B L I C AUDITORIUM
PORTLAND. ORE.
Heppner Gazette Times
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 25, 1947
Volume 64, Number 40
Numerous Visitors
From Out-of-Town
Attend Lodge Fete
Facilities of the Masonic hall
were taxed Saturday evening to
accommodate lodge members
and visitors to the annual joint
Installation ceremonies and din
ner staged by the Eastern Star,
Masonic and Royal Arch chap
ters. Dinner was served at 5:30
and the third table was cleared
in time for the installation work
which started at 8 o'clock.
Visitors from La Grande, Pen
dleton, lone, Condon, Fossil and
Kinzua were in attendance, those
from the latter four places be
ing included among members of
the Royal Arch chapter having
their membership in Heppner.
Harry Tamblyn was installing
offirer for the Royal Arch, with
J. O. Turner serving as marshal.
Frank S. Parker did the install
ing for the Heppner chapter No.
69, A.F. & A. M., with Turner
serving as Installing marshal.
Installing officers for the Star
were Mrs. Archie Ball in the
worthy matron's chair; Mrs. E.
O. Ferguson, marshal; Mrs. Fred
Hoskins, organist, and Mrs. An
na Bayless, chaplain.
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County's Gifts To
Vets Recounted By
Mrs. R. I. Thompson
While Morrow county folks are
enjoying Christmas with trees,
parties and good times their
goodness and generosity to pa
tients in ward 7 at the veterans
hospital has brought gifts, trees
and a party to them.
Fifty men will receive the gifts
they asked for from members of
three granges, Lexington, Rhea
Creek and lone. Also presents
were given by the Gooseberry
Missionary society, the Lexington
Amicitia club and In lone from
the grange, American Legion,
Eastern Star social club with the
Bluegrass chapter of the Rebek
ahs giving ten dollars for phone
calls. In Heppner gifts were
made by individuals with mag
azine subscriptions from the
Degree of Honor, the Rebekahs
and the Altar society of St. Pat
ricks church. Refreshments for
the party will be provided with
a gift from Heppner Lumber
company.
Twenty-four poinsettia plants
with their gay red bows were
purchased by good-hearted peo
pie from all over the county as
well as 2!5 holly wreaths. The
Heppner chamber of commerce
gave $25 toward this project, lone
American Legion auxiliary gave
$5, money from the Home Ec
club of Willows grange bought
five plants with one from the
lone Eastern Star social club. A
gift of four plants came from
Mrs. E. E. Edwards of Hillsboro
who still considers this county
her home. When I took the gifts
over I found painters were just
finishing up a decorating Job all
through ward 7 which made the
ward so cheerful and bright
looking. Patients turned the
lights on their room trees so
proudly for me to see and I brot
away so many good wishes to
Morrow county folks, so many
thanks for all you have provid
ed this past year. A young doc
tor told me he was a friend to
every person in our county be
cause he was so grateful for what
you do for these helpless men
from both wars.
YOUTHFUL MOTORIST
HALED BEFORE JUDGE
Ronald C.epner of Portland was
meted a $10 fine and court costs
of $1.50 by Justice J. O. Hager
last Friday when the youth was
found guilty of "cutting didoes"
with a pickup. Officer Lohhart
reported that the bny (he's 15
years of age and stands 6 feet
2 Inches) made a right turn in
the intersection at the bank cor
ner and kept going in that di
rection for several circles of the
Intersection before halted by the
officer.
Ronald was driving under per
mit as he plans to enter school
In Heppner and will drive from
the Hugh Smith ranch to town
Justice linger took his youth and
the fact that it was his first of
fense inlo consideration and sus
penried the fine upon the court
costs being paid.
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COMMUNITY CHEST FUND
PRACTICALLY COMPLETED
With the paying of a few small
pledges the Community Chest
drive will be completed, accord
Ing to Blaine E. Isom, retiring
chairman of the campaign In
Morrow county. Isom estimated
that 99 of the fund quota had
been raised and he expected to
turn in the full quota within a
few days.
EXAMINER COMING
A drivers license examiner will
he on duty at the court house 1
Heppner between the hours of
10 a.m, and 4 p.m. Tuesday, De
cember 30, according to inform
at Ion received from the secretary
of slates office. Persons wish
lug licenses or permits to drive
are asked to get In touch with
the examiner well ahead of the
scheduled closing hour In order
ot assure completion of their ap
plications with a minimum of
delay.
Blaine E. Isom j
Family Moving To
Umatilla County
Mr. and Mrs. Blaine E. Isom
and daughter Harriet took their
departure from Heppner Tuesday
for their new home in Umalilla
county where they will t;;l:e up
ranch life. The move Is beiir:
made due to the death of Mrs.
Isom'g father, the late Henry
Struve, who left an estate of 2."T)
acres of valuable wheat lan 1
few miles west of Pendleton
alone the Old Oregon Trail high
way, where Isom has already
drilled in 1000 acres of wheat
for the 1948 crop.
Mr and Mrs. Isom have sold a
one-half interest in their insur
ance business to Charles Uuggles
of The Dalles and his brother-
in-law, S. W. Searcy of Nampa,
Idaho. The Ruggles family will
move to Heppner Saturday and
occupy the Isom apartment in
the McCaleb building. Mr. Kug
gles will be the manager, al
though Isom will retain a more
or less active interest as long as
the ownership is not changed.
He expects to be in town each
school day until the present term
expires as Harriet will finish the
term here.
The Isoms will be greatly miss
ed in social, fraternal and civic
affairs. "Bill," as he is famil
iarly known, has been particu
larly active in Shrine affairs in
the county, having instigated or
ganization of the club and the
Order of DeMolay. He has been
president of the Morrow County
Hunters and Anglers club for the
past four years and chief of the
Heppner fire department the last
three years. Aside from these ac
tivities he has found time to
build up a lucrative insurance
business, he doing the selling
and Mrs. Isom taking care of the
book work.
BotH Mr. and Mrs. Isom ex
pressed genuine regret at leav
ing Heppner but feel there was
little choice, and they carry the
best wishes of the community to
their new home and enterprise.
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lone Students Present
Christmas Play
The play, "Santa's Airline,"
was presented by the entire
grade. school Monday night at
the schoolhouse gym. The cast
included: Santa Claus, Duane
Baker; Peterkin, Donald Bris
tow; Groucho, Edward Sanders;
Hustle, Leslie Aldrich; Fairy,
Wilda Dulzell; Box of Candy,
Jean Ann Swanson; Flannel Dog,
Ronald 'McCabe; Velvet Cat,
Charles Neal; Teddy Bear, Berl
Akers; Aviators, 5th and 6th
grade boys; Cooks. 5th and 6th
grade girls; Mince Pies. 3rd and
4th grade boys; Plum Puddings,
3rd and 4th grade boys; Sticks
of Candy, 3rd and 4th grade
boys; Brownies, 5th and bth
boys; Roses, 1st and 2nd girls;
Dolls, 3rd and 4lh girls; Eski
mos, 1st and 2nd boys; Work
men, 7th and 8th boys; Holly
boughs, 5th and 6th girls. Rev.
Alfred Shirley gave a talk about
the Christmas ship to Europe.
Carols by high school girls, who
were dressed in choir robes and
carried red candles. Santa Claus
gave out treats to everyone. Mrs.
Franklin Ely was pianist tor the
play and Mrs. Algott Lundell
for the high school girls.
School closed Tuesday until
January 5.
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Olsen-Tucker Vows
aken Last Night
Miss Alice Olsen and Edwin
Tucker were married Tuesday
evening at the Church of Christ
in the presence of relatives and
friends. Rev. Joe Jewctt, pastor,
performed the ceremony using
the double ring service.
The bride was attractive in a
blue tailored suit with black ac
cessories and a lavender orchid
corsage. She is the youngest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marion
Olsen who have resided in Ilepp
ner the past few years.
Mr. Tucker is the son of the
late Homer Tucker and Mrs.
Tucker and has grown to young
manhood In Heppner and is a
veteran of World War II.
A reception followed the wed
ding ceremony, at the Olsen
home.
GRANGE BAZAAR ATTRACTS
LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
The Lexington grange home
economics club reports a good
crowd attended the bazaar and
turkey dinner held the evening
of December 13 at the grange
hall, The money cleared on the
event will enable the grange to
do more of the finishing work
recently started in the hall.
Following the dinner several
tables of various games were put
In play. At bridge, Mrs. A. D.
McMurdo and Mrs. E. E. Gilliam
won high score and Mrs. Grace
Nickerson and Mrs. Loyal Park
er low. High cribbage scores were
made by Ray Dolven and Mrs
Clove Van Scholack and conso
latlon by Clove Van Scholack
and Wilbur Steagall. Al Fetsch
won first in pinochle, with Wll
11am Smclhurst receiving conso
latlon, and Mrs. Floyd Adams
won in Hearts and Ray Patter
son In Chinese checkers.
Holiday guests at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. R. I. Thompson are
Mr. and Mrs. Gall Gronewald
and sons Jack and Tommy of
Adair Village, Corvallls.
Veteran Taken To
Portland Hospital
Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman drove
to Portland Tuesday, taking Ed"
die Gunderson, employee at tne
Heppner cafe, to the veterans
hospital for treatment for a se
vere burn on his right arm.
Sometime Monday night, Gun
derson, while working in the
cafe alone, burned his arm be
low the elbow. Other cmpoyees
were unable to state how it hap
pened but believe he must have
filled the dishwashing basin to
do some cleaning and neglected
to temper the hot water before
plunging his hand Into it. The
hand and forearm were badly At present the work is being
burned and it was decided to 1 done on the kitchen. New grease
take him to the veterans hos-lproof asphalt tile has been laid
pital for treatment. He is a vet-
eran of World War I.
CLASS OF CANDIDATES
GIVEN DEMOLAY WORK
Nine boys constituted a class
given the degree work of the Or
der of DeMolay at the Heppner
Masonic hall Monday evening.
This makes a total of 56 mem
bers in the local district, which
includes Morrow county and Ar
lington.
In a recent election, R. W.
Wentworth of lone was- reelect
ed DeMolay Dad and was made
chairman of the board of direc
tors. Harry Van Horn was elect
ed secretary.
Mr. and Mrs. Tress McClintock
and sons will leave Friday for
Portland to spend the Christmas
vacation. They will take Billyj
HUgnes wnn uiem ana iu win
visit in Portland, Salem and Me
Mlnnville during the week.
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Robert Clark of Ocean Lake Is
a guest at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Floyd Adams,
coming for the holidays and pos
sibly a longer stay;
Bob Runnlon Jr. of University
of Oregon is spending the holi
days here with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Runnlon.
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Mr. and Mrs. John Skuzeskl
are here from Corvallls to spend
Christmas with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Peterson.
Many Visitors
By Ruth Payne i
Funeral services for Edwin Jo-!
hann Lee were held Wednesday I
morning at 10 o'clock in the cha
pel of Phelps mortuary with Rev.
J. Palmer Sorlien of the Method
ist church officiating. Mr. Lee
was born May 8, 1866 at Ottum
wa, Iowa and died December 22,
1947 at the Glavey ranch on Rhea
creek where he had been em
ployed for the past several years.
He was unmarried and left no
known relatives to survive him.
The local IOOF hall is under
going considerable remodeling,
on the floor, a new electric stove
and hot water heater are being
installed and the cupboards and
storage cabinets are-being rear
ranged in order to give more
work space to those using the
kitchen. Flans also include the
repainting of the walls and
woodwork in the dining room
and enlargement of storage space;
for regalia and other effects.
A rhrkimas nlav rinnirtine the
Nativity was presented at All :
Saints Episcopal church Sunday,
even hp hv the rh rirnn of the,"'"- me auair was neiu i mr
Sunday school under the direc
tion of Mrs. Claude Graham and
Mrs. Stephen Thompson. Music
al numbers included a solo by
Mrs. Lucy Peterson and a duet
by Misses Eleanor Rice and Jo
Jean Dix. Following the play, a
Christmas tree with gifts for the
Chiuircn was held In the parish
y
Mrs. Ralph Marlatt who resides
in the Kahler basin district was
a visitor in Heppner during the
past week.
According to word received In
Heppner, Miss Colleen Miller,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Har
vey Miller of Portland, has cho
sen December 28 as the date of
her wedding to Robert I'lnckney,
son of Mr. and Mrs. B. C. I'lnck
ney of Heppner.
Mr. and Mrs. James Drlscoll
Jr. are the parents of a son, born
Monday, Dec. 22 at St. Anthony's
hospital in Pendleton.
i Mr, and Mrs, Harry Anderson
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CHRISTMAS all around us . . . God is in His Heaven and
while all is not right in all the world, we are grateful that
we live in this land of the Four Freedoms.
In order that all of us in The Gazette Times shop may
pause and enjoy this holiday season we will be closed
until Monday, December 29.
We have appreciated the many Christmas Cards which
you have sent us. They are beautiful and we are pleased
with being remembered.
And now we extend to you our best wishes for the
Merriest Christmas Ever
VIOLA and OTHEO CRAWFORD
Come for Christmas Season
motorei to New Plymouth and
Payette, Idaho Wednesday to
spend the holidays with her par
ents, Mr and Mrs. M. B. Conrad.
Mr, and Mrs. Omer McCaleb
and daughter, Mary Elizabeth,
arrived the end of the week to
spend Christmas vacation with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex
Green and other relatives. They
were accompanied by his father,
W. L. McCaleb, who has been
spending some time in Corvallls
with them.
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Turner are
in Portland to spend Christmas
with their son and daughter-in-
law and granddaughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Don Turner and Ginny Lou.
Misses Katherine Blsbee and
Esther Scott of Oregon City ar
rived Wednesday to spend the
Christmas week end with Mis
Bisbee's parents, Mr. and Mrs,
L. E. Blsbee.
Dr. and Mrs. A. D. McMurdo
spent Sunday in Pendleton where
they were guests of Dr. and Mrs.
J. P. Brennen and Dr. and Mrs
i E. S. Morgan at an "open house"
honoring Dr. and Mrs..Otten and
Dr. and Mrs. R. H. Wilcox who
have recently moved to Pendle-
Brennan home.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Mat
thews have Just returned from
a few days trip to Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. John Voile of Ir
rigon were transacting business
in Heppner Monday. .
Sgt. 1c Francis (Skip) Con
nor arrived Thursday from Ta
coma and will spend the Christ-
I mas week end here with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Con
nor. Among college students who
have returned for the holidays
here are Bob Van Scholack, Gene
Cutsforth, Gene Empy, Howard
Gilliam, Helen Blake and Shir
ley Wilkinson from Oregon
State college; Philip Cohn and
Mary Lou Ferguson from Whit
man at Walla Walla and Jack
Parrlsh from Eastern Oregon
college at La Grande
Ed Clark of Hermlston was
transacting business and visit
ing irienas in Heppner during
the week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Singer
and daughter are here from Ore
gon State college to spend the
holidays with her parents. Mr,
and Mrs. Earl Blake.
Mrs. Marvin Wightman and
daughter, Peggy, returned Fri
day from Portland where they
spent a few days on business
this past week.
Mr. and Mrs, Henry Aiken Jr.
arrived Sunday from Corvallis to
spend their vacation with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ai
ken. Joe Aiken motored down af
ter them the end of the week.
Dr. and Mrs. L. D. Tibbies and
sons left Saturday for a fort
night's visit in Los Angeles with
his father and other relatives.
John Lane, Blackhorse farmer,
is a patient at the Emanuel hos
pital in Portland.
Miss Jean Turner of Portland
arrived Wednesday to spend the
week end here with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Turner in
Sandhollow.
Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Starrett
of Corvallis arrived Sunday to
spend Christmas with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Brown.
The last of the week they will
go to Dayville to spend the re
mainder of their vacation with
his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. John Kenny mo
tored to Pendleton Saturday af
ter their sons, James of Mon
mouth, and Billy, who is attend-1
ing the academy in Pendleton.
The boys will spend their holi
days at the ranch.
Mrs. Laura Moyer left Tuesday
for Sunnyside, Wash., to spend
Christmas with her sister, Mrs.
A. L. Tucker. She accompanied
her son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Moyer, that
far on their way to Spokane
where they will spend the holl
days.
Miss Loma Mae Jones who is
attending the Northwest Chris
tian college at Eugene this year
arrived the last of the week to
spend the Christmas vacation
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs,
C. N. Jones.
- 1 Mr- and Mrs. Steve Aalberg
spni mummy in renaieion.
Mr, and Mrs. James Hall mo
Marshal Morgan
Given 'Gate' By
Mayor Lanham
Misconduct on the part of
Marshal Jim Morgan brought
his dismissal Wednesday morn
ing. With numerous counts pil
ing up against him, the young
ex-sergeant topped off his of
fenses by driving his car up and
down the sidewalks along Main
street at an early hour Wednes
day morning, apparently in an
intoxicated condition. When Ma
yor Conley Lanham and mem
bers of the city council were ap
prised of the sidewalk driving
they concluded that Morgan had
been in the city's employ long
enough, in fact too long, and he
was divested of his badge of of
flee forthwith.
Morgan came to Heppner last
spring when the council reorg
anized the city working force
His work was satisfactory for a
few months and then, officials
state, It became a matter of
hunting for him whenever his
services were needed.
Gordon Banker has been ask
ed to serve pending appointment
of a new marshal.
tored to Vancouver, Wash., Tu
esday to spend Christmas with
relatives. They were accompan
ied to Portland by Mrs. W. E
Mikesell who will visit for a few
days at the home of her son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Gene Mikesell.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Parrish and
sons, ack and Raymond, and Mr,
and Mrs. Raymond Huddleston
and daughters were week end
guests in Uklah at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fletcher.
Miss Mary Lou George will
spend the Christmas vacation
with her parents In Dayville.
Miss George is home economics
teacher in the Heppner school.
Mrs, Harry Anderson entertain
ed her bridge club at her home
Thursday evening. Mrs. LaVernc
Van Marter received high score
Christmas gifts were exchanged
by the guests.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hodge Jr.
are the parents of a son, born
December 17 at the Emanuel
hospital in Portland.
Mustangs Eke Out
Win Over Fast Egg
City Quint, 32-31
Burns Coming For
2-Night Stand
Monday, Tuesday
Basketball got under way In
earnest for Heppner high school
Friday night when the Mustang
squad barely nosed out the fast
quintet from lone, 32-31.
lone, with victories over Con
don, Hermiston and Echo tucked
under their belts were favored
to take this one and came very
nearly doing so.
Greenup opened the scoring
with a loo per from the side,
from which point Heppner was
never headed, although the score
was tied several times in the
first quarter.
Rlppee ol Heppner and Doher-
ty of lone were the scoring guns
in the first hall which ended
16-11, Heppner. By the end of
the third quarter the Mustangs
had increased their lead to 29-18.
The last four minutes of the
game lone hit a hot streak and
started a rally which fell but
two points short of tying up the
ball game.
Waters of Heppner and Jepson
of lone both left the game on
personal fouls the last quarter.
Line-ups:
Greenup (8) F (13) Doherty
East F (4) Peterson
Waters (7) F (2) Bergstrom
Manners F (2) Carlson
Sumner (4) C (3) Jepson
C Bristow
Padberg (5) G (3) Salter
Rippee (8) G. (4) Pettyjohn
G Hermann
In the preliminary game be
tween the reserve squads, lone
raked out a thriller 28-23.
Two home games are on sched
ule during the Christmas holi
days. Burns comes here for a
two-night stand Monday and
Tuesday, December 29-30. Little
Is known of this team, which
comes from a class A school.
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School Program
Pronounced One
Of Best Ever
One of the best progams ever
produced by the school was the
verdict of the many people who
turned out to fill the gymnasium
last night as practically all of
the school took part in the an
nual Christmas pageant, "A
Christmas Being."
Main theme of the program
was found in the efforts of two
little motherless children to
prove that there is a Santa
Claus. The children, sent to bed
by their father, who professed to
have no belief in the myth of St.
Nick, were heard saying their
prayers. They were telling God
that when their mother was alive
she heard their prayers and pro
vided a Christmas tree with
gifts for them. The father, touch
ed by their pleas, supplied these
things when the children were
asleep so that they awoke to a
glorious Christmas.
The little fairies and all other
folklore characters associated
with the Christmas story were
introduced as the playlet pro
gressed until some 300 children
were taking part. Songs appro
priate to the occasion were sung
by the high school girls chorus.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hayes have
taken an apartment in the Case
building on N. Main and will
move there soon after Christmas.
Their residence on Gale street
was sold recently to C. N. Jones
and will be occupied by Mr.
Jones' daughter, Mrs. Norman
Washburn and family. The
Washburns have been living on
the Michos place in Schobe can
yon. Mr. and Mrs. John Wightman
who have been making their
home on the French ranch south
of Hardman. have moved to town
for the winter months and will
stay with Mr. and Mrs. Claude
Graham. The Wightmans plan
to return to the mountain ranch
about April when the weather
conditions are a bit more fav
orable. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Lindquist
and baby returned to their home
In Morgan Sunday Mr. Lindquist
came up after them.
Miss Jacqueline Tetz. student
at the University of Oregon, ar
rived the last of the week to
spend the holidays with her par
ents, Mr., and Mrs. Henry Tetz.
Mrs. Cyrene Barratt of Corvallls
Is snend'iiiE a few days In Hepp
ner visiting relatives and friends.
S.Sgt. and Mrs. Lyie lox are
here from San Francisco for the
Christmas holidays with Mr. and
Mrs. Elbert Cox.
Norman Bleakman arrived
from Boise, Idaho where he Is
attending the Junior college to
spend the Christmas holiday
with his parents, Mr. and Mm.
Percy Bleakman of Costa Kica
and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Bert Bleakman. Other guest at
the Bleakman home are their
son and daughter-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Owen Bleakman of Ba
ker. Sunday, the family motor
ed to Richland, Wn., to visit with
another son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bleakman.