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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1975)
I M Hy MUtVUII I IW1S June Stirewalt, a local artist, and Ruby Smith were in Portland recently for an art exhibit sponsored by the Portland HuildiiiK Owners and Managers Association. The exhibit was displayed in the lobbies of eighteen of that city's downtown buildings. Two of Jane's paintings shown were the Schaffcr home in F ossil and a new view of the French Ranch burn. The exhibit was a new concept designed to encourage art in public buildings. Ralph Bennett is here from Prineville and will make his home in Spray. Ralph, who was born in this area, left here in 1918 and has lived in Crook County until his arrival here last week He has sold his properties In and near Prine ville and will reside in his newly purchased mobile home at the Hulcrt Asber court here Mr. Bennett is a brother of the lale Eula llrisbois of Spray. Rill and Anne Chapman have returned from a 10-day vacation taking them to Eu gene for a visit with their daughter and family, the Oakley Otts. In Salem hey were guests of the Jerry Beaches and went on to Portland for a visit with another daughter, Penny Jo. They also called on Rob and Naomi l!u-h ford in Portland belore their return home Sunday evening. Thursday Mrs. Chapman accompanied her daughter. B J Rardin to John Day for shopping and medical apHiintments. The Ladies Auxiliary of Un American Legion met with their president. June Troxell. on Wednesday evening with two new members in attend ance They are Ixiu Cress and Dotty Petit Transferring their memberships here from Mit chell were Virginia Petersen and her four daughters, junior members Diane. Jeanne, Ciail and Pave During the meeting the auxiliary ladies voted to assist the men with the spaghetti dinner the Legion sponsored Nov II Also, the women null li.ike Christmas cookies and sent to White City Hospital in Medlord Making lap robes will be a winter project later Their next meeting is scheduled for Iht 3 at City II, ill when Diane Mill rejHirt on her ti ip to (Jills' State STAV WILEY INC.niAI.TOMS Stock and Wheat Ranches Needed Wequalifyour buyers All inquiries confidential For buying or selling your farm call or write fur all onr Real estate nrrris Vesta Kilkenny 11300 NE Halsey Portland, Oregon 97220 Fflil Dinnerware Still Available Irk (200 ttilt. Ttw ckki ( 4 K. itarttr it In Granada Stoneware or... English Ironstone 1 Free Set par Account Please - SAVE NOW and EARN fufc , i H i - - Lm "Sat whtrt four monty bultdt t$twn Ongon " First Federal Savings "C, ANO 10 AN ASSOCIATION MMXITON MIMttTON WlTWt HI IWATtl W.txrt 1MNLMS4. til I Mm M. I7H41I H1U WUM SPRAY NEWS Verne Mct'arty has return ed from Worland where he has been employed with the Nashs. Siending the past two weeks here at the Ted Cress home have been Mrs. Cress' daugh ter and family, Velda and Bill Schell and son Billy and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Chavez all of Turlock. CA. On Saturday Mrs. Cress, Ellen Bowler and daughter Jamie, Mrs. Hubert Asher and the Schells were in Prineville for shopping and seeing a bit more of Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. William Zettl er and children, Kathy, Sandy. Uwi, Jay and Cheri left Saturday for their return to Pascagoula, MS following an extended visit here at the home of Mrs, Zettler'i par ents, the Edgar Enyarts. Spray people in Heppner Tuesday for shopping and various appointments includ ed Alice Deitz, Margaret Ashmeade and Anna Lee Collins. Kenny Plymate, Gladstone, has Ix-en visiting here at the home of his nephew and family, the DeWayne Sim mons on Alder Creek. The remaining guest list at the Simmons ranch home this week lends to be a bit confusing, including, as it does, three Charley Browns. Sans Linus, sans Snoopy, sans Peanuts, but true Charley Brown and his wife. Kay, reside in a guest house at the ranch Another Charley Bro wn, with his son Charley are visiting here from Rufus where they are associated with rodeo as participants and have their private arena near that city for practice and local rodeo get-togethers. Jeri Wight was hostess to her card club Tuesday even ing with II guests present. First prize, pinochle and consolation were awarded Anna Mae Chapman. Suzy Gonzales and Alice Deitz. (it her present were Judy Alford. B J Rardin. Virginia Petersen. June Troxell. Kathy Brisbois. Carol.. Asher, Pat Adams. Margaret Ashmeade and the hostess Jeri served fruit s.i I. id and cake RciMirt cdl delicious refreshments and a delightful party Spray Senior Citizens met Thursday at the Grange Hall lor dinner and the regular weekK meeting (503) 243-1260 (503) 255-1163 mmMam em I Laurel Kelsay was grand prize winner at the bingo tables In the afternoon. Lou Cress and Alice Deitz will be in charge of food preparations through the month of Novem ber. At the business meeting the group made tentative plans for a bus trip to the Tri -Cities in the near future. The Billy Richards' house guests this week have been Mr. and Mrs. Russell Rose, Baker. They left Friday for a week at Corvallis and the Oregon beaches. Don and Joanne Griffith trucked a load of cattle to Redmond Thursday where they attended the livestock auction, Honda Simmons received a telephone call early Sunday from Tina Nash in Worland. WV. The girls were closely associated through all their school years before Tina moved with her family to Worland where Jake and Lcla operate a feed and grain business. Mr and Mrs. Doug Neilson were In the vicinity this past week from Carruthers. CA. seeking information on the history of their relatives in Spray. And. in so doing, interesting and informative bits were offered people here. Especially to those who may number themselves among the "Old Timers." Neilson is a great -nephew of the late Fred Hunt and visited the Ray Gates who now own the Hunt property, north of Spray. Ray and Neilson are distantly related, their res pective grandfathers having married sisters. Florence and Annie Mole, a name well known in this area Annie Mole homesteaded the Gus Slrecker property in the Ha stack Section in the late IHnos. Neilson had the deed to this homestead with him which was signed by Grover Cleveland. Other known relatives of the Neilsons here are the Robison family, the George Rolands and the Tom Breedings. Neilson now- owns and operates a vineyard at Car ruthers on properly formerly Ixlonging to his mother, the late l-ota Hunt Neilson Of interest was Mr Neil son's statement that the farm, at one tune, supported a chicken business numbering ten thousand laying hens And. most conscnatiwh shaking, isn't that (pardon the witti cism something to crow about'.' Do not return unused rrrim from a pitcher to iu original container. Store it separately or only pour out the amount to bt used at once Jo interesti until next You can buy any new International Harvester farm wheel tractor now-from 23 to 300 horsepower, through IHCC-and pay no Interest until next Spring! WHY BUY A TRACTOR NOW? No Investment until Spring (with adequate trade). Lowest possible price. Investment tax credit Have the most modern productivity for Fall field work-nowl For maximum savings, stop In todayl Morrow County pn Grain Growers Luil LEXINGTON rorjE Bunchgrass Rebekah Lodge held a bazaar, food tale and card party at Willows Grange Hall. Oct. 30. A large crowd attended. Six tables of pinoch le were in play. High score was held by May Ekstrom: Annetta Klinger had low. U'ila Palmer and May Ek strom held 300 pinochle. The door prize was won by Wilma Martin. Refreshments were served. Rebekah Bunchgrass Lodge held their regular meeting on Thursday. Nov. 6. at the home of Mabci Ring. The next meeting will be held Nov. 20, at the home of Rubv Roberts. IRRIGON NEWS Frances Rose Wilson Scotty Adams celebrated his thirteenth birthday by taking a group of his friends to the skating rink in the Trinities. Sunday. Jim Baehmann. sophomore liberal arts student from Pendleton, has been named chairman of the Student Conduct Committee at Blue Mountain Community College. A drama major. Baehmann is one of three students on the six-member conduct commit tee, which is the top discipli nary group on campus. Other students on the committee are Claudia Appell, music major, and Karen Mathson, pre medical. both of Pendleton. F aculty members of the com mittee are Evelyn Hesketh, Keith Collier and Murray Innes. Also named this week were four students on the BMCC Student Court. Sherman Re ese, liberal arts student from Echo, was appointed Chief Justice. Other court members are Don Arbogast. law en forcement student from Pen dleton: Shannon Kelly, liberal arts student from Heppner. and Steve Johnson, agricul ture student from Echo. Faculty adviser is Bill Fenlon. The Student Court handles the bulk of the college's disciplinary cases, most of which are traffic offenses. The Conduct Committee has the primary resxnsibility for the student conduct program and scnes as the appellate body. Mrs. l-ola Breeding spent two weeks visiting members of her family, including her daughter and son-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Dennis. Portland, her son and daughter-in-law. Mr and Mrs. Max Breeding, Gresham Her daughter. Wa nda Taylor. Hood River and two granddaughters and their husbands in Hood River, Mr. and Mrs Raymond Fracier and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Smith. news The lone American Legion and Auxiliary hosted a pot luck dinner, Tuesday, Nov. 4. The dinner was given in honor of Terry McElligott. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry McElligott. and Lori Bergstrom, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roland Bergstrom. who attended Girls' State this past year. Following the dinner the girls gave reports on their attendance at Girls State. Guests included Mr. Fluke. Principal of lone High School, and Mr. and Mrs. John Edmundson, Assistant Mor row County School Admini strator. Heppner. Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Agee. Grangeville. ID were here to help his brother. Walt Agee celebrate his 87 birthday Nov. 1. Other guests for the birth day dinner held the following day included a niece and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Parr and nephew. Bruce Murray. Camas, another ne phew and his wife. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Murray. Steven son. WA. There were 3 birthday cakes to celebrate the occasion at - the Agee home on the Umatil la Irrigon Highway. Mr. and Mrs. W'iilard Miller have relumed from a vacation trip to Montana. They visited Mrs Miller's 82-year-old fath er at Antelope. They visited other relatives at Kalispel. While Fish and West by. A brother-in-law gave them guided tour of the Hungry Horse Dam. Capt. receives degree Captain Chris E. Brown. VS. Army, received his Master of Arts Degree in Social Sciences Human Re lations. Oct. 29. 1975 from Pacific Lutheran University. TAcoma. WA. Captain Brown completed his graduate work while on duty at Fort Lewis. WA. where he served as a Company Commander with the 9th Infantry Division. He is now assigned tem porary duty at Fort Banning. GA where he will attend Airborne School, followed by 6 months of Infantry Officer Advanced Course. He is on leave at the home of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Brown, Heppner. and will report to Fort Benning on Nov. 28. Try a Gaiette-Times Classified Ad Spring! Page Bicentennial State "Oregon is a Bicentennial Slate." reports Samuel S. Johnson. Redmond, chairman of the Oregon Bicentennial Commission Local Participa tion Committee. Oregon joins Hawaii (with all of its six islands certified communities) and Connecti cut (with all of its cities certified i as the third state to complete Bicentennial Com munity certification. All of Oregon's 36 counties and one confederated Indian tribe are officially certified by the national Bicentennial Admini stration as Bicentennial Com munities. The certification process begins with officials of the county or city government appointing a chairperson or co-chairpersons to head a local Bicentennial committee representative of the entire community. A program of Bicentennial events and proj ects using the themes of "Heritage ". "Festival" and "Horizons" is then developed. The local government certi fies this plan as the official Bicentennial program of the community. After Oregon Bi centennial Commission re view and approval of the application for certification, the document is forwarded to Washington. DC. for final approval by the American Revolution Bicentennial Ad ministration. An official Bi centennial flag and certificate of recognition is then present ed to the community. In addition to the 36 coun ties, the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs and 50 Oregon cities and towns have also been certified to date. Seven Oregon colleges and universities have instituted their own on and off campus programs and join the Bicen tennial family. Johnson stated that cities not certified may make application to the Ore gon Bicentennial Commission. P.O. Box 1399. Portland. OR. 97207 or contact their county Bicentennial chairperson be fore Dec. 31. 1975. All Oregonians can now fly the official Bicentennial flag at their home, school, place of business and at public sites. Flags may be purchased from the stale Bicentennial Com mission or local flag dealers. BATTERY "More Mile 4800" Group 24 This is OUR BIG STORY "The Tire Specialists" We don't sell television, lawn mowers or nails. We don't sell pianos, shot guns or pails. We don't sell bicycles, tricycles or toys. We just sell TIRES that's enough for us boys. We don't sell refrigerators, davenports or chairs. We don't sell freezers or make radio repairs. We don't sell fishin" poles, chicken wire and stuff. We just sell TIRES and we think that's enough. We don't see how anyone can be so smart. As to know all the answers to every modern art. So we don't claim to know so bloomin' much We just know TIRES. RECAPPING and such. When you need a doctor, to a doctor you go. You don't get a plumber to fix a broken toe. So when vour TIRES are ailin' or gettin' kinda" Call the TIRE SPECIALISTS that's the business we're in. SNOW POWER Seibrrling Radial -w F?N X 14 43.W 2.6 G7XXI4 48.06 l.Wt II 7N x 14 SI.K2-t- 3.94 iBfflKUCHWABl Dili (Get more miles from 441 N. Main Heppner 3. THE GAZETTE-TIMES. Heppner. OR. Thursday. Nov. 13. ST5 Obituaries Jl 1 .1.1 .1. ( IKI-SOX Julia of lone. ,. Carlsons, formerly died Thursday at Eugene. ' j She w as born July 4. 1890. at Angus. Iowa. She moved to Oregon when she was a young woman. On Nov. 25. 1917. she married Leonard Carlson. They lived on a wheat ranch near lone until 1958. when they retired and moved to Port land Mr. Carlson died in 1964. After her husband's death, she moved to Salem, and then to Eugene. Survivors are daughters. Joyce Darst. and Mildred Hope, both of Eugene: sons. Clifford. Portland, and Louis, lone: 14 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She was a lifetime member of Valby Lutheran Church. A memorial service was held Sunday at Valby Luther an Church with concluding services at Sunset Hills Mem orial Park. Portland. JACK RENE KNIGIITK.N Funeral services were held in Anchorage. AK in Septem ber for Jack Rene Knighten of Frankfurt. Germany. He died Sept. 22. Jack Knighten was born September 2. 1967. He was in the third grade at Willow Crest Elementary School in Anchorage. He is survived by his father. Frankfurt. Germany, his mo ther and sister, both of Anchorage: his maternal grandmother. Mrs. Rosie Du bois. Montgomery. LA. Also surviving are his paternal . grandmother. Mrs. Wily Kni ghten. Moro. an aunt. Mrs. Annajean Knighten and cou sins Laurie and John Miller. Seattle. WA. OWEN E. ROBINSON Owen E. Robinson. 60. died recently in Willows. CA. He was born and raised in Hard man. Robinson was in the service until he retired a few years ago. He is survived by his wife Henrietta. Willows. CA. his mother Mrs. R. A. Holdaway. Scappoose. OR. and sister. Etha Brown. Willows. CA. Military funeral services were held Nov. 6 in W illows. CA thin. Seiberling Belted w-w Monarch 37.13 1.47 M.4 39.M i.2 33.27 42.17 i.4 !.: $0146 nch. J Your Traction Action Headquarters S TIE!! SIEIVICE ItOKKKT 11 1 1. COX Robert Bennel Wilcox. Co mmander of the Spanish American War veterans or ganization in Oregon died Friday in Portland. He was 96. Mr. Wilcox was an avid hunter and sportsman and was a member of the Oregon Volunteer Company B. Second Regiment Volunteers in the Spanish American War in 1898. He was born June 18. 1879 in Oakland. OR. His parents came to Oregon from Illinois by wagon train. Mr. Wilcox taught school until 1915 when he moved to Oakland where he farmed and also worked with the Recla mation Service in the Klamath Irrigation System and taught school. In 1922. he returned to Lexington where he continued to farm and teach school. He later moved to Hermiston in 1935. Mr. Wilcox retired in 1947. He is survived by the w idow. Ethel. Portland, daughters. Mrs. Edwin Broston. Potlach. ID and Mrs. John Graves. Hardman. sons Charles and Lester, both of Hermiston. Claude. Gresham and Glen. Portland: 20 grandchildren. 23 great-grandchildren and two great-great grandsons. Funeral services were Mon day at Foster-Rhodes Funeral Home. Portland. Interment followed at the Willamette National Cemetery. KOGKK HOW F.I.I. Roger Howell died Oct. 27 in Portland. OR. Mr. Howell was born Max 27. 1910 in Hardman. OR. Howell entered the plumb ing business ans w as forced to retire shortly afterwards, be cause of wounds received during the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Dec. 7. 1941. He is survived by his sister. Gladys Corrigall. Portland, and many cousins. Interment was at the Wil lamette National Cemetery. Portland. OR. Oct. 31. Alice Hastings. Clayton and Frank Avers attended the funeral. 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