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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (May 23, 1946)
i o i o r x cz o o o -r) ij to - o . iZ .-: r Minneapolis Firm Enters Business Field in County Garland Swanson Sells Extensive Interests at lone One of the biggest business deals in recent months was consummated here Wednesday .when the Archer Daniels Midland company of Min neapolis bought the Garland Swan son grain interests at lone. The deal for the property was engineer ed by W. H. Collins, Portland re presentative of the firm, who came to the county to negotiate with Mr. Swanson. According to a statement by Swanson, the property will be taken over by the purchaser this week, releasing him to look after liis extensive farm interests. Swanson built the first elevator in .1943, a 75,000-bushel capacity unit In 1945 he increased the capacity of the plant by 110,000 bushels with the construction of an annex, giv ing lone ample storage facilities in good or poor seasons. Warehouse property owned by Swanson is also included in the sale. Development of the business to a point where it was taking all of his time was a factor in causing Swanson to decide to sell. He is primariy interested in raising grain and will devote his time to devel opment of his wheat land. Henry Collins, manager of the Archer-Daniels Midland company branch in Portland, 1s thoroughly familiar with the grain business in this area and is known to most of the wheatraisers. Entrance of his company in business here gives the county three large grain . concerns, the others being the Morrow County Grain Growers, Inc., and the Interior Warehouse company. o Teaching Staff of Heppner Schools About Signed Up The teacher situation in the Hepp ner schools is improving, according to Supt. George A. Corwin, who an nounces the signing of contracts by a home economics teacher and three grade teachers. Miss Margaret Hughlett of Salem, graduate of Ore gon State college, will succeed Mrs. Ellis Carlson who has been in charge of that department in the local school the past two years. Miss Hughlett took two years at Willam ette university and completed her . course at Ihe state college. Miss Mae Kirpatrick, with two years teaching experience at Free water, has been obtained to teach the sixth grade. Mrs. Sam McMil land of Lexington has been engaged to teach the seventh grade, and Mrs. Douglas Ogleetree has been added to the primary staff. At the pres ent time the teaching staff is com plete. Premium List Out for Achievement Days The premium list for the 4-H club achievement days program has been prepared and mailed to leaders and clubbers throughout the county in preparation for the event which will be held May 31 June 1 at the Episcopal parish house in Heppner. Eight events are listed including health, cooking, clothing, style re view, demonstrations, record book contest, judging and secretary's books. There are several divisions to each class with 'awards running from $2 down to 50 cents. The re cord book kept by each clubber is part of each exhibit and accounts for 25 percent of the score. There will be entertainment fea tures in connection with the achieve ment program and the public has been urgently invited to attend both days Heppner, Constructon Man Coming Soon to ' Start REA Lines Construction of the Morrow Gil liam unit of the Columbia Basin electric cooperative is scheduled to begin shortly, according to an an nouncement made early in the week by Henry Baker, president of the local concern. The CBB has en gaged the services of Robert Wel- ty, construction engineer, of The Dalles, who wil be here in a few days to take over complete super vision of the project Welty was recommended to the local officials by the division office of the REA and they feel fortunate in securing his services. He recently completed construction of the southern Wasco county line. A meeting will be held soon to de termine location of fc?ower sub stations and the point where the local unit will tap the Bonneville' power line. Baker also stated that the "A" part of the project has been allocated a $510,000 fund and that the CBE has been assured up to $4,000,000 for future extensions. The local office is without a man ager since the resignation of A. A. Scouten and at present is in charge of the stenographer, Patricia Kenny. r 1 J$ if l ' c J- mtP Mf7 . t; ' jt)- fffl &X vjnts-v &w&t xi fir ' "- y mskJku (miMwiM &m Bit LA- .fakwMMm&th ' 'Jj jn. LncK .. ' tite "HUr ' let HcJ(oirt$ . . v" - . jj 4 1 & .G'r I - -1 ' , " .-f ' . , ,- ' , . ' I J '' - , ' 1 ' ' ' . ' " ( ' ! 1. ' - " - ' if v : " J', . ' ' i.''.' . '' , Oregon, Thursday, May Hospital Measure Carries By More Than Four to One Only Two Precincts Vote Unfavorably On Special Ballot Morrow Conty taxpayers by their special eiecuon neia on ...X- i il 1 1 I i tt rriaay approved ine nospnai meas ures submitted by the County court in no uncertain terms. Out of .WT votes cast, 457 were for and 108 against the proposal to levy an eight-mill tax to construct the build ing, while 411 voted to rescind the two-mill tax passed in 1944 and 101 voted to retain it. Seven precincts voted heavily in favor of the measures as submit ted and two registered opposition. These were Boardman and Pine City, the former casting twelve votes for and 27 against, and the latter seven for and nine against. Taken by precincts the vote was as follows: Boardman, 12 for, 27 against; Eightmile, 22 for, 6 against; Hardman 17 for, 2 against; lone 100 for 19 against; Irrigon 14 for, 11 a gainst; Lexington 65 for, 13 against; Pine City 7 for, 9 against; and Continued on page nine 23, 1946 New County Agent uue to arrive in Heppner June 3 Definite announcement of the ar rival of Morrow county's nw ag ricultural agent was made Wednes day by Charles W. Smith, exten sion director, who spent a few days at the local office helping to get things in shape to receive him. The agent's name is Nelson C. Anderson and he hails from Bowman, N. D., where he served as county agent for several years. He has a wife and three children. Latck of housing facilities prevent ed Anderson from taking over at the time Arnold Ebert left, u..t Smith succeeded in finding living quarters and the Andersons are scheduled to arrive Jme 3. They will occupy the house on the form er Walt Rood place in Cark's can yon for three months. In the mean time the Wightman brothers will finish alterations on the Clark house north of Heppner which the Ander sons will occupy permanently. Anderson is a graduate of the North Dakota agricultural college and as a county agent has served a period in a dry land area similar to this region. $mm VaCatlOR H .. ... Near at hand tor County's Schools Closing Exercises Due at Lexington, lone and Heppner Summer vacation is at hand for the schools of tht county with high school and eighth grade graduat ing exercises scheduled at lone and Heppner this week-end and clos ing exercises at Lexington Wed nesday evening, May 29. School will not be officially closed in Heppner until Tuesday due to a two-day mak-up pledged by the teachers wnen tney attended tne recent con vention of the Oregon State Teach ers association. Commencement exercises will be held at lone this evening when the following members of the class of 1946 will receive their diplomas Matthew Patrick Doherty, Winifred Albertine Zinter, Mildred Carolyn Carlson, Thomas Joseph Doherty, Harold LaVern Snider, Gwendolyn Mae Gaarsland Coleman, Gene Rietmann, Joyce Ann Salter, Merry Aloha Painter, Robert Bruce Cro well, Shirley Janice Smouse and Stuert Benson Aldrich. Mrs. Lucy Rodgers will talk to the eighth grade graduates and Mrs. William Lud wig will present the diplomas. Dr. Joseph W. Ellison of Oregon State college will deliver the high school commencement address; Supt B. C. Forsythe will present the cass and Oscar E. Peterson, board chairman, will present the diplomas. Aloha Painter is salutatorian and Shirley Smouse is valedictorian. Commencement exercises at Hep pner high school will be held Fri day evening in the gymnasium, with presentation of diplomas to the fol lowing graduates: Carolyn Elizabeth Bergstrom, Kathryn Ann Burns, Delmer R. Buschke, Francis F. Con nor, Beverly Jean Forster. Justin L. ' Grant, Betty Jean Lovzren. Jim E. Lynch, Lee T. McRoberts, Colleen Ann Miller, John Archie Padberg Jr., Noel Orville Rill, Lavina Jane Sundquist Robert G. VanSchoiack, and Melverna Grace Whited as members of the class of 1946. In addition, diplomas will be award ed a group of ex-service men who completed the General Educational Cntinued on page nine Teen Agers Not Being Called Up for Service Attention is called by Judge Bert Johnson to the new classifica tion of men eligible for military duty. Men between the ages of 26 and 29 inclusive will be called provided they are not fathers. It is essential that a man report his change of status if he has become a father since September 1942.. All men who are not fathers if within the ages of 26 and 29 years are now in 4-A and will be called up for physical examinations without reclassifica tion. Any man, regardless of age who has completed military service will not be considered for further call. No teen agers will be called up for physical examinations at the present time., VETERANS SPONSOR DANCE The Veterans of Foreign Wars are sponsoring a dance at the pa vilion Saturday night, May 25, The VFW is completing arrangements for the formation of an auxiliary and the ladies who are eligible for membership are urged to attend a meeting with the Veterans next Monday evening. Friday and Saturday are Poppy Days for both the Veterans of For eign Wars and the American Le gion. They will be on the streets with their little red flowers both days.
