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: . neppner, Uregon, Ihursdgy, February 21, 1946
Proposed County
Library Discussed
Monday Evening
Definite Action
Awaits General
Public Expression
Proponents of a county library
for Morrw county learned the ins
and outs of such a service Mon
day evening from Miss Neva Le
Blond, Umatilla county librarian,
"who was guest speaker at a meet
ing in the music room at the Hep
pner school. Miss Le Blond not
only described the operation of
the county library system but gave
suggestions in the matter of ob
taining the service.
As expressed by the speaker, the
cost of establishing county library
service in Morrow county alone
would be expensive and she sug
gested that perhaps this county and
Gilliam might join in which case it
would be necessary to provide
bookmobile service. This is a de
sirable service in any event. As an
alternative to the two-county unjt,
Miss Le Blond said she thought the
most practical step for this county
to take would be to tie up with
Umatilla county.
As to the cost, the speaker said
the American Library Institute's
figures for a library are based on
an average of $1.50 per capita for
the territory served. Should the
county library plan be adopted
here the cost would add somewhat
of a' burden to get it established
but maintenance would require
less than one mill per annum. Ac
quiring the service through the
Umatilla county library would av
erage about $5,000 annually.
The meeting was called at the in
stance of the Heppner P-TA with a
vew of getting an expression from
all parts of the county. Several
were present from lone and two
teachers came from Irrigon. Those
present expressed themselves as fa
voring county library service, ei
ther independent or affiliated with
Umatilla county. An effort will be
made to ascertain the sentiment of
a considerable number of taxpay
over the county before taking de
finite action towards securing the
library.
REWARD OFFERED FOR
MISPLACED PAINTING
A large oil painting of the sink
ing of the battleship Maine, loaned
to the Heppner. school several years
ago has been misplaced or remvoed
from the building. The owner, Mrs.
W. H. Instone would like to have
the painting returned to her and is
offering a reward for its return or
for inforation leading to its where
about. , , r
The picture was the work of Mrs.
Instone's mother, Mrs. A. J. Wood
ward, who was a resident of the
Lena district for many years.
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MILK PRICES UPPED
The Information Panel of the
Price Control board for Morrow
and Umatilla counties, located in
Pendleton, has announced that no
tice of increases in milk prices in
Morrow county had been received.
These increases were granted as a
result of an application made to
the Office of Price Administration,
Washington, D. C. by the milk dis
tributors of Morrow county. Maxi
mum prices for milk in Heppner
are: Wholesale, per quart, 13c; per
half-pint, 3.5c; retail, per quart, 15c.
Prices for lone and Lexington are:
Wholesale, per quart, 15c; half
pint, 4c; retail, per quart, 17c.
VFW PLANS PUBLIC MEETING
The newly organized VFW unit
met at the council chambers Fri
day evening at which time the mat
ter of a meeting place for the in
stallation of officers was discussed.
The public will be invited to this
meeting. Among other matters
discussed, the formation of a VFW
auxiliary met with the approval of
all present. ,
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER
The Union Missionary society will
observe the World Day of Prayer
on March 8 at a special service to
be held at the parish house of
All Saints Episcopal church. The
service opens at 2:30 p. m.
i rtnnon acrnitiAi. i it i mm . .
" - ' include Ale Uut"
Grooming for 1946
Wild West Show Mayor Announces
Looking forward to presenting a
bigger and better show than ever,
the Heppner Rodeo association met
Friday evening in the office of Tur
ner, Van Marter & Co. to discuss
and formulate plans for the 1946
Rodeo, tentative date for which has
been set for Sept. 6, 7, and 8.
Bids on stock for the 1946 show
were opened but no definite decis
ion was reached. Two of the bid
ders, Harley Tucker, 1945 exhibit
or, and Pat Fisk, former perform
er of the local show, have made
attractive offers and the directors
are considering these bids carefully
before coming to a decision.. The
association also joined the cowboy
organization, presumably the one
affiliated with last year, to assure
plenty' of talent for this year's Ro
deo. To make the main events
more attractive to the performers
$50 has been added to each of the
live main headliners
With a small amount of mntiev
to start with plans have been laid
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for improvement to the grounds
which will start soon. Cliff Doner-
ty is in charge of this feature, with
Orville Smith and Frank Turner as
uic .ouiei cuiim mieemen, auu uiey
have declared there positively will
be no weeds to ereet the sun on
the Rodeo grounds this year.
Weak points of last year's show
were considered and it will be the
purpose of the directors to correct
these faults. Committees will be
named at an early date and an ef
fort will be made to have every
thing in readiness on the opening
day.
Boardman Realty
Moving Briskly
Real estate is moving at Board
man and not in the time honored
joking manner-, according to Buster
Rands who was in Heppner Wed
nesday from the river town. Real
estate sales have been brisk on the
project for several months with the
result that many changes have ta
ken place and many new faces are
seen thereabouts.
Back of this movement is the
desire of shipyard workers to re
main in Oregon and to have a place
they can call home, Rands stated.
Most of them are well supplied
with money and are paying fancy
prices for propertv that, hithortn
was not valued too highly. Asked
11 the prospects of construction on
ihe Umatilla dam was offering an
Inducement for this feverish auest
of project land. Rands said h
thought not to any extent.
MARY VANCE
Funeral services were held Tues
day forenoon at the Christian
church in Lpxineon for Mre Marv
Vance, 82, who passed away there
SaVfvantsK I ire" 1
ounaay. jvirs. vance nas been a re-,
sident of the countv sinro 1914
spending the time at Lexington and
iieppner. bhe is survived by two
brothers, E. W. Moyer of Heppner
and Joe Moyer of Hermiston, and
several grandchildren, including
Mrs. Howard Bryant, Mrs. Gary
Tullis, Arthur and Lois Vance, all
of this county.
Mrs. Joe Hughes is now work
ing in the county assessor's office,
having started work Monday. She
replaces Miss Marie Barlow.
Machinery
Servicemen's Banquet
Committees arp busv this wp1t
getting things in shape for the big
servicemen's banquet scheduled for
7 o'clock p. m. Saturday, March 2.
A meeting of the general com
mittee was held Monday evening
in the city hall at which time sub
committees and chairmen were
fnamed to complete organization
plans and start actual work of col
lecting the mass of food, tables,
dishes, silverware and other acces
sories necessary to the successful
staging of the banquet.
Some changes were made in com
ittee personnel. J. J. O'Connor was
prevailed upon to take the place
of Mrs. C P. Brown as chairman
n Pu6c Statement
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After six years of service to th
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public as mayor of Heppner, J. O.
Turner stated today that he posi-
tively cannot accept the nomina
t ii. l , , u wines, iuuk. me ieaa in tne begin-
'"it'ZJ, &&& nd maintained it throughout,
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coming spring primary election.
The mayor states his reasons as fol
lows:
"The position requires more time
than 1 am able to give to it," he
said, "and someone should be
elected who can be on the job
when so much new construction is
to be done in the next few years.
A new well is in prospect, new city
mains are to be laid, a new city
reservoir should be constructed,
new sub-divisions to be laid out
and built, a hospital to be erected
and perhaps the big flood control
dam will go in. All of this will re
quire a good man and he on his
toes.
curing me tnree terms 1 have
. been in offi j have had splendid
SUpport and many things have been
j accomplished, although nothing
spectacular. Bonded indebtednes
'During the three terms I have
has been rpdlPpd frnm r7 nnn
1940 to $6,000 .by June 1943 and
there is now cash on hand and a
sinking fund amounting to aproxi
mately $25,000. The streets have
been maintained and some new oil
ing done; a new census was taken in
1945 showing an increase in popu
lation of about 25 per cent; 6000
feet of transite pipe for the city
mains has been bought and paid
for. The city is in the strongest fi
nancial position it has been in in
many years.
"Heppner s ready to make a
good sound growth, if its people
will only let it."
UAW-Gen'l Motors
Dispute Subject of
C of C Forum Talks
An average citizen's viewpoint on
the labor-management situation as
it exists between the United Auto
mobile Worgers union . and Gene
ral Motors Cbrpration was given
expression at Monday's luncheon of
the Chamber of commerce when Ha
rold Becket gave his views from
the standpoint of an industrialist
and George Corwin took the labor
side. Each speaker brought out
some good points which were left
with their hearers for contemplation.
Be it said to their credit, neither
of them considered. his opinions as
conclusive although each had firm
convictions relative to certain pha
ses 01 the current strike situation,
th-n in.dpal one beinK that there
will likely be no new cars for many
monuis
"ght of the
corporation to refuse tn mn Jt
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books to the investigating commit
r. wutuui-
tee, while Corwin contended that
there was nothing wrong about the
request. ,
borne discussion arose over the
issuing of additonal pool hall li-
censes. The discussion led to the
Suggestion that a nnll Ua J
.. . , , . ' n.cn cum
this resulted m a vote of one in
favor of and 20 against.
i.u. ana mis. im uoodman have
returned to their home in Port -
aii sucnumg tne weeK-end
Set in Motion For Big
of the table committee. Mrs. Brown
is hospitalized at present and will
be unable to participate in the
preparations. Mrs. Cyrene Barratt
has accepted the chairmanship of
the soliciting committee left va
cant by the absence of Bob Runnion
from the city.
Members of the soliciting corn
day evening and completed plans
mittee held a separate session Mon
for coverage of their respective dis
tricts. Representatives were pres
ent from lone, Lexington, Eight
Mile and Heppner.
The committee chairmanships
now stand as follows: Decorations,
Mrs. Charles Vaughn; Kitchen, Mrs.
Chivalry Has No
Place in Modern
Field of Sports
Chivalrv had
v in uaa-
ivcLUdii name piayea at tne hih
Umi 7 , ni1
ovuwwi gymnasium oaiuraav eve-
ning between the Heppner Towntes
and the ChnmW r f
Townies took the lead in the begin.
closing the game with a score of
52 to 37.
The crowd which taxed th fana.
city of the gymnasium expressed
some disappointment over the
showing made hy the "gals", inas
naue nv me eais . inns.
much as thev came hishlv touted
and failed to show much energy,
let alone soring anv snmrisps Tt
3 i , ,
was leamprf lator tW ihvUr Q
little rest between games and hav-
ing plaved everv nitrht. last. wppIc
were in nnor rnnriitinn fnr a annA
showing Saturday night. There were
brief flashes of brilliancv but no -
tiling of sufficient length to im
prove their standing.
Main attraction was the Co-ed
center, "Streamline" Smith, whose
angular seven feet caused her to
tower over the entire court. She is
tower over the entire court. She
is a good backboard player and a
good shot usually employing but
one hand to toss a basket.
According to La Verne Van Mar
ter, his team played the best game
of the season. It is his guess that
the .boys couldn't bear the thought
of being beaten by a bunch of girls,
so they put on the pressure and
went to town.
ADDITION COMPLETED
TO BOX CO. BUILDING
Completion of an addition to the
plant of the Heppner Bex company
was announced the first of the
week. The new room is 32x40 feet
and adjoins the original building on
the south side. This addition
makes it possible for the company
to meet the growth in business and
expand the facilities of the plant.
Door and window frame material
is .being manufactured under the
supervision of Tom Wells.
O. M. Yeager did the construc
tion work for Orville Smith and
P. W. Mahoney, owners of the plant.
OUT OF SERVICE
L. E. Dick Jr. returned home
Sunday, having received his dis
charge from the U. S. navy. Ed
win, who was in the store service,
spent about 18 months over in the
Pacific area. He resumed his' old
job as truck driver for the Stan
dard 01 company Monday morn
ing due to the illness of his brother
Kemp. Incidentally, Edwin had a
helper in the person of his young
son Laddie who took up with him
at first sight.
MOVE TO CLE ELLUM
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Davis and Mr
and Mrs. Dan Maynard left early
Wdayorn' for cTlS
Wad, ,v,0 v, u..
1 'fuuj.., tt .1. wic i ' it Jit lutvc CI li
ployment as filers in a sawmill. Mrs.
Kv.r "icill, M tu9 III a SctWIIUll. JLVIXS.
Davis will return to Heppner the
last of the week to remain until
the latter part of May. Mr. Davis
was filer at the Heppner Lumber
company plant during the absence
of his son William, who was in the
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acivitc, miu upon wiiiiam s re-
turn home handed the job over to
him.
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Mrs. C. P. Brown is in a hospital
in Pendleton this week having en-
tered for a rest for a few days.
March 2
mittee personnel. J. J.O1 Connor was
Soliciting, Mrs. Cyrene Barrat
Carving, Conley Lanham, and Re
ception, Mrs. J. O. Hager.
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ine general chairman. Rev.
ueii nei .uisuii, ims. r ranues ivinuii
Fletcher Forster, states that service ell and Mrs. Blaine Elliott of Milton,
men now in the county whose The groom who is a returned vet
names are not upon the Morrow eran, is a student at the Univer
county roster, that is, men who en- sity of Oregon and the young couple
listed from another county or state will make their home in Eugene
Kiit . .tVi mmi, neMA Via. nA av. until lVr TXaTioi (TrarlllntAa f triA
titled to an invitation. It is neces-
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sary ior tnese men to lae'itiry
inemseives to me invitation cnair-
man,' Loyal Parker, Heppner, who
will make arrangements for them
to attend.
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Little Interest in
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Political Offices
Displayed Locally
Four County Posts
To Be Filled; Two
Candidates So Far
With filing time growing short.
: -v ucmp. uuiyio.yeu m
ntue interest is being displayed in
the .sPrmg Primary campaign and
So far twn v,mir nttin ...V:u
must be filled this year are going
begging. Of the other two. one
beSffing. Of the C
candidate has filed and another is
PePannK
Peopl
preparing to do likewise.
he people in the capacity of
" Briggs, V
ij. w. tsriggs, veteran servant of
??untL treasurer, is again seeking
I ule,wulce- "e has tiled lor the office
and announced that he will malrQ
an active campaign if such a move
is necessary. Mr. Briggs is one of
the oldest persons in the state
serving in political office (which
proves that age has nothing to do
with the job if one knows his stuff).
W. O. Dix is circulates his peti
tions and will file in time to get
his name on the ballot for the of
fice of county assessor, a post he
has filled most satisfactorily since
his appointment to fill out the term
of Tom Wells, regularly elected in
1942 and leaving at that lime to
serve his country in the armed
forces.
Harry Tamblyn has not indicat
ed his intentions regarding the of
fice of county surveyor which he
has held several teims. It is pos
sible that whoever gains this post
may also eventually become coun
ty engineer, should the court de
cide to reactivate that office. .
Garnet Barratt says he is not a
candidate to succeed himself as
county commissioner. Conditions
have arisen which make it incon
venient for him to serve in that
capacity and give the position the
attention it deserves. It has been
hinted that Barratt has his eye on
the district senatorship, but this
has not been confirmed.
Henry Peterson has filed for the
office of representative.
BARLOW-WARNER NUPTIALS
With all the new things, blue
things and borrowed things in their
proper places, all the last minute
stitches taken and the cakes iced,
candles in the right places and flow
ers ordered, all is in readiness for
the wedding of Miss Marie Barlow
and Cecil Warner at the Church of
Christ Friday evening at seven fol
lowed by a reception in the church
parlors. The public is invited to
both events.
The bride-elect, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles W. Barlow, will
be given in marriage by her father
and attended by her sister, Mrs.
Robert Walker, as matron of honor,
and Misses Edna Hughes and Pat
sy Warner, bridesmaids. Fern Al
ber has been selected flower girl
and Carol Messenger the ring
bearer.
Glenn Warner will act as best
man for his brother and the ushers
are to be Vernon Fishback of Port-
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?e Vernon Fishback of Port,
land an Hewitt of Milton,
Rlev. Cecil Warner, father of the
th
groom and Dastor of the Churrb of
Christ at The Dalles, will perform
the ceremony.
Loma Mae Jones and Phyllis
Thrasher will light the candles pre
ceding the ceremony. Miss Rose
Hoosier will be soloist and Mrs.
C. C. Dunham will accompany her
and play the traditional wedding
music.
Four aunts of the bride, Mrs. Al
ma Gilliam of Portland, Mrs. Char-
man Messenger. Lexington, and
t; Mrs. Claude Coats of Boardman,
will assist at the reception as well
as Mrs. Tom Wells, Mrs. Lee How-
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en, ivirs. iviene ivuuer, ivirs. wen-
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end of the spring term,
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-wit. unu ima. uwme am
son Kit, and Mrs. Sadie Sigsbee
drove to Portland Tuesday to spend
a few days transacting business.
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