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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, January 19, 1950
Volume 66, Number 44
Winter Descends
Bringing Snow and
Low Temperatures
Approximately One
Foot of "Beautiful"
Covers This Area
Winter struck this region In
earnest Friday when a heavy
snowstorm covered the ground
to a depth of approximately nine
inches and the thermometer took
a nose-dive towards the zero
mark. The mercury has fallen
below zero several time9 during
the week and has not gotten very
far above that mark at any time.
The sky has been overcast all
week and snow showers have
fallen each day and night, build
ing the blanket up to approxi
mately one foot to date.
Drifting snow has handicapped
traffic, making the task of trans
porting school children by bus
somewhat hazardous and pre
venting farmers from getting to
town. .
Travel to the south and west
out of Heppner has been limited
since Saturday. Snow plows have
been attempting to clear the
highway through to Condon but
latest reports indicate that the
efforts have not been successful.
Ranchers in the Eight mile dis
trict have been able to get to
town but beyond that area the
going has been tough.
Reports through the press, over
the radio and from persons who
have been in other places indi
cate that the storm here was
comparable to most of the re
gion along the fringe of the Blue
mountains but experienced a
lighter snowfall than territory
bordering on the Cascades. So far
as learned, low mark on the ther
mometer in the current spell has
been 10 below zero.
Oregon Had 37,000 Miles of Roads In
1914 -Before Highway Program Started
By RALPH WATSON
Public Relations Consultant Ore
gon State Highway Commission
Back in the "B. C." era, before
the 1917 legislature had set up
the present state highway com
mission, Major Henry L. Bowlby
recorded In his first annual re
port on the state highway engi
neer that "there are more than
87,000 miles of road in Oregon."
That was on November 30, 1914,
after the 1913 legislature had de
legated to Gov. Oswald West,
state secretary Ben W. Olcott,
and state treasurer Thos. B. Kay,
the chore of serving as a state
highway commission and build
ing a system of state highways.
At that time they launched Ma
jor Bowlby upon the construction
of the Columbia highway, the Pa
cific highway and some secon
dary market roads and gave him
a total of $218,570.60 raised by
a mill state road tax) to start
the job. In his report the Major
notes that on Nov. 30, 1914, he
had a "balance available" of
$59,595. 88.
Those were the days when con
tractors did their blasting with
black powder and built their
wheelbarrows horse-drawn dump
wagons and Fresno wheeled
scrapers.
Major Bowlby also notes: "The
rule has been that one dollar is
all the damage a man is entitled
to when the state or the county
asks permission to build for him
a modern highway." And speak
ing of "hard surfacing state
highways" he says, "It is not
necessary today, as it was four
to eight years ago, to argue that
the motor vehicle has come to
slay and that the roads must
be designed to stand this new
and severe traffic." And speaking
of roads in general he prophe
sied, "Many years will elapse
before more than 10 percent of
the road mileage 137,000 miles)
is hard surfaced. The greater
part of the attention of the coun
ty courts will always be taken
up with building and maintain
ing earth roads."
That was 35 years ago. As of
June 30, 1918, the report of state
engineer R. H. Baldock shows
4,192 miles of primary and 1,602
of secondary highways under
hard surface paving better than
16 percent of the total road mi
leage in the state in 1941, In the
face of this it is worthy of note
that the total "county road
mileage has decreased from the
1914 total of 37,000 to 35,551 miles
Of this composite stretch of coun
ty roads, 2,660 miles are paved
either with concrete or bltumi
nous macadam dr. have been
oiled; 13,167 miles are surfaced
hut unolled; 4,772 miles graded;
leaving 14, 952 miles unimprov
ed for the counties to improve
and maintain. In addition to all
these, there were 17,039 miles of
national forest and park ronds,
Indian reservations, state forest.
park and military reservation
roads, nnd nonhighway city
streets, only 800 miles of which
are unimproved; a grand total
Northwest Range
Men Schedule Meet
At Pendleton, 27-28
What's all the fuss about?
That's the title of a discussion
to be led at the forthcoming first
annual meeting of the northwest
area, American societty of range
management in the Vert Memo
rial, Pendleton, January 27 and
28. It will be led by Allen Rogers,
Ellensburg, Wash.
The speaker is a former chair
man of the American National
Livestock association's public re
lations committee.
Technical range management
specialists from the Pacific
Northwest will attend the two
day meeting, and Joseph F. Pe
chanec, Forest service Portland,
who is in charge of the program,
has announced that livestock
producers are invited to attend.
Sesions will get underway at 9:30
each day.
The talk by Rogers is aimed at
improving relations between
tehenical range men and range
owners and users, It is pointed
out.
Other program features include
a discussion on eradication and
control of undesirable range
plants led by John Chohlis, Soil
Conservation service, Yakima.
A banquet the evening of Jan
uary 27 will feature W. T. White,
Soil Conservation, Portland. He
will report observations on range
and pasture management in
Italy.
E. R. Jackman, O.S.C. extension
farm crop specialist, wili lead a
panel discussion on getting range
management into practice Panel
members will include Arthur Bo
hoskey, Yakima; Ed McCanse,
North Powder; Waldo Frandsen,
Soil Conservation service, Port
land; and Henry Lazinka, Ukiah.
The superintendent of the
Squaw Butte-Harney Range Live
stock Experiment station, A. W.
Sawyer, Burns, will lead a dis
cussion on control and elimina
tion of big sagebrush.
of all classes of roads other than
state highways of 52,590 miles.
This does not include mileage
added during 1949.
During 1949 highway commis
sion revenues grossed $31,335,000.
Of this $11,829,000 was diverted
under legisltaive command; $5,
558,000 to the counties for county
road financing; $4,108,000 to the
cities for use of city streets,
$1,035,000 to the state police, and
$1,128,000 to counties (in loans to
be used by them in the repair
of unusual frost damage suffer
ed by county roads during the
winter of 1943-49, leaving $19,,
506,000 of gasoline tax motor ve
hicle registration fees, motor
transport fees and incidental and
incidental revenues state high
way funds to spend in forward,
ing the state highway program.
It had an additional $6,500,000 of
federal aid allotments. During
the year it disbursed $34,303,000,
approximately $8,300,000 in ex
cess of 1949 Income, this made
possible by revenues accumu
lated during the war years due
to government restrictions on
construction and lack of avail
able materials.
Of the total $12,034,000 were
required for maintenance of the
7,300 miles of the state highway
system, including $2,000,000 made
necessary for repair of frost and
stom damage caused by the
hard winter of 1918-49. Construc
tion and right of way expendi
tures took $18,080,000; $1,236,000
went to finance equipment, debt
service, buildings, parks, travel
information service, bridge and
ferry operations.
For 1950 the commission will
have an anticipated income of
$35,627,000. It has budgeted dis
bursements totalling $36,955,000,
Of this $20,672,000 is set aside
for construction and right of way
financing; $10,138,000 for main
tenance of the state highway
system; $2,837,000 for capital
items; $3,640,000 for administra
tion, operation of state parks
conduct of the travel information
service, debt service, operation
of drawbridges and ferries, ct
cetera.
The 1950 Income will come,
$2,827,000 from gas tax, regis
tration and motor transport fees
and incidental sources, plus $6,
800,000 of federal aid allotments
Gross revenues from road us
er sources are expected to reach
$10,715,000, but again this will
be reduced $7,270,000 to meet the
19 percent diversion to the road
use of the counties; $3,600,000 to
finance the 10 percent diversion
to the cities and $1,017,000 to the
state police.
From 1917 to the close of the
fiscal year June 30, 1948, a total
of approximately $340,000,000 had
been spent for construction and
maintenance of the state high
way system. By the close of 1950
approximately $90,000,000 will
have been added or obligated
bringing the grand total expend
iture on the state highway sys
tern by that date to approximate
ly $430,000,000,
Queries Regarding Union High School
School Board to Study Possibilities and
Do the patrons of districts No.
1, 12, and 35, otherwise Heppner,
Lexington and lone, want to form
a union high school district and
build an entirely new plant on a
site removed from either of the
three towns? That's a question
to which the Rural School board
is devoting some attention in an
effort to sound the sentiment of
patrons and taxpayers and de
termine whether or not it would
be worthwhile to go into the mat
ter any deeper.
To make this test, the office of
the county superintendent has
prepared and mailed a letter to
about 540 school patrons of the
three districts, enclosing figures
on costs of financing, school bus
operation and other factors that
would enter into a change from
the present system. The letter
reads in part:
"The Rural School board has
been requested to make a study
of the school expansion program
involving the lone, Lexington and
EMERGENCY FUNDS USED
The approval of special expen
ditures amounting to $2,175,000
were made by the state emer
gency board meeting at the cap
itol this week.
Only five of the seven mem
bers of the board were present.
Consequently each proposal for
allocation of funds required an
unanimous vote. The law speci
fies there shall be five members
voting in the affirmative when
ever emergency funds are appro
priated. The board took the following
action:
1. Approved a request by the
state employment commission
for a budget increase of $15,700,
000 to pay growing unemploy
ment benefits.
2. Approved a request by the
state public welfare commission
for a budget increase of $4,175,-
000 to keep $50-a-month mini
mum relief checks forth coming.
3. Approved expenditure of
$300,000 to replace a classroom
building at the school for the
blind.
4. Deferred action on a request
for a nurse's home at Eastern
Oregon state hospital at Pendle
ton, estimated to cost $115,000.
The request for a new build
ing at the blind school which
is within the city limits of Sa
lem was an emergency must.
The city fire chief reported the
old building a fire hazard. This
sparked a discussion of the con
dltlon of several other old state
buildings that are considered
fire traps. If all were rebuilt now
the emergency fund would be
depleted, the group decided.
Frank Van Dyke, speaker of the
House, suggested that Governor
McKay might call a special ses
sion of the legislature and avoid
a possible catastrophe like the
one just last week in Davenport
Iowa, when 37 aged women pa
tlents died in a Mercy Hospital
fire.
A special session of the legis
lature might be worse than a
fire!" quipped Senate President
Bill Walsh.
LOSE DRIVERS' LICENSES
Nearly 6000 operators' licenses
and 7,187 vehicle registrations
were suspended by the state last
year under the provisions of the
state's financial responsibility
law.
The principal reasons for sus
pension were failure to file proof
of responsibility after being in
volved in a property damage or
injury accident, unsatisfied judg
ments, drunken driving not re
sulting in an accident and fail
ure to maintain proof after filing.
The heaviest activity of the
year was in December with 792
vehicle licenses suspended. Feb
ruary showed the lowest totals.
October topped in drunken driv
ing, with 232 revocations .
VOTING PLACES SCARCE
Some county clerks are op
pressed by a feeling of futility
over their difficulty in locating
voting places for this year's pri
mary and general elections. Con
tributing features are the in
creased number of voting pre
cincts and the scarcity of unoc
cupied buildings, says David
O'Hara, state chief of elections.
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SOROPTIMIST CLUB HEARS
TALK ON CV AUTHORITY
An interested group of Sorop
timlsts listened to a talk on the
CVA at the luncheon meeting this
noon. Mrs. George Gertson open
ed the subject in a terse and com
prehensive manner, first reading
from the senate bill, then ex
cerpts from an article In a recent
magazine and from the speech of
Governor Douglas McKay,
Heppner schools and the sur-
rounaing areas.
"Pupil population and state
standards require a considerable
outlay of capital in the immedi
ate future at Heppner and lone.
Patrons of this area have asked
that this study include informa
tion relative to a union high
school serving the above area.
"The Rural School board has
studied this problem and here
with presents data that is pertin
ent to the establisment of a union
high school. In view of its county
wide responsibility for the educa
tional program, the Rural School
board feels obligated to present
this material for your study and
evaluation. Any further action on
its part will be dependent upon
the wishes and desires of the vo
ters in this area."
Districts that would logically
belong are 1, Heppner; 2, Lena;
3, Willoway; 5, Morgan; 12, Lex
ington; 23, Devine; 24, Willows;
35, lone; 41, Sand Hollow, and 42,
"Club 21" Dinner
Set For Wednesday
Evening, January 25
Arrangements have been com
pleted for the banquet being
sponsored by the Junior chamber
of commerce in behalf of young
men becoming 21 years of age at
this time. The affair will be
held Wednesday evening, Janu
ary 25, at the Legion hall, be
ginning at 7 p. m., with the Jay-
Cee-ettes serving the food.
The sponsors have informed
those on the eligible list that
the purpose of "Club 21" is "to
celebrate your 21st birthday and
at the same time emphasize the
new privilege of becoming of
age. Particularly, we want to
make you conscious of your vot
ing privilege."
To make the meeting more im.
pressive, there will be present
the presidents of the Young Re
publican and Young Democrat
clubs of Portland who will try to
prove the merits of their respec
tive parties.
Tickets are available at Gon-
ty's and Rosewall Motor com
pany for those who wish to at
tend the dinner, which is to be
a strictly stag affair.
Judge Tells Jay-Cee
Group of Hospital
Operation Plans
Thirty-four Jay Cees and Jay-
Cee-ettes braved Wednesday
night's sleet and cold to hear
Judge J. G. Barratt discuss the
Morrow county hospital at their
monthly potluck dinner. Those
assembled responded to the
Judge's report on the cost, prob
lems of construction, and future
plans concerning the opening and
operation of the hospital by nu
merous interested inquiries. The
Judge stated that he was partic
ularly interested in discussing
various rumors about the hospi
tal. His remarks were so well
received that the two organiza
tions plan to ask representatives
of other local governing groups
to future meetings for similar
reports.
Mrs. John Pfeiffer was elected
president of the Jay-Cee-ettes for
the coming year. Also chosen to
lead the group were Mrs. Rich
ard Meador, vice president; Mrs.
Leonard Pate, secretary; Mrs.
James Hager, treasurer; Mrs.
Kemp Dick, Mrs Richard O'Shea
and Mrs William Labhart, di
rectors; and Mrs Jack Estberg,
immediate past president
Both groups completed plans
for the Junior chamber of com
merce banquet feting young men
of the community who have at
tained their 21st birthday.
Miss Leta Humphreys has no
tified the Jay-Cee-ettes that the
prize money which she won in
their Christmas lighting contest
will be used to buy a gift for the
kindergarten.
Retiring Jay-Cee-ctte officers
acted as hostesses for the supper.
CUB SCOUTS TO MEET
Bobcat badges will be award
ed to Cub Scouts tomorrow eve
ning when the scouts and their
parents meet at the Parish house
of the Episcopal church. The
meeting will open at 7:30.
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TO GIVE THIRD DECREE
Exemplification of the third
degree will be the order of work
Wednesday evening, January 25
at the meeting of Willows lodge
No. 66, I. O. O. F. The noble
grand has expressed a desire to
see a large turnout of the breth
ren.
Allen Case and Alex Thompson
of Case Furniture Co. are In Port
land this week on builnew.
Balm Fork. Total valuation, $8,-
615, 675. If bond to 5 percent, j
amount raised would be $431,-
283.75; to 10 percent, $862,567.50. 1
Other districts which could and
perhaps should join a union high
school district: 8, Arlington-Morrow;
19, Rood Canyon; 39, Arlington-Morrow;
40, Hardman UHS1,
for a total valuation of $1,188,
760. Grand total, $9,814,435. If
bond to 5 percent, $490,721.75.
(Present state law permits bond
ing up to 10 percent of assessed
value).
Grade school enrollment 1949
50 (from first to 12th, inclusive) :
Heppner, 433; Lexington, 81; lone,
140; total 654. High schools: Hep
pner, 118; Lexington, 18; lone, 38,
for total of 174, this year. Based
on present enrollment it is esti
mated that by 1957-58 the total
will be 241.
Taking three union high school
districts in widely separated parts
of the state, Reedsport, Burns and
Sherwood, for comparison with
Random Thoughts...
Mr. Truman should not take too
much for granted when he glibly
advocates a $5,000 income for ev-
ery family. Does he not remem
ber Mr. Hoover's advocacy of "two
cars in every garage"?
Friday's heavy snowstorm caus
ed a change of bus schedules at
the local school and for a time
there was the atmosphere of a
bus depot about the local seat of
learning. Students dependent on
the buses for transportation were
excused ahead of the closing
schedule and as each bus drove
up, Supt Pate visited the several
classrooms and stated, "the bus
for Sand Hollow will leave in five
minutes," or something similar,
depending upon which bus was
ready to depart The. students got
a chuckle out of it and tension,
if there was any, was lessened
for those who stood a chance of
being stalled in a snowdrift.
Something happened in a local
restaurant Wednesday evening
that would have been tragic in
prohibition days but which under
the present liquor set-up was
more a matter of embarassment
to the interested party. A man
seated at the counter had the
misfortune of losing a partially
emptied pint of liquor. The bottle
worked out of his hip pocket and
hit the floor with disastrous re
sults.
The accident prompted some
reminiscences relative to prohibi
tion days. For instance, there was
the story the parson's wife told of
the man who ordered his ship
ment to come labeled "Books."
To his surprise he received a call
from the local agency to please
come and get his shipment of
books as some of them were leak
ing. During the early days of na
tional prohibition a man dropped
a small flask of liquor on the
sidewalk at a point about where
the bakery is located in Heppner.
A few paces behind him was a
piano player who was employed
at the Star theater (then located
on the corner now occupied by
Easter's Grill.) Being somewhat
of an actor, the piano player took
out his handkerchief, wiped his
eyes, as well as attempting to
stop the flow of saliva issuing
from his mouth, and in a drama,
tic voice shouted, "A sponge, A
sponge! My kingdom for a
sponge!" While he was thus en
gaged, the ex-owner of the bottle
made hasty tracks away from the
scene.
It was unfortunate that the
weather was so bad that many of
the farmers could not attend the
smut control demonstration here
Wednesday. Had they been able
to reach the Union Pacific car
they would have enjoyed comfort
for modern methods of producing
creature comfort have been em
ployed by the railroad company
in making this traveling school
available in all types of weather.
It is a self-contained unit gas
or coal heat, the latter as an aux.
lliary should the gas supply run
out; its own light equipment, and
a seating capacity of 70 persons.
A sound system and motion pic
ture projection room even indi
vidual microphones for those who
wish to ask questions or make
comment. A bunk room at one end
provides sleeping quarters for
those who accompany the car.
This type of equipment makes it
possible for the company and the
extension services to carry their
programs to the farm population
any time of year and particularly
in off -season periods.
A taxi was creeping slowly
through the New York rush-hour
traffic and the passenger was in
a hurry. "Please," he said to the
driver, "can't you go any faster?"
Sure I can, the cabby replied.
"But I ain't allowed to leave the
taxi." The American Legion
Magazine.
Prompt Rural
Issue Bulletin
the ehree Morrow county schools,
the chart shows that in 1947-48
their average operating expense
was 361,800, while the total for
the three Morrow county schools
percent higher.
was $73,300. The cost here was 18
These figures do not include
cost of transportation.
Amount budgeted for teacher
personnel, 1949-50: Heppner high
school, $35,800; Lexington high
school, $10,430; lone high school
$20,500, or $66,730. For proposed
union high school: Administrator
$6,000; teachers, 11 at $3,600, $39,.
600 or a total of $45,600. Differ
ence, $21,130.
Transportation is a story in it
self and due to lack of time at
this writing can not be covered
in this article. It would involve
some additional cost, perhaps an
average of $600 to each of the
three operating districts, accord
ing to the figures prepared by
Henry Tetz, Rural School board
secretary and county superin
tendent. Pacific Northwest
Becoming Nation's
Wheat Smut Center
Oregon and the Pacific North
west seem well on the way to
regaining the dubious distinc
tion of being the nation's number
one wheat smut disease sore
spot. During 1949, 20.3 percent of
nearly 19,000 farmer owned lots
of wheat graded smutty, a rise
of 6 percent from the preceding
year, it was reported recently
to the Pacific Northwest Smut
Control committee by R. E. White,
PMA grain supervisor, Portland
who handles federal grain inspec
tion for the three northwestern
states.
White estimates that 13 mil
lion bushels of the 1949 crop in
the three states will be marketed
as smutty. In addition to cash
discounts,: Extension Farm Crop
Specialist, Rex Warren at Ore
gon State college, a member of
the wheat smut control commit
tee, points out that presence of
smut also affects the yield ad
versely. Two wheat varieties, Elgin and
Golden, contributed 86.4 percent
of the smutty grain. Total smut
infestation after being reduced to
just 2.8 percent of the crop in
1942-34 has been climbing for
seven years straight. Swing to
non - smut resistants varieties
such as Elgn and Golden, and
failure on the part of the farmers
to take proper seed treatment pre.
cautions are listed as the princi
pal reasons for the increase.
In the western Columbia basin
area, the total infestation was
reduced from 11.3 percent a year
ago to 6.3 percent in 1949. Marked
improvement was shown in the
Condon area, White stated. Bad
spots were confined to the north,
em part of Wasco county in 1948.
Smut, a spore disease, has been
known to reduce yields to 25 or
30 percent. In the Pendleton In
spection station area, improve
ment in the over-all smut picture
was also registered in 1949 as
compared with the year previous.
Samples grading smutty totaled
16.9 percent in 1949 as compared
with 19.7 for the year before.
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Wranglers Board
Plans '50 Activities
With a View to preparing a cal
endar of events for the year and
to stimulate activity in their or
ganization, officers and directors
of the Wranglers, Morrow county
riding club, met the evening of
January 6 at the Merle Becket
home. A tentative calendar was
set up which will be subject to
change to suit conflicting condi
tions that may arise.
First event planned is a dance
to be held at the Lexington
grange hall Saturday evening,
January 28. There will be pi
nochle and probably bingo for
those who are not interested in
tripping the light fantastic. The
Arlington Saddle club has been
invited to be guest of the Wrang
lers.
An effort is being made to ex
pand the membership of the club
and prospective members are
urged to turn in their applica
tions now so they can be acted
upon early and permit appli
cants to get in on the full year's
activities.
Cabrillo and Ferrelb, two Span,
ish mariners, are bellved the first
white men to see Oregon. They
sailea along the coast in 1543.
A treaty in 1819 between the U.
S. A. and Spain fixed the southern
boundary between the Oregon
country and Spanish territory at
aegrees latitude. This now
marks the boundary between
Oregon and California.
C of C Postpones
Annual Dinner Due
To Cold Weather
Taking a leaf from last year's
experience, the Heppner chamber
of commerce Monday decided to
postpone the annual dinner an
nounced for this evening until
such time as the weather gives
promise of behaving. With about
a foot of snow on the ground
and the mercury hovering around
the zero mark, it was not diffi
cult to arrive at the conclusion
that the dinner could wait.
A proposal was submitted at
Monday's meeting that the fis
cal year of the chamber of com
merce be changed from January
1 to April 1. By so doing, it was
argued, there would be less wor
ry about the weather and it
would also be easier to secure
a speaker. Arrangements naa
been made with the American
Legion auxiliary to prepare and
serve the dinner at the Legion
hall and this will be followed
through when the date is set
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TIME ELAPSES FOR LOANS
OR PURCHASE AGREEMENTS
Farmers in Morrow county who
want government price support
for their wheat are reminded to
day that they have only a few
days left in which to take out
their loans or purchase agree
ments. January 31 is the closing
date for obtaining a loan or sign
ing a purchase agreement to pro
tect the price of your 1949 wheat
crop, according to L. L. Howton,
chairman of the county PMA
committee.
Howton warns farmers having
farm-stored wheat that it takes
at least three days to obtain a
farm-stored loan as a represen
tative sample must be taken and
sent to Portland for grading be
fore the loan can be made. There
fore, you should notify the coun
ty office as soon as possible if
you plan on taking a farm-stored
loan.
Bad Weather Forces 30-Day Shutdown
On Grain Growers Elevator Building
By RUTH PAYNE
Due to the extreme weather
conditions, work on the grain
elevator for Morrow County Grain
Growers has ceased temporarily
and most of the crew has re
turned to California for a thirty
day period when it is hoped con
struction can again be resumed.
At noon Tuesday in the midst
of the heavy snowstorm a large
flock of geese were seen flying
over town in a Northwesterly di
rection. They were flying at a
very low altitude apparently in
quest of food or shelter from the
storm.
Over one hundred Oddfellows
and Rebekahs were on hand Sat.
urday evening to witness the
joint installation of officers and
partake of the ham dinner served
prior to the ceremonies. Officers
installed for Willows lodge No. 66
included Jesse C. Payne, Noble
Grand; Ted Pierson, vice-grand;
Durward Tash, secretary; Chas.
W. Barlow, treasurer; Victor Gro
shen, warden; Frank Davidson,
conductor; Chas. Hasvold, inside
guardian; Jack Edmondson, out
side guardian; Lee Howell, right
support, Ralph Beamer, left sup
port to the noble grand; Harold
Kenney, chaplain; Cornett Green,
right support, and Pirl Howell,
left support to the vice grand. For
Sans Souci Rebekah lodge, Mer-
lyn Robinson was installed as
noble grand; Jeanne Dobbs, vice
grand; Ruth Payne, secretary;
Pearl Devine, treasurer; Adelle
Hannon, warden; Ethelyn Pier-
son, conductor; Blanche Brown.
inside guardian; Mabel Chaffee,
outside guardian; Letha Archer,
R.S.N.G.; Margaret Thomas, L.S.
N. G; Mattie Green, chaplain;
Mary Bailey, RS.V.G.; Delia Da
vidson, L.S.V.G. Installing offi
cers were District deputy presi
dents, N D. Bailey and Ruth Berg.
strom and grand marshalls Lee
Howell and Florence Green.
Mrs. Lucy Peterson was ap
pointed missionary chairman and
Mrs. R. B. Rice United Thank Of
fering chairman at the meeting
of the Women's Auxiliary of All
Saints Episcopal church Thurs
day afternoon at the parish
house. Plans for the annual pan
cake luncheon were discussed.
Blanche Brown and Josie Jones,
assisted by Lucy Peterson were
hostesses.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wright
and his mother, Mrs. Mary
Wright, spent Thursday in Pen
dleton looking after business.
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Allstott Jr.
were over from Hermiston for
the weekend with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John Bergstrom,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Parker
have returned from a visit of
several weeks in Los Angeles and
other points in southern Califor
nia where they visited relatives.
Jack Elliott has disposed of his
interest in the garbage business
and the route has been taken
over by Raymond McDonald.
Girl Scout troop No. 4 gave a
party Monday afternoon at the
Governor Pledges
All-out Support For
Polio Campaign
Greatest Drive in
History Launched
All Over Nation
Bolstered by the unqualified
endorsement of Governor Douglas
McKay, the 1950 March of Dimes
gathered momentum in Morrow
and 35 other Oregon counties to
day as hundreds of volunteers
threw themselves into history's
greatest campaign against in.
fantile paralysis.
Enthusiasm over the drive "has
never been quite so great," ac
cording to Oregon's veteran
March of Dimes chairman, Dr. E.
T. Hedlund of Portland, who pre-
dieted that this year's polio fund
raising effort in the state "will be
the best ever."
Dr. Hedlund's optimistic an
nouncement followed hard on the
heels of a statement by Governor
McKay in which the state's exe
cutive said that "four consecu
tive epidemic years have decreas.
ed funds for the infantile paraly
sis fight to a critical low."
Governor McKay pointed out
that the research program of the
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis, as well as the founda
tion's patient care activities, is
threatened by a lack of finances.
He remarked that scientists ex
pected to develop a preventive
against the disease within five
years and that "the research that
is making possible this boon to
all humanity must continue un
interruptedly." The governor said in conclud
ing his statement, "I pledge the
1950 March of Dimes my unqual
ified support in this hour of great
need and I am sure that my fel
low Oregonians will join me in
generously backing a cause that
claims the interest and sympathy
of all of us."
Dr. Hedlund reported that all
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i Christian church for one of its
' members, Roberta Hannon on the
occasion of her eleventh birthday.
Hostesses were Francine Francis,
Janice Woodhall and Judy Bar
ger. Others present were Phyllis
Biddle, Sandra Whillock, Deloris
Easter, Virginia Gonty, Ida Sue
Stratton and Nancy Davis. Gifts
were presented and refreshments
of birthday cake, jello and hot
chocolate were served. Mrs.
Adelle Hannon is troop leader.
Mrs. Otis East is here from
Prineville to visit her daughters,
Mrs. Lester Cox and Lexington
and Mrs. Bill Lynch. Mrs. Cox
and Mrs. East were shopping in
Heppner Tuesday.
Mrs. Corda Saling underwent
a major operation at St .Anthony
hospital Tuesday. She was taken
to Pendleton by ambulance Fri
day.
Mr. and Mrs .George Perry of
Pendleton were over Saturday
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse
Payne.
Mack Gentry was taken to a
Pendleton hospital Monday fol
lowing a stroke at his home on
Gale street.
lone citizens who braved Tues
day's storm to shop in Heppner
were Mrs. Roy Lindstrom, Van
Hubbard and L. L. Howton.
John Graves was a business
caller in Heppner Tuesday.
Alex Ulrich was brought home
Monday from St Anthony's hos
pital where he has been conval
escing for the past two weeks
from a head injury.
Miss Leta Humphreys enter
tained with a potluck dinner
Sunday afternoon at her home
on North Court street compli
menting Mrs. John Bergstrom on
her birthday. Present were Mr.
and Mrs. Bergstrom, Mr. and Mrs.
R. B. McMurtry, Mr and Mrs.
Frank Davidson, Gerald and Mar
ilyn Btrgstrom, Josephine Ma
honey, Frank Baker and Colleen
Conner.
Lee Howell, J. C. Payne, Dur
ward Tash, Randall Peterson and
Pete McMurtry motored to Pen
dleton Tuesday evening where
the first degree work was given
the latter two at Eureka lodge I.
O. O. F. Thursday, the group
will go to Lexington for the pre
sentation of the second degree.
Mrs. Sara MeNamer was the
honor guest at a birthday dinner
Sunday for which Mr. and Mrs.
W. O. Dix were hosts at their
home on Baltimore street. Other
guests included Mesdames Lucy
Kodgers, Emma Evans and Mary
Stevens.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Keithley
entertained with a pinochle par
ty Saturday evening at their
home. Present were Mr. and Mrs.
I. II. Cole, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Hart,
Mr and Mrs. Frank Muynard,
Mr. and Mrs. Al Hult and Mr .and
Mrs. Jack Est berg. High scores
were received by Mrs. Cole and
Mr. Hult and tow by Mrs. May
nard and Mr. Estberg. Refresh
ments were served.