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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 1, 1948
Volume 65, Number 15
Rumors of Storm
Damage Appear To
Be Without Fact
Spray and Kinzua
Stories Unverified
InOfficial Circles
It may have been the 90-plus
degree heat, but for some reason
numerous stories were circulated
Wednesday morning relative to
damage done by Tuesday eve
ning's electrical storm, which
passed over Morrow county short
ly before sundown. Up to press
time nothing has been reported
regarding damage incurred in
the county but there were reports
of severe damage at both Spray
and Kinzua reports thut could
not be verified by telephone as
late as 4 o'clock Wednesday af
ternoon. A report reached Heppner ear
ly Wednesday morning that the
town of Spray had been all but
erased from the map. A little
following up on the yarn reveal
ed that the flash storm had wash
ed out a culvert bridge above the
town and made it necessary for
travelers on the John Day high
way to make a short detour.
Nothing was known by this
source of information about a
washout at Spray.
Later in the day it was report
ed that Kinzua had again been
hard hit by a flash storm, but
this also lacked confirmation.
Nothing could be verified in Con
don regarding Kinzua's plight
and the local forest office was
without information about dam
age to plant or railroad.
Another story relative to a slide
on the Columbia River highway
somewhere between Arlington
and The Dalles also appears to
have been the figment of some
one's imagination, inasmuch as
two traveling salesmen who
visited Heppner Wednesday af
ternoon stated they had traveled
that portion of the highway In
the forenoon and encountered no
blockade or anything that looked
like a slide.
Tuesday evening's storm re
solved mostly into a dust storm
accompanied by lightning and
thunder so far as this part of the
region was concerned. It rained
In Heppner and surrounding
country, although at lone there
was nothing more than a sprin
kle, residents report.
The storm brought a respite
from the heat wave that had
most of the northwest in its grip
and which forced the thermome
ter up to 95 degrees in Heppner.
Temperatures ranged from five
to eight degrees lower on Wed
nesday The change removed
some of the worry that grain
might be shriveled, thus cutting
down what is expected to be the
greatest yield in the history of
the county.
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GOING TO SCHOOL
Tom Wells is leaving this eve
ning for Elkhart, Ind., where he
will take a seven months train
ing course In sales, service and
repairing of band Instruments in
the famous C. G. Conn factory.
Tom says he studied numerous
fields and decided upon this
course as one offering an oppor
tunity to engage in a service
where there is a shortage of train
ed operators. Mrs. Wells will re
main home for the time being
and hopes to join her husband
for a few months In the east
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Bucknum
ind Mrs. Fav Burknum motored
to Pendleton Thursday to spend
the day shopping and looking al
ter business matters.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ruggles
and daughter, Connie, will leave
the end of the week to spend the
Fourth of July holiday with rel
atives. Bull's Picture In
Famous Shorthorns of Earlier Day
When the picture edtor of the
Oregonian wrote the caption for
the picture showing flood water
damage to the commission build
ing of the Portland Union Stock
Yards In Monday's paper he
could not have known the story
back of the picture on the wall
that of Golden Goods. To the cas
ual reader It probably is a like
ness of an extra fine animal, oth
erwise the picture would not be
gracing the walls of an institu
tion that deals in Ivestock.
To older residents of Heppner
It recalls the days when the
Mmintnln Vallev Stock Farm
urn a on mo I Mm? to he spelled In
capital letters by stockmen of
the northwest, yes, the west and
the middle west, too, for the fame
f thn w. O. Minor Shorthorns
whs all but nationwide. And the
Mountain Valley Stock harm,
now the Frank S. Parker place,
was the home ot uouien iioocis
Mr Minor was one of the pio-
nnnr Rhnrthorn breeders of the
northwest. Neither distance nor
price stopped him when he found
an animal he felt he needed to
Improve his herd. So it was that
while attending a national show
ho hmioM the nrlze-winnlns Gol
den Goods, paying $3500 for the
Morrow County In
Second Place In
Security Loan Drive
Although there has been no
noise or fanfare, and the public
at large has scarcely been con
scious of it, the fact remains that
people have been heeding the
call for funds In the current se
curity loan drive. This fact is
brought to light in a letter mail
ed to the public this week by
Mrs. Oscar George, chairman of
the campaign in Morrow county.
According to Mrs. George this
county is now second among the
counties of the state a surpris
ing bit of news, since, as related
before, there has been no con
certed effort to get investors to
buy, simply leaving it up to them
to decide whether or not national
security is worth putting aside a
substantial savings for a few
years, savings that will draw a
rate of Interest, too.
It will be recalled that Morrow
county enjoyed more than one
"first" in the war years, firsts in
which we led Oregon and Ore
gon led the country. "Let's con
tinue leading the nation!" says
Mrs George, who points out in the
following paragraph why invest
ment in the security loan is not
only a good thing but a wise
step:
'The mighty Columbia in re
cent weeks has very emphatic
ally made all of us mindful of
the necessity for some reserve to
fall back upon in emergency,
whether that emergency be dis
aster similar to the floods of the
past month or some hazard pe
culiar to the individual's partic
ular business or welfare crop
failure, illness it could be many
things. What better "nest-egg"
than United Slates Savings
Bonds?"
Outdoor Ceremony
Witnessed By Many
Relatives, Friends
Seventy-five guests gathered
at the country home of Mr. and
Mrs. Harley Anderson Saturday
to attend the wedding of their
daughter, Rose Marie, to Mr. Ray
Patterson, son of the late George
Patterson.
It was an out-of-doors wedding
wth baskets of summer flowers
grouped in front of a large green
shrub to form the setting. Many
baskets of roses adorned the liv
ing rooms.
Preceding the ceremony, which
was performed by the Rev. J. Pal
mer Sorllen using the double
rings, Mrs. Fred Hoskins Jr. sang
d'Hardelot's "Because" and
Bond's "I Love You Truly." Mrs.
Charles Ruggles accompanied
her and played the wedding mu
sic. The bride was given in marri
age by her father and was at
tended by her cousin, Eunice
Keithley, who wore a pink mar
quisette floor length dress and
carried a nosegay. Elmer Palmer,
brother-n-law of the groom, act
ed as best man.
The bride was attired in a
beautiful blue chiffon gnwn with
Insertion trim. Her veil, of blue
illusion edged with lace applique
was held in place with a coronet
of blue orange blossoms and was
of fingertip length. She carried
pink roses en shower.
Following the ceremony an in
formal reception was held with
much visiting between friends
and neiehhors. Assisting were
Mrs. Harold Becket and Mrs. El
mer Palmer at the tea table. Mrs,
Howard Keithley and Mrs. Blaine
Isom cut and served the beauti
lul wedding cake which was top
ped with a miniature bride and
groom. Mrs. Emma Evans served
the punch. Others helping with
the serving were Mrs. Harold
Wright, Mrs. Walter Becket and
Connie Ruggles. Oelores Keithley
Oregonian Recalls
animal. Golden Goods was a pro
duct of the midwest, Kansas or
Nebraska, and was one of sev
eral prize animals brought to
Hennner to add to me presume
nf thn Minor herd.
it thn tlmp of the Hennner
flood, June 14, 1930, Mr. Minor
lost a valuable cow, haiiy i-iri,
a Knnhipkv nron animal um
which he paid $1700. Sally Girl
was resting along the creeK Dann
nn Thursday afternoon prior to
the big flood when a flash flood
washed out several ftrKiges ana
did other damage along the
creek. A bridge plank struck the
big cow and Injured ner to sucn
pvtnnt that it was found neces
snrv tn kill her. The carcass was
dressed and used the following
week to relieve the meat shortage
Hup to the Sunday llooa.
Happiest of the Uregonian
readers hereabouts to see the
thp famous bull was
tumiiov Minnr. lone descendant of
the Minor family In tills vicinny
and son of W. O. Minor. Stanley
Hrnnnnri Intn the G-T OfflCO tO
Inquire if the editor had seen the
picture, which reminded the "ab
sent minded professor" that he
had planned to say something
about It In this week 8 paper,
American Forest Area
822 to 44 Million Acres in 300 Years
When the Pilgrims landed on
American shores in 1620, the total
area of virgin forest in the 48
states was approximately 822
million acres. Large areas of for
est had to be cleared for farm
ing and for the establishment of
towns and cities. Billions of board
feet of lumber were needed to
build the homes and ndustries of
growing nation.
The area of virgin timber Is
now about 44 million acres prac
tically all of it In the western
states. Homesteading and devel
opment of new agricultural sec
tions are no longer going on ex
tensively. Fires and insects have
and are still contributing to the
drain. The forest service is plead-
Heppner Rangers
ie Walla Walla.
n Sports Events
Heppner ranger district again
received the competitive events
award given to the winning dis
trict at the annual guard train
ing school. In 1945 the Umatilla
ational forest adopted a com-
petetlve events program to in
crease the interest at guard train
ing school. Included in this pro
gram Is a baseball game, pulas
ki chopping contest, log sawing,
fire-pack race, compass course,
pacing, and a quiz contest. Five
points are awarded to the dis
trict that wins the baseball game,
chopping, sawing, and fire-pack
race while ten points are award
ed for the compass pacing, and
uiz contest.
Competition was very keen at
he 1948 training camp with Wal
la Walla and Heppner districts
pnding in a tie for the plaque
with 15 points each. The Hepp
ner district has previously won
this award and in 1945 and 1947
while the Walla Walla district
was the champion in 1946. The
plaque will be retained six mon-
hs on each of these districts.
A Heppner district guard has
won the individual honors three
of the last four years. This hon
or was bestowed upon Robert
Scott in 1945, Roland Farrens in
1947, and this year's high scorer
as Arthur Jess.
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ATTENDING CONVENTION
Rev. John Runyan and family
left Monday morning for Turner
to attend the annual convention
of the Churches of Christ of Ore
gon. They expected to return to
Heppner this evening.
Glenn Jorgenson, former rang
er of the Heppner district of the
Umatilla National forest, was in
Heppner Friday morning accom
panied by members of the East
Oregonian staff. They were en
route to the southern part of the
district where the service is con
ducting an insect spraying pro
gram to rid the forest of some
of the bugs that are threatening
he tree crop.
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Mrs O. H. Beneston and chil
dren are visitine at the home
of Mrs. Bengston's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Kalpn Benge. Mr. tseng
cinn will arrivp Sunriav and ac
company his family to their home
i Medrord.
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Ahnnrmal snrine rains have
conl ributed to a very good grass
producing period.
was in charge of the gifts and
Harriet Isom the guest book.
A clever little new house is
awaiting the return of the newly-
weds from their honeymoon. They
will live on the Anderson ranch
whore the groom is employed.
The bride has made her home
with Mr. and Mrs. Anderson for
several years and was adopted
by them in recent months.
STARTING THE
Reduced From
ing for everyone to be careful
A-ith fire don't throw away any
burning material or leave a for
est fire burning.
On July 1 the following fire
laws become effective:
a. Permits are required to build
campfires. These permits can be
obtained at the forest office or
any guard or lookout station In
the mountains.
b. No smoking while traveling.
Numerous fires are annually
caused in Oregon and Washing
ton by "flipping" cigarettes.
Smoking is not prohibited If the
individual will stop, use an ash
tray or sit down and smoke over
a prepared spot free of litter or
duff. Be sure that last spark Is
out!
Mrs. Rodgers Buys
Flower Shop From
Mrs. Bucknum
Coming as a surprise to the
public at large is the announce
ment this week of the purchase
of the Flower Shop by Mrs. Lucy
E. Rodgers, retiring county sup
erintendent of schools. Mrs. Fay
Bucknum, who has operated the
business the past two years, re
leased possession to Mrs. Rodgers
this morning.
Not wishing to leave Heppner
at the expiration of her term,
which legally runs until January
1, 1950 but is automatically con
cluded with the taking over of
school affairs by the rural school
board, Mrs. Rodgers began cast
ing about for something to do
and fell upon the idea of buying
the Flower Shop, if it could be
bought. After several weeks of
talking it over, she and Mrs.
Bucknum finally agreed upon a
deal.
Mrs. Emma Evans, who worked
with Mrs. Edwin Dick when the
shop was started four years ago,
is temporarily in charge of the
business as Mrs. Rodgers will re
main in the superintendent's of
fice to assist Henry Tetz in get
ting the new rural school board
administration set up.
Mrs. Bucknum has not announ
ced her future plans, other than
that she will continue cultiva
tion of her gladiolus garden for
the time being. f
The Flower Shop has been a
popular business ever since It
was started, filling a i,on-felt
need in the community. BnJ.
Dick and Mrs. Bucknum did well
with it and her many friends will
be pleased to see Mrs. Rodgers
enjoy a thriving business.
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Miss Ball Honored
At Several Parties
Weddings are very much in the
foreground these days, with at
least one each week, and more
some weeks.
Miss Harriet Ball, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs Archie C. Ball, is
being feted this week previous to
her marriage Saturday to Mr. Eu
gene Hall.
Miss Yvonne Bleakman was
hostess Tuesday evening to a
small group of Miss Ball's friends
who presented her with personal
gifts.
The Crawford garden was the
scene of a merry party Wednes
day evening when the Misses Jo
an Hisler, Beverly Yoeom and
Dorothy Cutsforth were hostesses
to thirty guests at a kitchen
shower for the bride-elect. Gifts
were tied to the large tree in the
center of the garden and group
led at its base The honoree was
presented wtih many fine remem
brances and much of the evening
was given over to opening pack
ages. A few games were piaycu.
The hostess served light refresh
ments. o
Mrs. Josie Jones left Saturday
for Portland where she will visit
for a time with relatives and
friends.
FIREWORKS I
Thomson Building
To Be Remodeled
For Super Market
James Thomson Jr. announced
this week that work is to start
soon on a remodeling job of the
Thomson Bros, store building in
preparation for a super food mar
ket.
To clear the main part of the
building, the dry goods side, Mr.
Thomson is staging a rummage
sale of outdated stock left on the
shelves when active operation of
the dry goods department was
discontinued several years ago.
Tentative plans call for remod
eling the larger room, using the
front 40 feet for the retail food
market and the rest of the space
for warehousing. The old ware
house at the rear of the store
will be torn down. Display win
dows will be cleared of the back
drops, giving better light and a
fuller view of the interior of the
store.
Although he has not decided
about leasing the room where
the grocery is now located, Mr.
Thomson said it will be remod
eled when the larger room is oc
cupied. Opportunities to rent the
room are plentiful, he said, but
whether or not that will be done
is a matter for future solution.
The new market will be laid
out on modern lines, providing
self-help service.
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Globetrotters To
Meet Broadfoot's
Townies Here 21st
By JIM BARRATT
Action on the Heppner Softball
league front will be comparative
ly quiet over the week-end holi
day but Manager Carmen Broad-
foot's Heppner Townies will trav
el to Lexington Saturday to en
gage the lone nine in what will
be one of the highlights of the
Lexington Fourth of July celebra
tion. Something different for base
ball fans has been scheduled for
July 21, announced Broadfoot Tu
esday, with the world-famous
Harlem Globe Trotter willow
wielders tangling with the Hepp
Aer club at the Rodeo grounds.
Last Sunday's scheduled game
with Kinzua was cancelled as the
majority of its squad was draft
ed to repair a railroad damaged
by local cloudbursts. It Is ex
pected that the game will be
played at a later date.
PENDLETONS DOWN LEGION
The league-pacing American
Legion softballers Journeyed to
Pendleton Sunday and took a 24
to 16 plastering from the Pendle
ton Eagles, number three squad
in the ten team league. Herb
Schunk, legionnaire hurler, toss
ed masterful ball but his team
mates participated in a comedy
of errors to aid the Eagles' win.
Both the Legion and Eagles
squads were way off form with
the home team chalking up ten
runs in the first. The visitors
closed the margin in the fourth
to but one run, 15 to 14, but fell
to a late Pendleton rally. The
use of tennis shoes by the leg
ionnaires on the slick turf also
hampered chances for a win.
Summary of week's softball
play:
Legion 310 042 414
Elks 110 020 913
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Shirley Elder Laid
To Rest Tuesday
Funeral services were held Tu
esday in Portland for Shirley El
der, 44, whose death occurred
Sunday in a hospital in that city.
Taken ill three weeks ago at the
W. E. Hughes ranch on Little
Butter creek where he was em
ployed, Shirley was taken to St
Anthony's hospital in Pendleton
and later moved to Portland by
his wife, who is a trained nurse,
Surviving are his widow, Ann
Miller Elder, to whom he was
marred on May 3 In Portland; his
mother, Mrs. Jennie Elder of
Bremerton, Wash.; sisters, Lucille
Wilson of Heppner, Elizabeth
Ward and Mayree Elder of Brem
erton; brothers, John Elder of
Portland, Morris Elder of Baker,
and George Elder of lone.
Mrs. Wilson and daughter,
Mrs. James Barratt, and George
Elder drove to Portland to attend
the final rites.
ADOPTION PAPERS SIGNED
Adoption papers were signed
by Judge Long of the Multnomah
county circuit court Friday
morning, June 25, making Cam
ela Margaret Dunham the legally
adopted child of Dr. and Mrs. C.
C. Dunham of Heppner. The fos
ter grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
O. G. Crawford, accompanied the
Dunhams to Portland Thursday
night and spent Friday in the
city. Dr. and Mrs. Dunham and
"Cammie" remained in the city
to attend the National Chiroprac
tic Association convention and
will return home today. Dr. Dun
ham also conducted an examina
tion for applicants for licenses
as chiropractic physicians In his
capacity as a member of the state
board of examiners.
Lexington Offers Day Crowded Full Of
Papers In Shape
For Court To Seek
Bids on Hospital
At last the story can be told.
Final filings have been made and
all papers signed in connection
with the Pioneer Memorial hos
pital, Morrow county project. So
far as Judge Bert Johnson and
County Attorney P. W. Mahoney
are concerned, the county court
is in position to arrange the ad
vertising for bids for construc
tion at the regular monthly meet
ing July 7.
Mrs. Grace Ncikerson announ
ced at the chamber of commerce
luncheon Monday that she had
completed the abstract and that
the deed to the property given by
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Barratt was
ready for filing. Judge Johnson
completed other papers in Port
land last week.
Advertising for bids does not
mean that the date construction
starts may be set. A satisfactory
bid has first to be presented and
then accepted before dirt will be
turned signifying the four-year-old
dream is about to become a
reality.
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Body Taken From
Columbia River On
Washington Shore
A second body was taken from
the Columbia river the first of
the week, not very far from the
spot another body was recvoered
last week. The Paterson ferry
seems to be the locale for float
ing bodies to lodge as this one
was taken from the water near
the north approach to the ferry,
on the Washington side.
The corpse buried here last
week remains without identifi
cation. A telegram from the of
fice of J. Edgar Hoover in Wash
ington, D. C, this morning stated
that no identification could be
made there. Sheriff C. J. D. Bau
man had taken prints of the
dead man's fingers and forward
ed them to the bureau in Wash
ington with the hope that a lead
could be found, but this news
has thrown the local officers
back to the place they were In
the beginning.
Sheriff Bauman has followed
up numerous leads only to find
they were false and from the way
things look at present the Mason
ic cemetery will continue to hold
the story of the unknown man.
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City Park Given
"Strafing" Prior
To Leveling Work
Several enthusiasts gathered at
the city park Sunday afternoon
and did yeoman service in clean
ing the section north of the dance
pavilion. Rakes, scythes, sickles
and a powered mover served to
put the grounds in readiness for
leveling and fencing program
which is to follow.
Tuesday morning Fred Lenz
went on the job with his tractor
equipment and plowed and
smoothed up part of the tract, en
ough that it was seen that some
new dirt will have to be halded
in to level it up sufficiently for
seeding to lawn.
The city has made a sale of
the old exhibit building and it is
expected it wll be razed within
a few weeks. This will make it
possible to move the 4-H building
away fom the front of the dance
pavilion and permit the land
scaping of that part of the park.
During the past week Cachot
Therkelson, lessee of the Hotel
Heppner, gave. several tables to
the park committee and these
were pressed into use Sunday
evening when the workers spread
a picnic lunch.
It is the plan of the park com
mittee to put the park into us
able condition as fast as possl
ble. The city water department
this week ran new pipe lines on
to the property. It will be pos
sble to open the rest rooms as
soon as the volunteers can get
them cleaned up. A drinking
fountain Is In order and the com
mittee will entertain a motion by
some civic-minded philanthrop
ist for the installation of one.
The Heppner Lumber company
has offered to furnish lumber for
building permanent benches for
the tables donated by the hotel.
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MRS. HERMANN BETTER
Mrs. Gottfried Hermann is re
ported resting easy in a hospital
at The Dalles following a heart
attack at the home place on low
er Rhea crook last Thursday eve
ning. Mrs. Hermann had not been
feeling well but went about her
chores as usual and was prepar
ing to milk the cows when the
attack came. She was rushed to
the hospital where her condition
was considered so serious that
hor daughter, Ingrid, student at
the Oregon State college 4-H sum
mer school, was sent for, Orvllle
Cutsforth flying his plane to Cor
vallis to bring her to The Dalles.
Mrs. Hermann Is considerably
better, although not entirely out
of danger.
Entertainment For
Well, folks, it won't be long
now. Just one more day until
the big event of the year at Lex
ington, the 4th of July celebra
tion, gets under way. True, it is
coming off on July 3, but that
makes the occasion no less pat
riotic, neither does it make the
program any less interesting.
Special stress will be placed
on the air show at the port start
ing early In the afternoon. Since
the celebrations started four
years ago have been sponsored
by the town of Lexington to pro
mote the airport the air show has
been highlighted and no pains
or expense have been spared to
make it worth the cash custom
ers' investment. So it is this year.
The management has secured the
services of Lou Bucker, Walla
Walla stunt flyer trained at the
Martin school, to give the crowd
some spine-tingling thrills. In
addition there will be a crop
dusting demonstration by H H.
Beckett of Portland, and, (the ed
itorial fingers are crossed, it Is
suspected that Jack Forsythe will
do some fo the nifty turns with
his little Aeronca that have al
ways brought cheers from the
sidelines. Jack doesn't pose as a
stunt flyer but he is without a
peer in these parts when it comes
to maneuvering a plane.
A feature of the day's activities
will be a flyers' breakfast at the
Lexington cafe. This will be stag
ed at 9:30 and will be open to li
censed pilots.
The celebration will really get
underway with the parade at 10
o'clock. Six chances are offered
to obtain prize money three for
adult or general entries, and
three for kiddies. There will be
gift of some kind for each
child entering the parade. For the
floats, first prize carrying an
award of $15, second $10 and 3rd
$5. Children's prizes are $5, $2.50
and $1.
BASEBALL AT 4 O'CLOCK
Following closely upon the
heels of the air show will be a
baseball game between lone and
Heppner. This will be no game
between pick-up teams. It will
be played by the regular lineups
as registered with the Wheat-
Timber league. While this will be
a special game, the teams will
be trying to improve their play
ing percentages and the folks on
the sidelines will be treated to
the best they have to offer.
Don't overlook the picnic lunch
at noon. There will be a pro
gram and an hour for visiting
and renewing acquaintances.
At the right time in the eve
ning there will be fireworks. Clos
ing the celebration will be a big
dance at the Oddfellows hall,
with music by the Nez Percians,
all-Indian band from LapwaL
Idaho.
Yes, folks!! It looks like a big
day is ahead of you at Lexington
Saturday. Go prepared to have
a good time all day long.
Heppner Couple Saw
Of Historical Interest
Mr. and Mrs. Earle E. Gilliam
returned the end of the week
from a month's trip to the east
coast. In Alexandria, Va., they
attended the ordination of their
son, Jackson, as a deacon ol tne
Episcopal church by the Rt. Rev.
William P. Remington, formerly
of Pendleton but now of Phila
delphia. Following six months
further study, Jackson will be or
dained as a regular priest of the
church and will continue his ed
ucation for another year before
accepting a church. Mr. and Mrs.
Gilliam visited Mt. Vernon and
other points of historic interest
in and around Washington, D. C.
and from there they continued
on to New York City where they
spent a week in sight-seeing and
visiting former Heppner people
now residing in the city. Return
ing west they spent a few days
in St. Louis, Mo.
Those attending the senior
summer school of the Episcopal
church at Cove include Mrs. Merle
Miller, girls' adviser; Sally Conn
Genevieve Cox, JoJean Dix, Mari
lyn Miller, Eleanor Rice, Donald
Blake, Albert Burkenbine, Danny
Ensslin and Eugene Miller. The
sessions continue for ten days
and will terminate June 30. The
junior summer school sessions
will begin early in July.
Mrs. W. Scott Furlong and Mrs.
Walter Farrens were hostesses
for a party Monday afternoon
complimenting Mrs. Frank Ayers
on the occasion of her birthday.
Present were Mrs. Lorena Cole,
Mrs. Lloyd Moyer, Mrs. Lucy
Wright, Mrs. Maggie Hunt, Mrs.
Roland Farrens and Mrs. Walter
Hurley of Portland, house guest
of Mrs. Ayers. Refreshments of
birthday cake, ice cream and cof
fee were served.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted McMurdo and
son Charles were week-end visit
ors in Heppner at the home of his
parents, Dr. and Mrs. A. D. Mc
Murdo. Their daughter, Peggy,
who spent the past several weeks
in Heppner with her grandpar
ents, returned to Portland with
them Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Pierson and
Mr. and Mrs. Plrl Howell spent
the week end in the mountains at
the Howell cabin.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fraters who
July 3 Visitors
Citizens Approve
Additional Levy At
Monday's Election
Street Program
Now in Fair Way
To Be Carried Out
By a vote of 40 to 12, citizens
of Heppner approved the 1948-49
budget, including more than $8,-
000 outside of the six percent lim
itation, submitted by tne city
council and budget committee.
Approval of the budget makes
it possible for the city to go
ahead with a street improvement
program which contemplates re
pairs to all of tne streets ana
some extra work on west side
thoroughfares where heavy rains
have created a drainage prob
lem. It is planned to establish a
curb line on either side of Gale
street and a similar improvement
on West Center and West Balti
more streets. The city will pave
up to the curb lines, establishing
surfaced gutters to facilitate car
rying off soil washed down from
the steep hillsides. Adjacent pro
perty will bear the curb expense.
Some of the bridges need re
pairing and one at least, on So.
Court street, will have to be
practically reconstructed. There
are street repairs to be made all
over the city and an effort will
be made to establish better drain
age on streets other than those
mentioned, although no move has
been made to have the curbing
put in elsewhere. Such a program
may follow If the Gale street
project proves successful, but it
is not contemplated in the cur
rent boudget expenditures.
Legion Makes Clean
Sweep In Softball
The 1948 softball season Is
over and once agan the Ameri
can Legion team ran off with
the coveted Junior chamber of
commerce trophy, with a clean
slate of six games, or the series.
If this performance is repeated
in 1949 the Legion boys will take
permanent possession of'the tro
phy. The Legionnaires clinched the
trophy by decisively pummeling
the Rosewall gang Wednesday
evening, 14-4.
o .
Mrs. Earl Bryant and children
of Lewiston, Idaho, are in Hepp
ner this week for a visit with
relatives and friends. They are
houseguests of her mother, Mrs.
R. A. Thompson.
Many Points
on Eastern Trip
spent the winter months in Cal
ifornia with their daughters have
returned to spend the summer on
their farm in the Eightmile sec
tion. Mr. Fraters is well pleased
I with his crop prospects this year.
remarking that this appears to be
the best wheat raised on the
farm.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Hartnett
and son of Lebanon arrived the
end of the week for a brief visit
here at the home of her mother,
Mrs. Lottie Scherzinger. The
Hartnetts are just returning from
a trip to California. Mrs. Scher
zinger expects to return to Leb
anon with them when they return
home.
Mrs. Ellis Hendricson of San
Leandro, Cal., is visiting here at
the home of her mother, Mrs. Jeff
Jones. Mr. Hendricson brought
her up last week and returned to
California.
Mrs. John Farra and son Jim
mie are visiting in Payette, Idaho,
w ith relatives. Mr. Farra will mo
tor over after them the end of the
week and spend the Fourth of
July holiday there.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Denney of
Portland were week-end business
visitors In Heppner.
Mr. and Mrs. Orva Dyer of
Mayville were transacting busi
ness in Heppner Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Potter of
Condon visited briefly in Hepp
ner Saturday morning, en route
to LaGrande on a business trip.
Mrs. David Wilson and daugh
ter, Mrs. James Barratt, and
George Elder of lone motored to
Portland Monday to attend the
funeral services of their brother,
Shirley Elder, In Portland Tues
day afternoon.
Charles Drscoll of Corvallis is
jspending this week vacationing
in Heppner, visiting friends and
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Dusting
of Hardrnan wore looking after
business matters In lleppimr
Monday.
Dr. A. D. McMurdo motori'd to
Baker Friday to attend the meet
ing of the Eastern Oregon Medi
cal society.
Mrs. J. L. ll.imln and duuijh
tor, Marlene Duliols, left Friday
for Los AngeloH to vllt for u
time with Mrs. Hamlin brother.