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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, September 22, 1949
Volume 66, Number 27
Frank W. Collins
Called By Death
Tuesday Morning
Was En route To
Hospital When
Summons Came
Death came unexpectedly to
Frank W. Collins, 73, Tuesday
morning as he was enroute to a
hospital In Pendleton In the
Phelps ambulance. He had been
111 only a day or two but his con
dition became serious early Tues.
day morning and his nephew, W.
C. Collins, decided he should be
removed to the hospital. The am
bulance left at 8 oelock and Mr.
Collins expired about the time
Lexington was reached.
Services will be held in Cottage
Grove at 2 p. m. Saturday under
auspices of the Masonic lodge, of
which he had been a member for
many years. Burial will be at
Eugene. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Col
lins will leave Frday evening to
attend the services.
Mr. Collins was a native of
Kansas, being born at Concordia.
At the age of 19 he started in the
laundry business, first working
as an employe and later engag
ing in business for himself. He
located in Seattle while a young
man and was also in business in
Spokane and Tacoma before mov
ing to Cottage Grove in 1928
where he was associated in the
laundry business with his neph
ew, W. C. Collins. He had visited
in Heppner several times since
his nephew located here, arriving
here this time with his wife the
week before the Pendleton Round
Up. After taking in that show,
Mrs. Collins returned home and
he stayed here to help in the
Heppner Cleaners during the
fair-rodeo rush. He was preparing
to return home this week when
he was stricken.
Surviving are his wife, a bro
ther, Edward Collins, of James
town, Kan., and five nephews and
one niece.
Frank Glasscock
Services Held In
Vancouver Monday
Funeral services for the late
Frank Glascock were held Mon
day afternoon In Vancouver, VVn.
He died suddenly at his home
there on Sept 15. Mr. Glasscock
spent much of his life in Mor
row county and in the John Day
section. He was married to Miss
Lucy Ashbangh of Hardman in
1911. About 1G years ago the fa
mily moved to La Grande and in
1941 they moved to Vancouver
where they have since resided.
Surviving arc the widow, two
sons, Harold and Marvin, all of
Vancouver, two sisters, Mrs.
Maud Boyd of Caldwell. Idaho
and Mrs. Lena White of Portland
and one brother, Maurice Smead
of Portland.
Time Grows Short
For Obtaining "All
Risk" Insurance
Only eight days remain for eli
gible wheat producers to sign up
for "all risk" insurance on their
1950 wheat crop warns R. S.
Thompson, chairman of the Mor
row county ACA committee. He
went on to say that every effort
will be made to personally con
tact all eligible producers before
September 30 closing date, but
emphasized that this was a big
undertaking In the short time
remaining and that it would be
a big help if all Morrow county
wheat farmers not already sign
ed up would come Into the coun
ty office and take care of this
matter. Mr. Thompson pointed
out that he was sure the major
ity of Morrow county wheat far
mers would sign up if they real
ly understood the advantages. He
explained that the crop insur
ance act made it possible for
farmers to put proven principles
of insurance to work for them in
a field of risk for which no other
insurance Is available. That is
from planting time until the
crop Is harvested against all un
avoidable hazards that man can
not control: such as the elements
insects and plant diseases.
He added that the Insurance is
strictly non-profit, consequently
the cost is low and a provision
has been set up so that any sur
plus of premium paid above the
amount necessary to pay losses
within the county goes to the
credit of the county and when
minimum reserve requirements
are met the surplus goes back
to the participating farmers
through a premium adjustment
the following year.
Mr. Thompson estimated that
the minimum reserve require
ments would be met in Morrow
county within the next three
years. This would mean a 30
percent reduction in the premi
ums of policyholders who have
a contract in effect the year pre
ceding this reduction.
Shrine Clubs Have
First Fall Meeting
The Morrow County Shrine
club and auxiliary held its first
meeting of the fall season Sat
urday evening at the Masonic
hall with.a record crowd in at
tendance. Tor its project this year
the Shrine club will equip a
room for the Morrow County Me
mortal hospital and the auxiliary
will make scrapbooks for the
Crippled childrens ward at the
Shrine hospital in Portland. Fol
lowing the business meeting,
bridge, pinochle and Chinese
checkers were played. High scores
In bridge were won by Mr. and
Mrs. Blaine E. Isom of Pendleton
In pinochle, A. C. Ball received
high score and Mrs. W. G. See
hafer of lone, second. Refresh
ments of home-made apple pie
ala mode were served by Mr. and
Mrs. A. C. Ball and Mr. and Mrs.
W. C. Rosewall. Mr. and Mrs Mar
vin Wightman were in charge of
the entertainment W. C. Rosewall
is president of the Shrine club
and Mrs. Rosewall heads the aux
iliary. Mr. and Mr. Tilman Ju
ett of Kentucky were guests of
the clubs for the evening.
4-H Fat Auction
Sale, Calf Scramble
Highlight Program
A little late in being reported
but still of general interest to
those who were not fortunate
enough to be able to attend the
1849 Morrow county fair and ro
deo, were two special 4-H events.
These were the 411 fat auction
sale held at the farigrounds at
7:30 p. m., Friday Sept. 9; and
the 4-H calf scramble held as a
part of the Saturday rodeo per
formance. The 4-H fat auction sale, which
the weather threatened to dam
pen, was a success in prices
ceived for the number of fat ani.
mals offered. Preceded by a 4-H
pig scramble with pigs donated
by Vernon Munkers, Lexington,
Loyd Howton, Heppner, Elmer
Palmer and Cornett Green of
Heppner, eight members scramb
led it out with George Herman
Lexington, Marvin Wightman,
Eddie and John Brosnan, Hepp
ner, coming out with a gilt which
will be carried as a club project
ana exnimted at next years
fair.
Fat stock sales, with Bob Run
nlon as auctioneer, averaged 37.7
cents per pound on beef; 43.1 on
fat lambs and 38 cent on pigs.
Three purebred Hampshire rams
sold to George Currin, Heppner,
averaged $17.50 per head. Buy
ers of the fat beef were Elks
club, buying the grand champion
steer shown by Reita Graves;
Orville Cutsforth buying the re
serve champion shown by Jim
Green. Other buyers , were Cot
Swanson, lone; Hynd brothers,
Heppner; Charles Hodge, Hepp
ner, Lee Beckner, 2 calves, lone;
Cornett Green, Harold Wright,
Jim Farley, Heppner; Freddie
Nelson, Lexington; Elmor Pal
mer, Heppner; Herbert Ekstrom,
lone; Lexington Implement; Mrs.
R. A. Thompson, Ralph Beamer,
Mankin Bunch, John Graves and
Leonard Rill, Heppner.
The grand champion fat lamb
shown by Ronald Baker, lone,
was purchased by O. W. Cuts
forth, with reserve champion
shown by Joan Wilson, bought
by Mrs. R. A. Thompson. Other
buyers of fat lambs were Luke
Bibby, Harold Erwln, and Harry
Munkers, Heppner; Berle Akers
of lone; Mrs. Ollllia Hunt, Lex
ington. Vernon Munkers, Lexing
ton purchased the champion fat
hog shown by Janice Beamer,
Heppner.
In the Saturday afternoon calf
scramble performance 12 4-H
club members made frantic at
tempts to catch one of the six
husky calves in the "catch it
and you can have it" contest.
Judges for the scramble were
Raymord Ferguson and Ralph
Beamer who broke all bars when
two or more members would at
tempt to corral the same calf.
Club members Malcolm McKin
ney, Reita Graves Ronald Baker,
Duane Baker, Richard Ekstrom
and Herbert Ekstrom were vic
tors of the scramble winning
calves donated by Mnnkln-Bunch
ranch, Heppner; E. M. Baker,
lone; Kirk-Rohinson ranch, Hugh
Smith, Steve Thompson and
Frank Wilkinson, Heppner.
These calves will be fattened,
groomed and fitted and shown
at the 1950 Morrow county fair
and rodeo.
4-H Clubbers Make
Entries for P. I. E.
Eight Morrow county 4-H club
members have made entries for
Ihc Pacific International Live
stock Exposition and will be
lravltiR with these exhibits on
October 7. Seven fat steers have
been entered by Ronald and
Duane Baker, Richard Ekstrom,
Jean Coleman, Ingrld Hermann,
Betty Graves and Jimmy Green.
Fat lamhs have been entered by
Ronald Baker and Peggy Wight
man. Fleeces are being entered
in the Pacflc International show
by most club members with
breeding sheep projects,
Local Court Host
To Third District
County Officials
Officials of Morrow county
were hosts Saturday to a visit
ing delegation of county officials
comprising the third district of
Oregon and including represen
tatives from Hood River, Wasco,
Gilliam and Wheeler counties.
Sherman county, sixth member
of the group, was not represent
ed, due to the fact that the coun
ty fair was in progress at Moro.
The state is divided into six
districts in which county offici
als, and more particularly the
county courts, get together in an
nual sessions to talk over mat
ters of mutual interest and to
prepare recommendatons for any
changes In the laws or passage
of new laws.
Here at the same time were
members of the state highway
engineering department and a
member of the Bureau of Public
Roads, B. J. McClarty, division
engineer with headquarters at
Portland, whose job it is to cover
several western states to ascer
tain the needs of communities
calling for assistance from the
Bureau of Public Roads; John
Cattrall, acting engineer for
county and city relations, state
highway department, and Fred
Hagemann, his assistant, were
guests of the court.
The highway visitors were ta
ken on a tour of county and
state roads, the trip covering ap
proximately 200 miles. They were
greatly impressed with the sur
facing accomplished with decay
ed granite on the upper Willow
creek road. Judge Garnet Barr
att reports that the tour includ
ed a visit to the granite deposits
on Shaw creek and it was recom
mended that the county use the
surfacing material on roads with
in 40 miles of the deposits, that
being about the limit to the dis
tance at which it could be profi
tably hauled. I
SHARP LINES DRAWN
The branding iron of the 1950
political campaign already fret,
ting politicos will be the CVA.
The Columbia Valley adminis.
tration proposition is expected to
draw the support of Truman de
mocrats a majority of the mem
bers of labor organizations, of
the Grange, the Farmers Union
and all advocates of public ow
nership of public serving utilities.
Opponents of the CVA will in
clude Taft republicans, those who
advocate private ownership of
public serving utilities, and, of
course, all owners of stock in
privately owned public serving
utilities, the Farm Bureau, most
financial institutions and cham
bers of commerce.
Governor Douglas McKay, who
one time favored public owner
ship of electric power plants and
distribution systems, is carrying
the banner for those opposing
federal development of Columbia
valley waters by what promises
to be a prototype of the Tennes
see Valley Authority.
Governor McKay's position is
very similar to that of the late
president William Howard Taft,
remembered as the strongest ad
vocate of slates rights of any
president of this century, who
also, when Chief Justice of the
United States Supreme Court in
1921, heartened the states with
his decisions upholding states
rights and limiting encroach
ments of federal departments.
Look for CVA appungers call
ing themselves " States Righters"
'fore long.
And look for name calling at
wholesale, free delivery rates, in
the bitterest campaign since the
days of Sylvester Pennoyer, Har
ry Lane or Os West.
NOTED CONSERVATIONIST
DIES
Nelson R Rogers, state forester
and author, died at a Salem
hospital Sunday night. He was 58.
Ills life was devoted to forest
conservation and, since 1940
when he was first appointed
state forester, he efficiently re
duced forest fire losses and
planned reforestation methods
now in operation. Before his last
appointment he had served as
deputy stale forester, evaluation
engineer for the state tax com
mission and in various capaci
ties in forest protection.
When he was first stricken
with his last illness, he designat
ed Gorge Spaur, assistant state
forester to act as state forester,
Last year, Rogers was elected
vice president of the National
Association of State Foresters
and was scheduled to be presi
dent this ear,
Briefs of Community ..
R. S. McMurtry has returned
from the valley and will make
his home in Heppner for the win
ter with his son, R. G. McMurtry
and family.
Plans are being made by the
Degree of Honor lodge to attend
the fiftieth anniversary of the
organization in that city on Oc
tober 3. The local order has been
invited to participate In the cere
monies and will present thenit
iatory work. Some 15 or 20 mem
bers are planning to make the
trip. The program also includes
a luncheon and banquet and In
the evenng the regular meeting.
Several state officers of the De
gree are expected to be in atten
dance. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Pierson mo
tored to Pendleton and Hermis
ton Friday. They were accompan
ied by his mother. Mrs. Anna
Pierson of White Salmon, Wash,
who has been visiting here for
the past fortnight. Mrs. Pierson
remained in Hermiston for a vis
it with another son, Frank.
M. L. Case entertained the Me.
thodist church school children
and the children of his tenants
with a lawn party at his resi
dence on West Center street Sat
urday afternoon. Assisting with
the entertainment were Mrs. Case,
Rev. and Mrs. J. Palmer Sorlien,
Mrs. Alex Green and Mrs. Fay
Bucknum.
Eldon Gentry returned the last
of the week from the Wallowa
mountain region where he has
been herding sheep for John Vol
le of Hermiston.
Mr and Mrs. Orrin W. Furlong
left Monday for their home in
Portland after visiting here for a
month with his father, William
Furlong.
Guests at the Elbert Cox home
over the week-end were Mrs.
Cox's daughter, Mrs. Marie Camp-
bell of Richland, Wash, and Mrs.
Rosemary Bevis and son David of
Pasco.
Mrs. Lennie Louden and Mrs.
Sophrona Thompson have been
vacationing in Canada and are ,
expected home sometime ' this
week. 1 ies at a university there.
Horse Fans Elated Over Renewal
Of Exhibition at Fair . . .
Of great interest to horse lov-1
ers, of which there seems to be
many from the audience present,
was the saddle horse division of
the 1949 Mortow County Fair and
Rodeo. Crowded out last year this
division came back strong from
the 1947 fair with 57 entries made
with Fred Mankin, superinten
dent. Judging the 20 classes of all
ages, breeds and types of saddle
horses was Tom Dorrance, En
terprise, former range and pure
bred cattleman, who is now live
stock specialist with the First
National Bank of Portland.
First class winners in the va
rious classes are listed below:
Arabian colt, Merlyn Robinson,
Heppner.
Quarterhorse colts, Floyd Jones,
Heppner.
Welsh colts, Mrs. Martin Bauern
fiend, Morgan.
Other colts, Mrs. Beulah Man
kin, Heppner.
Thorobred yearling.s Cornet
Green, Heppner.
Arabian stallion, Merlyn Rob
inson, Heppner.
Random Thoughts
This colyum should be called
"rmbling thots" this week, what
with the writer and his helpmeet
out running around the country
for all of four days. That's a short
space of time but we managed to
cover upwards of 1,000 miles,
mostly over country with which
we were not familiar, although
we have lived in proximity to it
for many years. It might be call
ed a tour of interior college towns
of Idaho and Washington. Hav
ing Ived in Walla Walla, we are
familiar with Whitman college
through close contact, but neither
of us had been to Lewiston, Mos
cow or Pullman, so, leaving Wal
la Walla Friday morning we
headed for Lewiston. passing over
familiar terrain until we reached
the turn-off to Pomeroy From
then on it was new country ev
ery foot of the way until we re
turned to the Walla Walla-Spokane
highway at Colfax.
Lewiston Is a busy center, es
pecially at the noon hour We
made no stop there due to the
lack of parking space at the time
and winlh Spokane as the desti
nation for the night there was
not tmle to look around. The
view is more all-embracing from
the Lewiston grade and this was
greatly enjoyed. Leaving the
Snake river valley behind we
pressed on towards Moscow
where the university campus was
given a hasty once over. Then
on to Pullman where a similar
glimpse was taken of the Wash
ington State college, then we
were on our way to Spokane via
Colfax.
Spokane was crowded due to
various events a horse race
meet, opening of the football sea
son, convention of weekly news
paper folk, a flower show and
we know not what else. No hotel rlRht, but some Washingtonians
accommodations had to take'are pondering over the better
an auto camp for the night. j Ulnn $800,000,000 expense bill re
Saturday morning we took off qured to operate the state.
S2c Jerry Waters and S2c Don
Munkers of the U. S. Coast Guard
arrived in Heppner Monday for a
10-day furlough. They have Just
completed the first phase of their
training at Cape May New Jer
sey, and after their leave here
will report in Seattle, September
30, for further orders. They ex
pect to be stationed on the west
coast.
Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Dix re
turned home Friday from a va
cation in Portland and the Ore
gon coast. They were accompan
ied by Misses Anne McNamee of
Seattle and Miss Mary Lou White
of Portland who spent the week
end here with relatives and
friends. They departed Monday
for Portland and from there will
continue on to San Francisco for
a week's stay. While in Portland
Mr. and Mrs. Dix enjoyed an eve
ning in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Howard M. James who formerly
resided here when Mr. James was
superintendent of schools and
Mrs. James taught the eighth
grade.
Mr. and Mrs. LaVerne Van
Ma,rter Jr. and Mr. and Van
Hubbard of lone returned Sunday
evening from a brief vacation
spent in Reno, Nevada and way
points.
Miss Betty Dietz of Pantland
arrived in Heppner Monday after
noon for a visit with relatives
and friends. She was met in Ar
lington by Mr. and Mrs. La Verne
Van Marter.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ayers re
turned the last of the week
from a business trip to Portland,
From The Dalles they were ac-
i companied to the city by Mrs.
Burl Coxen
Mr. and Mrs. Ray McDade
(Kathryn Nys) and daughter,
Kathleen of Walla Walla spent
'Monday in Heppner visiting with
i her father, Jos. J. Nys and Mrs.
Nys.
! Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Parrish
! and son, Richard, departed the
last of the week for Los Angeles
where he will continue his stud-
Quarterhorse stallion, Archie
Ivurcheson, Heppner.
inorobred stallion, Ray Dol
ven. Lexington.
Quarterhorse gelding, Betty
Smethurst, Lexington.
Mare under halter, Mrs. Mary
Beckner, lone.
Quarterhorse brood mare and
foal, Floyd Jones, Heppner.
Welsh brood mare and foal
Mrs. Martin Bauernfiend, Mor
gan. Other brood mare and foal
Sandra Lanham, Heppner.
Stockhorse and rider, Archie
Murcheson, Heppner.
Three-gaited, Mrs. Mary Beck
ner, lone.
Five-gaited, Mrs. Mary Beck
ner, lone.
Ponies with riders to 16 years
Old, Neil Beamer. HeDDner.
Seven riders entered the Shet
land pony class with youthful
riders up to 12 years of age. Frist
place went to Linda Halvorsen.
lone, second to Jimmie Steagall,
Lexington and third to Barbara
Steagall, Lexington.
for Grand Coulee via Davenport,
Creston, Wulbur. Well, if you
haven't seen ths greatest man
made structure take time out
some time and see t. An hour or
so spent there it was crowded
too and we headed down the
grand coulee in the direction of
Wenatehee. That section is a bee
hive of activity getting the fruit
crops taken care of. By entering
the project from the Columbia
river side, down Pine creek can
yon, and leaving via the Blewett
Pass route we traversed a big
part of the orchard district. Also
passed directly by the warehouse
hum at Cashmere where a 1200
foot long building containing
200.000 boxes of apples and pears
burned Saturday morning. It re
minded us of Heppner on July
IS.
After leaving the Blewett Pass
route we were in familiar terri
tory, the Kittitas valley, with El
lensburg and its fne state col
lege of education; then Yakima
valley, back to the Columbia ri
ver and to The Dalles, then on
home Monday afternoon
Some impressons were gained
on the brief trip that may cause
us to break out with a bit of
comment here and there later on.
One thing that hit us forcibly
is that there are no federal funds
for Oregon because all of them
not spent in California are being
poured into projects of one kind
and another in Washington.
Dams, military establishments'.
Be that as it may, the question
arises if Oregon is not just about
as well off. Each new project
set up in Washington calls for
added tax burdens on the people
In building roads, schools, and
providing more employees In of-
ficail positions. It may be all
Large Attendance
Marks Institute On
E. 0:C. E. Campus
Morrow county educators who
attended the annual institute re
turned from La Grande Tuesday
evening highly gratified with re.
suits attained at the meeting, ac
cording to Henry Tetz, county
school superintendent "It was
one of the finest meetings I ever
attended," Tetz told a newspaper
representative.
In the first place there was an
attendance of 1200 teachers, pro
bably establishing a record for
this region. In the second place,
there was an outstanding pro
gram, and in the third place
Mrs. Marie Clary of Heppner,
president of the conference, did
an excellent job in conducting
the meetings, Tetz reports. Mrs.
Beulah Ogletree, Heppner, is sec
retary of the conference.
Following a general session at
9 a. m. Monday the assemblage
got down to work in the section
al meetings in which the elemen
tary and high school branches
were taken up by their respec
tive groups. In the elementary
section there were discussions on
physical education and health,
special education, art, music, ele
mentary school science. In the
high school division it was agri
culture, art, business education,
foreign languages' boys' health
and physical education, girls'
health and physical education,
home economics, industrial arts,
language arts (composition), lan.
guage arts (literature), language
arts speech and drama), library,
mathematics, music, science, so-
sial science (both junior and se
nior high) and guidance.
Tuesday's workshop started
with a general session in which
a featured address, "My Country
and My People", by Mrs. Inuk
Pakh, international lecturer from
Korea, drew a marginal notation
by Mr. Tetz as "keen analysis,
clear and concise interpretation,
very good." The groups then took
up the sectional meetings.
The annual banquet was held
at 6:30 Monday evening at Hot
Lake. Mr. Tetz was toastmaster
and speakers were Bruce Mac
Gaffey, classified advertising
manager of the La Grande Eve
ning Observer, and John M.
Booth, executive secretary, Ida
ho educational association, "Tea
chers and the Buyers Market."
Mrs. Gladys Ely of lone was
chairman of the committee on
nominations.
Jaycee Groups Plan
Home Talent Show
Plans for a home talent show
to be presented in November were
formulated at a meeting of the
Junior chamber of commerce and
the Jay-C-ettes Wednesday even
ing in the civic center. More defi
nite announcement will be made
at an early date.
At the sam emeeting the Jay-
C-ettes announced they were
sponsoring a baby derby for the
first baby born in the Morrow
County Memorial hospital.
The meeting last night was the
joint monthly dinner, followed by
brief business sessions of the sep
arate clubs. Forty-eight plates
were served by the hostesses, Mrs.
J. E. Estberg, Mrs. L. L. Pate and
Mrs. Charles Ruggles.
A pleasing feature of the eye-
nings entertainment was the
showing of moving pictures by
Charles Ruggles, selected from
his library of home and travel
films.
SPEAKER LISTED FOR
C OF C MEETING
Stanley R. Church of Portland,
representing Pacific Northwest
Development association, will be
guest speaker at the chamber of
commerce luncheon Monday,
September 26.
Mr. Church will have a wealth
of information on development
progress in the northwest area
LEGION AUXILIARY OPENS
SEASON'S ACTIVITIES
AT TUESDAY'S MEETING
The American Legion auxili
ary held its first meeting of the
new year Tuesday evening in the
Legion hall, with Mrs. Otto Stein
ke in charge.
Plans were made for a public
card party to be held in the hall
on the evening of September 30.
A membership drive will start
immediately under the leader
ship of Mrs. Wlliam Padberg,
chairman.
MOVING TO RANCH
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Benge, tir
ing of the hum drum existence
of town life, have decided to
move back to the ranch in the
Social Ridge district. They have
rented their town property on
north Main street and plan to
take up residence at the ranch
about October 1. Terrel Benge
will continue to operate the ranch
and his parents hope to make
themselves useful in doing
chores.
Installation Of
Officers Rainbow
Function Monday
Installation o fofficers was the
principal item of business for the
Heppner Assembly of Rainbow
Girls at the Masonic hall Monday
evening. Mrs. Donld DuBois, past
worthy advisor, acted as worthy
Installing advisor and was assist
ed by Cnstance Ruggles as wor
thy installing marshall; Mrs. W.
O. Seehafer as installing recrder;
Mrs. E. O. Ferguson as installing
chaplain, and Mrs. C. C. Carmich
ael as installing musician.
The following officers were In
stalled: Worthy advisor, Marlene
DuBois; worthy associate, Lorene
Mitchell; Charity, Patricia Drake;
Hope, June Van Winkle; Faith,
Eunice Kelthley; recorder, Con
stance Ruggles; treasurer, Jane
Seehafer; chaplain, Nancy Fer
guson; drill leader, Delores Kei
thley; Lve, Marily Bergstrom;
Religion, Joan Bothwell; Immor
tality, Betty Wells; Fidelity,
Sharleen Rill; Patriotism, Shar-
ron Becket; Service, Dorothy Low-
ry; confidential observer, Mere
dith Ann Sorlien; outside observ
er, Nancy Eberhardt; musician,
Eleanor Rice; choir director, Rei
ta Graves; mother advisor, Mrs.
Harley Anderson.
Choir: Wanda Hodge, Donna
Hudson, Kathleen Orwick, Beth
Ball, Betty Lou Messenger, Shir
ley Hunt, Beverly Nolan, Mary
Ann Jensen, Gae Orwick, Wanda
Matteson, Kay CrowelL Ellse
Bauernfeind and Lela Btts.
Light refreshments were served
following the installation cere
monies. o
PLAN TO MOVE
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Benge have
rented their propert in Heppner
to Mr. and Mrs. George Morgan.
The Benges will move into their
ranch home on Social Rirge the
first of November. They expect
to do no farming as yieir son
Terrel has the wheatland rented.
o
Speaker Stresses
Community Oneness
J. J. O'Connor, genial manager
of Heppner's J. C. Penney Com
pany, was a guest at the lunch
eon of the Soroptimist club of
Heppner this noon. Mr. O'Connor
gave a thought-provoking talk
on the assets and the needs of
our community. He reviewed the
many favorable aspects and, re
counting the diversity of weath
er and climate in the county, of
our resources and wealth, our
school system cultural opportuni
ties, the youth work, play facil
ities, city water setup. In turn he
stressed the crying need for
more housing, for a sewer sys
tem, for another school building,
more room for the county fair
operations, and above all, the
necessity of all service groups
working together to bring about
these essential needs for better
living in our community.
Twenty members were present
and a birthday cake honoring
the Septemberites was enjoyed.
Next meeting, Sept. 2, wll b
"sack lunch" day, held at the
home of the president, Mrs. W.
O. George. Mrs. O. G. Crawford
will present the program honor
ing the founders of Soroptimism
Founders' week is being observ
ed from Sept. 28 to Oct 5. This is
the 28th anniversary for this ser
vice club for business women
which has grown to international
scope and membership.
School Bus Stop
Law Applies To
City Thorofares
Motorists must stop for school
buses that have stopped to pick
up or unload children within the
city limits as well as in rural
areas, Chief of Police C. R. Go
million reminded today.
Chief Gomillion said many
drivers were probably unaware
of the fact that the new school
bus stopping law also applies to
city streets. The law, enacted by
the state legislature last spring
as a safeguard for bus-riding
school children, requires motor
ists to stop when coming up be
hind or passing from the oppo
site direction a school bus that
is loading or unloading passen
gers. "This means traffic from both
directions must stop," Gomillion
pointed out. "Cars must remain
stopped as long as children are
leaving the bus or crossing the
roadway."
The only exception is traffic
moving in the opposite direction
on the other side of a three or
four lane roadway, which may
pass with caution.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Anderson are
spending some time in Portland
where Mrs. Anderson Is receiving
medical attention.
The Hynd household, including
Miss Annie Hynd, Miss Nellie
Doney and William and David
Hynd, are sojourning in Portland
for a week.
Mothers of children attending
the kindergarten were guests of
the Jay-C-ette kindergarten com
mittee at a tea given In the civic
center parlor Monday afternoon.
Sixteen mothers availed them,
selves of the opportunity to visit
the school while Mrs. Al Huit and
Mrs. Carl Daniel took care of their
children. Cake, tea and coffee
were served.
Crash On Highway
Puts Three Young
People in Hospital
"Buddy" Peck and
Stanley Cox Suffer
Critical Injuries
Two cars were badly wrecked
and three young people are hos
pitalized following a crash on
the highway at the site of the
Heppner Lumber company plant
two miles north of Heppner Just
after 1 a. m. Sunday. Injured are
George N "Buddy" Peck, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Burton Peck of Lex
ington; Stanley Cox, son of Percy
Cox .Heppner, and Leola Nich
ols, daughter of Mrs. Zella Du-
fault, formerly of Heppner and
now of Portland.
Carroll Vernon Freeman, driv
er of one of the cars, a pickup,
was shaken up but apparently
suffered no serious injuries. The
other three members of the crash
are in St. Anthony's hospital at
Pendleton where the two boys,
Peck and Cox, were reported late
Wednesday to have a fair chance
for recovery, and Mrs. Nichols
had developed no serious compli
cations. Freeman, Mrs. Nichols and Cox
were returning to Heppner from
Lexington and Peck, driving a
Chevrolet coupe, was on his way
home to near Lexington. Because
all participants in the wreck
were so shaken and confused
they could not make a coherent
report, the officers have recon
structed details of the accident
from the position in which they
found the cars, the marks on the
highway and from pictures taken
before the cars were removed.
A logging truck parked along
side the highway in the vicinity
of the lumber company's machine
shop may have had the appear
ance to the driver of the south
bound car of being on the high
way due to a slight curve in the
road as it passes the former milk
plant at the Wightman place.
Freeman, driver of the pickup,
apparently skirted around the
truck which threw his car over
the stripe and into the traffic
lane traversed by the oncoming
car from the south. The condition
of both cars leads the officers to
believe that the drivers were in
somewhat of a hurry. The cars
met on Peck's side of the road,
striking on their right sides.
Peck's car was upset and the
body was jammed in such a
manner that it was necessary to
remove him through the trunk
door. Cox and Mrs Nichols were
hanging out of the door of the
pickup when Officer William
Labhart arrived on the scene.
A physician was called and
injured were made ready for the
trip to the hospital. The Phelps
ambulance took Mrs. Nichols and
Officer Labhart took Peck in his
car after the injured lad had
been made secure on a stretcher.
Cox's injuries had to be taken
care of here before he could be
removed to the hospital. His cou
sin, Calvin Cox, and his father
left for Pendleton with him
about daylight.
Sheriff Bauman called Louis
Lyons to the scene to get some
pictures and the obliging photo
grapher got four shots which co
ver the story quite graphically.
SELLS PROPERTY
A deal was consummated Tues
day evening for the purchase of
the W. L. McCaleb property on
Chase street by William and Al
vie Mahon. The Mahons have
been working at the Big Four
Lumber company plant at Mon
ument but recently came to Hep
pner to work for the Heppner
Lumber company and plan to
make their home here. Mr. Mc
Caleb purchased the Terrel
Benge residence on Gale street a
few weeks ago and he and Mrs.
McCaleb are now comfortably lo
cated there.
8TH GRADERS ORGANIZE
Eighth graders of the Heppner
school are prepared for whatever
extra-curricular activities that
may come along, having organiz
ed this week for the year's work.
Larry Lovgren was elected presi
dent and will be assisted by the
following officers: Vice president,
Ronald Currin; secretary, Pat
Cutsforth; treasurer, Bob Busch
ke, and reporter, Virginia All-
stott.
GO TO SUN VALLEY
Dr. and Mrs. A. D. McMurdo
left this morning fur Sun Valley,
Idaho, where the doctor goes to
attend a meeting of the Pacific
Association of Railway Surgeons
to be held Friday, Saturday and
Sunday. This is the 42nd annual
convention of the association.
Mrs. McMurdo will probably take
advanta," of this opportunity to
catch up on her skiing, skating,
swimming, sunbathing and what
not offered at this celetj ated
resort.