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Heppner Gazette Times
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Volume 64, Number 33
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, November 6, 1947
Funeral Service
For Joe Westhoff
To Be Held Sunday
Local Laundryman
Passed Suddenly
Tuesday Evening
Funeral services will be held
at 2 o'clock p.m., Sunday, Nov.
9 at St. Patrick's church, for A.
J. Westhoff, Heppner laundry
man whose death occurred about
10:40 p.m. Tuesday. Rev. Fran
cis McCormack will officiate and
arrangements are in charge of
Phelps Funeral home. Interment
will be in the Heppner Masonic
cemetery. Pallbearers will be
Burl Coxen, Dick Wells, Tom
Wells, Leonard Schwarz, John W.
Kiatt and W. Claude Cox.
Mr. Westhoff's passing was due
to heart failure and came short
ly after he retired Tuesday eve
ning. He had been active all day
and showed no signs of illness,
according to Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Miller, with whom he lived in an
apartment at the rear of the
laundry building. While he had
slowed up on work in recent
months, he continued to run the
delivery wagon and to keep a
hand in on operation of the business.
Mr. Westhoff was a native of
Missouri, beingg born at Mon
roe City that state, December 29,
1886. He came to Heppner in
1910 and engaged in the laun
dry business with Henry Vance,
buying the plant the following
year. The plant was located on a
lot adjoining the residence prop
erty of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rum
ble. The building and contents
were destroyed by fire on Aug
ust 11, 1938. He secured the site
on Main street to erect the build
ing which now houses the laun
dry and the apartment at the
rear.
He was married to Rita Young
at Portland in 1911.
Mr. Westhoff is survived by a
half sister, Mrs. Mary McGee
and a half brother, Paul West
hoff, both of Kansas City The
sister has indicated that she will
be present for the funeral.
Deceased was a member of
Heppner lodge No. 358, B.P.O.E.
Opportunity Provided To
Send Gifts To Veterans
As the holiday season ap-1 (Mrs. E. C. Heliker will provide
nrnaches we are again remind- this); shirts, three, and one bar
ed of the Christmas guts to me ' omeier aim one uux oi appira.
patients in the Morrow county
ward at the U S veterans hos
pital in Walla Walla The wreath
and polnsettia program will be
handled the same as last year,
with the Flower Shop in Hepp
ner accepting orders for them.
In the past the Red Cross has
given bags of assorted Christ
mas gifts to the patients, con
sisting of puzzles, comfort arti
cles and the like. This year the
Coordinating Council of Commun
ity Service to Camps and Hos
Ditals has decided to purchase
one gift desired by the patient.
A questionnaire submitted to the
patients resulted in tne iohow
lng articles being indicated by
the patients in the Morrow
county ward:
Magazine sCfbscriptions, four
or five; personalized stationery,
two; bedroom slippers, four pairs;
flashlights, three; magnllying
glasses, three; stamp aioums,
three; bed trays for reading, one
Wheat Vital To
Feed Program In
Pacific Northwest
Granges of the county have
asked permission to provide 30
of the 5o gifts sought for the
ward. Gifts are not limited to
50 and aside from caring for the
listed wants, packages will be
distributed among patients of
other wards.
Mrs. Ralph Thompson, chair
man of the Morrow county com
mittee of the Blue Mountain
Camp and Hospital council, stat
ed Tuesday that orders should
be placed early for the wreaths
and poinsettias. The demand is
heavy for these items at this
time of the year and the Flower
Shop will need to get the order
in early to assure delivery. The
same thing holds with the gifts,
she said.
"It must be remembered that
for some of these men it will be
the last Christmas. We should
help make it as cheerful for them
as we can," Mrs. Thompson said.
Lex Grange Home
Ec Club Schedules
Bazaar for Dec. 6
At a meeting of the Lexington
grange home economics club at
the home of Mrs. Myles Martin
October 30, the group decided to
hold its bazaar and turkey din
ner on Saturday, Dec. 6. Thirteen
members and three visitors were
in attendance at the meeting
which was an all-day affair.
Next meeting of the club will
also be an all-day session and
will be held Thursday, Nov. 13,
at the home of Mrs. George Peck
in Lexington.
Portland People
Buy M.C. Cleaners
Sale of the Morrow County
Cleaners, established early in the
year by Robert Blackwell and
Kenneth Vaughn and later tak-
en over by Blackwell, was an
nounced early this week. Buyers
of the plant are Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Wattenberger of Portland,
who took immediate possession.
Wattenberger informed the Ga
zette Times that he had also ac
quired the lot on the north side
of the Farra building and that
work would start immediately
on the erection of a building to
house a modern cleaning plant.
Up to the present time, cleaning
work has been sent to a neigh
boring town while the pressing
has been done in the local shop
The Watenbergers believe the
local field warrants a plant do
Any national program for
wheat conservation will need to
recognize that the Pacific north
west has historically depended
on wheat and other small grains
hq llvpsfrwk and Doultrv feed. P.
M. Brandt, head of the animal ing all the work here
Industrie division at Oregon
State college, told the congres
sional subcommittee for the ec
onomic report In a recent hear
ing in Seattle. The full test of
Professor Brandt's testimony has
Just been released.
Should wheat be withdrawn in
Ledbetter-Berg
Marriage Vows
Taken Saturday
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Ledbetter
and son John have returned
from a trip to Portland where
they went to attend the wedding
of another son, Jimmie.
The marriage of Miss Paula
Berg and James Ledbetter occur
red at 7:30 Saturday evening,
November 1, at Vancouver, Wash.,
in the presence of relatives and
a few friends. A reception fol
lowed at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. William Eubanks in Port
land.
Following the reception, the
young couple left for Newport loi
a brief honeymoon. They are
making their home In Portland
where the bride is employed by
the First National bank and the
groom is a line splicer for Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph com
pany. .
Well Drill Moves
To Anderson Place
The Jannsen well drilling out
fit finished a well at the Leonard
Carlson place in three days last
week and moved on to the Har
ley Anderson place In Eight Mile.
According to Leonard Carlson,
an abundance of water was
struck at a depth of 100 feet.
The old well, In use many years,
had about played out, yet an
abundance of water was found
Just a short distance from it,
Carlson said.
Past Noble Grand Club Entertains With
Annual Dinner at Cornett Green Home
By Ruth Paine I
The Past Noble Grand club of
this area from its. normal and San Souci Rebekah lodge held
reasonable use In feeding, the its annual dinner Monday eve
result would be a serious reduc- ning at the home of Mrs. Cornett
tion in production of milk, meat Green. Other hostesses for the
and eggs, Brandt explained, and affair Included Mesdames J. J.
there would be further increases Nys, Joe Devine, T. J. Wells, R.
in living costs by at least the L. Benge, George Hayden and N.
freight from the midwest to the D. Bailey. Twenty-eight mem
coast, bers were present. Out-of-town
"The demand for human food guests were Mrs. Alice Luttrell
along the coast and particular- of Hermlston, Mrs. Lester Doolit
ly in the northwest has changed tie, Portland, and Mrs. J. R.
the agriculture picture in this Huffman, a member of the Paul-
area," he testified. "We no long- lne Rebekah lodge of Pendleton
er Durchase a surplus of butter but who now lives in Heppner,
and eggs, as the population of Following dinner a business
Oregon has increased by a half- meeting was held at which time
million In the last five years officers for the ensuing year
with even larger increases in were elected. Mrs. Roy Thomas
Washington and California." was elected president ana Mrs
Professor Brandt emphasized A. J. Chaffee, secretary-treasur-that
livestock and poultry num- er.
bers have not been increased Mrs. guda Comstock, Baker,
nomortlonatelv in Oregon in nresident of the Rebekah Assem
fact have been decreased and Diy 0f Oregon, paid an official
that producers in this area are I visit to the local lodge on Wed-
efficient in their use of wheat nes(jay evening. Initiation cere-
and other small grains as ieea, monies were perlormed wnn Mrs
else they could not compete Buri coxon being initiated into
with areas having cheaper live- tne order. A gift was presented
stock feed. to Mrs. Comstock by the lodge
"Oregon has the second nign- Refreshments were served follow
est butterfat production of tne lng tne meeting
Important dairy states, and Mr and Mrs claU(io Piank 0f
Washington U close to the top, EuKenc WPre week-end guests of
he testified. "Production of eggs Mr . Mra Hnrv Aikn.
per hen in the Pacific Northwest mrs Lucy E Rodgor9 1(,ft Fri
is very high, while the efflclen- (, for Snn Francsco wnere she
cy of the turkey producers is wag cnl)ed by the suddon death
well known." of ncr gster Mrs. Esther Bigll-
Latest report on cow numbers er)
in Oregon shows 251,000 com- jjpv H E Parrott 0f Baker vis
pared with 284,000 January 1, ,(pd lhe (irst o lhe week in
1944. Hog numbers are the low- H at ,he home of Rev.
est In recent history at 161,000 ... B,unt an(J MrSi Blunt
compared with 359,uuu in un. Guests during the week at the
Turkey numbers are lower than home of Mr and Mrs Laverne
government goais chml-u mi ,..u Van Marter jr, WCre Norval os
the number of chicken hens Jan- , . r,im nnt nnn tint-
uary 1 of this year was about flp)d of Lebanon. Mr. Osborne
a half-million under January 1, rt,turned t0 i,a home Monday
1946. while Mr. Hatfield remained a
0 few days longer.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Devine mo- . Mr. and Mrs. Buck Hanson
tored to The Dalles Friday to were 0VCr from Echo for a short
spend the week end visiting rei- .imG on Monday.
atlves and friends. , Mrs. Olive B. Bassett, who has
Mr. and Mrs. Don Greenup been visiting here at the home
rrniinnn KllWennvl are the rar- nf her dauchtcr. Mrs. Joe Hugh-
ents of a daughter born October es and family, left Friday for
oh nt st. Anihonv's hosDltal in Portland where she will visit for
Pendleton. a time before continuing on to
r.u n . i. (iot in st her home In San Francisco. Mrs
Anthony's hospital as a result of Bassett accompanied Robert Tur
. ....., i- v. n,oii ner to the cltv.
game Fr Id yWw en Gran- Mrs. Alena Anderson and
FJ , mJh ihnni nd Henoner daughters, Adella, Nancy and
tun ,.. (
high.
Carol, motored to Pendleton Sat
urday to spend the day shopping
Mrs. Lloyd Moyer motored to
Portland Sunday, taking her
daughter, Peggy Sue, to the city
for medical treatment. They were
taken down by Mrs. Moyer s un
cle, Frank Ayers. They returned
to Heppner Wednesday.
Mrs. Raymond Huddleston and
daughters left Thursday for Port
land where they met Mr. Hud
dleston who had arrived from
Valdez, Alaska, for a two months
vacation. Before returning to
Heppner they will visit relatives
and friends in California. They
expect to be in Heppner about
two weeks.
Mrs. Dillard French of Vinson
and her son, Jack French of Long
Creek, were business visitors in
Heppner the end of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Benge and
Mrs. Mary Wallace and children
motored to Pendleton the end of
the week to visit Mr. Benge's ne
phew, Fred Windsor of Hermis
ton, who is a patient at St. An
thony's hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Blake
and son, Darrell, have returned
to their home in Redmond after
a visit here at the home of Mr,
and Mrs. Willard Blake.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gentry and
children of Ordnance spent Sun
day visiting here with his moth
er, Mrs. Orderie Gentry and his
aunt, Mrs. Alice Gentry.
Mrs. Lester Doollttle of Port
land is a guest this week at the
home of Miss Leta Humphreys
Mrs. Laurence Becket and
young son have returned home
from St. Anthonys hospital in
Pendleton. Mr. Becket motored
over after them Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Perry of
Pendleton were over-Sunday
guests at the home of Mrs. Per
ry's son, Jesse C. Payne.
Mrs. Fred Cassidy and chil
dren of Pilot Rock spent Sunday
in Heppner with Mr. and Mrs.
Merle Miller.
Miss Leta Humphreys motored
to Hillsboro last week end. She
was accompanied home by Mrs.
Clarice Mackay who had peon
visiting in Portland for the past
week.
Carev Hastings returned Sun
day afternoon from a successful
elk hunting trip In the vicinity
nf Ellis cuard station.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Evans and
Mr. and Mrs. Don Evans and
son were week-end visitors In
Portland.
Heppner And Grant
Union Battle To
Scoreless Finish
Uncertainty Over
Outcome May Lead
To Another Game
Heppner high school's Mus
tangs and Grant Union high
school's Prospectors fought des
perately to raise their standings
in the district when they met
at Rodeo field last Friday after
noon but when the final whistle
blew there was no score and the
championship, which was at
stake, was still in doubt It was
a game good to see, although
disappointing to rooters on both
sides, for a safety or one touch
down by either team would have
setlled the leadership without
question. j
As matters stand to date.
Heppner is given an edge in the
game of exactly one yard. That
was what it boiled down to al
ter officials summed up the
points of the game. First downs
were equal and final decision
was left to total yardage, with
Heppner coming out ahead by
one yard.
It is reported here that John
Day has been reconsidering the
decision and is not ready to ac
cept it as final. This may lead
to a proposal for a second meet
ing, which, if accepted by the
association officials, would put
Heppner on the spot, what with
two key players out of commis-
sion. Bob Bennett, quarter, was
seriously injured early in last
Friday's game and is in St. An
thony's hospital In Pendleton
nursing some fractured vertebrae.
Buster Padberg, plunging half
back, sustained a shoulder in
Jury which will keep him out of
this week's game with Moro and
which might handicap him in
another meeting with the Pros
pectors. At least, the Heppner
school officials are not looking
upon a second meeting wun
much enthusiasm.
It is seldom that two teams
come so close to matching up as
the Heppner and Grant Union
teams did last Friday. Heppner
outweighed the visitors six
pounds as the two teams tooK
the field. The Patemen outplay
ed the Prospectors in the first
half but couldn't muster up en
oueh strength to put the ball ov
er the goal line. Grant Union
came back in the second half
determined to score but was
stopped on each threat. The vis
itors outshone the locals on pass
es, using a short toss numerous
times for paying gains. Hepp
ner's efforts at passing were fu
tile but the boys could add yard
age through the line and on end
runs.
This week's offering at the
Rodeo field will be a go between
Moro and the Mustangs. Infor
mation relative to the strength
of the Sherman county lads is
lacking but Coach Pate is groom
ing his boys for a tough battle.
Since Moro is in another district
neither team's standing will be
affected by the outcome.
Heopner will close the regular
season with the traditional game
with the "Bulldogs," to be play
ed Armistice Day at Hermiston.
Edwin L Bucknum
Dies Wednesday
After Short Illness
Services Set For
Saturday A. M. At
Catholic Church
Edwin L. Bucknum, a resident
of Heppner since 1912, died Wed
nesday morning at St. Anthony's
hospital in Pendleton following
an illness of less than two days.
Death was said to be due to in
ternal hemorrhage with which
he was seized Monday and his
physician sent him to the hos
pital. Transfusions were given
him in an effort to check the
loss of blood but these failed and
death came about 9 a. m. Wed
nesday.
Services will be held at 10 o'
clock a. m., Saturday at St. Pat
rick's church, with Rev. Francis
McCormack officiating and ar
rangements in charge of the
Phelps Funeral home. Interment
will be in Heppner Masonic cem
etery where the father and mo
ther preceded him to the grave.
Rosary will be held at 8 o'clock
Friday evening at the church.
Born April 14, 1903 in Green
N. Y., Edwin came with his par
ents to Portland in the fall of
1907. The family moved to Hepp
ner In 1912 and he lived here
most of the time. On January 16,
1925 he married Fay Ritchie, the
ceremony taking place in Pen
dleton. To this union was born
one child, Charles William, who
resides in Los Angeles. He is
also survived by three brothers,
Elmer J., J. Gordon, both of Los
Angeles, and William J. of Heppner..
Edwin was an expert tractor
driver and held jobs with large
highway contractors in this state,
Idaho, Nebraska and other states.
He was employed with the coun
ty road crew here when lack of
road funds forced shutdown of
work.
October Wettest Month
Recorded At Gooseberry
When highlights of the cur
rent year are recalled some eight
weeks hence, one of the outstand
ing events will be the rainfall
In the month of October. That
may not be sensational compar
ed with the capture of the ban
dits in the fall of 1946, but in
terms of morale and continued
prosperity hereabouts It is worth
any number of bandit captures.
According to Leonard Carlson's
rain gauge out in Gooseberry,
tour inches of moisture fell over
that section during the 31 days
set aside on the calendar to de
signate the month of October.
While an equal amount may not
have fallen over the entire coun
ty, it is quite certain that pre
cipitation was much heavier
than common in the north end.
(Travelers crossing the sand belt
between Boardman and lone re
port pools of water along the
road, which indicates an un
common amount of rainfall.)
Len Gilliam is still somewhere
in Grant county on his annual
elk .hunting expedition and rec
ords of the Heppner rain gauge
will not be revealed until his
return.
An error in the October 1913
record as reported in this news
paper last week cut the precip
itation for that month short one
inch. The figure should have
read 2.75 inches instead of 1.75.
Farmers commenting on the
record rainfall are rejoicing over
the fact that none of the show
ers caused noticeable washing
of topsoil. Crops are in the best
condition they have ever exper
ienced, many of the grainraisers
declare. Stockmen are Just as
jubilant over grazing conditions,
so, with any kind of a break in
the spring weather, another big
crop year is in prospect
Masonic District
Meeting Canceled
Due to the death of Governor
Earl Snell, Secretary of State
Robert S. Farrell and Marshall
Cornett, last week, the district
meeting scheduled for Heppner
Monday evening by the Masonic
erder- was canceled. The grand
lodge officers slated to attend
the local meeting attended the
memorial service held for the
state officials in Salem and
could not get back on their itin
erary in time to make the Hepp
ner meeting.
A carload of local Masons
drove to Condon Tuesday eve
ning to attend the district meet
ing there, at which time Grand
Master Walter Ransom of Eu
gene gave an address. He was
accompanied by the grand sec
retary, H. D. Proudfoot of Port
land. Those attending from here
were C. J. D. Bauman, J. O. Tur
ner, William Smethurst, Loyal
Parker and Marvin Wightman.
Calf, In Playful
Mood, Chokes Its
Mother To Death
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Holub, in
town Tuesday, reported the loss
of a valuable cow in a freak ac
cident Monday night The cow
was a registered Black Angus
and she came to her death at the
hands or foot of her own off
spring. Cow and calf were In a stub
ble pasture not far from the Ho
lub house. Apparently the cow
wag lying down and the calf was
playing around as little calves
are wont to do. Registered cat
tle carry a "dog tag" bearing
registration information and In
dividual numbers. The Angus,
sans horns upon which to fasten
the tag, are provided with a
strong chain about their necks
upon which the plate is securely
fastened. Reconstructing the ac
cident, the Holubs think the calf
may have made a pass to Jump
ovei its mammy s head and ran
a fore foot through the chain.
This evidently frightened both
animals and in the ensuing et
fort to disentangle themselves
the cow was strangled.
When discovered quite early
the next morning, the calf was
standing over the cow's head and
neck and was so thoroughly
chilled Mr. and Mrs. Holub had
to use first aid methods to re
establish circulation. K requir
ed use of heavy wire cutters to
sever the chain and release the
calf s leg which suffered injury
that may spoil its chances for
developing into a show beef.
Beef Club Growth
Told Luncheoneers
By lone Student
Membership in the 4-H beef
club for the year 1946-47 was 25
and already this fall 10 new
members have been added, mak
ing It possible to divide the club
into two groups, Louis Carlson,
one of the older members of the
club who has enjoyed a success
ful 4-H club career, told the lun
cheon group of the Heppner
chamber or commerce, Monday.
Young Carlson was assigned
to the Heppner group to tell of
4-H club work as a feature of
National 4-H Club week. He re
viewed some of the activities of
the Morrow county beef club
during the past season which
culminated in the big event of
the year for 4-H clubbers, the
Pacific International exposition
in Portland, where stock from
this county placed in the top 10
several times. The club's parti
cipation in the Morrow county
fair, the Eastern Oregon Wheat
League show at The Dalles, and
the trip to Moro where crop
Judging claimed their attention
one day and stock Judging the
next All these were referred to
as examples of the type pf train
lng received by 4-H club mem
bers.
More Active Part
In Wheat League
Urged By Farmers
Wheat growers of Morrow
county should take a more ac
tive part in the Eastern Oregon
Wheat league, in the opinion of
Don Heliker, lone, county exe
cutive committeeman. The new
wheat commission, freight rate
Increases, termination of price
supports after 1948 and a num
ber of other developments pre
sent perplexing problems which
can only be solved by organized
effort, he stated.
The 20th annual meeting oi
the league will be held Decern
ber 4. 5 and 6 at Baker. Prior
to the annual meeting there will
be county meetings to study
problems ahead for the wheat
Industry and see what can be
done to meet them. The Morrow
county meeting will be held at
10 a.m., Monday, Nov. 17, In the
court room in Heppner.
It should be the vital concern
of every wheat producer in the
county to be at the meeting an
take an active part, Heliker de
dared. "A meeting at which
there is general attendance of
wheat growers will help the
wheat league in shaping its next
year's program of action. The
Eastern Oregon Wheat league is
the most active body of real
wheat producers in the United
States," he said, "but it must
have the active support of every
grower in the state in order for
it to serve effectively."
OSC ALUMNI ASSN.
HAS MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
Alumni and former students of
Oregon State college are being
reminded this week that their
membership dues to the O.S.C
Alumni association are due, or
if they do not belong to the as
sociation they now have an op
portunity to join.
According to Mrs. Joe Hughes,
Heppner chairman, there are 40
eligible persons in Heppner be
sides numerous others in the
county. She urges that those not
contacted mail their checks at
once to one of the committee
members, who are Marvin Wight
man, Mr. and Mrs. James' Far
ley, and Francis Cook. The re
port is due on November 12, Mrs.
Hughes stated.
o
Juvenile Grange
To Be Organized
Organization of the young
grange group is on the schedule
at the regular meeting of the
Rhea Creek grange Friday eve
ning, Nov. 7, it was announced
this week by Francis B. Nicker
son, master.
The juvenile grange is for
children under 15 years of age,
Sponsors for the group are Mrs
Walter Wright, Mrs. Douglas
Drake and Nelson Anderson
county agricultural agent
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Duvall do
parted Saturday by motor for a
tour of California and Arizona
They will continue on to Mls
sourl to spend the holidays with
relatives. They expect to be back
in Heppner shortly after the first
of the year.
Recent guests of Mrs. Corda
Sating were her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald
Booher of Boise, Idaho.
Vernon Leathers of Portland
was a guest last week at the
home of his brother-in-law and
sister, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Car
michael at Lexington. Mr. Lea
thers also enjoyed some hunting
while visiting here.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Armstrong
and daughter have returned to
their home in Bandon after vis
Itlng here for some time with
Mr. and Mrs. N. D. Bailey.
Pete Cannon is workfing as
part-time clerk In the Soil Con
servation service office.
Mrs. Harold Peck of Lexington
was attending to business mat
ters in Heppner Monday afternoon,
Wednesday To Be
arent Day At
Heppner School
The week of Nevember 9-15
has been designated as Nation
al Education week, set aside for
observance not only by the tea
ching profession but school pa
trons as well. Locally, one day
has been set aside for observ
ance, announces Henry iet2,
superintendent, and that will be
Wednesday, November 12, at
which time patrons have been
invited to visit the school and
see teachers and students ai
work. Emphasis will be placed
on the new cafeteria and kit
chen equipment which the school
officials hope will be duly in
spected by the visitors. Those
who may wish to eat luncheon
will be served for the nominal
sum of 20 cents, Tetz said.
Wednesday evening the school
will provide the entertainment
on the Parent-Teacher program.
There will be several numbers
by the school band and the jun
ior class will present a piay,
"Meet Your Teacher," designed
to stimulate greater cooperation
between parents and teachers.
Tetz said he hopes the people
of the community will take ad
vantage of this opportunity to
present the school work.
Rosewalls Wondered
What They'd Done
Mrs. Clarence Rosewall is in
Walla Walla this week at the
bedside of her father, J. H. Key
of Weston, who is hospitalized
there. Mr. Key suffered a heart
attack last Thursday. Mr. and
Mrs. Rosewall were en route to
La Grande at the time and were
somewhat surpised to be over
taken by a state police car. It
developed that following Mr.
Key's stroke members of the
family telephoned to Heppner
and were apprised that Mr. and
Mrs. Rosewall had left for La
Grande. The Rosewall license
number was telephoned to the
state police headquarters in Pen
dleton and a patrol car was sent
Renn Harris Dies
Following Accident
At Gayhart Camp
Faller Unable To
Dodge Tree Top
Broken In Cutting
Renn Harris, employed at the
Afton Gayhart logging camp in
the Burton valley district in the
Blue mountains south of Hard
man, died Wednesday forenoon
following an accident while he
and his brother Darrell were en
gaged in falling a tree. Death
came about 10 minutes after he
was struck by a section of the
tree which broke in two about
the time it started to fall. Dar
rell was able to get out of the
way but Renn was in direct line
with it. He was struck on the
lower limbs, the blow breaking
one leg and shattering the hip
on the opposite side.
Services will be held at 2 o
clock Friday, Nov. 7, from the
Phelps Funeral Home chapel,
with the Rev. J. Palmer Sorlien
officiating. Interment will be
in the Heppner Masonic ceme
tery. Renn Joseph Harris was
born March 11, 1919 at Heppner
to Mr. and Mrs. Tom Harris, res
idents of Rhea creek. He attend
ed the Heppner schools and la
ter engaged in timber work. On
June 8, 1940 he married Eileen
Kelly and to this union were
born two children, Renny Lee
and Sheryl Lynn. He was a
member of Heppner lodge No.
358, B.P.O.E.
Surviving besides the wife and
children are the parents and a
brother, Darrell, and sister, Julia
(Mrs. Harold Hill).
Renn had a host of friends
who are greatly shocked at his
untimely passing.
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NEIGHBORS TRADE HOUSES
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Ogle
tree and Mr. and Mrs. Henderson
Stout traded residence properties
the past week and each family
is now settled in the new homes.
The Stouts wanted to get closer
to the highway and it was agree
able with the Ogletrees to move
higher up on the hillside, so the
trade was made.
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HUNTING PARTY SAW SNOW
APLENTY ON WAY HOME
The Gilliam-Drake eHt hunt- .
ing party returned to Heppner
Wednesday after spending 10
days in the hunting territory
south of the John Day valley.
They returned with one fine elk.
Len Gilliam says the hunting
was Just getting good when they
left, that is, the hunting weatn
er. On the way home they ran
into a snow storm beyond Battle
mountain which continued un
til they arrived at the John Han
na place on Hinton creek. In
cluded In the party were Len
and Earle Gilliam and Ray
Drake and son Douglas.
Death Takes Mrs.
Mary A. Notson, 77,
At Portland Home
Sunday's Oregonian contained
notice of the death of Mrs. Mary
A. Notson, widow of the Samuel
r- -- e. Notson oi Heppner, rnoay
out to find them. They werel , fe Mann home la
fniinrl In PanHlatnn nnn turnon . . ...
Portland of which she had oeen
a member 10 years. She had
been ill an extended perioa.
found in Pendleton and turned
in the direction of Walla Walla
instead of La Grande. They re
turned home Thursday evening
and Mrs. Rosewall went back to
Walla Walla Sunday to await
developments as her fathers
condition is in doubt.
EASTERN STAR OFFICERS
HAVE HALLOWE'EN PARTY
Mrs. Harley Anderson, Mrs.
James Hayes and Mrs. C. C. Dun
ham were hostesses Friday eve
ning for a party given at the
Dunham home for the officers
club of Ruth chapter No. 32, Or
der of the Eastern Star.
The evening started off with
dinner at 7 o'clock and was fol
lowed by guessing games, first
a play on words and then char
ades. The entertainment proved
quite intriguing and served to
divert the participants' minds
from any notion they may have
had about getting out and rais
ing some Hallowe'en whooppee
Officers and their husbands
and wives were the Invited
guests.
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CLOSING OFFICE HERE
Dr. Walter P. Browne announ
ced last week that he plans to
close his office in Heppner at the
end of the year and will take up
residence in Pendleton where he
will follow surgery. He will keep
his office open in the afternoons
only until leaving permanently,
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Plerson and
family have moved into the M.
L. Case duplex on W. Center
street instead of the Anna Q.
Thomson house on Baltimore
street. Mrs. Jessie Batty of Kim
berly who was to have lived in
the Case house has decided to
remain on the farm for the pre
sent.
Mrs. Sie Walker entertained
with a family dinner Saturday
evening honoring her mother,
Mrs. George Mead, on the occa
sion of her 84th birthday. Guests
besides the honoree were Mr.
Mead, George Mead of lone, Mrs.
Etta Dollarhlde and Jack Scott
of Seattle and Mrs. Flora Moy
er of Hermlston. Mrs. Dollarhlde
and her son, Mr. Scott, returned
to Seattle Wednesday.
Bob Dobbs and Bill Kenneday
motored to Corvallis Friday to
spend the week end with Jack
Edmondson and Fred Rugg, stu
dents at Oregon State. They re
turned to Heppner Sunday.
Archie Bechdolt of Hardman
is a patient at St. Anthony's hos
pital in Pendleton.
Mrs. Allen Case and her mo
ther, Mrs. J. G. Crimea returned
from Portland Tuesday evening
after spending several days In
the city attending to business
matters and visiting relatives.
Mrs. Henry Struve of Pendle
ton is visiting here at the home
of her son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Blaine E. Isom.
Mr. and Mrs. Noel Dobyns of
lone were business visitors in
Heppner Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph I. Thomp
son motored to Portland Thurs
day to spend a few days in the
city looking after business in
teretti.
Mrs. Notson was born Mary
Ann Nelson on a farm near Dun
laD. Iowa. Dec. 18, 1869, the only
daughter in a family of nine
children. She attended Shenan
doah and Fremont, Neb., normal
schools. She was married to Mr.
Notson, Aug. 28, 1895.
After a brief residence in Las-
per, Wyo., the family moved to
Lexington in 1900 where Mr.
Notson was superintendent of
schools. On June 14. 190J. Mrs.
Notson fled to the hills with her
children to escape the waters of
the Heppner flood. The family
took up residence in Heppner in
1905 where Mr. Notson servea
successively as county school
superintendent and district at
torney. They built the residence
now the property of the Hrna
family on Gale street.
To their marriage were oorn
six children, all of whom sur
vive: Lee W. Notson, Logan. Ia.;
Mrs. Mary Sackett. Salem; Ed
ward A. Notson, school superin
tendent, Tonasket, Wash.; Rob
ert C. Notson, managing editor,
The Oregonian; Charles E. Not
son, missionary in western i.m-
na, and Mrs. Margaret Moser,
New York City.
Private services were conuuci-
ed by Dr. Ray S. Dunn at 1 p.m.
Saturday In the cnapei oi n. j.
Rose and Son. Burial was In a
family plot in Belt-rest cemetery
at Salem beside Mr. Notson who
died in August, 1937.
Kenneth Akers of Portland was
In Heppner the first of the week
visiting friends.
Cliff Aalberg of Portland I
spending a few days In Heppner
and is a guest of his brother
and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Steve Aalberg.
Mrs. Alice Luttrell of Hermls
ton visited the first of the week
In Heppner. During her stay she
was the house guest of Mrs. Sad
la M. Slgibee.