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Special Graduation Section
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Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, May 22, 1969
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Eighty seniors in Morrow county's three high schools will graduate at
commencement ceremonies in the ensuing week 46 from Heppner High
school, 19 from lone High and 15 from Riverside High.
Riverside's exercises will come first, to be Friday night, May 23, in the
gymnasium of the new junior-senior high school, starting at 8 p.m. The class
of 1969 will be the first to graduate from this modern new building. Bacca
laureate services for the class were Sunday evening, May 18, in the Boardman
Community church.
For the first time, Heppner High school will combine its baccalaureate
service and commencement with the program to be Sunday afternoon, May 25,
at 2:30 p.m. in the Heppner High Gymnasium.
THE DAY OF BEGINNING...
Graduation is one of the most important milestones along the
highway of life. It is a significant accomplishment. Yet, while
it marks the achievement of a successful program of training
and education, it is not an ending, but in a real sense it is a
beginning.
The future belongs rightfully to those who have prepared for
it, who. will now move upward, striding confidantly toward
a new plateau to higher education, and along the! routes
designated commerce, industry, public service, and medicine;
to name but a few.
Graduation has opened the book of life to a fresh riew page,
to the beginning of a new chapter; and each member of the
Class of 1969 through individual effort shall deterniine what
will be recorded thereon.
Salutations and best wishes on this momentous occasion!
Ione's senior class will be pre
sented at baccalaureate services
Sunday night, May 25, starting
at 7 p.m. in the school gymnas
ium and Commencement will be
Tuesday night, May 27. at 8
p.m. at the same place.
Number of graduates this vear
is six more than in 1968 when
74 completed their high school
courses. Ione's 19 seniors this
year compares with 12 in their
class of 1968; Heppner's 46 this
year is live more than the 41
in their 1968 class: but River-
side's 15 is down from the 21
of last year.
At Riverside, the valedictorian
is Michael Earl Fossey, who has
the outstanding distinction of
being a National Merit Scholar
ship winner, an unusual a
chievement. Salutatorian is Miss
Jana Clare Everett.
Bonnie Kae Akers is valedic
torian of the class of 1969 at
lone and Earl Pettyjohn is salutatorian.
Valedictorian for Heppner
High is Terry Peck and saluta
torian is Sara Miller. All six of
these seniors have made super
ior scholastic records during
their four years of high school.
Rev. Neeley Speaks
Rev. Geroge Neelev. pastor of
the Community church at Board-
man, delivered the baccalaure
ate sermon to the Riverside High
class Sunday night. Rev. John
Kenny; pastor of the Assembly
of God church, gave the invo
cation and benediction. Robert
Chilman, music instructor at the
school, and Victor Marchek, al
so a Riverside teacher, sang.
Combined churches of Irrigon
and Boardman presented Bibles
to the 15 seniors. Mrs. Albert
Part low was organist and Mrs.
LaVern Partlow was pianist for
the processional and recessional.
Paul Herbst will be the com
mencement speaker at the Riv
erside commencement Friday
night. Dante Daltoso, principal.
will present awards to the class
and Maxwell Jones, a director
on the county school board, will
present diplomas. Salutatory
will be by Miss Everett and the
valedictory by Fossey.
Music will be furnished bv
Miss Donna Pummel, Miss Diane
Black, Grant Walter and Jody
Tatone. Father Simon Coughlan,
pastor of M. Patricks church.
Irrigon, will deliver the invoca
tion and Rev. Chandler Jackson,
of St. John's Episcopal church,
Hermlston, will pronounce the
benediction. Processional and re
cessional will be by Mrs. Al
bert Partlow and Mrs. LaVern
Partlow.
Class motto of the Riverside
seniors is "We have a dream
which is not all a dream." The
class flower is the iris, and col
ors are navy blue and gold.
Heppner Exercises Sunday
The Rev. Melvin Dixon, pastor
of the Heppner United Metho
dist church, will present the
baccalaureate address at the
combined exercises at Heppner
Hign faunday afternoon. .Remain
der of the program will be fur
nished by the class and the fac
ulty at Heppner High.
Richard Carpenter, principal,
will present awards, and the
senior class advisors, Mrs. Jane
Rawlins and Elmer Weitzel, will
present the class. Mrs. Beverly
Gunderson, a director of the
Morrow county school board,
will present diplomas.
The salutatory will be by Miss
Miller and the valedictory by
Peck. The class will sing the
number, "Make America Proud
of You," and the high school
band will play the processional
and the recessional. Rev. Dixon
will deliver the Invocation and
pronounce the benediction.
Heppner High's class of 1969
has as its class motto, "Ameri
ca's destiny is our tomorrow."
Class colors are red, white and
blue, and the class flower is the
rose.
Baccalaureate address at lone
High's Sunday evening service
will be given by the Rev. F. W.
(Mike) Luedde, Jr., pastor of the
lone United Church of Christ.
Solos will be sung by Mrs. Anna
Lee James, home economics and
English teacher at the school,
and Keith Nelson of the class
will read the scripture. Pastor
Rudolph Mensch of Hope and
Valby Lutheran churches will
give the invocation and the ben
ediction. Gene Rietmann will
play the processional and the
recessional.
Shockley to Speak
At Ione's commencement, Dal
las Shockley will be the prin
cipal -speaker. Awards will be
presented to the class by Prin
cipal Harold Beggs, who will al
so present the class.
Don McElligott. chairman of
the Morrow county school board.
will present diplomas. Saluta
tory will be by Pettyjohn and
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