Thursday, Feb. 22, 1940
Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
LEXINGTON NEWS
Lexington Holds
Court of Honor
By MARGARET SCOTT
Court of honor was held in the
local schoolhouse Thursday for
troop No. 61 of Heppner and the
local troop, No. 62. It was the 30th
anniversary for the two troops.
Second class scouts were Bobby
Kelly, Wade BothweU, Bill McCaleb,
Bob Pinckney, Billie Nichols and
Albert Edwards. Merit badges were
given to Bill McCaleb, Bob Pinck
ney, Joe Way, Billy Marquardt and
Carl Marquardt. Two tenderfeet,
Eodger Campbell of Lexington and
Glen Fell of Hepner were initiated.
The Merry Thimblers held their
weekly meeting Thursday at the
home of Verda Whillock. The next
meeting is to be at Faye RuhTs.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Steagall and
son Bobby spent Friday afternoon
in Pendleton.
Mrs. Ora Kistner is in Wasco.
Art Hunt has been seriously ill
with the flu at his home the past
week. Mrs. George Allyn has been
working there.
George Peck spent Thursday in
Arlington at a meeting of county
commissioners.
Mrs. Vada Needham and Thelma
Stickney spent several days last
week in Joseph.
A. M. Edwards and Lewis Allyn
returned Friday from Beverly, Wn.
Ralph Jackson was a business vis
itor in Portland last week end.
Mrs. Cora Warner, Mrs. Eula
Barnhouse and Mrs. Frances Mc
Millan are visiting in Portland. Mrs.
Allyn is keeping Jean Barnhouse
Mr. and Mrs. Ladd Sherman were
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Mof
fatt Dennis Saturday evening.
Ralph Scott and family spent
Sunday in The Dalles visiting Erma.
They were accompanied by Lavelle
Pieper who gave Erma a blood
transfusion.
Harry Dinges and Roy Campbell
attended a basketball game at Con
don Monday evening.
The local basketball team met de
feat twice in the last week, but
were victorious Friday night in the
last home game of the season. Mon
day they journeyed to Arlington
and Wednesday to Heppner where
both teams were defeated. Both the
grade and high school were victor
ious over Umatilla Monday night
and the local town team won from
the lone town team.
Sam McMillan returned home
from Portland this week.
A moderate crowd attended the
card party at the Leach hall Friday
evening. Cake and coffee were
served.
A fire of undetermined origin
broke out near the ceiling of a back
room in the R. H. Lane grocery store
last Wednesday. Little damage was
done.
Mrs. Harvey Miller of Heppner
was in town Monday.
Donna Mae Talbot entertained a
group of friends with a Valentine
party at her home Feb. 14. The af
ternoon was spent in playing games
and dainty refreshments of ice
cream, small individual cakes and
cocoa were served. Guests present
were Juanita and Lola Padberg,
June tSeagall, Ruthann Lasich and
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Jerry Scott
Mr. and Mrs. Hershal Talbot and
daughter spent the week end in
Portland.
George Lambirth is , visiting at
the Louis Marquardt home.
Eber Hanks has purchased the
sedan formerly owned by Al Fetsch
while Mr. Fetsch has purchased the
coupe formerly belonging to Eula
Barnhouse. Mrs. Barnhouse has a
new car. ,
Evidently two cats, one belonging
to Monte Bundy and one belonging
to Orville Cutsforth, have the same
idea this season. Each cat has as
its constant companions four white
baby pigs. This has proved to be
an interesting sight to the passers-
by who have seen the unique groups.
Mrs. Lee Sprinkel of Heppner
spent Friday at the Vernon Scott
home.
Elmer Hunt is attending the school
for Standard service station opera
tors in Heppner this week.
Mrs. Glover Peck is in Portland
with her daughter Dorothy who is
receiving medical aid at a children's
hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Cutler and
daughter spent the 'week end at
Athena.
The dance at the local grange
hall Saturday night was well at
tended and the music by Wright s
orchestra of Pendleton received
many appreciative compliments from
those attending.
An all-day meeting of the Co-op
association was held here Monday
to elect new directors and to settle
business matters at hand. Lunch
was served at noon to a good-sized
crowd.
BOARDMAN ITEMS
By MRS. CLAUD COATS
Mr. and Mrs. Walpole and Mrs.
Eva Warner attended the meeting
of the Ladies Aid in Irrigon on
Wednesday, Feb. 14.
J. M. Allen, Mrs. Crystal Barlow
and Chloe motored to Portland on
Friday. Mrs. Barlow and Chloe
went on to Gold Hill to visit the
former's mother, Mrs. O. T. Fergu
son, for two weeks.
Willard Baker and mother, Mrs.
W. A. Baker, were in La Grande for
two days last week.
Michael Cassidy, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. M. Cassidy, is very ill at
his home here. The nature of his
illness is, as yet, undetermined.
Gratton Hoffman returned home
after working for the last two months
on the rock crusher at Arlington.
Mrs. N. A. Bleakney and Mrs,
Claud Coats made a business trip to
Pendleton on Friday last week.
Mrs. Chas. Andregg, who has spent
the last several weeks visiting friends
and relatives in Portland, returned
home on Saturday.
J. F. Gorham was in Heppner on
business Monday.
The sub-district tournament will
be held in Condon February 23 and
24. This tournament includes the fol
lowing schools: Boardman, Fossil,
Condon, Irrigon, Umatilla, Echo,
Heppner, lone and Lexington.
Four inches of moisture in Jan
uary at his mountain ranch is the
report of W. H. French, who was
in Heppner Monday. French came
out to attend the Lexington Oil Co
operative association meeting.
NEW
WIRE?
MH Jill it
2.Y0U DON'T DRINK MORE WATER
"Your family uses about as much water as it did
25 years ago. Therefore, the managers of city water
systems don't have to worry about increasing the
size of pipe supplying your home."
3. YOU USE MORE ELECTRICITY
"Electricity was used only for lighting 25 years ago.
Now homes find new uses every year. Last year
10,800 Pacific Power & Light Company customers
cooked electrically. More than 43,350 customers
enjoy electric washers. There are more than 20,820
electric refrigerators on PP&L lines, more than
51,600 radios."
1. WIRES ARE ONLY SO BIG
"An electric wire, like a water pipe, is limited in
capacity. Only so much water can go through a
Standard -inch water pipe. If you use more water,
you'll need larger pipes. Only a certain number of
kilowatts can pass along a No. 4 wire. When the
customers' use of electricity develops to the point
where the line is loaded to capacity, we must string
larger wire, or add another circuit."
4. WE ARE ALWAYS BUILDING
UA big expense of a power system, then, is enlarging
its facilities to keep up with the increasing demand
for electricity. Last year Pacific Power & Light
Company spent $874,000 on normal new construction.
This year its construction requirements will exceed
$1,000,000. And so it goes."
"During the past 10 years Pacific Power & Light
Company has spent $20,562,094 for new construction
to keep pace with the growing use of electricity in
the territory served. In the same period it has made
ve big rate reductions, which have brought cumula
tive savings of $3,493,000 to customers. Today the
Company's rates are among the lowest in the U. S.l"
Pacific Power & Light Company
Always at Your Service
Grange Hall to be
Dedicated Saturday
The dedication of Willows grange
hall which was postponed in the
early winter, will be held in lone
on Saturday, Feb. 24, at 2 o'clock.
Attending the formal dedication
will be Ray W. Gill, Portland, mas
ter of the Oregon state grange; Mrs.
G. W. Thiessen, state lecturer, Mil
waukee, and Chas. W. Wicklander,
state grange organizer, La Grande.
The public is invited to attend
these ceremonies' and the following
program:
Vocal solo, "God Bless This
Home," Rev. Dennis; remarks, Chas.
Wicklander; talk, Mrs. Thiessen;
boys' quartet, lone high school; ad
dress, State Master Gill.
At 6:30 a chowder dinner will be
served by the Home Economics club
for visiting and local grangers.
At 8 p. m., Willows grange will
convene for regular order of busi
ness. This being the 14th birthday anni
versary of Willows grange, the fol
lowing special program has been
arranged by the lecturer:
Vocal solo, Donald Heliker, "Here
Comes the Flag"; presentation of the
flag, Dorothy Brady; recitation, Dot
Halvorsen, "You Dear Old Flag of
Mine"; paper, Anna Ball, "Three
Men and a Grange"; a tribute, Taps,
Marion Krebs, Wreaths, Marjorie
Gordon, Mildred Eubanks, Geneva
Palmer; talk, O. L. Lundell, first
master, "Birth of Willows Grange";
presentation of birthday cake, Vida
Heliker; response, Markham Baker;
drawing of gold pin, Marjorie Bak
er; Valentine stunt; Doxology, by
all.
State Bodies Move
to Cut Violations
More strict enforcement of both
the Oregon produce act and the
PUC act is promised as result of a
cooperative move on the part of the
state department of agriculture and
the public utilities commission. Un
der an agreement reached last week,
the two agencies will exchange in
formation which will make virtual
ly impossible violation of either act
insofar as hauling of produce goes.
The department will now keep
the commission informed on truck
ers who claim exemption under the
produce act and yet display no
PUC-3 licenses, and vice-versa.
In this way, truckers who display
one of the licenses and not the other
will be known to the other agency,
for in such cases violation of one
of the acts is evident.
Frank McKennon, chief of the
SDA plant division which enforces
the produce act, points out that in
the past cases have come up where
it is reasonably certain that the pro
duce act is being violated, but def
inite proof was not available. Now,,
under the exchange of information,,
both the department and the com
mission may obtain the real facts,
and act to halt violation.
MUSIC CHAIRMAN NAMED
Rose Leibbrand of Heppner has
been named community chairman
for National Music week, observance
of which has been set for May 5-11.
The appointment came through Mrs.
Walter Benton, Salem, state chair
man. Miss Leibbrand's work will
consist of promoting the observance
of National Music week and obtain
ing copies of publicity for the state
and national organizations.
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