Image provided by: Morrow County Museum; Heppner, OR
About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 5, 1981)
The Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner. Oregon. Thursday, February 5, I98I-THREE for a few days with her sister-in-law and husband. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Beck at Hermis ton. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Nichols were Portland visitors on Tuesday where he went to consult a physician. Mr. and Mrs. Rex McCauley of Bnardman were Lexington callers on Sunday. Lexington news "'" , u t j V 'I :k 1 1 W V - ; A A J 0 -V'iU; i Mr I ""H I i - - f J: II . ,..J U ' A-aC l ; TIO-1 f ""' l r- i I I - i J S r , - - ' '.,r. I. ." ... f ' i vV1 - v - . .... V " " I --.aliffaW3Ht.?,.i,.. ..... 1 WWrn.igJ , i, B.tW.iaj -IlilMHteillMtv ft 4t flf filial Many well-wisher were on hand Saturday afternoon to help celebrate the grand opening of the new lone Branch of the Bank of EaHtern Oregon building. Besides bulloons, many members of the lone community help serve refreshments, distribute souvenir pens, and conduct tours of the new facilities for the crowd attending 'Marigold Mornings9 reviewed for Bookworms It v.U STINK WKATIII HKltI Dorothy Fvslin, n professor of English, wife, mother, mother-in-liiw and grand mother, wrote "Maricold Mornings," n family love story which was reviewed for the Hookworms by Madge Thomson at their meeting for which Ruby Beckett was hostess on Jan, 27. "I'd like to sing the song of a woman whose primary ident ity was established by love and marriage, certified by motherhood and the no-nonsense hand of necessity, and decorated by many gardens," Mrs. Kvslin says in her delightful, autobiographical book, She presents an impas sioned and poetic praise of the family, telling especially of one year in the life of her own family which she calls a "harvest lime" when what was sown pruned and ewHi valed is finally reaped in several marriages and the arrival of grandchildren, She says that year her family came of age A few of the titles she has used for the interesting chupt- b CVaCcntoie's SHORTS SOCKS ers of this 212-pnge book are: "Mother. Mother, pin a rose on me"; "Weddings and alternatives"; "Birth and al ternatives"; "Working women"; "anthropology in the mulliflora": "The frontier of scarcity"; "Some thoughts on aging " In her chapter on aging, comparing trees with people. Kvslin writes. "Always the tree serves a larger order, revolves on some primal wheel beyond haste or des pair, knows what should be obvious to a scientific people: there is no end to a circle. The cycle of seasons spins our covenant with eternity, with resurrection and with life. "The winter world is a pen-and-ink drawing - liter ally a woodcut -- rather than the gaudy canvas of warmer days. The intricate skeleton of the tree itself is no longer lost in a daze of green. Scars apear, broken branches, old nests Is this like age. I wonder, stripped of youthful illusions and disguises, more intimate with light? Some trees have wooden fingers, knobbed, arthritic, clawing at the frozen sky, And some trees less battered or less MENS UIEflR from all over Morrow and neighboring counties. Winners of the bank's raffle are Martha Peterson, lone - an electric sander; Coy Childers, lone - an electric chain saw;' Deanna Brandhagen, Pendleton - an electric blow dryer; Carolyn McCait, lone - a lamp; and Helen Crawford, lone - a crocheted-cleanser cover. resistant? -- are a dance of slender line where sun and wind have called the figures in the square dance of the year." "And now, in winter, the tree N-ars wind ( as we must hear trouble! without the frippery of leaf to worry about. Wind pipes on hare branches, skitters and screams around corners. Reef sails.' the tree says. "Storm rig for winter blasts. Reduce your sail area. No excess baggage for long journeys ' "Intimate of ail seasons, even death, a tree Ix-cornes a storehouse for squirrels, a pueblo for birds, a banquet for insects. When the rigidities of Heppner News Mrs. Ix-na Kelly, Heppner, recently returned from a week's visit with her son and daughter-in-law, Hob and Barbara Kelly of Weiser. Idaho Umatilla Ready -Mix is Still in Business in Heppner Cement deliveries scheduled twice weekly to South Morrow County. Regularly on Wednesdays end Fridays ' 17 bark relent and become soft as flesh, softer, friable, the tree returns, already stained to match the earth from whence it carne The message is clear; to give is to. live, a gift is a token of immortality." Professor Evslin's book is beautifully written and should appeal to anyone who enjoys poetic prose. She brings out most admirable ideas con cerning family life. Although its publishers Christian Herald H'nise don't label it a book for women, it will especially intrigue women who have shared manv of her experiences and growing pains and .joys. First National Bank of Oregon deposits rise Deposits at the Heppner branch of First National Bank of Oregon increased 15.7 percent in 19K0. The branch reported de posits of $16,152,000 as of Dec. 31. 1980. compared with $l:i.4,000 at year-end 1979. for dispatch call collect 567-6173 Detpha4ohes Residents of Ixxington were happy to hear (hat a long-time resident of Ixington, Maude Pointer who has been residing in Corvallis, and has been a resident of the Heart of the Valley Nursing Home there has been moved to the Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home in Heppner. Welcome back Maude. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Smith, assisted by Mr. and Mrs. Bob Harrison and family, recently held a winter party at Bull' Prairie. The group en joyed a lovely dinner and ice fishing, ice skating, and ice sledding. Present for the good time were Mr. and Mrs. Bob Steagall and John. Mr. and Mrs. Roger Campbell. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Hunt. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Patterson. Dr. and Mrs. Joe Gifford and family, Mr and Mrs, Lee Ansotegui and family, and the hosts. Mr. and Mrs. Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Harrison and family. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jones are now living in the Van Winkle house in Lexington. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Hunt and Annetta Klinger were Wednes day visitors at The Dalles. Mr. and Mrs. John Maas and . Annetta Klinger were recent visitors in Hermiston where they heard the new pipe organ recently installed in the Trin ity Lutheran Church there. The Heppner-Lexington Bridge Club met at the home of Mrs. Lankford in Heppner for the payoff party at which time the highs entertained the . lows and substitutes. The Valentine motif was followed Rump Roast USOA CHOICE 0J1 2) Round Steak USDA Choice 259 lb. WE'RE NOW DOING CUSTOM CUTTING Delicious LTri'ITITIVIVITlTITl-rTTiTiTl-rni-ri ri ri 1 1 1 1 1 ri i ti in the decorations of the home and in the refreshments. Present were highs. Eileen Pad berg. Lois Hunt, Daisy Collins, and Lota Tibbies: Lows were Sharon Harrison. Juanita Carmichael. Eddi Skow and Patty Lankford: and subs. Wavel Wilkinson. Virginia Rosewall. Madge Thompson. and Happy Graham. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Smouse. Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Peck and Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Jones were those from Lexing ton Grange attending the Pamona meeting in Board man on Sat. Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Jones entertained the executive committee of the Lexington Grange at their home for a Sunday supper and meeting. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Norman Nelson, a member of the committee. Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Peck, a member of the commitee. and guests. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Smouse. and hosts. Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Jones, also a member of the committee. Mrs. Earl So ward was taken by ambulance to Pioneer Memorial Hospital after a fall at her home. Mr. So ward is also staying at the hospital to be near his wife. The Sowards sons are here at this time to be near their parents. Tommy Wilson of lone, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Nichols, underwent major surgery at Pioneer Memorial Hospital on Monday morning. Jackie Papineau is staying PENNY SMART BRANDS BEANS CUT OR SLICED 16 oz. 389c CREAMED OR WHOLE KERNAL 16 oz. 31 PEAS ,6 6z 31 OLEO MARGARINE Apples Red & Golden 29 ib. Agriculture Calendar .11" rain ' February 4-5 The State Board of Agriculture will meet in 1 Room'44 of the Agriculture Building in Salem. February 9 - Director Leonard Kunzman will speak at the Western Agricultural Chemicals Association annual North west Conference at the Janzten Beach Thunderbird Motor Inn at 10:30 a.m. February 12 Director Leonard Kunzman will participate : in a panel discussion at the Oregon Feed, Seed and Supplier! , Association Convention to be held at the Jantzen Beach Red Lion Motor Inn in Portland at 9:15 a.m. February 17 - A meeting of the Oregon Ryegrass Groweres Seed Commission will be held at the Old National Guard Armory in Albany at 7:30 p.m. February 17 - Director Leonard Kunzman will speak at the Oregon Dairymen's Association Annual Convention to be held at the Rodeway Inn in Eugene at 7 p.m. FORYYOUR I VALENTINE " Coty Sopfita V CoCog,;v I VSfEPPNER CONDON Jf ARLINGTON S5JZ CAKE DUNCAN 95' REGULAR OLYMPIA MEAL BREAD REG. 1.03 24 oz. 49 3 J BUNCHES f00mm 1 GROCERY 676-9614 titititititi i i i nn . Ktt .UHJUA j MIKES HINES Green CABBAGE f ' "' ' f . i 19c 69( SPINACH FRESH Market MEAT 676-9288 'Wf fjrfi itinj.' !