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SIX The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday January 18, 1979 sssssssssssssssesssssssssssssss Ufff fdiny. jF?fi lift SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSi Justine Weatherford Paullus-Crabtree engagement told Kerry Peterson married in Florida ceremony Tempus Fugit! You will surely agree time flies when you read these interesting rules which were given to single young women who wanted to teach at Irrigon more than 50 years ago. (Married women were never considered as applicants.) Mrs. John Eubank, lone, loaned me a copy of these school board rules which are dated 1915. She said daughter Sandra Rodriguez, who is presently working as a teachers aide at the Irrigon School, gave her the copy. Mildred and I laughingly wonder how many school boards today could recruit teachers under these conditions: 1. You will not marry during the term of your contract. 2. You are not to keep company with men. 3. You must be home between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. unless attending a school function. 4. You may not loiter downtown in ice-cream stores. 5. You may not travel beyond the city limits unless you have permission from the schoolboard. (That must have been a real restriction in earlier Irrigon.) 6. You may not ride in carriages or automobiles with any man unless he is your father or brother. 7. You may not smoke cigarettes. (You've come a long way, Baby!) 8. You may not dress in bright colors. 9. You may under no circumstances dye your hair. 10. You must wear at least two petticoats. (Maybe I should define Petticoat?) 11. Your dresses may not be any shorter than two inches above the ankle. (This amuses me as I wonder who checked this out and how often.) 12. You will always keep the schoolroom neat and clean. You must sweep the floor at least once daily scrub the floor at least once each week with hot soapy water clean the blackboards at least once each day start the fire by 7:00 a.m. so that the room will be warm by 8:00 a.m. Just for the fun I telephoned three retired teachers I admire, who live in the Heppner area and read these rule to them. Edna Turner, now 85, talked to me from her bedside telephone in the hospital nursing home. She told me she started teaching in 1909 when she was about 16 years old but pretending to be a few years older. She first taught at the Dee Cox School to which she rode two and one-half miles on horseback each morning before she started the fire. Edna had, last week, been recalling some of the winter mornings during very heavy snowfalls when she could not see where she was riding and had to depend on the horse. She recalled how one particular morning her horse took her home before she realized which way they were heading and that she had real difficulty getting him to go to school. She was very distressed to be a little late. (Seems there was no consideration of closing the school because of inclement weather.) Edna taught over toward Baker after her first teaching in this county and then came back to teach at Lexington for three or four years. Later she taught in Heppner 23 years. She said the rules I read sounded authentic but "unreasonable." Edna's sister-in-law, my neighbor Juanita Carmichael, who was only nine years old in 1915 and who didn't begin her teaching career until 1926, says that she recalls how prim but stern her early teachers were. Juanita (Miss Leathers) taught two years in county schools and then in Heppner where there were no married teachers. She remembers that Elizabeth Dix became the first married woman to teach Willows Grange slates potluck Willows Grange regular meeting will be Sunday, Jan. 21, starting with a potluck dinner at 12:30. Willows Grange C.W.A. will meet Thursday, Jan. 25, at the home of Helen Crawford at noon. Guests are to bring dessert or a salad. here. Elizabeth l.ad married during a school year and was a big exception when she was allowed to go on teaching. Juanita said that the Lexington District was more liberal than Heppner and that by 1938 they asked her to teach there as Mrs. Carmichael. She agreed that the 1915 rules sounded authentic and said that not many women would accept most of them now. The third retired teacher I read the rules to, Marguerite Glavey, didn't begin teaching until 1929. She first taught in the joint district serving pupils of Morrow and Gilliam Counties in the little building that is now restored in the Heppner City Park on North Main Street. Marguerite said that she was given rules somewhat like the ones above for keeping the school clean. She was expected to conduct herself like a lady and to dress appropriately but does not remember any exact rules about appearance. After several years of country school experience Marguerite was hired to teach in Heppner. She decided to retire a few years ago, and she now lives on the Glavey Ranch on upper Rhea Creek with her brother Jack. One rule, or at least strong suggestion, for teachers, not included on the Irrigon requirements but which many older teachers remember stated "District teachers are expected to attend church each Sunday and to assist with community church programs." (What a switch has taken place today most U.S. schools have banned even the mention of religion.) Years back women had such limited choices for employment or for leadership in their communities. One of the many Morrow County women who stands out for repeated demonstrations of carrying leadership responsibilities presently is Delpha Jones of Lexington. A ranch wife, mother and grandmother Delpha has long worked with the grange, lodge, church, the county fair and as the original and continuing president of the Morrow County Historical Society as part of her community activities. She has been representing the county on the Eastern Region of the Oregon Lung Association. Delpha has served as secretary, vice-president and state board representative of the eastern region. This month she accepted the presidency of the regional council. G-T readers know that Delpha has for many years reported the Lexington news for this paper. What a bundle of energy and ability she is. If you are watching the changes taking place in our county government, you note that as the number of courthouse employees grows that many of the new workers are women who are performing important jobs. Businesses here and elsewhere are under the control of more females each year. Our county has a woman doctor (Janice Green) and a woman attorney (Ann Spicer). Womens' sphere of influence has broadened terrifically. Wouldn't today's working women revolt if they were expected to follow rules such as those of the 1915 Irrigon School District? However, the two very disturbing letters printed in last week's issue of this paper are causing many citizens to think that somehow more rules or controls are urgently needed. How sad it would be to lose a super teacher like Jim Ackley. Some of us are recalling the curfew laws of our younger years. Maybe they helped. Maybe some uplifting community pressures can somehow be brought to improve the sad situations those letters describe. Although I don't advocate a return to Victorian behavior I surely think it looks like the pendulum better start swinging differently soon. Watkins welcome son Mr. and Mrs. Donald Paul lus announced the engage ment of their daughter, Carrie, to David Crabtree at a small party held at the Paullus' Camp Five home. David is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Matt Crabtree of Ontario. The young couple plans to be married in Ontario on Jan. 27. Among friends and relatives attending the announcement party were Kathy Brown of Hood River, Claude and Ethel Paullus of Heppner and Frank Stoll, Baker. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Peter son are pleased to announce the marriage of their son, Kerry Donald, to Miss Angela Demitri Polemis on Jan. 7, in Kendall, Miami, Florida. Friends and relatives are cordially invited to a reception in their honor on Jan. 27, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Valby Angela Jackson to wed Steve Ball on Saturday the Greek Orthodox Church of Lutheran Church. Mary McElligott plans enwinfrtiiartfllncr C.R. McEl- the announce The engagement of Angela Jackson to Steven Ball has been announced by their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Jackson of Kinzua, and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ball of Lexing ton. The two young people plan to be married at the Kinzua Community Church on Jan. 20. Mr. and Mrs ligott, lone, engagement of their daughter, Mary Patricia, of Nome, Alaska, to Mr. Ernest H. Collins, also of Noroer. Collins is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest H. Collins II, of Greencastle, Indiana. A spring wedding is planned. jinnniin Miinimmitmnttuy Shower held for Kinzua woman's engagement HOOP Wedding bells of powder blue were used to decorate the Masonic Hall in Fossil for a shower honoring Angie Jack son on Jan. 9. Hostesses for the shower were Kathy O'Neal of Heppner, and LuAnn Pike. The 30 guests played games and visited before refresh ments were served. While the guests partook of the cake, punch and coffee, the honoree opened many lovely gifts. Among the out-of-town guests present were Margie Ball, Pat McMinn, Shirley Orr, Sheri McMinn, Dianne Samples, Pam Orr and Brenda McMinn all from Heppner, and Margaret Pen tecost, Mayville. All the out-of-town guests are former Kinzua residents. CLASSIFIEDS WORK FOR YOU 676-9228 Mr. and Mrs. Gary Watkins, Heppner, are the parents of their first child, a son, Jeffry Gerald, 7 lbs., born Jan. 9, at Good Shepherd Hospital, Hermiston. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Sherman and Mr. and Mrs. R.G. Watkins, all of Heppner. Great-grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kirk and Mr. and Mrs. W.L. Haskett of Hermiston; Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hemmenway and Mrs. Retha Watkins of Pilot RnHr smtsS GRAIN BINS S A L E s A L E Special 27 Off Thru February 15th, 1979 Example 27'xl8'-9,872 Bu '3,701.00 27'x22-n,633 Bu '4221.00 MANY MORE SIZES WASCO LUMBER CO. 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