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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, August 1, 1946
Volume 63, Number 19
Electric Service
Disrupted When
Pickup Hits Pole
Car Leaves Road
Just North of Main
Street Bridge
Part of Heppner was without el
ectric service and Henry Happold
is minus his seed treating equip-
ment as a result of an accident a
few minutes past 11 o'clock Sunday
night.
Leo Justice, a recent arrival from
Idaho who was employed by Hap.
pold, started to leave town and af
ter crossing the Main street bridge
swerved out of the road and struck
an electric light pole carrying the
highline wires to the substation at
the south end of the bridge. The
impact broke the pole about 30
feet above the ground and caused
the pickup to bounce across the
highway, spilling blue vitriol and
treating equipment in its mad ca
reer. Service wires were snapped
but the highline wires held.
Residents in the vicinity were
aroused by the crash and not a
few rushed to the scene, unaware
of the live wires trailing over the
ground. When Lineman Joe Meek
arrived he cut off the power at
the substation to avoid serious
consequences should the highline
wires break. Repairs were quickly
made and service restored.
Officers have been on the look
out for Justice but up to a late
hour today he had not put in an
appearance.
Irrigon Young Folks
Stage Charivari
The Irrigon young people chari
varicd Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Min
nick at the Roy Minnick home
Thursday evening. The young
couple are newly weds from New
York and are visiting his parents.
Delos Knighten and Clark Ste
phens and friends spent Sunday
in Pendleton.
Mr- and Mrs. Andrew M. Shoun
and son Stephen spent Wednesday
with his parents,, the J. A. Shouns.
Mrs. Leroy Mathena and Mrs.
Minnie Fraser went to Pendleton
Monday.
The Irrigon school building is re
ceiving a new set of asbestos shin
gles. They began putting them on
Tuesday.
Earl Connell is .employed at Ya
kima. His son Earl Wayne is
spending some time with his
grandmother, Mrs. ' Jaynes of
Boardman.
The Christ Ambassadors of the
Assembly of God church held its
first meeting since the fire Sunday.
Mrs. Glen Aldrich and Mrs. Jam
es Phillips went to Pendleton
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. James Tade came
from Sunnyside Wash, to spend
Sunday -with the B- P, Rands. They
took their son Johnny back with
them.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Nicoson and
children of Kennewick spent Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. Marten
Abken.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Graybeal
and mother Mrs. Josephine Gray
beal and sister Mrs. Emmet Mc
Coy are spending a few days in
Portland. They went Friday.
F. C. Sparks is building a small
home east of the Sparks store and
service station.
Fred Davis is finishing a small
building on his lot east of town.
Glen Aldrich, Mrs. James Phil
lips and father, Lee Smith, went
to Pilot Rock Thursday. They re
turned with lumber for Phillips'
new house and for a bed room Lee
Smith is adding to his house.
Fred Adams is remodeling the
front of his store building.
Little Glenda Darling was pain
fully hurt Tuesday morning when
she fell on a projection. '
Mr. and Mrs. Emery Bedwell of
Ontario brought Grandma Brown,
ing over to visit her son Jack and
family.
Fred Davis and Edwin Hlnkley
have been up beyond La Grande
iishing the last few days.
Troy Griffin is drilling a well
Cor Johnny Sweringen near the
new home they recently finished.
Miss Darlcne O'Rourke of Port
land is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Warren McCoy and family. Mrs
McCoy rnJ the baby girl returned
home from the Pendleton hospital
l j y, Mr. and Mrs. McCoy
went Uil Monday to get the boy
twin.
Marshall Markham of Spokane
came home for the week-end re
turning Monday morning.
Leroy Darling, director of the Ir
rinon band is to have four open
air concerts at the Sparks auto
park. The first will be Friday. Aug.
2. This will be the formal opening
of the watermelon season. The
band has been rehearsing since
July 1.
Miss Rose Hoosier and her bro
ther Everett drove over from
Stanfield Wednesday to move Miss
Hoosier's personal belongings.
Whllo teaching her Miss Hoosier
occupied on of the Halton cabins,
retaiimig the quarters throughout
the year. She is spending the sum-I
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mer at i"e parenuu nome ai ouui
flcld but will work for her bro
ther in Pendleton the coming year-
Marcellus Morgan
Seriously Injured
Marcellus Morgan was serious
ly injured Wednesday while work
ing at the Jim Barratt ranch and
had to be aken to Portland that af
ternoon. Mr. Morgan was tramping
wool at the Barratt shearing pens
when something gave way and he
was pitched head first to the
ground, striking on his head. A
physician, called to the scene was
unable to determine the extent of
the injury but was convinced that
he unfortunate man had suffered
a fractured neck, causing a paraly.
sis of the entire body. Upon the
physician's advice, the patient was
taken to Portland for examination
and treatment.
Floral Shop Opens
To Public Today '.
Heppner once more has a retail
flower shop downtown, with the
opening today of The Flower Shop
by Fay Bucknum, who recently
purchased the retail business from
Mrs. Edwin Dick Jr. Mrs. Buck.
num has one-half of the front of
the room in the Oddfellows build
ing recently vacated by the Hepp
ner Hardware Electric company
where she has installed a large
cooler to keep the delicate plants
fresh, and display tables and other
fixtures. Behind the ' cooler is , a
work room where floral sets will
be made up.
Mrs- Bucknum has been the re
cipient of numerous gifts from well
wishing friends and her venture
sems to be off to a good start.
GIRL BREAKS LEG
Patricia Majeske of Lexington
was brought to a physician in
Heppner this afternoon to have a
fractured leg set- Patricia was
helping her father with the grain
harvest She fell down a short
flight of steps, breakng the left leg
above the ankle..
STANFIELD SOON TO
BOAST OF NEWSPAPER
Stanfield, western Umatilla coun
ty town, soon will have a newspa
per, the Gazette Times has been
informed by a resident of that
place.. Date for appearance of the
first issue was not disclosed but
publication is expected to start
soon.
Clayton Darrcll from the state
of Washington will be the editor
and publisher.
Stanfield has had newspaper ser
vice in times past but has been
without for several years. With the
building of the McNary dam it is
likely that several communities in
that vicinity will be provided with
"mouthpieces" through the media
of the fourth estate.
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Coxen an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter. Betty Marie, to Kenneth
Hoyt, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L
Hall. The wedding, to which friends
are all invited, will be an event
of August 20 and the ceremony
will be performed at the Church
of Christ at 8 o'clock p.m.
News From
C. A. Office
Noel L. Benion, extension poul
tryman. Oregon State college, an
nounces a pullorum testing and
flock selecting school to be held
at the Poultry building at the col-
lege( August 8, 9, and 10. The an
nual meeting of the Oregon Poul.
try Improvement association will
be held during these same days.
John Stevens, Hardman farmer.
finds that the most effective way
to keep noxious perennial weedf
under control is to keep after them
the year around. Among his con.
trol methods he finds that keeping
1 supply of sodium chlorate weed
chemical on hand at all times aids
materially. Application of the
chemical Is fide when the weed is
first observed, thereby controlling
it before it is left neglected to
spread farther.
Now is the time for all good far
mers to begin' planning a weed
control nroirram before you find
that weeds have the best of you
It is time now to get your order
in for chemical to start with the
first phase of weed control yet this
rail.
If you haven't already begun to
do so now is the time to cull old
Inying flocks closely, weeding out
the non-layers. If you are to have
a mixed flock of old hens and pul
lets, the ones that are culled out
will make room for replacement'.
by pullets. In culing' it Is well t
remember that the fat hens are
not earning their board and three
or four non-producing hens can
eat enough grain to provide flour
and bread for a starving human
being.
Careful culling will not affect
year but merely add more money
egg production at this time of the
in your pocket in the form of feed
saved.
First Man Married
In Morrow County
Lives in Portland
If files of the Heppner Gazette
had not been destroyed in the big
fire of 1918 it would be possible to
make up a column "61 Years Ago"
and in that column no doubt would
be an account of the wedding of
Mr. Bert Haney and Miss Dollie
King. Haney was a resident of
Heppner and Miss King lived at
lone.
Morrow county has been accord
ed a place on the map of Oregon
but a short time when Fred Hal
lock, file first county clerk, issued
a marriage license to Mr. Haney
and Miss King. There may be
older residents in our midst who
recall a Rev. Brown of that day.
He read the service.
On July 11 inst. Mr. Haney's
son Vern died in Portland. This
brought to mind to Mrs. Katherine
(Quaid) Hofen. that the elder Ha
ney had much in common with
early Morrow county history. She
writes that "he crossed the plains
in '62. He is the only survivor of
the Chandler wagon train consist
ing of 60 wagons. Bert worked at
various trades, was waiter in the
Widow Smith's hotel. Later he
studied to become an osteopath
and was known as Dr. Haney. He
plans on attending the Pendleton
Round-Up and believes he will be
the oldest cowboy present One
sister, Mrs. Cora Burroughs, lives
in lone."
Ed Note: Since the Round-Up
closely follows the Heppner Rodeo
we desire to suggest to the Rodeo
association that Mr. Haney be in
vited to attend the Rodeo as guest
of the association.
Degree of Honor To
Have Picnic Sunday
Members of the Degree of Honor
and their families will gather at
the Wightman place in the Blue
mountains Sunday for their annual
picnic. Feature of the day will be
the potluck dinner which will be
spread in the pine grove.
Hostesses for the affair are Mrs.
Vernon Munkers, Mrs. Laurel
Ruhl, Mrs. John Bergstrom, Mrs.
Carl Bergstrom, and Carolyn Berg
strom. .-.
SUSTAINS INJURIES
Mrs. R- L. Benge met with a
painful accident this afternoon.
S'ie has been cooking for the har
vest crew for her son Terrel Benge
at his ranch in the Lexington sec
tion. While preparing the meal Mrs.
Benge fell with a glass dish in her
hand. The dish was broken and
.Mrs. Benge's hand was badly cut.
Several stitches were necessary to
close the wound.
Fidclis Unrein is a patient at the
'opsital in Pendleton where he has
been for several days.
Highlights of National Educational Association
Convention
In response to a request by the
editor that she give some of the
highlights of the NEA convention
and the trip to and from Buffalo,
N. . Y., Mrs. Lucy Rodgers. county
superintendent of schools has pre
pared an article on the things that
most impressed her. Lack of space
may forbid the entire publication
in this issue, but Mrs. Rodgers has
written entertainingly as well as
instructively and our readers will
ook forward with pleasure to the
next installment.
The article follows:
A meeting of the National Edu
cational association gives a splen
did opportunity lor educators from
every stale in the union and from
the territories of Hawaii and Alas.
Ka to come together and to try and
find solutions to some of the prob
lems which are common in all
areas. The meeting in Buffalo, N.
if. was no exception. This was not
the big convention of the NEA but
rather a meeting of the represen
tative assembly. There were some
IN0O delegates representing every
state, Alaska and Hawaii. Uregon
.iad 20 delegates registered.. I was
honored ' and happy to be one of
the twenty. My traveling compan
ions were Miss Florence Beards
ley, elementary school supervisor
of the state department of educa
tion. Msr. Agnes Booth, county su.
Iicrintrndent of Marion county, and
Miss Helen Dempster of the Kel
Iohj Foundation.
The sessions of the asscmly were
acid in the Memorial auditorium
in Buffalo and were presided over
by the president of the NEA, F, L.
.ii-hlatjlc of Kansas City, Kan. On
Ihc opening morning a huge basket
jf blue delphinium and pink car
mtiuiis were presented to him, a
token of esteem and good wishes
rom the Chamber of Commerce of
his home town. Among the many
Jiseussions those' which centered
around teacher selection and pre
paration, teacher tenure and re
tirement , educational legislation,
intermit itmnl relations, citizenship,
taulcmic freedom and professional
.-tliies were the most outstanding.
One of the highlights of the
meeting was a demonstraion by the
lelegntlon from Hawaii In which
I hey made a plea for the support
of the National Educational assocl.
ation in their applicaton to Con
gress for statehood for their terri
Parade Will Be
Feature of This
Star planning now to have an
entry in the 1946 Heppner Rodeo
parade. That's the warning sounded
by Harlan McCurdy. parade direc
tor, who points out that the Rodeo
is only five weeks away and the
time passes rapidly during this
busy harvest season.
Experience over a considerable
period has taught the parade di
rector that floats and other entries
usually are a matter of last-minute
consideration. This has not
prevented the development ef
some very fine parades, and while
he is not asking or expecting pro
spective entrants to drop their
work and prepare their entries at
this time, he feels that they should
be thinking abou them and possi
bly begin , assembling materials.
And, of course, he offers the sug
gestion that business houses (tart
getting ready now with their floats
so they will have time to really
"go to town" on them.
Personal ' letters are being for
warded by the Rodeo association
secretary to the granges of the
county and other groups that might
be interested in entering floats.
The granges have consistently pax
ticipated with top ratig floats and
Hermiston Slates
Air Show August 24
An airshow has been scheduled
at Hermiston for Sunday, Aug. 25.
according to Everett Hoosier of
Stanfield, who was a Heppner vis
itor Wednesday. The Bky Roam
ers Flying club is sponsoring the
show, advertising for which will
be out shortly.
The Sky Roamers are preparing
a program designed to give spec
tators a full day of exciting enter
tainment including stunt ' flying,
point landing and other features
of air performance.
A plane will scatter advertising
matter over this section, Hoosier
said-
GUESTS FROM FRESNO
Guests at die home of Mr. and
Mrs. George N. Peck at Lexington
last week were Mr. and Mrs
James Good of Fresno, Calif. The
Goods are long time friends of
Mrs. Peck's family. They and their
hosts were - dinner guests of Mr
and Mrs. L. D. Neill Sunday in
Heppner. The "visitors, accompan
ied by Mr. Peck, left Monday for
their home, taking highway 395
via LakevieW, where the latter
left them to go to Klamath Falls
for the week.
Mrs- Edgar Albert and three
daughers returned Saturday from
Seattle where they spent two
weeks visiting relatives.
at Buffalo Told By Heppner Delegate
tory .Most of the 20 delegates were
native born Hawaiians, however,
they were of mixed blood. They
sang danced, and played ukeleles
and two charming young women
placed leis of carnations around
the necks of the President Schlagle
and Secretary Willard Givens. The
president of the college at Hono.
lulu spoke earnestly and eloquent
ly making his plea for statehood
and asking that the NEA support
him in his efforts.
The new president of the NEA Is
a westerner, Mrs Pearl Wanna -maker,
superintendent of public in
struction for the state of Wash
ington. It is no easy matter to
elect a westerner to this office and
the Washington, and Oregon dele
gations worked hard for this. It
was a real privilege to cast our
ballots for Mrs. Wannamaker for
she is a most capable and cultured
woman. Her experiences in the
field of education and also as a
member of the Washington State
legislature especially fit her for
this office. The women of the Ore
gon delegation assisted as hostesses
at the reception for Mrs Wanna
maker. Among the recommendations of
the legislative committee were:
1. That Congress should provide
federal aid to assist the states in
more nearly equalizing educational
opportunities throughout our pub
lic' school..'
2. The federal government should
take such steps as are necessary
to make the United Nations Edu
cational, Scientific and Cultural
organization an effective interna
tional agency for peace. (Russia
has not as yet become a member
of UNESCO).
3. The federal government should
create a national educational com
mission, composed of outstanding
citizens appointed by the President
and approved by the senate.
4. The federal government should
establish scholarships for teacher
preparation. ...
5. Congress should provide funds
to strengthen health and physical
education for all children in all of
our schools and colleges.
6. The federal government should
make every effort to eliminate un
iversal military training through
out the world. It should cooperate
and from there we rode right to
the entrance of Marshall-Field on
Outstanding
Year's Rodeo
their entries are always looked for
ward to with interest With the
passing of the war new activity
has been noted in the American
Legion, and there has been an ad
dition of another veterans' organi
zation, the Veterans of Foreign
Wars- These groups doubtless will
be on hand.
Business houses, most of them
operating short handed, may find
it a little difficult to prepare their
entries at the last minute and in
order to have them ready it is
urged that they lay their plans
I now and in the intervening weeks
get materials assembled.
The director never knows just
how many entries will be on hand
until formation time but it would
help some to know how many
floats and what types they will be
when it comes to making up the
parade.
There is every reason to believe
that this year's parade will be one
of the best ever staged in connec
tion with the Rodeo," McCurdy
said Wednesday. "It all depends on
getting a good start and I think
this is the proper time."
R. B. Ferguson is McCurdy 's as
sistant in arranging and staging the
parade.
Boy Scouts in Camp
At Wallowa Lake
A group of Boy Scouts left Hep
pner Wednesday morning for Wal
lowa Lake where they will be en
camped for 10 days at the Blue
Mountain Scout summer camp.
In the Heppner group were Jim
mie Miller, Carl Thorp, Buff Meek
Fjimmie Orwick, Marion Green and
Philip Smith. David House, former
member of the Heppner troop and
now a resident of Dayton, Wash-,
was to join the boys at the lake.
Kenneth Singer, driving the Ted
Smith car took five of the boys
and Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman took
a coupe load of bedding and other
equipage and one of the scouts.
COMMISSIONER NEILL
KNOWS HIS ONIONS
If you see some great big Ber
muda onions in your local market
you may be surprised to learn
that they did not come from Wal
la Walla, Boardman or some oth
er famous onion-growing center.
Inquiry might reveal that they
grew right here in Heppner.
' ourrt-inussloner- L. D. Neill
was showing some Wednesday that
can't be beat in any man's coun
try. They were grown in his gar.
den right here locally and he has
enough of them to put a few of
them on the market
TV,. Cn-vi Times family are
enjoying the liberal sample left in
this office.
the Elevated. Chicago is a big city,
in every practical way to streng
then the United Nations for World
Peace. No system of peace-time
military training should be author
ized which interrupts the formal
educaton and training of American
youth. Congress should take defi
nite action immediately to deter
mine the military needs of the
United States and extend Selective
Service in such a manner as to
satisfy such needs.
7. Social security coverage should
be extended to employees of school
systems not now protected by state
systems of pension or retirement
These recommendations were the
occasion for much debate on the
floor of the assembly but on the
whole they were adopted with
some amendments.
Teacher supply and preparation
was another important and inter
esting subject. Before reporting at
Buffalo for the delegate assembly
we spent three days at Lake Chau
tauqua studying this question. Here
there were 350 committee members
who were divided into groups of
about 25. Each group spent nine
hours each day in study and dis
cussion. At the end of the period
each group brought in a report of
its findings. To maintain itself,
teaching, or any other occupaton,
must have an annual supply of
promising young men and women.
Frequently the supply is left en
tirely to chance and to accidental
choices. The basic issue is: "Can
America afford not to recruit out
standing young men and women
for careers of teaching?" One of the
most significant influences in re
cruiting and retaining able teach
ers is the salary factor. The general
morale of the teaching staff may
depend in a large measure upon
salaries paid- A common public at.
titude is that "anyone can teach
school.' Unless teaching is raised
in the public esteem young people
will be reluctant to undertake
teaching careers.
Our trip East was all that could
be desired except that a little more
time could have been used for rest
and recuperation. It was nine days
from the time we left home until
we arrived at Chautauqua, N- Y.
However, not all of this time was
spent on the highway. One after
noon and night was spent in
Salt Lake City and several hours
Forest and
Range
Steve Thompson shipped the first
lambs of the season last week from
the mountain ranges- The 600 lambs
in the single band averaged 943i
pounds and 400 lambs from the
twin band averaged 89 pounds per
head. This is a very good weight
for early lambs and is a challenge
to the other sheepmen to produce
heavier lambs- One of the factors
resulting in the good weights was
ample range along with good herd
ing practices.
W. H. Hodge from Ritter re
deemed his cattle last week that
were impounded at Ditch creek
station for trespassing on forest
land.
A bear was killed on Mallory
creek last week by Mr. Snow,
who is herding for Steve Thomp
son. No sheep were killed but the
herder figured that a dead bear
was safer than a live one.
Last Thursday was the worst fire
day of the week with a class 6 day
with a relative humidity of 11
percent
An extensive survey of the acres
of lodgepole pine and the number
of poles on the district has been
completed. There are 14,000 acres
of pure lodge pole pine type west
of Arbuckle and Potamus creek.
On this area it is estimated that
thre are 800.000 poles 25 feet high;
230,000 poles 30 feet high; 200,000
poles 35 feet high; 70,000 poles 40
feet high; 45,000 poles 45 feet high;
and 30,000 poles 50 feet high. These
are based on American Standards
association for pole classes. At the
present time lodge pole pine poles
are replacing cedar poles in con
struction of telephone lines. R. E.
A. lines, etc The survey was made
to give any prospective pole buyer
an estimat eof the pole resources
in this area-
A pole permit was issued to Ho
ward Bryant this week.
Shoe Repair Shop
In New Quarters
J. W. Farra, proprietor of the
Heppner Shoe Repair shop, has
been busv this week moving equip
ment and fixtures from the former
location in the Case building to
his new building at the corner of
Main and Baltimore. The shoe re
pair shop will occupy the corner
room of the buildine.'.
To those unfatrtfliar with the
street names in Heppner, to make
the shoe shop location more aen
nite, it is one block north of the
Case building or as Farra puts it
catty-cornered from the Tum-a-Lum
Lumber company's retail
is understood the room vacat
ed by Farra will be remodeled for
another line of business.
in Chevenne and Denver. In Elk
hart, Ind. we visited the graves of
Miss Beardsley's forebears who
founded the city. There is a statue
of her great grandfather and great
grandmother in the city square
In Cleveland we visited the grave
of Mrs. Booth's brother who was
a World War I veteran. In Michi
gan City we called upon an aunt
of Miss Beardsley who is a gover
ness in a wealthy home. She made
us very welcome and her employer
made us feel like royalty. She urg
ed us to stay all night but when
we explained that our schedule
wouldn't permit us to do this she
would have no other plan titan we
remain for dinner.
Chautauqua Uake is a lovely
spot. The buildings, which are ra
ther old, show the French influ
ence in their architecture- They
are adorned with grill work and
little balconies- Our room in the
Muncie hotel opened on a little
balcony which provided a beauti
ful view of the lake.
Buffalo is an old city. For the
most part the building's, including
the homes are of red brick much
darkened by coal smoke. The city
is laid out around a public square
monument. From this square emin
atc all of the principle streets of
the city. They follow the same
routes as were followed by the
roads and paths laid out by Peter
Stuyvesant when New York state
was New Amsterdam. Niagara
Falls is but a short distance from
the city. We spent one evening
viewing the falls both from the
American side and from the Cana
dian side. After dark the Canadians
play colored lights on the rushing,
tumbling waters. Ths is truly a
beautiful sight, but to me the falls
iust as nature made them are more
.beautiful, more awe inspiring. One
has to see them to appreciate the
great power of this rushing mass
of water.
Our itinerary for the homeward
journey included a day in Chicago.
Sunday night July 7 saw us there
where we were entertained in the
home of Miss Dempster's parents.
Bright and early Monday morning
we boarded the Burlington and
rode to Central Station in the city
it is a noisy city, the cars on the
elevated and the trolley cars clang
ing and banging make it well nigh
Continues on Fs four
Power Line In County
Due for Overhaul Job;
Survey Under Way
Week's News From
lone and Vicinity
Mrs- Echo Palmateer
Paul O.-Meara is home from The
Dalles hospital. His brother James
O'Maara of Santa Rosa Calif, is vis
iting him.
George Stender of Salem visited
his aunt, Mrs. Lewis Halvorsen
last week.
Mrs. Bernice Harris and children
left for California last week.
Mrs- Harvey Ring is visiting the
Laxton McMurrays at Salem.
Ross Perry was an lone visitor
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Berl Akers gave
a dinner Sunday in honor of their
aunt Mrs. Sadie Olson of Spokane.
Mrs. Dora Pierrot who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Frank
lin Ely, left for Portland last week.
Mrs. Hazel Benge and children
of Heppner had the week-end with
her mother, Mrs. Lana Padberg.
She took her son Ralph to a
specialist in Walla Walla for a
check-up but found him in good
health.
Rev. J. R. L. Haslam. evange
list of Goldendale, Wash, is hold-
inemeetines at the lone Baptist
church everynight at 8 p. m. There
is a morning service for children
each day from 9:30 to 10:30.
Mrs- Dorr Mason of Portland who
has been visiting here left last
week.
Miss Alice Nichoson and Miss
Shirlee Smouse spent the week-end
in Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dobyns en
tertained Rev. Lund of Gresham
Sunday. Rev. John Merrill. Del
ores Drake, Leta Linn, Ronald Ba
ker and Johnny Bristow returned
from Camp Adams, near Mallala
where they attended a Congrega
tional summer camp. They report
a very enjoyable time.
Elisha Sperry cut his arm quite
badly on some tin while working
at the Wate Crawford ranch.
' Tlie PNG club lhet at the home
of Mrs. Paul Pettyjohn Friday af
ternoon July 26 with 11 members
present. Delicious luncheon was
served by the hostess.
Rev- John F. Merrill entertained
about 20 young people of the com
munity at theparsonage Friday
evening.
A stork shower was given in
honor of Mrs. Roy Pettyjohn at
the Congregational church parlor
July 27 with Mrs. Paul Pettyjohn
and Mrs. Earl McCabe as hostesses
Ice cream, cookies and coffee were
served.
Mr. and Mrs. David Ely of Pen
dleton are the parents of a daugh
ter, Patricia, born July 23. Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Ely of Morgan are the
Engelman was a Portland
visitor last week.
Gene Lovgren of Sherwood vis
ited his sister, Mrs. Ella Davidson
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wright and
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Wright of Baker
were guests of Mrs. Ida Grabill
last week. Mrs. Earl Wright re.
mained for a longer visit with her
mother.
Msr. Lee Beckner and Mrs. Clyde
Nutting were accompanied to Pen
dleton Wednesday of last week by
Darlene Biddle, queen of the Hep
pner rodeo, and her attendants,
Gwendolyn Coleman. Betty Lov
gle, Jean Hanna and Betty Sme
thurst. The girls were shopping for
their outfits for the rodeo.
Mrs. Ray Barnett and son Paul
returned from Portland last week.
Mr. Barnett and Sammy remained
for a while longer.
tx-Monne utticer now
Jock K. Wil son, former Marine officer who won the Navy Cron, Silver
Star, and Purple Heart with two Oak-Loaf Cluttort, is shown boine tworn Into
the Regular Army by Captain Stonlay Pock. Wilton, who woo Imm
members of Carlson's Raidort, enlisted for three fairs et service with the
Infantry in Cormony.f
Assurance that more efficient
electric service is in store for the
towns on the Heppner branch was
given Monday when it was reveal
ed to the chamber of commerce
luncheon forum that a survey of
the transmission lines between
lone and Heppner is underway to
determine the extent of replace
ments and repairs needed.
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Don Fleck, new local manager,
introduced John Sutherland. P.. P.
Si L. company surveyor, who spoke
briefly of his work here. Princi
pal point in mind is that of In
creasing the voltage to 22,000,
doubling the present load. It will
necessitate a good many changes,
materials for which are still lack
ing, but Sutherland gave assurance
the improvement is being held
back to that cause alone. ,
B. C. Pnckney gave a report on
the housing situation which he
had been working on for several
weeks. He had a copy of the regu
lations governing temporary FPHA
set-ups from which he read para
graphs which seemed most to' bear
on the local situation. There is a
limit of three years on the use of
these houses which are brought in
from government project locations
and set up on lots provided by the
city or local groups. The plan did
not appeal to Pres. Frank Turner.
who stated that Heppner s great
need is for permanent housing.
However, Chuck Hodge, said hous
ing is needed, whether it be per
manent or temporary and he fav
ored action on the plan to get a
few of these ready-built houses to
relieve the pressing demand of the
present J. J. Nys was authorized to
select some co-workers in devis
ing a plan of action.
Francis Nickerson outlined e a
plan talked over by himself and
Rev. Fletcher Forster relative to
the city-county property trade and
as a result was delegated to head
a committe of his own choosing to
present the plan to the city coun
cil at the next meeting of that
body.
Bert Mason Jr. was Introduced
to the group by Glen Jorgenson,
Bert has been employed in the
Heppner division of the forest ser
vice the past several months arid
plans to attend the Syracuse school
of forestry the coming year. jj
Crop Insurance Dates
Slated By Directors
How federal crop insurance can
take the gamble out of whesit
growing in Morrow county will be
discussed by community commit
teemen of the county agricultural
conservation association (AAA), ft
a meeting in Heppner. at 7:30 p.
m. at the court house, Aug. 8, it
was announced by Henry Baker,
chairman of the county ACJ
committee. J
Provisions of the program for
1947, including new insured yields
and premium rates for Morrow
county, will be explained by John
Shepherd, member o f the state
PMA committee, and by A. L
Geiss, district PMA fieldman. .
Committeemen for each comm6.
nity are: !
Alpine, A. C. Lindsey, Olnay
Saling. W- J- Doherty; Boardman,
Jack Mulligan. Alolph Skoubo, Os
car Veele; Eight Mile, Dan Bar
low, Raymond Lundell, FloVd
Worden: lone, Chas. McElligoH,
W. B. Rice. Fred Mankin.
Irrigon, Don Keeney, Paul Slau
ghter, Carl Knighten; Lexington,
Vernon Munkers, Terrel Benge.
Win. Smethurst; Morgan, Werner
Rietmann, M. J. Fitzpatrick, Roy
Lindstrom; North Heppner; Sam J.
Turner. B. J. Doherty, Harry L.
Duval!; South Heppner-Hardman,
C. N. Jones, Alva W. Jones, Ralph
Beamer. .
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