FOUR The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Thursday, January 2(, 1978
with Justine Wratherford V y J D)
Degree of Honor
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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.
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November during her confine
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again.
Her family reports that
Carrie has recovered remark
ably well from her third
broken hip which occured last
October. She still uses a
walker for security, but is able
to manage most of her living
by herself again.
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
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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
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