Garden club begins
busy season
Heppner Happenings
By Mary Bryant 676-9493
Mr and Mrs Hoy gudi kenhush,
Mr and Mrs Toni Skow and duugh
' « Kristin and Shrri P ip rr (lew
from I 'a v o to Santa Rosa. Calif or
ma for thr March I wedding of Mark
l*tper and Denise Spillers
His
parents Delbert and Phyllis Riper,
of Lexington, drove down
The
parents of the bride. Mr and Mrs
Howard Spillers. invited the guests
from here to stay at their home The
young couple flew to Hawaii for their
honey moon The new Mrs Riper is a
flower designer and arranged the
flowers for the wedding
Dari Shorty" Hudson recently-
celebrated his with birthday
Here
for the occasion was the Hudson's
son. Hubert and his wife, from
California a i well as their daughter.
Wilma, and their son. J D and
fam ily
Mr and Mrs Hill Huddleston of
llermiston, recently accompanied
Mr and Mrs Tom Huddleston of
Heppner to the home of their son
Mark and Janice Huddleston in
Rortland The occasion was the Both
birthday of Hill Huddleston Six of
his grandchildren and six great
grandchildren helped him celebrate
Tom and d a rn el's oldest daughter
took pictures of the day's festivities
which they enjoyed seeing on the
V C R later in the day
Everett and Helen Keithley re
ceived word of the death of his
cousin. Tilden Williams, of Hermis
ton
They will attend graveside
services at the Stanfield Cem etery
on Tuesday
Mr and Mrs Hob Mahoney.
Mike Mahoney and Mrs
Ha/el
Mahoney spent the weekend in
Boise. Idaho, where they visited
Trisha Mahoney, who is attending
Hy JuiUnr Weatherford
college in that city
Carl and Sy lvia McDaniel visit
ed last week in Rendleton at the
home of her brother and sister in
law, Mr and Mrs Jam es Smith
They spent Tuesday night with them
and returned home Wednesday
Mr and Mrs Ambrose Chapin
have their grandson, Mike Slyter
and his wife, as guests for the
weekend
Hetty Tanner. Noble Grand of
Sans Souci Lodge, reports that the
Kehekah state president will be here
on March 2t for her official visits
lion
District Convention will be
held at l.cxington March 22 and (he
president's official visit to lone will
tie on March 23
Mikey. grandson of Mrs Hetty
Tanner and Mrs laiuella Harris will
celebrate his seventh birthday to
morrow
Mr and Mrs Bob Harris
brought her father from Albany to
help him celebrate being his great
grandfather
The Harris', Betty
Tanner, and Mr Hitching will be
guests of Sherri and Mike parents of
the birthday boy. for the party
The Country fib r e Artists Guild
held a workday on Saturday at the
home of Sandy Van l.iew of llepp
ner A potluck luncheon was held at
noon There w ill be an extra session
on how to dye fibers before the next
regularly scheduled meeting If you
have any questions, call Mrs Van
Liew
Mr and Mrs Bruce Thomson,
and two children from Aloha, were
accompanied by Bernice Thomson
of Tigard on a visit to their parents.
Jim and Madge Thomson this past
weekend They were here to help
their mother celebrate her birthday
Lexington News
B y Deiphit Jones
The Lexington Garden Hugs met
at the home of Annetta Radberg for
the regular meeting with cnairman
Dorothy Burcham presiding
Old
business discussed was the trees and
bleeding heart plants for the park
which will soon he here for planting
and the hard work needed to get the
park back into shape after the long
cold winter
After the lawn is fed
and weeded the spring plantings
should look good The county agent
was to be at l-ots Allyn's home to
demonstrate tree trim m ing March 7
at 2 p m
-.'The main business was the plan
ning for the coming year's activities
and the year hook
l.uella Taylor
and Kathy Tellechea will make the
covers for the year book from
pressed flowers and wax paper
Some of the activities planned are a
trip to the Iris Gardens. M aryhill
Castle, the mountains and a variety
of fine program s such as seed
mosaics, drying flowers, wild her
ries, and program s on garden in
sects wild asparagus and others
The group decided to sponsor a
Christmas lighting contest for the
holiday season and hopefully a clean
up day for the city and a booth at the
fair
They will continue with the
Garden of the Month selection
Sounds like an interesting education
al and fun yea r so if you would like to
participate just call Kathy Tellechea
989-8537
M arie Steagall won the
dooor prize
Refreshments were
served by the hostess to Dorothy
Burcham. Eula Bloodsworth. Delta
tintx-r Delphi Jones Kathy Telle
chea
I » i s Allyn. M arie Steagall
The Rast Noble Grand Club of
Holly Hebekah lanlge No 139 met at
the Office Cafe in lone on Wednes
day for the regular meeting and
luncheon
At each table w ere St
Ratrick pins and napkins, provided
by hostesses Ruth Robinson and
Donna Rapineau After a luncheon
the group held a short business
meeting with Vice Chairman Hilda
Yocom in the chair The trees for
the cem etery w ere discussed and the
luncheon for the neighboring RNG 's
was planned with com m ittees being
appointed
The group enjoyed a bit of visiting
with guest for the day Janet Balfe
from Anchorage, Alaska
Others
present for the day were
Hilda
Yocom. Virginia Reck, Donna Rap
ineau, Leila Ralm er. Delpha Jones.
Dorothy Burcham. and Ruth Robin
son
Word has been received that
Charles Buchanan has been released
from the Veterans Hospital in Seat
tie and w ill soon be returning home
Ed Rrunelle of Grandview . W a
shington was an overnight visitor at
the C C Jones ranch Mr Hrunelle
is a brother in law of Mrs Jones
- -Janet B alfe from Anchorage,
Alaska who has been visiting her
parents Ken and I^ ila Ralm er. flew
California for a short visit before
returning home
- -Holly Kebekah Lodge met on
Thursday evening for the regular
meeting with the Noble Grand Kathy
Tellechea in the chair Rians were
completed for the president's visit
and later in the evening refresh
ments were enjoyed jointly with the
Oddfellows
• Mr and Mrs Ray Eckles from
Pendleton visited Emma Reck at
Pioneer Memorial Hospital and at
tended the senior citizen dinner in
Heppner They visited al the C C,
Jones home later in the day Mrs
Eckles is the former Em Reck of
Lexington
•:-Plans are being made by some
members of Lexington Grange to
sell vials and hags of Irish green
earth at the SI Patrick's celebration
March 4. members and guests of
the Heppner Garden Club met at the
home of Martha and Jerry Doherty
for a monthly business meeting and
a special demonstration on the pru
ning of fruit trees
The gardeners were pleased to get
- W acquainted with new County-
Extension Agent Ered Lund in. who
discussed techniques of pruning
fruit trees and who actually demon
strated by pruning several varieties
of the Doherty s fruit trees He
distributed several helpful extension
pamphlets on the care of home
orchards l.undin offered to bring
extension specialist to talk to south
Morrow Gardners about the culture
of fruit trees
D uring the m onthly business
meeting conducted by President
Jane Rawlins, the members voted to
work with Blur Mountain Commun
it> College in conducting a basic
gardening class in the local area in
April They also decided to take the
responsibility for this year of plant
ing and maintaining the eight boxes
the Cham her of Com merce installed
Issues fa c in g C e n tra l A m e ric a n
C h ristia n s to b e d iscussed
on lleppner's Main Street, except for
the watering which is to be done
regularly by the city crew
Three members. Irene Swanson
Verna Rnnda and Mary Goheen will
work with Pioneer M emorial Hos
pital Administrator John Hempel in
rrpianting the box in the entryway to
the hospital
Members were reminded of the
f lower Show School which will be
held in Pendleton on March 31 and
April I and 2, and the five members
who indicated that they would
attend Vern Batty, Verna Hrinda.
Cal Healy. Jane Rawlins and Justine
Weatherford, have been pre regis
tered
The District 10. annual Spring
Meeting is set for Eriday. April 25. at
the Peace Lutheran Church in Rend
leton and all Heppner members
should plan to attend
The April club meeting is sched
uled for Monday. April 7. beginning
with a 6 10 potluck dinner at the
home of Dr Wallaii- V M fl The
evening's program will feature a
talk I'V Dr Wolff on Beautiful
Spring Bulbs and a tour of the Wolff
garden
M o r m o n s m o v e into n ew church
"tm s w e e « '» program on Central
Am erica, which is in the forefront of
world events, will also help us as
American Christians become in
formed of llin s tia n issues outside of
our national boundaries "
Next week will conclude the six
week Lenten Series with an inter
national potluck dinner at the Hep
pner United Methodist Church The
dinner will begin at 6 30 p in
Persons are encouraged to bring an
international dish to share as well av
their own table service B everage
will be provided A discussion will
follow as we respond to these "las
ues Racing Christians Around the
W orld" from the perspective of
Am erican Christians
On Thursday evening. March 13,
the ecumenical larnten Series, which
has been looking at "Issues E aon g
Christians Around the W orld.” will
be held at Hope Lutheran Church in
Heppner beginning at 7 30 p m This
week the presentation will be on
"Issues Racing Christians in Central
Am erica " The program will be
given by the Van Rietmanns from
Condon The Rietmanns have rece
nlly returned from traveling in
Central Am erica and will share
first hand their experience of Chris
ban issues in Central Am erica
As all of these Lenten Senes
presentations have been inform ative
and insightful", says I>on Boyce of
Heppner Ended Methodist thurcb.
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The Willow Creek Branch of The
Church of Jesus Christ of le t t e r Day
Saints is meeting in their new
building on Highway 74 west of
lexin gton
Sacrament meeting is held Sunday
at 10 a m
Sunday school and
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Relief Society homemaking meeting
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month at 10 a m
The branch president is Curtis
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Anyone lonesome for
the green dirt of home or who would
like a hit '() Irish green slop by
Barbara Cutsforth's booth and pur
chase such for a small fee Several
mem bers met at her home one day-
last week in order to package up this
rare product Keep in mind. Grange
meets March 17 and there is planned
a decorated tie for tnen and decorat
ed Easter hat contest for women At
this time plans for chicken dinner to
be served Easter Sunday will be
completed
The Delbert Riper fam ily have
return ed hom e from C a lifo rn ia
where they attended the wedding of
their son. Mark
A lov ely cradle shower w as held
at the Schoonover home one ev ening
last week honoring Sharon Schoon
over
Games were enjoyed and
prizes given
Lovely refreshments
of cake, punch and coffee were
served
Luella T aylor is a patient in
Community Good Shepherd Hospital
in llerm iston follow ing knee surgery
last week
Bill and Rena Marquardt were
Rortland visitors last week where
they visited son Philip and his wife
Paula and daughters Nonta and
fh a rm a who are employed at the
Rortland police dept They also saw
daughter Coi (P e n n y ' who is afftli
ated with a group helping to inform
people on the need for hand rails and
ramps, etc . and is often on Portland
television
Rev la-Roy Wornell was the
speaker Sunday at the U-xirigton
Baptist Church
• Venice Hendrickson of Rendle
ton was a recent la-xington caller
-Carol Ann Rea from llerm iston
visited her parents Ken and laula
Ralm er and sister Janet Balfe on
Thursday
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C I hahv Cook«
By K a r a A n so le g u i
On Saturday. March I. the Classy
Cooks met at leader Chris Adel
man's house We started chill and
then went outside and did exercises
and played tag Then we went back
inside and ate We had crackers with
chili and cheese with cornbread
muffins, carrots, and celery with
peanut butter, and milk Then we did
the dishes
Those who attended were Alissa
Brownfield. Niki Sweeney. Aleida
Goodyear. Genelle Adelman, and
Kara Ansotegui
Souper Seamer*
By Cathy Martin A
Giselle Schoonover
The Souper Seamers 4 H club met
march 4 to work on sew ing projects
Our goals this year are to finish
fair projects by May 30 We also
hope to have a bake sale during the
St
Patrick's Day parade
The
money that is earned will lie used for
our trip to Pendleton when we go to
select our fair fabric
We just recently went up to the
Nursing Home with cards and
cookies for Valentines Day
M e e tin g s
The M orrow County Museum
Commission will meet Tuesday,
March 18. at 7 30 p m . at the
museum
The Port of Morrow Commission
meeting scheduled for March 12 has
been canceled and rescheduled for 9
a m March 19
Erda Rieper returned home last
Tuesday from a stay at St Anthony
Hospital
She had a compound
fracture of I her arm and cuts and _
,
bruises
visitors have been her D o n a tio n s accepted
Brown of New
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port. M arcia Hall of Rortland. cous
fo r St. P a t s
ins Maliel Holliday and daughter
Donations to help the St P atrick ’s
Joyce Lovgren of Newhurg
Day Celebration, will lie asked for
during the parade this year
C u b S cou ts sell
During the parade a blanket will
be carried along the street and those
bak ed goods
wishing to donate, and help defray
The Cub Scouts will be holding a
the coats of putting on the celebra
I lake sale Saturday during St Rat
tion. may do so
rick ’s Day The Cubs will set up the
sale in front of Case’s furniture
starting at 10 a m
All 4 H members, their parents,
and leaders are encouraged to at
tend a special 4 H records training
in Heppner. Wednesday. March 19.
from 7 to 9 p m
W e've had so many questions
regarding what kind of records
members should be keeping that
I ve asked our state leader to share
his expertise We re so fortunate
that Duane Johnson. State 4 II I<ea
der. cares enough to do this special
session for us." said Hirdine Tullis.
Extension Program Assistant
Basic record keeping, why we
keep records, and how, will be
covered in this session Next fall an
advanced or com petitive records
training will e offered
"This is a one time opportunity
don’t miss it", said Tullis
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Students from Sharon M orns' sec
ond grade and Betty Rietmann s
first grade at lone Elementary
school participated in a H alley's
Comet workshop for prim ary stu
dents at the Hanford Science Center
at Richland. Washington, on Wed
nesday. March 5
Students saw a "H a iry Stars"
slide show narrated by Jeff Estes
They made individual models of a
comet under the direction of Diane
le m ie r e Other activities included
playing a computer gam e with
information about H alley's Comet
and watching a dry ice demonstra
tion of how comets are formed
Some of the things students said
they learned about comets were
Comets have two tails, the blue tail
of a comet is made of gasses, the
white tail of a comet is dust. the
nucleus of a comet is the size of Ml
Hood, a comet is a dirty snowball,
the three parts of a comet are the
nucleus, coma and tail. Halley's
Comet comes by earth every 76
years, the sun's wind blows the
com et's tail away from the sun, the
word disaster comes from evil star
which is what people used to think
comets were
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