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Heppner Gazette Times
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, January 6, 1949
Volume 65, Number 42
Councilmen Learn
Of City's Program
Of Improvements
Mayor Outlines
Projects Calling
For Early Action
New councilmen taking seats
Monday evening were apprised
of an active Improvement pro
gram which has been underway
for many mouths but not claim
ing too much attention since the
fall elections.
Numerous projects were men
tioned by Mayor Conley Lanham
In presenting "the state of the
city" to the council. Principal
among these was the drainage
problem created by wash from
the steep hillsides which fills
nearby streets and yards with
mud during the spring run-off or
when a flash storm strikes. He
asked the council to give this
problem serious study and to
bring up recommendations at the
next meeting.
Some light on the proposed
sewer system was shed by the
mayor and this too was tossed In
the laps of the councilmen for
careful study. The city has $78,
000 on hand in the sinking fund
that can be used for sewer system
construction but it will still re
quire approximately $200,000 to
make the Job complete.
The mayor announced that the
South Court street bridge has
been fabricated In Portland and
that Installation will be made as
soon as weather permits the pour
ing of concrete.
Other business attended to In
cluded the reappointment of J. J.
Nys as city attorney; promise
from members of the volunteer
fire department that there will
be steps taken at once to reor
ganize and choose a fire chief,
and the raising of the salary of
the chief of police from $250 to
$.300 per month. Both Mr. Nys
and Chief Grady were paid high
compliments by the council,
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Lexington Folks
Visit, Entertain
Ik
By Mrs. Cecil Jones
Mrs. Sam McMillan returned to
her home Tuesday after a two
weeks' stay In the Mid-Columbia
hospital In The Dalles where she
had a major operation.
News has been received In Lex
ington that S. G. McMillan Is
somewhnt Improved In Portland
where he is recuperating from
an Illness.
Jack O'Harra who Is employed
in Klamath Falls spent Christ
mas with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Newt O'Harra.
Maurice Groves and son Larry
returned Saturday after several
days spent in Salem. Mr. Groves
was held up on his return home
by the bad roads.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cornel Ison,
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Munkers,
Marvin Way and Floyd Breeding
were New Years eve visitors at
the Ken Way home in Pendleton.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Feathers and
children returned New Year's
from their vacation spent at
Clackamas with Mr. and Mrs.
Kellogg.
Miss Joy Gerharz returned Sun
day from Lander, Wyo., where she
spent the vacation at the home
of her parents.
Jerry Baker returned New
Year's from a vacation spent In
Portland. Mrs. Baker will remain
with her parents In the city for
awhile.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Grant and
family from Prinevllle spent the
New Year's vacation at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Elroy Martin and
while here spent much time with
their many acquaintances.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Jones, Jo
McMillan and George Erwin mo.
tored to Pendleton Sunday where
they met Joy Gerharz, and all
spent some time at the Ken Way
home.
Mrs. Kenneth Peck and son and
new baby daughter, Martha Lu
cille, flew to Pendleton December
21 where they were met by Ken
neth. Mrs. Peck was returning
from Eugene where she has been
at the home of her parents, and
where her small daughter was
born
Mr. and Mrs. Elwynne Peck and
Mrs. Owens made a business trip
to Portland last week
Mrs. Lillian Smith of Ordnance,
daughter of Mrs. Alex Hunt, re
turned to her home Friday after
a stay In the St. Anthony's hos
pltal in Pendelton.
Mrs. Elsie Beach returned Tu
esday from a trip to eastern
states. She attended the national
Farm Bureau convention while
away.
Frank Lindsay has been ill
several days at his home at Mor
gan. He is reported somewhat
better at this writing.
Mrs. Howard Cleveland is re
ported on the mend after a ser
ious Illness of several days.
Random Thoughts..:
Our apologies this week go to
the Broadfoot brothers, who com
prise the Big Four Lumber com
pany. In mentioning that they
were movng their mill from the
east fork of Willow creek to Mon
ument we said it would occpy a
building being put up by the
Heppner Lumber company. This
appears to have been an error,
inasmuch as the Big Four Lum
ber company is taking over the
operation and putting up the mill
plant. Output from the new mill,
a good share of it at least, will
be processed through the Heppner
Lumber company plant here.
If the Impression has prevailed
that the Junior chamber of com
merce is dead, that impression
will have to do a right-about face.
It is true that the younger men
have not been so visibly active
In recent months, but they have
been meeting regularly and keep
ing their minds alert on matters
of civic interest. Currently, the
the Jaycees are working on plans
to revive the youth center activ
ities In an effort to provide some
form of recreational entertain
ment for the school age folk at
least one night each week.
Other groups of the city will
be asked to participate in this
work. Lack of interest on the part
of the older people was largely
responsible for the movement
slowing down. The sponsoring
group could not provide enough
supervisors and in reality the
chaperonage finally dwindled
down to one faithful Jaycee.
This would seem to be a mat
ter in which the parents them
selves should have some interest.
If they would manifest Interest
it would be an easier matter to
do something about the Juvenile
delinquency problem. We some
times wonder if It would not be
more appropriate to devote more
attention to the matter of par
ental delinquency If that Is not
the crux of the situation. We
can't blame the young people for
veering off to the left if their
parents make no attempt to steer
them along the right course.
However, it was the Intent of
this column to discuss Juvenile
delinquency. The main object
was to commend the Jaycees for
staying on the job and to give
the organizations of the town
churches, Lodges, civic clubs
warning to be prepared to take
a part In this movement to pro
vide a youth center.
Since winter has been so In ev
idence one frequently hears the
remark that "I believe this Is
about the coldest winter we've
ever had." The record doesn't bear
out this belief. In reality, the
lowest mark recorded on the lo
cal government thermometer was
three degrees above zero. Some
of the family thermometers here
and there have shown lower
marks in Heppner, and there is
no doubt but that the tempera
tures have been considerably low
er in the. higher elevations, but
some doubt exists as to this be
ing the coldest winter we've ever
had.
That Is a broad statement, and
broad statements are always sub
ject to scrutiny and analysis. No
doubt the older residents of the
community can recall numerous
winters colder than this one, win
ed around 10 to 20 below, but
such cold snaps were usually ac
companied by heavier snowfall
than we have experienced this
winter.
If the Gazette Times should
lapse into a status of missing the
mail the next few weeks it will
be because one member of the
staff is taking a well-deserved
rest. Due to heavy work of the
past season and carrying a load
of civic activities, Mrs. Crawford
overtaxed her strength and was
forced to bed Tuesday morning
following a mild heart attack. If
she can remain quiet for 30 days
or so she may be able to resume
most of her activities, and in the
meantime the rest of the force
will be carrying on to the best of
their respective abilities.
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Shamrocks Garner
Double Win From
Pilot Rock Clubs
The Heppner Shamrock hoop-
sters started their 1949 season im
pressively Monday night when
they Journeyed to Pilot Rock to
win both games of the double
header with the Pilot Rock Town
ies. Hitting the hoop from all an
gles the Shamrocks ran away
with both games by large mar
ginsThe "B" squad contest end
ed with the score 45 to id, ana
the "A" game final was 59 to 38.
Stan Kemp, husky Heppner
center, led all scorers with 22
points, followed by Kupp, Pilot
Rock forward, who accounted for
18 tallies.
Thursday night the Shamrocks
meet two teams from Hcrmiston,
followed by a return game at
Heppner with Pilot Rock on Mon
day, January 10.
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Newt Matteson returned home
Monday from St. Joseph's hospit
al in Pendleton where he recently
underwent a surgical operation
for a stomach aliment.
BOUQUET OF ROSES
For his fine Job In heading the
work of decorating Main street
for the Christmas holidays, the
Junior chamber of commerce has
voted Glenn Parsons the man of
the month for December and
awarded him the club's "Bouquet
of Roses."
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March Of Dimes
Goes Into Action
Friday, January 14
Portland, Dec. 30 The annual
March of Dimes swings into ac
tion in Morrow county and the
rest of Oregon and the nation, as
well, January 14 and continues
through January 31 with an un
precedented overall goal of $30,
000,000. The dates were announced to
day by Charles Ruggles, 1949
March of Dimes chairman for this
county, who urged that "every
one give at least 50 per cent more
this time."
Oregon volunteers in the forth
coming March of Dimes will ga
ther at radio stations throughout
the state at 1:45 Jan. 6 to receive
15 minutes of instructions during
a closed -circuit broadcast by
President Basil O'Connor of the
National Foundation for Infan
tile Paralysis. Stations partici
pating will be KWIL, Albany;
KBND, Bend; KOOS, Coos Bay;
KORE, Eugene; KUIN, Grants
Pass; KFJI, Klamath Falls; KAST,
Astoria; KRNR, Roseburg; KSLM,
Salem, and POJ, Portland.
The Morrow county March of
Dimes chairman revealed that he
had received a night letter from
O'Connor In which the foundation
head asserted, "Make no mistake
about it this is an emergency
situation." The wire went on to
state that "if we are to continue
to help polio victims, and be pre
pared for epidemics next year,
and continue our educational and
research programs, the next
March of Dimes must be the
greatest ever and net at least
$30,000,000. Without this we can
not fulfill our pledges to patients
and the public."
O Conors communication re
vealed that In 1948 alone it had
cost $17,000,000 to care for polio
patients, that the foundations
epidemic aid fund had been ex
hausted and that many chapter
treasuries had been depleted. The
local county chairman pointed
out that polio in Oregon in 1948
was up 200 per cent over last
year's figures.
Jackman Proposes
Increased Grass
Crops in Forests
A constructive program of In
creasing grass and reducing use
less and dangerous brush growth
In national forests is advocated
by E. R. Jackman, farm crops
specialist at Oregon State college,
In an article in the January is
sue of the Country Gentleman.
Jackman, who has been with the
O.S.C. extension service for more
than 30 years, was author of the
recent article on Burns in the
Post's cities of America series.
Jackman deplores the current
feuding between haters of the
forest service on one hand and
haters of so-called catlle barons
on the other. Cattle barons are
few and far between, he says,
and few of these use the national
forests. Figures show the average
number of cattle grazed by each
owner on all forests in the nation
is 68.
Similarly Jackman believes the
forest service is mainly made up
of "the finest group of men in
any of the government services,"
ranking high in unselfish and
capable public service. Most of
them are friendly to multiple use
of the forests and for timber pro
duction, water supply, recreation,
wild life and livestock grazing.
To reverse the admitted reduc
tion in feed resources on forest
lands Jackman advocates a six
point program designed to re
verse the present trend toward
more underbrush thickets which'
he says reduce both grass and
tree growth, increase fire hazards
and reduce water supplies. His
program follows in condensed
form:
1. Reseed with adapted grasses
all depleted meadows and other
open spaces.
2. Reseed grass after every ac
cidental fire, a practice benefi
cial both to grazing and new tree
growth.
Reseed with grass in the wake
of all logging operations.
4. Continue water development
work to spread stock as widely
as possible.
5. Step up forest research in at
tempt to learn other ways of
stopping the thickets.
6. Destroy sagebrush or other
useless brush and then seed all
such lands within the forest.
PTA MEETING 12TH
"Education for Good Citizen
ship" will be the theme for the
next regular meeting of the
Heppner Parent -Teacher associa
tion which will be held January
12 In the high school auditorium.
The meeting will open at 8 o
clock and will be presided over
by Edwin Dick.
Barnstorming Boys
From Burns Beat
Bohles' Basketeers
Mustang Lead in
First Canto Soon
Lost to Invaders
By Jim Barratt
Coach Vernon Bohies' Heppner
Mustangs displayed a hoop squad
of winning talents for the first
quarter against the barnstorm
ing Burns Bulldogs here Thurs
day night, but failed to keep up
the pace set by the visitors who
went on to win, 40-29.A classy
Burns "B" squad passed the
Heppner ponies dizzy in the intra
mural contest to easily win.
Paced by its speed-merchant
forward, Harold Manners, the
Mustangs grabbed an early lead
of 14-12, but after that point the
sharp -shooting Burns quint mov
ed ahead to hold a nine point
lead throughout most of the fray.
Heppner displayed a fast-break
offense unique to others used
here in previous years, using long
passes and an airtight zone de
fense in bottling up the visitors
at the beginning. Margin of vic
tory for the Burns outfit, however,
was ability to hit the hoop where
as Heppner's shots seemed des
tined to roll In... but then out
Timms, pint-sized Burns guard,
showed a world of class with his
dribbling and one-handed shots
outside the key.
Manners led Heppner scorers
with six field goals but gave up
scoring honors to Jones of Burns,
who tallied 16. Jerry Waters, al
though off In his shooting, play
ed a good defensive and back
board game as did his running
mate, Jimmy Sumner, Mustang
center.
Outstanding performers for the
Heppner ponies were Connor and
Phil Smith, but the Burns Bees
showed too much hoop savvy for
the Heppnerites to cope with.
Lineups:
Heppner, 29 Burns, 40
Manners 12 f . .... .. ... .1 Burdett
Waters 8 1 Stewart
Sumner 2 c 11 Walters
Gunderson 6 ... g 10 Timms
Ruhl 1 g 16 Jones
Substitutions: Heppner, Jones,
Piper, Smith and Connor; Burns,
White, Fields, Smith, Meykoff. i.
Til ley and Brandt. '
Referee: Kliegal of Pendleton.
Dr. J. D. Palmer's
Brother Victim Of
Airplane Disaster
When newf of the airplane
wreck at Seattle was heard on
local radios Monday morning
there was no thought on the part
of anyone that Heppner might
be concerned. Yet it was. for on
the plane bearing the Yale stu
dents was Russell Palmer, one of
the fatalities, brother of Dr. J.
D. Palmer, Heppner dentist.
Russell, 28 and a senior in mu
sic at Yale, had been a concert
pianist for a number of years
and was a great favorite with all
who knew him.
It was the sad task of Dr. Pal
mer to go to Seattle and aid in
identifying his brother's body. He
left Monday morning expecting
to remain until after the funeral.
Oregon Highway
Users Pay Heavily
To Federal Gov't
Oregon highway users
paid
$13,505,917 during 1947 to
the
federal government in special
automotive taxes, according to
man of the Oregon Highway Us
figures made public by the chair
eers conference, T. R. Conway,
who is manager of the Oregon
State Motor association.
The Oregon vehicle users' big
gest payment to the federal trea
sury was in the form of the 11-2
cent federal gasoline tax. A total
of $5,496,134 was pad in this one
tax alone. Federal excise taxes
collected in Oregon on automo
biles amounted to $2,68,790; on
tires and tubes, $2,295,825; on au
tomotive parts and bpiwmv's
$1,550,988; on trucks $1,042,063,
and on lubricating oil $182,117.
These taxes. Mr. Conway point
ed out, go to the national govern
ment's general funds, whereas
states generally depend on their
special automotive taxes for
highway purposes. More than 600
organizations, including a num
ber of Oregon groups, have peti
tioned Congiess to end these
emergency federal taxes, which
were heavily increased during
the war.
The figures were compiled by
the National Highway Users Con
ference. They Include only those
portions of the total collections
which are attributed to highway
use.
Mrs. Wendell Aldrlch Is listed
among the sick people of the
community for the week. At last
I report she was on the mend.
Lexington Airport In Line For
Federal Aid With Local Help
Further development of the
Lexington airport is seen if a
funding campaign can be met
locally. This information was im
parted Tuesday by former Mayor
Alonzo Henderson of Lexington,
who has been a leader in the port
project since the beginning.
According to Henderson, the
airport is still in line for a $7000
grant from federal funds. This
is contingent upon the airport
commission's ability to meet the
offer with matching funds in the
sum of $5,500, of which the state
board of aeronautics has taken
care of $1,828.17 through the al
location of preliminary engineer
ing costs. This leaves a balance
of $3,670.83 for the local commun.
ity to raise, or $1,223.60 per year
for three years. Each year the
federal agency will post $2,333.33,
making a total of $3,556.93 avail
able for improvement each of the
three years.
Henderson pointed to the fact
that there are now nine planes
based at the airport. More may
be added before the year is out.
Additional runways are needed
and to permit these there must
be more land acquired by the
commission. A tract of 17 12 ac
res adjoining the present port
property can be obtained and
Federal Engineers
Arrange Hearings
For NW Projects
The board of engineers for riv
ers and harbors a permanent
body in Washington which re
views development plans and
survey reports of the corps of en
gineers prior to their submission
to congress, will hold four pub
lic hearings at different cities in
the northwest at which views of
those interested In the corps of
engineers' "308" review report on
the Columbia River and Tributar
ies will be received.
This announcement was made
by Colonel Theron D. Weaver,
North Pacific division engineer
of the corps of engineers, on his
return from Wshaington, D. C,
where he conferred with the
board which is now considering
the report. The public notice, out
lining the report, was issued by
Colonel Weaver last November 8
and the plans have subsequently
been widely discussed at various
public meetings and in the press.
The river and harbor board's
hearings wilj be at Spokane on
Monday, January 31; at Seattle,
Tuesday, February 1; at Portland
Wednesday, February 2; and at
Boise, Friday, February 4. The
time limit for presenting com
ments on the report is now ex
tended by the board to February
4.
The board's voluntary action in
holding the hearings in this area
is taken because of the far-reaching
sgnificance and wide inter
est in the regional development
plans and the recommendations
contained in the report, Colonel
Weaver said. The regional hear
ings will afford local interests the
maximum convenience in pre
senting their views to the board
in person. Without such hearings
in this region it would be neces
sary for those who wished to
comment on the report orally to
the board to go to Washington
in order to do so. Most hearings
on regional development plans
before the board of engineers for
rivers and harbors are held at
Gravelly Point in the District of
Columbia.
Full details of the exact time
and meeting place for each of the
four hearings will be announced
in the near future. Notices will be
sent to those organizations and
individuals who received the no
tice of November 8, Colonel Wea
ver said.
NEW POSTAL SERVICE
TO START IN VALLEY
At 8:10 a.m., Monday, January
10th, the "Pony Express" will be
reborn. On that date the first
Highway Post Office to be put In
operation In the northwest will
leave Portland's Terminal Rail
way Post Office on Its first offi
cial trip.
This time, instead of one lone
will be the power of two hun
dred and ten horses to speed the
rider and his trusty pony, there
mail on Its way. The coach, which
measures thirty-five feet overall,
has thirty feet of working space
on the Inside, weighs something
over ten tons, and was manufac
tured b'v the White Motor Com
pany at Cleveland, Ohio. It was
driven to Portland by the Ter
minal Transfer Co., owned by La
nier Brugh, who has a contract
with the railway mail service to
operate the vehicle between Port
land and Corvallis
The run from Portland will be
by way of Beaverton, Aloha,
Hillsboro, Forest Grove, Carlton,
McMinnville, Amity, Dallas, Mon
mouth, Independence, and eleven
intermediate post offices, to Cor
vallis. A round trip will be made
dally and stops to discharge and
receive mail will be made each
way at each of the twenty-two
I post offices on the route,
part of the funds acquired thru
the matching offer would be used
for that purpose.
The catch to the whole deal
is that the local funds must be
raised by February 1 if the mat
ching funds are to be acquired.
This would mean a serious delay
to development of the port as the
commission would have to start
from the beginning. Priority once
lost through lack of cooperation
is not easily regained and It
might mean several years before
anything constructive could be
done at the port, unless the peo
ple of the county got busy and
put up all of the money, Hender
son said.
To stimulate renewed interest
in the airport project, the City of
Lexington is showing the film en
titled "Our Town Builds an Air
port." The showing will be at 8
o'clock Monday evening, Janu
ary 17 at the Lexington school
auditorium. It will be free to the
public and a representative of
the state board of aeronautics,
possibly W. M. Bartlett, director,
will be present. This will be an
opportunity for the people of the
county to learn more about air
ports and particularly the Lex
ington port which in reality Is a
Morrow county project.
Wettest Season In
Recorded History
Feature of 1948
There may have been wetter
seasons in the Gooseberry section
than the year just past, but in
the period of years in which pre
cipitation has been recorded
there has been nothing to exceed
1948, according to V. L. Carlson,
voluntary weather observer for
that part of Morrow county.
A total of 20.77 inches of mois
ture was recorded at the Carlson
ranch which, according to the
record, is greater than any pre
vious year since measurements
have been taken in that part of
the county.
In 1947 the precipitation count
was 18.34 inches and in 1946 it
was 12.15 inches, or approximate
ly normal for this part of the
country.
Soil Conservation
District Winds Up
Successful Year
Starting the new year with ap
proval for the 1948 annual report
and plans for the 1949 annua;
meeting, supervisors of the Hepp
ner Soil Conservation district met
In regular monthly meeting at
the county agent's office, Mon
day evening, January 3.
Completing the annual report
of the district which is prepared
for presentation to landowners of
the district as well as the State
Soil Conservation committee and
USDA, supervisors expressed the
opinion that much actual con
servation has been accomplished
on Morrow county farms during
the past year. Actual progress
and district accomplishments will
be presented to the farmers of
the county at the annual meet
ing of the dstrict which was des
ignated to be held on February 8.
In olanning for this annual
meeting which will be held at
the Lexington Grange hall in
conjunction with the Lexington
Blow Control district and Lexing
ton Oil Cooperative annual meet
ings, the supervisors have outlin
ed an interesting program which
win De oi interest to everyone.
The program will be naounced in
the near future. Reporting on the
organization meeting of the su
pervisors of this area, which was
held at Arlington December 29.
John Wightman stated that Ralph
Saylor. Echo supervisor of the
West Umatilla district was elect
ed as the board member to rep
resent Columbia Basin districts
on the newly formed Oregon As
sociation of Soil Conservation
Districts.
Progress reports for the past
month revealed two new appli
cations for farm plans with one
new district farm plan complet
ed, conservation surveys were
completed on 2635 acres and 16
acres of land leveled.
MISSIONARY SOCIETY
HOLDS ANNUAL ELECTION
At a recent meeting of the
Union Missionary society, Mrs.
Marvin Wightman was elected
president, Mrs. Carl McDaniel.
vice president, and Mrs. Clive
Huston, secretary-treasurer for
the ensuing year.
Mrs. Wightman named Mrs.
Lucy Peterson, Mrs. J. R. Huff
man and Miss Leta Humphreys
to 'the program committee and
Mrs. Emma Evans, Mrs. Cornet
Green and Mrs. Sophrona Thomp
son on the refreshment commit
tee. HAVE BABY GIRL
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Lindner
are the proud parents of a baby
girl, born December 29, 1918, at
Valley Memorial hospital in Sun
nysid'e, Wash. The babe weighed
eight pounds, four and three
quarters ounces and has been
named Patricia Lynette.
FOR AN
EMERGENCY
AMBULANCE
The drive is on for a com
munity emergency ambulance
for Morrow county under spon
sorship of the Veterans of For
eign Wars.
The first person asked gen
erously gave $150.00. Let us see
how many can do the rani.
No amount too large or too
smalL We want everybody n
Morrow county to give some
thing. This ambulance is to be
paid for by the people for the
people and operated at actual
cost.
Please leave checks at the
bank, the postoffice, or at the
offices of Dr. C. C. Dunham or
Dr. McMurdo, and get your re
ceipt Sincerely yours.
Ambulance Committee,
Veterans of Foreign Wars. -
Power Company To
Spend $8,000,000
On Construction
A new record construction pro
gram in excess of $8,000,000 is
scheduled for the Pacific Power
& Light company system for 1949,
according to J. R. Huffman, local
manager.
This will bring to more than
$25,000,000 the building that has
been done on the power system
just since the end of the war to
meet the enormous expansion re
sulting from continuing growth
of the region.
Former construction record for
the power company was set just
this year, when a total of $8,000,.
000 was invested in new facilities
and equipment for electrical ser
vice. Major job for this year will see
a 50,000-kilowatt' generator brot
into production at the company's
Merwin hydroelectric project. Be
cause of the tight power situa
tion in the Pacific northwest, this
is regarded as the year's most
important single project.
Including related central sub
station and transmission facili
ties, this job calls for an outlay
of $3,800,000 this year, with the
total cost expected to be well in
excess of $4,000,000.
Funds for expansion of com
pany lines to bring electric ser
vice to new customers or to pro
vide increased service to present
power users total some $2,000,000
for the year. Another large outlay
will be used for improvements
and expansion of substation fa
cilities. For street lighting im
provements alone, approximately
$220,000 has been set up.
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Need For Clothing
Stressed in Letter
From Distant Land
For some years now Josephine
Mahoney has been carrying on a
kind of solo relief job, gathering
clothing from friends which she
combined with .unused garments
of her own and shipping them to
a relief agency in Austria. The
job and the demand have reach
ed a point where Mrs. Mahoney
finds it advisable to let more of
the public in on the enterprise.
A letter received from the chair
man of the welfare group she has
been communicating with throws
some light on the situation in
this once proud country:
'Thank you so much for the
box received this past week. We
are so glad that your box arrived
in time to help us pack the
Christmas boxes for our welfare
families. It had been so hard to
get enough warm things to put
in these boxes, we have such a
small supply on hand. All the
boxes are being delivered this
morning and afternoon so that
they will be at the homes in plen
ty of time for Christmas eve
that is the big day for celebrating
over here. Christmas nay is
stiictly a religious day.
"We have had one snow storm
so we will have a white Christ
mas but everyone feels the cold
over here for there is so much
dampness."
Send parcels to The American
Women's Welfare Committee,
APO 777 c o Postmaster. New
York, N. Y., or to the U. S. High
Commissioner. Hq. U. S. Forces
in Austria, APO 777 c o Postmas
ter. New York, N. Y.
CHANGE OF ADDRESS;
DITTO AS TO NAME
Miss Elsie Jepson writes the
Gazette Times from Baltimore,
Maryland that she is changing
her address on January 15, for on
that day she will become the
bride of Mr. John Louden and
their residence will be at 3123 E.
Monument St., Baltimore 5.
Miss Jepson is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jepson of
lone. She is a registered nurse,
taking her training during the
war years following her gradu
ation from the lone high school,
o
Mrs. Ralph Aldrich of lone Is
reported on the road to recovery
following a siege of Influenza.
County Officials
Take Respective
Oaths Of Office
Barratt, Miller,
Currin New Faces
Checking in Monday
Monday was' swearing In day
at the county courthouse, at
which time two newly elected and
two re-elected officials took their
oaths of office.
J. G. Barratt, newly elected
county judge and Russell Miller,
new commssioner, and C. J. D.
Bauman, relected sheriff, were
sworn in by County Clerk C. W.
Barlow who was In turn given
the oath by Judge Barratt There
was no pomp or ceremony. Mrs.
Barratt was present to witness
the oath-taking, as was L. D. Ne-
ill, outgoing commissioner, and
a representative of the press, and
Louis Lyons was there to catch
a picture or two.
Judge Barratt succeeds Bert
Johnson who served two terms.
being first elected in 1936 and
again in 1942. Barratt is not new
to the county court, having served
as commssioner succeeding the
late C. W. McNamer. After filling
out McNamer's term, like the late
Cal Coolidge, he "did not choose ,
to run" and Ralph I. Thompson
was induced to enter the race.
Barratt conducted a well adver
tised campaign in the spring to
win the nomination. He told the
people he wanted to be their
county Judge and just what kind
of a judge he thought he would
make. His experience In court
matters made him well informed
and with this confidence in him
self it was not too big a Job to
sell himself to the voters.
Russell Miller is the first res
ident of the north end of the
county to be elected to a place
on the county court. The aptness
he has shown in taking hold of
county business convinces the
other members of the court that
the voters have made a good
choice.
The courthouse personnel, el
ective and appointive, now In
cludes Judge J. G. Barratt; Com
missioners Ralph I. Thompson
and Russell Miller; Ralph Cur
rin, district attorney; Sheriff C.
J. D. Bauman. Clerk C. W. Barlow,
Treasurer L. W. Briggs, Assessor
W. O. Dix, and Coroner A. D. Mc
Murdo. Appointive are Henry
Tetz, elected by the rural school
board, superintendent; Mrs. Fran
ces Mitchell and Leila McLach
lan, tax division of the sheriffs
office; Mrs. Fred Parrish, deputy
county clerk; Mrs. Joe Hughes,
deputy assessor; Mrs. Tom Wil
son, deputy school superintend-,
ent; Miss Margaret Gillis, county
health nurse; Jarvis Chaffee, san.
itary engineer, otherwise refer
red to as the courthouse janitor.
Early Approval Of
Hospital Drawings
Seen By Barratt
That final plans for the Mor
row county hospital will be forth
coming soon was the opinion ex
pressed Monday by Judge J. G.
Barratt in a brief talk before the
chamber of commerce luncheon
group. He based this assumption
on a statement by the firm of
architects drawing the plans that
an altered draft had been made
and was being forwarded to the
regional office in San Francisco
which has the authority to give
the go ahead signal on construc
tion. Approval of the plans does
not necessarily mean that con
struction can start immediately.
There is still the matter of ob
taining a satisfactory contract.
In appreciation of his 12 years
as a faithful servant of the coun
ty, the chamber of commerce pre
sented L. D. Neill with a gift.
Mr. Neill was first elected in 19.16
and has given faithful and effi
cient service throughout his
three terms of office as county
commissioner.
J. J. O'Connor reported on the
inaugural dinner to be given on
Wedensday evening. January 19
at the Legion hall. An invitation
is being extended to all farm
groups, city officials and the pub.
lie in general to attend the af
fair which will be something new
In chamber of commerce proced
ure. Brownie Troop 4
Reports Activities
Brownie troop No. 4 had three
meetings In December. The first
two we wrote our promise out of
letter macaroni and put It on
brown paper so we could hang
It on the wall. The third one we
made embroidery thread holders
for our mothers for Christmas.
Officers for month of January
are: President, Francine Francis;
secretary, Janet Kelthley; trea
surer. Delores haster; party ho
tess, Judy Barger.
Anna Marie Winters, Scribe.