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Contracts Handed
To Teaching Staff
Early This Week
Board Decides to
Put in Full Time
Music Teacher
Directors of school district No.
Heppner. wound un a spHps
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board meetings Monday evening by
tendering contracts to the entire
corps of teachers for another year.
The question of hiring has been
under consideration for some time
and was brought to a conclusion at
this time to give teachers an op
portunity to reject, if they so de
sire, in time to apply elsewhere.
It is probable that some of the
staff may look elsewhere for future
work and in one grade room it is
indicated there will be a change.
Mrs. Lena. Kelly expects to make
ner home in Grant county at con
clusion of the present school year,
she and her husband having bought
a ranch, in the John Day valley.
Otherwise, there has been no indi
cation that vacancies will occur ,but
that is always a contingency that
the board and the superintendent
have to prepare for.
Some changes in teaching set-up
have been arranged, one in partic
ular calling for a new grade teach
er. The board decided to install a
fulltime music teacher and has
Riven the job to Miss Rose Hoosier,
sixth grade teacher who has had
charge of grade school music here
several years. Miss Hoosier will
supervise and instruct both grade
and high school, reviving a course
that was in vogue for many years
starting about 1902.
Plans are underway to improve
the tennis courts and other recrea-'
tional facilities. It is the hope -of
school authorities that the courts
can be resurfaced when the road
crew is busy in this vicinity patch
ing highways. In their present con
dition they are hardly suitable for
competitive play with visiting
teams.
Cutsforth Bids in
Champion Hereford
Several Morrow county stock
men attended the Polled Hereford
sale in Walla Walla Monday and at
least one grand championl was
added to the list of fine cattle which
is becming a feature of the live
stock industry here. O. W. Cuts
forth, Lexington wheat and cattle
rancher, purchased the champion
bull at the sale but was outbid by
a woman from the Willamette val
ley on a heifer which caught his
eye. The local man was willing to
risk $1300 on the' bull but refused
to go over $800 on the heifer. .
Others from this county attending
the sale were Charles McElligott
and Harvey Smith of lone and Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Robinson of Hard
man. Mrs. Anna Bayless has returned
to her home in Heppner after
spending the winter at the ranch
home of her son Howard near Mon
ument. Mrs. Lillie Aiken, who has been
very ill for some time plans to go
to Portland Friday to be nearer her
daughters and sisters. She will be
accompanied by her son Paul who
has been spending a few days here
coming up from The Dalles. Mrs.
Aiken will be taken by ambulance.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bloom of
Albany drove to Heppner Thursday
and returned home Friday, taking
Mr. Bloom's mothur, Mrs. Ada
Bloom, for an indefinite visit. Mrs.
Bloom has been making her home
here with her sister and husband,
te E. R. Hustons.
Mrs. Lera Crawford, accompanied
by her son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Crawford, ar
rived in Heppner Wednesday af
ternoon from Berkeley and have
been making hurried visits with
relatives and friends. Hugh ha3
just been discharged from the
navy, the first and only of Mrs.
Crawford's sons to be discharged
so far, and he and his wife plan to
live in Eugene if a house or reason
able facsimile can be found, while
he finishes his college course. Mrs.
Lera Crawford has to be back at
her job in Berkeley Monday morn-
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, March
Spring Planting
Bodes Good Harvest
For Fishermen
Spring planting of trout has be
gun in this vicinity and the dis
ciples of Izaak Walton are beginnng
to polish up their fishing rods and
to untangle the tackle in anticipa
tion of their favorite sport when
the season opens next month.
A fish wagon from the Oak
Springs hatchery near Maupin was
in the first of the week and re
leased 12,000 legal size trout in the
waters of Willow and Rhea creeks
maybe some other streams our
informant didn t mention. At any
rate, there will be the start of a
good fishing season and while the
trout are quite uniform in size, no
doubt some of them will measure
up to the' tall tales that spring from
the earlier part of the season.
Boardman Typist
First in Contest
Maxine Ely of Boardman high
school took first place in the typ
ing group in which Marietta Had
dox of Irrigon high school took
second place.
The Heppnrr school had the field
in the second year entries. Duane
Gentry won tha honors in this class
from Beverly Yocum.
Figures on word count and oth
er scoring features were not re
ported to the press.
Better Community
Life P-TA Theme
"A Better Community Life" was
the theme of a round table discus
sion at the March meeting of the
Heppner P. T. A. Wednesday eve
ning. Led in discussion by Mrs. James
Valentine, a group consisting of
Mrs. Cyrene Barratt, Mrs. Stephen
Thompson, Roy Neill, and Jack O'
Connor analyzed the question of
what constitutes a better home.
The audience responded with en
thusiasm to an invitation to partici
pate. A suggestion by Mrs. Barratt
that a young people's own employ-
ment bureau be set up, operated by
and for young people, is to be fol -
lowed up as soon as possible
Jo Jean Dix entertained with sev
eral piano compositions..
The regular business meeting was
held and delegates were elected to
the state convention at La Grande
on April 30, May 1 and 2. Dele
gates chosen were Mrs. Conley
Lanham and Harold Becket.
A report on the community plays
showed the P.-T. A. to be about
richer thereby. This iund is
raised annually to be used for a
scholarship in teacher training.
Refreshments were served by
Mrs. Harold Becket, Mrs. Blaine
Isom and Mrs. Oral Wright.
THREE HEPPNER YOUTHS
ENLIST IN REGULAR ARMY
The Pendleton army recruiting
office announces enlistment in the
regular army ot three young men
from Heppner, Calvin Dale Cox,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F.
Cox, George Eldon Tucker, son of
Mrs. Mildred Tucker, and Lionel F.
Huston, son of Orlen Huston.
By reason of enlisting for three
years they were able to choose their
own branch of service and theater
of operations. All three have decid
ed to serve in the army air forces
and when basic training is com
pleted wll come home on a furlough
.before leaving for the European
theater of operations.
RANGER MEETING HELD
On Wednesday and Thursday,
March 6 and 7, a meeting of all
Umatilla National Forest rangers
was held in the office of the super
visor, Carl Ewing, at 'Pendleton for
the purpose of acting on applications
for grazing ' privleges on the forest
for the 1946 season.
During March these actions and
other grazing business will be dis
cussed at meeting of cattle associ
ations at Weston, Pendleton, Sum
merville Troy, Pilot Rock, Ukiah,
Heppner, Spray and the Hughes
ranch in Oregon and at Pomeroy
Dayton and Asotin in Washington.
During April meetings of sheep
permittees will be held at Walla
Walh Pendleton and Hepner when
similar discussions will be held.'
ing, so the visitors will be leaving
not later than Saturday.
Health Association
Selects Date for
Annual Meeting
Selection of a date for the annual
meeting of the Morrow County
Public Health association was an
nounced Monday evening by Mrs.
Claude Graham, president, at a
meeting of the group held in the
welfare office in the city building.
The meeting will be a dinner affair
and will be held March 26 at the
parish house of All Saints Episco
pal church with the ladies of the
church servng the dinner.
Invitations have been mailed out
to the active workers within the
organization to attend as guests.
All others interested in the work
and desiring to attend the dinner
meeting have a special invitation
to do so. The fee will be $1 per
plate.lt is expected that 100 plates
will be served.
Reports will be read, new officers
elected and above all, Mrs. Sadie
Orr Dunbar, executive secretary
and manager of the Oregon Tuber
culosis association, will be the
speaker.
Formation of a social hygiene
study class at the home of Mrs.
Tress McClintock Wednesday, Mar.
6, was reported at Monday's meet
ing. The class will start work Mar.
27. In this connection it was noted
that the health association has
placed several books on the subject
in the Heppner public library.
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WE MADE A MISTAKE ONCE
In our haste to get a 12-page pa
per made up last week we neglect
ed to take notes on some advertis
ing copy, consequently trusting to
memory, which to say the least, is
bad business. Result: The Heppner
Hardware and Electric company
was credted with havng a new type
home freezing unit in stock when
the said article had been delivered
to a customer. What should have
been said was that the local house
has been awarded the dealership
for the home freezing units and
that it is expected that a display
model will be here by the time the
company moves into the new build
ing. With about 400 other things on
! the editorial mind at the time we
' 'were a oit muddled and couldn't
concentrate on the advertisements
which came in late. All of which
gees to prove that if one wants a
thing done right he should do it
himself, or to be more specific, the
advertiser should prepare his own
copy and then if the fool printer
gets it wrong he (the advertiser)
will have grounds for damning him
(the printer) all over the place.
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Greenwood Funeral
Services at Union
Funeral services for Mary Irene
Greenwood, 37, who passed away
Friday afternoon in a Pendleton
hospital were held Wednesday in
the Catholic church at Union, with
interment in the Union opmptprv
Mrs. Greenwood's death followed a
j brief illness with which she was
stricken at Scritsmeiers' mill, where
the husband, Barney Greenwood.
is employed.
Surviving, besides the husband,
are three daughters, Sherrin, Irene
and Donna Jean, all of Heppner.
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Rev. and Mrs. Fletcher Forster
drove to Pendleton today to meet
their son Lewis, who has come to
stay after serving 41 months in the
navy. He received his discharge in
Minneapolis this week and headed
straight for home. He has just re
turned from Japan where he spent
the last three months of his navy
career.
Red Cross Fund Campaign
In Full Swing Over County
Results of the drive for Red Cross
funds were proving quite satis
factory to Chairman J. J. O'Connor
who, with Blaine E. Lorn, was cov
ering the business district in Hepp.
ner today. Owners and managers
are being contacted in their respec
tive places of business and up to
press time the response had been
quite generous. Returns from other
sources have not started to come
in, but O'Connor is hopeful that the
people will be prompted by a de
sire to carry on the Morrow county
tradition of never failing to support
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Ridgefield Editor
Writes "30" to 38
Years as Printer
E. G. Noble, Heppner's famous
saddlemaker for more than half a
century, is always on the alert for
news about former Heppner folks.
One day last week he brought to
the office a newspaper clipping tell
"Red" Hicks from the newspaper
ing about the retirement of J. R.
business at Ridgefield, Wash., where
he has been the owner and pub
lisher, as well as printer for the
past 22 years.
"Red", as he was familiarly known
to everyone hereabouts, began his
apprenticeship in the Heppner
Times office on April 6, 1908, work
ing for his father, the late A. J.
Hicks. Later when the Times and
Gazette were consolidated he work
ed for several months for Vawter
and Spencer Crawford, leaving in
May 1912 for Kalama, Wash., then
to Beaverton, Ore., where he aeain
assisted his fathr and later joined
him m the purchase of the Sumas
(Wash.) News. The partnership last
ed until April 1924 when "Red" and
his family moved to Ridgefield,
where he bought the Reflector. He
set up something of a record by tak
ing only" 11 days vacation in the 22
years he published the Reflector,
A note of sorrow clouded the oth
erwise happy retirement when on
Feb. 27 Ensign Frank D. Hicks, son
of Mr. Hicks, was killed in an air
plane crash at Elizabeth City, N. C.
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DeMolay Chapter
Masons' Objective
With a view to organizing a
chapter in Morrow county, several
bhriners and Masons attended a
meeting of the Freewater DeMolay
chapter Tuesday evening to get first
hand information relative to the
purposes and work of the order.
The visitors were highly pleased
with what they saw and heard and
returned home with the conviction
that no greater step could be taken
in the direction of solving local so
cial problems than the formation of
a DeMolay chapter here.
Attending the meeting were Dr.
L. D. Tibbies, Loyal Parker and
Blaine E. Isom of the Heppner Ma
sonic lodge and Rodney Wentworth,
George Ely, Ernest Lundell and
Herbert Ekstrom of the lone lodge.
Home Talent Plays
Delight Audience
Friday night was home talent
night in Heppner when three one
act plays were presented at the
school gymnasium in behalf of the
public health association and the
high school. A crowded house
i greeted the Clark Gables and Hedy
LaMars in what is being pronoun
ced some of the best amateur act
ing seen in these parts in modern
times. At least one tragedy was
enacted in comedy style which for
the nonce cost the Pacific Power &
Light company a iaithful employe.
'Tis said he acted the death scene
most naturally.
As a result of the evening's en
tertainment the three interested
groups were richer to the extent
of better than $60 each and the
funds will be used in scholarships
and other projects on their pro
grams of activity.
ROBERT BEARD PASSES
Robert Beard, old time resident
of Heppner, was found dead in bed
at the Ed Bucknum home this
morning. Particulars were lacking
but he evidently suffered a heart
attack. Funeral arrangements had
not been made up to a late hour
Thursday.
a worthy cause.
There is one thing the county
chairman would like to impress on
the people and that is to subscribe
early. It will help to complete the
drive on schedule if subscribers
will be prepared to meet the solici
tor at the door with a smile and a
substantial donation. Residents of
the outlying districts who find it
inconvenient to get to town or to
contact the district chairman will
be doing a real service by remitting
by mail.
Volume 62, Number 51
Heppner Given Bid
To Present Radio
Program May 9
Kiwanis Club of .
The Dalles Makes
Offer to C. of C
An opportunity to tell part of the
world about the greatness of Mor
row county has .been offered the
Heppner chamber of commerce by
the Kiwanis club of The Dalles. A
letter was read at Monday's meeting
inviting the chamber of commerce
to present a 4rogram at the Kiwan
ians' regular meting Thursday,
May 9, at The Dalles.
The invitation was accepted and
Pres. Frank W. Turner placed the
task of arranging a program in the
hands of Mrs. Lucy Rodgers, who
has submitted a tentative plan to
the local organization - and, to the
Kiwanis club.
The letter .stated that the program
time will be 40 minutes. The Hepp
ner delegation will be guests of the
Kiwanians at luncheon. The pro
gram will be broadcast over Sta
tion KODL.
Miss Grace Gadeken emergency
home demonstration agent, had
charge of Monday's program, which
was devoted to explanation of the
agent's work She introduced Mrs.
Norman Nelson who told of her
work as demonstration agent in
Yamhill county and treated on the
benefits derived from this type of
service to the households of the
county. Mrs. L. A.' McCabe of lone
told of the work done by the emer
gency agent and expressed the de
sire of the women of the county for
a full time agent. A pettion asking
for establishment of the office was
circulated and received approxi
mately a 100 percent sign-up.
Guests introduced were Dr. Ber
nard McMurdo and Ben Burnett of
Pendleton. Mr. Burnett was in town
in connection with an insulating job
at the First National Bank building.
J. J. O'Connor, Red Cross chair
man, announced the date for open
ing the annual fund campaign.
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Ladies1 Lounge in
Hotel Project of
New Management
Numerous improvments have
been going on at Hotel Heppner in
recent weeks, including a renovat
ing program, rearrangement of of
fice rental space and addition of
new furniture, and now comes word
from Manager H. A. Sanders that
work will start soon on converting
the small office room adjoining
Coxen's barbershop into a ladies
lounge. Furnishings for the lounge
are already on hand and when the
installation is complete there will
be at least one spot in town for the
convenience of the ladies that will
be convenient.
There will be an entrance from
the lobby in addition to the Main
street entrance. Furnishings will
include a chesterfield, comfortable
upholstered chairs, a handsome
parlor lamp, a writing desk and
other items to give the room a
homey atmosphere. The arrange
ment will provide strict privacy.
Carpeting and runner rriaterial
were recently acquired from the
Multnomah hotel in Portland to re
place the materials in use for many
years. Special carpet sewers are
here to do the replacement work.
Hallways and stairways are being
paintd white and as fast as equip
ment can be acquired the rooms
are being refurnished with new in
nersprings mattresses and other
furniture. Medicine cabinets are be
ing installed in the bathrooms.
It is th desire of the hotel to
make a restful, homelike place for
its patrons and improvements will
continue along that line.
ORGANIZING ADULT C. E.
An adult Christian Endeavor so
ciety will be organized Sunday
evening, March 17, n a special
meeting called for 6:30 o'clock. The
group which includes all adults,
will meet in the Cruaders room at
the Curch of Christ. Anyone in
terested is urged to be present, or
if unable to attend, please notify
Mrs. Frances Mitchell or C. W.
Barlow.
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