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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, June 16, 1949
Volume 66 Number 13
School Elections
On Calendar For
Monday Afternoon
District 1 Voting
Special Fund For
Future Expansion
Annual school meetings and
elections will be held In all or
ganized school districts in Mor
row county for the election of a
director in each district and such
other business as Is necessary, on
Monday, June 20.
School district Number 1 is vot
ing on a special improvement
fund for future expansion and
improvements to buildings and
grounds. Included in this expan
sion program is the purchase of
additional property in the vicin
ity of the present school site for
eventual erection of a grade
school building. It is also desired
to provide more playground for
the smaller school folic. Installa
tion of the new heating plant has
already been accomplished, being
one of the first projects taken up
in the improvement program.
Zone I, which Includes Board
man District No. 25 and Irrigon
District No. 10 of the Rural School
Board district, will elect a direc
tor to the Rural school board. R.
Vernon Jones's name will appear
on the ballot by petition.
Zone IV, which includes Hepp
ner district No. 1 of the Rural
School district, will choose a di
rector for the Rural School board.
J. J. Nys has been nominated by
petition and his name will appear
on the ballot.
Holdover directors of the Rural
School board are E. Markham Ba
ker of lone, Vernon Munkers of
Lexington and Mrs. Margaret Ca
son of the Heppner rural area, not
In District 1 and Hardman.
The Non-High school district
Zone IV comprising elementary
districts Nos. 3 and 42 will elect
a director to the Non-High school
board. A. C. Ball's name from
District No. 3 has been placed on
the ballot by petition.
Elderly Hardman
Resident Called
By Death Friday
Mrs. Mary E. Coats passed
away at her home in Hardman
June 10, 1919 after a long Illness,
and was laid to rest in the I.O.O.
F. cemetery June 12. Glenn War
ner, pastor of the Heppner Church
of Christ officiated. Charles Bar
low and Robert Walker sang two
numbers, accompanied by Miss
Mabel Wilson. Pallbearers were
friends In the Hardman commun
ity, Glenn Farrens, Walter Wright,
Harold Stevens, Huston Leslie,
Adrian and Archie Bechdolt.
Born July 28, 1855 in Iowa, she
was married to Gilbert Coats Feb
ruary 3, 1878. To this union were
born three sons, Henry and Jesse
of Hardman, Claud of Boardman;
one daughter, Eva Chapin, who
preceded her In death In 1920.
Mr. Coats passed away in 1926.
She also leaves three grand
children, Leon Chapin, Pendleton,
Echo Mallery, Seattle, and Reeves
Coats, Salem; five great grand
children and one great-great
grandchild.
Mrs. Coats with her family
came to Oregon in 1884, residing
most of this time in Morrow
county. She was loved and re
spected by all who knew her, and
was known all over the commun
ity as Grandma Coals, and was
especially loved by the little ones.
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IDAHOAN LEAVES ARLINGTON
AT MUCH LATER HOUR
Agent Floyd Tolleson wishes to
call attention of the traveling
public that there has been a
change of schedule relative to
the passenger train The Idahoan
The train, formerly scheduled to
leave Arlington at 2 p. m., now
leaves that point at 5 p. m., ar
riving In Portland at 9 p. m.
The Idahoan Is now diesellzed,
completing the change from
steam to dlesel power on the
three Union Pacific transcontin
ental passenger trains.
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Mr. and Mrs. Vawter Parker
and family of Hood River came
up Friday evening to be present
at the anniversary dinner parly
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank S. Parker Saturday eve
ning. All members of the Tar
ker family were at home except
John and his family, detained In
Pendleton on account of the fire
which destroyed the Pendleton
sawmill, of which he Is the aud
itor. Mrs. Grace Nlckerson returnd
Tuesday night from a trip to
Chicago where she was the guest
of her son Francis and family
for a couple of weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Grover Lynn and
mint, Mrs. Ellen Schwartz of
Portland stopped over night Sun
day to call on friends while on
their way back from Long Creek,
Mrs. Schwartz's former home.
Mrs. Ruth Davis of Cle Elum,
Wash. Is visiting her sons, Ralph
and Bill Davis and families.
Log Of Portland To Portland Flight
Kept by Morrow County Participants
The following story is an ac
count of the Portland-to-Portland
air tour as told by the four Mor
row county people, Mr. and Mrs.
Orvllle Cutsforth and Mr. and
Mrs. Don Heliker:
We Joined the Portland air tour
at Pendleton where 55 planes
and 157 people were awaitng us.
We were served an enjoyable
breakfast by the Roundup queen
and her attendants. Leaving Pen
dleton about 9:30 a. m. (Mav 21)
we flew to Boise Idaho to have
lunch on the lawn at the airport.
During the lunch hour the Ore
gon Cavemen put on a show for
us. urvllle was put in charge of
a flight of five Stlnsons. The
group took off at 1:15 p. m. and
arrived at Salt Lake at 4 d. m.
for an overnight stop. We visited
the famous Mormon Tabernacle
grounds. From Salt Lake we flew
to Cheyenne Wyo. where we visit -
ed the Wyoming Hereford ranch,
commonly known as W.H.R., the
largest registered Hereford ranch
in lh Wfirlrl The ranch hae .
000 acres and around 900 cows, ft
employs 27 families and 15 single
men.
En route from Cheyenne to Wi
chita, our next stop, we could still
see the damage caused by the
dust blows of the '30's. While
there we made a tour through the
Cessna and Beechcraft plants. La
ter we were entertained with a
reception and banquet in the
ballroom of the Lassen hotel. We
remember this evening for the
outstanding way in which the
Wichita people chose to welcome
us.
During the evening we were
entertained by the Grants Pass
Cavemen and the Coos Bay Pir
ates. The speaker of the evening
was Ernest Haycox, novelist and
member of the tour.
Tuesday, May 24 we arrived in
Indianapolis, Ind. where part of
the group took in the tryouts for
the Memorial Day races.
At Akron, Ohio, an overnight
stop, we were held by a weather
front which delayed up about an
hour. The time was spent danc
ing square dances. Barbara and
Gladys were interviewed over the
radio by Bob Tomlinson of KGW.
This weather front held us up at
different points one of which was
Youngstown, Ohio, where Orvllle
earned his lunch by washing
dishes in the kitchen of a small
restaurant, not equipped to serve
so many hungry people on such
short notice.
Still playng along behind the
weather front we landed at Du
Bois, Penn. where we played
ping-pong and gin rummy to
pass the time. Then flew to Rock
Haven, Penn. where we toured
the Piper plant. The boys had a
nice visit with Mr. Piper and he
let us fly a new Piper Clipper.
Leaving Lock Haven the morn
Ing of May 27. we were schedul
ed for Wllllamsport for break
fast. When we flew over Wlll
lamsport there was a layer of fog
ove rthe city and airport. We cir
cled several tmes until our co
pilot, Don Heliker, saw a break
In the clouds. Down we went ana
Pendleton Lumber
Company's Sawmill
Burned Saturday
Fire, the origin of which was
not fully determined the first of
lha ii-nilf HntrnvnH thn cnwmill
plant of 'the" Pendleton Lumber
company late Saturday afternoon, i
Stocks of lumber in considerable
amount, the dry kiln and a lum
ber shed escaped the ravages of
the fire which was one of the
most spectacular conflagrations
witnessed in the Umatilla city In
several years.
The plant is owned by Orvllle
Smith of Heppner and Charles
Dower of Pendleton.
Monday's East Oregonian said
the plant will bo rebuilt in the
immediate future, since the con
cern had important orders to fill,
Temporary offices have been set I
up In the chamber ot commerce
rooms In the city.
Orville Smith and Jack For
sythe had flown to Seattle Satur
day and flew to Pendleton as
soon as they received word of
the fire, arriving there late that
evening.
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Mrs. Arthur Shamblyn is vis
iting relatives in Portland.
Mrs. Hilma Anderson and Mrs.
Charles Osmln mitored to Tort-
land Wednesday morning on the
first lap of a fortnight's vacation
in the city and coastal points.
They expect to spend some time
at DeLakc.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Anderson
and Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Parker
motored to Coos Bay the last of
the week to attend the state
grange convention.. They went
by way of Portland and the coast
highway and will return the in
land route.
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Allstott Jr.
have moved to the Harley Ander
son farm where they will be
employed.
Mr. and Mrs. Harley Anderson
motored to Portland the first of
the week and will spend several
days there attending grand lodge
sessions of the Masons and East
ern Star and looking after busi
ness matters.
The Mississippi river drains
live-twelfths of the United States.
Both Aristotle and Demosthen-
les regarded torture as the sur
est means of obtaining evidence.
being lucky we came through at
one end ofthe airport runway so
our pilot Drought the plane in
for a perfect landing.
Following up the Connecticut
river to Lebanon, N. H., we were
taken by bus through the town
where we saw the beautiful Dart
mouth college buildings. This be
ing an overnight stop the town
treated us to a free show, Red
Canyon, which was filmed on the
John Day river.
Saturday, May 28 we made the
last hop to Portland, Maine, ar
riving at 10:35 a. m., where a cor
dial welcome was extended us by
the Portland chamber of com
merce. We visited the Longfellow
home during the afternoon, then
we were taken to the beach in
the evening for a clambake and
lobster dinner In New tngland
I style at Portland's famous Kettle
! Cove
Leaving Portland, Me., on our
way to Washington, D. C, we
visited with Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Zita, the former Dorothy Cuts
forth, and Mr. Zita's parents at
New Britain, Conn.
Monday, May 30 we landed at
Erco Field in Washington, D. C.
Here we took a limousine tour
through the city seeing many
historic and interesting places,
including Arlington cemetery.
Robert E. Lee's mansion, the Pen-
tagon building and the Smithso
nian Institute, Museum of Sci
ence. The following morning we
took a bus tour with the rest of
the group through the city visit
ing where we have the record of
being the only group of people to
come to Washington without ask
ing for something.
We were luncheon guests of
the senators and representatives
from Oregon. This luncheon offi
cially ended the air tour. From
here each plane was on its own
to go back to Oregon any route
they chose.
We decided to take a northern
route home. Making short stops
at Buffalo, Niagara, London, Ca
nada, and Detroit, Mich., enroute
to Hillsdale, Mich, where we vis
ited with Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe
Penoyer, an aunt and uncle of
Don Heliker.
The next day we were met at
the airport by Mrs. Francis Nick
erson. She took us to the Nicker
son home in Wilmette, 111. We
spent two nights with them see
ing something of Chicago night
life. Orvllle and Don visited the
Chicago Board of Trade and the
(girls went shopping with Peggy
for a euide
Leaving Chicago June 4 we
made stops at Chippewa Falls,
Wis., Watertown, S. D. and stop
ped in Hogeland, Mont, for an
overnight visit with Orville's
brother, Aubrey Cutsforth. Our
Jast stop was at Missoula, Mont
We arrived home the next day
at noon, having covered 7.800
miles in 63 hours flying time,
using 6944 gallons of gas in 18
days.
After crossing 29 states and
part of Canada we found we had
.crossed the Missouri river six
times
Briefs of Community..
By Ruth Payne Gaylord Ingram and James
The annual reunion picnic oBrannon motored to The Dalles
the Huston family was held Sun-1 Thursday to take care of some
day at the Farrens camp south of
Hardman Present were Mr. and
Mrs Claude Huston and son Tom;
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Rill and
family; Mr. and Mrs. Evan Rill of
5iRll,,,milc; Mr and Mrs William
Rawlins and children; Mrs. Rob-
, "?mcll , .. .
Gaines; Mr. and Mrs. Ted Hart
and family and Clive Huston of
Heppner.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Doolittle
had as their guests during the
past week her cousins Mr. and ' circus.
Mrs. Ed Rood of Portland and Mrs. Omer McCaleb and dau
her brother and wife, Mr. and ghter Mary Elizabeth arrived the
Mrs. Walter Rood of Elgin; also first of the week from their home
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Obenchain
and daughter Linda of Central
Point. Mrs. Obenchain is a niece
of Mr. Doolittle. During their vis
it in Heppner, Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Rood were guests of Miss Leta
Humphreys, also.
Orrin W. Furlong departed
Monday evening on the Stream
liner from Pendleton for his home
in Toluca, III. after spending a
week at the home of his father,
William Furlong. He was taken
to Pendleton by Mr. Furlong and
Mr. and Ms. J. C. Payne.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Ogletree
motored to Kimberley Saturday to
spend the week-end with her
mother, Mrs. Jessie Batty. On
Tuesday, Mrs. Ogletree left for
Monmouth where she will attend
the summer sessions of Oregon
College of Education.
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No Wranrjler event U complete nowadays without the "chuck"
wagon, and her we find George Larson handling the ribbons as
the popular riding club paraded on Main street prior to the an
nual "Hey-Day" ttagtd ot the Rodeo grounds June 4.
Mountain Retreat
Forms Setting For
Lodge Ceremonial
Heppner Chapter No. 26, Royal
Arch Masons abandoned formal
lodge facilities in favor of an out
door ceremony Saturday evening
when a class of candidates took
the Royal Arch degree. The pic
nic grove at the Wightman ranch
high up in the Blue mountains
became for a few hours the point
of interest for RAMs of three jur.
isdictions, Pendleton, John Day
and Heppner, with candidates
from each chapter taking the de
gree. Approximately 90 members of
the Masonic branch were present
to participate in the steak dinner
prepared and servied by some of
the brothers from Kinzua and
what a dinner! Steaks more than
an inch thick, corn on the cob,
celery, green onions, radishes, ol
ives, pickles, rolls, cake, ice
cream and coffee, in quantities
to match the appetites created by
the rarp mountain air
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T V,, "",6,;r,
ed b? the Presence of Robert
Dodge of Ashland, grand high
priest, and the grand secretary,
J. F. Toussant, besides the high
priests of the Pendleton and John
Day chapters and several mem
bers from each of those chapters.
Weather conditions were per
fect and those in attendance were
heartily in favor of making the
outdoor ceremonial an annual
event.
Wheat Allotment
Time Nearly Due
The time for the wheat allot
ments to be announced is rapidly
approaching and there are still
a few farmers in the county who
have not announced their inten
tions regarding participation in
the program, announces the PMA
office. These farmers are advised
to contact the local PMA office
this week without fail. Failure to
register wheat land with the pro-1
gram may cause a hardship for
the operator in the event market-
ing quotas are voted into effect,
The committees for the various
communities have been busily
engaged this week working out
Ihe usual acreage for the 1950
crop year. This usual acreage will
be used as a base for establishing
the individual allotments.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Barger
and children are vacationing
with relatives in Tacoma and
Port Angeles, Wash.
business matters.
Vernon Bell is spending the
summer at Kimberley where he
is employed on the farm of his
uncle, Raymond Batty.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Banker
of Portland spent several days
here the first of the week looking
after property interests and visit
ing friends.
Adelia, Nancy and Carol An
derson motored to Pendleton
Tuesday evening
to attend the
in Corvallis and will spend some
time with her parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Alex Geen. Mr. McCaleb ex
pects to join them later on.
Crockett Spouls, Mrs. John Hi
att and Mrs. Oscar Rippee of Con
don left Tuesday morning by mo
tor for Oakland, Calif, where they
will attend the graduation exer
cises of Mr. Sprouls' daughter,
Janet. Miss Sprouls was awarded
the Golden Fawn honor award
for her high scholastic standing.
Mrs. W. L. McCaleb left the
last of the week for Forest Grove
where she will spend some time
looking after business interests.
Mrs. Katie Slocum is vacation
ing for a month in Sacamenlo,
Calif., having gone down the last
of the week with her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Drake. The Drakes spent several
Fire Destroys lone City Hall, Library
Swim Instruction
Classes to Start
Tuesday Morning
Classes in swimming instruc
tion will start at the municipal
pool Tuesday morning, announc
es Mrs. William Labhart, instruc
tor, who has arranged a schedule
to accommodate all interested
parties from the age of six years
up.
Registration is being made at
the pool by Mrs. Labhart and
should be completed by this
week end. The hours 2 to 5 p. m.
are reserved for registration.
The following schedule has
been arranged: Beginners, 10 to
11 a. m. Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday; intermediate,
11 to 12 a. m. Tuesday, Wednes
day, Thursday, Friday; advanced
class, 1 to 2 p. m. Tuesday, Wed
nesday, Thursday, Friday; boat
ing and life saving, 5 to 6 p. m.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday, and adults, 7 to 8 p. m.
Wednesday and Friday.
The classes are free and under
the auspices of the Morrow Coun
ty Red Cross chapter, of which
Jack O'Connor is the water safe
ty chairman.
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Dorrance Succeeds
Perry as FN Bank's
Livestock Inspector
Thomas Dorrance of Enterprise
has taken the place of Grant W.
Perry as livestock inspector for
the First National Bank of Port
land in central Oregon, according
to an announcement by Merle
Becket, local FNB manager. He
will serve all central Oregon
banking offices in the First Na
tional system and will make his
headquarters in The Dalles.
Dorrance is popular in this ter
ritory, being well known as a
partner in the Enterprise firm of
Dorrance & Son, a Hereford cattle
breeding firm which
was sold
three years ago.
Perry, who served five years as
livestock inspector, has been as-
signed to Urst National in luam
ath Falls, where he will handle
livestock and agricultural credit
work.
The central Oregon territory
w:'.ich Durance serves, besides
The Dalles, includes First Nation
al group banks in Hood River,
Condon. Fossil. Bend, Moro,
Prineville and Heppner.
CORRECTION!
Through an oversight the pric
es in the J. C Penney Co. ad on
page 3 were lelt out. The prices
should read as follows: Sport
Shirts, S3.98. Towncraft Dress
Shirts, S2.83. Towncraft Ties, 98c.
Pajamas S2.98.
It is regrettable to have to
make the correction in this man
ner, but the effect of the ad
would be nil without the prices.
And we have such nice black
figures for that purpose, tool
days in Heppner and Lexington
visiting relatives and friends.
Mrs. John Healy of the Pine
City district was shopping in
Heppner Tuesday.
Mrs. Ted Palmateer of lone was
visiting and shopping in Heppner
Tuesday.
Miss Dona Barnett and Mrs.
Trina Parker were up from Lex
ington Tuesday. They are plan
ning to leave soon for their sum
mer home on the Metolius river
to spend some time vacationing.
Mrs. Grace Cleveland has re
turned from a brief visit with
friends in Spokane.
Mrs. Mabel Burkenbine and her i turned to Heppner the first of the
granddaughter, Carol Burken-'week for a brief visit with his
bine, returned Thursday from : father. L. L. Gilliam. Sunday. Don
Spokane where they visited with 1 expects to go to Pendleton w'lere
her son Reese. Reese is employed ; he w ill work for the forest serv
at the pesent time as government ice and will be stationed at a
dairy and meat inspector in ' guard station near Vkiah.
Spokane.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin R. Hilden- i
brand and two daughters arrived I
in Heppner the first of the week
from Toppenish, Wash, and will
make their home here. Mr. 1U1
denbrand will be employed as
conservation aid with the soil
conservation service.
Don Gilliam, student at Oregon ;
State college this past year, re-
From this picture it is not known whether this depicts a calf roper
or cn arena wrangler. Whatever it represents it "means action of
tho kind the "cash customers" usually pay lor in the bigger
shows while the Wranglors risk their necks lor the iun of it.
Morrow's 4-H Club
Winners Proclaim
Dalles Show Tops
Adding up honors, placings and
prices received by Morrow coun
ty 4-H club members, the third
annual Oregon Wheat Growers
League 4-H fat stock show and
sale held at The Dalles on June
6, 7, and 8, was a successful, in
the opinion of Nelson Anderson
county agricultural agent.
Too late for last week's paper
was the placing of Ronald Bak
er's Shorthorn steer as champion
of that breed, and reserve cham
pion of all breeds. The calf was
bred by Sherman-Ferguson of
Heppner. The steer sold for 50
cents a pound at the sale held
Wednesday evening. Other prices
were high, with the lowest price
received by any Morrow county
club member being 33S cents per
pound. Ronald Baker's two Hamp
shire lambs brought $2 and .73
per pound, respectively. Michael
Stalcup's fat barrow brought 40
cents per pound.
Announced at the conclusion of
the show were special awards,
with Morrow county winning its
share. Michael Stalcup, Board
man, won a S25 special award for
the Hereford steer making the
highest daily gain. This steer
was selected from among 58 be
ing exhibited at the show for this
award. Ronald Baker won the
special award of $25 for showing
the champion of the Shorthorn
breed. Morrow county was also
judged first in county sheep
herdsmanship, second in county
hog herdsmanship, and third in
beef herdsmanship. They took 5th
place in county group of five
steers.
Exhibiting at the show were
Pat and Fritz Cutsforth, Dean
Graves, Ronald Baker, Michael
Stalcup, Jim Wightman, and Joan
Cc'eir.nn. Malcolm McKinney,
Duane Baker and Herbert Eks
Strom were present to take part
in livestock demonstration con
tests. A goodly number of parents,
leade.s and persons interested in
club work attended the show and
sale.
MORE AMBULANCE, FUNDS
Additional donations to the am
bulance fund during the week
include the following: lone, Ad
die F. Salter; Lexington, Mr. and
Mrs. Armin Wihlon; Heppner,
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Casebeer. Wil
low Lodge No. 66, I.O.O.F., Mr.
and Mrs W F Barkla, Eileen Har
ris, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Buschke.
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Estberg, Mil
dred Tucker. Mr. and Mrs. Cornelt
Green and Anna Q. Thomson.
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Junior Baseball
League Organized
Organization of a junior base
ball league to play a series of
games during the summer has
been effected. The towns includ
ed are Kinzua, Condon. Arlington
and Heppner.
Saturday afternoon the Hepp
ner team journeyed to Arlington
and lost by a score of 4-3 in an
exciting game which was dead
locked at 3-all in the last inning.
Harold Manners. Heppner pitch
er, allowed only three hits in the
game.
This coming Saturday after
noon at 3:30 Heppner will enter
tain the Condon Junior leaguers
at the Rodeo field in the locals'
first home appearance.
Orrin Bisbee of San Francisco
and Katlierine Bisbee of Oregon
City are visiting in Heppner this
week with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. L. E. Bisbee. The Bisbees
plan to leave soon for a fishing
trip to East Lake.
Sally Colin will leave Sunday
for Cove to attend the advanced
class of
camp.
the Episcopal summer
SLEEP IN BUTTE, MONT.
BREAKFAST AT LEXINGTON
'The Flying Cutsforths" might
be the most appropriate title for
this story, for trips by air by the
Orville Cutsforth family are any
thing but rare these days.
Returning only last week from
a cross country tour by air, Cuts
forth saw an announcement of a
Polled Hereford bull sale at Sher
idan, Wyoming. The sale was set
for Tuesday of this week. Taking
three of his boys in the Stinson
the flying rancher set out early
Tuesdav morning for Sheridan
They took in the sale and find
ing hotel accommodations taken
up, decided to head for home via
Butte, Mont. Arriving at Butte
they found there was a strike of
hotel workers underway but they
took rooms, made up their own
bends and didn't miss the servic
es of the strikers too much. The
senior Cutsforth arose at 4 a. m.
and looked the town over a bit,
then at 5 got the boys up and
they set out for Missoula to get
breakfast. Reaching there the
plane was sailing along so
smoothly it was decided they
would head for home and get
their breakfast. They flew on to
Spokane and then took a bee-line
for home, arriving shortly after
9:30, a little late for the usual
ranch, breakfast, but they got a
fjite to eat just the same.
Hotel To Undergo
Redecorating Job
Manager Harold Sanders an
nounced this week that the Hotel
Heppner will be treated to a new
coat of paint in the near future.
The announcement followed upon
the visit here last week of Joseph
Kaffeseider and son Max, owners
of the property, who made ar
rangement for the improvement.
Workmen are busy this week
altering a room on the Willow
street side of the hotel upon
which Mrs. Mary Stephens has
taken a lease. She will move her
business, Mary Van's Flower
Shop, from the present location
on Main street to the new location
about July 1.
Announcement will be due in
a few weeks relative to the cor
ner room in the hotel formerly
occupied by Scotty's Super Cream.
County's Biggest
Delegation Leaves
For Summer School
Morrow county's delegation of
25 4-H club members, with Mrs.
Ida Slaughter, local leader, Irri
gon as chaperone, left for Corval
lis Tuesday where they will
spend the next 10 days on the
Oregon State college campus at
tending summer school classes.
Recreation and leadership train
ing will be interspersed with the
classes. Approximately 1800 of
the 26.000 boys and girls enroll
ed in club work in Oregon will be
attending this summer school. It
is an annual event that all 4-H
club boys and girls look forward
to, hoping that their work has
outstanding enough to be select
ed as one of the lucky ones to
attend.
Because so many 4-H boys and
girls want to attend summer
school, it has been necessary to
set up a quota system for Ore
gon's 36 counties and the cityof
Portland. Quotas are based on
completed projects in the counties
during the 1948 club year. In turn
counties allot their quotas to de
serving members.
In the case of Morrow county,
the 4-H councils, both north and
south ends, whose membership
includes local leaders, older club
members, and a few individuals
interested in club work, have
made their selections. They are
made on a basis of each member
to be 13 years of age and having
completed at least two years of
club work.
As in the past, every 4-H club
boy or girl who attends summer
school this year, will be in Cor
vallis on a scholarship he or she
won through club work. These
scholarships have been awarded
4-H members by business organ
izations, service clubs, county
and state fair boards, as well as
by individuals.
Scholarships making it possi
ble for club members to attend
were provided by the following:
Mrs. Verner Troedson. Swanson's,
Carlson and O'Connor, lone P-TA.
Continued on Page Six
JUDGED HORSE SHOW
Merle Becket and Tom Dor
rance judged the fourth annual
horse show at the Deschutes
county fair grounds at Redmond J
Sunday, June5. Saddle clubs from
Bend. Prineville. Sisters. Red
mond, Madras, The Dalles and
La Pine were represented. Becket
expressed an interest in the
i growth and development of that
part of the state.
Dorrance was in Heppner June
10 in his capacity as livestock the Henry Sohwarz home. Mrs.
inspector for the First National Davis and Mrs. Schwarz are sis
Bank of Portland. ters.
Departments From
5 Towns Turn Out
To Battle Blaze
But for the desire of an lone
business man to have a nice front
on his building this might be a
different and sadder tory.
That is the prevailing opinion
among many citizens of the com
munity 17 miles northwest of
Heppner today after a fire visit
ed there about 8:30 Wednesday
evening and for a time threaten
ed a good share of the business
district as well as a large part of
the residences of the east half of
the town
Fire of unknown origin broke
out in the Swanson building
south of the Bristow store and by
the time the local fire fighting
equipment was ready for action
the whole structure seemed to
be In flames. The blaze spread
quickly to the city building next
door, formerly the grocery de
partment of the Swanson opera
tions, in which were housed the
city's books and the town library.
Everything in the structure was
destroyed.
In the warehouse where the
fire started was a miscellaneous
collection of auto freight and
some building materials. The lat
ter were the property of Art Ste
fani, mostly roofing and interior
finishings stored there until they
would be used in the new home
going up on east Main street.
Telephone calls were made to
Heppner, Lexington, Condon and
Arlington and equipment was
rushed from those towns to as
sist the harried citizens who were
fearful that at any moment the
prevailing high wind might
spread the fire to adjacent build
ings. The fire department at Arl
ington was holding a meeting
when the word was received and
within 40 minutes was in lone
battling the flames. Condon made
a similar hurried appearance. At
Ordnance, someone heard the
news of the fire over the radio
and equipment and men started
at once for lone.
When Al Bailey bought a small
shop building from Mrs. Etta
Bristow earlier in the year there
was no thought that the building
would play an important role in
saving the town from possible
disaster. He fitted the Interior up
for a machine shop and to make
the front more presentable, faced
it with a fireproof material re- .
sembling brick. The facing prov
ed its worth last night, for al
though it was badly scorched and
will have to be replaced, it pre
vented the building from catch-
ine fire, with the aid of a con
stant stream of water, and in so
doing perhaps saved the Legion
hall and other buildings in me
same block from catching on fire.
Seme of the homes as much as
four blocks east of the fire were
threatened by the burning debris.
The Roy Lindstrom and Ernest
Heliker houses are said to have
been slightly damaged from this
cause.
Throughout the period the fire
was being fought, the Rebekahs
of lone served coffee to the fire
men at the Victory cafe.
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Jaycee Meeting
Interrupted By
Big Fire at lone
Wednesday evening was the
regular meeting date of the Jay
cees and J C-Ettes, and a big eve
ning had been planned. Potluck
supper had been disposed of and
the groups had started their busi
ness meetings when news of the
lone fire arrived. Many left im
mediately to offer assistance and
the business of the evening was
summarily postponed.
The J-C Ettes succeded in elect
ing a permanent kindergarten
board which is composed of Mrs.
Jack Estberg Mrs. Bill Barratt
and Mrs. Edwin Dick. Plans for
a kindergarten this fall are shap
ing up nicely and the young wo
men backing the project are
greatly encouraged.
Election of new officers for the
Javcees was almost completed
and include the following: Presi
dent. Edmond Gonty; first vice
president, Bill Barratt; second
vice president. Bill Labhart; trea-
surer. Ralph E. Currin, and secre-
rv 1 .mis Lvons. Two mem fieri
of ttie board of directors will be
elected at the next meeting.
INSTALL SPORTING GOODS
Henry Aiken announced mis
week that he is installing a line
of spotsmons goods in nis i"av.
of busiess, Aiken's. They will en
rt,.avnr tn cirrv cutis, ammunl-
,iolli hunting equipment of var
ious kinds and make the place
popular with those who like to
hunt and fish and spin a few
yarns
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Davis of
Minneapolis, Minn, arrived In
Hennner Saturday for a visit at