Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current, July 18, 1968, Page 4, Image 4

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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..?
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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.
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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.
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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