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Boardman Church Schedules Vacation School Aug. 25-28 Br MART LEE MARLOW BOARDMAN Vacation Bible School at the Boardman Com munity church will be held Auk ust through ..'a lor the be jjinner, prmary and Junior class es. Rev. George Neeley will be su perintendent, assisted by Mrs, JNeeiey, Mrs Seth Russell, Mrs, trnest uaermeler, Mralcne Par nsh, busan and Linda Ball. Mrs. Chub Warren was hostess lor the Women s Activity Com mittee of Greenfield Grange Wednesday of last week at her home. Luncheon was served at 12:30. Guests Included Mrs. I. M Docken, Mrs. R. K. Lake, Jr., ana Airs. itoinn uisnop. It was voted to have grange church Sunday Septmeber 21, wiin a pouucK dinner to follow at the grange hall. Members will attend Boardman Commu nity church as a group. Friends are invited to attend the din ner. Tentative plans were discuss ed for another public auction sale to be held in November. More about this later. Hostesses for the next meet ing September 10 will be Mrs. Ronald Black and Mrs. Hazel Miller. Mrs. Dale Eades and her son, Larry Eades of HermLston, flew from Portland last week to San ta Barbara, Calif., to attend the funeral of her sister-in-law, Mar garet Dockendorf, 52, who died August 10 of a cerrebral hemorr hage. The funeral was held in Santa Barbara August 13. Mrs. Dockendorf was a sister of the late Dale Eades. Her daughters, Jane and Mary Beth, visited here at the Eades home about three weeks ago. Mr. and Mrs. Maury Amsden ana son, Butch of San Jose, Cal if., are here for a three week visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wicklander. They bruoght their boat and plan to enjoy the lake while here. Mrs. Leo Root accompanied her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Al Macomber of Citrus Heights, Calif., to Grand view, Wash., Saturday to visit over the week-end at the home of another brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Max De weese. Visitors Saturday after noon at the Root home were Mrs. Root's son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Root and daughter Jane of Wasco, and the younger Mrs. Root's sister, Mrs. Earle Pickard and daughter' of Athena. Mr. and Mrs. Les Moen were in Seattle over the week-end visiting at the home of Mrs. Moens brother-in-law and Bis ter, Dr. and Mrs. W. G. Wrenn. Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Parker and son vince of Salem are here for a two weeks visit at the home of Mrs. Parker's mother, Mrs. Zoe Billings. Visitors last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Dono van included Mrs. Donovan's nephew, Larry Dunn, and Bruce Black of Los Angeles, Calif., and Donovan's cousin, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carroll and daughter Anita of Norton, Kans., and their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Carroll and sons Danny and Ricky of El Paso, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Dewey West and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bates spent last week vacationing at Holiday Hills near Depoe Bay. They were joined over the week end by Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Dono van and children Jerry, Jack and Carol Ann. Mr. and Mrs. Darrel Rash and daughters Vulerie and Denise of Lake Oswego were visitors last week at the home of Rash's par cnts. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rash Mr. and Mrs. Eric Docken and son. Lance, of Portland were week-end visitors at the home of Docken's parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Docken. Mr. and Mrs. Rollo Moore and daughter Tonl. and Kathleen Farlow are at the coast this week vacationing near Newport, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harwood have returned home from three week's vacation at their summer home on the Siletz Riv er near Siletz. Mrs. Hazel Miller and Mr, and Mrs. Rod Flue and son, Troy, went to Pendleton last Wednes day for the blrthdya celebration of Mrs. Millers grandson, Tonv my Carpenter, 10. Mrs. Bob Taylor and sons Kevin and Danny, visited in Hood River last Thursday and Frday at the home of her par Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Allen ents, Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Irvin, went to Walla Walla, Wash., Sunday for a picnic at the Pio neer Park in honor of the 9th birthday of their granddaugh ter, Stcay Allen of Weston. Mrs. Willard Baker had sur gery at St. Anthony hospital in Pendleton last week. HEFPNER KM NEWS By LORRAINE BALL (Held over from last week) Mrs. Alfred Nelson visited in Portland a few days last week. Mrs. Nelson attended the State Board Meeting of The United Church of Christ Women's Fel lowship while there. She also visited with her mother, Mrs. S. C. Ransdell, and with Mr. Nel son's mother, Mrs. Alfred Nel son, Sr. Mrs. Larry Steinke, the former Bonnie Hynd, was honored guest at family picnic and farewell gathering recently at McNary. Many area relatives and friends attended to wish her bon voy age, as she flew to Los Angeles and then transferred to a Mili tary Charter flight which would take her to Germany, where her husband, Larry, is stationed. Joe Halvorsen and Leland Mc Gill spent the week-end in Bak er on National Guard duty. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Helina and son, John, of Seattle, Wn., visited this past week at the home of her brother and fam ily, Mr. and Mrs. Roy W. Linds trom. While here Mrs. Lindstrom entertained local guests with a coffee hour in honor of Mrs. Hel ina on Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Fannie Griffith recently visited with her nieces in Post Falls, Idaho, where a small family reunion was held at the home of Miss Grace Cunning ham. Mrs. Charles F. Smith of Olympia, Wn., returned to lone with Mrs. Griffith on her way home, to visit with other rela tives in this area. A group of girls of the local Rainbow Assembly was on a three day outing at the rivers this past week. Mrs. Louis Hal vorsen, mother advisor, accom panied the girls. GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, August 21, 1969 Sec. 2 Retiring District Phone Manager 40-Year Veteran 7 : : v. J t J i s ;M i MkL. W. R. BROWN Pacific Northwest Bell William R. Brown, Pacific Northwest Bell's Eastern Oregon district commercial manager for almost 22 years is retiring Aug ust 22 with 40 years service in the telephone business. Headquartered at Pendleton since December of 1947, Brown has been responsible for the com pany's customer accounts and business office operations in 35 Eastern Oregon communities in cluding Heppner, lone, Lexing ton, Pendleton, Athena, Weston, Echo, Hermiston Milton-Freewa- ter, Stanfield and Umatilla. A native Oregonian, Brown joined Pacific Telephone in 1929 at Portland after graduating from University of Oregon. (He later earned a degree from Northwest College of Law). He filled a number of Commercial Department posts in Portland, including that of manager, be fore joining the U. S. Army Sig nal Corps in May of 1942. Brown returned to tne tele phone company business four years later and subsequently was appointed to the post oi Eastern Oregon district commer cial manager. Since that time Collins Gets Degree Patricia Euc-en Collins re ceived her Bachelor of Science degree in secondary education from Eastern Oregon College, Friday, August 15. Eighty-five students were graduated as the eight week summer session ended. Dr. A. M. Rempel, the college president, addressed the grad uates during the commencement exercises in the college theater, Dr. Carlos E. E'asley, dean of instruction, presided. Miss Collins is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Collins he has seen the district almost triple in activity and number of customers served. Since moving to Pendleton, Brown has been active in num erous community and civic af fairs. He has worked on several Round-Up committees. He's a member and past director of the Pendleton Chamber of Com merce; a senior active member and past director of the Pendle ton Rotary Club; a member and past exalted ruler of the Pendle ton Elks Lodge and a past dis trict deputy grand exalted ruler of the Elks organization. Brown served nine years on the Pendleton Planning Commis sion. He currently is a member of the Pendleton VFW Post No. 922 and the Portland American Legion Post No. 1. He holds a life membership in the Multno mah Athletic Club at Portland. On his retirement he will be come a life member in the Ore gon Trail Council, Telephone Pioneers of America. He was first president of the council, composed of active and retired telephone employees in Eastern Oregon. Brown and his wife, Helen, plan to continue their Pendle ton residence at 3206 S. W. Hail ey Place. They plan a two-week trip to Alaska with relatives in late August and early Septem ber. In honor of Brown's retire ment, an Open House was held Wednesday, August 20 at the company's new office building at 202 S. E. Dorion from 3 to 5 p.m. Commenting on his pending retirement, Brown concluded he was looking forward to the days of relaxation but would miss the close contacts he had en joyed with his co-workers in the business. Jernstedt Joins Law Revision Committee Senator Ken Jernstedt, R-Hood River, has been appointed to serve on the state's criminal Law Revision Commission. The Jernstedt appointment was an nounced in Salem on Thursday August 14, by Senate President E. D. (Debbs) Potts. Jernstedt, the only non-lawyer member of the Senate Judiciary Commitee during the 19b9 Leg. islature, will join the. twelve' member committee as it passes its half way point in its assign ment. The Oregon Criminal Law Re vision Commission was estab lished by the 1967 Legislature and was given a four-year life span. Its goal is to rebuild Ore gon's 100-year old criminal laws from the ground up. Jernstedt will continue as a member of the interim commit tees on Labor Management Re lations and Executive Appointments. Betty Angell is presently stay ing with her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Larry An gell. She arrived July 25 and plans to stay until August 25. She is employed at Pioneer Memorial hospital during her stay. When she leaves she will continue her training at Emman uel School of Nursing, Portland, Peace Corps Calls For Volunteers Morrow county residents in terested in putting their skills to use in developing nations around the world are invited to take the Peace Corps Placement Test at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 16 at 2022 Post Office Building, Portland. The Peace Corps uses the Placement Test to determine how an applicant can best be utilized overseas. The test meas ures general aptitude and the ability to learn a language, not education or achievement. The test requires no preparation and is non-competitive: an appli cant can neither pass nor fail. Persons interested in serving with the Peace Corps must fill out an application, if they have not already done so, and pre sent it to the tester before the test. Application forms are avail able from post offices or from the Peace Corps in Washington, D. C. 20525. - Fifteen thousand volunteers are currently serving in Asia, Africa. Latin America and the Pacific Islands, working with the people of those nations in self-help protects ranging from food production to health to ed ucation. More volunteers are needed for programs which will begin training soon. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Anderson and two children traveled to Dal las to visit Mr. and Mrs. Nels Anderson August 15-17. After the Rodeo Show Saturday Afternoon Come To The Episcopal Church BARBECUE Saturday, August 23, 5 to 8 p.m. FULL DINNER Features Delicious PIT-COOKED CHOICE STEER BEEF ALL YOU CAN EAT SERVED IN WESTERN STYLE EPISCOPAL CHURCH PARISH HOUSE Corner Church and Gale Sts. Adults $2 Plate Children $1.25 Come and Bring Your Friends THIS MESSAGE SPONSORED BT YOUR HOME-OWNED BANK AS A COMMUNITY SERVICE lANK OF jZastern Oregon HEPPNER IONE ARLINGTON MEMBER. FEDERAL. DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION n n TOO) mm DAK Qc) ' hi . . 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