OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PUBLIC AUDITOR I U W
PORTLAND, ORE.
Heppner Gazette Times
$3.00 Per Year; Single Copies 1 Oc
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, April 21, 1949
Volume 66, Number 5
Council Moves To
Reduce Bond Debt'
With Sinking Fund
Action Taken To
Avoid Conflict
Over Sewer Fund
Mayor Conloy Lanham and the
city council decided, somewhat
hurriedly, Monday evening to use
available finances to reduce the
city's water department indebt
edness. After a brief discussion a
motion was made and carried to
use the $28,492.50 in the sinking
fund and die $27,526.88 tentative
ly earmarked as a sewer fund,
a total of $56,019.38, for the pur
pose of taking up water improve
ment bonds which, when so ap
plied will cut down the bonded
indebtedness to a matter of ap
proximately $20,000.
The council acted after Elbert
Cox made some inquiries relative
to the funds and his answer to
Mayor Lanham what he intended
to do about It. Cox said he in
tended to do something about it
unless the council stated defin
itely what the funds were for,
not merely by verbal declaration
but through the regular proced
ure of a motion or resolution. The
mayor said it appeared to him
that the best thing to do would
be to use the funds to take up
the water bonds and in a few
minutes the motion was passed
and it was so ordered.
No discussion was held rela
tive to the future course the city
will take in the matter of a sew
er system as there has been no
report from the bond attornevs
on the proposal sent in some j
months ago.
No discussion was held relative I
to the future course the city will !
take in the matter of a sewer I
system as there has been no re-'
port from the bond attorneys on I
the proposal sent in some months j
ago.
The city has on hand about
$5,000 for street work. Of this
amount it was estimated it would
take $1200 to repair the damage
done to upper Main street by the
February flood, including grad
ing filling and putting In a new
bridge. Another Item will be re
placing the bridge In the north
part of the town generally re
ferred to as the Gayhart bridge.
The council set Monday eve
ning, April 25, as the date for a
meeting of the budget commit
tee, and also set up the summer
schedule for the swimming pool.
Heppner, Irrigon
Successful in
Spelling Contest
Heppner and Irrigon students
were a bit zealous of their repu
tations and sticororled in walk
ing off with most of the ribbons
awarded In the annual grade
school spelling contest held at the
Irrigon school Wednesday eve
ning. Heppner captured three of
the blue ribbons and two of the
white, while Irrigon took one
blue, two red and two white rib
bons lone was awarded one red
ribbon.
Results of the fifth grade ev
ent were: David Cox. Heppner,
first; Nancy Anderson, Heppner,
second, and Janet Stephens, Irri
gon, third.
Sixth grade: Adelia Anderson,
Heppner, first; Bill Kelly, Irrigon,
second, and Jack Sumner, Hepp
ner, third.
Seventh grade: Sally Palmer,
Heppner, first; Larry Riotmann.
lone, second, and ejan Marie Gra
ham, Heppner, third.
Eighth grade: Barbara Tester,
Irrigon, first; Larry Gullck, Irri
gon, second, ,and Jack Sumnre,
Heppner, third.
news contained no details other
Each school was granted two
contestants from each grade.
In charge of the contest was a
committee headed by Francis Ely
of lone and including Mrs. La-
vern Partlow, Boardman; Mrs. J.
P, Sorllen, Lexington; Mrs. L. I.
Pate, Heppner, and Mrs. Bessie
Hobbs, Irrigon.
The visitors are indebted to the
Irrigon school for refreshments
served to all contestants.
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
Heppner Post No. 6100 of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the
United Slates held an open in
stallation of officers at the All
Saints Episcopal parish house
Tuesday evening. Officers Install
ed were, commander, James H.
Drlscoll; senior vice commander,
Wilbur Worden; junior vice com
mander, Frank Maynard; quartermaster-adjutant,
Wm. Lee Me
Caleb Jr.; chaplain, Elvon L. Tull;
post surgeon, Archie D. McMur
do. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Breeding mo.
tored to The Dalles Sunday tak
ing the Darnlelle children to visit
their grandparents. Rettv Pnr-
nielle remained for a visit In that
city,
Random Thoughts...
Mother Nature is impartial. For
a long number of years Callfor
nians have had to overcome a
serious handicap in advertising
their state. It has long since be
come a habit to overlook earth
quakes when speaking about the
glories of the great neighbor to
the south, for in their long ex
perience the people have accepted
quakes as inevitable and not suf
ficient reason for leaving a land
affording so many comforts and
such a wide variety of climatic
conditions as to lend a more or
less glamorous appeal to the very
name of California. The quakes
have not stunted California's
growth and neither will they hin
der growth of Oregon and Wash
ington. The people of the north
west will adjust themselves to
the possibility of recurrences of
the tremors in the area affected
last week and to the further pos
sibility that the scope may be
widened.
The people of California are
perhaps more concerned with an
ample water supply than they
are about the earthquakes, yet
their governor assures Oregon
ians that his state has no de
signs on our Columbia river. On
the other hand Oregonians and
Washlngtonlans have no designs
on Calfornla's reputation for
earthquakes but Mother Nature
in her role of impartial provider
has seen to it that this great re
gion of milk and honey shall
share in the handicap that as
said before has plagued Califor
nlans and will have to adjust
ourselves to it in much the same
way the southern neighbors have
done.
Speaking of earthquakes, re
minds us that we want to inquire
if anyone in this section felt the
tremors last week. If so, there are
cards at the post office and the
GT office sent out by the Oregon
State college that should be fill
ed out and returned to the col
lege. This Is of importance sci
entifically, whether or not dis
tinct shocks were felt. Scientists
desire to know how broad a range
the earthquake had and such In
formation depends upon the will
ingncss of individuals to give it.
One of the pleasures of spring
and summer evenings is to drive
out one of the roads leading from
town. And one of the nicest drives
is up Willow creek. That is. it
would be one of the nicest if the
road could be smoothed a little
bit. The first mile or two needs
a coat of that decayed granite to
make this end of the road as good
as that leading from the Wilkin
son ranch on up the creek.
lears ago, before the county
got launched upon a hard sur
facing program of road construc
tion, the forest service used a
similar type of surfacing on the
Snoqualmic- Pass route between
the Yakima Valley and Puget
Sound. Some oil was mixed in to
help keep down the dust and the
approximate 40 miles through the
forest was one of the finest roads
tourists of the day encountered
In the northwest.
The Willow creek road has held ,
up well where the decayed gran
ite was used and the time might
come when oil could be mixed
with the soil and make a smooth,
er surface and make for more or
less dusfless travel.
Emery Coxen Wins
All-Expense Tour
His many friends in Heppner
will be pleased to learn that Em
ery Coxen has won an all-expense
trip to Minneapolis as the result
of a sales contest conducted by
the General Mills. The contest
extended over a period of three
months and was based on the
greatest per cent of re-sales for
that time. Emery was the win
ner from the Portland district.
He will leave Portland May 6
for San Francisco where he will
be joined by the California win
ner and Jack Mitchell, west coast
manager for General Mills. The
trio will go by Streamliner to
Chicago to be guests at Don Mc
Neil's Breakfast club and the Chi
cago Stock Exchange. After a
two-day visit in Chicago they
will go to Minneapolis for a tour
of General Mills flour and cereal
plants and to Betty Crocker's
home extension srevice.
SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE
AMBULANCE FUND
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Peterson,
lone; Mr. and Mrs. Carl F. Berg
strom, lone; Mr. and Mrs. Ken
neth Smouse, lone; Mr. and Mrs.
Claud J. White, Heppner; Mr. and
Mrs. J. O. reterson, Heppner; Bob
Van Scholack, Heppner; Hyatt &
Braun, Pendleton; Luke Bihby,
Heppner; Mrs. Margaret F,
Phelps, Heppner; J. C. Penney Co.,
Heppner; J. I. Hanna, Heppner;
Fred Booker, Heppner; E. J. Mer
rill, Heppner; Harold Kenney,
Heppner; Heppner Branch, First
National Bank of Portland; Mr.
find Mrs. Charlie N. Jones, Hepp
ner. In reporting a previous list, we
named Leo Sprlnkel as a donor.
It should have read Mr. and Mrs.
Leo Sprlnkel.
Come on, folks, let's go over
the top. The Red Cross did it
so can we.
V.F.W. Committee.
County's School
Budget Approved
By Big Majority
374 Yes, 92 No
Ballots Cast in
Monday Election
Voters to the .number of 466
turned out between the hours of
2 and 6 p.m. Monday to express
their approval or disapproval of
the school budget as submitted
by the ruril school board. When
the returns were officially tab
ulated Wednesday evening it was
found that 374 favored the bud
get, while 92 voted no on it
Twelve districts voted with the
following results:
District No. 1, Heppner Yes 91,
no 62.
District No. 2, Lena Yes 5,
none against.
District No. 5J, Morgan 3 for,
5 against.
District No. 10, Irrigon 78 for,
three against.
District No. 12, Lexington 33
for, none against.
District No. 23, Devine, 5 for,
2 against.
District No. 24 Willows, three
against.
District No. 25, Boardman, 133
for, one against.
District No. 35J, lone seven for,
seven against.
District No. 40, Hardman three
for, four against
District No. 41, Sand Hollow
six for, five against
School officials were a little
bit anxious about the total re
sult Monday evening after get
ting first returns, but this was
soon dispelled with figures com
ing In from Lexington, Irrigon
and Boardman. The Heppner ma-
jority was not sufficient to over
come an adverse vote of any
strength, but the above mention
ed districts settled any misgiv
ings the officials may have had.
Lexington Group
Plans Dance For
Student Loan Fund
A dance will be held in Lex
ington the 14th of May and will
be called a Mother's Day dance.
This is in honor of the Lilian
Turner benefit, for the loan fund
for a scholarship. It is in charge
of Orvllle Cutsforth, chairman,
and Delpha Jones, Mrs. C. C. Car
michael, Mrs. Clarence Hayes,
Pine Thornburg, Vernon Warner,
and Dan Dinges. as committee.
At this dance there will be a
board of directors elected that
will continue with these benefits
and serve as a board of advisers.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Yarnell
of Vancouver, and three children
were renewing acquaintances in
Lexington over the Easter holi
days. The regular meeting of the
P TA was held Tuesday night
with election of officers as the
main attraction. The following
officers were elected: Jerry Bak
er, president; Mrs. Leita Messen
ger, vice president; Mrs. Eliza
beth Feathers as secretary and
Thelma Anderson as treasurer.
Jack Forsythe returned Satur
day from a week at Mnneapolis,
Minn.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Feathers spent
the Easter holidays in the valley
Mr. and Mrs. Armin Wihlon
spent Easter in Stanfield with
the Tucker family, parents and
family of Mrs. Wihlon.
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Holmbery
of Brush Prairie, Wash., were
Monday visitors at the Barnett
home. Mr. Holmbery operated the
Barnett machinery during har
vest for 16 years with Mrs. Holm
bery cooking in the fields part of
that time. They had not been in
Lexington for 11 years and were
most anxious to visit the Morrow
county farm lands.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Breeding
and family spent Easter in Prine
vllle with their daughter and son,
Mr. and Mrs. Don Grant and fam.
Kenneth Klinger has completed
the work on the pastime which
recently was damaged by fire.
The Kllngers, Mr. and Mrs. Ken
neth Klinger, are the new oper
ators of the Lexington pastme,
recently purchased from the Yar
nells. Mr. and Mrs. David Crozier
of Ordnance have leased the
Klinger farm and will operate it.
Mrs. Crozier is the former Doris
Klinger, sister of Kenneth.
Mr. and Mrs. George Peck are
Portland visitors this week.
Mr. and Mrs Glenn Griffith and
family spent Easter at Stanfield
and Hermlston.
Miss June Steagall who attends
St. Joseph's academy in Pendle
ton, was a Lexington visitor over
the week end.
Charles Buchanan, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie Buchanan of
Lexington, returned home Friday
from a stay at the veterans hos
pital in Portland.
I (Additional Lexington news on
page 6.)
Oregon Flying Farmers Club Will
Visit Lexington Airport Sunday
By Ruth F. Payne
Morrow county flying enthusi
asts will be hosts to members of
the Oregon Flying Farmers club,
Sunday, at Lexington airport, ac
cording to an announcement
made at a meeting of the local
group Tuesday evening. More
than 75 club members, their fam
ilies and guests are expected to
participate in the day's activities.
A good deal of flying is antici
pated provided the weather is
favorable. A potluck' luncheon
will be served at noon, with sal
ads, ice cream and coffee to be
supplied by the hosts.
The date of the Oddfellow an
niversary party has been changed
from April 26 to April 29 due to
a conflict in schedules, following
a committee meeting Friday eve
ning at the IOOF hall. The com
mittee in charge of arrangements
includes Lee Howell and Tom
Wells for Willows lodge No. 66,
and Mesdames Jeanne Dobbs, Ad
ele Hannan and Pearl Devine for
Sans Souci Rebekah lodge No. 33.
I he business women of All
Saints Episcopal women's auxil
iary entertained Monday evening
at the parish house with a card
pary. Seven tables of bridge, six
tables of pinochle and one table
of Oklahoma were in play. Mrs.
W. C. Rosewall received high
score in bridge, Walter Becket,
high in pinochle, and Mrs. Lucy
E. Kodgers, high in Oklahoma.
The door prize was won by Mrs.
Walter Barger.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Oscar George
and sons, Kit and David, motored
to Portland and Salem Monday
afternoon. In Salem, Mrs. George
was the guest of Governor Doug
las McKay at a banquet at the
Hotel Senator Tuesday evening.
The banquet was given in honor
of those responsible for the suc
cess of the recent drive for the
sale of U. S. Savings Bonds in
Oregon. Mrs. George is chairman
of the Morrow county committee.
Mrs. Clara B. Gertson, secre
tary of the Morrow County Public
Welfare committee, left early on
Wednesday morning for Portland
where she will attend a two-day
Institute for social workers. On
Friday and Saturday, Mrs. Gert
son will attend the state social
workers conference which is be
ing held at the Multnomah hotel
in conjunction with the institute.
Governor Douglas McKay will be
the principal speaker at the Sat
urday luncheon with a talk on
"Displaced Persons." On her re
turn journey, Mrs. Gertson will
stop over at the Columbia Gorge
hotel to attend the formal ban
quet of the Hood River Soroptim
ist club which is scheduled for
Saturday evening.
D. M. Ward returned to his
home in Portland Saturday after
spending several days in Hepp
ner looking after business inter
ests and visiting relatives. Mrs.
Ward remained in The Dalles
with relatives while Mr. Ward
came on to Heppner.
Mrs Jessie Baity was over from
Kimberly Friday to attend the
funeral services for the late Hen
derson Stout. During her stay in
Heppner she was the guest of
her dauhgter, Mrs. Douglas Ogle-
tree.
Mrs. Arlie Bailey and daugh
ter, Patricia, of Hood River spent
Saturday visiting in Heppner
with Mr. Bailey who is in charge
of the body work at Hodge Chev-1
rolet company.
Mrs. Eric Berestrom of Eicht -
mile was shopping in Heppner
Saturday.-
Willard Herhison motored to
Redmond Tuesday afternoon to
visit relatives.
, Oral Wright of Hermlston was
A hlisiness visitnr In Mnnnnnr nn
Saturday
Mrs. Pearl Devine entertained i
with a family dinner Sundav at i
her home on Cannon street Pre
sent were Mr. and Mrs. Orian
Wright and Junior, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Wright and sons and Del
bert Wright.
Mrs. Walter Farrens is serious
ly ill at St. Anthony's hospital in
Pendleton, having been taken
over Tuesday by ambulance. She
was accompanied by Mr. Farrens,
who, according to reports, suffer
ed a heart attack upon arrival at
Pendleton and was also placed in
the hospital. Their children, Mrs.
Lucille Ayers and Roland Far
rens of Portland, Verl Farrens of
Hermsiton and Mrs. Tom Praters
of Eightmile are in Pendleton to
be near them.
Mrs. Charlotte Scherziiigef and
daughter, Mrs. Rachael Stearns
Vf Lebanon, arrived in Heppner
Saturday to spend a few days
looking after property interests.
Mrs. Scherzinger has been in the
valley for most of the winter
months.
Henry Peterson of the Eight
mile section was a business vis
itor in Hennner Mnnit.iv. Mr Pet.
erson has just recently returned
from Salem where he represent
ed the 22nd district in the state
legislature.
Lawrence Redding returned to
his home in Carson, Wash., Wed
nesday after spending a few days
here with his daughter, Mrs. Al
ena Anderson and family.
Rev. Francis McCormack and
Ord Gelst motored to Portland
Monday to spend a few days
looking after business matters.
Dr. A. D. McMurdo and Miss
Margaret Gillls, health officers,
spent luesday in Boardman giv
ing shots to school students for
typhoid, smallpox and diphtheria.
Frank Lindsay was up from
Morgan the last of the week,
transacting business in Heppner.
Miss Marjorie Sims of Hillsboro
was an Easter guest of her uncle
and aunts, Dr. and Mrs. A. D.
McMurdo and Miss Lulu Hager.
On Sunday afternoon, Mrs. Mc
Murdo and Miss Hager motored
to Pendleton, taking Miss Sims
who took the plane for Hillsboro
while the other ladies spent the
remainder of the day with Dr.
and Mrs. M. A. Leach, Mr. and
Mrs. James Leach and Miss Flor
ence Sims.
Mrs. Roy Campbell and son,
Pvobert, of the Social Rdge dis
trict were shopping in town Mon
day. Mrs. Walter Ritzert of Hermls
ton spent Monday in Heppner
looking after business matters
and visiting friends.
Ray Heimbigner of lone was
transacting business in Heppner
Tuesday.
Mrs. Durward Tash is in Sac
ramento, Cal., where. she attend
ed the wedding of her son, Dick
Edmondson, which was an event
of Easter Sunday. Mrs. Tash left
early last week for California as
she expected to visit relatives at
Redmond and Ashland en route
south.
Gerald Bergstrom, Loren Piper,
Roy farter and Jimmie Orwick
left Thursday morning for Eu
gene where they will attend the
DeMolay convention. They were
taken to Eugene by Charles Rug-
gles.
Mrs. Charles Crites (Hazel An
derson) of Newberg and Mrs. Har
ley Anderson returned to Portland
Sunday after spending the week
end here. Mr. Anderson is in a
Portland hospital following a
major operation there recently
and Mrs. Anderson is in the city
with him.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul McCartv
came up fromFortland the last
of the week to spend Easter with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Char
les Becket in the Eightmile sec
tion and with other relatives in
Heppner.
Mrs. Alena Anderson and
daughters motored to Stanfield
fHimday to spend the day with
her aunt, Mrs. Mary Tucker. They
also visited with Mrs. Charles An
derson who is a patient at a Her
miston hospital.
Bill Scott returned Monday
: from Portland where he spent the
week end with his father, Ralph
Scott, who is a patient at the'
Milwaukie Memorial hospital
following an operation there re
cently. Mr. Scott exnects to be
able to leave the hospital the last
of this week but will convalesce
for a time at the home of his
daughter, Miss Erma Scott before
returning to Heppner.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Green re
turned home Sunday from The
Dalles where Mr. Green has been
a patient at the Mid-Columbia
hospital.
Joe Green of Pendleton visited
briefly in Heppner Monday en
route to Condon where he will
audit books.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ayers and
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Furlong mo-1
tored to Pendleton Monday to,
snend the daV shopping and look-1
inS af,er business matters,
I 'r- 8nd Mrs- Clive Huston mo-1
!tored to Pas Saturday evening;
i' sPpnd the week end wi,h ,helr
j son-in-law and daughter. Mr. and
Jlrs- ""man rarKer. iney were
taken over by Evan Rill.
Harold Ayers of Lyons, Oregon,
visited the last of the week in
Heppner with his uncle and aunt,
ir. and Mrs- Frank Ayers,
Mrs. George Allyn of Lexing
ton was a business visitor in
Heppner the last of the week.
John Botts of lone was trans
acting business in Heppner Mon
day. ! nMJ nr... tiru: t
i.ii. anu nils. v.iiuu uut? 111
Hardman spent Monday in Hepp
ner looking after business mat
ters. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hill and
family returned the first of the
week from Seattle where they
spent Easter visiting relatives.
WRESTLING CARD BILLED
FOR TUESDA YEVENING
Heppner Post No. 87, American
Legion, has billed a wrestling
card for Tuesday evening, April
26, at the high school gymnas
ium. Some top talent will exhibit
on the card which is featured by
a double main event.
As an inducement for more
feminine attendance at the mat
ches, the Legion is offering each
lady with an escort a general ad
mission seat free.
MRS MATTIE HUSTON
DIES IN PORTLAND
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Edmond
son were called to Portland Wed
nesday by the death of Mr. Ed
mondson's mother ,Mrs. Mattie
Huston, for many ears a resi
dent of Heppner.
The message bearing the sad
news contanled no details other
than that funeral services will be
held in Portland Saturday morning.
Heppner To Cross
Bats With Kinzua
On Local Diamond
W-T League Season
To Open Sunday on
Regular Schedule
While Heppner has made two
ineffectual starts against lone in
the past two weeks, they were
practice games and will not affect
the season's standing. The reg
ular schedule of the Wheat-Timber
league starts Sunday, Arpil
24 and the local squad will mea
sure its strength against the of
ferings of Kinzua.
At the same time, Fossil will
play Arlington there and lone
will go to Condon. The league has
been reduced to six teams this
season, embracing three counties.
The season extends to June 26.
Heppner has shown little in
the form of competition in the
tryout games but Harlan MeCur
dy Jr. is confident the squad will
whip into form as the regular
season opens.
Workmen have been busy for
several days smoothing off the
Rodeo field in preparation for
Sunday's game. The February
flood left the field in a sad state,
and there has been considerable
filling and leveling to make it
usable.
Following is the Wheat-Timber
league schedule:
April 24 Fossil at Arlington;
lone at Condon; Kinzua at Hepp
ner. May 1 Heppner at Arlington;
Fossil at lone; Kinzuag.t Condon.
Mya 8 Arlington at lone; Con
don at Heppner; Kinzua at Fossil.
May 15 lone at Heppner; Ar
lington at Kinzua; Fossil at Con
don. May 22 Condon at Arlington;
Heppner at Fossil; lone at Kin
zua. May 29 Kinzua at Arlington;
Condon at Fossil; Heppner at
lone.
June 5 Arlington at Fossil;
Heppner at Kinzua; Condon at
lone.
June 12 Fossil at Heppner;
Kinzua at lone; Arlington at
Condon.
June 19 lone at Arlington;
Fossil at Kinzua; Heppner at
Condon.
June 26 Condon at Kinzua;
lone at Fossil; Arlington at Hepp-
Homemakers Day
Attracts Women
From Oyer County
Women from all parts of the
county gathered at the Rhea
Creek grange hall Wednesday to
participate in the annual home
makers festival. Groups from Ir
rigon and Boardman joined with
those from lone, Lexington, Hepp.
ner, Hardman, Eight Mile and
other districts and it was a worth
while occasion
Mrs. Ralph Thompson, county
chairman, called the meeting .to
order at 11 a.m. and extended
greetings. Feature of the forenoon
session was a style review in
which 61 women modeled dresses
of their own making. This was
followed by a few games led by
Miss Mabel Wilson before the
lunch call was given.
In the afternoon the program
was led off with several numbers
by a clarinet trio from the Hepp
ner school band, Joanne Bothwell,
James Smith and Patricia Healy.
Mrs. Buena Mockmore, former
dean of women at Oregon State
college was the featured speaker,
using "The One Family School"
as her subject. She dealt on the
relationship of home and school,
traced family life in recent years,
noting the changes in family in
terests, and stressed the child's
need for security, love, responsi
bility and natural outlets for tal
ents. She urged keeping the mind
cleared for action. "The load of
tomorrow added to the load of
yesterday added to that of today
makes the strongest falter," she
stated. Education primarily Is to
teach behavior. - Remember the
whole world's a stage more now
than ever because time and dis
tance have shrunk, she conclud
ed. Miss Frances Clinton, state ag
ent for home economics exten
sion, presided during the report
if the nominating committee and
election of three members to the
extension committee. The com
mittee Is now composed of Mes
dames Ralph Thompson, Hrpp
ner; Russell Miller, Boardman;
.Paul Slaughter, Irrigon; Vernon
Munkers, Lexington; Walter
Wright, Rhea Creek; George Cur
,rln, Lena, and Mrs Ernest Heliker
of lone.
Mrs. A. G. Pleper drove to Port
land Friday night where she Is
looking after business interests.
She was accompanied by her lit
tle grandson, Larry Holliday, who
had been visiting at the home of
his grandparents the past few
weeks.
Services for Mrs.
Elder Held Here
Tuesday Morning
Services for Mrs. Jennie Elder
were held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday
at the .All Saints Memorial
church in Heppner, with the Rev.
E. L. Tull officiating and Mrs.
Ture Peterson singing. Interment
was made in the Masonic ceme
tery. Mrs. Elder passed away Wed
nesday evening, April 15, at the
home of her daughter, Miss Mar
yee Elder, at Bremerton, Wash.
Death was due to a heart attack.
-She was a native of San Jose,
Calif., where she was born June
18, 1877. She was married to
Frank Elder of Heppner and to
this union seven children were
born. Mr. Elder preceded her in
death a number of years ago and
one son, Shirley, died about one
year ago. She made her home In
Heppner many years when her
husband was engaged In the
stock business here, and about 10
years ago went to Bremerton to
make her home with her daugh
ter. Surviving are three daughters,
Maryee Elder and Mrs. E. E.
Ward of Bremerton, and Mrs D.
A. Wilson of Heppner, and three
sons, John of Eugene, George of
lone and Maurice of Baker; one
brother, Roy Jayne of New Ray
mor, Colo., and one sister, Mrs.
H. W. Vance of Oregon City, be
sides five grandchildren and
three great grandchildren.
Deposits Here More
Than 434 Millions
"Deposits of $4,824,235.54 and
loans and discounts of $2,853,668.
59 are reported by the Heppner
branch of the First National Bank
of Portland, according to Merle
Becket, manager.
The figures were compiled in
accordance with the April 11 call
by the comptroller of the cur
rency. At the same time totals
for the First National Bank of
Portland, head office and 45
branches were: Total resources,
$507,365,745.70; deposits, $469,.
082.363.09: loans and discounts,
$162,580,882.63. Totals for the
First National group, including
all branches and the 15 affiliated
banks were: Total resources,
$610,859,522.00; deposits, $566,
620,915.46; loans and discounts,
$186,482,892.69.
Lexington Runner
Saves Day for OSC .
Jack Miller, sophomore sprinter
from Lexington, stepped into the
hero's role at Corvallis Saturday
when his upset win in the 100
yard dash and his second placng
in the 220 yard dash gave Ore
gon State the necessary points
to upset the highly favored Uni
versity of Washington track and
field team 66 to 65, writes Jim
Barratt, sports editor of the OSC
Daily Barometer.
Miller, practically an unknown
on the Beaver track squad, ran
the century in 10.1 seconds and
was a close second for the 220
yard dash which was won in 22.9
seconds. This was the first dual
track meet for both the-northern
division teams.
CARDS FEATURE OF
AUXILIARY MEETING
Mrs. Sam Turner and Mrs. Ve
nice Stiles entertained 17 mem
bers of the American Legion aux
iliary at the hall Tuesday eve
ning. Cards were played, with
Mrs. Ralph Davis winning high
in pinochle asd Mrs. Richard
Wells high for bridge.
Mrs. Ethel Adams, Mrs. Anna
Bayliss, Mrs. Chris Brown, Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Bailey and Mr. and
Mrs. Willard Blake will be hosts
and hostesses to members of the
Legion and auxliary at a card
party Monday evening at 8.
Plans have been completed for
a dance at the hall Saturday
evening. A feature of the affair
will be an auction. The Monday
Jamborees from Pendleton wiil
furnish the music. It is to be a
hard times old time dance.
GUN CLUB SCHEDULES
PRACTICE TRAP SHOOT
Members of the Morrow County
Gun club have arranged a prac
tice trap shoot which will be
held at 9:30 am., Sunday, April
24, to which all interested in the
sport are invited.
The grounds are on Heppner
flat on the Heppner-Spray high
way, three or four miles south
west of Heppner.
Judge and Mrs. J. G. Barratt
drove to Grants Pass to spend
the Easter holiday with Mrs. Bar
ratt's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Tieulie. They found Mrs. Tieulie
somewhat improved In health,
her condition having been a mat
ter of family concern for some
time. The judge attended to bus.
iness matters in Salem and Port
land en route home.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Schwarz and
children of The Dalles spent Eas
ter here with Mr. Schwarz's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sch
warz. and with his brother and
family, the Leonard Schwarz's.
During the day Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Vaughn dropped In to
present Mr. Schwarz with an Eas
ter bouquet.
Construction Work
On County Hospital
Becomes Reality
County Bulldozer
Removing Dirt at
Site on Hillside
It has been a long wait, folks,
but we are privileged to announce
that the dirt is being pushed
around on the hillside this morn,
ing and the work of starting con
struction of the Morrow county
hospital is underway.
A representative of the con
tracting firm of Malarkey &
Moore, Dick Maude, was in Hepp
ner Monday and stakes were set
for excavation and workmen an
is expected back in Heppner this
evening and work will start at
once on cribs for concrete forms.
Removal of the dirt and rock to
make the basement will be fin
ished in short order and there
will be no delay in starting the
concrete work, so Judge J. G. Bar
ratt was informed by the con
tractors in Portland Wednesday.
The basement under the front
wing will run 140 feet in length
by 30 feet in width. The north
wing basement will be 38 12 x
63 12 feet. In all, approximately
6600 square feet of space will be
provided in the basement, me
first floor area, which extends
beyond the basement limits, will
be about 8500 square feet.
The county bulldozer was ex
pected to remove most of the top-
soil today and progress will be
a little slower in removing the
rock formation underneath. The
rich topsoil will be used in land
scaping work about the grounds.
On hand to witness the first
operations were Judge Barratt
and former Commissioner L. D.
Neill. It was while Barratt was
serving as commissioner that the
hospital was proposed and he
and Neill, along with Judge Bert
Johnson, laid the groundwork for
getting a special tax measure on
the ballot. First thought was to
raise $100,000 for construction and
furnishing the hospital and the
people readily voted the first $20,
000. In the next election It was
decided to hurry up the fund
raising and the people again re
sponded to a request that the
other four-fifths of the fund be
raised by one assessment.
When actual plans for the
building were studied it was de
cided $100,000 was not a suffi
cient fund and the hospital com
mittee went after federal assist
ance. Approximately $190,000 has
been raised and the contract calls
for $167,000, leaving the balance
for equipment and furnishings.
The contractors have promised
that the building will be ready
for occupancy by September 1,
1949.
School Bands lo
Appear in Concert
Wednesday Evening
The Heppner school music de
partment announced this week
that the annual school band
spring concert will be held at the
high school auditorium Wednes
day evening, April 28. beginning
at 8 o'clock. Both school bands
will participate, acording to Rob
ert Collins, head of the music de
partment and director of bands.
The high school band consists
of 40 musicians and will provide
most of the music, but Mr. Col
lins has 60 in his beginners band
and he will take pleasure in pre
senting the youngsters, most of
whom have had no experience
prior to this year.
A eomedv sketch entitled 'The
Three Bears" will be a feature of
the program, as well as the mus
ic to be played at the district
competition festival to be held
April 30 at La Grande.
The concert will be dedicated
to Billy Cochell. former director,
who picked up the threads after
the war and built the band up to
a point where it was recognized
throughout the district in the two
seasons he served here.
JAYCEES AND "ETTES"
MEET AT DICK HOME
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Pick open
ed their new home on North Gil-
more street Wednesday evening
to the Junior chamber l com
merce anil companion organiza
tion, the Jayce Kites. A potluck
supper was served to 1(5 couples,
followed by a business mee'lng
in which the Jayiws di.vus.sed
plans for the stale convention in
Baker May 6 7 X, and the neces
sity for getting more help out to
finish the school tennis courts
this coming Sunday.
The affair last evening was not
a house warming but the Kick
were presented with a set ot door
chimes by the guest groups.
Mr. and Mrs. Pick h ive sched
uled open house from I to fi p.m.
Sunday, May 1. to which all their
friends are invited.
J