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Volume 58, Number 2
City's Safety Award
Presented; More
Good Work Urged
Stan Church, State
Director, Gives Cer
tificate to Mayor
Stan Church director of traffic
safety for Oregon, complimented
Heppner for its good record in 1940
and urged continued work on the
part of all her citizens in keeping
this good record in tact when he
spoke before a public meeting at
the school gym-auditorium yester
day morning. The immediate pur
pose of the meeting was the pre
sentation of a certificate from the
secretary of state, Earl Snell, signi
fying Heppner's having made the
best record of any city in Oregon
between 1000 and 2000 population
for traffic safety in 1940. The cer
tificate was received by Mayor J. O.
Turner. '
Mr. Church spoke in lieu of Mr.
Snell who was detained in Salem
on legislative business. Two plaques
to be posted at city entrances, also
siffnifvine the award will arrive
soon, Mr. Church said.
Declaring that Oregon faces a new
order in automobile traffic, because
of the rapid increase in number al
most 100,000 since 1935 . Church
said that everyone must have the
proper groundwork before he starts
to drive an automobile, and he urg'
ed upon the young people present,
those who will soon become drivers,
to consider their full responsibility
in this regard.
No one would attempt to drive a
car blindfolded for 33 feet, he de
clared. Yet a driver who takes his
eyes off the road for a second while
going 40 miles an hour does, just I
that. And he pointed out how an
automobile, a great vehicle for plea
sure, can become a death instru
ment if not properly controlled. Two
cars approaching each other, each
travelling 60 miles an hour, will
pass each other in 30 seconds from
the time they are one mile apart.
Each of the cars is travelling at the
rate of 88 feet a second. If a car
travelling 60 miles an hour hits a
solid object the impact is the same
as if the same automobile were driv
en full speed from the top of a ten
story building.
Children with bicycles were ask
ed how many had red reflectors on
the rear of their vehicles. Many did
not. The red reflectors are not only
required by state law, as well as
a headlight, but they are a fine safe
ty measure, Church said.
He emphasized the state traffic
safety department's campaign urg
ing pedestrians to wear contrasting
colors after night. "White after
night," is the motto. If nothing else,
a white handkerchief wrapped about
an arm may warn an automobile
driver of the person's presence and
help to prevent an accident.
The death toll from traffic acci
dents numbers 2000 since 1935, and
injured persons in the same interval
number 40,000, Church said.
FIRE ALARMS GIVEN
A burning tar barrel at the Homer
Tucker home Monday afternoon and
a small blaze in the wash room at
the Halton apartments early Tues
day morning caused two fire alarms
to be sounded this week. Quick ac
tion of the fire department in both
instances kept damage to a mini
mum. WOOL BROADCAST SLATED
Senator Clark of Idaho will talk
on wool and national defense, Sat
urday, March 15, at noon, E. S. T.,
announces Mrs. Ralph I. Thompson,
president National Woolgrowers as
sociation, who urges everyone to
listen in. Senator Clark will tell
how wool is indispensable to prop
erly clothing the army and navy.
Heppner,
Welcome, Danger
Is Junior Offering
Friday, March 21, the junior class
of Heppner high school is presenting
the annual class play at the high
school gym, starting at 8 o'clock.
"Welcome, Danger" is the vehicle,
a comedy-drama that has been pop
ularly received, with cast as follows:
Timothy, the nervous millionaire,
Tom Starkev: Miss Stewart, his
pretty nurse, Betty Rood; Battler,
the dumb bodyguard, Kay Ferguson;
Mrs. Crock, housekeeper of Timo
thy's, Lucile Barlow; Doc, old school
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Varerie, Timothy's fiancee, Mildred
Clary; Mrs. Edgewater, Valerie's
talkative mother, . Peg Tamblyn;
Florine, Mrs Edgewater's maid, Hel
en Healy; Jack Travis, an actor, Bob
Pinckney; Lorna Russell, an actress,
Wanda Howell; Machine-Gun Mac,
an escaped convict, John Lane.
The action takes place in the liv
ing room of Timothy's "Hilltop
Lodge." Timothy is suffering trom
an extreme case of nerves and fears
that everyone around him is after
his money. During the play Timo
thy becomes involved in many fan
tastic adventures.
The prices are 15 cents, 25 cents
and 35 cents.
'Kibitzer' to Give
Lectures on Bridge
Sam Gordon, the Kibitzer, will be
here to deliver a three-day contract
bridge lesson series on Thursday,
Friday, Saturday, March 20-21-22
at Lucas Place.
He is being sponsored by the Mor
row County Woolgrowers auxiliary,
members of which are conducting
the advance sale of tickets. The
subjects to be covered each after
noon and night of the same day
will be the same. In this manner,
the holder of a series ticket receives
the "complete course by attending
either the night or the afternoon
sessions, with privilege of review by
attending both.
Mr. Gordon is the contract bridge
pioneer of the northwest as lecturer,
newspaper columnist, radio and class
teacher. He is author of the Horse
Sense method, a simplified and easy-
to-learn treatment of the game.
The Dalles, Athena
Lions to Make Visit
Heppner Lions will be host Mon
day evening, March 24, to large del
egations of Lions from The Dalles
and Athena, it was decided at the
Monday luncheon. The Dalles Lions
will come after the traveling trophy
that Heppner recently took from the
Athena club, and the Athena Lions
will make a good will gesture.
Hugh Crawford addressed Mon
day's luncheon on the subject of
"A High School Student's Views of
National Defense." and Mrs. Tom
Wilson played two violin solos, ac
companied at the piano by Miss
Marjorie Parker.
AAA DEADLINE 31ST
The deadline for making applica
tion for soil conservation payments
for 1940 under the AAA program is
March 31, announces the local AAA
office. Applications are complete
so far as the office has knowledge,
but in case there may be people
entitled to payment who have not
made application, they are notified
that payment cannot be made unless
application is made before the dead
line date.
LOSE TO WALLA WALLA
Two teams of Heppner's leading
lady bowlers journeyed to Walla
Walla Sunday and suffered defeat
by "a narrow margin in their mat
ches with two teams from that place.
In spite of the defeat Mrs. Agnes
Curran of the locals was high indiv
idual scorer for the day.
ST. PATRICK'S DANCE SET
The Catholic Altar society is spon
soring their annual St. Patrick's ball
at the Elks hall next Saturday eve
ning, the 15th. Men About Town
will play.
Oregon, Thursday, March
New Conservation
District Hearing
Set For Tuesday
Feasibility, Boun
daries to be Talked;
Attendance Urged
The feasibility of a soil conserva-
t.ion district, where definite boun-(
daries of the proposed district shall
be located in Morrow county, and
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the purposes of such a district will
be the topics of discussion at a hear
ing to be held in the Morrow county
courthouse at 1:30 p. m., Tuesday,
March 18.
All farmers living south of Lex
ington who are interested in erosion
control and soil conservation, ac
cording to C. D. Conrad, county
agent, should attend this meeting.
A petition, signed by 111 land
owners in this part of the county,
was submitted to the State Soil Con
servation committee in January ask
ing the committee to hold this
meeting. If it is determined the dis
trict is considered feasible definite
boundaries will be located and the
state committee will set the date
rn which the referendum will be
held.
According to the state law, 50 pet,
of the landowners within the area
owning at least 70 percent of the
land must vote for the proposed
district in order for it to be estab
lished. Failure to vote constitutes
a "no" vote, and it is therefore im
portant that everyone become' in
formed and vote in the referendum
if he desires establishment of the
district.
Legion Auxiliary to
Register for Defense
Plans for registration of all mem
bers of the American Legion auxil
iary for emergency voluntary ser
vice are being completed by Hepp
ner unit of the auxiliary, Mrs. Anna
Bayless, unit president, has announ
ced. The registration will be conducted
on March 15, the anniversary of the
founding of the American Legion,
and will be part of a nation-wide
program which will give the sup
port of the auxiliary's half-million
women to the Legion's emergency
service endeavors. Registration will
be purely voluntary, as will be any
service performed by the women
who register.
When registering, the auxiliary
women will fill out questionnaires
similar to those on which the men
of the Legion registered for volun
teer service on February 22. They
will indicate whether they can serve
at home, away from home, for an
indefinite period or for a limited
amount of time, and will indicate
the type of service for which each
is qualified.
Amateur Hour
To be Presented
An amateur hour will be present
ed at the school auditorium April 4
at 8 p. m. by the Heppner Nadomis
Camp Fire Girls.
First and second prizes of $2.50
and $1.25 will be awarded in four
divisions: singing, dancing, musical
numbers, and varieties. There will
be a quiz program between the Boy
Scouts and the Camp Fire Girls
while the ballots are being counted.
A Ilia ciiiiavcruj. jiuui yy m ktc vaiivu
on similarly to the one that the B.
P. W. sponsored two years ago.
Anyone who thinks he has talent is
invited to obtain an entry blank
from Mrs. Edwin Dick, Jr. Regis
trations will be accepted until April
2. The contest is open to anyone.
Winners will be decided by the
audience's vote. Proceeds will be
used for summer camp.
Rooms with or without board, 510
N. Main St. Phone 2F3.
13, 1941
Mac Hoke to Speak i
At Joint Meeting
Mac Hoke, president of Oregon
Woolgrowers association, will be the
guest speaker oi a joint dinner
meeting of the chamber of commerce
and Morrow County Woolgrowers
auxiliary to be held at the Episco
pal parish house next Tuesday eve
ning at 6:30. Plates will be 50 cents
and members of each organization
are invited to bring wives, husbands
or escorts.
Mr. Hoke is a leading autnomy ,
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of the Oregon Farm Bureau feder
ation for several years, besides being
a past president of Eastern Oregon
Wheat league. He has before made
popular appearances before Mor
row county audiences, and the or
ganizations deem it a privilege to
sponsor his appearance here again.
P P. & L. to Pay Taxes
Of $3,977 This Week
Pacific Power & Light company's
$3,977.69 real and personal property
taxes, due in Morrow county this
year, will be paid this week, said
Ray P. Kinne, local agent for the
company at Heppner.
Property taxes paid by the com
pany here are the equivalent of one
third of the total property tax lev
ied by the city of Heppner last year.
Pacific Power & Light company's
tax -payments take more than 15
percent of the company's revenue
from the sale of electricity, or the
equivalent of nearly two months'
j total business each year, said Kinne.
SOCIETY CHIT-CHAT
By JUNE SMITH
A sure sign of spring is the an
nual spring vacation which brings
the college students back to Hepp
ner for a week's stay. Among those
who will be arriving home this
week end are Jack Merrill Betty
Happold, Bill Barratt, Clarabel Ad
ams, Paul Doolittle, Dick Wilkinson,
from Oregon State at Corvallis;
Shirley Wilson, Paul and Frances
McCarty, Don Jones and Bob Scriv
ner from Eugene. Sybil Howell is
expected from Portland where she
is attending business school, and
Carolyn Vaughn from that city is
coming to visit her here.
Miss Joan Wright, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Orian Wright of Heppner,
was married to Richard Zimmerman,
son of Mr. and Mrs R. C. Zimmer
man of Portland, last Sunday after
noon at All Saints Episcopal church
of Heppner. The Ven. Eric0. Ro
bathan of Pendleton performed the
single ring service. The bride was
given in marriage by her father and
was dressed in a navy blue ensem-
uie wiui a corsage ui ruses anu
a corsage or roses
lilies of the valley. She was attend
ed by Miss Rita Robinson, dressed
in navy blue, with a gardenia and
rosebud corsage. Clayton Wright,
the bride's brother, was best man
and ushers were Howard Gilliam
and Raymond Parrish. Miss Mary
Emma Curran played the wedding
march and Miss Margaret Tamblyn
sang, "Oh Promise Me."
A reception following the cere
mony was held at the home of Mrs.
Neva LeTrace, grandmother of the
bride, and Mrs. Robert Lowe, the
bride's aunt. Mrs. Joseph Devine
and Mrs. George Evans poured, at
a bride's table beautifully decorated
with a wedding cake and pastel can
dles. Out of town guests were Mr. and
Mrs. Louis LeTrace and family of
Kinzua, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Bul
lock, Mrs. Ellen Mendenhall and
Leslie Babb of Portland, Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Devine and grand
daughter, Maxine, of Lexington, and
Betty Donohue of Hood River.
The bride is a graduate of Hepp
ner high school and Northwestern
Business college in Portland. Mr.
and Mrs. Zimmerman will make
their home in Portland.
Additional 'Chit-Chat' on Page 8
Subscription $2.00 a Year
Possession Order
For Bombing Field
To Issue Tomorrow
All Landholders in
District Served With
Official Notice
The U. S. government has applied
f
a tnkinc? order on land in the
o
jjqj en(j 0i Morrow county 10 oe
used as a bombing field, according
to official notice received this week
by the Morrow county court and
private landholders within the dis
trict. The application will be heard in
United States district court in Port
land tomorrow, and no objection will
be offered by the county or land
holders. This order will not affect settle
ment of the price at which the land
will be taken, said P. W. Mahoney,
district attorney, who thought that
the offered price would proba
bly be opposed by both the county
and individual owners.
Morrow county has 23,000 acres in
the proposed field for which a price
of $1.42 an acre has been offered.
Largest individual owner is Hynd
Bros, company who have 2700 acres.
Among the private owners re
ported to have received notice this
week are Hynd Bros, company, Pat
Carty, B. P. Doherty, Neil Doherty
and Johan Troedson.
No public release has yet been
made as to how soon development
of the site will be made or just
what the nature of the development
will be. Landholders have been no
tified that the area will be closed
to their use, however, and it was the
wold of Col. Gates, wW supervised
the original survey, that all public
roads crossing the district would be
closed, which will probably mean
closing of the Ione-Boardman mar
ket road.
New Building Rising
For Three Firms
Three Heppner business firms will
be housed in new quarters shortly
after the first of the month as work
got into full sway this week on the
new structures between the Masonic
building and postoffice on Main
street. J. O. Peterson, jewelry, F.
W. Turner & Co., insurance, and
Burl Coxen, barber shop, are the
builders.
The one-story buildings, parti
tioned by a six-inch tile wall, are
approximately 20 feet wide by 30
feet deep. N. D. Bailey is carpenter
in charge, assisted by S. D. Spiesz.
and Joe Gillese. tile layers, ana
J Doolittle, 'j of the buiid
ings will be finished with a modern
front, adding to the attractiveness
of the business district.
Three Morrow Men
To Report March 17
Francis Byron Nickerson, Hepp
ner; Stanley Albert Way, Lexington,
and James Arthur Stevens, Hard
man, are the three Morrow county
men selected for service in the U.
S. army for March.
They shall report to the local
board at Heppner at 4 p. m., March
17, whereupon they shall be sent
to an induction station of the United
States army at Portland.
CARD OF APPRECIATION
I wish to thank the fire depart
ment and the neighbors for their
prompt response.
JOHN HALTON.
If weather stays nice, will be in
Heppner Monday for spring orders.
Call Lucas' for appointments. Mrs.
H. R. Miller, Spencer corsetiere.
Ernest Christopherson was trans
acting business in town Tuesday
from his large wheat farming oper
ations west of lone.