HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thundery. October 6. 1966
Fathers Officiate at Church Ceremony
Joining Sharon Dixon, Charles Gilliland
The marriage of Miss Sharon
Anne Dixon, daughter of the
Rev. and Mrs. Melvln Dixon,
Heppner, to Charles Lloyd Gil
liland, son of the Rev. and Mrs.
Walter W. Gilliland of Corry,
Ta., was solemnized at an Im
pressive candlelight ceremony
Sunday afternoon, August 21, at
3:30 p.m., in the Heppner Meth
odist church.
Vows were exchanged before
an altar decorated with golden
yellow gladioli in white stand
ards: altar vases holding white
gladioli, and flanked by tall
white tapers in candieabra.
White satin pew bows marked
the bridal aisle.
The bride was escorted to the
altar and given in marriage by
her father, after which he join
ed the Rev. Gilliland. father of
the groom, in officiating the
double ring ceremony. After
the exchange of vows, the bride
and groom Joined in Holy com
munion and the lighting of the
nuptial candle.
Favorite organ selections and
the traditional wedding music
was played by Mrs, Jay Wheel
house, and accompanied the so
loist, Mrs. Sam Miller, as she
sang the numbers, "Seal Us. O
Holy Spirit" and "Crown With
Thv Benediction."
The bride appeared in a floor
length sheath gown of white
crepe, with bodice and wrist
length sleeves of Chantilly lace,
and the Empire waistline ac
cented with a small bow. Her
Camelot chapel lace train was
held at the shoulders with
matching small bows, and a
bouffant shoulder length Eng
lish illusion veil fell from a
half crown of tulle and pearl
leaves. She carried a bridal bou
quet of white gardenias, sur
rounded with yellow rosebuds
and lily of the valley, which
centered a lace fan and from
which fell a cascade of satin
streamers. An heirloom hand
kerchief carried by her grand
mother at her wedding was car
ried by the bride.
Maid of honor for her sister
was Miss Martha Jeanne Dixon.
Bridesmaids were Miss Car
olyn Lint of Indianapolis. Ind.,
and Miss Peg Shaum of Colum
bus, Ohio, both former college
roommates of the bride.
Lighting the tapers before the
ceremony were Misses Debora
ar.d Marilyn Gilliland, sisters of
the groom, of Correy, Pa.
Gowns of the attendants were
floor length Empire style, fash
ioned in golden yellow crepe
and crystal charm skirts, with
contrasting bodices of bonded
lace, accented with front bows
and long streamers. Their head
dresses were of circular veil
caught at the top with a chif
fon rose in shades of golden
yellow. Each carried a single
stem yellow rosebud.
Serving as best man was Dav
id Gilliland, brother of the
groom.
Ushers were David Winkle of
Covington, Ky., and Bill Sher
man, Heppner.
For her daughter's wedding,
Mrs. Dixon chose to wear a light
beige lace over taffeta after
noon dress, with beige and
green accessories. Mrs. Gilli
land, mother of the groom, ap
peared in a blue lace over taf
feta dress, with blue and white
accessories. Each of the moth
ers wore identical corsages of
white gardenias, cmobined with
pink rosebuds.
The couple greeted their many
guests at the reception which
followed in the church social
rooms. The bride's cake, creat
ed and decorated bv Mrs. Don
McCarty, friend of the family,
was beautifully tiered and ac
cented with yellow roses. It
was mirror outlined with white
net and placed on an Irish lin
en cloth. Yellow and white
floral arrangements attractively
decorated the rooms.
Cutting the cake and serving
were Mrs. Kenneth Fox of
Breckenridge, Mich., assisted by
Miss Susan Drake. Pouring at
the punch bowl and coffee ta
ble were Mrs. Clarence Dosler
of Myrtle Creek and Mrs. Cecil
Ross, Portland, assisted bv Miss
Gail Batty.
In dedication to the newly
weds. John Maatta sang the
number, 'Climb Every Mount
ain." accompanied by Mrs.
Wheelhouse.
Recep t i o n hostesses were
WSCS members, Mrs. Robert
Henry. Mrs. Douglas Drake,
Mrs. Kenneth Batty. Mrs. Gene
Pierce and Mrs. Bill Farra.
Taking care of floral arrange
ments for the sanctuary and re
ception rooms were Mrs. James
Hager. Mrs. Charles Vaughn and
Mrs. Pierce.
Miss Leslie Meador was in
charge of programs at the door
of the fover.
Attending the gift table were
Misses Margaret Green and
Tamara Smith, and the guest
book was presided over by Miss
Brenda Young.
The bride changed to a yel-
anA u.-Mt linpn dress with
matching accessories as they
left for a wedding trip 10 plac
es of interest in Washington
ar, PannH.-j nn their wav East
to make their home. They are
now at home at liob Koyauy
Court. Apt 13. Lexington, Ky.
Both young people were grad
uates of Asbury College, Wil
more. Kv., in June. The groom
has entered Asbury Seminary
for further study and the bride
ic taL-incr medical technology at
the University of Lexington.
On the eve ol me weaaing
day, those in the wedding party
were guests at the Heppner Grill
dining room. The occasion al
so honored the father ol tne
bride on the occasion of his
Hirthriav Father of the erOOm
was guest speaker at the Sun
day morning worsnip service
the day of the wedding.
Hnpsts pominp from out of
town, besides those in the wed
ding party, were Miss Eva Lynn
McCleary, Indianapolis, ma.;
XT,. and Trc Kpnnpth FOX.
Breckenridge, Mich.; Dr. and
Mrs. Cecil Ross, Portland; uer
ald Wollam, Medford; Mrs. Es
ihor uicrtwo and Rvron Hiebee.
Shedd; Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Biss. Albany; Mr. ana Mrs.
Charles Henry, Salem; Mr. and
Mrs. Laurence Zimmerman, nai
v rpv and Mrs. Clarence
Desler, Myrtle Creek; Mrs. Ray
Smith and Tamara, La Grande;
Mrs. Delia Murray, Union; Mr.
and Mrs. Rex Dick, Monument;
Mrs. Richard Paine, Pendleton,
and Ron Ingle, Hermiston.
Knitting Club Elects
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a a.u lfnittincr rluh meeting
was held at the home of our
leader, Mrs. Herb Ekstrom Jr.
New officers elected were: Cin
dy Ekstrom, president; Kathy
Holtz, vice president; lenna
Ctofani stvrptarv : Christina
Lindstrom, news reporter; Jan
Ekstrom, song leader; ana carui
Holtz, game leader. We also
started our new projects. Our
next meeting will be at Linds
trom s.
Christina Lindstrom, reporter
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Marriage Saturday
Of Virginia Jepsen
Preceded by Shower
IONE A bridal shower hon
oring Miss Virginia Jepsen was
held Tuesday afternoon, bept. m,
in the social rooms of the lone
United Church of Christ The
rooms were attractively decor
ated in the bride's chosen col
ors of pink and green. Gifts
were unwrapped at a table cov
ered with pink tulle over white
and trimmed with wedding
bells.
Assisting Miss Jepsen with
her gifts was her sister, Mrs,
Mary Holtz, and her sister-in-law,
Mrs. John Jepsen.
Lovely bouquets of flowers
were about the rooms and on
the tea table, which featured a
bridal cake with a bride in one
corner and groom in the other
going to meet each other down
a small bridal path. Pouring at
the tea table was the bride
elect's mother, Mrs. Walter Jep
sen, and' her future mother-in-law.
Mrs. Edna Wood of Car
son, Wash.
Hostesses for the party were
Mrs. Alfred Nelson, Jr., Mrs.
Marion Palmer, Mrs. E. J. Akers,
Mrs. Hugh Salter, Mrs. E. W.
Bristow, Mrs. Lloyd Howton.
Mrs. Franklin Lindstrom, and
Mrs. E. M. Baker.
Mrs. Holtz made beautiful
corsages for her sister, the two
mothers, and special friends,
Mrs. Annie Keene, and Mrs.
Nelson.
Mr. and Mrs. John Jepsen en
tertained Miss Jepsen, her fi
ance, Henry Wood; Mrs. Wood,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jepsen and
family, and Mrs. Holtz and fam
ily at a dinner Tuesday even
ing before the visitors left for
Portland.
Central Lutheran Church in
Portland was the setting for the
Saturday, September 24, marri
age of Virginia Catherine Jep
sen of Portland and Henry Low
rv Wood of Kansas City, Mo.
Rev. Jerrold L. Moileen presid
ed at the four o'clock ceremo
ny. The young couple will make
their home in Kansas City,
where Mr. Wood was recently
transferred.
Those attending the ceremo
ny from lone were Mrs. Walter
Jepsen, Mrs. Robert Jepsen and
Susana Jane and Bill, Mrs. Mary
Holtz and Kathy and Carol, Mr.
and Mrs. John Jepsen, Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred Nelson and family,
and Mr. and Mrs. Norman Nel
son and family.
A wedding supper followed
the ceremony at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Larson,
brother-in-law and sister of the
bride. Members of the wedding
party and other guests were
present.
Kelly Spends Leave
Here With Family
Robert Kelly was in Heppner
recently for a few days visit
with Mrs. Kelly, Luann and
Shannon. Mrs. Kelly drove to
San Francisco on Saturday,
September 17, to meet her hus
band's ship, and the couple re
turned to Heppner Wednesday,
September 21.
Kelly ' is a civilian engineer
with the USNS Range Tracker
which was in port at San Fran
cisco. The Range Tracker oper
ates in the Pacific as tracking
ship for NASA space flights. He
returned to San Francisco Sun
day evening, traveling from
Portland by plane.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Howell of
Heppner are great-grandparents
of a little girl born September 24
in Sacred Heart Hospital, Spo
kane, Wn. She is the first child
of Mr. and Mrs. James McLaugh
lin, Jr. and her parternal grand
parents are Mr. and Mrs. James
McLaughlin, Sr. of Spokane.
Mrs. McLaughlin is a daughter
of the Howeils.
Postmaster Tells
Of Zip Code Week
October 10 to 15 has been des
ignated by President Lyndon
Johnson as "Zip Code Week,"
Postmaster James Driscoll told
the Chamber of Commerce Mon
day at Its luncheon meeting.
During this week, the post of
fice staff will place in each post
office and rural delivery box red
cards on which patrons may
place addresses most frequent
ly used in personal correspond
ence, he said.
The cards are to be returned
to the post office postage free,
and the staff will add the prop
er zip code numbers for the ad
dresses. The cards then will re
returned to the patrons for them
to keep in their files.
Only addresses of the Indi
viduals, and not the individu
als' names to whom the patrons
write, should be placed on the
cards.
Driscoll thanked the business
community for support that has
been given to the postal depart
ment's zoning improvement pro
gram, which is better known as
"Zip."
'The cooperation of business
firms, other units of government
and government agencies has
been excellent." he said. "AH
our large volume mailers are
complying with current require
ments for zip coding and pre
sorting." Driscoll said that the Hepp
ner Gazette-Times was one of
the first newspapers in the
state to be completely zip coded.
Banquet Guests Hear
Travelogue on Africa
"Africa, the land of a new
awakening,' was brought to the
attention of those who attended
the Methodist church Mother
Daughter banquet last Wednes
day evening, sponsored by the
Women's Society of Christian
Service.
The entertaining and inform
ative travelogue of recent tours
along the Western and Southern
coastlines of Africa was present
ed by Mrs. Marion Van de Mark,
acting dean of women at Port
land University. Changes and
advancements in cultural living
among the Africans and Eth
eopias were shown in a series of
beautiful color slides taken by
the speaker in her travels. Her
recent tour was made available
through the American Methodist
Board of Education as a seminar
study with the American Uni
versity of Washington, D. C, fol
lowing other tours which she
had made into the Soviet Union
and other European countries.
The speaker was accompan
ied by her sister, Mrs. Alice Gor
don, also of Portland, former ex
ecutive secretary of the Wo
men's Boaro of Congregational
churches in Hawaii during the
past eight years.
Mrs. Howard Kryant presided
as mistress of ceremonies dur
ing the program, which follow
ed a roast beef dinner served by
u group of the Methodist Men.
A group of sing-a-long African
Folk songs was led by Mrs. Wes
Sherman, with Mrs. Sam Miller
at the piano.
Several special honors were
given to mothers attending, and
presented gifts ' of homemade
jelly by Mrs. Bill Farra, chair
man. Banquet plans were under
the direction of Mrs. Robert Hen
ry, WSCS president.
Tom Sumner and son Craig
of Arlington, visited the Jim
Lovgren family in Heppner for
the opening of hunting season.
Craig, 13, was the successful
hunter of the two.
Miss Stubblefield
Weds Johnny Nelson
At Fossil Ceremony
KIN7.UA A double rlnii can
dlelight oorenionv on Saturday.
September 10 at the Fossil Bap
tist Church united In mnrrlniT
Miss Rose Merry Stubblefield.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Omar
Stubblefield of Klimitt to John
ny Nelson, son of Mr, and Mrs.
Charles Nelson of Fossil.
Officiating nt the 3 p.m. cere
mony was Reverend Edwin Der
rick. The altar was flanked by tall
buskets of white gladiolus and
blue and white carnations with
tall blue taper in the cniuiie
nhra. Lighting the candles were
Colleen and Amv McCriu Wal
lowa, cousins of the bride.
Escorted to the nlti.r bv her
father, the bride was beautiful
In a gown of sheer nylon over
taffeta. The full skirt was
caught up In the back by clus
ters of white flowers. Her veil
of nvlon illusion was finger tip
length and held In place by a
queen's crown of Chuntillv lace,
sequins and crystal beads. She
wore tt pearl pendant and cur
ried an arrangement of blue
and white carnations centered
with a corsage of white carna
tions. For something old she
wore her grandmother's wed
ding ring on her right hand.
Servli.g as maid of honor was
the bride's sister, Rebecca Stub
blefield. Other attendants were Mrs.
Clndl Weaser of Bend, a cous
in of the bride. Mrs. Mildred
Williamson of Fossil, and Miss
Glenda Shelton of Kinua.
All the attendants wore Iden
tical street length dresses of
blue luce over tatfeta with white
accessories. Their small veils,
decorated with white doves,
were held in place by circles of
white satin. Thev all carried
nosegays of white carnations
and blue net.
Beth MoCrae of Wallowu was
the flower girl and carried a
basket of rose petals. These pet
als were from the roses Mr.
Stubblefield hud given to Mrs.
Stubblefield on each annivers
ary and had been saved each
year. Beth wore a dress of blue
bonded lace.
Serv ing as best man was Cur
tis Potter of Condon with Dun
lei Stubblefield, Deun Couture,
and Rick Schaeffer serving as
ushers.
Carrying the rings on a white
satin heart-shaped pillow was
Robert Hulelt.
Plaving the wedding music
wus Miss Rosemary Hunt of
Fossil and Mrs. Robert Kelso
played for Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Freeman who sang "The Tweilth
of Never" and "Always".
Mrs. Stubblefield, mother of
the bride, wore a blue knit suit
with white accessories. She hud
a corsage of white carnations.
Mrs. Nelson, the groom's moth
er wore a pink dross with pink
lace Jacket with white accessor
ies and also had a corsage of
white carnations.
The bride's grandmot hers
were also present, with Mrs.
Ralph Stubblefield of Elgin
wearing pink, and Mrs. Joe Sas
ser of Wallowa choosing a blue
and pink flowered dress. Both
had white carnation corsages.
Immediately after the service
the reception was held In the
church basement whore the
center of attention was the
lovely blue and white three
tiered wedding cake on the serv
ing table, covered with a silver
and white net cloth.
After the bride and groom had
cut and shared the first slice of
cake, the cake was cut by Mrs.
Erwin Carpenter of Bend, aunt
of the bride. Coffee was served
by Mrs. Verlin Conner, tea by
Miss Dannie Jo Cruig, and
punch by Mrs. Harry Craig. Mrs,
Dallas McC'rae of Wallowa was
in charge of the guest book
with Miss Verla Conner attend
ed the gift table.
The new Mr. and Mrs. Nel
son are at nome in Klnzua
where John Is employed by Kln
zua Corporation.
Model T's 13 Days
Cut to 8V2 Air Hours
Forty Years Later
In l!)-'t It t' Chnrlcs Gray
1.1 duvs to go to Missouri by
Model T Ford, but on Sep'
her -1 It biok Grav. now f
Mt, Vernon. Mo., only 8'
hours to flv from Missouri to
Pendleton. ,
Urnv lived all hi Iif In
the lone Lexington area before
he made the Model T trip. He
is now home seeing various
members of his family In this
area. Ho has been visiting
with n nephew, Mcrrlt Gray,
and family : with his niece.
Mrs. L K. Huhl, and family;
and with a sister In law, Mis,
Gone Gray, in Hermiston.
Gray will continue his trip
to San Diego, Calif., whore bis
son lives.
Two Trackers Meet
Two Trackers 4 11 horse club
met (Vtober 4 nt the Wrangler
li.i, himai. Officers wore elect
ed. They are us follows: Hretle
Howell, president: crnneis ai
rams, vice president; loio Al
derman, secretary, and Jill
Scott, news roporlor. Wo voted
on the Dantlsh system of Judg
ing, ami It was passed. Wo will
turn In records and complete
tests nt our next mooting.
Jill Scott, roimrter
Mr. and Mr. Luthf Ferklni
who owned n ranch at ("nil 20
voars ago, wore here this week
visiting daughters, Mrs. John
Hill of Heppner and Mrs. Stun
Muglll of Cecil. The Perkins are
from Numpa, Idaho, and wore
able to return home with a
throe point buck.
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