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Volume 63, Number-10
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Rains of Past Week
Bring Smiles to
Faces of Farmers
Crop Situation in
County Shows Big
Improvement
Twas Fun While It
Lasted But Judge Got
The Last Laugh
Bountiful showers of rain quite
"well distributed over the grain and
grazing areas of the county the
past week have improved the crop
situation materially and shortened
farmers' faces pecceptilbly. They
were timely rains, for the rainless
days of April and the fore part of
May were taking their toll of stor
ed moisture and creating much
doubt about the yield.
Precipitation recorded for the
week in Heppner amounted to 1-70
inches. Part of this was the result!
of a heavy thunder shower that
seemed to be more or less local
ized, but other districts were visit
ed by lighter showers which
brought relief to the thirsty grain.
Leonard Carlson Gooseberry
weather observer, reports that from
Thursday to Monday 1.40 inches
fell in that area and that crops are
looking good.
SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
Scholarship awards made to gra
duates at the commencement exer
cises Friday evening included the
following: Valedictorian, Betty
Lovgren; salutatorian, Colleen Mil
ler; honor plaque for all round ci
tizenship and scholarship, Betty
Lovgren; activities, Colleen Miller;
Carolyn Bergstrom, citizenship, and
Robert Van Schoiack, student body
president. - .,
Ethel Thompson,
Veteran of World
War II, Passes
Death came to Ethel Thompson,
41, Saturday, May 25 at the Veter
ans hospital in Portland after an
illness of several months. The body
was brought to Heppner and ser
vices were held at 2 o'clock p. m.
Wednesday, May 29, from the
Phelps Funeral Home chapel, O.
Wendell Herbison officiating. In
terment was in the Heppner Ma
sonic cemetery.
Miss Thompson was born Octo
ber 1, 1905, in Heppner the dau
ghter of George W. and Annie T.
Thompson. She received her com
mon school education in the local
scnuois ana graduated irom a
nursing school in 1925. While work
ing as head nurse she entered the
army nursing corps three years ago
and spent two years in overseas
service where she attained the
ranK o captain. Jne year was
spent with the Persian Gulf com'
mand, theother in France and Ger
many. She was awarded the Euro
pean, African and Middle Eastern
service medal, the World War II
- Victory medal and the Asiatic-Pa
cific medal.
Surviving besides the parents
are three sisters, Mrs. Pearl Jack
son, Weiser, Ida. Mrs. Nellie Jack
son and Mrs. Lena. Queen, Milton
and a brother, George Thompson,
of Pendleton.
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Mres. Agnes Curran is enjoying
a visit this week with her brother
in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs
Leo Grant of Santa Monica, Calif,
who are here for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Farrens, Mrs.
C. H. McDaniel and Mrs. Walter
Wright spent a week in southern
Oregon where they were delegates
from the Hardman I. O. O. F. and
Rebekah lodges to the state assem
bly at Medford. They returned
home the first of the week.
W. P. Luttrell of Hermiston was
a visitor in the county Tuesday,
calling on friends at Lexington and
Heppner.
Two young fellers, lacking any
thing else to amuse themselves,
gained entrance to the rear of the
Aiken building, overhead, that is
and wended their way to the front
end where for some little time they
amused themselves by tossing bits
of concrete on the heads of pass
ersby. Some of those on the re
ceiving end of the playful little
game complained to Henry Aiken
who in turn complained to the
authorities and said authorities
went out and rounded up Irving
Greener and Alex Ulrich and hal
ed them before Hisoner Judge Ha-
ger, who sometimes fails to see the
humor in such situations, and in
this particular instance showed his
appreciation of a good joke by
placing Greener under $100 bail to
appear at a later date to plead
his case; and Ulrich was permitted
to go to work to raise $30 and
costs to clear his slate with the
law-
Two young men, James A. and
Walter Clark of Adams, are being
held at the county jail in lieu of
$500 bonds each on a charge of
robbery by force and violence not
armed with a dangerous weapon.
Some time since the Clarks were
hired by James Doherty at Pen
dleton to bring him to Heppner for
a consideration of $15. The boys
state that when the summit of the
Franklin grade was reached Do-
nerty deemed ne would not pay
them and they proceeded to beat
him up and collect on their own
account, driving off and leaving
him. They were picked up later
and brought to Heppner for hear
ing and Judge Sweek, after hear
ing their plea of guilty, remanded
them to jail until he can return
at a later date to dispose of the
case.
Death Summons
Charles A. Minor,
Pioneer of County
Former Stockman
Expires Suddenly
At The Dalles
24 Cars of Sheep
Shipped on Special
Train Wednesday
Twenty-four carloads of Morrow!
county sheep started on their wayj
to market or distant range Wednes- j
day when a special train left the i
Heppner yards for points east. Ten'
were tilled with the .Hugh!
Business Changes
Feature Activity
Along Main Street
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Stage All Set For
Achievement Day
The stage is all set and waiting
for the curtain to rise at 8 o'clock
Friday morning on the annual 4-JJ
club achievement day. Programs
have been distributed to leaders
and club members and the public
has been invited to attend.
Club leaders will set up the ex
hibits at 8 a. m. and at 2 p. m.
Miss Jennie Marie Warren, home
demonstration agent in Umatilla
county will do the judging. Satur
day will be the real day for the
club children and a feature of the
if n .
oays program win be a picnic
lunch at the fair pavilion grounds,
followed by the achievement day
program.
The event is being held at the
parish house of All Saints Episco
pal church.
Services were held at 2 o'clock
p. m. Tuesday from the helps Fu
neral Home chapel for C. A. Mi
nor, 79, who passed away Sunday
at The Dalles. O. Wendell Herbi
son officiated and Mrs. C. C. Dun
ham presided at the piano and
sang. Interment was made in the
Heppner Masonic cemetery.
Mr- Minor's passing was sudden
and came without warning. It ap
pears he had taken his car to a
service station for some repairs
and while the workmen were busy
he went out for a paper. Return
ing he entered the car to read and
expired shortly.
Charles Arthur Minor was born
August 13, 1867 at Gervais, Ore.
His parents moved to this section
when it was new and were among
the older pioneers of the county.
As a young man he was engaged
in the mercantile business with his
father and brother Oscar and in
later years entered the stock bus
iness. He operated what was known
as tiie Hamilton ranch on upper
Rhea creek and combined this with
other holdings which made him an
extensive operator. Disposing of
the ranch and stock business to
the late R. A. Thompson, Mr. Min
or engaged in real estate and insur
ance business in Heppner and after
selling this to F. W. Turer moved
to Mt. Vernon where he again en
gaged in the mercantile business.
After operating this a few years he
retired and since had spent his
time in a leisurely manner, hunt
ing and fishing in season and visit
ing at the home of his children.
He greatly enjoyed the outdoor
life and for many years maintained
camp sites and equipment for
camping at favorite fishing and
hunting areas.
Survivors include one son, El
lis Minor of The Dalles, One daugh-
tert Mrs. Blanche Brady of John
Day, three sisters, Mrs- Frank
Roberts, Mrs- Will Potter and Mrs
Ada Irwin, all of Portland, five
grandchildren and one great grand
hild.
Deceased was a member of the
I. O. O. F. lodge at Heppner and
the Latter Day Saints church.
cars
Smith sheep, which were bought!
by A. S- Boyd of Baker and were
Bakery, Grocery,
Service Station
Figure in Deals
Business changes affecting at
shipped to that point- Harold Cohn least three places along Main
had 12 cars which were headed street 11 av e be e n announced this
farther east, as were two cars week and ne other Pkce is being
shipped by Jimmie Farley. offered for sale.
Shipments are light from Hepp- First change reported was the
ner and the branch these days sale of Heppner Bakery by
since numerous floqkmasters are'iMr- and Mrs- G- A- Sanders. The
retiring from the business- A coun- Pwcnasers are C. hi. Aalberg and
ty that once boasted of around i"; mren 01 Portland, who are
250,000 head of sheep now has ap-1 alrady on the job and will take
proximately one-fifth that number j over comPlet operation June 1.
and it is rumored that even more iNext came announcement by Mr
sheep men contemplate quitting the and Mrs' E- R- Huston that they
business due to the labor situa- W1U c'ose out meir grcery busi-
HERjBISON FAMILY LEAVING
FOR INDIANA WEDNESDAY
O- Wendell Herbison, who has
been pastor of the Heppner Church
of Christ the past three years, will
depart with his family Wednesday
for New Lisbon, Ind. where he has
taken a pastorate while attending
a Bible university in Indianapolis
Churches of the town have been
invited to join with the Church of
Christ in a pot luck dinner in the
church basement following regular
services Sunday morning as a fare
well to the Herbisons.
Mrs. Marvin Wightman returned
home Sunday after an absence of
several months recuperating from
the effects of an operation last
fall. She has been at the home of
a sister in Brookings.
Mrs- Harlan McCurdy Jij. and
small daughter left for Minneapolii
where she will visit several weeks
She accompanied her mother and
sister who had been guests at the
McCurdy home here.
tion. Those remaining in business
are cutting their flocks down to a
family operation basis and it is
possible that in future years spec
ial sheep trains out of here in the
spring will be rare.
Farmers Approve
REA Measure in
Tuesday Meeting
Standing room was at a premi
um Tuesday when farmers of the
district gathered at the court house
in Heppner to attend the special
meeting called for the purpose of
approving or disapproving changes
the by laws of the Columbia
Two Men Injured
When Car Upsets
Elwayne Peck of Lexington and
a companion, a young man from
Condon working with a road con
struction crew in the county, were
seriously injured Sunday night
when their car upset On the cut
off highway north of Echo. Peck
received a fractured bone in his
neck, as well as serious bruises
and his companion suffered a bro
ken leg. Both men are in the Her
miston hospital where they are re
covering.
Peck wasthrown from the car in
one of the four or five revolutions
the machine made. His companion
was driving when the accident hap
pened. Joe Aiken, Heppner post
master, who was coming from Pen
dleton shortly after the accident,
found the men and .took them to
Hermiston.
ness, selling off all present stocks
and giving up the location in the
Case building by July 1. The sale
is on and many lines are depleted.
About the same time the Hustons
announcement was made, Fidelis
unrein, recent operator of the
Richfield service station, stated
that he had purchased the Dela
meter building on Chase street and
that he will open up a service sta
tion and machine shop within a
short time. Equipment was moved
from the Richfield corner Wednes
day and Unrein is starting immed
iately to install additional features
which will place him in position to
offer one-stop, servce to cars and
trucks.
One of HVmnnor'c xmiirtrmd u,.
Basin Electric Cooperative where- Losses and nn, of , f0.
by the Rural Electrification Ad-ing as wcll -s bej ofcred , f
mm.stration may loan funds 'for sale by propriet0r( Mrs. Edwin
construction of new lines- It was Dick Jr. When Mrs. Dick stared
estimated that upwards of 200
people tried to jam into the court
room where officials of the co
operative and representatives of
the REA explained the objects of
the meeting and the uliimate plans
for formulation for this area.
A. D. Ellison, field man for
region 9 of the REA, was present to
assist in conducting the voting to
lend advice when asked for. Also
present was Robert Welty, con
struction engineer, who now has
the go-ahead for securing mater,
ials and workmen in building the
lines and sub-stations.
LEGION AUXILIARY HAS
SUCCESSFUL POPPY SALE
One of the most successful poppy
sales conducted by the American
Legion auxiliary was concluded
the past week and the unit has
expressed thanks to all who con
tributed to the sale
According to Mrs. W. H. Kehrli,
Portland, department poppy chair
man, 400000 poppies have been
made this year by patients in vet
erans hospitals in Portland and
Roseburg. The men who make the
poppies, she says, are all hospital.
ized veterans who are paid for
their work. The units pay from
their own treasuries for the pop.
a florist shop last year little did
she think the business would grow
to such proportions. It has reach
ed the point where she must give
her fuJ time to it, something she
feels ie cannot do. Consequently
she is offering it for sale. When
she vacates the Peters building it
is understood Harry O'Donnell
plans to reopen his pastime in that
location.
Hill & Parker' s new room is un
dergoing the finishing touches and
the Heppner Hardware & Electric
company will moe in about July 1.
Shortage of wiring and other ma
terials has delayed completion of
the room.
Mr. and Mrs- G- A. Sanders, who
have operated the Heppner Bakery
tor the past six years, plan to take
life easy for a while. They will go
first to Shelton, Wash, to visit
their son Paul and later will go
back to their native heath in the
south to look things over- They
had not contemplated leaving Hep
pner but with supplies being what
they are, especially sugar, they de
cided to let it go. Mr. Aalberg,
the baker of the new partnership,
is an ex-service man and as such
will be able to obtain a more am
ple supply of sugar.
The new baker exhibited a sam-
Mr- and Mrs- D. M. Ward are
spending a few days in the old
home town this week. They have
been on a trip to Klamath Falls and
Lakeview and came by this way on
their return to Portland.
Walt Eubanks, Arlington real
tor, was transacting business in
Heppner Monday.
pies and the women who sell themipte of his art in the baking and
are all volunteers. The entire pro-1 doeornting 0f the cake for the Ho-
well-McLaughlin nuptials Wednes
d'iv niorn nj.
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Huston open
ed their yecevy store in its pres.
e t Jocatio? on August 30, 1930,
making . nc;i ly 1G years that they
have yervel the public at that
spot. The posloffice occupied the
north room of the building and
Peterson's jewelry store was on the
south side of the grocery. When
these tenants moved up the street
the Hustons remained at the old
stand and they have prospered.
They had expected to remain there
until ready to retire but a change
in the landlord's plans moved that
schedule up a little. This was due
to the fact that a hardware con
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ceeds from the sale are placed in
a restricted fund which is used
only for rehabilitation work among
the veterans and welfare work for
their families.
Awards to the winners of the es
say contest on American citizen
ship conducted by the unit were
presented by Mrs. Lucy Rodgers
at grammar school graduation ex
ercises to Colleen Connor, Betty
Jean Graves, Gerald Bergstrom
and Jimmie Orwick.
Next meeting of the auxiliary
will be at 8 o'clock p. m. Tues
day June 4 at the home of Mrs. C
P.- Brown on North Court street,
with Mrs. W. A. Blake and Mrs
Louise King hostesses.