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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1988)
S ' •• «s . » - . * . The Heppner Morrow County's Home Owned Newspaper azette VOL 106 NO 22 imes Wednesday. June 1. 1988 The annual Memorial I>ay Picnic was held ai the fairgrounds on Sun day May 2*4 Fiosied by ihe Morrow County Historical Society Soroptimists registerd over 240 people that attended the days festivities and enjoyed a day of visiting "The day was a huge success, with the Community Choir entertain ing beautifully. the American legion did their usual good |oh presenting the colors. Grace Baker read the names of the the Morrow County residents killed in the line of duly, and Geneva Matthews played taps The tables were wonderfully done with iris in antique bottles of all kinds and descriptions, the garden club ditl their usual outstanding work on th e m ." said Barbara Bloodsworth. Historical Society sfsikesperson Awards were given to leland Rill, son ol Cecil and Molly Kill, lor the youngest ihild. the Oldest Man award was given to F rank Connor. Heppner. the Oldest Woman alien ding was Beulah Florence, FJcppner, the Congest Continuous resident ot Morrow County was Ninon Rill. Heppner anil the person coming from the longest distance was the graikldaughtcr ol Howard and Helen Gilliam. Hallic laiudon of Orlando. Fla Alma Green. IVmxhy F ucker ami Fdna Peck received door prizes 1989 picnic will he sponsored by the Mel lligott family TFw Heppner 25« 8 Pages 240 attend Memorial I)av Picnic ' » ' » -» • '. • e - s . • 1« •; . I* • ■? .•* *r - c .v w T ... v - . ■ f : * Beulah Florence is flanked by the Morrow County Fair and Rodeo Court, Nancy Bailey and Kristi O'Brien Beulah was given an award for being the oldest woman present at the lemonal Day Picnic. Frank and Gladys Connor are en|oying the dinner at the Memorial Picnic Frank was awarded a prize for being th< oldest man there Pettyjohn’s get a new look Ty Arbogast and Shannon McLaughlin are excited about graduation night in Heppner Thirty-four students graduated from Heppner High School Satur das, Mas 2K Grand marshals were Bryan Padberg and Christy Stroehei Candlclighters were Dick Des in ami Name Wright Honor speaker w a s Mark Fishbum A slide presentation was made by the senior class The class motto was "W e know what We arc but not what we may bo" Ron Daniels. BMC ( President, was the guest speaker F orty one awards were presented to thirteen students A list will he in next weeks Gazette Times f ollowing the ceremony a recep lion was held in the cafetorium lor the graduates P ETT y j 0 Goldschmidt is featured speaker at Sixty-Six Ranch Marvin Peterson presents a diploma to Chris Rea at lone High School graduation on May 27 Bible school begins June 20 "Jesus la>scs Me" is the theme for this years Vacation Hihlc School to he hek) at the Methodist Church June 20 24 This school is the com bincd effort of the Lutheran, Tpiscop.il and Methodist churches It is open to everyone between 3 years old and sixth grade, and we urge anyone interested to attend The week is filled with lots of fun filled activities and snacks arc pro stiled VHS starts at 9 a m and will be over at 12 noon There will be' a noon lunch on F riday. June 24 with a short program This is a free school but donations will be accepted Please pre register your child by calling b7b S|7() or you may register your child at one of the above mentioned churches We would like everyone to pre register early vi that enough supplies will be ordered Pettyiohn’s Farm and Builders Supply has recently com pleted their remodeling To begin with, they made a new en tryway in the south end of the building for more convenience for customers A special area was made for wallpaper books so customers can sit down and look through their over 80 wallpaper books Also they coordinated their lines, hardware, electrical, etc for more convenience and greatly expanded the Radio Shack area Weather Report Meeting Notices Green is part of Lions Morrow County Medical Board meeting will he held at 7 p m on Monday, June h at the Pioneer Memorial Hospital Conference Room Ihe agenda will he general business Class of 5H ‘ to hold reunion é Registration takes place before the luncheon at Frank and LaVonne Mader's Sixty Six Ranch Conservation Tour held May 25 An exciting day wjs in store for everyone attending the Trjnk and ljiVonne Madcr Sixty Six R.imh on May 25 Madcrs are the recipients of ihe I *487 Oregon State Consers a lion Farm of the Year award They were chosen from among 11 counts winners Governor Neil Goldschmidt nude a spectal appearance during (he day as guest speaker According to the emcee ol the day. John Rictmann. Morrow C'oun ty WFieat league President, he sjul he tfiought this is the first time in history, a bunch of wheal growers and cattlemen have been public ally addressed by a shoe salesman." sup posedly referring to the tact that Goldsc hmidt bad at one time fsecn a shoe salesman Goldschmidt then replied that "you should never allow me to he1 second to speak. when he jokingly in turn had some renurks for Mr Rictmann More than 300 people gathered at the Mader farm in the morning and alter fresh rolls and refreshments boarded buses for a tour of the Mailer ranch Alter returning from the morning lour, many people en joyed the catered luncheon as Gov Neil (»oldschmidt spoke to the group As soon as lunch was over, there were two tours scheduled for interested parties, one to the PGF. plant anil the other to Simplot Madcrs won the a-- 2 rd hy utiliz mg their innovating farming techni ques to turn their (arm into a highly productive one at Kah-nee-ta The class of 1958 will hold their 30th class reunion on July 23 and 24 at kah nee (a Hot Springs Resort near Madras This different location has \fiown great response, in spite ol not coming hack to the Mustangs stomping grounds Boh and Judie latughlin. PhyII»* Piper and Jerry Brace have been working on the Heppner end of plans and Jim M om s, Karen Valentine Burk and Fd GrosFiens have been taking care of itinerary from the Portland area An Indian Salmon Bake will Fie en joyed hy the group for the Saturday night banquet Plenty of recreation and visiting will he on the agenda, along with a breakfast get together on Sunday morning The committee is still looking for l-arry Fetsch and Tim Carr If anyone knows the whereabouts ol these two classmates, please contact Judie at 676 9663 during (he das tty Cl*y t* tttHWtm Exchange program K irste n S t a n e ( ir e e n Kirsten Green. Heppner High School graduate from the c I js s o f |9X8. will be a part of the l.ion's I x change Program, for a two month stas in Australia Kirsten applied lor the exchange ihrough ihe Lion's National Founda lion She was notified about three weeks ago ol her selection to the program She will lease Heppner June 24 anil return August 19 She is scheduled to stay one month with one family and ihe other with another family Her part of the exchange is to give slide presentations, pins and Hags to I.ion's Clubs throughout the area Kirsten will receive some dona ttons from Ihe l ions, the balance she will lake care ol herself When Kirsten was in Ihe fourth grade, the Greens had an " Aussie" stay with them as part ot an ex change program. " This is when I got interested in going lo Australia." says Kirsten Now. thanks to the Lions, her dream has been realized She plans to attend Blue Mountain Community College when she returns from her trip May 24 - 30 High 1 «iw Pm 74 47 .0 1 lit' Weds 73 42 .0 1 hurs. 75 48 .0 73 51 .36 Tri. 55 41 .43 Sal. 58 34 » Sun. Mim. M 43 .0 Market Report ot L ffv# M orrow Q iu n fy CVcwnfl T rid as. Mas 27 Soli White M 46 M 48 *3 49 M S I H St H SS M S7 Barles 'KU «KIT *90T 3 h g *91T 99 '4 H ot i r ò ni o n t P a r t y Honoring retiring direc tors, Howard Bryant and L. E. Dick, Jr. June 10 1 - 5 p.m. Heppner Branch K OF a ste rn 0 rea on Arlington • Heppner • lone • / Your Mont'S /te l/n n y Yt>ur Neighbors MM«»« r ot e ” \ » * I g l U t r j > . - . ; y • t i -, J » / ~ - c K * . 4 ’ ■V - C h t \ . - ‘ t ! . . ■ r ■ ' . * -. •. ». • • I 1 s I . • • . •„ • ■' 1 , . ■» ' I ' - ••- • • • « • • • • • • 1 High School students honored Photo t)y Joycw Hugh#* • • } ’
