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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, February 8, 1951
Volume 67, Number 47
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Local Man's Auto
Figures in Wreck
On Portland Street
Dorsey L. Miller
Hospitalized,
Passenger Killed
Wednesday's Morning Oregon
ian contained an account of a
serious accident in Portland in
which a Heppner citizen was in
volved. Dorsey L. Miller, proprie
tor of Cal's Tavern, was booked
by county police on a charge of
reckless driving, according to
the Oregonian account, and held
as a material witness.
Lyle Sones, 46, operator of the
Palace cafe in Vancouver, Wash.,
was killed when the northbound
car traveling along N. E. 122d
avenue went off the road and
smashed into a power pole. Dep
uty sheriffs who went to the
scene said the car failed to ne
gotiate an S-turn just south of
Prescott street on 122d avenue.
They said it continued 200 to
250 feet off the road before strik
ing the pole. The officers said
the car hit so hard the pole was
severed halfway up and the
base loosened. A new, large dia
meter pole it had not been placed
in servic yet so no power outage
resulted.
Miller suffered injury and
shock, the steering wheel strik
ing him over the chest and he
was taken to the Multnomah
hospital where he may have to
remain for about 10 days. Mrs.
Miller left for Portland immed
iately upon receiving news of the
accident. She returned today and
reported her husband is getting
along quite well.
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World Day of Prayer
Program on Friday
A World Day of Prayer pro
gram will be given at 2:30 p. m.
Friday (tomorrow) in All Saints
Episcopal church. The program
is sponsored by the Union Mis
sionary Society and will be in
charge of Mrs. Paul Jones, new
president.
Conditions being as they are
in the world today, the World
Day of Prayer has a more signi
ficant meaning and the UMS is
desirous of seeing a well filled
auditorium at the service.
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Honkers Humble
Heppner
ir in Wheat
Leagi
lue Encounter
Heppner eked out a one-point
win at lone Tuesday over the
tough lone Cardinals there, score
42-41. It was close all the way,
with never more than five points
separating the teams at any one
time. Failure of the local team
to connect from the field during
only a one-point advantagge at
the first half left Heppner with
the half. In the second half, Jim
Trock sparked the offense and
ended up with 17 points. Gary
Connor, Keith Connor and Mar
ion Green teamed up effectively
with a sliding zone defense and
held.
Gene Dougherty, high scoring
Cardinal ace, showed up well in
checking and played an import
ant part in the close contest.
The B team split in its games
as well, winning from Arlington
and losing to lone. The B8s sea
son record now stands an im
pressive 12 wins and three loss
es. Wesley Marlatt led the scor
ing column in both games with
13 and 14 points respectively,
followed by Roland Taylor with
9 and 10 points.
Although showing improve
ment in each succeeding game,
the Heppner high school basket
ball team still lacks the punch
necessary to come out on the
long end of the score in the
Wheat league games. The squad
puts up stiff opposition but
usually comes out a little shy on
points. This was demonstrated in
the Arlington game, which the
Honkers won, 48-43. It was close
all the way except just before the
half when the visitors began to
pour in points from all angles
and left the floor at intermission
time wilh an 11-point advantage,
28-17. Heppner came back in the
second half to reduce that lead
but couldn"t muster enough to
salt the game down.
Scoring was well balanced for
the Heppner players, with Jim
Smith leading with 10 hard earn
ed points and Prock and Gary
Connor with 8 points each and
Marion Green with 6.
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Sound Methods Find Sound
Timbers Researchers are now
using sonic methods to test wood
without destroying it. These ex
acting methods can permit safer
construction of wood aircraft
frames, ladders and scaffolds.
Precipitation For
January 1.31 Inches
Rain and snow accounted for
1.31 inches of moisture in the
Gooseberry section during Janu
ary according to figures kept by
Leonard Carlson. Snow didn't fi
gures much in the total, a meas
urement showing a total of one
and one-fourth inches, with .75
inch falling on January 11 and
.50 inch on the 28th.
There was rainfall 11 days of
the month. Beginning with .12
on the second the record was as
follows: 10th trace; 11, .13 rain
followed by .75 snow; 13, .04 rain;
14, .08; 17, .31; 21, .18; 22 trace;
23, .20; 24, .17; 28, .08 rain fol
lowed by .50 inch of snow and
decline in temperature to 2 be
low zero; 29, zero; 30, 2 above; 31,
5 above. One-half inch snow re
mained on ground through the
31st.
Carlson reports that 0.54 inches
of moisture had falien since the
first of August to time of mak
ing his January report. February
gives every promise of living up
to earlier predictions wet.
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Contract Awarded
On Court Street
Curbing Project
Mayor J. O. Turner received
notification from the state high
way commission late last week
that the contract for the Court
street improvement project had
been awarded. C. G. Dennis &
Son of Portland was the success
ful bidding concern, with a fig
ure of $16,200. A definite date
for starting the work has not
been made but the job is to be
completed by July 1, 1951.
The state highway commission
entered into an agreement with
setting out certain financial obli
the city in 1950 to do the work,
gations to be met by the respect
ive parties. The city"s share was
$4450, which amount was turned
over to the commission. Later
the commission came back and
asked the city to raise the ante
by $1550. Before taking action on
this the new mayor and council
decided to see what the curbing
could be put in for by local con
tractors. A figure was obtained
and the mayor approached the
the curbing. It was then that the
that the contract be let omitting
commission with the proposition
commission decided to go ahead
with the project under the ong
inal terms.
The project was put up to the
hignway commission after res
idents along the street presented
a petition asking for it. There
will be a lowering of the grade
as much as two feet in places to
establish proper lines for the
curbing in an effort to provide
proper drainage, a matter that
has disturbed residents in that
area for a number of years. Prop
erty owners have agreed to pay
$1.25 per running foot on the
curbing when it is in, with the
city and commission financing
tne grading, surtacing gand oth
or items.
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Soroptimist Club
To Sponsor Music
Event February 16
A concert is being sponsored
by the Sorptiimst Club of Hepp
ner on Friday night February lb,
Jess F. Thomas, tenor, director of
guidonce programs in the Her
miston public schools, and Mrs.
Grant Hutchins soprano, will pre
sent a varied program at the
Heppner Church of Christ at 8
p. m.
Each is a soloist of note and
their program offers sufficient
variety to interest all groups.
This will include operatic arias,
favorite classical selections, and
light opera numbers by Shubert
and Romberg. The visiting art
ists will close the evening's pro
gram with well known duets
from light American operatic
works.
A silver offering will be taken
as this is one of the means the
to raise funds for its welfare and
Sorptimist club is using this year
philanthropic work.
An evening of delightful mu
sic, 8 p. m. Friday, February 16.
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Foundation Day To
Be Observed Here
Wednesday evening, February
14 is the date for the next Parent.
Teacher association meeting at
the high school auditorium. Mrs.
Palmer Sorlion is program chair
man and Founders Day will be
observed. All members of the va
rious P-TA groups of the county
have been especially invited to
be present as well as the county
P-TA council.
Mrs. L. D. Tibbies, room mother
for the sixth grade, will be chair
man for the refreshment hour.
Mrs. E. E. Gonty is president of
the local organization.
Annual Meeting Of
Heppner SCD Held
Tuesday in lone
Summary of 1950
Activities Shows
Much Progress
This week beheld the annual
meeting of the Heppner Soil Con
servation district, February 6 at
the Willows grange hall in lone.
The program for the day open
ed at 10:30 a. m. with the film,
'Waves of Green," shown to ap
proximately 50 persons. At 11 a.
m., Ralston Hurlbutt, field agro
nomist of the Pullman soil con
servation experiment station in
Washington, spoke to the group
on preferred grasses and legumes
to be used for crop rotation a
practice highly recommended by
the district. Following this, the
Willows grange home economics
club served a delightful lunch of
roast pork and applesauce, with
apple pie topping the meal.
Introduction of guests was
made during the lunch hour with
main speakers of the day, Rals
ton Hurlbutt, agronomist, SCS;
Arthur S. King, soil conservation
specialist from Oregon State col
lege and Tom P. Helseth district
conservationist, SCS, presented.
At 1 p. m. the annual report for
the vear 1950 was eiven bv secre
tary of the district Nelson C. An-
derson, who revealed the follow- f
ing information to the farmers
present:
Progress for 1950: 27 farm ap
plications with 206 total, covering
493,225 acres. Active plans are
140 covering 360,481 acres.
Practices: Contour farming,
8184 acres.
Stubble mulching, 14,266 acres.
Strip cropping, 1341 acres.
Cross slope farming,, 10,190
acres.
Field diversions, 3.4 miles
Range improvement, 23,232
acres.
Pasture improvement, 326 acres.
Seeding grasses and legumes,
891 acres.
Seeding range, 275 acres.
Land prepared for irrigation,
193 acres.
Irrigation systems improved,
266 acres.
Surveys: Conservation 26,080
acres.
Engineering 895 acres.
Range conditions, 52,000 acres.
Election was held to fill the ex
pired term of Orville Cutsforth
for supervisor. Cutsforth was re
elected. At 2 p. m. Arthur S. King,
soil conservation specialist from
Oregon State college, took the
limelight to express to the farm
ers of the district the many dif
ferent ways to conserve the pre
cious soil of Morrow county one
of the "conservation sore spots"
of the Columbia basin area. Fol
lowing King, Orville Cutsforth,
program chairman for the meet
ing, introduced Tom P. Helseth,
district conservationist, SCS, who
explained the relationship of the
SCS with soil conservation dis
tricts of the state. The meeting
was adjourned with the showing
of "The People Together."'
Tri County Weather Research Corporaiton
Seeks Farmers Viewpoint of Project
Ralph Crum, president of the
Tri-County Weather Research
Corporation, has written the Ga
zette Times relative to the prog
ress of the project and the need
for hearing from subscribers and
others regarding their views.
The letter follows:
In the weather modifying op
eration that has been carried on
through the months of October,
November and December, with
results that appear to be so ama
zing that we are going to have
to make up some new words to
exnlain this new science of wa
ter and soil conservation, the fu
ture productive capacity ot tne
soil and storage of more water
for irrigation are insured. We
have nearly all kinds of erodible
enil in the tnreet area, and in
many places it is very steep, yet
with double the normal rainfall
there has been less runoff than
in many years when there has
been less than half the normal
precipitation.
The long time average for
those three months is 3.3 and this
year we received more than 7.1
inches of rain that began earlier,
lasted longer, fell more gently,
spread out more over the coun
try and seemed to sink into the
soil without washing.
It leaves the ground open there
is no hard crust that is so com
mon with the natural rains that
hit the ground with pelting force,
and often result in cloudbursts
and washouts. These are very im
portant facts. I cannot empha
size too strongly that while we
wheat growers and stockmen
want and appreciate the extra
moisture, our interest is first of
all scientific and in enhancing
the progress and prosperity of
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
BECKONS PUBLISHERS
Date of the annual Oregon
Press Conference is February 16
17 at Eugene. Publishers and key
employees gather in the Journ
alism building on the University
of Oregon campus for a two-day
refresher course during which
time prominent speakers will be
heard and things affecting the
publishing industry discussed.
It is the desire of the Gazette
Times publishers to attend this
meeting. It can be done if cor
respondents and advertisers will
move up at least one day in turn
ing in copy. Otherwise it will be
almost impossible to make the
mail in time to permit them to
arrive in time for the Friday ses
sions. Cooperation in the matter
will be greatly appreciated and
it may make the said publishers
a little easier to get along with.
Thank you.
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CIVILIAN
DEFENSE
A county wide civil defense
meeting has been scheduled for
8 o'clock p. m. Tuesday, February
13 at the school house in Lexing
ton. W. E. Davis, county coordin
ator and department chairmen
will be on hand to explain what
has been done and help outline
plans for completion of the pro
gram throughout the county.
Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman an
nounces that the first First Aid
class has been organized and
lessons are underway. A second
class will be started soon to ac
commodate those who wish to
get in on the training,
lone observers report seeing
some of the planes that were on
a swing about the state on a
simulated air raid Saturday and
Sunday. The observation post
there is in the school building.
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Hunters-Anglers
Meeting Attracts
Large Attendance
At the meeting Monday night
of the Hunters and Anglers club,
75 members were present. Elec
tion of officers was the first or
dr of business and by unanimous
consent all officres were retain
ed for another year, Dr. L. D.
Tibbies president; Floyd Tolleson
vice president and Mrs. Paul
Brown secretary-trasurer.
The club passed a motion to
establish a fishing reserve for
youngsters on Willow creek
above Heppner. Floyd Tolleson,
Bill Labhart and Ed Dick were
delegated to pick the site. Also
two-thirds of those present fav
ored passage of House Bill 123
relative to transferring game po
licing to control of the state
game commission.
Colored movies of a fish that
didn't get away were shown by
Jack Hynd. The filming was done
at the mouth of the Deschutes
river and showed some beauties
caught by Jack and Herbert
Hynd.
the whole community.
We believe that a program of
artificial nucleation and weath-er-and-crop
research can be of
immeasurable benefit to many
areas, in the promotion and de
velopment of their economic, so
cial and moral welfare.
When there are strong winds
on the ground or aloft it is im
possible to effectively seed the
air stream in which the clouds
are imbedded. There have been
a number of times under rliese
conditions when there have been
little flash clouds that broke
lose with natural rains and
there was some wash in these
places.
It is very important that we
get letters from everyone telling I
us if this is the kind of program
that you want, whether it is Dr.
Krick's or otherwise. When you
travel the country you will find
that this part of Oregon looks so
much better than it has at this
time of the season, in many
years. We need letters of on-the-ranch
results. Give us in detail
what the fall operation has
meant to you. Tell us about your
ground conditions, good or bad,
now and in past years. I hope all
of you will deal in figures
inches of rain wash condition,
bushels of grain pounds of extra
meat produced as a result of
better grass. All these things,
good and bad we need to know.
We are trying to serve you in
this experiment. Are all of you
that contributed to the organiza
tion netting our two-month fore
cast? Is this the kind of forecast
you want? We know that next
year you might want a long
range forecast to guide your op
eration.
Famous College
Band Schedules
Heppner Concert
OSC Organization,
70 Strong Coming
To Eastern Oregon
The 70 piece Oregon State col
lege concert band, under the di
rection of Ted Mesang, will in
clude Heppner on its spring tour
of Eastern Oregon, according to
former Heppnerite, Jim Barratt,
who is arranging the tour.
Sponsored by the Heppner Ju
nior Chamber of Commerce, the
concert will be given Sunday eve
ning March 18. Concerts will be
held at later dates in Hermiston,
Echo, Pendleton and Milton
Freewater.. A sixth concert is al
so being scheduled in the Port
land area during the return trip
of the band.
Last Heppner appearance of
the colorful OSC band was in
1942, when local citizens poured
into every seat of the high school
gymnasium to hear a popular
concert directed by the late Cap
tain Harry L. Beard.
This good-will non-profit tour
into eastern Oregon has been ar
ranged for several reasons First,
to provide top-grade entertain
men: from a tax-supported in
stitution for people in less
densely populated areas, sec
ond, to give high school bands
men the opportunity to observe
one of the finest college bands
in the west and third, to bring
to OSC alumni in this region a
representative group from their
college.
Because of the last reason, a
joint sponsor of the entire tour is
the alumni association. Barratt,
assistant director of the OSC al
umni association, will accompa
ny the band and will arrange al
umni meetings at which athletic
movies and colored slides of the
campus will be shown. He will
introduce Director Mesang at all
meetings throughout eastern
Oregon.
Already acclaimed as one of
the finest directors of bands in
the nation, Mesang is one of the
most prolific writers of band mu
sic. He has written over 70 over
tures and marches and just re
cently off the press is his latest
book entitled "Ted Mesang March
Book No. 2." Comine to OSC
last year from Wisconsin, he has
had an outstanding record as a
band leader. In 1942, his Ash
land, (Wise.) high school band
won the national band cham
pionship. He was assistant di
rector at Wisconsin before mov
ing west.
The band will stay overnight
in Heppner at private homes and
will travel during the tour by
ousses.
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CITY HEALTH OFFICER
Dr. C. C. Dunham, former mem
ber of the city council and city
health officer during that period
has been named by Mayor J. O.
Turner to serve during the cur
rent administration.
As manv as four meteorolo
gists were available in the field
at one time this last tan. ine su
pervising equipment engineer
was in the area throughout the
operation. These technicians
were assisted by six local resid
ents who were hired to aid in
field operations. As many as four
meteorloglsts were available in
the field at one time this last
fall. The supervising equipment
engineer was in the area thru
out the operation. These techni
cians were assisted by six local
residents who were hired to aid
in field operations. As many as
four station wagons, bearing mo
bile silver iodide generators.
were used in field operations as
mobile units. They traveled
distance of more than 15,000,
miles in the month of October,
In addition to the four mobile
units, seven generators placed in
fixed locations were available
for oprations. The 11 generators
operated several hundred hours
for the cloud seeding project,
One got burnt up in a fire.
More and more people are
learning of this new science and
it is rapidly spreading through
out the country. We now have
Natiosal Weather Improvement
association that will help us keep
up with the results in the rest of
the world and will work on some
of the tough problems that hav
come about in some of the areas
that have airplane application,
It will also be an aid to legisla
tive problems.
We do not plan to experiment
when there is a chance of the
additional rainfall damaging
any crops. Remember we need
your letters now. Send them to
Box 149 lone, Oregon,
'Dimes" Campaign
n County Might
Double Last Year
Returns to Date
Indicate Response
Here Generous
As returns come in it appears
likely that Morrow county will
double the 1950 subscription in
the current March of Dimes cam
paign. Complete returns are in
from some of the communities
and partial returns from others.
Many folders have not been re
ceived and the director and com
mittee heads urge holders to fill
them and mail them in at the
earliest possible date.
Mrs. Walter Roberts, commun
ity chairman for lone, reported
$155.70 turned in from cards
mailed to the people of her dis
trict; $12.55 was realized from
subscriptions and the school chil
dren donated $37.04, for a total
of $205.29.
Heppner citizens have respond
ed wholeheartedly, according to
James H. Driscoll Heppner chair
man. Funds received and credit
ed to the city of Heppner, (people
whose post office address is Hepp.
ner) amount to $1,570. 25. Indivi
dual contributions have been re
ceived, some-ranging as high as
$200.
Driscoll would call special at
tention to the record set by the
Heppner school. The young citi
zens scraped their penny jars,
piggy banks or what have you
and came forth with a total of
$317.91.
Fraternal organizations and ci
vic groups accounted for $410.15,
including the following donors:
Elks, $340.15; Heppner chamber
of commerce, $25.00; Order of
Eastern Star, $10.00; American
Souci Rebekah lodge $5.00; Hepp
Legion auxiliary, $5.00; Willows
lodge, I.O.O.F. No. 66, $5.00; Sans
ner lodge No. 69, A. F. & A. M.,
$10.00; Heppner post American
Legion, $5.00, and Soroptomist
club of Heppner, $5.00.
Mrs. Joe Hughes, county direc
tor reported that Hardman sent
in close to $15 this year as com
pared with less than $3.00 last
year. Lexington Boardman Iir
rigon and Pine City returns
had not been tabulated up to
this morningg.
Shamrocks Raise
Wins To 20 Out
Of 23 In Season
After dropping two successive
games, one to ceniervme ana
the other to Pendleton Motor In,
the Heppner Shamrocks came
roaring back to win six games in
row making tne seasons re
cord of 20 wins in 23 games.
Minus four regular players, the
Shamrocks found in their first
Centerville game that they had
greatly underestimated their op
ponents and went down to defeat
by an 88 to 54 score. In the next
game the Shamrocks met Pen
dleton Motor in ana again lasxea
defeat, 79 to 62. Motor In, smart
ing under a previous loss to the
Shamrocks, came loaded for bear
in this second game, as they
added to their roster of players
tall Willard Jones of Irrigon
and Jim Catterall, ex-Oregon
State and current Pendleton VFW
star.
Rebounding back from these
two losses the Shamrocks dump
ed Lexington 70-31, Arlington 67-
49, and the Harlem Globe Trot-
terettes who proved a great dis
appointment in their lack of
ability and ambition, by a score
of 42 to 32. Next the Shamrocks
rolled over Hermiston 78 to 49,
Condon 56 to 41, and then aveng
ed themselves against Centerville
by downing the visitors 85 to 70,
The Shamrocks hold a firm
grip on first place in league
standing with 12 wins and no
losses. Next home game lor the
Shamrocks will be Saturday
night February 10, when they
meet Hermiston.
Picture Shop Due To
Open February 12
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Dodson who
arrived in Heppner last week
bringing equipment and furnish
ines for a photograph studio, an
nounce that they will be ready
to open their doors to the public
Mondav morning, tebruary
This latest enterprise in Hepp
ner located in the Farra building,
will be called The Picture Shop
The Dodsons came prepared for
a housing shortage having their
own house on wheels, a moa
em trailer.
What's Doing
In The
Legislature
By REP. GILES FHENCH
The house had one of those
days Saturday, a day when ev
erything went wrong. The speak
er was determined to hold a
Saturday session although many
members wanted to go home.
Some were excused, others left
anyway. At ten o'clock only 36
answered to their names and 40
is required for a quorum.
Undaunted, a motion was
made for a call of the house al
though there wasn't enough to
legally begin a session. Then
they begin to wonder how to get
out from under the call of the
house and adjourn, a fear that
did not exist because if no quor
um existed to make a call legal,
no concern need be felt about the
lack of a quorum to dispense
with the call.
So the talking in excited
groups went on for two hours
and a half while members drove
to Salem to bring the county up
to 20. Then a couple of bills and
a resolution were passed.
Economy got a draw in the
fourth round (week) calling up
on reserves within the house and
senate. Little outside support
has been received by those who
would drastically cut the budg
et. Economizers should realize
that the atmosphere in the capi
tal city Is for more and better
spending. Salem's best industry
is the state government and the
department heads who live here
have a natural ambition to have
their departments grow.
The state spent more than $20
million more in the last bien
nium than it took in taxes. If
the present budget is passed it
will spend over $30 million more
than it takes in next biennium.
In 1953 it will be really broke
and without any cushion or sur
plus or anything else resembling
funds. It will have some very
expensive habits that have been
allowed to continue overlong.
It seems the part of wisdom to
do some cutting now instead of
putting the baby's milk money
into the slot machine.
There has been little disagree
ment with the theory of hard
districts written into the 1947
law. That law gave the right for
counties or smaller units of area
to establish by popular vote a
district where stock could not
run at large. A small number of
residents can petition for a dis
trict vote. It has the great ad
vantage of giving the actual
residents of an area the right to
control grazing. That is local
government which is so often
better than state or national
government.
The legislature should get
down to actual work on some of
the major bills this week after
spending the first month getting
them written and introduced.
There will be a great deal of
highway legislation as shown by
uig Bertna" a monstrous mim-
oegraphed bill that rewrote the
entire highway code. It was
broken up perhaps for scrap.
The interim tax committee
bills are nearly all in and are
being discussed; four reappor
tionment bills have been intro
duced and arebeing debated in
the house committee on a gen
eral basis so far; the bill de
signed to reorganize the finan
cial organization of the state
was read Saturday.
All this Is a start and will give
committees something to do to
get the new ideas into shape for
nouse and senate action. The
senate has most of the Holy re
port Dins of which there are le
gion. Because they are a coordin
ated effort that must be consid
ered as a whole the job will be
long, senators have too manv
committees anyway and find
trouble getting a quorum in com
mittee.
There is still a feeline that it
will be useless for the legisla
ture to pass any new tax bill
without expecting a referendum
against it. if that sentiment lasts
to the end property owners may
nave a w mill state levy next
year or the year after. And that
should mean a leaner, hungrier,
Draver, tougher bunch of legis
lators come the 1953 session.
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NATIONALLY KNOWN
SPEAKER DUE SUNDAY
Sponsored by the Methodist
church,, Church of Christ and
the Assembly of God, Joe Brill,
nationally known speaker, will
address the people of the com
munity at 3 p. m. Sunday. The
meeting will be held at the Me
thodist church. Brill is a nation
al speaker for the Youth of Christ
movement, the organization of
which Evangelist Billy Graham
is vice president.
The visitor will address the
Youth for Christ sponsored meet
ing at 7:30 p. m. Monday in the
high school auditorium. Attend
ance is desired by the young
people in particular and the pub
lic in general.