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* •• . . % : • ' — - r r ^ * y ' - - i r ' . , _ •— _ _ Yard of the Month TW I W O () - H Heppncr r p p o rr l CÌMiite-TIme», » i l n ! M lin fs, rir Heppncr, p p r tc r , Oregon i/r q jm i Wednesday. n n i u r v i i n , ^ Aprii P ' 11 13 ■ *’• . 1 19*8 71,0 Saddlery opens on Rhea Creek ' Clinic fund raising committee formed FrncM Wick. Pioneer Memorial Hospital Administrator, ha» an nouncrd the formation of a fund mis ing committee to acquire fund* with which to purchase equipment fbr the county medical clinic in Heppncr W k l noted that (he clinic building IS completely hare and would need to he equipped in preparation for the two new doctor» who arc ccpeeled to arrive in June. Wick also stated that the commit tee was formed a» a result of Mor row County Judge, laiui* Carlson stressing that it would be most favorable if the a lu m s of south Morrow County would see fit to equip the clinic without ha» in g to use ta» funds rhal statement made at the Heppncr Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, April 5 prompted the im mediate formation of the committee consisting of l-arry Mills, manager of Morrow County Grain Growers 1 r< - . c* • s ; - - I* « • .1 , « « -w.‘» i' '» *•* ¿r ' V- ?<*•*{ /» • V t> \ . • r L 'J t i 1 •*. *■ ■ 1 y « * : ‘ '• . « * • - •* ¡V •*» « Sherman Murray and son Lynn are making chaps at their saddlery located 4 ’A miles up Rhea Creek They specialize at restoring antique and worn out saddles Lynn used piece of leather Rhea Creek Saddlery, located Besides rebuilding saddles. Shcr about 4 W miles up Rhea Creek, on nun and Lynn nuke chaps, belts, do the Rod Murray Ranch, has gone in strap work, pack-ins. nosclly items to operation this last week Sherman and do pack equipment and harness Murray owns the shop and his urn repair they especially enjoy doing l.ynn works for him. and lives right work on wom out and antique items there l.ynn attended the Glen Den The Murravs will also do special man suddlc school, and has four order oneof-a-kind silver mounted year's experience in saddle making equipment in Arizona and California He made They have a "l-andis stitcher'*, a a name for himself in California for Civil War piece, that was taken into rebuilding saddles, which is one of the field during the war to do their their specialities They have just repair work It is very large and completed work on a 100 year old saddle they purchased with origins takes several men to move it They will he having an open house in the John Day Valley They have April 16 and 17. They arc giving a tried to identify ihc maker of fhe sad $30 gift certificate as a door prize die hut there arc no distinguishing which will be drawn April 17 at 3 marks on it. The only marks were on the underside, where whoever p m Folks arc invited to stop by and nude the saddle had used an already sec the Murrays and visit a while Meeting Notice i mm 19 3 H P PUSH WITH FREE CATCHER Kft V ,,' . . à : 21 3 1-2 H P PUSH WITH FREE CATCHER ■ ■ ' / ? - j . * i • I lift to . : .!■ .. . . ; I h 21 3 1/2 H P SELF PROPELLED WITH FREE CATCHER >w« «cuero ■ 1 ■** ' i *1 DING MOWEB #3i F"* sJ*n Ik* eri P hoto by Joyo* Hugh*« The Leiington Yard-of the Month for April is kept beautiful by Pauline Robins at 4.30 W West Street A solid row of pink hyacinths, here and there a blue one. beside an immaculate lawn make a pleasant sight for the passerby When the hyacinths have finished their show, tulips will take over and in the fall there will be chrysanthemums The hack yard is as ttdey as the front and is approached by way of a nat brick walk beside a gravel dnveway kept weed free with fuel oil according to Mrs Robins Of special interest in the hack yard is a storage building with unique per sonality with bits of antique tack artistically arranged Palmer selected for Soviet Union track meet Barbara Cutsforth Eldon got a letter from Barbara, and in passing, mentioned that she had recently lost her husband and the trouble she was experiencing learn ing to live alone They wrote back and forth and then in 1986. she in vitcd Eldon to cotne visit and they spent the time he was here reminisc ing and getting reacquainted One thing led to another and they dead ed to get married They put a number of dales in a hat and drew out the date that was to he their wed ding day. which turned out to be April 16 The wedding will take place at 2 p.m. at the Heppncr Methodist Church with a reception following at the Elks Lodge Jason Palmer, son of Shirley and Roger Palmer. Heppncr, has been selected for the second year to par ticipatc in a track and field meet to be held in Leningrad. Soviet Union This is the first time a team from the Northwest has competed behind the Inin Curtain This trip is sponsored by Amateur Sports Development The team, consisting of 43 athletes, will depart from Portland on July 24 and return August 4 They will he working out in Finland with the Fin nish athletes at the Olympic Stadium in MfUmki sitf* of fKz* IQS1 OlVTTV OFF The HHS Booster Club Reno Night has been set for June 18 at the Elks This year, in addition to the regular auction at the end of the evening, there will also he a silent auction During the silent auction, some of the smaller items will he auctioned off at regular intervals throughout the evening This will give cvervone a chance to use their script to purchase some of the many donated items The club members feel this will speed up the regular auction and make an exciting even ing for everyone The next meeting will he May 2. 7 30 p m .ii the i lks ciuh All members are encouraged to come and join in the planning. Stillm an to enter Boston M arathon Randy Stillman, Troutdalc. son of George and Virginia Stillman of Heppncr, will be competing in the Boston Marathon, April IK in Boston Randy is a former Heppncr resident Rands and his wife, the former Barb Boyce, will leave Thursday and return Tuesday Randy participated in the Portland Marathon and completed the re quirements to participate in the Boston Marathon Good Luck Hand»! Tourism committee discusses county map At a tourism meeting held April 3. Claudia Hughes presented a three county map that has been developed to go into the E O Travel Guide this year. This year s guide will he on upgraded paper and have much bet ter copy Claudia also announced that the Governor's Tourism Conference will be located at Pendleton next year Fred Lundin and David Sykes discussed the placemat project Fred presented the idea to the Port of Morrow and suggested the Port could under write uie costs ui me in itial printing The Port expressed in tercst and rcquesiexl a formal presen tation on April 13. David suggested a revised format for the placemat. since funding from each community was not being sought The committee decided to use the map developed by Claudia and the E O bordered with copy describing the recreation available in the county David and Fred will develop a proposal to take to the Port. The next meeting will be Tuesday. April 26. at the Extension office. lone Honor Roll lone schools have announced the honor rolls for the third nine weeks The A Honor Roll consists of: 6th grade Truitt Greenup, Jason Proud foot. 7th grade-Jannie Cupps. Crystal Minster; 8th grade Nancy Mortcr Amy Pointer, l(Xh grade Jo Cupps, Linda Mortcr, Melissa Rowell, Amy Wagenblast; llth grade Scan Warren; 12th grade Karla Davison, Dick McEIhgott and Dan Peterson. The B Honor Roll includes 6th grade April Taylor; 7th grade Alisha Aikman, Erika Bergstrom, Ryan Halvorsen, David Wagenblast; 8th grade Brandi Ball, Kyle Broderick, Jimmy Harms, Kart Morgan. Heidi Nelson, Brent Sheir- bon, Chisana Warren, Kristine Bedortha. 9th grade J< >n Nolan, 10th grade Mary Cupps, Jim Davison, l l t h grade Katie Doherty, Jill Nelson, Michelle Papincau. Angie Rudisill, 12th grade Gary Rea and Ken Snider si*. * Ovot 24 -models fo cho o se from" LI Woodworking Club 1983 Suzuki 125 with frfe HILLER furrower Moda* ='Raooo * 6 0 0 °° H I - V A C 25 C U T 6 H P * 1986 Polaris 250 WITH FREE REAR CATCHER * 1 5 9 5 °° NO DOWN fAVMINt • lOW MONIHIV PAY MINT WITH SNAP CHOIT • VAlUAMf FMI ACCISSOe. > *. * M A ' 5 r 7 Tí Morrow County Grain Growers 1987 Polaris 250 Peterson’j INC Ptioe* SMI??I I 100 4 S? U N KIlMTON OMfiON 171)9 By John Qualls, Reporter The 4 H Woodworking club met April 5 We studied books on wood working, then we sanded and var nished our benches Wc arc moving to a new location 4-WHEELERS 4HP REAR TINE TILLER I A u lilu U is Í 4-H News A BRILLIANT PROPOSAL. ■% ! * • )' F *• pics. There will be a three day trip behind the Iron Curtain concluding with a track and field meet in Len ingrad They will then leave Len ingrad on an oceanlincr for a 24 hour trip to Stockholm. Sweden Each of the athletes has to raise his own fare of $1993 ASD is a registered non profit organization This is a tax deduction for anyone wishing to contribute. Jason is a freshman at the Univer sity of Colorado. Boulder, majoring in Aerospace Engineering. Silent Auction to be included in Reno night She's wonderful, unique, special. She's a woman who d ese n e s nothin# less than a diamond cut to ideal proportions to release a matchless fire and beauty. It's the diamomi that sa\s / Love You brilliantly. FREE •• SÄST— n » 1X» *3 » ;/1 . . k Wick has also indicated that anyone who would like to donate to the clinic fund may do so by sending their check nude payable to the Pioneer Memorial Hospital Founda tion. Inc . Heppncr. Or 97836 All funds donated to the foundation arc tas deductible and you should note on your check that the donation is for the clinic fund * ■ • *: ì ,;VW ? • ;V • . /*î and Gerald Pierson. President of the bank of hastem Oregon, being rum ed co-chairmen Other members of the committee arc Meg Murray, owner of Murray's Drugs. Frank Pearson, manager of Kin/ua Cor poration. and Frank Anderson. Heppncr farmer businessman Wick said that it was the intent of the com mittee to have up to $30,000 com mitted in bO days At press time it is reported that over $10.(XX) has already been committed by area businesses A forty-nine year old love story This Saturday. April 16. Hldon Gilbert and Barbara Cutsforth will tic the knot Theirs i* an unusual story and Mr Gilbert wanted to share it with you. He says we arc always reading about this type of thing, but until recently, he didn't realize that it was happening to him Fldon and Barbara met in The Dalles in 1938 on a blind date The first thing he said to her was "1 don't like blonds ” This was later to pro ve untrue He came to The Dalles from California, with a friend He stayed around The Dalles f«>r the summer to date Barbara and "sec what would happen." he says with a grin He ended up taking her to graduation in 1939 and they became engaged shortly thereafter Fldon wanted Barbara to go with him to California to see the sights Her mother o k 'd the idea with the stipulation that if she wanted Barbara to come home, she would One day. Docs Make A Difference", to be Don't forget the Blue Mountain Small Business Development Center held April 19 hcginmg at 7:30 p m. while in California, they decided they would slip oil over to lass Vegas is sponsoring a seminar entitled "It at the Elks Club The seminar is free anti get married The catch was. of charge. Fldon was not 21 years of age and the legal age in California or Nevada to get married, and none of their friends were willing to vouch for him About this time. Barbara's The pleasure o f your company nanher wmte and asked her to come is requested at the marriage o f home. st> she did They continued to correspond, although neither of their Barbara Ann Cutsforth letters got through so they drifted to apart Each was married to another Eldon Raymond Gilbert person Eldon kept in touch with Barbara's mother, thus keeping track Saturday, April 16. 1988 of her He had a picture of her that at 2:(X) p.m. he has carried around in his wallet all of these years United Methodist Church in Heppncr Then in 1979. Eldon was in The Dalles to help Barbara's mother Reception Fntto^in# While there, he suggested they call ttrppnrr Elks Ijntye Barbara and see if it would be a' ght No (hft Please to drive up to visit her and h . hus band After that they kept in touch with Christmas cards In 1983, r lor /, £ .• v i •* «' PO lo i »? H eppner Jewelers 474-9700 .s » * 16 9 5 °° Lexington Lumber Yard 989-8586
