FJBLIC AUDITORIUM
PORTLAND. QBE
Heppner Gazette Times
Volume 63, Number 45
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, January 30, 1947
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French
Reviews
J The
Legislature
Morse Sees Great
Growth of Region
When Dam Is Built
Senator Emphatic
On Point Project
Should Go Ahead
Great development is In store
for the Columbia River basin
with the completion of the Mc-
By GILES FRENCH
Rep. 22nd Diitxict
Interest in the second week of
the 44th legislative assembly
centered on the problems that
were hailed as likely to give leg
islators the most mental exer
cise: taxes' and the education Nary and other projected dams
distribution bill.' along the river and some of its
Naturally it will be hard to major tnbutanes. That is the
tell how much more monev the outlook as seen by Senator
state will need this biennium Wayn B. Morse who addressed
until the legislature has passed a capacity crowd in the high
on the several appropriation school gymnasium at Umatilla
bills that are comine ud. If it Wednesday evening
restricts itself to the budgeted "Construction of these dams
items and doesn't eo in for new w"l mean tne unlocking of vast
thlnes like air fields. exnanHed storehouses of wealth in the
veterans aid. too much Dav. etc.. northwestern states, a poten
it seems probable that a few tial wealth that can be develop
million more will suffice. ed to a high degree with low
If just reasonably careful- eost electricity generated from
ana mat is about ail that can
be expected the next two years
should bring but a six to eight
million additional cost. This can
be raised from lower income tax
exemptions, from liquor, from
additional excise taxes or from
miscellaneous sources of vari
ous kinds. A sales tax would
balance the budget easily if
passed.
If none of these sources are
utilized the property taxpayer
will get the bill, and it seems
very likely that the financing of
the basic school bill will be on
his shoulders soon in any event.
The expected fight over liquor
control is coming to light in
much the same way that was
KIn Jh6 housaencommiltee these great dams," the senator
is young and generally inexper-
!ffnwaiVPParent,'y,dCSJrT Mr. Mor,e stated his position
K-nnv ia, mhohiu k " clearly witn refeience to propos-
p.Aimmmm ,jm
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f , ? ' -V- w
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Knox law, probably by prevent
ing the commission from cutting
ea government economy mea
com.. nA .nlntnJ Un ntt-l .....
nil olnh k.ll I; .. V... i" Cliuil 1JUI
; ' ,, ' 7 forth by himself and colleagues
hThV r u , '" the president to raise the
ly.eJi!?'nd otner'aw!j ,t0 coiling on project funds. The
c uums a.m 4"'- seliator declared it is false econ-
omy to stop work on projects
The senate committee, if one that will start refunding the
may judge from its personnel, government as soon as they are
will quietly put such bills in its put into operation. There are
pui-KtH. men mere win De a other souices of government ex
fight and pobably the liquor penditur? ihat may well be dis
handling will remain much as pensed Jvth in the name of ec-
11 ls- onomy, but projects such as the
The house is conducting the McNary dam which will foster
most costly session of all time, limitless development of new
ine cnange irom o committees wealth should be encouraged.
io i aid not bring a reduction The speaker told the large
in committee clerks. Instead audience which accorded him
mere are now 14, one for each rapt attention throughout, that
committee, instead 01 Li to 14 legislation in congress can be
as prevailed in other days. These summed up in one word-com-
Salem housewives who work promise and that no matter
during the Session get $9 per how riisnleasinp the wnrri nnH
day for committee work. In a its indications are tn him hp
session of 60 days that is $540. will compromise whenever it is
rur mmmiuecs mai meet sei- necessary. He has done that
oom, pernaps not over live to verv thine on numerous ncca
ten times, the pay is very sat- sions, especially in connection
iMaciory-ana very extravagant. With the McNary project, and
There are also enough doorkeop- will continue to do so until the
ers to man Buckingham palace, money needed for its comple-
iit.-wstJBpi.-rs nave noi saia any- don is appropriated
ining aoout it and perhaps will "We asked for $5,000,000 to get
iiui, mi inobi oi mem nave tneir the actual construction woik
wives working at some legisla- started and had to accept a cut
uve juu. 0f one million, the senator re
-v.i in me senaie me system lated. "We wanted to get a
is different. A senator's clerk sizeable investment for the rea
or secretary is required to also , that It it easier t ant mnm
be the secretary of his commit- funds once some money has
i..-e mm eat-n senator nas one been put into a project. "
mairmansmp. mat maKes a a strong point was made for
pretty hard job for a stenogra- setting up industries here where
pher and skill is required. The So many law products aro pro
better clerks are in the senate, duced. Why not produce the fin-
. iii-ie me pay is ouen oetter, Hshed products here where they
aiuiuufeii ine worn la naracr.
The big truck bill seems des
tined to go on to final passage
with little struggle. Since the
truck men were able to convince
the grange and since the cattle
men of southeastern Oregon
found truck shipping advantag
eous the truck bill has had bet
tor sailing. The railroads, ex
cept for the railroad employees,
River Teams Fall
Before Onslaughts
Of Wild Mustangs
By Bob Mollahan
Heppner high school's big,
fast, and rugged Mustangs Fri
day evening continued their vic
tory march by defeating the de
fending titlists of the Little
Wheat league, Umatilla, 38-20,
to extend their winning streak
to three straight in the league
wars.
The laurels of a job well done
went to the Mustang's classy
and hard hitting pair of guards,
Lauren Corwin and Don Rippee,
for their starring roles. They
fomed the spearhead of their
victorious quintet's offensive
thrusts, even though it some
times doesn't register in the of
ten times deceiving scoring col
umn. Also forming the back
bone of the defense, Don and
Lauren stopped, time after time,
the Vikings' attack. They would
either interrupt one of Umatil
la's desperation passes or smo
ther their opponents' offense
with close checking.
The contest was one sided in
the second half as 18 points dif
ference in score indicates. Coach
Pate's crew was slow in finding
their stride and the hoop, but
Jack Parrish lobbed in the open
ing tallies to establish the pace
and trend of the contest as the
Mustangs took an 8-4 first quar
ter lead. Heppner built it up
to a 15-9 halftime advantage
and then went on a 15 point
scoring bender in the third per
iod to tuck their lead out of
the Vikings' reach,
The score:
Heppner Fg Ft Pf Tp
Mollahan, f 2 10 5
Greenup, f 4 10 9
Parrish, c 5 0 0 10
Corwin, g 1 0 0 2
D. Rippee, g 2 1'25
L. Rippee, f 2 115
Schunk, f 1 0 0 2
Totals 17 4 3 38
Umatilla
Peterson, f 1 0 0 2
Thompson, f 2 0 3 4
Johnson, c 2 2 2 6
O'Brien, g ;; 2 0 14
Hiatt, g l 0 2 2
Halliday, s 1 0 0 2
Totals 9 2 8 20
The Heppner grade school ca
gers defeated the Hermiston
Theater Collections,
'Dimes7 Dance Boost
Polio Fund Past Week
While returns are not in from
over the county and Chairman
Francis Nickerson has had no
opportunity to sum up contribu
tions to date, indications point
to a fairly successful campaign
in behalf of the National Infan
tile Paralysis Foundation. Nick
erson is still sitting on the anx
ious seat and hoping for the
best but will likely not know
for another week or so what the
outcome of the drive will be.
During the week substantial
sums were added from collec
tions at the Star theater and
from the March of Dimes dance
sponsored at lone by the Wil
lows grange. The two activities
turned in approximately $350,
the results of the dance being
$182.50 and the theater collec
tions more than $150 the first of
the week.
Nickerson reported that some
substantial checks had been re
ceived from individuals and or
ganizations but that the gener
al run of contributions had not
started to come in. It is this un
certainty that is leaving him in
doubt about the ultimate out
come of the campaign, and he
is urging everybody, big, little,
young and old to make their
contributions today so that the
campaign may be closed in good
season.
Basil O'Connor, president of
the National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis, has issued a
last minute appeal in which he
reiterates the importance of
reaching the goal of $24,000,000.
To assure continuing care of pa
tients and build up an adequate
chapter reserve for future epi
demics, $12,000,000 is required
on the national level as follows:
Epidemic aid reserve fund, $5,
000,000; research and education,
$5,000,000, and general working
fund, $2,000,000.
During the 1946 epidemic, the
$1,000,000 epidemic reserve fund
of the national foundation, pre
viously considered adequate,
was wiped out completely by
November in aiding chapters.
By the end of the year approx
imately an additional $1,500,000
earmarked for research had to
be diverted for emergency aid to
fulfill the pledge that "no one
stricken by polio need go with
out care for lack of funds." ,
News Briefs Around Town
Mrs. Frank Davis returned
Monday night from Portland
and has resumed her work In
the Heppner grade school.
J. A. Lienallen of Walla Wal
la came Tuesday evening from
Walla Walla for a visit at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Padbegr. He is a brother of Mrs.
Padberg.
Word received from Pendleton
early in the week was to the
effect that Glen Farrens was
showing a slight improvement
following a major operation at
St. Anthony's hospital. It was
not known whether the crisis
had passed but family and
friends were cheered to learn
that he has a chance to recover.
Henderson Stout is reported
crade sauad in a thriller rliller recovering from an attack of
contest, 16-12. In the second r,eu.",u,"a yv,"un nlm IO
preliminary match, the HHS a?1 "iaay. e is being
Colts turnpd awav the irwaHm carea lor at nome, Mr. and Mrs.
Umatilla "B" team 37-11. Tom ""J" UIV,U"'B men
Hushes. Kennv KWiunk nri uh time between the ranch and the
Bennett paced the victors with Stout home 10 helP Mrs- Stout
12, 8 and 6 Doints resDectivelv. Mrs- Edward Bucknum left
--. n.nj n,nn c. -:Ui i
l C7IIU1CTLU11 OdLUlUd illglll Uy
A . piane ior ios Angeies to attend
irporr financing tne wedding of her son, Charles
DU T R T.:J William Bucknum, and Miss
Continued on page 6
Misdemeanors Add
To County Revenues
For possessing illegal veni
have nnit fi,t ., u m n, wnuam d. ivenneay con
h. h":,T" '"t, " .7. 'V. I tributed $150 and $5 costs to
nps because railroads have
gone into the truck business, or
perhaps because they were tir-
ea oi lighting,
the upkeep of the county gov
ernment the past week end
Complaining witness was Offi
ill i t ,i
A few salary increase bills for ,, K .j ., J.
unty officials have come in f.t, Kenndy pald the fl"e
in full.
tt;..Wh.- ClllUr? 7re assessed a $50 fine and $5 costs
but the rush ls slower than ex
pected. Either county court
hesitating to recommend
in-
Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Clark went
to Portland Friday and on Sat
urday Mrs. Clark submitted to a
major suigical operation at the
Emanuel hospital. Reports from
the hospital are to the effect
that she is doing nicely, and
that she and Mr. Clark will go
to the home of their daughter
and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Riggs at Eugene for a
few weeks before returning
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Aiken re
tuned Thursday from Portland,
bringing Henry's mother, Mrs.
Lily Aiken with them to be car
ed for here. Mrs. Aiken is at the
Walter Rood home where a spe
cial nurse is taking care of her.
She stood the trip quite well an-1
after a few days rest is able to
visit with her friends.
Conley Lanham is in Minne
apolis this week attending a
convention of Western Auto
Stores dealers and getting a
li--.e, An the new spring stocks.
A number of Morrow county
people attended the annual
meeting of the Production Cred
it association in Pendleton Mon
day. Among those mentioned
were Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Parker,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hoskins Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Orian Wright, Mr
and Mrs. George Peck, Mr. and
Mrs. John Brosnan, Mr. and Mrs.
John Kenny, John Wightman
and Mrs. Claude Graham, Bur
ton Peck, George N. Ely, Oscar
Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
County Agent Hopes
For Own 4-H Club
Near Realization
Hopes for a 4-H club of his
very own are being rapidly ful
filled for Nelson Anderson, Mor
row county agricultural agent
After what happened at Pendle
ton Saturday afternoon, the gen
ial agent was around passing
out two cigars at a time Tues
day morning, it taking three
days for him to recover his equi
librium. Yes, you guessed it
it's twins. And that's why he
thinks he vfill soon be able to
organize a 4-H club in his own
family.
The two boys, one weighing
5 pounds 12 ounces and the oth
er 6 pounds 15 ounces, arrived
at St Anthony's hospital at 4:50
and 5:10 respectively after the
parents made a mad 70-minute
dash from the home in Heppner
to Pendleton. Not knowing
where the hospital was located,
Anderson had to stop and in
quire, which didn't help the
parental anxiety. As it was,
Mrs. Anderson was spared 40
minutes for preparation before
the first boy arrived.
The Andersons have three
other children, a boy three, and
two girls, aged four and six.
o
Eugene Leathers
Dies in California
Mrs. C. C. Carmichael of Lex
ington left shortly before noon
today for Bakersfield, Calif., in
response to a message that her
brother, Eugene Milton (Mit)
Leathers, had passed away
about 1 o'clock this morning.
Mrs. Carmichael will bring the
body to Hardman for burial, ser
vice time for which will be an
nounced later.
Mr. Leathers, aged 61, was
born in Kentucky and came to
tnis section in boyhood, being
raised at Hardman.
(An obituary will be publish
ed next week).
Betty Everette, which was an
Rii rnmmicci'nn event of Wednesday evening at
' the Church nf the Rerescinna 1 ir,
Plans tor linancing tne Lex- Forest Lawn Memorial narU
ington airport so mat iunas win ciendale. Mrs. Bucknum will
ne avanaoie at an eany uaie ,eturn to Hennner Kimriav
were discussed ana accepiea at Kav P Kinne o the disrrlt
a meeting of the airport com- office of the Pacific Power &
mission and interested citizens Lieht comnanv at PenHletnn
at Leach hall in Lexington the tne Heppner office a rout- Wright and Mrs. Evelyn Farrens,
evening oi Jan. l. jne vjs;t Monday and was a Teachers and all patrons of
reponea oy d. . riiim- guest at the chamber of com- the school have been invited to
ney at the chamtier ot com- merce )uncheon. Kinne was a attend a Parent-Teacher associ
merce luncneon Monday, tne iocal manaeer for the comnanv ation nartv to be held the eve-
commission hopes to get coun- before going to pcndleton. ning of February 7 in the music
ty suppor in raising match nene Orwirk anrt RinharH rnnm at the school hnuse Mrs.
money to meet the Civilian Ae- Beardsley left Sunday for Fort R- B. Rice is chairman for the
ronautlcs Administration oner oi LeWjs Wash., to take up duty event, assisted by Mrs. Ted
uu. im-ic i.i v .... i in the U. S. army. smitn.
wan ior ine county ouugei win-
mittee to place the amount in
the budget and a further wait
for the tax money to come in.
To meet the situation the com
mission propose to enlist a
large number of signatures on
a note and borrow the money,
$5500, pending action by the
budget committee and county
court. There will be no wool
pulled over the eyes of prospec
tive signers. They will be ask
Growing Population Placing
Heavy Demands on School,
Superintendent Points Out
creases or are lust slow In 7t. " ' """" "l "'"V"-"1 "t'u.au c l
h.t "1...1 . 7 t, Marshal uenn unman tiled the
line inun lusuiuLiuus iniu ine 1 w. j
lPiTl.-,tro it wnipiaim. m.im-11 was piacea
v.... 7i. " 1 ' j, under an order of interdlctment,
,?... .T.',r.. Erecneni cloves Anton Blsson was re
r. . , ".y,,01 Pasf leased from custody upon post
h, i ",,lMUUL r'. t 7 , " '"B bail In the sum of $75 on a
Eel bourn annrnval ifl hnina ncU. I n v
,,,i . . 1 vagrancy charge. Bisson was
". ?. .ly url a.P" haled before Justice J. O. Hagcr
1 "- hv Shnriff Rauman
" ' KWWll CI 1 L U 1 1 ill 1 1 HIIUIII
tn mnlfo tho nnt In.
cre-aoes start January 1 or July nw4-1 nftrats !,uut'1
1. inai argument wi II nrobab v
come first in relation to slate Rev. Francis McCormack of
employees who are also asking st. Patrick's church announces
tor more pay. It ls now earned me organiauon on January la
that the 43rd legislature gave 01 a Holv Names Society among
a great deal of nower to the the men of his parish. William
civil service board it created J- Bucknum was chosen presi-
nnd that law will need a bit of dent; J, J. O'Connor, secretary
tinkering before it can be made treasurer, and Rev. McCormack,
to work. chaplain.
Estimates as to the brobable The group will meet the sec
length of the session still run ond Sunday each month, attend
fairly high. There is much to be ln8 ho'y communion In a body.
learned by the members about T'e society has 4Z members.
the slate's government and
needs, before they can vole cor- HEALTH ASSN. MEETING
reclly on the important bills. A meeting of the Morrow
They appear able and anxious County Public Health assocla
to learn, being a serious group Hon will be held at 8 p. m. Mon
of men and women. Maybe they day at the office of Mrs. Clara
will get out of Salem by March Gcrtson in the City building. All
15, probably not. members are urged to attend
School district No. 1 is faced
with an expansion problem
ed to sign with the understand- which will have to be met with
ing that they might have to in a few years if the present
pay. The other side of the pic- population growth continues,
ture is that if the signers don't The main school building,
want to dig up the money they erected in 1912, is scarcely ade
should be present when the quate to meet conditions of
matter is laid ceiore tne Duoget 1947 and it is time the taxpay-
committee. line citizehrv gave some thought
as to the best move to make.
This, In part, was the thought
expressed by Supt. George Cor
win in a talk to the luncheon
group of the Heppner chamber
of commerce at the the school
lunch room Monday noon.
Corwin related that he had
made quite an exhaustive sur-
' , . 1 vey of school attendance in
moiiuay evciiiiiK, rra, o, aix-uru- - r ,- , tlnn nf
ing to the secretary, Oscar Pet- rpsont .., , ,0,2. Ho
erson, who was a Heppner vis- ; YL " .... u. .
11. 1 louno. inai was ine uiyRvi
A fnatne nf the rfrocram will V' nd that for 8evera! yCarS
be music by two organizations ZTZr M
Farm Bureau To
Convene in lone
Willows grange hall in lone
will be the meeting place of the
Morrow County Farm Bureau
of the lone srhool, the band
and tho glee club, whose offer
off. Since he took over in 1942
there has been a gradual in-
inw "will"' S sed wn "Caf Tf"
1 1 1 . 1 1 L 1 uvii 1 r un.li ni.iv. mi v-
the talks.
Dr. R. C. Lawrence
Killed in Accident
Near Camas, 11 n.
Degree o! Honor
Tt Is evnertert that Henrcro w signaieu ior class worn, are u.
PefW will maUn Q rn.rt nn .h CUpiCU. OinfC W1B limill uunu
' tn i,,ao nrnnfa tti, nlhn. ctrim.
iinn hoM in cn ir,-,, ic i J tures have been put up, the
December which he attended as Eymnasium-auditorium and the
a delegate from the Morrow B"cuuure oumung.
county bureau. President Or- Not alone has local popula
vlllo Cutsforth also will have lion growth contributed to over
something to say as he attended! crowded conditions of the pres
ide convention. lent facilities but in addition 11
County Agent Nelson Ander- other districts in the area ad-
son ls scheduled to make a talk Joining district No. 1 have clos
on work accomplished by the ed their schools and are send-
Heppner Soil Conservation dls- ing the children to Heppner.
trict In 1946, using a film for The question has arisen as to
Illustration. whether these outlying districts
Refreshments will be served, wish to aid in expanding the fa-
These meetings are open to any- cllitles or do they want to re-
one Interested In the work be- turn to their one-room schools
ing done by the farm bureau, which no longer serve to meet
the trends in modern education
On the other hand, do the tax
payers of distict No. 1 want to
shoulder the cost of building a
new high school or perhaps a
separate grade school and con
tinue to provide school facilities
for the neighboring districts.
The speaker took some time
to discuss the teacher salary
situation, asking his hearers to
give serious consideration to
the plight of the people engag
ed in educating the youth of
the land. Although the teacher
list is filled at present, locally.
he could give no assurance that
the staff would be complete
next fall. The number of new
teachers coming on is woefully
offset by the demands for tea
chers and the schools finding
themselves properly staffed
will be the ones paying better
or offering better opportunities.
The Heppner district is in
good shape financially, Corwin
said. There will be $14,000 in
the sinking fund at the end of
the year, a nice start towards a
building program. However, the
heating system is in need of a
thorough renovation and some
thing will have to be done to
provide more outdoor recreation
space for the youngsters. He
said the present school admin
istration had hesitated to use
the lawn in front of the school
building but believed that
would have to be put to use to
relieve the crowded condition at
the rear of the building where a
space about 25x100 feet is avail
able. Assurance was given him
that the lawn would not be mn
terially injured and even if it
were, the grounds are more for
recreational purposes than for
mere ornamentation.
Tuesday evening the Kate
Young lodge, Degree of Honor,
held its annual installation of
officers to serve during 1947,
Special guests present for the
occasion included Mrs. Ethel
Lindholm, state director, who
wis installing officer, and Mrs.
Minnie Card, state organizer,
who was past president in the
ceremony. Both ladies are from
Portland. Mrs. Burl Coxen, past
president of the local-group,
was grand usher. The installing
staff was composed of Mrs. Har
old Hill, Mrs. John Bergstrom,
Mrs. R. G. McMurtry, Mrs. Carl
Bergstrom, and Mrs. Hazel Benge
was pianist.
The following officers were
seated: President, Mrs. M. V. No
lan; past president, Mrs. Roy
Quackenbush; vie? president,
Mrs. Carl McDaniel; second vice
president, Mrs. Ted Pierson; fin
ancial secretary, Mrs. George
Gertson; treasurer, Mrs. Harold
Hill; usher, Mrs. Elwyn Hughes;
assistant usher, Mrs. Frank Eng
kraf; inner watch, Mrs. Adele
Hannon; outer watch, Mrs. N. D.
Bailey; pianist, Mrs. Hazel
Benge; right assistant, Mrs. Wm.
Cunningham; left assistant, Mrs.
Alice Gentry; adviser, Mrs. Burl
Coxen.
Many members were present
and many interesting talks were
made. The history of the local
lodge which was organized in
1894, was given by Mrs. Roy
Neill. The lodge still has in its
possession the original minutes
book which is mud-stained
from its encounter with the flood
in 1903. Mrs. Margaret Reed of
Portland' is the only charter
member left
Gifts were presented to the
installing officers by Mrs
Quackenbush. The new drill
team which made its initial ap
pearance under the guidance of
Mrs. Gertson presented her and
the pianist with plants. Mrs
Lindholm made a gift presenta
tion to the incoming president.
An attractive tea table beck
oned the assemblage to the din
ing room where refreshments
awaited their attention. The
committee in charge was made
up of Mrs. L. D. Neill, Mrs. Ellen
More, Mrs. Joe Hughes, Mrs. A.
R. Shamblyn.
County Unit OEA
To Study Teacher
Salary Schedule
Teacher salary schedules for
the county were under discus
sion Monday evening when the
Morrow county unit of the Ore
gon Education association met
at lone. Outcome of the discus
sion was the appointment of a
committee to make further study
of the salary situation and re
port at the next meeting of the
unit, which will be at Lexing
ton on February 24.
Monday's "meeting started
with a dinner served by the la
flied of the lone P-TA. In the
business meeting that followed,
plans were discussed for a
speech arts festival which will
be held in April, and a travel
ing art exhibit
Principal Leonard Pate of
Heppner and Miss Crego of the
Irrigon school, delegates to the
OEA representatives council
meeting In Portland, gave re
ports on the discussions and ac
tions of that meeting.
Mrs. Lucy Rodgers, George
Corwin and Everett Smith talk-1
ed on some matters of vital in
terest to the schools. Mrs. Rod
gers explained some of the fea
tures of House Bill 9, stating it
was figured that Morrow county
will receive in the neighborhood
of $28,000 from this fund. Mr.
Corwin spoke on House Bill 80
and Mr. Smith discussed the pre
liminary report of the econom
ics welfare committee of the
OEA which had as its subject
"The salary plan for Oregon
teachers."
Funeral services were held at
Toppenish, Wash., Saturday for
Mrs. Anna Ahalt 81, who died
January 23 at the home of her
daughter, Mtsi. Robert Monta
gue. She was a resident in lone
several years ago and is sur
vived by rlfne children, 20 grand
children and 11 great grandchil
dren. Five sons, Harold and
William of Bingen, Wash., By
ron, King Hill, Idaho, Cecil of
Portland, and Irving of Avila,
Calif., and four daughters, Mrs.
Pearl Martin, Avila, Calif.; Mrs.
Ada Montague, Toppenish, Wn.;
Mrs. Hazel Havekost, Summer
ville, and Mrs. Josephine Buch
anan, lone. Mrs. Roy Barnett of
lone is a granddaughter. Those
attending the funeral from here
were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Buchan
an, Mr. and Mrs. Barnett and
Sammy.
Word reached H p p a r
about noon today of tho deat'.i
of Dr. Richard C Lawranco
some Um Wednesday night
near Camas. Wash. Lawrenca
in company with Dr. 3. E. Al
len, Pendleton, left Heppner
in Allen's ear about 5:30 Wed
nesday evening for Seattle ta
attend a meeting of the North
west Dental society.
No details of the accident
"had been learned up to press
time except that the car left
the highway alter striking a
slick place and hurtled over
an embankment killing Dr.
Lawrence and seriously injur
ing Dr. Allen.
Funeral arrangements will
not be made until word is re
ceived from Mrs. Lawrence's
sisters, one of whom lives in
Klamath Falls and the other
in California. Mrs. Lawrence
stated to friends that she will
have the body interred here.
Consolidation of
Rural Districts With
Heppner Proposed
Boards of Eight
Districts Asked to
Report by March 1
The situation of finding a
brand new orphan baby In their
lap In the form of HB 80 con
fronted school boards of Hep
pner and environs at a discus
sion meeting following an Invi
tational dinner staged by the
board of School District No. 1 t
the schoolhouse Wednesday
evening. This new child, the as
semblage admitted displaced a
former objection to district con
solidation by equalizing the
burden of taxation for school
maintenance over the entire
county.
It did not solve where the
burden of impoving overcrowd
ed city school facilities should
fall, and therefore an expected
strong demand for consolida
tion of districts did not materialize.
Chairmen of eight districts
tributary to Heppner which are
now transporting pupils to the
local schools were asked to no
tify George Corwin, local super
intendent oy Marcn 1, of senti
ment within their districts In
regard to making a survey to
determine what the cost of
needed improvements to each
district would be in case of con
solidation. Such a survey was
considered the next logical step
in approaching the consolida
tion problem.
Walter Snyder, in charge of
education for handicapped chil
dren, from the state superinten
dent's office, assisted with the
discussions under chairman
ship of Miss Leta Humphreys,
chairman of the local school
board. Mrs. Lucy Rodgers, coun
ty school superintendent, led a
discussion of tr.i
of Tygh Valley visited Mrs. Al- problems; Harold Becket, mem-
n.c ucs one uay laai ween. per of the oca board, tnld how
The ladies of the Catholic HB 80 would work into the
church are having a food sale school organization setuo. and
Mr. and Mrs. Paul O'Meara
left for Portland Tuesday to be
gone a week. Mrs. Ada Cannon
will take care of their home dur
ing their absence.
Mrs. E. M. Baker entertained
at a "galloping" dinner at her
home January 24. There were
five present. The "galloping"
dinners are a feature of the Eas
tern star social club.
Phil Emert is a patient at the
veterans hospital in Walla Wal
la.
Lyle (Pinky) Allyn is in a
Portland hospital suffering from
a severe throat infection.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Britton
SEWING CLUB 3 MEETS
AT LEXINGTON SCHOOL
Vesta Cutsforth, Reporter
Lexington Sewing club 3 met
January 18 at the school house
with the president, Faye Cuts
forth, calling the members to
order at 10:30 a. m.
The first business orouqh? up
was what the club should be
called. The name "Sowing Su-
zettes was decided upon, After
tnat Mrs. Jean Nelson tool; over
r.nd discussed patterns, mater
ials and othe matters of importance.
Two more members who are
going to enroll are Barbara
Sherman of Heppner and Ro
berta McCutcheon of Lexington.
The next meeting will be held
at 1:30 p. m., February 1 in the
Joxington school house. Any
girl who is interested In this
project is invited to attend this
meeting.
at Swanson's grocery store Sat'
urday, February 1, about noon.
The proceeds will go to the lone
Memorial Improvement associa
tion. Mrs. Bertha Severln, seventh
and eighth grade teacher, states
that her pupils being anxious to
do their parts in the March of
Dimes contributed not only $6
in individual contributions, but
raised an additional $6.55 for
the fund by selling pop and pea
nuts at their basketball game
with Condon.
The lone school district pur
chased 60 new chairs for the
school house.
The lone high school team
will meet the Moro team at the
Rink tonight.
Bowers & Shaver have moved
their well-drilling machinery
to the ranch of Carl Bergstrom
and will begin drilling there for
water this week.
LT. COL. BURCHELL SEEKS
REGULAR ARMY RATING
Acording to a dispatch in
Monday's East Oregonlan, Lt.
Col. Edward Burchell of Hepp
ner was Included in a list of
1.SG4 reserves and national
guard officers seeking regular
commissions sent to the senate
Monday by President Truman
for confirmation. Burchell sought
a permanent commission as a
first lieutenant.
On the occasion of his last
visit to Heppner Colonel Burch
ell Indicated that he would seek
a permanent berth with the ar
my.
L. L. Dick, third local board
member, told what the Hepp
ner schools have to offer in a
consolidation program. George
Corwin gave figures to, as-sist
the discussion.
With Miss Humphreys as
toastmistress the group enjoyed
a dinner served by girls of the
high school HEC club, spring
like narcissi and individual
place cards being arranged on
the tables. Miss Marguerite Gla
vey sang two numbers, "Just a
Cottage Small" and "Can't You
Hear Me Calling" accompanied
by Joan Corwin; William Coch
ell, school music director, pre
sented two trombone solos,
"Daybreak" and a phantasy by
Wm. Teague, also accompanied
by Miss Corwin and Carol Mil
ler gave a recitation as program
features. Mrs. dive Hu.ton,
chairman of District 4!), proved
the most brilliant pupil In a
guessthe-answer game pre
sented through the place c, rds,
being crowded for top honor: by
Sam J. Turner, chairman of
District No. 41.
Tributary districts represent
ed Included Districts No. 2, 6,
11, 15, 31, 31, II and 1'J. On be
half of the guest board mem
bers, Mrs. Cllve Huston, ex
pressed appreciation for the
dinner and the benefits derived
from the discussions.
Knotty prohli-nis brought out
in the discussions Included thir
probable necessity for calling a
special election to pass on the.
new budget under If H HO, term
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