SIX The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Ore.. Thursday, Feb. 24. 1977
IFYE Valerie Madison tours
'Peace Child' to be
presented at SDAC
Buttercreek boring? Try Switzerland
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The missionary film
PEACE CHILD, filmed in the
unspoiled jungles of what was
formerly Dutch New Guinea,
Will be shown Sunday, Feb. 27,
at 7:30 p.m. at the Seventh
day Adventist Church in Hep
pner. The film documents the
Obituaries
"Ruth Hastings
.Ruth Hastings, 81, Pendle
ton, died Feb. 21 in Pendleton.
; She was born Dec. 21, 1895,
in Nebraska. She came to
Oregon in 1945, living in
Milton-Freewater, Stanfield,
Kinzua and Heppner before
making her home in Pendleton
for the last ten years.
k Mrs. Hastings is survived by
one son. Rev. Robert Ray
Shafto, Winnipeg, Canada,
two daughters, Betty Wheeler,
Stanfield; and Irma Reichert,
Walla Walla; three brothers,
two sisters, eleven grand
children and one great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be
held Friday, Feb. 25, at 1:30
p.m. at Burns Mortuary
Chapel, Hermiston, with the
Rev. George Briggs of the
Church of the Nazarene of
ficiating. . Concluding services and
interment will be at the Hep
pner Masonic Cemetery at
3:30 p.m.
Ona Gilliam
Ona V. Gilliam, 92, Hep
pner, died Tuesday, Feb. 15, at
Pioneer Memorial Hospital.
Miss Gilliam was born Feb.
24, 1884, in Heppner, the
daughter of Frank and Effie
Wright Gilliam. She was a
lifetime member of the com
munity and for many years
worked as a trained nurse. She
was a member of the Order of
the Eastern Star, Ruth-Locust
Chapter 32.
Funeral services were held
Friday, Feb. 18, at 2 p.m. at
the United Methodist Church,
with the Rev. Steve Tollefson
officiating. Carl and Betty
Marquardt sang "In the Gar
den," accompanies by Pauline
Miller at the organ.
Graveside ritualistic ser
vices were given by O.E.S.
Ruth-Locust Chapter 32. Inter
ment was at Heppner Masonic
Cemetery, with Sweeney Mor
tuary in charge of arrange
ments. Casket bearers were Jack
Healy, Randall Peterson,
Gene Pierce, Ambrose Chap
in, Dr. L.D. Tibbies and
Harold Wright.
Miss Gilliam is survived by
one sister, Hazel Vaughn,
Heppner; numerous nieces
and nephews, including Don
Gilliam, Heppner; Louis Gil
liam, Condon; Howard Gil
liam, Puyallup, Wash.; and
Bishop Jackson Gilliam, Hel
ena. Mont.
Geneva Case
Geneva E. (Gene) Case, 70,
Medford, Ore., a former Hep
pner resident, died Feb. 9 in
Medford.
She was born July 19, 1906,
in Walla Walla, the daughter
of the late Fred Py'.c and the
late Ida Grimes. She lived at
Parker's Mill as a child and
attended Heppner High
School.
Mrs. Case and her husband,
the late Allen Case, returned
to Heppner from Portland in
1947. They operated Case Fur
niture Store until after Mr.
Case's death in 1961, when it
was sold to the present own
ers. Graveside funeral services
were held at Heppner Masonic
Cemetery Saturday, Feb. 12,
with the Rev. Gus Nikander
officiating.
Mrs. Case is survived by one
daughter, Josephine Thomp
son, Portland; one sister,
Frances Leathers, Medford;
two grandchildren, Linda
Saunders and Brian Thomp
son, both of Portland. One
brother also preceded her in
death.
startling reaction of stone-age
people to the message of the
Gospel of Christ.
Missionaries Don and Carol
Richardson respond to the call
of the Lord to work among
these people. After careful
preparation and a ten thous
and mile journey, they find
themselves in the shadows
and sunlight of a rain forest
inhabited by primitive head
hunters. Painstakingly they
learn the language, but are
shocked when their account of
Judas' betrayal of Jesus
makes him a hero to people
whose highest attribute is to
be masters of treachery.
An inter-tribal war contin
ues until a warring chief offers
his son as the means of
bringing a lasting peace. The
war ends and a primitive
tribal custom makes the Gos
pel understandable.
Dr. Warren Wiersbe, Senior
Minister of the world famous
Moody Memorial Church in
Chicago, after previewing
PEACE CHILD said, "This
has to be the finest missionary
film I have seen in the last ten
years."
PEACE CHILD is a release
by Gospel Films, Inc., of
Muskegon, Mich. The com
munity is invited. Pastor
Lloyd Perrin has promised a
rousing song service for those
who come a little early.
Mar. 4 deadline for
BMCC magazine
Persons interested in having
their material published in
RUNES magazine are re
minded the deadline is Mar. 4
for written material and Mar.
11 for all other.
Published by BMCC stu
dents, the magazine is an
annual review of the arts and
is open to all residents of
Umatilla and Morrow coun
ties. Submissions are now
being accepted in poetry,
Hope plans
bowling fun
On Sunday afternoon, Feb.
27, the members of Hope
Lutheran Church will be
having a bowling party. They
will be meeting at the Fiesta
Bowling Lanes in Heppner at
2:30, and after they have
finished bowling, they will be
going to the "West of Willow"
restaurant for pizza.
All members who are plan
ning on attending this bowling
and pizza party are asked to
call either Mrs. Wayne Evans
or Mrs. Chris Borgen.
Library board ok's
future book sales
At its February meeting last
night, Feb. 23, the members of
the board of the Heppner
Library Association approved
the librarian's request to set
dates for a two-week public
sale of used, surplus books and
magazines.
The annual book sale will
begin Thursday evening, Mar.
3, and will run through Thurs
day evening, Mar. 17, during
the 17 hours the library is
open. During the last few
years, these library sales have
attracted buyers from Pen
dleton, Hermiston and other
nearby areas.
Of course, the best selection
will be available to shoppers
who come in early in the sale
period. If, however, you are
Irish and wish to celebrate St.
Patrick's Day by buying a
book during the last two hours
of this sale, you will probably
find the low prices cut even
lower on the books remaining
by that evening.
A good supply and a wide
variety of books textbooks,
religious books, fiction and
non-fiction will be offered.
Children's books will be few.
Only a small selection of
antique books will be priced
over one dollar. The bulk of
the books and magazines will
be offered for from five cents
If you get tired of farming
on Butter Creek, try farming
in Switzerland for a change.
That's what Valerie Madison,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Madison of Echo, did recently
as a delegate of the Inter
national Foreign Youth Ex
change (IFYE).
Valerie told the Heppner
Soroptimists that her im
mediate plans are to work
with her family on their farm
which touches the Morrow
Umatilla County line on But
ter Creek.
In the meantime, Valerie is
reporting to various civic,
school and agricultural groups
on her experiences in Swit
zerland. She is one of the few
Oregon delegates selected for
the program in Switzerland
since 1948.
Thursday and Friday of last
week, Valerie made slide
presentations to civic and
school groups in both Heppner
and lone.
As she returns to the family
farm, her brother Mark will
be departing for Russia. Mark
is expected to leave this week
under the newly developed
IFYE program of exchange
between the United States and
the Soviet Union.
Getting to Switzerland un
der the IFYE program takes
more than desire. It takes a
creative and non-fiction writ
ing, photography and art work
that can be reproduced. A $15
prize will be awarded for the
top entry in each category.
Entries should be sent to
RUNES. Box 100, BMCC,
Pendleton 97801. A stamped,
self-addressed envelope will
insure return of materials.
Big Top to cover
Ex. Sewing Fair
The "Big Top" will be
raised and a carnival atmos
phere created at the Exten
sion Sewing Fair, Thursday,
Mar. 3, reports Debbie Lee,
Extension home economist.
Teachers for the workshop
will include Jeannie Howell,
Heppner; Birdine Tullis and
Ruth McCabe, lone, and eight
others.
The Sewing Fair is open to
the general public and will be
held at the Peace Lutheran
Church, N.W. 9th and Carden,
Pendleton.
through 50 cents.
Many no-ionger-pubhshed
LIFE magazines and a good
group of surplus NATIONAL
GEOGRAPHICS are avail
able. A special bargain will be
like-new READER'S DIGEST
CONDENSED BOOKS at fif
teen cents each.
This sale will take place
during library hours Thurs
day evenings 7:30 to 9:30,
Saturdays and Sundays from
2:00 to 4:00 and Mondays and
Wednesdays between 12:30
and 5:00 from Mar. 3 through
Mar. 17.
Former Pastor Cutting
gains Portland grandson
The many friends of the
Edwin Cuttings here will be
pleased to learn that they have
another grandchild, Nicole
Vanessa Bruer, born in Port
land Feb. 7. The little girl's
parents are Vanessa and
Kevin Bruer, and she has a
brother, Christopher, two
years old.
Rev. and Mrs. Cutting are
now at home in the Methodist
parsonage at Coquille, Ore.,
except during the first days of
solid record of achievement on
the part of participants and
money in the program. Val
erie's achievements and
IFYE funding levels coupled
to edge out a qualified Morrow
County candidate.
Valerie took credentials
which include years of activity
with 4-H in Umatilla County
and a degree in animal sci
ence from Oregon State Uni
versity. According to Birdine Tullis,
Morrow County Extension of
fice, the report developed by
Valerie on her trip to Switz-
erland is among the best she
has seen.
Spectacular Switzerland in
cludes 25 cantons, is 10 per
cent plateau area, 40 per cent
low land and 50 per cent
covered with Alps. It is
one-fifth the size of Oregon,
but is home to three times as
many people. One-fourth of
the land , is cultivated, pro
ducing 40 per cent of the food
needed there. Swiss women in
some areas have been voting
since 1971. All males between
20 and 50 do military service,
keeping their supplies and
uniforms ever ready in their
homes.
These facts came out as
Valerie projected the colored
slides she collected during her
stays in five different Swiss
homes.
First she lived with a low
land family which raised
hogs; next with a northern
orchard-area family; then
with an Alpine family at 7,000
feet, whose home was built in
1635. This family carefully
raked hay on its steep
mountain meadows with large
wooden rakes. When their
hunters shot deer, they tied
flowers to the neck of deer
does and fir boughs to the
bucks "to make them look
pretty." The milk from their
The day's activities begin
with a coffee and get-acquainted
period at 9:30 a.m.
Heppner
graduate
returns
Tom Glass of Washington
State University's School of
Education visited around Hep
pner last Saturday. He en
joyed chatting with Rachel
Harnett and touring the coun
ty museum and the library.
Tom was in the area doing
work as a professional con
sultant to school administra
tors and school boards. The
project calling his immediate
attention concerned the con
solidation problems of the
Echo and Stanfield districts.
Tom is a graduate of Hep
pner High School. During the
1950's, his mother, Mrs. Vel
ma Glass, was the Morrow
County Health Nurse, and
they are remembered by
many residents.
Tom Glass has been on the
W.S.U. faculty for some time.
He teaches two graduate clas
ses, has published several
books and will soon publish
more. He works out of the
university as an educational
consultant.
a new giaiiuchnu a lile, when
Doris loves to go demonstrate
her grandmothering skills as
she is presently in the home of
Vanessa, Kevin and Chris
topher. Rev. Cutting sends word
that all is well with them and
their growing family. They
still fondly remember their
seven years in Heppner, which
they left last June when they
were moved from the United
Methodist Church here to the
church at Coquille.
herds
The fourth family she lived
with lived in the Mediter
ranean style Italian section
beside a lake and operated a
garden shop. Valerie helped
them package seeds. Her fifth
and final host family was
Swiss-French and they oper
ated vineyards and grew and
cured tobacco.
Valerie especially enjoyed
attending cattle auctions and,
shows. She visited many pic
turesque towns with quaint
homes and lovely flower gar
dens. She saw cheese and
chocolate factories and spec
Our
mountain-pastured
went into cheese.
By Katherine R. Farrar
Old Glory! Symbol of all we hpld dear.
I stood and gazed at this flag one day.
Tried to encompass all she had to say.
Gazed as she waved staff high
Silhouetted 'gainst an azure sky.
I sensed strength, great strength in the unity of her fifty
states.
I sensed pride, great pride.
The pride to which loyalty relates.
Courage flowed from her stripes of red.
As the pure of her white and true of her blue,
Waved over my head.
I saw her unfurled on land; at sea.
Oft-times in a far off world
A distant hazy world to me,
To our fighting lads an uncertain world
As sinister and as uncertain as a world can be.
I saw her boldly marching
Leading our brave lads on.
Staunchly waving in triumph,
When a battle is won.
Their emblem of courage!
Their only link with reality.
With home; love; peace
Their banner of hope.
Leading them till these wars cease
Their flag! Our flag!
The red; the white; the blue!
May she always our courage renew.
I humbly bowed my head.
Dear God, help her to bring them home from over there
To bring Peace everywhere.
Heppner
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trained in housewifery and
boys learn farm skills by
working as farm apprentices.
She rode in many electric
trains and observed the Swiss
using many bicycles and
scooters. She saw the highest
and largest glacier in Europe,
and pictured a wedding where
the principals and guests
came on horseback, as they
were members of the riding
group.
She said about half the Swiss
are Catholic and half are
Protestant, that the average
age at marriage is 24. Her six
months in this nation with a
higher standard, of living than
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