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OHEGJ: HISTORICAL. SOCIETY PUBLIC A U D I T 0 R I 'J M P 0 K T L A 1 D , ORE. Heppner Gazette Times Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 8, 1948 Volume 65, Number 16 Morrow County 4-H Members Win Points At Show Nine Boys, Girls Enter Exhibits at Annual Contest Exhibiting livestock at the Eastern Oregon Wheat League 4-H Fat show and sale on June 28, 29 and 30 were nine club members from Morrow county. The exhibitors, Rleta and Betty Graves and Neil Beamer, Hepp ner; Ida Lee Chapel; Haidmap; Ingrid Hermann, Jane Seehaieri Duane and Ronald Baker, lone, and Mike Stalcup, Boardman, ex hibited 11 fat beef, seven lambs and one pig, reports N. C. Ander son, county agent. In the beef class, heavy Here ford, Ida Lee Chapel placed first and second with her two calves while Ingrid Hermann took third in this class and Jane Seehafer, seventh; medium Hereford, Bet ty Graves, eighth; light Here- fords, Mike Stalcup, ninth; heavy bhorthorns, Duane Baker, second; Rieta Graves, fourth; Jane See hafer, ninth; light Shorthorns, In grid Hermann, second; Neil Bea mer, fourth. In the lamb classes, Ronald Baker received fifth and seventh place in singles with second place in the pen of five lamb class These were lambs sired by. black laced rams. Mike Stalcup placed seventh with his single Poland China hog. In sheep showmanship Ronald Baker placed second, with Mike Stalcup placing fourth in swine showmanship. In beef showmanship, Hereford class, Ida Lee Chapel placed eighth, and Mike Stalcup, tenth; Shorthorn class, Duane Baker, second; Neil Beamer, fourth; Rl eta Graves, seventh, and Ingrid Hermann, ninth. In the county herdsmanship contest of five calves with Betty Graves as herdsman, the Morrow county group took second place. Duane Baker placed fifth In the livestock judging contest with one hundred club members par ticipating. The climax of the show was the sale on Wednesday evening, where ninety steers, 27 hogs and 56 lambs sold for a total of $37, 907.57. Of this total the nine Morrow county 4- Hclub exhibit ors received $-1,592.77 for their eleven steers, one hog and seven lambs. The average price paid for the lambs was 55 cents a pound, hogs 43.8 cents and beef 39.6 cents. The majority of buyers were from The Dales and Portland. Royal Court of Hermiston Fair Visits Lexington Hermiston Queen Janice I and her four attendants, newly selected royal family of the 1948 Umatilla County fair, began their task of publicizing the fair by attending three celebrations over the 4th of July week end. Queen Janice Daugherty of Her miston and Princesses Kathryn Lazinska of Pendleton, Shirley Warner of Milton-Freewater, Bet ty Lou Emerson of Stanfield and Georgia Snead of Umatilla start ed off by traveling to Lexington on Saturday and making appear ances In the morning parade and the afternoon air show. They were guests of Queen Betty Sme thurst of the Heppner rodeo. Sunday they rode In the Trail dusters at the Echo celebration and three of the girls, Princesses Betty Lou, Kathryn and Shirley, entered events in the afternoon horse competition. Queen Janice and Princess Georgia, who was queen at Umatilla, appeared briefly at the Umatilla rodeo on Sunday afternoon. The court rode In the grand entry parade at the Umatilla ro deo Monday, and Princess Kath lyn gave a roping exhibition dur ing the show. The week-end stint marked the girls' first public apeparance since their selection recently. They were accompanied by their Queen Mother, Mrs. Sam Moore of Hermiston. GIVEN STIFF FINE Chester Wright pled guilty to a charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the Influ ence of alcohol when he appear ed before Justice J. O. Hager Tu esday and was fined $150 and $1.50 costs and sentenced to 60 days In the, county Jail. The Judge suspended the Jail sentence upon promise of Wright to pay the fine and costs in full. He was picked up by Officer Bill Lobhnrt and Deputy Sheriff Gordon Grady on June 28, o Paul Whitcomb of Olean, New York, was an overnight guest Tuesday of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Osmln. Mr. Whllcomb was cn route to southern Oregon In search of a new location, having been advised by his doctor to move out here for his health. Mrs. , Whitcomb will Join him later In the summer. , MoriW Picnic In Laurelhurst Park Draws 175 People The Morrow county annual pic nic was held in Laurelhurst park in Portland June 27, with 175 Morrow county folks present. The day was ideal and every one came with a well filled lunch basket, which was partaken of at 1:30 p.m. Coffee and punch, made by G. H. Olsten, were furnished to everyone. The big event of the afternoon was the raffling of a wool blan ket by the president, Mrs. Olsten, the proceeds of which were used to defray picnic expenses. D. M. Ward drew the lucky number. A gate prize was won by Mrs. Le ona Jennings. It consisted of a salad fork and spoon. Mrs. Etta (Minor) Roberts be ing the oldest lady present re ceived a beautiful corsage. After spending the afternoon visiting and renewing old ac quaintances, all departed looking forward to seeing everyone next year. Mrs. Verda Ritchie, Sec. of Picnic Committee. Loans At Heppner Branch Bank Show Decided Increase Deposits of $3,943,854.18 and loans of $1,068,621.57 at the Heppner branch of First National bank of Portland are shown by the June 30 report which answers the mid-year call of the comptrol ler of currency, according to Merle Becket, branch manager. Loans shown a substantial In crease in volume, as compared with those of a year ago. They are up $595,715.89 for the twelve months period, a gain of 125 per cent. During the same period, de posits fell off slightly, says Beck et. A corresponding rise in the to tal loan volume for First National Bank of Portland including all 44 branches throughout Oreeon. is reported in the current finan cial statement. This is the third consectuive quarterly report in which the First National group nas set a new Oregon banking record for volume of loans and discounts, according to word sent to Becket from Frank N. Bel grano, Jr., president of First Na tional. The June 30 figures are, loans. $146,626,437.93. and denos- its, $180,910,106.10. Loan figures a year ago were $108,146,996.98. Becket quotes Belgrano as sav- ing that the increased loans not only reflect generally higher price levels, but also represent added investment in the resources and economic expansion of Oreeon. They are therefore an indication of the state's prosperity. BILL SNOW'S CAR SIDE SWIPED ON IDAHO TRIP Returning from Nampa, Idaho, where he and several others spent the July 4th week end. vacation, Bill Snow's car was sldeswiped by another car and was severely damaged. Only casualty was a hitchhiker whose head Injuries required 20 stitches. Snow was a member of a parly of Morrow county folks including Mr. and Mrs. Victor Johnson and daughters Rita Dell and Punky, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Smith and daughter Virginia of lone, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Happold, and Wayne Prock. They were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Engkraf, formerly of Heppner, and on their return brought Mrs. Engkraf's daughter, Beverly Clark, who will visit at the Smith home at lone. NEW CHIEF OPERATOR ASSUMED DUTIES JULY 6 Appointment of Miss Leatha M. Smith as chief operator in the Heppner telephone office, suc ceeding Miss Eva M. Susac trans ferred to a similar post at John Day, was announced this week by W. R. Brown, district mana ger for -The Pacific Telephone anrl telegraph Co. The changes were made effec tive July 6. Prior to her present assignment, Miss Smith held a supervisory position In the company office at Bend. Before that she served as agency manager at Athena, and more recently as acting manager in the Prlneville telephone office. She plans to make her home In Heppner Immediately. o SPENT WEEK END HERE Mr. and Mrs. Cachot Therkel sen and their guests, Mr. and Mrs. William Bonham and daughter Patricia spent the week end in Heppner while making a visit to several easlern Oregon towns. The Bonhnms are hotel proprietors, at present operating the Hotel Dunsmulr at Dunsmulj Cal. Mr. Bonham was with the Hotel Montlcello in Longvlcw, Wash., for 11 years. o JOINS MONMOUTH FACULTY Miss Carolyn Moyer has Join ed the faculty at Oregon College of Education at Monmouth as one of the primary supervisors, she has informed the E. W. Moyer family at Heppner. Miss Moyer has been teaching In Portland for the past four years. She is a daughter of E. W. Moyer and a sister of Mrs, Robert Owens, Harlem Globe Trotters Name To Be Reckoned With In Sports World By Jim Barratt In basketball, the name Har lem Globe Trotters has come to be known as the epitome of the sport with the game's great est lineup and a scintillating brand of showmanship and com edy adding spice to their appear ance. The same has become true of the crack baseball team of the same name and management, as the fans will see when the clever Negro players meet the Heppner Townies on the Rodeo grounds field Wednesday, July 21. Abe Saperstein, noted manag er of the Negro squad, will break a precedence and accompany 16 players to Heppner, according to LaVerne Van Marter who is han dling the scheduling'of the game. As a team, the Globe Trotters have compiled interesting and revealing statistics. This is the fourth season for the club and in that short span of time they have come to be known as one of the strongest Negro teams in action and certainly the best of all trav eling units. AugmeAting a colorful person nel is one of the best clowns in baseball Ed Hamman in him self a real show A white youth, Hamman presents a hilarious sideshow known from coast to coast and he is always a welcome appearance as he constantly adds new stunts to keep his pre sentations new and fresh, accord ing to advance publicity from Manager Saperstein. Legion Team Again Holder of Coveted Softball Trophy The American Legion Softball team, by virtue of its undefeated reign as kingpins of the city's four squad league, last week an nexted the large trophy presented annually by the Heppner Jaycees. Managed by Jimmie Driscoll, the Legionnaires were recently challenged to a second game by the Pendleton Eagles, the game to be played on the Heppner field. The Eagles won the initial game between the two squads by a 24 to lb score at Pendleton Squad-members of the trophy- Silver Dollars In Automobile Tank Arouse Curiosity Gilbert Batty is pondering over the discovery of several sliver dollars which he recently found in the gas tank of his automobile. Something was causing the feed line to choke and the trouble was traced to the tank, and there, he found the pieces of silver. How the money happened to be in the gasoline tank is cause for speculation. Someone might have had to get rid of it and seiz ed upon that as a hiding place that even a smart detective would not think of searching. Batty said he is the third or fourth owner of the car and knows nothing of its past. He realizes that he got more than he bargained for. Some of the dollars were coined in the '80's and '90 s while others were of much later date. According to word received in Heppner, James Davis died Tues day evening at his home in Cle Elum, Wash. Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Davis and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Davis have gone to Cle Elum for the services. 1 When Country Folk Go To Church fa Mp'mm:i J Once a month, rain or shine, hail or snow, people In the Eight Mile-Gooseberry district ol western Morrow county as semble at the Valby Lutheran church for worship, A minister comes from Portland or The Dalles to conduct the service winners include the following: Don Bennett and C. J. D. Bauman, catchers; Herb Schunk, pitcher; Jack Edmondson, Roger Connor, Walt Barger and Harry Van Horn, infielders; Don DuBois, Wade Bothwell, Bill Blake and Otto Steinke, outfielders. Heppner Captures Celebration Game From lone, 13-5 The Heppner Townies baseball nine combined the hurling slants of Harlan McCurdy, former Paci fic University star, with 16 hits off four pitchers to down the lone team 13 to 5 in one of the highlights of the Lexington eel ebration last Saturday, July 3. Paced by the big bats of the Massey brothers, Ray and Al, each credited with a triple, the Heppner squad broke up a one all deadlock in the third frame to grab a lead never relinquished throughout the game. Other play ers garnering extra base hits were Red Grove and Bill Buck num, Heppner catcher and third bagger, and Don Heliker, lone left fielder, each batting a dou ble. McCurdy issued 10 hits to the losers and despite loose fielding by his teammates in the early innings scattered the safeties and held lone to its five runs. Ross Doherty started on the mound for lone but turned the Job over to Earl Pettyjohn when Heppner turned on the heat in the third inning. Pettyjohn hurled until the sixth, relieved by Bob Drake, who in turn was replaced by Art I stefani the first of the eighth. Doherty was charged with the loss. The game, scheduled just prior to the Lex festivities, does not count on league standings. The lineups: lone (5) Doher ty, R., p; Herman, c; Rice, 1; Riet mann, 2; Bergstrom, 3; Drake, B., s; Heliker, If; Engelman, cf; Pet tyjohn, rf; Stefani, p; Heppner MtCurdy, p; Grove, c; McRoberts. 1; Drake, D.. 2; Bucknum. 3: Bergstrom, N., s; Manners, If ' Massey, A., cf ; Massey, R., rf. New Check Plan In Use at Local Bank A new tpe of checking account, for the convenience of customers whose use of checks Is limited, is being offered by the First Na tional bank of Portland, and is obtainable at the Heppner branch. The new checking account, called the Low Cost Checkplan, gives the customer all the con veniences and safety of doing business by check with no mini mum balance, no service charge, and with the simplest kind of record keeping, according to Merle Becket, manager of the Heppner branch. The Low Cost Checkplan pro vides for purchase of checks in books of ten, Becket says. There after the customer has no check ing account costs or obligations other than writing the checks and making sure there is sufficient money on deposit to cover them. The original purchase price of the ten checks takes care of all banking and bookkeeping costs, and eliminates many transac tion records, Becket explains. Cus tomers using this plan pay no other charges for writing checks or maintaining thp amnnt - 4 and perchance hold a business session afterwards. The usual procedure Is for the women to spread a potluclc dinner on the tables In the parish house next door and there is an hour of fellowship and visiting. Such was the case when the above picture was taken June 27. It 5-Year Sentence Drawn By Ament For Manslaughter Judge Paroles Him Due to Age And Health Condition Loren John Ament, 71, under indictment for involuntary man slaughter for the slaying of Wil 11am Greener, pled guilty to the charge before Judge Homer I. Watts Wednesday and was given a sentence of five years in the state penitentiary and paroled. Judge Watts came to Heppner Wednesday morning for the pur pose of disposing of the case, which was held over from the spring term of circuit court. In passing sentence, Judge Watts took into consideration Ament's age and condition of health, not wishing to commit him to serve time in prison so long as his personal conduct jus tifies his limited liberty. He will be responsible to the court thru- out the period of his sentence and to enable him to enjoy his liberty the judge laid down a few musts' with which he must comply. During the life of the probation, Ament will not be permitted to drink or gamble, or to associate with drinkers and gamblers, or to indulge in games of chance of any kind; neither will he be permitted to inhabit any gambl ing establishment. Also that the defendant shall at all times con duct himself as a law abiding citizen of the state of Oregon and shall refrain from associating with any person or persons who are habitual violators of the laws of the state of Oregon. It is stipulated that the defend ant shall keep himself as stead ily employed as his age and phy sical condition wil permit, and shall contribute to the support of his wife commensurate with his earnings; that defendant shall not leave the county of Morrow, state of Oregon, without first ob taining the written permission of the state parole officer or the Judge of this court. o Wandering Woman Token Into Custody On Butter Creek A woman wandering about the countryside in the vicinity of his ranch aroused the curiosity of John Brosnan Tuesday morning, with the result that he contacted her and invited her to the house. After a little visit with her, he and Mrs. Brosnan decided that she was mentally ill and that she should be placed in the hands of proper authority. They brought her to town and placed her in Sheriff Bauman's custody and he likewise concluded that all was not well with her. After questioning the woman a few minutes, the sheriff called the superintendent of the state hospital at Pendleton and was in formed that a woman answering that description had escaped from the institution two days before. The sheriff took her to Pendleton Tuesday afternoon. She had been committed to the hospital from Malheur county, officials said. IONE CLUB TO PICNIC The Ameca club is having a picnic at Parker's Mill July 11. t was one of the rare days of 1948 when the sky was clear a good time for a picture and with Louis Lynos of the Heppner Photo Studio right on hand It was but a matter of minutes to get the congregation assem bled. The Rev. Hokenson of Portland, in center foreground. Extent Of Hail Damage Not Known; Lexington Section Hit Episcopal Church Scene of Ball-Hall Marriage Rites Saturday P. M. By Ruth Payne At a 4 p.m. ceremony Saturday at All Saints Episcopal church Miss Harriet Ball, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Archie C. Ball of Heppner, became the bride of Eu gene Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hall of Wetmore. Rev. Neville Blunt read the single ring service. The bride, given in mar riage by her father, was lovely in a gown of white satin made with fitted bodice long point sleeves, round neckline and bouf fant skirt with a full court train. Her fingertip veil was held by a braided satin band. Her only adornment was a string of pearls and she carried an arm bouquet of red roses. Mrs. LaVerne Van Marter, sis ter of the bride, was matron of honor. She wore a pink gown with blue accessories and carried nosegay bouquet of pink car nations and sweetpeas. Brides maids were Eileen Ball, sister of the bride; Francine Hisler and Beverly Yocom. They wore pink gowns with blue accessories and corsages of pink carnations. Dick Harmon of Texas was best man and Junior Hughes and Her- val Pettyjohn of Heppner were ushers. Mrs. Neville Blunt played the wedding marches. The altar was beautifully dec orafed with white lilies and bas kets of Picardy gladioli were pla ced in the chancel. For the wedding Mrs. Ball chose a gown of light blue silk and a gardenia corsage. Mrs. Hall wore a beige frock with brown acces sories and a gardenia corsage. Following the ceremony, a re ception was held in the parish hall which was artistically decor ated with bouquets of rosebuds, delphinium and lilies. Mrs. P. W. Mahoney continued with the serving of the wedding cake after the first piece had been cut by the bride and groom. Mrs. Ken neth K. Mahoney and Mrs. W. F. Barkla poured. Assisting about the rooms were Mrs. Don Hatfield and Miss Yvonne Bleakman. Im mediately following the recep tion, the young couple left on a motor trip to California where they will visit in Los Angeles with Mrs. Hall's aunts, Miss Vera Mahoney and Mrs. Cecil J. Espy and in Oaji with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Irving A. Ma ther. In Bakersfield they will vis it Mr. Hall s brother and sister in-law Mr. and Mrs. Luther Hall. Out-of-town guests here for the wedding included Mrs. Jack Hynd, Mrs. C. L. Lieuallen and Miss Doris Schaffer of Pendleton Mrs. Emory Gentry of Weston, and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Kennedy and Mr. and Mrs. Dean Moore and family of Wetmore. The junior summer school of All Saints Episcopal church con vened at Cove July 5 and will continue for ten days. Those from Heppner in attendance are Forest Burkenbine, Wendel Connor, Da vid Miller, Terry Thompson, Mar vin Wightman, Jimmie Wight man, Jean Marie Graham. Mar garet Anne Miller, Judy Thomp son, Key Valentine, and Peggy Wightman. Mrs. Marvin R. Wight- man is acting as senior adviser to the group. Election of officers was held at the recent meeting of the brought the message and con firmed three young men at the 11 o'clock service. The church was built more than 50 years ago. The parish house was acquired by the con gregation from the school dis trict and moved to Its present location two or three years ago. Lexington Fourth Celebration Proves Highly Successful Lexington's celebration on July 3 was a big surcess. . From the time the parade started at 10 o'clock until the final strains of "Home, Sweet Home" at the end of the dance, everybody had a good time. People of the county turned out well to take in the celebration and to participate in the parade and other program features. Winning float of the parade was the entry of the Amicitia club, a huge Liberty Bell made of crepe paper to the exact size of the real bell. Second prize was awarded to the Three Links club for its entry, "Bells and Beaus," which was made of blue bells and pink bows and carried little boys and girls. Lexington gran ge's entry captured third prize. This was a highly decorated truck carrying a group of children and bearing the caption, 'The Most Important Crop of All." The Lexington Parent-Teacher association float was mounted on a trailer and depicted the Lex- jngton school and gymnasium buildings constructed of crepe paper. Another float was the Blue Bird, which was a big bird house with red chimney and car rying little blue bird girls. The Horizon club float contained a big sign on which were the set ting sun and the words, "Sken so wa ne," which means peace in the Indian language. Three little girls in ceremonial garb rode on the float. The I.O.O.F. lodge entry represented Betsy Ross making the first flag. Leon ard Munkers, Ed Grant's station, Henderson's garage, and the Lex ington Oil Cooperative also had floats. The wining out-of-town float was entered by the Junior chamber of commerce from Hepp ner. It depicted a boxing ring in which were two little boys giving a good exhibition of the art of self defense. The lone American Legion and the Wranglers added materially to the parade, as did many chil dren on ponies. The Heppner and lone base, ball teams put on a good exhibi tion after the air show, follow ing which several concessions were opened to the public. A big dance at the I.O.O.F. hall con cluded the day's program, with music provided by the Nez Per- cians, all-Indian band from Lap. wai, Idaho. Heppner Library association as follows; President, Ruth Payne; vice president, Frances Palmer; secretary-treasurer, Ethelyn Pier son, and librarian, Josephine Ma- noney. Mrs. James Webb and children of Walla Walla were visitors last week in Heppner at the home of her mother, Mrs. Sophrona Thompson. Miss Margaret Gillis returned the first of the week from Port land where she attended a meet ing of the Oregon State Board of Health. Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Tollison on Thursday were their daughter, Lela, and Miss Helen Carson of Walla Walla, and Miss Lillias Hynd of Pendleton. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wilson left the end of the week for Post Falls. Idaho, where they will spend a fortnight vacationing and visit ing relatives. Mrs. Fred Parrish is assisting in Humphreys Drug store during July while vacations are being taken by regular staff members. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Nuttins and daughter, Corabelle, are spending a twelve-day vacation in Wallowa. During this time, Mr. Nutting was announcer for me vtanowa rodeo over July 4. Mr. and Mrs .Robert Lowe and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Evans enter tained at a lawn party on July 4 at the Evans country home com plimenting Mrs. Orrin Wrieht nn the occasion of her birthday. Pre sent for the affair were Mr. and Mrs. Dick Zimmerman and chil dren of Portland; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wright and son of Rhea creek; Mr. and Mrs. Claude Bus chke and sons; Mrs. Martha Brown and daughter of Roseburg; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Massey, Mrs. Emma Evans, Clayton Wright, Junior Wright and Miss Yvonne Bleakman. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Ebert and two children visited briefly In Heppner with friends Thursday en route to Echo to visit his oar- ents. Mr. Ebert was county agent "ere ai one time. Mrs. Ruth Gosley returned to her home in Hood River Thurs day after spending a few days in Heppner with her mother, Mrs V. R. Runnion. Mr. and Mrs. Oral Wright and daughters are vacationing this week at Wallowa lake. Extent of damage to wheat crops from storms visiting sec tions of the county the first of the week had not been determin ed this morning and probably will not be estimated until ad justers get into the field. That there has been damage goes without saying, but the growers have been a little tardy in re porting to local insurance agen cies and a definite report is lack ing at this time. A heavy electrical storm, ac companied by hail and rain, swept over the Lexington area Tuesday evening and many fields suffered damage therefrom. Hail stones one-half inch and more In diameter pelted the ripened grain over a wide area, leaving greatly reduced yields in their wake. The heavy rain which followed the hail filled gullies and in places new hillside ditches, particularly in the Blackhorse and Juniper canyons. The storm assumed generous proportions and spread to the Butter creek region, cross ing over lower Sand Hollow and then swinging back, eventually swinging south and visiting Heppner and intervening terri tory. Some of the wheatraisers re porting heavy losses were Lloyd Howton, Merle Miller, Henry Rauch, Howard Campbell, Harry Duvall and Newt O'Harra. Arnold Pieper said Wednesday that part of his crop was hit but he had not estimated the damage. It is reasonable to believe that others in the vicinity of those mentioned were hit but ho re ports have been received. Jim Valentine and Sam Turner re ported losses not yet estimated. Nothing has been heard from the Gooseberry and upper Eight mile sections. A heavy rainfall visited that area Sunday evening but no damage from hail has been mentioned. The Art Stefani and Van Hubbard ranches axe said to have suffered some hail damage in the Sunday storm. Harry Duvall reported Wednes day that the Tuesday evening storm washed out bridges in Blackhorse, the ordinarily dry bed of the creek being turned into a raging torrent in a short while. Most of the crops hit by the hail are covered with insurance, there being a few exceptions among the farmers who have op erated in that territory for many years and never found hail in surance necessary before. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Doolittle motored to Elgin Saturday after noon to spend the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rood. Sun day, the party enjoyed an outing at Wallowa Lake resort. Mr. and Mrs. Rood are operating a hard ware store at Elgin, having mov ed there early In the spring from Athena where they lived for some months after leaving Heppner last year. Mr. and Mrs. Harrv O'Donnell Jr. motored to Rockaway for the July 4 holiday. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Rugg and son Fred, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Brown (Frances Kugg) and children of Hermiston, motored to Walla Walla Satur day to spend the holiday with another son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Anson Rugg. The patry spent July 4 on a family picnic at Mill creek east of the city. Mrs. Charles Becket of the Lib erty section was doing some mar keting in Heppner Tuesday. Mrs. Fred Wiliams and her mother, Mrs. May Smith of Doug, las, Wyoming, arrived in HeDD- ner Tuesday afternoon to attend the wedding of Mrs. Williams' son, Bob Runnion Jr. to Miss Jean turner, an event of Saturday af ternoon at St. Patrick's Roman Catholic church. Mr. Williams is expected to join them lat er in the week. New books placed in circula tion this week at the Heppner Public library include: Wright, "Shepherd of the Hills"; Brom field, 'The Rains Came"; de Mau rier, "Rebecca"; Buck, "Peony"; Abbott, "The Outsiders"; Lamp man, 'The Wild Swan"; tgo. "Sharon Valley"; Mitchell, "Gone With the Wind"; and Field. "All lhis, and Heaven Too"; Eberle, "Our Oldest Friends"; Thompson! 'The Oldest Story." Mrs. Elsa Terry and children of Beaverton are hous guests this week at the home of her bro ther and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Scouten. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Thomus re turned the end of the week from a month's tour of the southern states. Mrs. Thomas reports a very enjoyable trip, having visit ed many historical points of In terest including New Orleans, Mammoth cave and manv iih..r They had no car trouble during enure journey of some 2500 miles. Mrs. Anna lleiny of Falrview is visiting at the hnme of her daughter, Mrs. Eugene Ferguson. Mrs. Heiny, who has been ill for the past few months, Is much Improved at this time and would appreciate having her friends call on her. Mrs. Harold Evans annoiinres the engagement of her daugh ter, Yvonne Bleakman. Wood of Pendleton. The wedding will be an event of December,
