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LIDRARY U..QF. 0 E "J Q E N E . ORE. mmtttt ..h.rrintlnnfi.OOPerYeor.SlooleCopleslOcents Heppner. Oregon, mursdoy, July 12, 1951 Volume 68, Number 17 Reception Held Monday For New Christian Pastor A reception, honoring Rev. and and Mrs. Earl L. Soward, new pastor at the First Church of Christ, was held Monday eve ning in the church parlors. Mar cel Jones was master of cere monies. Charles N. Jones, chair man of the church board, gave the address of welcome. A pro trram was Dresented which in rinriprl hrief talks by Mayor Jesse O. Turner, Rev. J. Palmer Sorlein of the Methodist Church; Rev. Elvon L. Tull of All Saints Knlspnnal Church: John Erns- dorff, representing St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Churcn; mis. Clara B. Gertson of the Soropt mist Club of Heppner and Mrs. Oliver Creswick of the Parents Teachers' Association. Musical N numbers included a piano solo by Mrs. J. C. Turner; a duet by ' Charles Barlow and Robert Walk er, acompanied by Mrs. Walker; and a solo by Fred Hoskins, Jr. After the program, refreshments were served to over one hundred guests some of whom came from lone and Lexington. Mr. Soward comes to Heppner from Burns where he served as pastor of the Church of Christ. There are two children in the family, a daughter who is at tending Northwest Christian Col lege at Eugene and a son, Wayne 13, who is spending the sum mer in Nebraska. Do's and Don'ts for Your Summer Vacation Automobrip i w4 New Smith-Hughes Instructor Arrives The appointment of a new Smith-Hughes instructor ior tne Heppner schools was announced this week by L. L. Pate, school superintendent. James Allen has been appoin ted to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Francis Cook who held the position last year. Allen has been agricultural in structor for veterans at Vale and Wallowa for the past year. He is married and has two children and will live in the Victor Lov gren house. He arrived in Heppner July 1 Wranglers Meet, Plans Set for Next Ride tit condition, tne Auto service ucyaiuun DO be particularly careful to watch crankcase oil level on long trips DO remember to switch tires and to watch pres sure, especially on hot day9- DO wash your car once a week to. remove road film and chemicals. DO sit in a "comfortable, erect position and rest frequently. DO keep the windshield free of dust and dirt at all times. DO give your car a Lubricare treatment DO remember that most drivers can get 10 per cent more miles per gallon oy onserving won emy rules. DON'T neglect inspection and adjustment of brake before starting a long crip. DONT allow grime and dirt to accumulate on chrome. Clean as frequently as necessary DON'T take chances with improperly aimed head lights. Vour safety is at stake. DON'T put off having the air cleaner cleaned and refilled with new oil. DON'T forget in warm weather your battery needs water frequently Check it often. DONT block vision with gadgets and stickers. DON'T drive faster than conditions warrant, don't run risks on the highway, and don't drive if you are fatigued. Fossil Takes Baseball Title; All-Star Game Set tvip Fossil Townies won the Wheat- Timber baseball league with a record of eight wins to tm inssps and have challenged an All-Star team picked from the other four teams. T. catnip officials have set July 15 at 2:30 as the date for the All-Star game which is to be ninvpri at Fossil. Chosen for the team are: Joel Engleman, out field; Roland Bergstrom, 3rd; Doug Drake, pitcher and Fred Sanders, outfielder from Hepp- Build Permits Total $60,000 For First Half Year Tnrnmnlete building permit figures for the first half of 1950 show construction in neppnei amounted to $60,050. There are other building permits in the process of completion which will add several thousand Hollars to the total. Most of the permits issued were for construction of new resl- ripnees with one permit issued for the construction of a $15,000 clinic building. New Auto Registration Fee Schedule Due The Julv meeting of the Wranglers was held Tuesday evening at the club rooms. Business matters taken care of and plans were discussed for the coming over-night ride to the Winchester mountain home. Mrs. Wilbur Stegalls of Lex ington won the drawing. After adjournment by president Merle Becket, the entertainment com mittee, Mrs. Laurel Van Marter and Mrs. Cliff Dougherty took over. Mrs. Lennie Lowden and Har old Erwin played a few lively dance numbers but mainly chorus rehearsal wts held for Saturday night. Mrs. Ed LeTrace, Mrs. Edna Fetch and Mrs. Frances Orwick served coffee and sandwiches. The refreshment committee for the June meeting doing a giand job of serving a large crowd was Mrs. Bell Picker and Mrs. Clif ford Hermanns. Mrs. W. O. George is leaving by plane Sunday from Pendleton for Del Mar, California to at tend a theatre convention. Later she will visit friends in San Francisco. ner. The rest of the team has not been selected but it is known that the Hendrix brothers from Kin zua will be the Ail-Star starting battery. Fossil is expected to start Roark on the mound and Mathews catching. o Miller Services Sunday Funeral Services for Willard wiiiinm Miller were held Mon day, July 9 at the Phelps Funeral home chapel. He passed away Saturday, July 7 at Pioneer Mem. nrinl hosnital. ' ttp was horn December 8, 1899 in Idaho. Surviving are his wife, Rosalind E-; one step son William Todd: two sisters, Mrs. Mary Blake and Mrs. Nellie Gulick and two brothers, Edward and Rob prr Miller. Pallbearers were Earl, Willard and Keithly Blake, Ed Roberts, Floyd Dickinson and Boyd Gulick Services were conducted oy J. Palmer of the Methodist church. Interment was in the lone cem etery. o Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman re- ported Thursday that a new schedule of fees for motor ve hicle titles and registrations will go into effect Thursday, August 2. The new rates set by the last legislature are: title fee, $2; re finance fee, $2; clear title, $2; duplicate title $1; duplicate re gistration card, $l; duplicate date, each plate $i; duplicate tab. each tab. 50c; continuous trip permit $5. The legislature made many othpr changes in motor vehicle registration fees and liability laws which will be announced at a later date. MURCHISON TAKEN TO PORTLAND HOSPITAL Amhip Murchison of Heppner salesman for Empire Machinery Co., was taken to the Emman uel hospital in Portland luesaay for treatment of a back or hip lnJurv- ., He was taken to rortiana oy Mr nnri Mrs. John Lane who re ported Thursday morning that Murchison had Dttn put m traction "by his physician and it was hoped no suTgery would be necessary. He had been connneu to bed since July 6. . o Wayne Soward To Join Family In Heppner wavnp Soward. son of Rev. and Mrs. Earl L. Soward will Join his parents in Heppner Sunday nn his return from a trip to the midwest. He travelled with Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Allen of Burns and spent four weeks seeing the sights of Salt Lake City, Den ver, and other midwestern states. Last Sunday. Soward's daugn- ter, Marie visited with her par- pnts. She came from Eugene where she is attending summer school at the University oi ure-gon. Rev. Soward is the new pastor at the Church of Christ. Dial Telephones Now In Operation At Lexington Thursday saw the start of operation of the new dial tele phone system recently mstaiiea in Lexington by the Pacific Tele phone and Telegraph company. The changeover was maae ai 12:30 D.m. according to Miss Leatha Smith, Heppner manager for the company. Between 73 ana 85 phones were changed in the modernization program. Lexing ton residents will now De aDie to dial both HeDDner and Arling ton direct without having to go through a long-distance operator. T pvincrton Is the second Mor row roimtv town to see install- tion of dial telephones, such a system was put into opertion in Tono on March 29. The company's plans lor a dial installation in Heppner has been set hack bv a shortage of critical materials but it is expected that the changeover can be made here within the next two years o HeDDner Freight Car 9 Loadings on Increase; July to See Jump Freight car loadings handled through the Heppner depot of the Union Pacific railroad snow a a email Increase for June over the previous month, according to F. C. Tolleson, agent. A total of 98 cars were loaded out last month with lumber ac counting for the big part of the traffic. Included in the total were 88 cars of lumber; barley, 3; .rhont a- rattle and horses, one each and three cars of scrap iron, June's loadings compares with 93 cars in May and 96 for June, iocn Tnilpson stated that load ings in July will probably double those of June according to in dications of the business during the first 10 days of this month County Budget Gets Approval; Total Tax Lew Down for Year Swimming Lessons Started at Pool Swimming lessons were start ed at the Heppner Swimming pool last Tuesday under tne dir ection of Mary Gunderson, life puard at the tank. Lessons will be given iour aays a week. Tuesday through Fri- dav with beginners scheduled for 10 to 11 o'clock: intermeaiate classes, 11 to 12 noon; and Jun ior and senior lifesaving instruc tion set for 5 to 6 o'clock in the evening. There is no charge for the service, according to Miss Gunderson. Regular swimming rates at the nool are adults. 50c: high school students 25c and grade school children 15c. Season tickets are also available at the rate of $4.00 single, $6.00 double and $7.00 for a family ticket. The municipal dooI is open dally except Mon day from 1 to 5 p.m. and also Wednesday, Friday and Sunday from T to 9. Miss Gunderson reports there has been a heavy use of the pool during the past several days of warm weather. Mrs. Venice Stiles of Portland arrived Sunday to visit with her mother, Josie Jones. She plans on being here till about July 21. HEPPNER FIREMEN CALLED HpDDrier firemen were called shortly before noon Thursday to fieht a grass fire south or town. SDarks from burning at the city dumD aooarently started the blaze which covered several acres before being controlled. o The Oliver Creswick's three bovs returned Sunday from Her miton where thev had been visiting at the Paul McCoy home Mr. McCoy and boys drove them home. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Turner snpnt last week at the coast re turning fo Heppner on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. George Ferry oi Pendleton were here Sunday to attend the Oddfellow-Rebekan picnic. Mrs. Perry is the mother of Jesse Payne. Mr. and Mrs. lames Brown of Chillieothe. Mo. arrived in Hepp ner July 3 to visit Mf. Browns daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Duane Gentry and daughted Dehra Kave. Accompanying tnem to Oregon were Gentry's brother and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gentry of Excelsior, Mo. They expect to stay until the end of this week. Mr. and Mrs. Blaine E Isom, former Heppner residents were in town Monday. OPS Trade Meeting Set for Heppner ThP Portland branch of the Office of Price Stabelization has called a special trade meeting to he held Thursday, July 19, at 8:00 p.m. at the Morrow ronntv court house in Heppner. It is to be of special interest to anyone in the meat, grocery, restaurant, dry goods and variety stores and also those in the ser vino husiness such as automotive repair according to word received from the OPS office. Marvin Graser and Vernon Malberg, OPS business analysts and Robert Prenovost, economist from the Oregon district will re view the regulations effecting the various businesses and ans wer questions. o Grain Fire Does But Little Damage HeDDner fire chief, C. A. Rue gles and a small crew of fire fighters answered a fire call from Alvin Bunch Tuesday evening when a grain fire started near a combine on the Mankln -Bunch ranch west of Heppner. Ruggles reported the wind blew the fire away from stand ing grain and was stopped oy Bunch's "own crew after it had burned over 35 to 40 acres of pasture. o HOSPITAL PATIENTST Out patients Robert Nelson Fossil: Gary Conner Heppner; Mrs. Ida Olson, Heppner; Mr. Frank Roberts, Heppner. Medical Bill Hinton, Heppner, dismissed: Mrs. Lora Howe, Lex ington; Mrs. Gladys Shannon, Klnzua. dismissed; Vern Bratt, Spray; Betty Wilson, Hardman, dismissed; Mrs. Henry Clark, lone. Minor Surgery Clarice Hast lnes. HeDDner. New Arrivals To Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Howe, Heppner a 6 lb. 12 oz. boy on July 7. o Tommy DrlscolL son of Mr. and Mrs. James Drlscoll returned home Sunday from visiting for two weeks in Redmond and Corvallis. He was traveling with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pointer. Mr, Pointer and Mr. Pointer's mother Mrs. Maude Pointer brought Tommy home. Mrs. Marvin Wiahtman of Claudien's shop left Sunday for Seattle where she will attend market week. She will return the last part of the week. o Mr. and Mrs. John Ernsdorf were in Pendleton Sunday to be the Godparents to Charles Vic tor Mendonsa son of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Mendonsa. Mrs. Tack O'Connor. Dennis and Michael were driven to Seottle July 1 by Mr. and Mrs. John Ernsdorf and family. The urns- dorfs returned in the middle of the week and Mrs. O'Conner was driven back this week end by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Honkins and her sister Mrs. Douglas Hudson and daughter Linda. They stayed to visit in Heppner a few days before re turning to Seattle. The Morrow county court at n snecial session Friday. June 29 gave final approval to the coun ty budget as it was adverusea for the coming year. Judge Garnet Barratt and com missioners Ralph Thompson, Heppner, and Russell Miller. Boardman announced that in spite of considerable increase in expenditures, receipts for the coming vear are also greater and this, coupled with an increase in assessed valuations has kept the levy for the year within the six percent limitation. Another en- couraging factor pointed out by the court is that enough cash has accumulated In the bond sink ing and interest fund that it was necessary to make only a $7,500 levy for retirement of road bonds instead of the $27,500 formerly levied. No levy will be made for bond interest. There is, however, $57,500 outstanding In road bond indebtedness which will not be fully retired until 1955. The total budget for all county functions, Including roads and general schools fund, which was passed back to the county by the legislature in the amount or $iz, 640 for the year, is $314,970 com pared to $346,440 for the past fis cal year. Estimated receipts are $211,- 925 compared to 223,530 last year. The total amount to be raised by taxation, inside the six per-1 cent limitation will be $95,546 as compared to $90,410 last year. As sessed valuation Increases with in the county will almost offset the total amount of the Increase inside the limitation so that the Increase in levy will be neglig ible. Budgets of several departments were Increased over last year. These Include an additional $1,000 for the extension service program, $1,440 for the health nurse service, $4,750 for appoint ive and elective salaries, $4,uuu in new appropriations for weed control, $1,500 for a pension plan, under Social Security made pos sible by the last legislature which will enable county em ployees to come under its pro visions, and the $10 per census child school fund which was handed back to the counties by the legislature which amounts to $12,640. Some of the Increases wer" made possible only by a large cash balance in the general fund due to larger receipts from var ious sources, including land sales. The court noted that the over all levy for county purposes will be just under two mills less than last year. This fact, along with a smaller levy for rural schools this year is encouraging to the taxpayer. Judge Barratt also stated that a general report on the county road department budget and in formation on the progress of the road- program will be made pub lic shortly. Manr Evelyn Tucker, daughter of Mildred Tucker spent last week vacationing with her grandDarents, Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Tucker of Stanfleld. The Chamber of Commerce Monday heard Ronald Baker, lone give a review of his recent trip to 411 camp at Washington, D. C. SOROPTIMISTS MEET The Soroptimist Club met Thursday noon at O'Donnells. There were two guests present, Mrs. Leola Bengtson of Mcdiord and Fay Smith of Everett, Wash ington and General Field repre sentative for Eastern Oregon in the National American Red cross. Lucy Rogers had charge of the program which was in the form of an I.Q. test. y Early Harvesting Under Way; Lexington Hauling Heaviest Morrows county's wheat harvest started in earnest this week with grain hauling in creasing daily since Monday. Information received from Bill Richards, of the Lexington station of the Morrow county Grain Growers showed that elevator receiving the largest percentage of the early hauling. Accepted at the Lexington station were 35,000 bushels on Tuesday and about 50,000 bushels on Wednesday. Each day Is expect cd to show increase, according to Richards, and the peak is not expected until July 20 when an average of around 70,000 bushels a day will be handled. The majority of the early grain is coming ' from the area north of Lexington and lone with the southern area due to start oper ations In the next few days. Merle Baker, of the Archer-Daniels-Midland elevator at lone reported Wednesday that they had received 8,000 bushels Tues day and that Wednesday would show a con siderable increase over that. All Indications were for an excellent crop for the county, however both men pointed out that It was too early yet to get a definite figure on yield. Baker stated that early testing had shown up very well.