Camp 5 Women
Elect Officers;
Plan Christmas
Bv VIRGINIA KELSO
KINZUA Camp 5 Women's
club had its regular meeting last
Wednesday at the Camp 5 Com
munity hall with Ann Bastian
as hostess. New officers for 1964
were elected as follows: Lola
Ferrel, president; Shirley Kyle,
vice-president; Jean Medlock,
secretary; Eva DeMerritt, treas
urer; Carol Norris and Joan
Michel, sergeant at arms.
Shirley Kyle was appointed
chairman of the Camp 5 com
munity Christmas party for the
children, Jean Medlock is to be
chairman of the adult's Christ
mas party. Ann Bastian is chair
man of the Safety dinner which
will be held on December 13.
Door prize for the evening was
won by Joan Michel. Game prizes
were won by Jean Medlock, Signe
Anderson, Lola Ferrel, and Shir
ley Kyle.
Mrs. Ralph James, Mrs. Slim
Rhoton, Mrs. Perle Anderson and
Mrs. Earl Norns were in Con
don and Heppner last Friday for
Dusiness and shopping.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Reed and
family of Mossyrock, Wn. spent
the last week-end visiting at the
Rusty Medlock home.
Mrs. Red Hulett and Mrs. Slim
Rhoton were business visitors to
Heppner on Saturday.
Mrs. Robert Kyle and children
went to Madras last Saturday to
visit her parents, the Boyd
Browns and to do some shopping.
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Michel and
children were in Hermiston last
Sunday for business and shop
ping. Mrs. Richard Mortimore and
children were in Pendleton last
Sunday to visit her sister, Mrs.
Nona Leathers and family. Mrs.
Leathers is attending beauty
school there.
The regular Camp 5 card party
was held Friday at the Commun
ity hall with Mrs. Signe Ander
son as hostess to the group. High
prize was won by Karen Bastian,
low by May James and traveling
prizes by Jean Medlock and
Barbara Mortimore. Others play
ing were Ann Bastian, Joan
Michel, Carol Norris, Lola Fer
rel, and Shirley Kyle. Special
guests for the evening were Vir
ginia Sitton and Marilyn Bailey.
Mr. and Mrs. Burton Nelson
and family of Portland arrived
Friday to spend until Tuesday
with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ferrel
and Robert.
Mrs. Lloyd Shelton and daugh
ter Dolores and Mrs. Earl Norris
were in Heppner Saturday to get
glasses for Dolores.
Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Medlock
and sons of Heppner spent Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. Rusty
Medlock and family.
Mrs. Earl Norris and son Ken
neth took Andy Randle to Mitch
ell Saturday where he took the
bus back to his home in Prine
ville. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Bell went
to Pendleton Saturday morning
to spend the week-end visiting
their daughter, Miss Florence
Bell.
Mrs. Harley Shook and Mrs.
W. I. Jewell were business vis
itors to Heppner Wednesday.
Horse Mistaken for Elk
It seems that there are hunters
who do not know the difference
between a horse and an elk.
At an overnight enclosure on the
Spray-Heppner highway near the
Bull Prairie road there were
about two hundred head of cattle
and four horses. The horses had
been tied up and a big camp
fire was going but early Sun
day morning one of the horses
wais found shot, seemingly mis
taken for an elk. Someone must
need glasses or a picture of an
elk.
Mr. and Mrs. Frances E.
Decker and Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Williams of Klamath Falls have
spent the past two weeks visit
ing with Boyd Johnson.
Mrs. Louis Lorengel and son
LDee went to The Dalles Wed
nesday to keep medical appoint
ments. They brought Linda Lor
engel and Frank Clancy back
with them. Frank left Saturday
for McMinnville where he and
his parents will make their
home.
Aliens Have Grandson
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey (Butch)
Blank of Portland became the
Retirement Party
Honors Postmasters
IRRIGON The Umatilla-Mor
row county unit of the National
Association of Postmasters of the
United States held a retirement
party honoring Mrs. Ruby Rob
erts, retired postmaster of lone,
ana Bill Logan, retired post
master of Hermiston. at the Al
bert Partlow residence November
10. Mrs. Roberts was not
able to attend, due to illness.
During the afternoon, the post
masters who had attended the
National Convention in Hono
lulu gave reports on highlights
of the convention, and colored
movies taken in Hawaii wei
shown. Ray Kurz, president of
the Umatilla-Morrow Cou n t y
Unit of NAPUS, and Postmaster
at Umatilla, presented Logan
with his retirement gift, which
was a large leaf shaped dish,
made of monkeypod wood, grown
in Hawaii. An identical dish was
also sent to Mrs. Roberts. The
dishes were purchased during
the convention in Hawaii. The
lunch carried out the Hawaiian
theme.
4-H to Make Favors
Meeting of the Thrifty Knitters
4-H club was called to order
by our president, Christine Munk
ers, at the home of Jeannine
Hunt November 18. We opened
with the 4-H and American flag
salutes. We voted to work with
Mrs. Mildred Davidson's 4-H club
to make Christmas favors for the
hospital. The meeting was ad
journed. Jill Padberg, reporter
parents of a son Wednesday, No
vember 13 at Emanuel hospital.
The little boy weighed 7 lbs., 6
oz. and has been named Travis.
Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Vincent Allen of Kinzua and
Mr. and Mrs. Hobart Seal of
Halfway. Mr. and Mrs. Allen and
family went to Portland Satur
day to spend the week-end with
the Blanks and get acquainted
with their new grandson.
Mr. and Mrs. George famith
were business visitors to Hepp
ner Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Baker of
John Day were Wednesday over
night visitors with Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Wham and family.
The Doubledeck card club
again went to Fossil to have
their Wednesday night meeting
with Mrs. Helen Wright as hos
tess to the group. Winner of high
lor the evening was Marge Bor
ing who also won one of the
floating, low went to Virginia
Sitton, and the second traveling
prize was won by Helen Wright.
Grand high went to Vi Slinkard
and grand low to Margaret Mc
Connell. Others enjoying this
evening were Marilyn Bailey,
Virginia Kelso, Kathryn Flack,
Vonnie Browning, Bonnie Camp
bell, Shirley Williamson, and
Evelyn Smith.
Visiting from Tuesday until
Thursday with Mr. and Mrs.
Grayson Gerard were Mr. and
Mrs. Chester Howard and Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey Howard of
Springfield.
Mrs. Ernie Wall and son John
and Mrs. Robert Kelso were in
The Dalles Saturday afternoon
to meet Mrs. Wall's mother, Mrs.
Victoria Bible of Portland who
will visit a while with the Walls.
Mrs. Lige Long, Mrs. Delbert
Barzee, and Mrs. Vernon Perry
were business visitors to Con
don Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Burchett
and Robbie moved during the
week-end to Omak, Wn. where
Mr. Burchett is employed and
they will make their home.
Mrs. Ed Wham and son Kenny
were business visitors to Hepp
ner Saturday.
The Kinzua Womens club en
tertained their husbands Friday
evening at a potluck dinner at
the kitchen. After a sumptuous
meal, the group visited and then
played games for traveling
prizes.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Halverson
of Omak, Wn. visited relatives
and friends here and in Fossil
over the- week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Hollomon
went to Heppner Sunday to
spend that day and Monday
visiting the Jerry Hollomon
family.
Young People
Receive Injuries
In Car Accidents
By LaVELLE PARTLOW
IRRIGON Misses Wanda Mae.
Patsy and Barbara Davis, daugh
ters of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Davis,
were injured in a car accident
November 8 around 7:30 p.m.,
when the car in which they were
passengers ran into the back cf
a truck that was parked along
the road. The driver was part
ially blinded by the lights of
an oncoming car, and did not sec
the truck.
The young people had attend
ed the wedding and reception of
Miss Sandi Davis and David
Gallo in Hermiston, and were
enroute to Walla Walla to the
home of David Gallo, where a
second reception was held. The
accident occurred two miles east
of Touchet.
Barbara suffered a back strain
but was not hospitalized. Wanda
Mae had a shoulder bruise, and
Patsy a laceration on the fore
head and slight concussion.
They were both hospitalized at
St. Mary's hospital in Walla
Walla, Wanda Mae being releas
ed Sunday morning, and Patsy
will remain for some time.
Also injured in the accident were
Angela Gallo, sister of the
groom, who sustained a broken
pelvic bone, and most seriously
injured, but making satisfactory
progress, was Gene Gallo, cousin
of the groom.
HEPPNER GAZETTE -TIMES. Thursday. November 21. 1963 3
Ormand Lesley, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Lesley, was injured No
vember 8, when he was struck
by an automobile as he was
walking home from a grocery
store. Ormand was walking
down the parking lane, and had
just reached the crossing when
the accident occurred.
The driver of the car that hit
him, Mrs. Eugene McCorkle, was
partially blinded by headlights
of an oncoming car, and did not
see the boy in time to avoid
hitting him. Ormand suffered a
skull fracture, and both the
bones in his lower right leg were
broken. He is in Good Shepherd
hospital in Hermiston. His right
leg, which was broken, was reset
for the second time on Monday
morning, November 18, and if
it fails to hold this time, it will
be necessary for surgery to be
performed on the leg, and pins
inserted. Ormand is making sat
isfactory progress, but may be
confined for some time at the
hospital.
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Ebert Services Held
Services were held November 4
at Hennessey, Geotsch and Mc
Ghee Funeral Home in Portland
for Carl Ebret, who died Novem
ber 1 at the Veteran's hospital in
Portland. Private interment was
held Wednesday at the Willam
ette National cemetery in Port
land. Mr. Ebert is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Carl Ebert; a son,
Donald Ebert of Portland; his
mother, Mrs. Lillian Ebert of
La Grande; sisters, Mrs. Dick
Hungerford of La Grande, Mrs.
Inez Williamson of Seattle, Mrs.
Natalie Brace of Farmington.
Mass.; brothers, Louis Ebert of
Portland and Henry Ebert of Ox
nard, Calif., and three grandsons.
The Rev. Chandler Jackson of
the Episcopal church in Herm
iston officiated at the services.
Barratt is Guest
At Grange Meeting
Bill Barratt of Barratt Ranches,
Heppner, was among guests of
honor at an evening banquet
November 12 at the 97th annual
session of the National Grange
in Portland.
Secretary of Agriculture Or
ville Freeman was present for
"Agricultural Day" at the ban
quet ' and addressed delegates
and guests at the banquet in
the Multnomah hotel.
Barratt was one of 14 honored
guests. Herschel D. Newsom,
master of the National Grange
said, "Our guests at this day
set aside in recognition of the
vital importance of the agricul
tural economy to our national
and international welfare, have
made significant and outstand
ing contributions through their
devotion to and leadership of
agricultural progress."
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Also: Personalized Wedding and Guest Books, Match Books
Monogrammed Playing Cards
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of Members of
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INCORPORATED
Fair Pavilion
Heppner
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22
Registration 10:30 A.M.
Regular Meeting 1 :00 P. M.
Public Invited to the Meeting at 1 :00 P. M.
GUEST
SPEAKER:
Jonel Hill
Public Utilities Commissioner
State of Oregon
GRAND
DOOR
PRIZE:
$100 gift certificate to be applied
towards the purchase of any electrical
appliance of the winner's choice.
ALSO
Numerous Electrical Appliances
Will Be Presented As Door Prizes
LUNCH
Served by Ladies
of Rhea Creek
Grange
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