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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, February 9, 1950
Council Employs
Engineer to Head
City Work Program
R. J. Stephens on
Job Tuesday A. M.
As Superintendent
Feeling that the work program
of the city demands the services
of an engineer, the city council
Monday evening employed R. I.
Stephens as work superintendent,
the job becoming effective at
once. Stephens assumed his new
duties Tuesday morning.
The new superintendent has
been in the employ of the Welly
Construction company of The
Dalles since 1945. He was the
engineer in charge of line con
struction on the Columbia Basin
Electric cooperative lines in
Morrow and Gilliam counties.
This work was recently complet
ed and since the Welty firm had
no other contracts to take up Im
mediately, Stephens applied for
the Job as superintendent of
work in Heppner. He agreed to
take the job on a tentative ba
sis and at about the same rate
the city has been paying for this
service In recent months until
such time as the new budget U
made up and goes Into effect.
During his residence here he has
done several engineering jobs for
the city and it is felt that his
services will effect savings that
will justify hiring him on a per
manent basis.
Several citizens were on hand
Monday evening prepared to en
ter protests if the council took
favorable action in the matter of
emptying septic tank overflow
into either Hlnton or Willow
creeks. The council took no action
but the mayor Instructed the
committee on sanitation to con
sult with the county court on the
matter and report back to the
next meeting.
Ramona McDaniels,
Bernard Marsha
Married Saturday
Miss Roxle Ramona McDaniels,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kin
nard McDaniels of Hardman, be
came the bride of Bernard Eu
gene Marshall, at Pendleton Sat
urday afternoon. The Rev. S. Dar
low Johnson of the Methodist
church officiated at the double
ring ceremony. The bride was
lovely in a royal blue suit with
grey accessories and a pink rose
bud corsage. The young couple
were attended by Mr. and Mrs.
Ken Way, with Mrs. Wey wear
ing blue with a pink corsage.
Those attending the wedding
were Mr. and Mrs. John Dalke,
students at Monmouth and Ar
chie Padberg also of Monmouth.
After the week-end In Pendleton
the newly-weds will be at home
in Heppner where they have an
apartment. Mrs. Marshall Is em
ployed at the R. E. A. office and
Mr. Marshall at the Heppner
Lumber company.
Mrs. Lola Breeding spent three
days In La Grande where she at
tended the 4-H club leaders'
school.
Mrs. W. I. Miller and son Gary
of La Grande spent the week
end at the C. C. Jones home and
visited Mrs. Miller's mother and
son Earl Miller who attends
school in Lexington.
Miss Betty Grlffen, who has
been ill several weeks, under
went a tonsillectomy at St. An
thony's hospital In Pendleton
Friday, returning to her home
Sunday.
Mrs. Elwynne Peck who has
been ill at her home is much
improved.
Mrs. Janet Rands, a teacher in
the local high school is con
fined to her home with illness.
Mrs. Betty Feathers is substitut
ing for her.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dinges wer:
In Portland where they were call
ed by the death of their grand'
son, Daniel Harry Dinges, infant
son of Mr, and Mrs. Danny
Dinges of Portland. Funeral ser
vices were held Monday.
Dr. J. D. Palmer of Heppner
showed a movie at the local
school Tuesday morning on den
tal problems, this being nation
al Dental Health day.
Lexington Jack Rabbits motor.
ed to Irrlgon Tuesday night
Grade school lost, with Lexing
ton B string winning 27-16. The
A string lost 17-35. Friday they
played lone on the local floor,
losing both games, B string 39-8,
A string 49-21. Saturday after
noon the grade school played
Arlington on the local floor win
nlng 49-19.
The high school play "Dcspe
rate Ambrose" will have a later
date some time In March for
presentation. .
e
Miss Margaret Gil lis received
word last week of the death of
4-H Leaders Attend
East. Oregon Confab
At La Grande
Two Morrow county 4-H club
leaders, Mrs. C. E. Stalcup, Board
man ,and Mrs. Oscar Breeding,
Lexington, accompanied Mrs. Ma
bel Flint to the Eastern Oregon
leaders conference. Representa
tives from nine counties braved
the Icy roads and cold weather to
further the club program for boys
and girls. Sessions were held ai
the Sacajawea hotel in La Grande.
Miss Emmie Nelson, represent
ative from the national commit
tee on boys and girls 4-H club
work, Chicago, spoke on merits
and qualities of good 4-H leader
ship. She stressed the fact thai
the most Important qualifications
of a leader are a genuine inter
est in the club members and a
knowledge of the program. She
stated that club leaders receive
remuneration in satisfaction of
service, opportunity to meet peo
ple, personal growth and appre
ciation from the club members.
Miss Nelson pointed out tha the
4-H program is fitted to the needs
of the club members, rather th;;n
the club members being fitted to
the program, and that leaders
should work with rather than
over the heads of their club mem
bers. Miss Nelson met with exten
sion agents to discuss the nation
al awards program which has de
veloped from successful state pro
grams. Afternoon meetings in
cluded group sessions on the var
ious phases of club wrk, and talk
on demonstration technique by
Esther Taskerud, state 4-H club
agent.
Basket Social At
Boardman Swells
March of Dimes
The basket social sponsored
by the Greenfield grange for the
March of Dimes Saturday eve
ning was a success, especially
since the weather was so bad
and also there were two basket
ball games out of town which
took many of the young people.
The total was $85.75, hut this
amount will no doubt go well
over $100.00 as many grangers
were unable to attend but will
donat.e
The Yellow Jackets basket ball
five stung the St. Joseph five
Friday night with a score of 46
38. Due to the weather conditions
there was only one game. Satur
day evening the Jackets motored
to Heppner losing both games.
The A squad 48-40 and the B
team 50-38.
The February Garden club met
at the home of Mrs. Chas. Ander
egg Monday afternoon. Plans
were made for a dinner Thursday
evening, Feb. 16 at which time
husbands and families will be
honored guests.
The Irrigon Townles basketball
5 were unable to take the honors
from the Hermiston Valley Build-
ing five on the Irrigon floor Sat
urday night, with score 61-54.
Several local boys play on the
team, namely, Duane Brown.
Clayton Allen, Harold Baker, Bill
Thompson and Tom Wanda.
Mrs. Henry Zivney was guest
of honor on her birthday Friday
afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Chas. Anderegg. Present beside
the honoree and Mrs. Anderegg
were Mesdames W. E. Garner, R.
A. Fortner, R. S Wilson and Earl
Rlggs.
Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Shannon
ind Mrs. Fred Smith motored to
Pendleton Saturday.
Mrs. Frank Marlow and son
Harold spent three days last
week in La Grande. Mrs. Marlow
drove Mrs. Nora Ransier's car
over for her and visited relatives
whom she hadn't seen for many
years.
Mr. and Mrs. I. Skoubo left Sa
turday for Hood River where they
will visit their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Russell
DoMauro for several days.
Mrs. Paul Smith who has been
the home of her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Na
than Thorpe the past two weeks
left for her home in Union Mon
day.
Mrs. Hugh Brown and son
Duane motored to Pendleton
Monday.
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCS
MEETING SCHEDULED
The Morrow County PMA office
announced today that a meeting
for all federal crop Insurance
policyholders will be held at the
court house In Heppner at 1:30
p. m, Friday, February 17,
This meeting has been sched
uled to give policyholders a bet
tor understanding of the federal
crop Insurance program, and to
give them a chance to clear up
any questions that they might
have. The greater part of this
meeting will be devoted to a
question and answer discussion
All policyholders are urged 'o
attend. A special invitation to be
present at this meeting Is extend
ed to all Interested persons, even
though they are not federal crop
Origin, Growth Of
Boy Scouts Told
AtC of C Luncheon
Origin and growth of the Boy
Scout movement was the topic
of a talk given by the Rev. El
von L. Tull before the chamber
commerce luncheon group Mon
day noon. Rev. Tull was intro
duced by Glenn Parsons, chair
man of the program committee,
who stated that as this is nation
al Boy Scout week he thought
that in view of the interest man
ifested by the minister in Scout
work it would be appropriate to
invite him as the guest speaker.
The speaker devoted a few
minutes delineating the Scout
movement from the time of its
origin in England to the present.
Lord Baden-Powell was the foun
der. As an officer in the British
army during the Boer war he was
impressed by the inability of
British soldiers to shift for them
selves in rugged country. He de
cided that future generations of
boys should be trained in outdoor
lore and this decision resulted in
formation of the Boy Scouts. The
Boy Scouts of America became a
reality in 1910. At first there were
no junior Scouts but in order to
stimulate interest in the move
ment the smaller boys were or
ganized. Mr. Tull was generous in his
praise of William Davis as a
scout master. He deems Davis one
of the best he has ever worked
with. The local troup has been
given the cooperation of the for
est service, especially in the hikes
and camps. The speaker also
magle a plea for assistance in se
curing a permanent meeting
place for the Scouts, expressing
the hope that plans for a Scout
house will materialize.
Rosewall Motor Co.
Awarded Plaque In
District Contest
Employes of the Rosewall Mo
tor Co. and a few people outside
of the organization will be guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rose
wall at 7 o'clock this evening at
an award dinner to be served in
the private dining room at the
Elkhorn restaurant.
A representative of the Ford
Motor company will be on hand
to present the plaque that signi
fies the local concern is the win
ner in the eastern Oregon district
of the Seattle region in annual
competition showing the most
consisten gains by the dealers. It
is the second time the Rosewall
Motor company has received the
award two years in a row, as the
contest was set up in 1948.
The Seattle region includes Or
egon, Washington, northern Ida
ho and western Montana.
The local concern is the only
one to receive the award in east
ern Oregon so far.
EOARDMAN 34-HEPPNER 48
Boardman motored to Heppner
February 4, to take a 48-34 de
feat. While Heppner started slow
and couldn't seem to get going
the Boardman Yellow Jackets
seemed to move with a burning
spirit. Heppner led only by two
points the first quarter 9-7. They
seemed to do better the second
as they gained a 7-point lead,
21-14. The third quarter Heppner
clicked again to establish a 15-
point lead, 37-22. The last quar
ter Boardman outscored the Mus
tangs one point to end the game
18-34 in favor of Heppner. Piper
vas high scorer for Heppner with
18 while Earwood scored 10 for
i he visitors.
HYND RELATIVE HERE
The Ilynd families in Morrow
ind Umatilla counties are enjoy.
ing a visit this week from a ne
phew of the older Hynd brothers
and Miss Annie Hynd and Mrs.
M. L. Case. He is Charles Hynd of
Owens Sound Ontario, Canada,
on of Thomas Hynd, oldest mem
ber of the Ilynd family who re
mnined In Canada when the rest
)f the family came to Oreiifm
more than 50 years ago. When
harles learned of his Uncle
David's illness he decided it was
about time to get out here and
see him. He is a contracting elec
trician. FROST BREAKS WINDOW
One of the large show windows
it the Heppner Red & White gro
cery was victim of the prolonged
cold snap which came to a close
early this week. The glass broke
at the bottom and Proprietor Roy
Quackenbush removed It before it
could break out and possibly in
jure someone. Frost also was re
sponsible for a top-to-bottom
crack in one of the show windows
at the J. C. Penney company store
Mr. and Mrs. David Workman,
Seattle; John Dollarhlde and
Jack Scott, Seattle; Mr and Mrs,
Wm. Schlnderllng, Mr. and Mrs,
Dell Moyer, Elmer Moyer and
Gene Mead all of Hermiston,
were hero Saturday to attend the
funeral of the late George Mead
The men are all grandsons of the
Itemized Account of Road Expenditures
Shows How Funds Are Being Disbursed
Readers of this newspaper who
glanced over the county clerk's
semi-annual report no doubt
formed a general idea relative
to expenditures on the county's
roads. Realizing that the people
are as much interested in road
improvement and expansion as
they are in the other county af
fairs, Judge Garnet Barratt has
prepared a condensed statement
on road department expenditures,
giving the figures for the year,
July 1, 1948 to June 30, 1949, and
for the last six months of 1949.
From this report it is possible to
learn where the money goes and
why. possibly, not all roads are
being repaired or improved at
once.
(In itemizing the amounts the
12-months period will be given,
followed by the six months per
iod.) All labor, $18,922.14 and $30,
900.89; repairs, tires, parts, etc.,
$16,376.57 and $8,251.87; lumber,
culverts, bridging, $10,452.57 and
$6,776.29; gasoline, oil, grease,
$9,561.15 and $6,407.19; shop
tools and supplies, oxygen, $1,
005.53 and $420.58; new machin
ery and equipment, $54,618.03
and $21,566.81; industrial acci
dent insurance, 31,107.69 and
692.90; office supplies, $5.46
and none.
Items of Week, Social And Otherwise, Gleaned
From Here and There By G-T Correspondent
By RUTH PAYNE
The Rebekah degree was con
ferred on four candidates, Nellie
G. Anderson, Marion Kenney, Na.
omi Moyer and Floy Privett, at
the meeting of Sans Souci Re
bekah lodge Friday evening. This
marked the first appearance of
the newly organized degree staff
which presented the ritualistic
and floor work accompanying the
initiation. Those participating in
cluded Merlyn Robinson, N. G.;
Florence Green, V. G.; Elsie Ay
ers, secretary; Ada Piper, treas
urer; Letha Archer, warden; Ma
bel Chaffee, conductor; Ethelyn
I'ierson, L.A.S.; Ruth Bergstrom,
RAS; Adelle Hannan, RSNG;
Pearl Devine, LSNG; Mary Wright
LSVG; Jessie Furlong, RSVG; Del
la Tash, outside guardian; Blanch
Brown, inside guardian; Delia
Davidson, angel; Bonnie Vincent,
Mattie Green, Altha Kirk and
Laurel Van Marter, banner bear
ers; Margaret Thomas, past noble
grand; Lucy Rodgers, chaplain.
Follwing lodge, refreshments
um.n Kip Itylnn. Alt..
o r- V- ,, . .
Brown, Emma Evans, Altha Kirk
and Merlyn Robinson
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Pierson en
tertained at a dinner party Thurs
day vening complimenting Frank
W. Baker on the occasion of his
birthday. Present were Mrs. Jo
sephine Mahoney, Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse C. Payne, Michael Furlong,
Patricia and Rose Marie Pierson.
Bridge was the diversin of the
evening, with Jesse Payne receiv
ing high score.
Mrs. J. Osmin Hager departed
Wednesday for Lawton, Okla.,
where she will visit several weeks
with her son-in-law and daugh
ter, Major and Mrs. Clayton shaw
and family. Mrs. Hager took the
train from Pendleton.
James M. Leach of Pendleton
was in Heppner, Monday looking
after business matters and visit
ing his aunts, Mrs. A. D. McMur
do and Miss Lulu M. Hager.
Robert Rhoten of Kinzua was a
business visitor in Heppner Mon
day. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Anderson re
turned Monday from Portland
where (hey have been sojourning
for the past two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Jones and
daughter of Hermiston were bus
iness visitors in Heppner Monday.
Harold Kenney made a busi
ness visit to Prosser, Wash., the
last of the week. Due to road con
ditions he went as far as Wallula
by car and from there continued
by train.
Mrs. Allen Case left Wednesday
for Portland where she will spend
a fortnight visiting with her mo
ther, Mrs. Ida Grimes, and at
tending to business matters.
Mrs. John Bergstrom is a pa
tient at St. Anthony's hospital in
Pendleton, having undergone a
IONE TEACHER GUEST
SPEAKER AT SOROPTIMIST
Miss Mary Bracked, high school
instructor in lone, spoke on "The
Individual's Responsiblity to Gov
ernment and How That Respons
ibility is Presented to Children"
at the Soroptimulst Club of Hepp
ner this noon. She slated her be
lief that responsibility should
be fostered in the home before
the child begins his school ca
reer and ended with the tenet
that responsibility Is world wide
In scope for afler all we are "our
brother's keeper." Miss Bracket!
was accompanied by Mrs. B. C.
Forsythe. Mrs. Stephen Thomp
son was also a guests at today's
luncheon
o
SHAMROCKS LOSE
With both teams playing red
hot ball all the way, resulting In
Since the Clark's Canyon oil
ing was the biggest single item
of improvement in 1949, Judge
Barratt has set down the figures
connected with that piece of work.
For this job, $10,000 was set up
as the fund. To this had to be
added liability insurance on the
equipment, $898.22; oil patching,
$582.25; water, $24.90; light and
power, $53.25; licenses, $33.25,
and first aid kit, $1.60, for a to
tal of $11,193.47.
For the six-months period, July
1, 1919-January 1, 1950, $11,605.55
was expended for the following
items: Oiling, $9,175.22; patching,
$2,279.61; damage, $82,50; power,
S42.06; water, $13.60; licenses,
$9.60, and red cloth, $3.78.
Totals for the 12 months per
iod, $153,692.90 and the six
months, ($86,605.08.
Budgeted for 1918-49, $145,000;
over budget, $8,692.90, for a total
of $153,692.90.
Budgeted for 1949-50, $155,000,
expended July 1-January 1, $86.
622.08. 1949-1950 budget balance
January 1, 1950, $68,377.92.
, Anyone finding it too difficult
to follow the figures as here pre
sented is welcome to visit the
county judge's office and run
over the statement with the judge
and members of the county court
who may be present.
major operation
there Wednes-
day.
Mesdames Raymond Reid, Ed
mond Gonty and J. W. Farra were
hostesses for a miscellaneous
bridal shower the last of the week
honoring Mrs. Ellis Saling, a re
cent bride. Invitations were ex
tended to 40 guests. Mrs. Mary
Wright received high score in pi
nochle and Mrs. Creston Robin
son received the door prize. Re
freshments of cake, jello and cof
fee were served.
Mrs. Carl McDaniel and infant
daughter, Georgia Beryl, returned
Sunday from Pendleton.
Mrs. L. D. Neill was taken to
St. Anthony's hospital in Pendle.
ion Sunday where she is conval
escing from pneumonia.
Leila McLachlan who has been
attending business college in Spo
Uane or the past few weeks is
spending a brief vacation here
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Glen McLachlan.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Murdock of
the Kahler basin district were in
Heppner Tuesday for the first
. . , , ,
time in many weeks due to wea
ther condition. Heavy snow in
that area made travel almost im
possible. Edgar H. Collison, manager of
the Columbia Basin Electric Co
operative, made a business trip
to The Dalles Tuesday.
Mrs. Elwyn Hughes entertained
with a family dinner Sunday af
ternoon honoring her mother,
Mrs. N. D. Bailey, on her birthday.
Present were Mrs. Grace Hughes,
N. D Bailey and Mr Hughes.
Tom Wilson left Tuesday after.
noon for Corvallis where he will
attend a statewide meeting of
conservationists.
Ten tables of pinochle, four ta
bles of bridge and one table of
canasta were in play Tuesday
evening at the benefit party spon
sored by the Triple Link club.
High score in bridge was received
by Mrs. Pearl Carter and low by
Cornett Green. High in pinochle
went to Mrs. Roy Thomas and
low to Walter Becket. Mrs. A. L,
Casebeer won the door prize. The
oommittee in charge of arrange
ments included Mrs. Ted Pierson,
Mrs. Adelle Hannan, Mrs. J. C.
Pavne, Mrs. Blanche Brown and
Mrs Donald Robinson.
February 21 has been chosen
as the date of the annual Pan
cake luncheon, according to an
announcement by Mrs. M. R
Wightman, president of the Wo
men's auxiliary of All Saints
Episcopal church, which is the
sponsor for the event. This will be
held at the parish house. Final
plans and appointment of com
mittees were made at the meeting
of fhe auxiliary Thursday after
noon in the parish house. The
luncheon is open to the general
I public and a large attendance
anticipated.
Independents won in the over
time play against the Heppner
Shamrocks on the local floor
Wednesday evening. Final score,
52-50.
WARD CROSBY
Services for Ward Crosby, SO,
were held at 2 o'clock p. m.
Thursday, February 2, from the
Phelps Funeral Home chapel.
Rev. J. Palmer Sorlein officiat
ing. Interment was in the Ma
sonic cemetery. Mr. Crosby died
January 31 at St. Anthony's hos
pital in Pendleton He was a na
tive of Greenville, Ohio.
NO SHRINE MEETING
Members of the Morrow County
Shrine club and the Shrine aux
iliary are asked to take note that
there will be no meeting of the
groups this week. Meetings have
been postponed until heat can be
Mustangs Defend
League Leadership
With Two Victories
Condon, Boardman
Taken Into Camp
By Safe Margins
Heppner defended its lead in
the Big Wheat League here Fri
day February 3, by defeating
the Condon Blue Devils 51-31.
The boys from Condon didn't
seem to be able to get their
sights set to score as they got
only nine points while Heppner
scored 15 in the first quarter.
The Mustangs clicked through
the second quarter to out-score
Condon and end the period with
a lead of 11 points, 28-17. The
start of the last half again saw
the Mustangs going strong. This
was proved when the period end
ed 38-23 in favor of Heppner. The
last slow moving eight minute3
put Heppner even further ahead
as the game ended 51-31.
Orwick was high point for Hep
pner with 13, while Les Conboy
netted 20 for Condon.
Church Ceremony
Unites Jean Hanna
And Donald Bennett
In the soft glow of the candle
light, amid tall baskets of pink
snapdragons, Miss Jean Hanna
and Donald L. Bennett exchanged
wedding vows Wednesday even
ing at the Methodist church, with
Rev. J. Palmer Sorlien officiating.
Tall white tapers were lighted
by the Misses Leila McLachlan
and Marlene Turner, who also
were the bridesmaids.
The bride was escorted to the
altar by her father. She made a
picture in her beautiful white
slipper satin gown. It was made
with a net yoke and wide banda
forming a bertha, tight bodice
buttoned down the back ending
with a big bow. The floor length
skirt hung full from three wide
plaits around the hips. Her fin
gertip veil was fastened with a
silver halo. She carried yellow
daffodils on a white bible.
Attending the bride were her
sister, Mrs. Carl Bergstrom, who
wore a light blue taffeta gown
and carried rose colored carna
tions; Leila McLachlan in blue
crepe formal with yellow carna
tions, and Marlene Turner in dus
ty rose taffeta carrying pink car
nations. Serving the groom as best man
was Jack Bailey, and Bill Blake
and Bill Barratt were ushers.
Mrs. C. C. Carmichael furnished
the wedding music and acompan
ied Mrs. Willard Warren who sang
"At Dawning" and "Because"
preceding the ceremony and "Al
ways" at the reception which was
held in the church parlors im
mediately following the cere
mony.
After the bride and groom had
cut the firse piece of the bride's
cake, Mrs. Bill Barratt continued
with the cutting. Mrs. Bert Corwin,
sister of the bride, and Mrs. John
nie Hanna, sister in law, presided
at the coffee table. Assisting with
the serving were the bridesmaids
and Mesdames Ben Andersn, Wal
ter Becket, Chris Brown and Clive
Hust n.
After a brief honeymoon the
young couple will return to Hepp
ner where both are employed
Mrs. Bennett is the youngest dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. John Han
na and was a member of last
year's graduating class at Hepp
ner high schol where she was an
honor student. The groom is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Neil Bennett
of Preston, Kansas. For traveling
the bride wore a gray tweed suit
with brown accessories.
GEORGE R. W. MEAD
George R. W. Mead, a native
of Indiana was born January 23,
1859, died at Heppner January
30, 1950 at the age of 91 years
and seven days. As a boy he
moved to Missouri where, at Bui-
lor, that state, on June 6, 1S90,
he was married to Elizabeth
Walters. They came to Oregon in
1903 and In 1904 settled in the
Blackhorse section where he far
med for many yeaers and where
his family grew up. Mr. and Mrs.
Mead moved to Hermiston in
1930 but due to his advanced age
and failing health, they moved
to Heppner and made their home
with their son in law and daugh
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Sie Walker.
Surviving besides the wife,
Elizabeth, are five daughters,
Etta Dollarhlde, Seattle, Wash.;
Flora Mover, Hermiston; Jessie
Griffin, lone; Lillian Cook, Ore
gon City, and Gladys Walker,
Heppner. and two sons, George
Mead of Heppner and Walter
Mead of Echo. Other survivors in
elude 26 grandchildren, 44 great
grandchildren and one great-
great grandson.
Services were held at the Hep
pner Church of Christ Saturday
afternoon, with interment in the
I. O. O. F. cemetery at Lexinton.
Mrs. H. M. Miller Is spending a
few davs In HeDDiier from her
Work Day Planned
By Wrangler Group
February 26 has been schedul
ed as work day by the Wranglers
club, at which time cleaning up
and repairing of the club's barn
at the Rodeo grounds will be in
order. Ths was decided at the
regular meeting held Tuesday
evening which was attended by
numerous old members and sev
eral new members.
About 60 Wranglers braved the
frigid weather the night of Jan
uary 28 to attend the first party
of the year. Several tables of pi
nochle were in play, as well as
one table each of bridge and
canasta. Winners at pinochle
were Mrs. Van Hubbard and
Charles Ruggles. Mrs. Al Fetsch
received the booby prize.
Dancing was indulged in, with
the music being furnished by
Harold Erwin, Burch Roberts and
Mrs. Clive Huston. Refreshments
rounded out the evening.
Frozen Pipes Cause
Closing of Kinzua
School Past Week
Kinzua grade school was closed
on Tuesday due to frozen water
piper. Pipes at the hotel and pas
time were also frozen the same
day and at many homes. The
thaw on the week-end was en
joyed after the long cold spell.
Arlington called its basket ball
game off Friday night because
they had been unable to prac
tice since the school had been
closed for a week. Fossil boys
played Kinzua boys.
One of the Kinzua Pine Mills'
big cats opened up the road
to Camp Five during the week.
Two of the logging trucks were
brought down. The log train will
be laid off until further notice.
The logging crew began on the
fir that is decked here Monday.
Cecil Crawford, Melvin Halli-
nen and Dick Cook, all from the
woods began work here. All log
ging operations at Camp have
stopped.
Phillip Doerr made a business
trip to The Dalles Monday.
Larry Clark started to Port
land Saturday with a motor to
be repaired for the crane shed.
Due to bad roads he could get
only as far as The Dalles. He
was able to continue the trip
later on. '
Cecil Martin returned to work
in the factory Monday. He had a
part of his foot cut off at the mill
several months ago.
Andrew Staig of Fossil stayed
at the hotel the last week be
cause of the cold and bad wea
ther.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Moore of
Camp Five were in Kinzua Mon
day. They say there is still lots
of snow at Camp.
Mrs. Fred Davis returned to her
work Monday after spending the
past week at The Dalles with
Becky Davis who underwent
surgery to have a silver plate
inserted in her hip which she
had broken.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hadley went
to their home at Fossil last week
when logging operations were
closed down at the camp.
Henry Brummett of Prineville
is spending a few days visiting
his sister, Mrs. Ray O'Neil and
other relatives and friends.
Jack Owens and Harve Boyer
went to Arlington Saturday to
take Josephine Monahan to the
train. She has been visiting here
the past week from her home at
Oakland.
Mr. and Mrs. Forest Graham
and son Roger spent Sunday at
Spray at the ranch home of Mr.
and Mrs. Art Stevens, Mrs. Gra
ham's brother.
Mrs. Frank Denton returned to
her home here from Freewater
where "she was called by the
death of her grandfather.
Buck and Maynard Neal and
Marion leathers of Umatilla vis
ited at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. F. M. Harrison Sunday, and
with other friends and relatives.
Mrs. Warren Jobe accompanied
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Guser of
Condon to The Dalles Saturday
where she visited her aged fa
ther, Bill Owens, who is a pa
tient at The Dalles hospital. She
also visited her sister, Vie Elliott.
Mrs. Tom Welborn and son
Tommy Jr. returned this week
from San Diego where they have
spent the past month visting re
latives and friends.
Mrs. Kenneth Orwick and dau
ghter returned to Kinzua from
Cndon where they visited her
sister the past two weeks.
GRANGE MEETING FRIDAY
Regular meeting of Rhea Creek
grange will be held Friday (to
morrow) evening, opening with
a potluck dinner at 6:30, an
nounces R. K. Drake, master.
A WORD OF THANKS
I feel deeply grateful to the
Heppner fire department and to
my neighbors for their timely as
sistance rendered when my home
was threatened with fire. But for
this quick response I am sure
that my loss would have been
serious.
I Mrs. R. H. Zlnter,
Farmers Learn Of
Urgent Need For
Soil Conservation
Slight Increase
In Practice Seen
Here in Past Year
Presided over by Chairman O.
W. Cutsforth and attended by 40
persons interested in conserving
Morrow county's soil, the Hepp
ner Soil Conservation district
held its annual meeting at the
Rhea Creek grange hall, Tues
day. All those attending agreed
that the program was well ar
ranged and that the Rhea Creek
grange home economics commit
tee prepared an excellent din
ner. Appearing as main speaker of
the day, Merrill Oveson, superin
tendent of tlje Pendleton branch
experiment station and Jeader of
the soil conservation research
project, pointed out to the group
the necessity for soil conserva
tion to maintain our soil fertility.
Examples of what wind and wa
ter erosion is doing were pointed
out when Mr. Oveson cited cases
where seven and eight inches of
top soil have disappeared from
fields where compared to sur
rounding unbroken sod. He re
minded those present that this
is a relatively new land, only
farmed for about 150 years. While
top soil is disappearing the or
ganic materials so lost is de
creasing our soil fertility. Nitro
gen in field plots at the Moro
experiment station has decreased
50 percent over the past 25 years,
Mr. Oveson said.
Discussing general soil conser
vation problems and practices to
relieve them was Tom Halseth,
district conservationist, showing
colored slides to illustrate his
discussions. Films, 'This is Our
Land", and "For Years to Come"
carried through the principles in
pictures that were the main to
pic of the day.
Called upon for remarks, Henry
Tetz, county school superinten
dent, also representing the Hep
pner chamber of commerce as
president, stated that he was in
terested in children and felt that
much was to be gained by teach
ing the principles of soil conser
vation in our schools and how It
is necessary in maintaining our
economy.
County Judge Garnet Barratt.
remarked on the need for a well
rounded conservation program in
the Columbia Basin.
Presenting the annual report
of the district, N. C. Anderson,
secretary, pointed out that the
district was comprised of 725.093
acres with approximately 210
ranch units. Of these, 117 farms
covering 292,775 acres have con
servation plans. On these farms
new conservation practices are
put into effect each year. Of great
significance is the fact that even
with the reluctance in which far
mers have turned toward strip
cropping, 725 acres were estab
lished this past year. The popu
larity of the soil conservation
district in Morrow county was
pointed out by Anderson, with
the demand for adding to the
district.
Petitions are now signed and
ready to be submitted t the state
soil conservation district which
will put all of Morrow county
in the Heppner and Boardman
soil conservation districts.
Reporting on functions of the
Oregon State soil conservation
committee, Charles Nash, chair
man of that committee, and long
time Columbia Basin wheat far
mer stated that special meetings
of the committee were being held
to act on petitions for soil conser
vation districts, they are becom
ing so popular in Oregon.
Re-elected to the board of su
pervisors for a three year term
was Orian Wright of Rhea Creek.
Serving on the board now are
Orian Wright, W. E. Hughes and
J. J. Wightman. Heppner; O. W.
Cutsforth, Lexington, and Charles
Carlson, lone.
Legion Auxiliary
Hears Cancer Talk
Dr. A. D. McMurdo was guest
speaker at the regular meeting
of the American Legion auxili
ary Tuesday evening, his subject
being cancer. In addition to his
discussion, a motion picture on
cancer was shown.
At the conclusion of the show
ing of the picture, Mrs. James
Healy presented a $50 check to
James H. Driscoll, a gift from
the American Cancer society to
the ambulance fund sponsored
by the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
U. S. DISTRICT OFFICE TO
ACCEPT APPLICATIONS
FOR ENUMERATOR JOBS
Applications for employment an
enumerators for the 17th decen
nial census of the United States
will be accepted beginning Feb.
13, Robert W. Gibson, district su
pervisor for the U.S. bureau of the
census announces.
M. Clarke Webb, assistant sup.
ervlsor. will be In Heppner at 9
a. m. Monday to Interview applicants.
her lister In England.
Insurance pollcyhlners,
deceased.
! a tie at the final gun, the Irrigon
turned on tn the Masonic hall
' home In Baker,