Thursday, May 5, 1938
Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Page Three
LEXINGTON NEWS
Mrs. Sherman Honored
By Many Friends
By Bertha Hunt
Mrs. Ladd Sherman (nee Lavelle
Leathers), was pleasantly surprised
with a miscellaneous shower held at
the W. D. Campbell home on Wed
nesday evening of last week, with
Mary Alice Reed, Carna Campbell,
Lorraine Beach and Rita Cutler as
hostesses. About forty ladies were
present and an enjoyable evening
was had by all. Mrs. Sherman re
ceived many lovely gifts. Delicious
refreshments were served.
Mrs. Golda Leathers who has spent
some time in Portland recovering
from a major operation has returned
to her home here.
Owen Helms was a business vis
itor in this community last Thurs
day. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Breshears and
Mrs. G. J. Ryan attended the Altar
society meeting at the St. Patrick's
rectory Monday evening in Heppner.
Remember the bazaar and food
sale, May 12, put on by the Three
Links club at the Leach Memorial
hall. The quilt will be given away
at 3:00 p. m.
- Erma Scott, Edith Edwards, Lou-
rene Fulgham and Glenn Thomp
son returned home Monday from
Oregon City where they attended
the Christian Endeavor convention
held there over the week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Jackson and
daughter Carol spent the week end
in Portland.
Mrs. Lawrence Beach underwent
a major operation in a hospital in
The Dalles Friday morning.
Lawrence Beach spent Sunday in
Lexington. He expects to move with
his family in a short time to make
their home in The Dalles.
A special meeting is called for
next Saturday evening at the Lex
ington grange hall. A complete rer
port of the membership committee is
requested. A large attendance was
present at the Lexington grange old
time dance last Saturday night.
Don't forget the last P. T. A. meet
ing of the school year to be held
Wednesday evening in the school
auditorium.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Breshears mo
tored to The Dalles Wednesday of
last week.
Carol and Marcella Jackson are
confined to their home with chick-
enpox.
On May 12 the budget committee,
Mrs. Breshears, 0. W. Cutsforth, El
mer Hunt and B. H. Peck, will meet
with the school board to prepare the
budget for the coming school year.
The next Home Economics club
meeting will be held at the home,i
of Mrs. Frank Saling on May 12. .,
Mrs. Etta Hunt arrived in Lexing
ton Wednesday to visit for a time
with relatives in this community.
Elmer Hunt and two children, Claire
and Louise, met her in Arlington.
School News
' By Wilma Tucker
The high school students enjoyed
a picnic up the creek near Bauman's
place the evening of April 28. The
losing team of the ticket sale con
ducted before the presentation of
"Tip Toe Inn," gave the party in hon
or of the winners. Games were play
ed and refreshments served. Ev
eryone had an enjoyable time.
School was dismissed Friday, Ap
ril 29, for the annual May Day fes
tival at Heppner. Many of the grade
school students participated in the
track meet, and a large number of
both grade and high school students
took part in the program in the eve
ning. Kenneth Jackson has returned to
school after having been absent be
cause of chickenpox. Eugene Ma
jeske is now absent for the same
reason.
Ellwynne Peck and Bob Campbell
represented the Lexington track
team at Pendleton last Saturday.
Campbell qualified as one of six in
discus but failed to place in finals.
Peck tied for second in shot put
with a distance of 40 feet 8V2 inches,
and won fourth in broad jump with
a distance of 19 feet 9 inches. The
total score of the team was 5
points.
Harold Woodward of Hermiston
was a caller in the city yesterday.
Tif was Drominent on local ball lots
a few seasons ago when he did the
chucking for the Heppner team.
FFA Elects; Trip to
State Meet Reported
By FFA Member
New FFA officers were elected at
a meeting held April 26, as follows:
President, Omer McCaleb; vice pres
ident, Howard Patton; secretary,
Dick Wilkinson; treasurer, Bill Blake;
reporter, Guy Moore; sergeant-at-arms,
Dean Gilman.
The boys attending the state con
vention at Corvallis started about
5:30 Thursday morning. They had
breakfast at The Dalles and were
held up for about 31 minutes on a
tunnel that was being repaired. They
arrived at Corvallis about 2:00 and
went to the agriculture building and
registered. Mr. Bennett had the 500th
ticket. We then took our beds to the
gym where we slept in army cots
which were donated by the army at
Salem. Howard Patton and Omer
McCaleb put on their demonstra
tion for the elimination contest at
3:00. We ate dinner at the M. U.
building and then attended a dele
gate meeting from 7:30 to 10:00. We
swam from 10:15 to 10:30 in the
men's gym. We then went to bed at
about 11:30.
We didn't get much sleep the first
night. We got up at 6:30 and had
breakfast at 7:15 in the M. U. build
ing, then attended officers' meetings
until noon. We had dinner at the
M. U. building at 12:15. Then some
of the students went on campus tours
but most of us rested and studied
on our demonstrations. We then at
tended a very exciting game between
Oregon State and Washington State.
The Washington State coach got mad
and kicked the water bucket over.
We then got ready for the banquet
at 7:15. This banquet was enjoyed
by everybody. The Oregon public
speaker from Scappoose was there
and gave his speech. The new state
officers were installed, the president
being from The Dalles. There were
several speeches and plays.
We then studied our demonstra
tion till 11:00 and went to bed. But
not to sleep. Some of our wits, or
would you say half-wits, had some
fun by putting hooks in our instruc
tor's bed, and finally ended up by
putting a bed over one of our boys,
We woke up at 6:00 and went, out of
town to get some sheep shears and
a sheep for Dick Wilkinson and Le-
land Edmondson to use in their dem
onstration. We then ate breakfast at
7:15. At eight o'clock we put on our
demonstration. Leland and Dick
won third in their demonstration of
wool and the shearing of sheep.
Howard Patton and Omer McCaleb
won first on their demonstration
of sharpening the plane. These lat
ter boys would have had a good
chance of winning a banner but they
left out the best part of their dem
onstration. Dick Wilkinson, Leland
Edmondson and Howard Patton,
forming out dairy judging team,
placed seventh in the state, with
Howard placing tenth high point
man. Some very good looking dairy
cattle were seen. We left Corvallis
at 3:30 and arrived at Heppner at
1:45.
Although officials of the re-employment
service appeared before
the Board of Control six weeks ago
with a demand for immediate ap
proval of a lease on a new office
space in Portland to save them from
being thrown out into the street, the
deal is still pending. At that time
the re-employment service was
urging rental of a building at $850 a
month. Negotiations conducted by
the Board of Control reduced the
rental to $700. New conditions writ
ten into the lease by the bureau re
sulted in a stalemate. The Board of
Control this week reiterated its will
ingness to approve the lease on the
$700 basis but so far the bureau and
the building owner have been unable
to get together on an agreement.
Oregon Known as
Source of Supply
Of Crested Wheat
Eastern Oregon counties are be
coming known throughout all west
ern states as a source of crested
wheat grass seed, reports E. R. Jack
man, extension crops specialist at
Oregon State college.
Frequent inquiries are received
as to sources of this seed, and in re
sponse to these and other outlets,
Oregon growers have shipped seed
to nearly every state west of the
Mississippi river. All eastern Ore
gon counties produce some crested
wheat grass seed, but leading coun
ties in out-of-state shipments are
Union, Malheur and Gilliam, Jack
man reports.
Eastern Oregon has about 50,000
acres of crested wheat grass, most
of which is sown on wheat land re
tired from production for the time
being. Even so, every eastern Ore
gon county is expected to increase its
production in 1D38. Stockmen would
like to use this grass for improving
the carrying capacity of ranges, but
so far seedings on range lands have
not been as successful as on culti
vated land, Jackman point out. Sev
eral of the eastern Oregon county
agents are experimenting, however,
with plantings on sagebrush lands in
an effort to work out suitable seed
ing methods.
Among the methods being tried
are seeding in furrows, burning the
native wild grass and weeds and
seeding in the ashes, dragging a
railroad rail to kill weeds and brush
and seeding behind it, seeding broad
cast and covering with a brush drag,
pasturing the ground closely and
seeding on virtually bare ground,
and broadcasting and tramping in
by driving sheep across the seeded
area. To date, the furrow method
has given the best results on un
plowed lands.
Ernest Smith, in town Monday
from the Lexington farm, reported
his crop prospects very favorable.
VOTE FOR
Judge Hall S.
LUSK
Incumbent
Oregon
Supreme Court
POSITION NO. 5
Non-partisan judiciary election
May 20, 1038
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