FOUR-The Heppner Gaictte-Tlmes, Meppner, Oregon, Thursday, June 26.
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. .Summer has been with u officially just under a week now and
traditional summer activities are swinging along.
Weekend swim meets are real excitement for many families.
Last Sunday's meet at the Heppner pool was an occasion when
everybody got wet-as a pretty steady rain and grey skies cooled
the spectators but not the ardor of the youthful competitors.
The culmination of a year's activity has just passed for
several groups. The high school rodeo clubs throughout Oregon
had their state final rodeo in Redmond last weekend. The
garden clubs culminated their year of activities at their state
1 convenlion last week.
; Two Heppner High School weekend class reunions were said
' to be successful. The 30-years-ago graduates of the classes of
1949 and 1950 had their dinner at the West of Willow and
continued later visiting at the Elks Club. The graduates of
10-years-ago dined at the Elks Club and attended a picnic in the
drizzle Sunday.
A special event last Saturday was the Friendship Tea at Hope
Lutheran Church by the Hope Women and the children of the
church for which Betty Green of Lexington was the chairman.
Each woman arranged a table for three non-Hope friends and
set it wi(h her linen, china and silver and served a special fresh
strawberry dessert.
The afternoon's program was arranged and presented by the
children of the church who presented readings and provided
musical interludes tutored by Cathy Peck. The ladies at the
party tables were asked to move about when a bell rang so they
could spend some time visiting with everyone present. Special
prizes were given for the oldest friends, the newest friends, and
youngest friends.
The congregation of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church was
delighted to have the ordination of Deacon Joe Kelbel take place
June 24. Presiding Bishop Thomas Connolly of Baker thought
this was the first ordination ever to take place here. The many
visiting clergy and other guests who came to take part in the
ceremony were given a dinner arranged by the Altar Society.
One of the very proudest attendants was the new priest's
mother. Mrs. Maxine Kelbel. from Lake Elsinore. Calif., who
spent her days in Heppner as a house guest of Irene Swanson.
Much family visiting has been waiting for summer to arrive.
Now grandparents go visiting children and grandchildren and
some grandparents stay here and have children and
grandchildren me to enjoy in our town.
A recent Visitor from a very far place, Niger, was Mary
Abrams. who after some emergency medical attention in
Washington D.C.. had a short time here with her family, the Bob
Abrams. before returning to continue her work with her
husband in Africa.
Bill and Jane Rawlins enjoyed having their First solo visit
(rom their granddaughter Natalie (Dee Dee) Brewster of
Corvallis last week. Dee Dee, their daughter Carol's daughter,
enjoyed swimming with friends here, shopping for take-home
gifts at a big yard sale, and traveling back to the valley with
golfing Uncle Charlie Rawlins,
My fifth-grade 'next fall ) granddaughter. Anita Haberlach, is
spending this week with me. Her home is in Auburn, Wash, and
she misses her brother, 12-year-old Scott, their dogs and their
parents and wishes she had brought along her bicycle. Her loves
are playing soccer, baseball, reading, spelling and arithmetic.
She tells me she is going to become a veterinarian. A highspot of -this
week will be some time out at the Ron Currin ranch
Thursday where she will learn more about horses and riding
from Jennifer Currin.
Anita and I are pleased that Lela Breidenbach is still part of
my household. Lela has summer work here helping Bethel
Heinrichs at the city library. It is possible if the library
board approves, that library hours may be extended while Lela
is working there and readers may be able to use the library
parts of six afternoons each week. The board chairman, Myrna
Johnson, will announce the board's decision on this matter.
What a really busy day June 24, turned out to be. The county
and city elections took place, the splendid ordination of Father
Joe Kelbel, the Senior Citizens bus trip to the Area Agency on
Aging meeting at Milton-Freewater and the Aglow Fellowship
gathering were scheduled for that day. How difficult it is to find
days for our community activities at certain times of the years
and months.
As we were housebound by the rain last Sunday, her first full
day in Heppner for two years my granddaughter felt that this
community was "dullsville", that just nothing seems to happen
here. As her grandmother I tried to explain that I, now a senior
citizen, don't find many days very dull here.
Senior Citizens
All senior citizens may make
reservations for the annual j
mountain picnic at Cutsforth
Park July 9. Seniors may also
register this week to go on the
annual Soroptimist outing
July 21.
Menus for next week's
dinners have not arrived for
Area woman
initiated by
honorary
Jan A. Peterson.' a sopho
more at Oregon State Univer
sity and a member of Chi
Sorority, was initiated into
Angel Flight.
Angel Flight is a honor
organization which is affiliat
ed with Air Arnold, an
honorary of the Air Force
Jteserve Officers Training
Corp. Angel Flight promotes I
the progress and traditions of
Air Arnold and AFROTC.
the June 30 meal at Irrigon.
July 1. in Heppner-apple
juice. Lasagna. molded cab
bage and pineapple salad,
cheese slicks, garden vege
tables. Angel rolls and fruit
and cookies will be served.
July 2. diners at lone and
Heppner will be served tomato
juice, sweet and sour turkey
over noodles, seasoned green
beans, fluffy white jello salad,
cornhread and crazy apple
pic.
Son born to
ex-Heppnerite
Thomas and Ruby (form
erly Fulleton) Shear of
Eugene had a baby boy May
24.
They named him Ryan
Thomas Shear and he weighed
nine pounds.
Grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. Roice Fulleton of Hep
pner and Mr. and Mrs.
William Shear of Eugene.
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Father Joe
Deacon at St. Patrick 's
ordained as priest
Deacon (now Father) Joe
Kelbel of St. Patrick's Roman
Catholic Church in Hepner
was ordained June 24 at the
church at a ceremony starting
at 7:30 p.m.
Bishop Thomas Connolly
performed the ceremony.
Kelbel has been in Heppner
since Jan. 28 training in the
internship role to become
ordained.
Kelbel will be leaving soon
for Klamath Falls where he
will be the assistant pastor at
the Sacred Heart Parish. He
will teach part-time at the
Catholic Hieh School there as
an instructor of religion and as
a counselor. The parish is a
large one with 1.200 families.
"I am looking forward to it,
but it's sad to leave because I
am just getting to know the
people here." he said.
Kelbel was born in Texas
and grew up "all over"
because he was in a military
family. He went to college for
four years at California State
University at Long Beach. He
Bike-a-thon
for St. Judes's
set July 29
The local "Wheels for Life"
bike-a-thon for the St. Jude's
Children's Research Hospital
from the Ruggs store to the
lone City Park will be July 19
starting at 9:30 a.m.
Lunch will be served at the
park, after the event.
All participants who collect
more than $25 in pledges will
receive a bike-a-thon tee shirt.
Persons who collect more
than $75 will receive a back
pack. Grand prizes will also be
given to the top boy and girl
money collectors.
Pledge cards may be picked
up at Murray's Drug in
Heppner, Del's Market in
Lexington, at the Bank of
Eastern Oregon or by contact
ing organizer Lorraine Ball.
Ball said participants must
have their own transportation
to and from the race site.
The Morrow County Search
and Rescue team will be
assisting along the route.
Money raised by the bike-a-thon
will go to the cancer
research institute started by
Danny Thomas for a hospital
in Memphis. Tenn. in I960.
Child patients are admitted
free of charge.
Vacation
school set
at church
A Vacation Bible School will
take place in Heppner at the
United Methodist Church from
July 7 to 11 from 9 a.m. to
noon.
Registration will be at 8:30
a.m. July 7. Children from age
three to the sixth grade are
welcome. Sponsoring the
school will be the Methodist,
Lutheran and Episcopal
churches.
Cost is $5 per child with a
maximum of $13 per family.
Financial assistance is avail
able to families that qualify
for it.
Kelbel
then went to school for four
more years at the Mt. Angel
Seminary near Salem receiv
ing his Master of Arts degree
in Theology. Kelbel just fin
ished his graduate and semin
ary work before coming to
Heppner.
Attending the ordaining
ceremony were his mother,
Maxine Kelbel from Cali
fornia, and aunts and uncles
from Michigan and Wisconsin.
About 45 priests from Wash
ington, Oregon and Idaho also
were present.
The church's Alter Society
had a dinner at the parish hall
for the honored Kelbel and his
family prior to the ceremony.
Garden clubs
garner first
place awards
The ,Ione and Heppner
Garden Clubs each gained a k
first place award for the
near-club garden show that
thev presented last fall in
lone.
Each club was also given a
blue and white Oregon State
Garden Club Federation ros
ette for its outstanding effort,
and Jane Rawlins of Heppner,
and Helen Martin of lone,
received certificates of honor
for their work in organizing
and implimenting and prepar
ing the official report of the
successful show.
Julia Hill, now president of
the Heppner Club and a
life-time member of the Ore
gon Federation, accepted the
first place award on behalf of
the Heppner club. That club
also received a certificate of
recognition for its donation to
the Avenue of Flags at the
Willamette National Ceme
tery in Portland.
Hill and her husband. Har
old, attended the state con
vention as the representatives
from Morrow County. She
reports that more than 300
delegates from clubs of the
state federation attended.
Harold Hill sat in some of the
meetings with her, and he kept
busy taking many pictures of
related events.
Rachel Jackson of Hermis
ton. a native of Morrow
County, who is the director of
Blue Mountain District No. 10,
accepted the awards and
honors that came to the lone
Garden Club, which for the
first time in many years did
not have a member attending
the convention.
Square dance
club elects
officers
Officers for the Grand
Squares for 1980-81 have been
selected.
Lloyd McNary is the presi
dent. Lorene Griffith the
secretary. Elmer Heath the
treasurer and Marvin Epley
the vice president.
The next Grand Squares
meeting will not be until next
Fall when the group will
gather at the lone American
Legion Hall Sept. 19.
OESunit
chooses
new staff
At the Inst regular meeting
before summer recess, Ruth
Locust Chapter No. 32 Order
of the Eastern Star elected
officers.
Chosen as Worthy Matron
for the ensuing term is Louise
Wood.
Serving with her as Worthy
patrom will be John Wood.
Other elected officers are:
Associate Matron. Ruby
Becket; Associate Patron.
Harold Becket: Secretary.
Cnrmelita Halvorsen; Trea
surer. Lewis Halvorsen; Con
ductress. Beth Bryant; and
Associate Conductress, Susie
Cooper.
ThPse officers and other
appointed officers will be
installed at an Open Installa
tion June 29 at 8 p.m. at the
Masonic Hall. All friends are
invited to attend. A reception
will follow in the dining room.
Mary Bryant, Grand Repre
sentative to California in
Oregon, was recently honored
at a Friendship Night by Ruth
Locust Chapter members.
Visiting dignitaries attending
included: Virginia Wilkinson,
past Grand Matron of the
Grand Chapter of Oregon;
Margaret Jorgensen. Grand
Representative of Quebec in
Oregon from Umatilla: Flor
ence Collins, Grand Repre
sentative of Montana inOre
gon from Long Creek; Grand
Com mi t tee me mbe rs . Ruth
Adkinson. Cancer Research
Fund from Milton Freewater;
Maggie Horn, Estarl from
Pilot Rock; and Marie Bensel.
Youth and Membership from
Hermiston.
Worthy Matrons attending
were Lois Peterson. Queen
Esther Chapter No. 101 of
(Hermiston; Lillian Mulkey.
Umatilla Chapter No. 107; and
Harriet Hasbrouk. Bushee
Chapter No. 19 and Worthy
Patron Charles Rhoads of
Loyalty Chapter No. 47 at
Milton Freewater.
Rick Drake sang while
playing the guitar during the
progran and Frances Smouse
played several numbers on
her violin with Juanita Car
michel accompanying on the
piano.
Two addendas were given
by the officers. One addenda
was given honoring Mary
Bryant and she was presented
a gift. Another addenda was
given to entertain the guests
and each was presented a
spring bulb.
Refreshments were served
in the dining room by the
social committee.
James VanWinkles
parents! of baby girl
Mr. and Mrs. James Van
Winkle had a baby girl at
Pioneer Memorial Hospital in
Heppner June 18
They named her Jessica
Ii-e . She weighed eight pounds
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Looking back Into their high Nchtiol photo uihiitm Hrr I ft II) Heppner ginduuteM (left to right)
Beverly Wright, Beverly Itlppee mill Mary Mcl.tur.
Alumni gather, 30 years later
More than 50 persons at
tended the reunion for Hep
pner High School graduates of
1949-50.
The reunion was at the West
of Willow Restaurant in Hep
pner last Saturday.
Participants reminisced
Weather clears for Kennedy reunion
After a week of bad weath
er. Sunday June 8 was a
beautiful day for the 11th
Kennedy Reunion
It was at Anson Wright Park
this year with a Potluck picnic
at noon, lots of visiting,
picture-taking, playing base
ball, horse-shoes, and frisbee.
Those attending were:
Dewey Kennedy Sr.: Mr and
Mrs. Marvin Hoffmann and
Jill Dewey and Rena Kennedy
of Condon; Mr. and Mrs
Larry Kennedy and family
and three guests; Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Warren and
familv; Mr and Mrs. Jim
Former Heppner
man honored
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Mrs. Gene Hall of Heppner,
was recently honored as the
Outstanding Young Member
of the Oregon Vocational-Agricultural
Teachers Associa
tion. He won the award at the
state convention nod banquet
at the Enterprise Elks Lodge
last wek. Tl' award is given
annually to a teacher with
three to five years experience
in the vn-fig field.
Hall is a vo-ag teacher at
Wallowa. He is a graduate of
Heppner High School and
Oregon Slate University.
Grandparents are Jack Van
Winkle of Heppner and Mr.
and Mrs Hill Hardy of
Condon
Great grandparents are
Cleo Van Winkle of Heppner
and Georgia Hardy of Condon.
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and searched through pictures
from their high school days.
liuie Lyons of Hermiston
took photos at the reunion.
Lyons took the senior pictures
30 years ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Lorcn Piper of
Orinda. Calif, came the farth
Blnndsworth and Patti of
Heppner; Mr. and Mrs, Dew
ey Kennedy Jr. and family of
Mavvilte; Mr and Mrs. Jesse
Jones. Jennie McEnerney,
and Mr. and Mrs. Craig Jones
of Mitchell; Mr. and Mrs, Rick
Guiierrez and Lori of The
I)allis; Mr. and Mrs. Bill
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