Thursday, June 16, 1938
Mrs. C. W. McNamer was hostess
for a housewarming for Mrs. Lucy
E. Rodgers at the fetter's new home
in the Jones apartments on Tuesday
evening. A lovely supper was served
to relatives and friends. Among those
present were Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
'Denny, Mrs. Agnes Wilcox, Mrs.
Nora Summers, Lillian Cichran, Mr.
and Mrs. McNamer and Mrs. Rod
gers. All had a jolly good time and
finished the evening by attending
the show.
Mrs. P. E. McMurdo and Mrs. H.
W. Cheap, mother and sister of Dr.
A. p. McMurdo and A. K. McMurdo
of this city, arrived yesterday eve
ning from their homes at Charlottes
ville, Va., for a visit They reside at
the University of Virginia where Dr.'
and Mrs. McMurdo's son Ted is tak
ing graduate work. Ted was de
tained by a month's more work but
was expected home as soon as this
is finished.
Lowell Swift, son of Bird Swift,
arrived from Portland Tuesday to
spend the summer in the county. He
went out to the farm of his uncle,
Jim Burnside, yesterday evening and
expected to work in harvest at the
Lee Beckner place. ' Lowell was a
student at Benson Polytechnic school
the last year, taking a course in
printing. s
Chester Darbee returned home
Monday night from a two -weeks'
visit at Portland in which he took in
the Rose Festival. He enjoyed the
company of his grandson and grand
daughter, children of Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Rogers of Redmond, while
showing them about the city.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Balsiger and
two" sons and Harry Marquardt of
Portland are visiting at the farm
homes of Louis and Charles Mar
quardt north of Lexington, coming
up last week. Mrs. Balsiger is a sis
ter and Harry Marquardt a nephew
of Louis and Charles.
Bern Moll, representing a Pen
dleton oil company, called on friends
while transacting business here yes
terday. Mr. Moll is active in Pen
dleton Legion circles and helping to
boost the coming state convention
to be held in the Round-Up city.
Lawrence Beach was transacting
business in Heppner for a few hours
Tuesday morning. Mrs. Beach ac
companied him from their home at
The Dalles and toghether they visit
ed with Mr. Beach's mother, Mrs.
Elsie M. Beach at Lexington.
Howard Cleveland is home for the
summer from his studies at Oregon
State college where he majored in
agriculture the last year. He is as
sisting at the ranch of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Cleveland.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Case and
Janet were over-Sunday visitors at
the home of Mr. Case's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. M. L. Case, on their way
home to Weiser from Portland.
John Skuzeski, Jr., was painfully
injured Tuesday morning when he
sliced off part of an index finger
with an axe. The injury was treated
by a physician. .
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Belanger re
turned home Monday night from
Corvallis where they spent two
weeks while Mr. Belanger attended
summer school.
Gordon Bucknum and Miss Beat
rice Marx of Mt. Angel are visiting
at the home of Mr. Bucknum s par
ents; Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Bucknum.
Dr. J. P. Stewart, Eye-Sight Spec
ialist of Pendleton,' will be at the
HEPPNER HOTEL on WEDNES
DAY, JUNE 22nd.
' C. H. Sharp of Bremerton, Wash.,
was visiting here with his brother,
J. A. Sharp, local baker, the first of
the week.
Rice McHaley was a business vis
itor in town the first of the week,
coming over from his home at Prairie
City.
Dr. George Cash of Portland was
a visitor in the city yesterday, call
ing on Dr. R. M. Rice.
Heppner
Mrs. Leta Babb, Mrs. J. V. Craw
ford and son Dick, left Portland fry
car Tuesday morning destined for a
two weeks' visit at the home of Mrs.
Babb's son, Martin King, in Holly
wood. Mrs. Babb went to Portland
Monday with Mr. Babb and Mrs.
Crawford and Dick went there Sat
urday evening with Mr. Crawford,
who with his family enjoyed a visit
at the home of his brother, W. V.
Crawford. Miss Nan Crawford ac
companied Mr. Babb and Mr. Craw
ford home Monday night
James Hill, Jr., manager of Pen
dleton Grain Growers association,
was in Heppner Tuesday, being in
terested in construction of port fa
cilities at the north end of Morrow
and Umatilla counties as a means of
getting lower cost transportation for
wheat.
Lon Markham of Milton and Fred
Faulkner of Pendleton were visitors
in the city Tuesday, being on their
way to the Markham farm in this
county which Mr. Markham was
showing Mr. Faulkner with pros
pects of sale.
Bernard McMurdo who arrived
home from his studies at O. S. C.
right after the close of school has
been confined at home with an at
tack of influenza since his arrival.
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O. B. Setter, Portland attorney,
was in the city Tuesday on business
before the circuit court.
Chicken and strawberry supper at
Methodist church, Friday 17th, 5:30
to 8 o'clock. 13-14p.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miles of
Boardman were in the city Tuesday.
For dressed fryers delivered phone
3F11. Mrs. H. O. Bauman.
Mrs. H. O. Ely of lone was a call
er in the city Tuesday.
McLEOD-MARTIN
Morrow county - relatives and
friends have been notified of the
marriage of Randall Martin,, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Myles Martin of Lex
ington, and Miss Marie McLeod of
Moro. The ceremony took place at
Kelso, Wash., June 8, at the home of
the bridegroom's aunt, Mrs. Clarence
Clelland. Willard Martin was best
man and Miss Lee McLeod, brides
maid. The young couple will make
their home at Moro following a
short wedding trip to the coast.
SERVE STRAWBERRIES
Great bowls of strawberries dared
the appetites of members of Ruth
chapter, Order of Eastern Star, when
they met last Friday evening. The
luscious bemes were the treat of C
J. D. Bauman, Robert Wightman
and Charles B. Cox, men officers of
the lodge, who served them follow
ing the regular lodge meeting. The
tables were beautifully decorated
with many varieties of roses taken
from Mr. Bauman's garden.
RECRUITER HERE
Sgt. Sam Gimpelson, recruiting of
ficer at Pendleton, was in Heppner
over the week end, starting a tour
of central Oregon. He announced
that recruiting into the army is now
closed but it is expected to be re
sumed July 1st. Anyone wishing in
formation concerning admission into
the army may secure it by writing
Sergeant Gimpelson at Pendleton.
DRIVING A NEW CAR
Sustained high speed should not
be tried during the first 2500 miles
of driving a new car, according to
the touring department of the Ore
gon State Motor association. Fric
tional moving parts throughout the
entire car are closely fitted when
new and prolonged fast driving may
cause unusual friction and heat,
which may result in rapid wear.
RHODODENDRON BLOOMS
Mrs. Alex Green reports a rho
dodentron blossoming in her yard
which she believes to be the only
such bloom in Heppner or posibly
Morrow county. She brought the
plant from the coast a few years ago
and this is the first year it has bios
somed.
Gazette Times, Heppner,
GENERAL STATE REVENUES FOR SCHOOL
SUPPORT SOUGHT IN PROPOSED MEASURE
Revenues amounting to $7.70 for
each school child in the state would
be provided from general state funds
for support of the public schools if
a proposed constitutional amend
ment reaches the November ballot
and is favorably acted upon by the
voters. Petitions to place the meas
ure on the ballot are now being cir
culated in the county and are re
ported to be meeting with favorable
response.
The measure is sponsored jointly
by the American Legion, American
Legion Auxiliary, and the Oregon
Congress of Parents and Teachers.
A discussion of it is given by the
latter organization as follows:
This constitutional amendment
simply requires the state to pay to
each school district the difference
between the income from the Com
mon School Fund ($1.30 per child)
and $10.00 for each such child out
of the general revenues of the state.
It does not specify how this money
is to be provided, this matter being
left entirely for the legislature to
decide. The state is the only author
ity than can levy and collect taxes
from sources other than a property
tax. This amendment will insure
better management of the Common
School Fund in the future.
At the present time the State of
Oregon collects $28,000,000 (twenty-
TOUCHING, INDEED
"I hear your wife is a musician
expert on anything with strings."
"Well, she performs on the purse
strings with great effect."
THE HABIT
"Do you think our boy will leave
footprints on the sands of time?"
"He'd leave 'em anywhere. Just
look out in the hall."
PROMOTED
"You say he's no longer an apart
ment house janitor?"
"No, he's a full engineer now who
gives advice on how to save coal."
AT THE BAR
Lawyer Smart Necessity knows
no law.
Judge Keen Well, he'd be right
at home amorig practitioners In my
court.
HARD TASK
Mrs. Cee Which of your social
duties do you find most trying?
Mrs. Gay To appear interested
In the things that don't interest me.
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Oregon
eight million dollars) annually from
sources other than the real property
taxes. There have been many new
sources of revenue developed in the
past twenty years, but the legisla
ture has not seen fit to divert any of
this revenue to the support of the
public schools.
Your school district at the present
time receives about $1.30 from the
Common School Fund, which is the
income from lands set aside by the
Federal government when Oregon
became a state. If these lands and
the income from them, had been
properly managed by our state offi
cials of the past, the public schools
of Oregon would not be forced to
rely entirely upon the direct proper
ty tax for support. Since the state is
responsible for the acts of its offi
cials, it should help make up for
what has been a serious financial
loss to the public schools of this
state.
Oregon as a state contributes
nothing from taxation or appropria
tion for the support of public school
education. California contributes
48.2 of the cost of public school
education; Washington contributes
48; Arizona contributes 74.4;
Minnesota 29.2; Michigan 44.5;
Alabama 49.5; New York 37.2;
Nevada 16.5; Massachusetts 10.7,
etc. The average for the forty-eight
states is 29.4.
BIRTHDAYS OBSERVED
The monthly birthday meeting of
the Willing Workers of the Chris
tian church honored the birthdays
of Mrs. Carrie Vaughn, Mrs. Rosa
Eskelson and Mrs. Mary Griffith at
the home of Mrs. Eskelson, Tuesday.
Dinner and quilting were enjoyed.
Mrs. Vaughn celebrated her eightieth
birthday that day.
RUNS NAIL INTO ARM
Robert R. Flock, foreman of the
state bridge crew, ran a nail into his
right forearm Tuesday morning just
O Ten Years Ago
(Gazette Times, June 21, 1928)
Archie Cochran killed Wednesday
morning by accidental discharge of
rifle at farm home near lone.
Mrs. Augusta Mason, pioneer mo
ther, died Saturday at home on
Rhea creek.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Bert Peck,
June 17, a son at Heppner hospital.
Heppner defeats lone, 7-2, in clos
ing game of Wheatland league. Con
don wins pennant.
About 20 acres of grain on the
Harry Duvall farm was destroyed by
fire recently.
Dr. A. D. McMurdo elected direc
tor, Mrs. W. C. Cox, clerk, at annual
school meeting.
Grand jury reports six true bills
to Judge Alger Fee.
Alfalfa nematode, destructive par
asite discovered on Willow creek.
Clifford Olson, Boardman youth,
killed when speeder hit by freight
train near Baker.
Clara Bow in Mt" billed at Star
theater. '
Phelps Funeral Home
Ambulance Service
Trained Lady Assistant
Phone 1332 ' Heppner, Ore
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before the crew completed its work
here and left for La Grande. The
injury was dressed by a local phy
sician and an x-ray picture showed
a fracture of the bone.
CLUB ENLISTS LADIES
Morrow County Republican club
enlisted the aid of lady party mem
bers of the county at a meeting at
the courthouse Saturday afternoon.
By-laws were amended to provide
for the appointment of a committee
of women workers including a rep
resentative from each of seven dis
tricts in the county.
If the motor turns over very
slowly when the starter button ia
depressed, look for a run-down stor
age battery, suggests the Emergency
Road Service department of the Or
egon State Motor association. A fullv
charged battery will turn the aver-
age motor over rapidly.
THE
STAR Reporter
Tonight (June 16) is your last chance
to see Ginger Rogers and James
Stewart in VIVACIOUS LADY!
Friday-Saturday
Call of the Rockies
with
Charles Starrett - Donald Gravson
Iris Meredith - Sons of the Pioneers
Action! Romance! Melodies!
pius
Bulldog Drummond's
Peril
with
John Barrymore - John Howard
Louise Campbell - Reginald Denny
E. E. Clive - Porter Hall - Elizabeth
Patterson - Nydia Westman
Another baffling Bulldog Drum
mond thrill mystery.
Krazy Kat Screen Snapshots
Sunday-Monday
THE GIRL OF THE
GOLDEN WEST
with
Jeanctte MacDonald - Nelson Eddy
Walter Fidgeon - Leo Carrillo
Buddy Ebscn
The singing sweethearts' great out
door romance!
Cartoon
Movietone News
Tuesday
ISLAND IN THE SKY
with
Gloria Stuart - Michael Whalen
Paul Kelly - Robert Kellard
June Storey
So much thrilling excitement and
so many unexpected laughs, you'll
say it's one of the swellest mystery
romances of the year.
Comedy Song Hit
Wed.-Thu., June 22-23
PAL NIGHTS PAL NIGHTS
2 adults 25c 2 children 10c
Four Men and a Prayer
with
Loretta Young - Richard Greene
George Sanders - David Niven
C. Aubrey Smith - William Henry
J. Edward Brombcrg - Alan Hale
John Carridine - Reginald Denny
Burton Churchill - Barry Fitzgerald
Thrill to the ringing challenge of
their pledge follow them as they
relentlessly search the world start
ling drama of four men and a gallant
girl who have the courage to fight!
Comedy News of the Day
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