SOC l E T Y
Volume 49, Number 7.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Apr. 28, 1932
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HEALTH
PROGRAM
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Virginia Cleveland to be
Crowned Queen at Af
ternoon Exercises.
LUNCHEON AT NOON
Pre-School Children to Have Free
Clinic In Morning; Pageant
Featured by Dances.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOB
CHILD HEALTH DAY.
Free Clinic for Pre-School Chil
dren, Heppner Hotel, 8 to 12
Community Pot-Luck Luncheon,
Noon.
Crowning of May Queen at
School Play Ground, 1:15.
Pageant, "Magic Door," 1:30.
Playground Games, 2:00.
The selection of Misa Virginia
Cleveland as Queen of the May, and
Mary Helen Thomson and Alma
Hake as attendants was announced
this week by the senior class of
Heppner high school. Crowning of
the May queen has been set for 1:18
o'clock Saturday afternoon at the
school play ground as part of the
Child Health Day exercises ar
ranged by the Heppner unit of the
Morrow County Public Health as
sociation and the Heppner Parent
Teachers association.
Besides the queen and her at
tendants a number of children will
participate in the coronation cere
monies. Events of the day will begin at
8 o'clock in the morning, when un
til the noon hour will be held the
free health clinic for children of
pre-school age at Hotel Heppner in
charge of local physicians assisted
by Miss Gladys Badger, public
health nurse of Portland.
All parents of children of pre
school age are urged to take ad
vantage of this clinic, which is held
primarily for the purpose of deter
mining corrective physiological de
fects. Because of the prevalence
of whooping cough at the present
time. Dr. McMurdo, county physi
cian, has asked that no coughing
children be brought to the clinic
to eliminate danger of exposing
those not afflicted.
At noon is set the community
pot-luck luncheon at the fair pa
vilion. An urgent invitation is ex
tended everyone in the community
to participate in this affair which
is not held primarily for out-of-town
folks, though they are also ex
tended a warm welcome, announces
the committee in charge. The
Lions club has voted to give its
support to this event.
Immediately following the lunch
eon will come the coronation of
the queen, which will be followed
by the health pageant, "The Magic
Door." A large group of children
will take part in this colorful pres
entation, featured by dances under
the supervision of Mrs. Helen Cohn
and Mrs. Adelyn O'Shea.
The pageant will be followed by
playground games under the super
vision of the athletic department
of the school.
ODD FELLOWS CELEBRATE.
Willow Lodge No. 66 of Heppner
was host on last evening to other
lodges of the county, in honor of
the anniversary of the order. Over
80 members of the order. Including
Rebekahs of San Soucl lodge of
Heppner, who sponsored the pro
gram, were partakers In the good
time and also enjoyed the pot luck
supper spread in the dining room.
The address of the evening was de
livered by S. E. Notson, and this
feature was especially enjoyed by
thos present. The program fol
lows: Invocation, Joel R. Benton;
Hawaiian trio; song, Mrs. Frank
Turner; stunts, Billy Sohwarz and
Harold Aycrs; dialog, Sapphrie
lodge of Morgan; piano duet, Rach
el Anglln and Mrs. J. O. Turner;
talk on Oddfelowship, S. E. Not
son; song, Mrs. Nell Knlghten;
reading, Betty Marie Adklna; man
dolin quartette, J. 0 Turner, L. L.
Gilliam, Frank Turner and Ted
Lumley.
WIGIITMAN SCOUTMASTER.
Marvin Wlghtman was chosen
scoutmaster to succeed W. R. Poul
son at a meeting of the scout com
mittee last night. Mr. Poulson is
leaving for California at the end of
the school year. The executive
committee Is attempting to locate
an assistant scoutmaster.
Miss Mary Beamer visited at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. J. Beamer over Sunday. She
was accompanied by Clair Goheen
of Portland, and the young people
returned to the city Sunday night.
Miss Beamer is stenographer In
the Pendergast law ofllce in Port
land, A bentflt card party, funds from
which will go to the city library, Is
slated to bo held at the Episcopal
parish house May 6 at 7:45 o'clock,
Both "500" and bridge will be play
ed, the charge being 25 cents.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Con
ner at tholr home in Heppner this
week, an 8-pound daughter.
ET FOR SATURDAY
SCHOOL WIND-UP
COMES ON MAY 12
23 to Receive Diplomas; Bacca
laureate, Banquet Picnic and
Examinations Scheduled.
Busy days are at hand for both
students end teachers of the Hepp
ner schools as they go into the final
two weeks of the school year, the
closing being set for May 12. On
that evening 23 members of the
senior class are slated to receive
their diplomas at graduation exer
cises for which Victor Morse of
the University of Oregon faculty
will deliver the address.
The annual Junior-Senior ban
quet is scheduled for Saturday eve
ning at the basement of the Chris
tian church. Extensive arrange
ments have been made for this
event, always one of the outstand
ing features of the school year.
The seniors will be delivered their
baccalaureate address at 8 o'clock
Sunday evening by Joel R. Benton,
minister of the Christian church.
The services will be held at the
gym-auditorium.
The annual high school picnic
will be held on the 11th, serving as
an avenue of escape for pent-up
nervousness which always accom
panies the final examinations.
These will be held on the 9th and
10th.
The graduating class roster in
cludes Ralph Benton, Eddie Kenny,
Billy Cox, Earle Bryant, John
Franzen, Claude Hill, Virginia
Cleveland, Louise Moyer, Lucille
Moyer, Loretta Taylor, Rita French,
Evelyn Schultz, Florence French
Green, Mary McDuffee, Lola Hiatt,
viola Ruby, Mary Gammell, Mary
Thomson, Alma Hake, Phyllis Jane
Pollock, Vallis Jones, Adele Nlck
erson. In making announcement of the
closing, W. R. Poulson, superin
tendent, asked that ail grade school
pupils leave their text books with
the school at the end of the school
year, as next year the district will
provide textbooks and it will not
be necessary for pupils to purchase
them.
Asks Coughing Children
Not Be Brought to Clinic
Due to the prevalence of whoop
ing cough in and about Heppner,
Dr. A. D. McMurdo, county health
officer, asks that parents forego
bringing any children who are
coughing to the free clinic at Hepp
ner next Saturday morning. It is
not probable that all the children
who may have coughs are afflicted
with whooping cough, Dr. McMurdo
says, but there should be no risks
taken that would endanger expos
ing well children to the disease.
While this precautionary meas
ure is deemed advisable, Dr. Mc
Murdo welcomes the bringing of
all children of preschool age who
are known not to be afflicted with
whooping cough or other commun
icable disease. The clinic is held
for the purpose of determining phy
siological defects that may be cor
rected and thus enhance the child's
opportunity of doing better school
work.
Sheep Shearing Starts
In Many Parts of County
Five sheep shearing crews are
reported to be busily engaged In
Morrow county at the present time
relieving the woolies of their win
ter coats. The shearing Is taking
place in spite of unattractive mar
ket reports. Bid prices at a recent
sale in Idaho were between 7 and
9 cents, It is reported. So far a
great quantity of wool has not been
sold here.
The shearing crews now at work
are the Bub Clark crew at W. P.
Mahoney's, Henry Happold crew at
Jim Cartys, Fuhrman crew at Tom
O Brien s, Jim Furlong crew at
Harold Cohn's. The Blackaby crew
is expected to start operations at
the John Kilkenny farm tomorrow.
Degree of Honor Lodge
Starts City Park Project
The Degree of Honor juveniles
have adopted as a project at the
city park the supplying of flowers
and shrubbery, Mothers of the
children this week delivered a sup
ply of rose and lilac bushes and
other plants and shrubs at the park
which were planted under the su
pervision of Paul Marble, director
in charge of landscaping.
In addition to providing the
plants, the Degree of Honor chil
dren and mothers will keep them
watered during the summer months
to assure keeping the plants alive,
MRS. rOULSON FETED.
A luncheon of the Business and
Professional Women's club was
held at noon today at the parish
house to honor their president, Mrs.
W. R, Poulson, who is leaving the
end of the week. Mrs. Poulson
leaves Saturday for Portland where
she will spend two days, going from
there to Eugene and on the 9th she
will leave for Los Angeles where
she and Mr. Poulson will make
their future home.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Dariell
McHargue (nee Neva Hayes, for
merly of Heppner) at Spokane,
Wasn., April 23, a baby boy. Re
port received by Heppner friends
and relatives stated that both
mother and baby were doing nicely,
MARKET HI
FOUND PROFITABLE
Trip to Boardman, Irri
gon Projects Reported
To Lions Club.
CANNERY IS VISITED
Problems to be Overcome In Es
tablishing Industry Cited by Al
Rankin; Mrs. Poulson Leaves.
Jerusalem artichokes do make
good hog feed in the opinion of
many members of the Heppner
Lions club who were served a mess
of them at their Monday luncheon.
But then, that's what they're grown
for down on the Boardman project
where tne serving was obtained
Saturday by a Lions club junket,
investigating the possibilities of
market gardening in Morrow coun
ty, report of which was made by Al
Rankin.
The artichokes were one of the
successful crops found on the pro
ject, it being revealed that seven
tons were taken off a hog posture
less than an acre in size on one of
the project farms. And the hogs
do like 'em.
Mr. Rankin was a produce sales
man for many years in addition to
having been in a position to study
market gardening at various points
where it has been successfully un
dertaken on a large scale. Although
he had visited the North Morrow
county fair two years ago and had
seen displayed there 124 different
products that had come from one
farm, he said that the trip over the
project Saturday came as a revela
tion to him of the possibilities for
gardening afforded there.
Junket Makes Trip.
The junket, including also Chas.
W. Smith, county agent; Charles
Thomson, groceryman; George
Bleakman, county commissioner,
and Jap Crawford, visited a num
ber of project farms both at Board
man and Irrigon where were found
a number of garden crops already
being grown on a profitable basis;
and also called at the small cooper
ative cannery at Hermiston which
promises to be of -much assistance
in marketing the produce.
One of the farmers visited, a late
settler on the project, was found
to be a man well versed in market
gardening, having had many years
experience in the business both In
the growing and marketing ends.
Last year he netted $7000 from the
growing of new potatoes and wa
termelons. He named three crops
which offer special promise on the
project, namely: new potatoes, as
paragus and strawberries. This
man has acquired additional acre
age this year and will expand his
gardening operations.
Two farms were visited that are
now cutting and marketing aspara
gus through the Three Rivers Co
operative Marketing association.
Proprietors of both these farms re
ported that they have found aspar
agus growing profitable.
Last year a woman from one of
the farms cut her asparagus one
day, took it to the cannery and
packed it the next day, put the cans
in her car and marketed it on the
third day. However, the overhead
expense of marketing the aspara
gus in this manner was found to
eat up practically all the profits.
How Club May Help.
Here, Mr. Rankin said, is where
the problem must be attacked in
order to make a success of market
gardening in this county, and it is
where the Lions club may help.
Successful market gardening re
quires a quantity of tonnage, mean
ing that a large acreage must be
obtained. But before farmers can
be urged to get Into the market
gardening business, there must be
facilities provided for handling the
produce and a market secured for
it
The Lions club might use Its in
fluence in Interesting persons to
operate trucking and warehousing
facilities, in securing and dissem
inating information on growing and
handling the crops, and in helping
to obtain a market for the produce.
As for supplying the local mar
ket with all the produce it would
consume, Mr. Rankin said one or
two comparatively small gardens
situated at the edge of town would
supply all that would be required.
The possibilities of getting people
to operate such ventures was
touched upon by him.
At this juncture he called upon
W. T. Campbell, county judge, who
with Mrs. Campbell was present to
entertain the Lions with old-time
music from the violin and organ,
which was highly appreciatetd by
the Lions. Mr. Campbell, he said,
had supplied the local market with
all its parsnips for the last two
years.
Judge Gives Angle.
Mr. Campbell said farmers were
too prone to criticize the store
keeper. He said he found the gro
cerymen considerate and always
ready to cooperate If the produce
could be supplied In such quantities
as the groceryman required and at
such times as It was needed. The
idea Is that the groceryman must
have a supply he can depend upon,
and at present this la only avail
able from the outside. It is a pity,
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PILOT ROCK WILL
PLAY GOLF HERE
Return Tournament Arranged With
Umatilla Town; Arlington Here
Two Weeks from Sunday.
A busy season for Heppner golf
ers is anticipated by Mark Merrill,
president of the country club, who
announces two tournaments sched
uled in the next two weeks. Next
Sunday a team from Pilot Rock
will play a return tournament here,
and two weeks from Sunday Ar
lington will provide competition
for another meet to be played on
the local links.
Pilot Rock defeated Heppner in
matched play two weeks ago at
Pilot Rock, 23-18, and the local fol
lowers of the cowpasture pastime
have ' been working assiduously
since in order to make a better
showing Sunday.
Arlington's golfers will accom
pany their baseball team which
also plays here two weeks from
Sunday. In order to accommodate
the boys who will play in both the
golf match and the ball game, Mr.
Merrill announces that the match
will be started early and the ball
players allowed to tee off, first.
IONE
JENNIE E. MCMURRAY.
The outstanding social event of
the past week was the Topic Club
bridge party Saturday evening at
the Roy Lleuallen home, Mr. and
Mrs. Lieuallen and Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Bergevin being joint hosts.
High scores were made by Mrs. C.
W. Swanson and C. W. McNamer;
low by Mrs. George E. Tucker and
Edward Rietmann. Guests present
were Mr. and Mrs. Omar Riet
mann, Mr. and Mrs. Werner Riet
mann, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Riet
mann, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Mason,
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Blake, Mr. and
Mrs. Martin E. Cotter, Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Corley, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Mankin, Mr. and Mrs Henry
Smouse, Mr. and Mrs. George E.
Tucker, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Swan
son, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. McNamer,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lucas, Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Knappenberg, Mr. and
Mrs. D. M. Ward, Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Feldman,
Mrs. A. A. McAtee, Emil Swanson,
Mrs. Elmo McMillan, H. S. Hatch,
Mrs. Harlan McCurdy and Mrs. In
ez Freeland. '
Victor Peterson who is in the em
ploy of the Federal Land bank,
spent Sunday with his family in
lone.
In the high school baseball game
on the local field last Thursday be
tween Arlington and lone the final
score was 2-5 in favor of lone.
The Sunday game between lone
and Heppner resulted In a victory
for the neighboring city, the score
being 4-6.
The Condon high school boys will
cross bats with the lone boys on
the lone field May 6.
Hazel Ledbetter returned last
week to lone after spending the
winter with his parents near Ash
ville, North Carolina.
Wayland Ritchie has returned to
lone after six months or more spent
on the Appling dairy ranch near
Walla Walla where he had employ
ment.
Mrs. F. H. Watts has joined her
husband on their ranch just below
town. Mr, Watts has been on the
ranch for several months but Mrs.
Watts had remained In The Dalles,
which was their former home and
where they have a son in school.
Mrs. Arthur Rios of Toppenish,
Washington, was here last week
for a few days with her mother,
Mrs. Ella Davidson, who has been
very 111 for the past six weeks.
Mrs. Omar Rietmann assisted
Mrs. Jos. J. Nys of Heppner Friday
afternoon of last week when the
latter entertained twenty young
folks in celebration of her daughter
Katherine's eighth birthday. The
day was also the eighth birthday
of Paul, son of Mrs. Rietmann, so
the party was a double affair with
two honorees and two birthday
cakes. Attending the party from
lone were also Mrs. Inez Freeland,
mother of Mrs. Rietmann, and
Gene, her younger son.
Mrs. Ruth B. Mason, Grand Ruth
of the State of Oregon, and Mrs.
Sara McNamer, past worthy ma
tron of Ruth chapter, Heppner,
motored to Pendelton Tuesday to
be present at a meeting of Bushee
chapter, O. E. S., held that eve
ning. Mrs. Minnie White, Worthy
Grand Matron, was also present.
Elmer Griffith was painfully and
seriously injured Tuesday while
working with a wood saw at Mor
gan. His left hand was cut open
between the third and fourth fin
gers. His brother. Clarence Linn,
took him to Hepimcr for medical
attention. Fifteen stitches were
required to close the wound.
Elmer Griffith, Joe Howk, Dwight
Misncr, Wlllard Blake, George
Krebs, John Krebs and George Ely
were Masonic brothers who attend
ed the Masonic meeting at Hepp
ner Tuesday night. They report
a most enjoyable time.
The district meeting of the East
ern Star will be held May 18 In
Heppner. Officers from the chap
ters of Arlington, lone and Hepp
ner will exemplify the ritualistic
work. Mrs. Minnie White, worthy
grand matron, will be In attend
ance. Mrs. Frank Lumlell was hostess
to the Past Noble Grand club Fri
day afternoon. After the routine
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FIRST LEAGUE GAME
TAKEN BY HEPPKER
lone Defeated 6-4 in Sun
shine of Perfect Early
Spring Afternoon.
BATTLE NIP 'N TUCK
Winning Tallies Come in Ninth
With Score Tied from Fifth 4-4;
Ritchie's Wildness Fatal.
League Standings:
Won Lost Pet.
Heppner 1 0 1.000
Arlington 1 0 1.000 -
Condon 1 0 1.000
lone 0 1 .000
Fossil 0 1 .000
Rufus-Blalock 0 1 ' jOOO
Last Sunday'! Besults:
Heppner 6 at lone ; Rufus-Blalock
2 at Arlington 13; Fossil 3 at Condon 4.
Where the Teams Flay Next Sunday:
Condon at Heppner, lone at Rufus
Blalock, Arlington at Fossil.
No better weather could have
been ordered than that which pre
vailed at lone Sunday afternoon
for the opening of the Wheatland
Baseball league season, which was
observed by a 6-4 victory for Hepp
ner. The threatening rain clouds
which prevailed in the morning,
scattered by game time and Old
Sol's beaming rays served as a ton
ic to ballplayers and spectators who
enjoyed an- altogether hot contest.
It was anybody s ball game up to
the time the last out was made,
with the score tied at 4-all from
the fifth till the first of the ninth
inning. It was Larry Ritchie who,
after pitchng a winning game for
lone, lost it by wildness, hitting in
all four batters which resulted in
two Heppner scores, and walking-
five batsmen which helped to work
in Heppner runs.
Heppner Scores First.
Larry was sent in to relieve his
younger brother, Edris, after two
Heppner scores had been tallied
in the first inning with none out.
E. Ritchie had promoted Harold
Gentry to first by socking him in
the ribs, and successive hits by
Robertson and Rohrer, combined
with a bad throw by Kennle Ak-
ers in left field, let in the runs.
Larry put the quietus on this rally
by striking out Crawford and
Hayes and letting Turner down on
an infield grounder handled by
Rietmann to Farley.
The next inning, however, he hit
Carmichael, Wilcox and H. Gentry
in a row to fill the bases, and Car
michael' scored on Robertson's sac
rifice bunt Heppner's fourth score
was made in the fifth inning by
Rohrer who singled, advanced on
Aiken's grounder which was taken
by Farley from Ely to catch Aiken,
and scored when Farley overthrew
third In an attempt to catch him.
Two Scores in Ninth.
That's all there was till the ninth
when Robertson made first on
Rietmann's error, Rohrer singled,
Aiken walked, Hayes took first on
Ritchies bobble of his bunt, let
ting in Robertson, and Roy Gen
try walked, forcing in Rohrer.
Strikeouts by Crawford, Turner
and Wilcox in the Interim and at
the end let out the side.
Linn made the first lone score in
the first inning on a scratch hit,
stolen base, and hit by Lundell.
Then in the fourth came three
more on singles by Retmann and
Farley, who scored on B. Akers
triple blow, Akers in turn scoring
on Ritchie's grounder on which
Ritchie was put out at first. Akers
was the only batsman to get an
extra base hit.
Wilcox held down the mound for
Heppner throughout the game, and
did a nice cool job of it, allowing
but nine hits. Some nice fielding
and throwing exhibitions by mem
bers of both teams helped make the
game interesting.
HEPPNER AB H R O A E
H. Gentry 3 0 114 1
Kouerison. c t i z r u z
Rohrer. 3 6 3 2 0 1 1
Aiken. 2 2 0 0 2 3 0
Crawford. 1 5 1 0 2 0 0
Hayes. 1 4 0 0 14 0 0
Turner, m 5 10 10 0
Carmtchael, r 10 10 0 0
R. Gentry, r 1 0 0 0 0 0
Wilcox, p 4 0 0 0 14 1
Totals 34 6 6 27 22 5
IONE
Everson, o 5 0 0 14 1 2
Linn, r 4 110 0 0
Lundell, m 6 1 0 0 0 0
K. Akers, 1 4 0 0 0 0 1
Rietmann, s 3 2 1 0 3 1
Elv. 3 4 1 0 3 2 0
Farley, 1 4 119 0 1
B. Akers. 2 4 2 0 0 0 0
E. Ritchie, p 0 0 0 0 0 0
L. Ritchie, p 4 1 0 1 18 2
Totals 37 9 4 27 24 7
Struck out by Wilcox 7, by L. Ritchie
14: walked by Wilcox 1, by L. Ritchie
5; hit by pitched ball. H. Gentry by K.
Ritchie. Carmichuel 2, Wilcox by L.
Ritchie: sacrifice bunt. Robertson;
threo base hit. B. Akers. Umpires,
Fred Hroklns and Glen Hayes; scorer,
i'. uoneriy..
EXAMINER COMING.
C. M.' Bentley, examiner of oper
ators and chauffeurs, will be In
lone next Wednesday at the water
office from 9 a. nv. to 12 m., and at
Heppner In the afternoon at the
court house from 1 to 5, according
to a recent announcement from the
secretary of state's office. All those
wishing permits or licenses to drive
ears are asked to get in touch with
Mr. Bentley.
The Methodist ladles will give
food salo Saturday, April 30,
Case's store.
HEPPNER HOST TO
VISITING MASONS
Seven Lodges Represented at Dis
trict Meeting Held Here
Monday Evening.
A get-together meeting of Ma
sons was an event of Monday eve
ning, when Heppner Lodge No. 69
was host to delegations from Pen
dleton, Echo, Stanfleld, Hermiston,
Pilot Rock, Arlington and lone.
Over 100 visitors were present and
joined with the membership of the
local lodge, first in a banquet at
6:30, prepared and served by the
Officers club of Ruth Chapter, Or.
der of Eastern Star, and then in
witnessing an exemplification of
the Master Mason's degree as pre
sented by the degree team from
Pendleton lodge. This team was
accompanied by a large delegation
from Pendleton, and made a total
of 40 from that city. Other points
were also well represented. The
.adies served 150 at the banquet
tables and during this hour a gen
eral good time was had.
The degree was conferred upon
Terrell Benge who had received his
other degrees at the hands of the
members of the local lodge. Those
composing the Pendelton team were
Roy C. Cowperthwaite, C. T. Lar
son, Harry Schrum, Sprague Car
ter, L. Burl Stilwell, Charles Sny
der, LaVernon S. Clark, C. D.
Franz, Charles Daley, Wm. Till.
Harry Forshaw, Robert Thomas,
Carl Chambers, Rev. Ralph V. Hin
kle and A. L. Koeppen. Mr. Koep
pen is Deputy Grand Master for
the 17th district, and the 16th dis
trict was represented by Frank
Sloan of Stanfleld.
Following the conferring of the
degree some short speeches were
made by visitors and local Masons,
and a social fraternal time was
had, the general expression being
that the get-together was a success
from every angle, the visitors being
especially gratified with the recep
tion given them by Heppner lodge.
Mrs. Poulson's Students
Give Pleasing Recital
Mrs. W. R. Poulson presented her
pupils of piano in a pleasing re
cital at the gym-auditorium last
evening, assisted by the dancing
pupils of Mrs. Helen Cohn. The en
tertainment was reecived by a large
audience. In appreciation of her
services mothers of the pupils
through Howard Cleveland pre
sented Mrs. Poulson with a charm
ing crystal necklace.
The light going out shortly after
9 o'clock did not disconcert the re
cital in the least. Miss Irene Bea
mer, who was playing at the time,
continued on through her piece
without missing a note. Candles
were soon secured and the program
continued without a hitch.
Piano pupils presented were Vir
ginia and Howard Cleveland, Mary
Moore, Katherine Nys, Ruth Green,
Mary Driscoll, Roberta Thompson,
Louise Anderson, Irene Beamer and
Marjorie Parker. Dora Bailey and
Harriet Hager were presented in
dancing numbers.
Lions Meet Next Tuesday ;
Evening Meeting May 9th
The regular Lions club meeting
next Monday has been postponed
till Tuesday noon by action of the
executive committee, in order to
accommodate the schedule for the
visit of the district governor and
district secretary, Fred Walker of
Springfield and O. F. Tate of Port
land, who will be here for the
Tuesday meeting.
On May 9, the week following,
the executive committee voted to
have an evening meeting to accom
modate the visit of a group of Lions
from Pendleton. Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ter M. Pierce are expected to ad
dress the meeting, Mr. Pierce be
ing ex-governor of the state and
Mrs. Pierce a member of the state
board of higher education.
County Pupils Place in
Inter-County Contest
Dean Goodman Jr. of Hennner
Katherine and Helen Mead of
Boardman, Bernard Doherty, Alex
Lindsay and Gene Senter of Alpine
and Rose Thornbure of Lexineton.
the Morrow county entrants in the
inter-county declamatory contest
held at La Grande Saturday, all
won DlacementB. Thev cnmnpteH
with entrants from Union and Gil
liam counties, with judges selected
from the normal school faculty.
Bernard Doherty, Dean Good
man. Alex Lindsav nnd Gene Sen
ter each won first place in his div
ision, while third places were taken
by Katherine and Helen Mead and
nose inornburg.
GAMMELL-I'IATT.
Married at the Methodist Episco
pal parsonage In Heppner by Rev.
Glenn P. White, pastor, in the pre
sence of the bride's parents and
other members of the family, Sun
day afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, Edna
E. Gammell to Wilbur A. Piatt,
both of this city. Mrs. Piatt is the
second daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
A. W. Gammell. They expect to
leave for the Sacramento valley In
California shortly after the first of
May.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Rcavis were
over-Sunday visitors at Heppner,
guests at the home of Mr, and Mrs.
Leonard Schwarz,
Al
JIT HEALTH MEETING
Importance of Early Di
agnosis of Tuberculo
sis Emphasized.
LOCAL PLANS TOLD
County Public Health Association
Has Program at Boardman;
Details of Work Touched.
Tuberculosis, once the most
dreaded of all diseases, is not now
so greatly feared, Dr. DeWalt
Payne, resident physician of the
Eastern Oregon tuberculosis hos
pital at The Dalles, told the meet
ing of the Morrow County Public
Health association at Boardman
Friday evening. Dr. Payne's ad
dress was the highlight of the pro
gram which included also a number
of local speakers, a movie on tuber
culosis, musical numbers and a
health playlet by pupils of the
Boardman schools. L. E. Marschat,
president of the association, pre
sided, and Miss Rachel Johnson,
secretary, read the minutes of the
previous meeting.
Mrs. Harold Case, president of
the Heppner unit, told of the prep
arations that have been made for
the observance of child health day
in Heppner next Saturday, which
will include a free health clinic for
children of pre-school age, a com
munity luncheon at noon, health
pageant and exercises featured by
crowning of the May queen in the
afternoon.
Disease Communicable.
Tuberculosis is a communicable
and not a hereditary disease as is
commonly believed, Dr. Payne told
the group. It is spread generally
through intimate contact of one
having the disease with immediate
members of the ' family. Infection
usually takes place in childhood,
though the disease rarely develops
until early manhood or womanhood
at which time resistance within the
individual is lessened.
Dr. Payne cited as the two main
stages of tuberculosis the infection,
which in itself Is not dangerous.
and the disease stage where the
tubercule germs start consuming
the body tissue.
He showed several X-ray pictures
taken of the. lungs of a girl victim
of the disease to illustrate how
these were used in diagnosing tu
berculosis. , In the infection stage
of the disease, the tubercule germs
are held in a limestone formation
in the lymph glands, and these for
mations which reflect light rays
show light upon the developed pho
tograph plate.
Explains Arrested Stage.
It Is when the infection is pres
ent in this latent state that the dis
ease is said to be arrested, and it la
this state which physicians seek to
bring about through methods of
treatment, there being no known
way of entirely ridding an individ
ual of the infection once it has tak
en place.
Importance of the early diagno
sis campaign now being waged by
the Oregbn Tuberculosis associa
tion and public health bodies, was
emphasized by Dr. Payne, because
it is extremely important that cases
of infection be located and
proper precautionary measures tak
en against development of the dis
ease, for once the disease has tak
en root a long and expensive treat
ment is necessary to arrest it.
Dr. Payne urged the importance
of such organizations as the Mor
row County Public Health associa
tion, which play an important part
in stimulating public consciousness
to awareness of the dangers of dis
ease and malsanitation.
Mrs. Lucy E. Rodgers, county
school superintendent, told of the
relationship of health work to the
schools, which she said, are insep
arable as sound bodies are essen
tial to the development of sound
minds. Health measures which
Mrs. Rodgers believes to be espec
ially important include the provis
ion of one hot dish with the school
lunch for every child, and the in
stallation of warm water and soap
with which to wash hands in every
school room.
J. O. Turner told of the aims and
purposes of the public health work
which he showed to be the building
up of virile, healthy citizens
through cooperation with rather
than dictation to parents, dealing
more with child health as it Is In
the formative stage of the individ
ual that the greatest good can be
accomplished.
Mrs. Earl Cramer, president of
the Boardman unit of the county
association, gave a brief outline of
the things that have been accom
plished toward fostering better
health In that community. One of
the main projects the last year was
tho Instituting of a shower bath
campaign, giving all the school
children opportunity to take a
shower bath regularly. The baby
crop has been one of the best crops
on the project, she said.
Edwin Ingles of Lexington, chair
man of last year's Christmas seal
sale, reported the success of the
sale which notted the association
some $60. Ho complimented Board
man as having made the largest
per capita sale of any community
In the county, with lone second.