Heppner Gazette Times
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 12, 1946
Volume 63, Number 38
'Nig' Borleske
Gives Youth Plea
At Booster Affair
100 Men, Boys Eot
HEC Cooking at
Football Dinner
Asserting his confidence in the
American system as developed
through youth in the small towns,
R. V. "Nig" Borleske, physical ed
ucation director at Whitman col
lege and dean of Pacific northwest
college coaches, congratulated Hepp
ner for recognition of "its best crop"
in addressing the masculine assem
blage at the dinner tendered the
high school football boys by the
town's new booster club in the
Church of Christ basement Wed
nesday evening.
"The best crop of any town,"
Borleske said, "is its boys and girls."
The 60-year-old veteran friend of
youth who last spring pitched
twenty Innings of baseball in one
afternoon and will do the same next
spring if the occasion arises, was
introduced by Dr. Richard C. Law
rence, toastmaster, as no less fa
mous than his home town of many
years, Walla Walla. Borleske, rear
ed near what is now Camp Tar
ragutt, Idaho, on lake Pend d'Orielle
and attended Spokane high school,
first played football at Whitman in
1906 and gained fame there as
player and coach during his con
tinuous career there since.
Through personal anecdote and
inspirational appeal he gave re
sounding emphasis upon the need
of those who have accomplished
sharing the fruits of their accom
plishment, and upon encouraging
the privilege of youth to reap the
"good things enjoyed through ac
complishment. To the boys he said,
"Don't complain to the coach about
a sore arm," after telling his pitch
ing feat last spring, aged 59.
Coach Leonard Pate paid high
tribute to the sportsmanship of the
football boys in the successful sea
son just past in introducing the ten
senior members of the squad, Du
ane Gentry, Randall Peterson, Lau
ren Corwin, Glenn Coxen, Bud
Peck, Bob Mollahan, Jack Parrish,
Lowell Rippee, Don Munkers. On
behalf of the team, Glenn Coxen
responded with an appreciation for
the dinner and interest of the Boos
ter club, also extending the squad's
thanks to those who made their
trip to the 0. S. C.-U. of W. football
game possible.
Musical numbers included vocal
solo by Miss Marguerite Glavey,
piano solo by Joan Corwin, vocal
duet by Imogene Hendrix and Mar
jorie Pettyjohn singing "Silent
Night," and vocal trio, Shirley Wil
kinson, Marian Miller and Beverly
Yocom, singing "White Christmas."
Frank Davis, member of the four
man Booster club committee ar
ranging the dinner, which included
also Don Fleck, C. J. D. Bauman
and Jack Burns, told of the pur
pose of the Booster club to back
such school and community activi
ties as may be feasible through
joint action at breakfast meetings
on call, with each project to be
complete in itself. Proceeds of the
football boys' dinner above ex
penses were contributed to the
school lunch fund.
Girls of the Home Economics
club of the high school under su
pervision of Miss Margaret Hughlett
prepared and served the sumptuous
baked ham dinner, highly compli
mented by the disappearing act
staged by the more than one hun
dred males in attendance.
Camp Fire Girls
Given Higher Rank
The Tanda group of Camp Fire
Girls at Lexington attained their
Trail Seekers rank in a vesper and
candlelight service held at the
Christian church Sunday. Gowned
in pastel formals, the girls marched
in to music played by Louise Hunt.
They carried candles and when ap
proaching the altar lighted them
from the altar candle carried by
Donna Gosnell. They repeated their
camp fire law and each girl was
asked by Ida Buchanan to give her
Indian name and its mea mng. This
was followed by the group singing,
"Christmas Candles."
Mrs. Cecil Jones presented the
girls with their charm and honor
bends. The congregation was led
in Prayer by Mrs. Elbert Moreland.
Candles wci": then extinguished
r he ''t the stage. Candle
bearers were Pat and Audrey Ma
. l ;lh Edwards, Jo Mc
Millan, Iris Uloodsworth and Carol
Jackson.
The girls and their parents went
to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lonnle
Henderson where the parents en
tertained with a chicken dinner.
The troop spent Saturday In Wal
la Walla visiting the district super
visor. They were accompanied by
Mrs. Lonnie Henderson, Mrs. Wil
liam Ludwig and Mrs. Cecil Jones,
Rev. and Mrs. Slerl Spicsz, for
mer residents of Heppner when
Rev. fpiesz was pastor of the
Assembly of God church, stopped
over here Saturday night and he
filled the pulpit at the local churchJ
Sunday morning. They were en
route to Spray to open a scries of
evangelistic services Sunday evening.
News From
C. A. Office
JoAnne Graves, Heppner, mem
ber of the champion 4-H beef club
has just been selected as the winner
of a 4-H club summer school schol
arship presented to her by the
Safeway Stores, Inc.
This scholarship is a new award
presented by Saleway for the first
time this year. Safeway is making
this scholarship award to the most
outstanding member in each county
enrolled in a beef breeding project
JoAnne was selected for her all-
round club work, livestock projects
and completeness of record books.
She has been a 4-H member for
eight years, during which time she
has done outstanding work in home
economics and livestock projects
which she carried.
The county committee meetings
f the Eastern Oregon Wheat league
heldxon Monday, December 9, were
well attended by Morrow county
wheat growers. Discussions were
held and recommendations drafted
to be considered at the annual
meeting to be held in LaGrande,
Dee. 16-17-18.
Cliff Conrad, secretary of the
Eastern Oregon Wheat league, has
just announced that special Pull
man cars will be .going to LaGrande
the evening of December 15. These
cars will be heated and used for
sleeping accommodations at Le
Grande.
Anyone wishing to travel bv train
should contact this office Jor fur-
uier imormauon.
Advisory supervisors have re
cently been appointed by the Hepp
ner Soil Conservation district su
pervisors. These advisory super
visors, appointed in various com
munities throughout the district
will aid in developing the soil con
servation program by keeping in
touch with their neighbors and ad
vising them of the services that can
be offered to them by the district
These supervisors are Joe Do-
herty, Vinson; Markham Baker,
lone; Vic Lovgren, Eightmile; Ken
neth Batty and Jim Hams, Hard
man; Newt O'Harra, Lexington; E.
E. Rugg, Ruggs; Gerald Swaggart,
Little Butter Creek; Sam Turner
and Jim Valentine, Heppner.
At the regular meeting of the
Heppner Soil Conservation district
held last Monday evening, the ad
visory supervisors were given the
opportunity to report on conserva
tion needs in their communities.
A report was given at this meet
ing by Orian Wright, treasurer, on
the sale of the truck granted to the
district and sold at the last sale at
the Runnion sales yard. Mr. Wright
reported a net of $693.50 received
for the truck, which will be used
to purchase conservation equipment
to be used by the district coopera
tors. Sam Sloan, state soil conserva
tionist and Howard Cushman, sec
retary of the state soil conservation
committee, both from Corvallis, met
with the supervisors and discussed
district problems and results.
Lexington Names
New Town Officials
An election was held Tuesday
evening at the I. O. O. F. hall in
Lexington to name town officials
for the ensuing term.
Mayor Alonzo Henderson was re
elected and Wilbur Steagall and
Clifford Yarnell were elected for
four-year terms. Herman Green
and Cecil Jones were elected for
two-year terms. Elmer Peterson
was chosen for recorder and Marie
Steagall treasurer.
SCOUT EXECUTIVE IS
SPEAKER AT LUNCHEON
Cliff Hansen, Boy Scout execu
tive for Umatilla and Morrow coun
ties, was the speaker at Monday's
luncheon of the Heppner chamber
of commerce. His theme was on the
value of youth movements such as
scouting and he made a plea for
siifport of any movement that
means training of the youth of the
land for the responsibilities that will
oe theirs as they attain maturity.
Hansen was here to participate in
a Boy Scout court of honor held at
the Methodist church Monday eve
ning. RETURNING TO OREGON
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Hughes ar
rived in Heppner Friday from their
former home at Bruce, Alberta,
Canada. They have sold their wheat
ranch and farming equipment and
plan to locate in Oregon after an
ibscnce of 18 years. Alter visiting
here a couple of days they wen,
to Salem to visit Mrs. Hughes s
son, George Zeuskc, and family
Mr. Hughes is a brother of Joe
Hughes and Mrs. Anna McNamee,
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HEPPNER LOSES TEACHER
The Heppner school lost one of
its teachers last week when Mrs.
Floyd Adams, third grade teacher,
was released because of her failure
to meet requirements fer a teacher's
crtificnle, as specified by the state
department of education". Mrs. Ad
ams had taught in the school
the past two years and was consld-
ered an excellent teacher by school
authorities. Her loss will be keenly
felt, especially In view of the short
age of qualified teachers.
Railroad Cars To
Provide Shelter At
EOWL Convention
The housing situation at La
Grande during the annual Eastern
Oregon Wheat League meeting,
December 16-18, will be materially
relieved by arrangements complet
ed today for chartered Pullman
cars which will leave The Dalles at
8:45 p.m., December 15. according
to C. D. Conrad, secretary of the
organization.
Two cars have definitely been
arranged for and a third car re
quested. Each car will accommo
date 27 passengers, and will assure
those who go on them of having a
place to sleep during the conven
tion. The cars will be held on a
siding near La Grande depot Heat,
lights, and sanitary facilities will be
provided.
Reservations for space on these
special cars should be made at the
county agent offices in the respect
ive counties. Passengers will be
picked up at The Dalles, Arlington,
and Pendleton at 8:45 p.m., 9:50 p.
m., and 11:45 p.m., December 15
and returned to those stations at
12:05 a.m., 2:52 a.m and 4:10 ajn.
on December 19.
Former Gooseberry
Resident Passes
Services were held in Portland
Saturday for Charles M. Wagner,
late ot 1439 Jefferson street, who
passed away December 4 at the
age of 80 years, three months and
nine days. Vault entombment fol
lowed in the Riverview mausoleum.
Mr. Wagner farmed for 12 years
in the Gooseberry section, coming
to the county m 1920 and leaving
in 1932.
Surviving are one daughter. Mrs.
Algott Lundell of lone; three grand
sons, Charles and Wallace Lundell
of Oakland, Calif., and Raymond
Lundell of lone, and one great
granddaughter, Karen Rae Lundell
of lone.
W. T. Gerard Rites
Held at Lexington
Funeral services for Walter Tay
lor Gerard who died December 5
were held Sunday afternoon in the
Christian church with Rev. Shelby
Graves in charge. Mr. Gerard was
born October 10, 1857, in Tippecanoe
county, Indiana. He went to Neb
rask wahen quite young and on
February 27, 1890 he was united
in marriage to Martha Sparks, who
passed away in 1934. They came to
Morrow county in 1913, settling on
a homestead north of Lexington.
They were the parents of six chil
dren, two of whom, Ernest and
Myrtle, survive, besides four grand
sons. Charles arlow sang "In the
Garden" and 'The Old Rugged
Cross." Pallbearers were Alonzo
Henderson, Harry Dinges, Elmer
Hunt, Oscar Breeding, Oris Pad
berg and Ralph Jackson. Interment
was made in Penland cemetery be
side his wife.
Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Cutsforth
and George Peck left Saturday!
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the National Farm Bureau meet
ing. They were accompanied by Mr.
and Mrs. Former of Antelope.
The Lexington Camp Fire Girls
went to Walla Walla Saturday to
visit the regional headquarters.
They were accompanied by Delpha
Jor.es, La Verne Henderson and Mrs.
Tom Ludwig.
Mrs. Amabel McMillan and Ethel
Adams were week-end visitors in
Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Ward and
family have arrived for a visit with
his mother and friends.
The Camp Fire Girls held their
candlolight ceremony Sunday eve
ning at the Christian church. This
was followed by a potluck dinner
served at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Alonzo Henderson who are spon-
sors of the group.
DOROTHY CUTSFORTH
JOINS INDEPENDENTS
Miss Dorothy May Cutsforth of
Lexington recently became a mem
ber of the Independents organiza
tion at Stephens college Columbia,
Mo., following an intensive mem
bership drive, climaxed by a tea
for all the old and new members
and their sponsors.
The Independents organization at
Stephens college is composed of
hall groups who work together as
a unified campus organization. A
"Hands Across the Campus" move
ment is sponsored by the Inde
pendents, as well as a series of so
cial events and an annual circus,
one of the highlights of the school
year.
IT'S A GIRL
Virginia Lou Turner is the latest
addition to the Turner family tree,
having been born Wednesday, Dec.
11 to Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Tur
ner at Eugene. The little lady bal
anced the scales at eight pounds
two ounces. Word from the proud
young father is to the effect that
the mother is doing OK and the
baby is yawning constantly. Mayor
and Mrs. Tumor, the grandparents,
are holding up pretty well.
1946 Rain Behind
1945 Season Out
Gooseberry Way
This month of December will
have to be good and wet if the
year 1946 is to match the precipi
tation record of 1945. Up to Decem
ber 5, the difference in favor of
1945 was 3.86 inches. These figures
are for the Gooseberry area where
Leonard Carlson is the weather ob
server. In town last Thursday, Carlson
brought a summary of the two years
to the Gazette Times office. Up to
that time he had not recorded rain
fall for December, but since last
Thursday there have been showers
at Heppner and it is presumed
Gooseberry was included in the
weather man's generosity.
1 Carlson's chart for 1945 shows but
one dry month, July, when no pre
cipitation was recorded. Beginning
with January when 1.25 inches of
moisture fell, we find February had
1.63, March 1.96, April .77, May 3.13,
June .16, July .0, August .37, Sep
tember 1.09, October .58, November
2.15 and December 1.84 for a total
of 14.93 inches.
The year 1946 has been a little
better in so far as some precipita
tion was recorded each month
(counting what has fallen in De
cember but not yet recorded). Jan
uary showed .85, February .62,
March 1.91, April .34, May 1.68,
June 2.29, July .04, August .15, Sep
tember .81 (that was the opening
day of the Rodeo), October 1.70 and
November 1.20 for a total of 11.49
inches.
Len 'Gilliam outpointed Carlson
in the matter of moisture recording.
The Heppner gauge showed a total
of 13.59 inches for the 11 months
and with .09 of an inch recorded
since December 1 the record at this
writing stands at 13.68.
The 1945 total was 15.64 inches
distributed as follows: January 1.63,
February 1.72, March 1.78, April
.87, May 2.74, June .25, July .12,
August .08, September 1.26, October
21, November 2.55, December 2.13.
The 1946 recordings show January
.73, February .68, March 2.05, April
.70, May 2.35, June 1.68, July .23,
August .05, September 1.52, October
2.38, November 1.22, December (in
complete) .09.
Gift Shop Latest
Business in Town
Latest business enterprise to be
announced in Heppner is the open
ing of a gift shop at the Tress Mc
Clintock home, corner Chase and
Cannon streets. Included in the ar
ticles to be handled are wearing ap
parel and household linens.
Engaged in the enterprise are
Mrs. McClintock, her sister, Miss
Sybil Walker, and Ms. Richard
Hayes.
Miss Walker, a registered nurse,
has come here from Sherwood to
join Mrs. McClintock and Mrs. Hay
es in the making and selling of pro
ducts of the weaver's art She is
a member of the Weavers' Guild
and had set up a shop at her small
farm near Sherwood after returning
from overseas duty.
Tress McClintock has fixed a
workshop for the ladies at the Mc
Clintock home where they are pre
paring a line of gift goods.
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gQARDMAN
Stanfield grade and high schools
met the Boardman grade and Yel
low Jackets on the home floor Tu
esday night. The grade boys play
ed a very fast and exciting game
with the local boys winning with a
score, of 16-13. Both high school
teams were defeated, the B string
with a score of 36-17 and the Yel
low Jackets got stung with a score
of 50-29. Friday night they play
at Arlington.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Brown left by
stage Tuesday to spend the winter
in Los Angeles with their daughter
and famiy.
Fred Smith was shopping in Pen
dleton Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Root, Mrs. Eva
Warner and Mrs. Adeline Baker
motored to Irrigon Sunday and at
tended the Baptist church service
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Skoubo and
his mother, Mrs. I. Skoubo, motored
to Portland Tuesday to be gone a
few days. They will drive on to
Eugene to visit their daughter and
sister, Frances, who is a student at
U. of O.
Elvin Elv was home over the
week-end from his work at St
Johns.
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FORMER HEPPNER YOUTH
BURIED AT PUYALLUP
Word was received this week of
the death of Floyd (Buddy) Giee
ley, whose parents were pastors of
the Assembly of God church
Heppner a number of years ago.
Floyd attended the Heppner school.
"Buddy" was a student at the
Northwest Bible school when he
was Inducted into the army. While
still in the service early the past
summer he was critically burned
In an explosion and was thought to
be recovering until a toxic condi
tion set in which led to his death
on November 8. Funcrnt services,
attended by over 600 people, most
of them young people, wore held
in Puyrtllup, Wash., Armistice day.
Miss Jean Rauch of Lexington
left Saturday for Spokane to attend
Kinman Business college.
Sand Hollow Cattle Win
Spot at Grand National
Exposition in San Francisco
Second place for heavyweight sold to C. C. Brennan of Prineville
Shorthorn steers in the fat class for $570 and the bull to Harry
was won by James Valentine at Weitz of Chehalis, Wash, for $450.
the Grand National Livestock ex- The grand champion bull and
position held in San Francisco in grand champion female were won
November, it was disclosed here won by Valentine at the Mid-Col-this
week. Valentine's steer, "Cen-' umbia Breeders sale held at Moro
tury," weighed 1050 pounds and in September. The female was sold
sold for 47 cents a pound. Cattle! to Mrs. Raymond Ferguson of
from all over the United States Heppner for $500 and the bull to
were competition at the event. I Edwards company of Fossil for
Starting his purebred Shorthorn I $570.
herd in 1937 with one head, Valen-1 Last week Valentine delivered a
tine has a herd of 40 purebreds at , carload of Shorthorn bulls to Wil
present. In October he purchased, liams Stock Farming company,
both the grand and reserve cham- j Paradise Valley, Nevada, and a
pion heifers at the Inland Empire j carload of bulls to Mills Land and
Shorthorn show in Spokane for j Livestock company in Paulina, Ore.
$2000 and $1650 respectively. They Valentine expects to continue ex
were owned by the Lakeside ranch, ! panding and improving his herd at
Sandpoint, Idaho. his place in Sand Hollow, the TV
At the same show, Valentine j ranch owned by Mrs. Edna Turner
showed the second prize heifer and and Valentine, and located 10 miles
second prize bull. The heifer was northeast of Heppner.
lone Memonal
Association Set To
Go On Nat Project
At a meeting in the American
Legion hall Thursday evening, De
cember 5, the lone Memorial Im
provement association was organ
ized with the following officers:
President, Jack Bailey; vice presi
dent, Rodney Wentworth; secre
tary, Mrs. Charles Carlson; treas
urer, Garland Swanson;, executive
comajittee, Mrs. Victor Rietmann,
Edmond Bristow and Charles Swan-
son, and the chairman of the school-
board, Oscar Peterson, and super
intendent of the school, B. C. For-
sythe, to act ex-officio.
The first project of the association
will be to build a swimming pool
to be financed by donations, the
goal being $15,000. The school dis
trict plans on building a double
tennis court and putting in a turfed
football field. These projects will
be adjoining the school grounds and
it will be landscaped soon.
The community Christmas tree
and program will be held at the
schoolhouse Friday night Dec. 20.
A party planning meeting will be
held at the Congregational church
at 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 17.
Everybody is welcome.
Mrs. Oscar Peterson and Mrs.
Bertha Johnson of Heppner left
for Portland Sunday. Mrs. Peter
son will undergo a major opera
tion at the Emanuel hospital Tues
day.
Mrs. Roy Lindstrom taught the
third and fourth grades last Thurs
day and Friday during the absence
of Mrs. Lundell.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Keithley of
Heppner and Mr. and Mrs. Edmond
Biistow spent the week end in
Yakima. They brought Mrs. Ida
Grabill, who was visiting there,
home with them.
The Willows grange will initiate
in the third and fourth degrees Fri
day night, December 13.
The Maranatha's will meet at the
Congregational church December 14
with a potluck dinner at noon. El
ection of officers and a Christmas
larty with exchange of gifts will
be held in the afternoon.
The Girls League of the lone
high school gave a banquet in hon
or of the football boys in the gym
Wednesday night, Dec. 4. Other
guests were the faculty and school
board and wives and husbands and
Mrs. Lucy E. Rodgers. Laurel Pal
mateer and Francine Ely were
toastmistresses.
Mr. and Mrs. Algott Lundell left
for Portland Wednesday of last
week on account of the death of
Mrs. Lundell's father, Charles A.
Wagner. Mr. Wagner owned a
wheat ranch in the Dry Fork dis
trict The funeral was held Satur
day in Portland. Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Lundell and Wallace Lun
dell of Oakland, Calif., and Ray
mond Lundell from here attended.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Heliker spent
the week end with Mr. and Mrs.
Peter Timms in Pendleton and on
Saturday met their daughter, Mrs.
Harriet Lundell, who came up from
Los Angeles by plane. Mrs. Lun
dell is on a short visit and is em
ployed by the Pacific Press, west
const printers of the Time and Life
magazines.
E. G. Wet more left for his home
in Salem Monday. He has been
visiting his granddaughter, Mrs.
Donald Heliker.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Buchanan
Boy Scout Court
Of Awards Held
Monday Evening
Numerous awards were made to
Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts Mon
day evening when a court of hon
or was held at the Methodist church.
Troops of Heppner and Lexington
participated and with scout officers
and parents there were more than
50 people present Local officers
were assisted by Cliff Hansen, Boy
Scout executive for Morrow and
Umatilla counties, with headquar
ters at Pendleton.
Gay Harshman and Jimmy Smith
of Troop 61, Heppner, and Bob
Steagall, Dale Papineau and Ken
Cutsforth of Troop 62, Lexington,
were made tenderfoot scouts. Those
raised to second class scouts were
AI Meek, Heppner, and Orville
Cutsforth Jr., David Buchanan and
Clare Hunt Lexington.
Phil Smith of Heppner was raised
to the rank of first class scout; Mar
ion Green was awarded the pio
neering merit badge.
Awards made to Cub Scouts in
cluded Ralph Marlatt wolf; Jimmie
McClintock, Francis Lewis, James
Green, Clyde Meek and Wendell
Connor, bear. All were awarded
the golden arrow, and Wesley Mar
latt received the Webelos badge,
the highest rank in Cub scouting.
C. J. D. Bauman, court chairman,
awarded the first class bage to
Phil Smith. Truman Messenger pre
sented the merit badge to Marion
Green; Rev. J. P. Sorlein presented
the second class badges; Conley
Lanham the wolf badges to the
Cubs; Stephen Thompson the bear
raim aim guiutm aiiuw puiiiio,
1. 1 Tn1r
O Connor had charge of the Scout
,
round-up,
Archie Nichols, scoutmaster at
Lexington, received the round-up
award for '46 in behalf of his troop.
Mrs. Raymond Marlatt a wolf mo
ther, presented her son Ralph with
his wolf badge and her son Wesley 1
with his Webelos badge. Al (Buff)
Meek received his second class
badge from his father and Mrs.
Meek presented Clyde Meek with
his bear badge.
and daughters of Independence
spent the week end with Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Buchanan.
Mrs. Ida Coleman and daughters
were Pendleton shoppers Saturday.
The social meeting of the Topic
club was held at the Masonic hall
Saturday night with four tables of
bridge and four tables of pinochle
at play. Prizes were won by the
following: Bridge, high Mrs. Mary
Swanson and Noel Dobyns, low
Mrs. Norma Rea and Ted Smith;
Jack high, Harry Yarnell; pinochle,
hifih Mrs. John Ransier and Francis
Ely, low Mi's. Charles O'Connor and
Lloyd Morgan; pinochle, John Ran
sier. Refreshments of apple pie a
la mode and coffee were served by
the hostesss, Mrs. E. R. Lundll, Mrs.
Clifford Carlson, Mrs. M. E. Cot
ter, Mrs Charles Carlson, Mrs.
Gordon White and Mrs. Echo Pal-
mateer.
The following basketball games
were played last week: Echo high
school played here December 3.
Ione's second team won 40-12. EC'
ho's first team won 33-23. The lone
town team played at Arlington De
cember 4 and lost both games. Ar
lington grade school played here
Friday afternoon, December 6, with
AND SUGAR 'H
CREAM SO SCARCE
Well, here we go again, folks.
This should make Ripley's Believe
It or Not, but it is a true story just
the same.
L. D. Neil was transplanting
strawberries in his patch Tuesday
and turned up a cluster of berries
some of which were ripe, some
green, with several blooms paving
the way for more berries.
Mark that down on your calendar,
for it was on the 10th day of De
cember 1946. It's the climate, folks!
2 Complete Shows
At Saturday Mat
Two complete shows are on the
bill of fare at the Star theater Sat
urday afternoon, according to an
nouncement by Mrs. W. O. George,
manager. The matinee is for chil
dren only and Mrs. George selects
pictures of especial interest to therm
The film for Saturday's matinee
is Mary OTiara's great horse story,
Ihunderhead, in technicolor, to
be shown at 2 p. m. Following the
film will be the home talent show
on the stage.
Regular matinee prices prevail
and adults are not excluded, al
though the show is given Drunarilv
for children.
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Eastern Star Adds
Books to Harriet
Mahoney Memorial
Ruth chapter No. 32 of the Order
of the Eastern Star has donated
two historical novels to the Har
riet Mahoney memorial shelf in the
Heppner public library. They are
"The Salem Frigate" by Jennings,
which deals with the war of 1912
and the U. S. frigate Essex, and
Red Morning" by Frey. which is
based on the true life story of the
author's great-grandmother during
tne rrench and Indian war. The
library also has added four new
mysteries this week: "Proof of the
Pudding" by Taylor, "Owl in the
Cellar" by Schref, "Death of a
Swagman" by Upfield, and "Any
Shape or Form" by Daly.
New books for children in grades
one and two are "The Rolling Pan
cake" and other nursery tales, "Lit
tle Red Riding Hood and Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs,"
"Mystery of the Secret Drawer" by
Orton has arrived for those juven
ile mystery faas of the fifth to
seventh graders. For the boys of
the seventh to ninth grades we
have bought "Back to the Smoky"
Sea" by Nutchuk, a true story of
a Norwegian-Eskimo boy who serv
ed in the last war.
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New Frazier Auto
To be Displayed
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Engkraf went
to Portland Wednesday to receive a
new Frazier car for which they
have the Morrow county agency.
They were to return today and the
car will be put on display Friday
morning in the display room at the
Heppner Motor.
After showing the car to people of
the county Friday it will be taken
to Fossil to be put on display along
with a Kaiser Special at the Fossil
Motor display room.
Mr. and Mrs. Cornett Green drove
to Portland Sunday where Mr.
Green had business in connection
with the Interior Warehouse com
pany plant which he manages here.
They were scheduled to return on
Wednesday.
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land, taking his sister, Mrs. H. L.
Mills, to her home there. He ex
pects to visit in California before
returning to Heppner.
a score 21-17 in favor of lone.
lone high school played at Ar
lington Friday night, December 6,
and won both games, the scores be
ing 23-8 and 20-13. The high school
will' play at Condon December 13
and Condon will play here Decem
ber 14. The town team will play
Arlington here December 12.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carlson and
Mr. and Mrs. Garland Swanson
were The Dalles visitors Friday
and Saturday of last week. They
visited Frank Lundell at the East
ern Oregon State Tuberculosis hos
pital. Mrs. Dixon Smith and children
were Walla Walla visitors over the
week end.
Wallace Coleman and John Bu
chanan, both of the U. S. Army at
Fort Lewis, spent Sunday here
with their families.
Elmer Shiffer, high school In
structor, was a Pendleton visitor
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert DeSpain of
Pendleton were visitors here last
week.
The social club of the Eastern
Star met at the home of Mrs. Wal
ter Dobyns Friday afternoon, De
cember 6. A Christmas party with
ihe exchange of gifts was the main
feature of the afternoon.
The 4-H club girls met at the
home of Mrs. Walter Corley Sat
urday afternoon.
The study meeting of the Topic
club will be held at the home of
Mrs. Gordon White, December 13
at 2:15 p.m.
Elevator on Rice
Place Destroyed
By Fire Monday
12,000 Bushels of
Wheat in Storage
Fully Insured
Fire of unknown origin destroy
ed the grain elevator on the Rice
place nine miles south of Heppner
Monday night Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward Rice were awakened by the
light from the burning structure
shortly after midnight and went In
to action to save other buildings.
Lacking telephone connections,
Mr. Rice drove to town to get help
but by the time he and the help re
turned the structure was too far
gone to save any of it A bulldozer
was put to work plowing a trench
around the fire zone and other
structures on the farm were not
threatened.
The elevator, of 24,000 bushel
capacity, was erected in 1945 after
R. B. Rice and son Edward bought
the place, the former Mahoney
ranch. About 12,000 bushels of
wheat were stored in the building
awaiting delivery to the Interior-
Warehouse company for shipment
to Portland. The grain suffered a
good bit of fire damage but it is
thought that much of it can be sal
vaged for stock feed The grain was
fully insured and the elevator had
about $4,000 worth of protection"
An adjuster arrived on the scene
Wednesday, after Edward Rice had
driven to oPrtland to see what the
grain company's position was re
garding insurance.
The elevator, built by Bill Ken
nedy, was of good construction.
Building and contents loss is estim
ated at $30,000.
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Bishop Barton's
Tour of District
Concluded Here
Meeting with the congregation of
All Saints Episcopal church Wed
nesday evening, Bishop Lane W.
Barton concluded his first tour of
the missionary district of eastern
Oregon and after attending to some
business in connection with the
bishop's office at Pendleton will re
turn to East Orange, New Jersey,
to prepare to move to eastern Ore
gon. The bishop was accompanied over
the district by Mrs. Barton, and the
Rev. J. M. B. Gill, secretary of the
bishop's office at Pendleton and
former pastor of the church at
Lakeview. They drove more than
1400 miles making the circuit and
Bishop Barton told his congregation
last night that the more they saw
of eastern Oregon the more they
liked it
Bishop Barton will return to Or
egon the latter part of January and
his family will join him after school
closing time in the early summer.
Fall Term at OSC
Biggest in History
Of the Institution
Oregon State College Fall term
here, the biggest in the 78-year his
tory of the institution, will end De
cember 18, following a new type
final examination period in which
scheduled exams are given only to
large sections in freshman and
sophomore courses. In other cour
ses finals are given in regular class
periods or are omitted at the dis
cretion of the instructor.
Contrary to rumors circulated
widely, the college policy is the
same as formerly regarding stu
dents whose grade average is un
satisfactory at the end of the term.
No student will be suspended with
out personal consideration of the
case by the academic deficiencies
committee, the administration an
nounced. In giving grades instruc
tors are asked to give consideration
to the pressure and unusual diffi
culties under which students are
working this year.
Upper class students and veter
ans have registered in advance to
relieve congestion on the opening
day of winter term registration,
Thursday, January 2. Classes start
Friday, January 3.
LEAVES FOR ENGLAND
Walter Luckman left Pendleton
Tuesday morning for his old home
in England where he expects to
spend the winter. He took the Pa
cific Limited to Chicago and was
going New York Central from there
to New York, with a schedule call
ing for arrival there Friday eve
ning. He will sail on the Queen
Elizabeth Saturday, with Manches
ter, England, as his destination. He
has a brother residing there. Floyd
Tolleson, Union Pacific agent at
Heppner, arranged Luckman's trans
portation and with Jack Hynd ac
companied him to Pendleton to get
him started on the first leg of his
long journey. This will be Walter's
first visit to the native heath since
coming to Heppner more than 40
years ago.
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ANDERSONS HAVE BOY
A ton was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Anderson Monday, fcem
ber 9, at St. Anthony's hoapltal in
Pendleton. The proud young par-
I ents have named their ton Eric.
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