FOUR The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Ore., Thursday, September 22, 1977
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This has been an especially busy and interesting week at
our home. Bill's son, C.P.O. W.W.W. Ill and his wife Teresa
and their 14-month-old William Eugene Weatherford from
Yokosuka Naval Base south of Tokyo, Japan, have been with
us, as well as Bill's daughter Karla whose home is at
Bremerton, Wash.
The threesome, who flew from Japan to Sea-Tac, gained
a free day when they crossed the international
dateline actually arriving in Washington State before they
left Jaoan. They have bits of interesting information to
share. Teresa has made many friends with Japanese people
as they lived off -base most of their first two years. Now they
are in Navy housing and not mingling as closely with the
natives.
Bill spends much of his time at sea. He has interesting
pictures of Russian naval vessels that his ship, the U.S.S.
Lockwood, came in contact with so close that the
Americans and Russians could get good looks at each others'
equipment. He notes that each navy has some special
plusses. He is very certain that U.S. helicopters are very
superior to the U.S.S.R. whirlybirds that he observed.
Teresa has found that she enjoys shopping at the base
exchange for many things, but that the Japanses stores have
superior quality merchandise, at lower prices, in the cities.
She says that they tend to export cheaper, poor-quality
goods.
The couple tells how small their off-base apartment
was. ."standard U.S. furniture just wouldn't fit there." The
base quarters they have now are more spacious and very
comfortable. They live right across the street from a six-year
American Jr. -Sr. high school. There is also a school for the
first six grades on the base.
Little Billy isn't saying much yet could be that he will
start talking bi-lingually. He has been brought up with many
little Japanese friends. His first flight wasn't too
satisfactory seems he got a head cold and earache and
needed help from Dr. Carpenter here, who has now met three
William Weatherfords.
' Karla reports that Bremerton and surrounding towns are
having a bit of a boom as the Navy's Trident Submarine Base
is about to get into production of the latest in nuclear
submarines. She practices her profession, occupational
therapy in Bremerton and Port Orchard, and since she spent
four years at the University of Puget Sound in nearby
Tacoma, she feels pretty much at home in northwest
Washington.
Karla met the visitors from Japan on arrival and has had
to chauffer them about until they were able to take Oregon
drivers' tests at Hermiston and get re-licensed to drive their
own green Datsun that I have been using for several years.
They had become very accustomed to driving on the
left-hand side of streets and turning into left lanes with the
right-side-drive car they own in Japan.
Since we are being sort of internationally minded just
now it was pleasing to have a nice picture postcard arrive
from "Cardiff enroute to Edinborough" from Charlie and
Dorothy Heard who are off seeing the United Kingdom.
Dorothy will attend a Soroptimist meeting at Tamworth,
England, and enjoy visiting with members there who were in
Heppner several years back. The Heards expect to be back at
their Peach Island home about Oct. 15, Charlie stated.
Bill, Teresa and Karla have enjoyed visiting with some
old Heppner friends. They have felt especially lucky to find
Kathy Melby Jurcich from Columbus, Ohio, with her sons
Matt, 6, and Josh, 19 months, and Susan Melby Timm from
Pocatello, Idaho, with her son Sean, 19 months, visiting their
parents Avon and Arnold. These Heppner-educated young
mothers will have left by the time your read this edition, as
will have our four guests.
Our home, and the Melby's, too, will seem quite empty
and quiet. Our table can go back to its original, smaller,
leafless size. I know I shall miss our visitors, especially the
great help that Karla has given me with my various
enterprises. She has shown that her medical training means
so much when illness strikes. She has devised ways to make
her father more comfortable. She has developed into a
mighty fine house cleaner and cook. If you happen to visit the
laundromat you might note it is looking cleaner than usual
because of the elbow grease Karla put forth there.
Since none of the younger Weatherfords had seen '
Heppner for some time, they noted many improvements.
They remarked about the big Coast-to-Coast store, about
Kroll's attractive new store, about Hedmans' relocation,
about West of Willow, Les Schwab's outlet, the changes on
Hopsital Hill, the new residences near three-mile corner and
the Kinzua mill's great expansion.
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St. Patrick's Church was the
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ceremony which united Shan
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and Mrs. James J. Farley of
Heppner, and Mark Miller,
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Tasty homebaked food should
be a crowd pleaser at the big
backyard sale to be held in
lone this Saturday, Sept. 24,
by the lone Rebekah Lodge.
Both new and old items are
marked to be sold, including
household goods, books, re
cords, dishes, picture frames
Personal security
September topic
The Widow and Widower
Program, an organization de
signed to aid in the social,
emotional and financial ad
justment of recently widowed
persons, has scheduled a Sept.
28 meeting in Pendleton. The
Meeting will take place in
Room 106 of Pioneer Hall on
the Blue Mountain Communi
ty College campus beginning
at 7:30 p.m.
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The bride, given in marri
age by her father, wore a
white, organza princess-style
gown with portrait neckline.
Mark Miller
Shannon Farley
and much miscellaneous.
The sale will be held at the
Matthews' residence at 2nd
and Cherry from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. No advance sales will be
made.
Proceeds are earmarked to
help finance the organiza
tion's many projects.
The group has been meeting
for the past four months and
provides a gathering for
persons with common
thoughts and needs. The
September topic for the no
charge meeting will be "Home
and Personal Security" pre
sented by Jim and Eva Carey.
For more information call
Sandy or Rene Bishop at
276-1221.
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Appliqued daisies adorned the
bodice, edged the cap sleeves
and trimmed the floor length
train. Her picture hat was also
trimmed with daisy appliques.
The bride carried a bouquet of
yellow roses and baby breath
in a church decorated with
baskets of orange carnations,
yellow roses and baby's
breath.
The bridesmaids, dressed in
yellow midi-length sundress
es, were Michelle Burns of
Pendleton, sister of the
groom, Tricia Gunderson of
Roseburg, Barbara Watkins of
Heppner and Nancy McElli
gott, lone. Trisha Halverson,
sister of the bride, was matron
of honor. Each attendant wore
an orange miniature carna
tion in her hair and carried
nosegays of yellow roses, or
ange carnations and baby's
breath. Anji Halvorsen, niece
of the bride was flower girl,
while Bobbette Hedman and
Nancy Miller, sister of the
groom, served as candle
lighters.
Steve Kemp of Umatilla
acted as best man while
ushers included David Gun
derson of Roseburg, Terry
Hughes of Heppner, Rick
Boyce of The Dalles and Jim
Cutsforth of Heppner.
The mother of the bride
wore a long, pale pink chiffon
dress and the mother of the
groom a long, green chiffon
dress for the festive occasion.
Both accented their costume
with a matching cape.
Jim Ackley was musician
and soloist at the ceremony.
Shannon Kelly was also a
soloist.
Father Raymond Beard and
Father John O'Brien officiat
ed at the 1:30 pirn, ceremony.
A wedding reception at St.
Patrick's Parish Hall was
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followed by a reception at the
Elk's Club.
Cutting the cake were Nan
cy Barker, Salem, Kathleen
Hisler of Heppner, Earlene
Miller, aunt of the groom,
Hermiston and Francine
Crawford, also aunt of the
groom from Hermiston.
Pouring punch were Flor
ence Becket and Esther Berg
strom, both aunts of the bride
from Heppner, Marilyn Peck,.
Portland, cousin of the groom
and Peggy Almon, cousin of
the groom.
Marcia Anderson attended
the guest table while Luanne
Hurl was in charge of the
guest book.
After a wedding trip to Lake
Tahoe, the newly wed couple
is residing in Heppner.
Both are graduates of Hepp
ner High School. The groom
graduated from the Universi
ty of Idaho in 1976 while the
bride graduated from Oregon
State University in June. The
groom is currently farming
with his father.
Bike donations reported
A total Bike Ride donation to
St. Jude's Hospital of $1,361.42
was reported by Philanthropic
Chairman Ellen Kennedy at
the Sept. 14 meeting of Alpha
Theta chapter, E.S.A.
The meeting, held at Mrs.
Kennedy's home, also includ
ed a report by Co-Chairman
LaRae Kindle on service
hours accumulated working
on Pre-School Physicals,
Bloodmobile, Cancer Drive
and the Cystic Fibrosis Cam
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There's a 1st time for everything.
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Grand Squares
swing partners
During the week of Sept.
11-17, officially proclaimed
Square Dance Week by Gov.
Bob Straub, the Grand
Squares dance club celebrated
in style.
Under the direction of club
caller Darrel Wilson, square
dance lessons on Tuesday,
Sept. 13, launched the season
of "do-si-doing" at the Oddfel
low's Hall in Heppner. The
Grand Squares began their
regular season of dancing at
Willow Grange in lone on
Friday, Sept. 16.
In another highlight of
Square Dance Week, eight
members of the Grand
Squares traveled to Pendleton
to dance with the Rocket
Squares at their annual
Round-Up dance and to re
trieve the club banner that the
Rocket Squares "stole" at the
anniversary dance last May 7.
Attending the
paign for Philanthropic funds.
Membership Chairman,
Betty Doherty, announced
plans for a new chapter of
E.S.A. to be sponsered by
Alpha Theta. Using a Baseball
theme, prospective members
will be invited to a "Meet the
Rookies" party at the home of
Rita Harris September 28. The
charter ceremony tor the new
chapter is scheduled for
October 19.
"Metrics are Fun" was the
Round-Up Dance were:
George and Lorene Griffith,
Cecil; Marvin and Muriel
Epley, Olex; Elmer Heath and
Bill and Daisy Collins, Hepp
ner; Dorothy Warren, Lexing
ton; and Betty Heath, Hermis
ton. Now that the square dance
is the official dance of Oregon,
the club urges one and all to
come to the Oddfellow's Hall
in Heppner every Tuesday at 7
p.m. to learn to square dance.
Results
available
Results of the "Wages,
Welfare or What?" town hall
meeting will be available next
week at no charge at the
Gazette-Times office. Anyone
interested may pick up a copy.
Educational topic presented
for discussion by Ellen Ken
nedy and LaRae Kindle.
President Sally Wilson, Bet
ty Doherty, Barbara Paullus
and Rita Harris will be
attending Oregon State Coun
cil Leadership Conference in
Bend September 24.
Prospective members will
be invited to attend the
October 12 meeting of Alpha
Theta at the home of Rita
Harris.
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