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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1969)
J- HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES. Thursday. January JJ. l6 Speaker Informs Club Of Community Center Frograms carried on by the Heppner Neighborhood Center, set up through the Blue Moun lain Economic IH-vcl o p m e n I Council t Pendleton, were brought to the attention of mem bers and guests of the Sorop. timlst club at Its luncheon meeting last Thursday. Guest Keaker was Mrs. Pat Brlndie, assistant coordinator of the cen ter. The Neighborhood Center Is one of several programs under the Community Action Program which work with people of low income levels, but separate from the welfare program, she point ed out. The Heppner center has carried on a very diversified pro gram in working with people of all agea In the county since Its Inception here in September, 17. It has sought to fulfill needs which have been brought to Its attention through surveys and individual contacts. Mrs. Brlndie reported on activ ities in which it has been in volved, Including story hours for small children during summer months, transporting children to high school homemaklng class es for morning classes, and other youth projects. Also, the center has been instrumental in winking in the abundant food program, helping especially pov erty families In Boardman ami Irrigon aieas. "We have been able to Increase distribution of abundant foods to needed area, by over 50' J." the speaker em phasized. Much volunteer work is done at the center by senior citizens. psiHfially in sewing and mending: It helps provide social security Information, and has had much success In help hie the unemnloved. Kuril- ties of the center are also mailt' available to orcnnlzaalons or groups who need space lor meet ings. Another guest of the day was Mrs. Marlvs Phegley, Also two senior Ihppner High ichool girls, Teresa liarshman and Lyn da Orwick, were Introduced by Mrs. VI Lanham, school coun selor. At the next regular meeting on February b, urnn roiampu, Internatioi.al Farm Youth Ex change sti'dcnt to Korea, will be guest speaker. Members who observe birth rlavs In January were honored with Ihe serving of birthday cake. Copies of the SoroplimlM Ings, local monthly bulletin, r'isliibuted bv Mrs. One Stark:;, chairman. r in m m . a t J. i-i .K I 'if ,T i Aft .! In the context are those who f ' 1 7 '1 are at present lunmr and soph- I ft 1 omores who will not be more 1 1 - 1 than 17 year of aue by August 1 1 v 1 ' Kach vear Ihe two organua- Entries are Urged In U. N. Pilgrimage For Youth Contest A teenage high school stu dent from this district will he let-ted bv oiiniH-liil-'n to take part in this car's annual unit ed Nations I'll-riinage lor Vuuth. siHiiiMired bv the Inde pendent Order of Odd Fellows and lis IM,-r oieanlallon, Ihe Itebekahs, The student selected lo receive this enviable award will attend United Nations headouarlers for one week, as an observer, as a guest of the Odd Fetlmvs and Itebekahs. Students eligible lo lake part All Oregon Hereford RANGE BULL SALE TRICOUNTY & BLUE TAG COMBINED SALE 70 HEREFORD BULLS HORNED AND POLLED CLEAR TEDIGREED Ranqe Bulla being offered are the tops (rem the Hereford Herds cf Oregon CLEAR PEDIGREES GUARANTEED BY CONSIGNORS There vill be no sale in the Northwest where there will be such a selection Sole 1 P.M. Wednesday, Feb. 5 Fairgrounds, La Grande, Ore. Show at 9:30 A.M. Lunch will be served by Union County CowBelles AUCTIONEER: KEN TROUTT For further information, write or call Homer A be 11. 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JOHN RATCUfT (Brtnda Steagall) Steagall-Ratcliff Marriage Performed In Heppner Church Wedding vows were rxrhann (! hit ween Miss Uremia Sue m,.m..ill mid John Italellff cm Sundfiv. December 22, at the First Christian church In Hepp ner. The double rinu eeremonv was ierformed by Ihe Rev. Mel vln Dixon before nn altar dec orated with tail while candel abra and baskets of blue glad ioli with white chrysanthemums, tied with blue rlbknns. Parents of the couple are Mr. mil Mrs. George Steagall of ll.Miiini-r. Mr. Doris Rateliff of Milwaukie. and Hubert Rateliff of Canbv. Serving as maid of honor was the bride's sister. Vickl. Brides maids Included Geneva Andcr on of Hillsboro and Wendy Kil pak of Beaverton, friends of Ihe bride. Lest man was Robert Daniels, brother-in-law of the groom, of Icrtland. Ushers for the ceremo ny weie George Steagall and Don Rateliff. brothers of the c.uple, and candlellghters were David Steagall of Lexington and I'onnie Steagall of Pendleton, both cousins of the bride. The bride, given In marriage hv her father, wore a white sat in sheath dress which featured i white nylon lace overdress fashioned with lone sleeves. Her headpiece of Spanish lace was hold in place by a tiara of tiny seed pearls. She carried a rridal bouquet of white carna tions with white ribbon stream ers. Attendants wore Identical A Ine style dresses made of Ice blue brocade satin, with match ing blue net headpieces. Each carried a bouquet of blue car nations with blue ribbon streamers. During the wedding ceremony music was lurnisnea Dy iNorita Marquardt, who sang two sac- icd selections to musical accom paniment furnished by her mother, Mrs. Carl Marquardt. Following the ceremony a re ception honoring the newly mar ried couple was held in the church basement social rooms. Centered on the attractive serving table was a lour-tierea white wedding cake cleverly decorated with white bells, blue net and tiny blue flowers, lol- owing the theme of blue and white used for the wedding col ors. The top three tiers were held in place bv white columns which formed white swans at the base. The cake, baked by Mrs. Jerry Dougherty and dec orated by Mrs. Ron Haguewood, was cut and served by Mrs. Rob in Daniels of Potrland. Mrs. Wilbur Steagall of Lex ington served ceffee and Mrs. Ed Baker, also of Lexington, served the punch. Judy Barclay was in charge liiitw t,n,l ftt-nr 1 OlMl KfUdclltS At cost of $.ro,oio. Interested students muv en roll for Ihe contest lV contact ing their English or speech teacher who has full details. If a school does not have the In formation. Jack Sumner, area chairman. lli-numr. should be contacted. The district consists of I'mii tilla and Morrow counties. Each high school In the district may select one student for the final contest. Selection Is primarily hv essay competiilun. on Ihe as signed topic. "Past. Present and Future of the tinted Nations." Winning contestant') name must be sent to the area chair man by February 1. and the final speech contest will be held In Pendleton on Sunday. March 9. In Ihe l(X)K hall at 2:0(1 p.m. From the high schools of Umatilla and Morrow coun ties, one student will be chosen as Ihe delegate to go on tin foil r week all expense paid trip In July and August. Sue Griffith Honored With Bridal Shower Relatives and classmates of Miss Sue Griffith attended u miscellaneous bridal shower. given in her honor on Saturday. January 11, at the home of Judy Gentry. Sandy Matheny assisted the honoree with the gift opening. after which refreshments of punch, colfee and angel food cake with whipped strawberry topping were served to the guests by the hostesses. "Those attending included Lin da Starks, Linda Eckman, Sandy Matthews, Mrs. Leonard Toll, Mrs. Eva Griffith, Patricia Keith ley, Camille Malcolm, Marcia Jones, Miss Matheny and the hosts. Miss Griffith's wedding to Tom Laird will take place this Friday at the Methodist church. of the guest book. Attending the ceremony from other areas were Mr. and Mrs. Greg Leyva of Hood River; Mr. and Mrs. Truman Messenger of The Dalles; Mrs. Bob Burtch of Hermiston; Mrs. Jim Epley and Mr. and Mrs. Roger Brandhagen, all of Pendleton; Mr. and Mis. Jim Stirewalt and Mrs. Cora Burnside, grandmother of the bride, all from Spray; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sitton of Kinzua, and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Steagall of Albany. Following her graduation from Heppner High school in 1968, the bride has been living in Beaverton and working at the Textronix Co. Following a wedding trip to San Francisco via the Oregon and California coast, the coup le is at home in Ventura, where the groom is stationed nearby at a Navy Scabeas base. Fol lowing completion of his train ing, the groom will be transfer red to Vietnam, where he will serve for eight months. Cards Continue Winning Streak, Notch Two More Continuing undefeated In rnnitillii Morrow B league play, ihe lone High Cardinals Mistcd I wo wins In week-end games, downing Riverside, 70 to Wl, ut lone Friday night and defeat ing Wesion there Saturday night, 61 to 50. Jim Swanson. who had been able to play in a few games afler recuiterming somewhat from his troublesome leg Injury, Mas out for both of these games. Coach One Ix kter said that he may be ready to go within a week. Outside shooting of the Pir ates gave the Cards some troub le, and the lone five trailed 31 at halftime. But big Frank Halvorsen had probably his highest scoring night during his prep career with 37 points, and he led his leammales to victory, exploding for 14 field goals and nine free throws. He also grabbed 15 re hounds of tone's total of 38. Riverside had 27 rebounds. The Cards hit 2 of tit) field coal attempts and 18 of 30 free throws. Riverside hit 23 of 5S from the floor and H of 21 from Ihe charltv stripe. Against Wesion. the Cardinals had a poor night from the floor, getting 21 of 61, hut Wes ton was colder with 16 of "8. Neither team was good on free throws, either, with lone con necting on 22 of 41 and Wes ion on 16 of 28. lone led virtually all of the wav In Ihe game and was in front. 32 19, at the half. Halvor sen and Eddie Sherman each had 13 rebounds and Scott Wil son nine. Sherman led in as sists wilh 10. The Cards had 19 turnovers in the contest. Scores: RIVERSIDE 13 18 11 IS GO IO.NE 17 12 17 2170 RIVERSIDE 60 Eg 3 5 6 0 2 6 1 Surge Tips Rockets; Hilanders Thumped Schmedcr I hillips Baer Downey Tatone Zielinski Fossey Ft 0 2 2 3 5 0 2 Pf 5 5 4 0 4 3 2 Tp 6 12 14 3 9 12 4 LEAGUE STANDINGS W Heppner 1 Wahtonka 1 Madras 0 Pilot Rock 0 Sherman 0 By JOHN HARRIS In an action-packed weekend of basketball here Ihe Heppner Mustangs upied their record lo 10 2. Friday night the Horsemen downed Ihe Pilot Rock Rockets In a close contest, 57-55. Satur day night the Mustangs ran rough -shod over the Burns in landers. 64-52. The Friday game was a thrill er. In a well balanced attack the Rockets led at the second and third breaks, but were over come in the final seconds by the Mustangs. The Rockets held a 9 point margin early in the fourth quarter. It wasn't until Larry Pettyjohn sank two field goals and dropped In a pair ol free throws in the last seconds, to give Ihe Mustangs a lead of three points, that the game was decided. The Mustangs were led In their victory quest by Cal Ash leek with 16 points, followed by Jon O'Donnell and John MeCabe with 12 apiece. The Rocket attack was led by Larry Matthews with 14 while Larry Brannan and Vic Raclcot scored 10 each. Their first half shooting was deadly accurate, but In the end. lleppner's 15 of 25 free throws as compared with the Rrx-kets' 5 of 8 made the difference. in stnrI.'iv's contest the Mus tangs took an easy victory from the grasp of the Hilanders. With ten Horsemen scoring, the Mustangs easily overcame the attempts of the visitors to out ff. i ro Ihnm Leading the Bums attack was Garv Peterson with 14 poims. He was the only inlander in double figures. The Mustangs were led Hiirv Kemn with 15 points was backed by McCabe with counters. Matthews Ouaempts ttacieut Haddeil Mt Malum Brannan Cook TOTALS Fb Ft Pf To 7 0 3 14 3 14 7 5 0 2 10 0 10 1 3 3 3 9 5 0 5 10 2 0 0 4 !tt 5 17 55 HEPPNER 57 Fg Ft AshbiK-k. C. 0 O'Donnell 2 8 Kemp 3 1 McCabe 4 4 Pettvlohn 3 2 VanMarter 1 0 2 16 4 12 0 7 0 12 1 8 0 2 TOTALS 21 15 7 57 hv He 12 Scoring: BURNS 52 TOTALS 23 14 23 IONE 70 Fg Ft Pf Halvorsen II 9 3 fherman 7 2 4 Ball 1 3 4 Falmateer 1 2 3 Wilson 3 0 2 McElligott 0 2 0 Wilson 0 0 0 TOTALS 26 18 16 IONE 64 Fg Ft Pf Halvorsen 6 9 4 Ball 3 12 Sherman 3 9 3 PaJmatcer 2 11 Wilson 6 2 4 Nelson 0 0 3 McElligott 10 1 Pettvlohn 0 0 0 Klinger 0 0 0 37 16 5 4 6 2 0 21 7 15 5 14 0 2 0 0 TOTALS 21 22 18 64 Fg Ft Pf Tp Tucker 4 2 4 10 Erickson 2 5 5 9 McCulley 0 14 1 R. Evans 3 3 1 10 Baker 12 14 Bavsinger 7 3 5 16 Turney 0 0 5 0 J. Towne e 0 0 2 0 K. Towne 0 0 10 TOTALS 17 16 28 50 IONE WESTON 14 18 10 16 6 1 6 13 15 1650 Fg Ft Pf Tp IShelton 115 3 McDannel 0 5 15 Peterson 6 2 1 11 Cole 3 3 5 9 Fine 10 3 2 Barnes 115 3 Bvassee 12 5 4 Stott 113 3 Taylor 4 0 4 S Slone 0 10 1 TOTALS 18 16 32 52 HEPPNER 64 Fg Ft Pf Tp Ashbeck, C. 2 5 4 9 O'Donnell 3 3 4 9 McCabe 4 4 3 12 Pettyiohn 1113 VanMarter 0 3 2 3 Kemp 5 5 4 15 Sweeney 2 2 16 Ashbeck, M. 10 0 2 Kilkenny 0 4 0 4 Smith 0 10 1 TOTALS 18 28 19 61 Mr. and Mt. LoRoy Gardner were In Seattle the first of last week to attend Market Week there, viewing apparel lines for spring in connection with their etore, Gardner's Men's Wear. Thev left on Sunday and re turned Thursday, spending one night In Portland and one night in The Dalles on the trip, visit ing with their daughter-in-law, Mrs. LeUoy Gardner, Jr., in Porl land. Pete Klinger of Lexington was dismissed from St. Antho ny hospital and returned to his home on Friday. Klinger had been confined to the hospital because of illness since the first part of the month. Mr. and Mrs. Kit George, for merly of Sauvie Island, Wn., re turned to Heppner last week end and plan on making their home here. The couple and their voung son, Cam, have moved into the Meador apart ments. George works with the Oregon State Game Commis sion. Merle Burkenbine of Alpena, Mich., visited here recently at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mar lon Hayden. Burkenbine was on a business trip to the Portland area and made the trip to Hepp ner with his brother, Loyd Bur kenbine and his son Chris, both of Portland. The visitors spent time in Pendleton visiting with their mother, Mrs. Hayden, who is currently confined to St. An thony hospital. Mrs. Lonnie Edmondson re ceived word January 5 that her sister, Mrs. James Copenhaver, had passed away in Glendora, Calif., following an illness of about two years. 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