HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1937
PAGE THREE
LEXINGTON NEWS
Lex Man Injured
In Unusual Accident
By BEULAH NICHOLS
E. D. McMillan was the victim of
an unusual accident Friday morn
ing at his farm near here. He was
riding a horse down a hill near his
home when the animal fell dead,
pinning him beneath it Being un
able to extricate himself, he called
for help but was unable to make
himself heard. After about half an
hour some neighbors working in a
nearby field heard him and went to
his assistance. He received a broken
arm in the fall. His son Ted took him
to Heppner where a doctor set the
broken bone.
The first and second degrees were
conferred upon a class of five at the
meeting of Lexington grange Satur
day evening. The dance committee
reported a balance on hand in the
dance fund sufficient to complete
the payment on the building debt.
Speaking for the agricultural com
mittee, Orville Cutsforth said that
approximately $10,000 would be re
quired to exterminate all noxious
weeds, such as wild morning glory,
white top and Russian knapweed, in
Morrow county. This would necessi
tate an additional tax levy of about
1 mills. The committee was asked
to investigate the matter. A repre
sentative of the state grange fire in
surance committee was present and
spoke of the advantages of the
Grange Mutual Fire Insurance com'
pany. Following the meeting re
freshments of ice cream, wafers and
punch were served.
E. C. Daugherty, who farms the
James Leach ranch, delivered the
first wheat of the season at the local
warehouse. The wheat was sold and
netted Mr. Daugherty 98 cents per
bushel.
Rev. and Mrs. R. H. Foster of
Hood River were here Sunday and
Rev. Foster preached at the Chris
tian church Sunday morning.
The Lexnigton Home Economics
club met at the grange hall Thurs
day afternoon and spent the after
noon cleaning the basement of the
hall. Five members and one visitor
were present.
Dorothy and Faye Cutsforth,
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Orville
Cutsforth, had their tonsils removed
at a physician's office in Heppner
Saturday morning.
E. C. Cummings had the misfor
tune to break the little finger on his
right hand while he was repairing a
hay rake last Thursday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Smouse and
daughter Shirley were visitors in
Pendleton Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Neil White and son
Vivian and Lee White of Ukiah, Mr.
and Mrs. Gerald White of Hermiston,
John White and Mrs. Jane Sibley of
Portland and Mr. and Mrs. Lee Gil
brith of Dayton, Wash,, were here
last week for the funeral of the late
Mrs. Sara White.
Robert Campbell, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Campbell, underwent an
operation for removal of his tonsils
at Heppner Monday morning.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Du
val Friday were Mrs. Duvall's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Waid of
Stanfield, her sister, Miss Lenna
Waid, also of Stanfield; another sis
ter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Neil
White and son Vivian of Ukiah; also
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Leemaster of
Pasadena, Calif. Mrs. Leemaster is a
cousin of Mrs. Duvall whom she had
not seen for more than thirty years.
Mr. and Mrs. James Leach en-
ioved a fishing trip to Olive lake
over the week end.
Harry Higgs, lineman for the Pa
cific Telephone and Telegraph com
pany is in Lexington this week help
ing to get the new equipment at the
local telephone exchange ready for
the closing of the office the first of
the month.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Duvall spent
the week end in Portland visiting
their daughter and son-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Wickersham.
Mrs. Orville Cutsforth was a vis
itor in Portland last week.
The Troubadors of Hermiston have
been engaged to play for the second
queen dance, July 24, sponsored by
Lexington grange.
Miss Ellen Nelson underwent an
operation for appendicitis . Tuesday
morning at Heppner hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Hendricks
and daughter Betty Jo, who spent
last week at the home of Mr. Hen
dricks' sister, Mrs. J. G. Johnson,
departed for their home at Astoria
Monday morning. They expected to
stop over in Portland and Corvallis
for a few days.
Mrs. Otto Ruhl. Mrs. Laurel Ruhl,
Miss Florence Gray and Elmer Hunt
were visitors in Pendleton Tuesday.
MISSION SOCIETY MEETS
The Womens Foreign Missionary
society of the Methodist church met
in the church basement Tuesday af
ternoon at 2:30, with Mrs. Jennie
McCarter, president, calling the
meeting to order. Devotions were
said by Mrs. W. T. Campbell, prayer
given by Mrs. S. H. Shannon, read
ing by Miss Lucille Moyer, musical
selection by Miss Louise Moyer, and
Mrs. Alta Brown gave an article on
"Jerusalem and Peace." Present were
Mrs. Alex Green, Mrs. Sam Hughes,
Mrs. W. T. Campbell, Mrs. Arthur
Keene, Miss Opal Briggs, Misses Lu
cille and Louise Moyer, Mrs. Earl
Koons, Mrs. L. W. Briggs, Mrs. S.
H. Shannon, Miss Ona Gilliam, Mrs.
Jennie McCarter, Mrs. Alta Brown.
The hostesses, Miss Gilliam and Mrs.
Shannon, served delicious refreshments.
Attends International
Relations Conference
Mrs. Alta Brown returned home
Monday from Portland where she
attended the Pacific Northwest In
ternational Relations conference
which opened at Reed colloge on the
sixth. She enrolled in several round
table discussion groups and reports a
very profitable time.
Her round-table discussions in
cluded "International Basis of Mod
ern Life," led by Prof. Linden A.
Marden, professor of political science
at University of Washington; "Ethic
al and Religious Forces in Education
for Peace," led by Bertram Pickard
from Geneva, Switzerland; "Princi
ples and Methods of Education for
Peace," let by Mrs. Harry Johnson,
executive secretary League of Na
tions association for . Oregon and
Portland adult education supervisor.
Two lectures especially enjoyed
were those by Dr. Henry Chih Tao,
director Chinese National associa
tion for advancement of education
in China, and Miss Ruth Yap, pro
fessor at University of Hawaii.
HARDMAN NEWS
Beth Hynd Driving
Stage for Father
By LUCILLE FARRENS
Neal Knighten took his mother,
Mrs. Lewis Knighten, to Portland to
see a physician. They were accom
panied by Mr. and Mrs. Joe Batty
of Eight Mile.
Less Robinson has gone to Pon
dosa to work in the sawmill.
Miss Margaret Levos of Spokane is
a guest of Miss Lucille Reed.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl McDaniel of
Lonerock stopped here a short while
Sunday on their way to Monument
to visit Mrs. McDaniels parents.
Mrs. Herb Hynd has been driving
stage during the illness of her fath
er, George Bleakman. His many
friends wish him a speedy recovery.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hams and Mrs.
Carrie Kirk were dinner guests of
Mrs. Maud Robison Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Coats returned to her
home Sunday from Boardman where
she had been visiting.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B, Adams and Jim
Stevens were business visitors in
Heppner Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Kinnard McDaniel
and Ramona were dinner guests at
the B. H. Bleakman home Sunday.
Mrs. Dick Steers was rushed to a
doctor in Heppner Sunday evening.
She is improved at this writing.
A number of the young people at
tended the dance at Rhea creek Sat
urday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Lovgren and
Martin Lovgren of Eight Mile, Miss
Rose Merritt of Mukilteo, Wash., who
is visiting Mrs. Lovgren, Mrs. Owen
Leathers and Ed McDaniel of Hard
man were picnicking with Mr. and
Mrs. Harlan Adams at their camp in
the mountains Sunday.
Jake Adams, Delsie Bleakman,
Darrel Farrens, Gus and Bunny
Steers attended the show in Hepp
ner Sunday.
Miss Marjorie Thomas of Portland
is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Batty.
Miss Faye Ward of Portland is vis
iting at the home of her uncle, Glen
Farrens.
Miss Faye Ward and Miss Murl
Farrens attended the show in Hepp
ner Sunday. .
A large crowd motored to Spray
on a picnic Sunday. The day was
spent swimming. Everyone reported
a swell time.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Dean of Hood
River and Mrs. Bertha Johnson of
Heppner were calling in Hardman a
short time Monday.
Miss Annie Mclntyre who recently
underwent an appendicitis operation
is reported to be doing niecly.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wright were
business visitors here Monday.
Owen Leathers was in Heppner
one day last week having a sliver
removed from his hand.
While making wood, Raymond Mc
Donald got a sliver in his hand which
had to be removed by a physician.
Tom Wells, county assessor, was
a business visitor here Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Joel R. Benton ar
rived Tuesday from a visit to the
coast and are guests at the home
of their son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Jones.
Poultry Department
Has New Member
Corvallis Two new members have
been added to the staff of the 0. S
C. poultry department. Noel L. Ben-
nion, a graduate of Utah and Kansas
State colleges, replaces H. E. Cosby
as extension specialist in poultry
husbandry, and Wilbur T. Cooney,
June graduate of O. S. C, will be in
structor in poultry husbandry and
assistant in the experiment station,
replacing F. E. Fox. Cosby is now
head of the poultry department, and
Fox has resigned to enter commer
rial poultry production.
cennion has been engaged in
Smith-Hughes teaching at Brigham
City, Utah, where poultry production
is an important enterprise. He will
begin his duties August 1. Cooney,
whose home is at Roseburg, is be
ginning his research worK
imme
diately, and his teaching work with
the opening of the fall term.
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