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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, April 5, 1951
Volume 68, Number 3
What's Doing
In The
Legislature
By REP. GILES FRENCH
When will it end? Guesses run
until early in May but some old
timers, press, lobby and members
think it may end rather suddenly
not later than late April. Rea
sons: the taxation problem is
pretty well solved as far as agree
ments can be reached although
there may be delays, the ways
and means committee iis about
ready with its long list of bills,
the highway program should be
well started in another week and
the members are not going to let
lesser things keep them here in
definitely. Economy won a round last
week when a motion that came
as a partial surprise sent the first
ways and means bill back to that
committee with a suggestion that
it should be cut. A majority of
the committee were pleased over
the move feeling that it streng
thened their hand in dealing with
the "money-wanters" and tne mi
nority who were angry at first
soon saw the possible benefits
that could be derived from know
ledge that the house was econo
my minded. Already the move
has caused many budgets to be
revised downwards. Everyone re
alizes the practical difficulty of
cutting expenses very greatly in
times of inflation but neverthe
less the legislators feel that state
expenses can be cut by withhold
ing funds tso that there will be
greater efficiency in the manage
ment of public affairs.
The tax program will probably
include an amendment to liberal
ize the six percent limitation (al
ready passed) some means of
preventing a state property tax
although it may not be possible
to get HJR 12 out of the senate
committee, the use of the $31.9
million surplus, a small increase
in income taxes is possible as
well as some closing of loopholes
in the corporation tax. There will
probably be no sales tax bill
passed although there is a pretty
good one that will be improved
as much as possible by the house
taxation committee so that if
someone wants it it will be avail
able and perhaps better checked
for bugs than one might be if
written from the point of view of
one group.
The house highway committee
will get out HB 46d which will
raise truck rates especially on
larger trucks. Its bill on truck
weights is having hard sledding
in tne senate because loggers in
sist on being allowed to haul
large loads. Then there will be
the matter of bonds for highway
construction which will have
much harder going in the house
than in the senate.
Demands for state money for
counties and cities, for buildings,
for civilian defense may increase
the budget from its original 180.4
million dollar point, but econo
mies are being forced in some
places at the same time. This is
particularly true in welfare and
higher education.
Reapportionment bills are still
in committee which is working
on the several factors involved.
Observers are saying that no
agreement will be reached on
any of them but this is not at all
certain and a formula may be
found that will satisfy the
majority.
The reorganization of state
government bill is due on the
floor this week and will create
a big fuss because it makes the
governor directly responsible for
more things, especially finances.
Another move from the ways and
means committee li for an anal
yst to study office management
in state offices with an eye to
more efficiency.
Education bills are moving
slowly mainly because the senate
committee is trying to meet the
objections of rural people who at
first thought that reorganization
meant consolidation of schools
It doesn't. Each county is to make
its own reorganization plans,
What is sure to bring more state
control is the distribution of state
money through the basic school
bill. It is a fact that the Holy
report bills might serve to give
local schools more authority than
they would have otherwise. Holy
believes in local control instead
of state.
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MAKES HONOR ROLL
Miss Rose Marie Pierson, dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Pier
son of Hcppner made the honor
roll at Eastern Oregon College
for the past term. Rose Marie is
carrying a schedule of 18 hours
and finds time to sing in the
choir and take an active part in
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Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Dale and
son of Bakersfield were recent
guests at the home of their dau
ghter, Mrs. Merle Baker.
Old 750's Givel
Way to Diesel
OnBranchLine
An expression borrowed from
one of the comic strips of an
earlier year might aptly express
the situation on the local branch
of the Union Pacific in the chang
ing of motor power, 'Them days
is gone forever". That refers to
she passing of the old steam loco
motive from the scene and the
inauguration of diesel power.
Following the policy of the
railroad officials to change over
to diesel engines, the change hav
ing already been quite general
on the main lines of the U.P. folks
along the Heppner branch were
treated to the sight of the first
diesel Monday morning. It dis
placed the old steam engine of
ine du class that has been in op
eration on the Heppner and Con
don branches since the early
aays of World War II.
The new locomotive is the die
sel switcher type in use in many
oi me yaras oi tne larger centers.
u is capable of dragging 50 load
ed cars up the Heppner branch
and 23 cars up the Condon branch.
inis is about double the capa
city of the steam engines of the
750 class, which is one of the ar
guments in favor of making the
change. And besides, as the
trainmaster informed the editor.
when a steam engine is idle it
is burning fuel. The diesel, like
me iamiiy car, is not eating up
fuel when idle.
With the relaying of the
branches with heavier steel and
now the addition of heavier mo
tive power.the railroad company
is looking forward to expediting
the handling of freight in and
out of the stations served.
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Homemakers Make
April 30 Date For
Annual Festival
Over 100 Morrow county wo
men are expected t o attend he
annual Homemakers Festival
which will be held in Heppner on
April 30, reports Margeurite Cha
pin, chairman of the hostess
committee. The affair will be
held in the fair pavillion in
Heppner. This committee is form
ed oi officers of the Heppner, Pine
units, who met in Heppner on
City and Lena home extension
March 27 for the event. Those
present were Mable Heath, Beat
rice Keeling, Heppner; Mrs. Ruth
Marlett, Helen Currin, Mildred
Hanna, Margeurite Chapin, Lena;
Mrs. Faye Finch, Pine City. Each
extension unit was delegated to
act as hostess for the following
duties table decorations, Hepp
ner; setting up tables and chairs
in dining area, Lena; and decora
Hons for the auditorium, Pine
City.
Further details of the festival
will be given after the council
meets on April 4, according to
Maud C. Casswell, home demon
stration agent.
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Cardinals Clipped
By Blue Devils in
'51 Season Opener
The lone Cardinals dropped a
hard-fought 7-6 ball game to the
visiting Condon Blue Devils as
they raised the lid oh the 1951
baseball season. Donald Euoanks,
back in competitive athletics af
ter a prolonged football injury.
led the team in hitting in addi
IONE AB H R
Brenner, cf 113
Palmer, 2b 5 10
Eubanks, p 4 3 2
Doherty, ss 3 11
Baker, D. c 1 0 00
Rea, If ' 3 0 0
Bristow, John, lb 3 0 0
Morgan, 3b 3 0 0
Kincaid, ph 10 0
Bristow, Jerry, rf 3 0 0
Savage, p 0 0 0
26 6 6
CONDON AB H R
Ilebert, c 3 3 3
Conboy, p 4 2 2
McLaughlin, se 4 3 1
Boker, If 4 ' 1 0
Vickers, rf 3 10
Chambers, cf 3 10
Turney, lb 2 0 0
Cook, 2b 2 0 1
Wilkins, 3b 2 0 1
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GRANGE MEETING SLATED
Potluck supper at 6 o'clock will
open events for Rhea Creek
grange Friday evening, April
announces Ray Drake, master,
Following supper the grange will
be called into session for the
transaction of business. The fea
ture of the meeting will be the
showing of pictures by Oscar Pe
'terson taken on' the occasion of
the European tour he and hiB
son Gerald made in the fall of
1950.
Elks Installation .
Order of Business
For Jhis Evening
Willord Blake To
Be Inducted as
358"s Exalted Ruler
A big night is in store for the
membership of Heppner Lodge
No. 358, B. P. O. E. tonight when
officers for the ensuing year will
be inducted into office.
Headed by Willard Blake,
young Heppner business man,
who will go in as exalted ruler,
the installation will include Tom
Wilson, esteemed leading knight;
Jack Van Winkle, esteemed loyal
knight; James J. Farley, esteem
ed lecturing knight; D. E. Ben
nett, esquire; H. T. O'Donnell Jr.,
tiler; Conley Lanham, inner
guard; Harold Cohn, chaplain,
and Frank W. Turner, trustee for
three-year term. Holdover trust
ees are Terrel Benge and A. W.
Jones.
Alternate to the grand lodge,
E. E. Gilliam.
Jack O'Connor, manager of the
J. C. Penney Co. store in Heppner,
is the outgoing exalted ruler.
Loyal Parker, past exalted rul
er, will represent the district de
puty.'Victor Eckley of La Grande,
as installing officer.
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Youth For Christ
Rally Scheduled For
Next Monday Night
Don Lonie, internationally
known Youth for Christ evange
list, will be the speaker Monday
night, April 9, at 7:30, at a rally
in the Methodist church.
Lonie is a member of the staff
of Youth for Christ International.
He has recently returned from
Great Britain and will have some
thine to say about conditions
there. At present he is conduct
ing a Youth for Christ-sponsored
revival in Caldwell, Ida. Reports
are that the whole city has been
shaken and he has canceled oth
er dates in order to remain there
week longer than originally
planned.
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Blue Birds Have
Many Projects to
Keep Them Engaged
Some of the girls who are in
the second grade at school met at
the home of Mrs. James lnom
son on March 7 and organized a
Blue Bird group, which is the ju
nior organization of Camp Fire
girls. They have been meeting
every Wednesday afternoon.
The 16 girls who have joined
are as follows: Janice Brown, Ka
ren Depuy, Mary Emma Evans,
Sheryl Harris, Sandra Jones, Sha
ron Keithley, Julia McGough Do
ris Morris, Francine Mover, Mary
Kay Slocum, Janet Thompson,
Bernice Thomson,1 Mary Evelyn
Tucker, Shirley Van Winkle, Ro
gena Wagner, and Janice Wetzel.
Mrs. Thomson is the leader and
Mrs. Howard Evans, assistant.
The girls have been busy with
crayons, paste, scissors and pen
cils and are making some attrac
tive scrap dooks as one project.
One afternon they decorated gin
gerbread boy cookies in the kit
chen. Another afternoon they
were busy with paint brushes and
paint, making something very
special for someone they love
very much. Nothing more can be
said at this time as it Is a deep,
dark secret. With some more
paint, a potato and a scrap of
cloth they are dressing potato
puppets.
Spring gardens are the main
topic of interest right now. At the
last meeting, they were each gi
ven four onion sets to plant,
weed and water at home. When
these onions are grown the girls
will make a special Blue Bird
salad for their families, using
the Blue Bird onions.
Polishing shoes, combing hair,
washing faces and brushing
clothes are lots of fun to do as
they sing the "Morning Song'
they are learning now. Story tell
ing and nature study have been
interesting, also.
The meetings are usually end
ed by dancing the Hokey-Pokey
or playing a game.
They have chosen to be known
as "The Lovely Blue Birds". Some
other fine names were submitted
by the girls, such as Blue Moun
tain, Joyful, Sweet Rose. However
after a written vote the Lovely
Blue Birds won, and has been
adopted as their official name.
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Strength speaks even from re
mote woodlands! The nation's
forests yielded 377 billion feet of
lumber in 1950 which set a 20
year record. Today mills are
working overtime to produce
lumber and the other forest pro
ducts that help to keep the na
tion's defenses strong.
OFF AGAIN. ON AGAIN ....
All persons receiving invita
tions to the American Legion
auxiliary tea scheduled for this
coming Saturday afternoon are
notified hereby that due to con
flicting dates with other affairs
the auxiliary committee has
found it necessary to postpone
the tea until Saturday aftemon
April 14. The invitations still
hold good and it is the hope
of the committee that all re
ceiving them will be able to
attend the affair.
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Water Content Of
Snow Pack 81 Per
Cent of Last Year
Water content of the moun
tain snow pack "is only 81 per
cent of last year's water content,
according to snow measurements
taken Thursday, March 29, on
the Arbuckle mountain snow
course. The water content of 12.9
inches is still 26 per cent above
the 21 year average of 10.3 in
ches. Snow depth measured 34.9
inches compared to 45.6 inches
at this time last year. Tom Wil
son of the Soil Conservation ser
vice, accompanied by his wife,
skiied into the area and took the
third and final measurements on
the snow course for. this year.
' "Watershed soils are unfrozen
and well saturated, a factor fav
oring a well-sustained flow from
the snow pack," Wilson said.
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Demonstration Of
Feed Efficiency
Slated at Condon
Something new for beef cattle
men will be staged in Condon on
Thursday, April 12.
It is a feed efficiency and rate
of gain field day to show results
of a community 140-day test us
ing 34 yearling purebred bulls.
It Is under the sponsorship of
the Gilliam County Beef Cattle
Improvement association and
will be held at the county fair
grounds on the outskirts of Con
don starting at 10 a. m.
Featured speakers at a noon
luncheon to be held in downtown
Condon include Dr. Fred McKen
sie, chairman of the Oregon State
college animal husbandry .de
partment, and C. F. Sierk, western
regional co-ordinator. U. S. bu
reau of animal industries with
headquarters in Denver.
The Gilliam county group, the
first of its kind to be formed in
the United States, expects to show
results of their feed test. Indiv
idual records will be available
for all bulls 32 Herefords and 2
Angus, according to Ernest J.
Kirsch, Gilliam county agent.
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P-TA Responsible
For Two Activities
The P.-TA has had two success
ful activities recently. March 20
was the basketball game between
the "Thin Men" and the "Fat
Men" with the latter winning.
On March 29 the room mothers,
with the help of the mothers of
the eighth grade and many oth
ers, prepared a dinner for 59
teachers of the county and mem
bers of the Oregon Education
board. The dinner was served by
the Home Economics girls. Mrs.
Ethel Adams decorated the ta
bles; Mrs. Ted Smith and Mrs.
Gene Ferguson assisted about
the rooms.
After dinner a short business
meeting of the OEA was. held.
Later a meeting that was open
to the public was held in the au
ditorium. Guest speaker was Mtes
Joy Hillis.
April 9 Is the date for the next
P.-T.A. meeting. The nominating
committee will give the report
on the new officers for the next
year. Program will be given by
Mrs. Tress McClintock who has
two speakers for the evening.
Room mothers for the Sopho
mores and Juniors will serve
refreshments.
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Mrs. Mary Van Stevens is en
joying a few days with relatives
at Wallowa Lake Mrs. Stevens
attended the Soroptimist banquet
in La Grande Tuesday evening en
route to that matchless gem nes
tled at the foot of the Wallowa
mountains.
Mrs. Richard Wells returned to
her home Monday night from
Portland where she had a serious
operation a few weeks ago. She
is slowly gaining strength.
Mrs. Alva Jones is responding
from major surgery which she
underwent Monday at St. Anth
onys hospital in Pendleton.
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Of the total acreage of trees
planted in this country in 1950
73 percent was owned by private
individuals and organizations.
This 1950 total of 397,700 acres
was an increase of 131,300 acres
over the 1949 total.
County Wide Civil
Defense Meeing
At Boardman 10th
Citizens of the county are re
minded by William E. Davis,
county civilian defense coordina
tor, that there will be a meeting
at 8 o'clock p. m. Tuesday, April
10. This will be a county wide
meeting and all leaders and oth
ers interested are urged to be
present. Transportation arrange
ments can be made for any who
need or wih to go with someone
else.
In line with civilian defense
elsewhere, the subject of biolog
ical warfare is of particular in
terest. The state department of
civilian defense has prepared a
release to the press sections from
the booklet issued by the nation
al board of civilian defense on
What You Should Know About
Biological Warfare," the first
section of which follows:
BIOLOGICAL WARFARE DATA
What is biological warfare?
Although many people talk
about "germ warfare", the name
they should use is biological war
fare, tl means attacking with:
1. Living agents such as plant-
killing insects;
2. Poisons or "toxins", such
as those that come from bacteria;
3. Special kinds of chemicals
such as weed killers.
Biological attacks could be
made by enemy forces or by se
cret agents. It's a special weapon
for use against special targets. It
couldn't sicken or kill every per
son in a large area.
The attacks could be aimed at
people, animals or food crops.
But biological warfare is no.
super weapon. There are defenses
against it and you should know
what they are.
Is it something new? Even with
no help from man, germs have
entered every military campaign
More than once, germs, not gen
erals have decided the outcome.
Those were natural germs, natur
ally spread. Now our defenses ag
ainst disease are better than they
used to be.
Today the U. S. has a nation
wide system to prevent and con
trol disease outbreaks of all kinds.
This safety network covers not
only people, but crops and live
stock as well.
Restaurants are graded, drink
ing water is purified, foods are
checked for purity, and through
out the land we see DDT spray
ing and other measures against
rats, mosquitoes and other dis
ease carrying vermin. Proof that
the system works is shown by its
record. Diseases such as smallpox
and typhoid fever, which caused
wholesale epidemics only 50
years ago, are now very rare.
Source official U. S. govern
ment booklet.
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Home Economist To
Give Demonstration
On Yeast Bread
Arrangements have been com
pleted by the homemakres unit of
Heppner for the appearance here
April 12 of Miss Celia Lee, home
economist for the Crown Mills,
Portland.
Miss Lee will give a demon
stration on yeast bread making
at the home economics room at
the Heppner school. The hour has
been set for 2 p. m. and it will
require an hour or so to make
the demonstration.
An invitation has been extend
ed anyone interested to attend.
For those who may have young
children and feel they could not
attend the committee in charge
announces there will be a baby
sitter at the building.
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Rev. and Mrs. E. L. Tull, Mrs.
R. B. Rice, Marvin Wightman and
Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Crawford
drove to Ontario Friday to at
tend the 41st convocation of the
Eastern Oregon District of the
Episcopal church, which conven
ed that evening and closed with
the morning service Sunday.
R. B. Wylie of the Wylie Mon
ument Co. in Walla Walla, was
a caller at the Gazette Times of
fice while transacting business
in Heppner last Thursday.
Marvin Justus of Portland, a
nephew of Mrs. Frances Mitchell,
spent a couple of days here with
his aunt and cousin the first of
the week. He and Lorene went
to Joseph Wednesday to visit oth
er relatives. Marvin will return
to Portland Monday and on Tues
day will be inducted into active
service.
Mrs. Harold Scritsmier is re
covering from major surgery at
St. Anthony's and hopes to be
able to return home Sunday.
W. West Succeeds
Glenn Parsons as
Heppner Ranger
Wayne West, assistant ranger
on the Heppner ranger district,
succeeds Glen Parsons as district
ranger on the Heppner district
effective April 1, it was an
nounced by C. M. Rector., forest
supervisor.
West has served as assistant
ranger on the Heppner district
sirice July 23, 1950, coming from
the Ochoco at Prineville where
he was project staff assistant in
timber and range management.
West takes over his new assign
ment work in eastern Oregon. He
has a wide acquaintance in the
Umatilla country having worked
on that forest on range surveys
prior to World War II, when he
was called to service with the air
force.
Glenn Parsons has served as
district ranger on the Heppner
district since the fall of 1946. He
is on leave from the forest ser
vice and has taken a job with
the Heppner Lumber Company.
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HOLBROOK STORY ON
HEPPNER FLOOD TO
BE RELEASED IN MAY
Mrs. Bonnie McClintock in
forms the Gazette Times that Ste
wart Holbrook's story on the Hep
pner flood of 1903 will appear in
the May issue of Coronet maga
zine. The article has been in the
hands of publishers for several
months and was not looked for
before the late summer.
Holbrok, who is Mrs. McClin
tock's brother-in-law, has visited
here on several occasions and
gathered much information rela
tive to the flash storm which all
but wiped out the town on June
14, 1903.
Local residents will be looking
forward with pleasant anticipa
tion to read the product of this
noted author since the article will
have to do with something strict
ly about this locality.
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lone Newsltems
The Girls League of the lone
high school gave the annual ban
quet March 30. Speeches were
made by Henry Tetz, Henry Osi-
bov, Russell DeBondt, and Bome
of the students. Judy Howton
Donald Eubanks, Roger Kincaid,
Donald Bristow, LeRoy Brenner,
and Malcolm McKinney played a
saxophone duet. Janet Howton
gave a humorous reading. Orton's
orchestra furnished music for the
ball. Letters were presented to
the following: Janet Howton,
Margaret Hubbard, Wilda and
Wilma Dalzell, Elise Bauern
feind, Mary Jepson and Leeta
Linn. Jane Seehafer received a
gold valleyball and a coach's tro
phy for being the outstanding
player. Boys receiving letters
were: Duane Baker, Herbert Pe
terson, Jerry Bristow, Richard Rea,
Herbert Ekstrom, Jim Morgan,
Jim Savage and Ronald Baker.
Two new students entered the
school from Arlington. They are
Margarette and Richard Morgan.
Junior-Senior career day will
be in Heppner April 6.
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Gabbert
of Portland were here the first of
the week.
Mr .and Mrs. David Barnett of
Pendleton spent the week-end
with relatives here.
Mrs. Cecil Thome attended an
American Legion birthday party
in MUton-rreewater Tuesday.
THE AMERICAN WAY
S X ILL Do
I All VOU HAV6 1 I MY OWN
No More Rubber Stamping
Arbor Day Plans
Jell at Meeting
Of C.-C. Monday
Approaches to City
To Be Improved
By Tree Planting
Plans of a committee headed
by N. C. Anderson for beautify
ing the approaches to Heppner
took shape at the Monday meet
ing of the chamber of commerce
when the chairman announced
that a program of tree planting
had been worked out and sought
a date for an all-out showing of
members in accomplishing the
job.
Whether or not the committee
can get arrangements completed
to have the planting on April 15
was not forseen at Monday's
meeting. Arbor day, as announc
ed the past week, will be on Ap
ril 13 on the west side of the Cas
cades and April 15 on the east
side of the mountains. Anderson
and Glenn Parsons had already
secured seedlings for the purpose
of planting in strips on either
side of highway approaches to
town. The job that remains is to
get them set in the ground.
Heppner, like most communi
ties, has some unsightly vistas
along the approaches to town. It
would be the purpose of the
chamber of commerce to plant
the trees in a manner not so
much to cut off these non-appealing
sights as provide something
more pleasing to the eye. Consent
of the railroad company and the
highway commission must be ob
tained for planting trees along
rights-of-way under their con
trol, but assurance has been giv
en that this will not be hard to
obtain.
The committee will choose a
date and make arrangements for
public participation in the tree
planting and will make an
nouncement as soon as this is
done.
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SOROPTIMISTS FETE
TORONTO VISITOR
Sixteen members of the Sorop
timist club of Heppner journeyed
to La Grande Tuesday afternoon
to join in the festivities planned
for the coming of the prssldent of
the American federation of Sor
optimist clubs. Miss L. Grace
Nichols of Toronto, Canada spent
the day in La Grande which was
one of the four stops Miss Nich
olls made in the Northwestern
region, the others being Helena,
Spokane and Portland.
The Heppner club women at
tended a tea in honor of the visit
ing president at the home of Mrs.
Cressa Hart in the late afternoon.
Then came the banquet at Hoke
hall on the E. O. C campus where
approximately 150 Soroptimists
gathered. There were members
from the Baker, Burns, Wallowa
County, Lakeview, Heppner and
La Grande organizations.
Each club presented initiates
who were inducted in to Soropti
mist by Miss Nicholls. She also
gave an inspirational address,
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Mrs. Annabel Allison and twin
daughters, Jo and Jan, drove up
from Portland Tuesday for a
short visit at the home of Mrs.
Allison's father, Frank W. Tur
ner and Mrs. Turner.