Bands Entertain
At Irrigon PTA
By LaVELLE PARTLOW
IRRIGON The A. C. Houghton
Junior band, under the direction
of Bandmaster Al Reeves, pre
sented a varied concert of band
numbers at the Monday night
PTA meeting. Preceding the Jun
ior band, the Beginner's band
played several selections.
During the PTA business sess
ion, next year's officers were
introduced as follows: Mrs. Ken
neth Eppenbaugh, presid e n t;
Mrs. Ronald Black, vice presi
dent; Mrs. Shirley Zelinski, sec
retary; Mrs. George Anderson,
treasurer. Also, PTA president,
Mrs. Warren McCoy, announced
that Bert Wells would be present
at the April meeting to perform
and also to speak to the group.
Refreshments were served to the
audience following the band con
cert Christiansen Relatives
in Accident
LaVern Christiansen received
word that his nephew, LaDon
Sorensen, and Mr. Sorensen's 6
year old son John, were killed
in an automobile accident near
their home in Storm Lake, Iowa,
Saturday evening. Mrs. Soren
sen and other members of the
family were seriously injured.
Roberta Acock was a patient
at St Anthony hospital in Pen
dleton from Monday through
Wednesday with the flu and
complications.
Misses Sandra Creamer and
Barbara Davis, students at Blue
Mountain College in Pendleton,
spent the week-end in Irrigon
visiting their folks, Mr. and Mrs.
Art Creamer and Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Davis and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Stewart,
Sharon and Tommy, drove to
Walla Walla Saturday, and vis
ited Mrs. Doshia Brownell and
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Chapman.
Boy Scout Troop No. 667 had
a campout Saturday evening on
Sand Island. Participating were:
Senior Patrol Leader Bob Buchan
an, Assistant Senior Patrol Lead
er Tom VanHorn, Patrol Leaders
Tom Olin, Duane Peterson, Har
old Stitzel, and Scouts Leon
Wilson and Lee Huson. The boys
cooked their supper Saturday
night and their breakfast Sun
day morning. Most of the boys
returned to their homes Sunday
morning in time to go to Sunday
School and church services.
Yn 1 James L. Guerin of the
U. S. Navy Post Graduate school
at Monterey, Calif., visited at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Graybeal over the week-end.
Guerin's sister, Mrs. Bill Allen,
Linda and Gayle of Salem and
another sister, Mrs. Dale Shingle
decker. Rickv and Randy of
Ayer, Wn., also spent the week
end at the Bill Graybeal resi
dence. Gurein will fly from Tra
vis Air Force Base to Japan the
20th of April, and will be sta
tioned in Japan for 4 months or
longer.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren McCoy,
Susan and Debbie drove to Port
land Saturday, and Susan re
mained in Portland until the fol
lowing Thursday, to participate
in the Oregon All State Band.
The band played Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday at the
David Douglas High school, and
the final performance was held
at Madison High school Wednes
day evening. While in Portland,
Susan was a guest of Miss
Dianna Rosencrants, and Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Cameron and family.
Susan returned to Irrigon Thurs
day with Bandmaster and Mrs.
AI Reeves. Reeves also attended
various music clinics in connec
tion with the band. Accompany
ing Susan to Irrigon were her
cousins, Karen, Christy and
Scott Cameron. Jim Comeron
drove to Irrigon Thursday even
ing, and he and his children
stayed with Mr. and Mrs. War
ren McCoy and family until Sat
urday. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Christ
iansen and daughter Marilyn of
Seattle were week-end guests of
Mr. and Mrs. LaVern Christian
sen and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Waters and
daughter Cindy of Seattle spent
the week-end with Waters'
brother-in-law and sister, Mr.
and Mrs. Perry Pummel and
family.
Lloyd Franke was seriously in
jured Thursday while working
at the Gunderson Brothers En
gineering Firm in Portland.
Franke was welding on a 3-ton
box car which was on an over
head rack, and when the box
car was turned on its side, tit
struck Franke on the head and
face. Frank suffered a large lac
eration on his head, a broken
nose, and facial lacerations. Also,
all but two of his teeth were
broken off. He was taken to the
Physicians and Surgeons hos
pital, and is now making satis
factory progress. Mrs. Franke
drove to Portland Thursday to
be with her husband at the hos
pital, and returned to Irrigon
Saturday night.
Mrs. George Hobbs and daugh
ter Kathy of Reno, Nev arrived
in Irrigon Friday night to spend
the week-end with Mrs. Hobbs'
brother-in-law and sister, Mr.
and Mrs. LaVern Christiansen
and family.
Lions Hold Initiation
The Irrigon Lions club met at
Carrie's Cafe Thursday evening,
and initiated the following eight
new members into their club:
Otto Vogel, Jim Desirey, Max
Jones, Lloyd Berger, Mike Creigh
ton, Earl Overman, J. H. Alex
anian and P. A. Timpeny. Guest
speaker for the evening was In
ternational Consular Arlo Fjel
land of Pendleton. Also visiting
was the Lions Club of Uma
tilla. Hank McGinnis was injured
while nailing flooring in his
home, when a nail flew up to
ward his face, breaking his
glasses and cutting his eye. He
was taken to Good bhepherd hos
pital to have the glass removed
from his eye.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Bagwell
and family of Pendleton were
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Vernon Stewart and family bun
dav afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Edwards
and children of Pendleton, Mr.
and Mrs. Jarl Sonsteng and fam
ily of McNary and Mrs. Viola
Whitt and Christy were dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Zehner, Melody and David bun
dav afternoon.
Dr. Dwight Dodson, executive
secretary of the Oregon Baptist
Convention, will speak at the
Irrigon Baptist church Sunday
morning, April 12, at ll:uU a.m.
Menus at A. C. Houghton
school for the week of April 13
17 are as follows: Monday
Sauerkraut and wieners, butter
ed corn, applesauce and oat
meal cookies; Tuesday Barbe
qued pork, candied sweet pota
toes, grapefruit, cheese cake;
Wednesday Hamburger pizza,
sreen salad, pickled beets, cherry
crunch; Thursday Potato salad,
lunch meat slices, green beans,
fruit cobbler; Friday Creamed
tuna on hot rolls, cottage cheese
and peach salad, fruit and cake.
There will be a baseball game
between lone and A. C. Hough
ton school at the A. C. Houghton
ball diamond Friday, April 10,
at 2:00 p.m.
Riverside High school seniors
held a car wash at the A. C.
Houghton school Saturday, to
raise money for their annual
sneak. To boost their funds, they
also held a spaghetti feed at the
A. C. Houghton Cafetorium Fri
day evening, followed by a film,
"Fancy Pants," starring Lucille
Ball and Bob Hope.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren McCoy
and Mrs. Ruth McCoy spent Sat
urday in Pendleton.
George Kenney had four stit
ches taken over his left eye as a
result of an injury sustained
while pole vaulting.
Joan Gasser was admitted to
St. Anthony's hospital in Pendle
ton Thursday evening, and had
eye surgery Friday morning. She
was released Saturday afternoon.
Two Trackers Meet
The Two Tracker 4 H club met
April 6 at the Wrangler club
house. Judy Nyman called the
meeting to order. We had roll
call by giving our horse's name.
Refreshments were furnished
by Mrs. Bob Bergstrom and Mrs.
H. Becket. Floyd Jones showed
us how to saddle and bridle a
horse properly. We played some
games and rode in the indoor
arena.
Marcia Jones, reporter
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Florence,
accompanied by their son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Gary Florence, all of Eugene,
were guests the past week-end
at the Norman Florence home
on Willow Creek. E. L. Florence,
son of Norman Florence, is pro
prietor of the Oregon Settlement
Real Estate office in Eugene,
and he and his wife are frequent
visitors here with his parents.
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Services Held
For T. B. Hoover,
Kinzua Postman
By VIRGINIA KELSO
KINZUA Thomas Burton
Hoover, Kinzua Postmaster, was
born March 10, 1904', at Fossil,
and passed away at his home
near Fossil on March 31, at the
age of 60 years, 21 days. He was
married in November, 1927, to
Esma Gilliam who survives him
along with a son, Lee, of Fossil,
a daughter, Dorothy Edwards of
Fossil, grandchildren Susan, Deb
orah, Connie, Bill, and Peggy
Hoover and Cheri, Neal, and Da
vid Edwards. He is also survived
by four nephews, Rod, Larry,
Carl, and Tom Gilliam whom he
and Mrs. Hoover had reared, a
brother, W. G. Hoover of Fos
sil, and three sisters, Dorothy
Miller of Fossil, Mary Jane Don
of Salem, and Thelma Mathews
of Fossil.
Mr. Hoover was commissioned
postmaster of Kinzua on May 7,
1935. He was a member of Fos
sil Lodge No. 110, IOOF, the
National Association of Post
masters, and was a past presi
dent of the Grant-Wheeler Post
master's and Clerk's group.
Funeral services were conduc
ted by Rev. Buck at the Fossil
Methodist church on Thursday,
April 2, with graveside services
conducted by Fossil Odd Fellows
in the Odd Fellows cemetery.
Pallbearers were James Walker,
Clay Phillips, Robert Kelso,
Verne Edwards, Robert McCul
loch, and Edgar Myers.
Council Works On Plan
The Doubledeck pinochle club
was entertained last Tuesday
evening at the kitchen by Mrs.
Virginia Sitton. High score for
the evening was won by LaVina
Conner, low by Marilyn Bailey,
and floating by Helen Wright
and Mrs. Sitton. At a late hour,
angel food cake with lemon top
ping was served by the hostess
to the prize winners and Shirley
Williamson, Rosie Graham, Bon
nie Campbell, Virginia Kelso,
Margie Ball, Vonnie Browning,
Marge Boring, and Margaret Mc
Connell. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Flack re
turned home Saturday evening
from Heppner where Mr. Flack
had spent several days as a pat
ient in the Heppner hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. George Smith re
turned home Thursday from
Heppner where George had been
hospitalized for a couple of days.
They returned to Heppner Mon
day for his checkup.
the regular Camp 5 Women's
Club card party was held Tues
day evening with Jean Medlock
as hostess to the group. Pinochle
was played and nigh was won
by Billie Jean Bastian, low by
Myrna Zitek, and floating by
Irene Samples and Ann Bastian.
Others enjoying this evening
were Barbara Mortimore, Carol
Norris, May James, Joan Michel,
Shirley Kyle, Marie Rhoton, and
Naomi Rice.
Mr. and Mrs. Rusty Medlock
and sons John and Mike went
to Heppner Wednesday for busi
ness and shopping and to have
Mikes eyes checked.
The regular meeting of the
Camp 5 Women's club was held
Wednesday at the Community
hall with Carol Norris as hos
tess for the evening. The busi
ness meeting was in charge of
bhiriey Kyle, vice prseident. It
was decided to have a commun
ity card party April 18 at the
community hall with Jean Med
lock and Barbara Mortimore as
hostesses. Door prize for the
evening was won by Ann Bas
tian. Bob Kyle and daughter Susie
were in Heppner Thursday for
dental care.
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Michels and
family were in Heppner Satur
day for business and shopping.
Edgar Norris of Prineville ar
rived Sunday to visit with his
brother Earl Norris and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Arne Slinkard
spent Tuesday and Wednesday
visiting mends in Baker.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bolin of Ser
vice Creek were Saturday even
ing guests of Mr. and Mrs.
George Smith.
Mrs. Ruth Vreeland received
good news Thursday that her
home and property in Anchor
age, Alaska, came through the
earthquake in good shape with
no damage to either.
Ray O'Neall of Prineville was
a Friday night visitor here with
Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Schell.
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Hollomon
went to Hermiston Wednesday
to spend several days with Mr.
and Mrs. Bruce Hollomon. The
Hollomon twins, Cinda and Lin
da, have been hospitalized with
the flu.
The eighth grade class spon
sored a card party Saturday
night at the Grade school with
a good attendance present. Win
ning high for pinochle was
Naurine Benson, low went to
Bonnie Campbell, and floating
to Naurine Benson and Virginia
Sitton. High for bridge went to
Marie Wall and low to Meridel
Wham. Pie and coffee were serv
ed throughout the evening by
eighth grade mothers. Proceeds
from this party are to help de
fray expenses of the class on an
educational tour to Salem and
Portland in the near future.
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Guinn went
to Portland Monday to take Mrs.
Hazel Guinn of Fossil to take
the plane for a holiday in Ha
waii. This trip was a Christmas
gift to Mrs. Guinn from her son
and family.
RUBBER STAMPS made to order,
also STAMPING PADS in
black, red or green. For busi
ness or personal use. Orders
filled promptly at the Gazette
Times office.
By MARY LEE MARLOW
BOARDMAN The City Council
and the Planning Commission,
met with E. Redmond of the
State Industrial Accident Com
mission, who outlined the pro
gram where volunteer firemen
are hired under state industrial
law. Nine men signed up, includ
ing Zearl Gillespie, chief, Bob
Thornhill, Rodney Flug, Gunnar
Skoubo, Vernon Russell, Ed
Kuhn, Wayne Kuhn, Darold La
Chance and Joe Tatone.
A resolution was adopted to
accept a road called North Main
Street in the new town site un
der the county road replacement
which connects the irrigation
project with the town and high
way 80 N. Upon completion the
resolution allows the city to ac
cept the road from the county.
Another meeting was schedul
ed for April 7 at which repre
sentatives of the Umatilla Elec
tric Cooperative Association and
the Eastern Oregon Telephone
Company were to be present to
discuss the utilities in the new
town.
A total of $74.32 was collected
here in the Red Cross drive con
ducted by the Altar Society of
St. Mary's Catholic church. As
sisting in the drive were Mrs.
Ronald Banzer, Mrs. Dante Dal
toso, Mrs. David Closner, Mrs.
Delmer Hug, Mrs. Gunnar
Skoubo, Mrs. Bob Thornhill and
Mrs. Shirley Zielinski.
Friends Honor Tatone Family
Approximately 100 persons at
tended the shower Friday night
at the grange hall for Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Tatone and children
Linda and Jody, who recently
lost their home and all their
belongings in a fire. Out of town
guests included some from Ar
lington, Hermiston, Irrigon and
Maupin.
Committee in charge was Mrs.
Arthur Allen, Mrs. Walter Hayes,
Mrs. Ronald Black, Mrs. Frank
Marlow, Mrs. Claud Coats, Mrs.
Glen Carpenter, Mrs. Leonard
Bedord, Mrs. Bernard Donovan,
Mrs. Ervin Flock, Mrs. LaVern
Part low, Mrs. Nathan Thorpe
and Mrs. Guy Ferguson. The af
fair was sponsored by Greenfield
Grange.
Mrs. Cecil Hamilton is a pat
ient in the Good Shepherd hos
pital in Hermiston, suffering
with a severe case of the flu.
Mrs. Minnie McFarland of De
Poe Bay, and her grandson, Mr.
and Mrs. Skip McFarland of
Portland, visited at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Briggs Sunday.
They had been to Pendleton for
the funeral of Mrs. McFarland's
son, Milo McFarland.
Mrs. Lyle Williams and child
ren Glenda, Ronnie and Gary of
Wallowa were week-end visitors
at the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Claud Worden.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Perren of
Sandy were week-end visitors at
the home of Mrs. Bob Miller.
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Hayes and
children Jeff, Greg, Terry and
Ronnie of Maupin spent the
week-end at the home of Hayes'
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Hayes.
.Mrs. Don Renschler and
daughter, Linda of Inglewood,
Calif., are visiting at the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.
B. Rands.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Eades and
daughters Cindy and Denise of
Portland were recent visitors at
the home of Eades' parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Dale Eades.
Mrs. Frank Marlow visited
three days last week in Walla
Walla, Wa., at the home of her
aunt, Mrs. Ernest A. Zerba.
Mrs. Ed Piercey of Portland
visited two days last week at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rollin
Bishop,
Mr. and Mrs. Seth Russell
went to The Dalles last Friday
to visit at the homes of their
son and daughter-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs, Dale Russell, and their
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Gene Reed.
The Ladies Aid Society of
Community church met last
week at the church with Mrs.
Emery Lyons as hostess. Mrs.
Virginia Shadwick was a guest.
Mrs. Florence Root was in
charge of the Spiritual lesson,
presenting a reading from the
Bible.
Relatives Safe in Alaska
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Worden
have received word from their
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Gene Risley, at Anch
orage, Alaska, that they and
their seven children are all right
after the earthquake there. Ris
ley had already left his work
and was at their home, which
is 17 miles out of town. Their
two oldest daughters. LaDean
and Claudia, and their son
Eugene, 17, were all in town.
LaDean was in the J. C. Penney
Company building on the first
floor. She has written that she
was standing at one side of the
building when the quake started
and when it started to sink she
ran to the other side. Looking
back the side she had been sand
ing on had disappeared. Eugene
was visiting friends and they ran
outside just as the house they
were in went over a bluff. The
Risley home was undamaged.
Menus for Riverside High
school and Boardman Grade
school for the week of April 13
17 are as follows: Monday Hot
pork sandwiches, spinach, cheese
sticks, fruit and cookies; Tues
day Potato soup with crackers,
bologna and peanut butter sand
wiches, vegetable sticks and
fruit; Wednesday Pizza, green
beans, tossed salad, ice cream
and cookies; Thursday Cream
ed chicken over toast, buttered
carrots, Joll-O and cupcakes;
Friday Macaroni salad, tuna
fish sandwiches, vegetable sticks
and fruit. Bread, butter and milk
are served with all meals.
FFA Places Third
The Riverside FFA chapter
won third place in the Blue
Mountain District FFA Farm
Mechanics contest at Milton
Freewater Saturday. Ronald
Black is leader of the group.
Wy'East was first with 42 points,
Mac-Hi second with 41Vi. River
side had 41.
Individual winners were as
HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday. April 9, 1964
Hardman News
By CHARLOTTE WALKER
HARDMAN Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn Walker of Pendleton have
a baby son, born March 14, at
St. Anthony's hospital. The baby
weighed 8 lbs., 12 oz., and is
named Ward Lawrence.
Mrs. Marie Lesley was taken
to Pioneer Memorial hospital in
Heppner Saturday. She will re
main there for several days.
Elmer Knighton called on his
follows: farm buildings and con
veniences Leonard Bedord, first;
rural electrification Ted Hoff
man, second; soil and water
management Terry McCoy,
first; acetylene brazing, Steve
Partlow, third; acetylene cutting,
Dennis Anderson, third; electric
welding, Ted Hoffman, first;
tool sharpening, Mike Smith,
fourth; tool identification Mike
Partlow, second; acetylene weld
ingJim Wilson, third; electric
welding Chuck Jackson, third;
woodworking Chuck Jackson,
fourth; hardware identification
Chester Phillips, fourth.
brother Wilburt one day last
week.
Linda Hams has been visiting
her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Hams, and other relatives
for a few days.
Bonnie Kessell spent the week
end in Heppner at the John
Stevens home.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Breeding
are camped in a trailer house
near the Porcupine road, taking
care of sheep belonging to Mr.
and Mrs. Percy Cecil.
Cecil McDaniel and Ricky re
turned home from Ashland last
Wednesday. Ricky's eye, that
was injured by the ricocheting
BB shot, is improving a little.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Stevens and
Jeanie spent a recent week end
in Pendleton at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Brinda.
Mr. and Mrs. Ike Shank of
Mt. Vernon spent the week-end
at the Huston Lesley home. Mrs.
Shanks is a sister to Mrs. Lesley.
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