I T T Y
Heppner Gazette Times
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, April 24, 1947
Three Lose Lives
When Car Crashes
Bridge Railing
. Burton Thornburg,
Lexington Painter,
One of Victims
Three men lost their lives ear-
Iy Tuesday morning when the
car in which they were riding
crashed a wooden bridge railing
near Echo and plunged into the
Stanfield irrigation canal.
Dead were Burton Thornburg,
55, of Lexington; Robert A. John
son, about 35, Union Pacifcl rail
road section worker at Echo, and
Dewey Thomas Elms, about 16,
Hermiston.
According to the report of Po
lice Sgt. N. W. Smith, the acci
dent occurred on the old Echo
highway near milepost 206. The
car, a 1937 model coupe, was
discovered about 7 a.m by a
passing motorist. It was within
18 inches of being covered with
water.
The ditch walker with whom
Sgt. Smith talked stated that
there was no car In the ditch
at 3 a.m. when he made his
rounds, so the accident happen
ed after the hour. Investigation
by the coroner showed that
young Elms was driving the car.
Officers arriving on the scene
had to pry a door open to remove
the three bodies.
Services for Burton Thornburg
will be held at 2 o'clock p.m.
Friday from the Phelps Funeral
Home chapel in Heppner, with
interment in the I.O.O.F. ceme
tery at Lexington.
Thornburg was a skilled paint
er and paper hanger and only
Monday was working at the E.
G. Noble residence in Heppner.
His services were always in de
mand and he will be missed by
the building trade and house
holders alike.
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Former Lexington
Resident Dies at
Anacortes, Wash.
Funeral services were held Tu
esday afternoon in the Mountain
View cemetery, Walla Walla,
for Henrietta Hodsdon, 87, whose
death occurred April 19 at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Mar
tin Olscn, in Anacortes, Wash.
Interment was beside the grave
of nor husband, the late Olin
S. Hodsdon, who preceded her in
death in 1925.
A native of Boston, Mrs. Hods
don's first residence in Oregon
was in the southern part of the
state. Being somewhat of an ad
venturesome turn and having
read of homestead opportunities
in eastern Oregon she decided to
embark upon a farming career.
She fitted up a covered wagon,
loaded In household effects and
her three children, (she was a
widow at that time) and set
forth for Morrow county. She lo
cated on a piece of land about
nine miles north of Lexington,
bordering the farm property of
Olln S. Hodsdon. This was about
1895. At harvest time Mr. Hods
don employed her to cook for
the threshing crew and soon a
romance developed and in 1900
they were married. They contin
ued their residence on the Hods
don ranch until 1916 when Mr.
Hodsdon's health made it neces
sary to retire from active farm
ing and they moved to Walla
Walla. Following her husband's
death, Mrs. Hodsdon continued
to live in Walla Walla until
about four years ago when she
,went to Anacortes to make her
home with her daughter.
Services Held For
James O. Archer
Funeral services were held at
2 o'clock p.m. Monday In the
Masonic hall for James O. Arch
er who died Thursday, April 17,
at the Hermiston hospital fol.
lowing a paralytic stroke suffer
ed In Heppner some two weeks
ago. Rev. J. Palmer Sorlein of
ficiated and the Masonic ritual
was used. Interment was made
In the Masonic cemetery.
James Orvll Archer was born
Feb. 12, 1877 in Davenport, Iowa,
where he spent his boyhood
days. In 1911 he and his young
est brother, Harry Archer, came
to Idaho where they engaged in
construction work for the rail
road company. They spent two
years at this work and then
came to Oregon, making their
permanent home at Heppner,
their occupation being construc
tion work and painting. Harry
preceded him in death In 1941.
Jim, as he was commonly
known, was janitor at the Mas
onic building and later the court
house for many years until ill
health prevented him from
working. He was a quiet man
but a true friend to the many
who knew him,
Never having married he lcav
es only one sister of his imme
dlate family, Mrs. Alice Habel
of Illinois, and several nieces
and nephews,
He was a member of long
standing of both the Masonic
and Oddfellows lodges.
Catholic District
Conference Slated
For April 30 Here
The eighth annual conference
of the Confraternity of Christian
Doctrine of the Diocese of Baker
City will be held at the Hepp
ner high school auditorium, Apr.
30. A record crowd is expected
to attend. Delegates will come
from Hood River, The Dalles, Du
fur, Hermiston and Condon. The
theme of the conference will be
'The Spirit of the Lay Apostol
ate." Seven years ago a similar con
ference was held in Heppner.
Because of the war and the at
tending curtailment on travel a
gathering of this proportion has
not been attempted. This is the
first post-war conference of its
kind to be held in the western
part of the diocese.
The conference will last one
day and will comprise three ses
sions. The opening session will
be presided over by Jack O'Con
nor. Mayor Conley Lanham will
deliver an address of welcome.
Other local officers participat
ing and giving talks are: Miss
Patricia Kenny and Mrs. Garland
Swanson. Patricia Healy and
Tricia Lawrence will represent
the local unit in a religious con
test. A combined session feat
uring youth and entirely devot
ed to them and their problems
will be presided over by Bob
Mollahan, local president. Joan
Hisler will give a report on ac
tivities of the local unit during
the past year and Joe French
will be the speaker.
The luncheon will be served
by the ladies of the Rebekah
lodge at 12:30.
The program follows:
9:15 a.m., registration.
10:00 a.m., opening session:
call to order by president of lo
cal unit; prayer by His Excel
lency, Most Rev. Joseph F. Mc
Garth, D. D.; address of wel
come by presiding officer; key
note address by Rev. William
Roden; local unit reports by sec
retaries; questions from floor on
secretary reports; announce
ments by presiding officer.
10:00 a.m., high school rally,
Sister M. Maurina, O. S. F., pre
siding. 11:00 a.m., combined session
featuring youth: Introduction by
presiding officer, local high
scnool youth; reports by secre
taries of public high school
classes) academy reports on C.
C. D. activities; developing con
fraternity leadership among
high school ' students Sister
Mary Mark, H. N.; magic eye
catechism contest public schools
seventh and eighth grades by
Sister Mary Rosetta, O. S. F.;
talks by high school students;
Par-Eds, a skit, by academy stu
dents.
12:30, noon dinner hour.
1:45 p.m., general program:
Rev. John Baumgartner presid
ing; call to order and prayer;
vitalizing the teaching of relig
ion by Sister Mary Presentina,
O. S. F.; talks by confraternity
members; open forum led by
Rev. John Baumgartner, dioce
san director, C. C. D.; presenta
tion of diplomas to registered
catechlsts; statistics on confer
ence by local director; talk and
blessing by the Most Rev. Joseph
F. McGrath, D. D.; adjournment.
IONE ITEMS
Guests at the Bert Mason home
last week were Mrs. Mason's sis
ter and brother-in-law of Spo
kane. Mr. and Mrs. John Mclntyre of
Boardman were the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Johan Troedson Sun
day. lone high school won in a
baseball game from Stanfield
Tuesday, 4-2. They played on
the Heppner field as the lone
field is being leveled.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert DeSpain
of Pendleton are the parents of
a son born April 21. Mrs. De
Spain is the former Aloha Pain
ter, formerly of lone.
Arthur Stefanl Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Stefani, has re
celved his honorable discharge
from the army and is home with
his parents.
Sue Coleman has been ill this
week. i
Among those purchasing newi
cars recently are Louis Buschke
and Franklin Ely.
The lone P-TA held their reg
ular meeting Wednesday night.
The following officers were elec
ted for the coming year: Pres
ident, Mrs. B. C. Forsythe; vice
president, Mrs. Omar Rletmann;
secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Francis
Ely.
The band played three num
bers and Dr. W. P. Browne of
Heppner gave a talk on prob
lems of the child and the tea
cher, also on the progress of the
county hospital. Pie and coffee
were served In the lunch room
by Mrs. G. Hermann, Mrs. Ver
non Brown, Mrs. Leonard Carl
son and Mrs. Henry Baker.
Mr. and Mrs.' W. F. Savage of
Pendleton were brief callers' In
Heppner Sunday, arriving around
this way from Hermiston where
they attended a riding club
meeting. Savage, former banker
of Enterprise, is manager of the
First National Bank of Portland,
Pendleton branch, and is active
in the Round-Up and Mustanger
organizations.
Assault On Finny
Tribe Scheduled
Saturday, Morning
Nimrods Putting
Tackle in Shape
For Flying Start
Get ready for the season of
tall tales, folks, for the fishing
season opens Saturday morning.
The annual assault on the den
izens of riffle and pond is just
a few hours away and it Is safe
to say that the disciples of Izaak
Walton are all set to sally forth
to their favorite haunts to be
assured of catching the limit the
first day. There may be a limit
to the limit, however, as the
creeks are carrying a good bit
of mud.
The trout season, opening Sat
urday in most waters of the
state, will extend to October 15.
Exceptions to the general open
ing are to be found listed in the
official synopsis of angling reg
ulations, printed copies of which
are now available at license ag
encies. ,
General trout bag limit is 10
fish or 15 pounds and one fish in
any one day but not to exceed
20 fish or 30 pounds and two fish
in any seven consecutive days
or in possession at any one time
There is no bag limit for white
fish or Dolly Varden.
Minimum length limit for
trout is six inches except that an
8-inch limit will prevail in that
part of the main McKenzie river
below Blue river; that part of
the Umpqua and tributaries be
low highway bridge at Scotts
burg; that part of the Rogue riv
er and tributaries below the Fer
ry Hole near the head of tide
water, and in all other waters
tributary to the Pacific ocean
south of the Columbia river.
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BOARDMAN . . . .
On Wednesday the community
held a mass meeting for the
purpose of reorganizing and el
ecting board members to the
cemetery association. Clyde Tan-
nehill was elected as president
and member for one year. I.
Skoubo and Leo Root were elect
ed for two and three years re
spectively. Mrs. Leo Root was
elected secretary-treasurer.
Thursday the 17th Mr. and
Mrs. I. T. Pearson were pleas
antly surprised on their twenti
eth wedding anniversary, with
their neighbors and friends com
ing in for potluck dinner at 7
p.m. They were presented with
a ainner sei oi cnina, ana other
gifts. Their daughter Evelyn
planned the party.
Miss Chloe Barlow and Albert
Bali attended the St. Joseph Ac
ademy senior-junior prom in
Pendleton Friday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Morrison and
daughter Lane of Vale spent the
week end at the home of Mrs.
Morrison's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
R. S. Wilson.
Mrs. Verlie Newman of Eugene
is a guest this week of her sis
ter, Mrs. Frank Marlow.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Parker
spent the week end in Yakima
visiting relatives. Morris Trar
baugh assisted at the hardware
during their absence.
Mrs. Effie Miller arrived from
Portland this week and will
spend some time at the homes
of her sons and families, the
Robert and Russell Millers. Rob
ert Miller and Mr. and Mrs. Wil
bur Lehman motored to Sunny-
side Saturday.
Tim Rippee was taken to the
hospital in Pendleton Thursday
for a few days treatment for ery
sipelas, returning home Monday.
The Boy Scout troop motored
to Mission Friday to attend a
week-end jamboree for the Blue
Mountain district. Clyde Tanne
hill assisted the scout master,
Mr. Fussell, in taking the boys
to their destination.
Guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. D. F. Ransier Saturday
were Rev. and Mrs. Haslin of Ir
rigon. Sunday dinner guests
were Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Nelson
and children of Ordnance. Mrs.
Nelson is a niece of Mrs. Ran
sier.
Claud Coats arrived home on
Thursday for a few days visit
while the outfit was moving to
Troutdale. He returned to work
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Root motor
ed to Pendleton Sunday where
they attended the Christian
church services and also met
their son Vernon and family of
Athena, and Mrs. Root's sister
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Al Ma
comber. The families all enjoy
ed a picnic for the day.
At the regular grange meeting
baturday the grangers entertain
ed the state deputy, Mr. House,
also George Penrose of Portland
who talked on farm marketing
co-op. Wilbur and Marie Leh
man tendered their resignations
from the offices of gatekeeper
and lecturer. Mrs. Ethel Cole
was elected lecturer and Lee
Pearson, gatekeeper.
Mr. and Mrs. Z. J. Gillespie
and son Lynn motored to Pen
dleton Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Rands mo
tored to Portland Monday for a
few days.
Music Festival At
E. 0. College To
Be Held Saturday
The Eastern Oregon High
School Music festival will be
held Friday and Saturday, April
25 and 26 on the campus of Eas
tern Oregon college, according
to John M. Miller, executive sec
retary. Friday will be devoted to
solo and ensemble events in both
vocal and instrumental, while
the large vocal and instrumental
groups will be held Saturday.
Saturday evening will be giv
en over to a special concert of
massed bands, massed orches
tras, festival mixed chorus, the
festival girls' glee clubs, and se
lected solos and ensembles.'
Adjudicators for the festival
will be Karl Ernst, supervisor of
music, Portland public schools;
Russell Danburg, professor of
music, State College of Wash
ington; John H. Stehn, director
of orchestra, Washington State
college, and Henry Ehlers, direc
tor of music, Eastern Oregon col
lege. ;
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Jaycees Stand Back
Of Trade Generated
By City and County
Expressing the belief that the
terms recently reached between
the city and the county should
be consummated in a trade, the
junior chamber of commerce
Wednesday evening moved to
stand by the agreement and
work to have the deal completed"
After both city and county had
each approved the terms of the
other, contention broke out over
the shed and shop included in
the former CCC set-up and the
trade went no further. It still is
not settled but a committee
from the Jaycees reported the
situation as being brighter than
it was last week.
. The special library committee
appointed last week has done
some investigating and reported
that it hopes to have a definite
solution by next week. In the
meantime a voluntary staff Is
keeping the library open as us
ual. The juniors voted to extend an
invitation in conjunction with
the chamber of commerce to the
Milton-Freewater chamber of
commerce to meet with the local
groups some evening before May
4. It is expected the chamber
of commerce will take similar
action Monday.
Hereafter, one citizen of the
community will be honored with
a "bouquet of roses" each month
for some outstanding achieve
ment or for his or her outstand
ing ability. The "bouquet" will
consist of a paragraph in the
Gazette Times.
Bouquet of Roses
The "Bouquet of Roses" for the
month of April goes to Frank W.
Turner. While he has deserved
this honor on many occasions,
it is something new, instituted
by the junior chamber of com
merce, and for this particular
month his service to the com
munity in preparing and exhib
iting a float at the McNary dam
celebration is voted by the Jay
cees as the outstanding achieve
ment by an individual during
the month.
The Jaycees want to go farther
this month and pass an addi
tional bouquet to Mrs. O. G.
Crawford and the Heppner Wo
men's chorus for their valuable
services to the community in
singing at the Milton-Freewater
meeting of the chamber of com
merce. Few communities can
boast of a musical organization
like the women's chorus and Its
appearance either at home or
abroad is a valuable service to
the community.
Many Attend Opening
Of Roscwall Garage
A crowd estimated at 1000 per
sons attended the opening Sat
urday evening of the annex to
the Rosewall Motor company
garage. People were here from i
long distances, nearby counties
and communities, to say nothing
of the throngs of local people
who turned out to participate
in the festive occasion. .
Ample provision for entertain
ment had been prepared by the
hosts, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Rose
wall. The Quackenbush orches
tra made things lively for those
who danced, and there were new
cars and trucks on display for
those who were interested in
looking around, and there were
soft drinks and sandwiches for
all.
It was a well behaved crowd
and everybody enjoyed the oc
casion, much to the satisfaction
of the hosts.
Adding to the festive spirit
were 34 floral offerings, some
coming from friends outside the
county. When the party was
over, Mr. and Mrs. Rosewall dlv
Ided up the bouquets and distri
buted them among their em
ployes,
Heppner Continues
Winning Streak By
Shellacking Kinzua
Game Turns to
Track Meet With
37 Runs Counted
APRIL 27 GAMES
Arlington at lone; Heppner
at Condon; Waace at Kinzua;
FossiL bye.
Count the total runs, fans!
Thirty-seven of m! That rep
resents the scoring count hung
up at the Rodeo grounds Sunday
afternoon when Kinzua came
over to "take" Heppner but got
took."
Miller started on the mound
for Heppner, striking out one and
walking one in two innings. He
was succeeded by Stoutenberger,
a new recruit, who remained in
for three innings, striking out
two and walking three. Ray
Massey then assumed control for
four innings, striking out three
and walking one.
Green and Wright each pitch
ed four innings for Kinzua, the
former striking out two and
walking one and the second
striking out three and walking
two.
Heppner with 51 times at bat
garnered 21 hits, 27 runs and
made six errors. Kinzua had 33
men at bat, got eight hit and
10 runs and made nine errors.
Heppner broke the season's rec
ord to date with 14 runs in one
inning.
Stoutenberger looked good In
the box for Heppner and will be
given more time in that position
as the season wears on. He pit-
cnea lor Dayton m the Blue
Mountain league last year.
Heppner goes to Condon this
Sunday for what may prove to
De tne toughest contest of the
season to date. Condon lost to
Fossil last Sunday, 4-3, and will
be primed to reduce Heppner's
percentage.
lone showed greater strength
against .Wasco than has been
the rule in previous games, al
though losing the contest, 8-6.
Arlington drew a bye last Sun
day. The scores:
Heppner AB H R E
Van Horn 7 3 2 2
McCurdy 3 0 2 0
McKoberts 3 1 l o
Massey, Al 5 1 4 l
Bergstrom 6 3 3 1
Broadfoot 6 3 10
Hoyt 6 2 3 0
Drake 4 3 3 1
ituotenberger 2 110
Polano 5 2 4 1
Massey, Ray 3 110
Miller l 1 l o
51 21 27 6
Kinzua-
Moore 4 2 10
Riley - 3 110
Osterder 2 0 0 0
McCloud 4 10 0
Knowles 4 10 4
Wham 2 0 0 1
Wight 0 0 10
Halvorson 2 0 10
Tripp ..,5 0 0 1
Schrieder 2 0 3 3
Nichols 2 110
Pierce 2 2 10
Green 1 0 10
33 8 10 9
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LEX HIGH SENIORS TAKE
ANNUAL SNEAK DAT TRIP
Seniors of Lexington high
school hit the road over the week
end, Friday, Saturday and Sun
day, going first to Walla Walla,
then to Yakima, Seattle, Belling
hami, Wash., and Vancouver, B.
C.
The party consisted of Ronald
Ansted, Curtis Ludwig, Audrey
Majeske and Mr. and Mrs. Wil
I liam Ludwig.
Outside guests responding to
special invitations were Mr. and
Mrs. William Thornlly of Seat
tie. Thornilcy is northwest rep
resentative of the J. Walter
Thompson Advertising agency in
charge of Ford Motor company
advertising.
W. O. Gates, Ford Motor com
pany office sales manager, Se
attle.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Root, Yaki
ma, wash. Root is parts man
ager for Burrows Motor com
pany.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Ostllnd, The
Dalles, Ballou It Wright Co.
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Rohrman,
Hermiston.
Mr. and Mrs. Al Langenwater,
Hermiston.
Mr. and Mrs. Rube Leslie, Mr
and Mrs. Ray Meyersick, East
ern Oregon Motor company, Pen
dleton.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Stanley and
son, Joseph.
Mr. and Mrs. Vern Simmons,
Pendleton.
Mr. and Mrs. Kin Battin, Pen
dleton First National Bank of
Portland, Pendleton branch.
Canneries and
Plant Toll Story of Prosperity
For Milton-Freewater Region
What makes a community
tlck was demonstrated to a
group of Heppner citizens who
drove to Milton and Freewater
Monday as representatives of the
Heppner chamber of commerce
and guests of the twin cities
chamber of commerce. The oc
casional visitor to that district
learns a good bit more than the
person who drives through, al
though some idea may be gain
ed by a passing motorist if he
can steal an occasional glance
as he speeds along the high
way.
A contemplated 30 visitors
dwindled down to 20 by the time
the little caravan arrived at the
civic center in Freewater, and of
this number, 12 represented the
Heppner Women's chorus. The
women were no less interestd
than the men and this compen
sated for the lack of chamber of
commerce representatives.
Following an excellent lunch
eon, the meeting was turned
over to the visitors. O. G. Craw-
ord acted as chairman and in
troduced the visiting delegation,
calling upon each one for a
brief talk. The chorus was an
nounced and sang four numbers
which were mast cordially ap
plauded by the host group. Fol
lowing that cars were loaded and
with the guidance of W. S. Cav
erhill, mayor of Milton, started
on a tour of the interesting
spots. These included the Milton
nursery, a new vegetable freez-
News Briefs
By Ruth Payne
Initiation ceremonies were per
formed at the regular meeting
of Sans Souci Rebekah lodge on
Friday evening. Candidates
were Mr. and Mrs. Ben Anderson
and Roy Quackenbush. Refresh
ments were served following the
meeting.
Roy Gammell of Pendleton was
in Heppner the last of the week
visiting relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gentry and
children and Mrs. Gentry's moth
er,, Mrs. Bob Medlock, were over
from Ordnance Sunday to visit
relatives in Heppner.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Burnside ac
companied by Mrs. William Fur
long, made a business trip to
John Day the first of the week.
They returned by way of Long
Creek and visited Mr. Burn-
side's niece, Mrs. John Stucey
and family. The Stuceys are re
building their store which was
partially destroyed in a fire of
recent date.
Mrs. William Lewis left the
first of the week for Oregon City
where she will receive medical
attention.
Mrs. Alice Watkins left Sun
day for Nampa, Idaho, where
she will visit relatives. The
Watkins' recently moved to
Reed's mill to work during the
summer. .
Misses Yvonne Hastings and
Joyce Buschke entertained at a
shower honoring Mrs. Sam
Shipps at the Hastings home on
Gilmore street Tuesday evening.
The honoree was the recipient
oi many beautiful gifts. Re
freshments were served.
Mrs. Blanche Brown is ill at
her home.
Dallas Craber who operates a
farm in the Lena district was a
business visitor in Heppner Tu
esday.
Mrs. Don Evans and baby re
turned home from The Dalles
hospital the end of the week.
Mr. Evans motored down after
them.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hams who
farm in Rood canyon were shop
ping in Heppner the end of the
week.
Mrs. O. B. Spaulding of Arling
ton was shopping and visiting
inenas in Heppner Wednesday.
riarom fatevens was in town
Wednesday from Hardman shoD-
ping ana attending to business,
matters.
Mrs. Laverne Henderson w'as
business visitor in Pendleton
Saturday.
Robert Johnson and D. P. Dahl
were here from Portland Wed
nesday attending to business.
Harry Jacobsen who has been
spending the past two weeks
attending to business matters
In Heppner returned to his home
in New Jersey Thursday. Dur
Ing his stay here he was a guest
oi w. Turner.
Bernard Allstott of Kelso. Wn..
is spenaing a few days in Hepp
ner visiting mends and attend
ing to business matters.
Dick McAllister has returned
from Pendleton where he spent
a lew aays in St. Anthony s hos
pltal following his recent auto
mobile accident.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Scouten re
turned from Portland the end of
the week where they spent
few days attending to business
matters.
Robert Welty of The Dalles
was In Heppner the first of the
week attending to business mat
ters. Mr. and Mrs. Jlmy Estes and
children have returned to make
their home In Heppner after
having lived in Portland the past
Food Freezing
ing plant, a tour through the or-
chard district west of the high
way, a visit to the huge pea
cannery, the city park, a look at
the federal housing project on
the hillside, the municipal elec
tric plant for some of the cars,
and the big new Umatilla can
ning company plant at the south
approach to Milton where the
peas literally came out of the
field and gravitated down to the
canning room at the foot of the
hill.
The plants are busy now. Some
of them are freezing the new as
paragus crop while others are
being overhauled in preparation
for the pea canning which will
start ere long.
Members of the junior cham
ber of commerce in the visiting
party picked up pointers at the
civic center building. Such a
building in Heppner would be
the answer to the Jaycee's pray
er and they came home more
firmly resolved than ever to con
vert their dreams into a workable
plan. The building at Freewater,
used by the entire community,
was erected during WPA days
as an exhibition hall for the ap
ple show no longer functioned,
the two municipalities obtained
it for a civic center and it is
proving a valuable asset.
A new sewer system is being
built at Milton and this with the
general building activity going
on makes that district a busy
spot.
Around Town
few years. They are living in
the Walter Gay house in north
Heppner. Mr. Estes is employed
at Hodge Chevrolet company.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Eberhardt
are the parents of a son born
April 21 at Klamath Falls.
Mrs. Frank Connor who has
been in St Anthony's hospital
in Pendleton following an oper
ation returned home Saturday.
Word has been received in
Heppner of the death of Mrs. Al
ice Ashton in Helena, Mont, on
April 17. Mrs. Ashton is a sister
of the late Mrs. L. E. Dick, Sr.
and was well known in Heppner,
having visited here a number of
times.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Farrens of
Hardman were shopping in town
Wednesday.
W. S. Furlong made a business
trip to Hermiston Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Duvall
have returned from Spokane and
Connell, Wn., where they spent
the past week attending to bus
iness matters and visiting
friends.
Mrs. Ada Cason was in town
Wednesday from lone shopping
and visiting friends.
Mrs. James Furlong Jr. and
children have arrived from Brem
erton, Wash., to spend the sum
mer with her mother, Mrs. Jack
Hughes. Mr. Furlong has gone
to Alaska to work.
Mrs. Alex Green left the first
of the week for Corvallis where
she will visit at the home of her
son-in-law and daughter, Mr
and Mrs. Omer McCaleb.
Mrs. L. D. Neill is ill at her
home on Water street
Robert V. Turner of Portland is
spending a few days in Heppner
attending to business.
Walter Becket is re-roofing his
house on Jones street.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Meadors are
moving to Heppner this week
from lone. They will have the
apartment in the Devine apart
ments on Cannon street.
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Lexington Youth
Wins High Honor
Ronald Ansted, senior at Lex
ington high school, was winner
in division II of the National
and Southeastern Washington
Music festival held in Walla
Walla Friday and Saturday of
last week. His selection was the
Lord's Prayer, which was broad
cast Friday mornmg. Ronald has
had instruction from Mrs. Eu
gene Winters at College Place
and some coaching from Mr
Mitzfelt.
From 1500 to 1800 students
took part in the festival, coming
trom various communities over
southeast Washington and north
east Oregon. The festival consist
ed of vocal and instrumental so
los and contest numbers by var
ious bands. Part of the program
was broadcast over KL J, the Mu
tual station at Walla Walla.
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PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE'S
SERVICES AVAILABLE
In these days of inadequate
hospital facilities public health
nurses, who are graduate regis
tered nurses with additional
post-graduate preparation, play
a particularly vital role in keep
ing the community fit.
The services of the one public
health nurse of Morrow county
are available to everyone re
gardless of economic status.
In home, school, and health
department contacts with the
people of our community, the
nurses have many opportunities
to interpret medical trlumuhs
. from the research laboratory.
Volume 64, Number 5
School Districts Of
County Zoned By
Boundary Board
First Step Taken
In Compliance With
House Bill No. 80
Conforming with the new
school zoning law, the county
boundary board consisting of
the county court and the county
superintendent, met this morn
ing and grouped the 25 districts
into five zones. This is the first
step in setting up the new or
ganization under the provisions
of House Bill 80, passed by the
people at the general election
last November.
The zones are by number and
are arranged as folilows: Zone
No. 1 District 10, Irrigon and
district 25, Boardman.
Zone No. 2 District 12, Lex
ington; 23, Devine; 26, Pine City;
27, Alpine, and 15, Clark's Can- c
yon.
Zone No. 3 District 35, lone;
d, Morgan; 8, Cecil, and J9, Wil
lows.
Zone No. 4 District No. 1,
Heppner.
Zone No. 5 District No. 31,
Eightmile; 2, Lena; 24, Willows;
34, Willow Creek; 42, Balm Fork;
3, Willow Way; 6, Golden West;
19, Rood Canyon; 49, Hail Ridge;
40, Hardman, and 11, Liberty.
School districts will hold their
annual elections as usual and
there will be one director elected
from each zone to make up the
five-man county board whose
function it will be to apportion
the school funds.
Schools of instruction in set
ting up the machinery for the
new law were conducted in Pen
dleton and Condon this week.
Mrs. Lucy Rodgers, county su
perintendent, attended the one
at Condon which was the center
for several of the smaller coun
ties in this section of the state.
Bloke Elevated To
Post Commander
At an election held Monday
night, Willard Blake was elected
to the office of commander of
Heppner Post No. 87, American
Legion. Blake succeeds Dean Gil-
man who has held the position
the past year.
Elected at the same time were
Kenneth Vaughn, first vice com
mander; Hubert Hudson, second
ice commander; Donald Ben
nett, adjutant; Robert Blackwell,
finance officer; C. J. D. Bauman
and William Smethurst, service
officers. A. W. Jones and D. E.
Hudson were named to the exe
cutive committee.
Athena Attorney
New Circuit Judge
A dispatch from Salem in Tu
esday's Oregonian bore the In
formation that Governor Snell
had appointed Homer I. Watts,
attorney of Athena, as circuit -judge
for the 6th judicial dis
trict (Morrow and Umatilla
counties!, succeeding Judge Cal
vin L. Swcek. who resigned ef
fective May 1 due to illness.
Mr. Watts has practiced in the
courts of both counties and is
well and favorably known over
this way.
TRIPLE A OFFICIALS VIEW
ECONOMY ACTS WITH ALARM
Administrators of agricultural
agencies which are dependent
upon federal aid view the cur
rent economy streak with alarm
and expect a decided curtail
ment if the tax-saving plan con
tinues. E. Harvey Miller, Merle Cum-
mings. John Denny and Al Geiss
are in the county this week try
ing to adjust crop insurance and
other programs to the changes
wrought by curtailment or
threatened curtailment of their
agencies.
Miller is state marketing pro
duction manager. Cummings is
state director of federal crop in
surance. Denny administrative
assistant to state departments
and Geiss is field man for the
Columbia basin.
BISHOP BARTON SPENDS
TWO DAYS IN HEPPNER
Here on a two fold mission to
get better acquainted with the
work and the people of the par
ish and to confirm a class Bish
op Lane W. Barton spent Tues
day and Wednesday in Heppner,
leaving Wednesday afternoon
for Pendleton to prepare to move
the bishop's office to Bend.
Bishop Barton has been visit
ing the several parishes and mis
sions over the district and now
feels quite well acquainted with
the country over which he trav
els and with the people of each
community visited.
A potluck dinner was served
in the parish house at All Saints
church Tuesday evening at
which there was a generul In
gathering of church folk.
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Louise Green, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Alex Green of ileppner,
member of the 1!H7 graduating
class at Eastern Oregon college,
has been elected to leach the
second grude ut Frecwuter.