FOUR The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, February 2, 1978
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with Justine VV'eatherford
Yesterday we began a new, shorter and hopefully
brighter month after what to many Americans was such a
long, cold, dreary January.
That old, 31-day month began with a usual holiday which
this year stretched to a three-day weekend for the only such
arrangement in seven years.
Today is one of February's most notable days Ground
Hog Day. According to many old stories, the ground hog, or
woodchuck, comes out of his burrow on 2-2 to look for his
shadow. If the sun is shining and he can see his shadow, he
goes back to sleep for a while, and winter is not over. If the
ground hog cannot see his shadow, he begins his springtime
activities.
Wouldn't it be nice if that lazy old ball-of-energy that
rolls around heaven all day could penetrate the fog we have
been suffering in Morrow and the little beast and everybody
could discover what a shadow looks like again? However, it
seems we can. win either way if a shadowosting sun
frightens the woodchuck it will please us. But, if he does not
retreat in fright to sleep longer, we are supposedly going to
begin springtime activities with him. Hurray!
Legends say that when Romulus made the first Roman
calendar it had only 10 months. Pompilius, who followed
him, added two months, making Februarius the last month.
Then Julius Caesar moved the beginning of the year from
March to January, making February the second month; he
took one of its 30 days to add to July, the month named in his
honor. Next, Augustus took one of its days to add to August,
the month named after him, leaving only 28 days, excepting
every fourth year when leap year brings an extra day.
The "loverly" celebration of St. Valentine's Day on
February 14 dates back into the Middle Ages.
For generations Americans celebrated Abraham
Lincoln's birthday on Feb. 14 and George Washington's on
Feb. 22, but recently these celebrations have been combined
into President's Day, falling on Monday Feb. 20 this year,
which brings the month its only three-day work and school
break.
My fact book tells me that today is celebrated as
Candlemas Day by the Roman Catholic Church. Candles to
be used in the church during the rest of the year are
traditionally blessed on this second day of the second month.
Ah, I wonder if candle-shadow could frighten ground hogs?
The freezing fog which has caused so much damage and
so much frustration this winter continues to worry some. Ann
Bergstrom of Gooseberry phoned to suggest that we remind
folks to keep their car lights on as they go about. She says
that last weekend as they traveled hazy Highway 206 they
met six unlighted cars that were so hard to see. Mrs.
Bergstrom reports that early this week, the icy fog was
building up heavy coatings on their trees again. How the
trees, power lines and people and animals west of here have
suffered.
Although I've always known I could never qualify as a
teacher of science, I keep trying to understand a few
scientific phenomena. Fog is sometimes exciting and rather
beautiful, but most regularly frightening and danger filled. It
comes in three types: advection fog, radiation fog, and
frontal fog. I think the type we experience here is radiation
fog which forms when heat from the ground excapes into the
upper air, chilling the ground to its dew point and causing the
water vapor in the air to condense. Better students of science
can surely give better explanations.
Wednesday of last week I went with Marion Abrams,
Sheree Marquardt and Betty Green on a tour of the Oregon
State Library. Welearned a great deal about the facility and
about the care and use of the new microfiche readers.
I was pleased to happen to have a visit with Eloise Ebert,
the retired chief librarian, who asked me about our situation
and what our city and county are doing to help the local
library. She is really concerned and hopeful that someday
there will be a county library serving all of Morrow's
population.
Marion drove every mile during our seventeen-hour day
which began in morning fog and was mainly spent in
Willamette Valley drizzle and heavy rain, but from The
Dalles homeward was under moonlit, starlit sky. We knew
that the coming day, last Thursday, would be better than
most of the days we've been having.
Last week's paper included such an excellent article by
Dr. Janice Green. I hope she will share her wisdom publicly
more frequently. Irene Swanson was pleased to have several
calls about help with quilting, but says she can't yet set a
definite time to help beginning quilters at the museum. Joy
Krein was disappointed not to hear from any young mothers
interested in a pre-school story hour at the library. She hoped
such a program would be appealing during these cold,
stay-in-the-house days.
So, January's last weekend here saw a variety of
happenings. The Donkey Basketball drew many to the high
school on Saturday night. The very special ordination and
installation of Rev. John Maas filled Hope Lutheran Church
on Sunday afternoon.
Considerable excitement and some grief was expressed
on Main Street as many valuable gallons of gasoline poured
out of the pump in front of Fulleton's Garage. The pump was
left open somehow and the wasted gas was hosed off the
thoroughfare by persons using firehoses. What a sad waste of
energy !
Now, for a happy, safe February, let us drive carefully in
the fog, prepare ahead for Valentine's Day, make plans for
the President's Day holiday and conserve, not waste our
energy.
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Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Carlson
Pink and white flowers
decorated St. Patrick's Catho
lic Church in Heppner for the
wedding of Judy Barclay,
Portland, and Cliff Carlson,
Pendleton. The bride is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Max
Barclay of Heppner, and the
groom's parents are Mrs.
Ruth Rosenberg, Pendleton,
and Marvin Carlson, Port
land. Given in marriage by her
father, the bride wore a long
gown of silk organza, trimmed
with lace and pearl beading,
with the fitted bodice featur-'
ing a shallow neckline and
sculptured wedding collar. A
full A-line skirt, also trimmed
with lace, flowed into a
cathedral train. Her Juliet cap
of pearl beading held a lace
edged veil. The bride carried a
floral arrangement of pink
roses, pink carnations and
baby's breath.
Maid of honor was Joan
Barclay of Seattle, Wash.,
sister-in-law of the bride.
Bridesmaids were Debbie
Smith, Portland; Cathy Carl
son, Portland, sister of the
groom; and Carley Drake,
Heppner. The bride's atten
dants wore hot pink gowns and
carried white baskets filled
with baby's breath and white
daisies.
John Carlson, Pendleton,
brother of the groom, was best
man, while Jim Barclay,
Seattle, brother of the bride,
Kerry Green, Kinzua, and
John Kerr, The Dalles, served
as ushers. Mason Carlson,
nephew of the groom was ring
bearer.
Rev. John O'Brien offered
the Nuptial Mass, while Rev.
Raymond Beard married the
couple. The reading of the
day's mass was given by Rev.
Arthur Baehmann, Lutheran
minister from Pendleton.
James Ackley provided the
nuptial music and sang "The
Wedding Song" and "We've
Only Just Begun".
A reception at the Heppner
Elks Club followed the wed
ding ceremony.
After a wedding trip to the
Oregon coast and Lake Tahoe,
the newly-wed couple are
living in Pendleton.
Mrs. A. C. Ball honored Rainbow Worthy Advisor....
at 75th birthday dinner Installation of Darcy Rea
Soroptimists take London tour
courtesy of Dorothy Heard
Family and friends of Mrs.
AC. Ball gathered Sunday,
Jan. 22, at the home of
La Verne and Laurel VanMar
ter to help Mrs. Ball celebrate
her 75th birthday.
Mrs. Ball's children and
their spouses who attended the
dinner included the VanMar
ters. Gene and Harriet Hall,
Heppner; Roger and Eileen
Steiger, Portland; Jim. and
Beth Zimmerman, Hermis
ton; Herb and Nancy Eks
trom, lone; and Archie and
Diana Ball, Heppner.
Grandchildren and great
grandchildren included: La-
Milton-Freewater's out
standing woman of 1977,
Dorothy Heard, presented a
slide program at the Soropti
mist luncheon here on Thurs
day, January 19. A past-president
of the Heppner Club, who
with her husband Charles
published the Gazette-Times
here, Mrs. Heard is active in
many organizations.
As she showed the slides of
garden and street scenes in
London, including cathedrals,
palaces and Stratford-on-the-Avon,
Dorothy told of their
visits to Soroptimists who had
attended her installation here
in Heppner and of staying in
the Soroptimist International
Hotel in London. She recoun
ted various enjoyable exper
iences as they traveled "bed
and breakfast" throughout
England, Ireland and into
Scotland last fall.
Helen
Thompson
honored in
Pendleton
Mrs. Ralph Thompson, a
long-time county and Heppner
resident, was recently hon
ored in Pendleton where she
has lived since 1973. She was
"found" and recognized for
her outstanding work as a
former president of the Na
tional Wool Growers Auxilary.
Dorothy Krebs presented
Helen with a plaque in
recognition of her contribution
to the national organization
for the promotion of the wool
industry which Dorothy has
also headed.
Mrs. Thompson is remem
bered here by many friends,
some of whom recall how well
she discharged her national
responsibility to the wool
growers. Helen and her hus
band Ralph, raised sheep on
their upper Willow Creek
ranch which is now owned by
the Everett Harshmans.
Vi Lanham presided at the
noon meeting; the guest
speaker was introduced by
past-president Marlene Peter
son. Two special friends of the
Heards, Theda Lowe and
Justine Weatherford, were
guests of Eleanor Gonty.
Harris earns commission
Bobbie D. Harris, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Darrel Harris of
Heppner, has been commis
sioned a second lieutenant in
the U.S. Air Force upon
graduation from Officer
Training and duty as chief of
the Operations Intelligence
Section.
The leiutenant, a 1967 gradu
ate of Heppner High School,
received a B.A. degree in
history in 1975 from the
University of Maryland Euro
pean Division in Germany.
His wife, Betty, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James Angell Hermiston.
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Verne and Lyn VanMarter
and their children Brian and
Amy, Marie Lane and Paul
VanMarter, all of Heppner;
Scott and Donna Wilson,
LaGrande; Kent and Rene
Gutierrez and Doreen Flack,
Hermiston; Herb and Brenda
Ekstrom and Marc, lone;
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Darcy Rea will be installed as Worthy Advisor for the
lone Rainbow Girls No. 89 on Sunday, Feb. 5, in the lone
Masonic Hall at 3 p.m.
Also to be installed in the ceremony are Jannette Piper
as Worthy Associate Advisor, Brenda Patton, Charity;
Margaret Kincaid, Hope; and Kelly Pettyjohn, Faith.
Darcy has chosen yellow and green as her colors and
"Key of Life: Faith, Hope and Charity" as her theme. Her
father, Richard Rea, will travel from Portland to crown her
during the ceremony.
The installation is open to the public and everyone is
cordially invited to attend.
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