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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1972)
introducing. ...The Soropfimist Club of Wallowa County HEPPNER, (ORE.), GAZETTE TIMES. Thursday. May 11. 1972 MEETINGS. Business, Second Thurs- day. 6:30 p.m., Circle T. Cafe - Program Meeting, Fourth Thursday 7.30 p.m. at homes of members. Board, Wednesday preceding busi ness. HISTORY: Soroptimist Club of Wallowa County was charter ed Dec. 6, 1947, sponsored by Soroptimist Club of La Grande. There are 33 Ac tive members, 5 Sustaining, 6 Life and 3 Honorary. SERVICE PROJECTS: A good deal of Soroptimist time and money since the club came to Wallowa County has been spent improving facili ties at Wallowa County Hospital in Enterprise. Thou sands of dollars of equipment and furnisMngs have been provided with manv tremen dously inspiring acbeive ments. Other services have been $800.00 to the mother of a large family to fly to Mayo Clinic for cancer treatment and scholarships for per- OLA MAEGROSHENS, Hep pner Club's professional musician, was born in Port land, Oregon to Bellroie and Earl Hough who still main tain their home there. All of her school years were spent in LaGrande, including two years at Eastern Ore. Normal School. She went to Klamath Falls for her first year in public school music education, and remained there 20 years until she re turned to college to work for her teaching degree. This led her to Grants Pass to finish twenty-five years of teaching. Ola Mae has a son, Grant Carter and a daughter-in-law, Darlene. They have two sons, Sean and Brett, the latter being born in Japan where they reside. Ola Mae moved to Heppner in 19C1 to be a public school music instruc tor. She is married to re tired rancher Emile Gro shens. Her classification is instrumental music, music instruction, piano instruction. HH we're glad you came Ola Mae Groshens Instrumental Music Piano Iinstructor sons interested In study ing nurse's training. Lib raries of Enterprise City, Joseph City, Wallowa City and Wallowa County have benefitted from Soroptimist assistance. Two $200.00 col lege scholarships are given, outgrowths of the original nursing scholarships. Re sponding to County needs when Cloverleaf Hall burned a few years ago, Sorop timists gave $400.00 worth of tables to the replacement building. Talent and pup pet shows, flowers in front of Wallowa County Court house, Christmas presents to Hillcrest School for Girls are a few more of this Club's many projects. DOROTHY LAKE HEARD co-owner of the Heppner Ga-lette-Times claims Ontario as her hometown. She taught school before marrying news paperman, Charlie Heard. They have two children: Don at Huntsville, Alabama and Judy Becker at Gold Beach. Don and his wife are both computer programmers and Judy and her husbandare both teachers. When her newspaper Job allows, Dorothy likes to gar den and refinish old furni ture. Charlie likes to read and travel. Their travels to Huntsville include interesting visits to the Kentucky Derby, the Mardi Cras In New Or leans and Washington D.C. Other jaunts have taken them to Fairbanks, Alaska, Tuc son, Arizona, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Dorothv is President-Elect of the Hep pner club. Welcome Soroptimists to the FIRST Heppner Area Meeting from the Morrow County Fair Board Lenna Smith secretary Paul Hisler, Chairman or?,e L"cionl Zearl Gillespie Dr. Jim Norene Floyd Jones WELCOME bac in AUGUST to our 59th Morrow County Fair and Rodeo from the 22nd through the 27th. Also Heppner 100th BIRTHDAY CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. BIRDINE TIL LIS and hus band Garry live on a wheat cattle ranch near lone. Two sons, Mark and Tim, are col lege students. Mark attends the Univ. of Montana, and Tim, a graduate of Lewis and Clark College is busy with graduate studies at Eastern Oregon College. Blrdine Is employed in the Morrow County Extension Service working with the women's Home Economics program and with the 4-H and Youth Development programs. Blr dine is a lifetime resident of Morrow County and feels that the growth and development of the county is extremely important. "Youth is our most important product! ', and " Morrow County has won derful women!" are typical of her philosophy. Birdine Is an outstanding home maker, seamstress, and organizerof things artistic and clever. She is a relatively recent member of the club. LENNA SMITH is Sec.. Treasurer of the Morrow County Fair Board. She also works as Extension-Employment secretary In the Mor row County Extension office. Lenna and her husband, Glen, have two children, a married daughter Judy who has two dear little daughters, and a son Mike who Is attending college in Eugene. Lenna was Golden Jubilee president. She is the leader of the club's efforts to beautify the county fairgrounds, and willing helps many committees. Welcome to Morrow County vung r ' I " fi n It Birdine Tullis Co-owner of Wheat and Cattle Ranch Employed in Morrow County Extension Service in Youth and Women's Activities. Where you and Agriculture Meet piimwii vn wm j wain vrowers, MHO.! Dorothy Lake Heard co-owner In Morrow County the friendly newspaper with the home town touch. $5.00 a year A. I o a o
