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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, June 7, 1951
Volume 68, Number 12
Ownership of Old
Home Town Paper
To Change July 1
Robert Penland of
Lebanon to Become
Publisher of G-T
Negotiations have been com
pleted for transfer of ownership
and management of the Heppner
Gazette Times from Mr. and Mrs.
O. G. Crawford to Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Penland of Lebanon. The
transfer will take place July 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Penland will ar
rive June 26 with their household
goods. In the meantime, the
Crawfords are on the lookout for
a place to live, temporarily, at
least. They have no plans for the
future other than to take a good
rest and look around for a loca
tion. The man assuming the role of
publisher is a native Oregonian
and an experienced newspaper
man. He was born in Albany,
graduated from grade and high
schools there and in 1939 gradu
ated from the University of Ore
gon school of journalism. His
first assignment was on the ad
vertising staff of the Bend Bulle
tin where he spent four years.
Part of that time he was on the
Bulletin's radio station, KBND.
During the war he was employed
at Coos Bay for one and one-half
years and from there went to the
Lebanon Express where he has
been manager for the past six
and one-half years.
Mr. Penland was pledged to
Sigma Delta Chi while at U. of O;
was president of Oregon Adman
agers in 1947-48. He is a member
of the Lebanon Elks lodge, Ma
sonic lodge and the Lions club.
He and Mrs. Penland are mem
bers of the Episcopal church.
They have one child, Neal, eight
years old.
The Penlands, while new to
Heppner, are not coming as to
tal strangers. They were class
mates of Edwin Dick, Francis
Nickerson, Joe Green, and John
G. Parker, which goes to say that
they knew all about the town
during their university days.
Their acquaintance with the
present publishers dates back
five or six years when both fam
ilies were attending the Oregon
Newspaper Publishers associa
tion meetings.
The present publishers assum
ed ownership on October 1, 1942.
Those were black days through
out the world but everybody car
ried on in a forward loooking
manner and the newspaper grew
and prospered. It required work
ing around the clock many times
and this eventually played havoc
with Mrs. Crawford's health. It
was finally decided that the pro
perty should be sold and the "old
man" go out and look for some
thing less strenuous as a means
for earning a livelihood.
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FUTURE FARMERS JUDGED
BEST SWINE HERDSMEN
While the 4-H clubbers were
grabbing off most of the honors
at the Oregon Wheat League Fat
stock show and sale at The Dalles
the first of the week the Future
Farmers of America were a bit
busy on their own acount. They
took first in swine herdsmanship.
The boys had their own animals
at the show.
The three boys on the team
were Lynn Rill, Jerry Buschke
and Bob Buschke.
Francis Cook was their coach.
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PENDLETON JUNIORS BLANK
HEPPNER HOPEFULS, 7-0
Pendleton's Legion junior base
ball team blanked Heppner's
hopefuls in the game played
Sunday on Rodeo field. It was
the first appearance of the Hepp
ner boys while Pendleton has
been playing three years.
Gary Connor, star Heppner
Mfrh school athlete, pitched the
''ng contest and gave up
our hits. Hepner garnered
hits off of the Pendleton
"er but was unable to make
i in count. The visitors scored
' it- runs in the first inning and
n -n the last. The other five
constituted a pitchers'
' crowd turned out to
,nung fellows give their
ialerpretation of the national
pastime.
Heppner's next game will be
with Hcrmiston. It will be played
at night on the Echo field.
Pendleton Post No. 61 and the
vrn Oregon Motor Service
'pnnsorinR the Pendleton
an,. Ileimner Post No. 87
and Kosewall Motor Co. are the
backers of the local team.
Copious Showers
Enhance Prospects
For County's Crops
Crop prospects have improved
immeasurable this week with the
coming, of rains that up to the
time of going to press have
brought more than an inch of
precipitation to the county. Start
ing in with heavy but not vio
lent showers Monday night there
have been intermittent showers
ever since and the farmers are
feeling comfortable if not down
rigjit smug.
According to Ralph Crum, pres
ident of Tri-County Weather
Research, Inc., these showers ar?
the work of nature and not the
result of any effort put forth by
Dr. Krick and associates. Howev
er, Dr. Krick did forecast rain for
Monday night, beating the wea
ther bureau to the draw by at
least 12 hours. The bureau had
forcast rain for Tuesday.
Farmers say the rains are
timely as in some sections the
grain was not filling as it should.
Cool nights and lack of really
warm days have been a help to
the crops and now the prospect
is bright for a heavy yield all
over the county. The situation is
such that many of the farmers
subscribing to the rain making
experiment took time off this
morning to drive to Condon to
attend the annual meeting of the
Tri County Weather Research,
Inc., where Dr. Krick and some of
his staff are on deck to answer
questions and explain the work
ings of their weather experiments
Reports reaching Heppner are
to the effect that the currant
showers have been more copious
over the northern grain section
than up this way. Some of the
larger grain growers are predict
ing as much as 50 bushels in
fields here and there over the
wheat belt In any event, the av
erage will be higher than previ
ous years if the present prospect
holds until the combines enter
the fields
Citizens Must Back
Sewage Disposal
Plan, Mayor Says
Plans formulated thus far by
the city council for the construc
tion of a sewer system in Hepp
ner were discussed by Mayor J.
O. Turner at the Monday lunch
eon meeting of the Heppner
chamber of commerce. The ma
yor stated that the council had
made a start on a program to try
and get something definite un
derway and he thought it was
about time the citizens, or cer
tain segments of them at least,
were let in on the plans.
Before entering upon a discus
sion of the council's dilemma,
the mayor read letters from the
state sanitary board in which it
was apparent that the stale offi
cials expect Heppner to do some
thing about obtaining proper se
wage disposal in the near fu
ture. They would like to know
the approxmiate date the city
expects to start.
Speaking for the city, Mayor
Turner said the council had
made something of a start in
plans for raising revenue. One
item is the levying of a 10-mill
tax over a certain period. This
would be augmented by a spec
ial water users' levy or assessment.-
The council committee
studying the problem has recom
mended a monthly additional
charge of $1 for residences and
businesses not included in the
heavy user class. As for apart
ment houses, hotels, restaurants
and any other type of business
using more than the minimum,
the rate has not been determin
ed as the committee feels furth
er adjusting of rates should be
made before submitting them
for consideration by the council
and the voters.
Former Mayor Garland Swan
son of lone was at the luncheon
and was asked to tell how lone
handles the town meetings. The
town council calls an annual
town meeting when all problems
of the council and the community
are brought to light. The results
have been highly gratifying,
Swanson said.
The chamber of commerce com
plimented Mrs. Henry Tetz on
her work of making signs for the
childrens' fishing reserve and re
warded Vic Groshcns with a gift
for being the best kid fisherman
in the month of May. He caught
a 21-inch trout, not in the reserve
but below town.
Annual Dinner of Soroptimist Club of Heppner . . .
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This scene was taken Friday evening in the banquet room of O'Donnell's Cafe on the occasion of the
third annual banquet and installation of officers of the Soroptimist club of Heppner. Mrs. Clara
Gertson was installed as president; Mrs. Joe Hughes vice president and Mrs. W. C. Collins, secretary.
Photography by The Picture Shop
Soroptimist Club
Holds Installation
Mrs. Clara B. Gertson was in
stalled as president of the Sorop
timist Club of Heppner following
the annual dinner served in the
banquet room of O'Donnell's
Cafe Friday evening. Mrs. Alice
Dowell Jones of Portland, past
Northwest Regional director and
present chairman of the advisory
committee, addressed the gath
ering and did the installing. Mrs.
Joe Hughes was installed as vice
president, and Mrs. W. C. Collins
as recording secretary. Miss Lcta
Humphreys, corresponding secretary-elect
and Mrs. John Saager,
treasurer-elect were unable to be
present and will be inducted
later.
The assemblage sat down to
elegantly decorated tables, the
handiwork of Soroptimist Mary
Van Stevens, and partook of a
most satisfying baked ham din
ner. Dinner music was supplied
by a record player from Gonty's
Mrs. C. C. Dunham was mis
tress of ceremonies and kept the
meeting flowing smoothly. She
called for a report from members
on the manner in which they
earned their five dollar assess
ments for the educational fund.
Miss Margaret Gillis captured
the prize with her story. A man !
sent her five dollars for getting i
Morrow Countians Log Trip of Oregon
Journal Sponsored Cruise To Alaska
Leonard Carlson took time out
to write the Gazette Times a j
letter from Alaska while on
the Oregon Journal sponsored)
cruise to the northland.) I
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Carlsoi,
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Heliker and
Mrs. Ida Grimes left on the Jour
nal Alaska cruise -train from
Portland at 8:15 a. m. May 2G for
Vancouver, B. C. 337 miles dis
tant, making a lunch stop at Ta
coma at 11:25 a. m. Chartered
buses were waiting to transport
us to the Top of the Ocean res
taurant for a special smorgas
bord lunch. Left Tacoma at 1:15
p. m. and at 2:10 p. m. arrived at
King street station in Seattle.
Left there at 2:30 p. m. and ar
rived at Bellingham at 5:20 p. m.
where buses were waiting to take
them to the Leopold hotel, six
blocks distant, for a fine dinner.
Left Bellingham at 7:10 ar
riving at Vancouver B. C. at 9:15
p. m. Chartered buses were wait
ing at the station to transport the
party to the Canadian National
dock where we boarded the Prince
George for the cruise north to
Skagway, Alaska, 1122 miles up
the coast. Stops were made along
the way. At Ocean Falls, a pa
per mill town, seat of what is
said to be the largest mill of the
kind in the world. The cruise
party had a grand time visiting
over the city and inspecting the
paper factory where guides took
us through and explained every
thing about making paper of all
kinds. Sailing from Ocean Falls
at 8:30 p. m. we arrived at Prince
Rupert at 9:30 a. m. May 28. We
were taken through the Canadian
Fish and Cold Storage plant, also
said to be the largest in the
world. Left FR at 1 p. m. and ar
rived at Ketchikan at 7:3o p. m.
where we had 2 and a half hours
to do as we pleased. At 10 p. m.
we sailed for Juneau, capital of
Alaska, arriving at 4:15 p. m.
May 29. Gray Line sightseeing
buses met us for a 32-mile ride
through Tongass National Forest
along Gastineau channel to the
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Council Ready To
Submit Plan For
Sewer Financing
A start was made Monday eve
ning by the city council to build
up a fund for the construction of ;
a sewer system. The council ap-1
proved a proposal to submit to
the voters at the budget election
the levying of a 10-mill tax. This
will be supplemented by an as-1
sessment of $1 per water meter
for residences and properly ad-
justed rates on business houses,
county buildings and school
buildings.
Pending further adjustments
on public property.
Residents of Water street are'
preparing a petition to present
ments to that street to take care
of drainage
a service car for him, accompany
ing the bill with a Mother's Day
card.
The honored guest, Mrs. Jones,
was accompanied by Mrs. Ger
trude Gotcher, president- elect of
the Soroptimist Club of Portland.
The ladies drove to Prineville
Saturday to attend the institution
of a new club.
spectacular Mendenhali glacier.
On the return we skirted lovely
Auke lake and had a beautiful
view of the glacier and the snow
capped mountains. In the eve
ning we went to the territorial
museum. It contains fine collec
tions of Eskimo and Indian art
and displays of Russian occupa
tion and gold rush days. We sail
ed from Juneau at 11:45 a. m.
May 30, arriving at Skagway at
9 a. m. The story is that many
gold seekers of the Klondyke rush
landed at this port on the west
side of the canal to venture over
Chilcoot Pass, while others took
the White Pass trail. A. L. Lamb
of Salem and E. F. Marshall of
Tacoma, members of the cruise,
were among those early pioneers.
Both came north in 1898. They
gave us some interesting talks
on gold rush days.
At 9:30 a. m. the party left for
Carcross, Yukon territory by spec
ial parlor car train over the
White Pass & Yukon route. Had
dinner at Lake Bennett, 66 miles
from Skagway. An interesting
ride over rugged country. Saw a
number of old mines where gold
seekers had been looking for
nuggets. Returned to Skagway
at 7:30 p. m. Carcross was the
northern terminus of our trip. At
7:30 p. m. the residents of Skag
way gave us a party reminiscent
of the days of '98 which was a
delight to all. We sailed from
Skagway at 10 p. m. for Glacier
Bay, arriving at 7 a. m. It is a
wonderful sight with glaciers
hundreds of feet high.
We were favored with excel
lent weather for the cruise. The
captain said no ship has ever
been so close to the glacier be
fore. On June 1, on our return trip
we arrived at Petersburg at 8a.
m. The Petersburg chamber of
commerce was host for the par
ty for the three hours we wore
in port, he Prince George left Pe
tersburg at 12 noon, passing
through Wrangell Narrows. This
thrilling trip must be at exactly
Air Raid Alert Given
Test Wednesday
Oregon's civil defense air raid
alert system was given a test
Wednesday morning when warn
ings were flashed to the several
districts. The central office at
Pendleton received the flash at
10 o'clock and it was relayed to
Heppner by 1:15.
The sheriff's office is the cen
tral agency for the civil defense
in Morrow county. Sheriff Bau
man had left instructions with
his deputies, Mrs. Frances Mitch
ell and Mrs. Juanita Massey, and
within 12 minutes after the alarm
was received at the central of
fice the several posts in the coun
ty had been alerted. The deputies
had to put call in to lone, Irri
gon and Boardman.
Sheriff Bauman commended
the local telephone exchange for
the manner in which the calls
were dispatched.
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O'CONNOR LEAVING
Jack O'Connor, manager of the
Heppner J. C, Penney Co. store
since 1944, announced today that
he is leaving June 17 to take the
managership of the company's
store at Fallon, Nevada. (Particu
lars next week).
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Carl Thorpe has purchased the
Richfield station from George
Davidson.
the right stage of the tide and re
quired skillful navigation. We
left Wrangell Narrows at 1:30 p.
m., arriving at Wrangall, Alaska
at 4 p. m. The party was taken
for a bus sightseeing ride over
the city. At 8:30 the citizens of
Wrangell entertained us with an
interesting frontier party of the
'98 gold days. Left Wrangell at
11:30 p. m. and arrived at Ketch
ikan at 8 a. m. June 2. Had an
hour bus ride over the city and
two hours shopping. A beautiful
little city; main industries, fish
ing, canneries and cold storage
plants. Sailed from Ketchikan at
12 noon June 2, arriving at Prince
Rupert, B. C. at 7 p. m.; spent
four hours shopping as we pleas
ed. Sailed from PR at 11 p. m.
Sunday; at 6 a. m. Monday the
Prince George arrived at Doug
las Channel and for miles we
cruised right into the heart of
the Coast Range mountains of
British Columbia. Here glaciers
and waterfalls of spectacular
beauty can be seen. We left the
Gardner Canal at 8 p. m. Monday
at 5 p. m. and entered the Sey
mour Narrows, a beautiful view.
Arrived at Victoria at 7:30 a. m.
Tuesday, landing at Ogdcn Point
dock. A visit was made to the
provincial capital of British Co
lumbia In Victoria, the Prince
George came in for an entire day
so the cruise party went sight
seeing, and browsed around and
shopped as they wished. We sail
ed from Victoria at 11 p. m. and
arrived at Vancouver at 7:30 a.
m. Gray Line sightseeing buses
were waiting to take the parly
for a three hour ride about the
city. Vancouver is Canada's third
largest city, population 400.000.
At 12:15 we had luncheon at the
Panorama Roof hotel. At 1:45
Wednesday .June 6, we entrained
by Great Northern for Portland.
arriving there at 10:35 p. m. All
the cruise party had a wonderful
time. We made about 3500 miles
I in all.
4-H Clubbers Win Lion's
Share of Awards at Fat
Stock Show at The Dalles
Heppner Strafed
By Fossil, 13 to 8,
In Sunday's Contest
Heppner outhit Fossil in the
Timber-Wheat league game at
Fossil Sunday but hits don't
mean scores unless the hitter
crosses the home plate. Heppner
got 15 hits to Fossil's 14 but Fos
sil got 13 runs to Heppner's eight.
The teams got six strikeouts each.
Mortimore started pitching for
Fossil and gave up five hits and
four runs. He left the game with
Heppner ahead 4-3. Prindle took
over in the third and was never
in much trouble. Fossil scored
seven runs in the fourth inning
on five hits after three Heppner
errors.
Drake pitched and Ball caught
the entire game for Heppner. ;
Hitting honors for Fossil went to
Lewis, first baseman, who had a
triple, double and two singles.
Norman Bergstrom of Heppner !
lpH hie ton mm a tofc uriV, i tr-lnl '
a double and two singles. Joel i
Engelman, Heppner's speedy
centerfielder, got three hits to
keep his average above .500 for
the season.
Next Sunday Heppner takes on
the league leading Kinzua club
The game will be played on the
turf field at lone. Thus far Kin-1
zua has lost only to Heppner.
Local News In Brief
Randall Peterson is home from
school at Couer d' Alene, Idaho
to spend the summer vacation
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. O. Peterson.
Janet Wightman, young dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin
Wightman, submitted to an ap
pendectomy at the Pioneer Me
morial hospital Wednesday eve
ning. Mrs. Grace Nickerson left Mon
day morning for Chicago to visit
her son and family, the Francis
Nickersons. She was accompan
ied by her granddaughter, Billie
Pat Hayes of Arlington, and a
niece. Upon their return at the
end of three weeks they will be
accompanied by Karen Hayes
who stayed with Nickersons and
attended school there the past
year
Miss Leta Humphreys return
ed the first of the week from a
short vacation. She went first to
Kelso, Wash, to visit an uncle
and aunt. Then she and her aunt
went to Hillsboro for Memorial
day. On their return the ladies
visited other members of the fa
mily at points along the coast.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bergstrom
and daughter Marilyn left this
morning for Corvallis to bring
Gerald Bergstrom, student at
Oregon State college, home for
the summer vacation. Ihey were
accompanied by Mrs. Martha
King and daughter Mary who
went for a short visit with rela
tives in the college town.
Services will be held Sunday at
the Heppner Church of Christ by
the Rev. Earl L. Soward of Burns
who will preach at 11 a. m. He
will be accompanied by Mrs.
Soward.
Mrs. Maud Casswell has moved
from the Farrens house to an
apartment in Mrs. Bertha John
son's house. She has redecorated
the rooms according to her own
taste, demonstrating both her
knowledge of interior decorating
and her ability to do the work.
Mrs. Douglas Ogletree return
ed Monday from Portland after
undergoing major surgery last
week. She came to Pendleton by
plane and was met there by her
husband. She will be bedfast for
some time.
Miss Margaret Gillis left today
for Longview, Wash to attend a
reunion of alumnae of the Pres
byterian hospital of New York
City
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Garden Club Show
Set at Lexington
Tuesday, June 12 is tne date
chosen by the Lexington Garden
club for its spring ilower show
at the Ladies Aid room of the
Congregational-Christian church.
Exhibits must be in place by
2 p. m. for judging; There are
four classes: Specimen flowers;
flower arrangements including
one variety and mixed lots; cor
sages; house plants, both foliage
plants and flowering.
A silver tea will be held from
2:30 to 4 o'clock.
Twelve Morrow county 4-H
Club members arrived home on
Thursday morning from the fifth
annual Oregon Wheat League
Fat Stock show and sale held at
The Dalles early this week. At
tending and taking part in the
show were Duane and Ronald
Baker, Malcolm and Leland Mc
Kinney, Herbert and Richard Ek
strom, Janet Howton and Ingrid
Hermann of lone; Johanne Wil
son, Deane Graves and Eddie and
Johnnie Brosnan of Heppner.
Leaders attending were John
Graves of Heppner and Earl Mc
Kinney of lone. Several of the
club members' parents were on
hand to encourage the members
through to the excellent show
ing they made.
In taking considerably more
than their share of the awards at
this show, the first accomplish
ment was their showing in the
livestock judging contest held on
the first day, Monday, June 4.
Six of the ten high-placing live
stock judges were from Morrow
county with 108 participating in
the contest. Ronald and Duane
Baker and Johanne Wilson were
given cash prizes and a "trophy at
the Tuesday evening baniuo
when it was announced that Ro
nald scored first, Duane second
and Johanne fifth. Janet Howton,
Deane Graves and Herbert Ek
strom took sixth, seventh and
tenth places, respectively.
With the livestock judged
Tuesday, the second day, Morrow
county club members again
scored, Ingrid Hermann taking
first place with her prime Here
ford steer which was later judg
ed reserve champion of the en
tire show. Morrow county placed
nothing lower than fourth place
in the fat steer classes. Ronald
Baker's Shorthorn steer was then
judged champion Shorthorn of
that division, which too, was a
prime steer with Morrow exhib
iting four of the seven prime
beef of the 98 calves competing
in the show. Deane Graves with
his fat Hereford steer was also in
the group showing for Grand
Championship, won over by
Brent Horn of Umatilla county
and Ingrid Hermann of Morrow.
In the showmanship contest
on Wednesday morning, Morrow
county again took more than its
share of awards when Malcolm
McKinney placed first in the in
termediate class of fat steer
showmanship and Ronald Baker
in the senior division. Competing
with the winner of the junior
class, Ronald Baker was judged
Grand Champion beef showman,
with Malcolm McKinney taking
Reserve Champion award.. Mov
ing on to the sheep showman
ship contest Ronald was judged
first place winner with Johanne
Wilson a close second. One of the
highlights of the show was the
grand championship contest. Ro
nald competed against himself
with his steer and sheep, with
Sammie Nobles as champion hog
showman. Ronald was awarded
the Service Motor Company
award, The Dalles, as Grand
Champion showman of the week.
The Morrow county gTOup then
took champion herd of five
steers of the entire show.
The auction sale Wednesday
evening was a successful event
for the local club members with
all animals exhibited bringing
premiums of at least four cents
over market prices. During this
auction sale Malcolm McKinney
was awarded the Mountain View
Hereford Ranch Special which
was a show halter presented by
Fred Cox & Sons, Grss Vn!'
Ronald was awarded the Serce
Motor trophy at this time.
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HOSPITAL NOTES . . .
Patients at the Pioneer Memor
ial hospital this week included
the following:
Mrs. Juanita Massey, surgery.
Mrs. Mabel Burkenbine, medi
cal treatment.
Mrs. Glenna Adams, Spray, out
patient.
Mrs. Velma Huebener, out
patient.
Mrs. Cornet Green, out patient.
Lillian Hubbard, Janet Wight
man, medical treatment.
Frank Van, Lexington, medi
cal treatment.
A son was born June 3 to Mr.
and Mrs. Bruce Lindsay of Kin
zua. Mrs. Garnet Barratt discharged
after several days.
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