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Soropti mists Meet Today The SoroDtimtst Club w,H meet for program meeting thli Thumdav at the Wagon 4 . i- , .i i l. n ct..iii niim wiiii mm auiuvan with the Governor' Comm ittee on Youth as guest speaker. Special guests will be the three contestants for the Cit izenship Award. Taml Mead or. Shsnny Farley and Lu anne Kelly. The business meeting will be held Feb. 8. The meetings were exchanged in order to have Mr. Sullivan on the program. AAUW To Moot The American Association of Universtiy Women will hold a meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 6th at 1:00 p.m. in the home of Diana Klncaid in lone. Please call 422-71S2 for directions or call 676-9944 if you need a ride. There will be a short board meeting beginning at 7:30 p.m. to form a nominating com mittee for the election of new officers. The topic for this month's meeting will be "Women's Role in America" presented by Karen Mitohum. Remember that AAUW members are collecting books for the up coming book and crafts fair in April. If you are moving, or have extra books you would like to donate please call 676-9454 or 676-5006 after five. Also if you are interested in displaying your hobbies, crafts, needlework, any handicraft work at .the fair please call the above numbers. Everybody is invited to participate. IIEPPNF.R (ORE.) GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday, February 1. 73 llcallh Ass"n Elects and Plans Tonight Features Henry V The second meeting of a Shakespeare Study group, sponsored by AAUW, will take place at the Dexter Mills home tonight, beginning at 7:30. The Mills live in the former home of the Dee Cox family up the canyon east of the Willow Creek Country Club. Tonight a recording of the play will be featured. Anyone interested in learning more of Shakespeare's works is cor dially invited. The study of i Henry V . is scheduled to continue on the third Thursday evening in February, also, and the location of that session will be announ ced later. JEAN HEALY, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Healy, has left Washington DC where she has been employed. She is now vacationing in Hawaii. Members of the Board of Morrow County Division of the Eastern Oregon Region of the Oregon TB and Respiratory Disease Assoc, met with the regional director, Anthony Haberlach, La Grande, at luncheon on Jan. 24. 1973 officers were elected. Mrs. C.C. Jones, Lexington, was re-elected president; Mrs. W.W. Weatherford, vice-president; Mrs. Herman Green re -elected secretary nd Mrs. Howard Bryant was re-elected treas urer. Mrs. Melvin Allyn also attended the meeting. BREATH MOBILE COMING It was decided that the new association Breath Mobile will make its first visit to Heppner late in February. Mr. Haber lach asked that all persons taking breathing tests should bring along their social security numbers. L oca I Artists Decorate Office The new Mental Health Services office is looking gayer and more interesting since a group of county artists have loaned their paintings for display there. Mrs. Betty Brown and Mrs. Shirley McNary hung the pictures last week. Currently, pictures by Betty and Shirley, Pauline Matheny, Ann Melland, Nell Anderson, Ed and Craig Cutting are on display. Each picture is appro priately framed. Some of these may be purchased from their creators. Mrs. Brown, hanging chair man says that any artist who would like to loan a picture should contact her by phone, 676-5389. It is planned that the pictures will be changed about every six weeks. Mrs. Wood Honored at Breakfast Mrs. Cliff Wood was guest of honor at a Birthday Breakfast Sunday morning given by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Heard at their home. Other guests were Cliff Wood, Peggy and Butch Wood and former neighbors Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gonty and Doug and Phil Strandvold of the Gazette-' Times staff. APPLICANTS NEEDED Mr. Haberlach and Mrs.. Jones urged anyone who wishes to apply for a health careers scholarship to contact a high school counselor or a member of the county association soon. Party Ends, With Breakast A spur -of -the moment drop in New year's party was enjoyed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Padberg. They happen ed to be at the Elks club the night before and the invitation went by word of mouth around the room. Seventy-two guests enjoyed dropping in during the evening. At 4 a.m. the Padbergs served breakfast to 30 friends. Neighborhood Center Helps Low Income Peoplo ai ure January mrrwiK ui ura Neighborhood Center advisory board, Hubert Wilson was elected chairman, Mrs. Jerry House of lone, vice chairman and Billie Wood, secretary. Pat Brindle reported on the Centers efforts to help others help themselves. Trainees in the MDTA program: One trainee has completed her training and is now employed in quality control at Lamb Weston. Two are in classes at BMCC and doing average work. Nine are taking the GED classes. Testing will be given here Feb. 7 at the Neighborhood Center. Anyone wishing to take the qualifying tests should contact the Neighborhood Center or Mrs. Dennis Doherty. Passing the tests will guarantee a high school equivalency diploma. Mrs. Brindle recently atten ded a work shop in Pendleton with County Commissioner Homer Hughes. The committee is exploring possibilities of a Sheltered Work Shop in Pend leton for the two-counties. One problem is that of finding enough for them to do. Five living at the Activity House in Pendleton are out working in the community. Two of them are from Morrow County. The house is still crudely furnished. They are in need of more pieces of furni ture. The Home was recently given sheets, used but good, by a Heppner family. These were greatly appreciated. Activity House atiords an economical place to stay for people who have come from the EOSH and Training Center. Some of them have employment for the first time. The Neighborhood Center made up 31 baskets for families and Senior Citizens at Christ mas time. Children's toys are being secured now and are in the process of repair for next year's boxes. Verna Brinda reported there had been 19 at the Wednesday night supper. They sent home 5 trays to shup-lns not able to go up to the Junior High cafeteria. Wednesday night supper is a guarantee of at least one well balanced meal weekly for Senior Citizens. Mrs. Brinda has an allowance of $10. per meal to spend. Recently the $10. was stretch ed when venison steak was provided for supper. She odded a tossed salad, baked potatoes, prunes and brown bread. Working towards a degree in Social Service, Mrs. Brindle noted she would be taking a 3-hour credit course In Pend leton In Gerontology, psychol ogy of aging, for three week ends. Administrators and work ers in nursing homes are interested In taking the course. It carries graduate or under graduate credit. Possibility the OEO funds might be cut off was discussed. MRS. HARRY EVANS of Wilmington, Ca. visited last week here In Heppner. She came up to see her mother, Annie Kautz, who makes her home with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Wilson. On Thursday Mrs. Wilson took her sister over to show her Lone Rock and other mountain spots. JANE McROBERTS WENT to Umatilla Sunday to meet her folks, Mr. and Mrs. Les Sannar of Joseph. This was Mr. Sannar's first jaunt out of Wallowa County since his re cent heart attack. Lexington House Receives Rills Have Splendid 50 th llO r' ; j (J Kerry Cason Weds Ray Aye rs In a 10 a.m. ceremony last Friday in Walla Walla, Kerry Cason became the bride of Ray Ayers. The event took place at the Central Christian Church. Rodney and Cheryl Ayers stood up with the bride and groom. Other relatives were present at the ceremony. More Improvements BY DELP1IA JONES Alonzo Henderson of Hood River was in Lexington last week to do some more remodel ing on his house. Seriously III Alvin Wagen blast is seriously ill at Pendleton Community Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. James Leach of Portland were Lexington business callers on Sat. They moved some of the furnishings from the Barnett home. Engaged Mr. and Mrs. Harold an Mrs. Harvey Wright and children of Gresham spent the week-end with her parents Mr. and Mrs. A.F.Majeske. Chris remained and will attend Jr. High in Heppner this coming term. Mr. Wright is a patient in a Portland hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Kroll and children were Portland visitors where they attended the Boat show and in Corvallis where they visited with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. O.W.Cutsforth were Portland business visitors Best 85 th Wishes nounce the engagement of their severaI davs ,ast week daughter, Diane Kay, to Wayne Buchanan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Buchanan of Irrigon. The bride-elect is a senior at Riverside High School. Her fiance is a graduate of River side High School and is present ly employed with Ford Motor Company in California. No date for the wedding has been announced. From Horseshoe Bend Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Pad berg enjoyed a visit last week from her sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Reay, Kari. Tye and Abby of Horseshoe Bend, Idho. She will be remembered as Linda Valentine. Mr. Reay is employed in logging by balloons. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Rill at their 50th Wedding Anniversary. qots JOTS WINS DIPLOMA Delores McLachlan will re ceive her high school diploma this week from Blue Mtn. Community College, according to Ann Doherty who is in charge of the Adult General Ed. Program here. the new camws Electronic for Women BULOVId It lakes a fully electronic watch to keep pace with her new life style. A watch that goes wherever she goes, good looking and trouble free. She can depend on her Caravelle Electronic by Bulova because it depends on a reliable little transistor, an ingenious bit of electronic circuitry and a tiny long-life battery. And never needs winding! The Rhea Creek Grange was the scene of a very happy occasion for the Kill family on December 30, 1972. Ninon and Leonard Rill were honored, by their children and members of the grange with a family potluck and an open house, on their 50th wedding anniversary. Making the event even more special was the fact that all of the Rill's seven children and 20 of their 24 grandchildren were able to attend. Their son Evan makes his home near Ellensburg, Washington ; Myron lives at Connell, Wash ington; William and Cecil live on the farm near Heppner and Lynn's home is in Fairbanks, Alasks. Charlene, their daugh ter, lives in Phoenix, Arizona and their other daughter, Sharon,, drove up from San Antonio, Texas. The table was set with a gold colored service. The anniver sary cake was decorated with laverdar iris like those Ninon grows every spring. Bouquets of lavendar and yellow mums decorated the hall. Ninon wore a lavendar orchid. Alva Rill, granddaughter-in-law of the honored couple, from Moses Lake, Washington, cut and served the cake. Mary Rill, . granddaughter of -. Ellensburg, Washington, served the cottee and tea. Taking care of the guest book were granddaugh ters Ninon Rill of Ellensburg, and Denise Rill of Connell, Wa. Pouring fruit punch was Trina Rill, granddaughter -. , of Connell, Wa. Grange women helping with the dinner and reception were: Mrs. Harold Wright, Mrs. Walter Wright, Mrs. Bob Stevens, Mrs. Elmer Palmer, Mrs. Adrian Bechdolt and Miss Marilyn Bergstrom. Leonard and Ninon met when Leonard came to work for Ninon's father. He was born at Mt. Vernon, Missouri, the son of Lewis and Laura Rill. He was 22 years old when he came west in 1921 with a friend. They drove out in a Dodge touring car. Leonard worked in Portland on a dairy farm until May 1922. He didn't like all the rain so he came to Finally-James M. Perry says in the National Observer: "It is a journalist's function to collect information, absorb it, and write about it sensibly and accurately." It is very hard to be a good journalist these days. There is so much information to worked for Mr. and Mrs, Guy . llect; there is, sr much to ... ... . . ' ohcnrh- thpro ic sn limp rimpM Huston on tneir ranch at h: oht- Mile. This is when he met Ninon. They were married Dec 30 of that year. They lived there on the ranch for two years when they leased her grandfather's ranch. Later they bought the ranch and have made their home there for 48 years. Their son William Rill now farms the ranch. Leonard continues to enjoy fishing and hunting as he always has. Ninon raises acres and acres of flowers. They have done some traveling all over the west, into Canada and Mexico. I've been told that there're horses grazing up on the diversion ditches on Shobe Canyon. Can't really blame them because they were all seeded to grass last fall and should be good eating. But that ground is real soft and what holes those hooves can make in our diversion ditches. I say ours because the townspeople raised $5000 to add to $22,000 from the government to make up the $27,000 that the project cost. ..Many friends join us in sending out very best wishes to Mrs. Mary Bailey and her twin sister Maggie on their 85th birthdays this next week. Maggie is bedfast at the home of Mary's daughter over at the coast where the twins and their older sister who will soon be 89 are to gather to celebrate. Pearl McConkie Services were held for Pearl McConkie at The Dalles Jan. 27 at the Smith Callaway Chapel. Mrs. McConkie at one time lived in Lone Rock and Condon. She is survived by her daugh ters, Mrs. Ella Adlard of Heppner, Alma Williams and Vina Flanders of The Dalles. Dale Adlard of Heppner and Ivan Adlard USN Charleston, SC are her grandsons. MRS. ROY NELSON known better as LaVelle Nelson was here last week visiting her mother Mrs. Erda Pieper. Mrs. Nelson's home is at Newport. Visit Renoes in Irrigon Mrs. Alice Buchanan recently moved to Heppner. She went to Irrigon Saturday to visit her folks, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Renoe. They, lived in Heppner many years ago. At one time Mr. Renoe worked for Frank Parker. The Renoes will have their abtn wedding anniversary Feb. 3 . - on At.Mt. Angel Penny Marquardt is now 'making her home at Benedic tine Center at Mt. Angel. She would love to hear from her friends. Mail may be sent to her in care of the Center. Hew Teller Likes Heppner " qr iiectmhic " v!--' M I -J I il V ftj'tU CTHOHIC j f" yjw suwu tti " . 7 cat Md bfceet. -SoanathlBf Iran thm w.W I X S Is lvay aoaMthiaf pcil" KT JEWELERS I ... . 1 Stof H! t AM. to - - I jpmWMPMMW t iii nnwJji I. Karen Canaday, Mrs. Greg Canaday, new teller at First National. Karen Canaday the new teller at First National has arrived here where she wants to live and says "I want to stay here forever." She has wanted to move to Eastern Oregon for a long time. She and her husband Greg Canaday came to Heppner about the middle of January. He is working for Kinzua. They came from Eugene where Karen was working at K-Mart. Her parents are hoping to move to Heppner if her dad, a machinist, finds employment. Karen likes to sew and ride her horse which she hopes to bring over soon. Matt is a quarter horse. She got a new saddle for Christmas. Greg likes horses even better than she does. He also does some bull riding. Kathleen (Kelly) Gentry Mrs Kathleen (Kelly) Gentry died at her home in Portland on Jan. 24. Funeral services were held in St. Patrick's Catholic Church with interment in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Kathleen was born to Mr. and Mrs. Patrick McDaid on Dec. 31, 1906 at lone Oregon. She attended grade school in Hepp ner and at St. Josephs Academy in Pendleton. She was grad uated from Heppner High School with the class of 1925 After attending Oregon Normal School at Monmouth, she taught school two years. For 15 years, she was employed by Van Duyn Candy Co. and managed one of its stores for sometime. On June 14, 1927, Kathleen was married to Frank Gentry. He preceded her in death in 1971. Surviving members of her family are a son Frank V. Gentry, Portland; a daughter Joyce Quentel, Concord, Ca.; Brothers Ted McDaid, Tigard; Jim Johnston, Heppner; sisters Agnes Sperry Heppner; Anne Robertson, Toledo, Or.; Anna Marie Wilson, Heppner; four teen grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Marguerite Glavey Breaks Her Leg Marguerite Glavey fell in her apartment Friday evening and broke her leg. She managed to crawl to the telephone to call the doctor. The apartment was locked and he experienced some difficulties in getting into the apartment. Miss Glavey was taken to the hospital by ambul ance. She expects to go to Pendleton later this week for surgery. Two weeks ago sick machines . . .this week sick workers. Last week's paper we were almost back to normal Equip ment and people all were working. Not so this week. Ernestine (Messick) had two sick kids so we started Monday shorthanded. Jo (Woods) didn't feel good Monday but she managed to keep her head up and to set type on the compu writer. Mabel Heath filled in on the compuwriter but she had prom ised her friend to do some sewing for her and it had to be in the mail no later than Wednes day. So in spite of... she came in to work the compuwriter alter nately with Ann Toney. And Ann worked alternately on the telephone desk and the compu writer. So now Tuesday evening. ..of course we'll get out a pa per. ..we always do.. .but. ..do hope no one else gets sick until after Wednesday! A n d Aw ay GO! ! Planning Meeting For World Day of Prayer A planning meeting for the 1973 World Day of Prayer will be held this afternoon (Feb.l) at 2 p.m. at the home of Mrs. " Charles Heard. Representa- tives from the churches of a Heppner and lone will meet to i read the program and assign parts. The World Day of Prayer 1973 with a theme of Alert in our Time will be held March 2 at 2 p.m. at the lone United Church of Christ. This is the third consecutive J year that women of all the churches have met for this worship program. Heppner High School to see 3 one-act plays A Roaring Comedy xTje Boor' A More Serious Drama Balcony Scene' and one full of pretense Overtones' Feb. 1 and Feb. 3 at G p.m. . 1.00 Adults .75 High School .50 grade school Preschoolers free This space provided through courtesy of Columbia Basin Electric Co-op m
