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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1952)
L I D R A R Y U OF 0 EUGENE, ORE. fcette Single Copy 10 Cents. New C of C Officers Take Oyer Monday New officers of the Heppner chamber of commerce were in stalled Monday noon at the regu lar weekly meeting of the organi zation. Frank Turner acted as installing officer. Garnet Earratt, incoming presi dent, was installed by proxy due to his absence from the city, but other officers assuming duties were Leslie Grant, vice-president, Robert Penland, second vice president, installed as new di rectors were Jeff Carter, Wayne West and Mary Van Stevens. Acceptance speeches were given by all new officers who looked forward to an active year for the group. Frank" Turner announced that arrangements had been made to procure a piano for use in the dining room so that members could enjoy some singing at the meetings. Mrs. Toby Minton was appointed pianist. o Rev. Clark Writes ' Of Japanese Custom In his New Year's messoge from Japan, Rev. Martin B. Clark, for merly pastor of the local, First Church of Christ and now head of the Bible Seminary in Osaka, Japan, writes of the work there and gives the following explana tion of the Japanese method of numbering houses and listing the street addresses: "Some have noted a slight change in our ad dress.. This has no major effect on our mail .since it is only a distinction, between our house and the rest of 747 Nakamiya- cho. You see this area was laid waste in the bombing and after the war there were no houses to need individual numbers. We are in a section numbered 747 of Nakamiva-cho, Houses have grown like mushrooms all around us and they have now given us our individual house numbers. The meaning of our address might be of interest to you. We are house number 31 in a small area about four sauare blocks known as 'chome' which is num ber 6 in our case. This chome is a section of a large area called a 'chor which comprises several such 'chome. The Japanese call it a town. Our 'cho is situated near a shrine, therefore, Nakam iya or near the shrine. A 'ku' is a ward of a large city similar to the wards of our large cities in America Brooklyn, Long Island etc., of New York. Ours is on the north east corner of the city where the Sun first shows, therefore As. ahi, meaning morning Sun or Rising Sun. Dad Madden refers to the work here as in the Rising Sun ward. The city of Osaka is situated on a great slope toward the mountains and the name O saka means great slope. Now if all this seems a little confus ing, don't be disturbed. I have just been trying to get two Janan ese to explain it to me and they cannot. They have no street num bering system such as ours. If you will address your letters as follows we ' will receive them readily: 316 chome, Nakamiya- cho, Asahi-ku, Osaka, Japan. This is our onlv address. We do not have an American address! Rev. Clark sends his greetings to all his friends in Heppner. o Raton Reed was over from Spray Monday looking after busi, ness matters in Heppner. Heppner Soil Makes Plans Completing another successful year, the Heppner Soil Conserva tion District has recently sche duled its annual meeting to be held, on Tuesday, January 22nd. the place of meeting will be the Lexington Grange Hall beginning at 10;30 a. m. To appear on the program this year are Bill Anderson, Range Conservationist of the Soil -Conservation Service, and LeRoy Warner, with the Soils and Fer tilizer Branch of Pendleton Grain Growers. Njr. Andersons' topic will be range improvement prac tices applicable" to Morrow County. LeRoy Warner who was formerly with Oregon State Col lege as Soil conservationist, will, discuss nitrogen fertilizers, their relation to soil moisture and needs for continued production. He will explain the soil testing service--being: offered by Pendle ton Grain Growers of which there Polio Posfer Boy , . - " - - n- 1 . - - - March of Dimes Poster Boy Larry Jim Gross, 7, gets sledding instruc tions from his dad, Air Force Chief Warrant Officer Jim Gross. The lad, whose left leg was weakened by polio when he was 16 months old, Is visiting U. S. cities In behalf of 1952 March of Dimes this January. His picture appears on all March of Dimes posters with the 1952 slo gan, "This Fight Is Yours." Join the 1952 March of Dimes today. Mustang Hoopsters Romp to Double Victories; To Take On Fossil Falcons this Friday Showing remarkable improve ment with each game, Heppner high school's Mustangs rolled ovefMwo opponents last week, de feating Arlington 52-34 Friday and Irrigon Tuesday by the lop sided score of 71 to 29. Heppnep has a good start to ward the "Big Wheat" " league Of Course the Season Was Closed A sizeable flock of wild geese spent considerable time feeding in a grain field west of town Saturday afternoon, oblivious to all the noise and commotion of the many per sons watching them. They worked up and down the field several times until scared into flight to where ever wild geese go by a cou ple of small boys. District Boy Scout Meet Here January 15 The monthly Covered Wagon District Scouter's meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 15th, 8:00 p. m., Episcopal Church Par rish Hall in Heppner. This district will be host to Scouters ,from the Oregon Trail and Strawberry districts. All adult Scouters are urged to at tend. Scouting films will be shown and plans will be made for Boy Scout Week. o Cecelia Carty is here from Klamath Falls to live with her sister Katherine Carty and to work atthe County Agents office. They have moved into the Scott Furlong house. Conservation For Annual is much interest shown here. Films of an educational and entertaining nature will be shown election of supervisor to fill the office of W. E. Hughes, expired, and the annual report given. The Lexington Blow Control District will hold their annual, meeting on the same day. The Lexington Grange home economics club, with Mrs. Vernon Munkers as Chairman, are serv ing the noon luncheon and prom ise the same good meals as is the custom there. The usual charge will be made. Interest in the district runs high with much progress in soil j Carlson, lone chairman: John conservation made during the, Wightman, Heppner, Vice Chair past year. Major practices re-, man, Orion Wright, Heppner, commended bv the suDervlsors of . Treasurer. O. W. CutsforthLex- the district which were used most frequently by farmers in 1951 were contour farming, 6410 acres; seeding of grass and legumes, 1308 acres; range Improvement, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, January championship with the two easy wirts. Mustang reserves had ample opportunity to test their skill in both contests. In the Arlington game Jack Sumner, Heppner forward was high point man with 15, Gary Connor and . Jim Prock followed closely with 13 and 12 points. In the Irrigon . encounter Sumner again led the field with a total of 27 points for the evening, Con nor was second with 17. The B t e a m performance against Irrigon looked even more impressive for the locals as they ran over the visitors to the tune of 7313. The B squad also romp, ed to a victory over Arlington 39-14. The Mustang's next game will be held at Fossil Friday when the Fossil Falcons will challenge Heppner's league position. The1 Falcon's have already disposed of Condon and will definitely put up quite a battle, coach Hal Whit beck said. Two Fossil top notchers who will give the local boys plenty of trouble are Eugene Benge, playing his fourth year, and Krofton, their 6'3" center. o FIREMEN CALLED City firemen were called Satur day afternoon to the Bert Bleak man residence on Hill street where a refrigerator motor had burned out filling the hpuse with acrid smoke. There was no dam age ather than to the motor. o UNION CETS CONTRACT The county court last week granted the Union Oil company a contract to furnish gasoline and deisel fuel for the coming year to the county. Union was low bid der among three companies sub mitting bids. District Meeting 27,441 acres; land prepared for ir rigation, 208 acres; and cross slope farming, 15,726 acres. Twenty-four farm plans were pre pared on 62,723 acres bringing total farm plans to 160 covering 421,770 acres. Now included in the Heppner Soil Conservation District is 1, 330,660 acres of which 223,000 acres are cultivated land, 845,404 range land, 12,045 creek bottom land and 250,211 in forest land. There are approximately 300 operating farm and Tanch units. District supervisors who adminis ter the local program are Chas ington, supervisor; ana w. t,. Hughes, supervisor, Heppner. N, C. Anderson, County Agent, ser Ives as secretary to the board of Supervisors. Two Teen-Agers Draw Sentences Two Heppner youths who last week pleaded guilty to a series of break-ins and acts of vandal ism were sentenced to minimum terms of 9 months each at Mc Laren School for Boys at Wood burn, with one put on probation for an indefinite period. The one boy, sentenced by the Juvenile court to serve his term at Woodburn had previously had brushes with the law, according to the court. The other had had no previous record. The court ordered a strict pro bation in the latter case and he was, also ordered to repay the various individuals and concerns for all damage. The two boys had admitted breaking into Andresen's Hard ware, the h. b. tionty home, slashing car tires and cutting air hoses over a period of several weeks. o . Heppner Bank Shows Deposit Increase Year-end statement of con dition figures reported by the Heppner branch of the First Na tional Bank of Portland show that on December 31, 1951, deposits at the branch were $6,187,278 and loans were $1,108,485. In releasing the figures Howard Bryant, manager of the branch, also reported comparable figures at the branch a year ago. On December 30, 1950, deposits were $5,456,638 and loans were $3,419. 988. At the same time, the First National Bank of Portland and its 46 statewide banking offices re ported that total resources as of December 31, 1951 passed the $600 millian mark to establish a new all-time 86 year record of $601, 240,222. Deposits at First Na tional on that date were $557, 388,716 and loans were $274,371, 240. Over December 30, 1950, First National deposits increased $32, 053,605, loans increased $32,747, 080, and total resources increased $30,494,025. Additional figures show that First National increased its capi tal funds from $34,988,667 on De cember 30, 1950 to $36,875,908 on December 31, 1951. This repre sents a net gain in capital funds of $1,887,241 after paying divi dends for the year 1951 of $1,200, 000 and adding $825,000 out of earnings to the reserve for pos sible loan losses. Capital ac counts of the bank now stand at $7,500,000 capital, $17,500,000 surplus, and $11,875,908 undivid ed profits. o Wranglers Change Night of Meetings The first 1952 meeting of the Wranglers was held Tuesday with new officers Bob Gammell, presi dent and John Hartman.secretary treasurer presiding. The group voted to change the regular meeting night to the first Tuesday of each month to give other members opportunity to at. tend. A Welfare committee con sisting of Mrs. Charles Ruggles, Bill Smethurst and Jim Lindsay was appointed for the coming year. The group felt the smooth functioning of last year's com mittees was largely responsible for increased attendance. Entertainment consisted of movies shown by Paul Brown, and an evening of square danc ing. Refreshments committee con sisted of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Erwin and Mr. and Mrs. Marion Finch. Those in charge of the entertainment were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mankin and Mr. and Mrs Ruggles. December's refreshment com mittee, previously overlooked, were Mr. arid Mrs. Bill Smethurst and Mr. and Mrs. ITarvey Smith. The next meeting will be Feb ruary 5. o STATE HEALTH NURSE TO ASSIST Miss Apollinia F. Olson, direc tor of public health nursing for the state board of health arrived in Heppner Wednesday to spend several days assisting Miss Mar tha Tapanainen, Morrow county health nurse in preparing a county-wide health program. o W. E. "Bill" Davis will undergo major surgery on the lower spine Friday at Emmanuel hospital in Portland. Mrs. Floyd Adams will teach for Mrs. Davis while she is in Portland with her husband. 10, 1952 Breakin Nets $1; Owner Gladly Pays A burglar's Job isn't easy. Bill Collins, owner of Hepp ner Cleaners found out Satur day. After closing up for the night Collins found he had locked both the car and shop keys inside. The only way to get in was to break in and all his front windows were big and expensive. Then he thought of his small daughter, Patty, who would Just about go through one of small side windows 7 by 15 Inches. Patty didn't think much of the idea until her dad bribed her with a silver dollar. It was a tight fit but she made it, and the dollar was much cheaper than a new front window. LOCAL MARCH OF DIMES CHAPTER SPENDS $722 FOR AID IN 1951 As the Morrow county Mrch of Dimes drive got into full swing this week Jack Edmondson, chiir- man of the Morrow county chap ter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, announced the local chapter had spent $722.- 80 to assist two polio patients last year. Making public the 1951 finan- Wind Drifted Snow Blocks Some Roads Wednesday's wind caused snow closure of some roads in the county according to road crews who were dispatched to clear the areas. Worst drifting was reported on some roads south and west of lone where several cars were ma rooned. Other areas reporting road blocks were in the Black horse area and on the road be tween Rhea creek and Balm fork. o Many Heppnerites See New Umatilla School Judge Carnet . Barratt, Leslie Grant, Morrow county school sup erintendent, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse O. Turner and Mrs. Joe Hughes were among those from Heppner at tending the dedicatory ceremonies for the $310,000 newly construct ed school and gymnasium at Umatilla Wednesday evening Secretary of State, Earl T. New. brv was guest sneaker. The school is named for Mrs. Clara A. Brownell, a pioneer of, that section who did much to promote education in Eastern Oregon dur ing her lifetime. Mrs. Brownell wos a cousin of the Turners and Mrs. Hughes. Her husband, DeWitt Brownell during his life did much toward promoting the idea of a dam on the Columbia River near Uma tilla" and the realization of his dream has been made in the con struction of McNary Dam which is situated just a stone's throw from the site of the Brownell homestead where they resided and reared their family. Most of the Brownell clan returned from widely scattered points to at tend the dedication. Mrs. Edward Lee, a daughter, of Oklahoma City was present. Mrs. Lee ex pects to visit the Turners and Mrs. Hughes later in the year. o- Thompson Is Again Chosen PCA Director Ralph Thompson, Heppner and Charles F. Litch, Enterprise were reelected to the board of direct ors of the Production Credit As sociation at the annual PCA con vention held Monday at Pendle ton. Both men had previously held office. Principal speaker at both the Enterprise meeting, held on Sat urday, and the Monday Pendleton meeting was Morrow county judge Garnet Barratt who discus sed the Federal tax program and its effect on taxpayers in this area. o LICENSE EXAMINER DUE A drivers license examiner will be in Heppner Tuesday", Jan. 22 at the court house from 9:30 to 3:30 according to an announce ment received from the secretary of state's office. Anyone wishing licenses or driving permits are asked to con tact the examiner early to assure completion of applications. o Mrs. Ethel Ziements returned Monday from an extended visit to Seattle and Portland. She was met in Arlington by Mr. and M;'s, Jarvis Chaffee. Council Acts to Speed Fire Department Calls The Heppner city council Mon- the future the location of the fire dan night authorized a proposal . will be given to no unauthorized presented by the fire department which was aimed at eliminating much of the congestion, difficulty and delay occasioned by the general public's habit of calling telephone operators whenever the fire siren blows. The plan, to bo put into effect immediately, will require firemen to identify themselves when call ing the operators to find the lo cation of a fire. According to telephone officials, so many calls were received in the past when ever there was a fire call that frequently firemen were forced to wait several minutes before the operators could get to them. In cial report of Robert Ferrell, chapter treasurer, Edmondson declared that services made pos sible through funds raised in the 1951 drive underlined the need for a successful 1952 drive. The re port showed that the $722.80, or 53 of the funds retained last year, was expended for hospital ization of polio patients whose families could not afford the full cost of such care themselves. Local drive officials also an nounced that Sunday, January 13 has been designated as Infantile Paralysis Sunday and that it will be observed in most Heppner churches, as well as in churches throughout the nation. Local drive officials stated that two laiK'e contributions of $200 and $100 had already been re ceived to open the campaign. The Last Warning . . . Overtime Parking To Cost Money The third time may be the charm but chief of police Charles Gomillion said Wed nesday that after the third warning it isn't going to b charming for those who for get to deposit in parking meters. Gomillion has published notices twice before remind-, ing drivers that the meters are there for a purpose and the sign on them means just what it says. Starting today, Gomillion will have a helper to pass out tickets to the forgetful. Even with today's infla tion, a nickle is still cheaper than a dollar fine. o New Books Added at Heppner Library Now books at the Heppner pub lie library are Camanche by Ap pel; several new Pollyanna books; three new mysteries by Blaine; the two Jungle books; No Life for a Lady, Cleveland; Patsy Jef ferson of Monticello in the Juve nile section. The two latter were given by the Soroptimist club of Heppner to be added to their shelf. Adult fiction, Lucy Carmichael by Kennedy; Joy Street, Kcyes; O the Brave Music, Smith; Round the Bend, Shute; No Highway, Shute; Prose and Poetry, Kipling; Moses, by Asch; Doctor In Buclc- skin, Allen; Sauvles Island. These have been given by the American Legion Auxiliary, The Soroptimist clul) of Heppner, the Bookworms club; for the Slgsbee helf and the Union missionery shelf. Other fiction books are Proud New Flag, Mason; Jubel's Children, Kaufman. Also 42 pamphlets on The Freedom Train. GIRLS FORGOTTEN Due to typographical errors some of the names of the Blue bird Campfire group pictured in last weeks paper were inadvert ently left out. They were Mary Slocum, Karen Depuy, Bernlce Thomson and Francine Moyer. Mrs. Howard Evans is the assist ant leader of the group- HEPPNER SHAMROCKS RACK UP FOUR WINS IN INITIAL HOOP GAMES The Heppner Shamrocks, inde pendent city basketball team got off to a flying start by winning their first four games by sizeable margins. In their first practice game with lone they romped to an easy 76 55 win. Then came three league wins over Stanfield 74-64; Her- miston, 93-56 and last Monday Volume 68, Number 43 person. John Ernsdorff, Pioneer Hospi tal manager, asked the council's assistance in keeping Gilmore street, the hospital's only ent rance, sanded during bad weath er. He stated that during the past week it was impossible at times, for a car to get to tha hos pitrl unless it was equipped with chains. Members of the council agreed to look into the matter, but pointed out that approxi mately the last two blocks was not city street. Members agreed, however, that some arrangements could be worked out with the county to assure the street will be passable at all times. The council also took under advisement a proposal presented by William Westermeyer, Her niiston for a parking meter ad vertising concern requesting per mission to install advertising signs on city meters. The council also voted to re duce the business tax on pas times from $40 to $20 a month. The original tax had been set up many years ago and It was felt that it worked a hardship on the operators under present circum stances. o Armed Forces to Take Four From District The TrI County Selective Ser vice board at Condon Wednesday announced three Heppner men and one from Mitchell will leave next Tuesday for induction Into the armed forces. The three from Heppner are Cecil Rill, the son of M. and Mrs. . L. H. Rill; Albert Morgan Connor, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Connor; and Ronald Tye, who is a trans fer from Kansas City, Mo. board. The Mitchell man Is Robert M0ul- ton. All four Inductees are 21 years of age. The board also announced that four registrants and two trans fers would be sent to Portland January 21 for pre-lnduction physical examinations. o Gooseberry Dry Too, But Wetter Than Here The Gooseberry area had a dry year too, according to the report of Leonard Carlson, official weather observer for that area. although it showed a fraction of an inch more moisture than did Heppner during the same period. Carlsons figures totaled to 10:71 inches of rain during 1951 to compare with 10.57 for Hepp ner. A comparison with the pre vious year, however, made Goose berry look drier than ever, tor 1950 provided 20.32 inches com pared with 17.36 in Heppner dur ing the same time. o John Piper Dies In Walla Walla Thursday Word has been received that John Piper, Morrow county resi dent since 1890, passed away at St. Mary's hospital in Walla Wal- . la this morning (Thursday). He was 87 years of age. He is survived by two brothers, two sons, Arnold of Lexington and Rufus of Heppner; seven grandchildren, Lavelle Dick, El-. mer Piper of Heppner; Marcelle Holliday of Portland; Loren, Mel vin, Delbert and John Piper, also five great-grandchllden. Funeral services are pending notification of all relatives. . o Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hall or moving to the country and will operate the ranch on Rhea Creek known as the Gay place. This has been purchased by P. W. Ma honey. Mr. and Mrs. James Lorgron are moving into the house on E. May that has been occupied by the Halls. The Lovgrens have been living In the small house on S. Main street owned by Mrs. Clara , B. Gertson. defeated Arlington 74 to 63. Hal Whitbeck has been leading scorer for the Shamrocks with a game average of 30 points, Stan Kemp has averaged 20 points per game. Friday will see the locals playing Hermlston on the Hepp ner floor and Monday they Jour ney to lone for their first league game with the lone team. Game time is 8 o'clock.
