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Page 5. THE GAZETTE-TIMES, Heppner, OR, Thursday, April 22, 1976 Around j? Tha Pot Dolly Stovt V I RyJatirVbtM Goden Anniversary Icxinsfea lias Guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Rietmann and family last weekend were Mrs. Dennis Martin and children Sam and Carrie, Diamond Lake. They are formerly of Heppner. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Walker, The Dalles spent Easter Sunday visiting Mr. and Mrs. Del LaRue and family. Mrs. Walker is Del s niece. Robin LaRue celebrated his 14th birthday with a party at his home on the evening of April 16. Thirty-one Junior High classmates attended. The kindergarten class put on a circus Tuesday and Wed nesday and invited their parents, first through fourth grade classes and the incom ing kindergartners. Ringmaster was Keith Mor ter; the band composed of Gene Lancaster, Kristin Mil ler, Tommy Wilson, Subrina White, Minday McBride, Ken Snider; clowns were Kris Anderson, Cathy Martin, Scott Sullivan; acrobats, Ken Sni der, Tommy Wilson; animal trainer, David Fitzpatrick; wild animals Gary Rea as an elephant. Dawn Palmer and Katie Doherty, seals, Tar a Brickman and Patricia Cli menson as horses, Tina Wil son, bear, the lion was Holly Humphreys, Kerri Leavitt and Dick McElligott as tigers, J J Osmin as the giraffe and Rondi Tews the monkey; the beautiful lady who rode on the animals was Colleen Ander son. The audience was allowed to feed the animals peanuts and the clowns passed out bags of popcorn. Mrs. Mark Johnson, the kindergarten teacher, is com piling a list of names of the incoming kindergartners for next year, She would appre ciate anyone who has a child entering into kindergarten next year and has not received any kind of correspondence from her to notify the school. The United Church of Christ preschoolers had an Easter Party on Thursday afternoon. Games were played, an East er egg hunt held and refresh ments served. Guests for Easter dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin McCabe were Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Hams and family. Kevin and Ashley McCabe spent the Easter weekend with EASY TO INSTALL Z-BRiCK" Z-Brick it to ay to imlill, all you nrisi are a If timpl tool. Bui you don't ntt d any tptcial tJiilli. Permanent. Completely fireproof and weatherproof. Nol a plattic, platter or pretend. Ute indoor and outdoort. Many lypet and tolort. One carton coven B to 10 tquare feet. Pettyjohns Z-BRICK THE LAST WORD IN WAIL COVERING t, Ht 'i vbvt to climb up to hit roof . . . dwi kt nutty know hrW hr't doing What Ji A think tht wirtt art for? Electric Service! ii dependable but you mm respect ind react iifely to It bs you work near overhead power lines. "COLUMBIA BASIN ELECTRIC COOP. INC." urges the members to observe and report any potentially hazardous, condition! observed. COLUMBIA BASIN ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. Sm 11 J.OIO tqnart mitci w Mrvw. Gilliam. Untutith. ' Wkeelet omt Sherman Omntitx. HEPPM'R. OREGON their mother in Moscow, ID. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Morgan Jr. spent a few days in Obre gon, Mexico to see some wheat experiment stations and ob serve what they have done. Oregon State has some test plots there. Those entered in the March of Dimes Walkathon Saturday were Jeff Hams, Chris Riet mann, Kelly Mansfield, John Murray, Laurie and Mark Prock, Anita Palmer and Larry Sullivan. AH of them finished and Jeff Hams came in third place and Laurie Prock was the first girl to finish and she came in fifth place. The lone Cardinals opened league play, Tuesday, April 13. against Condon at lone. The Cardinals got off to a quick start scoring four runs in the first inning and wasted to an easy 15-1 victory. Winning pitcher, Joe Riet mann struck out ten and allowed only two hits, lone players collected nine hits with Kevin McCabe, Todd Peterson, Kim Gutierrez and Joe Rietmann getting two hits carh. Friday, April 16, the Card inals traveled to Sherman County. Sherman scored 7 runs in the first inning and the Cardinals never recovered. The Cardinals rallied in the third inning for two runs, but Sherman retired to the side with the bases loaded to cut the rally short. The Huskies went on to drop the Cards 12-2. The Cardinals were held to four hits, two by Kim Gutier rez, and one by Todd Peterson and Dan Akers. Shermans pitcher, Hawthorne, struck out 7 lone hitters and allowed 3 walks. lone pitchers gave up 8 hits, struck out Band allowed 8 walks. There will be a game in Heppner on April 20 and one here on April 27 with Wasco County Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Nelson Jr. have returned home from a five week vacation covering eight states. They visited friends and relatives enroute and spent a week with their son Keith in Pecos, TX. Keith is employed as an x-ray tech nician by a company that x-rays the welded joints on oil and gas pipelines as they are being installed. Mr. and Mrs. Berl Akers and family of Pine Ridge, S.D. ' are visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. Berl Akers. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Akers and family came up from Portland for the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Rod ney Linnell of Arlington (nee Bonnie Akers) had a car accident while enroute to spend Easter Sunday with her parents. It happened on the Arlington-lone highway and they were taken to The Dalles Hospital and released several hours later. Their 2 year old son Rodney has been staying with Margaret and Berl for the past two weeks. The Junior High baseball team played a good game with Stanfield but lost tc them. They defeated Arlington and lost to Riverside. Their last game will be against Heppner, here, on Wednesday, April 21. (made a mistake on the Jr. high track coaches in last week's paper. Jerry Martin is the boys track coach and Robert Beitel is the girls coach. My apologies, Jerry. Bill and Patti McCoin, Condon, daughter and son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Pettyjohn, drove to Red Bluff, CA, Thursday, April 15. where they visited Bill's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Numa McCoin. While there, they participa ted in Red Bluff's RCA rodeo. Patti won the barrels and was presented with a trophy along with her winnings. There were 28 girls competing in this event. ! B DelphaJaaei 'J MR.and MRS. JESSIE CHILDERS The "lightning" in the ircs can be just as deadly as nature's on. But man-nude lightning is easier to avoid because the source is easy to see . . . easy to keep away from IF the dangers arc known. Do you know how to avoid ihe dangers involved wtlh overhead electrical contacts? Don't become human lightning rods! There was a track meet in ' Condon with five schools par ticipating. Katherine McElli gott placed first in the 100, 2nd in the 220, 2nd in the long jump. Lisa Martin placed 3rd in hurdles. Janet McElligott placed 3rd in javelin and 5th in discus and 4th in the 880. Kim Cufenas placed 5th in hurdles. Scott Sherer placed 3rd in the Uo mile run and 3rd in the high jump. Larry Graham was 5h in the two mile run. At the county invitational at Riverside Scott Sherer placed 6th in the two mile run and Todd Peterson was 4th in the 8K0. Saturday, April 24 boys and girls will meet in Arlington and at Echo on April 27. Kebrkah Lodge No. 91 met at Ihe home of Helen Petty john. Thursday, April 16. Regular business was con ducted with nine present. The next meeting w ill be on May 6 at Lucille Kietmanns. Cassy Chapel spent the Easter weekend visiting her mother Mrs. Delsie Chapel. lone Lions elect new officers The lone Lions Club has elected the following officers for Ihe 1976 77 year: President John Jepsen; Fir st Vice lYesident Don bri slow; Second vice president Ron Palmateer; Secretary Treasurer Marv Peterson; Tail Twister Don Fluke; Lion Tamer Lindsay Kincaid and Beecher F.mert and Director (one yean Harold Rietmann and Hollo Crawford; Kwo years) Jim Swanson, Bob Baker and Charles O'Connor. The new officers will be installed at the April 25 meeting. Past District Gover nor Al Starns, Burns, OR will be Ihe installing officer. In addition, four new mem bers of the club will be initiat ed The new members are Jerry Stefani. Art Stefani. Skip Pettyjohn and Erie Anderson. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse G. Childers were honored on their golden anniversary with a reception held at the United Church of Christ, April 7. The hosts were Mr. and Mrs. Max Childers. Castle Rock, WA and Mr. and Mrs. Cleo Childers and children, Harvey. Laurie Ann and Roger. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Childers were married April 7, 1926 in L'nionville, MO. Mr. Childers farmed in Mabton, WA, until his retirement in 1967. In 1974 they moved to lone where he enjoys his hobby of growing flowers. The three tiered cake was baked and decorated by Mrs. jerry McElligott. It had white roses on each tier with gold pillars supporting each layer. It was topped with the number fifty printed in gold. Mrs. Virgil Childers, sister in law to Mr. Childers of Granger, WA. cut the cake. Pouring the punch was their daughler-in law, Mrs. Max Childers of Castle RocV. WA and serving it was their granddaughter Laurie Child ers. The guest book was Attended by Roger Childers. a grandson, and his friend Sharon CYowell. serving it was their grand daughter, Laurie Childers. The guest book was attended by Roger Childers. a grand son, and his friend Sharon Crowe). Harvey Childers, another grandson, took cards and gifts. Out of -town guests were Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Childers (bro ther to Mr. Childers), Grange. WA. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Childers (nephew), Toppen ish, WA; Mr. and Mrs. Tom Armstrong. Vancouver, WA; Mr. and Mrs. William Trainor and daughter, Richland, WA; Mrs. Dale Ron and son. Yaki ma. WA; Mr. and Mrs. DeBalt, Sunnyside, WA: Mr. and Mrs. Ed Manthey, Mrs. Dollie Mirur, Gwen Gillette. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Roger, Mr. and Mrs. Lewy Art, Don Stevens. Lucille Dourghty, Mrs. Gladys Brukenridge, Mrs. Ethel Sharp. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Stout, all from Mabton. WA; Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Bub lel. Helix. Mrs. Louis Pitts, Portland. Mr. and Mrs. W.M. Cole. Eagle Creek. Mr. and Mrs. Jack DeWilde. White Salmon and Miss Jeannie Pascoe. Jordan, Valley. Word was received this week by Lois Hunt of the death of Christina Young Campbell at Los Cruces, NM. At the time of death 25 year old Christina was making her home in Los Cruces. Besides her husband she leaves one daughter and one son, her mother Gladys Wicks, Baker; 1 sisters and one brother. A brother, Mike Patrick preced ed her in death. Her family were former Lexington resi dents and she attended school her. Lexington Grange met on Monday night for their regular meeting with the Master Orville Cutsforth in the chair. The evening began with a 6:30 potluck dinner followed by the ' program which consisted of a talk by David Eastman, exe cutive director of Action for the Handicapped, Inc. He explained their many acti vities and financial status. A most interesting film, "Leo, the Life of a Dwarf," who was kept confined at home for 64 years, then allowed his place, outside in society, his talents and how he adjusted, was shown. New members voted in were Donald Wood; Edith Munkers (by transfer; and Barbara Bloodsworth and Le onard Munkers for initiation. Next meeting will be May 17. It was announced that Po mona Grange will meet April 24, 10 a.m. at Rhea Creek Grange. Mrs. Ray (May) Campbell has been taken from Hier sche's Nursing Home to St. Anthonys Hospital where she is under intensive care. Mrs. Bob Coal and Mrs. George Irvin, Pendleton, were Lexington callers on Friday taking their mother, Florence McMillan to dinner on her birthday. Later in the day several called at the C. C. Jones home for coffee and dessert to honor Mrs. McMil lan. Other out-of-town callers were Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Smith and children Kevin, Danny and Delpha Jo of Hermiston, and Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Anderson. Hood River. Mr. and Mrs. William J. Van Winkle are spending a few days in Portland. Mrs. John Edwards and Mrs. Joe Yocom and daught ers were Portland callers on Friday. Nancy Ashurst shower Approximately 45 persons attended the afternoon bridal shower given for Nancy Ash urst. It was held at the lone Masonic Hall, Saturday, April 17. Assisting with the gifts were two of the hostesses Bonnie Ball and Kathy Hal vorsen. Pink and burgundy are the colors Nancy has chosen for her wedding and the cake had white frosting with a burgun dy umbrella and pink roses. "Nancy and Daryle" were inscribed on the cake. Mrs. Jerry McElligott baked and decorated the cake. At the serving table Terry Taylor, a friend of Nancy's, poured the punch, Mrs. Hailie Spivey, mother of the groom-to-be. poured coffee and Mrs. Hazel Kandie. aunt of the groom-to-be, cut the cake. Hostesses were Bonnie Ball, Kathy Halvorsen, Lola Ann Pettyjohn, Eva Hamlett, Cha rlene Arends. Jean Jepsen, Nancy Leavitt, Darlene Hos kins, Pat Pettyjohn, Mary Ann Sharp. Fran Barnett, June Crowell. Cindy Dougherty and Helen McCabe. A bridal centerpiece was given to Nancy by the host esses as a keepsake. I , f T;y:rN f I - r Garden Club "Begonias-Many Kinds and Uses" was the topic of the day when the lone Garden Club met April 14 at the home of Leila Palmer. She said that they can be used for indoor or outdoor plantings. They can be propagated by seed, leaf cuttings or stem cuttings. They need slightly acid and loose soil. There are nine classifications determined by Ihe root structure: basket, semper florens, hirsute, fib rous (angel wing), rhizoma tus. rex (foliage), tuberous, miniature, and miscellaneous fi vrous rooted. They can add a great deal to any outdoor planting or group of house plants because of their great variety of types and shapes and blossoms. Otlicers ior 1976 77 were elected with Jean Nelson bring president; Judy Osmin, vice-president; Helen Martin, treasurer: and Nancy Miller, secretary. The Plant Sale on May 5 at the lime Legion Hall was discussed Plans were made to transplant chrysan themums al Laura Holts on April 19 and Helen Martin's home the next week Mrs. Leonard Gilman (Ma xine Mi-Curdy), returned to her ranch home In Eagle Nest. NM Wednesday, after her stay here during her father's . illness. ire EI We Rent Tuxedos Complete outfits in many colors for proms & weddings. GARDNER'S Mens Wear SvuLijS I I he U t ? erripix vec (Xprll 13 Uttdus ro-bvics Come In i16MUTV. and register or call 676-5106 ' ."-at! GREAT WALL OF CHINA A PlATf MATE clock brmgt color, lil and good lima to It kitchen Baltrxy jKh $30 Tnomos Buy 6 pak-12oz. PEPSI Rcg.Prlce Get 6psk 10 oz. GUCDLE-UP for bottle dep. ..only 3'U ' ' r.lTF Fine Cut Green BEANS 303 sz. 2for 530 MTF Whole Peeled TOMATOES 303 sz. 2 for 690 "" " """" i Oregon Chief Lrg. ogc , Dinner FRANKS Oregon Chief Smoked Picnics ASPAGUS AtzrtiffJI Freshf" Mr W STRAWBERRIES 490 V A Fresh Whole Fryers 590 Prices effective April 23 24 LETTUCE 3 heads for l'Q0 ORANGES 8 lbs for $1.00 Rod Del. APPLES 270 DISCOUNT PRICES Star. Iimi I AMU I VM. in until it. Mrmi on cas E GOODS Court Stroot r.lcrhot tt r frwni tar HM i.tmati 111 N. Court SL Heppner Or. C7C-CC43
