Death Claims Monument Man
By MARTHA MATTESON
MONUMENT Funeral serv
ices were held for James Mur
dock Stubblefleld at the Monu
merit Presbyterian church on
Wednesday, October 4. Ho died
at his home In Monument on
October 1, at the age ol 85 yeais.
Rev. Gerald Emerson officiat
ed, and Interment was in the
family plot in the Monument
cemetery.
Murd Stubblefleld was born
In Barry County, Mo., on June
27, 1882. He crossed the plains
by wagon train to Oregon with
his parents In the year of 1883.
He remained in Grant county
the rest of his life, except for
a few years when he worked
near Baker as a young man.
On December 30, 1916, he was
married to Mattie Williams of
Monument, and they have made
their home here since.
He Is survived by his widow,
Mattie; also one daughter, Mrs.
Rota Cupper of La Grande; one
son, George Stubblefield, Mon
ument; eight grandchildren and
six great-grandchildren; other
relatives and a host of friends,
Serving as pall bearers were
Jack Cavender, Jack Sweek,
Stanley Boyer, Gus Peterson
Jim Croker and Joe Elder. Hon
orarv bearers were Kd Round
Georce Stirritt. Frank Elder,
Moton Cupper, Mead Gilman
and Rho Bleaman.
The American Legion Auxil
iarv held a meeting last Thurs
dav nicht In their hall. Young
delegates who attended Boys
and Girls State last summer
eave verv interesting talks,
They were Dale Smith, Naomi
Dayhlll and Jean Hill.
Bob Otta, geologist from Port
land State Colleee. was an ov
ernight guest at the home of
Mr. and Mrs'. Ed Clark last
Thursday. On Friday he mnde
field trib up Cottonwood with
busload of school children from
here.
Teachers drove to Bend last
Monday for their in-service
meetings.
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ejiiTrntiTiKft in a mortaaae burning ceremony for the
Christian Education Building or lone unuea ,nurcn 01 v,urai
on Sunday, October 22. were, irom leoi. uoa onsiow, tourco
moderator; Ruth Bailev, director of Christian Education; Ray
Boyce and Robert Rietmann, trustees. The happy occasion re.
solved all indebtedness on the lone church properties.
Church Clears
roperty Debts
With Ceremony
The annual Stewardship Din
ner of the lone unnea nurin
of Christ was held Sunday, Oct
tober 22, in the church social
rooms. -
One of the highlights of the
evening was the burning of the
mortgage for the Christian Edu
cation building, which the
church completed , constructing
in 1965. According to announce
ment by the Board of Trustees,
this resolves all indebtedness on
church properties. . ,
Don Bristow, church modera
tor, presided over the dinner and
introduced the guest speaker,
Miss Ruth Bailev. director for
Christian Education In the Ore
gon Conference. She gave an In
teresting talk on the assistance
given by the conference to ac
tivities or tne local cnurcn.
Under the direction of Robert
Rietmann. the Board of Trust
ees was in charge of the even
in?. Slides of the life and work
of the church were shown to il
lustrate the 1968 church budg
et. These were presented by Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Rietmann and Mrs.
Robert Jepsen. Mrs Roy W Lind-
strom provided entertainment
for the children. The Board of
Deaconnesses, under the direc
tion of Mrs. Earl McCabe, were
In charge of dinner arrange
ments and had decorated the so
cial rooms in a fall theme.
Grain Growers Set
Annual Meet Date
Annual meeting and banquet
of the Morrow County Grain
Growers, Inc., has been sched
uled for Monday night, Novem
ber 6, Harlan McCurdy, Jr.,
manager, announces.
The dinner meeting will be
in the Morrow county fair pa
vilion and champion beef will
be served as the main course
with door pirzes of champion
beef also to be given. Further
details will be announced later.
Partlows Attend
Postal Meeting
In Puerto Rico
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Partlow
and Sheryl. Irrlgon, attended the
63rd annual convention of the
National Association of Post
masters held October 3 to 10, at
San Juan, Puerto, Rico.
While much of the convention
time is devoted to official bus
iness and educational programs
organized to improve field man
agement of the U. S. Postal Sys
tem, postmasters attend at their
own expense In the Interests of
the Postal Depatment.
Postmaster General Lawrence
F. O'Brien was the major conven
tion speaker at the grand ban
quet held on Monday, October
9. Other major speakers includ
ed Assistant Postmasters Gener
al William M. McMillan, Willi
am J. Hartigan, John L. O'Mar-
Richard J. Murphy, Dr. Leo
Sr. Packer, a representative of
the Chief Inspector's office and
General Counsel Timothy J.
May.
More than 3,600 postmasters
ana their guests attended the
San Juan convention in one of
the largest civilian airlifts ever
organized by U. S. airlines.
Enroute to Puerto Rico, the
Partlows, accompanied by Mrs.
Partlow's nephew. Ronald Berg
of Vancouver, Wash, spent four
days in Washington, D. C. and
New YoTk City. In Washington
they visited the Washington and
Lincoln Memorials, the CaDitol
and White House, National Art
Gallery, Archives of America
Bldg.. Arlington Cemet e r v.
where they saw the Kennedy
Memorial and the Tomb of the
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MORROW COUNTY winners participated In th Punt Pasi and
Kick area competition at Th Dalle Saturday, accompanied by
Everett Keithley (center) of Heppner Auto Sale. Seated ar
Bill Tew. 9-year-old champ here, and Kerry Harain, 8-year-old
winner. Standing are Miks Frock, 11-year-old champion; Jerry
Gentry, lO-year-old tltliit; Dana Sweek, 12-year-old winner; and
Michael Sweek, 13-year-old champ. None of the boy won at
The DaUe although Kerry placed third. If hi performance
had equalled hi effort when he won In Morrow county, be
would have defeated the champion at The Dalles, but he was
20 feet short of his good mark here. Also accompanying the
boy to The Dalles were Mr. and Mrs, Wayne Harsin, Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Gentry. Paul Tews and Larry Kincaid, chairman lor
the co-sponsoring lone Lions. (Lloyd Johnson Photo).
Dinner guests on Sunday at
the home of Mrs. Amanda Du-
vall were her brother and sister-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon
Waid of Portland, and their son,
Jim. They were accompanied by
a fripnd. Miss Rpttv I.nnpfnrH
Unknown Soldier, and Mt. Ver- also of Portland.
non. In New York, they toured
China Town. The Bowery, tireen
wich Village, Statue of Liberty,
Empire State Building, Coney Is
land, and the United Nations
Building. Ronald returned to his
home in Vancouver, Wash., from
New York, and Partlows flew on
to San Juan.
Also attending the convention
from Irrlgon were Mr. and Mrs.
Glen Hoover, retired postmaster
and clerk of the Fossil, Oregon,
post office.
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Winners Named
Winners of prizes at the can
ned foods sale Friday and Sat
urday at Central Market have
been announced. Mrs. Roy Da
vis won the electric mixer, Mrs.
Grace Overstreet won the pop
corn popper, and Mrs. Clarence
Hall won the coffee pot. Forrest
Burkenbine, store manager, said
that the sale proved to be a
very good success with brisk
business .throughout.
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Morrow County
Grain Growers. Inc.
Welcome to The
Annual Fall Meeting
OF THE
Morrow County
Wheat Growers Ass'ej.
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WHERE: FAIR PAVILION, HEPPNER
WHEN: NOVEMBER 6 1967
TIME: 6:30 P.M.
Directors will be elected and reports from the president and manager
will be received. General discussion of association policies and future will
be the order of business.
A banquet-type meal will be served by the Willows Grange at 6:30
p.m. with the grand champion 4-H steer being part of the menu. Valu
able door prizes will be given at 6:30, this will consist of packages of
another prize steer. You are welcome. Be on time!
Walter Jacobs, President
Morrow County Grain Growers
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ALLEN TOM
Hear Allen Tom
pi Of The Dalles
iH'resident. National Association
j Of Wheat Growers,
PRINCIPAL SPEAKER
At Noon Luncheon
Tuesday, Oct. 31
St. Patrick's Parish Hall
Starting at 9:30 A.M.
Important Matters to Be Discussed:
PROPERTY TAX RELIEF
DOMESTIC WHEAT PRICES
INCREASE IN SUPPLIES OF NORTHWEST
WHITE WHEAT
FARMERS: YOU ARE URGED TO ATTEND
COMMITTEE MEETINGS AT THIS FALL SESSION
All Businessmen and Townspeople
Invited to The
Luncheon at Noon
With
Allen Tom as Speaker
Ladies of Lexington Altar Society Serving