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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 7, 1950
Volume 67, Number 38
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Buildings Here
And at Lexington
Commission Plan
Heppner Site Not
Chosen, Barratt
Informs C. of C.
Possibility that a headquarters
building for the local division of
the state highway department
will be built at Heppner was re
ported by Judge Garnet Barratt
to the chamber of commerce at
the Monday luncheon. The com
mission is considering such a
move, the judge said, and plans
for a similar building at Lexing
ton have already been an
nounced. The highway department
would like a site on or right near
the highway. The present loca
tion in Heppner is inadequate
and it is the policy of the com
mission to erect headquarters
buildings wherever practical.
Judge Barratt called attention
to the arrangement which finds
Morrow county in two road de
partment divisions. The Oregon
Washington highway division
of which Lexington is the head
quarters, comes through Hepp
ner and runs on east to the Uma
tilla county line. The John Day
division extends to Heppner and
the highway crew stationed here
works south and west on the
Heppner-Spray and Heppner
Condon units. This accounts for
the need of headquarters at both
Heppner and Lexington.
Guests at the luncheon Mon
day noon were Henry Baker,
president of the Oregon Wheat
Growers League; Raymond Lun
dell, executive committeeman for
Morrow county, and Earl McKin
ney, chairman of youth activities
in the county wheat league set
up. Baker extended an invitation
to the members of the chamber
of commerce to attend the 23d
annual convention of the wheat
league which went into session
today at The Dalles. The visitors
accompanied Nels Anderson to
the luncheon from the meeting
of county PMA committeemen at
the courthouse.
Air Observation
System Expanded
For Civil Defense
The growing gravity of the in
ternational situation has led to
a decision to extend Oregon's air
observation system to the south
ern part of the state as soon as
possible, Governor Douglas Mc
Kay said today.
Governor McKay made the an
nouncement after talking with
State Civil Defense Director Lou
is E. Starr, Portland. Starr also
advised the governor that a re
vised plan for civil defense at
the county and community level
would be available December 20.
It is a modification of the origin
al state CDA plan, providing for
more effective operational struc
tures and techniques.
A third development today
was the governor's disclosure
that a special section on civil de
fense is scheduled for December
14 at the Pacific Coast Board
of Intergovernmental Relations
conference at San Francisco.
Starr will ask the three Pacific
coast governors to adopt a mu
tual aid agreement so the three
coast states could help each oth
er. Governor McKay said "'the in
ternational situation makes it
necessary to extend the air ob
servation system to all parts of
Oregon as soon as possible."
The system north of an imag
inary line cutting the state in
two at Eugene, Bend and Burns,
was given highest priority, and
scored high in recent tests. Trial
notices of hpothetical air raids
were within 30 to 90 seconds of
the recommended 2-minute noti
fication maximum. Until a key
point warning center can be es
tablished south of this line, sub
key-point centers will be used,
Starr said.
Mrs. R. G. McMurtry is again a
patient at St. Anthony's hospital
in Pendleton where she was
scheduled to undergo surgery to
day. Mrs. John Wightman is report
ed on the sick list this week.
Jolly Old St. Nick Greeted
By Big Crowd Young, Old
A hitch-up in his get-away
delayed Jolly Old St. Nick, oth
erwise commonly referred to as
Santa Claus, in his arrival in
Heppner Saturday evening, but
whatever was lost in failing to
meet his schedule was made up
by the reception accorded him
when his little red pickup final
ly hove to about the middle of
the postoffice block, which at
that moment was the center of
population in Morrow county.
Kiddies by the hundred and no
less a number of grownups con
stituted the crowd which had
been in waiting for the better
part of an hour. The time was
made short by the singing of
carols by several groups, includ
ing the choirs of the Church of
Christ, and the Methodist church,
the Heppner Women's chorus,
the girls chorus from the high
school and the Harmony Club,
men's singing group.
The real thrill for the little
the very little fellows was an
opportunity to get real close to
Santa Claus, who, after distrib
SILVER THAW VISITS
REGION WEDNESDAY
Residents of this section, as
well as many other parts of the
state, arose Wednesday morning
to find the outer world a glare of
ice as the result of a "silver
thaw."
Pedestrians were sorely em
barrassed for several hours un
til the sun came out for a short
time and cleared the walks of
ice. No serious damage has been
reported, although some cars
were said to have encountered
difficulty in negotiating heavy
grades.
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Community Urged
To Contribut to
Vets' Xmas Fund
Morrow county citizens
are
urged to make their contribu
tions to the veterans Christmas
fund now so that there will be no
delay in securing the scrip books
and wreaths for the boys in the
hospital at Walla Walla. Dona
tions of money are also desired
for the vets' Christmas telephone
fund.
The Heppner vicinity has been
asked to take up 14 scrip books.
They sell at $2 each. Holly
wreaths will be used for decorat
ing the walls of the wards at the
veterans hospital. The wreaths
may be purchased at the Hepp
ner Flower Shop.
In the absence of Mrs. Jack
Loyd, Mrs. Ralph Thompson is
directing the Christmas fund
program in the county. Anvone
desiring further information rel
ative to the program should con
tact Mrs. Thompson at once.
Mustangs Thwart
Boardman Jackets
35 to 30, Tuesday
The Heppner Hieh baskethnii
team went to Board man TnpsHav
and came home with the big end
oi ine score 45-30. Gary Connor
was high point man for the night
with 10 points, while Prock was
next with 8 points, Keith Connor
o, (-.reen 4, Jim smith 4. Substi
tutes were Phil Smith, 1 point,
Bergstrom 2, Sumner 1. and Tav-
Ior. .
The Mustangs led bv a narrow
margin most of the game anri
were still ahead when the game
ended.
The B squad also played and
won their game defeating the
Boardman "Yellowjackets" B
squad by a narrow lead of 27-24.
Both games were close, and hard
fought all the way.
Last Friday the Mustangs
went to Helix where they were
defeated by a score of 47 to 25.
Gary Connor was high point man
with 9, Green had 6, Prock 5, Pi
per and Phil Smith had 2 points
apiece. Manuel was high for He
lix with 22 points.
This coming Friday the team
goes to the basketball jamboree
at Fossil.
A MATTER OF ILLUMINATION
The decorations and holiday
sights
Just couldn't be much neater,
But gosh, I'm glad that all
those lights
Aren't running on my meter!
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uting candy to all and sundry,
left his modern transportation
vehicle and approached the mail
box where he removed scores of
letters posted by the youngsters
and some not quite so young.
He was besieged by eager little
boys and girls who were promis
ed that each and every one
would be remembered at Christ
mas time. It was quite a prom
ise nad the said Santa is now
wondering if he will be able to
make good to all of them.
A chill breeze prevailed
throughout the program but this
did not dampen the ardor of the
crowd. The lights and greenery
forming the street decorations
lent light and cheer, and besides
there is but one opening each
year and who's afraid of a little
weather at such a time.
From expressions heard here
and there, one is constrained to
remark that the opening night
was a huge sucess and everyone
in the community will be looking
forward to similar occasions in
the future.
Council Winds Up
Term's Work at
Monday's Session
Mayor Conley Lanham and
members of the city council
whose terms will expire January
1 met in perhaps what will turn
out to be their last official meet
ing at the regular session Mon
day evening. With no new busi
ness on the agenda, and think
ing back on the long hours of
wrestling with city problems,
the council was not disposed to
take up anything new and felt
an urge to transact what busi
ness there was on the table and
adjourn.
In view of the holiday season
and the numerous activities on
the calendar throughout the
month, the city dads decided to
dispense with the mid-month
meeting, which would come on
the 18th. This just about closed
up the business of the present
council.
Mayor-elect J. O. Turner and
four new councilmen will take
the helm on Monday, January 1.
Councilmen -elect include W. C.
Collins, Robert Grabill, Jack Van
Winkle and John Saager.
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Business visitors in Heppner
today from Lone Rock are Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Pullen and Mr.
Pullen's mother, Mrs. Madden.
Guests of Mrs. Lucy Rodgers
since late last week are Mr. and
Mrs .Alex Cline of Seattle, who
plan to remain here for some
time. Mrs. Cline and Mrs. Rodg
ers are sisters.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvah Jones
drove up from Corvallis the first
of the week to spend a few weeks
at home. They are spending the
winter in the college city.
Heppner High Schools 1950 "Mustang"
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..'oach Hal Whitbeck's 1950
football squad wound up the
season with a 6 won and 2 lost
record, which registered upset
victories over "A" teams from
Grant Union of John Day and
Hermiston, long a bitter rival of
the locals. The losses were ad
ministered by Echo and Moro,
both of whom have proved them
selves strong ball clubs.
The team progressed rapidly
during the regular season show
ing marked improvement in
tackling, blocking and the desire
to win. The tackling was deadly
Town Basketball
Team Starts Season
With 3 Victories
Pendleton Motor
Inn, lone, Hood
River Defeated
The Shamrocks, Hejipner's
town basketball team, started
their 1950-51 season in spectac
ular style as they romped to
three straight victories in as
many starts. In so doing they
twice played the role of giant
killer as they first unceremon
iously dumped Pendleton Motor
In 59 to 45, then rolled over lone
Legion 48 to 36, and last Satur
da night journeyed to Hood Riv
er where they toppled the apple
city boys to the tune of 48 to 36.
First home game for Sham
rocks will be next Wednesday
night, December 13, when they
meet the lone Legion team to
start official league pla.y
In addition to the following
league schedule the Shamrocks
will play Condon, Helix, Pendle
ton Motor In, and a home game
with Hood River.
December 13, lone at Heppner;
18, Hermiston here; 21, Lexing
ton there; 23, Irrigon here; 29,
Lexington here; January 3, Ir
rigon there; 9, Arlington here;
11, lone there; 13, Irrigon here!
20, Hermiston there; 22, lone
here; 29, Lexington there; Feb
ruary 3, Hermiston here; 10, Her
miston there; 16, Arlington here;
19, lone there; 26, Lexington
here; 28, Irrigon there; March 2,
Arlington there.
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About 25 Per Cent
Of Chest Fund In
Approximately 25 of the goal
has been raised for this year's
Community chest to date. Close
to $550 has been gathered in by
the members of the Soroptimist
club of Heppner who are collect
ing in Heppner. .
The total assignment for Mor
row county is $2200. No doubt
other collectors over the county
will materially increase the
funds when they report the re
sults of their efforts in their re
spective cmmmunities.
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HEPPNER CHAPTER R. A. M.
HOLDS ANNUAL ELECTION
Dr. C. C. Dunham was elevated
to the office of High Priest in
Heppner chapter No. 26, Royal
Arch Masons, at the annual elec
tion held Friday evening. Paul
Jones was elected King; G. O.
Hays of Kinzua, Scribe; Marion
Hayden, Captain of the Host;
Loyal L. Parker, secretary, and C.
J. D. Bauman, treasurer. Ap
pointive officers will be named
in time for installation on De
cember 16.
Initiation work was put on for
three candidates from Kinzua.
Charles Aldrich, 17, of lone,
has enlisted in the U. S. army
and reported Tuesday to an un
named training center. i
and the blocking sharp and crisp.
The team as a whole also show
ed excellent physical condition
which was proved to a great ex
tent by the lack of accidents
which usually befall a football
squad.
On the 1950 squad there were
no outstanding stars; this show
ed a well balanced ball team,
with a very fine group of line
men and dangerous backs. This
is further emphasized by a bal
anced scoring team showing
Gary Connor and Jack Sumner
scoring 36 points; Melvin Piper
County P.M.A. Committees
Named For 1950 Program
Loyd L. Howton, chairman of
the county PMA committee, an
nounced today the following re
sults of the county and commu
nity committee elections for the
1951 program year. Alvin Bunch,
of Heppner, was elected chair
man of the county committee,
with E. Markham Baker, lone,
vice chairman, and H. H. Brown,
Boardman, regular member. Al
ternates to this committee will
be Donald Heliker, lone, and W.
E. Hughes, Heppner. The county
committees are as follows:
lone: Lloyd Rice, chairman;
Donald McElligott, vice chair
man; Milton Morgan, Jr., regular
member; Gary Tullis, first alter
nate; and Gottfried Hermann,
second alternate.
Alpine: A. C. Lindsay, chair
man; H. G. Campbell, vice chair
man; Delvin Nelson, regular
member; Bill Marquardt, first al
ternate; and Thomas Ashbeck,
second alternate.
North Heppner: Sam Turner,
chairman; Henry Rauch, vice
chairman; B. J. Doherty, regular
member; W. E. Hughes, first al
ternate; and Paul Jones, second
alternate.
South Heppner: R. S. Thomp
son, chairman; Barton Clark,
vice chairman; Bill Barratt, reg
ular member; O. E. Baker, first
alternate; and W. Howard Cleve
land, second alternate.
Shrine Sale Raises
About $1600.00 For
Children's Hospital
While all collections were not
in and all bills accounted for,
committeemen in charge of the
Morrow County Shrine club's
first annual benefit auction sale
and dance are of the opinion
that the affair netted approxi
mately $1,600. The proceeds will
go to the Shnners Hospital for
Crippled children in Portland.
Auctioneer Bob Runnion and
his helpers ran through a long
list of articles at the sale held
In the dance pavilion at the fair
grounds. Some of the articles
created spirited bidding while
others failed to bring anything
like their regular sale value. In
the main, the bidders were stick
ing close to their own estima
tion of sale value of articles of
fered and there was no running
wild on prices.
The Shriners feel well satis
fied with the results of their first
sale and will make an effort to
schedule the 1951 event some
what earlier.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ruggles
and daughter Constance, and
Miss Beth Ball left this afternoon
for Moro and Portland to spend
the week-end. At Moro this even
ing, they will attend a party at
the country home of friends and
go on to the city tomorrow.
Football Squad
35 points; Lyle Peck 32 points;
and Jimmy Smith 6 points.
The team wound up with 20
letter winners of which 15 will
return to form a good nucleus of
the 1951 squad.
Coach Whitbeck wants to pub
licly thank the fine set of re
serves which pushed the varsity
to their utmost at all practices
and games and were very instru
mental in the season's final tab
ulations and also were laying a
fine foundation for the future in
preparing them to be of varsity
calibre.
Eightmile: Elmer Palmahc.rei
Eightmile: Elmer Palmjer,
chairman;, Frank Anderson, vice
chairman; Laurence Becket, reg
ular member; Oren O. Brace, first
alternate; and Floyd Worden,
second alternate.
Morgan: Roy Lindstrom, chair
man; Arthur Crawford, vice
chairman; Franklin Ely, regular
member; George Griffith, first
alternate; and David Rietmann,
second alternate.
Lexington: Alfred Nelson, Jr.,
chairman; Norman Nelson, vice
chairman; C. K. Peck, regular
member; V. C. Van Winkle, first
alternate; and Gene Majeski,
second alternate.
Irrigon: G. E. Aldrich, chair
man; D. J. Kenney, vice chair
man; Robert Doyle, regular
member; H. H. Whipple, first al
ternate; and John Voile, second
alternate.
Boardman: Chas. Dillon, chair
man; H. H. Brown, vice chair
man; Chas. Anderegg, regular
member; R. E. Lyons, first alter
nate; and Nels Kristensen, sec
ond alternate.
These are the men who will be
responsible during 1951 for the
local administration of such Fed
eral farm programs as price sup
ports, wheat acreage allotments
and marketing quotas, agricul
tural conservation, and Federal
Crop Insurance.
We Must Keep Faith,
Pastor Tells Elks
Citing Deuteronomy 5:3 "The
Lord made not this covenant
with our fathers, but with us,
even us, who are all of us here
alive this day" Rev. J. Palmer
Sorlien, pastor of the Methodist
church, told Elks and assembled
guests at the annual Lodge of
Sorrow Sunday afternoon that we
must keep the faith if we are to
win the victory not only in our
daily lives but in solving the
present world crisis. He compar
ed Caesar's reign with the pres
ent-day dictators, pointing out
that throughout history the peo
pies who have remained faithful
to the Christian religion have
outlived the tyrants and if our
faith today remains strong the
current difficulties will be solved
in favor of the people rather than
the Godless dictators.
Mrs. Alfred Boyer presided at
the piano to play the marches for
the members as they filed in and
out of the lodge room and to ac
company the newly formed Har
mony Club, men's singing group
under the direction of Oliver
Creswick which sang Gounod's
Send Out Thy Light" and Jan
Sibelius' "Morn of Beauty."
Unemployment On
Increase as Winter
Months Draw Closer
Seasonal conditions increased
unemployment in many sections
of Oregon in recent weeks, re
sulting in 31,140 active job seek
ers as of December 1 against 18,-
730 a month before, the State
Unemployment Compensation
Commission announced today.
Slightly more than 10,000 were
women.
The number of persons without
work was much lower than the
55,300 reported a year ago but
the rise in unemployment during
November was slightly greater
than during the same period of
1949. Continued wet weather cur
tailed late harvests and slowed
up construction, logging and'
food processing, officials said.
Little change in the employ
ment picture was noted last
month around Coos Bay, Free
water, Lakeview and McMinn
ville, but four of the commiss
ion's 26 local offices said unem
ploment more than doubled,
while four others had increases
of more than 80 per cent.
With apple picking cut short,
Hood River sent in the biggest
increase with 280 unemployed
against 81 a month before. Bend,
the only area with more job
seekers than a year ago, reported
645 without work as compared
with 201 last month and 600 last
year.
The Marion-Polk county dist
rict has 3,750 persons out of jobs.
The Salem office ascribed the
month's increase of 2,250 to sea
sonal layoffs in the harvest
fields and canneries, while log
ging also cut down somewhat.
Astoria, Grants Pass and Ontar
io also reported growing unem
ployment, and Albany with 623
idle was close to last Decem
ber's mark of 635.
Appreciation Days
Plan Attracts 22
Business Concerns
Active Operation
Of Organization to
Start After Jan. 1
Organization of business
houses of Heppner under the Na
tional Trade Day Association
plan was effected by the end of
the past week, J. J. O'Connor,
manager of the J. C. Penney com
pany store told the luncheon
group of Heppner chamber of
commerce Monday. Arrange
ments were completed by C. P.
Usher, northwest representative
of the NTD. who spent the week
here interviewing merchants, ex
plaining the workings of the
plan and signing up members.
O'Connor reported that 22
Heppner business establish
ments had signed up and that
supplies had been ordered by
Usher before leaving here. He
explained that due to the pre-
Christmas season and the wait
ing for arrival of the supplies,
the new group decided to post
pone putting the plan into effect
until after January 1. No funds
have been collected so far and
will not be until the unit is rea
dy to go to work. At that time,
the subscription from each mem
ber for three weeks will be col
lected and form the first pool.
The National Trade Day Asso
ciation plan, called Apprecia
tion Days, is not a lottery and
has been so set up as to meet all
postal requirements or other reg
ulations. It has for its objective
the stimulation of trade in the
community in which it is set up
and coupons given by the mem
bers are for trade in the local
business houses.
As stated in last week's paper,
the nearest Appreciation Days
unit is at John Day. There are
units across the Columbia river
in the Yakima valley and at
Pasco.
Farm Receipts Up,
But So Are Costs,
OSC Report Shows
The general farm outlook for
Oregon in 1951 is for larger farm
receipts and higher farm costs,
according to a report just issued
by the extension service at Oreg
on State college.
Gross farm receipts are expect
ed to be larger for two reasons: a
moderate increase in output (if
weather permits) and somewhat
higher average prices. Higher
prices are expected , especially
for preferred foods, owing to in
creasing consumer purchasing
power and an expected higher
support price level as the parity
index of farm cost prices goes up.
The parity index includes com
modities bought by farmers for
production and living, and also
hired labor, taxes and interest.
The index is expected to go up at
least 5 percent during the next
12 months, and a new all-time
peak in farm production ex
penses is expected in 1951.
Consumer demand is expected
to be especially strong for meat
and the supply of beef and lamb
will not be much if any larger.
Pork production will be around 5
percent greater, however.
The report contains sections on
10 phases of the outlook: de
mand, gross farm income, pro
duction costs, marketing costs,
net dollar farm income, real
farm income, production pros
pects, national population trends,
West Coast trends, and short
term commodity outlooks. A
schedule of additional outlook
reports to follow on groups of Or
egon's farm products in 1951 is
given.
Current and historical data on
farm commodity prices and costs
are given in several tables and
graphs, and summarized in a
special section. Copies of the re
port are available from county
extension agents or from the
College.
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HEPPNER LODGE NO. 69,
AF4AM ELECTS OFFICERS
Harry Van Horn was elected
Worshipful Master of Heppner
lodge No. 69, A. F. & A. M. at the
meeting of the chapter Tuesday
evening. Paul Jones was elected
senior warden and Millard No
lan junior warden. Harold Becket
succeeds C. J. D. Bauman as sec
retary and R. B. Rice was reelect
ed treasurer.
Appointive officers will be
named prior to the joint installa
tion December 16.