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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 24, 1972)
Boardman Fete Mr 4 Mrs V 50 Year ago By Mary Lee Marlow More than guests honor ed Mr and Mrs WG See hafer Sunilay at the reception held for them at the Green field Grange hall in honor of their golden wedding anniver sary. Hostesses for the affair were their six daughters. Mrs. Ray Smith of linker, Mrs. Charles Vaughn of Douglas Citv.Ca . Mrs George Holder man of Philomath. Mrs Ron Tye of Enterprise, Mrs Bill Ballweg of Fort Worth. Tex. and Mildred Essex of Fair Oaks. Ca The three tiered cake was cut and served by Mrs. Holder man and Mrs." Ballweg. Pour ing coffee were Mrs. Don Gwynne of Concord. Ca , sister -in-law of Mrs Seehafer, and Mrs Wilbert Salzwedel of Cornelius, niece At the punch bowl were Mrs Evan Gwynne of Kalama. Wa . sister-in-law . and Mrs Oscar Savage of Spokane, Wa. Before the reception which was from 2 to 5 p m.. a luncheon was served to about loo relatives and friends In charge were Mrs Smith, Mrs. Vaughn and Mrs. "Tye. Mr and Mrs Seehafer were married Aug 20, 1922 at The Dalles They farmed at Was co. Helix. Lena. lone, and Bickleton. Wa. before coming to Boardman in 1958 where they have lived since. They have 21 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Takes 1. s W (I a re . . F ; if n .ftgLfc." . s , . One for the money, two for the show, three to get ready and four to go. It takes all hands at home to get a mem ber of the court ready to go. This year there have been two chaperons to share the pace of the Morrow County Fair and Rodeo Court. DONNA PETERSON What's All American? The description w ill vary in differ ent parts of the country de pending on the people ques tioned. But in Morrow County Donna Peterson, Mrs. Bob Peterson, undoubtedly fills the bill. This unpretentious young woman is completing her sec ond year as Morrow County Fair and Rodeo Court Chap erone. She is loaded with tal ents you wouldn't believe but in the same breath she says, Jaycees Farewell Wonsers The Jaycees had planned a swimming party followed by supper Sunday evening as their farewell for the Pat Wonsers and the Marvin Sumners. Showers cancelled the swimming so they gath ered at Library Park to make ice cream. They broiled their steaks and hamburgers in a shower of rain which didn't diminish their good time. The Wonsers will be moving to Pendleton as soon as housing can be found. Pat, last year's Jaycee president, has already started his new posi tion as assistant manager at the Oregon Bank They were presented with a green crystal bowl and match ing candlesticks as their farewell gift from the Heppner Jovcees. the Sumners were not able to attend "I ike this" many faceted Donna Peterson visus wun mcnua ovr a cup of coffee. Her tote bag is on the table beside her It green burlap with a hand tooled leather boot for decoration. Honors Seehafers r u. N-ehafer Present at the reception were all their daughters and their families. Mrs Seehafer s brothers and sister in-law, Mr. 8nd Mrs. Don Gwynne of Concord, Ca and Mr. and Mrs Evan Gwynne and fam ily of Kalama. Wa ; nephews. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Seehafer of Vancouver, Wa. and Mr. and Mrs. Emil Seehafer of Corvallis; Ruby Bacus of Corvallis, niece; Nephew Mr. and Mrs. Bill Seehafer of Sunnvside. Wa . Wilda Craw ford and children of Eugene, nieces and families, Mr. and Mrs John Brayton of Yakima, Wa and Mr. and Mrs. Craig Hull of Beaverton; Mr. and Mrs Wilbert Salzwedel. niece, of Cornelius; Roy Turner of Concord. Ca.; cousins. Mr. and Mrs. Delmer Holt and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Willman of Kalama, Wa. and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brewer of Wood Ind. Wa ; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Coe. granddaughter, and Mrs. Lee Ellen Coe of Elgin; granddaughter JoAnn Chase and children of Mil waukie; and Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Savage of Spokane, Wa.. who the Seehafer 's had not seen for forty years. They were friends when they lived at Helix. Other guests came from Heppner, lone and Boardman. The Seehafer 's received a card of congratulation from President Richard Nixon. Two 1,. "Oh that isn't anything". First a home and family wo man, it has bothered her that she might be neglecting her family as she jaunts around the country with the court. She has welcomed the assistance of Clista Venard (Mrs. John Venard ) this year. They travel together or share responsibili ties as time and work permits. Both are tops in the eyes of the Court. Donna is an enthusiastic Morrow County Fair booster. As co-leader with her husband of the Gooseberry Livestock Club, leader of a 4-H Horse Club and her own children's fair activities she is more than an onlooker. She is all for the 4-H members training and grooming their own animals. She feels this is their responsi bility to assume as well as a valuable learning process. She at Conference Subjects as diverse as non-verbal communication and human ecology were combined in the fifth National Nutrilite Key Conference from which Mr. and Mrs. Hal Whitaker, Heppner, returned Aug. 18th. The Aug. 14-16 conference at Anaheim Convention Center, was for key distributors of Nutrilite Food Supplements, Edith Rehnborg Cosmetics and Nutrilite Household Pro ducts. . , . . Nutrilite Products, Inc., which conducted Aug. 17 tours for the independent distributors, who are self-employed busi nessmen and women. Keys toured the company's manu facturing and quality control facilities in Buena Park and visited Lakeview, where they saw the Nutrilite Research Center ' The Whitakers also visited Disneyland and Knotts Berry Farm, 1 Invitation Mr and Mrs C1de Petty John invite all friends and relatives to the marriage of their daughter. Terry Lynn, to John K Hall, on Saturday, September , 1971 al the Hope laithcran Church in llertpner al II a m To be Married Mrs. Douglas E. Drake announces the engagement of her daughter. Susan Elua beth, to Thomas Llc Fergu son, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley A Ferguson of Kla math Falls Mr. Ferguson has complet ed two years in the Peace Corps in Iran and will be attending graduate school at Oregon State doing research in Food Toxicology Susan has her Bachelor of Science de gree from the University of Oregon School of Nursing. She has just returned home after a six month tour of Europe. September I has been set for the date of the wedding at the Heppner United Methodist Church. Goden Agers Picnic The Golden Agers planned their annual summer picnic for last Sunday at the Court House Lawn. Due to the showers they moved their picnic to the Elks Club. Here they had their usual good time of visiting and eating. Plans were made for the September potluck which will be held at the Elks Club dining room on the first Tuesday in Septem ber which is the 5th. Clista Venard doing the thing and then goes "courting" on is also appreciative of co operative parents. Members do need help in transporting animals and themselves and much encouragement and praise during the entire pro ject. Occasionally she is told "Being a 4-H leader is a thankless task." But Donna gets her thanks and goes all goose pimples with pleasure when she gets that certain look from one of her club members when they have won a ribbon and good words from the judge. She practices what she preaches with her own off spring, Rick 15 and Dawn 13. This week she says "It would have been so easy to have said 'We haven 't time to take Dawn down to the State Fair' but I believe going on after you have won is part of the responsibility of winning." So Bob went to Salem with Dawn and Donna stayed home with Rick who is washing steers and grooming them for the fair. Donna and the board had this thing going last year that she was to ride in the parade. She wasn't too keen about it. Then she surprised them by riding side saddle in the parade. The beautiful tapes tried saddle belonged to Betty Fulleton's grandmother. This year the chaperones will be riding in a buggy driven by Joe Yocom. Donna was responsible for running down the century of styles modeled at the Coro nation. Old things have lots of appeal for her. She is a collec tor of antiques but she likes the ones she finds. When Rick and Dawn are out riding they watch for old bottles to bring home to her. One of the things she likes, is a one-room pot bellied stove they found in a nearly-falling down-house. Donna spent three days with the electric sander taking off the rust. Now it is the base for an elegant lamp. The family enjoys having Grandma and Grandpa living on the ranch with them. They are Mr. and Mi s. Vic Lovgren. Donna and her mother panel ed their family room with old barn siding. One wall is covered with brands. Their own brand is framed with a handsome horse collar. She sews near-profession-ally. She has made a suede coat for Bob and a blue suede coat for herself. She gathered deer hides, salted them down herself and then traded them for tanned ones. She doesn't Soroptimist Hawed Mrs WW Weaherlord of Ihe Heppner Soroptimist Club has Iteen named lu Ihe Exten sion Committee lr Die North western Kegion lv Ifcirothy L. Harry, governor I'asl District Direclitr Irene ll..ll-nt-vk of Ashland will act as chairman Mrs. Gardner entertains court The Morrow County Fair and Rodeo Court. I h e I r mothers and chaperone were luncheon guests of Mrs l-e Roy Gardner Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs Gardner presented Queen Susie and Princesses Debby McCoy. Anne lloskms. Patty Luciani and Kerry Cop pock with gifts of horse head book -ends. Thursday the court was a guest on Ihe KI M A Radio Station Co I fee Hour in Herm Iston. and were guests of Ihe Lyons Clubal noon They were accompanied by Mrs. Bob Peterson, chaperone. and Tom Currin. president of the Rodeo Association. Thev were guests for break fast at the KOHL' Radio Sta tion in Herniiston Friday, along with their chaperone, Mrs Peterson. The busiest time this sum mer for the court will be this week, and w ill climax w ith the Rodeo this weekend MRS DAN JAMES.Tommy and Mardel went to Milton Freewater Wednesday to visit her folks. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stewart. she likes to do at First National the weekend! use a pattern. One time when Dawn was little and needed some western pants, she laid her on the draining board and cut out a pair to fit her. Leather tooling is another hobby she enjoys. She has made each member of the court a purple tote bag to match her outfit. Tooled leather boots with members' names on them in lavender decorate each tote bag. She has a capacity for doing the unusual and doing it well Clista Venard In talking about acting as chaperone for the court, Clista Venard says "It's a good experience for me. I enjoy the girls. They are delightful." With no daughters of her own, Clista has for the summer, five of them in Queen Susie and her four princesses. She has enjoyed the weekend ac tivities. Never bored at the dances, she has enjoyed watching the crowd. She has admired the girls as they have graciously abided by the rules that are set down for their conduct. This is Clista's second time to live in Heppner. Her late husband John Venard was manager of First National in 1957-59 then an assignment at Klamath Falls to return to Heppner in 1964. After he died she accepted a position in the bank and is doing the job she likes best to do. . She likes to sew as her mother taught her. Her com panion is a black lab "Billie" who has the run of the house when Clista returns from work. While it is a good while off, Clista is eyeing retirement on the sound at Sequim, Wa. near Port Angeles. With this mar velous water front property, there's crabbing and clam ming rights. Clista isn't uptight about anything and appears thor oughly relaxed and enjoys just living. COLE ELECTRIC Motor Rewinding Industrial Commercial Farm and Home Pendleton 276-7761 CS f E V I Ma rick Reunion The second M.iru k reunion was hi'ld in the I. me Gunge H.ill due lo Ihe weather. They sjienl ihe alterntHin isiiiug and renewing atiuaiiitaiiccs All right of the original family were present Those in alien d.inre were Mr and Mis Al M.irtik. David, Nuk and Laura; Vlntph. Frank, and I ! -nt y Maruk, all from lone, Mr and Mrs Gone Lancaster, Gene Jr and J I) of Civil. Jackie I low Ion. IIitiiiisIoii, Paul Maruk, Mr and Mrs Tim Maruk, Glenna and J.isnn. Mr and Mrs Clunk Welpall, Ope. Mr and Mrs lew is Maruk. Arlington, Kathleen Marti k and a Inend Glenna Lmh; Jerry Picker, Pendleton, Steve Maruk, Alice Schwinllter and sun E.lilie. The Dalles; Dan Marick. White Salmon. Wa ; Mr and Mrs Vince Maruk, Mr and Mrs Pat Marick. and Mured Harper, Purkd.ile, Or ; Mr. and Mis. Vernon Kicker son, iH'bbie, Glcnda, Vickie, Taniniv, and Cynthia, La Grande. Rose Fagner and children, Condon, Agnes Fag ner and Peggy Kyndake, Seattle; Herman Fagner and children: Wayne and Cevila Itevers and family. Frank and Ita'rbara Ganihetty, Patty and Tori Boweutt, Portland, Vin cent Fagner, Dutch Harbor, Al ; Mr. and Mrs Joe Fagner and familv, The Dalles; Fides Welp, Mt 'Angel. Or.; Mr. and Mrs. Krvin Dinger and son of Veneta. Or.; Mr. and Mrs. Krvin Dinger, Jr.. Noti. Or.; Carl Stones and family. Eu gene; and Beiitina Carey and son. Pilot Rock. ..nu 0 ., '-4'1f-; 11,1.11 lHli,WWf MUSIC BOTH NIGHTS BY: The LEONNIG FAMILY FEATURING: Melinda Ann Leonnig nrrrNm tvnrj, cazftte times, Thuminv. Aunuat 24. mtj Red, White Accent Summer Wedding llfllfh ;'4 MR AND MRS. KARL STKL'CKMEIKR (nee Jill ScotK Red mill white gladiol decorated Ihe altar of tin First Christian Church, llepp tier, for the Aug. 5 wedding o Jill Scott, daughter of Mr. anc Mrs. Bill Scott, Heppner, an Karl Strucknieier, son of Mr and Mrs. Everett Struck meier. Boardman. Rev. Dick Strucknieier. brother of the groom, officiated. The bride, given in mar riage bv her father, wore a floor-length gown of chantilly lace over taffeta fashioned N1 41 .r3 DANCE EACH NIGHT Morrow County Fair Pavilion Heppner, Oregon $2.00 PER PERSON with a Mary Stewart head dress holding the fingertip veil. She carried a cascade ol red roses and white carna tions. Maid of Honor was Mrs. Fred llarnden, sister of the bride. She wore a floor length gown of red and white dotted Swiss. Her arm bouquet was af white gladioli tied with red ribbon. Best man was John Du buque. Ushers were Fred firms; I Recording Star llarnden and John Currin Mrs. Dick Struck in e I e r sang, "We've Only Just Be gun.'' accompanied by Mrs Fred Hoskiiis For her daughter's wedding, Mrs Scott wore a pink slreel length dress Mrs Struck nieier wore a crren and white street length dies Both wore white gladioli corsages with a red rosebud in Ihe cenler. A reception w as held for the couple in Ihe Church Fellow ship Hall The three tiered wedding cake was decorated by the bride's sister Mrs. llarnden Red lapered candles and a bouquet of red and white gladioli on Ihe piano were other decorations. The cake was cul and served by Mrs. Ralph Scott, Kenne wick, Wa .grandmother of Ihe bride, and Mrs. Neal Knigh ten. Kennewick. aunt of Ihe bride. Mrs Floyd Paul. Oxnard, ('a., aunt of 'the groom, poured the coffee; Mrs. Erma Scott, Kennewick, Wa., aunt of the bride. Ihe punch. Attending the gift table were Mrs. John Currin and Joan Christ man. Mrs. Iee Weiher, Orangevale, Ca., sister of the groom, had the Guest Book. For going away, the bride chose a white knit dress with red and white accessories. After a wedding trip to the Oregon Coast, the couple is at home in Prineville. Earl graduated from Hepp ner High School and is employed in logging in Prine ville. Jill will attend her senior vear at Prineville High School this fall mxsm. 4
