OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PUBLIC AUDITOR! 'J V
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Heppner Gazette Times
Volume 65, Number 1 4
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, June 24, 1948
Edwin R. Huston
Called By Death
Friday Afternoon
Funeral Services
Held Here Sunday;
Burial At Albany
Death came Friday afternoon
to E. R. Huston, native Oregonian
and for more than 40 years a res
ident of Morrow county. Mr. Hus
ton had been home but a few
days from a hospital in The Dal
les where he underwent surgical
treatment for an ailment with
which he had been afflicted sev
eral years and hopes were held
for his ultimate recovery. He had
visited with friends during the
afternoon and appeared in good
spirit. Rev. John Runyan had
dropped in for a little visit and
after chatting a few minutes Mr.
Huston dropped off to sleep and
passed away shortly.
Funeral services were held at
2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Heppner
Church of Christ, with Rev. John
Runyan officiating and arrange
mnets in charge of the Phelps
Funeral Home. A quartet, J. O.
Turner, Mrs. Cecil Warner, Mrs.
Fred Hosklns Jr. and Robert Wal
ker, sang The City Four Square,
and Mrs. Hoskins sang One
Sweetly Solemn Thought, accom
panied by Mrs. J. O. Turner. The
pastor paid a tribute to the long,
faithful service rendered by Mr.
Huston to his church and to his
community. It was recalled that
he had been chairman of the
building committee when the Al
bany Christian church was built
and again served in that capa
city when the Heppner Church of
Christ was erected. He served as
city recorder of Heppner for 25
years, besides being active in lo
cal Masonic lodge circles, being
secretary of the Royal Arch chap
ter at the time of his passing.
Edwin Roland Huston was born
November 28, 1SG6 at Albany,
Linn county, Oregon and spent
his entire life in this state. He
was educated in the Albany
schools and the Monmouth Nor
mal school, from which he grad
uated. He was married January
25, 1902 to Ealor Belle Stuart of
Albany and in 1906 they moved
to Morrow county and engaged
In farming in the Eightmile dls
truct until 1913 when they moved
to Heppner. Mr. Huston engaged
in different business enterprises
here and in later years he and
Mrs. Huston opened a grocery
store in the Case building which
they operated until about two
years ago. He had been a grocer
In Albany for many years before
moving to Morrow county.
Surviving are Mrs. Huston and
a daughter, Mrs. Mark Taylor of
Salem; besides several cousins
and other relatives residing in
this county. A son, Dr. John Hus
ton, drowned in" Alaskan waters
more than 20 years ago.
The body was taken to Albany
Monday for Interment.
HIGH SCHOOLERS FILL
JOB VACANCIES IN TOWN
Young people of high school
ago and just out of school are
showing the stuff they're made
of by gettng jobs at home and
abroad for the summer. Some of
them are adding a little to their
college education funds while
others are looking forward to
permanent positions. But for the
summer we find these young
people applying some of the
training acquired In school: Faye
Cutsforth, assistant in Dr. J. D.
Palmer's dental office;" Lillian
Hubbard, lone, clerking in Nor
ah's Dress Shop; Barbara Slocum
Corabelle Nuttng and Peggy
Ployhar, Scotty's; Patty Healy,
Morrow County Cleaners; Lois
Key, Owens Hardware ; Beverly
Yocom, Turner, Van Marter &
Co.; Colleen Connor, Humphreys
Drug Co.; Mary Ann Hunt, Case
Furniture Co.; Eunice Keithley,
Saager's Pharmacy, and Edda
Mae Thorpe, J. C. I'enney Co,
Five former Heppner high
Including Jack Pyoyhar, Clarence
school boys are now in Alaska,
Greenup and Buster Padberg of
the 1918 class and Joe and Tom
Hughes of former classes.
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STORES TO REMAIN OPEN
ON SATURDAY, JULY 3
Heppner stores will remain
open on Saturday, July 3, accord
ing to some of the managers who
stated this morning that Inas
much as most people will be
planning to take the double hoi
iclay Sunday-Monday they will
want to do their shopping on
Saturday.
Some of the business houses
may close on the 3d or remain
open only until noon, but the
general tendency is to remain
open as usual. People wishing
to take in the Lexington celebra
tlon as well as enjoying the dou
ble holiday can attend to their
shopping early Saturday or do
It on Friday, it is suggested.
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GEORGE RILEY WHITE
Funeral services are being held
at Hermlston this afternoon for
George Riley White who passed
away there June 21. Interment
will be made in the Lexington
cemetery, Mr, White was 81 years
ot age.
Hodge Chevrolet
Takes Drubbing In
Week of Softball
The going has not been so good
for the Hodge Chevrolet entry in
the city softball league the past
week. As a matter of fact, if the
boys were entered In Pacific Coast
league play they would be giv
ing Portland and Sacramento a
hard run for the cellar berth.
Last Thursday evening, in a
make-up game, the Hodge rep
resentatives were forced to give
in to the Ford Motors 1413 in a
nine-inning contest. Friday eve
ning, the Elks-Legion game was
rained out and when the teams
met Tuesday evening the Elks
won out, 14-8.
Monday evening the Chevro
lets took a substantial shellack
ing from the American Legion
aggregation to the tune of 24-9.
The Elks got hot Wednesday
evening and stopped the Rose
wall winning streak by a score of
10-5.
Fire Control Men
To Attend School
Forest fire control men of the
Umatilla National Forest are
meeting this week at the Tucan
non guard station, according to
Carl Ewing, forest supervisor.
New recruits who will man the
many fire lookout towers and
smoke chaser stations this sum
mer will receive three days of in
tensive training so they will be
able to carry on their duties of
detecting, finding and extin
guishing fires that may get start
ed in the forests this summer.
About 45 men will take the train
ing. Instructors will be district
rangers and their assistants from
Pomeroy, Walla Walla, Heppner,
Dale, Ukiah and Pendleton. The
camp will be In charge of Paul
Taylor, forest engineer. .
Weather conditions so far this
season have favored the forest,
Mr. Ewing said. Growth of both
timber and forage has been ex
cellent even though the forage is
somewhat later than normal. The
late and rainy spring has kept
fire danger at a minimum; how
ever, it is too early yet to predict
what our fire hazard will be dur
ing July, August and September.
Mr. Ewing and District Ranger
Glenn B. Parsons of the Heppner
district both expressed their ap
preciation for the excellent forest
fire prevention cooperation shown
by the forest using public last
season. In 1947 there were no
man-caused forest fires in the
Heppner area. This is a good rec
ord and one the forest service
hopes to maintain in. 1948.
The following personnel will
be on guard stations this sum
mer: Norman Bleakman, Arbuc
kle lookout; Bill Ward Jr., Mat
teson; Vernon Bohles, Tamarack;
Roland Farrens, Ditch Creek;
Bert Bleakman, Tupper; Bob
Scott and crew at Bull Prairie.
Two Sp-3 fireman positions are
yet to be filled.
FORMER RANGER HERE
Fred W. Wehmeyer, for many
years ranger of the Heppner dis
trict of the Umatilla National for
est, and now a resident of sou
thern California, Is paying a visit
to the old home town while pack
ing up some belongings for ship
ment to his southern home. He
arrived Friday and will spend
about two weeks here. Fred said
it seems pretty good to be among
his old friends and he is greatly
pleased with the progress Hepp
ner is making in improvements
and growth that perhaps If he
had not sold his residence prop
erty he would be strongly tempt
ed to remain. He deplores the
concentration of industries and
people in the larger centers and
is fully convinced the trend will
have to be from those centers
back to the smaller communities
If a lasting prosperity is to be
accomplished, that Is, that more
manufacturing and processing
will have to be done in the cen
ters where the raw products are
produced if those centers are to
remain thrifty and strong.
HOME ECONOMIST COMING
Saturday afternoon, July 3,
Miss Christopherson, noted home
economist will be at the Case
Furniture company to discuss
your Ironing problems and dem
onstrate the new Simplex Royal
Deluxe ironer. Everyone is urged
to attend, as Miss Christopher-
sons demonstration Is at onee
interesting and educational to all
home makers. 14c
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SERVICES AT VALBY
Kev. Henry J. llokinson of
Portland, regional director of the
Columbia conference, will hold
services and confirmation at 11
o'clock a.m. (standard time),
Sunday, June 27, at the Valby
Lutheran church In Gooseberry
A potluck dinner will be served
In the parish house immediately
following the worship service. A
cordial invitation has been ex
tended the public to attend the
services and the dinner.
LIBRARY ANNUAL MEETING
The annual meeting of the
Heppner Public Library associa
tlon will be held at 8 o'clock p.m.,
Tuesday, June 29 In the library
room. ,
Lexington Prepares For
Seasoned With Some Modern Innovations
All signs point to a big day in
Lexington on Saturday, July 3,
in this year 1948. Folks down
that way are preparing to throw
the latchstring away and wel
come visitors in a good old-fashioned
manner to the celebration
which has become an annual
feature of community life in the
wheat capital of the county. Yes
sir! The eagle will scream in a
fitting manner for a day crowd
East-Cox Nuptials Solemnize dHere
Saturday in Candlelight Ceremony
By Ruth Payne
Miss Maxine East, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs Ottis East, became
the bride of Lester Cox, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Dee Cox of Lexington
at a candlelight ceremony Sat
urday evening at the Methodist
church with the Rev. J. Palmer
Sorlien reading the double ring
service.
The bride, given in marriage
by her father, was lovely in a
gown of white slipper satin with
full court train. The fitted bod
ice was made with a sweetheart
neckline and long pointed sleev
es. Her fingertip veil of white
tulle was fastened with a coronet
of seed pearls. She carried a
white Bible with a white orchid
corsage and shower.
The matron of honor, Mrs.
John Ledbetter, dressed in blue,
carried a nosegay of pink carna
tions. Miss Jewel East, sister of
the bride, and Miss Louise
bchunk, bridesmaids, wore rose
and blue gowns, respectively, and;
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carried nosegays of pink and
white carnations.
Marvin Cox, brother of the
bridegroom, was best man, Archie
Munkers of Lexington and Mal
colm East, bother of the bride,
were ushers.
Shirley Van Winkle of Lexing
ton was flower girl and Clifford
Green was ringbearer. Misses
Marlene DuBois and Yvonne
Dougherty lighted the torcheres.
Mrs. Fred Hoskins Jr. sang "Be
cause" and "At Dawning" accom
panied by Mrs. Thomas J. Wells,
who also played the wedding
marches.
Mrs. East wore a beige frock
with pink accessories and a cor
sage of gardenias for her daugh
ter's wedding and Mrs. Cox, mo
ther of the bridegroom, wore a
navy blue and a corsage of gar
denias. Following the ceremony, a re
ception was held in the church
pariors. The bride and groom cut
the firt piece of the four-tiered
wedding cake which was decor
ated with a miniature bride and
groom and iced in pastel colored
icing. Mrs Elsie Beach of Lex
ington, aunt of the groom, con
tinued with the serving of the
cake. ,
Pouring were Mrs. Frances Mit
chell and Mrs. Fred Parrish. As
sisting about the rooms were the
bride's sister, Mrs. Ralph Sikes
of Ashland and Mrs. Vernon Mun
kers of Lexington. Miss Mary
The Wranglers on Parade
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The above views were taken
by Heppner Photo Studio on
Sunday, June 6, when the
Wranglers, Morrow county rid
ing club, staged the annual
Heyday at the Rodeo field in
Heppner.
The picture in the upper left
cornel was caught by the cam
ed with entertainment that all
can enjoy.
"Come for breakfast and re-.
main all day" is the slogan of the
Fourth of July committee this
year. The committee is certain
that if you do not do this very
thing you will be sorry for if the
celebration does not start before
breakfast it win have to start
very shortly thereafter in order
to run the day's program through.
Big features of the day include
Gearhart was in charge of the
guest book.
For going away the bride wore
an aqua suit with gold accessor
ies and an orchid corsage. j
Following a brief honeymoon
trip, the young couple will be at
home at their farm near Lexing
ton. The bride has been deputy
county clerk and will continue
in that capacity for a few weeks.
Out of town guests included
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Sikes and
family of Ashland; Edgar East of
Klamath Falls, and Marvin Cox
of Springfield, Utah.
CBE MEETING SET
The annual meeting of the
members of the Columbia Basin
Electric Cooperative will be held
Saturday, June 26, at 10 o'clock
a.m. at the court house in Hepp
ner, accordng to an announce
ment by Henry Baker, president.
Election of nine directors for the
ensuing year will be held and
such other business as may be
nopoccarv will ho troncantorl
necessary will be transacted.
Candidates nominated for elec
tion include Henry Baker, Victor
Rietmann and Kenneth Smouse
of lone; E. E. Rugg, Stephen
Thompson and John Hanna of
Heppner; John V. Krebs of Cecil;
Orva Dyer of Mayville; Ralph
Potter, Will Hardie, Pete Pattee,
Walter Jaeger and C. Kt Barker
of Condon.
A birthday party was given for
Mrs. Walter Farrens at her home
Friday afternoon. Mrs. Lorena
Cole was hostess. Present for the
occasion were Mesdames Jay
Hamlin, Lloyd Harshman, Esther
Burnside, Charles Stout, Durward
Tash, Ruth Reid, Frank Ayers,
Blaine Chapel, Harvey Harshman
and Lucy Wright. Refreshments
of birthday cake, ice cream and
coffee were served.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hisler are
the parents of an 8 pound 7 ounce
son born Sunday, June 20, at St.
Anthony's hospital in Pendleton.
He has been named Paul An
thony. Mr. and Mrs. Myles Martin
were hosts Sunday for a family
reunion in observance of Father's
day. Present for the occasion
were Mr. and Mrs. Orlow Martin
and sons, Bob and Dean, of Moro;
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Martin and
son, Patrick K., of Portland; Mr.
and Mrs. Randall Martin and
daughter, Janis; and Roy Martin
of Lexington; and Mr. and Mrs.
era as the riders were lined up
ready for the start ol the musi
cal rope race.
The upper right corner de
picts the parade as it moved
up Main street en route to the
Rodeo field. President Oscar
George is seen carrying the
national colors and Harry Din-
Old Time
the parade, a patriotic program,
a picnic dinner, air show at the
Lexington airport, grand display
of fireworks, a ball game and
closing with a dance to the music
of the Nez Percians, all-Indian
orchestra from Lapwai, Idaho.
Interspersed with these big fea
tures will be rides and other en
tertainment features for the
younger set, so that there will be
something going on all the time.
As most of our readers know,
Two Ranches Figure
In Deals Past Week
Two important real estate deals
figured in the news of the past
week when pioneer stock ranches
east of Heppner changed hands.
Emile Groshens purchased the
former Instone ranch from Dallas
Craber and Craber turned around
and bought the former F. D. Cox
ranch from A. A. Scouten.
Scouten, manager of the Col
umbia Basin Electric Co-op, is
looking for residence property In
Heppner as he will now devote
his time to the affairs of the REA.
He purchased the ranch shortly
after the death of the late F. D.
Cox and has worked a double
shift much of the time in trying
to keep both ranch and co-op go
ing. Craber bought the Instone place
two years ago.
It is understood that Groshens
will extend his cattle holdings
now that he has greater range
facilities.
James Healy and son, Michael
of Heppner.
A surprise party was given for
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Kenny at
their country home in Sand Hol
low Sunday afternoon in observ
ance of their thirty-fifth wedding
anniversary. Present were Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Kenny and
daughter Patsy, Mr. and Mrs.
Emmett Kenny and Miss Patricia
Kenny of Pendleton; Mr. and Mrs.
Matt Kenny of Portland; Mrs.
John Sheridan and daughter,
Donna, of Ontario; Mrs. Frank
Monahan of Condon; Mr. and
Mrs. John Healy; Miss Rosetta
Healy, Tom and Billy Healy, Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Turner, Mr. and
Mrs. William Richards, Mr. and
Mrs. William Bucknum, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry O'Donnell Jr., and
Mrs. James Farley.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Turner
announce the marriage of their
daughter, Jean Carolyn, to Robert
Deane Runnion. The wedding
will be an event of Saturday af
ternoon, July 10, at St. Patrick's
Roman Catholic church in Hepp
ner. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Look of The
Dalles are" spending several days
in Heppner looking after busi
ness matters. i
Mrs. Percy Jarmon and daugh
ter, Mrs. Burl Strong of Bakers
field, Cal., visited in Heppner
last week. The Jarmons formerly
lived on Butter creek and are va
cationing in Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. Dee Neill of Her
miston were over-Sunday guests
of Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Neill.
ges is the pennant bearer. More
than SO members of the club
and their mounts were in the
parade.
Lower left Tom Loyd doing
monkeyshines on a Jackass.
Tom always adds color to a
parade with his clowning acts,
being also an adept unlcyclist.
Celebration
the town of Lexington sponsors
the celebration for the benefit of
the Lexington airport, which in
effect is the county's port. Funds
accumulated through the cele
brations over and above expenses
are used in developing the air
port. There is a most worthy
civic enterprise and citizens of
the county looking for an oppor
tunity to observe the national
birthday will be spending their
money for a good cause.
Man's Body Taken
From River Near
Patterson Ferry
Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman was
called to the north end of the
county Tuesday to take charge
of the body of an unidentified
man discovered floating in the
Columbia river near the site of
the Patterson ferry. Some men
hunting for a new landing site
for the ferry came upon the body
at a point about 400 yards west
of the original ferry landing, a
few miles from Irrigon.
From the condition of the body
it had been in the water for some
time and there were strong in
dications that the man was a
murder victim, according to Sher
iff Bauman. He had been shot
in the head, his nose was broken,
and there were knife wounds In
the neck and stomach.
The sheriff brought the remains
to Heppner for burial, which was
done Wednesday after a coroner's
jury made such investigation as
was possible with no clues other
than the corpse, for there was not
even a stitch of clothing to go by.
Mrs. A. A. Scouten and children
Dennis and Sandra motored to
Portland Thursday to spend a
few days visiting relatives in and
about the city.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Neill and two
daughters of Buffalo, Mo., arriv
ed in Heppner Saturday evening
for a few days' visit with his un
cle, L. D. Neill and Mrs. Neill.
They have been visiting relatives
throughout the west, having
made the trip to the coast by the
southern route, stopping at var
ious places in California and in
Portland and Salem prior to their
arrival in Heppner. On Tuesday
Mr. and Mrs. Neill and their
guests motored to Hermiston to
visit relatives and from there the
Bert Neills continued on their
trip to Missouri.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Stewart
have returned to their home in
Jacksonville, Ala., after a fort
night's visit in Heppner with his
uncle and aunt, Mr and Mrs.
Floyd Tolleson.
Miss Darlene Wise left Thurs
day for The Dalles where she will
visit with relatives for a time.
Mrs. Eleanor Walker left Tues
day for her home in Seattle after
visiting the past few weeks in
Heppner. She was taken to Pas
co by her father, E. E. Adkins.
The horseman in the picture is
Archie Murchison, one oi the
performers at the Heyday ro
deo. Lower right Merlyn Kirk
with her 2-year-old Arabian
colt JaehaL one ol the featur
ed blooded animals at the
show and a good little number
to exhibit at any show.
WEEK-END DOINGS
IN TERSE FORM
FridtrT-Scrturdcrv: Clothing lor
flood sufierert drive. Bring bun
dle! to Heppner dry halL
Qnnmi. Hnuhall at Rodeo
field. Kiniua vs. Heppner. Game
starts at Z:;w p. m.
Tuesday. Tune 29: CitY budg
et election dry hall.
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Picnic Planned At
Civic Center Park
Sunday Afternoon
Civic-minded folk of the com
munity will be afforded an oppor
tunity to display their enthusi
asm for a civic play center by
turning out with garden Imple
ments Sunday afternoon and do
ing a little work at the city park
site. The park planning commit
tee Is "throwing" a picnic start
ing at 4 p.m. under the sponsor
ship of four civic groups which
have undertaken improvement of
the site with the sanction of the
city government
Weather permitting and that
is always a consideration these
days it is planned to have ta
bles set up in the park for an
outdoor basket lunch. The lad
ies of the committee will prepare
coffee. Should the weather turn
cool but not be accompanied by
rain the lunch may be moved to
the civic center room where all
can eat in comfort. However, the
main object of the picnic is to get
some preliminary work done on
the park and all who will are
asked to bring implements and
be prepared to make a showing
on this civic project.
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Wranglers To Ride
In Mountains 27th
Cards are out announcing the
monthly ride of the Wranglers,
horse lovers' organization. The
Winchester cabin on Ditch creek
is the objective of the group.
Riders and mounts will assem
ble at the Rodeo field at 9 a.m.
Horses will be trucked to Herren
creek where the ride will begin.
Potluck dinner at noon at the
Winchester Wheel Inn. The Buck
aroos Ernie Winchester, Harvey
Smith, Jim Lindsay and Ambrose
Chapin will furnish meat hot
dish, ice cream, cake and coffee
and chuck tools.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Belshee
and daughter Carolyn of Hono
lulu, T. H., visited briefly in
Heppner Friday with his cousin,
Mrs. Ted Pierson, and family. The
Belshees are completing a two
months tour of the United States,
this being Mrs. Belshee's first trip
to the mainland. From Heppner
they went to Moro to visit with
his mother.
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Nikander of
Scottsburg spent the week end in
Heppner with her father, M. L.
Case and Mrs. Case. The Nikan
ders are en route to British Col
umbia to attend a church con
vention. Bill Morgan, who has been a
patient in the veterans hospital
in Portland for the past several
weeks, was in Heppner over the
week end. Mr. Morgan was en
route to his home at Monument.
Mrs. Frank Gentry and daugh
ter Joyce of Portland are spend
ing this week here assisting with
the care of Mrs. Ordrie Gentry.
Mrs. Harold Gentry has returned
to her home in Bend after a two
weeks' stay in Heppner.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ivor Nelson were
Heppner visitors Mondav from
Kinzua. They report the plant in
run operation mit tnat it will
probably be some time before tho
railroad will be restored to traf
fic, due to the extensive damage
done bv the recent storms. The
visitors were pleased with the
crop situation in Morrow county,
wnere tney larmed for many
years, saying the prospects were
about the best - thev had ever
seen here.
Dr. C. C. Dunham haa anna in
Portland to attend the meeting of
Oreeon Chironrartip Phvsiriana
on Saturday and the national
meeting which will open Sunday
at tne Multnomah hotel. While
away Dr. Dunham will attend to
duties as a member nf the stnto
board of Chiropractic examiners.
He was accompanied by Mrs.
Dunham and daughter Camela.
Dr. Dunham will be in his office
Friday morning, July 2.
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Word from Portland where Les.
lie Matlock is receiving treat
ment in a hospital is to the ef
fect Jhat his condition is serious.
He was given a blood transfusion
Wednesday, aecordine to Mrs
Mrs. Henry Aiken who returned
from the city last night with her
son Joe.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Troedson re
turned home Mondav from Clark.
amas where they visited a few
days at the home of their daugh
ter and family, the R. C. Put-
nams. The Putnam children. Car.
ol and Lee, came home with them
to spend the rest of the summer.
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Orville Cutsforth and Dr. J. D.
Palmer flew to Vancouver Wed
nesday to takp a lnnk at tho fln.iM
damage. Palmer was Dartleular.
ly interested in seeing to what
exieni nis lamer s iruit farm had
suffered from the water.
Patrons Of District
Approve Budget At
School Election
Consolidation Also
Wins By Big Vote;
Becket Reelected
School patrons and taxpayers
of District No. 1, Heppner, man
ifested more than casual interest
In the annual school meeting
Monday afternoon, with the re
sult that the budget was approv
ed, consolidation of District No.
49 with District No. 1 was sanc
tioned and Harold Becket, retir
ing chairman, was reelected to
serve three more years on the
school board.
The special levy received 47
"yes" votes and 13 "no" votes;
for consolidation the vote was 57
for and two against. A surprise
was sprung in the voting for di
rector when the final count show
that Harold Becket . had beaten
Barton Clark by only seven votes.
Clark was a dark horse candidate,
so far as the townspeople were
concerned, but it was apparent
that his neighbors in the rural
districts were desirous of seeing
him on the board as he received
30 votes to Becket's 37.
Approval of the special levy
will provide means for the dis
trict board to go ahead with Im
provements in the school plant.
At present the officials are faced
with the problem of removing
the old heating plant from the
main building, It having been
supplanted by a larger and more
modern plant to be housed in a
separate building. With the re
moval of the old boiler it will be
possible to add a class room on
the basement floor. It is planned
to make this a projection room
for visual education and it will
be large enough to accommodate
two classes at a time.
Unfavorable weather has stood
in the way of completing the new
heating plant. The plant itself
is in operation but is only tem
porarily housed. Materials are on
hand to complete the project but
work is being suspended until
summer weather really begins.
The district is confronted with
two problems which must be solv
ed before many seasons roll by.
One is acquisition of additional
playground and the other the ad
dition of a new grade building.
These matters are being given
serious consideration but it will
require time to work them out.
Teacher ranks are practically
filled, it was announced this
week. Favorable word has been
received from Mrs. Margaret
Bair, now in Memphis, Tenn., re
garding the contract sent her to
sign as high school commercial
teacher. Mrs. Bair's husband is
an optometrist and her decision
to accept the Heppner contract
hinged upon his decision to lo
cate here. Thus the town will ac
quire the services of an optomet
rist as well as a commercial tea
cher. The seventh grade only re
mains unfilled in the local school.
At present there is no application
for this job.
An error in taking notes last
week caused the statement to
apepar that a Mrs. Bristol had
been hired to teach the eighth
grade. The name was right but
the sex was wrong it is Mr. Bris
tol. MISS BALL'S FORTHCOMING
MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Ball an
nounce the forthcoming marriage
of their daughter, Harriet Ann
to Eugene George Hall. The date
chosen is July 3 and the hour 4
o'clock p.m. The ceremony will
be performed by Rev. Neville
Blunt at the All Saints Episcopal
church in Heppner.
The wedding will be a public
affair.
o
Mr and Mrs. Charles Vaughn
are enjoying a vacation trip
which will take them into Idaho
and Wyoming. They expect to
go to Yellowstone Park before
returning home. They will pick
up Mrs. Vaughn's brother and
wife, Mr. and Mrs.. C. C. Gilliam,
and possibly Mr. and Mrs. E. E.
Gilliam will join them as they
return from their trip to the east-
o
Mayor Conley Lanham and
family left the first of the week
for a vacation trip through Mon
tana and North Dakota, expect
ing to be gone 10 days or two
weeks. During their absence, the
mayor's brother, Bill Lanham of
Hermiston, is in charge of the
Western store here.
o
Nate McBride and Leon Olson
drove to Walla Walla the past
week-end to visit Mrs. MrBride
and son Danny Lee at St. Mary's
hospital.
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