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HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, DEC. 17, 1936.
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Stanley Reavis, former bookkeep
er with local P. P. Si L. office and
more recently manager of the Ar
lington office, has been battling ser
ious illness for several months. He
was reported to have undergone an
operation at St. Vincent's hospital.
Portland, last Friday morning from
which he was said to be making
satisfactory recovery. Friends in
this city hope for his complete re
covery in the near future.
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Olden, former
Eight Mile residents, are now resid
ing at Gresham, having moved there
several months ago. They have
spent their winters there for several
years, but now expect to make their
home there permanently, reported
Walter Dobyns, son of Mrs. Olden,
who was in the city Tuesday from
the farm.
Judge and Mrs. W. T. Campbell,
S. E. Notson, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
W. Barlow and Miss Mary Chaffee
were among local people attending
funeral services for the late C. G
Blayden at Boardman Sunday. Mr.
Blayden was a pioneer resident of
the project and held the office of
justice of the peace there for several
years.
Fred McMurray of Hermiston was
delivering potatoes in the city Tues
dy. Fred has been one of the lead
ing potato producers of this section
for many years and has found a
good market for his product in
Heppner.
O. W. Cutsforth and Alfred Nel
son were among farmers of the
north-Lexington district doing busi
ness in town Saturday. Fall sown
crops in their section are reported
very backward, with moisture sorely
needed.
C. H. Bolen was in the city Tues
day from Rhea creek. He is operat
ing the former Quackenbush farm,
having moved there three weeks
ago from the Anderson Hayes ranch
farther up the creek.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Hayes arrived
from Portland the first of the week
for a visit at the home of Mrs.
Hayes' parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. B.
Nickerson, through the holiday sea
son. Roy A. Campbell was transacting
business in the city Monday from
the Social Ridge farm. Moisture in
some form would be mighty wel
come in his section.
Among folks from the Gooseberry
section transacting business in the
city Tuesday were Erik Bergstrom
and son Carl, Walter and Noel
Dobyns.
A. T. King and John Miller were
visitors in the city Sunday from
Kinzua where they are employed in
the barber shop and pastime respect
ively. R. B. Rice of Artesian Well ranch
north of Lexington was a business
visitor in the city Monday.
J. N. Batty was a business visitor
in the city Tuesday from the farm
near Hardman.
LEXINGTON
By BEULAH NICHOLS
Burton Peck was installed as mas
ter of Lexington grange Saturday
night at a regular meeting of the
organization. Harvey Miller was
installing officer, assisted by Myles
Martin, Pearl Devine and Anne Mil
ler. Other officers installed includ
ed Fred Mankin, overseer; Norma
Marquardt, lecturer; Sam McMillan,
steward; Terrel Benge, assistant
steward; Emma Evans, chaplain; R.
B. Rice, treasurer; Lena Kelly, sec
retary; Al Troedson, gatekeeper;
Lucy Rodgers, Ceres; Elma Scott,
Pomona; Hortense Martin, Flora;
Beulah Nichols, lady assistant stew
ard; Oral Scott, chairman of the ex
ecutive committee.
The grange plans to install a fur
nace in the hall in the near future.
Other improvements to the hall are
being planned also.
. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Duvall have
received word of the birth of a son,
Loren Duvall Wickersham, to Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Wickersham of Mil
waukee on Dec. 15. Mrs. Wicker
sham was formerly Miss Erma Du
vail.
The regular meeting of the Lex
ington Home Economics club was
held at the grange hall Thursday af
ternoon. The following members
were present: Hortense Martin, Car
na Campbell, Trina Parker, Norma
Marquardt, Pearle Marquardt, Anne
Miller, Bertha Nelson, Laura Rice,
Emma White, Emma Evans, Pearl
Devine, Freda Slocum, Bernice Bau
man, Alta Cutsforth and Beulah
Nichols.
From an article in the Sunday
regonian we learn that Keith Gen
try, formerly of this city, was a
member of the football squad at
Halfway this year. This team won
five straight victories during the
past season.
Mrs. Vernon Scott and young son
returned home from Heppner this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Berry and
family of Washington have moved
into the Alex Hunt house.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Smethurst, Sr.,
of Astoria are visiting their son, Wm.
Smethurst, Jr., and family.
Ira Lewis has returned from a
business trip to Portland.
A dance will be given at the Lex
ington grange hall Saturday night.
Everybody invited .
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Duvall re
turned from Milwaukee last week.
Their granddaughter, Lois Wicker
sham, came home with them.
Delvin Cox of Longview is visit
ing his parents, Mr. and Mrs. 0. J.
Cox.
S. G. McMillan, Sam McMillan and
Charles Schriever are spending the
week in Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hunt mo
tored to Pendleton Wednesday.
School News.
The Lexnigton high school bas
ketball team was defeated by Con
don on the opponent's floor Friday
night. The score was 16 to 15. The
local quintet played the Irrigon five
on the home floor Saturday night
and again suffered defeat, with a
score of 24 to 20.
A basketball game between the
grade school teams of Lexington and
Irrigan was also played Saturday
night, ending in defeat for Lexing
ton, 10-4.
A poster contest, held for the four
upper grades, ended Friday at noon.
The winning poster, advertising the
senior play, was made by Joe Way.
Donald Peck won econd place and
May Rauch third.
Two volleyball games were played
by the grade and high school girls'
teams Friday afternoon. The grade
girls met defeat in both games, the
scores being 21-17 and 21-2.
The members of the grade school
operetta have been spending much
time practicing. The operetta, which
is to be given for the Christmas
program is entitled, "The Kidnap
ping of Santa Claus."
The cast of the senior play to be
held this Friday night is as follows:
Elmer Scott, a newspaper editor,
Jamie Peck; Jane Cooper, heroine,
Bernice Martin; Ruth Roberts, Jane's
friend, Edna Rauch; Joe Hudson, old
timer returned, Kenneth Peck; Sam
Barnett, a political boss, Lyle Allyn;
Petunia Blossom, humorous news
sniffer, Kenneth Palmer; Tom Du-
gan, an officious constable, Marvin
Cox; Mrs. Small, a busybody, Wilma
Tucker.
For a good time be sure to come.
You'll find laughs, thrills, heart-flut
ters and sobs in this three-act mystery-comedy
drama presented Fri
day, December 18, in the high school
auditorium.
HAS BEAUTIFUL SHADES.
Part of the Christmas decorations
at the Elkhorn restaurant, in fes
tive attire for the season, are two
large Japanese lantern type light
shades, constructed of silken cloth
and bamboo splits and brilliantly
decorated with Chinese characters.
One Chinese pictograph, Edward
Chinn, the proprietor, pointed out,
conveys the meaning of "Happiness,
long life and prosperity." "Yes, it
says all three in one. Very nice sen
timent for the new year," he said.
New Features Added
To 1937 Soil Program
With the framework of the 1937
agricultural conservation program
officially announced at Washington,
D. C, farm operators in Oregon are
now awaiting detailed interpretation
of the plan in the light of Oregon
conditions, which will be available
as soon as official representatives
from this state return from the na
tional conference.
Meanwhile the state soil depleting
crop base for the 1936 program has
been definitely approved at Wash
ington, and state and county officials
have supplied each county with its
final base figures. From these in
dividual applications can now go
forward with little delay.
Significant among the changes
made in the 1937 program is provis
ion for some crop control to be ap
plied to corn. This is to be accom
plished by setting an acreage quota
for each farm which comes under
the soil conservation provision of the
new program. National AAA offi
cials announced that this is needed
to prevent the corn acreage getting
far out of line under the stimulus
of high prices which followed last
year's extremely short crop.
The new program will include
both diversion and soil building pay
ments again, but with the latter giv
en more emphasis. An average of
$9 an acre for diversion instead of
$10 has been set and it will be han
dled on a somewhat different basis.
Of the $9; $6 will be applied directly
to diverted acreage up to 15 per
cent, while $3 will be paid for defi
nite additions to the soil conserving
acreage above the 15 per cent. This,
in effect, serves to add the $3 to total
soil building practice payments.
The range improvement program
is continued, but with payments
lowered from $2 to $1.50 per animal
unit of carrying capacity. Produc
ers of sizeable acreages of perma
nent pasture, as well as others whose
farms are now largely in soil con
serving crops, will have opportunity
for additional participation. The
minimum allowance per farm, re
gardless of size, has been raised from
$10 to $20 this year, and provision
has been made for more benefits
for vegetable and fruit growers who
carry out soil building practices. It
is believed that last year's base
acreage determination may be used
again, thus eliminating much of the
detailed work necessary in carrying
out the present program.
OSC Health Center
Ready With Best Care
Corvallis. The new student health
service building built by the aid of
WPA funds on the Oregon State col
lege campus has been completed and
will be occupied the first of the
year. All equpiment is being moved
from the old quarters during the
Christmas holidays.
The new structure is three-story,
concrete with brick veneer, almost
completely fire-proof and modern
in every respect as to arrangements
and facilities. Not only has the
building been constructed without
use of tax money, but the cost of
operating the service is cared for
from a moderate fee paid by all stu
dents. Under this plan every stu
dent is entitled to medical attention
without additional cost, except in
the case of major operations or sim
ilar extended illness.
Other campus improvement proj
ects either completed or under way
include the building of 12 new ten
nis courts now in use, landscaping
of sevei-al campus areas, laying of
several miles of concrete walks, and
the construction, now in progress, of
new hog and dairy cattle barns. All
of these were aided by WPA labor.
Work of turfing the football field is
also in progress.
BUYS RESIDENCE PROPERTY.
E. O. Ferguson this week pur
chased from Morrow county the
residence property formerly belong
ing to H. P. Cohn on the lower end
of Main street. The purchase price
was given at $3000.
WE PAY SPOT CASH FOR
CREAM and EGGS
MORROW COUNTY CREAMERY CO.
The Senior Class of Lexington High
School presents
BEHIND THE NEWS'
High School Auditorium 8:15 P. M.
FRIDAY, DEC. 18
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