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Af SoroptimisJs' area meeting Saturday'
SIX CLUBS HERE
LEAD THE ACTION
Six Soroptimist Clubs of
Northeastern Oregon are
holding a one day netting
in Heppner on May 13. Wo
men from Ontario, Baker,
wallowa County, LaCrande,
Pendleton and Heppner will
hear reports of tlie Pegion
al Conference held in Great
falls, Montana, April 28-30.
They will discuss the fed
eration's " Lead The Action"
prof-ram.
Anong important officials
exacted are Mrs. Dorothy
L. Kerry. Portland, regional
Governor -Elect and Mrs.
Alice E. Rasmussen, Hood
iuver, Regional Treasurer,
recently re-elected. Several
officers from Districts II and
III are also expected. The
Northwestern Region Com
prises the states ofOregon,
Washington, Montana, Alaska
and the Idaho Panhandle.
The area clubs are all giv
ing special attention to spe
cific phases of Soroptimist
goals set forth in the "Lead
The Action" programandare
hoping to accomplish 12 of
the 15 qualifications to gain
Lead The Action status.
AREA DAY PROGRAM
May 13, 1972 at Heppner, Oregon
10:00 Registration ($2.75 each) Entrance
Hall of Heppner Elks Building
10:00-10:30 Coffee and Friendship Time
Upstairs Poom of Elks Club
10:30-12:00 MORNING SESSION Upstairs
Room
Greetings - Pres. Justine Weatherford,
Heppner
Area history - Area Chairman, Pres.
Pat Leonard, Baker
Regional Conference Highlights Con
ference returnees from Baker, La
Grande, Pendleton, Wallowa County,
Heppner
Quick Looks at two Conference tours:
The Soroptimist Village; Evelyn Sweek,
delegate, Heppner
The Charles Russell Museum: Dr. Mar
garet McDevitt, Charter Pres. Pen
dleton A special post-conference skit The
Baker Soroptimists
12:00-12:10 TEN MINUTE BREAK and move
down to Dining Room
12:10-1:20 LUNCHEON AND SPEAKERS -
Elks Dining Room
Toastnustress - Elaine George, Past
Pres. Heppner (1949-50 and 1968-69)
Invocation - Chaplain Alice Soward,
Heppner
Pledge to Flag - Lenna Smith, Past-
Pres. Heppner (1970-71)
Introductions and greetings by two So-
roptimisters - Judge Jones, Mayor
Collins
Introduction of Regional and District
officers - who will stand and give
their classifications
Rollcall of clubs-whose presidents or
membership chairmen will call out
members names and each member
attending will stand and give her
classification
Group Singing: Ola Mae Groshens, Hep
pner Words of Wisdom: Regional and DIs
trict officers
Announcements: Justine Weatherford
1:20-1:35 FIFTEEN MINUTE BREAK and
move upstairs to meeting room
1:35-3:00 A FTFRNOON SESSION - Upstairs
Room
1:35-2:00 Discussion of re-districting
under Area Chairman Pat Leonard
2:00-2:30 Pointers from clubs on their
"Lead The Action" efforts
2:30-2:45 A liftle about reports - ALL
SPEAK OUT Justine Weatherford,
Chairman
2:45-3:00 Review of Area Day; setting
of next Area Day - Pat Leonard,
Chairman
3:00 Closing Pledge - By All - Dorothy
Heard, Pres-Elect. Heppner
Aiier j:uu - iour oi the new St. Patrick s
Church under Tour Guide
VI Lanham, Past-Pres. Heppner
(1969-70)
About
our members
ELAINE S. GEORGE was
born in Heppner and lived
in Condon and Portland, Ore
gon, and San Francisco, Cal
ifornia, besides Heppner.
Legal Secretary by training
and experience and Motion
Picture Theater operator by
inheritance. Elected to City
Hall with first term start
ing Jan 1, 1965.
Mother of two sons: Kit and
Shirley live in Heppner and
have a boy, Cam, and a girl,
Kim. David and Marcia live
in Heniet, Calif., and have two
boys, Sean and Corey, and a
girl, Tonya.
in addition to being City
Recorder, Mjnicipal Judge
and Utilities Clerk at City
Hall, Elaine is also Secretary-Treasurer
of Heppner
Cemetery Maintenance Dis
trict. She has served as club
president inl949-50and 1968
69. She is one of Heppner's.
best known club members and
is presently a board member.
I cannot say, "I PLEDGE
ALEGIANCE TO SOROPTI
MISM" If I do not know
what it is;
introducing The Soroptimist Club of Heppner Slftg (tfoflg
MEETINGS
Business, first Thursday,
Neighborhood Center-Education,
second Thursday and
Program, third Thursday, at
wagon wheel. All Noon
Luncheons. Board, fourth
Thursday, First National
Bank Conference Room.
HISTORY:
Soroptimist Club of Hep
pner was chartered Apr. 10,
1948, sponsored by Soropti
mist Club of Baker. Among
its early projects were cir
culating the petitions to get
the Heppner Cemetery Main
tenance District on the bal
lot and working for estab
lishment of the City Park,
both of which are now suc
cessful sources ofpride. One
Soroptimist serves on the Ce
metery Board and the City
operates the park.
SERVICE PROJECTS:
They participate in the So
roptimist Citizenship Award,
giving prizes for first and
second winners; $100.00 to
a high school senior girl for
Academic matriculation and
$50.00 for Vocational -Technical,
a $25 bond to anEighth
Grade Girl for Good Citi
zenship, to be used as she
wishes. Soroptimist
timist Club of Heppner spon
sors a Blue Bird Troop. On,
May 19th, Heppner Soropti
mists will be hostessing a
luncheon for all the Senior
Girls of Morrow County High
Schools at which Mary Jo
(Stewart) Hall, a graduate
of Heppner High School, will
be the speaker. Mrs. Hall
is with the Board of Higher
Education, and will bring per
tinent information and ans
wers to questions for these
young ladies who will be
entering college soon.
Soroptimists have had
various projects for assis
tance at the Pioneer Memor
ial Hospital, one of the most
rewarding being Operation
Hair-do, and the Valentine
Party for patients in the Nurs
ing Home.
Primary fund raising acti
vities are the Country Store
at the Morrow County Fair
and the Turkey Hop at Thanks
giving with food sales and
smaller ways & Means pro
jects throughout the year.
Soroptimists of Heppner
are especially delighted to be
able to hostess the Second
Area Meeting of Northwest
Area Meeting of Northeast
Oregon. They do not have
the facilities for District Me
etings or Regional Conferenc
es and welcome this oppor
tunity to invite other Clubs
to Heppner.
1971-72 OFFICERS:
President - Justine Wea
therford, Vice-president -Marlene
Gray, Recording
Secretary - Dorothy Heard,
Corresponding Secretary -Alice
Soward, Treasurer -Mary
Eleanor Gilman, Board
Members - Eleanor Gonty,
Elaine George. Regional
Delegate - Betty Pfeiffer, Im
mediate Past President -Lenna
Smith.
No. 1 ITS A GOOD TIME
(Tune: Tipperary)
If s a good time to get acquainted
If s a good time to know .
Who is sitting close beside you
So just smile and say Hello. .
Goodbye, chilly shoulder
Goodbye, glassy stare
When we all join hands and pull together
We're sure to get there.
No. 2 I'D RATHER BE A SOROPTIMIST
(Tune: Solomon Levi)
I'd rather be a Soroptimist than
anything else I know.
I'd rather be a Soroptimist than
anything else I know.
It puts the punch into the bunch, and
keeps them on the go.
I'd rather be a Soroptimist than
anything else I know.
WELCOME
to
The Centennial City
1872-1972
Come often - Stay a While
Elaine George, City Recorder and Queenie.
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