Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, April 22, 1 948
Volume 65, Number 5
Heppner And lone
To Cross Bats In
Season's Opener
W-T League Play
Begins Sunday In
7-Team Circuit
Baseball season will officially
open Sunday afternoon at the
Heppner Rodeo field for the
Wheat-Timber league when
County Judge Bert Johnson de
livers his fast ball opening pitch
to Heppner's Mayor Conley Lan
ham. Heppner and lone will meet In
the opening game scheduled to
start at 2 o'clock. Other opening
games for the league are as fol
lows: Arlington at Condon, Fossil
at Wasco, Kinzua bye.
A new field layout plan for the
Heppner diamond will this year
greatly improve the game for the
spectators. Home plate and the
pitcher's mound will be moved
so as the pitcher will throw to
ward the grandstand which will
allow the spectators a straight
away view of the playing field.
Screening will be placed along
the front of the grandstand to
stop foul balls.
Additional entertainment and
fun to add to the opening day
festivities will be provided dur
ing the course of the game by the
awarding of merchandise prizes
contributed by Heppner merch
ants to deserving players of each
team. An award will be given
to the player from each of the
Heppner and lone teams who first
gets on base safely, makes a hit,
scores a run, steals a base, makes
an extra base hit, hits a home
run, and a booby prize to the
first player making an error.
The following firms have gen
erously contributed awards for
this feature:
Wilson's Mens Wear, Thomson
Bros.. J. C. Penney Co., Star thea
ter, O'Donnell's Cafe, Heppner
Red & White, Coxen's Barber
Shop, Hodge Chevrolet Co., Mc
Atee & Co., Sanger's Pharmacy,
Peterson's Jewelry Store, Rose-
wall Motor Co., Morrow County
Creamery, Heppner Hardware &
Electric, Gonty's Shoe Store, Gil
liam & Bisbee, Western Auto
Supply, McBride's Body Shop, Pa
cific Power & Light Co., Turner,
Van Marte & Co.
The public address system of
the Heppner Junior chamber of
commerce wiil be on hand to an
nounce the game and the awards.
College Students
To Hold Workshop
At Local School
The Oregon state system of
higher educatoin will bring an
"Institute of International Af
fairs" to Heppner Wednesday,
April 28. A symposium team con
sisting of college students and an
authority on International affairs
will conduct a "workshop" for
the high school students in the
afternoon, beginning at 1 o clock
The evening meeting under the
sponsorship of the PTA will be
open to the public. The members
of the team are students who
have made a special study of this
field and present an Informative
and interesting program. The au
dience will he able to participate
in the discussion by a question
and answer period. The group
will be accompanied by Dr. Jam
es C Caughlan, field representa
tive. Demonstration Of
Straw Farming Set
A practical soil conservation
plan will be put into practice on
the spot at the soil conservation
demonstration field day to be
held on the Arthur Jaeger farm
located near Condon April 29,
states Arthur S. King, O. S. C.
extension soils specialist. Start
ing time for the all-day demon
stration is set for 10 o'clock.
Portions of the farm will be
plowed and cultivated so that all
of the straw and stubble will he
utilized for soil building and ero
sion control. King says seeding
operations will then be demon
strated. It will also be possible
to view a growing crop on land
where stubble has been utilized
In previous seasons.
The Jaeger farm has been used
for several years as a demonstra
tion farm by the Soli Conserva
tlon service and the O. S. C. Ex
tension service. Last year, wheat
harvested from land on which
300 pounds of straw per acre was
left on the surface during the
summer fallow season, outyield
ed adjacent land farmed by the
clean fallow system.
TO GIVE PUBLIC ADDRESS
J E. Davis, representative of
the Watchtower soclely, will
make a public address at 3 p.m.
Sunday at the Civic Center club
room. The meeting will be free,
not even a collection", he an
nounces. o
NO CHORUS PRACTICE
Due to a conflicting engage
ment, there will be no rehearsal
by the Heppner Women's Chorus
Monday evening, announces the
director,
"Too Darn Wet" In
Gooseberry Area To
Plow, Farmer Says
Does anyone remember when
farmers of tills region were cast
ing their eyes skyward day after
day searching for one hopeful lit
tle Indication of rain? Oh, yes
indeed! Only last spring about
this time and for weeks previous
there was but one thought upper
most In the minds of all "I wish
it would rain."
Now comes Leonard Carlson,
Gooseberry weather merchant,
with the plaint that it's "too darn
wet to plow now.' ' Here's the rea
son: On April 16, .68 of an inch
of rain fell, making the total for
the month up to April 19 of 2.23
inches. Since July 1, 1947, a total
of 19.19 inches of moisture has
fallen over the Gooseberry area
and we hope that has been the
approximate average for other
sections of the county. If this
kind of weather prevails much
longer, some of the stream beds
in the hitherto dry canyons here
abouts will become permanent
rivulets.
Streams of the county are car
rying a heavy runoff and pros
pects are none too bright for fav
orable fishing conditions when
the season opens May 1.
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Desire For Park
Prompts Union of '
4 Service Groups
Feeling that development of
the Civic Center property into a
park for the use of the entire com
munity is a pressing need, repre
sentatives of the four service
clubs of the city the chamber of
commerce, junior chamber of
commerce, the Soroptimist club
and the Jayce-Ettes met Tues
day evening at the Civic Center
rooms and formed an organiza
tion uniting the forces of the
groups into a park association.
It is proposed to remove the
old exhibit building south of the
dance pavilion and turn that por
tion of the recently acquired city
property into a recreation area.
Then, if the county can be pur-
suaded to remove some of the
materials north of the dance hall
an effort will be made to put that
In shape for picnics and other
uses.
A steering committee of two
members from each service group
is being selected and it is hoped
preliminary work can be started
at an early date.
Girl Scout Troop
II Observes 4th
Year With Party
Wednesday evening was a gala
night for Heppner Girl Scouts.
Troop II celebrated its fourth
birthday with Troops I and III as
special guests along with moth
ers and other friends. The court
of honor was heJd at the Amer
ican Legion hall.
Troop III under leadership of
Mrs. Richard Meador opened the
program with the Brownie pledge
and Brownie Smile song. Troop
I, whose leader is Mrs. Stephen
Thompson, followed with the
scout laws and promise. Second
class badges and awards were
then presented to this troop by
Mrs. Thompson assisted by Mrs.
Claude Graham.
Troop II has been under the
very able direction of Mrs. Har
old Cohn the entire four years of
its existence. They have grown
from Brownies to 7th and 8th
graders with many accomplish
ments and talents. First class
awards were presented to Diane
Van Horn, Sharon Becket, Gene
vieve Cox, Meredith Ann Sorlien
and Lynn Wright. To seven girls
of this group were given the I
Curve Bar, the highest rank in I
girl scout dom. Those girls are
Nancy Adams. Sally Cohn, Patsy
Peck, JoJean Dix, Eleanor Rice,
Nancy Ferguson and Joan Both
well. Pins were given for this
honor.
Gifts' were presented to the
troop by their leaders and by
Troop I. Mrs. Cohn was given a
gift by her girls in their appre
ciation of her faithful sevice and
love.
Mrs. Harold Becket was intro
duced as the new leader of Troop
II.
Following the formal program,
cake, coffee and punch were serv
ed from an attractive tea table
presided over by Mrs. Meador and
Mrs. Thompson.
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ATTEND DEANERY
Catholic young people headed
by Rev. Francis MeCormack and
Gordon Grady went to The Dalles
Tuesday to attend the annual
deanery conference of the Cath
olic Confraternity. Grady, presi
dent of the local group, spoke on
"Teaching Reverence in the
Home."
P TA SCHEDULES PARTY
The Heppner Parent-Teacher
association has scheduled a party
and auction sale to open at 8 p.
m. Friday evening, April 23 at
the American Legion hall. Tick
ets are on sale at Gonty's and at
the hall.
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Mr, and Mrs. Edwin Dick re
turned Thursday from a brief
business trip to Portland.
Sewage Disposal
No Easy Problem
Expeit Declares
Sewage disposal Is a problem
requiring a lot of study and
something that should be consid
ered from every angle before en
tering into a .contract for con
struction of a system, said Ken
neth Spies, representative of the
state board of health sanitary di
vision in speaking before the
Morrow County Public Health as
sociation meeting at the Lexing
ton grange hall Monday evening.
The principal obstacle in the
way of many small communities
is that of construction cost, the
speaker said. Referring to the pro
posed system in Heppner he said
that the cost would approximate
$100 per capita of the population
and that if the population at pre
sent is 1500 or 1600, plans should
include expansion to a possible
2500 population. Thus the cost of
the system would be $250,000. The
estimated figure submitted by
the engineer is $227,000. There
is nothing to be gained by put
ting off installation of a system,
he said,, because there is no In
dication that labor will be any
cheaper, even if commodity prices
should drop to a lower level.
About 60 people attended the
dinner and meeting. Aside from
the talk by Mr. Spies and the reg
ular business session, there were
two numbers by the Heppner Wo
men's chorus, two vocal solos by
Mrs. C. C. Dunham, and two pi
ano solos each by Harold Becket
and Mrs. C. A. Ruggles.
The Home Economics club of
the Lexington grange lived up to
its well earned reputation for
preparing and serving a fine din
ner. Election of officers for the en
suing year resulted in Robert Ow
ens being elevated to the presi
dency to succeed Mrs. Francis
Nickerson; Mrs. Omar Rietmann
was elected vice president and
Mrs. George Gertson and Mrs. Lu
cy Rodgers were re elected secre
tary and treasurer, respectively.
Judge Bert Johnson gave an in
formative talk on the hospital
situation up to the present, more
of which will be heard as the
primary election approaches.
Athletic Assn. In
Prospect For City
Organization of a town athletic
association is the objective of
sports boosters in calling a meet
ing at the Civic Center club
rooms this Friday evening.
Those interested in formation
of such an association are urged
to be in attendance and help for
mulate a program for this sum
mer's activities.
Miss Katherine Monahan,
county extension agent from Pen
dleton, was a week-end guest in
Heppner at the home of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Monahan.
Morrow County Creamery Substantial Institution
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A few weeks back the East
Oregonlan carried a write up
about a Hermiston creamery
from which Claude Cox inferred
that the impression was being
given that there was only one
creamery In eastern Oregon. Just
to prove that such Is not the case,
Cox had Louis Lyons take some
pictures, one of which is repro
duced hero, to show that there is
at least one other creamery and
Development Work
Starts on Barratt
Project Monday
Work started Monday morning
on a project which may eventu
ally lead to an extensive residen
tial development on the Barratt
hill when a bulldozer under the
expert guidance of Harold Sherer
began the task of leveling off
the hillside to make building
lots. The first unit is being lev
eled just north of the Glen Par
sons residence and surplus dirt is
being pushed over into Gilmore
street north of the point where
the paving ends.
Continuation of the street work
will follow as the hospital build
ing gets underway, it being plan
ned to extend the road around
the point of the hill above the
schoolhouse and acquire an easy
grade to the crown of the hill.
More definite announcement
regarding the development plans
will come at a later date, accord
ing to Garnet Barratt, who stated
that work now being done had
stimulated requests for lots on
the project. .
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Local Talent Will j
Present Comedy
Tuesday Evening
Citizens of Heppner and vicin
ity have an opportunity to look
to the legitimate stage for their
entertainment next Tuesday eve
ning when a group of local peo
ple will present the three-act
farce, "Hillbilly Courtship." The
play is being presented under the
sponsorship of the Heppner Pub
lic Library association and funds
thus obtained will be used to
provide a few items not covered
in regular appropriations for the
library.
W. A. Jackson is the director
and his "galaxy of stars" includ
es the following: Luke Harlan
McCurdy in love with Emmy, a
mountain wildflower, Mrs. Wil-
lard Warren; Ma Peppin, Mrs.
Clyde Nutting; Pappy Stllsby,
Henry Tetz; Triffit Sisters, Broad
way starts on visit: Seedie, Mrs.
Jack O'Connor; Lula, Mrs. M. R.
Wightman; Sol Silverstein, He
brew talent scout for Hillbilly
songsters, Billy Cochell; Louis,
Italian answering a wedding bu
reau ad, Francis Cook; Bridget
Irish, also answering ad, Mrs. J
Palmer Sorlien, and Wash Jeddo
village dimwit, Bill Barratt.
The curtain is scheduled to go
up at 8 p.m. at the school gymnasium-auditorium.
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Fred Rood of Hillsboro was a
week-end business visitor in
Heppner. During his stay Mr.
Rood visited at the homes of Mr.
and Mrs. Lester Doolittle and
Miss Leta Humphreys.
a good one, too in the region.
At the time the view was taken,
Durward Tash, buttermaker, was
just completing the packing of Hi
boxes of Pride of Oregon butter
for shipment to outside points.
It was April 1, 1915 when the
Morrow County creamery was
started in Heppner. It was then
located on Willow street. Claude
Cox joined the staff on April lii
of that year and has been with
the business ever since. The plant
was later moved to the corner of
This Is Not Winter In Alabammy
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The house in this picture looks
like a little bit of the deep south
transplanted to the frozen north,
but in reality it is the O. W. Cuts
forth residence north of Lexing
ton, with the view taken during
the recent late winter. Raised
from a single story, 6-room plan
to a two story 13-room southern
Large Class Confirmed by Bishop Barton
At Sunday Morning
By Ruth Payne
A parochial potluck dinner was
held at 6 o'clock Saturday eve
ning at the parish hall of All
Saints Episcopal church with ap
proximately one hundred mem
bers and guests in attendance.
The Rt. Rev. Lane W. Barton,
bishop of the Eastern Oregon dio
cese, Mrs. Barton and daughter,
Katie, of Bend were present for
the occasion. Sunday morning,
Holy Eucharist with Bishop Bar
ton as celebrant was held at 8 o'
clock and at 11 o'clock, Rev. Nev
ille Blunt presentng his class of
twenty members for confirma
tion. Those confirmed were E. E.
Gilliam, Charles Hodge, Terry
Evans Thompson, Mrs. Elsie Ay
eis, Nancy Ball, Mrs. Fay Buck
num, Nancy Ellen Davis, Mrs.
Ordrie Gentry, Helen Ann Gra-
ham, Jean Marie Graham, Mary
Lou Haguewood, Mrs. Henry Hap
pold, Mrs. J. G. Thomson Jr., Mrs.
Stephen Thompson, Mr. and
Mrs. W C. Rosewall, Janet Evelyn
Wightman Mrs. D. A. Wilson, Kay
Marie Valentine and Karen Reid
Valentine. Confirmation classes
for the spring term are scheduled
to begin at 8 p.m. Sunday in the
.parish Jall.
Elected recently to represent
the Heppner Soroptimist club at
the regional conference in Bend,
April 23, 24 and 25, were dele
gates Mrs. Jeanne Gaines and
Mrs. Frances Mitchell with al
ternates Mrs. Fay Bucknum and
Mrs. Grace Nickerson. Mrs. O. G.
Crawford, president of the local
club, will also attend the meet
ing. "Our House in Order" has
been chosen as the theme of this
conference with Mrs. Clair Nich
olls of Tacoma, regional director,
Main and Center streets where it
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remained until in January 1930.
when the present building was
completed.
Durward Tash started working
for the creamery In 1931 and is
still going strong. Billy Cox. son
of the proprietor, is salesman and
cream buyer.
The creamery has its own wa
ter system and the water temper
ature stands at 51 degrees nearly
the year round.
Six counties contribute cream
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mansion type, this is one of the
finer farm residences which are
helping to put Morrow county on
the map as a fine home region.
"Cutsforth Corners" will be the
objective of people from many
parts of the northwest Monday
when 75 head of the Cutsforth
registered Herefords will be sold
at auction.
Service In Heppner
in charge of the business ses
sions. Speakers scheduled to ap
pear on the program include Mrs.
Rose Poole, state representative
from Klamath Falls; Mrs. Anna
Sproat of the Sproat Business col
lege of Vancouver, B. C, and Mrs.
Lois Beil Sandall of Seattle. Mrs.
Sproat and Mrs. Sandall are both
past presidents of the federation.
It will be recalled that Mrs. San
dall, head of the speech arts de
partment of the University of
Washington, was guest speaker
at the charter night banquet of
the Heppner club on April 10.
Some 250 women from all parts
of the region, which includes Al
aska, Montana, Washington, Ida
ho and Oregon, are expected to
attend the convention. Mrs. Buck
num, Mrs. Mitchell and Mrs.
Crawford will leave for Bend ear
ly Friday morning.
Mrs. John Bergstrom and Mrs.
Frank Davidson have been elect
ed delegate and alternate respec
tvely to represent San Souci Re
bekah lodge at Grand Lodge in
Eugene, May 18 through 20. Ac
tion was taken at the regular
meeting of the Rebekahs Friday
evening to have lodge meetings
begin at 8 p.m. rather than 7:30
p.m. as has been the custom in
the past. Following the business
session, a social hour was en
joyed with Mrs. Gordon Banker
as hostess for the evening.
Miss Jean Turner of Portland
was in Heppner to spend the
week-end with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Turner.
Mrs. Mabel Hughes of Milton
and Mr. and Mrs. Eb Hughes of
Lena were visitors in Heppner
Saturday and attended the par
ochial dinner at All Saints
church.
I to the Morrow County creamery
, ti till., i-t,.,
Morrow, Umatilla. Gilliam, Whee
ler, Grant and Sherman counties.
The products have wide distribu
tion over this area and in neigh
boring and distant states. The
creamery disburses more than
$80,000 annually for cream to the
districts mentioned. Substantial
improvements have been made
In recent months, including in
stallation of a new oil heated
boiler and latest types butter and
ice cream machinery,
Deposits Nearly
Four Million At
1st National Bank
The Heppner branch of First
National Bank of Portland shows
deposits of $3,928,396 and loans
of $785,527 in the April 12 report
which answers the quarterly call
of the comptroller of currency, ac
cording to Merle Becket, mana
ger. Loan volume has increased
since the report at the end of
1947, A slight decrease in de
posits during the same period re
flects the general condition of
other banks throughout the state
and the nation, and Is a frequent
seasonal characteristic because
of income tax payments, Becket
said.
First National bank of Port
land, branches and affiliates, re
ported total deposits of $592,246,-
614 and loans of $149,170,140 to
again lead all Oregon banks In
both departments.
"Increase in loans indicates
more money at work in Heppner
and in Oregon," Becket declared.
"Bank credit is the lubricant that
makes our economic wheels go
round. Its expansion reflects lo
cal and state gains in population
and industrial development
which are earning national at
tention." o
36 Peace Officers
Swoop Down On
Heppner Tuesday
Heppner was the peace center
of the Mid-Columbia district Tu
esday evening when 36 peace of
ficers of the area gathered here
in annual meeting. Both Oregon
and Washington were well rep
resented, with two of the officers
coming from Vancouver. Heppner
and Morrow county police offi
cers rounded out the attendance,
A social hour was spent at the
Elks club, followed by dinner at
the Elkhorn restaurant at 7. Dur
ing the dinner hour a program
including a violin solo by Mrs.
Tom Wilson, with Mrs. 1. O. Tur
ner accompanying; clarinet trio,
Merlene Miller, Betty Graves and
Gerald Bergstrom; humorous
reading by Jack Monagle; saxo
phone duet, Beverly Yocom and
Betty Smethurst, accompanied by
Harriet Ball, and a bass horn
solo by Keith Connor.
Howard Bobbitt, FBI agent,
Portland, was the principal
speaker.
Attending the meeting were
Dennis H. Huntley, deputy sher
iff and Courtney R. Baze, special
deputy, Kennewick; Harry B
Cochran, sheriff, Prosser; P. A
Mollahan, police, Heppner; Wm.
McCormick, deputy sheriff, White
Salmon; E. W. Karge, S.P. & S.
special agent, Wishram; C. L.
Winter, sheriff; Earl Jones, dep
uty sheriff; S. H. Reeves, state
police, Goldendale; C. R. Gomil
lion, chief of police, Frank E. Ben
nett, sheriff, Condon; William
Lobhart, state police; C. J. D.
Bauman, sheriff, Heppner; Har
old Sexton, sheriff, Charles L"
Ren, State police, Dale McMeen,
Oregon liquor commission, Ron
ald Kunsman, city police, C. R.
Conn, city police, The Dalles; R.
L. Gilmouthe, sheriff, Hood Riv
er; A. D. Tebbs, police, Hood Riv
er; E. W. Neavm, city police, The
Dalles; O. V. Glenn, deputy sher
iff, Hood River; John Kelly, FBI,
The Dalles; Robert Baker, F. E.
Hastings, Lu Olson, Oregon state
police, Arlington; Ralph Pope,
state police, M. E. Keys, sheriff,
Fossil; Al Larson, Washington
state patrol, Vancouver; Bill
Browne, captain detectives, Port
land; Harry Diamond, police de
partment, Vancouver; Howard
Bobbitt, FBI agent, Portland, and
W. E. Francis, War Dept., Seattle.
A highlight of the gathering
here was an exhibition ride made
by Charlas U'Ren on Nate Mc
Bride's "high-boy" bicycle. The
valiant state policeman didn't do
so well the first time he tried to
mount the stratospheric J'bike"
but after taking a spill he suc
ceeded in taking a little spin.
Young Adults Of.
Methodist Church
Form Fellowship
An organization meeting for a
young adult fellowship group
was held the evening of April 8
in the dining hall of the Meth
odist church. A potluck dinner
was served to the 50 people at
tending. A short program was presented
which included a bass olo b
Joe Gjertson. two piano selections
by Mrs. C. A. Ruggles, and a mu
sical reading by Mrs. J. Palmer
Sorlien. Bob Owens acted as
chairman of the business meet
ing at which the following offi
cers were elected: Mrs. Fred San
ders, president; Bob Owens, vice-
president. Mrs. J. R. Huffman was
in charge of all arrangements
The hall was decorated in the
springtime motif with daffodils
and yellow candles.
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Nancy Caesar of South Pasa
dena, Cal and Elizabeth Chas-
tain of Portland were guests of
Mary Lou Ferguson during spring
vacation. The young ladies are
students at Whitman college In
walla walla.
More Population
In County Seen
In Registrations
Nearly 500 More
Voters on Books
Than '47 Election
MORE POPULATION- 28
Some Increase in population in
the county is seen in registration
figures which County Clerk C. W.
Barlow has tahulated since close
of the books April 20. Although
this is not a definite source ol
information, inasmuch as many
DeoDle neglect to register year in
and year out, there has been such
a change in figures in certain
precincts that it must be consid
ered in the light of population
rather than a stumulated regis
tration at this time.
According to the clerk' tabu
lations, Boardman shows an In
crease of 118 voters and Irrigon
an increase of 116 over previous
figures. Boardman has 242 in the
republican ranks, 76 democrats
and 5 miscellaneous. Irrigon
came up with 139 republicans,
106 democrats and live miscel
laneous. Other registrations include:
Eightmile, republican 47, demo
crat 22, miscellaneous 1; Hard-
man, 45, 14, 6; Pine City 32, 15, z;
lone 212, 115, 5; Lexington 151,
82 7; North Heppner 322 158, 18;
South Heppner 311, 160, 11, for a
total of 1501 republicans, 748
democrats, and 60 miscellaneous,
or a grand total of 2309 register
ed voters. This is almost 500
more registrants than were on the
poll books for the special elec
tion in 1947.
Methodist Groups
To Convene Here
Sunday Afternoon
A youth rally sponsored by the
Umatilla sub-district, including
Morrow county, will be held from
3 o'clock through the regular eve
ning hour Sunday at the Meth
odist church in Heppner, accord
ing to Rev. J. Palmer Sorlien. The
youth program will be carried
out until the regular church hour.
Beginning at 8 p.m., the color
ed chorus from the Hughes Mem
orial Methodist church in Port
land, accompanied by the pastor,
Ennls Walley, will conduct the
service. The local church is ex
tending an invitation to the pub
lic to attend the evening service
and hear this talented group of
people.
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George Noble Dies
At Winnemucca, Nav.
From the Reno Evening Gaz
ette, Reno, Nev., we learn of the
death of a native son of Morrow
county, George Noble, brother of
E. G. Noble of Heppner. Mr. No
ble passed away Friday, April 9,
at a hospital in Winnemucca,
Nev. He had been a resident of
that section for many years.
Mr. Noble, who was 73 at the
time of his death, was born May
1, 1874 on McKinney creek, this
county. His parents, the late Mr.
and Mrs. George Noble, were
among the earlier poneer settlers,
the senior George Noble later es
tablishing a harness and saddle
business in Heppner.
In his early twenties, George
married Miss Nellie Filkins,
daughter of lone pioneers, and
after ranching in this section a
few years they moved to Nevada
where he engaged in mining and
was also interested in the truck
ing business. He moved to Win
nemucca in 1936. He is survived
by his widow, six sons and three
daughters.
LIGHT VOTE INDICATED
IN SCHOOL ELECTION
Official returns are lacking on
the school election held over the
county Monday afternoon, with
only the votes at Heppner and
Lexington given out. As usual in
school elections the vote was
comparatively light
In Heppner a total of 47 votes
was cast, with 41 in favor and six
against the budget. Lexington
cast 32 votes, all in favor of the
budget. It is believed the county
as a whole voted favorably.
PROGRAM AND DINNER
TO BENEFIT SCHOOL
The several organizations of
Lexington are banding together
to give a program and dinner for
the benefit of the school. Activi
ties, sot for April 30. will start
with a public dinner at 6 p.m..
served In the lunch room at the
school at a modest charge.
The program, for which modest
admission prices will be charged,
will be held in the school audi
torium at 8 o clock.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvln Persyn of
Oregon City were week -end
guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Sie Walker. Mrs. I'ersyn is
a granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George Mead. The Persyns nitr
ate a mink farm at Oregon lily.
Lorene Mitchell represented the
Christian Endeavor society of the
Church of Christ at the state con
vention of the society held In Al
bany last week. She Joined the
Umatilla county delegation In
making the trip.