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Heppner, Ore., Gazette-Times, Thura., Dec. 6, 1973 Pag 5 Hundreds attend the Arte factory antta opens CbrisSraas season in Hoppnor Last Saturday many per ion observed craft skill demonstrations, bought Christmas gifts, added to their book collections, and enjoyed coffee, desserts and fellowship at the did Heppner AAUW Artefactory. The Degree of Honor lodge hall was a beehive of activity from before 10 a.m. until after S p.m. The guest artist, Nancy Cox Holden from Goldendale, and other artists and crafts experts put on demonstra tions. Creative county artisans sold many of their wares to WSCS is out; UMW comes in Last night the last meeting of Heppner Methodist Church's Womens Society of Christian Service was held in the church basement. Acting president Sylvia Mc Daniel presided and Amanda Duvall arranged refresh ments. The final meeting of the WSCS was centered on a Christmas theme. This or ganization, along with similar groups in Methodist Churches throughout the world, are now to be reorganized with new constitutions and new officers. All Methodist women will be in one over-all organization United Methodist Women (UM W.) from this month forward. Sunday morning, Dec. 9, Rev. Edwin Cutting will install the first ofticers of the UMW as a part of the worship ' sen' ice. He has planned his ' sermon around the work of women in the church. Those to be installed are Sylvia McDaniel, president; Justine Weatherford, vice president; Pearl Wright, sec- ! retary; Doris Cutting, treas urer; Ida Farra. local affairs; Louise Wood, spiritual lite; Elsie Leathers. Christian per sonhood ; Amanda Duvall, Justine Weatherford, Rev. Cutting will serve as the , comnyttee on nominations. Fellowships for women The Oregon State Division of .the 'American Association of University Women will award two fellowships of $2,0(10 each to Oregon women for the academic year 1974-75. The fellowships must be used for graduate work, either abroad or in the USA, and are unrestricted as to age or field of study. Applicants must have a bachelor's or master's degree, and all interested women are encouraged to apply. The deadline for filing is Feb. 15, 1974. Address communica tions to Mrs. Virginia Clarke, 838 Powell Street E. Mon mouth, Oregon 97361. Qualified and interested Heppner women should con tact Liz Curtis, Heppner AAUW president. 32 OSU STUDENTS ARE FROM MORROW COUNTY Nearly 13.000 of the 15,517 students enrolled at Oregon State University this fall are from Oregon, including 32 from Morrow County. Forty-eight of the 50 states are represented in the student body and more than 6O0 students are attending OSU from 61 foreign countries. This year's enrollment is the second largest in history, surpassed only by the 15,542 total of 1971. A breakdown of Morrow County shows: Heppner. and lone. 10 each: Boardman and 'irrigon. 4 each: Lexington. 3; Cecil 1. Gilliam County has 18 stu dents; Grant County has 20. and Umatilla has 178 students. FUTURE IIOMEMAKEKS SELL STATIONERY Heppner chapter of Future Homemakers of America are part of this years season's giving and sharing. Saturday, members will be selling season note stationary'. The notes will cost $1 and can be purchased at MiLadies. Muirays. Coast -to-Coast and Central Market. Proceeds will go to the hospital solarium. local shoppers. Several or-ganizations-the Heppner Garden Club, Neighborhood Center, and the AAUW added to their treasuries. This opportunity for resi dents of the area to meet the artists and craftsmen and see their creations was so suc cessful it will definitely be come a regular event. The sponsoring AAUW found that the larger space and the pre Christmas timing made this second affair more pleasing than the first such attempt last April. Kindergarten parents to meet Parents of Heppner kinder garten students will meet Tuesday, Dec. 11, at 7:30 p.m. Mrs. Rachel Dick, 1st grade teacher, will be the guest speaker, and answer ques tions. Parents are urged to attend. Coffee and cookies will be served. The kindergarten Christmas program will be in the grade school mulitpurpose room, Thursday, Dec. 20, at 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Each child is to bring a gift not to exceed 50 cents in value. Boys are to bring boy's gifts and girls are to bring girl's gifts. Parents are requested to mark the packages accord ingly. If parents bring extra children, they are requested to bring gifts for them also so that each child will have a gift. Riding In a horse-powered" wagon, Santa Claus o pened the Christmas season western style Saturday in Heppner. Jolly Old St. Nick greeted youngsters with bags of candy at the comer of Mam Street. Christmas band selections were played by the Heppner Elementary Band. Santa posed with the chil dren while members of the Heppner Soroptimist Club took pictures. Elaine George and Birdine Tullis snapped over 100 children pictures. With the arrival of Santa Claus, Heppner merchants opened their stores and had guessing contests to test the imaginations of the commun ity residents. Each of the IS participating merchants gave a $5 gift certificate to the winners. John and Tom Kenny won the gift certificate at Elma's Apparel. Central Market had par ticipants guess the number of ounces in the popcorn con tainer displayed in the store. Betty McDonald and Karen Brannon both guessed the correct weight. Many merchants were out witted bv the participants, who guessed the exact amount of merchandise. MiLadies awarded a gift certificate to Frances Naves for her correct guess of 127.75 of the mer chandise in the window. Chris Davidson nailed the exact number of 280 nails in the jar at Coast-to-Coast. An unsual guessing contest was at R & W Drive-In with Bob Seagal! guessing the correct amount of bubble gum in the jar. He guessed 158 pieces. Peterson's Jewelers topped the merchants list with having three persons each guessing the correct number of karats in his window iewelry display. Karen Dubuque. Lori Turn er, and Lynne Gochnauer each received gift certificates with their 4 5 karat guess. One of the closest contests was at Gardner's Men Wear. Mrs. Monica Jones was only M cents off the window mer chandise. She guessed 1278.50 and the correct total was U7880. Monica didn't end her win ning streak at Gardner's, as she won the gift certificate at Cal's Arco also. She had the closest guess of the 177 worth of automotive merchandise in the window. Clifford and Johanne Wood teamed up and both received gift certificates. Clifford had the closest guess of the square yardage in a roll of carpet of 130 yards at Case Furniture. The correct amount of yard age was 133 2. Johanne was 18 nails off in the guessing nail contest at Western Auto. At Sears, Mrs. Millman guessed the Christmas mer chandise in the window of $122.18 The total was $124. If participants got as far as the Wagon Wheel, they prob ably found a tough encounter with estimating the number of pennies in the 32 oz. Heidle berg jar. Mike Prock came the closest with his guess of 8.110 pennies. The correct number was 8,063. Pettyjohn's Building and Farm Supply stumped many people with the container filled with washers. Mrs. Dave Barnett came the closest with her guess of 137 washers. The total was 157. The farthest winner came from Salem. Mrs. Joan Gal lagher guessed $89 95 and was only 65 cents over the total cost of the merchandise at Murrays. In the highest amount of merchandise, Ernestine Mes sick was awarded a certificate for her guess of $897 at Gonty's. She was only $8 over. GARDEN CLUB TO MAKE DECORATIONS Heppner Garden Club members will have a potluck dinner Monday, Dec. 10, in the United Methodist Church basement at 6:30 p.m. The annual demonstration of making Christmas wreaths, swags and table centerpieces will be open to the public at 8 p.m. in the church basement. There will be door charge of 25 cents per person to defray gas costs to gather the greenery. All materials and greenery will be available. ' iff Ooyd Geinte Enjoy the Christmas Magic of Lloyd Center 0 Christmas Hours: Monday thru Saturday 9:30 to 9:30, Sunday Uto6Q Alpenrose Storybook lane, Santa phones, spectacular decorations, giant tree 0 Park under cover Saint Nick is having a hard time trying to convice this little girl to accept some candy. He had just arrived in Heppner Saturday after a long, fast ride from the North. Christmas isn't Christmas until you've visited Lloyd Center. For Your Convenience We're Open Every Sunday until Christmas ll I ii nn jj I I WESTERN . WORK WEAR DRESS . SPORT WEAR j U'VMEN'S B0YT j jjljlW'iwjoMwjj Jjj j 249 S. Main 276-1201 UIUWUUIUIUIUUUUI s V pi mo Tii- You'll never eat any better! Hamburger Feed Saturday, Dec- 8 Before the Heppner-lone game 5-7 p.m. at the Heppner High School Cafetorium $2 a plate, adults $1 children 12 and under Hamburgers or cheeseburgers with all the fixings, potato salad, baked beans, potato chips, coffee or punch. Sponsored by the Goldtrotters, Heppner High's dance learn. Sponsored by DANK OF i i ujEostern Oregon Arlington - lone - Heppner tOMMZX fEDEUU. BOOST DKUBA1IC COEPOIATKW uittutuuiiuimmmuuuiuattiautiuii 1 ii T'li'isi'i? ci ii Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative, Inc., Heppner, Oregon wishes to thank the member-owners for coop eration in curtailment of use during the past few months to help in the energy shortage picture we have faced. The stream flow and reservoir situation has improved greatly in the past few weeks to encourage us as to the situation. The immediate outlook is good, if operating condi tions remain favorable. The long range look shows some real problems in hav ing resources coming on line to meet loads in any nature of critical weather conditions. You can continue to help: Avoid wasteful use of electric power. Contact your legislators to request: 1. BPA be given authority to sell revenue bonds, especially for transmission facilities. 2. Request that delay actions due to actions of special interest groups be minimized in planning for generation projects. 3. That governmental procedures involved in completion of nuclear projects be changed to cut the total time required to plan and construct re duced from the current 10 to 12 years to half that amount. Heppner Ph. 676-9146 Serving 2850 square miles of Gilliam, Morrow and Wheeler Counties.
