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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, April 17. 1969
Boardman Folk
Observe Easter
Bv MART LEE MARLOW
buAKUMAN Boardman Com
munlty church held the Easter
Sunrise services April 6 at the
viaduct on the old Irrlson high
way, about one mile east of the
cemetery at 5:15 a.m.
The Boardman Tillicum Club
sponsored the annual Easter
Eee hunt April 5, at 10:30
a.m. on the school grounds.
Children of preschool age
throueh the fourth Bade partie
lpated. Mrs. Vernon Russell was
appointed In charge of treats
and prizes and Mrs. Rod Flug
was to make advertising posters.
The club met March 25 at the
home of Mrs. Harry Noble at
Westland, with Mrs. Pete Peter
son co-hostess.
The club announces that the
second shipment of plates with
pictures of the old Boardman
school are here and anyone
wishing them should contact
Mrs. Dewey West.
A meeting was held April 8
at the home of Mrs. West.
There were four tables of pi
nochle In play at the card par
ty held at the Greenfield Grange
hall Tuesday, March 25, spon
sored by the Women's Activity
Commit tee of the grange. Mrs.
Chub Warren was hostess.
High prize was won by Mrs.
Carmelita Borghese of Arling
ton, and low went to Mrs. Dew
ey West. Mrs. Walter Hayes and
Mrs. Walter Wyss won the trav
eling pinochle prizes.
Support Needed
For Annual 4-H
Sale m Irrigon-
By BIRDINE TULLIS
County Extension Aide
The Irrigon 4-H Community
4-H club will hold its annual
Spring Plant Sale, April 19 and
20. Irom lo:oo a.m. to a:ao p.m
each day at Knlghtons Melon
Place in Irrigon. The plant sale
has been the main support of
the club treasury for several
years.
New for this year will be the
sale of brooms, light bulbs and
combs from the Oregon Indus
tries for the Blind. Profit from
the sale of the brooms, bulbs and
combs has been donated to the
4-H club by the Lions Club at
Irrigon.
Chairmen in charge of the
sale are 4-H leaders, Judy
Brandt, Rose Wilson, Ruth Sul
livan, Naomi Hum, Bessie Ker
lin. Marge Acock and Lois Rich
ards, assisted bv all the 4-H
members of the club.
Anyone in the Irrigon-Board-
man area who has plants tney
wish to donate to the sale may
all one of the chairmen.
Flames Demolish
Car in Accident
By FRANCES ROSE WILSON
(Held over from last week)
IRRIGON Parents and high
school students returning from
the Junior-Senior banquet at
Riverside High Thursday, April
3, were startled as they came
upon an accident on Highway
730 at Bth St. west.
James D. Burvher. 29, of Port
land, had hit a black cow and
his small car had burst into
flames. He was wearing his seat
belt at the time and escaped
with minor injuries. The cow
was killed and the car was com
pletely demolished as it burned.
The Irrigon Fire Department
was called to the scene.
Rev. and Mrs. Herbert Thom
as of Buhl, Idaho, were over
night visitors recently at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Seth Rus
sell. Other recent visitors at the
Russell home were Jean Scott,
Zelma Cowan, Dorothy Ball and
Edity Frye, all Village Mission
aries from Portland.
Carol Anne Harper, student at
E'OC at La Grande, and Larry
Peterson from OTI, Klamath
Falls, spent spring vacation here
at their homes.
Mrs. Ronald Tye of Enterprise
spent the week-end here at tho
home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. G. Seehafer. A Sunday
visitor at the Seehafer home
was Joe Gaarsland of lone.
Mrs. Leonard Bedord and son,
Bill, spent the week-end at
Brush Prairie, Wash., visiting at
the home of her brother-in-law
and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Vern
Moe.
Mrs. Frank Marlow spent the
week end In Pendleton visiting
at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Clarence Thomas. She also went
to Milton-Freewater to see her
aunt,. Mrs. A. C. Knudson, who
Is in the nursing home there.
; Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Risley
and children Melodie. Bobbie,
Tammie and Grace went to
Walla Walla, Wash., March 29
to see Mrs. Risleys father,
Claud Worden of Union, who Is
a patient In St. Mary's hospital.
Mrs, Worden is staying at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Boyd
there.
Enthusiasm is Shown
For 4-H Fashion Clinic
Morrow county 4-H girls were
instructed to "Be A Model Ev
ery Day" at a fashion clinic
held at Heppner High school,
April 12, under the direction of
Mary Speckhart, area extension
agent.
Girls were given expert ad
vice on grooming, make-up,
hair style and modeling in prep
aration for the style revue at
the County Fair.
Mrs. Joe Tatone, Boardman,
assisted by Mrs. Darrell James
of lone, advised the girls with
tips on modeling, followed by
actual practice sitting, walking,
standing and "putting their best
foot forward" at all times.
Mrs. Hal Whitaker of Henp
ner, spoke to the girls on clean
liness and grooming, as well as
make-up tips.
Another guest, Mrs, John Jep
?en, lone, demonstrated hair
care and style. Mary Speckhart
instructed the girls in use of
accessories and clothing selec
ion, as well as grooming.
The girls and leaders attend
ing were enthusiastic in their
praise of the program and for
the wide variety of subjects cov
ered in helping our 4-H girls
with both style revue and their
daily grooming.
Renee and Rena Ely of Seat
tie. Wash., spent their spring
vacation at the home of their
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. El
vin Ely.
Council Approves
Additional Funds
IRRIGON A supplemental
budget lor $14,600 covering ad
ditional funds to be received
and disbursed in the current fis
cal year, was presented in the
April council meeting. It was
approved and a public hearing
date was set for Tuesday, May
13. The city budget hearing for
the next fiscal year is also set
for that date.
Mayor Wilson reported that
the tree planting had been
started, along the highway
from 4th to 12th streets, with
the remaindeer of the plants to
he set within the week.
Other work underway Is a
general cleanup of streets and
areas which will include remov
al and disposal of (load trees
and brush. Utah Avenue is be
ing opened from Division Street
to 2nd Street and will be sur
faced with crushed rock.
Council action included a
warding the contract for eon
struetion of the water system to
A. V. DeBlasio Construction of
Yakima, Wash. The council was
informed that the application to
FHA for a subsequent loan of
$9,000 and a grant of $5,100 had
been approved.
A special council meeting was
held Friday night for the pur
pose of adopting an ordinance
authorizing $9,000 in bonds to
be issued and advertised for
sale to cover the additional loan.
It was necessary to raise these
additional funds when bids for
construction of the water sys
tem were found to be several
thousand dollars above availa
ble funds. Total facility cost
will be in excess of $80,000. A
substantial amount of this is
being furnished through FHA
grants.
Reggie Pascal traveled to Mc-
Minnville last .Friday evening,
where he made, a week-end vis
it at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Ron Leonnig and family. The
former Heppner residents are
comfortably settled in their new
'mme and send their 'hellos' to
ill their good friends - in Hepp
ner. Also during the , week-end
he traveled with the Leonnigs
to Sheridan where he had the
pleasure of listening t o the
Leonnig's daughter, Lindy, sing
and play the organ.
Ival Sullivan started working
for the city on a full time basis
this past week, under a Feder
ally-financed program. The tree
planting program along the
highway was started with his
help. The city has never had
full time employee, and it Is
hoped that many of the pro
grams which have been planned
can now be accompnsnea.
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Proctor re
urned home last Tuesday from
Aberdeen. Md., where Mr. Proc
tor attended a training school
for his work at the Umatilla Ar
my Depot.
While the Proctors were in the
East they toured Washington,
D. C. and visited the White
House. They also spent a week
end in New York City. On their
return trip they visited Proctors
mother and other relatives in
Custer, S. D. They spent 5 hours
in Salt Lake City. Utah, in a
stopover on their flight home.
Rev. and Mrs. G. R. Black,
Dean and Don, of Burley, Ida
ho, spent the Easter week-end
with Mrs. Black's uncle and
family, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Coy.
On Saturday the two families
traveled to Portland where they
had lunch with Miss Clara Fay
Coy. Miss Coy attends Warner
Pacific College and works swing
shift at J. C. Penney credit of
fice. Mr. and Mr.s David Rand of
Portland were guests of his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Batie Rand,
over, the Easter holiday. David
is a pharmacist in Portland.
Mrs. Perry Pummel, Mrs. Al
Partlow and Sheryl, Pam
Schmeder, Vicky, Becky and Jyl
Hobbs drove to Pasco last Tues
day evening to attend the Ouk
htosmky Ballet Classique at the
Pasco High school.
Mrs. Don Adams had the
lucky number on her raffle tick
et, when the home extension
had a drawing at their meeting
last Thursday. She was awarded
a beautiful quilt made by the
members.
Twenty people attended the j
Easter Sunrise service, which
was quite cool and damp. Pas
tor Herbert Vaughn of the Bap
tist Church led the singing and
also sang a special Easter song,
accompanied by Mrs. Al Part
low on the accordion. Pastor
John Kenney of the Assembly of
God brought the appropriate
Easter message.
April School Calendar
APRIL
17. Testing. Grades 9 and 11 lone
Junior High Baseball, Riverside at lone
Testing, 8th grade at Riverside
18. Testing, 8th grade at Riverside
Junior High Baseball, Stanfield at Riverside
Mrs. Thompson's 6th Rrade play at Heppner Elementary
evening Baseball. Riverside at lone
19. Baseball, Arlington at Heppner Elementary 2 p.m.
nana Carnival Morrow county fairgrounds
Riverside H. S. Junior-Senior Prom
Junior High Baseball, Condon at Riverside 1:30 p.m.
Track at Burns (Heppner H. S.)
Baseball, Sherman at Heppner H. S. 10 a.m.
Girls' Track at Milton-Freewater
21. School Boird meeting at Heppner Elementary 8 p.m.
Junior Hleh Baseball. Riverside at lone 2 P.m.
22. Baseball. lone at Hermiston
Baseball, Umatilla at Riverside
EOC Ambassadors Assembly at Heppner H. S. 1 p.m.
Baseball, at Milton-Freewater (Heppner H. S.) 3 p.m.
24. Junior High Baseball, Arlington at Riverside 2 p.m.
Baseball. Heppner Elementary at lone 2 p.m.
25. Baseball. Echo at lone
Baseball. Riverside at Hermiston
2G. Morrow County Invitational Track Meet at Riverside
28. Kindergarten meeting, A. C. Houghton 7:30 p.m.
National Assembly at Riverside 8:30 a.m.
29. Track, Pilot Rock at Heppner
Baseball, Heppner H. S. at Grant Union 1 p.m.
Baseball, Echo at Riverside
Baseball, lone at Stanfield
Honor Students
Named at lone
Girl students dominated the
third nine weeks honor roll list
for the lone schools, as released
by Principal Harold Beggs.
Named on the "A" honor roll,
with grades averaging d.5 or
better, were two seniors, Jodi
Snow and Teresa Tucker; three
juniors, Joy Beggs Kristin Nel
son and Linda Pettyjohn, and
two sophomores, Jane Krebs and
Chris McCabe.
Five seniors achieved the "B'
honor roll for this same period
Bonnie Kae Akers, Charity
Beggs, Bonn! Morgan. Linda
Nichols and Teresa Stefani. Jun
iors were Rick Bovce and Scott
Wilson : soph o m o r e s. Kathy
Holtz, Marianne Pettyjohn and
Jeri Snow; and freshmen Cheri
Carlson, Wendy Christopherson,
Jackie Howton, Clint Krebs,
Mary McElligott and Marlene
Magill.
Junior high honor students
are eighth graders, Doug Beggs,
Christina Lindstrom, Kathleen
McElligott. Dick Snider and
Uregg Wilson; and seventh
graders, Donna Flack, Doris Mc
Cabe, and Mary Pat McElligott.
lone School Grounds
Get Spring Clean-up
An all-school clean-up day
was sponsored by the lone High
school student council on Wed
nesday, April 2. After a short
assembly at 1:30, the student
body and faculty were divided
into groups and given special
Instructions.
Work included cleaning out
the swimming pool, picking up
trash on the school grounds,
painting lines on the tennis
court, putting up new back
boards on the tennis court,
cleaning trash out of the creek
Two Top Seniors
Lead Honor Roll
With 4.0 Grades
Appropriately enough, Heppner
High's valedictorian and salut-
atorian In the class of 1969 led
the school's honor roll for the
third nine weeks period with
perfect 4.0 grade point averages.
Terry Peck, valedictorian, and
Sara Miller, salutatorian, were
the only students to achieve the
straight A grades.
Only 26 students made the
honor roll for the period, and
juniors placed the most with
nine. Seniors had eight, soph
omores five and freshmen four.
Some of the students who us
ually make the honor roll were
not included because of incom
pletes in some subjects.
Other seniors besides Sara
and Terry were Jerry Healy and
Patti Healy, 3.80; Jill Chitty and
Ginny Clough, 3.66; Nancy
Campbell. 3.50: and Shed Brock.
3.33.
Juniors on the honor roll were
Linda Cooper and Robert Peck,
3.66; Sheila Healy, Mary Kay
Hughes, Sue Jepsen, and Sandra
Matheny, with 3.50; and Pat
Kilkenny, Sue Melbv, Dennis
Knee, and Greg Sweek, 3.33.
Sophomore honor roll students
were Valerie Boyer, with 3.83;
Dee Ann Pettyjohn, 3.66; Ron
Sherman, 3.50; and Gwen Drake
and Karla Weatherford, 3.33.
Freshmen were Shelley Wolff,
3.66; Jeanne Daly, 3.50; and
Barbara Allstott and Gary Fred-
enckson, 3.33.
and shrubs around the school
and fixing of the high jump pit.
Free pop and cookies were
served outside the school by the
student council at 3:10 after the
work was completed.
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