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Volume 54, Number 9
Swimming Tank
Needed by City,
Judge Tells Lions
Johnson Suggests
How Club Can Better
Aid; Mi Hers Feted
How the Lions club can better
serve was the message bought to
the service organization's Monday
luncheon by Judge Bert Johnson,
who spoke on invitation of the pro
gram committee, Joseph Belanger
and B. C. Pinckney.
Stressing a swimming tank and
playground as a civic need, Judge
Johnson encouraged the club to
work for their early acquisition.
These facilities would lessen juven
ile delinquency, he declared. He be
lieved the club not to be as inclusive
in its membership as it should be
and thought it might well work for
formation of a larger commercial
organization. He suggested inviting
membership of more people from
outlying districts to broaden the
scope of service work.
The judge said he believed in
keeping as much money home as
possible for everything, and criticiz
ed the Lions organization slightly
for sending what he believed to be
too large a percentage of the dues
to the outside.
Commending Mr. Belanger, coun
ty agent, as being one of the best
county agents Morrow county has
ever had, he urged the service club's
support of a project suggested to
him that morning by Mr. Belanger
the planting of bulbous blue grass
along the county road rights of way.
It was indicated that assistance
could be received from the soil con
servation service and possibly other
governmental agencies in carrying
out the project.
While Judge Johnson spoke in
plain language and indicated that
everything he had to say might not
be too pleasantly received, he was
enthusiastically received withal.
By way of elaborating on the
theme of cultivating friendly rela
tions with outlying points in the
county, he suggested that a general
countywide invitation to attend the
first day of Rodeo free of charge
might have a good effect. He also
suggested that additional car parking
space and a public drinking foun
tain would not be amiss in the city.
He thanked the Lions for cooper
ation the court has received from
them in the past and hoped for
equally pleasant relationships in the
future.
Lions President L. D. Tibbies re
minded the judge that the service
club has worked for acquisition of
a swimming tank for the last three
years, and had not yet given up hope.
Through special invitation Mrs.
Dwight Miller accompanied Mr.
Miller to the luncheon, and the
newlyweds were accorded a shower
to assist them on their way to a long
and happy married life together.
Hawley J. Bean
Calls on Voters
Hawley J. Bean of Echo, republi
can candidate for joint senator, MoT'
row, Umatilla and Union counties,
and son of Oregons supreme court
court chief justice, H. J. Bean, was
in the city Saturday in the interests
of his candidacy.
Mr. Bean said he had been urged
into the senatorial race by friends
and from contacts so far made be
lieved bis chances for election to
be quite good. A dirt farmer in the
Echo section, Mr. Bean is serving as
chairman of the board of directors
for the Umatilla Electric Coopera
tive association. He reported good
progress with this project which is
receiving REA assistance.
DIVORCE DECREES ISSUED
Default and decree of divorce was
granted Beulah Bell against Mitchell
Bell in circuit court here Monday.
Heppner,
GRADE SCHOOL TO
GRADUATE 21
J. G. Barratt to Address Class
at Commencement Exercises
Set for Next Wednesday
Climaxing the grade school year
will be issuance of diplomas to the
21 eighth grade graduates at the
gym-auditorium .next Wednesday
evening, beginning at 8 o'lcock. J.
G. Barratt, former state senator, will
give the address, Alvin Kleinfeldt
the invocation and benediction, and
presentation of awards will complete
the exercises. Harold W. Buhman is
the class instructor.
The graduates are Lucille Barlow,
Elizabeth Healy, Ellen Hughes, Con
stance Instone, Margaret Tamblyn,
Kathryn Nys, Birdine Vance, Merle
Burkenbine, Jackson Cantwell, Cal
vin Crawford, Richard Ferguson,
Kay Ferguson, Everett Greeley, Ray
mond Johnson, Billy Padberg, Billy
Scrivner, John Skuzeski, Claud
Snow, Ralph Taylor, Donald Weh
meyer, Robert Pinckney.
Mrs. Emma Ranck
Succumbs to Stroke
Mrs. Emma Ranck, 72, long-time
resident of this city, died at 4 o'clock
this morning at her home on North
Chase street from a severe paralytic
stroke with which she was taken
seriously ill yesterday. Case mortu
ary is in charge of funeral arrange
ments, not yet announced. Her
daughter, Mrs. S. A. Malehorn of
Portland arrived this morning in
response to word of her critical con
dition. Mrs. Ranck was the daughter of
Henry and Clara A. Mikesell, early
day residents. Among suviving rel
atives are a brother, W. E. Mikesell
of this city; two daughters, Mrs.
Clara E. Cline of Beaumont, Texas,
and Mrs. S. A. Malehorn (nee Dolly
Gosney) of Portland, and a son,
William Gosney, at present confined
at the veterans hospital in Walla
Walla.
Patricia Cason,
Harry Nelson Wed
Miss Patricia Cason, daughter of
Mrs. Ada Cason, and Mr. Harry
Nelson were quietly married Satur
day evening at Kelso, Wash. Fol
lowing the ceremony they called at
the home of Mr. Nelson's parents in
Portland and visited Seaside before
returning to Heppner Monday
morning.
Mr. Nelson is bookkeeper at
Heppner branch, First National Bank
of Portland, having come here from
Portland several months ago. Mrs.
Nelson is the youngest daughter of
Mrs. Cason and is a student in Hepp
ner high school.
Rex Ellis Says He
Stands on Record
Rex Ellis' of Pendleton, present
joint senator from Morrow, Umatilla
and Union counties, and republican
candidate for reelection, was con
tacting friends in this city last Fri
day. Asserting that everything Morrow
county asked from the last legisla
ture was received, Mr. Ellis said he
would stand on his record in the
race for reelection.
INJURED IN CRUSHER
Vic Eads, former resident of Mon
ument and Heppner and erstwhile
fight promoter who moved to The
Dalles several years ago, is reported
to have sustained the loss of both
legs as the result of falling into a
rock crusher at The Dalles Monday.
One leg was severed by the crush
er and the other so badly mangled
that it had to be removed.
4-H CLUB MEETS
A social meeting was held in the
Home Economise department of the
school building on May 4th. All
members joined in a taffy pull. The
laugh of the evening was when Mr.
Bennett joined in the pull. Report
er Alice McGrew.
Oregon, Thursday, May
Heppner Takes lone
7-3, Steps Up in
League Standings
Errors Largely Deter
mine Margin of Win;
Van Marter Triples
A free pass on balls issued to Lee
Pettyjohn followed with hits by
Swanson and Ransier paved the way
for three lone runs in the first inn
ing to throw a scare into Heppner's
ball tossers on the Egg City boys' lot
Sunday. But that's all the lone runs
there were in the game while Hepp
ner worked in seven all told, fea
tured by a three-base clout by La
Verne Van Marter. With one defeat
by Pendleton and awin over Mis
sion Indians already recorded, the
victory put Heppner at .750 in the
league standings.
McKenzie went the route on the
mound for the locals, and though in
trouble occasionally he escaped nice
ly with the exception of the first
inning. lone had the bases loaded in
the ninth with none away when Mac
proceeded to strike out two batsmen
and then Rod Thomson made a stel
lar play on a hard ground ball at
short to nip the final batsman at
first base. The ball, hard hit, boun
ced over Thomson's glove, hitting
him on the arm. He retrieved and
his beautiful throw made the out
where for the moment it seemed im
possible. Dorr Mason held down the mound
in the beginning innings for lone
and but for loose support would
have got by nicely. Larry Ritchie
relieved him in the later innings.
The score book showed the teams
even up on hits with eight apiece,
but lone erred eight times to Hepp
ner's thrice.
Hitting for Heppner were A. Mas
sey, Rodman, R. Massey 2, R. Thom
son, McKenzie, Knox 2, Van Mar
ter. Ransier led his team mates with
three hits. Other lone hitters were
Engelman,- Swanson 2, Everson,
Morgan, Bristow.
Next Sunday Heppner journeys
to Pendleton to meet Squaw Creek
CCC. The boys wil play at home the
following Sunday against Echo.
Health Association
Meeting Scheduled
Reorganization of Morrow County
Public Health association, and elec
tion of officers will be effected at a
meeting at the circuit court room in
the courthouse next Tuesday eve
ning at 8 o'clock, announces Dr. R.
C. Lawrence, president.
Dr. O. E. Bostrom, assistant state
health officer, and Miss Elsie Wich
en, acting executive secretary of
Oregon Tuberculosis association, will
both address the meeting. Attend
ance of everyone interested in im
provement of public health is urged.
PAST GRANDS QUILT
Past Noble Grand club met for
all-day quilting at the I. O. O. F.
hall yesterday afternoon, enjoying
pot-luck lunch at noon. Sixteen la
dies were present including Mrs.
Mable Chaffee, Mrs. Arthur Keene,
Mrs. Wm. Campbelll, Mrs. Al Ma
comber, Mrs. Lee Howell, Mrs. Sa
die Sigsbee, Mrs. Olive Frye, Mrs.
Loyal Parker, Mrs. W. E. Straight,
Mrs. Jeff Jones, Mrs. Bertha John
son, Mrs. V. R. Runnion, Mrs. Lester
Doolittle, Mrs. Flora Dimick, Mrs.
Hanson Hughes, Mrs. Verna Hayes.
COUNTY STUDENTS PROMOTED
Oregon State College, Corvallis,
May 10 Two Morrow county stu
dents, Don Drake and Beulah Nich
ols of Heppner, recently received
promotions on the staff of the Ba
rometer, OSC student daily publi
cation. Drake, who has been active
in journalistic work, has been
named managing editor of the Ba
rometer. Miss Nichols, who was ap
pointed to the Barometer staff only
a few weeks ago, has been promoted
to assistant day editor.
12, 1938
MISSING CAR BACK;
YOUTH IN JAIL
CCC Enrollee Runs Barratt
Automobile Into Phone Pole At
'tempting Escape on Apprehension
Gordon Keith Underwood, 18, is a
guest at the county bastile today. He
was apprehended yesterday near Is
land City, about a mile from La
Grande, his home town, in posses
sion of the J. G. Barratt automobile
which disappeared from the place it
was parked near the school Monday
evening. Underwood was a CCC en
rollee, and is said to have a previous
criminal record.
When apprehended by state police
on notice from the local sheriff's of
fice, Underwood had just had ten
gallons of gas put in the car at a
service station. On approach of the
police, he attempted to make a run
for it and rai the car into a tele
phone pole, damaging it consider
ably. Immediately upon receiving notice
of the car's recovery and arrest of
Underwood, Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman
went to La Grande and returned
with the prisoner. Mr. and Mrs.
Barratt and F. W. Turner acompan-
ied him, the Barratts driving their
car back, and Turner appraising the
damage to make adjustment on the
insurance.
Mary J. Reid, 81,
Passes at Home Here
Funeral services are being held
from the Church of Christ at 2:00
o'clock this afternoon for Mary J.
Reid, 81, a resident of Heppner since
1901. Case Mortuary is in charge of
arrangements and Alvin Kleinfeldt,
pastor, is officiating minister. Mrs.
Reid has suffered from infirmities
of age for some tme. She passed
away yesterday at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Clara Beamer.
Mary Jane Roberts was born Sept.
10, 1857, near Oxford, Wisconsin, to
Alonzo and Electa Roberts. While
her father was serving in the Civil
war she stayed with her grand
mother in New York. She was mar
ried to James Reid at Jackson, Wis
consin, May 23, 1874. Later they
moved to Bradley, South Dakota.
About the first of April, 1901, they
moved to Heppner where her hus
band operated his sowmill until 1909
when they moved into town. Her
husband preceded her in death on
Oct. 13, 1913. With the exception of
her son, Robert Reid, who died on
May 3, 1902, all of her children sur
vive her. They are Arthur of Junc
tion City, Martin of Lincoln Beach,
Alonzo of Baker, Clarence of Court
rock, and Mrs. Clara Beamer of
Heppner. There are also eleven
grandhcildren and one greatgrand
child. She was a life-long member of
the Christian church.
Star Grand Officer
Coming Tomorrow
Hazel M. Ingram of The Dalles,
worthy grand matron Order of East
ern Star for Oregon, will make her
official visitation to Ruth chapter of
Heppner and Locust chapter of lone
at the local Masonic hall tomorrow
evening. lone joins with Heppner in
a district meeting for the occasion.
Mrs. Mary Guild, worthy matron
of Ruth chapter, asks that the mem
bership give Mrs. Ingram a large
hearing. Refreshments will be a part
of the evening's entertainment
GRANTED CITIZENSHIP
Thomas Watson Cutsforth was
granted citizenship papers in the
court of Judge C. L. Sweek here
Monday, on hearing of petition. Born
in the United States, Mr. Cutsforth
relinquished his citizenshiD riehts
at one time when he took up a
homestead in Canada. .
INJURED IN FALL
Mrs. William Cowins broke her
left wrist and sprained her right
wrist in a fall down the back porch
steps Tuesday. The injuries were
quite painful and necessitated the
attention of a physician.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
27 H.H.S. Seniors
Set to Graduate
Evening of May 20
Baccalaureate Sun
day; Banquet and
PromCome Saturday
Twenty-seven seniors are tenta
tively scheduled for graduation from
Heppner high school with com
mencement exercises Friday ' eve
ning, May 20, announces Alden H.
Blankenship, superintendent. Prof.
R. Franklin Thomson of Willamette
university will deliver the com
mencement address. The event will
be staged at the gym-auditorium,
beginning at 8 o'clock.
The class baccalaureate will be
held next Sunday evening at the
gym-auditorium, with Archdeacon
Ralph V. Hinkle delivering the ad
dress. Beginning at 8 o'clock with
the prelude, "Simple Aven," Fran
cis Thome, and grand march (Aida),
Verdi, numbers will include invo
cation, Rev. R. C. Young; vocal solo,
"Without a Song" by Vincent You
mans, Jackson Gilliam; scripture
reading, Alvin L. Kleinfeldt; quar
tet, "Trees" by Joyce Kilmer, Jack
Merrill, Donald Bennett, La Verne
Van Marter, Jackson Gilliam; bene
diction, Father Healy; recessional,
senior class.
Social activities of the school
closing will be featured by the ju-nio-senior
banquet and prom, Satur
day evening. The banquet will be
held at the parish house and the
prom at the gym-auditorium.
The list of graduates is tentatively
anonunced as follows: Hazel Adkins,
Bertha Akers, Florence Becket, Mar
garet Browning, Bill Browning,
Gladys Casebeer, Daniel Chinn, Rose
Cunningham, Robert Davidson,
Jackson Gilliam, Ruth Green, Har
riet Hager, John Hays, Jack Healy,
James Healy, Emmet Kenny, Eve
lyn Kirk, Vernon Knowles, Paul
McCarty, Maxine McCurdy, Irena
McFerrin, Norma McFerrin, Scott
McMurdo, Arlene Morton, La Verne
Van Marter, Clayton Wright.
M. S. Shrock Visits
To Contact Voters
M. S, Shrock of Milwaukie, re
publican candidate for governor,
was in the city yesterday for a short
time contacting voters in the inter
ests of his candidacy. Mr. Shrock is
manager of a feed company at Mil
waukie, being a pioneer in the Ore
gon dairy industry.
Married in 1897, he has four sons;
was formerly connected with state
dairy and feed commissioner's of
fice for five years, and served one
term as state legislator, in the 1925
session. He is making a bid for sup
port on fhe pledge to work out la
bor troubles amicably in the com
mon interest.
FISHERMENS LUCK
A number of Heppner fishermen
went hither and yon into the coun
try roundabout last Sunday and
good catches generally were report
ed. Bill Isom and companion each
got the limit on Skinner creek, Dr.
L. D. Tibbies and Hugh Gaily got
thirty finnies between them on Big
Wall, and George Howard got the
required number from Little Wall
creek. Len and Earl Gilliam took
their new home-made sheet iron
boat one of the neatest watercraft
ever seen in these parts over on
McKay lake, and while the fisher
men aforementioned were hooking
the ordinary variety of mountain
trout, these gentlemen made a nice
catch of crappies and perch with a
bass thrown in, to say nothing of a
few suckers. All reported some good
sport
CONCERT SATURDAY
The Heppner school band will ap
pear on Main street beginning at
3 o'clock Saturday afternoon for a
public concert, weather permitting,
announces Harold Buhman, director.
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