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Indian village is setting for book Million have purchased Margaret Craven 'i novel, "I Heard the Owl Call My Name" and millions more have wat ched the TV dramatization of this story of a young priest's experience in a British Col umbian coastal Indian village. Pauline Hughes chose to review this book for the Bookworms at their first March meeting held In her Butter Creek home. She des cribed how the Indian feels about his village. "His village is more than the strip of land four miles long and three miles wide that is his as long as the sun rises and the moon sets. His village is the myths and the winds and the rains. His village Is the river, and the black-and-white killer whales that herd the fish to the end of the inlet. His village is the salmon who comes up the river to spawn, the seal who follows the salmon, the blue Jay whose name is like the sound he makes 'Kwiss kwisa.' " The central character, young Anglican priest Mark Brian, discovers much about life and love, courage and dignity, and readiness for death away from modern civilization. As Mark grows in his under standing of Indian ways, the reader learns about Indian families, about the feelings of the children and the parents. Community history is brought out the dances and customs are explained. The romance of Keetuh and Gordon brings out the chang ing ways of the younger Indians. Gordon decides to slay in the outside world; Keetah loves the Indian vil lage and must return there. When Mark Brian appraised his experience in the village, Sourdough workshop arranged "We have been deluged with requests for a Sourdough Workshop," according to Bir dineTullis, Morrow Extension Service, "so here it is!" ' llomemakers from Gilliam and Morrow counties will present the workshop Mon day, May 12, 7;30 p m., at the fairgrounds annex, in Hepp ner. Sourdough bakers who will be sharing their skills and scrcts are Flora Johnson, Condon. Barb Witherrite, Pine City, and Linda Laltue, lone. The three will demonstrate all phases of cookery with sour dough including starters, pan cakes, biscuits, coffee cakes, rolls, frem-h bread and cakes, with sampling of all promised. Ms. Johnson will include demonstration and informa tion on grinding grains for home use. and other informa tion concerning home ground grains. She has been grinding grains for home baking for a number of years, and has many hints and suggestions to share on this subject. All attending will receive free information and recipes for sourdough cookery, how to make starter and care of it. There is no charge to attend. 1 School Lunch Menu Heppner Elementary School Menus Thurs., May i-epaghettl, ground beef, peas, carrot sticks, rolls, butter, milk. Frl.. May a-School'i choice. Mon., May IJ-hot dogs, bun, cheese sticks, hot vege table, fruit, milk. Tues., May 13-bar b-q beef on bun, lettuce wedge, corn, fruit, milk. Wed., May 14-mcat gravy, potatoes, tomatoes, stuffed celery, rolls, butter, milk. Thurs., May 15-School's choice. Frl., May l-soup, sand wiches, salad, fruit, milk. )(ta like to ! get to Know jyou. HEPPNER BRANCH FIRST NATIONAL BANK Or OREGON fir he felt "he had learned little of the truth of one tribe in one village. He had seen the sadness, the richness, the tragic poignancy of way of life that each year, bit by bit, slipped beyond memory and : was gone. For a time he had been part of it, one of the small unknown men who take their stand in some remote place and fight out their battle in a quiet way." i This novel is available at the ' Heppner Library. Pre-school clinics set Hearing, speech, vision and child development tests will be given free at preschool screening clinics to be held throughout Umatilla County, Monday, May 12, through Thursday, May 22. The clinics are sponsored by local organizations, the Coun ty Health Department, and the Intermediate Education Dis trict. Every child aged three through six should be tested; younger children should be tested if parents have any question about their speech or language development, their ability to see or hear, or about any area of child growth or development. Parents who have a child entering school for the first time next fall are especially encouraged to make an appointment for the clinic. The pre-school clinic pro vides a service which will help parents become aware of possible developmental or perceptual problems which may require medical and, or educational attention. For the parents of those children who will be entering school in the fall, the clinic will provide Information which will help parents evaluate their child's degree of readiness for entry into kindergarten or first grade. Assessments will be made by persons trained in child growth and development : speech pathologists, audiolo gists, child development spe cialists, psychologists, physi cians, and public health nur ses. Appointments can be made by telephone for one of the following clinics: Hermiston-Mon May 12. Tues., May 13. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Seventh Day Adventist Chur ch. 917 W. Highland Ave.. Hermiston. 567 5181 (Call be fore 8 p m.l Pilot Rock-Fri.. May 16. a m. -4 p.m. Community Pres byterian Church. 222 S.W. Third. Pilot Rock. 443561 or 443 2371. Pendieton-Mon., May 19. Tues.. May 20. 9 a.m. -4 p m. Wed.. May 21. 9 am.-!l:45 a m. 276939. Benefit bowl May 17-18 Alpha Theta Sorority is sponsoring a benefit bowling tournament. It will be held on May 17-18 and proceeds will be donated to Mikka Lou Evans. Those wanting to enter the mixed doubles tournament should contact Betty Heath 678 9208 or Rita Harris at 6765023. i jiimsriwiKimitams busy, busy c H A R L I E has finally arrived, in time for Mother's Day. See our complete line of cosmetics by Revlon and Max Factor HEPPNER . t-t in2IB , ZZs' ( r rV : -... v v 'X 1 MR. AND MRS. GARLAND SWANSO.N Garland Swanson quits port post Poor health has prompted the resignation of Garland Swanson, lone, as president of the Port of Morrow Commis sion. The action came at a special meeting of the commission Thursday in lone. At the same time he nominated Louis Carlson, lone, to fill the vacancy until the May, 1976 election. Action on the nomi nation will be taken May ( at the regular port commission meeting In Boardman. Oscar Peterson, also of lone, will serve as president of the body until a new president is elected. Swanson and Dewey West Jr., Boardman, are the only two charter members re maining on the commission. Swanson has been a member since the organization was formed in 1959. The commission got off to a shaky start when Gov. Robert Holmes, In the process of leaving office, forgot to appoint the commissioners. Probably without legal authority, the board function ed for about two months. Gov. Hatfield made the formal appointments to the commis sion. One of Swanson's favorite stories concerns the bomb that was accidently dropped in his yard. The practice bomb had been dislodged from a bomber heading for the bombing range. It took a chip out of the concrete, barely missing the house. RECESSION PROMOTES LIBRARY GROWTH Something good in the current recession is the grow th spurt taking place in public libraries. The Heppner Library has just cataloged its 10.150th book. It also has over 2.000 uncataloged paperback books and many magazines. Its circulation has grown consid erably this last year. Time Magazine for April 29 reports. "In many towns the new In place for free informa tion and entertainment is the public library. 'It is a truism among librarians that the Great Depression saw a tre mendous rise in people com ing into public libraries, and we believe this is happening again,' says Larry Molumby, a public library administrator in Washington. D C." OREGON g y.r wvi jx I. ii mm A-- Swanson, according to Ru pert Kennedy, port director, was instrumental in organiz ing the port's 4,000-acre waterfront industrial park during the years 19614. He also worked to obtain the nuclear site and irrigation expansion in 1968 as well as being a leader in securing the food processing park in 1972. "He was a real leader of the commission," Kennedy said in paying tribute to the former grain dealer and rancher who has recently undergone major surgery. Square dancers enjoy dence The promise of homemade ice cream has a way of bringing lots of out-of-town visitors to dance with the lone Grand Squares. Saturday, May 3 was no exception. Square dancers from Hermis ton, Pendleton and Walla Walla came to help the Grand Squares celebrate their sev enth anniversary with an evening of square and round dancing. Six squares of dancers danced to the calling of lone caller Darrell Wilson. Clar ence Johnson of Walla Walla, Phil Jameson of Pendleton and Henry Hicks of Hermis ton. As promised the lone club had plenty of homemade ice cream on hand for the dancers. The lone club has two more regular dances scheduled for this season. They will dance on Friday. May 16 and Saturday. June 7. HIGH SCHOOL mm. CONCERT Tuesday, ay 13, 7:30 p.m. Band, chorus, soloists $L00 c&&3 JS0 students . This community service announcement sponsored by : Columbia Dasin Electric Co-op "Serving 3010 square miles in Morrow, Gilliam, Wheeler, UmatilU Counties" Heppner, Oreeon Picnic The Pioneer Memorial Pic nic is scheduled for May 23. It will be held at the fairgrounds pavilion with registration at 11:30 a.m. Local organizations are do nating the main food dishes for the potluck dinner. Prizes will also be offered by the Heppner merchants. Everyone is invited to renew old acquaintances and make new ones. fcluseum hours tare extended Judge Paul Jones and Mrs. Rachel Harnett announce that the county museum has ex ' tended its hours as of May 1. The new hours will be in effect until about Oct. 1. The public is invited to come into the museum on Monday and Wednesday between 12.30 and 5 p.m. Thursday evening the museum will open between 7:30 and 9:30 o'clock. These hours are the same as the hours of the public library that shares the building. Weekends the museum will have longer hours than the library which is open only from 2 to 4 Saturday and Sunday afternoons. The mu seum will continue being open Saturday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Sunday from I to 5 p.m. Mry visit at reception The many members of Eastern Star chapters who came to the county Saturday to honor Grand Recorder Virginia Wilkinson learned a little about the area. Besides enjoying visiting with local members and with one another, some of them did a bit of exploring before and after the smorgasboard din ner and reception at lone Saturday. Some inspected the county museum and checked with Mrs. Harnett about family connections to Morrow pio neers. A few checked in the library, asking about ghost towns and other places of interest. TRIP CANCELLED The Morrow County Gem and Mineral Society has cancelled its field trip sched uled for May 10-11, as several members are unable to attend at that time. FAIR BOARD MEETS The Morrow County Fair Board will hold its regular meeting, Monday. May 12, beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the dorm building on the fair grounds in Heppner 1 Page Bechdolts Hardman i Mr. and Mrs. Adrian C. Bechdolt and Mr. Archie Bechdoll have lived in Morrow County's best known ghost town, Hardman, for many years, and are now leaving it. Their white house west of the highway is the house which stands out as the one with the most paint on it. The brothers' parents came to the area in 1898 from Indiana. Adrian was born at the ranch house about 2' 2 miles out of town; Archie was born in Heppner. The ranch property was sold to Bob Mahoney in the fall of 1968. The white house which the Bechdolts are leaving this week was purchased from Kenneth Batty in 1958 and has now been sold to Harold Wright. It will soon be occupied by David Wright and his family. David is a nephew of the new owner. Velva Bechdolt taught in the Heppner Elementary School until the end of the 1971 year. She and husband Adrian are both members of the Morrow Umatilla Retired Teachers Association. Velva has long been active in Rebekah and in Delta Kappa Gamma and more recently in the Heppner Branch of AAUW. The Bech dolts are members of the Heppner Christian Church. The Bechdolt threesome is busy sorting through accumu Ron Janes Chief Clerk Pendleton Ralph T. Burdett Weighmaster-Clerk Walla Walla WT it V, J t'l iPS I J Don Gross Signal Maintainer Baker 7, THE GAZETTE TIMES, Heppner, OR., Thursday, May I, 1975 leave home lations of several generations at thev move this week to Pendleton where they have purchased a home at 514 NW 6th. "We have things that go back as far as the American Revolution," Archie said. The family has donated some historical magazines to the Heppner Library. 0 BPOE 353 Fishermen's Night Stag Night May 8, 1975 Fish &Ch!ps Dinner 6:30 to 7:30 $2.00 EZ22 Linda Brown Roadmaster Hinkle Oran Thomas Revising Clerk La Grande ., 1 i 1ajK vaaika1 Wes H. Hurnelt Freight Agent Kennewick The power of our people is the music in our song. It may be the age of automation, but it's still people, much more than computers, that keep our railroad humming. Each day. we go to work in tune with the needs of people like you, the people of the Pacific Northwest. We see that the goods you need get delivered, on time and intact. And then we see that your paper, lumber, aluminum and fruit and frozen foods get delivered to people in other parts of the country. We're the Union Pacific, and if you've been looking at us as miles and miles of cold, impersonal railroad cars, we suggest you look again. And look deeper. You'll see a vital form of transportation, with vital people at work for you delivering all types of goods for all types of needs. People Power. It's the big reason why th Union Pacific railroad people Monument , Mr. and Mrs. Joe Carr, Monument, had the mil fortune of losing their home by fire, on April 28. Monument townspeople held a carnival last week, and are planning a ham dinner and walkathon in the near future. Proceeds from these money raising ventures will go to wards the purchase of a new ambulance. a person 0 V - Clerk i J WjkL
