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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, January 12, 1950
Volume 66, Number 43
Annual Chamber Of
Commerce Dinner
Scheduled for 19th
New Officers to
Be Inducted in
Special Program
Thursday evening, January 19,
at the American Legion hall are
the time and place chosen by the
directors for the annual dinner of
the Heppner chamber of com
merce. Final plans for the affair
were drafted by mejnbers of the
board at a luncheon this noon.
The Idea of an annual dinner
originated with J. J. O'Connor as
his term as president drew to a
close In December 1948. As retir
ing president he took upon him
self the chairmanship of a com
mittee to plan and carry through
the dinner, the other committee
members constituting the board
of directors. This rule having
been sot up, the retiring president
for 19-19 is serving in the same
capacity.
It will be remembered that last
January was a cold month, so
much so that when the afternoon
of the day set for the annual din
ner arrived it was found that the
water was frozen in the Legion
building and It was necessary to
shift the dinner to the Elkhorn
restaurant where about 110 peo
ple were served. This could hap
pen again, but the Legion people
are on the alert and it is not
anticipated that last-minute shift
will be necessary.
An effort is being made to se
cure an outside speaker, and
there will be some entertainment
features of a local nature. Tickets
will be on sale early in the week.
1949 INCOME TAXES HIGH
Good hunting! The next legis
lature will have a sizable finan
cial target to shoot at.
State Income taxes collected in
1949 will be approximately $52,
000,000, Tax Commissioner Ray
Smith, in charge of the income
tax department said Tuesday. Of
this amount $22,000,000 is derived
from personal incomes; $19,000,
000 from corporate excise taxes
and $13,000,000 from witholdlngs.
Something to remember! The
1950 returns on 1949 earnings for
income tax purposes must be
made before April 15 but if last
day returns show a postmark
earlier than midnight they will
be accepted without penalty.
Commissioner Smith practiced
a charitable psychology when he
chose to wait until after Christ
mas to mail income tax return
blanks.
FRAUD DEPARTMENT
There is going to be a plague
of chisilers ague in Oregon right
soon.
A fraud department hag been
established by the state Income
tax division and is functioning
throughout the state, Commis
sioner Smith revealed Tuesday.
Its administrative lines are pat
terned after those of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation and the
Bureau of Internal Revenue.
GOVERNOR IN CALIFORNIA
Governor and Mrs. Douglas
McKay left for Pasadena by car
December 29, saw the Rose Bowl
game and are scheduled to spend
two weeks in southern Califor
nia and Sacramento. They expect
to return to Salem January 12.
Senate President William E.
E. Walsh acts as governor pro
tern while Governor McKay is
out of the state.
OREGON TREES IMPORTANT
The most important trees to
mankind are, in order named:
Cocoanut palm, date palm, olive,
maple, fig, almond, lemon, rub
ber, Douglas fir, pine.
The compiler of the list, Lynn
F. Cronemlller, assistant slate
forester, was one of 12 foresters
, in the world who were asked to
make the selection for a national
publication.
GOP PLATFORM ARCHITECTS
A group of Taft republicans
are planning to have their say
when the new policy statement
Is written for the party in this
slate.
A smoky room huddle was, in
progress Saturday when the Ore
gon Young Republican federa
tion's committee on reapportion
ment met in Salem. The "idea"
was borrowed from Senator Taft's
Interview In Washington D. C.
last week. The punch in the plan
is to invite republican candidates
to set In on an Oregon platform
construction convention as they
are vitally Interested persons in
the coming compalgn. No date
was settled on for the conven
tion "but pronto", said a self
appointed public relations officer.
A hundred or more political
polentates who were not mem
bers of the O. Y. R. F. attended
the committee meeting. Mostly
discussed were the questions of
Secretary of State Earl T. New
bry's possible candidacy (or the
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Four Generations-All
When the Willam II. Padbcrg
family is assembled in one group
it must be difficult to single out
one of the Bills whether W. H.
senior, W. H. Junior, Billy or
Little Billy. Of course each one
has his particular moniker, ac-1
quired through necessity, by ,
which he is designated and can
be easily chosen when all are,
Van Marter's Dead
Shots Continue to
Notch up Victories
The sharpshooting Heppner
Shamrocks extended their win
ning streak this past week as
they notched their sixth and sev.
enth consecutive victories by
dumping first the Condon Rover
Boys and then the Lexington
Townles.
Wednesday night the Sham
rocks traveled to Condon where
they edged out the highly regard
ed Rover Boys by a 37 to 34 score,
a feat rarely accomplished by
visiting teams in recent years.
Behind the first quarter, the
Shamrocks pulled ahead by two
points the first half and grimly
held it the remainder of the game
despite a desperate Condon rally
the final minutes. Harold Whlt
beck, ace Shamrock guard, led
all scorers with 14 points.
On the local floor Friday night
the Shamrocks hit the hemp from
all angles as they set a league
scoring record by trouncing Lex
ington Townles by a score of 91
to 22. Whitbeck again proved to
be the dead-eye as he personally
accounted for 32 points, followed
by Elmer Kemp who hit for 27
points.
The Heppner B squad continued
their bid tor honors as they best
ed the Lexington B team by a
jj-22 margin. Jim Sumner led the
Heppner bees with 10 points.
COLORED TEAM COMING
Shamrock team manager, La-
Verne Van Marter, reports that
the basketball treat of the sea
son will be offered Sunday after
noon, January 15, at 3 p. m when
the Shamrocks will entertain on
the local floor the famous Kansas
City Stars.
The Stars, now In their fifth
season of play, have won 481
games in 512 starts. Comprising
the best of recent ex -collegiate
colored performers, they are
headed this season by the sensa
tional Cudjoe twins, two tiny
sharp-shooting forwards from
Langstons university's great
teams of recent years. Combining
a typical Indiana style of play
with unusual ball handling,
they offer a most novel cage at
traction that will appeal to all
fans, featuring both showman
ship and a sound method of play.
republican nomination for gover
nor and whether State Senator
Lyle Thomas will come out In
opposition to Congressman Walter
Norblad. This writer predicts
Newbry will not run and that
Thomas will.
STATE HOLIDAYS EXPENSIVE
Holidays and election days this
year will cost the taxpayers of
Oregon well over a million dol
lars In lost working days of state
employees.
The state daily payroll fluctu
ates around $100,000 a day ac
cording to Harold Philllppt, who
writes the salary checks.
There are nine statutory holl.
days and two election days in
1950. Seven of the holidays fall
on the regular working days but
two on Sunday when slate work
ers are given the following Mon
day off.
UNEMPLOYMENT COM
PENSATION RECORD
An all-time record for unem
ployment payments to civilian
workers in Oregon was estab
lished during the past month.
December payments were 41.6
percent higher than November
and were higher than the com
bined totals for December In 1946
1947 and 1948.
The 1949 total, $19,367,906 was
16 percent above the previous
high established during the post
war peak In 1946.
Allowances to unemployed vet
erans under the G-I bill of rights
dropped sharply during the past
four months to $69,807 In Decern,
ber, with the year's disburse
ments totaling $7,102,982. This
brought the combined total to
$26,389,788.
Bills . . .
together. But here they arc
Bill Sr., Bill Jr., Bill great Jr.,
and Bill great, great Jr. No. 4 in
the line of succession is being
supported by his granddad,
"Buck" Padberg, and on his
right his father, "Billy", and on
his left the great grandfather, W.
H. Padberg.
County Judge To
Discuss Hospital
Affairs at Dinner
Plans for the opening and oper
ation of the hospital will be dis
cussed by Judge J. G. Barratt at
the monthly potluck supper of
the Jay Cee and Jay Cee-ette or
ganizations Wednesday evening
at 6:45 at the Recreation Center.
Election of officers will be the
main order of business for the
Jay Cee ettes following the sup
per. Present officers are Mrs. Jack
Estberg, president; Mrs. Everett
Keithley, vice president; Mrs.
Jack O'Connor, secretary; Mrs.
Kemp Dick, treasurer; Mrs. Louis
Lyons, Mrs. Edmond Gonty, and
Mrs. Bill Barratt, directors.
As the Jay Cee-ettes embark
upon their third year of existence
they can point with considerable
pride to several successful pro
jects carried out in 1949. Probably
their best-known achievement Is
the kindergarten which is con
ducted five afternoons a week for
local pre-schoolers, with Mrs.
Richard Meador as Instructor.
The organization's float adver
tising their kindergarten during
the Kodeo parade won first prize
for organizations.
The recent contest for Christ
mas decorated residences created
considerable interest and com
ment and elicited some outstand
ing entries.
One of the club's activities dur
.ng the coming months is co
sponsorship with the Jay-Cees of
3l home talent production on
March 9 and 10. The production
will be cast and directed by a di
rector who will arrive in Heppner
in February to assemble and pro.
Juce the show.
Services Will Be
Held Monday For
Herbert Davidson
Services will be held at 10
o'clock a. m. Monday, January
16 at the Catholic church in lone
for Herbert Davidson who lost
his life Sept. 13, 1944 while in
the service of his country. Inter
ment will be in the cemetery at
Morgan, where his father is
buried. The body is being brought
from Belgium.
A flight engineer in the air
corps, Herbert was reported miss
ing but the family could get no
news concerning him until last
September when his grave was
discovered.
Born March 17, 1917 in Tur
lock, Calif., Herbert spent his life
In Morrow county until entering
the service. He is survived by
his mother, Mrs. Mabel Davidson
of lone; a sister, Mrs. Mabel
Hams and six brothers, Lawrence,
ronce, Charles, Robert, William,
Andrew and George.
Local Chapter Of
DeMolay Awarded
Charter Monday
Monday night was pay-off
night for the local chapter of De
Molay, for on that evening the
chapter was presented with its
charter. Organized in 1946, the
group and its sponsor, the Morrow
County Shrine club, have been
operating on a trial basts and
having proved worthy, the char
ter was granted.
Edward G. Beatty, grand chan
cellor of DeMolay for Oregon,
was present to make the presen
tat Ion and was assisted by Jerry
Summerhays of Milton, deputy
grand chancellor for the eastern
Oregon district.
The chapter put on degree work
and initiated four new members
for the benefit of the visiting dig
nltaries. DcMolnys were in at
tendance from the towns of the
Willow creek valley and from
Condon. Starting with 26 mem
hers In 1946, the local chapter
has grown to a membership of 60
or more.
The chapter meeting was pre
ceded by a Shrine club dinner at
the Elkhorn honoring the visit
ing officials. Lunch was served
after the ceremonial to those at
tending.
Designer, Builder
Inspect Hospital
Building Tuesday
Installation of
Equipment Chief
Activity at Present
Lack of a sewage disposal sys
tem in Heppner is causing a little
delay In completion of the hospl
tal project, the judge said. It is
nothing serious just a matter ol
locating the drainage field prop
erly, in which the county court
and the state health department
are slightly at variance and
which, it is expected, will be
Ironed out this week-end.
Construction of a sewer sys
tem in Heppner ahead of or con
currently with the building of the
hospital would have simplified
the sewage disposal problem, and
since the sewer system is still an
unknown quantity It is necessary
to depend on septic tanks for the
hospital. Tanks have been placed
a short distance west of the new
building, which is satisfactory to
the court, but that body feels that
the ultimate disposal of overflow
should be In deep soil rather
than on the shallow western
slope of the hill. The plans have
been changed three times, the
judge said, but the court will In
sist that the best job be done for
the money Involved.
Visitors here this week to In
spect the hospital were E. G. Har
rington .architect; Dan Malarkey
of Malarkey & Moore, contractors;
Arthur Bohren, plumbing contrac
tor, and Dick Maude, contractors'
superintendent of construction.
Date for acceptance of the
building by the county court is
still Indefinite but is not too far
in the future, Judge Barratt con
cluded.
Snowdrifts Force
Motorists To Take
Lengthy Detours
By MRS. MILLIE WILSON
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Barnard
came home from the Theron King
ranch the first of the week. Their
grandson, Earl Frank and his
mother came home from John
Day where Earl Frank had been
under the. doctor's care for some
time. However he is much im
proved at this writing and Is
glad to be home again.
Mr. and Mrs. Chance Wilson
helped Settle and Son take in
ventory Wednesday and Thurs
day. Lee Fleming, George Stubble
field and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Gates
were business visitors in Jonn
Day the first of the week.
George Stubblefield consulted a
doctor about his lame back. At
this writing he Is much Improved.
Dclmar Settle and Charles Gil.
man drove to John Day Saturday
where Delmar had a medical
check-up.
Lee Slocum and Mrs. Ethel
Schafer drove to Heppner Friday.
Mrs. Schafer attended to business
matters and Mr. Slocum consult
ed his doctor. He has been suf
fering from an infected toe.
Lyle Van Dusen was an over
night guest of Mr. and Mrs. Glen
Farrens Saturday. While here he
attended the school meeting.
Mrs. Ethel Schafer entertained
at dinner on Sunday. Her guests
were Mr. and Mrs. Miles GUman,
Ida Blcakman and Margaret
Elder.
Business matters took Mr. and
Mrs. Harlan Shank to tCanyon
City Saturday afternoon. Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Johns took care of the
store while they were gone.
Spray basketball and volley
ball teams played the Monument
teams on the Monument floor
Friday night. The basketball
score was 42 to 16 In favor of
Spray. The Monument volleyball
team won over the Spray team
but the score was not learned.
Friday night was grange night
but everyone was so Interested
in the ball games that they at
tended them Instead of holding
grange.
Word was received In Monu
ment Saturday of the death of
Sam Carter in Pendleton. Mr.
Carter and his family have many
friends in this community who
are saddened to hear of his death.
Lawrence Cochran from Hepp
ner was calling on friends in
Monument last Friday. From here
he went to Spray with Bob Swlck.
The school bell rang again
last Monday and every one ap
peared to be happy to be back at
work again.
Buel Harshman started his
crew of loggers back to work on
January 2.
The Powell sawmill was forced
to stop operations this week on
account of the cold weather.
Delmar Settle came home from
the hospital Saturday.
The city council called a spe
cial meeting Tuesday evening. A
Continued on pas us
AN OMISSION
When copying down the mar
riage licenses Issued in 1949, the
Gazette Times representative tin
wittingly overlooked the license
issued July 23 to Selma Orwick
ana Hrry Green.
Mustangs Gained
Needed Experience
(jn Holiday Jaunt
S Locals BeatMoro
; And Condon; Lose
. To Umatilla Five
Heppner high school's Mustang
basketball squad didn't "knock
em over" on the barnstorming
Jaunt made during the holidays
but the boys gained some valu
able experience which have stood
them in good stead since the reg
ular season opened. Two wins out
of three starts is the record up to
and including Tuesday of this
week.
Friday, January 6 the Mustang
qUint met and defeated the
strong Condon Blue Devil squad
by the close score of 33-31 Melvin
Piper tossed in 13 points for the
locals, while Conboy of Condon
sank the ball for 16 counters.
Moro is having a bad time with
Heppner opponents this season.
Following the defeat suffered in
football last fall, the basketball
squad met with a 52-35 defeat
here Saturday night when Connor
and Orwick each netted 14 points.
It was a different story when
the Mustangs met up with the
Vikings from Umatilla high. It
was a nip and tuck affair through
outright up to the last 12 sec
onds of the game when the Vik
ings broke a 27-all score by toss
ing one into the basket Score
29-27.
Jaycees Sponsoring
"21" Dinner Here
To stimulate more interest in
registration and governmental
affairs, the Heppner Junior Cham
ber of Commerce is sponsoring a
dinner to be held the evening of
of January 21 at the Legion hall
to which male members of the
community who have attained
the age of 21 years will be the
special guests.
The Jaycees take the stand
that more young citizens coming
of legal age will take more in
terest In governmental affairs if
j?ey receive a little coaching,
or if their elders taKe a lime
more interest in tneir aeveiop
ment as citizens. To give their
theory a trial they decided to
sponsor a dinner, invite outside
speakers representing the two
major political parties, and see
if the younger men can not be
influenced to register and as
sume the right of suffrage guar
anteed under the Constitution.
Bill Barratt has been chosen
to serve as master of ceremonies,
and Mayor Conley Lanham and
County Clerk C. W. Barlow will
serve as judges of the debate
which will be staged by Donald
C. Walker, young attorney of
Portland and president of- the
Multnomah Young Republican
club, and Walter J. Dennis, pres
ident of the Young Democrat
club of Multnomah county and
national committeeman for the
Young Democratic clubs of Ore
gon. Walker may not be able to
appear here but has assured the
local group that a competent re
presentative of his organization
will be on hand.
A Umtied number of tickets
will be available.
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Legion Sponsors
"Tide of Toys" For
European Children
Christmas has passed for the
children of America and other
countries not suffering from di
rect after effects of the recent
war, but under plans of the Am
erican Legion it is only begin
ning for the children of war
ridden Europe. It is called the
"Tide of Toys", or the "TOT"
program.
Writing the local Legion Aux
iliary, the national president,
Mrs. Norman L. Sheehe, says:
"Many European children of to
day never have had a single toy
with which to play. Born in the
midst of war or in war s hunger
pinched aftermath, they have
known little of the normal joys
of childhood. We have given
them food through our govern
ment's vast aid program and pri-
vate contributions. Now, through
the Legion's "TOT" program, we
can give them some of the hap
piness our own children enjoy
so abundantly at Christmas."
The plan calls for rach Legion
post to collect toys from the
children of the community, each
child being asked to give one of
his Christmas toys for some toy
less child in Europe. To each toy
should be attached a note from
the child who gave It to the
child who receives it, making the
toy a personal gift from child to
child. Mrs. Sheehe believes the
plan will have wide appeal
among American children and
will be a real contribution to the
cause of friendship and goodwill
among nations.
Mrs. C. H. Broadfoot Is chair
man and donors should call her
at 2762 or Mrs. Carl Vincent, 2S62,
Oddfellow-Rebekah Installation
Scheduled For
By RUTH PAYNE
Willows lodge No. 66, I.O.O.F.
and Sans Souci Rebekah lodge
No. 33 will hold a joint installa
tion of officers in the lodge hall
this Saturday evening, beginning
at 8 o'clock, according to plans
made at the meeting of Sans
Souci Friday evening.
Prior to the installation cere
monies which are open to the
public, a dinner will be served
at 6:30 p. m. in the dining room
for Oddfellows, Rebekahs and
their families. Committees in
charge of the affair include Mes
dames Blanche Barlow, Altha
Kirk, Blanche Brown and Alta
Brown, kitchen; Ethelyn Pierson,
Ruth Payne and Adelle Hanan,
dining room; Mattie Green, Mar
garet Thomas and Delia Tash,
menu and soliciting.
The Epiphany service or "Feast
of Light" which symbolizes the
bringing of the gosrel to the Gen
tiles, was present .-d by the young
people o' All faints Episcopal
church Sunday evening. Music
was by the girls' choir and solo
ists, representing the Three Wise
Men, were Loren Piper, Dr. C. C.
Dunham and O. G. Crawford, with
Mrs. Elvon Tull at the organ. Fol
lowing an explanation of the ser
vice, the lightbearers, Sally Cohn
and Nancy Adams, brought the
light from the altar candle down
through the choir and congre
tion after which each person pre.
sent took their lighted candles
home.
Hosts and hostesess for the
ladies' night party at the Elks
Thursday evening were Mr. and
Mrs. Floyd Jones, Mr. and Mrs.
James J. Hayes, Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Worden and Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Becket. Two tables of
bridge were in play with Mrs.
Clarence Rosewall receiving high
score and Mrs. Edwin Dick, sec
ond. Mrs. Ted Hart received high
score in pinochle and Mrs. Kemp
Dick won the door prize.
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Smead
departed for their home in Port
land Saturday after spending sev-
eral days here with Dr. and Mrs.
A. D. McMurdo and other friends.
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The Smeads have just completed
a motor inp oi several weeKs ou-
ration through Wyoming, Arizona,
Washington and Idaho. During'
their visit here, Mr. and Mrs.e
Smead were entertained at sev-
eral dinner parties. Dr. and Mrs.
Diuuuiuu hcic iiui3 iur uiimcr uifj SpfOlllS
meir nonor me last oi tne weeK.
Other guests were Mrs. Wendall
H rMm-olartH anH Frank W Tiir.
ner. On the evening before their
departure, Mrs. Cleveland enter-
iiuiu win, u.nnrr zur "Hand in pinochle by Mrs. John
Smeads. Present were Dr. andLane Mrs R A, Th0mpson re
Mrs. McMurdo Mr. and Mrs. R- ceived the door prize.
I Thompson and Frank W Turner. I births:
According to word received by Born January 10 to Mr. and
friends, Joe Gilleese, formerly of j Mrs. Donald DuBois, a son, at St.
Heppner but now of Hermiston, Anthony's hospital in Pendleton.
is a paneni ai veterans nospnai
in Portland and will undergo a
major operation there in the near
future.
Pirl Howell motored to The
Dalles Saturday after Mrs. Ho
well who has been there for the
past week with their daughter,
Mrs. James Boland and family.
They returned to Heppner Sun
day. The Boiand daughter, born
on Christmas day, has been
named Teresa.
William Furlong returned from
St. Anthony's hospital in Pen
dleton Tuesday. He underwent
a major operation there the last
of the week. Robert Dobbs mo
tored over after him.
Mrs. W. O. Dix has had word
that their daughter Virginia is
now working in the office of the
Alaska Steamship Company in
Seattle. Some years ago Miss Dix
was pianist with a girls' trio on
one of this company s ships be
tween Seattle and Alaska.
Takes Courage To
Get to Rose Bowl
Football Classic
One's enthusiasm for the big
game has to run to a high pitch
if he gets to see the Rose Bowl
game, the annual football classic
of the nation. At least that Is the
opinion voiced by Orvllle Smith
Monday noon when asked to tell
the chamber of commerce lunch
eon group how he and Mrs. Smith
fared in getting in to see the
battle between Ohio State and
California.
Taking off in their plane from
the Lexington airport, the Smiths
headed into a heavy wind as they
steered towards Condon. They fol
lowed the interior route to Reno
and then to Palm Springs and on
to Pasadena and Los Angeles.
Seeing the Tournament of Ro
ses parade was no mean task,
inasmuch as there were 2,000.000
uw.uw
other souls, or
more, besides
themselves who lined the parade
course. Then, closely following
the parade was the big job of
getting into the Rose Bowl. That
was accomplished by taking a
bus from their hotel to the foot
ball arena, arriving about five
minutes after the game started.
As to the game itself, Smith is
satisfied the best team won, al
though he believes the Callfor
nlans were capable of playing a
better game than they exhibited
ln the annual New Year's classic.
Saturday Night
I Robert Welty of The Dalles
! was a business visitor in Hepp-
ner Monday.
Ralph Currin was over from
Pendleton to spend the week
end here with friends.
Ward Crosby was taken to St
Anthony's hospital Saturday as
a result of Injuries received In a
fall at his home on Gale street
earlier that day.
Sheriff and Mrs. C. J. D. Bau
man made a business trip to Pen
dleton Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ayers mo
tored to Hermiston Saturday to
visit J. A. Ayers and Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Coxen.
Walter Luckman is spending
the winter in Pendleton having
recently returned to eastern Ore
gon from the coast where he
spent the past several weeks.
Frank Weatherford, rancher
from lower Rock Creek, spent
Saturday in Heppner attending
to business materst
Classes in Bible instruction are
being conducted by the Rev. E.
L. Tull at All Saints Episcopal
church each Sunday evening.
These begin at 7:30 and continue
for one hour. The classes are open
to the public. There will be a
question box for any who desire
to make use of it Later it is
planned to hold open discussion
on various topics of Interest
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ulrich and
son, Bill, were in Pendleton Sat
urday to visit another son, Alex,
who is a patient at the hospital.
Mrs. Josephine Mahoney and
Frank Baker motored to Hermis
ton Saturday where they were
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. N. N.
McClaren.
Mrs. Cllve Huston has return
ed from Pasco where she spent
several days with her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr and Mrs. Her
man Parker.
Harley Anderson motored to
Portland Monday to spend a few
days on business.
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
W. C. Rosewall were her nephew
and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Grant
Key of Weston.
ijieil iviuiviuiiicv lame
rom t0 vislt for a few days
wlth his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
R G McMurtrey
W and Mrs. Milford Smith and
d hter have returned to their
j home in The Dalles atet vlsitmg
nere for severaI days wlth
Mrs Frank wilkinson and Mrs.
w Q Bayliss were hostesses for
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the O. E. S social club Saturday
High score ln brldge
was received by Mrs. Pearl Carter
Born January 10 to Mr. and Mrs.
William Heath, a daughter, at St
Anthony's hospital in Pendleton.
Dr. Richard O'Shea spent Tues
day in Pendleton.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Brown have
returned to their home in Port
land after visiting here with his
sisters, Mrs. R. A. Thompson and
Mrs. Linnie Louden.
Mrs. Pearl Carter is spending a
brief vacation in Portland
Mr. and Mrs. Paul McCarty of
Portland and Mr. and Mrs. Rich
ard Johnson and daughters Nan
cy and Judy of Dufur departed
the last of the week for their
homes after spending the holi
days here with the ladles' par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Becket
in the Eightmile district
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Worden had
as their guests during the holi
days, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Knighten,
Dorothy Worden, John Gernhardt
of La Grande and Miss June Es
tey of Hood River.
Deposits in Heppner
Bank Approach
$5,000,000 Mark
In answer to the year-end call
of the comptroller of the curren.
cy, the Heppner branch of the
First National Bank of Portland
reports deposits of $4,896,404, and
loans of $677,009, announces
Merle Becket, manager.
On December 31, 1948, the fig
ures were: deposits, $5,328,755,
and loans, $2,850,280.
The First National Bank of
Portland, with 45 branches, re
ports deposits of $476,427,181, and
loans of $151,055,062. Against this
loan figure, there has been set up
out of earnings from January 1,
1949 to December 31, 1949, a re
serve for possible loan losses in
the amount of $o98,492. Ths re
serve is to apply against any loan
losses that may develop In the
future; it has not been allocated
. Dnv nnrtipiilnr lnans nr tvnp nf
, S-..i . . kic
limns, luiai ii.!iuuua mc ipimi,
803, 857, according to F. N. Bel
grano, Jr., president.
On December 31, 1948, the fig.
ures were: deposits, $490,523,422
loans, $161,684,213, and resources,
$527,SS2,079.
More than 32 million accrs of
pulbic lands, or over half of the
total area of Oregon, are under
the control of the federal govern
ment, Including 13 national for
ests, two national park service
areas and extensive grazing acre
ages.
Plans Completed
For Education Car
Visit Wednesday
N. C. Anderson To
Be Chairman of
Day's Program
Everything is ln tip-top shape
for the Union Pacific Education
al Improvement car, reports N.
C. Anderson, county extension
agent, who is general chairman
for the program of the day. The
car will spend the afternoon of
January 17 and the morning of
January 18 in Heppner.
An adult program is outlined
for the 17th with a youth program
to be given the 18th. The car will
be spotted near the Union Pacific
depot at a point easily access
ible to all.
The program for January 17 be.
gins at 1:30 p. m. with introduc
tions and features of the car. Rex
Warren, farm crops specialist,
Oregon State college, will appear
on the program at 1:45 to discuss
losses from wheat smut and Its
control. Slides on this subject
will also be shown. The film
"Lost Harvest" featuring losses
from wheat smut will be shown.
At 3 p.m. Robert Fletcher, field
secretary, Northwest Crop Im
provement association, will dis
cuss wheat varieties. If time per
mits some time will be spent on
a discussion of weed control.
The program of the 18th Is to
be changed somewhat for the
students of the high school and
4-H club members, but will fol
low somewhat approximately the
same order.
The Union Pacific Education
al Improvement car has proved
very popular to Morrow county
farmers the past two years, says
N. C. Anderson. It has appeared
at Boardman in 1948 and 1949
with programs on Irrigation,
weed control, and row crop pro
duction. Farmers of this area
should take advantage of Its ap
pearance here and the fine pro
gram it has to offer which are
subjects of Interest to all, he
urges.
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Cleve Noland Held
Under $750 Bond
On Assault Count
Cleve Noland was placed under
bond of $750 to appear ln circuit
court when given a preliminary
hearing before Justice J. O. Hager
last week on an assault and bat
tery count. Noland stood on his
rights in the matter, which calls
for a grand jury investigation.
The charge against Noland,
who is an employe of Jim Lynch,
logging contractor, arose from a
beating he allegedly adminis
tered to Alex Ullrich on the eve
ning of December 30. Ullrich was
taken to a Pendleton hospital the
following morning where for sev
eral davs he was In a serious con
dition. He did not file charges
against Noland but the authori
ties felt the case merited investl.
gation.
CORABELL NUTTING'S
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Nutting of
Prineville, formerly of Heppner,
announce the engagement of
their daughter Corabell to James
W. Norene, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Roy J. Norene of Portland. Mr.
Norene is a student at washing-
ton State college where he is Ma
joring ln veterinary science. The
wedding has been set for early
June.
Miss Nutting is a graduate of
Heppner high school, where she
was a popular student. She also
served as a princess of the royal
court of the Heppner Rodeo in
1948.
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SOROPTIMISTS LEARN STORY
OF DEVELOPMENT OF OPALS
The Rev. E. L. Tull, vicar of
All Saints Episcopal church, was
the guest speaker today at the
luncheon meeting of the borop-
Umist club of Heppner. Rev.
Tull spoke of opals and brought
some flaming samples of tne
wood opals that came from Vir
gin Valley, Nevada. Speaking for
a few minutes in fanciful vein.
Rev. Tull related the life story
of the precious stone from the
time it was a tree, withstanding
snows, rains, furious winds and
boiling waters until It had be-
com6 opalized. It was a delight
ful discourse as well as nigniy
nlightenlng.
Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Searcy of
Millwood, near Spokane, Wash.,
were overnight guests at the C.
A. Ruceles home trlilay. Mr.
Searcy is Mrs. Ruggles' brother.
Visitors here Saturday after
noon and night were Mr. and Mrs.
Wiley Knighten of Moro. They
brought over part of the Moro
high school basketball squad and
were guests of Mrs. Lucy Rodgers
and also v isited the Itugnles fam
ily, former neighbors In Moro.
Oregon's first railroad connec
tion with eastern states, via the
scenic Cluomhia river gorge, was
completed in 1S83.