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. o 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. . ' o 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. o 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 .jlJ : 4 Ail t V , i a f " Ci Y . '.i ' - -r 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. . - o 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. o 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 p iii'i JU L V 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 . , ... , , . .... -..-wi 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 - i . . . : '. , , 1 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. o 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. o 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.