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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 8, 1951)
L1SKARV u or o EUGENE. ORE. Street Improvement Plan Established by Heppner Council The Heppner city council Mon day night set up a master plan by which all future street im provements in the city must com ply. The problem of how such improvement work shall be paid for was the main point of discps sion. , The council decided that future improvement work, such as pav ing, graveling, where it is classi fied as improvement, curbing, etc., would be charged entirely against the abutting property holders, as is specified in the city charter. The problem has been under discussion by the council mem bers for some time and it has been hoped by some members that a way could be found where by the city could stand part of the cost of such projects, but the group decided that such a sys tem was not feasible, In past years the city has paid the entire cost of such projects, largely through the use o money in other funds, but the council found that these funds were now exhausted. The only money now coming into the city coffers for such projects is gasoline tax re funds and the small road tax levied against property. It was felt that the available money re ceived from these sources was just sufficient to take care of street maintenance and necessary re pairing. It is the city's obligation to assume the upkeep on any street that is improved. The plan adopted by the group is the same as is in general use by most cities and towns in the state. It was pointed out, . however, that the charter makes provision for property holders to spread the cost of such improvement over a ten -year period if they wish. DUMP PROBLEM AGAIN Several letters were read from the state board of health and the state fire marshals office pointing jout the deficiencies in the pre sent city dump ground on Balm fork and requesting that action be taken to eliminate the haz ards. The possibility of initiat ing an earth-fill system was dis cussed and further investigation of such a method of disposal was recommended. The much-discussed problem of the city park was brought up by councilman Edwin Gonty with the suggestion" that as long as the city budget called for an appro priation of $500 for park use that Kindergarten Leader To Speak to P-TA Mrs. Jessie V. Perkins, kinder garten supervisor at Oregon Col lege of Education, will speak to the Heppner Parent-Teacher as sociation on Wednesday evening, November 14. Her talk will be based on education of the pre school child. Mrs. Perkins is on leave from the University of Montana for the current year. Program chairman, . Mrs. John Pfeiffer. also announces that the Harmonv club, directed by Oliver Cresswick, will make its first public appearance this fall at the meeting. Mrs. Tress McCimtock and Mrs. Claude Graham are in charge of serving refreshments after the meeting. FARM PROGRAM ELECTIONS TO BE HELD IN COUNTY, MAIL BALLOT SET Election of Production and Mar keting Administration community committeemen and delegates to the county convention for the election of county committee offi cers will be held in Morrow county during the next three weeks, Alvin Bunch, chairman of county PMA committee, announ ced. This year the elections will be held by mail. At the present time, nominating committees in each of the nine communities in Morrow County are busy nomi nating at least two farmers for ONLY 37 some plan should be developed whereby improvements could be made up to the extent of avail able funds: Councilman Collins, the council's representative on the park board, stated that he would be glad to recommend to the council any plan that might be devised by the group, but that to his knowledge no meeting had been held recently by the board nor had any recommendations or request for funds been received by him. He stated that an overall land scaping plan had been made in the past and was in his posses sion. He also said he would wel come the formation of a program that allow the work to be done in stages as' the money is made available each year. The group, in discussing the project felt that the available money would go a considerable way in clearing and leveling the area. The council heard the report that the new city well was down to the 143 feet and that drilling had been much easier in recent days. the group was also presented with a resolution from the Jay-cette-Ettes expressing that or ganization's appreciation for the council action in ordering the start on engineering work for the sewer system. Community Chest Plans Progress Plans are continuing for the formation of a county-wide Com munity chest organization, ac cording to county .Judge Game!: Barratt, chairman of the tempor. ary organization set up recently. Barratt stated that interested parties had been contacted In Boardman and lone and that another meeting would be held within the next few days aimed at establishing a permanent group to handle the drive. Representatives from 12 clubs and organizations from Heppner and Lexington were present for the first meeting but the "group wished representation from the entire county before setting up the final plan. Tentative plans, set up at the first meeting, called for an overall county budget of $3100 to be raised, and that the proposed one day drive for funds would be held throughout the county on Mon day, November 19. Special OPS Clinic Set For Heppner Siman C. Berry of the Portland OPS food branch, will be in Heppner, Wednesday, November 14, from 1:00 to 5:00 p. m., at the Morrow County Courthouse, to give personal help to restaurant proprietors, operators of taverns and night clubs and all those covered by CPR 11. Many are long overdue in filing their OPS re ports, he advises. Others, who have already filed, may have questions. The Clinic will serve all of Morrow county. Arrangements for this visit were made with the assistance of Mr. J. R. Huffman, President of the Heppner Chamber of Com merce. each position. When these selec tions have been completed, they will be sent to every eligible voter in that community. Any person who is participating in the 1951 agricultural conser vation program price support pro gram, or who has a contract un der the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation is eligible to vote. This includes owners, tenants, operators or shareholders. Lists of eligible voters are being pre pared to check votes cast in fhe elections: The county committee would like to have the ballots in to the county office by November 15. Delegates to the county con vention elected in the community election, will meet with delegates from other communities in the county and elect the county com mittee. 'This grass roots ad ministration of the farm program is one of the corner stones of the program", says the county PMA chairman. "It can be made stronger if every eligible farmer will vote in the coming elections, and take an interest in develop ing the farm program. This year, with so many problems facing us, it is doubly important that able men are elected to administer the farm program." tapir $3.00 Year, 10c Copy Portland Doctor Killed, 5 Injured Boardman Crash A Portland doctor was killed and five other persons including four Boardman high school boys were sent to hospitals Wednesday following a head-on crash of two cars on highway 30 east of Board man. Dead was Dr. William E. Sav age, a Portland physician who was driving one of the cars in volved. Kerman Sheckler, Port land, who was a passenger in Dr. Savage's car was brought to the Pioneer Memorial hospital in- Heppner. His condition was re ported as good Thursday morn ing. The four Boardman boys: Theo dore Zivney, 17; William Palmer, 18; Allen Ely, 17, and Robert Port ner, 16 were all taken to a Pen dleton hospital. Portner has been released this morning and the hospital reported the condition of the other boys as "not critical." State police Boyd Luich, Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman, Bradley D. Fan cher, Dr. A. D. McMurdo, county coroner and Oliver Creswick in vestigated the accident and re ported they could establish no definite cause for the crash. Dr. Savage's body was brought to the Phelps Funeral home In Heppner. It will be taken to Portland Thursday. Welfare Office In New Location The Morrow County Welfare Commission moved its office Monday, from the city building to a new location in the building on Main ana uenier streets, u will now be housed in the two rooms formerly occupied by the office of Dr, C. C. Dunham with an entrance on Center street. The of fice in the city building is, re portedly, to be torn out and the resulting space used to store the new fire truck which has been ordered by the city council. ' O ; LiVestock Meet Discusses Insect Control Methods Thirty five livestockmen, Mon day evening, heard Robert Every, extension entomologist, Oregon State College, discuss measures for control of cattle grubs and lice. The meeting, sponsored by the Morrow County Livestock Asso ciation, was he,ld at the county court room in Heppner. Following a report of the rodent and insect control committee, given by Herbert Hynd, chairman, Mr. Every explained -the possi bilities of establishing grub con trol districts, a recommendation made by this group. Mr. Every, pointed out to the livestock growers present that two grubs, the Northern and Common are found here. With the com mon grub emerging from -the backs of cattle about six weeks earlier than the Northern, it is necessary for treatment to be carried out over this long period if control is ti be most effective. Application of first spray can be determined by the development of the grub, usually around Feb ruary 1, with the "second spray six to seven weeks later or just before cattle go out on summer range. Mr. Every . warned that only rotenone from the powdered ground root is effective on grubs. Extracts of rotonone are giving no control. A 5 rotonone applied at the rate of 7& pounds per 100 gallons of water is very effective. In discussing area control, Mr. Every stressed that everyone must treat for the desired results. In controlling cattle lice, DDT is still the standard Insecticide for beef cattle. Mettoxychlor is used for dairy cattle. If lice are hard to to kill DDT and BHC mixtures give good results. Mr. Every warned against use of some of the newer insecticides unless they are used as recommended as they may be toxic to animals, especial ly young ones. Plans were discussed for the annual meeting which will be held at Heppner on December 1. Grading demonstration and social committees reported these pro grams well underway. The meeting was presided over by Frank Anderson, Chairman of the County Livestock Growers Association. Mr. and Mrs. Orve Rasmus mo- tored to, Portland Sunday where she will' spend a few days attend ing buyers market. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, November Former Lexington Woman Shot to Death; Thought Suicide , Funeral services were held to day for Mary Ann Griffin, 55, Mc Nary, who was shot to death early Sunday morning in her apartment at McNary. District attorney George H. Corey of Umatilla county who investigated the death stated it was suicide, ac cording to the stories of three others who were in the apartment at the time.. Present at the time of the shooting were his widower, Jack Griffin, a son Jack, Vernon Griffin and Charles Dugan, a grandson. The district attorney stated that the investigation will continue, but said that Mrs. Griffin was re ported to have gone into a bed room following a quarrel with Griffin, and a few moments later a shot. was heard. When mem bers of the family reached her she was bleeding profusely and died shortly afterwards. Griffins had lived in Lexington until recently when they moved to McNary where he was employed as a carpenter at the dam. Funeral services were i held Thursday at 2:30 at the lone Christian church with Rev. A, Shirley officiating. 'Mrs. Griffin was born July 31, 1896 at Milan, Sullivan county, Missouri and was married to Jack Griffin July 31, 1914 in Buffalo, Oklahoma. They came to Wash ington and Oregon in 1925. Sur viving besides her husband are five children, Charles 36, and Ted, 29, both of California, Jack, 29, Billy 20 and Betty Buchanan 17, all living in this area, and nine grandchildren. Three other children have died. She also had eight brothers and one sister all living either here or in washing ton. o One Move Brings On Several Changes One man's change of jobs brought on quite a shuffling of jobs and living quarters in Hepp ner last week when Bob Wagner, who has been employed by Ed Dick resigned to take a Job on the Garnet Barratt ranch east of Lena. That just started things! Jack Bailey, who had been employed at McClintock's machine shop took Wagners job with Standard Oil and the Marvin Smith's have moved into the house Wagners formerly occupied on south main street. Former Heppner Boy Killed in Korea -Pfc. Arthur V. Key, .21, was Killed in action Oct. 4 in Korea, according to a telegram received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vern Key of Bend. He and his parents were former Hennner residents, living here from 1932 to 1936 and he is nephew of John Key, Heppner barber. NEW PHARMACIST AT SAAGER'S Phil Blakney of Milton-Free water has accepted a position as pharmacist at Saager's drug store. He arrived the first of the month and as soon as living quarters can be arranged, Mrs, Blakney and their two small sons will join him here. . o JAYCEE DISTRICT OFFICER VISITS HERE Bob Carey, vice-president of district 5 of the Junior Chamber of Commerce met with the Hep pner group Wednesday night at the Javcee hall. He cave a talk nn Government and Taxation, af ter which movies were shown of the O.S.C. vs Southern California football game. o COUNTY COURT OUT OF TOWN The County Court will be out of town all this next week attending the Oregon State County Officials Association convention being held at the Imperial hotel in Portland. Those attending from Morrow county are Garnet Barratt, Ralph I. Thampson and Russell K. Mil ler. ; o WILLIAMSON LEAVES BANK ; Bob Williamson has resigned the position as teller at the First National Bank of Portland, Hepp ner branch and has accepted a job as bookeeper with the Mor row Grain Growers at Lexington. - o Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Parrish and son, Ricky, ofPortland were over-Sunday guests of his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Parrish. Mrs. E. R. Schaffer of Cecil wan t in Heppner on Tuesday. fcette Awards Presented For ft f & i. . . r k Wwffi waft itLiMk SOME OF the more than 200 4-H ers who attended the 4-H Achievement party held last Friday night at the Fair pavilion. The dinner marked the end of the club year and the start of national bers received awards. NEW FIRE TRUCK DUE FOR HEPPNER, DELIVERY EXPECTED ABOUT JANUARY 1 The Heppner city council Mon day night completed arrange ments for the purchase of a new 500 gallon-per-minute pumper to be added to the local fire depart ment The Nelson Equipment com pany of Portland submitted a bid of $1625 on a used pumper which that company will soon receive from, the city of Madras. The truck will come to Heppner com pletely equipped with hose, lad ders, etc., ready for operation. The new truck will give Hepp ner its first volume pumper truck and will materially aid firemen in combatting any serious fire that might confront them. It will allow firemen to get ample water from low pressure hydrants or pump from any creek or pond should hydrants be out 'of reach. Court Grants Sanity Test For Barber Circuit Judge W. C: Perry Mon day, granted ,a motion present ed by defense attorneys for Ray Alan Barber requesting the court to allow Barber to submit to a psychiatric examination. Barber is accused of the murder of Anthony Ripp near Boardman on July 20. The sanity test will be given this week by doctors at the East ern Oregon state hospital at Pen dleton. The hearing was held here. STORES- SCHOOLS CLOSE Most -Heppner stores and all county schools with the exception of lone will be closed Monday in observance of Armistice day. lone schools are planning a special program for the day. Mr. and Mrs. Armendus La Douceur were here from Pasco over the weekend to visit friends. During their stay they were houseguests of Mrs. Pearl Devine, Miss Joan Hlsler who Is teach ing this year in Hood River came up Friday evening to spend the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hisler of the But ter Creek section. Mrs. Violet McDonald of Pen dleton and Mrs. Walter Scott of Stanfield were in Heppner Wed nesday to visit their niece, Mrs. Victor Johnson of Portland and other relatives in this area. Mrs. Victor E. Johnson arrived Sunday evening from Portland to visit her mother-in-law, Mrs. Bertha Johnson wro recently underwent a major operation at Pioneer Memorial Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Emll Groshen motored to Portland the last of the week to visit relatives and friends for several days. They returned home Thursday. Alex Thomson and Allen Case left Wednesday for Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Bud McKown and son Gene of Moscow, Idaho were weekend guests of Mrs. Ed. Bres lin. Mr. and Mrs. Merle Becket and son, Paul, were here from Port land during the weekend to visit relatives and friends. Miss Rose Marie Pierson of La Grande was a weekend visitor in Heppner with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ted R. Pierson, who met her in Hermiston Friday evening. She returned to LaGrande Sunday afternoon. .Mrs. C. A. Ruggles left Sunday for Walla Walla to visit their daughter Connie who is a student at Whitman College. Allen Case and Alex Thompson spent Monday in Pendleton tran sacting business. 8, 1951 mm 1 club members, parents and lead 4-H Achievement Week. 87 mem C. D. Roney, who presented the bid from the Nelson Equipment company stated that he hoped they could deliver the truck bq the first of the year, but that the exact date would depend upon time of completion of the new truck to be delivered to Madras, The truck will be taken into the company shops in Portland for minor repairs and checking be fore being brought here. New Heppner Junction Boardman Road Open The new 17 mile section of Columbia River highway from Heppner Junction toa point two miles east of Boardman was open ed to traffic for the first time Mon day. It was constructed at a cost of $929,000. The new road has a total width of 44 feet with 24 feet of asphalt paving and 10 foot shoulders and is the first such section of high' way built to biter-regional stan dards as established by the bu reau of public roads. The entire new section is built south of the old road and skirts Boardman at the south edge of town where an access road one half mile long has been built parallel to the highway to allow for commercial development. Registered Hereford Donated To F. F. A. Evert Harshman owner and operator of the Hardman Hereford Ranch donated a registered here ford heifer to the Heppner Chapter of Future Farmers of America. . The boy receiving the cajf. was Ronald Currin. Bon, an exper ienced livestock judge, and a member of the winning 4-H live stock judging team at the Pacific International this year, had a difficult time selecting his calf as he had the pick of the entire Hardman Hereford calf herd. He selected an eight month old animal who's ancestory traces back on the dam's side to the Wyoming Hereford Ranch. The sire was a M-M Hereford Ranch bull. Ron will feed and fit the calf to show at the Morrow County Fair next year. J o HOSPITAL NOTES New Arrivals To Mr. and Mrs. F. Bruce Mercer, Condon, a baby boy born Nov., weighed 7 lbs. 8 ozs., named Franklin Bruce HI. To Mr, and Mrs. Cecil McDanlels, Hardman, a baby boy Nov. 5, weighed 5 lbs. 84 ozs., named Steven Elmer. Medical Mrs. Velma Wight, Spray, dismissed; Wendell E. Connor, Heppner, dismissed; John Welch, Fossil, dismissed; Mrs. Lola Ferrel, Kinzua, dismis sed. Minor Surgery Mrs. Bonnie McClintock, Heppner, dismissed; John C. Dougherty, Heppner, dis missed. Major Surgery Mrs. Conley, Lanham, Heppner. Out Patients William Olson, Heppner; Joseph Paul Anderson, Heppner; Mrs. Elizabeth Dag gett, Heppner. Emergency Kerman Sheckler, Portland. SORUEN SPEAKER J. Palmer Sorlien, pastor of the Methodist church was guest speaker at a homecoming meet ing of the Columbia IOOF lodge at The Dalles Wednesday even ing. It was also the 95th anni versary of the lodge. Nje 3 Volume 68, Number 34 4-H Work Achievement Party Held Here Friday Night Over 200 4-H members, parents, leaders and interested persons attended Friday night's annual 4-H Achievement party at the fair pavilion. Adjudged as a big suc cess from the standpoint of a bounteous potluck supper through the recreation program for the evening, everyone appeared to have spent a pleasant evening. The achievement party, an an nual event, designed to recogniz ing the acmomplishments of the boys and girls enrolled as well as their leaders, started with a potluck supper at 6:30. During the banquet supper, a program honoring the 4-H'ers was car ried out. Starting the program was the flag pledges to the United States, United Nations and 4-H flags led by older 4-H members, Rieta Graves, Nancy Ferguson and Allen Hughes. Mrs. George Cur rin, program chairman for the event, presided. With an introduction from N. C. Anderson, county extension agent, presentation of awards followed. First year bronze, third year sil ver, andflfth year gold achieve ment pin's, were presented to 4-H members successfully completing these project years. The pins, provided by the First National Bank of Portland, were presented by Heppner branch manager, Howard Bryant. Receiving first year pins were: Helen Sanders, Barbara Sanders, Elaine Stone, Mickey VanSchoiack, Gary Jones, Marilyn Monagle, Barbara Steag all, Doris Sue Davison, Aileen Breeding, Russell Dolven, Carol Elliott. Those receiving Thir,d year pins were; Sharon Rill, Shir ley Peck, George Hermann, Skip py Rhul, Patricia Steagall, Jean Marie Graham, Janet Wightman, ' Johanne Wilson, Janice Beamer, Jimmy Hayes, Shirley , McCabe, Dorothy Dobyns, Jean Ann Swan-, son, Mardine Baker, Grace Mc Cabe, Richard Ekstrom, Dennis Swanson, LaVelle Speelman, Elsie Bauernfiend, Gary White, Joanne Brosnan. Those receiving fifth year pins were: Herbert Ekstrom, Patricia Peck, Sally Palmer, Billie Jean Privett, June Privett, Joe Prlvett, Peggy Wightman, Yvonne Breeding. County extension agents, Maud Caeswell and N. C. Anderson pre sented certificates of achievement cards to second year members: Jack Monagle, Helen Graham, Meredith Thompson, Judith Thompson, Janice Martin, Ida Sue Stratton, Donna Elliott, Carole Anderson, Loy Keene, John How ton, Peggy Allen, Clara Ann Swarfs, Bonnie Crum, Mildred Seehafer, Billie Seehafer, Anna belle Coleman, Juliana Rietmann, Tom Currin, Vern Nolan, Marilyn Pettyjohn, Terry Thompson, Ellis Ball, Ronald McCabe, Wayne Ball, Jerry Wentworth and Anna Marie Winters; four year members were: Leland McKlnney, Malcolm Mc Kinney, Janet Howton, Ronald Currin, Janet Wright, Eddie Bros nan, Johnny Brosnan, Joanne Warren. , Sixth year members were: Joan Breeding, Ronald Baker, Duane Baker, Allen Hughes, Patsy Wright, Eleanor Rice, Sharon Becket; Seven year members were: Deane Graves; eight year member Rita Graves, and 9th year members Nancy Fer guson and Ingrid Hermann. Leaders awards were made by agents. Several recognitions were given as follows: home economics and agricultural leaders C. D. Mc Cabe and Mrs. C. D. McCabe, In grid Hermann, Jim Hayes, Gene Majeski, Harold Peck, Mrs. Henry Osibov, Harriet DeBondt, Mrs. Alan G. Robertson, Happy Gra ham, Billie Jean Privett, Mrs, Mar vin Wightman completing one year of leadership. Leaders com pleting two years are as follows: Mrs. E. M. Baker, Mrs. N. C. An derson, Mrs. Theta Stratton, Earl McKinney, Bryce Keene, Jerry Brosnan. Fourth year leadership Lola Breeding. Fifth year John Graves. Sixth year, Mrs. Gene Ferguson and Mrs. Mildred Wright and completing eight years of leadership was Mrs. L. A. McCabe. Club leaders with 100 com pletion of members projects were The lone Tractor maintenance club with Bryce Keen leader; poultry and rabbit club with Mr. and Mrs. C. D. McCabe as leader; the Sandhollow-Buttercreek live stock club with John Graves and - s (Continued on page 8)
