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New Years Observed at Home, Away By KATHERINE LINDSTROM IONE Mr. and Mrs. David Rietmann entertained her fam ily on New Year's Day for din ner. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Walter Swenson, Mrs. Roland Wade and Katherine, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Atkinson, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Swenson and daugh ters of Walla Walla, Mr. and Mrs. Duane Herschell and son of Kennewick, Mr. and Mrs. Ern est McCabe and family of Hepp ner, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Bristow and Don, Harold and Wayne Riet mann of lone, and Miss Julie Rietmann of Newport Beach, Calif., who has been spending her vacation here with her par ents. Mrs. Robert Rietmann had the misfortune1 to twist her knee and sprain her ankle while skiing on Arbuckle Sunday. Jodie Morrison and Lloyd Mor gan drove to Corvallis Saturday to take their daughters Geral dine and Tass back to school. They also attended the Oregon State and Cincinnati game. Ron Crabtree of Portland spent Saturday night and Sunday here visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Crabtree. When he returned home, he took his son Scott, who has been visiting with his grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Palmer through the holidays. New Year's Day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Thome were Mr. and Mrs. William Spohn, Mr. and Mrs. James Lindsay, and Mr. and Mrs. William Melena. Holiday guests of the James Lindsays were their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mis. Roy Pettyjohn and son Jim of The Dalles. Other guests on Christ mas Day were their other son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Earl McCabe and Arleta and Mrs. Lindsay's mother, Mrs. Diantha Akers. Leaving on Monday for the National Wheat League meet ings in Amarilla, Tex., were; Milton Morgan, president of the Oregon Wheat League and Mrs. Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jepsen and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jacobs. Jacobs and Jepsen are both committee members of Ore gon Wheat League. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Rietmann spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Blake on the Hinton Creek ranch. Kenneth Smouse took his son Kenny Lynn, back to his studies at Oregon State on Sunday. He returned Monday accompanied by his mother, Mrs. Anne Smouse, who has been visiting her daugh ter, Mrs. Richard Baker and fam ily. Pierce Injured in Accident Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sherer spent the week-end at Redmond daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne visiting their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Pierce and family. Wayne was seriously injured on Thursday morning on his way to work, when his panel truck was hit by another vehicle and he was thrown through the window of the truck door. He received a con cussion and severe lacerations, one on his shoulder which re quired nineteen stitches to close. He was released from the hos pital on Saturday. Oscar Lundell entered the hos pital in Heppner on Sunday. His nephew, Garland Swanson, drove him up. Mrs. Ella Bleakman, who has been quite ill, is staying with her daughter, Mrs. Hers h a 1 Townsend. Mrs. Victor Lovgren left for Portland on Thursday with her son, Dean, who had surgery on Friday. She was accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. Robert Peter son, and they returned on Sun day. Dean will be absent from school for ten days or two weeks. Mrs. James Lindsay will enter tain the Home Economics club on Thursday, January 16, for an all-day meeting. Members are to SAVE on Your AUTO INSURANCE New Gold Key Policy Saves Careful Drivers Real Money f THE BEST BUY FOR CAREFUL DRIVERS CALL $1140 Quarterly 25 to 50,000 Bodily In jury, 10,000 prope r t y damage,- 1,000 death in demnity, 5 to 10,000 un insured motorists. Discounts for 2 cars. Dis counts for compacts. Further reductions for accident-free driving af ter 1st and 2nd years. C. A. Ruggles Ins. Ph. 676-9625 bring salads or desserts for the potluck luncheon. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Ekstrom, Jr., and family went to Portland last Sunday and on Monday their daughter Jan underwent a tonsil ectomy. They were guests at the home of Mrs. Ekstrom's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Roger Steiger and family, while in the city. They returned home on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin McCabe and family spent the week-end in lone at the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Crabtree. They took their son, Kevin, home to Colfax, Wash., after a visit here' with his grandparents and left Jimmie and Ashley to stay for a visit. Celebrates Tenth Birthday Cheri Carlson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Carlson, celebra ted her tenth birthday with a party on Tuesday afternoon. Guests were Nancy Ashurst, Shir ley Baker, Kathy Crum, Cathy Cannon, Shawna Ber g s t r o m, Mary McElligott, and Carol Haus ler, Julie Zinter and Ann Mc Elligott sent gifts but were un able to attend. The girls roasted wieners and marshmallows over an outside bonfire at lunch time. They played games and had af ternoon refreshments, when they were joined by Kristine and Jan Peterson. Mrs. Herbert Ekstrom, Jr., was inadvertently left off the guest list of the bridal shower for Karen Lundell. Mrs. Roland Bergstrom, who was unable to attend, sent a gift. Mr. and Mrs. Jodie Morrison and daughters, Tass and Merrie Jo, returned last Tuesday from attending the Far West Basket ball Classic in Portland. Their daughter, Michelle, who was Queen of the Classic, awarded the trophies last Monday night and then stayed in the city for a party given by a sorority sister on Tuesday evening. She arrived home on Wednesday for a short vacation with her family before returning to Oregon State on Saturday. Dick DeBisschop, a student at Oregon State, was guest at the Morrison home this week. Guests this week at the home of Mrs. Edythe White were her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Anderson and nieces, Ina and Cathy Anderson, of Prosser, Wn., and her sister-in-law, Mrs. Guy Anderson and Mrs. Anderson's sister, Mrs. Ida May Spone of Yakima. They left for their homes on New Year's Day. Les Matthews spent the holi days with his sister at Kuna, Ida. The grade school basketball team, the Baby Cardinals, will play A and B team games in Heppner Friday afternoon at 1:30. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Bristow spent the week-end in Portland on business and also attended the Cincinnati, and Oregon State basketball game. They were ac companied by Julie Rietmann, who took a plane for Newport Beach, Calif. Services at Valby Lutheran church will be held at 11:00 this Sunday with Sunday School at 9:45. Following church services a potluck dinner will be held and the annual business meeting. THE GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, January 9, 1964 Sec. 2-4 pages Memorial Services Pay Respect to Delia Corson IONE This community lost Telephone Operators Association. BOXED TYPING PAPER, 500 sheets, $1.95. Just right for school or home use. Gazette Times office. 28-tfx Now! Get Your Copy of "COMMUNITY COOKING" 126 PAGES OF DELICIOUS HOME RECIPES Breads, Rolls Dressings, Sauces Cakes Meats Candies, Icing Pastries Casseroles Salads Cookies Sandwiches Desserts Vegetables AND HELPFUL HOUSEHOLD HINTS Published By Mikkalo Grange Home Ec Club As A Community Service Project And Attractively Plastic Bound FINE GIFT ITEMS FOR BIRTHDAYS SHOWERS ANNIVERSARIES AND OTHER OCCASIONS BUY THEM AT $2.00 EACH AT HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES MRS. AL MARICK, IONE MIKKALO HOME EC CLUB, OLEX Mail Orders Should Be Addressed To Mrs. Charlene Weatherford. Olex one ot its oldest citizens with the death of Mrs. Delia M. Cor son, 90, on Tuesday, December 31, at Pioneer Memorial hospital, where she had been a patient for 2i months. Mrs. Corson was born in Miss ouri on September 8, 1S73, and came to Arlington on the train with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Reed, when a young girl of ten. The family homesteader! in the Ella district, north of lone, where she attended school and later taught. She was graduated from Heppner high school and taught in lone in a one room school located near the present city park on the Rietmann lot. She later served as clerk on the lone School Board for many years. She was married to William Corson and to this union one son, Eldred, was born. Mrs. Corson began work for the Bell Telephone Company in 1915 as a manual switchboard operator and in 1925 was promo ted to agency manager. She was retired on September 30, 1938, after 23 years and two months of service. Much of this time she was on 24-hour duty. The telephone company considered her a "loyal employee, extrem ely devoted to her work, and highly respected by other oper ators with whom she had fre quent contacts." Citizens of this community al so remember her for her wit, her many kindnesses and serv ices beyond her regular duties. She was collection agent for the company until her death. She was a member of the Pioneer County Schools To Receive line Testing Program A Tine tuberculin testing pro gram has been set for Morrow county schools, grades 1, 7 and 12, for the month of January. The program is sponsored by the Morrow County TB and Health Association and administered through the Morrow County Health Department. Tine testing is the newest de velopment of skin testing for tu berculosis and is a simple, al most painless test. A reading is made several days later to de termine the reaction to the test. If positive, a chest x-ray is rec nmmonrtpH as a further check. This can be done either through thp natipnt's nhvsi c i a n or through the x-ray facility at Pio neer Memorial hospital on tne first Wpdnpsriav nf each month. which is also made available through funds from the Morrow County TB and Health Assoc iation. Following is the proposed schedule: January 14 at Heppner schools. January 21 at Irrigon and Boardman schools. January 28 at lone and Lex ington schools. fnnepnr dins havp hppn dis tributed to the children through their schools. A signed consent slip from the parent or guard ian is necessary before the test can be given. Parents are urged tn take advantage of this pro gram being given through the schools. She was one of the first persons in the United Mates to receive Social Security. Mrs. Corson was a 65-vear member of Bunchgrass Rcbekah Lodge, a Past Noble Grand and over 50 years ago was a dele gate to the convention in Rose burg. She was guest in the home of a wealthy family. The home later became the public library of Roseburg. She was a charter member of the Arlington Methodist church and a member of the Heppner Methodist church since 1893. She was a devoted worker in the lone United Church of Christ, having been a Sunday school teacher for the adult Bible class many years. Mrs. Corson was an ardent knitter and won many blue rib bons at the county fair, winning some this year. She loved to travel and attended the World's Fair when she was 89 years old. Funeral services were held for Mrs. Corson at the lone United Church of Christ on Tuesday af ternoon with burial in the Ar lington cemetery. Rev. Walter Crowell conducted the services and the church choir sang "Be Still My Soul" Von Schegel. Pall bearers were Roy W. Lindstrom, Omar Rietmann, Don Bristow, Ralph Crum, Ray Barnett, and Wallace Matthews. Present for the funeral were her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Eldred Corson, of Vic torville, Calif.; one of twin neph ews and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Corson of Portland, a niece, Mrs. Florence Swanson, of Port land, and a nephew and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Blair Corson and daughter of Lyle, Wn. Builders Club Meets Boardman 4-H Builders club met in Mrs. Miller's garage. We painted bread boards and used liquid plastic on them. We also started working on our broom racks. The garage was heated by Vern Minnick's cookstove. Sev eral sanded on their broom racks, then we had sandwiches and hot cocoa. Ron Baker, reporter Club Chooses Name Our meeting was called to order in regular form, with three members present. Our new 4-H club name is called "Lively Five plus Two." We will have our next meeting on January 25 at Jeannine Hunt's home. Christine Munkers, reporter Area Bank Debits Down in November Bank debits for the Pendleton area including Morrow, Umatilla counties decreased in November, 1903, compared to November, 1962, the University of Oregon Bureau of Business Research has reported. Debits for November, 1933, totaled $37,687,40-1. For October, 1903, the total was $42,367,396, and for November, 1962, the total was $10,562,395. Oregon, with 266 banks report ing had a decrease in bank debits in November, 1963 of 5.8 per cent as compared with Oc tober, 1963 and an increase of 6.6 per cent as compared with November, 1962. Total debits for Oregon in No vember, 1963, came to $2,601,955, 624, and for October, 1963, the total was $2,762,573,152. For No vember, 1962, the total cams to $2,441,298,008. Money receipt books in dupli cate and triplicate are on sale at the Gazette-Times. CLEARANCE SALE CONTINUES MANY ITEMS REDUCED Case Furniture Co. WE DELIVER PH. 676-9432 LIBERAL TERMS Club Makes Halters Momliprs rif thp Hnnf and Horn d.H livnvtnrk rlnh worn shown how to make rope halters at their last meeting. It was held De cember 15 at Don Greenup's home. Each of the members who attended made rope halters. They also planned goals for their future. If a club completes 18 of 23 goals it will receive an award. The next meeting is scheduled for January 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the Everett Harshman home. Larry Pettyjohn, reporter We Will Deliver Your Processed Meat MjL J f Of Charge Pvyij1ll Heppner. Lexington lone. WHOLESALE MEATS CUSTOM SLAUGHTERING SCHEDULE: Hogs Tuesday Cattle Wed., Thurs. Sheep Any Day Follett Meat Co. Hermlston, Oregon Ph. JO 7-6651 On Hermlston-McNarf Highway 1 1 1 r 1 1 fill ii r tmi i mi il j ii : Fresh SALMON 12 or Whole, lb. 89c Fresh Halibut LB 65e Fresh Medium Oysters 12 0l-Jor 55c Fresh STEWING HENS L"- 25' USDA INSPECTED BEEF LB. CHUCK c COURT STREET'S OWN Q bythepie pa Home Cured pUCOII lb. S3 c Holiday MARGARINE 5 LB. 95c MJB 2 Lb. $1.17 3 Lb. $1.75 HUDSON HOUSE 15 OZ. CATSUP 3 For 49c SNOW'S 15 OZ. CAN Clam Chowder 3 T" 79e T-N-T Popcorn 28 M-Jo' 29e NO. 1 P0TAT 0 Lb. Bag 43c SUNKIST NAVEL ORANGES 2 Lb- 25c MARBLEHEAD SQUASH lb 4 Prices Good Friday and Saturday, Jan. 10 and 1 1 COURT STREET MARKET 111 N. Court heppner Ph. 676-9643
