OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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PORTLAND. OIU.
Heppner Gazette Times
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 1 1, 1947
Volume 64, Number 38
Condon Chosen As
Meeting Place of
Wheat League in '48
Heppner May Be
In Line For Meet
Following Year
Delegates to the Eastern Ore
gon Wheat League in session at
Baker the past week end select
ed Condon as the meeting place
for the 1948 convention. Invita
tions from Heppner and The Dal
les were given consideration on
the floor but after some delib
eration, Condon won on the ba
sis of not having entertained the
league since 1939, while both
Heppner and The Dalles have
had that privilege in the mean
time. Orville Cutsforth reported to
the chamber of commerce on the
wheat league convention, pro
nouncing it a successful session.
While numerous items were on
the agenda, he feels that soil
erosion and future markets for
wheat were the two most impor
tant items discussed. An attempt
to pass a resolution against
House Bill 99, passed in the re
cent Oregon legislature paving
the way for dam construction
along the Snake river, was a
draw, Cutsforth said. He also re
ported that Morrow county's 14
representatives comprised the
second largest delegation at the
convention.
J. J. O'Connor presented the
matter of the outstanding citi
zen award proposed by the Jun
ior chamber of commerce to the
senior group, explaining the ob
ject of the award and the desire
of the Jaycees to have a com
mittee from the older group ap
pointed to make the selection.
President Tibbies responded by
naming B. C. Pinckney, C. J. D.
Bauman, Harold Becket, Mrs.
Lucy Rodgers and O. G. Craw
ford. The award is to be early
In January.
There was some discussion of
cooperation between the cham
ber groups, on staging the annu
al football banquet. This led to
the suggestion that townspeople
should give more attention to
the doings of the grade school,
particularly with reference to
basketball. Last year's grade
school team was tops In this re
gion, yet no notice was given it
outside of immediate school
backing. The CC decided to do
something about it and the
chair appointed Harry Van Horn,
Conley Lanham and Henry Tetz
as a committee of action.
Nominations for directors were I
In order Monday and the names
of Henry Tetz, J. J. O'Connor,
Floyd Tolleson. L. D. Tibbies, O.
G. Crawford, Mrs. Lucy Rodgers
and John Saager were presented.
Election will be held later and
further nominations are expect
ed before the voting is done.
Five directors are to be elected.
Newbry Warns Of
Holiday Traffic
Oregonians will be facing the
heaviest Christmas-time traffic
volumes In history, Secretary of
State Earl T. Newbry has de
clared in a special plea for safe
walking and driving during the
coming holidays.
Car registrations and motor ve
hicle fuel use figures are at all
time highs, giving plenty of no
tice of what to expect, Newbry
said. Last December, traffic
accidents took 56 lives to double
the toll recorded In June of that
year.
"December is consistently the
worst month In automobile-Inflicted
deaths," motorists were
reminded. "There will be too
many cars on the streets and
highways to permit even a mo
mentary lapse of attention."
December daytime Is shorten
ed three hours from summer
daytime, it was pointed out. Most
of this extra darkness comes
when motor and pedestrian traf
fic is heaviest.
With throngs of Christmas
shoppers added to the usual
congestion, all persons were ad
vised to allow more time to per
form errands, whether by car or
afoot.
OBTAIN LITTLE GIRL
Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Dunham
and Mrs. O. G. Crawford made a
trip to Portland Tuesday and re
turned with a little three-year-
old miss who will make her
home with the Dunhams. Her
name Is Camela Margaret and
she will assume the name of her
foster parents as soon as all le
gal formalities are attended to.
The coming of Camela fills a
long-felt want In the family,
which Includes the Dunhams
and the Crawfords and there Is
great rejoicing hereabouts.
SELL HOME
Mr, and Mrs. Glenn Hayes are
the latest residents to go In
search for living quarters. They
have sold their residence proper
ty at the corner of Gale and
Church streets to C. N. Jones.
Mr, and Mrs. Raymond Hud
dleslon and children left today
for Tillamook to visit friends
several days,
Northwest Christmas Ship To
Carry Gifts From Morrow Co.
Morrow county will make a American agencies, such as the
contribution toward raising 10,-1
000 tons of food for starving peo-1
pie of Europe in the stales of
Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and
Montana and the territory of Al
aska. Initial steps were takei
in Heppner Tuesday when May
or Coniey Lanham named a com
mittee headed by Mrs. Tom W
son and including Rev. J. P. Sor-ilhe
lien, Rev. Joe Jewett and Gordon
Grady to organize a campaign
for receiving and delivering do-'council of agencies, with first
nations. I hand knowledge of where the re-
Although the movement is a! lief is most needed, will, when
little tardy in getting started, it j the ship arrives, choose the ex-
is expected that by the end of
this week the committee will be
prepared to announce plans for
the campaign in the county.
The federal government has
approved the plan, authorized
over 10,000 tons of shipping space '
and will defray the chartering
costs. The ship will be made up
in Tacoma and stop at Seattle
and Portland.
Simultaneously in Oregon and
Washington the idea developed,
where during the Friendship1
Train campaign it was noted that
with the fine port facilities of
both Portland and Seattle, a sim-
liar action could take place
more conveniently without the
long distance hauling. The
ernors of Washington, Oregon,
Idaho, Montana and Alaska were;
contacted as soon as the Friend
ship Train was dispatched. From
their warm reception of the idea,
was born the Northwest Christ
mas ship.
With the slogan "From Your,
Heart Do Your Part" the food ga-' meats, canned fish, canned poul
thering organization is under try, canned baked beans, canned
way. In Oregon, Governor John 'chili, canned fats and shorten
Hall, following the plan of theMng.
Northwest states, appointed as Clothing, new or clean, is ac
state coordinator the Rev. Gil-i ceptable.
bert B. Christian, who is exeeu- With Municipal Terminal No.
tive secretary of the Oregon , 4 at Portland designated as the
Council of Churches and state, main warehouse and dockage for
director of Church World Serv- the Christmas ship, committees
Ice. Also appointed were Ray throughout the state are asked
Smith, the executive secretary of! to direct all gifts to this point,
the Eagles, as state chairman of Most motor freight trucking
the Citizens Food committee, and i companies have agreed to pick
Ray Carr as publicity chairman. I up cases free of charge, any
The mayors of all the cities, en- where within their operating
thusiastlc champions of the pro- areas. Carload lots will be trans
ject from the start, will appoint ported by the following railroads
local people and committees to
cooperate in the state plan.
Assurance is given that the
food will reach the needy and
not slip into black market chan
nels or be used for propaganda
purposes, as the American Coun
cil for Voluntary Kelief will di
rectly handle the distribution.
The council Is composed of 34
Lexington Grange
Bazaar Event of
Saturday Evening
Announcement is made this
week of the annual dinner and
bazaar given by the home econ
omics club of the Lexington
grange which has been set for!
Saturday evening at the grange
hall three miles north of Lex
ington. Turkey dinner will be served
from 6 to 7:30 p. m., followed by
the sale of numerous articles
wnicn tne lames nave preparea.
There will be' games for every
body including pinochle, "500,"
Hearts, bridge, Chinese checkers,
bingo, flinch, anagrams, mono
poly, and other forms of pastime.
There will be supervised play for
children, which just about re
moves any reason for folks to
stay away from the grange hall
Saturday evening.
Oregon Gasoline
Consumption High
Oregon gasoline use for the
first 10 months of 1947 has soar
ed to an all-time high, Secretary
of State Earl T. Newbry has an
nounced.
October sales reached 37 mil
lion gallons to bring the total
used so far this year to 361,828,
528, over 45 million gallons more
than the amount consumed in
the first 10 months of 1946.
Although declining since the
summer car travel peak of last
August, monthly gasoline use is
still running well ahead of last
year's figures, officials pointed
out. Actual vehicle travel on
Oregon streets and highways Is
estimated at four and a quarter
billion miles since January 1.
"It's certain that traffic vol
umes around Christmas time will
be the heaviest in history," New
bry declared. "That means there
is
a grave danger of exceeding
last year's December toll of 56
dead."
Motorists and pedestrians were
urged to double precautionary
measures during the holiday sea
son. HAS NARROW ESCAPE
While taking a truck load of
lumber from Heppner to Pasco
the past week, Vic Johnson had
a narrow escape from serious in
Jury when a slide struck the rear
of the truck, Johnson Is confi
dent that had the front of the
rig been hit he would not have
been able to make the report.
The badly damaged vehicle was
taken to Walla Walla for re
pairs. It is presumed the slide
occurred near the Oregon-Wash
ington line where the hills are
steep and covered with quantl
ties of loose rock.
Church World Service, American
Friends committee, National
Catholic Welfare, and Jewish
Agency for Joint Distribution.
They are our people, with our
thoughts and ideals and will
handle the situation accordingly.
Government regulations for
payment of transportation limits
Northwest committee to four
countries in Europe: Germany,
Austria, Italy and Greece. The
act areas.
The shipment will reach Eu
rope during the death months of
January. February and March, a
period so critical that competent
relief authorities estimate that
between two and ten millions of
people will die in Germany alone
unless considerable outside help
is obtained
For speed, loading convenien
ce and for export, all shipments
must be in case lots.
A list of acceptable goods Is
necessary because of spoilage,
vital needs and to save space.
Included in this list are: Wheat,
flour (in 50 or 100 lb. sacks or
barrels) dried or -dehydrated
gov-'fruits or vegetables (including
beans, peas or lentils 50,000 lb.
sacks) sugar, spaghetti, macar-
oni, noodles 10-2 lbs. (only or
iginal packing cases, no cello
phane wrapped), heavy cereals
(such as cream of wheat, far
ina, etc., not flake or fluffy
types), canned milk, canned
from any point of origin with
out cost: Union Pacific, Southern
Pacific, SP and S, Milwaukee,
Northern Pacific, and Great Nor
thern. It is evident if we in Oregon
are to complete our collection by
the scheduled January 1, there
must be no time lost and action
must start immediately.
Incorrect Reading
Cause of Drivers'
License Troubles
Some Oregonians have read in
correctly their driver's license!
renewal schedules and have
paid fines as a result, Secretary
of State Earl T. Newbry has de-
clared.
Fines for no driver's license
have been levied because the
drivers misinterpreted their re
newal schedule, which lists the
expiration date of all licenses by
serial number.
"All drivers are urged to check
their renewal schedules careful
ly," Newbry said. "It is partic
ularly disheartening for a per
son to obtain a schedule, read
it, and then be penalized be
cause he read it incorrectly."
Oregon's new system for re
newing driver's licenses, in ef
fect since June 1, makes the
printed expiration date on the
face of the card invalid In most
cases. Instead, licenses now ex
pire according to the "5R" serial
number.
Licenses numbered from 5R198
001 to 511231-000 must be renew
ed not later than December 31.
Renewal time-tables, along
with schedules of proper fees
and applications for renewing li
censes already due, may be ob
tained from driver's license
clerks or examiners.
L. L. Hiatt Dies
At Oregon City
From the Oregon City Banner
Courier it is learned that Levi L.
Hiatt, 75, resident of the Pete's
Mountain district on route 4, Or
egon City, for the last eight
months, died Friday at Oregon
City convalescent home. He had
resided in Oregon for 65 years,
and came to Oregon City com
munitv from Ilennner. He was
bom September 30, 1872, in Des
Moines, Iowa
Surviving include the widow,
Mrs. Iva Hiatt; three sons, Dar
rell E., Roseburg; Ace, Forest
Grove, and Carl, Heppner; two
daughters, Mrs. James Stout and
Mrs. Harold Batson, of route 4
Oregon City; a sister, Mrs. J. A
Pearson, Hermlston, and eight
grandchildren
The funeral was at 2 p.m. Tu
esday at Oregon City Funeral
home, with Rev. W. C. Piper of
the Church of Christ officiating,
Burlnl was in Stafford cemetery
Mr. Hiatt was an uncle of John
W. Hiatt of Heppner.
o
A baby daughter arrlwd this
afternoon at the home of Mr
and Mrs. Dick Ferguson at Cor
vallis, according to word recev
ed by the grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs, E. O. Ferguson of this city.
Scouts Withdraw
From Benefits of
Community Chest
After participating in the funds
provided through the Commun
ity Chest the past four years,
the Boy Scouts of America have
withdrawn from that support
this year and will stage a cam
paign of their own.
Reason for withdrawal from
the Community Chest was to en
able other organizations, state
wide and local, to achieve their
quotas for 1948 to carry out their
enlarged and important pro
grams. With the Scouts out of
the chest the county goal will
be lower and easier to attain at
this time.
The Scouts will conduct their
own educational finance cam
paign in January which will give
a full picture of the Boy Scout
program to the public so the
benefit of the movement and
how it functions may be seen. I
At present Heppner has one.
cub pack for boys 9-10-11 years
old and a Scout troop for boys
12 and over. lone, Lexington and
Boardman also have Scout troops.
There are over 75 Cubs and
Scouts in the county, 27 men and
women assisting in this com
plete scouting program. Plans
are now underway to organize a
new troop In Irrigon and Cubj
packs in lone and Lexington
in 1948. I
Degree Of Honor Initiation, Elks' Night
For Ladies Are High Spots In Social Week
By Ruth Payne
Initiation ceremonies wero
presented at the Degree of Hon
or lodge meeting Tuesday eve
ning for the following candi
dates: Mrs. Caimel Brondf'-ot
and Miss Beverly Yocom. At the
conclusion of the business ses
sion, refreshments were served
Another in the series of ladies'
night entertainments was held
Thursday by the B. P. O. Elks.
Bridge and pinochle were the di
version of the evening with high
score in bridge being won by
Mrs. James Driscoll, second by
Mrs. Fred Lucas, and in pinochle,
Mrs. Dale Brown received high
score, and Mrs. Walter Becket,
second. Mrs. Conley Lanham re
Mrs. Joe Hughes left Tuesday
for Portland to attend the fun
eral service Wednesday for her
nephews, Pfc Kenneth B. Wil
liams, who was killed March 3,
1945 in Germany; and Pfc Ralph
L. Williams, who was killed
November 20, 1943, on the island
of Tarawa. Graveside services
were held at Lincoln Memorial
park with the Colonial mortu
ary of Holman & Lutz in charge
of arrangements. During her
stay in Portland, Mrs. Hughes
was the guest of her sister, Mrs.
Allen E. Williams.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Benge
were in Pendleton Wednesday to
attend the funeral services of
Mr. Benge's nephew, the late
Fred Windsor.
Mr. and Mrs. Orrin W. Fur
long arrived Wednesday from
Portland to visit briefly with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
Furlong, and other relatives.
Donald E. Warner of lone re
ceived a badly lacerated right
hand when the motor block with
which he was working fell on
the hand. Mr. Warner works at
the Henderson garage in Lexing
ton and was brought to Hepp
ner to a physician.
Mrs. Olin Applegate and son,
Richard, returned to their home
in Hood River Wednesday after
a few days' visit here with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Far
ley. They accompanied Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Nash, also of Hood
River, and who were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Marsh Nash during
their stay in Heppner.
According to word received in
Heppner, Mary M. Wallace and
Terrel L. Benge were married on
Sunday afternoon in Portland
with Mr. and Mrs. George Sni-
Pledges 900,000 Elks to Aid Boy Scouts;
1475 Lodges Will Help Local Troops
if A L Him i in' ii f HIT-" r mmtttmmmmmaJk ...u.4
Boyhood of America to benefit
.P.O.E. and Dr. E. K, Fretwell, bead of Scouts, lay plaus.
New Reservoir To
Be Ready For Use
In Short Time
Heppner's new 840,000 gallon
reservoir is undergoing a test
this week and the water depart
ment announced that it was fill
ed for the first time this morn
ing. It had been partially filled
before for the purpose of testing
tne tloor, as well as to help in
cleaning it out. The present wa
ter will be let our and upon the
next filling the water will be
chlorinated. It is hoped to put
the big "tank" into regular use
by January 1.
Addition of the new reservoir
will give Heppner close to 1,
200,000 gallons storage. The pre
sent reservoir on the west side
of town has a capacity of 350,000
gallons.
Mayor Conley Lanham told
your reporter that each inch of
water in the new reservoir rep
resents 5,000 gallons. The stor
age depth is 14 feet, or 168 Inch
es, and 168 times 5,000 adds up
to 840,000.
Mrs. J. O. Turner entertained
the members of the Bookworms
club at her home Tuesday eve
ning. The book, "Miracles of The
Bells," by Janny, was reviewed
by Mrs J. G. Thomson. Eleven
members were present. Refresh
ments were served.
der as witnesses. Mr. and Mrs.
Benge plan to return to Heppner
early next week following a
brief honeymoon trip which will
include a visit in Medford with
his brother-in-law and sister,
Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Bengston.
Word has been received of the
birth of a daughter, December
8, to Mr. and Mrs. Everett Crump
at the Mid-Columbia hospital in
The Dalles. This is the Crump's
second child.
Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Wightman
have returned from Baker where
they spent the week end attend
ing the Eastern Oregon Wheat
League sessions.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray McQueen
of Athena were week-end house
guests of her sister, Mrs. Virgil
Fisher and Mr. Fisher.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Waggoner
motored to Portland the last of
the week to spend a few days
on business and pleasure.
Among those from Heppner
shopping in Pendleton Thursday
were Mrs. Burl Coxen, Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Fraters, Mrs. Ella Far
rens, Joe Hughes Jr., Mr. and
Mrs. Marcel Jones, Mrs. James
Johnston and Mr. and Mrs. Cres
ton Robinson.
Mrs. Ida Grimes left the end
of the week for Portland where
she will spend a fortnight with
her daughter, Mrs. Carl Leathers.
Mrs. Grimes is expected to re
turn to Heppner for the holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Bucknum
arrived Thursday from Los An
geles and will make their home
in Heppner.
"Hap" Woods of Portland was
attending to business matters
and visiting friends in Heppner
during the week end.
ceived the door prize.
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Smith re
turned Thursday from a week's
business trip to Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Bucknum
and Mrs. Fay Bucknum spent
Sunday in Walla Walla.
Glenn Coxen who is attending
school in Portland was a week
end visitor here with his parents.
i Mr. and Mrs. Burl Coxen.
j William Furlong received a
broken toe while working at the
j Heppner Lumber company, Fri-
I day, when the loader which he
was helping to operate slipped
and fell on his foot. He was
treated at the office of a local
I physician,
' The annual Christmas party of
1 the American Legion auxiliary
a L. A, Lewis (left), head (
Agricultural Planning Meet
Not Crystal Gazing Session
The agricultural planning con
ference to be held in Morrow
county on January 22 is no crys
tal gazing sesssion, but it will
bring out some of the factors af
fecting the future of agriculture
in this county. That was the
comment of County Agent N. C.
Anderson this week as he re
viewed the work of the commit
tees that are making prepara
tions for the county-wide plan
ning day.
After record years of wartime
production, the farms of Oregon
are shifting to a peacetime ba
sis, and farmers generally are
wondering what changes should
be made in their production
plans. Basically, the situation
still is the same as in the pre
war years, the agent stated. Ore
gon must market a large amount
of its crops and livestock pro
ducts outside the state. The do
mestic market probably will be
much more important than for
eign outlets, and the volume of
industrial employment and trade
policies will have a great bear
ing on the domestic market. The
basic job, the agent stated, is to
do the best job of farming we
can on the individual farms and
to channel our production along
the lines that seem best able to
meet competition from other re
gions in out-of-state markets.
The object of the farm confer
ence is to analyze the situation
Local Elks Attend
The Dalles Lodge
A group of Heppner lodge of
ficials and brothers drove to Th?
Dalles Monday to attend a meet
ing of The Dalles lodge of Elks
at which time the grand exalted
ruler, Lafayette A. Lewis, paid
his official visit to Oregon North
east. Going from Heppner were Har
vey White, exalted ruler; Terrel
Benge, esteemed leading knight;
J. J. O'Connor, esteemed lectur
ing knight; J. Palmer Sorlien, as
sistant chaplain; Frank W. Tur
ner, past exalted ruler; and C.
C. Carmichael, Henry Happold,
W. B. Rice and George Snider.
BASIC RULE VIOLATION
BRINGS SALESMAN FINE
Violation of the basic rule and
having no operator's license cost
Guy Delmas Hermann, Portland
drug salesman a fine of $35 and
$9 court costs when he appeared
before J. O. Hager, Heppner jus
tice of the peace.
Officer Lobhart followed Her
mann for some distance trying
to decide what the salesman's
hurry was and finally overhaul
ed him on the basic count and
upon investigation found Her
mann was operating his car on
a Missouri license after having
resided in Oregon for more than
six months.
MARRIED IN PORTLAND
Mrs. Mary Wallace and Terrel
Benge were married Sunday In
Portland and are enjoying a
short wedding tour. Details of
the ceremony were not available
at the time of going to press.
Mr. and Mrs. George Snider ac
companied the bridal party to
Portland and witnessed the cer
emony. Mr. Benge recently
bought the residence property of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
Benge, at the corner of West Wil
low and Gale streets where he
and his bride will make their
home as soon as the house can
be vacated.
Robert F. Pullen of Lonerock
was a Heppner business visitor
Tuesday. He reported some tough
going in spots before reaching
the highway at Eight Mile and
expressed the hope that if and
when Morrow county gets around
to a road program once more
there will be some consideration
given the road at least as far as
the Morrow-Gilliam line.
will be an event of December 16.
Mrs. Chris Brown will be hostess
for the affair at her home on
North Court street.
Herbert and Jack Hynd from
Butterby Flats ranch near Cecil
were transacting business in
Heppner Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Eb Hughes of
Lena were shopping in Heppner
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Quackenbush
made a business trip to Pendle
ton Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Jones of
Lexington and their house guests,
Mrs. Charles H. Jones of Baker
were shopping in Heppner Tu
esday.
Mrs. Carl Whillock and her mo
ther, Mrs. Charles Breshears of
Lexington, spent Saturday in
Hermiston visiting friends.
Orlin Huston ran a nail Into
his foot while working at his
home at the former CCC camp,
Tuesday.
Among those from lone shop
ping In Heppner Tuesday were
H. O. Ely. Mrs. James Lindsay,
Mrs. Ray Lindquist, Mrs. Milton
Morgan, Mrs. Donald Ball and
Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Cotter.
Mr. and Mrs. George Snider
have returned from a tenlday va
cation to Portland.
Mrs. E. M. Hulden of Arling
ton and her house guest, Mrs.
Lynn Smith of Los Angeles,
spent Wednesday In Heppner
with Dr. and Mrs. A. D. McMurdo.
Carl Troedson of lone was
transacting business in Heppner
Wednesday,
and trends in each of the com
modifies which the farmers of
this area produce, and to rec
ommend further developments
where opportunities exist for im
proving farm income. The ses
sion will be particularly helpful
to farmers who have come to the
county during the wartime per
iod and to veterans who have
recently started farming, the ag
ent observed.
Similar planning sessions in
earlier years have resulted in
major developments in the ag
riculture of the state. One ex
ample is the production of grass
and legume seed, which was sky
rocketed from approximately 2,
500 acres in 1920 to more than
450,000 acres in recent years.
Now there is intense interest in
the peacetime market for these
seeds, and also in the relative
stability of these crops as com
pared with forage acreage for
livestock production.
Also under consideration are
livestock and dairy problems,
farm management plans, soil
conservation and the use of fer
tilizers, and means for improv
ing farm living conditions and
the opportunities for rural youth.
Committees that are drafting
reports to be presented at the
county session are working un
der the leadership of Bill Bar
ratt, chairman of the County Ag
ricultural Planning committee.
Heppner Women's
Chorus To Present
Vesper Service
Following the custom estab
lished four years ago, the Hepp
ner Women's chorus is preparing
a program to be presented in a
special vesper service at 4 o'
clock Sunday p.m. at the Meth
odist church.
Mrs. O. G. Crawford, choral di
rector, has arranged the follow
ing program:
Hymn Holy, Holy Holy.
Invocation Rev. J. Palmer Sor
lien. Chorus Christmas Eve, by
Swift,
Chorus Cherubim Song, by
Bortniansky.
Scripture reading by Rev. Nev
ille Blunt. ,
Chorus Listen, to the Lambs,
by Dett
Hymn It Came Upon a Mid
night Clear.
Chorus Hark, Hark My Soul,
by Shelly.
Hymn Silent Night.
Benediction Rev. J. Palmer
Sorlien.
Response, by Lutkin.
Mrs. J. O. Turner, accompan
ist. There are 14 voices in the cho
rus, including Mrs. Tom Wells,
Mrs. William Warren, Mrs. Ad
rian Bechdolt, Mrs. Douglas Og
letree, Mrs. Clyde Dunham, and
Miss Mary Lou George, sopran
os; Mrs. J. Palmer Sorlien, Mrs.
Orville Smith, Mrs. Raymond
Ferguson and Mrs. C. C. Carmi
chael, second sopranos, and Mrs.
Lucy Rodgers, Mrs. Norman Nel
son, Mrs. Charles Hodge and Mrs.
E. O. Ferguson, altos.
How Heppner
Told By High
Supt. Henry Tetz of the Hepp
ner schools was rummaging
in his office recently and came
across an article written by
Harold Becket, now chairman of
the board of school district No.
through old files and what not
1, and having to do with the
uestion of how Heppner got its
older residents but to the ma
jority of people living here now
name. That is not a secret to
it will be of interest to know
something about the early his
tory of the town and how the
name came to be changed from
Stansbury Flats to Heppner.
HENRY HEPPNER (1825-1905)
By Harold Becket
Senior in High School
The word "frontier" In the vo
cabulary of the United States
may well become obsolete in the
sense we think of it. 1 1 has serv
ed its purpose; its usefulness is
restricted to our histories and
western stories. The western fron
tier, with its untamed charac
ters and thrilling action, exists
now mostly in novels and in the
minds of some of our imagina
tive eastern neighbors.
The "Wild West" was never so
wild on the Pacific coast as it
was farther inland, a little east
of us. The explanation to this
the most logical one. it seems to
me may be summed up in a
few words.
The cry of the public was "go
West!" When people went West
they went until they could go
no further. The frontier moved
quickly over the plains and roll
ing hills to the mountains and
coast., A few people dropped out
in the trip to the West, but the
main body went on. When the
last stand was established, and
getting crowded, there was a nat
ural back-flow toward the plains
and grassy hills that were left.
It is not surprising that those
places were still uncivilized a
Jaycees Charter
Night Dinner Set
For December 13
Event Expected To
Draw Delegations
From Other Towns
Climaxing a year of strenuous
activity, the Junior chamber of
commerce will hold a banquet
Saturday evening at which time
a representative of the national
Junior chamber of commerce
will present the group with a
national charter.
The banquet will be held at 7
p.m. in the I.O.O.F. dining hall,
with the Elkhorn restaurant do
ing the catering. There will be
musical numbers by local talent
and speeches by visiting and lo
cal Jaycees. Attendance at the
banquet is limited to paid up
members of the local unit, their
wives, and visiting Jaycees.
Delegations from Walla Walla,
La Grande and other points
where active chapters are in force
have given assurance of repre
sentative delegations and it is
hoped the Oregon Jaycees presi
dent will be able to attend.
The Heppner unit was organ
ized April 1, 1947 and has been
an active force in civic affairs
since the start. The first project
undertaken was the county-city
trade which finally culminated
in the city taking possession of
the fair pavilion and other pro
perty on north Main street where
the Jaycees have made a good
start toward establishing a civ
ic center They plan ultimate re
moval of the present buildings
and the erection of a civic buil
ding. This will be accompanied
by the development of adjacent
land into a city park, ail of which
is to serve as a memorial to the
men of World War II, living and
dead.
Officers elected at the organ
ization meeting were Bill Bar
ratt, president; Glenn Parsons,
vice president; Walt Barger, sec
retary, and Frank E. Davis, trea
surer. A. A. Scouten was nam
ed publicity director. The board
of directors includes Stephen
Thompson, Gerald Swaggart,
Tom Loyd, James Healy, Frank
Anderson and Nels Anderson.
... , a I i
Sniffer Placed In
E. O. State Hospital
For Medical Care
Elmer Shiffer, held on a
charge of sodomy, was ordered
placed in the Eastern Oregon
state hospital at Pendleton by
Judge Homer I. Watts when the
case came up for hearing in cir
cuit court here Monday. Judge
Watts took the action after be
ing petitioned by members of
of Shiffer's family who came
here from Idaho to give the ac
cused man a chance for medical
care rather than impose a pris
on sentence.
Melvin Mover, held in the
county jail on a charge of non
support, was released on proba
tion. Got Its Name
School Senior
kind of frontier even though civ
ilization had long since passed
through and on to the western
coast.
This back-flow swept through
the eastern part of the state and
over the mountains toward the
plains. Here it met the Influx
from the East, and that was the
end of our frontiers. The ener
getic, but somewhat wasteful
methods of the red-blooded Am
ericans soon covered the entire
country. I na few years the timber-lands
started on a downhill
gallop, and of late years the gras
sy grazing lands of the western
range have become a thing of
the past. Something in the tem
perament of the American caus
ed the settlers to rush back and
forth over the country like a
flood getting all off it they could
before they touched the soil.
Some of ther settled down, and
the final settlement came when
the plow was put to the sod.
The back flow brought with It
many strange characters. Among
all the rest, from California It
brought Henry Heppner.
Born in Prussia of Jewish par
ents, with relatives in Poland,
he came as a young man to the
gold fields of California. Although
he himself did not know the ex
act date of his birth. It is be
lieved to have been 1K25. The
young mans progressive char
acter shows, when, at the age ol
twenty-four or twenty-five, he
left his home in Europe and took
a long ocean voyage to a big and
strange country. At athat time
there was no Panama canal and
one might take his choice of go
ing by boat around the southern
end of the lower continent or
crossing the Isthmus by the Am
erican trade route which was es
tablished by agreement In 116.
Young Heppner chose the latter,
and, taking another boat, from
the western side of the Isthmus,
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