All Hands' Welcomed af
Thursday night saw the first
community Teachers and
Newcomers welcome party in
Heppner. It brought teach
ers and other school district
employees and many resi
dents out to enjoy greeting
one another.
The arrangements were the
coojerative efforts of the So
roptimist Club, the Chamber
of Commerce and the Minis
terial Association. The pro
gram was contributed by
many who presented things to
do in the community.
STAR PERFORMERS
Musical numbers were pre
sented in intervals during the
evening. The Assembly of
God Youth Chorus, led by
Mrs. Don Burwell and ac
companied by Mrs. Loa Tay
lor; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mar
quardt and Harley Sagersang
accompanied by Clarence
Baker on his guitar; Dennis
Cass sang accompanied by
Mrs. Cass. Instrumental
treats were Mrs. Emile Cro
shens' piano solo, and Dave
Mann's trumpet solo with ac
companiment by Mrs. Cro
shens. EVENINGS PROGRAM
After greetings over the
coffee and punch and cook
ies, the flag salute was led
by five Scouts from Pack
661, Webelos Den No. 1, lead
er Leonard Toll. The boys,
Jimmy Raymond, Steven Mar
latt, Richard Schmidt, Terry
Toll and Randy Worden did
a precise job. The even
ing's master of ceremonies.
Harley Sager, took over to
keep the program moving
smoothly. He introduced Ma
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Gonty's Shoe Store :
Co-Owner since 1936
Family Shoe Store
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yor Bill Collins who gave
the official welcome. Judge
Paul Jones Introduced the
County Commissioners. Su
perintendent of Schools, Ron
Daniels, introduced the mem
bers of the county school
board, his office staff and
the two principals, Jim Bier
and Don Cole. Each prin
cipal introduced bis teach
ing staff and the supportive
staffs of their schools, ask
ing each one and-or the hus
band and wife to stand.
CHbRCH SPEAKERS
Representatives from Hep
pner's churches each gave a
two minute talk. Participat
ing were Rev. Don Burwell,
Assembly of God; Rev. Dan
Thompson, All Saints Episco
pal; Father Raymond Beard,
St. Patrick's Catholic; Rev.
Don Johnson, Christian
Church, Heppner and Church
of Christ, Lexington; Paul
barren, The Church of Je
sus Christ of Latter-day
Saints; Rev. Rudy Mensch,
Valby and Hope Lutheran;
Rev. Edwin Cutting, First
Methodist; Mrs. Floyd Ever
hart Church of the Nazarene
and Mrs. Vernon Wilson, Sev
enth Day Adventist.
ORGANIZATIONS REPS.
Representatives of the fol
lowing organizations spoke
briefly: County Agent Ha
rold Kerr and volunteer lead
er, Jean Nelson, OSU Exten
sion and 4; Mrs. Herman
Winter, Heppner Library-Museum
Board; County Clerk
Sadie Parrish, register to
vote; Mothers' Club. Bar
bara Jessmer; Heppner Gar
den Club, Jane Rawlins; Wil-
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N. Gonty, father
HEPPNER, (ORE,), GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday.
Community Party Action
low Creek Country Club, Ed
Hiemstra; The Bowling
League, Corliss Boner; Jay
cees, Pat Wonser; Cub
Scouts, Len Ray Schwari;
Boy Scouts, John Gochnauer;
Blue Birds, Ginger Kelthley.
Speakers were timed by
Leonard Munkers with a two
minute bell-ringing alarm.
REPS OF LODGES
Lodges were represented
by : Bob Abrams, Miso
nic Order; Dean Naffziger,
Elks Lodge BPOE: Jack Sum
ner, Odd Fellows. Mary Mc
Murtry, SausSouciRebekahs;
Clara Gertson, Degree of Ho
nor. Grange Masters who
spoke were Dorris Graves,
Rhea Creek and Ed Hunt,
Lexington Grange. Mrs.
Hazel Hamlin represented the
American Legion Auxiliary
and Jim DriscoU for the
American Legion.
Others who appeared were:
Morrow County demand Min
eral Society, Pete McMurtry;
Arbuckle Ski Area, Kelly
Wolff; Wranglers, DickSchli
chting; The Neighborhood
Center, Dorothy Heard; Gold
en Age Club, Sadie Parrish;
Heppner Civic League, Judy
Gochnauer; TOPS Clubs, Lily
Wilson; Heppner Arm of the
Right to Bear Arms, Ron
Brittner; and The lone Grand
Squares, Daisy Collins.
OTHER HELFERS
The evening's great collec
tion of cookies was provided
by the women of the church
es. Coffee and punch, cups
and napkins, were purchased
by the Heppner-Morrow
County Chamber of Com
merce. Soroptimist Club
members arranged and pre
sided at the refreshment and
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Marlene Peterson
Co-owner
It's coming ... a day to let your pride show . . . GRAD
UATION DAY. You're truly proud of your graduate and
there's no finer token of that loving pride than a gift
from Peterson's Jewelers.
name tag tables. 4-H Em
pire Builders and The Rain
bow Girls donated their ser
vices as goodwill babysitters
for the evening.
uauom County
1971-72 OFFICERS:
President - Alice MoCully,
V ice president Vinita
Smith, Recording Secretary
Frances Crow, Treasurer
Marjorie McCraw, Board
Members Cressie Green
and Joyce Kays.
Parliamentarian Marjor
ie Martin and Regional De
legate -Jeanne Barnett.
CHARTER
MEMBER
LIFE
MEMBER
An important
part of the
Morrow County
Road Dept.
Ett3 PsrkCT ciriTmiraw
This space contributed by ,
DEL'S MARKET
at Lexington
Open every day including Sundays
from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
May 11. 1972
- October. 1971
ETTA D. PARKER was re
classified as a Life Member
in 1963. She Is one of the
CHARTER MEMBERS of the
Heppner Club. Formerly-fcer
classification was Electrical
Industry and sba was a co
owner of Heppner hardware
ind Electric Co. Presently
Etta is employed by the Mor
row County Road Department
as a bookkeeper and operates
their radio. She is probably
the best attendance chairman
in many regions and the Hep
pner Club is so proud of the
attendence records she
keeps. Her hobbies are sew
ing, knitting, gardening, read
ing and operating ber ama
teur (ham) radio when she
has time.
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