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
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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
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jZastern Oregon
HEPPNER IONE ARLINGTON
MEMBER. FEDERAL. DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
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DANCE EACH NIGHT
FRIDAYand SATURDAY
AUGUST 22-23
Morrow County Fair Pavilion
Heppner, Oregon
Friday Dance- Saturday Dance-
MUSIC BY MUSIC BY
The Picadilly Line The Western Gentlemen
OF PENDLETON OF CONDON
10 P.M. TO 2 A.M. 10 P.M. TO 2 A.M.
$1.50 PER PERSON