SIX The Heppner Gatette-Times. Heppner. Oregon. Thursday, June 21. MM
Garden Bugs announce
June Yard of Month
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Local garden clubs gain
recognition of district
Catie Padberg
The Lexington Garden Bugs
have chosen Catie Padberg's
yard for the June "Yard of the
Month" in Lexington.
Catie says, "she moved into
her mobile home on a hot day
in July, 1972."
She is 85 years old and has a
beautiful corner lot. The lawn
is always mowed and she has
flowers blooming throughout
the summer said a spokesper
son for the Garden Bugs.
Some of the flowers include:
iris, coral, peonies, roses,
golden glow and mountain lily.
She also has a patch of
rhubarb in her backyard
which she is willing to share
with friends.
"For her age and being so
hard of hearing, she is a
remarkable lady and most
worthy of this award," con
cluded the spokesperson.
Couple celebrates 60th
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By Jl'STINE
WEATHERFORD
Helen Martin, lone Garden
Club, and Jane Rawlins, Hep
pner Garden Club, who attend
ed the 5?th Annual Convention
of the Oregon State Federa
tion of Garden Clubs, June 4,
5, and 6, at the Inn of the
Seventh Mountain, Bend,
learned that Blue Mountain
District, Number 10, was the
w inner of a number of the 425
awards presented.
This year's convention for
which 339 persons registered
was hosted by Cascade Dist--rict
Number 9. Mrs. Lyle
Johnsrud of Fort Den ton, Mon
tana, the President of the
National Council of State Gar
den Clubs and all the Oregon
State Federation of Garden
Club officers were present.
Helen Martin and two other
past District 10 directors were
presented with National Coun
cil of State Garden Clubs life
memberships. The lone Gar
den Club gained certificates of
appreciation for 100 percent
subscriptions to the Oregon
Newsletter, for its contribu
tion to World Gardening, and
for its gained certificates of
appreciation for contributing
to the Willamette National
Cemetery and to the Blue
Star Markers which line the
state's highways.
The Condon Garden Club
won first place in the History
Scrapbook Contest, and Eva
Lou Greiner of that club won a
trophy for her bird scrapbook
which w as also judged the best
overall book submitted by an
individual. All the horticult
ural essay prien, first thro
ugh tenth, were won by mem
bers from Blue Mountain Dist
rict. In Design Awards (flow
er arrangements) Blue Moun
tain District placed first in the
Judges Council Contest and
was second in the Districts'
Contest.
A good number of Junior
Garden Awards were won by
lone youngsters. In the Smok
ey Bear and Woodsy Owl
Environmental Poster Con
test, a Pacific Region Award
and a citation for outstanding
achievement went to Becky
Wagonblust, lone, of the Kin
dergarten Division. Her post
er also won first place in that
division for Oregon. Michelle
Papineau, seventh grade,
lone, won a citation for out
standing achievement from
the Oregon State Federation.
Honorable mention went to
Katie Doherty, seventh grade,
lone, and to Heidi Orem,
second grade, lone. Eric
Orem, fourth grade, lone, took
third place in the Conserva
tion Poster Contest. This
brought him a $5 prize. The
Orem Family has now moved
from lone to Washington
State. It was announced that
next year's theme for the state
conservation poster contest
will be "Oregon's Water-We
Can't Do Without It."
Helen Martin &uu Jane
Rawlins will be giving detail
ed reports of all convention
activities to their own garden
clubs soon.
HenDiier garden club
picks June Yard of Mo.
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slates June 30 reunion
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Joan Hughes and Ralph Marlatt
Courthouse researched for nomination
Raymond and Opal Pettyjohn
Raymond and Opal Petty-"
john celebrated their 60th
wedding anniversary, May 20
in Heppner.
Raymond Pettyjohn and
Opal Irby were married in
Missouri, May 18, 1924. They
spent their early married life
there before moving to Mor
row County in 1934 where they
lived in and around Heppner,
and the Boardman area before
moving back to Heppner in
1940. In 1957 they moved to
Arlington where they owned
and operated Service Sta
tion. They still reside in
Arlington.
They had six children:
Maxine Pettyjohn Avers,
(died June 1971 ; Howard of
Heppner; Virginia Pettyjohn
Klineline, Gainesville, Mo.;
Herrel of Arlington; Bill of
The Dalles; and Betty Petty
john Gregerson, St. George,
Utah; 18 grandchildren 14
great-grandchildren, one
great-great grandchild.
Pat Derickson and Jim Lyn
ch, architects and planners
from Pendleton who have
been appointed to research
and prepare the Morrow Coun
ty Courthouse for nomination
to the National Register of
Historical Places met with
members of the Morrow Coun
ty Court and the Morrow
County Historical Society
Monday, June 18 at the court
house in Heppner.
If the nomination is accep
ted, it could mean that the
courthouse would be eligible
for grants for maintenance
and restoration.
A spokesperson for the his
torical society says that they
are anxious to borrow photos
of the original furnishings of
the courtroom, or any pictures
of the interior of the courthou
se, especially the lamp posts
which were on the stairway, so
that the original fixtures could
be duplicated. Photos would
be returned to the owner.
The Heppner Garden Club
and the Heppner Morrow
Chamber of Commerce Civic
Beautification Committee are
honoring the yard of Ralph
Marlatt and Joan Hughes
from June 15 to July 15. Their
home not only has a beautiful
ly kept, very unusual yard, it
has super vegetable plots,
berries, fruit trees and 11
sheep. 25 chickens, four steers
and two milk cows. They are
careful stewards of a great but
small and very close to town
mini-ranch.
Their neat lawn is surround
ed by a most interesting fence
decorated with many old wa
gon wheels and with pinned-up
old milk carrier boxes holding
various flowers in a variety of
old containers. Inside the
fence, flower beds are filled
with poenies, daisies, curna
tions, glads, and snapdragons.
About 1981 they moved a
large collection of iris into the
space between their lower
road and the Heppner-Condon
Highway. This mass of color
ful blooms is about gone now,
but as Joan says "It has been
lots prettier than just the bare
bank."
Ralph has lived in the at
tractive house for 17 years,
extensively remodeling it in
1981. In 1982 they cemented
the patio on its north side.
Now this space holds an um
brella table, assorted chairs,
interesting decorative "jun
que" and hanging baskets of
begonias and small plantings
of petunias and pansies which
all together make it a most
interesting, colorful and use
ful spot outside their patio
door.
The wraparound property
back of the yard holds two
barns and two sheds and their
three food garden plots besid
es areas for their livestock
and large grass spaces. Ralph
does a lot of mow ing to keep it
all neat each year.
Garden Club members and
friends were pleased to inc
lude a look at the Marlatt
Place on their tour of local
gardens last Monday evening.
On Tuesday noon, Ralph and
Joan were guests of the Cham
ber of Commerce and receiv
ed a certificate as Yard-of the
Month winners from Dr.
Wolff, chairman of the cham
ber's awards committee.
Over 200 members of the
Monahan snd Farley families
are scheduled to attend a day
long reunion in Pendleton next
Saturday, June 30 announced
a spokesperson for the fami
lies. The day's events will
start with a picnic from noon
til 5 p m. at Round-Up Park. A
buffet dinner will be held at
the Red Lion Inn at 7 p.m.
which will be followed by a
program of slides, photos and
histories of the two families.
The Fatieys and Monahans
are descendants from two ear
ly pioneer Irish families from
Counties Leltrim and Leng
ford in lreland.who Immigrat
ed to Morrow and Gilliam
Counties at the turn of the
century. Between 1895 and
1907 nine brothers and sisters
from the two families settled
In the communities of Heppn
er and Condon,raising famil
ies whose descendants now
number more than 350. While
a substantial number continue
to reside in Eastern Oregon,
many are dispursed through
out the United States. The
reunion will draw family from
Arizona, California, and Wa-
Olden family
annual reunion
Sharing program planned
Republicans to organize
An organizaitonal meeting
of the Morrow County Repub
lican Central Committee will
be held Thursday, June 14,
5.30 p.m. at Dodge City Inn
banquet room, Boardman.
Ken Turner, chairman says
that all interested Republi
cans are welcome to attend.
Vacation Church School is
now underway at the lone
United Church of Christ with
33 students enrolled, "The
students, teachers, and help
ers are really enjoying them
selves as they study God's
Promises." rejxirts the Rev.
Cathy Barker.
The students will show what
they have learned at a sharing
program on Friday. June 22,
at 7::iG p.m The guests may
first lour the classrooms in an
open house at the Education
Building The program will
include singing, showing pro
jects, and sharing the exper
iences of the week
The sharing program will be
held in the yard of the Chris
tian Education Building. In
case of wind or rain, it will be
moved to the main church
building. Refreshments will
tie served and the public is
invited.
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The lone Yard of the Month
sign will be at the home of
Richard and Mildred Hend
ricks during the month of
June,
For the past six years the
Hendricks have lived in their
mobile home on the north east
corner of the second and F
street intersection. They have
U:m working to make their
yard a beauty spot, with its
spacious lawn enclosed by a
cyclone fence and framed with
a nice collection of both large
and small trees, all well tend
ed and beautifully spaced.
They have added many fruit
trees and berry bushes.
A bank of multicolored iris
are in bloom along the east
boundary of the yard. Not
visible to the passerby is a red
honeysuckle in full bloom at
the back door.
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SEARS
Thursday, June 28
11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Bhlngton, D C. aa well ai
throughout Oregon and Wash
ington. Organlzeri for the event,
Susan Hcaly Hialer, Heppner
and Rene Monahan Durfey,
Condon; Sue Barrie Contrer
as, Seattle; and Mike Mona
han, Portland; pointed out
that although it li a family
gathering, it "la by no meani
cloned to friends of the fami
ly." Hisler and Monahan
noted that they knew of "no
Irish family which ever thriv
ed in this country without the
friendship and help of others.
Tills reunion is meant to cele
brate our own families as well
as family friendships. Besid
es, given the distances some
people will travel It would be a
shame if they didn't get the
chance to see other old friends
and acquaintences."
Susan pointed out that there
are still some places open for
the Saturday dinner. Reser
vations for the dinner and
additional information are a
vailable from either Susan
Hisler, Box 2331, Rt. 1, Hep
pner, phone 676 5878, or Rene
Monahan Durfey. P.O. Box 36,
Condon, phone 384-4152.
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By DKU'H V JONKS
The defendants of Menzo
and Mary Jane Olden gather
ed at the home of Alvin and
DeAnn McCabe for a weekend
of visiting June 9 and 10.
Pitching horseshoes, walking
about the farm and eating
kept everyone busy. The Mc
Cabe farm was homesteaded
by Menzo Olden in 1B85.
Those attending were : Lon
nie and La Verne Henderson,
and Larry Henderson of Hood
River; Betty McTavish, Mar
risa and Joe of Gresham ; Lois
Henderson, and Steve and
Janice Henderson and Kristi,
and Andy Henderson, Alice
and Grant and Helen Hender
son, all of Summerville; How
ard and Annabelle Kubanks,
Leland Eubanks, Mason and
Elizabeth, all of Condon;
Larry and Connie Eubanks
and Brian of Arlington; Mar
lene Davison, Karla and Jim
of lone; Raymond and Char
lotte Lundell of Eugene; Cher
yle Foskett and Janelle of
Lake Oswego; Gary and Arle
U George and Kristine, and
Michael Klinger of Beaver
ton; Helen Crawford of lone;
Clifford and Winona McCabe
of Clackamas; Don and Shir
ley Harris of Boring; Eleanor
and Lyman Farrar. and Bill
Yaw of Portland ; Ron and Peg
McCabe and Mary of Gres
ham; Gladys Snider, Harold
and Joyce Snider and Ken of
lone; Jerry and Shelly Petty
john. Ashley and Cathy Mc
Cabe and Adam of lone; Kevin
and Lri McCabe of Pendle
ton; Alvin and DeAnn McCabe
and Randy, Kim and Lori or
lone. Ron and Doris Berry
and Lisa of Hermiston; and
Ruth McCabe of lone. Other
guests included Mabel Mc
Cabe of Fall City Washington;
Greg Binder of Milwaukie.
and Michelle Beeson of lone.
Congressman Smith names
Hughes, West County
campaign chairman
Congressman Bob Smith
has named Merlin Hughes and
Dewey West to serve as Mor
row County chairmen for the
Bob Smith for Congress Com
mittee. They will direct volun
teer efforts and campaign
visits by the Congressman,
continue liaison with local
members of Morrow County
news media and coordinate
with Smith's overall chair
man, Mrs. Esther Kennedy at
the campaign's headquarters
in MHford
"I'm extremely pleased that
Mr. Hughes and Mr. West
have agreed to join me in this
year's campaign effort," Con
gressman Smith said today.
They will help to build a
gridwork of cooperation and
enthusiasm in the communi
ties of the Second Congres
sional District that will assure
our success.
"Residents of our Second
District are keenly aware of
the needs that remain in this
nation - things like balancing
the budget to bring interest
rates down and put Oregon
ians back to work - and
they're aware of the progress
we can make in another two
years of hard work. Merlin
Hughes and Dewey West as
neighbors and trusted leaden
in Morrow County will bring
the best ideas and effort to
my attention so that we can
make them work for all of us,
"I welcome their help," Con
gressman Smith said.
NOTICE
The Town of Lexington is
offering a $100 REWARD for
information leading to the
arrest and conviction of persons'
involved in theft andor
vandalism of the Town's
Street SignS. Lexington Town Council
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