. IIFITNFIi
" it stands still, paint it!
"The pursuit of happiness"
means different things to dif
ferent eople, hut to four Lex
ington women happiness Is a
worm Kurd," a dented milk
can, an antique coffee pot
itliut a lid, or a kraut
board In need ot a "refill
ishlng" Joh. But to these
ladies, these Items are Ihmu-tUul-r
e a 1 happinessle
cause when the) are found,
bought, borrowed, or created
it means they can continue
their favorite hobby: tole
painting.
" no's driving this week?"
is a common question anions
Eileen Padberg, Mildred Dav
idson, dena Leonard, and
Phyllis Piper who take pain
ting lessons weekly in Milton
Freewator. "Ifs a long
drive," they admit, "but we
would rather be spending our
time driving than in a psy
chiatrist's office."
Their teacher is Mrs. Jim
Alexander from Milton-Free-water,
and the classes are
held in a little room at the
back of The Hobby Slack,
a creative supply store there,
owned and operated by Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Corwin. "He
sure to give our teacher
plenty of credit," one of the
ladies said, "because she's
really a good one!"
Tole painting is oil pain
ting, with the emphasis on
one-stroke application. This
requires the painter to often
use two, three or more colors
on one brush at the same
time to achieve the look that
is strtved for. Different
shaped brushes are used to
fit different patterns.
Since patterns are an ex
pensive part of the supplies,
to cut down on costs the lad
ies share patterns. When
buying books, they each try
to get a different one so that
the patterns can be ex
changed. Wrapping paper,
cards, comics, and coloring
books are also sources,
("...and good ones, too!")
that can be used for patterns.
Sometimes patterns are cho
sen to fit a particular item,
other times, the item is cho
sen for a pattern in mind.
There are four major steps
from beginnings to comple
tion of a project. First, the
project must be cleaned
thoroughly with different sol
vents to remove anything that
the- paint might not stick to.
If it is a board, it must be
sanded to take out all rouch
sports, and the bad holes fill
ed with wood putty, and then
re sanded. No all boards are)
in bad condition: some are
even bought new, and then
made to look old! After
the painting is finished, the
item is varnished, "...which
is the real secret."
Their projects are varied,
but something new is always
being added. Visits to gar
age sales, rummage sales,
junk yards, and second-hand
stores are common occur
ances. "We can always fix
it up and use it again," is their
excuse for being so interested
in the "junk."
Irrigon Rec
By Frances Rose Wilson
IRRIGON - The summer
recreation program which
started June 12 at A.C. Hou
ghton School in Irrigon has
been well attended. The last
two weeks will consist of
swimming lessons at the Her
miston pool, according to
Principal Mick Tolar. Swim
ming began Monday July 24
and will run through Aug. 4.
They will tx. held every morn
ing from 10:30 to 11:15.
The fee for ttie 2 weeks
will be $8.00 per child and
transportaion will be provid
ed for both Irrigon and Bo
ardman students of elemen
tary school age. Thirty child
ren had been expected for
the swimming sessions and
more than 70 registered.
Trophy winners in the ping
pong tournament held Friday
at the school, were Dale
Brandt first place and Ler
ry Wilson second. Honorable
mention to Donald Richards,
Robert Leckenby.
MUOR AND MRS. CHES
TER WILSON and Lerry, re
turned to Irrigon after a 2
week vacation in Calif. They
visited their daughter Car
mine Wilson in Santa Cruz
and Evangeline Fagerstrom
and Mr. and Mrs. David Bau
er and family in Watsonville,
who are Mrs. Wilson's mot
her and brother in law and
sister. Carmine accompan
ied them on a weeks tour thr
ough the Mother Lode gold
country, visiting Sonora, Col
umbia, Calaveras Big trees
Park and Yosemite. The si-sht-see
Shuttle Buses were
of special interest as they
would carry people through
rut the valley. Cars were ban
ned in certain areas of the
lOKE i. tlAriTE TIMES Thursday. Julv '.T. WJ
Here, a Christinas uttern
to be nudi early.
Getting more than one
the real art of Tole Painting
One-stroke application when
Antique, then varnish and the
The projects have ranged
from new and old boards,
stools, boxes, cans, bottles,
canisters and bowls, to kraut
boards, coffee pots, milk
cans, clocks, and watering
cans. "Something we paint
makes a good gift because it
is home-made," the women
say. Many of the items they
'
Program going great
Park to eliminate traffic con
gestion.
On the return trip Darla
Fagerstrom, a niece travel
ed with the Wilson's to Port
land where she took a plane
to her home in Juneau, Alas
ka. She had been visiting
at the Bauer Home.
The Wilson's visited his
sisters, Lois Land, Portlanc
and Mrs. Wayne Walker in
North Bonneville, Wash., be
fore returning home Wednes
day. Bruce Buchanan, returned
home from Mountain View,
Calif, to attend the wedding
of his brother, Robert Bucha
nan. MR. 4 MPS. DON ADAMS
and sons and Mr. and Mrs.
Burrel Cooley and sons, va
cationed together in Pentic
ton, B.C. Canada. They also
visited points of interest in
Washington including, Lake
Chelan, Sun Lake and the
Coulee Dam.
Vera Cooley recently re
turned from Oklahoma wnere
she visited her mother, El
nora Arbogast.
PERRY PUMMEL, Irrigon
flew from the Pendleton
Airport to Kearney, Nebras
ka, on Friday toattend a Pum
mel family reunion. Over 150
relatives from several states
were at the reunion. On the
return trip he visited with
relatives in Denver, Colo.
Rev. and Mrs. Charles Mar
shall, Debra and Alan of Deer
Park, Wash, were visitors at
the W.F. Coy home, last week,
visiting Mrs . Marshall's
brother, David Fitzgeraldand
family. Mr. Fitzgerald was
home on a 10 day leave
from the Army and left Fri
day to return to Vietnam.
is being traced. Plans have
color on a brush at one tune is
painting.
project is complete.
decorate are very useful-not
everything is for decoration.
The group first started
painting about four years ago
under the watchful eye of Mrs.
Gus Nikander.Heppner. "She
is the one who really got us
started," one of them adds,
as she traces another pat
tern to continue her favorite
pastime.
THE ELBERT EPPEN
BACH FAMILY gathered at
the Eppenbach residence in
irrigon for a Sunday after
noon dinner honoring E-3 John
Eppenbach, who was home
from Ft. Ord, on a 10 day
.eave. Attending were Mr.
md Mrs. Don Eppenbach, Ir
rigon, Mr. and Mrs. Norman
eppenbach, and family., Uma
tilla, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Eppenbach and family, Her
miston, Mr. and Mrs. John
Marlowe and family, Kenne
wick, Mr. and Mrs. Gary Bai
rd, Pendleton and Mr. and
Mrs. Kenneth Matlack and
laughter of North Powder.
John Eppenbach left Monday
to drive to Ft. Eustis, Va.,
where he will be stationed.
MR. & MRS. FLOYD
hobbs, jyl and Becky, re
cently returned from a va
cation trip in Oregon, Wash,
ind Canada. They traveled
to Klamath Falls, where they
visited Mr. and Mrs. Allyn
Hobbs and saw their new
granddaughter for the first
time. Then after traveling
up the Oregon Coast to Port
land, they visited Mr. and
Mrs. Byron Hobbs. They
saw the Rain Forest in Nor
thern Wash., before taking the
ferry from Port Angeles to
Victoria, B.C. On the return
trip they came by way of Seat
tle and traveled to the Grand
Coulee Dam before returning
home.
Three Irrigon couples
combined lorces to celebrate
their wedding anniversaries.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Ste
wart and Mr. and Mrs. Per
ry Pummel were observing
their twenty second anni
versary and Mr. and Mrs. Don
Eppenbach their eighth. They
PHOPEKTY TAX FAX
If you have a question con
cerning real or personal pro
perty please state all the
facts as briefly as possible
ami m il it to your ( OUN i .
ASSESSOR uml r the name
"PROPERTY TAX FAX',
Please ask onh one question
Hr sheet. Then watch this
column for the answer.
question;
I am a war veteran having
served with thelnitedStates
Armed Forces, and have been
certified by my county health
officer ami my duly licensed
physician as having disabili
ties of -10 wr cent or mure.
I have filed with the county
assessor and am entitled to
a property tax exemption It
my total gross did not ex
ceed $2,300 during the last
calendar year. Do these to
tal gross receipts have a re
lationship to whether the in
come Is taxable under the
Oregon or federal income tax
laws? What about joint in
come with my wife?
ANSWER:
No. Your Income is the
income earned by you or paid
to you. The term "Joint
Income" as it applies to a
veteran's exemption, would
mean only that income to whi
ch the veteran and another
person would have a joint rig
ht. Social security is not
a joint income, cut rather
is a combination of separa
te incomes. For instance if
a veteran receives social se
curity benefits of $247.50 a
month which is comprised ol
$163 for "his" payment ami
$82.50 for his wife's bene
fit only $165 is the income
of the veteran.
Cont from pg. 3
District 10
Mrs. Van Hubbard (lone
Club) 2nd lor Horticulture Es
say titled "Pansies".
Susan Marshall, 2nd instate
for Conservation Poster.
Susan is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Doug Marshall, and
a student at Sherwood School
Pendleton. Her prize was
$10.00.
Mrs. Charles Dallas, Dis
trict Director was presented
a State Life Membership by
the State Federation of Gar
den Clubs, Inc. for her long
and outstanding service to
Garden Club activities and
projects.
Those attending from lone
were Mrs. Fredrick Martin;
Mrs. Van Hubbard, Rev. and
Mrs. Ed Cutting.
Future Citizens
Kocky John and
Rusty Jake, 5 years old; and
Toby Dale, l'2. sons of Mr.
and Mrs. Dale Rodriguez,
Irrigon.
all went out to dinner in
Pendleton, Saturday evening.
MR. & MRS. VESTIE ELGIN
flew to Burlington, Iowa, to
attend the funeral of Mr. El
gins father, which was on
Saturday. They returned
home Tues.
Among guests here to at
tend the Robert Buchananand
Georgia Hinton wedding, were
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Aune
and family of Seattle and Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Barnett and De
Ann of Pendleton. De Ann
was in charge of the gift
table.
A visitor of Rodda Maddox
was her sister, Ruth Moody,
of Winifred, Montana. Mrs.
Maddox took her to Lewis
ton, Idaho, where they both
spent the weekend.
Mrs. Gayle Shoemaker
spent several days in Port
land recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Berg
and Ronald, were visitors at
the Al Partlow home over the
past weekend.
MOVING??
Local or
Long Distance
Free Estimates
Call Gene Orwick
989-8586
or Condon 384-2292
Agents lor
United Van Line.
vm
Retired Army
Colonel Passes
Edward Lafayette Hurchell,
Oregon State Traffic Admi
nistrator was burled July 12
In Corvallls. He died July
9 in Good Samaritan Hospi
tal, Portland followinga heart
attack at tits home In Corval
lls . Services were held at
M' Henry Funeral Home In
Corvallls followed by burial
with full Military Honors at
Oak Lawn Cemetery. Fat
her Gerald M. Ileal) of Be
loit. Wis officiated at the
services and Interment.
Mr. Hurchell, son of Ed
ward T. Hurchell and Anna
Mae Rainey, was a retired
Army Colonel. He served in
World War II, Korea and Vi
etnam where he was Com
manding Officer of the
Army's Aviation Maintenance
and Recovery Activities. His
decorations Included three
Legion of Merit and awards
from other nations In which
he served.
Horn at the family home
near Lexington, he graduated
from Lexington High School
and In 1939 from Oregon St
ate University where he was
Editor of the Barometer for
two years.
Mr. Hurchell and Kather
ine Healy were married in
1935. After traveling thr
oughout the world as mem
bers of the Army they re
turned to Corvallis last year
following his retirement.
Besides his widow, he lea
ves two sons; Major Larry
E. Burchell, Ft. Richardson,
Alaska; Major Gail P. Bur
chell, Ft. Greeley, Alaska;
both graduates of the U.S.
Military Academy at West Po
int; a daughter, Mrs. Bar
bara Ann Stubbs, Alexandr
ia, Virginia; brother William
E. Burchell, Grants Pass;
sisters Mrs. Grace Graham,
Salem; and Mrs. Doris Ro
binson, Anchorage, Alaska;
and nine grandchildren.
Those who wish may mike
contributions to the Oregon
State University Fund.
Havest
Profit, Production
and
Protection . . .
Boardman
Ily Mary Lee Marlow
Denver Grlgsby. manager
of Boeing's llourdman Pro
ject, and Ellon Weeks, as
sistant mniagcr, us well as
members of the Itoardmun
City Council ami the Hoard
man Planning Commission
were very Impressed with
what they saw In Seattle,
Saturday and Sunday a I the
open house of a new nimlul.tr
housing development spon
sored by the Deartnient of
Housing and Urban Develop
ment. Mayor Dewey West Jr. stat
ed that he thought the tyi
of housing they saw would
certainly lend Itself to the
growth and development of
Boardman.
Mr. Weeks said Monday
that there were four differ
ent manufacturers of modu
lar home components, one of
them being the Alcoa Alumi
num Company which builds
the core unit of a home Hut
contains the bath and kitchen
plumbing and the stairwell
between the floors. The rest
of the house Is built around
It. Aluminum Is used for
the siding and window sills.
Another manufacturer, the
Levitt Company, builds the
whole thing In sections and
puts It together. The group
saw several different appr
oaches with the view of re
ducing the price of homes for
better quality.
Included In the group, most
flying home from Pasco,
were besides Mayor West,
Mrs. West, Ronald Black,
Zearl Gillespie, Wally Hen
drix, Vernon Russell, Cecil
Hicks and Joe Tatone of the
city council, planning com
mission members and gues
ts, Mrs Ronald Black,
Henry Gantenbeln, Mr. and
Mrs. Rue Kennedy, Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Allen, Harold
Baker, and I.M. Docken; also
Bill Nelson, builder, were in
the group.
A FOUR WAY TIE IN the
top spot of the Men and
Boys' Sweepstakes at Willow
the Rewards
The success of today's highly mechanized farm de
pends to an ever-increasing degree on the safety prac
ticed by today's modern farmer. When safety is your
constant companion, you run a more efficient and pro
ductive farm.
As a modern farmer, you put heavy dependence on
the proper operation of costly, often specialized equip
ment. Be sure it is safe to use . . . keep all machinery in
tip-top shape.
Accidents are fewer when our farm area and build
ings are neat, clean and in good repair. And even your
youngest farmers-to-be should practice safety. The best
way for them to learn is by following your good example.
Safety is a full time job. Practice it all year around,
and you'll never stop harvesting the benefits.
Morrow
rain rowers
Your Friendly Local Cooperative
Lexington, Oregon
views Modular Homes
Run Coif Course over the
weekend. Hon Russell. Doug
Trudeuu. Ralph SkoulHi and
Don llarHT ull had a low
net of 50. Carl Wicklander
had low grows.
In the "rose ami thorn"
contest Sunday evening first
place winners were Ron ami
Eileen Daniels, second went
to llruee ami Barbara Rus
sell. Wayne and Hetty Kuhn
had low gross.
Pastor Neil King took anot
her group of students from
the Huardman Community Ch
urch to Camp Morrow near
Waniic this week. Freddie
and Donnu 7""'r Paln
went as counselors. Others
in the group were Linda Wal
ker. Jack Donovan, Mary Lou
Lindell, Hecky Zlemer and
Cynthia King.
THE H'JARDMAN GARDEN
CLL'H met Monday night of
last week at the In of
Mrs. Rullm Ilishop with Mrs.
Roy Ball as co-hostess. The
following officers were in
stalled by Hazel Miller: Mrs.
Hall, president; Mrs. Walter
Hayes, vice-president; Mrs.
Mrs. Ralph Farwood, trea
surer. Mrs. Bishop read an arti
cle on birds, "Thr' My Gar
den Gate." Hazel Carpen
ter liad a poem read written
by Mrs. Rose Blunt of Kirk
caldy, Alta.. Can., "A Little
Shack On The Prairie", in
1925. Mrs. Blunt is now 98
years old and her poem was
recently printed in a Cana
dian paper.
Mrs. Hayes had an article
read by Mrs. Ball, "My Get
Up And Go Has Got Up And
Went."
Mrs. Miller received the
prize in a game and Mrs.
Marlow the door prize.
THE BOARDMAN TILL1
CUM CLUB met last week
at the home of Mrs. Tom
Hilling with Mrs. VemonRus
sell co-hostess. The club
planned a traveling food sale
for July 29.
County
INC. U ki
The next meeting will U
a potlui'k dinner and swim
ining lr'.V home ol
Mrs. lull Nelson Aug. .
The Decorations, K"Sk'I
singing group of 22 y""s
people ti omthe Emanuel liap
list Church in Pasco, under
the direction of Hob Stewart
presented a concert in the
Hoardman City Park Sunday
evening. There Were about
100 present.
MRS. JERKY PECK was
called lo Seottsdalc, ArlX.
last week In the serious 111
liess ol her father, t ol. (Ret.)
Robert lleald.
Mi s. Elvin I ly Is apatient
in the Community Hospital
ill Pendleton where she had
major surgery last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hall
visited in Pendleton last Thu
rsday at the home of Hall's
son and daughter-in-law. Mr.
and Mrs. Franklin Hall Sat
unlay the lull's went to Yak
ima, to visit at the home
of his brother and sister-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Gleh Ball
Mr. and Mrs. Max Lings
elicit, Pasco, visited at the
home' of Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ter Wyss Saturday.
Mrs. Frank Marlow return
ed home Sunday evening from
a visit of several days in
Medlord at the home of her
son and daughter-in-law , Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Marlow.
MRS. MARY BAILFY will
be leaving the lloppner area
soon to stay with her twin
sister, Mrs. Maggie Rey
nolds, Astoria, who recently
suffered a stroke. Mrs. Rey
nolds lias visited in Heppner
several times and is well
known among some of the
people here.
PC