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FOUR The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Thursday, January 2(, 1978 with Justine Wratherford V y J D) Degree of Honor 11 AO IC11C tLJLJJLM. TP Gradually I am trying to learn more about some of the people-aid programs that function in our county . I am getting help in understanding them from various persons and by actually participating in several. Surely everyone understands about the fine Senior Citizen dinners here on Tuesday and Wednesday in the Elk's Diningroom. Anyone over 55 who appreciated nutritious, tasty food and good company is welcome there. Diners contribute what they wish and feel able to give to help with the costs of these meals and social times. Pat Brindle, Director of the Heppner Neighborhood Center, supervises the dinners as well as several other federally-funded programs throughtout the county, including a CETA Title IV Weatherization and Handyman program. She is well-trained and able to help so many persons with so many problems. . Pat enlisted "Three Musketeers" who have been going about doing many good deeds since September. These lively, pleasant, skillful young men are Jere LeDoux, sometimes called "Frenchy", and Steve Duncan who work at weatherizing homes of low income persons, and Mike Stickney who is the handyman. Mike fixes all kinds of things for people and also works with Jerry and Steve on weatherization when needed. This threesome is rated the best crew in the five-county area. Pat reminded me to remind you that it is already time to prepare for next Christmas, especially the toy repair aspect. She asks that anyone willing bring in dolls or doll parts now, so that the center ladies can make repairs and fresh clothing for the dolls during the spring and summer before fall pressures build up. Two other great, federally-arranged, assistance pro grams here are the Homemaker Helper and the Home Nursing programs. Sue Jepsen is head Homemaker Helper and has fine assistants available who come into homes regularly or in times of special need. This help can be arranged for qualified persons at no cost, or they may pay a reasonable fee on a carefully computed, sliding scale for this regular hourly help. Sheridan Wyman Tarnasky, R.N., heads the Tri-County Home Nursing program. She works where doctors indicate there is a need of professional medical help in a home. Her fine service can also be paid for on a sliding scale. David Hodges, who recently came from New York to join the ECOAC, that five-county cooperative arrangement headquartered in Pendleton, was in Heppner last Friday. He explained to several of us why this cooperative effort is necessary. I did not realize that most federally-funded programs, and there are more of these and more money in them annually, need to be applied for and to be administered by persons with much special training. He said that our low-population counties could not obtain benefit from these programs; that it requires a population force of at least 50,000 persons to effectively apply for them. The ECOAC (East Central Oregon Association of Counties) combines the populations of Umatilla, Grant, Morrow, Gilliam and Wheeler Counties to gain the 50,000 needed population. This cooperation was begun quite a few years ago when our state was broken into districts ECOAC was formed as District 12. Last weekend I also had two opportunities to learn a little about this county's Columbia River area. Bob Byrd, who is a member of the school advisory committee from Irrigon, came to my home on business. We chatted about the school situation, and he stressed the great need in the Boardman-Irrigon area for more classrooms, urging support for the school bond levy. Sunday, good friends invited me to ride to Boardman with them. We made a leisurely drive down Willow Creek and then turned east on 80 N. Several trucks and cars zoomed past us. It seemed like they were traveling 65 or 70 miles an hour. Does anybody check that 55 m.p.h. law anymore? We drove out to Pansy and Bill Seehafer's cozy home on Wilson Road. This friendly couple has many friends scattered about the county where Pansy told us they have lived since 1927. They have six daughters, numerous grandchildren and a growing collection of great-grands. We talked about the tremendous growth taking place around their area. Laughing, but rather serious remarks were made about "When the county seat is moved up here." After a good visit it was decided we would come back to Heppner over the Bombing Range Road, even though we had been told that it was really in bad shape because of extensive rebuilding. As we turned from Wilson Road onto the B.R. Road we noted a road sign pointing to Heppner, 55 miles away. However, the road wasn't in as bad shape as was expected and the 55 miles passed quickly in fact, the car's speedometer showed that we drove into Heppner in 38 miles so the measurement must be outdated maybe when the metric signs come out they will be more accurate. Last week I wrote about concerns for the continuation of the local library. Maybe if the community used the fine Library-Museum Building more, people would appreciate it more. Irene Swanson says she would like to help people with quilting instruction around the frame she has set up there on which she has a partly quilted Sunbonnet Girl bedspread. Joy Krein and several other-mothers of pre-school youngsters are interested in the possiblity of a weekly, cooperative, story hour for young children, probably on Thursday mornings about 10:30, beginning soon. Persons interested in quilting instruction should call Irene at 676-5294; those interested in a weekly story hour please phone Joy at 676-5848. ; The annual installation of officers by the members of the Degree of Honor Lodge in Heppner will take place Tues day evening, February 14. A no-host dinner is planned for 6:30 p.m. at West of Willow, preceding the 8 p.m. installs tion in the lodge haU. New officio, and those taking part in the installation ceremonies, include:' Past President, Shirley Connor; President, Mary Bryant; Vice-president, Adelle La Trace; Second Vice-president, Martha King; Secretary, Mar jorie Worden; Treasurer, Alice Soward; Usher, Bernice Nash; Assistant Usher, Elea nor Gonty; Inner Watch, Mary McMurtry; Outer Watch, Frieda Majeske; Pianist, Irene Anhorn; Trustee, Elea nor Gonty; Color Bearer, Esther Bergstrom; Sunshine Chairman, Shirley Connor; Auditing Committee, Mary McMurtry, Martha King, and Ida Farra; Escort, Marie Steagall, Ida Farra, Mildred Padberg, and Mildred Con nor; Escort Alternate, Lynn Haguewood; Right Assistant to the Vice-president, Betty Rood; Left Assistant to the Vice-president, Catie Padberg. Harley Youngs hospitalized ir Portland Mr. and Mrs. Harley Young of Heppner are both receiving treatment at Portland hospi tals this week. Helen is at St. Vincent Hospital and Harley is receiv ing treatment at Emanuel Hospital. Cards and letters are welcomed. Ordination is Sunday for Lutheran minister, John Maas pastor, The public is invited to attend the ordination of John S. Maas as a pastor in the American Lutheran Church and his installation as pastor of the Hope and Valby Lutheran Parish on Sunday, January 29, at 3 p.m. in the Hope Church in Heppner. The Reverend Dr. Clarence Solberg, Bishop of the North Pacific District of the Ameri can Lutheran Church, whose office is in Seattle, will preside during the ceremony. Rev. Steve Tollefson of the United Methodist Church and Fr. Kenneth Miller of All Saints Episcopal Church will take part in the service. The opening processional will include a cross, a banner, Lutheran pastors from area churches and all other persons participating in the after noon's ceremony. Special music will be pre sented by two quartets, one from each of the involved Lutheran Churches. The Val by quartet will be directed by Louis Carlson and the Hope singers by John Dawson. The two congregational past-presidents, who will be presenting the candidate for his installation, are Irvin Rauch of Hope and Don Peterson of Valby. Out-of-town guests will in clude the candidate's family from the Los Angeles vicinity and Mrs. Maas' family from the San Francisco area. Following the ceremony, everyone is invited to a reception for Pastor and Mrs. Maas in the church social rooms. John S. Maas began his college career at Concordia College in Portland, then transferred to California State at Long Beach where he received his B.A. in History in 1973. His seminary training was at Pacific Lutheran Theologi cal Seminary in Berkeley, Cal., and included a year of internship in Baltimore, Md. His Master of Divinity degree was granted in June 1977. Maas has served the Hope and Valby Churches as intern pastor since Sept. 18, 1977. Mrs. Maas, formerly Judith Tober, is from Merced, Cal. She is a graduate of Valpa raiso University in Indianaa. She is an elementary teacher who substitutes here and helps with the LAP program at Heppner Elementary School. Gonty takes bride in Greek Orthodox ceremony Jan. 20 January 20, Anastasia Rich ardson, daughter of Mike and Eleptheria Richardson of Gly fada, Greece, and U.S. Air force Sgt. Charles Douglas Gonty were married in a Greek Orthodox Church in Glyfada. Her family and friends of the young couple were pre sent. The newlyweds will be coming to visit Doug's family in Heppner the middle of June. Anastasia wrote a letter introducing herself to her new in-laws, the E.E. Gontys, telling them about her feelings and about the wedding cere mony. Doug had telephoned his parents last week to tell them about the wedding. Father Kenneth Miller attends ecumenical conference Prayer Octave begins today at noon The first session of the 1978 Prayer Octave arranged by the ministers of the Heppner area will take place today beginning at 12:05 p.m, in All Saints Episcopal Church. Fa ther Kenneth Miller will lead the 20-minute period of prayer and meditation. The church leaders of our community invite everyone to join in a search for peace and in" an effort to wipe out Christian intolerance and mis understanding between deno minations. The theme for the octave is "Christ has broken down the walls that separate us." Persons attending the noon hour gatherings may bring along sack lunches and stay for discussion and fellowship after the short services. Friday, January 27, the second session will take place at the Christian Church; Saturday the service will be at Hope Lutheran Church. Next Sunday, January 29, the various congregations will hold services as usual, except for the joint Methodist-Episcopalian service at All Saints at 10:30 a.m. Next week the Prayer Octave will continue with a Monday noon service in the Seventh Day Adventist Church; the Tuesday service will be at the Christian Life Center (Assembly of God); the Wednesday service is set for the United Methodist Church, and the final service in the series will take place at St. Patrick's Catholic Church during the noon hour of Thursday, February 2. Father Kenneth Miller of All Saints Church, who recently returned from an ecumenical conference of the 8th province of the National Episcopal Church, said conclusions are being reached that unity within diversity will be the ecumenical goal for many churches. Fr. Miller gathered from the conference that merger with large superstructures is no longer contemplated. Two of the essentials for unification will be mutual intercommuni cation and recongition of ministeries, he said. The conference, held in San . ' Francisco, was attended by all Bishops of the province (four from California, three from Oregon, one each from Utah, Nevada, Idaho and Alaska and two from Washington.) plus more than 50 clergy and laity. WEDDING & SOCIAL STATIONERY 676-9228 You are Invited To Meet Roger Martin. Who is Roger Martin? Roger has served in the House of Representatives for 12 years. ..Majority Floor Leader... Speaker Pro Tern. ..Minority Leader.. .His committee wrote the Bottle Bill... Roger Martin has the experience and ability to be Oregon's next Governor "- Roger has packed the experience of 12 working years inside government and of a lifetime of insight as a taxpayer and small businessman into his bid to become governor. fie believes like most of us that while government is necessary, it should have a limited role. To Roger this means slowing down state spending that has doubled since the present governor has held office. It means giving new direction to state agencies so agencies will respect and respond to the taxpayers who foot the bill. And he's bringing his campaign to people throughout Oregon. You can meet Roger Martin, Republican Primary Candidate for Governor at a no-host buffet luncheon Thursday, Feb. 2 from 11:30 to 1 P-m- at West of Willow Political Advertisement Paid For by Steve and Kathy Peck, Box, 380, Lexington, Oregon 97839 sii m on BABY SHOE BRONZING DURING FEBRUARY A bit of babyhood can be per manently yours ... a precious personal treasure. Vour baby's shoes richly preserved in solid metal with every crease, crinkle and scuff retained forever. Your choice of bookends,. por trait stands and many other styles... Now At Great Savings. 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Mrs. Becket's son, Law rence, stayed with her the first few days she was back in her own apartment in the Lanham Building, where she settled shortly after her husband Walter's death during Jan uary 1968. She is alone there now, and is pleased to have friends stop to visit. Carrie says she enjoyed sharing a room with Cleo Van Winkle who has now progres sed to the use of a wheelchair, but who is still at St. Anthony's These two pioneer great grandmothers had not met until becoming roommates. Mrs. Becket is anxious to thank everyone for their thoughtfulness and kindnesses to her. CLASSIFIEDS WORK FOR YOU 676-9228 A letter To All Female Students!! If you mode "A's" on your report cord this time. . . . Then your next stop is The LeBush Shoppe. Yes, just show us your "A's" (end proper identification) from your SOLID subjects and for every one you received we'll award you a 5 discount for each "A" up to 4 "A'S' on any of our groovy fashions! 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