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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, June 9, 1949
Volume 66 Number 12
Services Held For
Joseph M. Hayes
Tuesday Afternoon
Prominent Stock
Man Victim of
Auto Accident
Services were held at 2 o'clock
p.m. Tuesday for Joseph M. Hayes
of Lone Rock and Heppner whose
death occurred some time Friday
In an accident on the Wyland
grade between Hock Creek and
Hardman. The services were held
at the Heppner Church of Christ
with Glenn Warner, pastor, of
ficiating and arrangements in
charge of the Phelps Funeral
Home. Heppner lodge No. C9, A.
F.&A.M., of which deceased had
long been a member and of
which he was a past master, pre
sented the Masonic funeral ser
vice. Interment was in the Hepp
ner Masonic cemetery.
Mr. Hayes met his death in a
more or less isolated spot on a
road used by a comparatively
few people. Knroute to his sum
mer range south of Hardman he
had taken the Wyland grade out
of Rock Creek as a cutoff. Appar
ently having driven past a turn
off he wished to take he had
started backing down grade.
From marks on the upper side of
the road he ran up too high on
the bank and upset, the light rig,
a jeep, pinioning him and his
dog underneath, causing their
deaths. It is not known how many
hours elapsed before Mr. and Mrs.
Blaine Chapel discovered the
wreck. The sheriff's office was
notified and in company with J.
O. Hager, who acted as coroner
In the absence of Br. A. D. Mc
Murdo, Sheriff Bauman went to
the scene. The Phelps funeral car
was called and the body was re
moved to the funeral home here.
Joseph Madison Hayes was
born December 5, 1877 in Myrtle
Creek, Oregon. He was the son of
John and Elizabeth (Cornelisonl
Hayes, pioneers of this section
who settled in what is now Mor
row county in 1H70. He operated
a large sheep ranch on Big Butter
creek about 2 years and later
bought the Cal Robinson place in
the Lone Rock area in the early
thirties.
Mr. Hayes was a member of
Heppner lodge No. 9, A.F.&.A.M.,
Heppner Chapter No. 26, R.A.M.,
the Scottish Rite, and Heppner
lodge No. 3.8, B.P.O.E.
He is survived by a brother,
Erhie Hayes of Spokane, Wash.
Among relatives coming from a
distance to attend funeral servic
es for Mr. Hayes were Mr. and
Mrs. Krbie Hayes and daughter,
Airs. Bornice L. Kost and Mrs.
William D. Mellarg, all of Spo
kane; II. S. Perry. Walla Walla;
and Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Fetterman
of Portland. Many neighbors and
friends from Gilliam county, as
well as a large concourse of his
Morrow county friends were on
hand to pay a last tribute of re
spect to a man held in high es
teem by all who knew him.
Mrs. Furlong Laid
To Rest Wednesday
Succumbing to a lingering Ill
ness, Mrs. W. M. Furlong passed
away at an early hour Sunday
morning at the family residence
on Jones street.
Services were held at 2 o'clock
p. m. Wednesday from the Phelps
Funeral Home chapel, with the
Rev. Adrian Bezona of Milton of
ficiating. Interment was in the
Heppner Masonic cemetery.
Mrs. Furlong (Stella Ingram)
was a native of Morrow county.
She was born January 11, 1K90 In
Eight Mile and was married to
William M. Furlong at Hardman
September 2(i, 190(5. She is sur
vived by her husband; a daugh
ter, Mrs. Jesse C. Payne of Hepp
ner; a son, Orrin W. Furlong of
Illinois; one brother, Gaylord In
gram of Heppner, and five sisters:
Rose Matthews, Condon; Sadie
Austin, Rowena; Ada Metcalfe,
Chiloquin; Julia Ailkins, John
Day; Fay Metteer, Suttnyside,
Wash.; one grandson, and sev
eral nieces and nephews.
PORTLAND-TO-PORTLAND
FLYERS FAVORABLY
RECEIVED IN AINE
This office was pleasantly sur
prised the first of the week to re
ceive a copy of the Portland Eve
ning Express, leading daily pub
lication of Portland, Maine. The
surprise was not so great when
upon opening the paper there was
a penned line at the top stating
the copy was mailed from Wash
ington, D. C. by O. W. Cutsforth.
A large picture on the front page
showed a group of the Oregon
planes that had just landed nt
the Mane city and right next to
the camera was the Cutsforth
Sllnson Voyager in which Mr.
nnd Mrs. Cutsforlb and Mr. and
Mrs. Don llellker made the trans
continental flight.
The Morrow county folks have
returned after seeing a wide
scope of the good old U. S. A. nnd
there should be some Interesting
stories about this epochal Journey
by light planes when the travel
ers get sltled back lo earth.
Former Minister
To Conduct Series
Of Meetings Here
Mr. and Mrs. Martin B. Clark
and family who were for four
and one-half years, lrom 1930 to
191-1, ministers of the local
Church of Christ, will conduct a
week's missionary and evangelis
tic rally in the Church of Christ
beginning Tuesday, June 14 and
closing on Sunday, June 19.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark resigned
their work at Heppner to go to In
diana for graduate study at But
ler University in Indianapolis.
They have been there up until
recently and are at the present
time traveling in the interest of
the Osaka Christian Mission and
preparing to leave soon for Osa
ka, Japan where they will become
actively engaged in the mission
work among the Japanese peo
ple. They have been a part of this
mission since 1910 and have spent
the last three years in study and
training Definite plans for their
sailing await the completion of
their home in Osaka.
The local Church of Christ has
underwritten one quarter of Mr.
Clark's salary as he prepares to
go and while he will actually be
working among the people of
Japan.
o
FFA Livestock At
Union Stock Show
Accompanied by Francis Cook,
instructor in agriculture, and
John Bergstrom, rancher, four
members of the local unit of Fu
ture Farmers of America left
Tuesday for Union where the
boys, Gerald Bergstrom, Lynn and
Cecil Rill and Allan Hughes, are
exhibiting livestock at the East
ern Oregon Livestock show
i.eraia Bergstrom is showing a
Hereford cow and Hereford hei
fer, both registered animals.
The other boys are showing baby
beeves.
All four boys will judge and
participate in the showmanship
contest.
WOODWORKING PROGRESSING
The lone Woodworking club
met at the Christian church Mon.
day afternoon to work on their
projects tool box. end tables,
footstools and squaring boards.
Miss Wilson was present to dis
cuss parliamentary procedure,
411 club activities, and encourage
the eight club members present
to complete their projects.
ONE CLUB MEETS
The lone Clothing club met at
L. A. McCabe's Friday to work
on their garments and to hear
the report of the fair booth school
in Heppner given by Lola Ann
McCahe and Ruby Ann Rietmann.
Two members of this club will be
attending summer school Jancj
Seehafer and Rieta Graves.
CHAPERONE CHOSEN
Mrs. Paul Slaughter, cooking
club leader from Irrlgon, is the
leader to chaperone the group of
2(5 boys and girls attending 411
summer school at Oregon State
college campus June 11-21, with
Miss Mabel Wilson, county ex
tension agent in home economics.
New delegates to go from Mor
row county include Lorene Mit
chell and Ronald Currin, Hepp
ner; Wilma Hug. Boardman, and
Helen Steagall and Ronald Ber
ger. Irrigon.
BETTER BOOTHS EXPECTED
Curtis Reid, visual education
director from OSC, discussed set
ting up of fair booths and drove
home his points using colored
pictures of booths at various
county fairs, state fair and Pacif
ic International last Thursday
when 20 persons from granges,
1-11 clubs and other civic organi
zations met at the Heppner high
school. Mr. Reid stressed that on
ly one story be told by each booth
and urged that everything not
helping tell that one story be left
out entirely. A booth's value lies
in its stopping power, so simplic
ity and good balance carrying
out one theme only should be th
features of every booth.. Mr,
rjcii) i
expects to visit the Morrow coun
ty fair this fall to take pictures
of the booths so that next year
when he returns for a training
meeting, persons can better vis
ualize the objects of discussion.
Overnight guests at the Alva
Jones home Friday were Mr. and
Mrs. Dick Horton who were en
roulp from Portland to Burley,
Idaho where Mr. Horton has ac
cepted an executive position on
the local newspaper. Mrs. Horton
is the former Jo Ann Crawford,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. V.
Crawford of Portland and a niece
of several Heppner people includ
ing Mrs. Jones, D. A. Wilson, Mrs.
J. O. Turner, Mrs. R. B. Ferguson
and Mrs. Leonard Schwarz. Mr.
Horton is a nephew of Tom Pur
ee!!, publisher of the Gresham
Outlook.
Jo Anne Wilson, who attended
school In Heppner the past year,
is visiting relatives In Hopewell,
N. J. this summer.
Miller - Peoples
Vows Spoken In
Church Ceremony
Miss Merlene Miller became
the bride of Mr. William Don
Peoples at All Saints Episcopal
church Saturday afternoon, with
Iiev. E. L. Tull of relating. 'I h'
bride was accompanied by her
father and they were prec'ded by
her sister Margaret as junior
maid of honor, her aunl, Mi:s
Nellie Herndon, as maid of hon
or and her sister, Miss Carol Mil
ler and the groom's sister, Mis.
Robert Scanlon, as bride's mr ids.
The groom was attended by Carl
Miller, uncle of the bride.
The bride wore a beautiful
gown of white satin with high
neck line and wide bertha, which
formed cap sleeves, and full skht.
Her fingertip veil was of net e,!g.
ed with lace and fell gracefully
from a coronet of seed pearls.
She carried a shower of bouquet
stephanotis cascading over a
white prayer book. Her attend
ants wore pastel organdy Urr.-ss-es
made in the same pattern as
the bride's gown. On their heads
they wore matching net and flo
wers and with the colors repeated
in their nosegays.
A reception In the parish house
followed the ceremony. Bouquets
of flowers in pastel shades were
used and white tapers. Mrs.
Lucy Peterson sang "Cera use"
and "Through the Years" and was
accompanied by Mrs. Tull, who
also played the wedding music.
Mrs. William Davis finished
cutting the bride's cake and Mr:,.
Oscar George and Mrs. O. G.
Crawford presided at the tea ta
ble. Mrs. Clyde Dunham, Mi
Marvin Wightman, Mrs. Rufus
Pieper, Miss Rose Hoosier a. id
Miss Marlene DuBois assisted
about the rooms.
The bride is the eldest daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Merle Miller
and has grown to young woman
hood here. She was a member of
the 1919 graduating cHss. The
groom is the son of Mrs. Lnru Peo
ples, is an ex-service man and is
now employed hy the R.E.A.
Following a brief honeymoon,
the young couple returned to
Heppner where they will make
their home. For going away the
bride wore a gray suit with green
accessories.
Out of town guests included
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Miller of
Portland; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mil
ler of Salem; Mrs. Robert While
of Independence, grandmother of
the bride; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Elder and Miss Rose Hoosier of
Pendleton.
Random Thoughts...
It was the writer's privilege lo
accompany Nelson Anderson and
a group of agriculturists on a
field tour of a portion of (he
county Saturday an experience
that was enjoyable and. we hope,
profitable. By profitable, we
don't mean financial benefits to
be derived, but from the stand
point of better understanding the
problems with which the farmers
are wrestling to keep ahead of the
weeds, and erosion, and at the
same time produce enough in th?
way of crops to make their in
vestments pay as well as to pro
vide essential foods for all of us.
Some progress is being made in
the direction of strip farming.
Two projects visited included a
field high on the hill in the Bar
ratt range, north of the Bill B.'r
ratt residence, and the Leelnlolt
place near Hardman. This work
is being done in conjunction with
the Soil Conservation Service. The
Barratt tract was seeded this
spring and results remain to be
seen, but the Bechdoit tract is i,i
the second season and the bene
fits accruing from contour plow
ing, strip seeding, and drainage
are discernible, even to a humble
representative ot the fourth es
tate. There's always one place where
a bunch of men shows up well,
be they farmers or otherwise, and
that's around the festive board.
When the noon hour arrived Sat
urday the attendance of the field
tour picked up perceptibly at the !
Lexington grange hall where
members of the Home Economics
club served an appetizing lunch,
eon to about H5 men and one wo
man. Miss Mabel Wilson, county
home demonstration agent, feit
should have a more intimate
knowledge of crop conditions and
was an interested spectator till
day. The women of the granges
always do their part most admir
ably on such occasions and il
was more or less of an effort to
get Ihe afternoon program under
way following Ihe luncheon.
...
Excess stubble has doubtless
retarded universal adoption of
the trashy fallow system hut the
ingenuity of some of the farmers
combined with a generous am
ount of the same quality on the
part of two lone business men,
Omar Rietmann and "Rod" Wont
worth, Ihe handicap wll eventual
ly be overcome. The lone men
have buill a machine for Ken
neth Smouse and the Nelson Bio
Continued on Page 6
Trashy Fallow System Due
To Become Universal on
Basin Farms, Jackman Says
It is only a question of time' In connection with viewing the
until evciy rancher in the Colum- i r.arratt tom nlaniino ii,.
hla basin will be using the trashy J indicated that considerable in
fallow system of farming, E. R. terest in grass is being aroused
Jackman, Oregon State college j in the Columbia basin as a re
farm crops specialist, told 45 lo- jsult of proposed establishment of
cal ranchers who attended the ; wheat allotments. Nationally,
all-day conservation tour Satur-1 Jackman said, this may mean a
lla'- '20 to 25 percent reduction in
After assembling at the fair I wheat acreage. Logically, land
grounds, tour members visited ! taken out of wheat production in
the following ranches: Bill Bar-
ratt, Heppner; Adrian and Archie
Bechdoit, Hardman; Kenneth
Smou.se, Nelson Brothers, and
Newt O'llarra, Lexington.
Machinery is available now,
the crops specialist said, which is
satisfactory for making trashy
tallow. Difnculty at the present
time is in drilling eouinment.
Straw dragging and clogging dis
courages many ranchers from us
ing trashy fallow, Jackman indi
cated. Deep fuirow drills offer
much hope in overcoming this
seeding difficulty, and the soil
j erosion project sponsored by the
j Oregon Wheat Growers league is
set up to find answers to this and
other problems.
Program for the all -day tour
was arranged by County Agent
Nelson Anderson with the coop
eration of Tom Wilson, work unit
conservationist, Heppner soil con
servation district, and Basil Burn
stad, field conservationist, Mor
row county ACA. Noon luncheon
was served by ladies of the Lex
ington grange.
At the fair grounds. Anderson
started the tour with a discussion
of post treating wi'h pent achloro
phenol. He said soli wood posts
will last as much as four times
longer after treatment with the
non-poisonous chemical. Treat
ment cost runs from 8 to 10 cents
a post, he said.
First ranch vsited on the tour,
'the Barratt ranch, tour members
c''w contour strips of spring bar
ley, big bluegrass and intermedi
ate wtioaigrass for seed produc-
i :n.
W' j i i n . w -r f -II a J rL f i 1 '" ni-i.ipiit.-i uSn u uonneit, Braden Tractor & Equ
md And DuSt rail TO Chill Ardor Of Cowboy- school. Boyd is now employed in!Pment Co., Mr. and Mrs Ralph
LnWflir f'prlnrrtirrc n
Although visibility was impos-
si'ole at times because of the
di-sl, a host of spi ct.,.ois spent
the afternoon at the Wranglers'
"Hcy-Doy" June 5 tin annual af-
fair of competitive horseback
events inwhieh riding ciub mem-
In ts from all over Morrow county
gather to contest.
A parade was formed at 12:30
on Main street, with President
Bill Sniethurst carrying the flag.
Queen Shirley and her court ol
the 1919 Heppner Rodeo were pie
sent, fi Mowed by the Wrangler
ha-incr and pennant bearers.
Many horseback riders were pre--ei,'.
as was the vVrangler chuck
w agon diawn I y a team of hors
es. Prizes awarded were for the
youngest rider riding alone,
which was Kit George; nest -dressed
junior cowgirl. Kita Cox;
best dressed junior cowboy, Jerry
P ;i:gherty; adult best dressed
ro-.vgir!. Kvonne F.vans; adult
be-d dressed cowboy, Jack Hart
men; and for iliiving chuck wag
e i, George Larson. Some of the
prizes were donated hy Frank
Turner, Mr. and Mrs. Conlev Lan
ee;n .-.r.d Mr. and Mis'. Roy
Cjuackkonbush.
Immediately following the
giand entry in the rodeo arena
and the awarding of the prizes,
the dust started flying when the
bending race got under way. this
in spile of a full night and day
! sprinkling. Winners were Bob
Gammell first and Floyd Jones
second for the men Crystal Oher
placed first for the women fol
lowed by Kilie Monahan. Top
ping' tin juveniles in this event
was Neil Reamer followed by
Gary Jones.
lew men managed to toss a
loop over the calves' heads as
thev twisted around the arena in
the first section of- roping, but
winning top money on his first
try w as Floyd Jones with 20.1.
Walk, trot, and cantering away
with top honer.s in the pleasure
horse class were Marian Murch
ison first and Crystal Oher sec
ond. Though the junior boot race
competitors found so much dirt
in their boots it must have been
difficult to find room for the feet,
ACCIDENT BARF.LY AVERTED
V. hat might have been
a
scr-
ions accident w as averted hy j
quick and firm applieatoin of car
brakes Tuesday afternoon. Mrs.
James Thomson and three child
ren were driving up Main street
and a little girl on a bicvele was
crossing between the Masonic
and Humphreys corners. Some
thing in the street attracted the
child's attention and she darted
out into the traffic lane just a
few feet in front of the Thomson
car. Mrs. Thomson applied the
brakes vigorously and avoided
hitting the little girl just by inch
es. The sudden impact of brakes
also dislodged her three children
from the car scat but no casual
ties have been reported, other
than that Mrs. Thomson was ill
from shock for awhile.
j the Columbia basin will likely be
seeded to grass.
In addition to Jackman, other
out of county tour visitors includ
ed N. C. Donaldson, executive as
sistant, state PMA committee.
At the Bechdoit ranch, diver
sion ditches, contour strips and
a newly seeded sod waterway
Were viewed. Jackman said hy-
diaulic operated wheat land nil-
ivation machinery fits well into
farming over sod waterways be
cause the machinery may be lift
ed and run over the grass without
loss of time through machinery
stoppage.
Crested wheatgrass is still the
best range land grass in areas
receiving less than 12 inches of
annual rainfall, it was pointed
out. However, proper manage-
ment is necessary to get the most
out of crested wheatgrass, Jack
man said,
A movie, "Tomorrow's Wheat"
was shown after lunch in the
Lexington grange hall.
Trashy fallow and the new
stubble cutting machine were
seen at the Nelson Brothers ranch
and at the Smouse ranch the vis
itors also looked over trashy fal
low operations.
Final stop on the tour was at
the O'Harra ranch to see a stand
of yellow sweet clover which was
to be cut for hay then plowed
under this fall as a green manure
crop.
Eurnstad furnished each tour
member with a card showing
rates of payment and require-
ments for each conservation prac
tice seen
Anniini Hov.Ukv (vent
Christine Swaggart finished frist,
followed by Gary Jones,
i ' Cow girls ale their share of the
!dirt but it didn't slow them down
'any as was seen by their race,
; Lorraine Swaggart placed first
jand Merlyn Robinson finished
second.
j Judging of the reining contest
proved difficult, but first place
went to Archie Murchison and
Bob Gammell and Ralph Beamer
lied for second. Eb Hughes creat
ed a thrill when the cinch on his
saddle gave way and he and
horse both hit the dust
Proving that cowboys do have
an ear for music and an eye for
seeing, if not reaching, a nailkey
when the music stops were Bob
Gammell and Cornett Green
when they placed first and sec
ond respect vely in the musical
chairs event.
Pairing off to win the rescue
r.iei irnrn T nrfiinn Qii-q (Tim rt arid
Oscar George followed by Evonne
- , , - 1 1
Evans and Bob Gammell
Stakes were once again placed
in front of the grand stand and !
Ralph Beamer proved to be the I
fanciest cutter of figure S's in the ;
.i t n j u n i
stake race, followed by Paul j
Jones. Women winners were Ka -
tie Monahan first and Crystal i
Oher second. Children first place ;
went to Neil Beamer. followed by
Gary Jones.
The second section of calf rop
ing saw Floyd Jones's tmie undis
puted, but this time Jack Hart
man qualified for second money
with 10 seconds.
A quarter mile free-for-all race
ended the show with Oscar
George and Bob Gammell strding
ahead.
Entrance
. , , , .
fees Charged Went ill-
to purses for the top two winners
;of each event.
j reople acting as officials for
I day were, judges. Harrv Dinges
and Harlan McCurdy; barrier
men, Gerald Swaggart and Jerry
Sumner; announcer. Al Ketseh;
starter, Harlan McCurdy; arena
director, E Hughes; flag men.
Jack Lovd and Harlan McCurdy.
A number of other people assist
ed the entertainment committee
in puttinT on the show.
Circle No. 2 of the Women's So
iciety of Christian Service of the
Methodist
church will bold its
regular meeting at the home of
.Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Troedson at 2
p. M. June 15. All women of the
church and friends are invited.
Mrs. La Douceur has charge of
the program.
Joe and Tom llugl s. sons of!
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ilug.ics. i 1 n to
leave soon for Alaska to work
iluiing the summer. Joe returned
from Los Angeles last week and
Tom is expected home this week
end from Pacific university tit
Forest Grove.
The Mississippi river
almost half a billion tons
of
solid matter to the sea each year,
Budget Outlines
Cost of Operating
County's Business
Publication of the county bud
get is not merely a matter of
form, Judge J. G. Barratt cited
this morning in discussing feat
ures of the budget currently be
ing published in the Gazette
Times. If it were not for the fact
that the county court feels that
the taxpayers should be given an
opportunity to scan the figures as
prepared by the budget commit
tee there would be no publication
of these figures.
The law provides that the court
shall appoint a committee of
three taxpayers to sit with the
court in planning the ensuing fis
cal year's finances and operation
of the county government. To
make the budget more represent-
attVP thd Pf.lirt hue i.O.r.t,, tU
pollcy (jf appon.,inR six mcmbers
in order to give each section of
the county representation on the
committee. Every item of ex
pense is given careful considera
tion and Judge Barratt points to
the fact that there will he no call
for a special election this year
for the purpose of approving an
amount in excess of the six per
cent limitation. The committee
Mias managed to hold expenses
witmn the limit.
"People should read the budget
and study it. If they do that they
will know more about county fin
ancing and will be able to give
Constructive criticism rather than
just criticize," the judge conclud
ed. NOTICE!
It w ill be necessary to secure a
Oermit for hurninp rnhhiyh ni-
Urass tt-m,in th jlv ,:, p.
mits may be obtained from How.
ard Keithley, city superintendent.
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Redding of
Santa Monica, Calif announce the
birth of a six pound one and one
half cunce baby girl, Sherry Dee,
on MpV rtO. Mrs Eeddina was t nic
j Ashba"ugh. Boyd was3 formerly
employed in the bank heie. Both
' ffrytlial,, frnm I U tJ.,., U I-
mgeies iwns.
Strawberry Feed
Enjoyed By Lodge.
People af lone
By Echo Palmateer
DATES TO REMEMBER
June 10 Study meeting of Topic
ciuo at nome ot .Mrs. Oscar
Lundeil
June 16 Rebekah meeting at 8
p. m.
June 17 HEC of Willows grange
June IS Regular meeting of Wil.
lows grange. Moving pictures
will be shown.
June 19 Father and son ban
quet at giange hall in evening;
all fathers and sons invited.
June 20 Annual school meeting
Mr. and Mrs. II. O. EIv return-
ed from Portland and other val-
i "'n , , , ' , -,,
Donald Corson of ictorvi lie,
jCalif. is visiting his grandmother,
: Mrs. Delia Corson.
.Mrs. Wm. Seehafer and
Trs. I
ua' , coney entertained the
,c'"- ,ne "jongrega- jFaus walked off with the honors,
tional church Friday of as week. ilf ,u t o-o j i. i
The honoroos werj Mrs Donald lf the No 3oS squad was right in
Ball and Mrs. Sam Esteb. Theyjtnere firing-
received lovely gifts. Refresh"- o
ments were served from tables
decorated with roses and pansies.
.ur. ana iviis. i-renencK Martin
and family of Madras have mov
ed into their house on Main street
where they have been doing some
remodeling.
i t.... -o,.i t-i i
Mrs. Agnes WU c.x oland
;tre visunjj in iont
Delhen Enter' shipped l"io he.-.d
of cattle last week.
Between till and TO people were
served at a siravvherrv feed at the
t ..'..I,!., c,..,.o,.l i.
.IIU.-IN.H lltltl .UOVKII I'll IIIIL, 11
....ls smnsored hv the Masons ao.l
Eastern Star.
Mrs. Walter Dobvns will leave
this week for Portland and will
attend grand chapter of the lias
tern Star next week.
Mrs. Echo Palmateer returned
Saturday evening from a trip in
western Oregon.
Mrs. Ida Coleman and daughter
Anntihelle returned from Port
land Saturday. Her daughter Sue
remained for a longer visit.
Condon defeated lone in a base
ball game here Sunday. 9-7. The
lone Legion defeated the Hepp
ner Legion boys in a softball
game -11-7. This is their first
game since forming the league.
Harold Dobvns of Pendleton
spent the week-end at the Walter
i Dobvns home
H'cov er tig i
from a recent
i recent visitors
oiiei :r um, Ot her '
al the Dobvns I
and Mrs. Elmer !
home were Mr
Musgravo of Hamilton and Mr.
and Mrs. Gus Peterson of John
Hay.
Sir. and Mrs. Frank Sloan and
Mrs. Rachel Jackson of llermis
ton attended the siravvherrv feed
i Sunday evening.
I Billy Lundeil of La Grande vis
ited relatives here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Mcv'ahe and
daughter Arlela are visiting in
Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Noel Dobvns and
daughter Dorothv anil Robert
Jensen left for Portland Saturday,
i Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Hale of Ya
carries kima were recent guests of his
daughter, Mrs. Ida Grabill. Mrs.
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Employment For
Handicapped Vets
McCraw's Objective
Oregon fastest growing state In
the Union, is faced with the ne
cessity of providing employment
ror tnousands 01 newcomers as
well as a sizable army of handi
capped veterans of the recent
war, Troy McCraw told the cham
ber of commerce luncheon group
Monday noon. Not only is it the
fastest growing state, but Oregon
has a larger percentage of han
dicapped veterans and this poses
a problem, too, in a state that is
only beginning to wake up in
dustrially McCraw, who graduated from
Heppner hig hschool with the
class of 1919, is a veteran of
World War I and s at present en.
gaged in a campaign of educa
tion to obtarn employment for
handicapped veterans. He showed
a motion picture of veterans of
this classification in training
which is visible evidence of the
remarkable manner in which
these men are adaptng themselv.
es to a new way of working
McCraw appeared before the
America n Legion Monday eve
ning.
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Ambulance Fund
Keeps on Growing
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
are making a plea to all persons
who have contemplated making
contributions as well as to those
who have not thought of doing
so to bring in or send in the
funds at the earliest possible
date. Word has been received
that the ambulance has been
completed and ready for service.
Kepresentatives of the local VFW
unit are ready to go after the
machine as soon as the money is
available to pay for it.
The VFW7 committee says:
"Please do not delay, we beg you,
as we do not know when a life
may be lost if we do not have the
ambulance here ready to go at
a moment s notice.
Contributions have been receiv
ed from the following: Mrs. Grace
O. Nickerson, Mr. and Mrs. How
ard Evans. Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Duvall, Mr. and Mrs. Harrv
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Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bea
mer, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hynd,
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hynd Jr., Mr.
and Mrs. Ellis Moyer, and. Mr.
and Mrs. J. U. Martin of Klamath
Falls.
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GRASS FIRE SUNDAY
Trash burning on the Carl
Whillock property on upper Main
street shortly after noon Sunday
was expanded nto a serious field
fire when a brisk wind from the
north swept up Donladson can-
von. A crew of men working with
city fire equipment fought the
blaze for a mile up the hillside
and to the south before it was
brought under control.
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ATTENDED ELKS CONCLAVE
Going from Heppner to attend
the Elks convention in Klamath
Falls last week were Dr. A. D.
jMcMurdo, Frank Connor, Milton
i Morgan, Joe Aiken, Mr. and Mrs.
; P. W. Mahoney, Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Wilson, Earl Warner and Ralph
1 Jackson. Several of the men of
the group took part in the trap
shoot which was a feature nf thp
entertainment in which Klamath
JAYCEE ELECTION BILLED
FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Election of Junior chamber of
commerce officers for the 1949-50
term and the Ja Cee-ette kinder-
partpn hnnrfl will ttilra nlio
p,--.... ..... piu.... ,
iwhe,n the tw0 "J!" Wed-
nesday evening, June 15, at the
Recreation center.
Following the 8 o'clock busi
ness sessions will be the party
for the Jay Cee-ettes and their
husbands wheh is being planned
'by the "Odds," losers in the re
cent membership drive.
Legion Auxiliary
Holds Installation
The American Legion auxiliary
held its last meeting until fall
Tuesday night, with installation
of officers as the main order of
business. Mrs. Mary Jo Pinney of
Pendleton, district six president,
acted as installing officer with
ihe follow ing taking office: Pres
ident. Mrs. Otto Steinke; first
vice president. Mrs. Darrel Hud
son; second vice president. Mrs.
Floyd Worden; secretary -treasur-
er. Mrs. Kemp Dick; chaplain.
Mrs. James Ilealy; historian. Mrs.
Charles Hasvold; sergeant at
arms. Mrs. Jack Bailey. Executive
committee members are Mrs. Loy
jal Parker, Mrs. Harry Tamblyn.
land Mrs. Harlan McCurdy Jr.
Mrs. Jack Van Winkle. Mrs.
I Kemp Dick and Mrs. Otto Stein
jke were elected delegates to the
istate convention at Salem August
'3, 4 adn 5.
After an informal discussion
i of the accomplishments of dis
trict six as a whole and the pro
jects completed by the Pendle
ton unit, hostesses Mrs. A. A.
Scouten and Mrs. William Pad-
berg served pineapple upside
down cake and coffee.
Morrow County 4-H
Exhibitors Capture
Honors at Dalles
lone Youths Take
First in Livestock
Demonstration
With three first places and sev
eral awards in other divisions,
Morrow county exhibitors at the
4-H fat stock show in The Dalles
Tuesday and Wednesday were
right out in front. Ronald Baker
of the lone 4-H club captured two
first places on his own account
and shared a third one with Mal
colm McKlnney when the boys
walked off with the honors in the
livestock demonstration division
with a fine presentation on pro
per livestock feeding and rations.
Other placing In the division
were Duane Baker and Herbert
Ekstrom, lone, with fourth place
for their presentation of dehorn
ing methods.
Ronald Baker placed first in
the fat judging contest for all
classes of livestock, and gathered
more honors by taking the grand
championship in the sheep show
manship division.
The Morrow county lads were
well represented in the livestock
division with Fritz Cutsforth tak
ing third in the Hereford class,
followed In the same class by Pat
Cutsforth with fourth place and
Jimmy Wightman with sixth and
Mike Stalcup, Boardman, seventh.
Mike Stalcup also placed third in
the Poland China class of fat
hogs.
Up to press time the grand
champion of the fat Hereford
class had not been named but
Diane Christenson of Sherman
county semed a strong contender
with her excellent champion of
berg also of Sherman county,
berg, also of Sheerman county,
had the reserve champion in thai
same class. Diane Christenson
gained further honors by holding
the champion and the reserve
champion of the fat sheep class.
The parents of the 4-H mem
bers were not forgotten as the
swimming pool was available for
the ladies during the day. The
evenings' entertainment was
highlighted by a banquet for the
4-H members and their families
fi nMonday nighl On Tuesday the
ladies met at the Dalles country
club while the men gathered in
commercial room of The Dalles
hotel.
Among those attending from
Morrow county were Mr and Mrs.
E. M. Baker, Ronald, Duane and
Mardene; Mrs. Earl McKinney
and sons Malcolm and Leland;
Mrs. Jamie Stalcup and son Mike;
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Cutsforth
Imd sons Fritz and Pat; Jane See
hafer, Joan Coleman, Jimmy
Wightman; Mr. and Mrs Herbert
Ekstrom and sons, Herbert and
Dick; Mr. and Mrs. John Graves,
Dean and Reta; Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Heliker; Lloyd Howton
and daughters Janet and Judy;
Delbert Emert, Henry Baker, Ver
non Munkers. Mrs. J. L. McLaugh
lin, Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Anderson
Sr. and County Agent and Mrs.
N. C. Anderson Jr.
Local News In Brief
Mr. and Mrs. Clare Goheen of
Portland were here over the week
end on the first lap of a trip
which will take them practically
around the United State. From
here they went to Lake Chelan.
They expect to be gone until Oc
tober. Mrs. Ethel Adams and daugh
ici otrnv suciii a v. c-rrrv 111 oi
Francisco on a sightseeing vaca
ter Betty spent a week in San
tion. Mrs. Adams returned Sun
day night and Betty stayed In
Portland for a few days. Nancy
Adams accompanied her oldest
sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. John Roscoe to their home
in Kellogg. Idaho after a week
end here.
Mesdames Sophrona Thomp
son and Lennie Loudon drove to
Walla Walla Sunday to meet Mrs.
Thompson's daughter, Mrs. Earl
Bryant and children of Lewlston,
Idaho who are now visiting at the
Thompson home.
Mrs. W. E. Irwin of Portland is
visiting at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Elbert Cox. Mrs. Irwin came
to attend the funeral of the late
Joe Haves.
Mr and Mrs. Floyd Tolleson
drove to Colfax, Wash. Sunday to
enjoy the day with their son
Floyd and family from Spokane.
They were accompanied by Mr.
Tolleson's sister, Miss Sarah Tol
leson, who is visiting from her
home in Tulsa, Okla.
Mr. and Mrs. Earle Gilliam re
turned from a few days in Cor
vallis where they went to witness
the graduation of their son How-
ird and to make Ihe acquaint
ance of their new granddaughter,
Mrs. George Gertson Is leaving
Friday for St. Paul to attend the
national convention of the Degree
of Honor. She will travel on the
Webfoot special out of Portland.
Another car will be added at Spo.
kane. Mrs. Gertson will be mmo
about 10 days and will vlxlt Mr.
Gertson' people In Havre, Mont.