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George Fichfer, Struck by Auto, Dies in Portland George Fichter, 74, who first came to Heppner in 1903 and lived most of his life at Lone rock, died almost instantly in Portland Friday after he was struck by an auto near 141st and Stark streets about 6:30 p.m. Funeral services were today (Thursday) at 1:30 p.m. in the United Church of Christ, lone, with the Rev. Walter B. Crowell officiating. Interment was in the lone cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Fichter had just arrived in Portland on Friday to visit a daughter, Mrs. Albert Freauff. According to his step son, Cecil Hicks of lone, he had just stepped off the curb and in to a crosswalk to cross the street when he was struck by the auto. He was born in Shasta Coun ty, Calif., July 12, 1889, and came to Heppner in 1903 where he was employed by the Minor Sheep Company. In 1904 he went to Lonerock and lwed there contin uously until 1963 when he re tired and moved with his wife to lone, purchasing the C. E. Brenner place just west of lone. He had engaged in the sheep business continuously while at lone. In 1926, he married Mary Hicks at Condon, and she sur vives. Other survivors included four stepchildren, Cecil Hicks of lone, Mattlon Hicks of Lonerock, Bill Hicks of Prineville, and Mrs. Freauff of Portland; seven grand children; 11 great grandchildren; two sisters, Annie McEwen of Ferndale, Wn., and Margaret Fowler of Richmond, Calif.; and an adopted brother, Dan Weise, Bellingham, Wn. He was a member of Willows Grange which he had transferred to recently. He was a past master and had received his 25-year pin. Mrs. Flack Here Mrs. Beth Flack and three children moved to Heppner last week from Livermore, Calif., where they have been living. Mrs. Flack is a sister of Mrs. LaVern Van Marter and a daugh ter of Mrs. A. C. Ball. They have rented a home owned by Buck Padberg. Baby Can Bank On A College Education . . . because Daddy is banking savings every payday on a plan that will have the money for col lege ready when Junior is ready to go. 4 OPEN AN ACCOUNT TODAY FIRST FEDER SAVINGS LOAN BOX 739 longer a need to worry, the competent, efficient THE GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, March 5, 1964 Portlander On Church By KATHERINE LINDSTROM IONE The social rooms of the lone United Church of Christ were transformed into a little bit of Hawaii Sunday evening for a program and dinner honoring the church school teachers and workers and their families. Miss Ruth Bailey, conference director of Christian Education, Portland, was the guest speaker and showed beautiful slides of Hawaii and also told of the church work there. Miss Bailey was accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Edith Bailey, and they were overnight guests of Rev. and Mrs. Walter B. Crowell. Hostesses for the enjoyable evening were the deaconesses, Mrs. Milton Morgan, Mrs. Phil Emert, Mrs. David Rietmann, Mrs. Marion Palmer, and Mrs. Cecil Throne, who were all dress ed in mumus. Assisting them were the honorary deaconesses, Mrs. Mary Swanson, Mrs. W. C. Crawford, and Mrs. O. L. Lun dell. Mrs. E. C. Heliker of lone de parted from Seattle on Friday for a holiday in Hawaii. She was accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. Harriet Bolman of Seattle. They plan to be gone about three weeks. Milton Morgan, Oregon Wheat League president, was in San Francisco last Monday and Tues day. He attended a conducted tour of the Albany Research Lab oratory, which is planned every two years to acquaint wheat men with the work they have ac complished in the interests of wheat research. On Friday, Mor gan drove to Spokane to attend a meeting of the Northwest Crop Improvement Association. Mr. and Mrs. Roy W. Lind strom, Mrs. Lewis Halvorsen, worthy matron of Locust Chap ter No. 119, Mrs. Charles O'Con- now paid on accounts here helps money grow faster. Open your ac count now . . . and keep on saving systematically! ASSOCIATION PENDLETON MEET MR. and MRS. THOUGHTFUL" Finding themselves concerned with the welfare of a loved one, yet faced with the problem of being out of town on various occasions, realize there is no for now they can have complete confidence in care and service available at Valle Vista Homes. A New Concept In Gracious Living For Senior Citizens and Convalescents Valle Vista Homes Ph. 567-6276 Speaks Work nor, and Mrs. Omar Rietmann attended Friendship Night and a reception honoring Mrs. Lorraine Irby, member of the Home En dowment Fund of the OES Grand Chapter of Oregon, at Arlington on Monday evening. Dockters Welcome Daughter Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Dockter are happily announcing the birth of their first child, a daughter, who has been named Tammie Jo. The baby weighed 7 lbs., 11 oz. and was born on Feb ruary 25. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Albert Dock ter of Rupert, Idaho, and matern al grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Hammon of Nvssa. Pa ternal great-grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. John Dockter of Rupert and maternal great grandmother is Mrs. Edith Ham mon of Nyssa. Mrs. Deekter's mother, Mrs. A. M. Hammon, and her sister, Mrs. Betty Ann Russell of Nyssa arrived Monday even ing to visit the new baby and her parents. A card party was held Wednes day evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cleo Childers honoring the wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Palmer. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Marion Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Harri son, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Sherer, and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Petty john, Jr., Marion Palmer and Mrs. Lee Palmer won high prizes. PTA Program To Feature 4-H lone PTA will meet at the schoolhouse Wednesday evening, March 11, with the program con centrating on 4-H work among our youth. Mrs. L. A. McCabe will show slides of summer camp, fairs, and other events. Everyone is welcome. Miss Kathy Rea left for Pen dleton on Monday to enroll in Phagan's Beauty School where she will resume her school work. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Stefani and family and Virgil Morgan spent Sunday in The Dalles visiting at the home of his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred An derson. Mr. Stefani's grand mother, Mrs. Tilman Hogue, ac companied them. Party Benefits Heart Fund Mrs. Cecil Thome entertained three tables of pinochle at her home for benefit of the heart fund. Mrs. Thorne is chairman of the Heart Fund drive in lone. She has been assisted by Sue Townsend, past advisor, and Susan Lindstrom, worthy advisor of lone Assembly No. 89, Rain bow for Girls. Dancing classes, sponsored by the lone Dance club, got off to a good start Saturday night with a large crowd in attendance at both the beginners and advan ced classes. Jerry and Geneva Rickel of Pasco are the instruc tors and next Saturday night will be the last time anyone may register for this series of lessons. Bob Drake and his grandpar ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Lundell, drove to Portland on Sunday and visited his father, Cleo Drake, who is a patient at the Veter an's hospital. They also visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lundell. Mrs. Lundell re turned on Thursday from the hospital, where she had under gone surgery. She is progressing satisfactorily. Mrs. Drake, wno has been visiting her daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Kay Turner at Eugene, returned home with Bob Sunday evening. Mrs. Vela Eubanks is visit ing relatives in Portland. A budget meeting of the lone Lexington Cemetery District was held at the lone Legion hall on Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Baker are back home after spending a couple of months at Phoenix, Ariz. Sec. 2-4 pages Boardman News The Boardman Tillicum club will hold an arthritis benefit breakfast March 7 at 10 a.m. at the home of Mrs. LaVerne Part low. The Home Economics club of Greenfield Grange will meet March 11 at the home of Mrs. Florence Root at 12:30 p.m. Mrs. Zearl Gillespie will be co-hostess. A pinochle party will be hold at the grange hall the evening of March 6 at 8 p.m. Hostesses will be Mrs. Leonard Bedord and Mrs. Earl Briggs. Mrs. Frank Marlow visited from Thursday through Saturday at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Ernest Zerba, in Walla Walla, Wn. The Boardman Grade school Mother's club will meet March 12 at the schoolhouse at 2:30 p.m. Menus for Riverside High school and Boardman Grade school for the week of March 9- 13 are as follows: Monday Meat loaf, buttered corn, home made biscuits and fruit; Tuesday Chili beans and crackers, French bread or rolls, carrot and cheese salad and graham crackers; Wednesday Hot roast beef sandwiches, buttered carrots, cel ery sticks, pineapple upside cake; Thursday Hot dogs and potato chips, pickle relish, spin ach and cake; Friday Tuna noodle casserole, green beans, celery sticks, fruit and cookies. Bread, butter and milk are serv ed with all meals. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Rietmann and family have moved into their new home on Second Street, which has just been completed. Mr. and Mrs. Vester Hams and family have purchased the Riet mann's former residence on Main Street and moved in over the week-end. Columbia Basin Electric Co-op Boardman Heart Fund Drive Nears Completion Mark By MARY LEE MARLOW BOARDMAN With 75 of vol unteers' envelopes counted, Boardman's Heart Week contri butions stood at $83.10 today, Mrs. Harold Baker, chairman of the drive, said. The remaining envelopes will be opened shortly and their con tents tallied along with contri butions mailed in by families who were not at home when the Heart Week volunteers called. "I sincerely hope that resi dents of Boardman who were not contacted during Heart Week will lose no time in sending their con tributions to the Heart Fund," Mrs. Baker added. "The success of the Heart Association's fight against heart attack, stroke, in born heart defects, high blood pressure and the many other heart and circulatory diseases depends upon these gifts," she explained. Cemetery Move on Schedule Work on the moving of the Boardman Riverview Cemetery was progressing according to schedule this week. The first graves were moved Monday morning, and Hughes Construc tion Company of Pasco, who has the contract for the job, expec ted to complete the moving this week. Work the past three weeks has included putting up .he fence, drilling the well, and building roads and parking area. Walter Wyss had an appendec tomy at St. Anthony's hospital in Pendleton last Friday. Mrs. Earl Briggs and Mrs. W. G. Seehfaer attended a project leaders meeting at Lexington last week on "Color in the home" for the Home Extension Unit. Eileen Ely, student at Judsoi Baptist College in Portland, spent the week-end at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Ely. She had as her house guest, Sherrie Thomas, also a student. Other college students home for the week-end included Dorothy Rash, Pacific Business College, Portland; Larry West, Portland It's Electric WWm or ly COLD ' iiiiii.i-fc in,'11""'1 ' --"r"--:" Jt" 1 'i H""wn- " .1"':! fefea4 Ca'i SLf ' "' ' a I.L. . ..IT1TrTfnTn.. .. inn,,,-.. ,..it.AiifcjJii UtiMliK Out of the freezer, onto the stove. Off the table, and into the disposal and dishwasher. Yes, mealtime's a pleasure for the homemaker who has the help of modern kitchen electric appliances. For she can put more exciting foods on the table . . . 1,000 times a year ... and still not feci like a full time cook. Whether you wanf, your food quick-frozen, or piping hot . . . electric kitchen equipment gives you positive temperature control at the touch of a dial . . . without funics or dirt . . . and with complete safety. Your dealer will he happy to help you plan a completely automatic kitchen in the right size and color for YOUK home . . . and arrange to let you pay for it as you use and enjoy it. Call or visit him today. Electricity is POWKH for CONVENIENCE. Serving Morrow and Gilliam Counties State; Keith Gronquist, Univer sity of Portland; Johnnie Part- low and Pat Partlow, EOC, La Grande. Week-end visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Sledge were Mrs. Sledge's brothers and sisters-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Mil ton Anderson, and Mr. and Mis. Richard Anderson and children Sheila and Delmer, all of Klam ath Falls. Mrs. Walter Corley and daugh ter Cheryl of lone were week-end visitors at the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. See hafer. Mrs. Donald Herrin and daugh ters Kathy and Cheryl visited last week in The Dalles at the home of her mother, Mrs. Alice Dartt. Week-end visitors at the Herrin home were Mr. and Mrs. Duane Wagner of Kennewick, Wn., and Mr. and Mrs. Gary Roarck of Richland, Wn. Bakers Welcome Son Word has been received here of the birth of a seven pound 12 ounce son, Harry, born to Mr. and Mrs. George Baker of Moses It's Time For A SPRING-FRESH PERMANENT Call for Operator of Your Choice BENE JO JUDY VERLE LOIS Lois Beauty Shop Heppner, Phone 676-9603 Lake, Wn., on February 7. The Bakers were former residents here. Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Evarts and two daughters, Arlington, form er residents here, visited Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Stone. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Martin and five children moved to West- land over the week-end, where they have purchased a home. BUL1 and Mrs. Raymond Davis and children left Friday for Pasadena, Md. Mrs. Davis and children will remain there, while Davis will be sent over seas to Guam, after being stat ioned here at the Bombing Range the past two and a half years. Mrs. W. G. Seehafer entertain ed at her home Monday with a card party. Guests included Mrs. Royal Rands of Hermiston, Mrs. Glen Carpenter, Mrs. A. R. Fort ner, Mrs. Earl Briggs Mrs. Ber nard Donovan, Mrs. Ray Brown and Mrs. Walter Wyss. Spring is Just around the corner . . . and your new spring fashions call for a soft, manageable permanent. Let our experienced beauticians help you exchange those tired, drooping locks for shining new waves! VERLE (Green) RICHARDSON Has Joined Our Staff of Operators lone. Phone 422-7234 970 Juniper Hermiston, Ore.
