SIX Thi Gazette-Times, Heppner. Ore.. Thursday. March 21, 1977
with Justine YVeatherford
Did you notice that Spring officially arrived on Monday, Mar,
21?
We were pleased to pick our first 1977 full-bloomed daffodils
on St. Patrick's afternoon. We are ever grateful to the Ralph
Thompsons and the Ball family, who formerly lived where we
live, and who left bulbs and other plants for us to enjoy.
St. Patrick's Church ladies served dinner to about 200 persons
last Thursday. Wonderful stew. The musical Larry Lindsay
Legion celebrates
Members of the American 15, for a potluck dinner to
Legion, Auxiliary, and their celebrate the 58th birthday of
families gathered at the the American Legion.
Legion Hall on Tuesday, Mar. Following the dinner, Bev-
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renderings of gay Irish melodies.
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McDonald; low, Martha Van Schoiack. Irene Swanson andT
Helen Keithley were the lucky winners of door prizes. All prizes!
were home-baked foods. 4
Two popular teachers, Inez Erwin, Heppner, and Clifford 4
Williams, lone, have had inactivated arms for some time. Each 4
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"un-cast" first, but the Erwin arm will "come-out" soon. Both
teachers carried on their usual duties during the confinements.
Williams even kept on milking his cow.
Club hears Kerr
County Extension Agent
Harold E. Kerr held the
complete interest of members
of the Heppner Garden Club
and their guests with his
program on insects, Monday
evening, Mar. 14.
Kerr was introduced to the
Robinson, Grieb honored
Last Sunday evening, Mar.
20, the Oregon State Con
vention of the Future Farmers
of America opened in Pen
dleton. Hal Whitaker, Heppner
High F.F.A. advisor and a
large group of students from
Heppner and from the other
two county high schools are
attending during the first half
Backpack
field trip
Two advisors and seven
students from Heppner High
went to the Hay Creek area
along the John Day River over
i the weekend of Mar. 5 and 6 on
an overnight backpacking
trip.
These travelers were Steve
Brownfield and Duane Neif
fer, advisors, and Diane
Holland, Dale Holland, Dan
Nix, Mark Piper, Larry Pal
mer, Cathy Palmer, and
Kathy Wolff.
Students plan
trips to Japan
Tim Jones and Debbie
Paustian, both freshmen at
Heppner High School, will
spend part of next summer in
Japan. Each will be paying a
return visit to the Japanese
students who came here to
visit with them last summer.
Tim will be staying with the
Yushi family in Toyota on the
island of Honshu. Debbie will
also be staying on Honshu in
the city of Osaka.
of their spring vacation week.
Krynn Robinson and Ken
Grieb will be awarded State
Farmer degrees at the final
honor assembly.
Bookworms
invited
The Topic Club of lone has
invited the Bookworms of
Heppner to be guests at a Mar.
30 meeting in the home of
Helen Proudfoot.
For many years, these two
well-established literary clubs
have exchanged meetings.
The Topic Club members
came to a Bookworm meeting
in Heppner last fall.
The Mar. 30 meeting will be
an afternoon affair; Book
worm meetings are usually
held in the evening.
Hospital Notes
Admissions and dismissals
at Pioneer Memorial Hospital
in Heppner for the week end
ing Tuesday included Elsie
Ayers, Heppner, admitted;
Frank Ayers, Heppner, dis
missed; John Lindstrom,
lone, dismissed; Alissa
Brownfield, Heppner, dismis-'
sed; William L. Kummerland,
Heppner, admitted.
Also, Patricia McCarty,
Heppner, dismissed; James
Dunbar, Lexington, admitted;
Gary Griffith, Condon, dis
missed; Landa Miller, Kim
berly, admitted; Joyce Hollo
mon, Heppner, admitted;
Raymond Hampton, Kinzua,
admitted; Walter Hartill,
Washington state, admitted.
Irene Anhorn, who was ad
visor for F.F.A. at Senic
Junior High in Jackson Coun
ty, went to Pendleton to visit
with her friends and former
students from Senic and from
Crater High. She is very
pleased that Reggie McShane,
the state president, is one of
her ex-pupils from Senic who
now represents Crater.
gathering by Garden Club
President Jane Rawlins, who
also welcomed the visitors in
the Degree of Honor Hall.
The program opened with
viewing of a color film on
insects.
After the film, he showed
samples of approved poisons
to 4-H gardeners who had
joined the adults for his'
presentation.
Kerr opened the meeting to
questions. Special watering
practices were discussed.
Irene Nolan was hostess and
was responsible for arranging
the program and presiding at
the refreshment table.
The Heppner Garden Club
members will meet on Apr. 11
in the home of Barbara and
Dan James. The meeting will
follow a potluck dinner. The
topic will be "Houseplants and
Their Care."
erly Doherty presented Auxil
iary membership pins to
Maryann McElligott, Thelma
Ling, Helen Drake, June
Crowell and Betty Reitmann.
John Jepson, Commander of
lone post, introduced Arnie
Hedman, Heppner, District 6
Commander, who assisted in
presenting year pins to those
members present.
Receiving pins were Her
man Bletell, 23 yrs.; Robert
Drake and Eldon Tucker, 25
yrs.; Eldon Padberg, Donald
Peterson, , Robert Reitmann,
and Charles Doherty, 31 yrs.;
and 32 yrs. to Dale White and
Joel Engleman. Homer Man
kin was introduced and it was
announced he had recently
received a 56 year pin . Charles
Doherty presented John Jep
son a gift for his work on the
membership committee, and
for his three years as Com
mander of the lone post.
Maryann McElligott made a
large decorated cake for the
occasion. The American Le
gion Emblem was centered on
white frosting, with brightly
colored flowers in the upper
left corner and lower right
corner. In green lettering
above the emblem was Happy
Birthday, and below was lone
Post No. 95. Both organiza
tions held their regular meet
ing following the presenta
tions. Mr. and Mrs Roy Lind
strom spent last weekend in
Tacoma, Wash., visiting their
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daughter, Christina.
The State Women's Fellow
ship Cluster meeting of the
United Church of Christ was
held at Condon on Mar. 17.
Representing the lone church
were Mrs. Alfred Nelson, Mrs.
Fred Martin, Mrs. Darrel
Wilson, and Mrs. Kenneth
Smouse. The title of the
program was "Wake Up to
Process of Becoming." Rev.
Ann Smith, president of the
Fellowship, was in charge,
and the main speaker was Ed
Quelette, Interim Minister of
The Dalles.
A St . Patrick 's luncheon was
served at noon, followed by a
short afternoon session with
an address given by Mr. Terry
Kawata, president of the
United Church of Christ Con
ference, and organ selections
played by Dorothea Harris of
the Condon Church.
Bunchgrass Rebekah Lodge
No. 91 met at the home of Mrs.
Edith Matthews, Thursday,
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Mar. 17. President of the
Rebekah Assembly, Melvina
Mellinger, paid her official
visit, accompanied by Helen
Cato, Grand Marshal. A
no-host luncheon was held at
Beecher's before the meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Turner of
Vancouver, Wash., are visit
ing at the home of Mrs. Gladys
Drake.
The United Church of Christ
announces the following
events: New members will be
received at the morning
service on Palm Sunday, Apr.
3. The traditional Easter
Breakfast will be served
between 8:30 and 9:00 a.m.,
and the worship service will
be at 10:00 a.m. Maundy
Thursday service will be
Thursday, Apr. 7, at 6:30 p.m.,
with a candlelight potluck
dinner, followed by Commun
ion and the Office of Tenebrae.
The next six week series of
adult classes will begin Thurs
day, Apr. 14, at 7:30 p.m. The
subject will be "An Encounter
With the Bible."
An Open House will be held
Saturday, Mar. 26, from 3:00
to 5:00 p.m. at the American
Legion Hall, in honor of Mrs.
La Una Crowell, who will be
celebrating her 90th birthday.
Friends and relatives are
cordially invited to attend.
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