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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, January 3, 1952
20 TONS OF GRAIN DUMPED IN FEW
MINUTES BY NEW GIANT HOIST
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BIG LIFT Recently installed at a Portland grain elevator is this
truck hoist designed to rapidly unload bulk grain from trucks
which has previously been impracticable due to length of time
necessary to unload by hand. (Photo by Carl Vermilya, The
Oregonian.)
By Ted Wagoner
Staff Writer, The Oregonian
Imagine 3.3,000 pounds of
truck and trailer equipment
loaded wilh 40,000 pounds of
drain held in midair at a 35-de-gree
angle to the ground and you
have a rough idea of what a hy
draulic truck loading hoist will
do.
Now, of course very few people
have occasion to hold 73,000
pounds of anything in mid-air at
an angle for any length of timo,
but consider what a boon it must
be to the fellow faced with the
prospect of unloading all that
wheat by hand.
That was precisely the thought
of Kerr Gifford & Company when
it decided to install the new hoist,
first of its size in the Northwest,
at Its terminal No. 4 grain ele
vator at St. Johns.
In fact, all hands connected
with the project were so proud of
their new equipment that they
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invited the press to a special
"trial run" Thursday afternoon.
It worked without a hitch and
within 15 minutes the entire load
of 20 tons of wheat hauled in by
the Portlund-Pendleton Trans
port company from the J. T.
Lleuallen and Son farm in Adams
Oregon, was unloaded. Further
more when they become more
familiar with the hoist, they
hope to complete unloading with
in 8 to 10 minutes.
It seems that somewhere and
at sometime someone figured out
that grain would flow freely
from a 33-degree angle. Thus
it follows that if lifting a truck
up In the air to a 35-degree angle,
the grain will flow into a hopper
below.
Naturally there are a few
hours deJay between such a
theory and constructing the hy
draulic hoist and that is where
the Pacific Coast Engineering
company of Alameda, California,
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Lexington News
By Delpha Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Hermann Wallace
and three sons moved their
household articles to Ephrata
Wednesday where they will make
their home. Jim Bloodsworth
and Walt Wallace helped the
family move.
Mr. and Mrs. William N. Jones
of Odell, Oregon, and Mother
Mrs. Rhoda Jones of Union, Ore
gon were visitors at the home of
her other son and family, Mr.
and Mrs. C. C. Jones, Sunday
night. They were enroute to'their
home after several days spent
In LaGrande. Mrs. Jones will
visit there for some time.
The Nolan girls, Beaverly and
Phyliss held a New Year's party
at their ranch home, over Monday
and Tuesday. The girls were
picked up in town by Mrs. Nolan
on Monday. Those going out
were: Patricia McMillan, Shirley
Hunt and Betty Lou Messenger.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hagerud and
Joan Breeding were dinner guests
at the C. C. Jones home on Friday
night. The evening was spent in
playing pinochle.
Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Cutsforth
of Montana are visiting at the
O. W. Cutsforth home.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Cutsforth
enters the picture. It desigoed
qnd built the hoist which in turn
was installed for Kerr Gifford &
Company and the dock commis
sion by George Buckler and the
American Sheet Metal Works.
40-horsepower unit drives the
lift which is capable of raising
up to 50 tons of equipment into
the air, according to John Piatt,
Vice-President and Secretary of
Kerr Gifford & Company. The
platform on which the truck and
trailer rest during their free ride
is GO feet long.
Up to now the movement of
bulk grain from eastern Oregon
to Portland has been almost im
possible due to lack of unload
ing facilities for trucks, accord
ing to Herman Sites, President
of the Portland-Pendleton Trans
port company.
Such an installation has fur
ther ramifications to the farmer
also, by owning up new market
possibilities and eventually re
ducing transportation costs, inas
much as many trucks operating
between Portland and eastern
Oregon return without a pay load
at present.
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have named their small daugh
ter Deanna Lynn..
Earl Miller is spending the
holidays at the M. V. Nolan home
where he is employed.
Miss Etta Millett of Pendleton,
was visiting at the home of her
sister, Mrs. Emma Peck, on Sun
day. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Morey of
Portland were holiday visitors at
the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Bert Peck.
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Peck and
children were Eugene visitors
over the holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schwab and
daughters have returned after a
pleasant holiday spent in the val
ley. Carl Marquardt spent the holi
days with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Marquardt.
Mr. and Mrs. Truman Messen
ger Jr., and daughter visited in
Lexington Sunday at Messenger,
Sr. home, from their home in Ord
nance. LEX Continued from Lost week.
Deanna Steagall who attends
St. Joseph's Academy in Pendle
ton is visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Wilbur Steagall.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. McFadden
and family spent Thanksgiving
in Hermiston with relatives.
Herman Wallace accompanied
by Eugene Sawyer and Denny
McMillan motored to Donald Fri
day after Mrs. Wallace and
granddaughter Shirlee Denser of
that city who will vacation here
with friends and relatives. Eu
gene stayed in McMinnville
where he will visit an aunt and
his mother.
The Lexington Congregational
and Christian churches held their
Christmas program Sunday
night with each class taking part.
Between cenes the chorus sang,
with solo parts, Mrs. Betty Hage
rud, Rena Marquardt, and a duet
by Beverly Nolan and Rena Mar
quadt. Those singing in the
choir were: Patty McMillan
Phyliss and Beverly Nolan, Rena
Marquardt, Betty Hagerud, SWr
ley Hunt and Delpha Jones, Carl
Marquardt, Bob Hagerud, and
Truman Messenger. The reader
was Donna Barnett and pianist,
Betty Messenger.
Marvin Way who is attending
officers training school is home
on furlough at th home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Way.
lie flew to Pendleton where he
was met by his brother Ken who
also spent Xmas with his par
ents. Mrs. Ray is now living at the
Laura Scott home with Mrs. Scott
and Mrs. Wilson.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth DuVall
are spending Xmas at the W. C.
Van Winkle home, from Portland.
Several friends dropped in at
the Hermann Wallace home on
Saturday night where they en
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joyed a farewell party for the
Wallaces. A gift was presented
them for their new home in Eph
rata. Those attending the party
were: Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Pad
berg, Donald Heliker, Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Bloodsworth, Mr. and
Mrs. E. E. Peck, Mr. and Mrs. Ken
Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Ma
jeske, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Mun-
kers and house guest Gladys
Cutsforth. Mr. and Mrs, Roy Mar
tin and Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Jones.
Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Padberg
and two children motored to Port,
land Sunday night where they
will spend the holidays
Mrs. Winona Leonard is spend
ing the vacation in LaGrande
with her husband and family,
and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schwab
are vacationing in Eugene.
David Buchanan who attends
college In College Place, Wash
ington is vacationing in Lexing
ton. '
Mr. and Mrs. Truman Messen
ger, Jr., and children visited at
the Truman Messenger, Sr. home
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Buchanan
and son Teddy spent Xmas day
in Lexington from their home in
Ordnance.
Clarence Buchanan spent the
weekend in Lexington from his
home in Hermiston.
Funeral services were held last
wrek in Toppenish for Loren
Mikesell of that city. Services
were held from .the Hopkins
funeral home with interment in
the Terrace Heights cemetery of
Yakima with a military service
as Mr. Mikesell was a World War
I veteran. He leaves to mourn
his passing, his wife, Mrs. Gladys
Mikesell (Davis) and two daugh
ters Delores and Carol Ann, a
mother, Mrs. Mary Mikesell of
Heppner and a brother Eugene of
Portland and a sister Ethel of Ar
cadia, California. He was born
May 8, 1899 in Heppner and he
passed away at the age of 53
years. Those from here attend
ing the funeral were James Davis,
brother of Mrs. Mikesell, and Mr.
and Mrs. L. E. Ruhl and sons and
Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Grey of
Heppner.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack O'Harra and
her mother Mrs. Weeks of Port
land are spending the vacation
with Mr. O'Harra's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Newt. O'Harra. They
were Pendleton visitors on Mon
day. Dinner guests at the Wilbur
Steagall home Christmas were:
Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Breeding and
family, Mr. and Mrs. George Stea
gall and family and Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Breshears. '
Mr. and Mrs. Claude White of
Hardman were guests Tuesday at
the Lonnie Henderson home.
Mr. and Mrs. Hermann Zicgler
Jr. of The Dalles have been visit
ing her parents Mr. and Mrs.
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The Lexington Garden Club met
at the home of Mrs. Frank Mun
kers one day last week with a
good crowd attending. The day
was spent in making Christmas
decorations. Lovely refreshments
were served. There were several
guests present.
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Munkers
accompanied the Groves children
Maureen and Larry motored to
Salem via Prineville where they
visited at the Ed Grant home,
and will spend the holidays with
Mrs. Munkers parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Crabtree and where the
Groves children
will visit their
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Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Majeske
motored to Pendleton Thursday
night where they met their
daughter, Patricia Louise, who is
attending nurses training at the
Good Samaritan hospital in Port
land. Mrs. Majeske and Pat are
planning on a visit with another
daughter and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Arnold Ansted at Medford
this week, before Pat returns to
school Jan. 12.
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Heppner residents now residing
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