent a week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Huston Lesley. Mrs. Blanche McDaniel, Gincr and Dixie and Mrs. Charlotte Walker were in Pendleton one day recently taking care of bus iness. Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Chapel drove to Condon on Friday to meet Mrs. Dolly Fratcrs of Grass Valley, bringing her homo with them for a few days visit. Satur day evening they went to Pen dleton where Mrs. Fraters, as a candidate from Mistletoo Rob ekah Lodge No. 25, received the Degree of Chivalry at the Ladies' Auxiliary Patriarch's Militant Canton, Pendleton No. 3. Recent visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sam McDaniel were Mr. and Mrs. Bad Cannon of Troutdale, Mrs. Maxine Ma han, Bobby Dean and Mike of Elgin, and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Bleakman of Hermiston. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil McDaniel and family, Bonnie Kessell and Bobby Dean Mahan enjoyed an evening of skating in Hopper Friday. ,'' i-u "'V,VX ' V v. i - -" , ' ; , to keep weeds out of crops Every fence row, ditch bank and other noncrop area around the farm or ranch can be a thriving "weed bed." Here weeds start, flourish and spread into wheat and other croplands. These "weed beds" can complicate, or even defeat, your weed control program. Effective chemical weed control in these noncrop areas simplifies your weed problems, reduces the fire hazard of dry weeds and cuts maintenance costs by doing away with hand-cutting of hard-to-mow areas. Advantages of chemical weed control Atrazine and Simazine herbicides give safe, long-lasting weed control. Extensive U!e of these products on farms and ranches has shown that a single applica tion gives effective results for a full sea son. The economy of weed control with Atrazine or Simazine is obvious when compared to mechanical methods which provide only temporary control and usu ally require follow-up methods during the season. What to use and when Atrazine attacks weeds through both roots and foliage. It can he used before weeds emerge, or soon after weeds ap pear above the ground. Atrazine gives long-term weed control, especially in areas of low rainfall. Simazine provides effective long-last HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday, October 24. 1963 December Date Set For Fall Festival The date of Sunday, December 1. has been announced for the third annual lone Fall Festival, sponsored by the Homo Econom ics club of Willows Grange. About 16 organizations of the community cooperated last year, with each one donating a door prize. Ladies will serve dinner dur ing the afternoon, with large va riety of booths and games plan ned, according to Mrs. Hershal Townsend, chairman. Details are taking shape, starting at the regular meeting of the Home Ec. club today (Thursday). Rockhounders to Meet A regular meeting of the Mor row county Gem and Mineral club has been announced for Saturday evening at 8 p.m. in the old Library building. Mem bers are asked to bring a guest. Special feature will be the show ing of the film, "Stone Age on the Columbia." CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Only By Skipper ... for one 3x5 Choice of poses - Ages up to 7 YOU MUST HAVE A RESERVATION CARD FOR EACH CHILD ASK FOR YOURS TODAY COMING OCTOBER 31 HUMPHREYS REXALL DRUG 217 N. Main Heppner Ph. 676-9610 ing control when applied before weeds emerge. Since it has no foliar contact action, there is no danger of injury to crops through accidental drift. Simazine stays where you put it, too. No danger of lateral leaching in the soil. Weeds controlled Atrazine and Simazine control a wide range of annual broadleaf weeds and grasses and some perennials. Among these are the following important prob lem species: Cheatgrass, ryegrass, tar weed, Russian thistle, foxtail, quackgrass, mustard and puncture vine. Safe Atrazine and Simazine are relatively safe to humans and animals. Nonirritating to the skin and noncorrosive to equipment. Always follow label directions. Both are easily removed from spray tanks and lines by thorough flushing with water. For detailed information, talk with your dealer or write: Ceigy Agricultural Chemicals, Division of Ceigy Chemical Corporation, Saw Mill River Road, Ardsley, New York. Gciqy Atrazine Simazine Reading Conference Attended by Teachers Of Elementary School Morrow county was well rep resented by teachers at the an nual fall conference Saturday of the Portland-Oregon Council of International Reading Associa tion which was held at Woodrow Wilson High school in Portland. The conference was based on the theme, "Personalizing Read ing Instruction," with keynote addresses given by Dr. Robert Van Allen, professor of educa tion at the University of Arizona. At the regular elementary teacher's meeting Monday after school, reports were gvien by those attending the sessions. There were 60 sectional meetings and the reports brought from the conference showed a lively interest in the creative teaching of reading. Those attending from Heppner were Mrs. Cleo Robinson, Mrs. Hillard Brown, Mrs. Ed Dick, Mrs. Sam Miller, Mrs. Frieda Slo cum and Mrs. C. C. Carmichael. Your Child's Picture in 1 fiffiSy fffSi
