SIX The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday January 18, 1979
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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
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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
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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.
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Shower held for Kinzua
woman's engagement
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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.
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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
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