Lexington Folk
On Busy Schedule
During Holidays
Missionary Tells of Africa Work
iT DCLPHA jONEi
Mr.
nd
LEXINGTON (Jufm of
unit Mrs. Bob IavlUori
family ovrr the Oirlatmas Wrrk
were her brothrr ln law and
slater, Mr. and Mr. Harol.l
Young and two children, and
Mrs. Davldaon'a aunt. Mrs. War
rrn Mutton of Van Nuyt, Cali
fornia. Other gueits fur fhrlat
mas were Mr. and Mrs. Harlan
Mint of Portland. Mr. and Mrs
Honbv Davlilnon of
Bay to
brotht.
ly MART Lit MA It LOW land went on to Com
iinAKr)UAMn..-.,iri. vUU Mrs. UtUtances
munlty Church hHd a New 'ly-
Yrar's Eve Watch aervkw at thai Mr" irn C arprntrr was an
rhurrh. trttnjf at 0 p.m. IU-v, ivrrnlfc'ht visitor In Umatilla
t mll Hilling. mlMlonary on a wn "'K'-t ! at the home
Vrar s fur Uieh from Rhoi rla. " anu Mrs. .Marvin lar
Alilra. was tiK-aXrr and show
ru SIK10 i)U lures of the wor
hp and Mrs. Itilllna do thrr
Later In the evening the croup
went in inv church banrrnrnt
nr lames and refreshments.
The even Inn ended with a ran
nifiiKht communion service a
midnight.
iuv. and Mrs. Killing with
their children Arthur. William
W amnion, and Fave were week-end m....i.
as 1 1 I u - .
vern viaii ai wie nomes or Mr. and Mr
and Mr. and Mrs.
and children or uhingtn. irivln Ely and Kev. and Mrs
Mrs. V. 8. Vlall is spending "erman Jl Burg. Kcv. Killing
soma time at the honw of her r"" Meaner at both M-rv-
son and daughter In law and ',v Sunday, and Sun
family. Mr. and Mrs. Vrrn Vlall. aaY evening showed ince tilde
from her homo In Rrandvlew. M'"urrs oi
Mn Mirvln lnnarit i-tilrr. I Ul'fcla
talned with a C hrUtmas bridge
their work In Itho
College students homo for the
holidays Included iJIck Skoubo
and Tvra JSnrdMrom from
w.u.: Larry West from irt
land Mate; Dewena West. Jim
and rat Mlllc-r. and Strv Pan
-lt,... 1.1
and . '" ",up niouniain college;
Mr.liM,"run i'onovan. ix-nnis t;ron-
riany at her nome one eve ni riff
ast we-k. Thoe prnwnt were
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Young of
VanNuvs. Calif., Mrs. l-an
Hunt. Mrs. Ed Bakr. Mrs. El
dnn raarrg, Mrs. wm. J. Van
Winkle. Mrs. Iloh Davidson
lha IiiuIpu Mil lHinartt
Young won high prize for the ?uU'- Jlm Hoffman and Johnny
evening. Part low from EOC. La Grande;
Mr. and
Anna Mae McOuaw and Mr
lions Id Larvlk Uhloe McQuawJ
from Pacific University, Korvkt
(.rove; and Kov Olx-rmeler from
Multnomah School of the Bible,
Portland.
Mrs. Padherg
have returned to pau-n after
attending several days at the
home of his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. FJdon Pailbrrg. Iee Is at
tending Columbia liaxln College
there.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Van
Winkle of Fort t)rd. Calif., spent
ChrUlmas at the William J.
VanWInkle home.
Linda and lrora VanWInkle
f4atiihtirtl if lift mnA kfra VL'II.
llam J. VanWlnklP. snrnt the l't Davidson of
hftlldav with thi-lr iinrt-n! frum I Mr. and Mrs
their respective schools.
Mr. and Mrs. Forrest itlnehart
and son sixrit the Christmas
holidays with her brothcrln
law and sister. Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Yf w-m nH ramilv
Mrs. Kd Hunt has returned to Mr-. J"hnnv Partlow. and
her home after a stay In Pio
neer Memorial hospital, where
she had undergone major sur
gery. Mrs. Bertha Hunt has return
ed to her home after a two
weeks visit at the Donald Hunt
home in Beaverton.
Mr. and Mrs. One Majeoke
have been reeent Portland vis
!l. Donald Majeske sent the
holidays with his parents, while
home from Pacific University In
Forest drove.
Mr Vrlma Hint nt tmllana
and son Tom. now of Portland. lfrvn'l were ho Iday visitors
were holiday Ruesta of Mr. and ?l .!n no,me J ikouboa step.
hir. Marvin I.eonar.1. father and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
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k'inri.lh JnnM HaU U'ViltnAV I warren
and Charlene Jones, all of Port
Holiday vUltors at the home
of Mrs. Itoy I'artlow Included
her mother, Mrs. Marie Coldcn.
and her sister. Helen Wahlstrom
of Portland, and her son-In law
and dauKhter. Mr. and Mrs. Hot.-
Warrenton.
Dwlcht Parker
of Salem spent the holidays at
the home of Mrs. Parker s rnolh
er, Mrs. Zov BUllnics.
VUltors at the home of Mrs,
cavern ra mow were n son
and riauchter-tn law. Mr. and
hi
son-in-law and daughter, Mr
and Mrs. Ivan Kress and child
ren Bryan and Dee Ann of La
(.ramie. The latter also visited
at the home of Kress' parents
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kress.
Mrs. Kathryn Tucker of Wal
la Walla, Wash, was an over
nljtht vinltor at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Klvln Fly. New
Years visitors at the Fly home
wive their daughter, Klleen. and
Marc McGowan of IVndleton
Mr and Mrs. Kd Skoubo and
children David and Janell of
land. Mr. and Mm. G. K. Irvln
and children of Arlington. Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Cool and child
ren of Pendleton, and Mr. and
Mrs. W. I. Miller of La Grande
were holiday visitors -at the C
C Jones home.
Mike Palmer accompanied
Kenneth Jones to Portland last
Thursday where he spent the
New Years with Kenneth. Her-
ble Davidson accompanied the
boys to Portland where he vis
ited his brother-in-law and sis
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Flint.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Davidson and
children motored to Portland,
also spending the holidays with
the Flints.
V.. K. Peck was taken to Pio
neer Memorial on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Collcy
visited at Spray at the Olive
Rcade home over the holidays.
Mrs. Janet Crab tree and son
of Pendleton visited with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Palmer, over the holidays.
My Neighbors
Mrs. Adolf Skoubo has been
a patient in the Good Shepherd
Hohpltal in Hcrmlaton the past
ween.
Mrs. William Lilly is a pa
tlent in St. Anthony's Hospital
in rwndieton.
Mrs. Frank Marlow spent a
week vUiltlnR at the homes of
her sons and daughters-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Marlow In
Medford. and Mr. and Mrs. Dar
rel Marlow In Salem. She also
visited her nephew and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Newman, In
Albany.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Dow
dy of Portland visited last week
at the home of their son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Dar
old LaChance. The latter went
back to Portland with them,
prnter.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe palmer and
daughter Angela of La Grande
were recent visitors at the home
of Mrs. palmer's grandparents
Mr. and Mrs. W. u. Nihafer.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Dahl
and sons Itonnle and Steven of
lllnford. N. Dak. were vUltors
durlnjt the holidays at the home
of Mrs. Dshls brother-in-law
and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold
iioumsn. umer visitors were
the Hoffman's son and daughter-in-law.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted
Hoffman of Seattle, Wah. They
and Jim and Linda Hoffman
went to Condon to vUlt at the
home of Mrs. Arnold Hoffman's
mother, Mrs. Frankle Canon.
Mrs. c laud t oats spent tiart
or me holidays in Seattle. Wash
at the borne of her son-in-law
and daughter. Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn Mallery.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence La-
Chance of Kingston. Wash, were
holiday vUltors at the homes of
their son and daughter-in-law.
Mr. and Mrs. Darold LaChanrr,
and iJiChanre'a sister. Mrs.
Glen Carpenter.
Week-end vUltors at the home
f Mr. and Mrs. Zearl Gllleiic
were Gillespie's niece and fam
ily. Mr. and Mrs. Vern Wlllkle
and children Barbara and David
of Mattawa. Wash
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Jarohy and
children Mike and Jackie spent
part of the holidays visiting Ja-
coby's parents. Mr. and Mrs.
arl Tuttle In Portland, and
Mrs. J .icoby's parents. Mr. and
Mrs. George Davidson, In Ku-
gene.
Holiday visitors at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. George King
Included their son and daugh
ter In law, Mr. and Mrs. Wes
ley King and children Sherry.
Gary and Jerry, and their son
In law and daughter, Mr. And
Mrs. Gail Cox and children Ju
dy, flonnle, Diane and Wesley,
all of Fairbanks. Alaska; their
son-lnlaw and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Cross and child
ren Barbara and Jimmy of
Gresham, and David Crawford
of Portland; and Mr. and Mrs.
Dean King and son Rodney.
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Daniels and
children Pam. Vicky and Scott
spent the vacation visiting at
the homes of their parents. Mr.
and Mrs. W. L. DanleU in Cald
well, Idaho, and Mr. and Mrs.
Dale Peterson in Parma, Idaho.
Mr. and Mrs. BUI Getz of The
Dalles visited their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Rash, and Mrs.
Carol Getz, during the holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Hinton
and daughters Kathv, Judy and
Georgia spent New Year's week-
end in Uklah visiting at the
home of Hlnton'a parents, Mr.
and Mrs. George Hinton.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wyss
spent part of the holidays in
Portland at the home of their
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. James Pleper.
Mrs. Jamea Harper has return
ed home from a seven months
stay in Jersey City, N. J. Holi
day visitors at the Harper home
were Mrs. Harper's father, Frank
Beauregard of Caldwell, Idaho,
and Harper's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Harper of Niles,
Mich.
Cafeteria menus for Riverside
lllt-h school and Boardman
Grad school f h week of
January 10 1 4 are as follows
Monday hamhurgi. lettuce
rheeM sllirs. piiklea, corn and
fruit; Tuesday fpschettl and
meat sauce, cole slaw, French
bread and cobbler; Wednesday
fried Milcken. mashed pota
toes, mUed vegetables and lei
lo; Thursday beef and nood
les. green beans, blwuits and
fruit; Friday lam chowder,
egg aandwiches, vegetable
sticks and cookies. Bread, but
ter and milk are served with
all meals.
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Larvlk
of Forest Grove were holiday
visitors at the home of Mrs. Lr
vik's parrnts, Mr. and Mrs. Karl
Mctjuaw.
Scasonol Activities
Occupy Soroptimists
During Past Month
The Christmas season was ob
served In a variety of ways
through the month of December
by the Soroptlmlst club mem
bers and guests.
Included In the club's service
protects was the mailing of a
hrlstmas box of clothing and
toys to a needy mother and her
family of four children in the
Boardman area. Contributions
were made to the Fastcrn (Jre-
pon State hospital In Pendleton
for needed convemenees, sub
scription was renewed to Life
magazine for patients at Pio
neer Memorial hospital, greet
ings were sent the sister club
In Tamworth, En eland, and to
members moved to other towns.
On December 16 five senior
girls were guests of the club.
Three of the girls. Joan Stock
ard. Judy Jones and Jan is Ba
ker, entertained with the sing
Ing of Christmas carols. Others
In the group were Karen French
and Theresa Munkers.
Report on the progress of the
(.olden Age club, sponsored by
the Soroptimists. was given by
Mrs. wave! Wilkinson, chair
man. The group, which is con
tlnually growing in number and
Interest, meets each first and
third Tuesday evenings at 7:00
p.m. In the Episcopal Parish
hall. New members and visitors
are always welcome.
On December 30 two members.
Mrs. Ed Gonty and Mrs. Bill
Johnson, were honored on their
birthdays with the serving of
birthday cakes. A gift of can
dled citron was received from
a member. Mrs. Let a Thomas,
who is spending the winter in
Tucson, Arizona, and was shar
ed by those attending.
Initiation of new members is
planned for late January, ac
cording to Mrs. Charles Staxks,
president
BOWLING
Thursday Kit LadiM
Team W
C Ed 0,i 4 I
Ruggles .tHS 2V
I- K. Dick .Hi'. 27'
Mi Lad les 3m 32'
Columbia Basin 30 34
First National 2X'- V
Murrays 24 's 3f
Wishing Well 17 46
Vonne
High Ind. Game La
Bloodtworth. 218: High Ind I Scr
le Marl Ball. 521; lllrh Team
c;ame c. Kd Cole, T73; High
Tram Serles-C. Kd Cole. 27iJ,
Cltf
Team
lleppner Nor Gas
Morgan Elevator
; roves Const
Fiesta Bowl
Highlanders
I'arrUh Garage
Farley Motor
Mason's
High Ind.
Wilson. 232;
W L
41 21
40' 23 '4
3J 25
34 30
2' 35 's
25S 3H4
23 39
18', 45'
Game Hubert C.
High Ind. Series-
Hubert C Wilson. 508;
Team Game Mason's,
High Team Series Groves
struct ion, 2919.
High
1011;
ton
Ha Splnnars
Team
W
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Rank of
Flma's
Elk's
Peterson's
Wagon Wheel Cafe
Del's Market
Jack's Chevron
i Brlstow's
High Ind
202; High
4.1 25
40 28
344 33
34 34
32 36
31 37
28'n 39',
29 39
Game Jo Ann Dyck,
Ind. Series Marie
McQuarrie, 507; High Team
Game Wagon Wheel Cafe, 942;
High Team Series Wagon
Wheel Cafe, 2581.
Commercial
FIRST HALF FINAL.
Team
W
St Patrick's Church 53
Bank of LO 42
A. L, Daggett Dist 414
Willow Creek CC 41
Heppner Studs 27
First National 264
IO.O.F. 21
Gardner's 20
High Ind. Game Clint
Quarrie. 212; High Ind. Series-
Maurice Groves, 569; High Team
Came Bank of EO, 998; High
Team Series Bank of EO, 2952.
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26
264
27
41
414
47
48
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HlftNt CAZCTTt-TTMES. Thursday. I an nary 164
Stanley Dixon
Dies in Hospital;
Services Tuesday
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STARTING THURSDAY,
JANUARY 13
THROUGH SATURDAY, JAN. 22
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iUYGEN
SlanSey Matthew Dixon, 78,
father of the Rev. Melvin Dixon.
died Sunday afternoon, January
2. in Iloneer Memorial hospital
after being bed ridden there for
about 24 years, He was con
fined following a paralytic
stroke.
Funeral services were Tues
day, January 4. at 1 p.m. In the
Shedd Methodist church, Shedd,
Oregon, former family home,
with the Bev. BiJlie Alaup. pas
tor of the Hrpprw-r Assembly of
God church, officiating. Con
cluding services and Interment
Here Thursday at Mountain
View Cemetery, Pasadena, Calif,
Born In Riceville, Iowa, No
vember 17. 18X7. Mr. Dixon at
tended Bible school In Iowa and
went out as a missionary to
Shantung province in China In
1913 and returned to this coun
try In 1923. An ordained minis
ter, he served pastorates in
North Dakota and southern Cal
ifornia before retiring from the
ministry.
Later he worked as a Dalnt-
Ing contractor In Pasadena be
fore retiring in 1952. Following
the death of hU wife, the for
mer Eva Schmidt the same
year, he sold hU home and bus-
ness and came north to Shedd
to live with his son. the Rev.
Dixon. He remained in the Wil
lamette Valley until his illness
in 1DC3 when he came to Echo
to enter a nursing home and
soon after entered Pioneer Mem-1
orlal hospital.
Surviving are the son. the
Rev. Dixon: two grandchildren.
Sharon and Martha Dixon, now
ttendin Asbury College, Wil-
more, Ky.; and a sister. Mrs.
Olive Kahler of Hemet Calif.
One son and a daughter preced
ed him in death during the
time he was serving in China.
The Rev. and Mrs. Dixon went
to Shedd for the services, and
he continued to Pasadena for
the concluding services, while
Mrs. Dixon returned home.
Those who wish to express
themselves in his memory are
invited to make contributions
to the Methodist churcJj Mem
orial fund. These may be left
with Gene Pierce at the Bank
of Eastern Oregon.
Service Set Saturday
For Margaret Cason,
Word of the death of Mrs.
Margaret Oaten Cason at her
home In Beaverton on Tuesday
evening was received by rela
tives aiwl friends her, H- l-tH
followed a lingering Illness,
caused by a paralytic stroke
several months ago.
A former resident here and
teacher In the Heppner schools,
Mrs. Cason will be remember
ed by many of her friends and
former students.
Funeral services will be In
the chapel of Fin ley's mortuary
In Portland on Saturday morn
ing. January 8. at 11:JU a.m.
A more complete obituary will
be printed In next week's pa-
Her nusbana. Lewis, survives
her In Beaverton. She la a for
mer sUter-in-law to Mrs. Mary
Bryant and aunt to her sons.
John and Jim Cason.
George W. Elder,
Son of Pioneers,
Dies Here Sunday
George W. Elder. 63. son of
Frank B. and Jennie Jayne El
der, pioneer Morrow county
homesteaders, died Sunday in
Pioneer Memorial hospital fol
lowing a long illness.
Funeral services were today
(Thursday), January 6. at 10
a.m. In Sweeney Mortuary chap
el with the Rev. Al Boschee of
ficiating. Interment was In
Heppner Masonic cemetery.
Bom in Heppner February 15,
1902, Mr. Eider was a lifelong
resident He worked on ranches
In the area and at one time
hauled mail over the route be
tween Arlington and Klnzua.
He never married.
He is survived by a brother,
Maurice Elder of Heppner, and
two sisters. Mayee Elder of
Bremerton, Wn., and Mrs. Eliz
abeth Ward of Seattle.
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