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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, January 3, 1952
Volume 68, Number 42
Two Heppner Boys
Admit Series of
Vandalism Acts
The apprehension Wednesday
morning by city and state police
and county sheriff of two teen-age
Heppner youths and their ulti
mate confessions cleared up a
series of burglaries and vandal
Ism that had plagued local police
for several weeks.
The latest breakln occured on
either Monday or Tuesday night
at Andresen's hardware where
about $100 in cash and checks
and a .32 calibre revolver were
stolen. Entry was gained by
boring a hole in a back door.
Officers reported the two 16
year old boys had confessed to
the Andresen burglarly and in
addition admitted breaking Into
the E. E. Gonty home over the
Christmas holidays and taking a
gun and telescope sight.
Other cases cleared up by the
confessions were the breaking!
and entering of the Heppner,
American Legion Hall, cutting of!
wiring on a truck belonging to
Case Furniture company, slash
ing of car tires, and the cutting
of two air hoses at Jack's Chev
ron station.
Police reported that practically
all money and the gun taken
from the Andresen's hardware
had been recovered.
The boys are to appear in juve
nile court Thursday afternoon.
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Br-r-r-r-r . . .
Thermometer
Hits Low of
1
If you thought it was chilly
New Year's eve, you were right!
The official thermometer in
Heppner showed 1 above. Wed
nesday night's low was the same.
Winter set in with a vengence
on Christmas and has kept Mor
row county in its grasp with be
low freezing maximum daytime
temperatures for nearly a. week,
along with depositing' several
inches of snow to protect fall
seeded wheat.
Snow depth varied consider
ably throughout the county with
the higher areas reporting as
much as eight inches of the white
fluff. Most roads were in good
winter condition with highway
crews keeping them well plowed
and sanded.
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First National
Again Ups Interest
An increase to 2V4 per annum
in the rate of interest paid on 3
year certificates of deposit has
been announced by the Heppner
Branch of the First National Bank
of Portland, starting January 1,
1952.
The new 2 rate will also be
available on all three-year cer
tificates of deposit at the 64 bank
ing offices in the First National
group, consisting of the First
National Bank of Portland and
its 46 statewide banking offices
and 15 affiliated banks with 18
offices.
Three-year certificates of de
posit, which will be issued for
ay amount desihed by the de
positor, will draw interest at the
rate of 2 per annum payable
at thexpiration of the 3-year
period
On December 19, First National
was the first statewide bank in
Oregon to announce an increase
also in the rate of interest paid
on regular savings accounts.
Starting on January 1, 1952, any
First National savings account,
regardless of size, will draw 2
interest per year.
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JUDGE TO BE PCA SPEAKER
county juage o
to be guest speaker tnis weeKena
at the annual Production Credit
Association meetings to be held j
Saturday at Enterprise and Mon
day at Pendleton. His topic is to
be Taxes and Taxation.
He will be back in his office
Tuesday.
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Miss Jaunita Matteson has re
turned from Pendleton where she
has been working in the First
National Bank and has accepted
a position as bookkeeper in the
local bank. , Miss Matteson fills
the vacancy created by the resig
nation of Bob Williamson who is
working as 'bookkeeper for the
Morrow County Graingrowers at
Lexington.
Here to spend Christmas with
Mr. and Mrs. Chve Huston were
Mr and Mrs. Leonard Baar of
Redmond. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Mer-
ritt and daughters, Sandra and
Carol, of Kennewick, and Mr. and
Mrs. Herman Parker of Pasco,
Dimes Drive Started;
Funds Badly Needed
Morrow county's March of
Dimes drive got under way this
week, two weeks earlier than
normal, in an attempt to build
up this chapter's funds to care
for polio treatment.
County chairman, Mrs. Joe B
Hughes an.d city head, Jack Ed
mondson said plans were all laid
for an intensive drive.
Due to the exceptionally heavy
demand for funds throughout
the nation the drive was extend
ed to a full month. Local officers
reported four cases of the disease
in the county last year. E. T
Hedlund, state March of Dimes
chairman, reported that last year
11 of Oregon's 36 counties asked
for assistance from the nationa
organization and received over
$100,000 in additional funds.
Morrow county has been' as
signed no quota as every avail
able dolar that can be obtained
is needed.
City Fire Siren
I OO yil let 10
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Heppner had what was pro
bably the quietest fire siren
in the country Monday it
was frozen solid.
The usual Monday noon
test blast of the siren brought
forth nothing but a couple of
electricians when telephone
operators found that pushing
the switch didn't bring the
desired results. A check
showed snow and ice had
"plugged the works."
Fire chief Charles Ruggles
announced immediately that
starting Monday the siren
would be tested every day at
noon instead of Just on Mon
days, during the winter, to
alleviate further difficulty.
At any other time but noon
it still means business.
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Many Young People
Return For Holidays
Many Morrow county young
people were home from schools
and the service to spend the holi
days. Among those seen were
Bob Jones, Roy Carter and Bob
Bennett from the University of
Oregon; Marion Green, Gerald
Bergstrom, and Don Gilliam from
Oregon State College; Jimmy Or
wick, Connie Ruggles and Ross
Doherty of Whitman; Charles
Daley, and Ruby Ann Rietmann,
from EOCE; Bill Hubard and
Fritz Cutsforth ffom the Oregon
Technical Institute; Betty Howell,
Dorothy French and Ida Lee Cha
pel from St. Joseph's; Sally Cohn
of St. Helen's Hall; Marilyn Mil
ler of St. Paul's; Randall Peter
son from an Idaho Junior College;
Herval Pettyjohn stationed in
Seattle with the Coast Guard;
Bob Mollahan of the Air Force;
Junior Kemp from the Army;
Buster Padberg also of the Army
and Darlene Wayne who has re
turned from Portland to make
her home with Mr. and Mrs.
Archie Murcheson.
HOSPITAL NEWS
New Arrival To Mr. and Mrs.
George Steatlgall, Lexington, a
baby girl born Jan. 1.
Medical Forrest Adams, Hepp
ner, dismissed; Mrs. Rita Saager,
Heppner dismissed; David Davis,
Mrs. Ed Huston, Heppner, Martin
E. Cotter, lone, dismissed.
Surgery Roy Hisey, Heppner;
Mrs. Arvilla Swanson, lone.
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HOME EXTENSION UNIT
The Heppner Extension Unit
will meet with Mrs. Loyd Bur
kenbine Tuesday January 8 at
1:30 p, m. There will be a dis
cussion, led by Maude Caswell,
on plaids and stripes.
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Mrs. Iris Fisher returned to her
home m Echo Sunday af(er spend.
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q u?ofll horn Vinr mnthor
Mrg wiHiam Harper and Mr'
Harper. Mrs. Fisher is employed
as cook at the Tony Vey ranch
near Echo. .
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Parrish spent
the Christmas Holiday with their
son, Raymond, and family in
Portland. Returning the last of
the week, they found travel ex
tremely difficult requiring seve
ral more hours to make the trip
than is usually necessary.
Mr. and Mrs. Loy McFerrin had
as their guests during the holi
days their sons-ln- law and
daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Carsten
Brandhagen of Portland and Mr.
and Mrs. Ted Reed and her son,
Jimmy Templeton, of Spokane.
Mr. and Mrs. N. D. Bailey and
Mr. and Mrs. Elwyan Hughes re
turned the first of the week from
Kelso, Wash., where they spent
the holidays with relatives.
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BLUEBIRDS This group of 16 girls is Heppner's only group of junior Campfire girls headed by Mrs.
James Thomson and Mrs. Steve Trompson. There are other girls in the area interested, but leaders
are needed to organize such a group. Pictured are front row left to right: Janet Thompson, Shirley
Van Winkle, Rogena Wagner, Judy Parsons, Doris Morris, Sharon Keithley, Mary Evelyn Tucker. Back
row: Mary Emma Evans, Sandra Jones, Mary . Moyer, Julie Pfieffer, Julia McGough and Sheryl
Moyer, Julie Pfierfer, Julia McGough and Sheryi Harris.
Year's Rainfall
Below Average
All of late December's snow
didn't add up to much water ac
cording to Leonard Gilliam, of
ficial weather recorder for Hepp
ner. The total moisture for the
month measured only 1.40 inches
to bring the total for the year to
10.57 inches, considerably below
the average.
Though Morrow county's "dry
year of 1951" brought forth a re
cord grain crop, the rainfall was
considerably below the 38 year
average of 12.87 inches, and near
ly five inched below 1950's total
precipitation of 17.36 inches.
Following is last year's rain
fall by months:
January 1.04
February 1.31
March 87
April 67
May 1.09.
June .. 1.03
July 16
August 29
September 17
October 1.54
November 1.00
December 1.40
Loren E. Mikeself
Dies At Toppenish
Funeral services for Loren E.
Mikesell, 53 years old, were held
at 10 a. m. Saturday, December
22, in Hopkins chapel, Toppen
ish, Washington. Mr. Mikesell
died at his home in Toppenish,
Wednesday, December 19, follow
ing a long illness.
Loren E. Mikesell was born
near Heppner, Oregon, the son of
Mrs. W. E. Mikesell and the late
Mr. Mikesell. He received his
education from the Heppner
schools, graduating with the
Class of 1916.
A resident of Toppenish for 22
years, Mr. Mikesell had been lo
cal distributor for Standard Oil
Company, in whose employ he
had been a total of thirty-three
years. He was a World War I
veteran and past commander of
the Malcom Crahtree Post, Ameri
can Legion. He had also held
many district offices with the
Legion. He was a past Chef De
Care of Voiture 88, Forty Et Eight
Society, Yakima, Washington, and
had served on many local and
state cimmittees, of that organ
zation. Military burial services were
held at Terrace Heights Memorial
Park with members of the Forty
Et Eight as pallbearers and World
War II veterans acting as color
bearers and firing squad. The
flag ceremony was in charge of
veterans of World war I:
Surviving Mr. Mikesell are his
wife, Gladistine, two daughters,
Deloris and Carol Ann of Toppen
ish, Washington; his mother, Mrs.
May Mikesell of Heppner, Ore
gon; a sister, Mrs. Ethel Smith of
Arcadia, California and a brO'
ther E. D. Mikesell of Portland
Oregon.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Turner re
turned the last of the week from
Portland where they spent the
holidays with their son, Don and
family.
Mr and Mrs. Merle Kirk and
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Robertson
have returned from Portland
where they spent the Christmas
holidays with relatives. During
their visit to the city they at
tended the Ice Cycles of 1952.
Miss Bernice Hiart -of Portland
was a holiday guest at the home
of her sister, Mrs. Lyle Matteson.
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LOCAL POST OFFICE SHOWS GOOD
GAIN IN REVENUE OVER LAST YEA&
The Heppner post office showed
a substantial gain in revenue in
the year just ended as final fig
ures on the year's business
showed a total of $18,877.20. This
figure is slightly more than $1,
000 over 1950.
Postmaster James Drlscoll re
ported a December total of $3,
116.35, considerably ahead of the
same month a year ago. To get
this figure 60,500 pieces of first
Pom on d: Grti:n 3:0 M 1$
At loh.e Satirrid?
Pomona grange will meet in
lone Saturday, January 5 with
Willows gran-g-e acting as hosts.
The meeting is sclwdul to b
gin at 10 a. m. with dinme wrt
for noon.
County agent Nels Andersen
will show slides aiisl give a talk
on trees for wi:i(i1eak6. Othe
entertaiFrmeit on the program in
cludes a reading by Mrs. J. Pal
mer Sorlkfl for Rhea Crock, . a
skit by Greenfield graifrge ami
musical numbm hf tliitf host
grange.
The program is oprn to the
public and 3rd and 4th degrees
will be put oh ia the evening fey
Willows grange.
Former Morrow Couple, IOO and 94 Years,
Soon to Celebrate 71 Years of Married Life
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Two Morrow county residents,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Hams,
who for many years were in the
ranching and cattle business and
later operated a hotel and livery
stable at Hardman, will in a few
months celebrate 71 years of mar
ried life.
The picture above was taken
last summer at their home in
Portland at the celebration of
Mr. Ham's 100th birthday Mrs.
Hams will be 94 in January. Both
are in remarkably good health.
The Hams family of eight sons
and daughters were born while
they lived in the Hardman area,
and one son, James, still lives at
Hardman. Other children living
are Mrs. Bob Staysa, Pacific City;
Mrs. Ben N. Wade, Portland; Mrs.
Minnie Paul, Portland; Charles,
Gaston and Roy of Multnomah.
Mr. Hams enjoys working in
his garden, is interested in the
topics of the day, and appreciates
the advance of present day con-
veniences,
such as his electric
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class mail and Christmas cards
were cancelled in the local office.
He reported the total for the
year was practically double the
revenue of the office ten years
ago.
The postmaster also expressed
his appreciation to the general
public for their response to pleas
by the department for early mail
ing and also for the bundling of
Christmas cards which greatly
aided mail handling.
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S faft s o ns A pom f e:$
To Hospital Board"
The county court announced
Wednesday the appointment of
Garland Swanson of lone to the
hospital board to fill the unex
pired term of Jack O'Connor, who
moved from Heppner in July.
Swanson's term is for one year.
Harry Duvall also accepted re
appokitmeKt to the beard for a
five-year terni.
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Hl&ETUlRBS KNEE
Mks. C. W. Swanson, lone was
brought to Pioneer Memorial hos
pital in Heppner Monday even
ing wl cm she fractured a knee
cap in a fall on icy streets. Her
condition is reported as good.
razor which he uses every day.
Mr. Hams was born in Folkston,
England on July 20, 1851. At the
age of 14 he worked in London as
baker boy and later as butcher
boy. When he was 20 he left Eng
land, April 20, 1872, on the steam
ship Herring, and arrived in St.
Joe, Illinois in time to cast his
first vpte -for General Grant for
president. He came to Portland
in 1876 and went to work in Pen
norior's mill. There he joined the
fire department. He was a mem
ber of "Old Tiger" 5. He was mar
ried on June 4th, 1881 to Viola
Cummings. He remembers driv
ing a team of horses across the
Willamette river on the ice in
1880. In 1884 with Mrs. Hams he
went to eastern Oregon and took
up a homestead. He sold his ranch
and cattle business in 1903 and
purchased a hotel and livery sta
ble in Hardman, Oregon. The
stage coaches stopped at the hotel
for meals and to change horses,
at the livery stable on the way I
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Reclassification Given
Two Local Highways
The Heppner chamber of com
merce's recent request to the
state highway commission for re
classification of several highways
leading into the city brought the
desired results, according to a
letter received by P. W. Mahoney
and read to the chamber Monday.
Mahoney is head of the road com
mittee. The group had requested the
commission to reclassify the Lexington-Buck's
Corners, Heppner
Condon and the Ruggs Spray
roads to group I highways which
would allow trucks up to 60 feet
in length to travel over them.
All the mentioned roads had been
in a group II classification, re
stricting trucks to a maximum of
50 feet in overall length.
The highway commission
granted the change on the Lexington-Buck's
Corners and the
Heppner-Condon sections but de
nied the change on the Ruggs
Spray road due to insufficient
Registration Urged
For Nursing Classes
County Red Cross officers urged
that at least one person from
each area of the county register
for the Red Cross home nursing
classes that are scheduled to
start in Heppner January 22.
Miss Delia E. Morgan, nursing
field representative for the Red
Cross will be here for seven days,
January 22 to 25 and 28 to 30 to
conduct the classes at the Ameri
can Legion hall. Two classes
daily are scheduled, from 10 to
12 arid 7 to 9 in the evening. One
entire class period is to be de
voted to civilian defense.
Reservations can be made by
calling Mary Van's Flower Shop
in Heppner, phone 2502.
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New Year Greeted
By Twins-(Lambs)
What will undoubtedly qualify
as the first set of twins born in
1952 in Morrow county, were twin
lambs born to a ewe belonging
to Jim Wightman of Heppner. The
blessed event happened New
Year's morning.
The sheep are being raised as
an FFA project by Jim, who re
ports mother and family are do
ing well despite the cold.
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from Heppner to Monument, Ore
gon. Mr. Hams Joined Lone Balm
Lodge No. 82, IOOF in 1898 and
went through the chairs. He was
delegate, to three grand lodge
meetings. Mrs. Hams went
through the chairs of Mistletoe
Rcbekah lodge.
Of interest, too, are experiences
of Mrs. Hams. She was born In
Breckenridge county Kansas on
January 3, 1857, and at the age of
two years her folks joined a wag
on train of 62 wagons and started
for Oregon. On the way she was
kicked in the head by a mule and
they had to drop out at Salt Lake,
Utah, and spend the winter. She
says the Indians did not bother
them but as they started out from
Utah the Mormon Minute Men
followed them and demanded
their team but Captain Miller of
the wagon train settled with
them and they were allowed to
proceed.
clearance for trucks of such
length.
Also granted was a group I rat
ing for the road from Buck's Cor
ners to the junction with the
Boardman-Stanfield highway by
way of the Echo-Stanfield Junc
tion road. A part of this route is
over the new Boardman-Pendle-ton
highway.
The highway commission made
test runs over the various routes
in November with tanker trucks
and trailers, but. the change was
Just approved by the commission
at its December meeting.
The letter stated that the 50
foot restrictions on the Ruggs-
Spray road did not necessarily ap
ply to log hauling equipment as
such trucks are controlled by
special permits.- Special test
runs in this categsry will be
made later.
The reclassification request
was made by the local chamber
when it was found that tanker
trucks hauling into this area
from Pendleton or Hermlston were
forced to go down-river to Hepp
ner Junction and then up Willow
creek to Heppner. If they had a
part load for Condon, it was
necessary for them to return to
Arlington rather than being al
lowed to haul over the Heppner
Condon highway.
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Firemen Called 22
Times During Year
A review of Heppner fire de
partment activities for the past
year showed that the department
answered 22 fire calls during the
12-months period and that a to
tal fire loss was $10, 300.
Fire chief Ruggles stated that
practically all of the loss was
sustained at one fire, the county
fair grounds building which
burned in August. Loss in this
blaze was set at $10,000.
The other $300 was sustained
in three other fires. Several other
other small grass losses were
shown, but. all were outside the
city limits and not charged up
against Heppner's record.
A major improvement in U.c
department was made late in the
year with the purchase of a new
pumper truck to add to present
equipment. Delivery of the new
unit is expected within a short
time.
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Special Stamp to
Honor Nation's 4-H
A 3-cent stamp commemorat
ing 4-H club work will soon be
on sale in Oregon post offices,
says L. J. "Doc" Allen, state 4-H
Club leader at Oregon State Col
lege. First of these stamps will be
sold January 15 at Springfield,
Ohio, where the 50th birthday of
clubwork is being observed.
Nearly two million 4-H boys
and girls throughout the country
will be honored by this stamp.
More than 27,500 members are
enrolled in Oregon, one of the
leading states for 4-H enrollment
In relation to the number of eli
gible youths. About 16,000 of Ore
gon's 63,000 rural homes are rep
resented by 4-H club members.
But contrary to a popular mis
conception, city youngsters also
can and do take part in 4-H club
work. For example, about 1700
Portland boys and girls are mem
bers. The 4-H Stamp will be green.
It shows a group of typical farm
buildings at the left. In the cen
ter appears the symbolic four
leaf clover with the four H's
which represent head, heart,
hands, and health. Directly be
neath this is inscribed "The 4-H ,
Clubs". At the right are a teen
age boy and girl facing the club
symbol. The motto 'To Make
The Best Better" appears in a
dark panel across the top of the
stamp.
Allen has been notified that
stamp collectors who desire first
day cancellations of this stamp
may send not more than ten ad
dressed envelopes to the post
master, Springfield, Ohio, with
money order remittance to cover
the cost of the stamps to be af
fixed, An enclosure of medium
weight should be placed in each
envelop and the flap either seal
ed or turned in. The outside en
velope to the postmaster should
be endorsed "FIRST DAY COV
ERS." Word has been receded of the
birth of a daugter to Mr. and
Mrs. C. W. Anhorn at Medford on
December 26. The maternal
gradmother is Mrs. Clara B. Cert
son of Heppner