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
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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
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"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,
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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.
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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.
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The LEONNIG FAMILY
FEATURING: Melinda Ann Leonnig
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Red, White Accent Summer Wedding
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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
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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;
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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
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