Picnic Draws Gathering To Old Boardman
Br MARY LEE MA BLOW
IIOA ItHM A N More than 300
Imtmimin iillciiilcil the farewell
liUiilc for I Ik- old town of Hour (I
iiihii, liclil Sunday on llio wtiool
Krounds. Muny Krnluntl n K
ln- of (ho old llourdmun
lllKh iw'tiiiol had wvernl mem
Imth iircHfiil iimiI niony mentor-
It'll WIT (ilWUHMCd.
Mr. mid Mr. Cieorce Corwln
of WliiNliin, Ore. woro prcm-nt.
t'orwlrt wiut principal of the
Ni'hool for wveral yrarit, leaving
here In l'.MX Two other teitchers
of yt'Htn back were Matulu Ko
how of .Salem, mid Myrtle Mc
Neil Schrlever of Portland, Mr.
ii rut Mni. Mryew Dt I la bough of
Salem were ulso prexeril, he
tielnu an early cuHtodlan of the
rH'lllMll.
The family of the late Mr.
mid Mm. It. S. Wlbton win well
represented Mure all nine mf
their children and their tiimll
lex were prewnt.
IleNldcK many from Bnardnuin,
ix'ople came from Clinton. Port
land, KnlerprlKi. Snlein, Herm
InIoii, Helix, Ilardninn, Kfdaca
dn, I'ciulleton, Umatilla, The
DalleM, HinxI Ulvcr. llalnen, Win
Hton, linker, I,ii Crande, Tllln
monk. Vale, Sherwood, Lincoln
City, WIlHonvllle, Medford,
llcppner, Mllwuukle, Lexington,
Hums, Kiincne, Arlington, Wot
on, Wanco; I'nwotl, Spokane,
Wallula, Kcnni'Wlck ami lilih
land. Wash.; Payette and 1-ew-iNton,
Idaho; Itlverslde and Mar
ina, Calif.; and Crand Korku,
U. C.
Tlie annual reunion of the
Mefford family, brother and
sisters of Mm. Leo Itoot,
wim held Saturday In Hip Creen
field Cranne hall with fl liren
lit. All but one brother of the
five brother and ulster were
present. He was Arthur Mefford
of Portland.
Those present Included Mr.
mid Mrs. Albert Mefford of Sa
lem, Mr. and Mm. Cooruo Mef
ford of Bums, Mr. and Mrs. Rum
M'll Mefford of Portland, Mr. and
Mrs. Alvle Mefford of Pasadena,
Calif , Mr. and Mrs. 1. K. Barlow
of Riverside, Calif., Mr. and
Mrs. M. J. Iteweese of Crand
vlew, Wash., Mr. and Mrs. Har
vey Mo of Marlnu, Calif., and
Mr. and Mr. Al Mucornber of
Arlington, and Mr. Him it. Oth
er were Mr, anil Mr. Harrison
Mefford, Mr. and Mr. J a me
Yoiiiik and Jimmy mid Kristin,
and Mr. Charle O'Nell, all of
Salem; Mr. and Mr. Richard
Winn of Burn, Mr. Alan Clle
and Jurny and Danny, and Mr.
and Mr. Jim Kill and Rrand
daughter Kathy Kill, all of
Whlltler, Calif.; Mr. David
PlnkHton and Darleno, Hetty
Jean and Cynthia of Susanvlllx,
Calif.; Mr. and Mr. Vernon
IdMit and Maurice and Jane of
Wanco, Mr. and Mr. Italph Ie
weew and Kicky of Corvaltl,
Mr. and Mr. Hoy Dull and Dan
ny of CorvalllH, and Key, and
Mr. Larry Kill and Ginger,
Jimmy and Diana of Hufu. In
vited guest other than the
family were Mr. and Mr. Tru
man McHsenuer of The Dalles,
Mr. and Mr. Hoy Hall, Sr., and
Mr. and Mr. .earl Gillespie.
Funeral service were held
Tuesday at Hoardman Commu
nity church for Orpah Kit den,
7!f, who died late Sunday after-
i noon, August l.i, in a nursing
I home at The Dalle. Death was
apparently by a heart attack.
Mr. Fade wa born In Tex
an in 1H7, we. iiaunhter of Mr.
and Mr. I.. D. Jone. She mov
ed to Oklahoma In VM)2. and
was married to K. A. Kaile In
IJNKi, They moved to Oregon
City In 1937 and lived there un
til 19-17 when they came to
Hoardman and lived here until
Mr. Fades' death In 1953. Mr.
Fade left here in 195H going
to Hood River where she lived
until a few weeks ago when
she entered the nursing home
In The Dalles.
Survivor Include four sons,
Dale of Boardman; Kenneth of
Sunland, Calif.; Paul of Phoen
ix. Art.; Klchard of Hood Riv
er; two daughters, Mr. Charlie
l Ruth I Woolley of Sacramento,
Calif., and Margaret Dorkendorf
of Santa Barbara. Calif.; 13
grandchildren and eight great
grandchildren. One son and one
daughter preceded her In death.
Burial wbh In Klvervlew Cem
etery In Boardman.
ker and daughter Karen and
Krlstle accompanied her homo
to visit.
Mr. and Mr. Harold Marlow
and daughter Anlla, Judy and
Carla of Medford were vIMtors
at the home of Marlow' moth
er, Mr. Frank Marlow, from
Thursday until Monday.
Mayor Dewey Wet reviewed
the progress of the water ator
oge program to the member of
the city council last week. Pres
ent schedule call for advertise
ment of bids on August 23, to
tie opened September 21, for a
125,(XK) gul. overhead storage
tank.
In other action the council
signed an easement for the
Umatilla Elittrlc Cooperative
Association to install under
ground power line to the fliKt
addition to the city of Board-
man.
The Boardman Tllllcum Club
held a surprise house warming
last week for Mr. and Mr. Don
n,iwniu In fhotr rw.ulv remodel
ed home. Those present Includ
ed Mr. anil Mr. Hon uanieis,
Mr i.ml Mrs Krnwild Black. Mr.
and Mrs. Carroll Donovan, Mrs.
Bernard Donovan, Mr. ana Mrs.
Ralph Skoubo, Mr. and Mrs.
Dewey West, Mrs. Bob Hutch
ing and Mrs. LaVern Purtlow.
In a short business session
Mrs. Black reported that equip
ment for the local fire depart
ment had been ordered which
Included four coats and ten
huts.
The next meeting will be at
the home of Mr. Hutchlngs
Septemlier 12 at 8 p.m.
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HEPPNER
GAZETTE-TIMES
Heppnre, Oregon 97836, Thursday, August 17, 1967
Sec. 2
Coming Events Planned
By Club At Last Meeting
Br DELPHA JONES
Tom Falrcloth house.
I tl . I ! 1 Viaa rj.
LEXINGTON - Three Unte, ,o her home in GranU
Club of Holly Rebekah Lodge pasg five-weeks visit
met at the home of Mrs. Oris
radberg for Its regular meeting
last Thursday. The meeting was
presided over by the chairman
Mr. Frank Robinson.
with her dauchter and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Vic Groshens, her
aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs.
Percy Cecil of, Hardman, and her
brother and family, Mr. ana
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Black
and daughter Diane have re
turned home from a trip to Utah
where they attended the wed
ding of Blacks niece, Beth
Black and Roy Ksplln at Logan,
..!(,. tuleM n reunion of the Black
family at the home of another
nice, Mr. and Mrs. rranK r.ng
llsh In Copperton, and visited
Mrs. Black's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. M. L. Oveson, at Tooele.
It was decided at this time Mrs. G. E. Irvln of Hood River.
to sponsor a fair booth for the' Mr and Mrs Vic Groshens
Morrow County Fair with Mrs. were reccnt Portland and Sa
Joe Yocom as chairman. Also, it iern visitors
7faUnddw0nter wrdCpaWrties9! Miss Chariene Jones and Dale
past. Prizes will be given each " and S un day at the
time, and high winner will re- 5,"' arenls' Mr' and
celve a big prize at the end of Mrs' c- c- ;ones
the six nights. In order to tie i Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth DuVall
eligible for the prize one must I and family of St. Louis, Mo.,
play four out of the six times and Mrs. Cleo VanWinkle visit
and be registered. I d Mrs. VanWinkle's son and
Also the fall Bazaar and Food family In Spokane recently.
Sale will be held In October Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Van
thin - year, and all who have : Winkle, Glenda Kay and Bobby
orii,.iw ih:it nm heinu marin are visiting In Redding, Calif.,
are urged to have them finish-1 with their daughter, Leora, who
ed by the 10th of October. lis stationed there with the
t u o. nnnnnneoH thnr ho I VISTA Program, and in San
work on the dining room, which j Francisco with their daughter,
includes wall paneling and new:i-inua, wno is cmpiuycu as a
ceiling will start Immediately teacher there,
and be finished in October. I Mrs. Trannie Parker is a pa
i),.frMhmint u.or Knrvnii tn ticnt in Emanuel Hospital in
Mrs. Art Keene, Mrs. Dorothy . Portland. Mrs. Parker has been
nnn.hnm M i.'iri.neo Mim ii . I mak ins her home in Portland
lan, Mrs.' C. C. Jones. Mrs. A. F. ! at the hotel for several months.
MajesKe, Mrs. vie urosnens, i ul"llc,a
vir Nnfaii.. Raneh Mn Ai'turncd to the home of her oau
Fetich, Mrs. Frank Robinson. 1 Ehter and son-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Padberg, Mrs. Joe J"rs. wiiDur aicagau. ma
Yocom. Mrs. George Steagali'jor surgery in St. Anthony hos
New Elementary
Students Enroll
Next Thursday
Registration for grade school
youngsters who are beginning
first grade, or who are new to
the Heppner Elementary scnooi
this year, will be Thursday,
August 24, at the elementary
school office, according to Prin
cipal Alan Martin.
Kinderearten students will
reelster at the same time and
at the same location under the
direction of the Heppner Civic
League.
Hours for registration will be
from 9 a.m. until noon and from
1 p.m. until 4 p.m. It Is planned
for PTA mothers to assist the
school staff.
First graders who register
should have their birth certui
cates and their goldenrod health
forms filled out by the family
doctor. Pre school physicals are
required of all students entering
first grade for the first time.
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Garrett Marshal
For Westward Ho!
The grand marshal of the
Round-Up Westward Ho! parade
In Pendleton this year will ba
Sam Garrett of Fallbrook, Cal
if. The 75-year old former all
around cowboy la not new to
tha Pendleton Round-Up, having
won the steer bulldogglng here
In 1914. The Westward Ho! pa
rade is Friday morning of
Round Up, which officially op
ens at 1:15 p.m., September 13
for a four-day run.
Westward Ho! parade chair
man Jack Howard said Garrett
is well-known to rodeo fans,
having won the world's cham
pionship trick roping title seven
times at the Chevenne Frontier
celebration as well as several
other cowboy awards. Garrett
has performed his trick roping
acts in many foreign countries
as well as in the United States.
Among his performances he
lists a roping act with Will Rog
ers in London; featured with
Barnum and Bailey Circus In
Madison Square Garden; featur
ed with Hagenbeck-Wallace
winter circus, and was a mem
ber of three leading wild west
shows of America the Buffalo
Bill, the 101 Ranch, and Paw
nee Bill's wild west shows.
Garrett was born in a little
log house on a 160-acre claim
in northeast Oklahoma at Mul
hall, December 8, 1892. His fa
ther had taken up the claim
during the Oklahoma Land
Rush. His biography titled "The
Sam Garrett Story, Born to
Rope," is expected to be pub
lished this fall by Doubleday
Publishers of New York City.
Mrs. June Fields, and the host
ess, Mrs. Padberg.
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Mr. and Mrs. Bill Caltff and
children Mutt. Stevle. Vicky, Re
mi' and Mark of Extacada were
week end visitors at the homes
of Mrs. Califf's mother, Mrs.
Ralph Earwood, and her broth
er ln law and sister, Mr. and
Mrs. Don Downey.
Maude Kolxiw of Salem was
a week end visitor at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Allen.
Sunday visitors were their son
and d.uii:hter In law, Mr. and
Mrs. Gene Allen and four child
ren of Weston.
Mrs. Vern Carpenter and sons
Russell and Tommy of Payette,
Idaho, were week-end visitors at
the home of her stepfather and
mother, Mr. and Mrs. Ken Jenk
ins. Her sister, Mrs. Harold Ba-
Rep. Mann Attends
Meeting in Denver
Rep. Irvln Mann, Jr., of Stan
field represented Oregon on the
Human Resources and Agricul
tural committees of the Western
Council of State Governments'
annual convention In Denver,
Colo., August 11 to lb.
Th iium.-in Resources com
mittee is concerned with prob
. . , , i . i i
lems oi vocational nu iwuiu
cul education, as well as educa
tion i...unn,l I lie hleh school.
The agriculture committee con
sidered uniiorm siaie legisiuuou
of pest control and weed con
trol, as well as meat Inspection.
Mrs. Al Fetsch and her moth
er, Mrs. Natalie Rauch, spent a
couple of days last week at the
Pine Thornburg home in Pen
dleton. Mrs. Thornburg is the
daughter of Mrs. Rauch.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Brock
have moved into the Vic Grosh
pital in Pendleton.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Munkers
were recent Portland visitors
where they visited Mrs. Trannie
Parker.
Mr. and Mrs. Forest Rinehart
and children of Ukiah were re
cent Lexington callers.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Wright
and sons of Twin Falls, Idaho,
are visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. F. Majeske this
pns hnmfk from Tnnrhet Rrnck
is employed at Morrow County ,WTK- , . ...
Grain Growers. Mr. and Mrs. Funeral services were held re-
Groshens are now living in the ! ""ny J" Prt, and loJ J1 1Ulam
Marshall McAllister of Portland.
He was born October 29, 1888,
at Lexington, the son of a pio
neer Morrow county family. He
has been in the taxicab busi
ness in Portland since the
1920's. He was preceded in death
by his wife, Audrey. Survivors
I are a daughter, Mrs. Diana
i Kennedy of Portland, and three
. grandchildren.
Alonzo Henderson of Hood
I River was a Lexington caller on
. Saturday.
Bruce Way, small son of Mr.
and Mrs. Marvin Way, was tak
,en to the Pioneer Memorial hos
! pital in Heppner Sunday even
ing where he remained over
night
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Marsh
' all enjoyed a week's vacation in
Bend and on the coast.
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