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Quite a few south Morrow County grandmothers go flying
about these days. Vern Batty and Mary Van Blokland have
now returned from their Texas trip, where they enjoyed good
weather and lots of family visiting. Each of them has a
grandson named Ryan at Houston. The Batty grandson's
parents are Gayle and Steve Renne. Mary's grandson Ryan
has a brother Chad and their parents are Dale and Cathy Van
Blokland.
Vern and daughter Gayle made a trip over to Lytle. very
near San Antonio, to visit with Vern's Aunt Alice Hastings, who
moved there from Heppner just about one year ago. Vern says
Alice's heart still lies in Oregon and that she treasures all
Heppner news and sends everyone a big "Hello."
Grandmother Martha King just flew off to visit in
Nebraska, at Lincoln and at Filley. She will spend most of her
time with her sister Ellen Hendricksen and will be attending
an exciting reunion of her high school class.
Building may be at an almost "complete standstill" in the
U.S. Well. Lexington. Oregon, is being overlooked. That
community, which has a population of less than 300. is spotted
with new houses.
The Orwick home southwest of the center of town is
nearing completion: the Padberg home in the southeast is
shaping up fast as is the Boyer residence on Airport Hill. A
cluster of new homes just east of the baseball diamond, around
Cleo Van Winkle's home, have not been occupied many
months. The Pipers recently enlarged and remodeled their
store and the less recent improvements at the V. and G.
Tavern and other community businesses show that Lexington
folks aren't at a complete standstill.
In Heppner the one larger construction project that is
moving along is the addition to the east side (back) of the
Pioneer Memorial Hospital. One rather small project is the
Lions Club's beautification of the bleak, vacant lot between
Cole's store and the Abrams-Kuhn and O'Donnell Building.
Club volunteers went to work early last Saturday constructing
the new, background fence there.
Unfortunately too many re-construction projects have
been triggered by vandalistic acts in Heppner recently. The
city's 24-hour police patrols and its alert citizens haven't
witnessed the destruction of the sculpture at the high school or
the breaking of windows around town. Last weekend some
brave, too-accurate rock or bottle throwers broke three church
windows on Gale Street. These old windows will be difficult
and very expensive to replace.
Several months ago we ran some facts about the
Burton-Riggs-Padberg families which were mailed to us by
Pearl Padberg Krause. Soon we had a telephone call from
Doris Palmateer Stract. in Portland, saying she would like to
share information about the seven-generation Palmateer
family of Oregon and Morrow County.
Doris called just two weeks ago to say that the day she put
her family history out in her mailbox she watched from her
window as someone came along and stole her mail. She knew it
was not the mail carrier and declared that there was
considerable trouble in Portland with mail thievery.
She recopied the history, and it reached Heppner just as
the news was printed of the birth of the newest member of the
clan. Treve Joseph Palmateer.
Doris tells. "There are seven generations in Oregon, all
but one in Morrow County, of the family of Minnie Palmateer
Ely (H.O. Ely), and seven generations of Mattie Palmateer
Morgan (Earl G. Morgan.)
She lists those with the Palmateer name as Garrett R., his
son John W. and his son William F. These first three men and
their families began Oregon life in Garfield. Clackamas
County. "Garrett R. and his wife and eleven children joined an
Oregon wagon train in April, 1852, and reached Garfield in
Nov. 1852. A twelfth child was born in Oregon."
It was 'William F. who moved his family to Morgan along
Willow Creek in 1898 to a homestead farm. The
fourth-generation father was Albert F. Palmateer who died at
Morgan in 1943. The fifth-generation head is Ted Palmateer,
grandson of William F. who now owns the homestead ranch at
the lone address. Ted married Rosetta Healy in Heppner in
1949.
Their son, Ronald T. and his wife, the former Bonnie
Schiller, are the parents of two seventh-generation young
Palmateers, Tyson Robert born in 1979, and Treve Joseph born
this month.
Doris's letter with the Palmateer history will be taken to
the County Museum to be added to the constantly growing files
of genealogical information there.
These warm spring weekends encourage many nongar
dening activities, such as house and garage cleaning, which in
turn, lead to a fine crop of garage and yard sales. Most of the
sales are arranged by one or more families, however, two
larger sales being arranged by church groups are coming up
soon so plan ahead.
The Heppner Methodist congregation, which has not had
one of its lawn sales for several years, is now at work
collecting items to present on their parsonage lawn on the first
Saturday in May. The ladies also will sell home-baked goodies
and serve pie and coffee, tea or punch. Beth Bryant and Ida
Farra are among the leaders of this whole-church effort.
Folks at Ione's United Church of Christ are getting set for
their annual, first-Saturday-in-June Auction and Country
Store. Keith and Judy Rea are this year's general chairmen
and Katherine Lindstrom and Birdine Tullis will supervise the
Country Store.
So if you are interested unusual bargains in household
furnishings, tools, toys, clothing "you name it" take
yourself and a few dollars and a big empty box along to these
super sales.
Kindergarten sign-ups
continuing in Heppner
Registration for Kindergar
Tenclasses at the Heppner
Grade School will take place
today. April 24.
Instructor Donna Weed will
talk to parents of prospective
students from 1 to 4 p.m. and
again from 5 to 8 p.m. in the
kindergarten room in the
lower floor of the junior high
building.
The spring registration al
lows for the school to plan
classes for next year. Parents
will also receive information
on items such as supplies that
are needed for next year for
the first-year students.
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Obituaries
Kasey James Bloodsicorth and
Karissa Joy Bloodsicorth
Graveside services took
place Monday for Kasey
James Bloodsworth and his
unborn sister. Karissa Joy. at
the Lexington IOOF Ceme
tery. Both died Friday after an
automobile accident ' near
Echo.
Kasey was born June 25.
1979 in Pendleton
Survivors include their
parents and sister: James and
Carlita Bloodsworth, formerly
Baptist missionaries
in Heppner Sunday
Dougglas Custer and his
wife, who are missionaries for
the Conservative Baptist
Foreign Mission Society of
Wheaton. III., will speak in
Heppner Sunday at services of
the Friendship Baptist
Church, meeting in the multi
purpose room of the grade
school at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.
The Custers will tell of
church "planting" in Austria.
The mission society sent its
first couple to Vienna in 1964,
when the International Baptist
Aglow dinner
set April 29
Women's Aglow will meet
for dinner on Tuesday, April
29, starting at 6:30 p.m. at the
All Saints Episcopal Church
parish hall in Heppner. Cost of
the dinner is $2 per person.
Couples are invited. The
program, at 7:30 p.m., will be
presented by Don and Suzie
Schumacker of Kennewick,
Wash.
Senior citizen news
Because Pat Brindle. direc
tor of the Heppner N ghbor
hood Center, is confined to the
Pioneer Memorial Hospital,
her experienced volunteer
helpers are keeping the center
operating until she is able to
return to her job.
The only senior meeting
coming during the next week
is the five-county Area Agency
on Aging Council meeting
April 29 at Fossil. Paul Jones
of Heppner is the chairman of
this council, and he will
preside.
Menus for the senior dinners
in the county next week will
be at Irrigon April 28 to
mato juice, meatballs with
mushroom gravy, mashed
potatoes, creamed carrots,
relishes including artichokes
and carrot sticks, tossed green
salad, bread, butter and apple
jelly and St. Patrick's dessert.
At Heppner April 29
orange juice, turkey supreme
with dressing, baked potatoes,
Harvard beets, Honolulu slaw,
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Michelle Portniann leftt .threatens a frightened Lisa Nix with a butcher knife
Heppner High School's upnnnini! play Frankenstein Follies."
of Lexington and now of
Pendleton and Panika of
Helix: grandparents: Mr. and
Mrs Carl Marqnardt of Lex
ington. Mr and Mrs James F.
Bloodsworth of Heppner and
Mr. and Mrs. FJwayne Berg
strom of Heppner: great
grandparents: Mr and Mrs.
Truman E. Messenger: and
great grandmother: F.ula
Bloodsworth of Iexington
Burns Mortuary was in
charge of arrangements.
Chapel was established to
minister to the English-speaking
people of the city. Later,
other missionaries spread
their work to the German
speaking population through
visitation, films and musical
evenings
Custer graduated with a
bachelor of arts degree in
Bible from the International
College in Honolulu and mas
ter of divinity degree from the
Western Conservative Baptist
Seminary in Portland.
While attending college in
Hawaii. Custer and his wife
worked to "plant" churches
on the neighboring islands of
Maui and Kauai.
Squares visit Olympia
Eight members of th local
Grand Squares dance club
traveled to Olympia, Wash.
April 19 to return a visit to the
Grand Squares dance club
there.
The Washington club came
cranberry sauce, oatmeal
r tiffins and chocolate pud
dine with topping.
At lone and Heppner April
30 sweet and sour meatballs
over rice, buttered frozen peas
and carrots, molded apple-pineapple-red
jello salad, bran
muffins, cup cakes and apri
cots. ELECT
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Republican Candidal
for Morrow County TreasurerTax Collector
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Gardeners
Many county gardeners
gathered last Monday at the
county fairgrounds for the
Extension Service program
featuring Ray. A MeNeilan.
O S I' extension agent and
Gresham garden writer whose
Sunday column appears regu
larly in the Oregonian's North
west Section.
The Heppner Garden Club,
which meets on the second
Monday of each month, conso
lidated its April meeting with
the all-county program Bir
dine Tullis introduced Me
Neilan as "the answer to a
gardener's prayer." He gave
information about varieties of
seeds to plant, about nourish
ing the plants and caring for
them during growth. Me
Neilan fielded many questions
about various problems en countered
in this area. After
his lecture he showed slides
including pictures of beautiful
roses
President Eva Griffith pre
sided at the Heppner Garden
Club meeting just before the
MeNeilan lecture. She re
Meeting planned
A planning session for the
United Church of Christ
"country store" will be held
today i Thursday ) at 7:30 p.m.
in the church basement.
The country store will be a
part of the church auction
scheduled for the first Satur
day in June,
lo Morrow County April 7.
1979.
The two clubs intentions are
to make this an annual trip
with the Olympia group's turn
to come here next year.
Following a pot luck at fi
p.m. the evening was spent
in fellowship and dancing. The
local club presented the Olym
pia club with a miniature
replica of their banner which
was made by President Doro
thy Warren and Lorene Grif
fith. Members making the trip
were: Bill and Daisy Collins.
Darrel and Bev Wilson,
George and Lorene Griffith.
Dorothy Warren, and Elmer
Heath.
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minded the nominating committee-Irene
Swanson. Irene
Nolan and Justine Weather
ford thai they need to present
a slate for next year's club
officers The matter of caring
for the plants in the entrace
hall al the hospital was
discussed and Jo lluslon
volunteered to take charge of
that chili pro eet for the next
month
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Household items, Pre-used furniture. Antiques j
c and Collectibles, Plantsand Planters, Cemetery S
P decorations, Some choice used
A surprising assortment of miscellany,
- Delicious Home-baked goodies
Plan Ahead
Home-made pies and coffee & punch
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All Elks and Out of Town Guests are cordially Invited
Heppner drama
club to stage
musical comedy
Heppner llih School stu
dents nnd faculty will be
performing the musical play
Frankenstein Follies" May 1
and 2 at B p.m. at the high
school cafelorium.
The story is about some
skiers lost on a mountain side.
They coitir upon a castle that
jusl happens to belong to the
descendants of Frankenstein
and that is when the fun
begins.
A chorus, piano and orche
stra, provide the music for the
play.
John Iher will play Jimmy.
Lisa Nix plays Itita. Melanie
Siot 7 will be Carol and Vicki
Smith plays Barbara. Dnwna
I Win is Kelly. Sherri f'owett
is Jill. Bonnie Arrington is
Amber and Dale Holland will
play Mike
The eliaraclor of Frank
Frankenstein will be played
bv teacher Duane Neiffer and
counselor Michelle Port man is
Three Heppner Club mem
hers are lo attend the Blue
Mountain. District 10. Spring
Meeting al Echo this Satur
day They will report on the
Heppner club s activities dm
mg the year This meeting and
luncheon will be in Echo High
School with District Director
Hachel Jackson of llermiston.
presiding Keservations were
sent for Theta Lowe. Julia
'irm htm i a i mi i rum 1 1 1 1 rr nmninj
coming, aaiuraay,
starting at9a.m.
Large Lawn
at the
Heppner United
Methodist Church
Thii Ad Sponsored By
Columbia Basin Electric Co-op
Serving Marraw, 61111am 4 Waaalar Cauntla
Come Join U tat
Elks Club.
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Prices
Kli7ahelh Frankenstein and
Ceorge Frankenstein is
played by Tim Jones.
Hugo is played by Andy
Gorman. Polly Kortonberry
plavs the par! of Sara. Karen
Howe is Olive, Marti K.'iker is
Judy. I leather Winter is
Prudence. Karen Kenny is
Mainly, Margaret Kincaid is
Debbie and Debbie Borgens
plays Freda
Jo.lean Stevens will be the
pianist Directors are Kitty
Coon. Bruee Marl in anil Jane
Rawlins Mardell James is I he
stage manager, Kevin Chick
the lighting director. Shawn
Cowell in charge of sound,
Alice Ahrams is in charge of
costumes and Jackie Gentry is
at the box office
The Art Department, under
the instruction of Hon Forrar,
is building a twit level stage
set lor the plav. Bonnie Nix is
the head design artist and Tim
Hodman her assistant
Hill and Justine Wcathcrlord.
Jane Itaw litis, who had been
pre scheduled a- April hostess
for the Garden Club, prepared
and served a collodion of
finger desserts dining the
oolfee break between Mr
Neilan's lecture and the show
ing of his pictures County
Agents Harold Kerr and John
Nnrdheim assisted with "jam
evening's progi am
may 3
Sale
clothing.
Friday, April 25, 9 p.m. to ?? f
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