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alette U. OF 0 EUQENE.. epptiet $3.00 Year, 10c Copy Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, August 16, 1951 Volume 68, Number 22 ORE. r' ' ' OVER THE TOP Last week's embargo on wheat shipments caus ed an immediate overflow of the golden grain at the Lexington ele vator of the Morrow County Grain Growers. This picture, taken last Saturday afternoon, a day after the dumping started shows a re latively small pile on the ground. By Wednesday night there were 40,000 bushels in the pile. (GT Photo) P-T A. Lays Plans For Coming Year The executive committee of the Heppner Parent-Teachers associ ation met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Creswick to lay plans for group activities for the com inv school year. Committees were appointed and a suggested list of school room mothers was drawn up. Each prospective woman chosen for the positions will be contacted prior to school opening, as the group hopes to have all commit tee positions filled before the start of school. Plans were discussed for the annual teacher's reception spon sored by the group and neld as the first fall meeting of the or ganization. The date was set for Wednesday, September 26 with the affair to be a potluck dinner tentatively planned to be held at the Christian Church. New president of the group for the coming year is Mrs. Creswick and program chairman is Mrs. John Pfeiffer. There were 14 mem bers in attendance. The Story of Your Pioneer Memorial Hospita HOW IT OPERATES In describing the operation and proceedure of your Pioneer Mem orial hospital it is logical to start where a patient would start upon entering the hospital, at the desk where necessary information is obtained concerning the admittant. In emergency cases treatment, of course, comes first for the life and pain-saving facilities of the hospital are primary, but for a majority of patients a regular admittance proceedure is followed. Let's take an imaginary patient call her Mrs. X and follow her through the necessary steps in being admitted for medical care. Her first contact with hospital personnel will be with Mrs. Max Gentry, admittance secretary who will ask her a lot of questions. These questions are as important to Mrs. X as they are to the hos- m I. Si ' HERE IS where an incoming patient is "checked In" it Pioneer Memorial hospital. Photo shows Mrs. Max Gentry, reception clerk and Mrs. Rita Worden R. N staff pital for they will establish the reason for her confinement and to what department she will be assigned for the proper care. The general divisions into which the hospital is divided include gen eral medical, isolation, mater nity, minor and major surgery, emergency, welfare, X-ray and laboratory. The admittance secretary will arrange for protection of the pa tient's valuables, and will want to know her religion which is not as silly a question as it may seem, for a sen-ice of the hospital is to advise the minister or priest of that patient's confinement that he and friends may visit, some thing nearly every patient wants and needs as an aid to quick recovery. ! ... O'Connor Tells Chamber of Nevada Country Jack O'Connor, former J. C. Penney manager at Heppner, told the chamber of commerce Mon day of the area to which he has been transferred. The O'Connors, after seven years here are to make their new home in Fallon, Nevada, a town only slightly larger than Heppner, but sur rounded by a heavily populated area of small irrigated farms. He states that the chamber of commerce at Fallon was an or ganization of over 600 members and included many of the far mers of the district. The O'Con nors left Tuesday for Fallon. Loyal Parker reported to the group that his committee was making arrangements for the Rodeo and Dress up parade, the latter to be held Saturday eve ning, August 25. A complete list of prizes for the main parade is to be made public within a jshort time. - Miss Martha Tapanainen, new Morrow county health nurse, was introduced to the members. M i i f) nurse talking to visitor. (Picture Shop Photo) As must be expected, the mat ter of money must arise, and it does at the time of admittance. Pioneer Memorial is not "hard boiled", in fact its terms are more reasonable than in many insti tutions, yet it is a business, and must be operated as such. More than half of all patients admitted are protected by some kind of insurance plan and prac tically all of them are acceptable here including: Oregon Physic ians Service, Blue Cross, Nation al Hospital Association, Indust rial hospital, state Industrial ac cident and other private insur ance plans. Mrs. X is told what her plan gives her and what ad ditional expense, if any, she will have. If she prefers a private Continued on Page 6 i"4 if r Railroad Embargo Immediately Plugs Morrow Grain Elevators Wheat Piles Up On Ground At Lexington Crowded condtions at Portland and all other west coast ports caused a railroad emborgo on the shipment of wheat to all ports effective last Monday. Re suit of the embargo here was the dumping of wheat on the ground at the Lexington eleva tor of the Morrow County Grain Growers. Up until last Friday, all ele vators in the area were able to handle the bumber crop, the larg est Morrow county has ever har vested, but the stoppage of ship ping caused an immediate plug and the grain spilled over the top. Cause of the embargo order was the extremely heavy grain hav- vest in Washington and Oregon, the second largest in the history cf the two states. Railroad offi cials reported more than 1400 rail cars were standing on tracks at Portland with elevators there un able to receive any additional wheat. Conditions were reported the same in Vancouver, Seattle and Tacoma. Wednesday evening officials at the Lexington elevator reported more than 40,000 bushels were on the ground. Since the embargo all receiving for the organization has been handled at the one plant. While most harvesting is completed in the Lexington and lone areas, the Heppner area is in the middle of it's cut and op erators have been forced to make the additional haul. F. C. Tolleson, Heppner agent for the Union Pacific railroad stated that the carrier was do ing everything possible to ease the situation, but the Interstate Commerce Commission, who re quested the embargo would not allow further carloadings. He said he expected some cars to be available by the first of the week, but they would come on a per mit basis. He said the last wheat loaded in this area is still in the cars standing at Heppner Junc tion. As far as is known, no wheat in any quanitity has been accepted by other elevators in the district, and none is in the ground ex cept at Lexington. o Heppner Council Visits Other City Fathers Several members of the Hepp ner city council visited Hermis ton Wednesday night to sit in on that city's council meeting. An effort will be made to learn how Hermiston handles street improvement problems. The mat ter of streets and street improve ment problems have come up for much discussion during recent meetings of the group, and mem bers are attempting to establish a definite plan that will give every citizen an equal opportun ity to share in available street funds. A later trip is planned to Pendleton, where that city's methods will be studied. HOSPITAL NEWS New arrivals, to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Canada a baby boy born August 12. Named Carl Wayne and weighed 6 lbs. 11 oz. To Mr. and Mrs. Burl Shrpps a baby boy born August 10. Named Sam mie Clarence and weighed 9 lbs. 4 ozs. To Mr. and Mrs. John Burres, Condon a baby boy born August 12. Named Frankie Dee and weighed 8 lbs, 2 oz. Medical, Mrs. Barbara Berg strom, Echo, dismissed; Mr. Harry L. Owen, Ritter, dismissed; Mrs. Levonnie Gammell, Heppner. Minor surgery, Clark Weldon, Spray, dismissed. Major surgery, Frances Marlatt, Heppner, dismissed. o Mrs. Myrtle Williamson of Santa Cruz, California spent the weekend in Heppner with her son, Bob Williamson. She was ac companied by her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Baker. During their stay in Hepp ner they were houseguests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rauch Sr. The party spent some time in Nyssa and Pendleton before coming to Heppner, Fair Warning . . . Drivers Should Think of Their Money Charles Gomillion, Heppner chief of police, Wednesday issued a warning to motor ists that new paint has been applied to crosswalks, park ing .lines and no-parking zones in the city and that en forcement of traffic laws would be more stringent in the future. He stated there had been a considerable amount of im proper parking recently and that many residents had been neglecting to put money in parking meters. Such neg ligence will bring drivers a traffic violation ticket Go million said. Wranglers Prepare Rodeo Program One of the largest turn-outs of members was present at the August Wrangler meeting held Tuesday evening at 8:00 p.m. at their clubhouse on the fair grounds. Approximately 60 per sons attended to prepare final plans for the coming fair and iodeo. Committees were selected by President Merle Becket to take charge of the various details. The Wranglers once again have charge of the horse division and hope to have a bigger and better showing. All persons from Mor row County are urged to enter horses and compete in the classes. Each event is under the direction of a particular Wrangler, with the following committee super vising the show; Archie Mur chison, Ralph Taylor, and Mer lyn Robinson. Clean-up and re pair committees will begin work at once to have the gronds in readiness for the rodeo and fair. The cowboy breakfast spon sored annually by the club Is again to be held Sunday morn ing of the show. This time it will be set up on the spacious shady lawn surrounding the club house at the fail grounds. The flag race team was put under the responsibility of Oscar George, and Fred Mankin was appointed barn superintendent. Mr. and Mrs. Eb Hughes took charge of the refreshments which consisted of quanitities of ice cream and cake. For entertain ment, Edwin Gonty supplied the phonograph and records for square dancing. o Mrs. Kingsley Hodge has re turned from a weeks visit in Co quille. She flew down from Pend leton accompanied by her two small sons. Mr. and Mrs. Charles McDan icl of Monument and her daugh ter, Mrs. Zoe Billings and daugh ter, Brenda, of Boardman, were in Heppner Monday. Mrs. Billings was en route home from a so journ in Monument. JF '"-i" J"' MmmmmmwiwrnmiBigmmimmm mm . " ' 7 K i h 7 W v t '.( ' t ' - . Increase In Heppner Rates Asked By Phone Company Pacific Telephone last week filed with Oregon Public .Utili ties Commissioner George H. Flag an application for increased rates totalling $5,188,000 annual ly, which, after estimated Fed eral income taxes, would net the Company approximately $2,500, 000. "This repricing request," said F. A. Dresslar, vice president and general manager, "is necessary to meet sharply mounting costs, including the 10 per cent wage increase recently negotiated with the Union." The increases apply to both toll and exchange and the public and semi-public coin box rate is raised from 5c to 10c. The Company also announced dismissal of its Circuit Court suit against Commissioner Flagg's order of last December denying a rate application made in April 1950. "The court case is outdated- sweeping changes in the business and economic conditions affect ing our operations having taken place in the 15 months since the 1950 rate application was filed," Dresslar said. "Today's appli cation ithe only one the Com pany now has before the Com missioner brings up to date the Company's urgent need for added revenues." The present and proposed rates, excluding the Federal excise tax, for Heppner for the Company's principal types of service are as follows: BUSINESS Type of RATE Service Present Proposed One -party 5.25 6.75 Two-party 4.25 5.50 Suburban 3.75 4.75 Farmer line 1.50 1.70 RESIDENCE Type of BATE Service Present Proposed One-party 4.00 4.35 Two-party 3.25 3.50 Four-party 2.75 2.90 Suburban 3.00 3.15 Farmer line 1.00 1.13 Overnight guests at the home of the Edwin Dicks, last week end were Mr. and Mrs. Ed O'Don nell of North Richland, Washing ton and Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Mills of Helena, Montana. The two wo men are aunts of Edwin and Kemp Dick. Mr. and Mrs. Ray McQueen of Athena were her Sunday to vi sit with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gentry of Burns. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hayes were up from Arlington Tues day after their daughters Billle Pat and Christine who have been visiting here with their grand mother, Mrs. Grace Nickerson. Pre-School Health Clinics Suggested For Beginners The state board of Health and board of education have recom mended that each child entering the first grade at the start of school in September have a re port of a physical examination. The purpose is to aid the tea ching and nursing personnel in better understanding the needs of the individual pupil. Miss Martha Tapanainen Mor row county health nurse suggests this as an opportunity to ac quaint the child with the fam ily physician. The health depart ment will be glad to cooperate with the county school districts if they wish to hold health exami nation clinics before the begin ning of school. Any districts interested in such a program may contact the nurse at the court house within the next week. o Picnic and Parade Date Corrected The Gazette Times was in er ror in Its story last week concern ing the annual Morrow county picnic to be held during the fair and rodeo. Instead of Friday, as stated, the parade and picnic are to be held Saturday, September 8. The location will be as was stated, on the court house grounds, and the committee und er the chairmanship of Judge Garnet Barratt will provide cof fee, soft drinks and ice cream. A general invitation is extended to all county and Heppner resi dents to be present at the get together. o JayCees Elect New Officers John Ernsdorff, Pioneer hospital manager, was elected president of the HeDDner JavCees at a loint JayCee and JayCee-Ette potluckFmade operations officer and was dinner held Wednesday evening at the home of Edwin Dick. Other officers for the com ing year include: Harvey Wilhlte, first vice-president Bill Farra, second vice-president; Harold Huber, secretary; and Marvin Smith, treasurer. Appointed In the float committee for the rodeo parade for the JayCee-Ettes and the men's group were Mrs. Mar vin Smith, Mrs. Richard O'Shea and Mrs. Bill Barratt Main business discussed by the JayCees was the Dress-Up par ade, which is under their super vision. The date for this parade has been set for Saturday eve ning, August 25. JayCee-Ettes announced that they will see that some member of the organization is in attend ance at monthly city council meetings. Guests at the meeting were Mr. and Mrs. John Bennett, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Vincent, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Penland, and Mr. and Mrs. James Vanover. o Mrs. Rose Hams and her moth er, Mrs. William Cunningham, left the last of the week for Port land where Mrs. Hams will re ceive medical attention. Mrs. Ada Cason is here from Portland visiting with friends and relatives. She is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Fay Prock. Mrs. V. R. Runnlon returned Sunday from Portland where she has been asslsting'with the care of her sister, Mrs. Oscar Borg, for the past two weeks. Mr. Runnion motored to the city after her. Mrs. John Monahan and child ren of Condon are visiting In Heppner at the homes of her par. ents, Mr. and Mns. James Farley. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hynd and daughter, Llllias, and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hynd of Pendleton were Saturday guests at the Hynd home. THE PARADE OF ROYALTY- Princess Eileen Ball Morrow county's Princess of the week is 18 year-old Eileen Ball in whose honor Saturday night's dance is being held at the fair pavilion in Heppner. The blonde, blue eyed princess sponsored in this year's fair and rodeo by members of the Rhea Creek Grange Is a graduate of Heppner high school In the spring of 1951. Heppner visitors and rodeo goers will see her at the show, and in the parade on Floyd Jones' quarter horse Duchess. Eileen's friends say that her favorite hobbies are riding, as Is fitting- for a rodeo princess, watching rodeos, dancing and Merle Becket to Leave for Portland, Advances in Bank Merle Becket, manager of the Heppner branch of the First Na tional Bank of Portland Will leave his post here to join the bank's head office in Portland where he will enter advanced work lead ing to additional responsibilities with the bank it was announced today by F. N Belgrano Jr. presi dent of the First National Bank of Portland. Replacing Becket as manager of the Heppner branch will be Howard Bryant, assistant cash ier and loan officer who started with the First National at Hepp ner in 1936. The change will be come effective September 1, Belgrano stated. Taking over Bryant's duties as loan officer will be Robert E. Ferrell, who comes to Heppner from the Hood River branch of the bank, where he is serving as assistant cashier and instal ment loan officer. In announcing the change Bel grano commented on the good work which Becket has done while with the First National at Heppner and said that his record here pointed to his qualifications for advancement with the bank. At the same time Becket ex pressed his regret at leaving the community making particular reference to the many friends he has made while here. Becket be came assistant manager of the Heppner branch when the bank opened its branch here in 1934, since then he has served as as sistant manager at the Lake view branch, as manager of the Sherman county branch at Moro, and in 1948 returned here as .manager. Bryant began at- Heppner in November 1936. In 1944 he was promoted to assistant cashier a year later. Ferrell started with the First National as bookkeeping clerk at The Dalles branch in 1937, ad vancing to commercial teller the next year and becoming collec tion teller in 1941. Following army service in World War II, Ferrell joined the Condon branch of the bank in 1946. From there he moved to The Dalles and in November 1949 went to Hood River where he. became instal ment loan officer. In January of this year he was promoted to the position of assistant cashier, o Dump Grounds Open To Public Two Days J. O. Turner, announced that the city has made arrangements to have the caretaker at the city dump grounds burn the area every other day in an attempt to keep the grounds clean. Complaints had been received by the council that flying emb ers were endangering adjoining property, and it was felt that by burning regularly and in small er amounts the blaze would be easier to control. New hours for public dumping were also announced as Saturday and Sunday afternoons only. Dur. ing other hours the gate will be locked. Mrs. Clara B. Gertson and Mrs. Pearl Devlne left Wednesday by motor for Vancouver and Victoria, B. C. where they will spend a fortnight vacationing. In Seattle they will visit with relatives be fore continuing on to Canada. . Mr. and Mrs. N. D. Bailey de parted Saturday for Sllverton where they attended their annual family reunion. From there they planned to go to California and Kelso, Washington to visit sev eral sons and daughters. they say she likes to cook. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Ball, upper Rhea resi dents, and has spent all of her life on her parents' ranch. Eileen was honored last fall by being chosen princess of the Heppner high school homecom ing football game. In addition to being proficient in her studies she took part in many activities during her four years in high school. The dance to be held in her honor will start at 9:30 and mus ic wiirbe provided by the Columbians.
