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Heppner Gazette Times
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 5, 1946
Volume 63, Number 37
Booster Club To
Stage Dinner For
Football Squad
"Nig" Borleske of
Whitman College to
Be Guest Speaker
Formation of a booster club to
sponsor athletic events at the local
high school got under way here this
week and the first activity of the
group will be to stage a banquet
for ths 1946 football squad. Plans
have been completed to stage the
banquet at the Church of Christ
Wednesday evening, December 1L
The home economics department of
the high school will prepare and
serve the dinner.
Farnk Davis, manager of the
Heppner yard of the TumA-Lum
Lumber company, is chairman of
the booster committee. Other mem
bers include Sheriff C. J. D. Bau
man, Jack Burns, manager of the
Marshall-Wells store, and Don
Fleck, manager of the Pacific Pow
er & Light company office here.
Speaker of the evening will be
R. V. "Nig" Borleske, veteran coach
of Whitman college at Walla Walla,
and incidentally, dean of college
coaches in this western country.
Those who have heard "Nig" on
numerous occasions say that he al
ways comes through with something
worthwhile.
It is planned to sell from 100 to
150 tickets to the banquet. The
football squad, some 35 strong, will
be guests of the club.
Chairman Davis says the home
economics department will put ' on
a worthwhile feed and in addition
the girls are planning a program
to augment the speaking.
Tickets will be on sale Friday at
the Tum-A-Lum Lumber company
office, the Marshall-Wells store, the
Pacific Power St Light company
office and personally by Sheriff
Bauman.
Project Leaders
Training Meeting
Held in Heppner
The first county wide home ex
tension project leader training
meeting on recreation was held In
Heppner at the Methodist church
on Tuesday, Nov. 26, by Miss Jean
Williams, extension specialist in
community and social organizations
of Corvallis. Project leaders were
selected at the November home ex
tension units by the women of their
unit.
The services of project leaders
help to build a larger home exten
sion program and to extend the
program.
Project leaders are trained in
subject matter and in the presenta
tion of the demonstration at county
wide training meetings. The train
ing is given by a specialist from
Oregon State college and the county
home demonstration agent Printed
material, directions, and all help
possible in arranging details for a
successful meeting are given the
project leaders. Project leaders
who usually work in pairs, give
their time to attend the train
ing meetings and to prepare the
material for presentation to the
units.
Miss Williams stated that recrea
tion planning is for any occasion or
for special occasions recreation
can be provided for the whole
family within the home. Do not be
discontented in staying home. There
is adventure- wthin the house. The
type of training given to the wo
men included recreation for homes,
churches, lodges, youth and adult
organizations of the conuty.
There was a one hundred percent
attendance of all project leaders at
this meeting. The communities
represented were Boardman, Mrs,
Flossie Coals and Mrs. L. Beatrice
Daniels: Irrieon. Mrs. Paul Haber
lein, Mrs. Wallace Winquist and
Mrs. H. H. Whipple; Hardman, Mrs,
Walter Wright and Mrs. Lillie Reed;
Lexington, Mrs. M. V. Nolan and
Mrs. Lc Verne Henderson; lone,
Mrs. C. Drake and Mrs. N. K. Dob
yns; Lena and Pine City, Mrs.
George Currin; .Rhea Creek and
Eightmile. Mrs. Walter Becket, Mrs.
Elmer Palmer and Mrs. Douglas
Drake; Heppner, Mrs. Palmer Sor-
lein and Mrs. B. C. Pinckney.
DECEMBER UNIT MEETINGS
The tro:oat for the December
e ("iisirii h.ime unit meetings will
I . .., i lannlng given by the
project leaueri of each community.
The December calendar of meet
ings Is as follows:
Boardman, Dec. 11, 6:30, Grange
hall; Irrigon, Dec. 11, 1:30, Graybcal
home; Heppner, Dec. 12, 1:30, Me
thodist church rooms; Lexington
Dec. 13, 1:30, Ladies Aid room
lone. Dec. 17, 1:30. Congregational
church rooms; Rhea Creek and
Eightmile, Doc. 19, .10:30, Harold
Wright home; Lena and Pine Uty,
Dec. 21, 7:30, George Currin home
The Heppner meeting will be pre
ceded by a luncheon at the Lucas
Place at 12.
IT'S A BOY
A baby boy was born Thursday
morning, December 5, 1946, to Mr.
and Mrs. J. G. Thomson Jr, at
hospital In The Dalles.
News From
C. A. Office
Production testing of dairy cows
has been increasing so rapidly in
Oregon that additional testers are
now needed to handle the work
reports H. P. Ewalt, assistant exten
sion dairyman at Oregon State col
lege.
Twenty-six men are now ' em
ployed in testing, six of whom work
only among pure bred herds, under
the direction of F. P. Walberg, as
sistant professor of dairy husban
dry. The others are employed as
association supervisors, testing some
20,000 cows in 16 cpunties. The
jobs pay $200 per month plus room
and board. Mr. Ewalt would like to
hear from any single men with a
dairy background who are are interested-
in such work.
The supervisors of the Heppner
Soil Conservation district report
that Ralph Beamer has completed
two miles of contour terraces re
cently on his ranch west of Hepp
ner. These terraces will serve as
permanent guide lines for contour
seeding and at the same time will
hold surface runoff moisture. Made
with his own farm machinery, con
sisting of tractor and moldboard
plow, the terraces will not inter
fere with farming operations. The
terraces were laid out by the Soil
Conservation technicians cooperat
ing with the Heppner district.
Other recent soiL conservation
work in the Heppner district in
cludes the construction of diversion
ditches to control runoff and pre
vent gulleying on the Frank An
derson ranch, deep furrow grass
feedings for pasture and erosion
control on the L. H. Rill ranch
above Eightmile, the Pat Mollahan
ranch below Heppner and the Newt
O'Harra ranch at Lexington. Broad
cast gulley seedings have been
made on the Blue Mountain ranch
operated by John Wightman.
Use of the rotary subsoiler, loan
ed to the district for demonstration
by the state experiment station at
Moro, was completed last on the
Blaine Chapel ranch at Hardman.
The subsoiler, which penetrated a
depth of 12 inches, breaks up the
plowpan and catches all moisture
for storage in the soil.
Eigbty acres of land leveling have
been completed in the district and
Dick Mcador, Pendleton contractor,
is now working on the Orian Wright
ra nch near Ruggs. This program
prepares the land for irrigation and
secures increased yields through the
proper application of available wa
ter. Land leveling has been com
pleted on ranches owned by Newt
O'Harra, Delbert Emert, Ed Rugg,
Harold Wright, Kay Wrignt, ana
Walter Wright Many creek bottom
farmers are waiting for this opera
tion on their farms.
Members and chairmen of the
county committees to make recom
mendations on topics to be consid
ered at the Eastern Oregon Wheat
league have been selected.
The three topics to be discussed
are: Federal Agricultural Programs
and Land Use, Steve Thompson,
chairman; Production, Marketing
nd Transportation, Fred Mankin,
chairman, and Taxation and leg
islation. Werner Rietmann, chair
man.
The Morrow county committee!
meetings will be held on Monday,
December 9, at Heppner, beginning
at 10 a.m. Resolutions and recom
mendations made by these com
mittees will be presented for con-
ideration at the Eastern Oregon
Wheat league to be held at La
Grande on December 16, 17 and 18.
Everyone is invited to attend the
Morrow county committee meeting
and to be present for the annual
meeting at La Grande. Don t forget
the dates.
Katherine Monahan, home dem
onstration agent and N. C. Ander
son, county agent, are spending this
week, December 2-7, at Oregon
State college, Corvallis, attending
the annual extension conference.
They will be back in the county
on the job on December 9, with a
lot of new information to pass on
to the farm families.
Repairs Made to
Bakery Building
Art Stefani and Sam Estcb have
been in Heppner several days this
week making repairs to Stefani's
bulding which suffered damage
from fire in the Heppner bakery.
The walls were cased in around
the furnace and a new flue was
built to eliminate possibility of a
recurrence of damage from fire.
Stefani, who says he learned how
to mix mortar when a boy, did the
mixing the first day, but when the
shovel handle got hot he had busi
ness elsewhere and turned the job
over to Vaunnie Adams. (At least,
that's the way It appeared to a cas
ual passer by.)
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SOCIAL CLUB MEETING
The social club of Ruth ehnpter
No. 32, O. E. S., will meet Snturdny
afternoon. December 7. Tho group
will go to the Episcopal bazaar at
the parish house for refreshments
at 1:40 p.m. The door prize will be
drawn at 1:45. Chinese checkers
and cards will then bo in play at
the Masonic hnll. Mrs. R. L. Benge
and Mrs. Harloy Anderson will be
the hostesses.
Prominent Matron
Claimed By Death
Monday Morning
Mrs. L. E. Dick
Succumbs After
Lingering Illness
Sorrowing friends gathered at All
Saints Episcopal chuch at 2 o'clock
p.m., Wednesday, to pay their re
spects to the memory of Mrs. L. E.
Dick who passed away at the fam
ily residence in the Hiatt apart
ments Monday morning. Archdea
con Neville Blunt officiated, and
Mrs. C. C. Dunham sang "O Master
Let Me Walk With Thee" and "Now
the Day is Over," with Mrs. W. E.
Davis presiding at the organ. In
terment was in the family plot in
the lone cemetery, with the Locust
chapter of the Eastern Star in
charge of the graveside service.
Until state of her health forced
her to remain at home, Mrs. Dick
took a prominent part in church
and civic affairs. She was a mem
ber of All Saints Episcopal church,
the American Legion auxiliary and
the Heppner Library association in
Heppner, and of Locust chapter.
Order of Eastern Star, in lone. She
took an active interest in the Girl
Scout movement and also was a
member of the Book Worms. To
all these activities she gave her
best efforts. She was held in hiyh
esteem by all who knew her and
dearly loved by her closest asso
ciates.
Martha Ann Ashton was born
July 18, 1889 at Helena, Montana.
She was married to L. E. Dick Dec.
3, 1914 at Spokane and they lived
in several states before coming to
lone in 1922 where Mr. Dick oper
ated the Standard Oil company
plant. The family lived in lone sev
eral years before moving to Hepp- j
ner where they have resided since.
Surviving besides the husband i
are two sons, L. E. Dick Jr. and
Kemp Dick, and three grandsons,
four sisters, Mrs. Ed O'Donnell,
Mrs. Tom Hillis. Mrs. DeForrest
Reed and Mrs. H. L, Mills, and a
brother William E. Ashton, all of
Helena.
Festive Board Well
Surrounded at W.
M. Eubanks Home
Walt Eubanks writes us from
Arlington that he and Mrs. Eubanks
had a real Thanksgiving at their
home. It looked kind of like old
home week in lone with a change
of locale. The guest list included
Mr. and Mrs. John Eubanks and
children, Donald and Sandra; Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Eubanks and
daughter Marlene; Mr. and Mrs.
Case Brenner and sons, Leroy,
Kenneth and 'Gerry; Mr. and Mrs.
Ladd Sherman and daughters, Sally
and Maryland; Mr. and Mrs. Art
Stefani and Verner Troedson.
It was disappointing to Mr. and
Mrs. Eubanks that her son, Leland
Leathers, who is still in the service,
and his son Billy and family could
not be present. Blily Eubanks is
employed in the Western Union of
fice in ortland and could not get
away.
REBUILDING NATTER HOUSE
O. M. Yeager and a crew of
workmen started work Monday to
rebuild the former Natter house on
a lot adjoining the Hodge Chevrolet
garage building. The work is being
done for C. F. Hodge for the pur
pose of providing housing for an
employee. This is one of the older
houses of the town and to make
it over on a more modern plan will
require the virtual rebuilding of the
structure.
Ships and Reconversion
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Can't Keep Good
Man Down Even
In Wheel Chair
All his life until about four years
ago Henry Schwarz was an active
man. He learned the butcher s trade
at an early age, becoming a master
butcher. In following that trade
through its various phases he had
to work hard, and he knew nothing
of union hours as applied to trades
these days. Then the blow came. A
disease of the bone made it neces
sary to amputate one of his legs
and after many months as a bedfast
patient he regained sufficient
strength to be transferred to a
wheel chair during the daytime.
The problem confronting this
once active man was how to pass
the weary hours. Finally he took
up knitting, and since learning to
"purl one, knit two" he has turned
over seven sweaters to the Red
Cross, knitted sweaters for each of
his sons and their sons and made
numerous potholders and other use
ful articles. Unable to get out and
raise a garden so he could com
pete with some of the gardeners
mentioned herein of late, Henry
sent a sample of his work to the
Gazette Times office which the
"neck" of this institution pronoun
ces the equal of most feminine knit
ters. This all adds up to the fact that
you can't keep a good man down if
he doesn't choose to remain down.
Second Cleaning
Shop Opening Here
Kenneth Vaughn and Robert,!
Blackwell announced early this
week that they are preparing to
open a cleaning and pessing shop
in Heppner some time next week.
The concern will be ready for bus
iness Monday if the gas they will
use for heating .purposes can be in
stalled before that time.
Vaughn and Blackwell were em
ployed for several months at the
Heppner Cleaners & Dyers. Black
well has had eight years experience
while Vaughn took it up last spring.
Both men are ex-GI's
The new plant The Morrow
County Cleaners, will be located in
the Farra building, corner Main and
Baltimore.
Bremerton Man
Buys Interest in
Heppner Cleaners
Chester M. Enos of Bremerton,
Wash., has purchased an interest in
the Heppner Cleaners and Dyers
from his daughter. Mrs. Adelle
Hannan, and has come to Heppner
to live. While not a practical clean
er and dyer, Mr. Enos will work
into the business and help Mrs.
Hannan with the management.
Earl Barnett, an expert cleaner
and presser, recently joined the
force at the Heppner Cleaners and
Dyers. The concern has returned
to its policy of three-day service,
and one-day service in emergency
cases.
PARENTS TO ENTERTAIN
Parents represented in the Parent-Teacher
association will enter
tain the teachers and other attend
ing the party at 8 p.m. Friday eve
ning. The affair will be held in the
music room at the school house.
Refreshments will be served.
MISSED APPOINTMENTS
Mrs. C. L. Jackson of the Jack-son-Acousticon
Co., Pendleton, met
with an accident which kept her
from " keeping appointments in
Heppner and other points. She suf
fered a head injury when her car
skidded on icy pavement
Kit. XVi TABLE (CME CHEESE ANP CANDIES
FROM ACl-EISTINAj COCOA FUOM THE COLD
COAST. COFFEE FROM BRAZIL, CLOVfS FROM
MADAGASCAR, ANCHOVIES FROM SPAIN,
flNNEMON FROM CEYLON AND FRUIT FROM
THE WEST COAST AND CARI&&EA.N,
AAA Committee Members
Chosen at County Meetings
Morrow county held its annual
AAA elections last week to elect
community committeemen for the
nine communities and the county
committee. In most cases the older
members were retained. The re
sult of the county convention and
the nine community meetings are
aa follows:
County commttee: Henry Baker,
chairman; R. S. Thompson, vice
chairman; Don Kenny, regular
member; Alec Lindsay, first alter
nate, and Kenneth Smouse. second
alternate.
Lexington community: Wm. Sme-
thurst Jr., chairman; Sam G. Mc
Millan, vice chairman; Burton Peck,
regular member; C. K. Peck, first
alternate, and L. E. Ruhl, second
alternate.
Eightmile community: D. S. Bar
low, chairman; Raymond Lundell,
vice chairman; Floyd Worden, reg
ular member; Oren Brace, first al
ternate, and Ben Anderson, second
alternate.
lone community: Chas. McElli-
gott, chairman; E. C. Heliker, vice
chairman; E. Markham Baker, reg
ular member; Lee Beckner, first
alternate; Lloyd Rice, second alter-1
nate.
North Heppner community: Sam
Butter Creek Man
Takes Bride at
La Grande Ceremony
From the LaGande Evening Ob
server we learn of the marriage
of i Morrow county young man in
that city on November 24.
Ruth Ann Root became the bride
of James Thomas O'Brien of Hepp
ner at a candle-light ceremony Sun
day afternoon in the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Root,
802 Spring street Rev. Mark Tal
ney of the Presbyterian church of
ficiated at the single-ring rites.
"The groom's sister, Katherine
O'Brien, was maid of honor, and
his brother, Malcolm O'Brien, was
best man. Mary Ann Davies was
bridesmaid, and Ella Jean Cade lit
the candles.
"The bride, an alumna of La
Grande high school, wore a grey
dressmaker suit with a pink hat
trimmed with sequins and a veil.
Her corsage was red roses and
white gardenias.
"The maid of honor wore a blue
dressmaker suit and a corsage of
red roses.
At the reception following the
ceremony. Mrs. tl. E. weatnenora
served cake and Mrs. Joe Shepro,
punch.
"Out-of-town guests were Mr&i l
L. Boswell of Payette; Mrs. Wil
liam Boyer and daughters of On
tario; Mr. and Mrs. D. B. McGriff,
Mrs. Anna Wright (the bride's
grandmother) and Mrs. P. E. Wright
of Portland; Mr. and Mrs. D. E.
Shanks and Mrs. Beverly Taylor of
Lewiston; and Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Wilkins (the groom's stepfather and
mother),. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hos
kins, Isabella O'Brien, Patrick O'
Brien and Gordon O'Brien, of Hepp
ner." Banker Chosen To
Head Masonic Lodge
Heppner Chapter No. 69, A. F. &
A. M. in meeting Tuesday evening
elected officers for the ensuing' year.
Gordon Banker was elevated from
the station of senior warden to the
post of worshipful master. Noel
uooyns, junior waraen uie current
year, was raised to senior warden,
and Harold Becket senior deacon, ,
was given the junior warden station. .
Frank S. Parker, treasurer and Ray
McAllister, secretary, were retain
ed in their respective posts.
Preparations are now under way
for the big annual turkey dinner
which is held in connection with
tn. joint insiai auon ceremonies ox
the Masons and Eastern star. atesecUon al, Guy u
for this event is December 21.
Four of Heppner high school's
former stalwarts have been holding
a reunion this week. With the re
turn of Jack Edmondson from Jap
an and Joe Hughes from McMinn-
ville, Alfred Rugg came in from
the Rhea creek ranch and Don
Knowles from Camp 5 to make the
guartet complete. Days of old are
being lived over and the boys are
doing some planning for the days
that lie ahead, each of them plan
ning to go to college.
Clayton Wright drove to Pendle
ton Wednesday to got Mrs. Wright
and their new daughter, Claytha
Rene, who was born at St. An
thony's hospital.
Mrs. J. O. Rasmus, proprietor of
Nornh's shop, is in Seattle this week
buying' stock for her store. She
was accompanied on the trip by
Mrs. Charles Vaughn. Mrs. Elbert
Cox is in charge of the store dur
ing Mrs. Rasmus's absence.
Here to spend Thanksgiving with
Mrs. Rigg's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
M. D. Clark, were Mr. nnd Mrs
Frank E. Riggs and son Clark of
Eugene.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wvldin of Fos
sil were house guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Engkraf over the week
end.
I J. Turner, chairman; B. J. Doherty,
vice chairman; Harry Duvall, regu
lar member; H. M. Miller, first
alternate; W. A. M linkers, second
alternate.
South Heppner community: C. N.
Jones, chairman; Walter Wright
vice chairman; Alva Jones, regular
member; Ralph Beamer, first al
ternate; E. E. Rugg, second alter
nate. Morgan community: Werner Riet
mann, chairman; M. J. Fitzpatrick,
vice chairman; Roy Lindstrom, reg
ular member; C. W. Troedson, first
alternate; Cecil Thorne, second al
ternate. Alpine community: A. C. Lind
sey, chairman; Olney Saling, vice
chairman; W. J. Doherty, regular
member; Elsie Beach, first alter
nate; Randall Martin, second alter
nate. Irrigon community: Carl Knigh
ton, chairman; D. J. Kenny, vice
chairman; Paul Slaughter, regular
member; Herbert Ames, first alter
nate; Rufus McCoy, second alter
nate.
Boardman community: Adolf
Skoubo, chairman; Wilbur Lehman,
vice chairman; Earl H. Briggs, reg
ular member; Earl Downey, first
alternate; Arnold Hoffman, second
alternate.
Bishop Barton Due
Here Wednesday
Bishop Lane W. Barton of the
Eastern Oregon district of the Epis
copal church, is scheduled to visit
Heppner Wednesday, December 11.
With Mrs. Barton he is on a tour of
the district, spending this week in
the eastern and southern sections.
Bishop and Mrs. Barton arrived
in Pendleton Saturday and on Sun
day he held services at Pendleton
end at Milton. His itinerary called
for visits at LaGrande. Baker, On
tario, Nyssa, Vale, Burns, Lakeview
Klamath Falls, Bend, Madras,
Prineville, Hood River, The Dalles
and Heppner.
There will be a service in All
Saints church followed by a recep
tion in the parish house at 7:30 pjn.,
Wednesday evening.
Following this initial visit to the
district Bishop and Mrs. Barton will
return to Orange, N. J., to pack
their household goods and move to
Oregon.
Elks Pay Tribute
To Departed in
Memorial Service
An audience comfortably filling
the seating capacity at the Elks hall
turned out Sunday afternoon to
pay tribute to departed brothers of
the order.
Francis Nickerson, in his initial
address on such an occasion, hand
led his subject nicely, bringing out
the point that we should not mourn
our departed but enjoy the mem
ory of their good deeds and our
pleasant associations with them
when they were among the living.
Miss Marguerite Glavey and Billy
Cochell were the vocalists and Mrsl
Tom Wells presided at the piano.
News Briefs
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rood enjoy
ed a visit over the week end with
Mrs Ro0(j.s mory of
Weston had been on a
to Portand came or
h , .,
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Huston spent
a few days here this week, coming
from their home at Yacolt Wash.,
Saturday, and leaving Tuesday on
the return trip. They are well pleas
ed with their new location, although
there has be(m SQme rain m
good place to winter, perhaps,
while Mrs. Huston goes all out to
declare it a good all-year place to
live.
Heppner business visitors last
week were A. E. Davis of Board
man and R M. McCoy of Irrigon.
They had business at the tax collec
tor's office.
Barney Doherty of rho was
transacting business in Heppner the
latter part of the week. He owns,first of january ttnc win. remam
property in Morrow county and was
interviewing the tax collector while
here.
F. L. Huntting of Irrigon was a
Heppner visitor last week.
Nels Kristensen, Boardman far
mer, was a county seat visitor Mon
day. Mrs. Ruth McNeil and Robert Na
jarian of Pendleton: and Mrs. James
Cowins and Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Warficld and son Jim were Thanks
giving dinner guests of Mrs. G. M.
Allyn at Lexington. N
Mr. and Mrs. William Cowins en
joyed a Thanksgiving dinner with
their children. Tho Heppner rela
tives, including James Cowins, Mr.
and Mrs. Bruce Bothwell and fam
ily and Mr. and Mrs. Vester Hams,
were joined by Mr. and Mrs. Cleve
Ray and Mr. and Mrs. Granville
Hall and children of Salem in a
family reunion.
Jack Edmondson is home on ter
minal leave, having recently re
turned from Japan where he saw
service with the occupational forces.
Local Co-Op Pays
Sizeable Check
To Tax Collector
When the Gazette Times repre
sentative was checking up on taxes
paid by the larger concerns operat
ing within the county public util
ities mostly, one of the larger checks
was overlooked. This has been
brought to our attention and after
checking up with Chief Deputy
Frances Mitchell in the tax de
partment at the court house, it is
found that one of the larger con
tributors to the county's coffers is
the Morrow County Grain Growers,
Inc.
Morrow County Grain Growers,
Inc.. with warehouse and elevator
properties at Heppner, Lexington,
lone and McNab, is a farmer co
operative organized six or seven
years ago. Aside from meeting
regular obligations, the concern has
made numerous extensive improve
ments and is one of the outstanding
businesses of the county. A check
for this year's taxes in the sum of
$7,304.04 is ample proof of its sta
bility.
Lexington School
Not Slowed a Whit
By Power Break
By Mary Edwards
Although schools were closed in
the neighboring communities Wed
nesday, all classes went on as usual
at the Lexington school even tho
the furnace is run by an electric
stoker.
The physical education classes
were conducted in a heated gym.
In the afternoon the grade and
high school gave a Thanksgiving
program to a large audience of par
ents and friends.
Our new school band, under the
direction of Mrs. Haycroft, present
ed several numbers which were
much appreciated by all present
Mrs. Sophia Ansted spent the
Thanksgiving holiday at Medford.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Beach
and family of Springvale, Utah,
spent Thanksgiving with his mo
ther, Mrs. Elsie Beach.
Miss Edith Edwards left Sunday
for Spokane to resume her work as
teacher in Kinman Business uni
versity. .
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Crump and
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Whillock and
families spent Thanksgiving at the
Breshears home.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack McMillan
and family spent Thanksgiving at
the S. G. McMillan home.
Mr. and Mrs Vernon Warner and
two children returned to Portland
Sunday after spending the holidays
at the H. E. Warner home.
Mrs. Etta Hunt of Portland is
visiting relatives and friends in
Lexington.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Vinson of Se
attle spent the week end at the Dan
Way home.
Mrs. Elsie Beach is spending a
few days in Portland.
Among those home from various
colleges for the holidays were Jack
O'Harra, Kenneth and Marcella
Jackson, Majo Marquardt, Rena
Messenger and Patty O'Harra.
Harold Ludwig was home from
Oregon State college to spend the
Thanksgiving holidays with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ludwig.
Around Town
Stanley Minor left the first of
the week for Dallesport, Wash, to
spend a few days at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Minor.
Miss Mary Paget of Victoria, B.
C. is a guest at the home of Arch
deacon and Mrs. Neville Blunt She
is Mrs. Blunts sister.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jewett went to
Aberdeen, Wash, last week where
on Wednesday, Mrs. Jewett submit
ted to a major surgical operation.
Mr. Jewett returned Friday but
Mrs. Jewett and the twins, Robert
Dean and Doris Jean will remain
at Aberdeen until after Christmas.
Mr. Jewett held evangelistic meet
ings week before last at Sweet
Tome.
Joe Hughes Jr. returned home
last week from McMinnville where
he has been employed the past
three months. He contemplates en
tering the University of Oregon the
here until that time
Mr. and Mrs. Durward Tash and
Jack and Dick Edmondson drove
to Bend last week to spend Thanks
giving with Mrs. Tash's people.
Twenty-six members of the Nichols
family were present, including Mr
Tash's daughter and family from
Seattle.
Here to attend the funeral of
Mrs. L. E. Dick were her four sis
ters, Mrs. Ed O'Donnell, Mrs. Tom
Hillis. Mrs. DeForrest Reed and
Mrs. H. L Mills, and brother, Wil
liam E. Ashton, all of Helena, Mont
and Mr. Dick's mother, Mrs. Rose
Wilson of Rimini, Mont, and sister,
Mrs. A. J. McDonald of Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Case, Pete
Prophet and Alex Thompson spent
Thanksgiving with relatives of Mrs.
Case and Mr. Prophet in Portland
They were joined there by Miss
Josephine Case who is a student at
the University of Oregon. The
Heppner folks returned home Mon
day night
Gains of Recent
Years To Be Held,
Farm Bureau Says
Greater Effort to
Mark Carry-out of
Futue Program
Cains made politically and econ
o"urally duirg the past decade will
be held and new advances will be
puhed in the years to come. That
is the avowed purpose of the Na
tional Farm Bureau concurred in
by state and local groups through
out the land.
At a meeting of the Morrow
County Farm Bureau at the Rhea
Creek grange hall Monday evening.
a discussion of the 29 resolutions
passed at the recent state meeting
held at the Columbia Gorge hotel.
Hood River, by George N. Peck of
Lexington who brought out the
main points of the farmers' pro
gram and showed where the bureau
stands on some of the matters of
national import today.
While the 29 resolutions cover
about all the problems facing agri
culture today there are a few of
them which bear more directly up
on this locality, namely: Resolution
No 3, Farm Programs: "Believing in
an economy of abundance and
standing ready to join with labor
and industry to achieve maximum
production and employment thru
price and wage policies which are
geared to a maximum level of con
sumption, we do, however, insist
that farmers have the necessary
machinery to adjust surplus agri
cultural commodities to total mar
ket demands so as to prevent the
wrecking of farm prices, farm pur
chasing power and the resulting
unbalanced national economy."
A paragraph is devoted to Irri
gation and Water Development
Since the farm economy of Oregon
is greatly influenced by irrigation
agriculture, we request the Oregon
Farm Bureau Federation to cooper
ate with the American Farm Bu
reau Federation in establishing a
national farm bureau committee on
irrigation and water reclamation for
the purpose of studying and analyz
ing present and proposed irriga
tion projects."
On the Columbia Valley author
ity, the resolution says in part:
TVhereas, the welfare and progress
of any area depends to a large de
gree upon the development and use
of the natural resources in that
area, we are heartily in accord with
the purposes for which a Columbia
Valley Authority might be estab
lished. "However, the Oregon Farm Bu
reau Federation is opposed to any
bill such as the Senate Bill 1716 for
establishing a Columbia Valley Au
thority because of the extensive
powers and authority granted by
this bill to a thee-man board of
directors, appointed by the Presi
dent and clothed with the power of
Government; whereas, the direc
tion and control of such develop
ment should be vested with the
states involved."
The list of resolutions comprise a
lengthy document, too much for
reprinting.
One matter of business transact
ed Monday evening concerned the
number of meetings the bureau
should have each year. After some
discussion it was decided to have
six meetings instead of nine or ten
as during the past two years. These
meetings will be held on the first
Monday of February, April, June,
September, October and December.
H. L Story, secretary of tke State
Farm Bureau Federation was pre
sent and helped fill in the discus
sion on the resoltuions. He made
a request for a representative of
the county bureau to attend the
national convention being held in
San Frnacisco next week. The lo
cal bueau was presented with a
$25 check from the state federation
for having maintained its member
ship count through 1945. The bu
reau added $25 to the fund to try
to induce someone to go to the
convention.
The ladies of the Rhea Creek
grange served supper prior to the
meeting.
DEMOLAY TO INITIATE
A class of 15 candidates will be
put though the initiatory work of
the Order of DeMolay at the Mas
onic temple in Heppner Monday
evening, December 9. The boys of
the class represent the several com
munities embraced in the local De
Molay district, including towns and
surrounding communities of Mor
row county and Arlington in Gil
liam county.
EDWARDS RANCH SOLD
A deal was closed this week
transferring ownership of the E. E.
Edward farm in Sand Hollow to
Harry Duvall. Mr. and Mrs. Ed
wards are preparing to move to
HilLsboro where they have built a
new home. They plan to leave
about December 15.
INITIATION AND ELECTION
Two important matters of busi
ness are on the calendar for Ruth
chapter No. 32, Order of Eastern
Stur, for the regular meeting De
cember 13. There will be election
of officers for the entuing yr,
followed by initiatory work.