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$3.00 Per Year; Single Copies 10c Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, March 1, 1951 Volume 67, Number 50 What's Doing In Th e Legislature By REP. GILES FRENCH Salary bills for all of the four counties in the 22nd representa tive district have passed the house and are in the senate where some of them have al ready been approved. There is a wider difference between salar ies allowed by budget commit tees and county courts this year than before. Earl Fisher of Wash, jngton county, chairman of the local government committee, it very particular that the budget committee recommendations ac company the bill when it goes to his committee. He considers bills with the recommendations and not otherwise. Usually sheriffs, clerks and as sessors receive the same salary. In Sherman the salary for these officials is $3200 per year. In Wheeler it is $3480, in Gilliam $3600 and in Morrow $4200 (In Morrow the assessor will get $3600 following budget recom mendations.) There is more ariation in judges' salaries. Burns of Gilliam sticks to his $1500, Howard of Wheeler and Tom of Sherman, will get $1800 and Barratt of Mor row (largest county) will get $4200. Treasurers get half the pay of other officers when holding half time jobs. Economy took some telling blows in the last week as higher education held stubbornly to its demands for more money, con verts to expensive notions talked of the "absolute necessity" of building some buildings and oth ers began to say that maybe we should provide for this or that Any of these mean property taxes under the present system. But there are many more people ask ing for something than there are asking for economy. That means that there should be a taxpayers association in Oregon. The house approved a resolu tion last week that if passed by the senate and the people would prevent the state from levying a property tax for state purposes. At the same time it passed a bill putting income taxes into the general fund after July 1. The passage of the bill makes it more than ever necessary that the res olution be passed. If finally ap proved the state will have taken a long step toward simplification of its tax system. Another tax bill still pending is HB 131 which would make utilities pay an excise tax. Since 1940 they have contributed noth ing to the state in the way of taxes. They are trying to prove that their local property taxes are so high they should pay no other taxes a contention not found entirely accurate at the present state of investigation by the house tax committee. Taxes in other states are in many cases higher on the utilities than in Or egon. So far it seems that the taxa tion committees will get much deeper into the state's tax sys tem than for several sessions. Some hitherto hidden exemptions may get a good airing and the possessors thereof a chance prove their case. to Yet another tax bill proposed by the state tax commission would remove the exemption of processors who may now keep their product until May 1 before being liable for assessment for property taxes. ThuB the fight for exemption from the duty of paying for government goes on and on with the well organized successful and the unorganized paying the taxes and this with out regar'd to ability to pay. The bill to divide up highway funds among the counties on a basis more comprehensive than by number of cars is getting more attention than usual and something may be worked out of advantage to counties. Now there are several counties that obtain all of their road funds from the state and never levy a tax for roads. These are populous coun ties with few rural roads. Large counties receive little per mile of road. A division on the basis used by the federal government, or that used by the state highway commission in dividing funds between districts, or even by giv ing a sum to all counties before division would help rural Oreg Hunters, Anglers Attend Pendleton Wild Life Meeting A group of Morrow County Hunters & Anglers club members drove to Pendleton Tuesday eve ning and participated in a meet ing sponsored by the recreation al division of the Wild Life as sociation of Umatilla county. Featured speaker was Delbert Gildersleeve of Baker, chairman of the Oregon State Game com mission. Many fish and game problems were discussed and the group passed a majority vote approval of Senate Bill 123 and forwarded the results to Salem. Atttending from Heppner were Dr. L. D. Tibbies, president of the local club; Floyd Tolleson, Glenn Parsons, Jack Bailey, Paul Jones, Len Gilliam and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Brown. o Permanent Name Chosen By Parents' Band Club Group At their meeting Monday eve ning the band parents named themselves- the Heppner Band Boosters. Present was Bill Barratt, of the Heppner Jay Cees, who asked the group to help facilitate the ap pearance of the OSC band here on March 18 by finding overnight housing for the players in homes throughout town. One night's lodging with breakfast the fok lowing morning will be needed. But inasmuch as the Jay Cees are bringing in the band on a non profit basis, no compensation for room and meals can be offered. Anyone wishing to help in this manner with the success of this piece of fine entertainment may contact either Mrs. Bill Davis, phone 1065, or Mrs. Cal Sumner, phone 1134. Mr. Collins, H.H.S. bandmaster, presented both his beginners and advanced bands to the as sembled members of the club. Grouping the beginners by in struments, two selections were played by each of five groups. A quartet composed of Linda Bor man, clarinet; Jimmy Smith, clarinet; Edith Morris, oboe, and Jimmy Hayes, bassoon, and "The Memories of Stephen Foster," as arranged by H. D. Holmes, by all members of the advanced classes rounded out the evening. The en tertainment gave a practical idea of the band at work and the per formances were excellent. The second Tuesday of each month was set as the regular meeting date for the Band Boost ers. It will be appreciated if those having rooms available as stated will register them by that date. o Neuberger Would Consolidate Five E. Oregon Counties benator Richard Neuberger has introduced a bill, Senate Bill No. 257, calling for consolidation of several eastern Orgon counties into one big unit. He would take Sherman, Wheeler, Gilliam, Mor row and Umatilla and put them into Umatilla county with Pen dleton as the county seat. Those who have seen a copy of the bill are some what puzzled inasmuch as there has been no agitation for such a move. The grouping would be absurd from the standpoint of economy, to the geographical set-up, it is pointed out. Such groupings us ually are planned from a stand point of centralizing the county seat, but in this instance it looks like the author of the bill went out of his way to make an im practical arrangement. There is little likelihood that the bill will receive favorable consideration. In the opinion of some who have looked into the proposal a little it looks like an effort on Neuberger's part to take a stab at Giles Franch for his new reapportionment bill, espec lolly in light of the fact that French is winning support for his measure in both houses. Many 4-H'ers have been asking about the 4-H Club news printed last week. The first paragraph of each of the two news articles were omitted when printed. The first paragraph should have read "Newest 4-H leader is Gene Ma Jeski, Lexington, who is now leading the Junior Stockmen' Livestock Club. This club has been led the past two years by Vernon Munkers, Lexington. The paragraph omitted on the next article was "Peggy Wight man, 14 years old, a member of the Junior Stockmen's club of Red Cross Drive For Funds Opens Saturday Morning Jack Bailey Heads Organization In Morrow County Everything is in readiness for the opening of the annual Red Cross membership drive Satur day morning, Jack Bailey, coun ty chairman, announced today. Committees for the several dist ricts of the county have been chosen and it is expected that all will take the field early in order to complete the task by the end of March, if not earlier. Bailey pointed out that since we are in a war the Red Cross has had to extend its operations to a more or less global scale. This means that no ordinary budget will meet the requirements and he urges that every family be included in the county chapter's membership. It should be re membered that less than half of the funds raised here go to the national society. The coun ty's share will be 53 percent of the money subscribed. This gives a fund for any local disaster or emergency that might otherwise have to be raised by subscription, thus eliminating delay in getting funds. "We should not only enroll ev ery family, but every member of every family in the 1951 cam paign," Bailey said. Committee chairman have been named in the following dis tricts: Heppner residential, Mrs. L. E. Dick; Heppner business, Merle Becket. . Willow Creek-Balm Fork, Ralph Thompson. Hinton Creek, Mrs. W. F. Bar ratt. Sand Hollow, Mrs. Sam Turner. Lena-Pine City, Mrs. W. E. Hughes. Upper Rhea Creek, Mrs. Floyd Jones. ' Ruggs, Mrs. Harold Wright. Hardman, Mrs. Marie Lesley. Eight Mile, Mrs. Ben Anderson. Blackhorse, Mrs. Harry Duvall. Heppner-Lexington highway, Mrs. Paul Brown. Clark's Canyon, Mrs. Lester Cox. Lexington, Mrs. Betty Groves, lone, Mrs. Donald Heliker. Gooseberry, Mrs. Francis Carl son. Cecil, Mrs. Herbert Hynd. Boardman, Mrs. Florence Root. Irrigon, Mrs. J. L. Cooley. Anyone desiring to mail con tributions may send them either to Willard A. Blake, treasurer or , Jack E. Bailey, 1951 fund Chair- , man, both at Heppner. o ESTIMATED 500.000 EASTER SEAL LETTERS MAILED IN OREGON An estimated 500,000 Easter Seal letters, approximately 70,-1 000 more than last year, were mailed throughout Oregon by the Oregon Society for crippled chil dren and Adults, Mrs. William B. Chandlee of Hillsboro, the Socie ty's women's activities chairman reported Saturday. The letters were placed in the mail February 25 and the Easter Seal sale will continue through March 25, Easter Sunday. More than 100 men's and worn- ens organizations throughout the state assisted in the address ing and stuffing program, which began several weeks ago under Mrs. Chandlee's direction. The letters were mailed locally in each county and returns will be mailed to each local county trea surer. Proceeds from the Easter Seal sale finance the various projects of the Society in Oregon, includ ing the children's hospital school in Eugene, the Craft Shop of the Handicapped in Portland,, sum mer recreation camps for crippl ed children and medical and sur gical care for individual cases. Edgar W. Smith, president of the Portland Chamber of Com merce, is state chairman of the Easter Seal sale. Heppner and Lexington commun ities, has received a scholarship to the 1951 4-H summer school at Oregon State college. County Agent Anderson announces that this is the Safeway Stores award for the top livestock breeding project in the county. Similar awards were made in 27 counties to 21 boys and eight girls. Landscaping Next Order of Business Nothing startling has happen- ed at the Pioneer Memorial hos- pital to cause the showing of this picture. It is being run for a def- inite cause-to make you, gent e reader, look to see what this is 11 b t a The "story is that the landscan- The story is that he landscap ing of the hospital grounds should be nnisnea tnis year rieht now, in. fact. It would be done except that there are no All Saints Episcopal Be Raised to Parish Whatever the weather may be Sunday, March 4, the day will be bright for the members of the congregation of All Saints Mem orial Episcopal church of Hepp ner. That is the date chosen by the Rt. Rev. Lane W. Barton, bis hop of the Missionary District of Eastern Oregon, to receive the petition from the congregation asking that the mission be rais ed to parish status. This means that the local church will assume all its finan cial obligations and become en tirely self supporting. Bishop Barton will arrive in Heppner-'atorday afternoon and remain until Sunday afternoon, He will preach at the 11 o'clock service and be present for the dinner following. All Saints church was first es tablished in the 1870's, when Bishop B. Wistar Morris, D. D., held services once or twice a month. Services were held in dif- ferent places until completion of the first church building around the turn of the century. This was located on the east side of Chase street about opposite the Mor- row County Creamery building. It was washed awav in the flood of June 14, 1903. When the Rev. John Warren took charge of the work here in April 1904, he im- mediatolv spt ahnnt tr raisp funds for a new church home, j ber 1934 to October 31, 1938. The Rcisponse was generous and land ' church was again without a cler was purchased at the corner of gyman until April 30, 1943, when Gale and Church streets where a church building was erected. , This has since been enlarged to include a parish hall. Through the efforts of the Rev. Neville Blunt, and carried on after his departure by Rev. Elvon L. Tull, the church property has been Church Ceremony Unites Couple at lone Sunday P. M. 'Miss Dolores Ann Drake, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cleo Drake, became the bride of Wil liam A. Rowell, son of Mrs. Lela Young of Lone Rock and Arthur Rowell, at a candlelighted cere mony at the Cooperative church in lone Sunday at 4:00 p. m. Rev. A. Shirley, pastdr, officiated. The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a white taffeta dress with a pearl trimmed yoke and a finger-tip veil held in place by a coronet of seed pearls. She car ried a white Bible with an orchid. Mrs. Martin Jannsen was mat ron of honor. She wore a yellow taffeta dress and carried a nose gay of yellow carnations. Gay lord Salter was best man and the ushers were Robert Drake and Martin Jannsen. Miss Jane See hafer and Miss Wilma Dalzell lighted the candles. They wore blue dresses. Mrs. E. Markham Baker played the wedding music and accompanied Frank Ellis who sang "I Love You Truly" and "Because." The mother of the bride wore grey with pink accessories. The ' church was decorated with yel- low daffodils, acacia, and blue -:'' '-fc'.;.-;.-.v.eH'-0:.-"v-':-.:r r- . more construction funds and the C0Unty has no other funds that can be rightfuiiy converted to thi se Therefore, on its own fnittive, the Gazette Times . . .. . offering th suggestion that we Pf "T? thB ff pose of raislng a few nundred dollars. After all, it is our hospi- iai. we au tmppcu in io raise the funds to have it built. The court has gone as far as it can Church io Status Sunday greatly improved. Two oil furn aces heat the buildings; the in terior of the church has been re modeled, new pews and a Ham mond organ installed. The church building was given a new roof in 1949. The first baptismal entry in the church register was dated June 25, 1889, when the Rt. Rev. B. Wistar Morris performed the rites for the William Hughes family. Baptisms by the Rev. W. E. Potwine extended from Sept. 23, 1890 to April 10 1904. The first confirmation was on April 8, 1891, by Bishop Morris. Rev. Potwine served the con gregation from August 25, 1882 until April 4, 1904. He died' in Santa Rosa, Calif. August 23, 1917. Rev. John Warren served from April 11, 1904 to May 31, 1906. The church was without a res ident clergyman from 1906 until the coming1 of the Rev. Stanley B. Moore August 12, 1926, who left Heppner September 30, 1931. J The Venerable Sidney Creasey, archdeacon, was in charge from September 1931 to September 1 1932. I M. G. Tennvson. general mis- ! sionary, October 1932, September 1934. i The Ven. Ralph O. Hinkle. Arehdearnn. in rhartrp Sontom. the Rev. Neville Blunt assumed charge and remained until Aug ust 30, 1948. The present . vicar, The Rev. Elvon L. Tull, came in October, 1948 and he has directed his ef forts towards making All Saints a parish. stocks. A reception followed the wed ding, in the church basement. After the bride and groom cut the first piece of the three tiered Mr. and Mrs. Verner Troed wedriinc rake, it was KPrvort hv son, in company with Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Lundell, grandmother of the bride. Mrs. A. C. Crowell, grandmother of the groom, pour ed. They were assisted by Miss Mary Jepsen and Miss Shirley McCabe. Miss Elise Bauernfeind presided at the punch bowl, Miss Lteia i,nin ana miss vvuaa uaiz- ell had charge of the gift table and Miss Ingrid Hermann, the guest book. Others assisting ab out the room were Mrs. Victor Rietmann, Mrs. Omar Rietmann and Mrs. Noel Dobyns. The bride's going-away suit was grey with green accessories. After a short honeymoon, the young couple will live in lone. Relatives attending the wed ding from out of town were Pvt. Robert Drake of Fort Lewis, Wn Sgt. Eldon Tucker of Portland, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Drake of Hepp ner, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Baker and daughter Esther Mae of Walla Walla; Mrs. Sam Ledbet ter, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Ledbet ter and Mrs. Ethel Garinger of Hood River, Mr. and Mrs. Clar ence Shuler and Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Merrill of Hermiston, without calling for a larger bud- get lit will not cost any of us more than a few dollars each to Bf trees and shrubbery P.,anted and Sround,s beauti- fied as hospital grounds should be Now listen! Don't send any Heppner Gazette Ti esJ w ha 0 ty treas. urer who is ready to receive your donations. But start the dollars rolling in right away. Many Friends Pay Respects to The Johan Troedsons Mr. and Mrs1. John Troedson were honored Sunday afternoon upon the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary. Some 150 friends and relatives called at the beautiful country, home of Mr. and Mrs. Verner Troedson during the hours from 1 to 4 in the af ternoon. Other hosts were Mr. and Mrs. Howard Nottage of Portland, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Troedson of Hermiston and Carl Troedson of lone. The spacious rooms were en hanced with bouquets of spring flowers and daffodils and acacia centered the coffee table. A beau tiful three tiered wedding cake !was cut b? Mrs Milton Morgan, The cake was decorated with gold roses and was topped with a golden bell amid a bower of gold leaves. Mrs. Franklin Lindstrom poured. Mrs. Kathryn Rice assist ed about the rooms, and Mrs. Tad Miller was in charge of the guest book. A steady stream of guests came and went during the i reception hours. The weather man smiled upon these fine peo ple and sent them a beautiful day. Mr. and Mrs. Troedson were residents of the Ella district where they sett,ed on. a home stead. There they lived until 1943 when they moved into lone, where they now live. Mr. and Mrs. Troedson's daughter, Mrs. Howard Nottage and her husband of Portland, and their yunSest son Francis Troed- son and his wife of Hermiston: Mrs. Troedson's brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Nelson of San Jose, California, and Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Troedson of Heppner, broth er, were present for the happy . occasion. Mr. Troedson is a native of Greuie, Sweden and Mrs. Troed i son was born in Forslonholm, Sweden. He came to the United States in 1896 and she a year lat er. They were married in San Francisco on February 23, 1901 Mrs. Emil Groshen have but re cently returned from an extended trip to Europe that they might open their home in commemorat ing this notable milestone in the lives of the senior Troedsons. Many frie"ds from a11 over the . unty ana surrounding areas AT PIONEER MEMORIAL HOSPIITAL A 7 pound 15 1-2 ounce boy was born at 8:17 p. m. Saturday, Feb ruary 24 to Mr. and Mrs. Don Ev ans. Jack Farris, lone and Mrs. Na dine O'Brien, Heppner, are new patients admitted to the hospi tal Wednesday. Mrs. Floyd Robertson of Cecil is a medical patient. Mns. Minnie Ely of lone was dismissed from the hospital Thursday after receiving medical treatment. o Most of our moving is done in and on wood. Wooden boxcars and wooden railroad ties carry people, food, clothing and mach inery all elements which bind the nation together. New Womens Dress Shop Opens Doors To Public Friday Van Horn Building Remodeled For Two Business Concerns Heppner's shopping facilities will be expanded tomorrow with the opening of the Mode O' Day women's dress shop. Located in the Van Horn building, it will occupy the south half of the room for so many years known as th" location of the Red & White gr - eery. Workmen from the McCorrnic'. Construction company began the work the latter part of last week running partitions to make two store rooms, one to be occupied by the Mode O' Day and the oth er by Mary Van's Flower Shop. Since the dress shop was sched- ulde to open by March 2 the main effort has been directed to ward completing that job and a good example of streamlined re modeling has been offered the public. Partitions were put in and the ceiling lowered as the first part of the job and this has been followed by installation of light ing fixtures, painting, building shelves and doing the countless other chores that go to make a finished job. . Owner and manager of the store will be Mrs. Fred Dexter, formerly of Madras. Mrs. Dexter has moved here and will be joined later by her husband. She is well pleased with the location and knows the public will be pleased with her modern shop. Mrs. Mary Stephens, proprie tor of Mary Van's Flower Shop, announced that she plans to open up in her new quarters on March 17. That will give ample time to do the finishing work and for moving from her present loca tion in the Hotel Heppner. Both stores will have ample storage at the rear of their sales rooms, since there is room in the i main building and a warehouse at the rear. Contractors Start Work on Court St. Dennis & Sons, contractors on the North Court street project, put a crew to work Wednesday morning removing the surfacing and grading down to the estab lished curb line. A big carrier has been depositing the surfac ing in different spots around town as a means of disposing of the surplus. The grading will extend from the corner of the Court Street Market to the northeast corner of the school property. Drainage pipe will be laid to carry off run-off water from the hillside, and curbing will be put in on both sides of the street MISS JESSALEE MALLALIEU Home Economics Extension Oregon State College Miss Jessalee Mallalieu, recre ation specialist, Oregon State college, will conduct a trainer meeting at 8 p. m. Monday, Mar. 5 at the American Legion hall in lone. She will give advance in struction for square dance call ing. Each organization in the county may be represented by leaders at this meeting. o Nelson Anderson Sr. departed Tuesday for his home in North Dakota after visiting several weeks at the home of his son and family, the Nelson Andersons of Heppner. Mrs. B. C. Forsythe of Cascade Locks spent several days here this week visiting children and grandchildren and attending to business matters. on keep up Its roads. T
