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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 16, 1946
Heppner Bows To
Arlington 10 to 3
On Honker Field
. Younger Team
Outhits, Out-runs
':: Legionnaire Men
r-It was youth' versus age " when
the baseball teas representing
"Heppner and Arlington met on the
Arlington field Sunday afternoon
and youth won, 10-3. If you must
know, the long score was register,
ed by Arlington.
Reference to age does not mean
that th Heppner aggregation is of
the long-whiskered type, fpr such
is'not the case. Most of them', how
ever, are above high school and
college age, players who were tops
aAfew years ago but who now are
slowed down somewhat -through
lack of training. Sore muscles are
a handicap in athletic contests and
the Heppner ball men are offering
no alibi in bringing this affliction
to pubic attention. J
Miller held down the mound for
six innings and did quite well for
himself in striking out 11 men.
There were htts made off of him,
too, but his record of 11 strikeouts
is in his favor. He was followed by
Harlan McCurdy who ' struck out
seven men in his three innings. Ar
lington got 10 hits to Heppner's five,
while Norris. of Arlington struck
out 10 men.
Ray Massey again proved to be
Heppner's mainstay at bat. He got
three of five hits made by his team.
Heppner will entertain Condon
here next Sunday afternoon, with
Doug Drake on the 'mound. Fossil
will entertain Wasco and lone will
host Arington.
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REA Preparing for
Special Election
A special election has been sche
duled by the district REA embrac
ing Morrow, Gilliam, Wheeler and
northern Grant counties for May
28 at which time five changes in
the by-laws of the organization
-will be submitted for approval by
the membership'
A change in the policy of the
Rural Electrification administration
makes it necessary to revise the
lay-laws before funds allotted by
the federal agency can be advanced
to the local unit. The Morrow-Gil
liam section is ready to go ahead
with line construction when funds
are available, according to Henry
Baker, president.
Baker stated that a new regula
tion requires the local units to ob
tain materials and contract with an
individual or firm to construct the
line.
A representative of the district
REA office in Portland will attend
the meeting on the 28th to advise
and assist with proceedings.
Achievement Days
Set for May 31 -June 1
Achievement day for Morrow
Hardman Regains
Postoffice After
Two-Year Lapse
Residents of Hardman and vicin
ity again are receiving their mail
of two or three years. Mrs. Huston
from a local post of fee after a lapse
Leslie has ibeen appointed Jpost
mistress.
Mrs. Elsa Leathers was postmis
tress at the time the office was dis
continued. Removal of numerous
families, from the- town and sur
rounding area" made it advisable to
close the office and place the com
munity on a star route basis with
address changed to Heppner. Dur
ing the past year there . has been
some revival of community life, due
in a' measure to" mill activities in
the mountaris, and the post office
department decided an office could
be operated if someone would take
the-job of running it. .
Large Concourse
Pays Respects to
Ralph Perry Leach
An overflow crowd of people
gathered, at the Christian church in
Lexington Saturday afternoon to
pay respect to the memory of
Ralph Perry Leach, a lifelong res
ident of that community. Mr. Leac1'.
passed away Thursday, May 9, death
being due to a heart attack and ce
rebral hemorrhage. Rev. Fletcher
Forster of Heppner delivered the
sermon and the I. O. O. F. lodge ot
Lexington conducted the graveside
service.
Mr. Leach was born at Lexing
ton Dec. 27, 1885 and was 60 years,
four months and 13 days of age at
the time of passing. At the age of
two years he was the victim of an
accident which handicapped him
through life but which did not in
terferewith his tendency to make
and keep friends. This characteris
tic was amply attested to in the
banks of flowers and other expres
sions of personal tributes as sor
rowing family and friends laid him
to rest.
Surviving are three brothers, N.
A. Leach and James Leach of Port
land and Dr. Mark A. Leach of
Pendleton and a sister, Althea Lar-
kin, of Pendleton.
Deceased has long been a mem
ber of Lexington lodge No. 168, I.
O. O. F.
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JOHN BAY FARRA
John Ray, infant son of Mr. and
NHxh. J . W. Farra, passed away Mon
day ;v jr a brief illness. ChaDel
;:. we-e conducted Wednes
day ;i:iiecn at the Phelps Funer
al Konie, wiiii Rev. Shelby Graves
officiating and Mrs. Robert Walker
presiding at the piano. The child
was born April 27, 1946 and was
the second son born to the Farras.
Several relatives from out of town!
were here for the funeral.,
Home Town Great
Place, Visitor To
The Dalles Learns
One member of the chamber of
commerce v. ho attended the Kiwa-
nis meeting in The Dalles Thurs-
Morrow County's
First Clerk Aids
Alaskan Natives
A card was received today from
H. L. Keyte,, the Gazette's first
printer carrying a bit of information j
about a pioneer Morrow county.
clay ot last weeK proiessea to Know i o- j-"--
little about his home town Until heof aSe is 5111 actlve- H is Cla'l
heard speakers representing . the' l'nce , Andrews Morrow county s.
chamber on the program at the! Ilrst clf k,' who left htIr e "ar?u?d 1
nort citv. After hearins the - talks ium of the century for Alaska.' ,
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he was convinced that he had made
no mistake in returning to his for
mer home here following several
years in the employ" of Uncle Sam
while quelling the little uprising in
the Pacific.
From the report by Francs Nic-
Says Mr. Keyte, Clarence An
drews, first clerk of Morrow county,'
Light Vote Looked
For in Friday's
Primary Election
Special Hospital
Measures Provide
Most Interest
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Volume 63, Number 8 c '
Prospects for a pood vote in the
and I have exchanged several let-j primary election Friday are none
ters the past few years He has j too bright,- if interest displayed Up
spent most of his life ' in Alaska to the moment is to be used as a
since leaving Heppner. The Ore- gunge' for ' judging. Lack of politi-gonian-referred
-to. him as "an au- I da!' -contests is credited with being
thoritv on Alaska" . He. now . lives ' the' reason for" the aDrrthetic attitude
kerson at Monday's luncheon, of the ,in. Eugene. Prints the- "Eskimo" I of the electorate and were it ' riot
chamber- of commerce and; discus-, occasionally trying to get. a square, for the'spcial hospita
sions of the trip by others . i,t ap- i deal fpr the Eskimos from the gov-
pears that both town and county 'ernment,- He is 84, I am 81."
were given bouquets of orchid fla
vor by Mayor J. O. Turner, Henry
Baker and Mrs. Edwin Dick Jr.,
while the Heppner -Women's Choral
club added new laurels to the long
list of successes the ' group has
achieved since its organization three
years ago.
In addition to the luncheon and
program, The Dalles . yacht club
took the visitors for a boat ride
on the river.
P. W. Mahoney made an appeal
for a good . vote at the primary
election, urging a "yes" vote on
both measures relating to the hos
pital.
Rev. Fletcher Forster suggested
that a contest be promoted in the
high school to get the students' op
inion on what the recreation hall
proipram should be. Inasmuch as
the end of the school year is so
near at hand it was decided to de
fer this until fall.
Cancer Fund More
Than Doubled Here
Contributions are still coming in
for the cancer fund and B. C.
Pinckney, Morrow county chair
man, reported this morning that
the net collection to date is $634.46.
The quota was $263 and Pinckney
feels quite satisfied with results.
Having reached the quota dur
ing the period specified for raising
the money, it was decided to carry
on until the fund was at least doub
led and ;t was then than the act
ive campaign started. Letters were
sent out over the county and the
response was most generous. Al
though there will be no further
active effort to secure funds, con
tributions will be received at any
time.
Teacher Situation
Slightly Improved
Teacher hiring has eased a little,
according to Supt. George Corwin
who with Mrs. Corwin paid a visit
to Oregon State college the past
week-end in quest of a home eco
nomics instructor. There is . nothing
to cause superintendents to rejoice,
he states, but there are a few
teachers available in the special
branches this year whereas a year
ago there were none so iar as the
smaller schools were concerned.
Corwin had his pick of three
eligibles. The : first one interview
ed at first said yes and then she
said no. The second agreed to come
under certain conditions. One was
that housing be provided for her,
the second that the community
have eligible men. Corwin agreed
to see about the housing but de
murred when it came to acting as
f 1 1 y-ii A lvi if na mi ft f rvi it in a ctrnA
word for some tall dark and hand
some if the situation becomes
tense again.
ROBERT FRANKLIN TEMPLETON
Services were held at 2 o'clock
p. m. today for Robert Franklin
Templeton, 32, who passed away
Tuesday at The Dalles. Rev. Flet
cher Forster officiated and arrange
ments were in charge of the Phelps
Funera Home. Mr. Templeton was
employed for a number of years on
the Stephen Thompson ranch. He
county 4-H clubs has been schedul-1 is survived by a wife and child and
ed to open May 31 and run through
June 1 when home economic and
ited and demonstrated. The meet
ings and exhibits will be held at
and health projects will be exhib
the parish house of All Saints
Episcopal church in Heppner.
Exhibits will be entered and
placed by noon on Friday, May 31
and judging will be done the after
noon of the same day by Miss Jen
nie Marie Warren, Umatilla coun
ty home demonslr:Uon agent.
Demonstration and judging con
tests will take place Saturday
morning and the annual achieve
ment program will start at 2 o'clock
Saturday afternoon at the parish
house,
An invitation has been extended
to the public to attend the exhibits,
aunt, Mrs. Ada Cason, of Heppner.
numerous relatives at Spray and an
SEEKING RESIDENCE
Delbert Dean was in Heppner
from Condon Wednesday looking
for a residence for himself and
family. Dean has succeeded Dave
Phelan as engine wiper at the lo
cal depot, Phelan having reached
the age of retirement. Dean will
serve both Condon and Heppner
but since four days of the week,
including Sunday, are spent here
he has decided to live here.
Frank Monahan is reported not
doing so well at Pendleton follow
ing a surgical operation there last
week. Complications have set in
which make his condition serious.
Degree of Honor
Holds Inspection
Lodge inspection was the first
order of business at the Degree of
Honor Protective association Tues
day evening, when officers of the
state organization visited here. Se
cond in line of business was the
initiation of 11 candidates, and this
was followed by entertainment and
the servng of refreshments.
Here for the inspection were Mrs.
Ethel Lindholm of Portland, state
director; Mrs. Minnie Card, state
organizer, also of Portland, and
Mrs. Violet Hyde of Albany, state
president.
Guests and lodge officers were
presented with corsages.
SQUARE NAILS USED
WHEN COX HOUSE BUILT
Typical of the period in which it
was built, the'F. D. Cox house on
upper Hinton creek was put to
gether with square nails. This was
discovered by C. L. Look and A.
A. Scouten, recent purchasers of
the property, when they set about
to remodel the residence. Square
nails were quite commonly used 50
or more years ego and many older
buildings of this section are held
together by that type.
Look and Scouten are renovating
the house before moving in.
Convocation Draws
Episcopalians to
Pendleton Friday
Episcopalians from over the eas
tern Oregon missionary district ga
thered in Pendleton over the week
end for the annual convocation, the
Church of the Redeemer being
host church. Rev. Eric O. Roba
than, who has had charge of the
bishop's office since Bishop W. P.
Remington left, was in charge, and
Bishop Frank Rhea of the mission
ary district of Idaho presided.
The annual banquet Saturday
evening was a feature of the meet
ing, at which Bishop Rhea and Mrs.
Edward Colcock of Seattle,, presi
dent of the women's work for the
Province of the Pacific, were the
principal speakers. Judge Calvin L.
Sweek was master of ceremonies.
Music numbers were provided by
the Misss Roy of Pendleton, one a
violinist and the other vocal, Miss
Jean Roesch of Pendleton and Rev.
H. Gordon Neal, pastor of St. James
church of Milton. The banquet was
held m the dining room of the Me
thodist church.
The Episcopal Churchwomen's
Service league held their annual
pcial hospital measures ' it
is likely that a comparatively small
percentage of the voters would go
to the polls. ' '.
This estimate is based on. the put
ward show . of interest and it is
hoped that the, voters are thinking
rather than talking and that they
will act the part of good citizens by
marking and casting their ballots.
Important offices such as gover-.
nor and representative in congress
are to be filled. Of these, Governor
Earl Snell is opposed by Henry
Black of Portland. Black, in his'
previous attempts to gain public of
fice, has not registered much out
side of Multnomah county, but the
governor will appreciate general
approval of his first term and guage
his chances for reelection on the
vote he receives in the primary
election. Congressman Lowell Stock
man has no opponent on the ballot
but will likely be opposed by Lam
ar Townsend at the general election.
Candidates for county offices are
without opposition.
Chief interest in the county sit
uation is the special election on the
hospital. The voters are advised to
vote "yes" on both measures to
give the court authority to levy an
eight mill tax to provide funds for
immediate construction and equip
ping. It requires a "yes" vote to
approve the eight-mill levy and the
same vote to discontinue the origi
nal two-mill levy.
Voters in North Heppner precinet
are advised that the polling place
will be in the Case building. The
room occupid by the Red Cross as
a sewing room has been obtained.
Other precincts will use the same
poling places as heretofore, accord
ing to Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman.
MRS. BERGSTROM PASSES
Death came at 9:45 a. m. today
to Mrs. Carolyn Bergstrom, 79, pi
oneer resident of Eight Mile section.
She had been seriously ill for sev
eral weeks. At time of going to
press, funeral arrangements had not
been made.
Arlington Members
Hosts to Shriners
Morrow County Shrine club and
auxiliary held their regular meet
ings last Saturday evening in Arl
ington at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
David Lemon. Following the busi
ness meetings cards and Chinese
checkers were played. High score
meeting Saturday at which time went to Noel Dobyns in bridge,
Mrs. O. G. Crawford was elevated
to the presidency of the organiza. i
tion. She succeeds Mrs. Mabel
Hughes of Milton who served in
that capacity the p.'ist three years.
A laymen's meeting was held
Saturday afternoon presided over
by Joe Bc'lar.gcr.
At Sunday morning's service, H.
Gordon Neal received his ordina
tion as a priest and communion was
served to the representatives of St.
James and All Saints churches.
The lunch which followed the ser
vice was provided by the Miton and
Heppner- congregations.
Bishop Rhea confirmed a class in
the evening, which was made up
of communicants from Pendleton,
Milton and Heppner churches.
Mrs. Harley Anderson in pinochle
and Mrs. E. Markham Baker in
checkers.
Hosts and hostesses were Mr. and
Mrs. Lemon, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Hoag, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Wea
thcrford and Mr. and Mrs. Oden
Hawes.
The Shrine club is sponsoring a
dance the first of June at the pa
vilion and the auxiliary will run the
hot dog stand. All proceeds will go
to the Shrine hospital for crippled
children in Portland.
WEEK-END GUESTS
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McLaughlin
of Vancouver Wash, were week
end guests at the J. L. Hamlin
home. Mr. McLaughlin recently re
turned from overseas.
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