HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Tbundor. January . IMS
Mollahan Given
Oath as Sheriff;
Deputies Named
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lit Ft. Leavenworth. Kansas, for
three veiirs anil four num'hs.
Former Deputy Sherilf Iean
Oilman has returned to police
work with the city. Chief Glen
Kolkhurst announeed. (iilman
will serve with Bert t'orbln and
( hief Kolkhorst In comprising
the 3-nmn city force.
Commissioner Walter ll.ivos
Who was reelected to his county
position In November wus nut
present Monday to take his
oath of offiie but was expeeted
to be sworn Jn on Wednesday
when he was to come to county
tou-t meeting.
Sheriff .Mollahan said that
Mrs. Kivira Irby will continue
as tax deputy and Mrs, Lillian
Sweek will also continue in the
tax office.
Ran in an will rontlnuc as
county veterans' affairs service!
fr(fr nnrl U'ill H, rf.fr let pi.r fnr '
selective service.
Before belnn named deputy,
hetsrn was employed hy i-ks
trom Farm Chemicals, lone.
Church is Scene
Of Buck Wedding
By MART LEE MARLOW
BOAHDMAN Miss Cathy Bay
Dunn of Umatilla became the
bride of Lonnle L. Buck of Uma
tilla In a 2 p.m. candlelight cer
emony at the Boanlman Com
munity church, Saturday, De
cember 2H.
The bride is the dauKhter of
Ray Dunn of Umatilla, and Eve
lyti Dunn of Benit, and the
(.room Is the win of C. IteKlnald
Buck of I'ortland, and Mona
Jean Sandahe of Lake Osweuo.
The double ring service was
performed by the Kvv. (Jeor-re
Neeley, church pastor. 'Die
church was decorated Willi Co i!
and white cladioli.
The bride Is a 1!M8 graduate
of Umatilla HH:h school and at
tended Pacific University at
Forest Grove this year. The
eroom Ls a limy graduate ol
Umatilla Hiuh school nnd is at
tendlnu racific University. After
a trip to Portland the couple
will live at Lake Oswoco.
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Mayor Collins
Takes City Helm
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county deputy sheriff, has ac
cepied employment as a city of
fleer to succeed John Mollahan,
who was elected sheriff.
Councilman Robison submitted
a letter announcing his resign.!
tion from the city planning com
mission due to the fact that he
is now serving on the council.
The resignation was accepted,
nnd Mayor Collins said that the
planning vacancy will be filled
at a later date.
Chosen to council committees,
with the first named as chair
men, are the following:
CITY SERVICES (Library,
swimming pool, parks, street!
lights) Sweeney, McLeod, Rob
ison. FIRE DEPARTMENT Mc
Leod, Allstott, Robison.
FINANCE (Fees, licenses,
budgets, personnel) Spauld
ing, Joe Balfe, Sweeney.
STREETS, PROPERTIES AND
ORDINANCES McLeod, All
stott, Balfe.
POLICE PROTECTIONS
Balfe, Sweeney, Spaulding.
SANITATION AND HEALTH
Balfe, McLeod, Robison.
WATER DEPARTMENT
Spaulding, Robison, Allstott.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Riggs
are the parents of a daughter.
Susan Jeannette, born January
4 at the Good Shepherd hospi
tal In Hermlston. She weighed
7 H) 4'a oz. Grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Riggs of
Aloha, and Mr. and Mrs. Henry
G. Ilamar of Juneau, Alaska.
Great-grandparents are Mrs.
Maude ilamar of Toledo, ami
Mrs. Hazel Clifford of Portland.
ACN-3 KELLY
Phone Company
Names Mrs. Kelly
Seal Returns Lag;
Responses Urged
Christmas Seal contributions
are lagging in the Eastern Reg
ion of the Oregon Tuberculosis
and Health Association, accord
ing to Anthony Haberlach, pro
gram director.
All who received Christmas
seals are reminded that the
OTHA is still in need of contri
butions and it is not too late
to mail the donations.
Checks may be made to
"Christmas Seals" and may be
sent to P. O. Box 847, La Grande
97850 or in the return envelopes
which were sent from the OTHA
office when seals were distrib
uted through the mails.
As of December 30, 1968, the
total received stood at $18,322.
27, which is $5,080 short of tho
hoped-for income of $23,402.
All of the Christmas Seal
funds raised In the six counties
of the Eastern Oregon region
remains in the region.
Mr. and Mrs. Maurv Amsden
and son Butch of San Jose,
Calif., visited last week at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wick
lander. Amsden is associ-U.'
dean of San Francisco state col
lege. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Blaeu
and daughter Diane were call
ed to Tooele, Utah, last week
for the funeral of Mrs. Black's
father, M. I. Oveson, who died
January 1 of a heart attack.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Daltoso and
children Joe, Danette, Helen and
Danny spent the holidays in
Butte, Mont., at the home of
Mrs. Daltoso's mother, Mrs. Hel
en Busch.
Holiday visitors at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ober
meier Included their son-in-law
ind daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Bill
I Thorpe and children Connie and
Billie of Deer Island, and their
son and daughter-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Obermeier of
St. Helens.
Mrs. Zoe Billings is still In
Good Shepherd hospital in Her
miston after a two week's bout
with flu and pneumonia. She
entered the hospital Christmas
Eve.
School reopened after the hol
idays at Riverside Junior-Senior
High school Monday morning.
I There were only eight absen
tees which is about normal. Flu
' Vlilc ctr.lf.Lr mnl,r ...mi-i. Unm,
n the community over the past
two weeks, hut it seems to have
been mostly adults that have it
Among recent victims were Mrs.
Chub Warren, Mrs. Glen Carpen
ter, Roy Ball, Mrs. Leo Root,
Zearl Gillespie, Mrs. Les Moen
and Mrs. Frank Marlow.
Acnes L. Krl'v has been nam
ed Pacific Northwest Bell's chief
operator In charge of operator
services for 21 communities in
Hie northeastern part of Oregon.
She replaces Louise Bl'jlei
who has been transferred to a
position In the traffic personne:
group ut the companvs fori
land headou.irlers office, ac
cording to P.'.'U manager Dale
She her.
Mrs. KeLv comes to Pendleton
from Newport She was chief op
erator tlK're for two years. Prior
o that she served as evtviing
chief operator at Albany f'r six
years, anil us operator and
pervising operator at Eugene
from 1H52 to l'MiJ.
Headquartered in Pendleton.
Mrs. Kelly supervises the work
of some 70 PNB women who pro
vide long distance, Directorv
Assistance and intercept operat
or services for the following
communities:
Heppner, Pendleton, Hermis
ton, Milton-Freewater, Athena,
Weston, Stateline, lone, Lexing
ton, Echo, Stanficld Umatilla,
John Day, Arlington, Helix,
Boanlman, Ukiah, Pilot Rock,
Long Creek, Monument, Mt.
Vernon, Prairie City, Bates and
Davville.
Mrs. Kelly is co-partner In a
telephone family. Her husband,
Charles, is a PNB transmission
man. He will be transfering to
Pendleton from Newport before
the end of December. There are
two children, Patricia Ann, 1G,
and Gregory Charles, 14.
1,'IFYE to Korea
Slated for Visit
Here Next Month
Br BIRDINE TULLIS
County Extanitoa Aide
Orrin Potampa, IFVE to Kor
ea, will I in Morrow county on
February 6, 7, and 8. While Or
rin Is In thp county he will be
available to all school, 4 11
groups, and other organizations
1 that would like to have him for
programs.
Ornn in (he son of Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Potampa. 121X3
S. E. Merrill Drive. nn land, lie
has one slater, a former IFVE.
I lie was raisi'd on 80-aere farm
I e-ir Portland. In high school
his Interest was In science, and
he has ettended Oregon Slate
University for three years.
Anv group Interested In hear
'"I? Orrin should contact the
County Extension office Immeil
'ately so that a speaking sched
ule ran be made for his time
.n the county. IFVE students are
usually much In demand by
groups while they are here, so
an early call will insure his
being available.
Men in Service Return to Duty
Br DEL HA JONES
LEXINGTON Mike Burcham,
on of Mr. and Mm. Ralph Bur
chum, has returned to San Di
ego, after spending Home time
with his parents. Mike In sta
tioned with the US Navy aboard
the USS Rogers.
Mike Palmer, on of Mr. and
Mm. Kenneth Palmer, left Do.
cember 30 for duty In Germany,
after MM-ndinK 30 dayi at the
home of his parents. He was
called home bv the death of
his brother. Joe palmer. In a
car accident.
Linda Van Winkle returned to
Host Families Needed
for Future IFYE Student
Application forms are now
nvailable In the County Exten
sion office for farm families who
rre interested in hosting foreign
exchange students while they
are In the United States.
IFYE students are outstanding
young people from various for
cign countries who are In the
United States for a period of
six months, and remain with
each host family for two or three
weeks. During this time they at
temt to gather all information
possible about our way of life,
in order to Improve relations be
tween countries. In exchange
our young people have the op
portunity to do the same in
some foreign country.
Anv farm family irr Morrow
county may apply to host either
a young man or woman. Appli
cations should be filed with the
County Extension office prior to
March 1.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hanna and
Bill Hanna traveled to Indepen
dence on December 26 to attend
the funeral of the men's aunt,
Mrs. May Dickenson, who was
88 years of age. Services were
held on Thursday, and the trav
elers returned home Saturday.
The Dale Holland family re
turned home the Saturday fol
lowing Christmas from a holi
day visit with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Witcher, who
live at Junction City, and Mr.
nnd Mrs. Tom Holland at their
home in Crow. The couple also
had the opportunity to visit
with Mrs. Holland's younger
brother, Eric, who was home for
the holidays from Corvallis,
where he is a student at Ore
gon State. Returning home, they
also stopped in Salem to visit
the Kenneth Witcher family.
Farra Memorial
Stands at $260
Donations to the John W.
(Bill) Farra Memorial Fund
have brought the total to $260,
it was reported at the Monday
meeting of the Heppner city
council.
Contributions to date are:
Chamber of Commerce, $50; Or
ville Cutsforth, $25; Soroptimist
club, $25; L. E. Dick, $10; and
Heppner Volunteer Firemen,
$150.
Other organizations have in
dicated that they plan to give
to the fund which will be used
in memory of the assistant fiie
chief who died suddenly in ear
ly December after fighting a
house fire here.
It is expected that a suitable
plaque will be installed. Drob-
ably in the city hall, and the
principal funds will be used for
needed eauinment in the fire
department.
Any other organizations or in
dividuals who wish to contrib
ure to the fund are invited to
contact Mayor Bill Collins or
Mrs. Elaine George, city record
er.
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Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Weitzel
and family traveled to Vancou
ver, Wn., to spend Christmas
with her parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Jonn btrunk, at which time the
couple assisted other family
members in hosting a family re
union and Christmas dinner for
J members of her mother's
family. The Weitzel family
spent time visiting friends in
Camas, Wn., prior to making
the return trip home.
Single copies of The Gazette
Times are on sale at the G-T
office, at the Hotel Heppner, at
Murrays Rexall Drug and at
Central Market.
Perhaps the largest and most
colorful religious event ever held
in Ontario or Eastern Oregon,
the Service of Consecration of
the Very Rev. William B. Spof-
ford, Jr., as the Episcopal
church s new Bishop of Eastern
Oregon, is scheduled for Satur
day, January 25, at 10:30 a.m.,
in the gymnasium at Ontario
High school.
Spofford has been serving as
Dean of St. Michael's Episcopal
Cathedral in Boise since 1961.
He was elected Bishop of East
ern Oregon by the Episcopal
House of Bishops during a meet
ing at Augusta, Ga., October 22.
He succeeds the Right Rev. Lane
Barton who is retiring.
The Most Rev. John E. Hincs
of New York City, the Episco
pal church's presiding bishop,
will be in Ontario to serve as
chief consecrator. The other two
consecrating bishops will be the
Right Rev. Lane Barton and the
Right Rev. Norman Foote, who
is Bishop of Idaho.
Church officials say this will
probably be the largest gather
ing of Episcopal clergy and lay
people ever held in Eastern Ore
gon. There will be 10 to 15 oth
er Episcopal Bishops in attend
ance, plus most of the Idaho
clergy and many guest clergy.
The event will mark the first
time in his official capacity that
the Presiding Bishop of the en
tire Episcopal Church has ever
come to Eastern Oregon. Bish
op Hines is the youngest man
ever to assume the leadership
of the nations three-and-one
half million Episcopalians.
Dean Spofford is the son of
an Episcopal minister, the Rev,
Dr. William Spofford, Sr., who
has been serving for many years
as editor of the church s nation
al publication, "The Witness."
An estimated 1,500 persons
are expected to attend. Many of
them will enjoy luncheon on
the campus of Treasure Valley
Community College after the
Service of Consecration.
San Francisco last week afte
visiting her parents. Mr. and
Mrs. win. J, van Winkle, over
the holidays.
Kenneth (Pete) Klincer Is
patient In St. Anthony hospital
In Pendleton.
Gus Leathers Is a patient In
Pioneer Memorial hospital In
Heppner.
Mrs. Kenneth (Myrtle) Mar
shall has returned to her home
after a stay In Pioneer Memor
lal haspitut in Heppner.
Guests over the holidays at
me li. j. iJonertv home were
their children. Roger of New
lork, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Do
hertv of Salem. Maureen, Nan
cy. Tony and Martha of Eugene,
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Klinger
and son of Portland have been
recent Lexington visitors
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Martin and
daughter left on Tuesday of the
past week for Oakland, Calif.,
where they will make their
home while Mr. Martin is at
tending the Sierra Flying
School. They have been living
the last year and a half at the
Roy Martin ranch where he has
been employed.
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Majeske
have returned to their home af
ter a stay over the holidays at
the home of their daughter in
Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Yocom and
Mr. and Mrs. John Edwards
were Portland visitors on Sun
day
Earl Miller was in Portland
on business a couple of days
this last week,
Sheila Larson and daughter.
Kimberlee; Rick and Dale Whit
ney and Charlene Jones of
Portland: and Bill and Vickie
Irvin of Hood River, returned to
their homes Sunday after a
couple of weeks visit at the C,
C. Jones ranch
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Martin and
daughters have been recent
callers at the homes of Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Martin of Lexington
and Mr. and Mrs. Clell Rea of
lone
on In law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. 1'antelm Vrontakeis
and Jeffrey.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Stevens
and Robin Schmeder. all of St
Helena, were guests of the Wil
Ham Schmeder family for the
Chris t m a a holiday. Glenn
Schmodeer is on vacation from
Blue Mountain Community Col
lege. He lives at home and
drives to school with a group
or students each day.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Berger
met their daughter, Judy Berger
ami Mrs. Bergen mother. Mrs.
Callow In Portland. They trav
eled together to Long Beach,
wash, where they spent Christ
mas with Berger's son and fam
ily. Mr. and Mrs. Konuld Ber
gcr, In their new home.
Al Lamb's Mother
Dies at Age 81
Mrs. Clara May Lamb, 81
mother of the late Al Lamb of
Heppner, died In a Woodburn
Nursing Home on December 27.
according to Mrs. Bernicc Lamb,
her daughter-in-law.
Mrs. Clara Lamb had made
her home in Salem most of her
life but had lived recently in
Woodburn. She Is remembered
by many Heppner friends, since
she had visited many times at
the Lamb home here.
Attending the funeral Frldnv
In Salem were Mrs. Bernice
Lamb and Mr. and Mrs. Ken
neth Lamb of Irrigon.
Holiday Baskets
Cheer 93 Persons
Christmas baskets of food, or
of combined foods and gift,
were distributed lo 93 persons
In Morrow county, according to
Judge Paul Jones, chairman of
the Morrow County Public Wel
fare Commission.
The baskets were made pos
sible through the donations and
cooperation of churches, lodges,
clubs and civic organizations, as
well as hy school children and
private Individuals.
Judge Jones has expressed ap
preciation of the cum ml -.don
and of the local Welfare Office
to all those who participated In
helping to make Christmas inoie
meaningful and pleasant for
others.
Mrs. Jim Wishart former ro-
Ident, Is showing steady gains
In St. Anthony hospital, Pendle
ton, following ma or surgery
there last Friday. She is shar
ing room 40t with Mrs. Earl
Gilliam, and would appreciate
messages from friends here.
The family is now living In
Prairie City, where Wishart is
managing the First National
Bank.
Rev. and Mrs. Melvin Dixon
and daughter, Marti, traveled to
Pendleton last Thursday, where
Marti boarded the plane to re
turn to her studies at Seattle
Pacific University. The Dixons
also visited Mrs. Earl Gilliam
and Mrs. Norah Rasmus, who
are convalescing in St. Anthony
hospital, and with Mrs. Jim
Wishart, former Heppner resi
dent, who was scheduled for ma
jor surgery there on Friday.
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IRRIGON The Home Exten
sion was to meet at 1 o'clock.
Jan. 9 at the home of Mrs. Dean
Acock. Mrs. Birdine Tullis, ex
tension aide to the county agent,
was to meet with the ladies. The
subject to be discussed Is "Pack
ages". Among the college studenU
home for the holidays were
Mike Smith, University of Ore
gon at Eugene, also John Lath
rop, U of O, at Eugene, Susan
McCoy, George Kenney, Mr. and
Mrs. Bob McRae from Oregon
state university, covallis, Mr.
and Mrs. Terry McCoy and Mr.
and Mrs. Don Eppenbach from
Eastern Oregon College of Edu
cation, La Grande. Bob Buchan
an was home from Oregon Tech
nical Institute, Klamath Falls.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Allen nf
Salem, former Irrigon residents
are on vacation to Hawaii.
While they are away their dau
ghters, Gail and Linda are vis
iting their grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Graybeal here.
Gail and Linda accompanied Mr.
and Mrs. Graybeal to Walla
Walla to visit the Graybeal's
daughter and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Dale Shingledecker for
Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Bentley
and Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Steph
ens were among the dinner
guests on Christmas Day, at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Bud
Stephens and family, Umatilla.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Warner
traveled to Salem to spend the
Christmas holiday with their
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