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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 2, 1946
Volume 63, Number 6J
Spring Concert to
Be School Offering
Friday Evening
Grades and High
School Unite for
Musical Event
Attention of the community will
be focused on the high school gym
nasium-auditorium Friday evening
for. announcement is made that that
is the date chosen for the annual
spring concert by the music de
partment of the Heppner schools.
'The concert opens at 8 o'clock and
will include the following numbers:
Coast Guard's March Davis; Po-j
lish Folk Song; Now the Day Is
Over Barnby, Senior Band. 4
At Pierrot's Door French Folk
song; It's Me O Lord Negro spir
itual; Irish Lullaby taditional,
Fifth and Sixth grade chorus.
Waltz, Summer Days Van Deu
sen; In a Boat, Van Deusen; Twin
kle, Twinkle Little Star Mozart,
Beginners' Band.
Isalei Fiji Island folk song; In
Sherwood Forest Rogers; Here
Comes the Flag Noble Cain, Sev
enth and Eighth Grade chorus.
The Rosary trumpet duet by Jo
Anne Graves and Jimmy 6rwick.
I Passed By Your Window
Brake; Come to the Fair Martin;
Tavern in the Town traditional,
High School Girls Chorus.
Panis Angelicus Frank: Ave
Maria Mascagni, Choristers.
Marilyn Waltz Delamater; Pray
er from Hansel and Gretel Hum
perdinck; Ye Watchers and Ye Ho
ly Ones traditional; Ambassador
March Davis, Senior Band.
Rose Hoosier and Everett Smith
are the directors and Miss HoOsier
and Joan Corwin are the piano accompanists.
REQUEST TO ADVERTISERS
AND CORRESPONDENTS
Due to the press of events next
week in which members of the
Gazette Times staff will be in
volved, advertisers and corre
spondents are asked to prepare'
and send or bring in copy early.
It will be impossible to accept
news copy later than Wednesday
morning's mail or by 10 a. m.
Wednesday, and advertising' copy
mist be in the hands of the prin
ter by Tuesday noon.
Co-operation in this matter
will be greatly appreciated and
will facilitate publication of the
newspaper.
Recreation Building
Figures Submitted
To Luncheon Group
Figures on materials and labor
necessary to put the swim tank
building in condition to be used
as a rpnreiainn hall nry phmUJ
lone Takes Opener
In League Play By
Score of 11 to 10
Condon and Fossil
Winners in West
End of District
Baseball was once again "king
for a day" at lone Sunday after
noon as Heppner's American Le
gion sponsored team met the lone
Townies in their official Opening
game of the season in the newly
revived Wheat League, now term
ed the Wheat and Timber League.
The lone Townies eked out an
11 to 10 victory in a wild and
woolly game that went 10 innings
'before a slashing double to right
APRIL SHOWERS NOT SO !
GOOD FOR MAY FLOWERS j
With the precipitation mark at
point 71, there is little comfort in
the old saying that "April showers
bring May .flowers." Not that the
weather man didn't have to come
through at almost the last minute.
Had it not been for the 23 rain the
first of the week the May flower
situation would be extremely bad.
As it is, there is some prospect for
both flowers and grain, although
extent of the improvement is not
apparent at the present time.
There may be some consolation
in the fact that in March a total
of 2.05 inches fell here but this
has been discounted somewhat by
the shortage of rain in April.
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with two runners on base
broke up the ball game.
Heppner's Legionnaires got off to
an early three run lead on Dub
: Aiken's triple in the first inning
with the bases loaded. The score
remained 3 to 0 until the last of
cheon group Monday noon by Rev.
Fletcher Forster, project chairman.
Materials estimates amounted to
between $800 and $1,000, and labor
approximately $800.
backing the project in the amount
of nnt rn pypoarl 41 (inn nrA Vl'cs
The city has gone 'on record ithe sixth inninS when an Tone rally
leaves it up to the project com- j netted four runs. Two more tallies
mittee to devise ways and means i in the seventh inning again put
of raising the balance of the Heppner ahead, but lone came back
amount. with one run in their half to even
Mrs. Cyrene Barratt stated that 1 the score. In the eighth inning the
the Wooigrowers auxiliary is be- Heppner boys added four more
hind the project and that an ef-, runs while hoiding lone scoreless
lZ !fi,IeLTdf t0 11 e S,eV"ito lead 9 to 5 going Mto the ninth
ed up in its support. With a united cant- Heppner went down quickly
etiort she believes it will be pos- m IUI1U1' out Auue' cUUl-u "y
sible to complete the hall and soon!loose Welding on the part of the
be able to employ a trained suDer-! Legionnaires, scored four runs to
Permits Required For
Fires in Forest Areas
As of today, May 2, it will be
necessary to obtain permits for
slash and other fires in the forest
ed areas. This action has been tak
en by Governor Earl Snell as a
protective measure due to increas
ing fire danger throughout the
state. Permits will be issued by
either the U. S. forest service or
the state fire wardens.
It is the desire of the forest and
state officials to forestall fire losses
in the timber and grazing areas and
cooperation with them on the part
of forest users is essential if seri
ous losses are to be averted.
visor of recreational work.
B. C. Pinckney stated that the
cancer fund . quota , had been met
and that now the committee would
organize and get down to the bus
iness of swelling the fund to twice
the amount asked.
P. W. Mahoney spoke on the
hospital measures to be voted up
on at the primary election, May 17.
The chamber of commerce will
sponsor one scholarship at the 4-H
club summer school to be held at
Oregon State college.
At a meeting of the directors
Wednesday night it was voted to
reduce the dues of members at
large from out of town. It also was
decided that the chamber will no
longer pay for meals eaten by
guests unless said guests have been
asked to participate in the pro
gram.
The Chamber went on record fa
voring completion of the sidewalks
on Main street and a delegation
will wait upon the city council to
urge that this work be done. It
pertains to extending the walks out
to the curbs,
knot up the game, 9 to 9
Tired, but still determined ' to
win, Heppner scored again in the
10th, but lone, not to be denied,
came to bat, loaded the bases,
scored once to tie the score, and
then came the game-winning dou
ble. Jack Miller started on the mound
for Heppner, holding lone to two
hits in three innings .before retiring
to prevent injury to his arm. Har
lan McCurdy Jr. pitched good ball
for the remainder of the game.
Lack of practice tolled heavily on
Heppner's playing, as their game
was spotty, and hitting and fielding
ragged.
Sunday afternoon the Legion
naires meet Wasco at the Rodeo
field in the first home game of the
season.
Heavy Fine Handed
Traffic Violator
A fine of $200 and costs was as
sessed against Lester H. Warfield
in Justice J. O. Hager's court Tues
day afternoon when Warfield was
found guilty on a charge of driv
ing a motor vehicle while under
the influence of intoxicating li
quor. Warfield paid the fine 'and
costs Wednesday morning and was
released from the custody of Sher
iff C. J. D. Bauman.
The charge was 'filed against
Warfield after he - sidcswiped the
Heppner Laundry delivery car of
Heppner about two weeks ago.
Warfield pled not guilty to the
charge and called for a jury trial.
The justice gave him a 60-day jail
sentence and the fine Ut later sus
pended the sentence pending pay
ment of the fine and costs, which
Warfield hastened to do.
Young Scheduled as
Farm Bureau Speaker
F. H. Young, manager of the
Oregon Tax and Research, has been
scheduled by the Morrow County
Farm Bureau as the speaker at the
bureau's May meeting to be held
at lone Monday the 6th. Mr. Young
has not announced his topic but it
is safe to state that it will have to
do with current tax matters.
Reports on matters receiving the
attention of the bureau will be
made and other items discussed.
The evening will wind up with the
usual serving of refreshments,
states Oscar Peterson, secretary.
FROST ON RIVER
Frosts at Boardman have spoiled
chances for apricot and peach
crops, in the opinion of J. O. Agee
who was in the county seal Tues
day on business. The visitor also
stated that rain has been conspic-
uous in its absence from that sec
tion this spring. Mr. Agee came to
Morrow county in 1900 and home-
steaded piece of land north of
lone whk'i he farmed for many
years, later moving to Boardman to
engage in diversified farming.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Howell drove
to The Dalles Tuesday where Mr.
Howell entered the hospital for ob
servation for a few days. It is not
known at this time if an operation
is imminent Or not.
Guests at the William Earratt
home over the week-end were Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Ferguson, par
ents of Mrs. Barratt. The Fergusons
reside at Oswego.
MANY BOOKS GIVEN TO
HEPPNER LIBRARY
Heppner Hotel has made a con
tribution to the library recently of
close to a hundred books in a wide
variety of subjects. Some fiction,
history,, economics, poetry, mystery,
literature mathematics, art,, are
all represented in the collection and
the gift is greatly appreciated by
the library association.
OPEN NEW WELDNG SHOP
Harry Lindbloom and Bob Wag
ner have formed a partnership and
opened a welding and repair shop
in the south end of Heppner. The
plant is located at the edge of
town on the Willow creek road.
Lindbloom had five years of weld
ing in the navy, four of those
years being spent in teaching.
Wagner who hails from lone, is an
expert mechanic and the combina
tion is such as to offer good ser
vice to the public. The place is
called the Willow Creek Welding
Shop.
Early Building of
Of Voters May 17
Hospital in Hands
"Yes" Vote on Two
Measures Required
For Early Funding
Early construction of the Mor
row county hospital will be pos
sible if the voters turn out May 17
and mark their ballots properly, for
the couhty court has provided a
special election to pay the full
levy authorized two years ago in
two payments rather than five.
One assessment has been paid and
the levy set aside in the sum of
more, than $20,000. The first meas
ure on the special ballot provides
for payment of an eight mill tax to
complete the hospital fund, set at
approximately $100,000.
Voters are urged to inform them
selves regarding the special ballot
and be prepared to vote "Yes" on
the two measures submitted one
providing for payment of the eight
mill levy and the other annulling
the original two-mill levy.
When the voters give their ap
proval to the 8-mill levy, funds
will become available at the be
ginning of the fiscal year, July 1,
with which to start building opera
tions, t'le officials point out.
T'le special election is in re
sponse to an urgent demand that
something be done to raise the
fulnds and start construction of the
hospital at the earliest possible
date. It is the only workable me
thod the court and hospital com
mittee could devise to hurry the
proposition and it is now left with
the voters to decide the issue.
Aside from the special election
there is little interest in the pri
mary. This apathy may be dis
the campaign, but from present in
turbed a bit in the final days of
dications the hospital is the only
thing to create interest in this
county. Nominations for county and
district offices are being taken for
granted a condition not always
boding too well for the candidates
even if competition is lacking.
FORMER HEPPNER MAN
SAYS OREGON IUS CHOICE
Here to attend the funeral of
Mrs. Ellen Bennett last week were
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Neel and baby
daujghter of Salem. Mr. Neel, for
merly of Heppner and up until the
war a resident of Wyoming, served
with the Marines and returned to
civilian life a few months ago.
Having seen a generous slice of
the world he made up his mind
there was only one spot that really
looked good to him and that was
Oregon. So the Neel family left
Wyoming ior the Willamette valley,
buying a home at Salem and going
in for filberts.
"This is the last great frontier
and the migration to Oregon has
only started," he stated.
PRESS TROUBLE DELAYS
PUBLICATION OF PAPER
A minor irregularity sometimes
grows into a heap of trouble,
and that's what happened in the
G-T office Thursday evening. A
set screw worked loose permitting
a metal strip to scape the type
surface and this necessitated re
setting and re-casting type mat
ter for news and ads. Consequent
ly, the G-T comes to you late, a
condition that calls for an apolo
gy bujt one that seemingly the
publishers could not control.
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Jsgv WjglS ON THE RIGHT END OF
UNDERGOES OPERATION
Mrs! L. E. Bisbee submitted to a
major surgical operation at the
Good Samaritan hospital in Port
land Monday morning, fom which
she is recovering satisfactorily. She
will be in the hospital a couple of
weeks and will then be removed to
her daughter Catherine's home in
Oregon City. Mr. Biribcs, who ac
companied his wife to the city, re-
i turned home Wednesday.
IIEE FOR SUMMER
Mr. and Mrs. Hcny Aiken Jr.
have retunod to Heppner to spend
the summer, "Dub" expects to en
ter Oregon State college in the fall
to resume his studies which were
so rudely interrupted by the war.
GAZETTE TIMES OFFICF. -TO
CLOSE SATURDAY P. M.
Begin! ng May 4, the Gazette
Times office will close Saturday
afternoon and will operate on the
following schedule: Monday thru
Friday, 8 a. m. to noon; 1 p. m.
to 5 p. m. Saturday 8 a. m. to
noon.
This places the shop on a 44
hour week basis and will not in
convenience patrons of the news
paper and printery.
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