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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday. July II. 196 Old Quilt Holds History Interest of Yesteryears Br DIANA KINCAIO IONK While visiting with one of hT new neighbors In trailer court In Kelso, Wiih Mrs. Al BrazeH, daughter of Mr. and Mr. Fred Martin, acciden tally discovered Mrs. Irene Smith wus In possession of an i,l nuilt filled with numi and Iritfti Min bui-kground from lone. It WH-rns the ladles of HEC In lO.'ii) made a friendship quilt io make money for their group Johnson. W'illa and Bill, and the Lov Keene familv, Members of the Rletmann's Hardware bowling team gulh-en-d at the home of Mr and Mrs. Lindsay Kim-aid for a bar becue last Monday evening. Others attending were Mr. and Mrs, Wavne Ball, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Meyers and Larry Kiel in iinn, who siKinwirs the team. Mrs. Harold Beat's, accompa nied hv her children, Joy, Char ily, Doug and Scotiy, drove to I'ullinan on Friday to visit Mr. Mr n,.l,L,.r uhn ivim I Hi'i'L-s wiio is auenmne v asn i hiirmnn f iiw iimlwi lit the Inttton State University. Enroulc time, found in her old records he family enjoyed camping at thut members of the community Lake Coeur d Alone In Idaho, could have their names em. They returned homo Monday l-roltlered on the especially evening slarniied blocks by purchasing a J")u r'il-s': Vacationers in Bend 210 names placed In blac k &rea See FlVe Strike ilircau on mil- jo wiiiii; muma. The winner of the quilt was Mr. and Mrs. C. II. Privett and Mrs. May Morrison, stepmother Mr. and Mrs. Ivn Brown re if Jodi Morrison. Mrs. Morrison, tnmoii .lulu (i with tln-ir 0110 now deceased, nave the quilt a of fish caught on a week's to her daughter, Mrs. Irene vacation trip which they spent Smith, who, its fate would camping at East Lake, located nave it, is now a noignnor 10 Southeast 0f Ucml. While sigtit Mrs. Brazell. At the Invitation seeing in the mountains, the of the Fred Martins, Mrs. Smith group happened to be viewing arrived here In town this wook the scenery from an ohserva with her quill for a short visit. t!on point at Newbury Crater She dl.snlaved It at the home when the li uh t nl nur storm be of .Mrs. Mary Lundell on Mon- h'lin Friday afternoon about 3 day afternoon as a group of la- p.m. They witnessed the light dies were eatnered mere 10 piay en ne strikes made in tne vicin bingo. Many of the ladies pres- hiy of Pine Mountain, where the cnt were able to identity tne huge fire burned out ol control names and recall interesting for several davs. stories about the people whose While vacationing In Central names appear, as In one case, Oregon, the campers saw four the names of some Lundell rel- major forest fires in progress ntives here from Michigan to and at Cougar Park, near attend a wedding, appear on one Mitchell, saw smoke.lumpers ar- block. riving to help contain tne tires, With tha nnrmicclnn nf Mra Oil July 4, the PriVCtt S SOn-ln Smith, the aullt "will be dis- l-'w and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. i-iv,..i .n Evu iv at thn win Alcn Brown, and family of t.u meeting of Willows Grange, gone arrived to spend the day Others Interested in examining picnicking with the group and una mi 111 ww -v..? Fa ; v. v f , 1 f fishing. Linton Tours Russia Under NDEA Grant Gary Linton, history teacher It may contact Mrs. Martin. Extensive fire and smoke damage was done to the kitchen area of the Larry fret sen trail ir home on Monday evening when a pan with grease explod ed on the stove as Mrs. Fetsch at Gladstone Hieh school, is en was preparing supper Gene mute to the Soviet Union after Crowell, a neighbor youth, help- touring Tokyo, Japan, on a trip vu inrs. reisun iigni me lire un- sponsored bv the national IJe td the firemen arrived to ex- fense Education Act, financed tinguish the blaze. bv the federal government, Everyone In the community is His wife is the former Connie invited to attend an old fashion Anderson, daughter of Mr. and box .social at the American Leg- Mrs. N. C Anderson, formerly ion Hall on Saturday eveninc. of Hennner. Lions Club members, who are Linton was one of 15 partic sponsoring the event, state that ipants selected for the trip to modern and square dancing will Japan and the Soviet Union tollow the supper. The tourists will spend approx- Hr nnrt Mru Orviiio imnn. r.f imutelv eight weeks touring the Seattle nrrivpri nn WeHnosHnv countryside in Russia and lor a visit with their son, Dar- studying geographic patterns of reil, and his family. The elder coveiopmem. - James couDle was enroute from The institute will end at Hel- Eucene where thev visitor! I sinki, Finland, where Linton friends martn vuhon the familv Will visit Cities In Europe be was in residence there. foie departing for home early in Sunday guests of Mr. and September, M rc TiYar?nrirlr Martin uara Mr " and Mrs. Al Brazell of Kelso Ridinq Club Meets Wn., and Mr. and Mrs. Harold 3 urater and son Of Ashwood. inne Trail Riders 4-H club Ralph Martin and guest, Pat met at Mary Hammond's home juiiijKon, ui uitKiin uiy speiii recently and practiced horse Monday with the Martins. manship and showmanship. A Mrs. Bill Connor and four trail ride was planned for the Ch ldren arrived here by car next meeting. Don Linnell took . J i V A, ; ,i " movies, but they didn't turn out, ents, Mr. and Mrs Clair Wal- and will take them aRain. y. mui oui may uy Anita Crawford and Mary Ham- plane to join his familv and nA f0v,,.,t vi to drive them back to their itors were Donna Peterson, Mr. o'Lj. , and Mrs. Roy Lindstrom and y a"L' S-TU" Don Linnell. vii nusMiia were nosis 10 a number of lone couples who en joyed the afternoon picnicking and picking raspberries at the JiosKins ranch near Gibbon, Susan Piening, reporter REV. JOSEPH W. SELZ Selz is Interim Nazarene Pastor The Rev. Joseph W. Selz of Walln Walla. Wash., Is serving as supply pastor of the Church of the Nazarene. Jleppner, for the next few weeks, until a reg ular uastor is aimoinicd to fill the vacancy following the resig nation of the Rev. Paul Test-It. Rev. Selz has served as a pastor and evangelist in the Church of the Nazarene since 1931 He has spoken widely In the wc-t and midwest, having held meetings In 16 states and one province In Canada. Rev. and Mrs. Selz commute to Heppner from their homo In Walla Walla twice each week to hold mid-week services each Wednesday evening and regular worship services on Sunday. 'Box Social Slated Saturday Night An old-fashioned Harvest Box Social, sponsored by the lone Lions club, will be held in the American Legion hall Saturday night, July 20, starting at 9 p.m. with modern and square dancing to follow. Admission is one box or bas ket lunch per couple, and every one is welcome to attend. George Griffith and Carl Troedson will call the square dances and Troedson will auc tion the box lunches. The Lions club reports a fine response to the motion picture it presented on the night of July 3, and because ot the re sponse, plans to present others in the future. However, the night was so warm that the hall was uncomfortable. Ray Boyce said that the club cleared $77 on the movie for use on civic projects. State Officer Slated For Pomona Meeting Morrow County Pomona Grange will meet on Saturday, July 27, at the Greenfield Giange hall In Boardman, The meeting will start with a din ner at 6:00 p.m. Scheduled speaker for the evening is Mrs. Margaret Rice of Beaverton, recently Installed as State Grange-Lecturer. She re quest!! a short conference with all the county lecturers between the dinner and Ihe meeting. Special entertainment will be a drill presentation by Green field Junior Grange which won them second place at the Ore gon State Grange session in Portland. Condon Girl to Wed Seaman David Lovell KINZUA Mr. and Mrs. Wayne . Anderson of Con don announce the engage ment of their daughter, Dianna Lynn, to Seaman David E. Lov ell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Verlin Conner of Kinzua. Miss Anderson will be a sen- i lor at Condon High school this tall and Seaman Loveli is a 1966 graduate of Wheeler High school. After attending Eastern Oregon College he enlisted in the U. S. Navy and is now at tending electronics school at the San Diego Naval Base. No date has been set for the wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Connor and two ehilriren reeentlv sDent iiiose spending tne atternoon la week camping at Cape JLook were Mr. and Mrs. Bob Riet- mann and family, Mr. and Mrs. out on the Oreeon coast near luiamook. They also visited in Bill Rietmann and family, Mr. Springfield with Dean's brother and Mrs. Don Peterson and and family, Mr. and Mrs. Gary family, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Carl- Connor. When returning home son and family and Rev. and they stopped for a visit with Mrs. Mike Luedde and son. Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Williams Mrs. Vera Rietmann is visit- in Aloha and with Mr. and Mrs. ing with her daughter, Mrs. Bob Parsons in Beaverton. Mr. Dean Rohde, in Kennewick this and Mrs. Parsons and two eirls week. Vic Rietmann, who is re- and Brenda Steagall had spent covering from a broken arm, the 4th of July with the Con- Mr. and Mrs. Wes Sherman and Cathy spent the week-end visiting with his mother, Mrs. Harry Sherman, Sr., and other members of the family in For est Grove and with their son and daughter-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Sherman, and Becky in Salem Joining the familv lor dinner Saturday night was anotner son. Bill, wno is work ing as a youth counsellor this summer for Youth Adventures at Oregon City. would welcome letters from his friends sent to him in care of Hiersche's Nursing Home in Pendleton. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Ekstrom and family of Seattle are stay ing at the parental Herb Eks trom, Sr., home this week while they are in the area visiting wan irienus and relatives. They also were to pick up their dau ghter, Vickie, who has been staying here with her grand mothers, t Guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bryce Keene over the 4th of July week-end were Mrs. Wanda Campbell of Terre Haute Ind., and Mr. and Mrs. Loy Keene and boys or Richland. Wash. On the 4th, the Keenes were host to a gathering which included Mr. and Mrs. Ted Reed and Janice of Spokane, Mr. and Mrs. Carston Brandhagen and boys of Heppner, Mrs. Nadine nors on the coast. Gazette-Times want ads pay. SPECIAL Combination Pickup Tool and Gas Tank Boxes for Narrow and Wide Box PICKUPS Northrop Steel Fabricating Co. Hermlston-McNary Hwy. Phono 567-5757 POWER CONTROL ELECTRIC MOTOR SERVICE WE REPAIR: Electric Motors Power Tools Hydraulic Jacks Alemite Equipment 421 S. E. 4th Pendleton Phone 276-5862 Garbage Rates EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1 $2.00 For First 30-Gal. Can .50 for Each Additional 30-Gal. Can EXTRA for BOXES OR OTHER CONTAINERS OUTSIDE CAN. NO OIL BARRELS OF ANY SIZE WILL BE EMPTIED. We ask your cooperation in placing only disposable vacuum cleaner bags in garbage cans. NO LOOSE DUST, DIRT OR SOOT or Garbage will be refused. THANK YOU! Heppner Garbage Disposal Service HERMAN GREEN Harvest Worker Openings Needed A number of persons are seeking employment in harvest work and have found no open ings, according to Mrs. Gail Ar bogast of the employment serv ice at the Neighborhood Center, Heppner. Anyone needing har vest help is asked to call the Center at 676-5873 or 676-5336 in the afternoons and evenings she said. Mrs. Arbogast said that about 10 have applied for work, rang ing In ages of 16 to 54. Anyone desirinc a lob Is ask ed to fill out an application for work at the Center. Also available at the Center are applications for work per mits, Social Security numbers, and birth record applications. Lifetime Resident Dies Here Monday Anna Elizabeth McNamee, 80. a lifetime resident of Heppner, died Monday In her home at 220 South Chase Street. Recitation of the rosary was In Sweeney's Mortuary Chapel Wednesday evening at 7:30 and requiem mas will be today (Thursday 1. July 18. at 10 a.m. In St. Patrick's church with tlio Kev. Raymond Beard officiating. Vault Interment will follow at Heppner Masonic cemetery. Mrs. McNamee was born In Heppner on August 22, 1887, the daughter of John and Mary Malloy Hughes, pioneer Morrow county homesteaders She was a member of St Pat rick's Catholic church. Surviving are two sons, James, who lived with her here, and John of Colorado Springs, Colo.; a daughter. Anne Mc Namee, Seattle; and two sisters. Mary Healy of Boardman and Nora Buffington of King City, Oregon. Sweeney Mortuary was In charge of arrangements. Russell Wright Dies in The Dalles Russell L. Wright, G2, a for mer resident of the Lexington area for a number of years, died in The Dalles on Monday, July 15, accoridng to Information re ceived here. Funeral services will he In The Dalles at 11 a.m. Friday with graveside services at the Lexington cemetery at 230 p.m. Friday. Mr. Wright was born in mon ument and lived In Lexington before going to The Dalles. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Jessie Wright; hla mother, Mrs. Lulu Wright of Portland; two sisters. Mrs. Delia Matlock of Portland and Mabel Gnyle. The Munkers brothers Vernon, Archie, Leonard, Don and Riley are cousins. MIMEOGRAPH PAPER and stencils, duplicator paper, mas ter sheets and duplicator fluid on sale at The Gazetto-Tlmes. Authorized Dealer for BEST CATTLE OILER and KORLAN INSECTICIDE OIL IF YOU HAVE FACE FLY PROBLEMS, LET US SOLVE THEM FOR YOU. MONEY BACK GUARANTEE PHONE 676-9761 DON ROBINSON Rules and Regulations of Heppner Cemetery Maintenance District 1. The Board of Directors shall at all times have full and complete control of Heppner Masonic Ceme tery and such other cemeteries now within the boundaries of Heppner Cemetery Maintenance Dis trict, which are owned by the District, or which may hereafter be acquired. The Board of Directors shall control the use, care, management, restric tions and protection, including improvements and embellishment of the grounds, which may be deemed requisite and proper to secure and pro mote the general interests of the cemeteries. 2. All maps, plats, books, interment records, surveys, etc., will be kept at the office of the Secretary of the District or his assistant. 3. Visitors are reminded that these grounds are sac redlVidevoted to the purpose of interment of de ceased human bodies and that a strict observance; of proper decorum will be required. All visitors are expected to respect the solemnity of the place and to strictly observe these rules and regulations which have been established and adopted by the Board of Directors for the purpose of securing prop er use, quiet and good order at all times within the grounds. , 4. Funeral designs and floral pieces will be removed as soon as they become unsightly or interfere with the care of the Cemetery. In no case will respon sibility be assumed for articles which may be placed or left upon the lots. ) ' 5. Lots will be sold by the Secretary of the Board or his assistant. All lots are conveyed by deed for burial purposes only and are sold subject to these rules and regulations. No lot may be sold, transferred or assigned by the owner without the consent of the Board of Directors. 6. A statement of every burial must be given to the Secretary of the Board or his assistant, giving the name of the person interred, the owner of the lot and the date of interment, so that a correct reg istry may be made. No disinterment shall be per mitted except with the consent of the Board and under strict compliance with the laws of the State of Oregon. 7. The temporary marker placed on the grave at the time of the funeral may be removed at the end of three (3) months and such grave, not otherwise marked, shall be located from the records of the Secretary or his assistant. 8. No money shall be paid to any employee of the cemeteries, other than by the District, as a reward, fee or wage for service performed. Employees are forbidden to take orders or instructions for work unless issued by the proper officers of the Ceme tery District. 9. All complaints must be addressed to the Secretary of the District in writing. 10. All opening and closing of graves, grading and digging, shall be done only by employees of the Cemetery District. 11. All that portion of the Heppner Masonic Cemetery lying South of Lots 55 to 72 in Block 18, lying South of Lots 28 to 36 in Block 20, lying South of Lots 36 to 40 in Block 17, lying South of Spaces 7 and 50 in Block 15, all as set forth on the old ' plat of Heppner Cemetery, shall be designated as the "New Cemetery" where an endowment plan has been adopted and perpetual care is required. All that portion of the entire Cemetery lying North of the above designated line shall be known as the "Old Cemetery". 12. In the New Cemetery, the Board hereby prohibits enclosures or curbs of any kind. Permanently placed ornaments, chairs, glass vases, artificial flowers, toys or any other article that may be con sidered objectionable in the care of the cemetery are prohibited and the Board reserves the right to remove the same with or without notice to the owner. In no case will responsibility be assumed for articles which may be placed or left upon the lots. 13. Perpetual care as herein referred to shall consist of keeping the ground sown to grass, which shall be kept watered and cut and all avenues surround ing them properly designated and free from ob structions. All markers shall be kept in proper position, and no one shall be permitted to make any alterations or additions to the now existing monuments or markers, or surface of soil, without first obtaining permission from the Cemetery Board. 14. In the New Cemetery onlv one grave marker, not more than 12 inches by 24 inches in size will be permitted on each grave, except that a double sized marker may be used on two adjacent graves. All stones must be set flush with the surface of the ground in concrete four (4) inches deep with a four (4) inch skirt about the stone, both stons and skirt set at sod level by the employees of the cemetery. No metal or concrete covers for graves shall be permitted. 15. In the New Cemetery the planting of trees, shrub bery cr flowers on lots will not be permitted, ex cept that planting of trees and shrubs may be done at points other than graves under the super vision of the Board of Directors. 16. In the New Cemetery the cost of a single grave space shall be $75.00 which includes Perpetual Care as above defined but shall not include the cost of opening and closing of the grave. In all burials in the new cemetery, either a steel vault or a concrete grave interliner is required. 17. In that portion of Heppner Masonic Cemetery not included in the New Cemetery, there shall be no restrictions as to gravestones, markers, vases or curbs, except that curbs, marker and gravestone bases shall be set flush with the surface of the ground and shall be provided with a four (4) inch concrete apron. The price for lots in the Old Cemetery shall be $100.00 for a full lot of six spaces and $60.00 for a one-half lot of three spaces. In the single grave section of the Old Cemetery, spaces are $35.00 each. In the original purchase of gravespace in the Old Cemetery, a full lot with Perpetual Care may be bought for $300.00 and a one-half lot of three gravespaces with Perpetual Care at a cost of $160.00. In the original purchase of a single gravespace in the Old Cemetery with Perpetual Care, the cost shall be $75.00. 18. Perpetual Care in the Old Cemetery may be had on a full lot of six gravespaces for $225.00 or on a one-half lot for $125.00. In the single gravespace section of the Old Cemetery, Perpetual Care may be had on a single grave for $47.50 but Perpetual Care will not be provided on less than one-half lot in other sections of the Old Cemetery where the gravespaces are sold by lots and half lots. In this section of the Cemetery, all new graves shall be provided with a concrete grave interliner or a steel vault. When Perpetual Care is established on a lot In the Old Cemetery, the curbing may be removed and the ground re-leveled in the discretion of the Board of Directors. 19. Perpetual Care on lots in the Old Cemetery shall consist of grassing and sodding the lot and alleys about the lot and keeping the grass watered and cut and the stones thereon kept in proper position. 20. Annual Care on lots in the Old Cemetery may be had for $10.00 per year, regardless of size. Such care shall consist of turfing, grassing and keep ing the grass watered and cut and, insofar as is possible, keeping the lot free from weeds. Pay ment for such annual care shall be due to the Secretary of the Board of Directors, on or before the first day of March of each year. Should such payment not be received by April first of each year, such Annual Care will be discontinued. 21. The Board of Directors may, by a two-thirds vote, make such amendments, changes or revisions to these rules and regulations as they may deem necessary or proper to secure and promote the best general interests of the cemeteries of the District. It should be understood that regulations pertain ing to "Old Cemetery" and "New Cemetery" in the foregoing Rules and Regulations apply to Heppner Masonic Cemetery. The foregoing rules and regulations, were ap proved and adopted by the unanimous vote of the Board of Directors of Heppner Cemetery Mainten ance District at its regular meeting on March 6 1968. JOHN PFEIFFER, Chairman ELAINE S. GEORGE, Secretary-Treasurer PAUL JONES, Board Member
