Thursday, April 25, 1940
Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Page Three
LEXINGTON NEWS
Seniors Sneak to
Wallowa for Day
By MARGARET SCOTT
The seniors took Friday as their
annual sneak day from school and
spent the week end visiting the Wm.
Campbell home at Wallowa and at
tended a dance at Wallowa lake
Saturday evening. Before returning
home, they visited the Washington
state penitentiary at Walla Walla.
Those going on the trip were
Irvin Rauch, Thelma Stickney, Su
zanne Buchanan, Zelma and Max
ine Way and their adviser, Mr.
Sherman.
Mrs. Tempa Johnson entertained
with a dinner party at the Elmer
Hunt home Saturday. Those pre
sent besides the hostess were her
daughters and son-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Nichols; her four grand
children, Edward Burcheil, Grace
Graham, Doris Sandy and Billy
Burchellj her three great-grandchildren,
Larry and Gail Burcheil
and Lloyd Sandy; also her grand-daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Edward Bur
cheil and grand son-in-law, John
Graham. The centerpiece was a
large bouquet of colorful tulips. Mrs.
Johnson enjoyed a week end of
visiting with her family before their
return to their various homes in
the valley Sunday. Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Burcheil and sons are now
making their home in Heppner.
Eula Bamhouse left Friday for
Portland. She was accompanied by
Mrs. Cora Warner and Mr. and Mrs,
I ' it x
George McMillan.
A. M. Edwards and O. E. Haigh
were business visitors in Portland
last week.
Mrs. Maude Pointer entertained
a group of friends at her home Fri
day evening.
Mrs. Emma Bellenbrock entertain
ed with a birthday party for her
daughter Juanita last Saturday af
ternoon at the Claud White ranch.
Elmer Hunt spent the week end
in Portland and Salem after taking
his daughter Louise, Rae Cowins,
Colleen McMillan, Edith and Jer
rine Edwards to Dallas for the
week end to attend a C. E. con
vention. Ladd Sherman has accepted the
position as superintendent of the
Irrigon schools for the next school
year.
A. M. Edwards, O. E. Haigh and
Lloyd Wright left Monday for Fair
field, Montana, where Mr. Edwards
has contracted to drill forty wells
on a government project.
Gwen Walker and son Glen were
guests at the Art Hunt home Mon
day. Mrs. Laura Scott and Mrs. Melissa
Stonebraker visited at the Marvin
Manning home in Pendleton last
Wednesday.
Mrs. Sarah Booher has returned
to her home here from Heppner.
Shelly Baldwin and Mrs. Delia
Duran were visiting in town Mon
day from Heppner.
Mr. and Mrs. John Padberg mov
ed to their ranch home Sunday af
ter spending the winter in town.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Steagall and
family and Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur
Steagall and two small daughters
spent the week end in Spray.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Whillock and
daughters spent Sunday in The
Dalles.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Scott and
sons spent Sunday visiting relatives
in Hermiston.
Bo Burnside spent the week end
with his family here from his work
in Washington.
Helen Cunningham of Heppner
is employed at the Terrel Benge
ranch.
Ruley Fores is recovering from
an attack of measles.
Mr. and Mrs. Laurel Ruhl have
purchased a ranch about a mile
below lone and Mr. Ruhl is busy
seeding it.
Ruthann Lasich is ill at her home.
Mr. Sheldon, United States postal
inspector, was here Wednesday, in
specting the local postoffice.
Mr. and Mrs. Henderson of Stan
field are visiting at the Lonnie
Henderson home.
Helen Breshears was a guest of
Polly Wallert in Heppner Wednes
day evening.
Mrs. Rufus Pieper has recovered
from her recent illness and is able
to be up and around town.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Whilock, Helen
Breshears and Grant Henderson
were business visitors in Pendleton
Monday evening.
Ivan Amend was in Heppner Sat
urday attending to matters regard
ing the local tennis court.
David Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Merle Miller, fell off a slide at his
Sagebrush Wildcat
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LOUIS DONEY
who fights here Saturday night
home Sunday and sustained a brok
en collar bone.
Edward Rice's new car was stolen
Saturday and officers located it at
Pullman, Wash.
Gerald Acklen, Charles and Carl
Marquardt accompanied Ranger
Fred Wehmeyer of Heppner to the
mountains Sunday to select a camp
site for the scouts of the Willow
creek district. The camp will open
after school is out.
Oregon's Rankings
in Stock Inventory
The rank which Oregon took in
the 48 states in the inventories of
various classes of livestock on hand
January 1, 1940, is reported as fol
lows by the state department of agriculture:
Turkeys, 3rd; all cattle, 2Gth
chickens, 34th; milch cows, 29th
horses, 24th; hogs, 30th; mules, 32nd
sheep, 10th.
The number on Oregon farms the
first day of this year: Turkeys, 475,
000; chickens, 3,124,000; horses, 152,
000; mules, 7,000; all cattle, 1,012,
000; milch cows and heifers 258,000;
hogs, 274,000; sheep, 1,958,000.
The total inventory value of all
livestock in Oregon on that date
was $81,213,000; and in the United
States, $5,181,951,000. The figures
are based on a survey made by the
federal agricultural marketing service.
BARLEY HEADS EARLY
Clyde Denny, in town Wednesday
from his Social Ridge ranch, said
that some volunteer barley in one
of his fields is headed out. The
grain is on a tract which was the
center of a heavy rain last fall, at
which time Denny got busy and
drilled the field, getting the jump
on his less fortunate grain growing
neighbors.
Summer pasture for rent; 1920
acres on Wall creek; well watered.
Suitable for cattle or sheep. In
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