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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,
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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,