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$3.00 Per Year; Single
Band Rates Three
In State Contest :
Held at Eugene
Competition Keen
Among Groups of
Smaller Schools
A tired but happy group of
youngsters rolled into Heppner
about 1 a.m. Sunday by Grey
hound bus after a 350 mile trip
from Eugene where, as the Hepp.
ncr school band, they competed
in the state band contests Friday
and Saturday. Their happiness
resulted from the fact that in
their first bid for recognition in
the state events they received a
3 rating among the class C
bands.
From this territory were two
other good class C bands, Umatil
la, rating a 2 and Irrigon rating
a 3. There were about 11 bands
in the C section. Two of them,
Estacada and Elmira, rated 1.
According to Robert Collins, di
rector of the Heppner band, these
bands played like professional
sympony men.
Mr. Collins says the rating at
the state contest is much more
riyid than at the regional con
test. However, there is no disap
pointment in the results as the
judging was unquestionably fair
and both the director and the
band members are well satis
fied. The director, who not only has
the welfare of his charges at
stake in a musical sense but is
accountable for their personal
conduct, was highly pleased with
the manner in which the young
people conducted themselves.
The band left here at 5 a.m..
Friday. The personnel included
33 band members and the direc
tor. CEMETERY OFFICIALS TELL
OK IMPROVEMENT PLANS
Two members of the Masonic
Cemetery association were guests
of the Soroptimist Club of Hepp
ner's luncheon meeting this noon.
Harley Anderson and J. O. Turn
er each spoke on plans for im
provement of the Masonic ceme
tery. A graph was" displayed de
picting long range planning and
for the immediate activity the
"club was invited to participate
in the cemetery cleanup day,
May 28.
Pictures were on display that
were taken at the recent region
al conference of Soroptimist
clubs in Salem which was at
tended by several Heppner Sorop
timists. Mrs. Paul Brown was also a
guest at today's luncheon.
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CEMETERY CLEANUP
Lotholders and citizens in gen
eral are hereby notified that a
general cleanup of the Masonic
cemetery will be held Sunday
afternoon, May 28. Please bring
such tools as are required to
clean the lots and roadways.
Trucks will be provided for haul
ing away debris. A special ap
peal is made to Ihe young men
of the community to help clean
up the roadways. '
Masonic Cemetery Association.
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CORRECTION
An error appears in the Star
theater program in connection
with the P-TA home talent pro
gram. The fashion show is be
ing staged by the Home Eco
nomics class instead of the 4-H
clubs. The program is for Thurs
day, May 18.
Monday Morning, May 1
This is truly a case of the pic -
ture telling the story,
Copies 10c
Cancer Research
Fund Drive Ends
Mrs. James Healy, community
service chairman of the American
Legion auxiliary, reports $792.98
contributed by the people of the
county for the American Cancer
Society, in a drive made in April
and sponsored by the unit.
The unit is sponsoring a style
show and tea in Legion hall on
May 20. Doors will be open at
2:30p.m. The style show will
start at 3 and tea will be served
until 5. During the afternoon
door prizes will be offered and
musical numbers will be given.
Mrs. J. J. Farley is general
chairman for this affair, assisted
by co-chairmen, Mesdarnes E. O.
Ferguson, Kemp Dick, Alex
Thompson, Jack Van Winkle,
Lawrence Becket, Richard Wells,
C. C. Carmichael, with Mrs.
Henry Tetz as commentator.
A number of members will mo
tor to lone this evening to at
tend a district 6 conference, at
which time Department President
Mrs. W. W. Graham of Corvallis
and other department officers
will be present.
LEANDER PAVID PASSES
AT HOME IN SACRAMENTO
Mrs. Omar Rietmann of lone
has received word of the death
of her cousin, Leander Pavid, on
May 7 at his home in Sacramento,
California. Details concerning his
passing were lacking. He was an
instructor in Sacramento Junior
college, a position he had held
for a number of years.
Mr. Pavid lived in Heppner as
a boy, attending grade and high
schools here and after his grad
uation from high school he and
his mother, the late Mrs. Eugenia
Pavid, went to California to live.
He paid the county a visit in the
summer of 1949. His wife and a
son, Michel, survive.
Pupils Of Marylou
Ferguson Appear
In Piano Recital
(Through an oversight on the
part of the make-up man, this
story failed to get into print
last week. It was such a worth
while program that we offer
humble apology and publish
jt as written for last week.)
Miss Marylou Ferguson pre
sented her class of piano pupils
in recital Sunday afternoon at
the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. R. B. Ferguson, in southeast
Heppner. Parents and a number
of others interested in music
made up the guest list and all
were convinced that Miss Fergu
son has ably carried on the work
established and supervised for
so many years by her aunt, Mrs.
J. O. Turner.
From the beginners to the more
advanced pupils, each did her
or his part creditably, displaying
a knowledge of keyboard techni
que and a growing comprehen
sion of musicianship.
The class included Nancy
Adams, Donald Blake, Lynda
Borman, Alma Jean Evans, Mary
Emma Evans, Francine Francis,
Bobby Hufman, Sandra Lanham,
Micky Lanham, Larry Lindsay,
Judy Thompson, Terry Thompson,
Meridith Thomson, and Kenneth
Turner.
Following the recital there was
a social period, with the serving
of cookies and punch.
1 The above picture shows the
I workmen starting the laying of
Heppner
Made Rating of 3 In
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Heopner's school band of 33
nimc rotnmprt aftpr midnieht
Saturday from Eugene where the
organization played in tne siaie
competitive events, rating a three
in Class C. There were between
in anrl 1 hanits in that class.
The trip was made by chartered
Greyhound bus. The picture of
the band was taxen tne nigni 01
MAP OF THE CAPITOL
Clin this and paste it in your
hat if you expect to have business
to transact at the capitol soon.
Otherwise you may not know
where to park and have consider
able running around to do.
A dozen or more state depart
ments have moved during the
past two weeks, most of them
into the new tive-story s.uuu.uuu
Public Service building to occupy
its 110,000 square feet of floor
space.
On the ground floor of the new
building is the state police de
partment with information desk
in room 107, the board of control
clerks are in room 100, division
of audits in 104 and civil service
in 102.
The entire second floor is oc
cupied by the public utilities de
partment with lntormanon desk
to direct you to any of their
many divisions, in room 204.
All of the third floor is given '
over to the industrial accident
commission with direction to their '
various branches available in 1
room 300. I
The fourth floor has most of i
its 1800 feet divided between the !
industrial accident commission, 1
the unemployment compensation
commission and the assistant at
torney general office in room
416.
The fifth floor houses the un
employment compensation com
mission with information clear
ance in room 500.
For the first time since the old
capitol burned in 1935 the state
tax commission is assembled on
the same premises, now in the
old office building. A week ago
the commission was over town in
five separate locations, some a
I the large tiles for the walls of
I the new combination exhibition
Gazette Times, Thursday,
State Competition At Eugene
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the annual concert by Louis
Lyons of the Heppner Photo Stu
dio. Personnel by sections is as
follows:
Flute, Terry Thompson.
Oboe, Edith Morris.
Clarinets, Jim Smith, Joanne
Bothwell, Betty Graves, Francine
Hisler, Marjorie Pierson, Mary
Anne Jensen, Sharon Becket, Jim
mile from the capitol group.
The parole board has moved
to the fourth floor of the capitol
and the supply department of tha
secretary of state from the base
ment to the third floor.
DEMOCRATS LEAD
REGISTRATION
In the history of Oregon poli
tics party registration has never
meant much at the polls. Until
this year the republicans have al.
ways led In registration, but only
half of the time have they elect
ed their head of the state ticket.
At ten elections the republicans
have elected a governor. At ten
elections the democrats have
elected a governor. Each party
helped elect a split ticket candi
date at two elections. In 1890
Sylvester Pennoyer was elected
as a democrat-people's party
candidate fcnd in 1930 Julius L.
Meier was elected as an indepen
dent. The final count by David
O'Hara of the state elections de
partment gives the democrats a
lead of 8,507 registrants. The total
of all registrants for the primary
election is 711,719.
Tb primary elections will not
reveal the strength of the oppos
ing candidates for governor as
Governor Douglas McKay will
have no opposition.
OREGON LABOR TRENDS
There are 55,000 less unem
ployed workers in Oregon than
were reported during the mid
winter cold spell. In the past
thirty days 18,000 laborers return
ed to work.
The state unemployment com
mission reported this week there
are 40,950 unemployed in the
state as compared with 58,665 a
month ago and 50,300 at this time
last year.
Timber, lumber, agriculture
and construction furnished most
of the new jobs. The commission
reported construction and farm
work has been delayed by cold
weather in some sections of the
state.
NEW CAMPGROUND FEES
The federal forestry service will
make a charge to campers of
50 cents a day or $3 a week for
a car party of not more than six
Friday Morning, May
and dance pavilion building at
the Morrow County Fair and Ro
deo grounds. Photographer Louis
Lyons was on hand the morning
of May 1 to catch a "shot" of
the first blocks put in place and
returned Friday morning to get
the picture of the completed wall
May 1 1 , 1950
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otf arm m
Hayes, Lynda Borman, Sandra
Lanham.
Saxophones: Colleen Connor,
Verne Bell, Jack Yeager.
Cornets: Mary Gunderson,
Mickey Lanham, Skip Ruhl,
Rodger Palmer, Carla Whillock,
Jerry Dougherty, David Cox.
French Horn: Darlene Connor,
Judy Barger.
persons in four recreational areas
in the Pacific northwest this
year. Picknickers will be charged
25 cents a visit with the same
load limits.
The pay-as-you -enter camp
grounds are Tollgate Forest
camp in the Mt. Hood area; Para
dise forest, near Eugene; Govern
ment Mineral Springs Forest
camp near Vancouver, Wash., and
The Dalles Forest camp near
Seattle.
The project is an experiment
and does not include over a
thousand state and national
campgrounds in Oregon and
Washington.
ANOTHER OREGON MOTHER motor of the truck upon which
Mrs. Ruth Eliott Crooks of Hood the tank was mounted. He pre
River was named Oregon's new sented the plan to the council
mother ot tne year Dy governor
Douglas McKay. She is the wife
of the former president of three
colleges and the mother of four
sons. parts, including the nozzles and
The governor had to name a gadgets for developing the pres
new state mother because his sure were purchased at a nomial
first choice, Mrs. Henry Roe Cloud
of West Linn, was named Ameri
can mother of 1950.
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MAYOR CONLEY LANHAM
BUYS HIATT APARTMENTS
An important transaction con
summated the past week involv-'
ed sale of the Hiatt apartments
by Mrs. Alma Hiatt to Conley
Lanham. The amount of the
purchase price was not given.
This is the second business
property Lanham has bought in
the last year, his first purchase
being the small building occu
pied by the telephone office and
adjoining the Gazette Times pro
perty. The apartment house is one of
Heppner's finer buildings. It has
10 apartments and was built ex
clusively for that purpose. The
late Jeff Jones was the builder
and after hi sdeath Mrs. Jones
carried on until about four years'
ago when Mr. and Mrs. John W.
Hiatt bought it.
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Juniors and seniors of Heppner
high school are anticipating the
outstanding social event of the
year, the banquet and prom,
which is scheduled for 'Friday
evening.
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four days to lay the walls for
a building 50 feet wide by ISO
feet long and nine feet high.
Saturday afternoon Orville
Cutsforth and Robert Grabill
took maintainors to the building
and smoothed the dirt down pre
pre
half paratory to laying floor. One
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Sri
Trombone: Norman Ruhl.
Baritone: Harold Manners,
Merton Piper.
Bass: Keith Connor.
Drums: Sally Conn: Rieta
Graves, Susan Mishler, Gary
Connor, Eleanor Rice. The latter
on bass and tympani.
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Unnnor'c frtc
neppner s jrreers
Get First Cleaning
With New Flusher
The problem of keeping the
city's streets clean has been
solved by R. J. Stephens, city
work superintendent. All that
was required was a few hundred
dollars and a little mechanical
know-how.
Realizing the futility of trying
to keep the streets clean through
the use of fire hose, Stephens
set about to make a tank flusher
I with pressure developed from the
and was authorized to go ahead,
i Harold Becket made the 800-
gallon tank which was mounted
on an old city truck chassis. Other
cost and when "Steve" was ready
to put the rig to work, the city
coffers had been dented to the
extent of about $500. Considering
that a new iiusner would have
cost from $5,000 to $6,000, it
looks like the city got a real
bargain.
The flusher was put to work on
Main street Monday morning and
showed evidences of being able
to do a thorough job. Stephens
says the streets will be washed
two or three times a week when
he can get a schedule set up.
He also explained that the flush
er can be used as an auxiliary
fire fighting unit as the flusher
nozzle can be put to use in pump
ing water onto fires.
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WINDOWS LEND THOUGHT
OF MOTHER'S DAY
Several of the- store wndows
along Man street show the result
of serous thought gven to the
occasion of Mother's Day. The
displays are not tinged with
commercial coloring, but serve
to Temind us that it is a time
for solemn reflection and not just
an occasion for gift buying.
of the building will be used for
exhibition purposes and the
other half will be used for a
dance pavilion. Concrete will be
poured for the dance floor, but
it is not planned to do this work
at present. Workmen are busy
putting on the roof,
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Volume 67, No. 8
Monday's School
Election Subject
Of Luncheon Talk
Budgets of Several
Districts Discussed
By Superintendent
Features of the school budget
election to be held Monday, May
15 throughout the county were
discussed by Supt Henry Tetz
at Monday's luncheon meeting of
the Heppner chamber of com'
merce. A chart containing the
budgets of the five high school
districts, Irrigon, Boardman, lone,
Lexington and Heppner, was
placed against the wall and Tetz
broke down the numerous Items
for the benefit of listeners.
The main problems confronting
all boards was the necissity for
adequate funds to meet the edu
cational needs. These funds are
necessary, Tetz said, because:
The cost of operating schools
has increased; continued im
provements and repairs have to
be made; capital outlay for
permanent improvements and
additions needed to be increased
to meet the desire of school
patrons, and state requirements.
Funds are also needed for
special and auxiliary services.
Parents want the best for their
children they asked for It. Band
instrumental and vocal music is
very much in demand. Hot lunch
es are served in cooperation with
federal aid; transportation Is
provided it is safe and con
venient but in a sparsely set
tled county such as ours it is
expensive. It is less this year and
does include a "replacement
fund" for the purchase of busses.
These and numerous other
items were touched upon by Mr.
Tetz, who in making a plea for
support of the budget said "Mor
row county owes its best to the
citizens of tomorrow."
Only two of the six districts
voting on consolidation with dis.
trict No. 1 on May 2 voted favor
able to the proposal. Districts
No. 3, Willoway and 24, Willows
said yes. Lena swatted it, 10-0;
Devine was gainst, 18-8; Sand
Hollow 14-9, and Balm Fork 3-2.
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Scout Camporee to
Be Held May 2021
The Boy Scout Camporee will
be held Saturday and Sunday,
May 20-21, at the Mission Camp
Grounds, Mission Oregon, 6 miles
east of Pendleton on Highway
30. Scouts from Boy Scout Ttoods
of Umatilla, Morrow, Gilliam, and
wheeier counties have been in
vited to participate.
All camping at the CamDoree
will be by patrols. Each troop
may enter from one to four pa
trols. Each patrol will be judeed
at the Camporee on pack appear
ance, niKing order, distribution of
weight, camp set-up. care of
equipment, food and menus, or
ganization and morale, and
Scoutcraft. Each patrol will be
judged on those items and will
be awarded an excellent, eood.
fair or poor rating at the conclu
sion of the two day outing.
Highlights or the camporee will
be the big "Adventure Trail" on
Saturday afternoon, May 20, and
the council campfires that nieht.
On Sunday morning religious ser
vices will be conducted, and also,
a parade review and a Court of
Honor will be held.
Parents and friends are invited
to attend any part of the Camp
oree and special events.
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GRANGE PROGRAM SLATED
An interesting program is be
ing planned for the regular meet,
ing of Lexington grange Satur
day evening, May 13. Mother's
uay win be tne theme and ap
propriate gifts will be presented
to the oldest mother and the
youngest mother present. All
grange members are urged to
attend.
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Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Ferguson
and Miss Marylou Ferguson, ac
companied by Mrs. Ethel Cooley,
drove to Portland last Thursday.
From there Miss Ferguson went
to Los Angeles by plane to spend
two weeks visiting a former
classmate. The senior members
of the party went to Mrs. Cool
ey's home at Brownsville where
the Fergusons visited a few days
before returning to Heppner the
first of the week.
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COURTHOUSE REPAIRS DUE
Contractors have been looking
over repair work needed on the
Morrow county courthouse and it
is likely that something will be
aone within the coming weeks.
Realizing the need of the repairs.
the budget committee set up a
iund ior tnat purpose and it re
mains for approval of the budget
to make the work possible.
borne ot the rock work at the
rear oft hebuildi ng needs at
tention, as does the jail. Doors
and windows need painting and
ne cornices likewise need touch
ing up.
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An what happened to that clo
ven-hoofed hobeoblin. the "econ-
'omic royalist?" In World War II
American industry stood as civ
ilization's last bulwark, alone
but invulnerable, against the
savage hordes of totalitarianism.
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