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Newspaper Page TextPage 4, THE GAZETTE TIMES, Heppner, OR., Thursday. July 17, 1975 Memorial services were held for Ruth B. Mason at the United Church of Christ on Thursday, July 10, 2 p.m. with the Rev. 'William Graham officiating. Concluding ser vices by Ruth-Locust Chapter No. 32, O.E.S. Services were held in Mil waukie on Thursday, July 3 at the Peake Memorial Chapel, 4 p.m. with the Rev. Keith Mills officiating. ' Ruth Bernice Godfrey Ma son passed away June 27, 197S at Milwaukie at the age of 83. Mrs.' Mason was born near ' Stratton, Nebraska on Sep tember 13, 1891, and lived in Missouri and Iowa until 1901, then they moved to Eastern Washington where her father engaged in farming. In 1905 they moved to a farm at Coos Bay, Or., and then in 1906 moved to lone, where her father owned a dry goods store. Following her gradua tion from lone High School in 1907, she attended business college at Milton-Freewater and at Celwein, Iowa. On her return to Oregon she taught briefly at the business college at Milton-Freewater until she moved to Portland and work ed for a wholesale drug firm. She was married to Bert Mason, lone at St. Johns, Oregon on February 1, 1911, and to this union two sons were born. Dorr Godfrey Mason, April 15, 1914 and Bert Mason Jr., August 18, 1919. Bert Mason sold his mer cantile business at lone in 1945 and they moved to Oak Grove in 1949. They moved into Willamette View Manor on January 9, 1958. She was preceeded in death by her husband. Bert, and son. Dorr. Ruth was a liberated woman long before the term was coined. She was one of the first women in the community to drive an automobile and said from that time on she was completely independent. She could go any place and do anything she pleased any time she desired. She could and did maintain the family automo bile in the days of vacuum tanks and clincher tires. She was undaunted by trips as far; as Yellowstone Park in the days before service stations . and paved roads. She has been referred to by George Tucker, long-time pri ncipal of lone schools as "the most dynamic woman I ever met." She served as member and chairman of the lone School Board for more than 20 years and was extremely interested in youth activities. She was a charier member of Locust Chapter, OES. and having filled all the offices of the chapter, she served as secretary for at least 20 years. She was chosen as grand mother of the lone Chapter, Rainbow for Girls. She was a member of the lone Topic Club, the Cecil Grange, and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Aft er moving to Oak Grove, she became a member of the Oak Grove Methodist Church and sang in their choir. Other than being an avid reader and lover of poetry, her interests were mostly outside the home. She loved camping, fishing, travel, golf and base ball. She maintained her own official score book and kept an accurate record of every game the town team played during her residence here. L'litil her retirement she booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo j atllamlry's InPrndlrton Jury 18 - 19 i:3 a.m. to S:3 p.m. That meant value like the e: 307 mra' long sleeve western shirts Regular lot 17.M K. D. $6.99 329 pair men's cheeked and plaid Jeans Regular UII3.S4 K. D. $5.99 nd much, murk more BOOTS - WOMEN'S WEAR KIDDIES Items too Come join the fun snd save. HAMLEVS lOfJE MEWS Eva Hamlett was firmly confident that she could do anything she set her heart on. She was self-taught and very competent as car penter, cabinetmaker, plum ber, electrician and a fix-it person. It was only after her retirement at Willamette View Manor that she engaged extensively in knitting, rug making and other indoor pursuits. Ruth was not only a good neighbor but an active participant in community af fairs and a good friend to all that knew her. Those from out-of-town at tending the memorial were: Mr. and Mrs. Bert Mason Jr., Oak Grove, Mrs. Alva Mason and children, John and Judy, Portland. Mrs. Delsie Chapel and daughter, Cassie attended the Memorial Services for Ann Johnson Payne in Hermiston on July 3. Mrs. Payne was a sister of the late Ida Lee " Engleman. Tom and Adon Hamlett spent the weekend at Hwaeo and went salmon fishing with Gene Lancaster on his boat. They reported the weather was beautiful and the fishing good. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Martin, Lake Oswego were weekend visitors at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Martin. Mrs. Vera Rietmann re turned Sunday. July 6 from a two-week trip. She was joined by Mrs. Alice Peterson, The Dalles and they went to Indianapolis. where they visited Mr. and Mrs. Paul Koehring. Mrs. Koehring is the former Arlene Balsiger who grew up in lone and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Balsiger. From there they went to Chicago, II and visited with Mr. and Mrs. John Peterson. John is the son of Mrs. Alice Peterson and works for Inter national Harvestor Co. They did a lot of sightseeing and had an enjoyable time. Mr. Gene Lancaster and Mr. John Marick returned from Iiwaco Sunday evening where they spent time salmon fish ing. Mr and Mrs. Jim Swanson spent the weekend at the coast, returning home on Sunday evening Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Mey ers and family returned home Sunday evening from a two week vacation. They spent one week touring British Colum bia and returning to Everett. Wa.. where they visited Mrs. Meyers parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ron Graham. The members of the Willows Grange CWA will meet at the lone City Park, Friday. July 18. 2 p.m. for their regular meeting. The Morrow County Picnic will be held at Laurelhurst Park in Portland on August 3 at noon. Bring your friends. Coffee will be served. Last year only a few attended from Morrow County. The commit tee is hoping that with advance notice many people will plan to attend this year. It's a good way to renew old friendships and meet new people. Plan to attend! I No refund, etrhangesor , layasvayioa sale merchandise Mrs. Al Brazel and children of Jordan Valley arrived Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Martin. Jean will 1 remain to help her parents with harvest. 4-H youths off to Idaho Something new in 4-H events for Morrow County members will be underway this week end, according to Birdine Tullis, Extension Program Assistant. A bus load of members will leave Friday to tour a number of places in Idaho and Washington, under the supervision of Mike How ell, 4-H Agent. , Taking along sleeping bags, with overnight accommoda tions to be found enroute, members will explore cheese factories, creameries, a mint still, large orchards, the Idaho capitol at Boise, the Universi ty of Idaho at Moscow, and other sights along the way. The trip is planned to include time for recreation and offers the new members new experi ences, as well as introduces them to agriculture and crops with which they are not familiar. The 4-H traveling members will be Julie and Geri Grieb, Todd Harrison. Kathy Wolff, Maureen Healy, Mary Daly, Jackie Mollahan and Carmen Clow. The group will return July 22. following a different route than the one taken to Idaho, touring through parts of Washington, visiting the cam pus of Washington State at Pullman and other Washing ton sites. DAVID RICHARDS TOl RS FOREIGN COUNTRIES David L. Richards, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Richards, Irrigon is on a tour of 10 foreign countries as part of the 4-H Citizen Ambassador Pro gram. He recently joined Mark Madison. Echo, and the two youths are currently visiting England. France, Belgium. Austria. Switzerland, Ger many. Hungary, Denmark, The Netherlands and the Soviet Union. They are staying with host .families and will visit Euro pean 4 H youth groups along the way. David and Mark are two of 29 young people from the United States making the tour. They plan to visit historic places of interest on the con tinent, under the leadership of Mr. and Mrs. George Ganng. Bend. They will return from their 39 day excursion August 3 HAVE YOU TRIED OUR MEW DRIVE-IN BANKING FACILITIES RECENTLY? OUR DRIVE-IN WINDOW IS OPEN FROM 830 5 pm and until 6 pm. on Fridays. w rjpT icr llrneXVy man. administrator of Pioneer Memorial Hospital nsei our window... HOW ABOUT YOU... TRY IT YOU MIGHT LIKE IT. IIKITNKR ION K ARLINGTON MKMBKIt, HDK.RAI. DKPOSIT IVSl'RANCK CORPORATION Irrigon .There was discussion Tues day night by the Irrigon City Council on the 24 lot sub-division proposed by Willie Oste kamp. It will be necessary to form a local improvement district to serve this area and the Clark addition, 1n south west Irrigon. Insufficient in formation delayed action by the council on this matter. All information relating to this proposed district will be prepared for the August council meeting. Mr. Alfred Clough. Public Affairs Representative for Portland General Electric, presented information to the council contained in a study report on community impact resulting from their projects and other proposed develop ments in the area. The report projects a population of 1200 for Irrigon, should develop ment be on schedule. Mayor Wilson reported that the 200.000 gallon reservoir was completed and would be filled and chlorinated this week. Erection of the pump buildings and fence will com plete the improvement project which is scheduled for com pletion July 20. Winners at livestock show Clint Carlson and Dawn Peterson, lone, won honors in competition at the Mid Columbia livestock show, The Dalles, recently. Each youngster entered the show with a Charolais cross steer. Dawn placed third and Carlson placed fourth in this particular beef class. Both youngsters entered the meat jndging contest, and Dawn placed among the top 12 in the class. Clinton won reserve cham pion intermediate showman and Dawn won reserve cham pion senior showman. The top two were in a run-off competi tion and Dawn won the reserve champion beef show man. Clint is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Carlson. lone, and Dawn is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Peterson, also of lone. Both youngsters are mem bers of the Gooseberry Live stock 4-H Club. (JAYMES)1 saaaaaaaaWnaaW S. Main BUSINESS Priidlrtwi. (irrgnn MACHINES n INC. Furniture Tprri.,rs Richard Wellman ( ah ulalors ( ash Register, Omirr-ManaKrr -op Machine Jerry Haines Adding Machine Co-Ottnrr Dictating rqiiipniml n my i. in 'A.ZiZ : J MK OF ijZastern Orci Heppner golfers traveled to Kinzua, Sunday, July 12 for play with the Kinzua mem bers. Condon golfers were also in attendance. Winners from Heppner in cluded Gary Hunt with low gross score of 77 followed by Ed Gunderson with 80 and Bob All stars play July 17 The Willow Creek Little Lea gue All Stars will square off against the Mountain Home AFB, Id., in their first game of the Al Star playoffs, July 17, 1 p.m. at The Dalles. Should they win their first game they will piny again at I p.m. July 18. If they lose they will play a consolation game Friday morning at 10 a m. Chosen to the All Star roster are the following: Kelly Ham mond, LuAnn Way. Bob Rob erts. John Bier, Doug Holland, Richard Smith. Gregg Riet mann. Jay Peterson, Scott Martin, Cliff Dougherty, Don ny Lott. Shawn IjRue. Ralph Morter and Rick Cole. Alter nates are Mike Leavitt, Brian Thompson. Ian Cate, James Angel and Kenny Stookey. VISIT FROM TEXAS Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hen ry, San Antonio, Tx. and their children Hank and Joyce, visited with her mother. Mrs. Alice Hastings. Heppner' the past two weeks. They spent the Fourth of July holiday with Mr and Mrs. Roger Connor. Forest Grove. The Henrys came to Hepp ner for the 1955 Heppner High School class reunion held recently at the Elks Lodge. The Henrys left July 5 for their home in San Antonio. Howard Henry is a supervisor for the Great Western Loan Company. s 1 jDverE:2 Tea Cqr Jensen with an 83. Low net went to Charlie Rawlins who scored a 65, Harry McCauley and Dave Harrison tied at 67. Gary Hunt also captured the KP award and John Edmund son connected for the long drive for the Heppnerltes. Bryan Kerr had a high net of 89 to win a golf ball. In womens play Bev Gun derson tallied low gross with a score of 47 and also was awarded for the least putts, 18. Pat Edmundson and Rose mary Parks tied for low net with a 34. Next Sunday, July 20 the male chauvanists from Hepp ner will travel to Willow Run at Boardman. Saturday evening July 19, is family barbecue night at Willow Creek. Play will start at 5 p.m. followed by the barbecue. Bring your favorite meat lo barbecue and those with last names from A to I bring salads. Names with J to Z bring dessert. Special parings will be made for the players. Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Burk enbine and Mr. and Mrs. Neil Parks are hosts for the evening. Automotive SIIKIIItKI.MIIKXROI.KT. INC. Cnmplrlr Sale A Srn ir ltd & Main llrrmlslon Building Supplies SKKlSKOIt Al l. VOl It lit II DIM. St ITI.IKS, XX r fraliirr llmsrn Paints Tl M-V I I Mil MltK.lt CO, Tim MiMire. Mgr. IT.' SK. lloritMi i;.'.'! PKNDI KTON Cafes Lounges CM SIOl N(.KA( IFF. Si i.ilisl III mixrd Hi inks and linr foods. ii".l j llrppnrr Construction ItlXKItltKNO t 'UNSTItl ( HON I O. out 1 1-1 r KKirKiile t l iishrd Km k Drain Km k asphall PavinK K. -tisiilintt and l.radinK lli-niiistnn. OtrKtin Drugs, prescriptions HKimisToNDiti a Krre I'reMTipliun Mail Srnke 0m1a m lot p.m. (ill tew all m ration. Snai k Kar iii Main si. 'h.:; :w;: Floor Covering Heating iAit Kiooimiu him; t arprl. I.iiiolruni, ( eramir Till. Kilrhrnl ahiiirls Kref Kslimatrs ll Umk (iuaranleed Matt HuKhfs l.2l.liidrna Ti IIX llrpunrr Krimig I loorcovering Carpel, draperirs, llmilrum riNinler dips, rerimir III. flmirinK. sundries Nairn i Installation 500 North 1st SI. llrrmlslon, Orrgon r i Hcppncr resident dies Owen Leathers, 79, Hepp ner, passed away at the Veterans Hospital in Walla Walla, Wa.. Tuesday, July 15, 1975. Funeral services will be Friday, July 13, 2 p.m. at the" United Methodist Church, Heppner with the Rev. Ed 1 1 SUMMER SALE RACK MODEL COATS AND SHIRS $4 -$6.00 Sale Price REG. values to $18.95 One rack of belter druse t H0U5tFfl5 0 WHO DOES IT? HAS IT? Service Directory THIS SPACE FOR RENT $8.00 mo. Furniture Srr lis brf in r ou hu our tulix T orslrrrostslrm. IMOH ItNITl UK XNI ITI IM KS .'.lU.ll.riiiisli.il Xr, '.7 .'.'ill Hrriuislnn .Wtftl-BrSCOWiTSlu-V) Nr I I snd Km nilnre A ipilianres ulliorird Noi(r Dralrrs .'.'ihi V Kirsl. llrrmlslon ,V.;.x'H,M Furnace Service Dick's Kl ItNM K SKIM II K Hr si-m Ire nrarl all h prs of liiiii.irrs: also salrs and si'Mire on nrw liruliitK A air roiulilioiiiiiK units. riimir .;)-;!; i ii(Kiisiinot(K MUSH lilli I'rndlrlon Insurance Tl ltNKK. N MWITKK & llltWNT (rnrral Insuranre Ray Buycc limiranee ;k-w2.i It. i llnirf llrppnrr k;h-:.k Turp's Electric Residential Commercial Robert f. Turpin, Owner P.O. Box 39 Arlington, Or. 97812 4.H2O0 BU1.4M270 Monuments l i'iiii'li-M KiMte maikrrs (riinilr.'Miii lilr. Ilionr SUKK.NKV XIOKTt XKV 21 hour plinur RTli K.IMI or SIR H.'.'H XlsoSr-rUnit lour & I rxlnuloii llrppiter. I' O, tu HT.Oir. Cutting and the Rev. Sikes officiating. Vault Interment will follow at the Heppner Masonic Cem etery with Sweeney Mortuary in charge of arrangements. 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