LABO students receive warm Morrow Co. welcome
The Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 30, IM1-FIVE
Labo students arriving in
Morrow County -from, Japan
received a warm "reception
(wcalher-wiso fls,.wclj us by
iheir hnsst families) Tuesday
tfternoon at the Heppner Cily
Park
Posing loft to right are
i back row) Sonn Yoshikawa.
Atsuko Mori, Kazuko Harada
md Masuml Nakagawa;
(front row) Hlroshi Sakl,
Hidchiro Okumoln and Yasuh
ra Niita.
Sono, 1.1, of Tokyo, will he
staying with the Kenneth and
Judy Wrinht family in Hep
pner; Atsuko, 17 of Tokyo,
with the Nod and Kathy Clark
family; Kazuko. 12 of Aichi
Ken, with the Ddberl and
Phyllis Piper family of Lex
ington; Masumi, 14 of Hiro
shima, with the Archie and
Diana Ball family of Heppner;
Hiroshi, 13 of Aichi-Ken, with
the Roger and Shirley Palmer
with JuNtlnr Uthrrfwa J
Heppner looked quite festive last Saturday- bit like a
Mexican fiesta. It was a good idea to have a theme for the day
and to see the merchants and the helpers wearing gay
sombreros. I wondered why nobody had recordings of
south-of the-border music going--not really blaring-Just
adding to the fiesta theme?
Several sales persons told me that the sale went well.
There was a Rood variety of merchandise available and great
assortments of hard-to-resist edibles. Several booths either
sold out or were discouraged by the afternoon temperature, I
noted, when I made a late look-around.
It is a fact of life that Saturdays have really changed as the
years have passed. Back when farmers made coming to town
a big event, maybe every Saturday or on occasional
Saturdays, all the stores would stay open until folks had what
they wanted.
The families would enjoy the excitement of visiting with
other families as all carefully checked items off their
shopping lists and ran various errands. Spring, Summer and
Fall Saturdays were muc h nicer than winter's colder, shorter
days when none felt so much like lingering about. Then, of
course, it was important to get home to stoke the stove - Just
as many folks are doing again these days.
So many business houses are closed on Satur
days now, and some of those that stay open have found that
this day is quite often the poorest business day of the entire
week. Part of the change in family shopping habits it due to
the attractive recreational spots that have been developed
withing rather short distances from town. Many folks have
summer cabins that they like to enjoy each weekend. They
ask friends to join them there. Often they are busily
improving or enlaruirg their vacation homes, and the yearly
maintainance is important and time consuming. Folks
without cabins enjoy the forest or river parks.
Last week Ron Forrar's summer art class completed its
final session. The classmates have learned quite a bit about
using water colors. Several nice, new pictures are now
enhancing local homes. Several women who never got out of
the mudpie playing stage, are eagerly awaiting to see how
the pottery they fashioned will turn out.
We glazed out pieces last Wednesday evening and teacher
Forrar is firing them for us. I was fascinated by the colors of
and labels on the glazes. A soft green mixture was labeled
"brown" and a pinkish mixture was labeled "blue." There
will tie some real surprises when these items come out of the
kiln.
Enough about amateurs, about beginners. It was so
pleasing to see the pictures and jewelry that "real" artisU
had on display under the trees of the Heppner Main Street
Park last Saturday. Although there wasn't much traffic
through the display when 1 took my look during the morning,
I hope that more folks came later to see what some of the fine '
talent In this county produces. The oil paintings are
sensational ; the beautifully crafted silver work is thrilling. I
had thought that some of the tremendous tole painting done
by the Lexington Art Group and others would be on display.
We will have to wait just over three more weeks to feast our
eyes on that and other outstanding craft work at our Morrow
County Fair.
Well, this week was wedding week in London. Our TVs and
print media certainly tried to cover every aspect of this
historic, romantic event. How fortunate I feel that I was able
to actually walk through most of the places that were
featured in the coverage. In late April 1979, Inez Erwin and I
had our exciting ten days in London and southern England.
Marsha Lovgren (now Mrs. Bill Shannon) directed our
viewing so that we really hit all the high spots.
We had such good looks at the outside of Buckingham
Palace where we viewed the changing of the guard and
probably admired some of the same beautiful horses that
took part in the wedding processions. We took a very good
look through St. Paul's Cathedral, the masterpiece of the
greatest architect of the Renaissance, Sir Christopher Wren.
When we stood in front of Buckingham Palace, we were on '
I the base of Victoria Monument, which is constantly
photographed. At the great West Door of St. Paul's we took i
photographs of one another against the statue of Queen Anne
in whose reign the present cathedral was built.
Tourists in the United Kingdom and Europe seem to find
that they view one magnificent cathedral after another. Inez
and I walked through many of the great ones. Of course we
loved Westminster and were thrilled by Salisbury and
Canterbury. On the continent we felt breathless in Notre
Dame and were especially delighted by the great,
high-spired cathedral at Ulm on the Danube. Inez, who has
clocked many more miles in Europe than I have, has seen
many more awe-inspiring sights.
However, St. Paul's of London is among the most special of
buildings. We heard its minor bells toll; however, its largest
bell, Great Paul, the greatest in England at 17 tons, pealed
out this week to celebrate the wedding.
The present cathedral is only 306 years old; it is the fifth
church erected on that same site, and its dome with the cross
reaching skyward for 365 feet dominates London's skyline.
I checked on the definition of "cathedral." The word comes
from the Greek word "kathedra" meaning seat or
bench. A cathedral is the main church of a "bishop's
domain -his throne (seat or bench) is in this great church.
Medieval cathedrals have great sculptures and magnifi
cent wood carvings which present church teachings in
pictorial form for the many people who could not read. Their
gorgeous stained-glass windows also feature Bibical
characters and teachings. Surely no one can stand
surrounded by the magnificent work done by devoted, skillful
artisans many centuries ago and not be terribly impressed
with the lasting beauty they created.
family of Heppner; Hidehiro.
13 of Saitama-Ken. with the
Robert and Bette McLaughlin
family of Pilot Rock; and
Yasuhlra, 13, of Hokkaido,
with the Bill and Joan Doherty
family of Lexington,
Not pictured are: Toshikat
su Korl, 15 of Tokushima-Shl.
who is staying with the Max
and Marilyn Hellberg family
of Irrlgon; Maskai Akiyama.
14. Jamanashi Ken. who is
taying with the Dave and
Marteau Seel family, Irrigon;
Yoichi Sekine. 12 of Hokkaido
who Is staying with the Dill
and Joan Doherty family.
Lexington, and Tomoko Tnk
ahashi. 1ft of Saitama-Ken
who is staying with (he Pi
and Darlene Bleakney family
in Dallesport. Wash.
The students, who will fx'
staying in Morrow Count v
around a month will he
honored at a picnic at the
Irrigon Park this Sundav.
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Jimmy, Kathy and Kathleen Clark
Spunky Martha VanSchoiack wins
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Martha VanSchoiack and award-winning yard
By JUSTINE
WEATHERFORD
When the members of the Heppner Garden
Club's Best Yard Selection Committee chose
to put the best yard marker in Martha Van
SChoiack's yard as their second monthly
winner, they didn't realize that she had just
left town. She is a most unusual gardener';
many folks have observed her working with
her crutches beside her and even mowing the
lawn with crutch support.
Martha's weed-free lawn shows lots of
devotion. Asked about how she keeps the
dandelions out she said "mostly with a
butcher knife." A broad assortment of
flowers surrounds every side of her small
home and lines both the inside and outside of
the yard's surrounding fence. Martha says
she loves all flowers but maybe favors roses
because "I like their permanency." Climbing
beside her front porch are a honeysuckle vine
on the south side and a purple clematis on the
north.
At the back of her house she has established
two fruit trees, an apple that has had some
problems and a busy apricot. In her vegetable
space she just has "a few tomatoes and
cucumbers and a couple of other plants I just
stuck in."
The cozy house on Chase Street was
jurchased by Martha from William
Hinton about 20 years ago. Before
Martha moved there she and her husband
Clive built and lived in the home Wavel
Wilkinson has now.
Martha Van Schoiack celebrated her 85th
birtdhay Jan. 8. For a little over two weeks
now she has been visiting with many family
members in the valley. The Van Schoiack
family's annual reunion was the second
Sunday in July at Mclver Park near
Estacada. The next weekend Martha was in
Ashland where her own family, the McHugills
had their annual gathering.
After these reunions she visited with
various relatives and was waiting in Portland
with her daughter Helen to come home with
her son, Bob, and granddaughter. Ann. on
Monday night, July 27. Bob had taken Ann to
Corvallis to enroll as a freshman in
agriculture at O.S.U. where her sister Marie
will return as a sophomore majoring in
veterinary science. While Martha was away,
granddaughter Patricia, who is employed at
Pioneer Memorial Hospital, watered and
mowed Martha's yard.
Besides brothers and sisters and inlaws.
Martha's family includes three sons and two
daughters. 21 grandchildren and almost 30
great-grandchildren. Her sons are Cecil, Sid,
and Bob and their sisters are Erma Damn
and Helen Karlson. The oldest Van Schoiack
son, Andy, died in 1967.
At Martha's 1981 birthday party her son
Bob labeled her "spunky." Everyone who
views her neat home and yard surely admires
her spunk and energy and keeness. She
explains that she has used one crutch for
years because of painful arthritis in her
knees. Last winter she fell and cracked one
kneecap and must now use two crutches. But
these aids don't slow Martha or cause her to
neglect her gardening.
Her joy besides her great family and her
home and yard is playing cards most every
Tuesday morning with her friends, Erma and
Helen Keithley, Emma Drake, Marjorie
Worden, Gladys Connor, Ola Ruggles, and
Esther Bergstrom.
On Tuesday, July 28, Martha was a guest of
honor at the meeting of the Heppner Chamber
of Commerce whose Community Activities
Committee chaired by John Edmundson
planted the award sign in Martha's yard on
July 15. Her family had informed her of this
honor, and she came home prepared to be
interviewed and feted.
DMV schedule
The Motor Vehicles Division
at 278 Main Street in Heppner
will be open Monday through
Friday from 8 a.m. to 12 noon
and 2 to 5 p.m. except for the
following days ;
Wed., Aug. 19 - Heppner
office closed; Condon office
open, County Courthouse, 9:30
a.m. to 12 noon, 1 to 3:30 p.m.
Mon., Aug. 31 through Fri.,
Sept. 4, - Heppner office closed
for a statewide manager's
conference.
Mon., Sept. 7 Heppner
office closed, holiday.
Wed., Sept. 16 - Heppner
office closed; Fossil office
open, courthouse, 10 a.m. to 12
noon, 1 to 3 p.m.
CCC offers
corn for sale
Farmers and other interest
ed persons will be eligible to
purchase corn from the Com
modity Credit Corportation
starting July 27.
Judy Buschke, county exec
utive director for the Morrow
County Agricultural Stabiliza
tion and Conservation Com
mittee, said the Commodity
Credit Corporation will offer
corn for unrestricted use sale
at market prices, but not less
than the formula price which
is 115 percent of the county
loan rate for corn where
stored plus 54 cents per bushel
carrying charges.
"The minimum quantity
that will be considered for
acceptance is 1,000 bushels,"
Mrs. Buschke said.
According to Mrs. Buschke,
offers will be received and
sales will be made on a first
come, first served basis.
Interested persons should
contact the county ASCS office
as soon as possible for further
details. The office is located at
Room 4, Gilliam & Bisbee
Bldg., May & Main Street,
Heppner, Oregon, phone
676-9152.
Degree of Honor
holds picnic,
honors president
By JUSTINE
WEATHERFORD
On Monday evening, July 21,
the Heppner Degree of Honor
Lodge members and their
families and guests gathered
in the yard of Bernice and
Lincoln Nash to enjoy a
summer picnic-party.
After a very brief business
meeting following dinner, all
attention was focused on the
lodge president, Mary Bryant,
who will retire on July 31 from
her career as office manager
of the Abrams-Kuhn law firm.
Mary was presented with a
lovely birthday cake to take
home and share with family
and friends. The membership
gave her an attractive mug
and special canisters of tea
and coffee, which she will now
have more leisurely time to
enjoy.
Little League teams compete
Area little league players
were included in competition
at the district All Star
Tournament held in Board
man August 22-25. Ten teams
were involved in the tourna
ment including Willow Creek,
which includes players from
Heppner, Lexington, lone,
Condon and Fossil.
In the first game, August 22,
Willow Creek edged Des
chutes, 17-16 when Scott Miller
scored the winning run. Will
Homer drove in seven runs
with a three-run homer in the
second and two doubles for
Willow Creek. John Moffit
knocked in three more with a
double and a single and Steve
Miller also had two hits for the
winning team.
In the second game, played
July 23, Willow Creek defeated
Sisters 4-2. The win against
Sisters enabled Willow Creek
to compete in the semifinals
which were played Friday,
July 24.
In the first game of the
semifinals Willow Creek lost
to Hood Rvier, 13-1 with
Willow Creek's only run by
Will Homer.
The Willow Creek team
played their last game Satur
day, July 25 and were defeated
by The Dalles Western 4-0.
Coach Ted Toll said the last
game against The Dalles
Western was a "tough game."
The Boardman tournament
ended the little league season
for 1981.
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