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Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Thursday, March 16, 1939
IONE NEWS
China Rooster Leaves
Broken Glass Behind
By KATHERINE GRIFFITH
' A china pheasant rooster made an
early morning visit to lone Tues
day. Few of the town's citizens saw
him as he soared down from the
hill and crashed through one' of the
window panes of the Morgan build
ing formerly occupied by the tele
phone office. Once in the building
Mr. Pheasant decided to leave, but
not the way he entered! He crashed
another glass as he left the build
ing. The Women's Topic club of lone
met at the home of Mrs. Milton
Morgan with fifteen members and
three guests present. "Free Land,"
by Rose Wilder Lane, was the book
review given by the hostesses, Ella
Smith, Emmer Maynard, Inez Free
land and Margaret Morgan. Re
freshments were served. The social
meeting will be at the home of Mrs,
Hugh Smith Thursday afternoon,
March 30. The club and anybody
interested was invited to attend a
hobby show and tea at the Episcopal
parish house in Heppner on March
25th.
G. A. Yarnell, Lew Yarnell and
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Jamison, all
Bickleton, Wash., were over-Sunday
guests at the Harry Yarnell home.
H. Of Ely and daughter, Mrs. Wal
lace Matthews, drove to Boardman
Sunday to visit Elvin Ely and fam
ily. While there, they went on to
Pendleton to see Mrs. Elvin Ely who
is convalescing in a hospital there
after a minor operation. One of the
children, Ora Marie, returned with
them to stay a week.
Mrs. Dell Ward of Heppner and
Mrs. Ruth B. Mason of lone motored
to" Lyle, , Wash., Tuesday to meet
Mrs. Mason's son, Bert Mason, Jr.
who was returning from Oregon
State college for spring vacation.
Clifford Yarnell, student at Uni
versity of Oregon, is spending the
spring vacation with his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Yarnell of lone,
C. H. Hudson of Pendleton left
lone Thursday for Junction City af
ter atteding to some business mat
ters here.
Mrs. H. O. Ely left for Idaho Falls,
Idaho, Wednesday to be with her
sister, Mrs. Lillie DeShazer, who is
seriously ill. W. G. Palmateer, the
ladies' brother, returned from there
Thursday.
The welcome rain enjoyed by far
mers of this vicinity Saturday
amounted to .19 of an inch.
Mrs. Elmer Griffith who has been
very ill at her home in Morgan was
taken to a hospital in Heppner Sun
day afternoon to be under a physi
cian's care.
Miss Frances Stewart, commercial
teacher in the local high school,
spent the week end at the home of
her parents in Silverton.
At a business meeting of Willows
grange at Cecil Saturday evening,
the members voted to build their
new hall on the site offered to them
by R. M. Akers, opposite his ranch
three miles below lone.
Thomas Alfred Tripp, of the town
and country department of the Con
gregational church, will speak at the
Christian church in lone Sunday
morning, March 26, at eleven r
'clock. Everyone is urged to be pres
ent The interclass basketball games
which the high school pupils have
been playing were wound up Tues
day with the championship game
being played between the juniors
and seniors. The juniors won and
received the gold trophy offered by
the student body to the winner.
Mrs. John Van Dusen of Richmond,
Calif., arrived in Morgan Wednes
day to visit her sister, Mrs. Martin
Bauemfeind. Saturday she depart
ed for Top to see her son, Lyle.
Mrs. Jess Douglas was honor guest
at a surprise party on her birthday
last Saturday evening, when a group
of friends gathered at her home.
Those who came were Mr. and Mrs.
Franklin Ely and family, Mr. and
Mrs. A. F. Palmateer, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Ely and Mr. and Mrs. Martin
Bauemfeind arid family.
Faye Ambrose, associate grand
conductress, held a school of in
struction for Eastern Star officers
in lone at the Masonic hall Thurs
day afternoon.
Edwin T. Ingles, professor of ed
ucation at Pacific university at For
est Grove, was at the high school
Friday afternoon attending to some
business.
ARMY RECRUITING OPEN
Corporal H. L. Dodd, the new
army recruiting agent for eastern
Oregon, is accepting young men who
can qualify for army service. Appli
cants must be between the ages of
eighteen and thirty, in good physical
condition, and of good character. No
criminals accepted. Vacancies are
with one of the oldest regiments in
the army, the 7th United States In
fantry, which is stationed at Van
couver Barracks, Washington. Ap
plications for enlistment in the U.
S. army are now being accepted at
360 Post Office building, Pendleton.
Building Sire Chosen
For Willows Grange
At the meeting of Willows Grange
Saturday evening, members voted
on two sites presented by the build
ing committee for the new hall.
Preference was shown for the Akers
site near lone.
On Friday evening the officers
of Lexington grange conferred the
first and second degrees on Willows
candidates at the Cecil hall. A re
turn visit will be made at Lexing
ton Friday evening, March 24th, at
which time Willows grange will con
fer the third and fourth degrees to
candidates of both granges.
Officers are requested to meet at
the hall Sunday afternoon, March
19, for practice of degree work.
The next regular meeting of Wil
lows grange will be Saturday eve
ning, March 25th. As there is more
important business in connection
with the building site, members are
requested to be present.
Morrow County Pomona grange
will meet in an all-day session at
Lena grange hall on April 1st
Principal speaker for the lecturer's
program is State Master Ray W.
Gill. The subordinate granges of the
county will furnish other numbers
for the program.
PINE CITY NEWS
AAA Range Work
Found Popular;
To be Increased
The AAA ranee improvement
program, already popular with Ore
gon ranchers, will be strengthened
even more for the future, according
to reports brought back by Oregon
delegates to a regional range con
ference held atTucson, Ariz. Indi
cations are that more range practices
will be added to the program, mak
ing more ways for earning conser
vation payments by improving and
protecting the range.
Oregon men who attended the con
erence are Robert Weir, Lakeview,
range member of the state AAA
committee; N. C. Donaldson, state
executive officer, and Blaine Devers,
range examiner, both stationed . at
the state office at Oregon State col
lege. Approximately 1400 ranches in
Oregon, representing more than five
million acres of range lands, are
now enrolled under the federal
range - program. Principal aims of
Mrs. Yonug Honored
At Pine City Affair
By BERNICE WATTENBURGER
A handkerchief shower was given
at the E. B. Wattenburger home in
honor of Laura Young last Hairs
day. About twenty-five ladies pieced
a quilt top for Mrs. Young that af
ternoon.
Bill Westermeyer and Hazel NaV'
olynski of Mottinger, Wash., were
Saturday evening callers at ttie
Clayton Ayers home.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Wattenburger
and Anne Lamarr were business vis
itors in Pendleton Friday.
Charley Bartholomew is ill with
the flu.
J. T. Ayers of Hermiston was a
caller at his home on Butter creek
last Thursday.
Mrs. Barton Clark spent Friday
at the E. B. Wattenburger home.
Mrs. Laura Young is leaving this
week to make her home in La
Grande.
Red Estle salesman or the Rohr
man garage in Hermiston, was a
caller on Butter creek Monday.
August Rauch arrived last Satur
day to spend the spring vacation at
his home.
Mr. and Mrs. William Bucknum,
Joe Farley and Tom Healy were
callers at the John Healy home Sun
day.
Mrs. Laura Young and family
spent Monday evening at the E. B.
Wattenburger home.
Mrs. Ruby Coxen and sons, Jerry
and Floyd, spent Sunday at the Har
vey Ayers home.
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Finch and
Mrs. Lois Kent attended the Eastern
Star meeting in Heppner Friday
evening.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Wattenburger
and family spent Saturday in Walla
Walla and Sunday in Pasco.
The Jasper Meyers children are
enjoying the spring days playing
with their new Shetland pony and
cart.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rauch and
family attended a birthday party in
honor of Mr. Rauch's brothers, Hen
ry and Juilan, at Henry's home.
Mrs. Kenneth Oviatt and children
were visiting Heppner relatives and
friends the first of the week from
their home in Pendleton.
the program include rebuilding of
depleted grazing lands and conser
vation developments which will help
retain their value for the future.
"The meeting of western range
state representatives was held early
in the season so that the 1939 pro
gram could be announced soon in all
its details, helping livestock men
plan their participation," said Don
aldson. He said that growing interest of
agricultural administrators in the
range program is shown by the fact
that several high officials in the -farm
program were present, including
Harry M. Brown, assistant secre
tary of agriculture; R. M. Evans,
director of the Triple A; George
Weaver, supervisor of the western
range program; and N. E. Dodd, as
sistant director of the western AAA
region.
Approximately 775 wheat farmers
in 19 Oregon counties had applied
for federal crop insurance when the
final date for spring wheat signup
was reached March 1, reports Clyde
Kiddle, state supervisor of the in
surance program. Most of these ap
applied for 75 per cent coverage.
Kiddle believes that about 80 per
cent of the applicants will carry
through with premium payments.
OSC Spring Term Starts March 20
Oregon State College Students
returning to register for the spring
term here March 20 will find an
other change in arrangements made
by E. B. Lemon, registrar, in an ef
fort to speed up enrollment proced
ure in spite of steadily increasing
numbers of students. Registration
was changed from the Museum hall
to the library and now to the big
mens' gymnasium in hopes of cut
ting down the time students must
stand in line to get their class sec
tions checked. Juniors and seniors
are registering before leaving. Spring
vacation starts March 11.
University of Oregon students
home for the spring vacation in
clude Francis Nickerson, Paul Mc
Carty and Don Turner. La Verne
Van Marter was expected this week,
having stayel over in Portland for
a few days on the way home.
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