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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (May 22, 1969)
Veteran Poppies To Blossom Here The past year has been i busy one lor veterans through out the state who have been making the bright red paper popples lor Poppy Day sales In Orecon. Legion Auxiliary members will be on the streets of Hepp ner this week-end urging every one to "please wear one of the Memorial flowers In memory for all who wore our nation's uni form." This year's Poppy Days will help to mark the American Leg Ion's 50th anniversary, as Is pointed out In the specially dec orated window at Men's Wear. An anonymous poem. "Poppy Talk, has been contributed by Mrs. John tegiia to call atten tion to the coming Poppy Days: "Do the popples In Flanders Field now seem more sprightly a warmer red As they touch each other, cour teously and lean, above the valiant dead? Do they whisper softly of the mighty deeds they've seen, As bobbing and dancing they bow to the enfolding green? Bright petals like caresses, flutter down on our inani mate ones A gentle admonition to us: "Care for the children of these sons." Death Takes Former Hardman Resident Relatives here were sadden ed by news of the death of Mrs. Lavelle Leathers Sherman, age (K). who passed away May 10 in Newport. Funeral services were held Tuesday, May 13. at St. Stephen's Episcopal church in Newport and interment follow ed In the Eureka Cemetery. Mrs. Sherman was a native of this area, born in Hardman, to Eugene Milton and Oolda Dell Leathers on January 12, 1909. She taught In the primary grades at Lexington school for about 10 years and spent sev eral years teaching klndergart en In Newport. She was president of the New port P.E.O. Sisterhood from 19C6 thrmicrh IQfttt n nrl hail hppn II Gardner's resident of that city for the past '10 years. Relatives In this area are o. H. Leathers of Heppner and V. R. Leathers of Lexington, both uncles, and an aunt, Mrs. C C Carmichael of Heppner. Other survivors Include her husband, Ladd; her mother, Mrs. Golda Eu banks of Fort land; two daughters, Mrs. Stu art Campbell of Alfred. N. Y.. and Mrs. Marlln Utterback of Newport; three grandchildren and several nieces and neph ews. Mr. and Mrs. Carmichael trav eled to Newport to attend the funeral service for her niece. Contributions for the veterans' poppies go far toward rehabil itation of disabled veterans, and in caring for their loved ones. NOTICE WE WILL BE CLOSED MEMORIAL WEEK-END MAT 30-31, JUNE 1 THEL'S CAFE lone, Ore. Grange Group Meets At E. Palmer Home A luncheon and meeting of the Women's Activity Club of Rhea Creek Grange was enjoyed at the home of Mrs. Elmer Palmer on Thursday of the past week. Those present were Mrs. Ben Anderson, Mrs. Orian Wright, Mrs. Ray Drake, Mrs. Leonard Rill, Miss Marilyn Berg strom, Mrs. Lewis Ball, Mrs. Glenn Farrens, Mrs. Harold Wright, Mrs. Barton Clark, Mrs. Walter Wright, Mrs. Ronald Haguewood, and the hostess. A scholarship has been grant ed by the Grange to send a stu dent In the area to the 4-H Summer School. For the June meeting, plans were made for a picnic at the Anson Wright Memorial Park. This has become an annual pic nic of the group. I ii Q .v-No V 1 I V-A. -. . . . I it . i ' r t ; L.,,; ,J Music Students Entertain Crowd at Spring Concert NEED A SHAVE and a haircut? Cbarli O'Connor tries out on old barber chair, on of the BT EVA HAMLETT IONE Over 160 students of the lone Grade and High schools participated in the boring Con cert '69. under the direction of Darrel James, music instructor. "Old Dan Tucker," "This Land Is Your Land." and 'Taffy were the songs the first grade sang, followed by "Marine's March." "Army Song and Country Squire," played by the fifth grade band. Mr. James gave a demonstration of Kodaly Method for teacning Elementary music, using students of the sec ond grade, who sang "The Ani mal Fair". The sixth grade band played "Holiday in France," I'l l Turin" and "nivlnlonl Pa. i-itt-n W . " " van. IU1IU . itn. hm m.rfior.i off at rade." "O Susan Blue" and tho Ion United Church of I "Marching to Pretoria" were Christ auction and barbecue, sung by tne tnira grade, rollow- py me junior nign Dana planned for Juno 7. Lending I ed helping hand Is Bill Riet- mann. Variety of Items Donated for Church Auction, Barbecue An old barber chair, now on playing "Balladalr." "Carnival of Venice." "Sarabande," "Ga votte" and "Rhythm A La Mode." Following the singing by the fourth grade of The Wa bash Cannonball," and "Cuck oo," there was a short intermis sion. The Choralettes then sang Evensong and Sunrise, Some thing told the Wild Geese, Go d splay In the window of the -Way From My Window, Take uju lune pobi unice uuuuiiic, l Mo Alnncr Hariri nosa anrt I Will be one of the featured it- wish T Wuz. The final numhers ems to be auctioned Off on Sat- Inrliirtpd Czech Suite. This Guv's urday. June 7, at the annual In WUn Me, Hawaii Five- lone United Church of Christ n Mica Vmnr-hv Rrnwn nnntio auction and barbecue an- 0'n My Mind, and Highlights nounce Mr. and Mrs. Bill Riet- f, ramnt hv th utah mann, general chairman of thislc-hnni rnnrert Rand. years event. David Marick oresented Mr. In addition, many other items I T.miu ,sth a oft fmm the Mmi already donated for the auction AppIause 0f students, parents j u j I and guests, expressed apprecla- frames, bottles, dishes, and , ."l ... 'To1 j h chairs. And to make any child bers 0f his music department, happy, a pony and a puppy will Coffee. punch and cookies were served from a tea table, decor and Jim returned Sunday eve nlng, and Mr. and Mrs. Garland bwanson met their train in Pas co. Wn. Mrs. Darrel James, Loyd How ton, and daughter, Jackie, spent Saturday at bnrlngfleld. attend lng the State Track meet. Jackie won third in the high lump. Mrs. James Is the girls' instructor for track at school. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Palmateer spent last Sunday in La Grande visiting with their daughter. Janet There will be a Kindergarten meeting. May 26, at 2:30 p.m. in the kindergarten room. Par ents having children entering kindergarten this next year are urged to attnd. John McLIligott wrote his par ents that Bob Price has recent ly come to Vietnam. Bob will be remembered by some people as he went to school here while his brother. Larry Price, was coach at the high school a num ber of years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Dockter entertained Monday evening with a hamburger party In hon or of the basketball team. The Catholic men of the lone HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. May XL, 1969 Parish held their annual dutch lunch In the church basement. Thirty men attended to raise money to add to their scholar ship fund. Coming Events May 25 Coffee hour after church In In honor of seniors 23 State track meet at Pleas ant Hill 25 baccalaureate, 7:00 p.m. 27 Commencement, 8:00 p.m. 29 Last day of school and com munity picnic at 12 noon also be auctioned off. Good things to eat will be I ated with spring flowers, in the ?"jTtd' tWJtUhlc?itZe' cafetorium following the concert a?utini(S?Q7D ALWAYS BBST QUALITY Like It! Charge It! STORE HOURS 9 A.M. to 6 P.M. All our 3.98 Towncraft sport shirts reduced to For wuii.li will icaiuic jcno jciiicisi homemade candies, cakes and bread, and other delicacies, Handmade articles, such as quilts, afehans, baby clothes, ta ble clothes and pillow cases will also be offered for sale, There'll be fun for the kids at the Kiddie Korner and the fishpond and free rides for ev eryone in vintage model A and model T cars. Tickets for the pit-cooked beef dinner, which will be served starting at 12:30 p.m., are now on sale at $1.75 for adults and $1.00 for children. Pre-schoolers will be admitted free of charge, Jim Swanson accompanied Henry Krebs and Clint on the train Friday to take the Krebs sheep to their ranch in Montana for the summer months. Clint Jackie Howton Wins Third in Track Meet Jackie Howton. freshman at lone High school, achieved dis tinction at the state track meet for girls at Springfield on Sat urday, May 17. She was the third place winner in the high Jump division, com pet I n g against A-2 and B schools from over the state. She was the only girl com peting from Morrow county schools, and was a previous win ner in sub-district and district meets. Jackie is the daughter of Lioya Howton of lone. For any kind of printing, call The Gazette-Times. mum in f rv UDniLLirin-coriPAMY. 1 JJL 1 1 ' JITILL JL "mn JT LJLZ' iLalOTV 6S HEPPNER 676-9698 La GRANDE 9G3-3333 WATER FACTS Hiring a well driller can be compared to buying oats. If you want "High Quality" and good results, you have to pay a fair price and look around for a reliable dealer. However, If you are satisfied with Inferior products (af ter it has been through the Bull), then the Initial cost may be less, and there Is plenty around. In the past year, Intervalley Drilling Co. has drilled and developed wells in Morrow county that have a total of over 15,000 gallons per minute potential. Contact Otto Ellsworth at Heppner 676-9698 or La Grande 963-3333. No obligation for estimate. OTTO ELLSWORTH co Inter-Valley Drilling Co. P. O. Box 471. Island City, Ore. or P. O. Box 485, Heppner Men's Towncraft-Plus Penn-Prest "Wardrobe" sport shirts Sport- shirts In a smart wardrobe collection of colors and patterns. 50 Fortrer polyesfer 50 combed cotton blend. Penn-Prest fo never need ironing. Regular collar, with short sleeves. Just machine wash and fumble dry. S-M-L - Mabel Hayden Service Held Funeral services for Mabel Marie Havden. 69. were held Monday afternoon, May 19, at All Saints' Episcopal church in Heppner, with the Rev. Dirk Rinehart officiating. Interment following the serv ice was at the Heppner Mason ic Cemetery, with Sweeney Mor tuary in charge of the arrange ments. Mrs. Hayden died at St. An thony hospital in Pendleton last Thursday, May 15. following an illness which lasted several years. She was born February 27, 1900, at Dayton, Ore., and came with her family to settle in the Hermiston area in her younger years. Following the death of her husband, Arthur Burkenbine, in 1943, she continued operation of the Heppner Market for several years. She was married to Marion Hayden at Lewiston, Idaho, on April 10, 1952, and the couple have made their home in Hepp ner since that time. In January of 19b0, she suffered a paralyt ic stroke and remained an in valid until the time of her death. She had been a resident of this area since 1928. She was a member of All Saints' Epis copal church and the Order of Eastern Star. Survivors include her hus band, Marion of Heppner; four sons, Loyd Burkenbine of Port land; Reese Burkenbine of Med ical Lake, Wn.; Albert Burken bine and Merle Burkenbine, both of Alpena, Mich.; one sis ter, Nellie Crumrine of Port Townsend, Wn.; two brothers, Archie Hutchins, Lake Oswego, and Casey Hutchins of Pocatel- lo, Idaho: 15 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. w GIFTS for DADS and GRADS Prepared Especially From The Camera Dept. at Murrays POLAROID SWINGER MODEL 20 OUTFIT BEG. PBICE CAMERA $19.95 FILM 2.10 FLASH BULBS 1.80 CASE 5.95 Complete Outfit Now Only Reg. 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