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GAZETTE-TIMES 3 Thursday. August 21. 1969 George Hermann Takes State Police Position By DELPHA JONES LEXINGTON Mr. and Mrs. Gcorce Hermann and daughters are moving to The Dalles on August 28 where Hermann will be affiliated with the Oregon! State Police. Mr. and Mrs. Hermann have been owners of George's Chev ron station for the past few years, and living in Lexington. Recent visitors at the Hermann home have been her mother, Mrs. Nita Grey, and grandson, Eric Youivi. of St. Johns, Ariz; also, Mr. and Mrs. Merle Grey ana children uf fiasnviiivr-Tcrnr.: Jerry Grey and two children of Anthony, Texas, and Mr. and Mrs. Wallis Grey and children vi Seattle, Wn. Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Piper are the proud parents of a baby oaugnter, hnerne Ann, born at community hospital In Pendle ton on Saturday, August 16. The young miss weighed 7 lb., and joins a sister and brother at home. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Roy Quackenbush of Hepp. ner and Mrs. Ada Piper Dug gan of Heppncr. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Jones mo tored to Portland on Friday tak ing Kimberlce Ann Larson to her home after a two weeks vis it here. Willie Moreau of Seat tle, who has been visiting the last month at the Jones home, returned to his home at the same time. Billy Irvin, who is spending the summer at the Jones ranch, stopped at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Irvin, and visited there ovf the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Hender son and daughter, Betty, of Hood River spent Monday night in Lexington attending to business matters. Mrs. Florence McMillan ac companied Mrs. Dorris Graves, Mrs. Percy Cecil and Mrs. Don Heliker to Portland on Sunday where the ladies attended the C5th wedding anniversary cele bration of Mrs. Graves' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wlicox, for mer Lexington residents. Gene Ma.jeske was a Portland and Forest Grove business vis itor one day last week. Kenneth Marshall, who has been a patient in Pioneer Mem orial hospital, has returned to his home. Three Links Club met at the home of Mrs. Oris Padberg on Thursday of last week. Follow ing the regular busness meeting refreshments were served to Mrs. Ralph Burcham, Mrs. Florence McMillan. Mrs. L'ula Bloods- wortii and Mrs. Annie Keene by the hostess, Mrs. Padbcrg. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Ruhl were Portland visitors over the week end and on the way home, had the misfortune to have their car catch on fire near Corbett. The car had to be left and Mr. and M rfc-BuhlEclumprt hrimc hy bus. The daughters of Mr. and Mrs, Skip Ruhl of Colfax, were wit them and are visiting here. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Wallace have returned to El Ca.1on, Cul If., where he is stationed near by with the U. S. Marines. Mrs. Joe Yocom and mother, Mrs. Venice Hendrickson, and three Yocom children motored to Klamath Falls last week, where Mrs. Hendrickson s daughte will have surgery. Debbie Yo com returned home after visit Ing two weeks in Klamath Falls. Science Foundation Applications Due Applications for a National Science Foundation inservlce in stitute at Eastern Oregon col lege next year will be accepted from high school chemistry teachers until September 15, ac cording to Dr. R. A. Hermens, its director. Funded by a grant of $8,400 from the foundation, the insti tute will admit 20 teachers with less than three years of academ ic work in chemistry. The insti tute will pay tuition costs and allowances for books and for mileage to successful applicants The sub ects for the three terms will be "Physical Inorgan ic Chemistry," fall: "Physical Chemistry," winter, and "Phys ical Analytical Chemistry," spring. Courses will be held each Saturday fom 9 a.m. until noon. Information may be obtained from Dr. Hermens in Science-212 or by telephone at 9G3-2171, ex tension 322. Unique Car Show State Fair Event The "Wildchlld". the "Silhou ette", the "Fire Truck", and the Bonnie and Clyde death car are some of the fantastic cars to be seen in the National Custom Car Club Show at the Oregon State Fair. These exotic cars represent countless hours of painstaking labor and imaginative creating. The "Fire Truck for Instance, has a hand-formed fiberglass body, with 17 coats of candy red paint. The Interior is done in gold velvet and wnite nau gahvde. The gas tank is 9 chrome fire extinguisher. In fact, everything has been chrome plated, including the complete undercarriage, and the car is entirely functional and can be driven. The Bonnie and Clyde death car was used In the movie "Bon- 11 ll.lS 104 ival nie and IHVIe bullet holes, and is displayed with two used tombstones. Transformed motorcycles are also on display. The "Wild child" was formerly a three wheeled police motorcycle, used by the Kansas City, Mo. Police Department. The hand-formed steel body has 13 coats of gold lacquer, shadowed In red, and a red velvet interior. It wa.i a sweepstakes winner at the Indy Nationals and was featured in the September, 1S issue of "Motorcycle Guide Magazine". The "Wildchild" is valued at $7,000. The Custom Car Show is onr? of the major attractions at the 19()9 Fair, which opens a 10-day run August 23 through Septem her 1, and will be a magnet for thousands of viewers, according to Robert S. Stevens, fair man ager. Air Force Captain Gets Four Awards A Gettysburg. S. D., man, whose wife Is from Heppncr, has been decorated with four awards of the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) for extraordinary achievement and heroism as an A-37 pilot in Vietnam. U. S. Air Force Captain Don aid E. Thomas, received the awards at England AFB, La His wife, Charlene, is the dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. L. H Rill. Heppner. The 19-year Air Force veteran received the first DFC for pro viding (lose air support to small friendly force which wa engaged with the enemy. Cap tain Thomas made repeated low altitude attacks. His precise bombing tactics and calmness while continuously being fired upon resulted In heavy dam age to the enemy troops and tneir supplies. ror the second DFC award Captain Thomas was cited for leading two A.T7' tn M 11 Wins Insurance Trip Mrs. Vesta Kilkenny was In formed Friday, Aug. 1 that she had been awarded a coast vaca- ion trip for outstanding insur ance work with the Farm Bureau nsurance company. She was the only agent of the company in the state to receive the expense paid trip, which will include deep sea fishing off the Oregon coast the first week in Septem ber. Jernsfedf Named To Interim Labor Committee Post Sen. Ken Jernstedt, R-Hood River, was elected vice-chairman of the Legislative Interim Com mittee on Labor and Manage ment at the study groups or ganizational meeting Thursday Jernstedt was appointed to the committee at an earlier date by Senate President E. D. (Debbs) Potts. The five-man committee will study intra state labor relations not covered by federal law, workmen's compensation and apprenticeship. According to Jernstedt, the committee has decided to give top priority to labor relations which aren't covered by feder al law. He indicated there is some sentiment on the commit tee to have a state law with procedures similar to those of the National Labor Relations Board to handle state cases which are not covered bv the federal law. troops pinned down by hostile forces. His devastating strikes broke the enemy onslaught and aided in saving numerous de fender's lives. A third award of the DFC was received by the Gettysburg High school graduate for hero ism when he scrambled from Bien Hoa Air Base to aid the Loc Ninh special forces camp under seige by the enemy. Des pite the hazards of near dark ness and enemy fire, Captain Thomas made numerous passes until the attack was broken and the enemy retreated. The captain was honored for the fourth DFC after striking two Viet Cong companies en trenched In fortified gun posit ions. Despite poor weather and antiaircraft fire, the captain made repeated strikes which completely devastated the area Captain Thomas received his commission through the avia a command pilot rating. He served a year each In the Kor ean War and In Vietnam. He is now assigned to the 440Cth Combat Crew Trainin? Squadron at England, where he is a fighter weapons instructor pilot. The captain has attended the University of South Dakota and the University of Southern Cal ifornia Judy Gentry and Bob Peck re turned Saturday, August 16, with Mrs. Rachel Dick from Reno. jncvi Jne two young people had attended a lournalism instrue- for work in the coming school ion workshop to prepare them ear on the Heppner Hieh school Hehisch and Mustang. Besides work in the classroom. they were guests at a banquet nd dance. Students from Cal- fornia, Oregon. Arizona. Illinois. Utah, Idaho and Tennessee at tended. Mrs. Dick, their high chool advisor drove them back pon her return from her vaca tion which was spent in the ar ea around Reno. Mr. and Mrs. Paul (Shan) Ad- plcgate and daughter. Debbie. spent August 12-16 in Heppner visiting inends and relatives They stayed at the home of Francis Doherty, uncle of Apple-gate. Course Catalog Of Continuing Ed Now Off Presses Printing of the 1969-70 course catalog for the Office of Inde pendent Study was completed last week, according to Dr. Viron Moore, head of the department. Independent Study, a unit of the Division of Continuing Edu cation (DCE) is the correspond ence study arm of the colleges and universities of the Oregon State System of Higher Education. The new catalog lists 170 col lege-level courses and 40 high school courses which may be taken by correspondence. The courses are the equivalents of courses taught in the classrooms of State System colleges and un iversities and state high schools, Golf Tourney Held by Mail &4et-crttmr-rr courses carry credits which apply toward degrees or diplomas. Independent Study courses may be taken either with or without college or high school credit, though in either case the student pays the same fees. Fee for college-level courses is $17.00 per term hour of credit: for high school courses, $38.00 per half-unit, the equivalent of one semester of study in a giv en subject. Currently, over 5000 persons from all 50 states and many for eign countries are enrolled in Independent Study courses. Course catalogs may be ob tained by contacting the Office of Independent Study, 1724 Moss Street, U of O Campus, Eugene 97403. Visiting at the Archie Padbera nome tnis month were three of Mrs. Padberg's sisters-in-law. Accompanying Mrs. Huldah Mor timore of Eugene here was her grandson, Mike Wilson of Brig- ham City, Utah: also here were Mrs. Edith Castle and son, Jerry, of Marysvlile, Calif., and Mrs. Irene Atherton of Ontario. The Padbergs had just returned from short vacation, visiting rela tives in the Salem, Portland, and banoy areas, betore their visit ors arrived. House guests at the Lucille Parrish home August 8-14 were her son, Alvin Avers, and Rich ard Learned. They left for Se attle to return to their jobs. Little Things ITS- that Count! j 1 With the help of Uncle Sam and a unique method of com puting scores, local golfers may be competing for State and Nat ional titles in a tournament de veloped by the American Golf Association. The major differ ence between this event and stereotyped tournaments is that the golfers will be playing against par rather than each other. Rules of the tournament call for qualifying and competitive rounds to be played on the golf ers home course which will eliminate financial worries, travel, and time away from work. Attested score cards submitted by mail will be computed through a special scoring sys tem developed by the AGA for use in tournaments of this typo. No handicaps are used, and all rounds are to be played under the existing rules of golf. Offic ials of the association point out that this is a basic test of golf ing skills and not a sweep stakes event. Qualifying rounds will consist of thirty-six holes to be played between August 22-31. Entrants who qualify will be shooting for State and Nat onal titles in four divisions: Championship 140 (or under) -152, AAA 153-168. AA 169-184, A 185 and over. Troph ies and awards will be present ed to State and National win ners as well as runner up in each division. No prizes will ex ceed the two hundred dollar limit allowed for amateur golf ers. The tournament is open to all amateur male golfers 15 years of age or over. The entry fee for all events is ten dollars which includes a one year mem bership in the AGA. Entry blanks and further in formation may be obtained from the Tournament Director of the American Golf Association. 206 South Green Street, Morganton, North Carolina 28655. Mr. and Mrs. Harlev Farrcc Mesa, Ariz., were guests of Mrs. Ida Farra August 15-16. 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