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Heppner Chest 85
Lexington Drive
Going Well, Other
Areas to Start
Community Chest collections
poured into the treasurer's hands
this week brought the total raised
by workers in the two drive
areas now in progress in the
county to $1640.80.
In Heppner $1350.80 had been
turned in by drive workers up to
Wednesday afternoon which ac
counted for practically 85 per cent
of the city's quota of $1600. Lex
ington drive officials reported
Wednesday that $290 had been
collected in that area and stated
that approximately one-half of
the calls had been made, giving
evidence that Lexington, too, will
go over the top in a short time.
At Heppner there were several
residential solicitors still to re
, port in and no word had been
heard from rural workers as yet.
lone drive chairman, Garland
Swanson,,;said Wednesday that
the committee for that area were
expecting to get plans organized
this week and hoped to start their
drive on Monday, Dec. 3. The full
list of individual workers was
not yet known.
Irrigon P-TA officials, who have
charge of the drive in 'that com
munity have also set Dec. 3 as
the starting date of their drive.
Plans in the Boardman area were
still in the making.
In addition to the list of work
ers at Lexington published last
week, Mrs. Mildred Davidson ad
ded the following who are aiding
in the collection: Mrs. Bernard
Doherty, Mrs. Roy Martin, Mrs. W.
E. McMillan, Mrs. Lester Cox, and
'Mrs. Eldon Padberg.
Morrow Young People
Attend State Meet
' Six young people of the As
sembly of God church accom
panied by Rev. Nels Fast spent
their Thanksgiving holidays at
tending a state Young People's
Convention at Salem.
Those attending from here were
Nona and Monte Fast, Dorothy
Ellis, Marlene Duran, Joan Breed
ing, Russell Taylor and Rev. Fast.
Over 1100 attended the evening
meetings.
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HOSPITAL NEWS
New Arrivals To Mr. and Mrs.
Oliver Kyle, lone, a baby boy
born Nov. 24, weighed 7 lbs.,
named Carl Oliver; To Mr. and
Mrs. Wallace Hatter, Ordnance,
a baby girl born Nov. 26, weighed
6 lbs. lOfe ozs. named Charlotte
Ruth.
Medical George Combes, Con
don, dismissed; David Gray,
' Heppner, dismissed; Pat Camp
bell, Lonerock? dismissed; Mrs.
Beverly Wright, Hardman, dis
missed; Mrs. Virginia Elston, Fos
'sil, dismissed; Mrs.. Jane Eagle,
lone, dismissed; Mrs. Elaberl Al
len, Condon, dismissed; Mrs. Han
nah Jones, Heppner; Mrs. Coleen
Greenup, Heppner.
Minor Surgery Mrs. Cora Mae
Ferguson, Heppner, dismissed;
Arthur Mahan, Heppner.
Major Surgery Mrs. Tonl Hill,
Heppner.
Post Office Gives Christmas Mailing Deadlines
Patrons are urged to mail
Christmas, parcels in accordance
with the following schedule to
insure delivery by Christmas.
When addressed for delivery to
states east of the Mississippi river,
not later than December 8, 1951.
In the region from North Da
kota, South Dakota, Colorado,
Wyoming, New Mexico, Arizona,
east to the Mississippi, not later
than December 15, 1951.
Adjacent, or near by states,
such as Washington, California,
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jPShopping
Heppner Oregon,
Junior Class Play
Scheduled Two Nights
More than 20 members of the
junior class at Heppner high
school, are cast in the junior class
play, "Night of January 16th"
which will be presented Wednes
day and Thursday evenings, Dec,
5 and 6 at the high school gym,
The play is under the direction
of Dick Knight who announced
that on each night of the presen
tation the townspeople in the
audience will be asked to act as a
jury.
In addition to the regular cast
the production staff includes Roy
Taylor, Wes Marlatt, Emory Set
ties, George Moore, Wendell Con
non, Pat Albert, Janice Prock,
Wanda Madison, June Privett,
Merideth Ann Sorlien, Rita Cox,
and Mary Ann Jensen.
The cast includes: Fern Biddle,
Wendell Connor, Don Blake, Mike
Grant, Beth. Ball, Ken Easter,
Marjorie Pierson, Roger Palmer,
Sharon Beckett, Larry Millahan
Roland Taylor, Mary Ann Jensen,
Pat Peck, John Millahan, Billie
Jean Privett, Albert Burkenbine,
Mickey Lanham, June Privett,
Jack Yeager, Janice Prock and
Merideth Ann Sorlien.
Admission will be 75c for adults
and 50c for children.
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Directors Elected
At Meeting of
Electric Coop
H. R; Richmond, Jr., of Walla
Walja, representative of the Bon
neville Power Administration,
was guest speaker at the annual
meeting of the Columbia Basin
Electric Cooperative held Novem
ber 10 in the Fair Building in
Heppner. Mr. Richmond told of
possible power shortages and the
new dams that are to be and are
being built on the Columbia and
Snake rivers for, the production of
more power. Nels Anderson, Mor
row County agent, gave a resume
of different types of irrigation
systems. , , I
New directors elected for a term I
of one yeaf include C. K. Barker,
Condon; W. D. Hardie, Condon;
Jack Hynd, Jr., Cecil. Directors
elected for a term of two years
were O. E. Peterson, lone; John
Hanna, Heppner; Walter Jaeger,
Condon. Directors elected for a
term of three years were Kenneth
J. Smouse, lone; Lee Pettyjohn,
Arlington. At the board meeting
directly following the conclusion
of the annual meeting Kenneth
Smouse was elected president;
W. D. Hardie, vice-president; O. E.
Peterson, secretary-treasurer and
Jack Hynd, Jr., assistant secretary.
Fifty-four members of the co-op
were present.
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Rev. and Mrs. Earl Sbward and
family were at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Alva Ferebee in Prine
ville for Thanksgiving. They met
their daughter Marie there and
she returned to Heppner with
them to stay until Sunday when
she returns to Eugene where she
attends the Northwest Christian
College.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Dolittle
spent Thanksgiving in Portland
with their children, Mr. and Mrs.
Paul A. Dolittle and family and
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Perrott and
family.
Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and
Utah, and mail for other cities in
Oregon, can be properly serviced
if mail is received at the local
post office not later than Decem
ber 20.
Parcels mailed after the dates
as listed above are very likely
to arrive at their destination too
late for delivery by Christmas, re
gardless of apparent closeness to
Heppner.or of delivery effected at
other periods of the year.
All parcels should be placed In
strong cartons before presentation
for mailing, with any shipment
pf articles of a fragile nature dou
ble boxed, each fragile item
therein individually wrapped,
and surrounded with ample
shredded paper, or similar pack
ing material.
Christmas cards addressed to
anyone out of the city limits: (in.
eludes cards addressed for pat
rons serviced by local Star
Routes) .02 cents for each un
sealed card. No writing except
ing the signature of the sender is
permitted on these cards. Such
cards are handled as third class
mail, priority being given to seal
teette
Thursday, November
Collected
Wheat Growers
Meeting Set
Pendleton, Ore. The Oregon
Wheat Growers league has read
ied a strong slate of wheat speak
ers for its 24th annual meeting
Dec. 6-8 in Pendleton.
On Thursday the opening day
of the convention, the five stand
ing committees will discuss
county resolutions and prepare
recommendations to be consid
ered by the general session Satur
day. On Friday and Saturday
outstanding leaders In the wheat
field will discuss problems vital
to the Oregon wheat growers.
Saturday afternoon activities
will be highlighted by the nam
ing of the wheat growers' "Con
servation Man of the Year", seven
county winners have been se
lected to compete. J. H. Rhea of
Milton-Freewater was last year's
winner. A trophy is awarded by
the Oregonian. ,
Other top events Saturday af
ternoon include the election of of
ficers, county nominations for
the executive committee and the
selection of next year's conven
tion city.
Gov. Douglas McKay will cli
max the convention with an ad
dress at the banquet Dec. 8.
Rainmaking, which has made
headlines all over the U. S. rates
high on the list of reports pre
pared especially for the annual
meeting. Of vital interest to
wheat growers is the question:
Did the rainmakers increase rain
fall last year?
R. T. Beaumont, assistant water
forecaster for the "Oregon Agri
cultural Experiment station; will
report on a one-year study of the
rainmaking activities of the Wa
ter Resources Development cor
poration of Denver in Sherman,
Morrow and Gilliam counties. The
study was requested by the
Wheat league and financed by the
Oregon Wheat Commission.
Three top men from the U. S.
department of agriculture will
also speak: Dr. K. S. Quisenberry,
USDA's head agronomist, Gordon
P. Boals, head of the grain divi
sion, and Dr. Mark t A. Barmore,
senior chemist.
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Tri-County Draft
Board Takes Two
Two Gilliam county youths,
Jim Earl Shaw, 21, of Condon,
and Jerolee Winslow Hickey, 21,
of Blalock, have been called for
induction into the armed forces
on December 5th, tri county Se
lective Service Board No. 31 has
announced. Jerolee Hickey was
transferred from Pullman, Wash
ington draft board.
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Mr. and Mrs. Fred Parrish had
as their guests for Thanksgiving
their son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Parrish
and son, Richy, Portland and her
father, Frank Knox of Wasco.
Mrs. Lucy Rodgers returned the
first of the week from a fort
night's vacation trip to Portland
and Fresno, California. In Port
land, Mrs. Rodgers attended the
state convention of county treas
urers before proceeding south for
Thanksgiving.
ed Christmas cards with 3 cents
postage paid, and all other first
class letter mail.
Christmas cards addressed for
delivery to persons residing in
side the city limits, and serviced
by post office box, or general
delivery 1 cent for each card, and
these cards should be sealed.
To facilitate handling at the
post office, it would be appreci
ated if each mailer would segre
gate their Christmas cards ac
cording to 1 cent, 2 cent and 3
cent, faced address side up, with
all stamps in the same corner. A
light string tied once around the
middle, or a rubber band, will
suffice to hold the bundles to
gether so that they may more
readily be processed through the
canceling machine.
The local post office will be
open all day Saturday December
15, and December 22, under pre
sent authorization. Authority to
remain open on Saturday Decern,
ber 8, has been requested of the
Department, should the volume
of mailing at that time Justify the
extra hours. Notice will be post
ed if authority is received.
29, 1951
PONT FORGET, KIDS
Santa Claus to be
In Heppner Saturday
The Christmas season will hit Hepper with plenty of fan-fare
Saturday Afternoon when the head man for the Christmas season
Santa Claus. makes his first official visit to town.
Scheduled to arrive at 1:30 Saturday afternoon, Santa will be
met at the edge of town by members of the chamber of commerce
who helped arrange his visit, and brought to the downtown area
In a fire truck so that children, and parents too, may have a
chance to see him.
A stand will be set up near the hotel and a special communi
que from his headquarters said that he will spend about a half
hour talking with children and passing out some special gifts to
all children present
Santa told the committee that he will bring a special letter
box with him, which he will leave until he comes again In two
weeks, so that any boy or girl who wants to write a letter to him
will be able to mail it right in town. He will collect the letters
on Saturday, Dec. IS on his second trip.
WEATHER RESEARCH CHECK MADE.
COUNTY MEETING TO BE HELD SOON
Two officials of the Water Re
sources Development corporation
of Denver, Paul Rush, vice presi
dent, and Lou Grant who is in
charge of the field operations and
technical research spent last Fri
day in Morrow county checking
field equipment for the company.
The organization holds a con
tract with the Tri-county Weather
Research corp. for weather experl
ments in this area.
Directors of the Morrow county
Weather Research corp., a divi
sion of the Tri-county group an
nounced plans to continue with
the experiment as long as money
holds out. Ralph Crum, president
of the Morrow .county organiza
tion emphasized that those who
are helping finance the plan are
paving for research, and not
necessarily results, that the de
velopments is still in the ex
perimental stage.
Total budget for the county to
continue the experiments is $22,
Christmas Decorating
Contests Announced
The JayCee-Ettes this week an
nounced two separate Christmas
decorating contests for Heppner.
There will be the residential con
test, as in the past, and also a
Christmas window contest for the
merchants.
The general public is to be the
judge this year in both cases. The
organization will send ballots tf
all boxholders who will be asked
to mark their preferences and re
turn the ballots.
Merchant's windows are to be
judged by Dec. 15, and residen
tiol displays by Dec. 23.
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baker
motored to Walla Walla Tuesday
evening to attend a business
meeting.
Mrs. Olive B. Hughes has re
turned to her position in the
County Assessor's office after an
absence of two weeks due to ill
ness. ' '
Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Parker,
Frances Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Hoskins, Jr., and family, of
Heppner; Mr. and Mrs. George
Griffith, Morgan; and Mr. and
John Parker and children of Pen
dleton spent Thanksgiving Day in
Hood River with Mr. and Mrs.
Vawter Parker and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Les Wyman and
children returned Sunday evening
from Prineville where'they visited
over the holidays with his "par
ents. They returned via Mitchell
and encountered much snow over
the Ochoco and Blue Mountain
passes along the road.
Ralph Moore of Spray was a
business visitor in Heppner Tues
day. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Bletell of
lone were transacting business in
Heppnef Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Marshall
and three children of Amity and
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hughes and
daughter Pamela of McMinnvifle
were here for the Thanksgiving
weekend with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Jos. Hughes.
Mrs. Mary Healy of Boardman,
sister of Jos Hughes is here for
a two week visit at the Hughes
home.
Mrs. Lora Moyer spent the
weekend in Sunnyside, Wash.,
visiting- with her sister, Mrs.
Tucker and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Mattison
who are employed at the Butterby
Flats Ranch near Cecil were busi
ness visitors in Heppner on Mon
day. Here from lone the first of the
week were Mrs. Franklin Ely,
Mrs. Frank Akers and daughter,
Mrs. James Lindsay, Mrs. Larry
Ober and Richard White, '
Volume 68, Number 37
000, with the money to be raised
through voluntary assessment of
10c per acre of tillable land.
Crum said that plans are now
being arranged for a county meet
ing to be held early in December
at which time the Water Resour
ces Development corp. will pre-
sent, a report to the group.
Crum stated that he plans to
attend a meeting in Salem De
cember 1 of the state interim com
mittee on weather control where
he will report on local develop
ments. '
C. E. Brenner Home
Near lone Destroyed
By Fire Wednesday
A Wednesday morning fire
completely destroyed the C. E.
Brenner home just west of lone.
The family was not home at the
time.
The blaze, apparently started in
the kitchen, was discovered by
Pete Cannon, who drove into lone
and gave the alarm. The lone
fire department answered the call
but were prevented from controll
ing the blaze because of lack of
water. The house was outside
the city limits.
Firemen and neighbors suc
ceeding in saving a small amount
of furniture and clothing, but all
other family possessions were
lost. Some insurance was carried
on the 3-bedroom house. No esti
mate of the loss has been made.
Youths Warned To
Regi
ister For Draft
Oregon state headquarters, Se
lective Service System, issued a
warning today that failure to
register is a violation of the law
and makes the delinquent liable
to the full penalty set forth in
the Universal Military Training
and Service act as amended June
19, 1951.
"A great many youths" said
Col. Francis W. Mason, deputy
state director, "either unwitting
ly or because of an "I-think-I-
can-get-away-with-it" attitude
are failing to register or are pre
senting themselves for this pur
pose a considerable time later
than they should."
'The obligation to register,"
continued Col. Mason", is clearly
set forth in the Selective Service
Law and failure to comply cer
tainly makes a young man a de
linquentsubject to prosecution,
if convicted, could mean a maxi
mum penalty of five years in pri
son or a fine of $10,000.00 or both."
It appears that a great many
college students and men who
have been released from active
service in the armed forces seem
to have the idea that they are not
required to register according to
information received from local
boards. "This is far from being
the fact", went on Col. Mason,
"every man born after August
30 1922 unless continuously on
active duty with the armed forces
must register and It certainly
would be very wise for any one
who has failed for any reason,
to present himself for registra
tion to do so immediately."
"All local boards have standing
instructions to submit the names
of those men who are known or
are suspected of failure to regis
ter at the proper time to federal
authorities for investigation and
prosecution if the facts warrant."
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Mrs. A. J. Chaffee and Mrs.
Ethel Lyngholm made a business
trip to Pendleton Saturday.
Lyle Jensen, son of Mrs. Lin
coln Nash, suffered a broken arm
while practicing basketball Sun
day afternoon,
Full Program Set for
Stock
ocKmen
Livestock men have been not!
fied by letter of the annual meet
ing of the Morrow County Live
stock Growers Association for De
cember 1, reports N. C. Anderson,
County Agent and secretary of
tnat organization.
The program for the day is a
varied one with more outstand
ing speakers and activities ever
before offered here'in a one day
event. Grading, feeding and
breeding are the varied topics for
the day. '
Beginning, at .9:30 a. m. Satur
day, all livestockmen will be
given a demonstration on grad
ing of breeding cows, bulls and
weaned heifers. John Landers,
Oregon State College will lead the
grading demonstration with all
livestockmen to grade groups In
Condon Man Injured
In Bridge Crash
George K. Combs, Condon suf
fered a broken leg and other in
juries Wednesday, November 21
when his car went out of control
and struck a cement bridge rail
just south of Heppner on the Con
don highway.
He was confined to the Pioneer
Memorial hospital for several
days but was taken home early
this week.
The car suffered severe dam
age. Court To Hear Three
Cases at New Term
The winter term of circuit
court Is scheduled to start Mon
day December 10 at Heppner with
Judge W. C. Perry presiding.
On the calendar for trial are
only three cases. Set for Dec. 10
hearing is Ray Alan Barber, ac
cused of murder; R. B. Rands vs.
D. W. Ewing, a suit to force sale
of property, Dec. 17; and Julian
Rauch vs. Harold Cohn, a suit
for payment, Dec. 18.
Several other cases set for this
term have been dismissed or set
tled out of court. '
School Building Needs
Talked by lone P-TA
The lone Parent-Teachers Asso
ciation Wednesday night made
several recommendations to the
school board regarding the pro
posed school building program.
Considerable discussion was
held regarding trie most pressing
needs at the school with the de
cision reached that by adding a
band room, cafeteria and shop,
these present rooms could be va
cated and used for classrooms
with very little remodeling. It
was also ponited out that while
additional seating space was bad
ly needed in the gym, this was a
secondary need, but the group felt
that a new gym should be In
cluded" In the overall bujlding
program.
The meeting was well attend
ed by townspeople who joined in
the round-table discussion. It
was under the chairmanship' of
Mrs. E. M. Baker, P-TA president.
FORMER HEPPNER RESIDENT WRITES
OF BRITISH COUNTRY, POLITICS
Of interest to his local friends
is a recent communication from
Walter Luckman to Les Matlock
as follows:
The Chalet Church Road, Coal-
brookdale, Shropshire, England,
November 8, 1951.
"Dear Les: Believe It or not It
gives me the greatest of pleasure
to write to you. Since arriving
here on the 9th day of August, I
venture to say you will have
heard of my marriage. I got mar
ried on August 27th to Bill In-
stone's Sister therefore we are
brothers-in-law, however I am en
closing some snaps of such a
momentous occasion. We at
tended the Festival of Britlan In
London and from there we went
to Bournemoath, a pleasure re
sort on the South coast of Eng
land. We have traveled exten
sively however I haven't been to
Matlock Valley in Derbyshire yet
although I fully intend to go be
fore long. Shropshire is a beauti
ful country, agriculture mostly.
It is amazing the crops they raise
considering the land has been
farmed for centuries. The crops
were excellent ' this year. Es
pecially the root crops, potatoes,
turnips, carrots, beets, etc. They
have some wonderful livestock
too, they fertilize and have a
system of rotating the crops
which seems to preserve the fer
tility of the soil.
I am enclosing some papers
under another cover. I see a
lot of familiar names hera occas
ionally such as Ball and Bibby
and Truman and Washington. It
almost seem like I am over there
Meeting
s
each of the four classes. The de
monstration will be held at the
Heppner Sales yard.
Grading is fast becoming popu
lar as the means of evaluating
quality in breeding livestock.
Purebred sales are using this
method now, in almost every
case, to insure buyers of the qual
ity they are selecting. Cattle for
the demonstration will be fur
nished by such breeders as Frank
Anderson, Frank Wilkinson, Steve
Thompson, Kirk and Robinson,
John Graves, Heppner and New't
O'Hara, Lexington.
At 1:30 p. m. Livestockmen will
gather in the Elks Lodge room to
conduct the business meeting and
hear the discussions on livestock
problems that should be of in
terest to every one. Dr. Fred Mc
kenzie, Chief of the Department
of Animal Husbandry, Oregon
State College will appear on the
program twice during the after
noon, discussing the feed effici
ency testing, and feeding the fall
and winter ration to breeding
animals.
This is Dr. McKenzie's first visit
to Heppner and officers of the or
ganization feel fortunate in secur
ing him to speak on these sub
jects. He is an authority on both
and has had many years experi
ence In this field.
Harry Stearns, President, Ore
gon Cattlemen's Association, of
Prineville, will speak on the pro
grams carried out by that asso
ciation. County Judge Barratt is
scheduled to explain the present
laws pertaining to trespass and
herd and open range la&s that
can be requested by livestock
men. During the afternoon commit
tees working on livestock prob
lems will report on theli findings
of the year. Election of officers
for the year will be held. Present
officers are president, Frank An
derson; yice chairman, W. E.
Hughes; secretary, N. C. Ander
son; and treasurer, Steve Thomp
son,' all of Heppner.
To top off the day, a committee
has made arrangements for a
social hour at 5:30, followed by a
banquet at 6:30 and a dance to
conclude the evening. These
events will be held at the Ameri
can Legion Hall.
Tickets for the banquet are be-,
ing offered to the public and to
everyone, town and country peo
ple alike are being urged to at
tend. Those wishing to purchase
tickets can get them at Turner,
Van Marter and Co. or at the door
Saturday night.
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Five Boys Overlooked
In Heppner Team
A part of the Heppner high
school football team were left be
hind last week by The Gazette
Times.
In listing the names under the
picture of the' team printed In
last week's paper, five of the boys
were inadvertantly left out. They
are Jack Sumner, Roger Palmer,
Jack Mollohan, Roland Taylor
and Bill Hughes. -
The boys worked as hard as the
rest of the team, and deserve to
be named too.
at times when I listen to our radio
and look at the television. I saw
Mr. Truman and Princess Eliza
beth when the Royal Couple ar
rived in Washington, D. C. We
heard the 21 gun salute. Through
the television we saw her in Can
ada, too, at Montreal and Toronto.
Please show Luke Bibby the
paper. I marked their family
name, the people evidently came
from England in Colonial Days. I
rode from Hermlston with him
and Earl Bryant just before I
left. Please give him my regards
and Jim Cowin also.
The British people are all hoping
that a change of government will
help to stabilize things. Socialism
is too close to Communism for
the lovers of Freedom and Lib
erty. Communism is going back
to the dark ages, Stalin is one
of the worst dictators the World
has ever seen. '
I hope you like the calendar. It
is a typical English scene.
I often think of all my friends
in Heppner and whan the Hepp
ner Gazette arrives it is just like
a letter from home.
With kindest and warmest re
gards, sincerely, Walter W. Luck
man." N
Note: The pictures included
with the letter showed members
of the wedding party and South
hampton on the day of Mr. Luck
man's arrival in England. He
also included several .scenes of
places of Interest in Shropshire
County. The country there ap
pears to be very much like our
own Willamette Valley with
heavily wooded rolling hills,
quaint bridges and old castles.