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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.