The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1921-10-20
BOYS CONFERENCE
WAS BIC SUCCESS
Five Towns in Northeastern Oregon
District Represented. - Seventy Six
Reglster.-Program Contained Many
Interesting Features.

A great many interesting topics Iea-
tured the program of the Northeastern
Oregon Older Boys Conference held in
this city Friday. Saturday and Sunday
of the past week Five towns were
represented and there was total reg
istration of 76 Under the very eti-
Client leadership OF A. L, Yount Inter
state Boys Secretary of the Y. NJ. C, A.
for oregon and Idaho the conference
moved up on time and the program as
published was carried out to the letter,
The conference sessions were held at
the Federated church. with the final
meeting, to which the public was in
vited, at the Christian church on Sun
day evening. The towns represented,
and the names of those who registered
were:
Hermiston---A, C, Volker, leader: A.
L. Gralap. Dewey Payne. Matthew Cor
don, Clyde II, McElroy Carl r. Myers,
Paul Stockard, Gwyn Hughes, Harold
A. Waterman, John Haddox, Everett
Parker Leo Smith. Norman Rulner.
Herbert Haneline, Howard Parrish,
Gerald A. Campbell, Napoleon Mead
son, Ernest Addleman, Earl Carson. Ir-
win Shotwell. Frederick Hesser, Roy
Silvey, Wallace Reid, Fred Gordon. Vic
ton Stockard, liver Reinikkl, Laurence
Winslow. Marshall Newport Vernon
Waterman, Donald shotwell, Frank
Swayse.
The Dalles--Paul K. Abramson, lead
er; Nels Wermark, Grant Creighton,
Lanson Bennett, Emerson Edwards,
Alan Wooley Wilton Roberts, Irvine
A. Phelps, Paul a. Pemberton. Ivan l..
Calkns, Guy Lang.
Lexington-F. Il. Bennett, leader,
Fred Benge, Clair Nolan, Delbert
Ward. Lawrence Beach. George w,
Tucker. James II, Walker, orville Cuts
forth
Pilot Rock-William King leader;
Wilbur Jones, Raymond orange Walter
Jones' Virgil Hascall, Maurice Pollock
Eddie Evane. Gerald Galbreath, Thur
10 Smith. Raymond Anderson
Heppner-Howard NJ. James, leader
Allen Case, James Clabough, Ray Fer
guson, Claude Sigsbee. Don NJ. Case
Kyle Cox. Ellis Irwin Leo Flower.
Carl Cason. Clyde Witcraft Victor
Lovgren Earl Merritt. Philip Mahoney.
Reid John Buesick. Clarence Moore,
Alvin c. Boyd Francis Doherty, Har-
old Case, Keith Logan, Everett Wilkin-
son. A. L. Mcmillan
Principal speakers and leaders on
the program We're A. II. Yount w. W.
Dillon and J. w Palmer secretaries OF
the Y. NJ. c. \, here from Portland; A.
+. Bittner. Institutional and Educa-
tional Director, Westminster Presby-
terian church, Portland Howard NJ
James, w. Q. Livingstone, j. w. Heard
and s f. Notson Of Heppner; Paul X.
Ahramson. teacher in The Dalles high
school besides numerous talks by the
boys attending, chief of these being
Don NJ Case. who at the election ses-
sion was chosen president Of the con-
ference for the ensuing year, and who
is also president of the student body Of
Heppner high school,
j. w Palmer was the live wire Of
the conference and acted as the song
leader and story teller and he kept up
lively interest
Perhaps the most important social
event Of the conference was the meet
ing and banquet on Saturday evening,
The brotherhood OF Heppner were the
hosts for this evening, and big ban
Quct was spread in the spacious dining
room Of Hotel Patrick, to which ample
justice was done by all who attend
cd. Seventy-siN or the conference boys
and their four leaders sat down to
this spread, and for each of these there
was member OF the Brothrhoeod, and
the capacity OF the big dining room
was taxed to the limit
At this meeting W. q, Livingstone
acted as toastmaster Prior TO the
opening of the toasts, j. w. Palmer led
In songfest and put everybody In the
best OF humor The Football boys were
called upon to give some of their rea-
sons for playing the game and there
were several responses from members
OF the Visiting team from hermiston
and the local fellows ana there were
yeIls ana toasts TO Heppher ana tht
brotherhood ana TO the various Vlslt'
Ing delegations win their blg puhcr
of delegates, Hermiston made hnt
lineup at the table and they man
tanned their reputation or being gooc
sports by eating everything mat wa'
placed before them, and the Heppne'
bunch were close seconds at this game
J, w Heard, principal OF Heppnel
school and j. w Palmer were the man
speakers on the program, the former
delivering hne address on "rhe Valu'
Of Friendship and the latter on "rh'
Price Of Friendship MI Palmer als'
gave number of witty anecdotes an'
humorous recitations, proving hlmsel
to be an entertainer supreme
Saturday afternoon there was
short session OF the conference at TN
church and then the recreation hou