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FOUR The Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, October 11, 1979 With Justine U eatherford J J Mr. and Mrs. Frank Heppner from St. Helens, Ore. made their first visit to Heppner last Wednesday afternoon. They spent quite an enjoyable two hours in the county museum which his father and mother, the Frank Heppner seniors, visited several years ago and bragged about to their children. The Heppner family, of Germanic background, is based at Warroad, Minn, although several younger members have now become Oregonians. Frank told us that Parkrose High's outstanding gymnastic coach, Ann Heppner, whom we learned about on TV a few weeks ago, is married to his brother Kenneth. The family feels a kinship to Henry Heppner although they do not have his name on a genealogical chart. The Heppners, Mrs. Kemp and granddaughter Angela from Nottingham, England, and about ten others spent time observing the museum exhibits Oct. 3. Each had very favorable comments about the surprising, interesting collections. Saturday an eager group of shoppers waited for the opening of the doors at the Annual Soroptimist Rummage Sale where a vast collection of pre-owned merchandise was available at very low prices. A second wave of shoppers hit the sale at 2 p.m. when large, well-stuffed bags of bargains were being checked out quickly at 50 cents each. It is hoped that the Soroptimists' hours of efforts in collecting, sorting, arranging and managing this big sale has netted their scholarships good funds. Sunday, the 114-member Morrow County Historical Society Annual Meeting brought a good turnout of folks, food and delightful old and new quilts. Society President Delpha Jones wove the business meeting and the pleasing musical selections around speaker Dr. Joe Feather's reminiscenses of his teaching and coaching in Lexington and his facts about his present work as an anthropologist employed by the U.S. Forest Service. It is so good to have Irene Swanson back from her month of travel in Ireland, Scotland and England where she found the climate cool but the people warm. She was within eight feet of Pope John Paul II in Dublin and felt the tremendous affection that the Catholic Irish feel for this world leader. Great-grandmother Irene, a devout Catholic, exper ienced a terrific thrill just being in Dublin during the excitement of the Papal visit. She along with millions of others, both Catholic and non-Catholic, have cheered his talks stressing peace, love and morality to the multilingual peoples he has visited during the last two weeks in the Emerald Isle and in the U.S.A. We will all be eager to hear the reports of the McElligott visit to Des Moines where Ione's Don was one of a group of farmers chosen to attend a special mass with His Holiness. Although we have followed the historic visit and daily appearances of this modern apostle of love and human concern, it brings him even closer to hear reports from those among us who were physically closer to him. Senior Citizen News Several meetings of interest to seniors are held every second month by county advisory committees and re view many matters of impor tance. The transportation commit tee worked on plans for wider use of the senior bus which has been provided for seniors and handicapped persons through out the whole county. It was determined that each of the five incorporated areas of the county should plan for six days usage, beginning with Heppner, then Lexington, lone, Boardman and Irrigon. The expense of the operation of the bus was discussed and each community will be urged to arrange for some of the cost of its use. Doris Gollyhorn, lone, is president of the County Advisory Committee. Reports from the mealsite committees, the homemaker supervisor and the home health care office show how well these programs are being used and how successfully they are helping people in this and adjoining counties. Rollin Reynolds, the ECOAC Director of the Area Agency on Aging, spoke to an attentive group at the Methodist Church last Wednesday. He gave the background of the federal and state programs for seniors. He explained that citizens should focus "not on problems but on opportunities." He reviewed the various social programs effective in the five-county area where he works and does much traveling. Many ques tions were fielded by him and by Paul Jones and by senior leader Truman Messenger of Lexington. County and by senior leader Truman Messenger of Lexing ton. Extra reminders: The So cial Security Administration representative will be at the Heppner Neighborhood Center from 10 a.m. until noon tomorrow Oct. 9. Blood pres sure clinics will be in Heppner after 2:30 p.m. on Oct. 16 and in lone Oct. 17 at the Heppner Neighborhood Center and at the lone United Church of Christ. Menus for the next week promise: Tuesday, Oct. 16, in Heppner, tomato juice, turkey croquettes, scalloped pota toes, seven-layer salad, Har vard beets, hot cornbread and apricot bars. At lone and Heppner on Wednesday, Oct. 17, stew with vegetables, molded jello and cheese salad, hot biscuits with jelly and apple dessert with topping. Darla Cooper engaged to Albany man Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Cooper announce the engagement and forthcoming wedding of their daughter, Darla Lynn, to Bob J. Pierce, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter West of Albany, Ore. A January wedding has been planned. 1 i IF II :? SV- ,1 1 PW ft! m ft. M V -m r WED IN HEPPNER The former Theresa Hyatt and her bridegroom, Kip Morris. Afternoon wedding unites couple In an afternoon wedding Sept. 8, Theresa Hyatt of Heppner became the bride of Kip Morris of Maupin at the Heppner Methodist Church. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayland Hyatt of Heppner, was given away by her father. She wore an Empire gown with chapel train of silk organza trimmed with impor ted lace. She had a matching imported lace hat with French veiling. She carried as a bouquet a cascade of blue and white carnations. Gayle Dickman of Salem was maid of honor and attendants were Nancy Dorn of Salem and Lolita Mar quardt of Heppner. The bridegroom, son of Mrs. Mildred Pankey of Heppner, had as his best man, Don McGee of Boardman. The ushers were Ken Davis of Salem and Dick Leber of The Dalles. Officiating at the ceremony was the Rev. Mike Sheridan. Music was by Carley Drake, with Linda Gifford the vocal ist. The candlelighters were Travis and Troy Hyatt, broth ers of the bride. A reception followed at the church and in the home of the bride's parents. Serving cake were Janet Christinson and Dorothy Bu ell, aunts of the bride; coffee, Mrs. Nadine Worlein, mater nal grandmother, and punch, Mrs. Winifred Hyatt, paternal grandmother. Debra Hyatt, a cousin, was in charge of the guest book. Maria and D'Am ber Donison, also cousins, presided at the gift table. The couple planned a wed ding trip to the Oregon coast. They will make their home at Maupin where the bridegroom is employed by the Wasco County Sheriff's Department. Heppner man suffers heart attack, listed in 'critical condition' Melvin E. Moyer, who has lived in Heppner most of his life, suffered a heart attack Sunday and at press time he was in critical condition at the La Grande Hospital. Moyer is a retired rancher from the Blackhorse Canyon area but in 1975 he sold his ranch and moved to Union with his wife Ruth. Moyer is in the intensive care unit and can have no visitors. Home Economist to offer food process workshop A food processor workshop is being ot tered by the Morrow County Extension Service and will begin Oct. 19. Lorinda Moholt, home eco nomist with the Oregon Mu seum of Science and Industry in Portland, will present the workshop. Classes will be three hours in length. A $10 fee is being charged and registration must be made in advance. Classes are limited to 18 per session. The Oct. 19 session in Morrow County will be held in Irrigon at the Valley View Fellowship Church from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The deadline for registra tion is Oct. 10. Registration information may be obtained by notifying Molly Saul at P.O. Box 1107, Pendleton, Ore. 97801. Former Morrow County woman reaches century mark Edith Stanton of Walla Walla, who grew up near Heppner, recently celebrated her 100th birthday. Copies of interviews with the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, marking not only her centenary but her 99th birth day a year ago, were brought to the Gazette-Times office by Alta Stevens of Heppner last week. In the interview, Mrs. Stan ton's advice for longevity was, "Be as happy as you can, do all you can to enjoy your husband's company and keep your debts paid." She was born Sept. 16, 1879, in the Whiskey Creek area near Dayton, Wash., the child of James and Marinda Allen. Her father had operated pack strings in the California and Idaho gold-mining areas of the 1850s and '60s. "I lived there (Whiskey Creek) until I was five, then my parents decided to take up a homestead south of Hepp ner, near Hardman," she told an interviewer. She started school in a one-room building that her father helped build. She atten ded school "off and on" until she was 17. "Sometimes you only went three or four months at a time." She said she remembered her teacher for two things. "She had a fine hand and wrote across the board, 'Dig for knowledge as men dig for concealed gold.'" - -i n -nun, , , ; SHE'S 100 Edith Stanton of Walla Walla, who spent her girlhood in the Heppner area. The picture appeared in the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin recently. A few years later, "when we girls could sew," the teacher provided material and the girls sewed an American flag to hang across the back of the room. When she was 17, Mrs. Stanton's "digging for know ledge" in a classroom came to an end, as she was employed in Heppner area homes doing tiousework for a year or more. At 18 she was married to Benjamin Stanton, who was then working for his father in the Eight-mile area, a few miles north of Hardman. Later he took over the farm's operation. The Heppner flood of 1903 left its mark on the family. Her husband's sister and her seven children were swept away in the flash flood that struck the town. With a sizable family taking shape in the Stanton house hold, and a desire to see the children have better education facilities, the Stantons decided to move to the Walla Walla area in 1908. He was employed by lumber companies in Walla Walla and College Place. In later years he was a cabinet maker. He died in 1963, a few months short of their 65th wedding anniversary. Losing her husband, whom she had known since school days, was "a sad time," she admits, but she kept busy with her house and garden, and that helped. "I figured he's gone and I can't bury myself with him." Of their seven children, five are still living. Fairy, a daughter, resides in an adjoin ing apartment; another daughter, Mary Munnick, lives a few blocks away. Daughter Reita Campbell lives in Spokane, son Eldred lives in Seattle and Dale is in Sacramento. There are seven grandchildren, six great grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Alta Stevens of Heppner, a niece, is a daughter of the late Maggie Allen Stevens, who died in 1913, one of Mrs. Stanton's sisters. Another sister, Ethel Robin son, still lives in Heppner. Miss Stevens, has a bro ther, Harold Stevens, who lives in Hardman, and a sister, Edith Musgrave of Monument. Another brother, James A. Stevens, was a casualty of World War II in the African campaign. BULOVA a new twist in women s watches Volunteer Aide program underway in Heppner schools The volunteer aide pro grams at Heppner Elemen tary School are now under way. Two separate programs pro vide the staff and students with assistance in small group and individual instruction and with clerical assistance in duplicating and record keep ing. High school students parti cipate as teacher aides and earn credit for their work. Adults from the community participate in the Listening Appreciation Praise Progress Program, which was started by Rachel Dick and Pauline Miller several years ago. L.A.P.P. volunteers gener ally are available for listening to students read, visiting with them about books, and work ing with individuals and small groups in skill practice. There are more volunteers this year than ever before. Don Cole, principal of Hepp ner Elementary, says the aides are a very important part of learning at the grade school and are particularly an asset to the reading program. Linda Shaw, coordinator of the aide programs, has been impressed with the interest, concern, and capabilities de monstrated by the people, of all ages, who are willing to participate and give time to assist in the education of Heppner 's young people. L.A.P.P. aides now involved at the grade school are: Ruth Bergstrom, Mary Bonner, Beth Bryant, Jerry Doherty, Peggy Fishburn, Eleanor Gonty, Linda Hager, Lauri Hire, Dinah Jackson, Debby Johnston, Kay Patterson, Faye Pierce, and Faye Ruhl. 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