HEPPNER GAZETTE
Kinzua Family's Relative
Killed in Auto Accident
By VIRGINIA KELSO
KIXZUA Mrs. Vondla Death
rase and family of Yclm. Wn.,
visited from Friday until Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. Delbert
Barzee. Mrs. Barzee had return
ed Friday from Bates where she
took care of the Lyle Zemmer
children while their parents at
tended the funeral of Lyle's
aunt who was killed in an aut
omobile accident at Myrtle
Point
Involved in this same accident
were Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Zem
mer of Bates and former resi
dents of Kinzua. Mrs. Zemmer
is in the North Bend hospital
with serious injuries.
Mrs. Morton Wells of Terre
Haute, Ind., arrived Sunday to
spend the week visiting with
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Clark. Mrs.
Wells and Mrs. Clark are sisters.
Mr. and Mrs. Man-in Hines
returned home Saturday from
spending the vacation week at
Idaho Falls, Idaho visiting with
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Harrison and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hastings
returned home Saturday from
spending the past week at
Grants Pass. While there Mrs.
Hasting's father, William Hall,
passed away.
Mr. and Mrs. Bud Bird spent
the latter part of the vacation
week visiting with relatives at
Milton-Freewater. Earlier in 'he
week. Bud and Donnie went to
Woodburn to attend the drag
races.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wham and
daughter Vicki spent the vaca
tion visiting with Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Bird at Feather Falls,
Calif., and with Mr. and Mrs.
Maurice Brown at Oroville,
Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. James Hulett
and sons visited with relatives
at Colville, Wn., with Randy
staying for a longer visit. After
they returned home the Huletts
spent a few days in Reno.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Slinkard
went to Portland to spend the
first part of the vacation, going
on to Long Beach. Wn., to do
some fishing.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Rice and
family spent their vacation visit
ing with relatives at Redding,
Calif., and going on to Reno and
Virginia City, Nev. On Friday,
Mr. and Mrs. Rice and Linda
were in Bend on business.
George Culbertson lett Friday
of last week for his home in
Kansas. He had worked for sev
eral months.
Mr. and Mrs. Jiggs Bowman
and family spent their vacation
at Long Beach, Wn., doing some
fishing. Enroute home they vis
ited in Bend with Mr. and Mrs.
Pat Murphy and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Don McConnell
and family also spent their va
cation at Long Beach, Wn.
Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Schroe
der and daughters moved last
Wednesday to Omak, Wn., where
thev will make their home.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Rector and
son Jeff spent several days last
week visiting in Klamath Falls
with Mr. and Mrs. Bob Slinkard
and son Mike.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kelso re
turned home Thursday from sev
eral days at Isleton, Calif., visit
ing wtih Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Burch and daughter Belinda.
Vincent Allen and son Bob
left Friday for Weiser, Idaho to
visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
C. V. Allen.
Mrs. Wilma Mabe and daugh
ter Sharyl spent their vacation
on a trip to Los Angeles and
Riverside. Calif., where they vis
ited with Mr. and Mrs. James
Cloud.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Denton of
Brookings visited friends here
during the Fourth of July holi
days. Bells Welcome Son
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel E. Bell
became the parents of a son on
Sunday, July 2, at the Heppner
Pioneer Memorial hospital. The
baby weighed 8 lbs., 4 oz., and
has been named Robert John.
He joins a sister Jeannette Lynn.
Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Kelso of Kinzua and Mr.
and Mrs. Willard J. Bell, Sr. of
Fossil.
Mrs. Stanley Benson is recup
erating at Emanuel Hospital in
Portland from surgery perform
ed on Friday, July 7.
Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Mur
dock and Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Norris spent part of the vacation
visiting Reno, Nev., and sur
rounding places. They also vis
ited at McCloud, Calif., with Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest Apperson and
family. On Friday they went to
Post Falls, Idaho to visit with
Mr. and Mrs. Rusty Medlock and
family and on to St. Maries,
Idaho to visit with Mr. and Mrs.
Terry Williams and with Mr.
and Mrs. Grovner Pointon in
Harvard, Idaho.
Mr. and Mrs. Slim Rhoton were
at Newport the first week-end
of July where they visited with
Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Maley.
Herschel Murdock flew to
Pendleton Friday on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Jordan and
son Timmy went to Mitchell Fri
day to attend the funeral ser
vices of Tom's uncle, Walt Jor
dan. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Norris moved
their trailer on Thursday from
Prineville to Camp 5.
Tom Jordan went to Heppner
Saturday to attend the funeral
services of Chuck Toll who
drowned in the John Day River.
Frank Ferrel brought his son
Robert home to Fossil Thursday
from Good Samaritan hospital
in Portland where he had been
receiving treatment.
Mrs. Tom Jordan and child
ren went to Stanfield Monday
to pick up her sister, Linda Bill
- TIMES. Thursday. July 13. 1867
ings who will visit the Jordans
for a while.
Spending the vacation week
camping and fishing in the
Wallowas were Mr. and Mrs.
Lowell Sharp, Mr. and Mrs. Al
vin Prince, and Mr. and Mrs.
Homer Grogan of Weston.
Mr. and Mrs. Red Hulett
spent their vacation visiting
with Mr. and Mrs. Verne Work
man at Colville, Wn., with Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Groff in Spokane,
and with Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Wolfe at Doer Park. They also
visited Reno. Nev.
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Todd and
son Garv spent the first week
of vacation visiting with Mr.
and Mrs. Bruce Hollomon and
daughters at Hermiston. They
then went to Grass Valley to
assist Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Todd in moving to Fossil. Ken
neth Todd has gone to work in
the shop at Kinzua.
Mr. and Mrs. Myron DeMeritt
of Drain visited several days
last week with Mr. and Mrs.
Frank DeMeritt.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Copeland
and familv of Pendleton visited
last Wednesday with Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph James and David.
IRRIGON NEWS
By DONNA EPPENBACH
IRRIGON Rev. and Mrs. Her
bert Vaughan returned last
Sunday evening from a two
week vacation trip which took
them to Pomona, Calif., to visit
their son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert M.
Vaughan and family. They at
tended the high school gradu
ation of their grandson. C. Ed
ward Vaughan. He will enter
Mt. Saint Anthony College in
the fall.
Thev visited friends, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry- Long at Rio Alto,
Calif., Mr. and Mrs. Carl Krakcr,
of San Bernardino, Calif. They
also visited his sister and brother-in-law.
Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam F. Vaughan at Vallejo,
Calif. On their way home they
went through central Oregon
and stopped and fished.
Miss Sheryl Witherspoon vas
accepted as a student nurse at !
the University of Oregon Med
ical school in Portland. She be
gan her training June 19 at the
Multnomah hospital in Port
land. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gayman
and Vickie and Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Martin and family of Yak
ima spent the week-end at Leh
man Springs.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Eppen
baugh and family spent the
week-end camping "at Fly Creek.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Sanders
and Mrs. Eunice Sanders trav
eled to Portland Tuesday. They
visited with Mr. and Mrs. Mar
lowe Sanders and Mr. and Mrs.
Pete Paxson and family of Van
couver, Wash. Mrs. Eunice
Sanders remained in Portland
for a short visit and will go on
to Nebraska to spend the sum-1
mer months visiting with her
son and family.
Mrs. Ellen Reeder returned
home this week from a visit
with her son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Duane Reed
er and family of Portland. They
then all left for a trip to Yel
lowstone National Park.
Mrs. Jack Gayman went to
Stanfield last Wednesday to
pick up her mother, Mrs. Nina
Piatt of Clarkston, Wash. She
will spend the remainder of the
week with them.
The Irrigon Community Bap
tist church is working on a Gold
Bond Stamp project in which
they will receive an electric
wall clock for the church sanc
tuary. They are working for
3,150.00 points. Anyone who
wishes to donate stamps for the
project is asked to contact Rev.
Herbert Vaughan.
Sunday visitors of Mr. and
Mrs. E. A. Stephens were Mr.
and Mrs. James Henderson of
Hermiston, Mr. and Mrs. Mart
Abkens and daughter and son-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Jen
nings. They all enjoyed birth
day cake and ice cream with
Mr. Stephens.
Bicycle Riders Notice
BICYCLE RIDERS upon any street or high
way are subject to the same traffic regulations
as are motorists except those regulations which
by their nature cannot apply to bicycles.
Every bicycle ridden during hours when
lights are required on autos must be equipped
with a white headlight on the front and a red
reflector on the rear.
It is unlawful to ride a bicycle on Main
Street in Heppner between Baltimore and May
Street or in any manner to obstruct the FREE
PASSAGE OF ANY PERSON ON ANY SIDE
WALK, either by riding or parking obstructions.
These rules also apply to any person who rides,
drives or leads an animal oh a street or highway.
This ad is prompted by the heedless acts of
bicycle riders at the scene of a recent accident,
a recent fire and on Main Street during the Side
walk Bazaar.
CITY OF HEPPNER
Over The
Tee Cup
By VI LAN HAM
Sunday afternoon at 5:00 p.m.
was a delightful time for golf
ing, temperature- w ts e. Four
couples played in the two ball
foursome. All scores were fairly
low, but Lowell Gribble and Vt
Lanham lucked out with a total
score of 30. Other pairs playing
were Croston Robinson and i
Marie McQuarrie; Kav Robin-
son and Clint McQuarrie; IVe
Gribble and Conley Lanhum.
Nine lady golfers from Me
Nary Golf Course accepted the
invitation to join the Willow
Creek ladies for Tuesday morn
ing plav and a delicious lunch
at noon. Frizes were awarded as
follows: Hazel Olson iMeNaryt,
and Vt Lanham, low gross: Ed
ith Curtiss i McNary) and Hazel
Mahoney, low net; Janet Welch
(McNary) and Dee Gribble, long
drive, and Hazel Olson (Mc
N'ary) closest to pin on No. 4.
The McNary ladles Invited the
Willow Creek ladies for golf on
Tuesday, Julv 18, with tee-off
time at 8:30 a.m. So, ladies,
plan now to go to McNary next
Tuesday.
Reminder: potluck cook -out
Saturday evening, July 15. Time
schedule for the evening: open
golf from 5 p.m. on: eating af
ter golfing Is over. Food plan
family names from AL bring
salad or vegetable; from M Z
bring dessert. Bring own meat
for cooking on the charcoal
broiler. At the last cook -out a
good time was had by all so,
golfers, come out for a fun even
ing of golf and food,
Texan Sentenced
On Forgery Count
Jack E. Johnson, 41, of Texas,
pleaded guilty to a charge of
forgery involving a check pass
ed in Heppner when he appear
ed before Judge William Wells
in Morrow county circuit court
Tuesday.
Johnson was sentenced to
three years in the state peni
tentiary and was taken there
Wednesday by Sheriff C. J. D.
Bauman and Deputy Dean Gil
man. Johnson was indicted by the
county grand jury Monday, the
charge involving a check passed
at Van Winkle's station here.
The Texan, who has been work
ing in Washington recently, al
so allegedly passed other bad
checks in Heppner totaling some
sioo.
Deputy District Attorney Joe
Balfe prosecuted the case and
Attorney Bob Abrams represent
ed the defendant.
Also in circuit court Tuesday,
Gordon Griffin, 22, of lone, was
charged with violation of parole.
He had been placed on parole
originally on a forgery charge.
Griffin's parole period was ex
tended two years by Judge Wells,
making five years in all. He
was represented by Attorney
Abrams while Deputy District
Attorney Balfe represented the
state.
Connors Vacation
Along Oregon Coast
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Connor
and family returned over the
week-end from a vacation trip
to the coast where they camp
ed for a few days near Tilla
mook and at Camp Honeyman
near Florence. Mrs. Connor's
sister, Mrs. B. J. (Rose) Par
sons and two daughters accom
panied them to the beach from
the Parson's home in Beaverton
and returned home Tuesday
evening.
According to Mrs. Connor, the
weather grew colder as the
week proceeded, with last Wed
nesday and Thursday being too
cold to be in the water. The
Connors stopped for a visit
with Mr. Connor's brother and
sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Gary
Connor, and family at Spring
field as they returned home.
Couple Reveals Wedding Plans
By MART LEE MARLOW
HOAKDMAN Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth R. Diedrlch of Deer Is
land, announce the coming
marriage of tluir daughter Ju
dith Lorene to Kov Raymond
Obermeier. son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Obermeier of Boardm.tti.
The wedding will be at the
Shiloh Basin Community church
in Goblo, on Saturday. July
22. at 8 p.m. with reception fol
lowing in the church annex.
Miss Diedrlch Is a 1!H!3 grad
uate of Rainier High school, and
the groom-to-be ts a llH'C grad
uate of Riverside High school,
and has attended the Multno
mah School of the Bible in Port
land the past two years. He
plans to return there this fall.
Rev. and Mrs. George Neeley
and children Rocky, lvv June,
Nathan and Melvin left last
Ruhl Moves to New
Coaching Position
At Roseburg High
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Ruhl and
daughter Dana visited relatives
here over the Fourth of July
weekend from their present
home in Klamath Falls. ,
On August 14. Ruhl will report
to his new position as assistant
football coach at Roseburg High
school, where he will serve un
der head coach Darrell Thorton
fot the coming year. Ruhl has
coached the past two successful
seasons At Henley High school,
and this summer has been a
diiver education Instructor at
Klamath Falls. He will be the
offensive back and defensive
linebacker coach under Thorton,
a graduate of Idaho State
University, and will teach health
and be nn assistant track coach.
After graduating from Heppner
High school, Ruhl was a star
linebacker and co captain of the
Oregon State University football
team, where he graduated with
a master's degree In VXo.
They visited here with Mrs.
Ruhl's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Clint McQuarrie, and at the
home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. L. E. Ruhl.
week on a two weeks Irlp. Thev
went first to Tneoniu. Wn., Hid
from there went to Santa I'm.
Calif to attend the 10th anni
versary of Rev. Noeley's high
school graduation class at the
Santa Cruz High school.
Mrs. W. J. Baker Is a patient
In the Pendleton Community
hospital where she had eve
surgery last Thursday. She will
he hospitalized about a week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. (5. Seehafer
were hosts for a picnic tin the
lawn at their home the Fourth.
Guests included Mrs. Esther
Emmons and Evil l.at'haiuv of
l.a Grande, Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Ball, Sr., Mrs. Glen Carpenter,
Mr. and Mrs. Walter W'yss, Mr
and Mrs. Ileurv Gantenhem and
Mrs. A. F. Fortner.
Mr. and Mrs. parrel Rash and
daughters Valerie and IVnlse of
Portland visited over the holi
days at the home of Rash's par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rash.
Mrs. Dwight Parker and son
Vineo of Salem are visit lug for
two weeks at the home of her
mother, Mrs. Zoo Hillings.
Mrs. Tom Gardiner has been
a patient In the Good Shepherd
hospital In Hermiston for the
past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray McNeil and
daughters ReNae and Shannon
spent the holidays In Albany
visiting at the home of McNeil's
brother and sister In law. Mr.
and Mrs. Gordon McNeil. They
also went to Newport.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hayes
were In Portland Sunday and
Monday visiting at the home of
their son-ln law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. John Baldlno.
Mrs. Jack Chronicle and Mrs.
Ed Parr of The Dalles were Mon
day visitors at the home of Mrs.
Chronicle's sister-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Rollin Bishop.
Mrs. Tex Pearson and daugh
ter Evelyn Pratt of illllsboro,
former residents here, visited
friends here one day last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rash
spent the week end In Hood
River visiting at the home of
their son-ln law and daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Getz.
Rev. Stanley Ellis, professor
of Biblical literature at Western
Baptist Sminarv In Portland,
was the speaker at both services
of Boardman Community church
Everybody benefits
when
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America! consumer-owned rural electric
systems are proud of their reputation for provid
ing electric service wherever it is needed.
Recently, one electric co-op was called upon
to erect poles and string lines across two miles of
almost impassable marsh to an isolated con
sumer. Applying rural electric ingenuity, tho co-op
hired a helicopter to set tho 28 poles, weighing
1100 pounds each, and string the two miles of
heavy wire. What would have normally been a
five-week construction job was accomplished in
two days.
Even more important, a whole new area
hag been supplied with reliable electric service.
The power needs of job-producing new industries
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Electric
Serving Morrow, Wheeler and Gilliam Counties
Field Fire Reported
Some damage was done to the
hav fields of Mr. and Mrs. Har
old Peek at their libra t'nvk
ranch Friday morning, June 30,
when a field fire Ignited from
an unknown source. Thev lost
a few hales of hay. hut damage
was limited within the alfalfa
fields. Neighbors reported the
fire to the Peeks and through
their help and that of the Hepp
ner Rural Fire IVpaitincnt, the
fire was held under control.
Mr. and Mrs. AI NobU Of In-
dependence were In Heppner
briefly Friday, visiting with Mr.
and Mrs. Conley Lanham mid
Mr. and Mrs Wei Sherman.
Noble nt one time win publisher
of the Independence Enterprise,
Thev slopped by on their way
to IVnilleton, Noble hunts with
friends In the Heppner area each
fall and Is a rhhI "Chiunher of
Commerce" exponent for this
country.
Sunday. Speaker at the mid
week service Wednesday will
lx the Key. Alfred Cobb of San
Fernando, Calif., and next Sun
day Russell Helshiv of Moro will
bo the siwaker, and will show
u film at the evening mm v let.
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Th R. and Mrs. Al BoachM
and family have pout polled their
planned vacation trip until mitun
time In August, ho said early
this week. They hml eupwied
to leave Monday and to be gone
until about July 2(1. Since most
of the minister In Heppner arc
on vacation or art gone for other
reasons, thev felt It advisable to
remain until later, and other
matters In connection with their
work nt the Cluisttnn church al
so conl rbuted to the decision.
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