Page Two
Locals Drop From
League Top in
15-2 Loss to Echo
Pendleton Now in
Clear Possession;
lone Beats CCC's
Lost
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Pet.
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League Standings
Won
Pendleton 4
Echo 3
Heppner ........ 3
Indians 2
lone 1
CCC 0
Last Sunday's Results
Indians 10 at Pendleton 14; Squaw
Creek 4 at lone 11; Echo 15 at Hepp
ner 2.
Where the Teams Play Next Sunday
Pendleton at Heppner, lone at
Echo, Squaw Creek at Mission (In
dians).
Heppner plopped solidly from
top position tie into third place in
the Blue Mountain league standings
as the locals dropped a one-sided
15-2 game to Echo on the local lot
Sunday. Pendleton took undisputed
lead position by virtue of the Buck's
14-10 win over the Indians, and
lone let the Squaw Creek CCC lads
have the cellar all to themselves by
virtue of drubbing them 11-4.
The eight errors chalked against
the locals pretty much told the story
of Sunday's game here. Ray Massey
Ditched good enough ball to hold
the visitors, with proper backing
but he gave up the job in the eighth
to Van Marter, taking Van's place
at first. In addition Ray clouted
safely three times to lead his team
mates at the bat. Turner also hit
three times, and Al Massey once to
account for all the hits off Berry
and F. Rankin who chucked for the
visitors.
A reinforced team is expected to
be placed on the field against Pen
dleton when they come here next
Sunday.
The box score and summary:
HEPPNER 2 AB R H O A E
A. Massey, m-s 5
Hempe, c 4
Thomson, s-m 3
R. Massey, p-1 4
Turner, 1 5
Ferguson, 3 4
Van Marter, 1-p .... 2
Fish, 2 4
Fessler, r 1 0
Totals 34 2
ECHO 15
Harris, 2 6
H. Liesegang, s 5
E. Liesegang, 3 5
Woodward, c 6
S. Rankin, 1 5
F. Rankin, 1-p 3
Berry, p-1 5
M. Rankin, r 5
Weltzin, m 4
Totals 44 15 13 27 17
Two base hit, E. Liesegang bases
on balls off Massey 3, off Berry 3,
off F. Rankin 4; struck out by Mas
sey 5, by Van Marter 1, by Berry 5,
by Rankin 2.
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0
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3
2
0
4
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6
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9
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8 27 18
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1
IONE NEWS
Tom Grabill Passes
At Home in lone
By MARGARET BLAKE
Funeral services for Tom Grabill,
who died suddenly from heart fail
ure at his home here last Saturday
afternoon, were held in the Baptist
church Tuesday morning. Rev. R. C.
Young of Heppner officiated and the
services were arranged by Phelps
Funeral home. Special music was
sung by Mrs. Walter Roberts and
Miss Helen Ralph, accompanied by
Mrs. E. J. Blake. Interment was
made in I. O. O. F. cemetery.
Thomas Ezekiel Grabill was born
in Harrison county, Missouri, July
7, 1879. He has resided in lone for
fifty-five years. On December 25,
19,02, he married Ida May Hale at
Oregon City. Six children were born
to them, five of whom survive. They
are Mrs. E. M. Wright and Mrs. Ev
erett Keithley.of Baker, Mrs. Ed
mund Bristow of Nampa, Idaho, Mrs.
Edison Morgan and Gene Grabill of
lone. All were present for the ser
vices. He is also survived by his
widow, thirteen grandchildren and
three brothers, Willard of lone, A.
T. of Los Angeles and Oren of For
est Grove. Mr. Grabill farmed near
lone for several years and for the
past eleven years has been custodian
of the school building. The profu
sion of beautiful flowers at the ser
vice spoke of the regard held for
him by the community.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred McMurray of
Hermiston visited here Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Sargent of Sa
lem arrived Tuesday for a short visit.
Among relatives here for the fu
neral services for Tom Grabill were
Mrs. Cynthia Cochran, Mrs. Harry
Armitage, Mrs. Holmes Holman,
Mr. and Mrs. Brenner Reese, Guy,
Clay and Mike Hale, of Yakima,
Wash., A. T. Grabill of Los Angeles,
Oren Grabill of Forest Grove, Mrs,
Frank Turner and Mrs. , John
Vaughn of Heppner, Mrs. Stephen
Irwin of Ukiah and Robert Grabill
of Heppner.
The Women's Missionary society
of lone will meet in the parlor of the
Congregational church next Thurs
day afternoon, June 2, for its regu
lar monthly meeting. Mrs. Fred
Zielke is chairman of the entertain
ment committee.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bergevin, ac
companied by Miss Helen Lundell,
drove to Baker Wednesday to be
present at the graduation exercises
of St. Joseph's academy. Betty Ber
gevin, their daughter, is a member
of the graduating class.
School closed Fnday. Alt rooms
enjoyed picnic dinners and a gen
eral good time with school dismissed
at 1:30. Members of the high school
student body and faculty drove to
the Harry French ranch in the
mountains where they enjoyed an
all day picnic and acquired many
and various degrees of sunburn.
Miss Mary Alice Rulifson depart
ed for Condon Monday, expecting
to find a location for next year when
she will teach the third grade there.
She will then go to Portland.
Miss Marian Nebergall has gone to
her home at Great Falls, Montana.
She will teach the primary room at
Arlington next year.
Miss Gladys Brashers has been
employed to teach the third and
fourth grades next year. Richard
Gronquist of Monmouth will teach
the fifth and sixth and Homer R.
Williams, a graduate of Linfeild,
will take the position held by Alex
ander McDonald. A teacher for the
first and second grades has not been
hired at present. Miss Frances Stew
art, Mrs. Harriet Brown, Mrs. Amy
Sperry and Principal Erret Hummel
have accepted contracts for the same
positions held by them during the
past year.
Miss Helen Ralph and Miss Fran.
ces Stewart departed Tuesday for
their homes at Salem and Silverton
respectively.
The Women's Topic club had its
May social meeting at the home of
Mrs. Carl Feldman last Saturday af
ternoon. Three tables of bridge were
at play, prizes going to Mrs. Clel
Rae and Mrs. Elmer Griffith. Re
freshments were served. Hostesses
with Mrs. Feldman were Mrs. D. M,
Ward, Mrs. M. E. Cotter and Mrs.
Henry Gorger.
Mrs. Frank Lundell with infant
son, Frank Merle, returned from
the Heppner hospital Thursday
I. R. Robison was a business visit
or in Portland Saturday.
Mrs. Lewis Ball arranged a sur
prise party in honor of Mrs. J. H.
Bryson last Saturday afternoon, the
occasion being her birthday. Guests
were Mrs. P. C. Peterson. Mrs. James
Lindsay, Mrs. Walter Eubanks, Mrs.
Louis Padberg, Mrs. Harold Kin
caid. Mrs. J. R. Wagner and family have
returned to their home in the coun
try after living in town during the
school year.
Mrs. Burgeon Ledbetter and fam
ily have moved here from Boardman.
They are living in the Lonnie Ritchie
house.
Commencement exercises were
held for the senior class in the school
gym last Wednesday evening. The
address of the evening was given
by Dr. Franklin Thompson of Wil
lamette university. Ruth Crawford
was salutatorian and Jane Huston
valedictorian for the class. Other
members of the class to receive di
plomas which were awarded by Mrs.
Ruth Mason were Barbara Wagner
and Herbert Davidson. Errett Hum
mel presented the athletic award to
Tommy Everson, the citizenship
cup to Alfred Emert. Ruth Crawford
Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Surplus Problem
Of Wheat Areas
was awarded a scholarship to Maryl
hurst college at Oswego, and Bar
bara Wagner was given the scholar
ship award which will have her
name placed on the scholarship
plaque in the high school. Special
music was sung by the girls quar
tet and Helen Lundell. Eighth grade
diplomas were awarded by Mrs. Lucy
Rodgers to the eighth grade grad
uates, George Davidson, Jimmie.
Ledbetter, Rose Gorger, Patricia
Emert, Billy Eubanks, Phillip Re-
nie, Betty Lou Lindsay, Elsie Jep-
son, Paul Rietmann and Ida Botts.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Blake and Mr.
and Mrs. Ted Blake spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Peter Timm at
their home near Pendleton
CLARK AUTO BURNS
A mysterious blaze consumed the
automobile of Tom Clark last Sun
day evening. The car was parked
in front of the home of Mr. and Mrs,
Bert Kane where Mr. and Mrs. Clark
were visiting. When the car horn
started sounding continuously they
went to investigate and found the
car in flames The only explanation
they could think of was that a short
circuit had developed in some man
ner.
Jesse Warfield, in the city yester
day from the lone section, reported
wheat fields blighted some by recent
frosts but believed his grain would
not be seriously affected as it had
not yet started to head out.
Becomes Serious
It is up to the wheat farmers ofj
the country to decide whether they
are going to be biologists or econo
mists, George E. Farrell, director of
the western region of the AAA, told
the wheat growers of Oregon in ad
dresses while at Pendleton and Ar
lington. The biologist, he explained,
may be content to keep on raising
wheat just for the satisfaction of
producing it, but the economist
wants to make some money out of
it to pay for his trouble.
Wheat farmers of Oregon, as well
other parts of the country, are
as.
going to face a serious adjustment
problem for 1939 if the prospective
wheat crop materializes, Farrell
warned. After pointing out the ser
ious surplus situation, he added that
there is no reason to be unduly
alarmed, but that wheat growers and
the public in general should face the
facts,
It is idle, he said, to keep repeat
ing the statement that if everybody
could buy all the bread they need
there would be no surplus. As a mat
ter of fact, he said, about 500 million
bushels is the average annual con
sumption of wheat in the United
States in good times or bad, while we
are now facing a winter wheat pro
duction alone of approximately 754
Thursday, May 26, 1938
million bushels, without the produc
tion of the spring wheat areas.
How to apply the newly available
features of the 1938 farm act to han
dle the wheat situation in the fair
est and most profitable manner for
all was the subject of Mr. Farrell's
discussion .with growers and farm
leaders. He is in favor of doing ev
erything possible to clear away sur
plus Pacific northwest stocks of
wheat between now and August 1.
At the same time he warned that
drastic acreage reduction is the only
ultimate solution of the present sit
uation, as there is no adequate ex
port market for the supplies of wheat
now in view.
Acreage allotments, wheat loans
and crop insurance are all available
for use in attacking the wheat sur
plus problem, Farrell explained.
Marketing quotas, a fourth feature
of the wheat program possible un
der the new act, wilL be up for con
sideration about a year from now,
as the supplies of wheat and price on
May 15, 1939, will determine wheth
er growers will be called upon to
vote on the use of that more drastic
weapon for attacking burdensome
surpluses.
Paul Phelan is visiting at the home
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. P.
Phelan while convalescing from' an
appendectomy which he recently un
derwent at Portland. He had been
attending business college in the
city for several months.
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