FOUR The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 8, 1977
FormerHeppnerite
wed in California
Reception planned
with Justine Weatherford
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They've decked our streets with lights so sparkly Santa
has visited and proved he can locate Heppner the
Artifactory attracted large, enthusiastic crowds the stores
seem busy good food and good company is readily
available 'Tis the season to be jolly.
However, on the dark side, we personally are not ready
to deck the outside of our home this year as many
householders are already doing. We are still very upset at the
series of colored bulb snatchings we suffered on our front
porch last year. So, I guess we will just skip buying a new
supply of bulbs and risking further, hateful vandalism this
Christmastime.
My long-time friend Bernice Hinshaw from Milton-Free-water,
who made her first weekend visit to Heppner, was
very favorably impressed with our community. She enjoyed
, the several events we attended and was surprised to buy
some items here that she couldn't find other places. Bernice
really praised the expanded museum-library which she had
visited once before, when we lived at Lexington, before Mrs.
Duvall put on the big new addition to the museum and before
I succeeded Blanche Brown as librarian.
Many persons have told me how great they thought the
Artifactory was this year. The big AAUW sponsored
community event provides a showcase and sales floor for so
many talented craftpersons and great cooks. St. Patrick's
Hall was really bulging all day Saturday.
Saturday afternoon, during the lovely Tammy
Brannon-Vernon Seal wedding, folks had real difficulty
parking their cars within a half mile of St. Pat's. The
wedding, mainly a family affair, was very Christmasy with
scarlet poinsettias everywhere including around the edges of
the three layers of the beautiful bridal cake (those were
made of frosting, of course.)
The brides' mother Judy Laughlin made her gown and
her step-mother Patti Brannon made the dress for the
maid-of -honor. Tammy's two dads, Bill Brannon and Butch
' Laughlin, gave her away. The Brannons held the reception in
their home, and reports are that it was a joyous affair.
Tammy's grandparents, Carl and Betty Spaulding, came
to visit Bill at the hospital on Sunday evening a"d shared
news of their weekend with us. During our chatting, we got
around to talking of food, and Betty remarked how they used
to enjoy Hazel Hamlin's cooking.
Driver Rawlins is now assisted by a feeder bus driven by
Myrna Johnson, a nice change. (My Bill had to drive the
whole time-consuming way to the Justus Place during his
years on the route.) Well, Driver Rawlins hasn't had too
much excitement so far. Seems he accidently pushed over
one of the Don Bennett's historic buildings last week as he
turned the bus there. He was especially embarrassed
because Driver Johnson pulled up in time to witness the
crunch.
Another bus route that has seen several drivers this fall
is the North Lexington run. Ex-editor Torn Franks managed
it for several months, but presently its driver is Charles
Starks, formerly of the Northwestern Motel and Heppner
Auto Parts.
This led me to report that I had a good visit with Hazel
last Friday in the Hamlin's cozy apartment where she has
been eleven months recovering from a painful and confining
leg problem.
House-bound Hazel talked mostly about how great the
people of this community and from nearby towns have been
to her during her confinement. So many have been so
thoughtful and helpful. She beams with pride about the
recent promotion of their beloved granddaughter Judy
Buschke, who has been their top family helper for so long.
Hazel now gets around pretty good with just one crutch.
She and Frank had a fine trip this fall, visiting in Gresham
with their daughter Maryette Wright and husband Joe and
stopping overnight in The Dalles for a great evening with two
couples they knew when they were in the Panama Canal Zone
and with friends from Redmond.
Hazel, now 83, has such an eager spirit, but can't get
around to personally greet folks like she likes to do. Frank
works everyday with Dean Teal's store. They both feel that
they happen to live in the "world's greatest community."
They worry that they can never adequately thank everyone
who has helped them so, and who are making their coming
Christmas look so cheerful. The Hamlins send out Best
Wishes for Happy Holidays to everyone. (We Weatherfords
surely join them in their worry about adequately thanking
folks so much extra kindness has come to us during Bill's
illness.)
Since I've become a self-appointed reporter about school
bus drivers, I need to update a few matters. It seems that two
new careers are being formed. Rancher Bill Rawlins of the
Hinton Creek-Jones Hill-Franklin Hill run has discovered the
cozy kitchen and top coffee at Bob and Bette McLoughlin's
home at the far end of his line.
Do you realize these friendly, generous McLoughlins live
so far east of Heppner that they have a Pilot Rock mailing
address?
As I close this week's column, I want to mention that I
was pleased to happen to see "the greatest of our county
bus-drivers" Leonard Munkers, now a Lexington area
rancher, and his wife Edith in Heppner in friend Ida Farra's
shoe and zipper repair shop one afternoon last week. They
are fine just had a little zipper problem.
So zip to this now I want to zip along with our Christmas
cards I have zipping problems, too!
All friends and relatives of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Sherman
are invited to help celebrate the couple's 25th wedding
anniversary at an open house in their home on Saturday,
Dec. 10, from 4-6 p.m.
The occasion will be hosted by their children Ron
Sherman, Barbara Watkins and Janice Sherman. Guests are
equested not to bring gifts.
Long-time residents Calvin and Beverly Burnside
Sherman were married at the Methodist Church in Heppner
on Dec. 11, 1952.
Irrigon man
home after
accident
Leon Wilson has returned to
his home after spending the
month of November in the
Kadlec Hospital, Richland.
He was seriously injured on
Oct. 30, when the wind caught
his small foreign car and he
was thrown against a bridge
abutment on the river road
entering Hermiston from the
West.
He will be convalescing for
some time to come
In a mountain setting at St.
Dominic Savio Catholic
Church in Bass Lake, Cal.,
Jan Marie Schlichting was
united in marriage to Jon
David Cards on Sept. 24, 1977
at 2 p.m.
The bride is the daughter of
former Heppner residents,
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Schlich
ting, now residing in North
Fork, Cal. H. Keith Carris and
Bette Carris, both of Pack
wood, Iowa, are parents of the
groom.
After a wedding trip to Moro
Bay and Carmel, the newly
wed couple are making their
home of Prather, Cal '
The bride is a 1971 graduate
of Heppner High School, and
the groom graduated from I
Pekin High School in Iowa in
1971. The groom is attending'
Fresno City College and is -employed
by Wicks Corpora-f
tion.
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