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Illness Claims Doris Stephens, Former Resident By VIRGINIA KELSO KINZUA Funeral services were held Friday afternoon In Welaer. Idaho, at lhi Norllmm-Jom-a Chapel for DorU Kate Stephens of Wclm-r, and a form er reldcnt of Klnzua. Mm. Steph ens panned away Monday, April 3, after an extended Milieu. Mra. Stephena waa born Sept. 20, I'M), at Mldvale, Idaho, the daughter of Mr. and Mm. Jacob Alder. She In aurvlved by her huNhnnd Hoi lie (). of Wi'lser; three aona, Robert of Glendulo, Arl., Jack of Condon, and Wil liam of Klnua. Six daughters, Mm. Naurlno Benson of Klnzua, Mm. Paulino CHI of Gary, Ind., Mm. Bertha Allen, Mm. Erma Larry. Mm. JoAnn Benson, all of Weliter, Mm. Dona Pavla of I'ortlnnd; one slater. Mm. Paul Inn Snnvely of Wlnlork, Wn., 30 grandchildren and 11 great-grandi-hlldrrn. Interment waa In the Hill creiit Cemetery at Wclwr. Stanley lu-imm, aon Steven and daughter Mm. Kenneth Miller of I'ortlnnd, Vincent Al len and turn Charles, Dick and Hob went to Weliter to attend the funeral aervlcea of Mrs. Dor l Stephena. E engagement Announced Mr. and Mm. Walter B.'iNtlan of Rom-burg and fonnerly -if Klnzua, announce the engage nient of their daughter Karen to Larrv Stumper, son of Mr. and Mm. Leonard Colllna of Spray, Karen attended achoola In Klnzua and Kowtll and grad uated from Kcburg High school. She la now attending Rosrburg Beauty College. Larry la a graduate of Spray High school and la preaently employ ed at KoM'burg. Mm. Don Sllnknrd received a severe cut to her right hand Thursday on a broken bowl. She waa given flmt aid, then taken to Fowll to have stitch es taken. Mr. and Mm. Hurley Shook left early Saturday morning for Manchester, Ky., where they will visit with relative. Mm. David MattUon waa the guest of honor last Thumday evening at a stork ahower at the grade school. The room waa dec untied with baby toys and pic ture wth a specially decorated rake centering the serving ta ble. Sevctal game were play ed with prize being won by Kitty Splvey, Dor la Stubble field. Virginia Sltton and Betty Murdock. Mm. Matttaon then oM-ned her many lovely and useful Rift assisted by her mo ther. Mm. Harvey Splvey of Baker and her grandmother, Mm. Maggie Comba of Bates. Cake and Ire cream were aerv ed bv the hostesses Carol Nor rla. Barbara Mortlmore, Sharon Bell. Clllv Hoover, Pat McMInn, Deena Held and Virginia Kelso. Mrs. Roy Keller and daugh ters were business visitors to Madras Saturday. Mr. and Mm. Jlggs Bowman and family and Randy Mediock went to Maupln Saturday to visit with Mr. and Mm. Clay ton Claper. On Sunday they went on to Bend to visit with Mr. and Mrs. Pat Murphy and family. Mr. and Mm. Scott Reed and Rirky of Bend visited Tuesday with Mr. and Mm. Frank De Merltt and Mr. and Mm. Rusty Mediock. The regular meeting of the Camp 5 Women Club was held Wednesday at the Camp 5 Com munity Hull with Carol Norrls as hostess. Six members were present at the meeting presided over bv President Marie Hulett. The scholarship applications were read and one waa select ed. This will be presented at graduation by Past President Betty Murdock. The group also voted to amend the constitution and by-laws. There will be a community card party on Sat urday, April 29, with Betty Mur dock and Lola Ferrel as host esses. The door prize went to Barbara Mortlmore and Aggra vation game prizes to Betty Murdock, Marie Hulett, Lola Ferrel, and Eva DcMerltt. Mr. and Mm. Rusty Mediock and sons John and Mike mov ed Friday to Post Falls, Idaho, where they will make their hom.e Rusty will be employed by the Post Falls Lumber Co. Randy Mediock will stay with the Jlggs Bowman family until school is out. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ferrel and Mr. and Mm. Robert Ferrel and son Mike were business visit ors to Prlnevllle Saturday. Mr. and Mm. Tom Jordan were business visitors to Herm lston Saturday. .... On Saturday, Herschel Mur dock and Earl Norrls flew to The Dalles on business. Later In the day, Mr. and Mrs. Murdock and Mr. and Mrs. Norrls, went to Prlnevllle where they visited with Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Ham ilton of Onalaska, Wash, and Mr. and Mrs. Larrv Monlcal of Rager Ranger Station. Mr. and Mrs. Hlchard Mortl more and family were business visitors to Heppner Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Slim Rhoton re turned Saturday from a vaca tion trip which took them to langvlew, Wash, where they visited with Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Blngman, to Olympla, Wash, where they visited with Mr. Rhoton's mother, Mrs. Louise Rhoton, and to Manzanita, Ore. where they visited with Mr. and Mrs. John Klnsclla. Benson Receives Safety Award Clarence Benson was present ed a wrist watch at a recent Safety Meeting in KInua in rec- 1 f I. 9 o I Ex-Lexington Man Dies in Portland Memorial services for John Jason Miller, 68, who died March 31 In Portland, were held In Leslie Methodist church Tuesday, April 4. Committal service followed at Portland Memorial cemetery with Cas cade Funeral chapel, Portland, in charge of arrangements. For many yearn he followed the carpenter trade In Portland. Born In Lexington, Neb., Febru ary 1, 18!9, he came to Oregon with hi parent as a baby la ter that year. He attended Sa lem Elementary school and be came a member of Leslie Meth odist church. Later he engaged In wheat farming near Lexing ton, Oregon, where he met and married Lorena Wright of Port land. He had made his home in Portland since moving from Lexington about 25 yearn ago. He had been bothered with a heart condition for the past year. Surviving are the widow, Mm. Lorena A. Miller. 4636 N. E. Cleveland St., Portland; three sons, G. L. (Bill) Miller of Ha waii, Harry G. Miller and Ken neth C. Miller, both of Port land; two daughters, Mm. Ro be rta Matches of Columbia, Mo., and Margaret Stanley of Logan, Utah; four sisters, Mrs. Cora A. Clark, Clara L. Miller, and Mm. Ruth Wagner all of Salem, and Mm. Florence Tlm asheske of Inglewood, Calif.; 12 grandchildren; and nieces and nephews, among whom Is E. H. (Tad) Miller, Jr., of Lexington. HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. April 13, 1967 CLARENCE BENSON (left), received a Ufesavina award last week for bis efforts la soring the III of Bruce Kandle (center) last November 27, Benson is an employee of Klnzua Corp. at Kin tua. Tom McMahon (right), safety consultant presented the wristwatch to Benson on behalf of Employers Insurance of Wausau. CI n arence Denson Cited For Saving Boys Life People in one of the last re inalning company owned towns In Oregon turned out last week to see one of their citizen re c Ivc a lllesavlng award from Empluycia Insurance of Wausau ognltlon of his quick and sure act on Nov. 27. l'Juu. in ex tinguishing the fire from the clothing of Bruce Kandle. The presentation wa made by Tom McMahon. safety consultant. Bruce was badly burned and Npent several weeks in The Dal le hospital recuperating but Ts now at home. Mm. Ema long, librarian at the Klnzua library, recently dis covered an old map, folded and yellow with age. It was dis covered to be a 4 ft. by 4 ft. map, dated 18U5, and titled "General Sherman's March Dur ing the Civil War". The Fossil Museum was contacted and af ter Bob Trumbull of Condon frames it, it will be on display at the Museum In Its original state. It Is believed that the map came to the library from E. D. Wetmore, the founder of Kln zua. He donated many books to the library when it opened In 1927. for his part in saving the life of a 13 year old boy. Clarence Benson, an employee of Klnzua Corporation In Klnzua. .vas cited for saving the life of Bruce Kai.dle last November 27 In Klnzua. Benson was at his home and Bruce was playing outside with other children. A fire was burn ing in a trash barrel nearby. One of the youngsters found a can of gtisoltne and threw some of It on the fire. Some of the gasoline' splashed onto Bruce's clothes and burst Into flames. The boy ran Into Benson's house with his clothes blazing from his wnist to his feet. Ben son threw the boy to the floor and tried to smother the flames with his own body. When Benson was unable to extinguish the fire, his wife held the youngster's feet while Ben son grabbed a blanket and smothered the flames. They re moved the burned pants and shoes from the boy to get the heat away from his body. Bruce was given emergency treatment by the nurse on duty at Klnzua's first aid station, Mrs. Margaret McConnel. He was then checked by a doctor in Con don and transferred to a hos pital In The Dalles. XT r A mi BEST L i r 1 : vVi t 'A V ' 1 n - i I I .5 : .V v I J; , c I NAME OF this befuddled character Is "Boy Am I Konfused." (BAIK). Boots on the wrong feet bird cage, long trousers, bat with teething ring, white gloves are Just a part of the get-up worn by Mrs. Emile (Ola Mae) Croshens at Heppner Elemen tary Dressup Day March 31. Mrs. Groshens Is music teacher. (G-T Photo by Spike Pardee). Bruce U out of the hospital now and is busy catching up on the school work he has missed In the past few months. In presenting Benson with an engaved wristwatch. Tom Mc Mahon, safety consultant for Employers Insurance of Waisau, said, "There is no way possible to fully reward someone for saving the life of another. But this award Is our way of giving recognition to Clarence Benson for the excellent job he did for Bruce Kandle. -r "It's gratifying to know there still are some closely knit small towns where the people jump at the chance to do something for someone else. These are the kind of people that keep in dustries like the Klnzua Corpor ation prospering, and small, iso lated communities like Kinzua progressing." The town of Klnzua consists of a sawmill and factory built in 1929 and 125 company-owned houses. The factory produces knotty pine paneling, clear mouldings and Inside door jums. Fifty-five of the 300 em ployees work in the woods get ting the pine logs into the mill. Kinzua Corporation had one of the first tree farms in Oregon, their tree farm certificate is number 7. This tree farm now covers 178.592 acres in Wheeler, Morrow and Grant counties. An other pine mill In Heppner Is al so owned by Kinzua Corporation. Because oi tne quick actions of Clarence Benson, Bruce Kan dle is now looking forward to the time that he is healed and well enough to leave his wheel chair and once again enjoy tnese activities ana sports that everyone who grew up in a small isolated town like Kinzua fendly remembers. Engineer Retires From Army Corps A note from Nlel Meadow croft of Walla Walla, Wn., to the Gazette-Times announces his retirement from the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. He is well known here for he has worked closelv with local offic ials on the Willow Creek proj ect in his position with the Sur vey Reports Section of the Corps. Meadowcroft has also spoken to the Chamber of Commerce sev eral times on the project. "I guess the project Is In about the same status," he writes. "You have a much needed project and have it well on Its way." The engineer's work was highly respected here, and while local officials wish him well up on his retirement, they will miss the association with him on the project. ZONE UNITED CHURCH OP CHRIST Rev. Walter Crowell, pastor Ph. 422-7530 Church School classes for youth and adult 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship, 11:00 .m. HOPE AND VALBT LUTHERAN Rev. Donald R. Pederson Ph. 676-9940 VALBY: Worship 9:00 a.m. Church School, 10:20 a.m. Holy Communion first Sunday of month. HOPE: Sunday School, 9:45 a.m. Worship, 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion first Sunday of month. Winter Quarter Adult classes. Sundays from January 8, 7:30 to 9 p.m. at Hope. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE Rev. Don McCarty Ph. 676-5529 Sunday School, 10:00 a.m. Worship Service, 11:00 a.m. Evening Service, 7:00 p.m. CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAT SAINTS American Legion Hall Glen T. Mecham, Br. President Priesthood meeting, 9:00 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Sacrament Service, 11:30 a.m. ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH Rev. Billie Alsup, Ph. 676-5581 Sunday School, 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship, 11:00 a.m. Evening Service, T.iyo p.m. Mid-week Service, Tues., 7:00 p.m. FIRST METHODIST CHURCH Rev. Melvln Dixon, Ph. 676-9224 Sunday School classes for all ages, 9:45 a.m. Worship Service, 11:00 a.m. M.Y.F. Sunday, 7:00 p.m. Choir rehearsal, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Bible Study, Thursday, 8:00 pjn. WSCS, 1st Wednesday, 7:30 pjn. SEVENTH-DAY ADVENT1ST Pastor H. E. Preston Ph. 676-9952 Sabbath School, 9:30 a.m. Church Worship, 11:00 a.m. FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH Lexington Al Boschee, minister, 676-9209 Bible School, 10:00 a.m. Morning worship, 9:00 a.m. FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH Heppner Al Boschee, minister, Ph. 676-9209 Worship Service, 11:00 ajn. Sunday School, 10:00 a.m. Choir Practice, Thurs., 7:30 p.m. ALL SAINTS' EPISCOPAL Rev. Dirk Rlnehart, Rector Ph. 676-9285 Sunday: 7:30 a.m. Holy Com munion. 10:00 a.m. Family Worship Wednesday: Evensong, 7:00 p.m.. Junior Choir. E.C.W. First Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., Parish HalL ST, PATRICK'S and ST. WILLIAMS CATHOLIC Father Raymond H. Beard Ph. 676-9462 ST. PATRICK'S (Heppner) Sun day Masses, 7:30 and 11:00 a.m. ST. WILLIAM'S (lone); Sunday Masses, 9:15 a.m. Confessions, St Patrick's Sat 7-8 p.m. Flott's Truck PHONE 989-8420 For Fast and Dependable FREIGHT TRUCK SERVICE Daily Overnight Service From Portland Including Saturdays MOVING? CALL US Service GENE ORWICK Ullman Survey Invites Opinions Second District Congressman Al Ullman invited the opinions of his constituents in his annu al questionnaire sent today. "I find the questionnaire a valuable tool in acquainting myself with current ideas and concerns of the residents of the Second District," Ullman said. 'The response In the past to these questionnaires has demon strated the Interest of Oregon lans in the issues which face our nation," Ullman added. This year the Ullman ques tionnaire will be mailed to ov er 80,000 people In his Congres sional District. "The mailing is sent to only one member of the household, but I certainly wel come requests for additional questionnaires from families with diverse opinions," Ulman said. The current Ullman question naire surveys constituent opin ions on the draft, Viet Nam, the war on poverty, social security, Congressional ethics and a var iety of general issues. "1 real ize that complete answers to many of the questions require more than available space per mits, and therefore I encourage any additional comments," he said. GIVE A GIFT certificate sub scrlptlon to Gazette-Times for birthdays, anniversaries or any occasion; $4.50 anywhere. Coming the Friday before Easter to visit with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jones were their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Jon Blake of Auburn, Wash., and Holly and Guy Jones, children of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Jones of Hood River. Gary and his wife and the Jones' son. Ray. a student at Blue Mountain Community college, Joined the family on Easter Sunday. Also present for Easter dinner with the family were Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Jones, their daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Graybeal. 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