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FOUR The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, March 2, 1978
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Letha Archer honored
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"I enjoyed every bit of it,"
exclaimed Letha Archer of
Heppner about the tea in
honor of her 94th birthday that
drew some 50 friends and
relatives to the Christian
Church Saturday.
Letha was especially happy
about the surprise arrival of
her only granddaughter, Doro
thy Vendshues, from Port
land. "She hasn't been here
since she was a little girl. I
was sure glad she could make
it," the nonagenarian com
mented. Born February 26, 1884, in
Missouri, Letha said she came
by train to Morrow County
with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. M.J. Devin when she was
"big enough to carry on a
pillow". The family, which
eventually included one son
and five daughters, settled on
the ranch now owned by Don
and Merlyn Robinson.
Letha was married to her
first husband. Max Smith, in
1902, the year " before the
Heppner flood washed away
half the town. She remembers
Oregon's greatest natural dis
aster well: "We came to town
that day, on our way to visit
my husband's sister in Mon
tana. We never did go." Letha,
luckily visiting friends on
Aiken hill out of the path of the
flood, said she saw houses
floating down the street and
later found all their luggage
floating around the train
depot. "We stayed and helped
clean up and bring up the
dead. I lost so many friends. I
just hope it never- happens
again," Letha commented.
Living in the same house on
Water Street for almost 50
years, Letha said she has
enjoyed her life in Heppner:
"I have so many friends
here." Letha married Harry
Archer in 1949 but was
widowed within a year. She
worked in Healy's Variety
Store for 15 years and says she
still tries to keep busy.
Speaking on glads
CBPW to hear Dr. Wolff
In keeping with the theme,
"Blossom Out," the March
meeting of the Christian
Professional and Business
Women will feature Dr. Wal
lace Wolff speaking on gla
diolas. The meeting will be
held Monday, March 6, begin
ning at 7:30 p.m. in the
Heppner High School cafe
tori um.
Dr. Wolff raises more than
100 varieties of gladiolas along
with many other types of
flowers. Through his hobby of
raising flowers, Dr. Wolff has
become an excellent horticul
turalist and flower showman.
Music for the organization
March meeting will be pro
vided by the Larry Lindsay
family of Lexington. Millicent
Peterson of Walla Walla,
Wash., will be the guest
speaker.
To make reservations for
the $1 dessert meeting, call
Valarie Cooley at 676-5140, or
Grand Squares to entertain
The lone Grand Squares
dance club hosted guests from
the Square Knots of Hermis
ton at their regular third-Fri-day-of-the-month
dance held
at the American Legion Hall
in Heppner on Feb. 17.
Official club caller Darrel
Wilson of lone set the pace for
the evening, assisted by club
members Ron Davis of Olex
and Don Wood of Lexington.
The Grand Squares decided
to take on a public service
project after guest Cindy
Lettington, coordinater of en
tertainment for the Condon
Nursing Home, told the group
how much the residents of the
home would enjoy a square
dance presented there. The
club plans to dance for the
oirmaay
Many relatives from out of
town traveled to Heppner to
attend Letha's 94th birthday
tea. Among them were her
son, Austin Smith, and grand
daughter, Dorothy Vendshues,
Portland; Tena Scott and Jean
Cahill, Hermiston; Leora Hey
den, Stanfield; Irene Schek
ler, Richland, Wash.; Alene
Warren, Grandview, Wash.;
Ellis and Vanita Wyland,
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Letha Archer celebrated her 94th birthday twice at a
Christian Church tea and at a senior citizen dinner, where the
above birthday cup cakes were a special feature in Letha's
honor.
Charlotte Botts at 676-5089.
Baby sitting services can be
Achievement tests given
in county grade schools
Tests designed to assess
achievement in the areas of
reading comprehension and
vocabulary, language usage
and spelling, mathematics,
social studies, science and use
of sources were administered
to Morrow County students in
grades two through eight
during the last week in
February.
The test results are primar
ily used to counsel individual
students and their parents
about skill and knowledge
strengths and weaknesses in
each student's academic pro
residents in Condon on Sunday
afternoon, March 5.
The Grand Squares plan to
host their next regular dance
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Thursday, March 2
P.E.R. Night
Ladies Night
Dinner 6-7:30
Lodge 8 p.m.
Friday, March 3
Music
Happy Hour 5-7
Dinner 6-8:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 4
Music
Dinner 6-8:30 p.m.
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tea
Carol Wyland, Jerry and Alice
Wyland, all of Pendleton ; and
John and Jacklyn Wagonblast
and sons Alex, Charlie and
Seth, Odessa, Wash.
Letha's birthday was also
celebrated on Tuesday, Feb.
28, when birthday cupcakes
were a special feature at the
senior citizens' dinner at the
Elks Club and Letha was guest
of honor.
arranged by calling 989-8412 or
676-5571. t
gress in school. Also the
results help teachers and
administrators identify areas
in the general school program
which are in need of im
provement. Similar testing of ninth and
eleventh grade high school
students was completed dur
ing late January under the
direction of the school coun
selors. Achievement test re
sults at the high school level
help these students develop
their school and career train
ing plans.
on Saturday, March 4, at 8
p.m. in the Heppner American
Legion Hall. The public is
always invited.
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Tuesday, March 7
Senior Citizens 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 8
Senior Citizens Dinner 4:30
Pinochle 7:30
Boy Scouts 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 9
Lodge Night
(Kitty & Dinner
Drawings)
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Heppner. Oregon j
BMCC offers variety of spring classes
A preview of courses being
offered in this area through
the evening division of blue
Mountain Community college
for spring term reveals a
variety of choices for almost
any potential student.
For the sports-minded, sign
up for tennis, golf, hunt seat
riding or physical fitness for
women. The tennis class will
be limited to four students in
each section with additional '
sections added if necessary.
Hunt seat riding is limited to
12 students while the size of
the golf and physical fitness
classes will be limited only by
practicality. All of these
classes are offered to the
beginner as well as the student
with more experience.
For those with an academic
leaning, Spanish, botany and
history of World War II
classes have an unlimited
enrollment. The history class
can be taken for transfer
credit or as an audit course.
Botany will include field
work.
Welding is being offered to
those who want to learn the
basics of oxyacetylene weld
ing, with each section limited
to four students.
Couples who wish to learn
the LaMaze method of child
birth should register for the
expectant parents class being
offered.
Several art classes will be
available this term, including
two tole painting classes, a
drawing class and a multi
media art class, all with
limited enrollments.
Pre-registration is neces
State Grange officers
to meet here Friday
A State Grange Offiers' as a tri-county event, with
Conference will be held Fri- gra"ge representatives from
day, March 3, at Willows Wheeler, Gilliam and Morrow
Grange Hall beginning with Counties attending,
a pot luck supper at 6:30 p.m. All grangers are urged to
The conference is planned ae Part-
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enrollment to ensure the
student a place in the class
and, in any class, pre-registration
helps the instructor pre
pare materials ahead of time.
Japanese teen exchange
seeks local host families
Would your family like to
have an exciting, new exper
ience this summer: Applica
tions are now being accepted
from Morrow, Gilliam, Wheel
er and Sherman county fami
lies interested in hosting a
Japanese teen-ager for about
five weeks this summer, says
Shirley Palmer, Morrow
County coordinator of the
4-H-Labo exchange program.
Applications are due by
March 31.
The four-county area is
expecting 14 Japanese young
sters to arrive in late July.
This is the sixth year of the
exchange program in Oregon
and each year about 140
Japanese youth and ten adults
come to Oregon.
The Japanese teenagers are
participating in the Labo
which teaches English
through singing, dancing, pan
tomime and drama. They
meet in small groups in
private homes after school.
Although all the youngsters
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A schedule will be printed in
the Gazette-Times next week
for the above classes, with a
pre-registration form inclu
ded. Students are reminded to
include a payment check when'
have some knowledge of
English, not all are fluent in
the language. This means that
host families should be re
laxed, have a sense of humor
and be willing to communicate
with the visitor in a variety of
ways.
Youngsters coming are 12-16
years old and it is preferable
that host families have young
sters of about the same age. A
training session for family
Class of 1977 surveyed to
improve county schools
Students from Morrow
County High Schools gradua
ting class of 1977 were sent
questionnaires in February
designed to find out what kind
of work former students are
doing now, where former
students are continuing their
training and education, and
how the students could have
been helped more while in
high school.
The survey is part of a
continuing effort to build a
better educational program
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pre-registering.
Any questions should be
directed to Nancy Brownfield,
coordinator for the south
Morrow County area, by
calling 676-5039.
members will be held before
the exchange students arrive.
Those interested in being
considered for the program
are asked to fill out an
application form available
from one of the four county
Extension offices. More infor
mation may be obtained by
contacting Shirely Palmer at
the Heppner office, or by
calling 676-9730.
for the students in the dis
trict's high schools. All mem
bers of the class of 1977 are
urged to respond to the survey
since its feedback will benefit
future students and their
school programs.
The Morrow County Schools
student follow-up survey is
being conducted by the high
school counselors Vi Lan
ham at Heppner High, Gordon
Meyers at lone High and Mike
Wetherell at Riverside High.
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Notes
Patients admitted and dis
missed from Pioneer Memo
rial Hospital during the week
between Tuesday, Feb. 21, and
Tuesday, Feb. 28, included
Wilma Mabe, James Hams,
and John Scow, all of Hepp
ner; and Dale Baker of
Lexington.
Still in the hospital on
Tuesday were Tom Senecal
and Dave Barnett, both of
lone; Edna Munkers, Lexing
ton ; and Patricia Brannon and
Ed Dick, both of Heppner.
Wilfred Jones
proud parents
of baby girl
Returning to work after a
week-long vacation, the Mor
row County stork delivered
one small baby bundle to
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Jones
of Heppner became the proud
parents of a daughter named
Crystal Kay on Thursday,
Feb. 23, at 8:08 p.m. She
weighed a healthy 8 pounds 15
ounces at birth. Crystal was
welcomed home by one bro
ther. Grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. Lloyd Jones, Ukiah; and
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Barr,
Pendleton. Her great-grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs.
W.G. Milliron, Walla Walla,
Wash.; and Edith Kaczar,
Pilot Rock.
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