OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PUBLIC AUDITOR I 'J V
PORTLAND, ORE .
Volume 53, Number 6.
Talking Movies as
Class Room Aid
Shown Before Lions
U. S. Burt, Visual
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Adaptation, of talking movies as
the latest class-room aid was dem
onstrated ' before the Lions Monday
luncheon by U. S. Burt, director of
visual education with the state board
of higher education, and his assist
ant, E. ( L. Brickell. The men had
just come from . Spokane where a
similar demonstration was made be
fore the Inland Empire Education
association convention last week end
John Barber, local CCC, was well
received in two . vocal solos as an
entertainment feature. , ' '
A pin might have been heard to
drop, for the quietness of the audi
ence, as they relearned musty les
sons of the past in the new, inter
esting way a way that has increased
the learning curve from 72 to 90
percent in classrooms where it has
been adapted, according to Mr. Burt.
Ninety percent of the people are
sight-minded, said the speaker, ac
counting for the effectiveness of the
.talkie -mo vie method of teaching.
The projecting machine, which any
ordinary schoolboy can learn to op
erate in a few minutes' time, may be
set up in the school room any place
without fear of fire, as the film used
is ' non-inflammable. 1 The pictures
can be made'as large as desired from
the tiny film strip, depending upon
the distance screen is removed from
projector.
The film itself showed application
of the machine to the class room and
the technique of, teachers built
around it. A' library of films on a
wide variety of subjects is avail
able. Especially in the field of mi-cro-photography
has the talkie
i movie opened up an entirely new
approach to studies of biology, chem
istry, and kindred subjects. It is the
only possible method of showing, in
a few seconds time, growing pro
cesses actually taking hours, days,
years, or mayhap centuries, as in the
case of shots showing formation of
the Rocky mountins. Camera stud
ies of seed germination and growth
revealed the process graphically and
convincingly.
Mayor Jones Given
Post by Governor
Mayor Jeff Jones this week re
ceived appointment from Governor
Martin as Morrow county chairman
to arouse interest in a northwest
motor caravan which will visit the
. Golden Gate bridge celebration at
San Francisco, Cal., May 26 to June 3.
The caravan will be made up of
many motorists from all over the
northwest, including many dignitar
ies, representatives of chambers of
commerce, service clubs, and others
who may wish to participate. More
details of the caravan will be re
leased as they materialize, but Mayor
Jones wishes any Morrow county
folks interested to keep the caravan
in mind, and to join it if possible.
Many attractive events are planned
for the celebration, including a large
fireworks display and visitation to
' the bay by the entire U. S. fleet.
SEED LOAN STATUS GOOD.
. E. J. Davis, field supervisor in
charge of crop production loans with
the Land Bank commissioner's of
fice, was in the city this morning
from his home at Freewater. He
reported repayment on seed loans
for last year much improved over
former years with Morrow county
more than 90 percent in the clear.
Considerable demand for seed loans
has been shown in the county this
spring, he said.
A 9-pound son arrived to Mr. and
Mrs. Kenneth Blake at treir home on
Court street, Sunday morning.
HEPPNER,
COUNTY TEACHERS
AT SPOKANE MEET
Inland Empire Association Con
vention Attended in Lieu of
County Institute.
Morrow county teachers enjoyed
a novel spring institute last week
end when, with all schools cooper
ating except Boardman, they jour
neyed to Spokane to attend the 39th
annual session of the Inland Empire
Education association in lieu of the
local spring institute usually held.
Heppner teachers, with the excep
tion of Harpld Buhman who was at
tending the state band contest in
Corvallis, were all present.
In all, 3000 teachers were in at'
tendance to hear such nationally-
known educators as Dr. Jay B. Nash,
professor of education, New York
university, whose talks on health,
physical education and use of leisure
time are reported to have been out
standing. ,
Other speakers and discussion
group leaders included Dr. W. D.
Armentrout, vice president Colorado
State College of Education; Dr. Lois
Coffey Mossman, associate professor
of Education, Teachers' College, Co
lumbia university, New York; Dr,
Vierling Kersey, superintendent of
schools, Los Angeles; Dr. R. L. Ly
man, professor in the teaching of
English, University of Chicago; Dr.
Sarah Wambaugh, lecturer and
writer on international affairs, Cam
bridge, Mass.; besides a number of
prominent northwest people.
A fine array of exhibits was ar
ranged in the main hall of the Lewis
and Clark high school. Included was
the John W. Graham & Co. exhibit,
"From the Log to the Bound Book,"
the first exhibit of its kind in the
west, with 30 piijees showing essen
tial stages in book-making, besides
school furniture, supplies and ac
cessories. A CCC exhibit was on the
third floor of the school building,
and an English exhibit showing lit
erature of the National Council of
English was shown at the conven
tion headquarters, Davenport hotel.
Convention sessions were , held in
convention room 200 of the Daven
port. Many banquets and luncheons
rounded out an enjoyable program
of entertainment.
Angleworms Rained
But Fish Safe as
Season Makes Bow
Anglers who start the fishing
season today will have no trouble
getting bait. A .47 -inch rain yes
terday and last night brought an
gle worms to the surface of the
ground and sidewalks all over
town, making it appear that it did
"rain angleworms."
But while providing followers of
Isaac Walton with an abundance
of bait, the same storm wave play
ed another trick that will probably
prevent any fish being caught from
Morrow county streams today. It
painted them all a nice deep choc
olate color through which a fish
couldn't distinguish an angle worm
from a frankfurter.
Yesterday's rain brought April's
total to 1.66 at Heppner, reported
Len L. Gilliam, government weath
er observer. Willow creek, with
flow swelled for several days by
melting snow in mountains, was
further angered by the precipita
tion, appearing to rage its worst
to date, but still well inside its
banks.
Warm sunshine and blue skies
started today off in a welcome
manner, though rain clouds put
in an early appearance. The last
few days have diffused the entire
landscape with green.
BRUCE DENNIS CALLS.
Bruce Dennis, advertising director
of Safeway Stores from Oakland,
Cal., and former editor of Oregon
newspapers at La Grande and Klam
ath Falls, was a visitor in the city for
a few hours-Thursday. He came over
from Pendleton with some of the
boys from the Dennis Motor com
pany, managed by his son, Jack.
OREGON, THURSDAY,
Annual May Fete
For County Schools
Set for April 30th
Spelling Contests,
Track Meet, Music
Festival Included.
With names of students who will
compete in the spelling contests due
to be in the hands of the supervis
ory committee yesterday, all plans
are well in hand for the annual Mor
row county all-school May fete to be
held Friday, April 30.
Again this year the day's program
calls for staging the spelling contests
in the morning, the grade school
boys and girls track meet in the af
ternoon, and the music festival in
the evening. Local preparations are
already under way to provide en
tertainment for all county people
who can attend. Those desiring to
bring lunches and join in a commu
nity dinner at noon will be served
a hot dish.
Organization of the event closelv
follows that of previous years. The
spelling contest will again be held in
two divisions. upper and lower, in
cluding the four upper and four
lower grades, respectively. Mrs.
Lucy E. Rodgers, county superin
tendent, is chairman of this event.
The afternoon track meet, with
Harold Buhman as manager, will be
divided into four divisions each for
boys and girls. The two heavW
boys' groups will compete in baseball
throw, shot put, 100-yard dash, high
jump, broad jump, and shuttle relay,
while the two lighter hovs Wrams
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will have like events with exception
oi shot put and substitution of 75-
and 50-yard dashes for the 100-yard
dash. Girls will compete in baseball
throw, 75- and 50-vard dashes for
upper and lower classes, and shuttle
relay.
Miss Juanita Leathers will direct
the music festival to include hi eh
school and grade choruses combin
ing the ' various groups from all
schools. The Heppner and Irrigon
bands will appear both in separate
numbers and in unison, and presen
tation of individual instrumental and
other numbers is being arranged.
Awards will be on the same basis
as in previous years, with a point
system used in determining the
winning school in the track meet.
The Lions and Phelps cups will
again be at stake in the upper and
lower divisions of the spelling con
test.
HEPPNER'S WATER
GIVEN HIGH-TEST
"I won't trade our water for Bull
Run or any other." declared J. O.
Rasmus, watermaster, on exhibiting
a state health board report from a
test made April 8 of a sample taken
April 5.
The test showed only 4 bacterial
count per cc, a high A test, and ab
solutely pure. No chlorination of
the water has taken place for sev
eral months, Mr. Rasmus said.
MISS MONAHAN MARRIED.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Monahan have
announced the marriage of their
daughter, Miss Patricia Monahan. to
John Barrie of Yakima, the cere
mony being an event of Monday,
April 5, at Seattle, with Father
Snodgrass officiating. Miss Marv
Monahan, sister of the bride, was
bridesmaid, and Harold Perkins was
best man. After a short honeymoon
trip to Vancouver. B. C. the voting
couple will be at home at Yakima,
Wash., where Mr. Barrie is mana
ger of the Shell Oil company. Mrs.
Barrie has the felicitations of a host
of friends here, where she was
reared and was graduated from high
school.
A. D. Moir. supervisor of the Uma
tilla National forest, was in the city
for several hours yesterday from
the Pendleton office.
APRIL 15, 1937.
FRANK SHIVELY
TAKEN SUDDENLY
Long-Time Local Business Man
Dies of Heart Attack in Shop at
Lexington; Last Rites Held.
Frank Shively, manager of Lex
ington Oil co-operative and for
many years local blacksmith shop
proprietor, died suddenly of heart
failure shortly after going to work
in the shop at Lexington Monday
morning. He had heated a plow
share in the furnace and had just
turned to place it on the anvil when
several men in the shop sensed
something was wrong and caught
him to find that life had departed.
Funeral services were held from
the Christian church here yesterday
afternoon under auspices of Miggi
do, with reader from Portland in
charge. A large concourse of friends
paid tribute and the floral offering
was profuse. Pallbearers, all long
time friends, were L. E. Bisbee, F.
S. Parker, John Wightman, Elbert
Cox, Claude Cox and Walter Luck
man. Interment was in Masonic
cemetery."
Frank Earl Shively was born in
Portland, Ore., February 4, 1886,
being aged 51 years, 2 months and
8 days. He came to Heppner 15
years ago and had been engaged as
blacksmith and machinist since. He
first was employed with the former
bcnvner shop, later purchasing the
business himself and conducting it
for many years. He married Daisy
Becket, July 12, 1924, at Heppner,
who, besides a brother, James Paul
Shively, and sister, Mrs, Estella Dry-
den, both of Portland, survive. The
brother and sister were here for the
funeral services. ,
Besides being proficient at his
trade, Mr. Shively was for many
years before coming to Heppner con
sidered one of the outstanding pock
et Tjilliard players on the Pacific
coast, having at various times play
ed men with national reputation. He
took an active interest in civic af
fairs, having managed the town
baseball team on occasipn, and serv
ed four years as councilman before
the expiration of his term the first
of the year. He had taken the posi
tion at Lexington about a month
ago. He was a member of the
Christian church of Heppner, and
was a former member of Heppner
lodges Knights of Pythias and A.
F. & A. Masons.
Portland Mayor Will
Wed Ex-Heppner Girl
The engagement of Miss Mrytle
Cradick, native Heppner girl, to
Mayor Joseph K. Carson of Port
land, was announced here Saturday
by Miss Cradick's mother, Mrs. Min
nie B. Furlong. Announcement of
the engagement with picture of the
fiancee made a front-page feature
of Sunday's Oregonian. The wed
ding was announced for "early this
summer.
Miss Cradick, who was born here
and graduated by Heppner high
school, has been a resident of Port
land since 1925, holding the position
of secretary with several nrominent
firms. She was the first secretarv of
the Young Democratic League of
Oregon, and now holds the position
of secretary with the resettlement
administration. She and Mayor
Carson first became acquainted
through the medium of party politics
when the Portland mavor was start
ing on his political career. Her
father, the late John Wesley Cradick,
came from Illinois by wagon train
to be one of eastern Oregon's earlv
settlers. Miss Cradick lives with her
sister, Ethel Cradick, at 929 South
west Salmon street, Portland.
FARM HOME BURNS.
The Herman Neilson farm home
in Rood canyon was completely de
stroyed by. fire Monday morning.
The fire was first discovered in the
roof and Mr. Neilson's effort to carry
water to subdue it was helpless. In
surance was adjusted Tuesday mor
ning by Mr. Randall of Portland on
advice from F. W. Turner, local
agent. ,
Subscription $2.00 a Year
Band and Soloist
Take High Places
At State Contest
Group Rated Alone
As Superior in 'D'.
Class at Corvallis.
Harold Buhman drew the longest
straw, and Heppner became the last
to appear of the six bands entered
in the class D division of the state
band contest at Corvallis, Saturday.
As Cresswell, Moro, Santa Clara,
Roosevelt Jr. High of Eugene and
Arlington came and went from the
gymnasium platform, anxious Hepp
ner fans squirmed in their seats.
The showing of the other bands had
been impressive. Was their band
really good enough to top all these?
Heppner took its turn on the plat
form and acquitted itself nobly, but
it was not until after the group
luncheon in the Memorial Union
building an hour or so later that the
question was answered in the af
firmative. Even then Cant. H. L."
Beard, the veteran OSC band lead
er, as toastmaster, kept local fans in
suspense bv first announcing Santa
Clara and Moro as second division
placers.
A short time before, a tip had
been given by John Burtner, pub
licity man for the college, when he
took a flashlight shot only of the
Heppner group.
Almost before the words were out
of Captain Beard's mouth, the news
was conveyed to those anxiously
waiting at home that the band would
be on the air over KOAC at 2:15, and
spread like wildfire through town.
The effect was. as expressed bv one
.
nrntiH rar-nnt "T U..U T 1 J 1-
a mistake and picked up Sousa's
band." ,
By its being the onlv band given
superior rating in its division, Hepp
ner could claim first place for the
second consecutive year, though the
rating system was so arranged this
year that several bands might have
been given equal rating. Roosevelt
Jr. High and Cresswell were rated
third class and Arlington fourth bv
the judges, Herbert L. Clarke, world-
lamous cornetist and conductor of
the Long Beach, Cal., municipal
band; Walter Welke. bandmaster at
University of Washington; Chester
Duncan, supervisor of music in the
public schools of Vancouver, Wash.
Adding to local laurels was the
winning of first place bv Hugh
I Crawford in the junior baritone solo
contest on Friday, playing "Corinth
ian Polka" by Losey. He was the
only soloist competing from the local
band.
A treat was afforded all attend
ants at the luncheon when Herbert
Clarke led the large college band.
Other luncheon features were an
address of welcome by George W.
Peavy, college president; student
welcome by John Gallagher, presi
dent college associated students, and
remarks on general college proce
dure by E. B. Lemon, college regis
trar. Bandsters were housed and fed at
various campus living organiza
tions, and every courtesy was shown
to add to their stay in Corvallis,
besides special entertainment, and
all returned filled with glowing re
ports of their good time.
Attending the contest Saturday
were former Heppnerites from Sa
lem, the D. T. Goodman family, the
P. M. Gemmell family and Mrs.
Helen Gragg, formerly Miss Helen
Aiken.
Transporting the band with cars
were Mr. and Mrs. Mark Merrill,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Aiken, H. O.
Tenney, Frank Turner, Mr. and Mrs.
Alva Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Snencpr
Crawford, E. L. Morton, Mr.' and
Mrs. hd Dick, Mr. and Mrs. Luke
Bibby, Warren Blakelv. Mrs. R. B.
Ferguson and Mr. Buhman, the di
rector.