: 1 E 7 Y Heppner Gazette Times Volume 64, Number 45 Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, January 29, 1948 Seven Offices To Be Filled This Year In County Superintendent Of Schools No Longer Elective Office This is the year when most of the county officers are to be el ected. Seven terms expire, in cluding the judge, one commis solner, clerk, sheriff, district at torney, surveyor and coroner. Be sides these, three Justice of the peace posts ae to be filled, Lex ington, lone and Irrigon. There Is little stir, politically, so far, but it is quite sure that Judge Bert Johnson, Clerk C. W. Barlow and .Sheriff C. J. D. Bau man will be candidates to suc ceed themselves. Commissioner L. D. Neill, whose term expires this year, states that he will not be a candidate for another term. He is quite emphatic about it and does not want any move started to get him into the race. Mr. Neill is rounding out his third term. It seems likely that a district attorney will have to be import ed. The three Heppner attorneys appear to be not interested and P. W. Mahoney says he does not want the Job either by nomina tion or write-in and he definitely will not file. Passage of the school bill the French bill has automatically taken the office of county super intendent off the elective list. The new five-member county school board is vested with the power to apoplnt a superinten dent, or a board clerk. It has not been ascertained what the atti tude of the board will be relative to retaining the superintendent's office, but in view of the fact that the whole set-up is new it is rea sonable to expect that It will be retained. Harry Tamblyn, elected to the post of surveyor at the last elec tion, did not qualify and now that office is unfilled and will be on the ballot this year. Dr. A. D. McMurdo has been coroner so many terms that it has become a habit, so his name will probably be on the ballot this year. o Road Into Kinzua From Fossil Side Being Surfaced By Elsa M. Leathers The Coast Construction com pany began work Monday crush ing rock for the streets and roads in Kinzua. The state has most of its equipment at the head of the grade and will begin work, weather, permitting, this week. Mrs. Howard Bird was appoint ed chairman for the March of Dimes drive for this district. Oth er committee members are Mrs. Warren Jobe, Mrs. George Smith, Mrs. Maurice Brown, Mrs. Marion Wright, Mrs. Ernie Wall and Mrs. Harve Boycr. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Adams and Mr. and Mrs. Leland Brisbols played for the dance at Spray and visited friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith were at Mayville Sunday attending the Ladles Aid dinner at the I.O.O.F. hall. Marlon Wright and John Put nam of Fossil attended the De Molay father and son banquet Monday evening at Heppner. Mr. Putnam's son was a candidate for initiation In the order. Mrs. Frances Wood is assisting at the theater, selling tickets while Mrs. Herb Wright is at home with her daughter Patty who has the chlckenpox. Mrs. Atwood and granddaugh tcr spent several days here visit Ing her husband, Dr. Atwood Mrs. Atwood is spending the win tcr In Creswell where the grand daughter is In high school. They plan to join Dr. Atwood here as soon as school Is out. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Schott spent the week end at The Dalles vis iting their daughter Lillian who is a senior In high school. Mr. and Mrs. Kinard McDaniel went to Hardman Saturday to vis it their children and other rela tlves. Mrs. McDaniel remained there with their daughter, Mrs. Everett Harshman, whose family is 111 at the ranch home near Burton Valley. Marvin Adams and George Perk Jelllck went to Hardman Satur day to get a car Adams had pur chased. Mrs. Webb, grandmother of Os car Adams, is visiting here at the Adams home. She is from North Carolina. Joe Hays, Marlon Wright and Clay Phillips attended Masonic lodge In Heppner Saturday night. Mel Wham has returned to Kin zua after spending three weeks at Baker visiting friends and rel atives. Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Schroder and daughter spent several days In Portland last week. The factory and planer were down the first of the week due to a turbine needing repairs. It had to be sent to Portland. Continued on F Four lone High School Adopts Honor Roll System in Grading Supt. B. C. Forsythe has insti tuted the honor roll system in the lone high school, according to in formation released from the of fice of Mrs. Lucy Rodgers, county superintendent Under this system, students must earn grades of 2 in at least three subjects, and 3 In the fourth subject, as well as displaying a high Interest in school work. Mr. Forsythe believes that a higher level of academic work will be achieved. As president of the county unit of the Oregon Education associa tion, Mr. Forsythe has appointed Waldo Jackson, Heppner grade school principal, to serve on the speech festival committee, and Mrs. Eleanor Ball McCormlck of the Heppner grade school to serve on the spelling bee committee. Mrs. Rodgers reported that the county's five high schools are getting under way for the second semester. o Social Calendar At lone Provides By Echo Palmateer DATES TO REMEMEBR January 31, 8 p.m. Card party and smorgasbord at lone Legion hall. February 3 Auxiliary meeting In afternoon; Legion meeting in evening. February 4 Social meeting of Eastern Star, Mrs. Markham Ba ker, hostess, at her home. February 5 Union Missionary meeting. The Ameca club held their reg ular meeting at the Masonic hall January 21. Court whist was play ed with Mrs. Gordon White re ceiving high prize and Mrs. Rich ard Lundell, low. The following ' officers were elected for the com ing year: President, Mrs. Earl Mc Kinney; vice-president, Mrs. Clar ence Brenner; secretary-treasurer, Mrs. John Proudfoot. Apple pie and coffee were served by the hostesses, Mrs. Herbert Ekstom and Mrs. Lewis Halvorsen. The Markham Bakers were pleasantly surprised Thursday evening of last week when over 60 friends dropped in to spend the evening. Mrs. Lewis Halvor sen and Mrs. Hershall Townsend were the hostesses for the party. The evening was spent in play ing cards. Refreshments of cake, sandwiches and coffee were serv ed. The old city hall which was purchased by Mrs. Addie Salter, was moved Sunday to the poper ty here in town that she recently purchased. Earl Morgan of Portland was in lone Wednesday of last week on business. Mrs. Wallace Matthews has been ill with the flu the past two weeks. Mr. McBee of Camas, Wash., called on his uncle, Fred Buchan an, last week. Francis Troedson, principal and coach of the Spray high school, spent the week end with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Johan Troed son. The 4-H club girls met at the home of Mrs. Ida Coleman Satur day afternoon. There were seven girls and their leader, Mrs. L. A. McCabe, present. Their projects are Our Home and Room Im provement." Mrs. McCabe dem onstrated ironing a shirt. Cake and punch were served. The Past Noble Grand club of the Rebekahs met at the home of Mrs. Charles O'Connor Friday, Jan. 23 .The following officers were elected: President, Mrs. Paul Pettyjohn; secretary treasurer, Mrs. Wallace Matthews. Refresh ments were served by Mrs. O' Connor. About $70 was cleared at the March of Dimes dance at the grange hall Saturday night. Mu sic was furnished by a Kimberly orchestra. New books added to the lone public library are "Heidi Grows .Up" and "Heidi's Children," by Spyri; "Home Country" by Ernie Pyle and "Inside U.S.A.," by John Gunther. Edmond Brlstow painted the Interior of his store this week Work on the interior of the cafeteria started Monday morn Ing. Firtex will be put on the walls and ceiling. Work on the new Catholic church is making great progress. The sheeting is being put on the roof and asbestos shingles will be put on. Wallace MatthoJ.vs has purch ased a new Chevrolet sedan. Al Huttt Is driving the delivery truck for the Morrow County Cleaners. He will gather up clo thes to be cleaned on Wednes days and deliver them on Satur days. Mrs. Mary Swanson returned home from Salem last week where she visited her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. El mo McMillan. R. C. Wentworth of Hayward, Calif., Is visiting at the home of his son, W. R. Wentworth. A committee of the Maranatha society met at the home of Mrs. Mustangs Take 3 Games In Week Of Basketball Play Condon, Echo And Hermiston Victims Of Heppner Lads The Heppner Mustangs stowed a couple of close ones Into the bag last week end in their best games of the season to date. The favored Condon Blue Devils fefl 30-27 on Friday and the follow ing night the heavily favored Echo five was edged 37-36. Against Condon the locals jumped to an 8-4 first quarter lead and held a 15-13 half-time edge. Condon came back strong and led 23-20 at the third quar ter mark. Heppner sewed up the game the last quarter by sinking four field goals and two charity tosses while holding their rivals to a pair from the field. The Con don boys proved to be a team of sharp shooters but close guard ing by the Mustangs kept them from getting many shots. Hepp ner passed up two foul shots in the last minute, electing to take the ball out of bounds in order to maintain possession. Lineups: Heppner Greenup (14) .... f f Waters (5) f. Sumner (6) c Padberg (2) .... g Rippee (3) g Condon (4) Meyer Condoy (2) Deen (8) Dieder (4) Devln (7) Chambers (2) Hollen Heppner reserves won the ope ner 27-23. Heppner players: Man ners (5), Hughes (7), Smith (2), Orwick (6), Bennett (5), Ruhl (2). The Echo game was practical ly a repetition of the one the pre vious night. Echo led 7-3 at the quarter and 16-11 at the half. The Mustangs rallied the third quar ter and racked up 19 points, lead ing 30-26 at the end of the per iod. Echo came back strong but fell short by one point. Heppner turned down three chances at eift tosses the last thirty seconds, preferring to take the ball out oi bounds and keep possession. Line-ups: Heppner Echo Greenup (14) . f (2) Rhode Hughes I Waters (2) f 15) Wilkerson Sumner (6) c (10) Snow Rippee 12) g (3) Cotton Padberg (3) g (4) Hale g 2) Lilly Heppner reserves won th3 pre liminary game, 2513. Heppner line up: Manners (6), Gabler, Hughes (8), Gunderson, Smith (2), Connor (2), Orwick UK Ben nett (5), Ruhl, Key, Hammock. No home games are scheduled for this week. Heppner played at Hermiston Wednesday and jour neys to Arlington on Frdiay. Next home games are witn rossu on Feb. 6 and Umatilla on Feb. 7. At Hermiston last night, the Mustang A squad won, 47-36. Greenup accounted for 19 points, Waters 11, Sumner 6, Rippee 10, and Padberg 1. Ruhl was in the play but did not score. The Mustang B squad lost, 41- 28. IN CRITICAL CONDITION The condition of Nels Justus, who has been seriously ill sev eral days, was reported by his physician as very critical this morning. The ill man is suffed ing from uremic poisoning and other complications and little hope is heldfor his recovery. o NOTICE TO WOMEN'S CHORUS Due to the absence of the direc tor who will be in Klamath Falls next Monday night there will be no rehearsal February 1. Will ex pect to meet you all February 9. Viola Crawford. o Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Davis of Cle Elum, Wash., are enjoying a brief vacation at the home of their sons, William and Ralph in Heppner, and Jim In Bend They will return from Bend for a further visit here. Noel Dobyns Tuesday of last week and boxed clothing and sent the boxes to Austria, the children's farm home at Corval lis and to the Indians at Top ncnish, Wash. Laurel Palmateer, who has been working in Portland, is home. Kev. Frank Nichols has been on the sick list. The American Legion and Its auxiliary held a meeting at the legion hull Tuesday of last week Recruiting officers of Pendleton showed movies of rigid airships Mrs. Markham Baker, Mrs. No el Dobyns, Mrs. W. R. Wentworth and Mrs. Wm. Seehafer assisted at a IX'Molay banquet at Hopp ner Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Nelson of the Willamette valley are visit ing In this community. Larry Rletmnnn, who has beon ill, is back In school again. A fire broke out under the stage at the school house about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. It was thought to have been from electric wires from the furnace. The fire was quickly put out by fire extinguishers, Wranglers Party Raises $80 For March Of Dimes A contribution of $80 was made to the March of Dimes the first of the week when Oscar George, president of the Wranglers, turn ed over that amount to Francis Nickerson, county director of the polio fund drive. The sum was raised by "passing the hat" at the Wranglers party Saturday evening held at the Lexington grange hall. The party was well attended, there was plenty of good food on hand, and everybody had a fine time, George reports. "The Wranglers is not an or ganization for pleasure only," Mr. George said. "We feel we have a place in the community life and want to do our part In those things that help advance the welfare of the county." Evidence of this is seen in the aid offered by the Wranglers in stopping the advance of the Mor mon cricket herds headed to wards the grain fields of the county. A drive is being planned for early spring and since the known habitat of the pests is out In a region where trucks and cars would find rough going, the Wranglers have volunteered to make the trip by horseback, car rying the necessary supplies and equipment by horseback and as sisting in putting out the poison. o Shrine Club Host To DeMolay Boys Thirty boys, members of the branch DeMolay, were banquet ed Monday evening at the Mas onic hall in Heppner, the Morrow county Shrine club acting as the host group. Each boy was ac companied by a Shriner and It was an evening of good fellowship. J. G. Barratt served as master of ceremonies and a program con sisting of speeches and piano music filled out the evening. Lo- ren Piper, master councilor of the DeMolay, spoke on What De Molay Means to Boys." George Dukek of Fossil spoke in behalf of the men. Music was provided by Mrs. C. A. Ruggles, a new comer to Heppner, who played several piano solos. The Shrine club auxiliary was responsible for preparing and serving the dinner which brought forth unstinted praise from the men folk. o -v - GOING TO CONVOCATION Rev. and Mrs. Neville Blunt, Mrs. M. R. Wightman and Mrs. O. G. Crawford will leave Sunday afternoon in the Wightman car for Klamath Falls where they will attend the annual convoca tion of the District of Eastern Or egon of the Episcopal church. Mrs. Crawford will preside at the meeting of the Church Women's Service league and the other la dies are delegates. The party ex pects to return home Thursday. o Blaine E. Isom was in town to day, the first time since the 9th of Januay, the date of the acci dent which hospitalized Mrs. Is om's mother, Mrs. Henry Struve, and put the Isom family out of circulation for several days. Bill" Is crippling around with an injured knee but says he is getting along alright, as are Mrs. Isom and Harriet. Mrs. Struve suffered the most severe injuries and her recovery is much slower. Harriet is now attending school in Pendleton. o Ted Peterson was over from Condon Tuesday attending to business matters. News Items Of Week's Events Told In Brief By Ruth Payne The missionary meeting of All Saints Episcopal Women's auxil iary was held Thursday after noon in the parish hall with Mrs. Ture Peterson, missionary chair man, in charge. Two books, "Committed Unto Us" by Lamont and "The Practice on the Pres ence of God" by Brother Law rence, were reviewed in a most interesting manner by Mrs. Pet erson. A gift was presented by the auxiliary to Mrs. O. G. Craw ford, president of the Church Women's Service League of the Episcopal Churches of Eastern Oregon. Refreshments were serv ed by the hostesses, Mrs. Frank Wilkinson and Mrs. W. O. Bay- less. Mrs. Phil Higgins is a patient at St. Anthony's hospital, having been taken to Pendleton the last of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Terrel Benge wore hosts at a dinner party Friday evening at their home on Gale street honoring his father, Ralph Benge, on his 81th birthday. Oth ers present were Mrs. Ralph Benge and Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Smith of Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Becket and Mrs. Charles Becket motored to Portland Sunday to spend a few days on business and pleasure. They returned to Heppner Thurs day. Mr. and Mrs. William Furlong motored to John Day Saturday. Going by way of Hardman and Spray they found the roads to be In good condition for this time of the year with very little snow In the mountains. After reaching the river, there was no evidence of snow except that which could Future Of County's Agriculture, Roads, Schools To Program of Agricultural Planning Conference Friday, January 30, 1948 10:30 10:45 A.M. Opening remarks by chairman 10:45 11:00 A.M. Discussion of County's major problems by County Agent 11:00 11:30 A.M. Farm Crops report by L. L. Houghton 11:30-12:00 M. Conservation report by W. W. Weatherford 12:00- 1:30 P.M. Plate lunch Entertainment 1:30- 1:45- 2:15-2:45-3:15- 1:45 P.M. Mary Beth Minden, Home Economics Discussion (Illustrated) 2:15 P.M. Farm Home and Rural Life report by Mrs. Nor man Nelson 2:45 P.M.-Livestock report by Raymond Ferguson 3:15 P.M. Land Use & Economics report by M. R. Wightman 3:45 P.M. Public Education 3:45- 400 P.M. Summary of Conference by Frank L. Ballard Cards Continue To Lead League With 2 Wins Past Week Irrigon, Hermiston Both Fall Before lone Onslaughts lone high defeated Irrigon high Friday night at lone to remain on top in the Little Wheat league, lone took the lead and was never threatened throughout the game. Final score, 51-19. Line-ups: IONE- fg R. Doherty (f) 8 Bergstrom (f) 4 Bristow (f) 1 Herman (c) 8 Jepsen (c) 1 Pettyjohn (g) 1 Salter (g) 0 Carlson (g) 1 Peterson (f) 0 Totals 24 IRRIGON fg Critchlow (f) 1 Fraser (f) 0 Stephens (c) 0 Adams (c) 2 Acock (g) 2 Paulson (g) 0 ft 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 ft 4 1 1 f pts. 2 16 1 1 4 2 4 1 2 2 19 2 1 2 0 51 f pts. 2 6 1 1 2 0 1 2 1 10 is 5 5 1 0 0 19 White (g) 0 Rand (g) 0 Totals 5 lone "B" defeated Irrigon "B" in a preliminary, 27-14. Robert Peterson of lone led the scoring with 8 points lone hi Cardinals made it two in a row over Hermiston hi this year by defeating Hermiston there last Tuesday, 44-40. lone held commanding leads of 141 at the end of the first quarter and 22-4 at the half. Hermiston came back strong the second half and whittled Ione's lead down to four points at the final whistle. IONE fg ft f pts. R. Doherty (f) 4 7 1 15 Bergstrom (f) 2 0 3 4 Peterson (f) 5 1 1 11 Hermr.n (c) 3 0 4 6 Jepsen (c) 0 2 5 2 Pettyjohn (g) 1 13 3 Hallec'.ay (g) 0 0 3 0 Salter (g) 115 3 Carlson (g) 0 0 10 Totals 16 12 26 44 HERMISTON fg ft f pts. Pierson (f) 3 0 4 6 Holeman (f) 2 10 5 Hudson (f) 0 4 4 4 Dughman (c) 3 3 5 9 Lish (c) 0 12 1 Schoonover (g) 5 3 3 13 Busier (g) 0 2 2 2 Totals 13 14 20 40 Hermiston "B" defeated lone "B" in a preliminary 43-35. Bris tow of lone led all scorers with 15 points. be seen at timber line on the higher elevations. Week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Terrel Benge were her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Smith of Portland, and his son, Ralph Lee, of Condon. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Vaugh an spent Thursday in Pendleton. A daughter, Cheryl Jean, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Gil liam on January 25 at St. An thony's hospital in Pendleton. At the card party for the ladies by the B. P. O. Elks, Thursday evening, Mrs. Earle E. Gilliam received high for bridge, Mrs. Oscar George high for pinochle and Mrs. Grace Nickerson receiv ed the door prize. Forty-eight la dies attended the party. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Anderson, Mrs. Cllve Huston and Mrs. Ber tha Johnson motored to Pendle ton Saturday. Lester Gammell is ill at St, An thony's hospital in Pendleton. Mr. and Mrs. Shelby Graves motored to Eugene Tuesday They were accompanied as far as The Dalles by Mrs. Louise Rit chie who spent a few days in Heppner the first of the week Mrs. R. H. Zinter, Mrs. Chester Keeton and Mr. and Mrs. Sid Zin ter of Long Creek returned to Heppner Tuesday from Clarkston, Wn., where they were called by the death of Mrs. Zinter's sister, Mrs. John Getty. Funeral services for Mrs. Getty were held in Clarkston on Sunday. Raymond Batty of Kimberly was a business visitor in Hepp ner Tuesday. Mis. Add Moore has rctumeu home from Monument where she Be Outlined At Planning Meet report by Henry ietz BERTELL MASON JR. TO GRADUATE FROM SYRACUSE From Syracuse university, Syr acuse, N. Y., comes word that Bertell Mason Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Mason of lone, will be a member of the class of more than 450 candidates for degrees at the winter exercises marking the 88th commencement at 10 a. m., February 2, at Hendricks cha pel. Mason, who majored in gener- I al forestry in the New York State i College of Forestry, will receive a baccalaureate degree. He Is a member of Sigma Pi Sigma and Alpha XI Sigma, physics and for estry honoraries, and has been active on the staff of the Empire Forester, publication of the fores try college. WHEREIN WE ERRED The advertisement of the Gen eral Electric company in last week's issue of the Gazette Times should have borne the signature of the Heppner Hardware & El ectric company. This correction is being made in this manner in lieu of space for reprinting the advertisement, due to linotype trouble wjiich necessitated abbre viating the paper this week. o Student Veterans Advised To Give Notice of Transfer Student-veterans planning to transfer to other schools were ad vised today by the Veterans Ad ministration to give at least 30 days' notice on their plans, if they wish to avoid possible de-1 lays in payment of subsistence. Leslie R. French, VA training officer here, pointed out that some veterans had changed schools for winter term but might suffer some delays on their checks because the VA did not have their papers for processing in advance. To enroll at a new school the veteran will need a supplemental certificate of eligibility from the VA's regional office, and this re quires both a notice to the agency and a statement from the present school showing satisfactory pro gress in studies. The new school will enroll the veteran without charging him tu ition if he has this supplemental certificate. However, if he is en rolled in a different state, the VA can not start paying subsistence until his file has been transfer red to the regional office in the new state. Those planning between-state transfers therefore should submit a request for transfer of their files along with their request for a supplemental certificate of eli gibility, Leslie R. French advised. VA authority for changing schools is required of students under either the GI Bill or Puhlio I Law 16. made a brief visit at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Emory Moore. Mr. and Mrs. Pirl Howell and Ted Pierson attended a district meeting of the Union Oil com pany at The Dalles the first of the week. CMM Ellis Coxen who has been on a 25-day furlough in Hermis ton with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Coxen, visited in Hepp ner the last of the week with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Avers and Mr. and Mrs. Burl Coxen. Chief Coxen, who has been stationed on Guam, will report for duty at Albuquerque, N. Mex. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hoyt and son expect to leave the end of the week for Portland where Mr. Hoyt will enter Portland univer sity for a course in refrigera tion. They have secured housing in Vanport. Mr. and Mrs. Sie Walker enter tained with dinner for her fath er, George R. Mead, on his 89th birthday, Friday, at their home on Water street. Present besides Mr. and Mrs. Mead were Mrs Flora Moyer, Hermiston; Mrs. Lillian Cook, Oregon City; Mr. and Mrs. Phil Griffin and daugh ter, lone; Stanley Cox and Percy Cox of Heppner. Mrs. Frank Anderson Is a pa tient at the Emanuel hospital In Portland, having undergone a major operation there Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bailey and baby of Kelso, Wash., are visit ing in Heppner at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. D. Bailey. Edward Rice returned Monday from a business trip to Portland. To Give Summary r 'fa P h BALLARD Aooclatt Extension Director Oregon 8Ut Collegt, Farm Bureau To Hear Educator At lone February 2 Lester Wilcox from the state department of education at Sa lem will be the featured speaker at the Morrow County Farm Bu reau meeting to be held at Wil lows grange hall in lone at 8 p, m., Monday, February 2 While Mr. Wilcox's subject has not been announced, it is presumed that he will discuss Oregon's educa tional system in general, with special emphasis on the duties and powers of the newly formed county school boards and the procedure to follow In organizing union high school districts. It is the latter subject that brot about the invitation to Mr. Wil cox, inasmuch as there is some agitation for the formation of a union high school district com bining the lone, Lexington and Heppner districts and calling for the construction of a new plant at a point most convenient for the greatest number of students. J. G. Barratt has been asked to talk on the recent- meeting of county fair associations in Port land. It will cover what the fu ture has in store for both county and state fairs. He may also be prevailed upon to say something about latest developments in the proposed Morrow county hospital George Peck will have a report on the findings of the special committee appointed last fall to study road financing in the coun ty. It is expected this will lead to a good bit of discussion, pro bably sparked by Barratt who is chairman of the committee.. Oscar Peterson, secretary, while not promising refreshments, says he believes the committee is strongly inclined towards having a bite to eat at the conclusion of the program. o Estelle Ledbetter Honoree At Shower Given By Friends Mrs. Cecil Jones Miss Estelle Ledbetter was honored with a bridal shower Tu esday afternoon at the Aid room. A lovely afternoon was spent af ter which the bride-to-be opened her gifts, and lovely refreshments were served. Hostesses were the Three Links club of Lexington. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Christoph erscii :d Ersel were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Christopher son over the week end. They are from Hubbard. The Amicitia club met at the home of Mrs. Jack Forsythe Wed nesday evening with Mrs. Bern ard Doherty as co-hostess. High was won by Mrs. Orville Cuts forth and low by Mrs. Leonard Munkers. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Jones spent Wednesday in Walla Walla. They were accompanied by Mrs. Lon nie Henderson and Mrs. Rhoda Jones. Mrs. Jones stopped off at Touchet, Wn., where she visited with the Col wells and Alexan ders. Mr. and Mrs. Al Edwards have moved to Heppner to the Case apartments. Mrs. Vernon Christopherson. Miss Estelle Ledbetter and Mrs. Kenneth Marshall were Pendle ton visitors one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. William N. Jones of Mosier were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Jones three davs last week. Lonnie Henderson was a visitor in The Dalles Monday. Leonard Kummerland accom panied by his son Leonard Jr. was taken to a Pendleton hos pital in the ambulance Satur day. t.imer Hunt returned from a few days spent in Portland, Sat urday. He drove the new Co-op truck back which was taken down some time ago to have new tanks put on it. Mrs. Lou Broadley is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Pomeroy at Kelso. Wash. The Lexington P-TA wai host ConUnuta on Fat Four The first event of the kind to be held in the county since 1938, the agricultural planning confer ence will open at 10:30 a.m. Fri day at the Lexington grange hall. Bill Barratt, general chairman, promises a fast-moving program with something of interest in the reports and discussions which follow, for practically every far mer in the county, regardless of what his production may be. Six conference committees made up of farm men and wo men from practically every sec tion of the county have held 33 separate meetings during the past several weeks, states Coun ty Agent Nelson Anderson, gen eral conference secretary, who has been assisting various com mittees with their work. "The committees are seeking to find the answer to the question of what Morrow county farms can produce and market to best ad vantage during the peace-time years ahead," said Anderson. 'They are also considering what practices will make for lower costs of production and greater profits, as well as what can be done to bring about a better farm home and rural life in the coun ty." Farmers and others of the county have been duly advised of the conference and it is expect ed the capacity of the grange hall will be taxed to care for the crowd. Arrangements have been made for entertainment from the Heppner and Lexington schools and a plate lunch will be served by the ladies of the Lexington grange home economics club. Farm problems will not be the only items on the program, al though nothing will be introduc-' ed that does not affect the farm program. The question of roads will be incorporated in the public education report. Discussions will be limited to the time allotted for the reports, which a study of the accompanying program will reveal will not permit open dis cussion. o Angling Rules Set By Commission At January Meeting The final angling regulations for 1948 were adopted January 26 by the Oregon State Game com mission after reconvening its hearing from two weeks ago when tentative regulations were formulated. The order proposing to limit at tractor blades to one on a line and the number of hooks to one set was not adopted, and the reg ulation will remain the same as last year. Trout season and bag limits in general will remain as originally announced. The general season will be May 1 to September 30 in the state with the excepttion that the season for coastal streams will be from May 1 to October 31 above tidewater and from June 15 to October 30 in tidewater. Minimum length limit for trout will be eight inches in the coast al waters and six Inches in the rest of the state. The season for salmon and steelhead over 20 inches will be the entire year for the state ex cept that coastal streams and tri butaries of the Columbia river be low the city limits of St. Helens will be closed during March and April. The Wilson, Trask and Nehalem rivers will be closed to all salmon fishing from March 1 to September 15, while the Miami river will be closed to all fishing during the month of November. There will be no open season in the winter for steelhead in the Willamette river and its tributar ies above Oregon City falls, ex cept the Santiam river and its north and south forks. The bag limit for salmon and steelhead over twenty inches will be two a day or four in and 7 consecutive days or in possession, but not more than 20 during any one year. The jack salmon bag limit will be 10 fish a day but not more than 20 in possession at any one time; provided that during the open trout season the bag limit for jack salmon Is to be counted in and as part of the general trout bag limit. Last year's closure of certain coastal tributaries will remain in effect this year, instead of be ing opened for summer trout fish ing as tentatively proposed. The regulation proposing to close boat fishing in the Tilla mook county streams above the head of tidewater was rescinded and will not be in effect. A few changes in county regu lations from those announced two weeks ago also were made and are here briefly summarized. The complete regulations for each county, including the regulations left unchanged and the new ones will be Included In the nnn'uil angling synopsis which will b available sometime after March 1st. o Dr. A. P. McMurdo motored to Pendleton Tuesday evening to it' tend a medical meeting.