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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 13, 1951
Volume 68, Number 39
Burns Cause Death
Of Heppner Woman
Funeral services were held. Sun
day afternoon for Mrs. Raymond
Massey, who died early last Fri
day morning following a, bed
fire at Pioneer Memorial hospital
in Heppner Thursday evening in
which She was severely burned
Definite cause of the blaze
which caused Mrs. Massey's death
probably will never be known
but according to fire chief Charles
Euggles' report it apparently
started from a match or cigarette
in her own bed. The other bed
in the room was unoccupied.
The blaze was discovered by
Alva Jones who happened to pass
Mrs. Massy's room and noticed a
small amount of smoke. On in
vestigation he found her stand
ing between the two beds envel
- oped in flames. Jones received
burns on one hand extinguishing
her burning clothing.l
Fire chief Ruggles stated that
while both beds were burned a
check of the beds and coverings
indicated that the fire started
in the occupied bed, and' he sur
mised that- in trying, to get away
from the fire Mrs. Massey rolled
out of bed taking' some of the
covers with herwhich broke4nto
open flame when' she moved
them.
Hospital officialsreportedfthat.
a hospital aid hadlookedcinon
Mrs.. Massey at abouti9:05orj-a.
little later, Jones discovered'the
flames at approximately'iS)."
The. Heppner fire department
answeredjlthealarm and assisted'
inputtingjput the remaining fire
ihithejbeds:A, Damage to the room
wasn negli'gitileo except for the
two be'ds.U t
Thescompleteehospjtalttmedicalj
ana . jnursing j -sianj worKea
throughout theAnighttin ari.e'f;
fort" to" save! Mrs.'. Ma'ssey.'st life.
Several iblood and'Jplasrnatrahs
fusions-werejgiyenbutjsheadied
at; 7.55"Friday mbrning.Shehad
had minor ' surgery, earlyThurs
day-morning.?
Edith' Mattiej InezeMasseyawas
born April. 29,; 1914,JatOMonument
and, spent: her childhood "there.
Permanent-Type Xmas
Decorations Talked '
Chamber, of Commerce members
Mondays discussed' the possibility
oft thengroup- sponsoring -a plan
whereby permanent! type. Christ
maso decorations' could, be pur
chased' foruse in the down town
area.-
While it is too late for.this year,
some'rhembers felt -that it would
be wiseMo buy.-the-new type of
street, decora tions'which could be
used'formanyyears. While the
costtof such-decorations is much
higher than the evergreen stream
ers now- used, it was felt that
they could be purchased for one
intersection a year until enough
was obtained to decorate the
whole downtown area.
The matter was left in the
hands of standing committees to
investigate.
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Mr. and Mrs. Roy Johnson of Mt
Vernon made a combined busi
ness and pleasure trip to Hepp
ner the end of the week. They
visited friends and relatives,
staying over night at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Robinson.
Other gliestes at the Robinsons on
Sunday evening were Mr. and
Mrs. Creston Robinson and fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Mc
Donald and family and Mr. and
Mrs. Bud Marshall and daughter.
Mildred Tucker and daughter
Mary Evelyn spent the weekend
in Condon and Lone Rock visit
ing her brother Lester Harrison
and family and her father J. W.
Harrison.
Santa's Second Visit
Set for This Saturday
Members of the chamber of commerce "Santa" committee
reminded children this week that the bewbiskered gentleman
will again be in Heppner this next Saturday, Dec. 15, to pick up
his personal mail from the letter box he left on his last trip and
to check up on the activities of all the boys and girls.
The local men stated that they expected a "Santagram" by
Friday telling them how he planned to arrive in town, but they
expected to again take the city fire truck to bring him down town.
In talking to him on bis last trip be seemed a little hesitant to
bring his reindeer right downtown so they expect to meet him
someplace near the city limits. ,
He did say, however, that he would have a good stock of
candy canes for all comers.
She was a graduate of Monument
high school. She moved to, Hepp
ner following her marriage to
Raymond Massey.
Surviving her, besides her hus
band are her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Rex Sweek, Monument- two
brothers, Wesley, Portland, and
Ned of Heppner. Four sisters,
Mrs. Doris Capon, Kimberly; Mrs.
Ursula Couture, Fossil; Trella
Sweek, Portland and Mrs. Rhoda
Robins, Los Angeles.
Services were held at All Saints
Episcopal church with Rev. E. L.
Tull officiating. Arrangements
were in charge of Phelps funeral
home. Interment was in the Ma
sonic cemetery at Heppner.
Fog Settles In, ,
Temperature Drops
Fog and colder weather settled
in over Morrow county this-week
with some sections of the county
reporting a light snowfall early
Wednesday.
Official minimum temperature
at Heppner Wednesday morning
was 18 degrees.
Freezing fog Wednesday gave
the appearance of genuine win
ter, and some areas down Willow
Creek reported a light fall of
snow the same morning.
The lowest minimum; recorded
at Heppner so far this fall was 13
'degrees.
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FarmersTo Get- Tax
Help in January
The Portland office ot- the' In
ternal-Revenue Department" an
nounced early this week' that
ijcyuiy,. wiuxiuis' Will' V1511 ,nus
outlying communities early in
January.to-assistefarmers in pre
paringiand filingfforms 1040-ES,
"declaration of estimated-tax for
theyearigsi'or the- preparation
and.filing oftheir income tax re
turns. The deputy collectors will- be I
at the?court house in Heppner,
Wednesday, Jan. 2, Hermiston city
halUThursday? Jan"3, and at the
court house in Condon, Friday,
Jan.4.
The office announced that other
taxpayers will be assisted at a
later- date.
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F FA Boys Buy Three
Tamworth Weaners
Two Future Farmers of Amer
ica, Bob and Jerry Buschke re
cently bought three registered
Tamworth weiner pigs from Cecil
Drewery of Toppenish, Wash.
They will carry the pigs as part
of their F. F. A. project. The boys
plan to buy a boar at a later date.
The Tamworth is strictly a
bacon-type hog and is the oldest
of the domesticated breeds. There
are only two Tamworth breeders
in Oregon at the present time.
Iowa and Illinois are the two
leading states in the breeding of
these hogs.
One of the main reasons for the
purchase of this type of swine
was to provide themselves and
others interested with some high
quality lean bacon.
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Mrs. J. Fred Lucas has returned
to her home in North Bend, Wn,
following several days here dur
ing which time she prepared her
Heppner residence for rental. Mr.
and Mrs. Floyd Sayers, assistant
postmaster, are living in . the
Lucas place. Mr. and Mrs. Lucas
own an"d operate an apartment
house in North Bend.
Mrs. Grace Nickerson motored
to Condon Tuesday afternoon to
attend the high school play. Her
granddaughter, Miss Karen Hayes
was a member of the cast.
Weekend Mail
Departure Returned
To Later Hour
James Driscoll, Heppner post
master, announced Wednesday
that weekend mail departure
from Heppner will be changed to
6.00 p. m. daily including Satur
days and Sundays. This will re
turn departure to Its former time,
Recently, weekend service was
curtailed with Saturday mail
leaving at noon, and Sunday's
schedule calling for the mail
truck to return to Arlington at
8:00 a. m.
Driscoll stated that Flatt's
Truck Service, operators of the
mail route, has requested the
change back to the former closing
times. They were recently grant
ed a new contract by the postal
department.
The postmaster pointed out that
this was not just a temporary
change, due to Christmas rush,
but would be continued after the
holidays.
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Boar dm an Starts On
Chest Fund Drive
County judge Garnet Barratt
announced this week that the
Community Chest drive was now
started in the Boardman area
following a meeting of the com
mittee for that community last
Monday. He said that no re
port was available yet, however.
Barratt stated that there had
been some confusion regarding
the amount of the quota for Lex
ington and said that it probably
came from the fact that the ori
ginal quota of $240 was set un
for Lexington alone, but that the
revised quota was raised to $450
because the surrounding area had
Deen included. Lexington was
the first to go over the top in
the drive when they reported in
early last week. They exceeded
tneir revised quota.
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Weather Research
Meeting Called
Directors of the Morrow county
weather research have called a
meeting of members for Wednes
day, Dec. 19 at the court house in
Heppner.
Tom Hazard, an official of the
Weather Resources Development
corporation will report on the
findings and activities of that
group, and members will hear the
report of the board of directors.
The meeting is scheduled to
start at 1:30.
Cloud Seeding Data
Made Available
Results of an impartial evalu
ation of cloud-seeding operations
in Sherman, Gilliam and Morrow
counties have been published hv
the Oregon State college experi
ment station in circular of infor
mation number 503.
The study was made at the re-
quest of the Oregon Wheat com
mission in an effort to determine
whether rain-making attempts in
the three counties produced sig
nificant added precipitation.
R. T. Beaumont, assistant met
eorologist for the experiment sta
tion, indicates in his report that
the studies produced little evi
dence to indicate that cloud-seeding
brought much unscheduled
rainfall betweeen September 1950
and June 1951. :
Copies of the report are avail
able at OSC or county extension
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RHEA CREEK GRANGE NEWS
The Rhea Creek Grange will
hold their Christmas party in the
grange hall Sunday evening,' De
cember 16. A gift exchange will
be held. .
Carl Bergstrom went to Portland
to attend the Grants Pass-Grant
Hi football on Saturday.
Several from the Rhea Creek
grange attended the installation
of officers at Lexington Saturday
night.
Rev. Sodergren ,of Portland
showed pictures of his European
trip at the Valby Lutheran church
Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph I. Thomp
son, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Thomp
son and David Hynd have re
turned from Portland where they
spent several days last week at
the Woolgrowers' convention.
Keith McMurdo left Monday
for his home In Pocatello, Idaho,
after visiting here for the past
several weeks. He was taken to
Hinkle to the train by his brother,
Dr. A. D. McMurdo.
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NOSEDIVE This Pontiac belonging to Hubert Hudson took matters
in its own hands Sunday morning and took a short trip, mostly
down. Mrs. Hudson had parked
Wise home on South Main, and when she went to leave it wouldn't
start Leaving three children, she was taking to Sunday school
she returned to the house for help. When Mrs. Hudson returned
the car with her daughter, Sharon Kay, had run over a cement
wall and then over the bank below to wind up practically In Main
street Jerry Don Hudson, 5 and Joan Moe, 11 had Jumped out
but the little girl didn't make it and rode it down. She climbed
out unhurt, her main worry being a nickle she was to take to
Sunday school she had lost it on the way down.
CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS OF BUSINESS
HOUSES TO BE JUDGED THIS WEEK
The Christmas faces of Hepp
ner business houses will be
judged by towns people this
weekend in the Jay Cettes first
annual yuletide contest for mer
chants. . j i .
Ballots will be received by local
box-holders, who are asked to
view the merchant's establish
ments from the street to deter
mine the most attractive and ori
ginal Christmas appearance.
Ballots are to be returned by
Monday, Dec. 17, and the win
ner announced in the Heppner
Gazette Times next week.
Heppner residents will be simi
larly judged in the second divis
ion of the contest from December
23 to 25.
Previously three judges have
Truckers Urged To
Register Locally
Truck owners in Oregon will
find it more convenient and time
saving if they apply for 1952 truck
registrations at a near-by state
department branch office or other
issuing agency, according to Sec
retary of State Earl T. Newbry.
' Delays in getting registrations
will result, Newbry said, if appli
cation is made by mail to the
main Salem office without first
consulting the new truck fee
schedules now available at the
various state department offices,
The new schedules for trucks .were
established by the last session
of the legislature.
Newbry also reminded truck
owners that the plates now on
their vehicles are to be retained,
as aluminum 'shortages make it
necessary to validate plates by
tabs this year.
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Miss Margaret Gillis of Salem
spent Thursday in Heppner look
ing after business matters. Miss
Gillis reports that she will be
employed as one of the floor nur
ses in the Methodist Old Peoples'
home in Salem. During her Hepp
ner visit she was the houseguest
of Mrs. Sara McNamer.
Tom Michos, Portland, was in
Heppner the first of the week
taking care of some matters in
connection with his land holdings
in Morrow County.
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XpsLjy Shopping
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the car in front of the Clarence
selected the prize winning Hepp
ner residences, to whom the Jay
Ceetes awarded prizes. No prizes
have been posted for this year's
contest since the '- organization
feels- selection by towns people
will be sufficient honor for the
winner.
Mrs. John Ernsdorff, Mrs. Har
old Huber and Mrs. Edwin Dick
are the committee directing the
contest.
Remodeling Started
On Oddfellows Hall
Further renovation of the Odd
fellows' hall began Friday with
the removal of the floor of the
main lodge room. A new -hardwood
floor will replace the pre
sent one. The wide side boards
at the east end of the hall and
along the north and south sides
are to be removed, thus adding
several feet to the floor space.
Plans are being made to install
sound board on the ceiling so as
to improve the accoustics of the
room. Lee Howell is in charge
of the work.
HOSPITAL NEWS
New Arrivals To Mr. and Mrs.
Lester Bassett, Heppner a baby
girl born Dec. 12, weight 6 lbs. 2V4
ozs.
Medical Bernice Matthews, lone,
dismissed; Lindsey Kincaid, lone,
dismissed; Gary Dick, Heppner;
Stella O'Meara, lone.
Minor Surgery Michael Sweek,
Heppner, dismissed.
Major Surgery Stephen Green,
Heppner; Mrs. Lee Ma'tteson,
Heppner.
Dismissed Margaret Buschke,
Heppner; Marvin McNeil, Kinzua.
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Mrs. R. A. Thompson has re
turned from a two weeks visit in
Walla Walla with her daughter
and family, the Paul Webb, Jrs.
The Webbs brought her to Hepp
ner on Saturday.
Committees Set
Under the 'direction of Mrs.
Olive B. Hughes, a complete
county-wide organization has
been set up to handle the coming
March of Dimes drive scheduled
to start January 2.
Mrs. Hughes stated that' the
need for funds in this area were
greater than before for so far
this year this county has had four
cases of polio. Two were record
ed in 1950. Collections in 1950
amounted to $2093.60, half of
which remained with the local
chapter.
In a statement from E. T. Hed
iund, Portland, state chairman
for the March of Dimes he said,
"Our state has suffered severely
from polio in the last five years.
In 1950 Oregon was hit with 525
cases which was the highest ever
recorded in its history. The county
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Barber Sentenced to Life For Murder;
Plea Changed fp Second Degree
Circuit Judge W. C. Perrv. Mon
day sentenced Ray Allen Barber
to life imprisonment In the Dene.
tentiary after Barber had pleaded
guilty to a second degree murder
charge placed against him. The
case was first heard by Judge
Perry at the fall term of court. .
Barber, who has been held in
jail on a first degree murder
charge since the fatal shooting
of Anthony J. Ripp near Board
man last July, entered a plea of
guilty to second degree murder
which district attorney Bradley
Fancher and judge Perry accept
ed. He was immediately senten
ced and sheriff C. J. D. Bauman
Mrs. Alva W. Jones
Dies Early Thursday
Mrs. Hannah Jones. 55, well
known Heppner resident, died
early Thursday mornlne at the
Pioneer Memorial hospital where
she had been under medical care
for nearly three weeks.
Surviving her are her husband,
Alva W. Jones, two sons, Robert
a student at University of Oregon,
and Donald, California. Two sis
ters, Mrs. Jess Deos, Odell; and
Katie Dobson, Ireland; three bro
thers, David Wilson,' Heppner;
William George Wilson,- Odell;
and Jimmy Wilson, Portland.
Mrs. Jones was. born Novem-
ber 24, 1896 in Carrlgallen, county,
Letherim, Ireland, was married
to Alva Jones March 1, 1920.
The date of the funeral has not
yet been set, pending the arrival
in Heppner of her son, Donald,
from California.
Local Car Dealer
To Leave Heppner
Charles Hodge, Heppner Chev
rolet dealer announced early this
week that he had sold his new
home on south Main street tn
C. A. Warren of Heppner and that
he planned to move to Pasco.
where he will take over the posi
tion of sales manager for the
Pasco Auto company, Chevrolet
and Oldsmoblle dealers for that
area as soon as present pending
aeais lor the sale of his Chevrolet
dealership here are completed.
Hodge stated that he regretted
leaving Heppner, but would re
turn to Pasco in the near future.
He was formerly employed by the
Pasco Auto company for 15 years
before purchasing his own deal
ership here.
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ELECTION OF OFFICERS
SET BY CHAMBER
Election of officers for the com
ing year will be held next Mon
day by the Heppner chamber of
commerce. Five positions on the
board of directors are open.
Nine members were nominated
last Monday to fill the vacant
posts.
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Boardman Youth Now
In Korean Service
Pvt. Blllle G. Crisman, Board
man, Ore, now is serving with
the 142nd Quartermaster Bat
talion, a part of IX Corps, on the
Korean central front.
The unit is responsible for sup
plying IX Corps forces with such
vital items as rations, clothing,
oil and gasoline. In a single
month the unit has supplied the
troops with as many as 4V& mil
lion rations, 1,100 tons of clothing
and 9'4 million gallons of oil and
gasoline.
Crisman, a memer of the 108th
Quartermaster Bakery Company,
entered the Army eight months
ago.. He was formerly employed
with the Union Pacific Railroad.
Up for March
chapters have already received
$100,000 in epidemic aid funds
from the national foundation for
infantile paralysis thus far this
year. This is the reason contribu
tions must be greater than ever
this year."
Mrs. Hughes is county cam
paign director, Robert Ferrell will
serve as treasurer. National
foundation chapter officers in
clude Jack Edmondson, pres., Les
lie Grant, vlce pres.; Lucy Rodgers
sec. Other officers are: chair
man of women's activities, Mrs.
John Bennett, Mrs. Jack Loyd will
be her vice-chairman. Publicity,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Penland;
schools and P-TA, Leslie Grant,
Mrs. John Pennett, Mrs. Jack Loyd,
medical advisory committee, Dr.
A. D. McMurdo, Clara B. Gertson,
Martha Tapanalnen.
took him to Salem Monday.
At the opening of court a new
grand jury was drawn and judge
Perry appointed Frank Turner as
foreman. Others on the panel in
eluded Frank Lindstrom, Jean
Case, W. C. Crawford, J. G. Thom
son, Jr., J. B. Snyder and Bert
Bleakman.
On Tuesday a jury split the dif
ference in the case of Julian
Rausch vs Harold and Philip Cohn
whereby Rausch claimed Cohns
had not fulfilled an agreement to
purchase grain. In a countersuit,
Cohns charged that Rausch had
not delivered what they had bar
gained for and that they were
forced to buy grain at a higher
price. They wanted reimburse
ment for the higher cost. The
Jury split the difference in the
two figures granting Rausch dam-
ages of $875.48.
In the only other case scheduled
for this term of court, R. B. Rand
is suing D. W. Ewing for $35,000
damages for non -completion of a
contract involving sale of pro
perty near Boardman. This case
will be heard Monday, Dec. 17.
Shamrocks Start
Hoop Practice
Organization and scheduling of
games for the Heppner Sham
rocks, independent basketball
team has been started and par-
ticipation in the Tri-county bas
ketball league is again planned
for this year. The first regular
game is set for Dec. 19 against
Stanfield. It will be played there.
The Shamrocks were last years'
league winners and will be de
fending their championship. The
nine teams comprising the league
are Arlington, Boardman, lone,
Lexington, Stanfield, Hermiston
Legion, Hermiston Valley Build
ers, McNary and Heppner. A
practice game was held Decem
ber 12 with lone on the Heppner
floor. '
Members of the team are Hal
Whitbeck, Stan Kemp, Jim Sum
ner, Eddie Gunderson, Wate Both
well, Gene Hall, Bill Barratt,
Doug. Drake, Skip Connor, Brad
ley Fancherj Don Barrett, Bob
Ordway, Bob Williamson, Bill
Padberg, Hank Rausch, Bill Scriv ,
ner, Jim Farley, Jack Edmondson,
Harry O'Donnell, Melvln Piper,
McDon Bonta, Tad Miller.
The full game scheduje will be
announced later.
District Scout Meet
Called for Condon
The regular monthly Covered
Wagon District Scouters' Meetings
will be held at the Memorial Hall
In Condon on Tuesday, December
18th, 8:00 p. m. All adult Scouters
are invited to attend.
The theme for the Cub Leaders
will be on the "Achievement
Plan" with a film to be shown.
The theme of the Troop Leaders
will be on "Patrol and Troop
Meetings" with a film to be
shown.
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Mr. and Mrs. Paul Brown re
turned Friday from a week's so
journ in Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Vincent and
daughter, Alice, will leave De
cember 21 for Ontario where they
will spend the holidays with rela
tives. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dobbg and
her sister, Mrs. William Rawlins,
spent Tuesday in Walla Walla.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Smith and
children will leave this weekend
for a two weeks vacation.
of Dimes Drive
Executive committee xnembers
are Mrs. Hughes, Lucy Rodgers,
H. L. Duvall, L. L. Pate, C. J. D.
Bauman, Mrs. Mervin Leonard.
In the various communities the
following persons will handle the
drive: Heppner, James H. Dris
coll, director; Mrs. John Bennett,
Mrs. Jack Loyd. Boardman,di
rector, Mrs. Florence Root, Mrs.
George Gwlnn, Mrs. Ronald Black.
Morgan, director, Mr. and Mrs.
Martin Bauernfeind, Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick McClintock. Hardman,
Mrs. H. C Casey. Irrigon, Mrs.
Stella Phillips, director. Lexing
ton, Emma McBreshears, director
and Mrs. Mervin Leonard. Ruby
Roberts will head the drive at
lone.
Mrs. Hughes stated that other
committee heads would be an
nounced later.