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Most Roads Are
Opened Rapidly
The heaviest snowstorm of the
winter dropped from six to eight
inches of snow on Heppner and
most of Morrow county early
Wednesday morning, plugging
many roads for short periods and
bringing out a small army of
snow shovelers.
Reports from the various sec
tions of the county showed the
storm was general with the high
er elevations receiving the heav
ier fall. Boardman reported about
two inches on the ground by mid
morning, but that it was still
snowing. Heppner measured be
tween six and eight inches which
Reports reaching the Gazette
Times Thursday noon told of
drifting snow nearly closing a
few roads near Heppner. Thurs
day morning's light wind gave
indication of serious closures
should a real blow come.
was heavy and contained a good
percentage of moisture. Lexing
ton and lone had slightly less
than areas further up Willow
creek.
Reports from Hardman told of
about eight inches of new snow
during the brief storm, which
started early Wednesday morn
ing, but windblown drifts in that
area measured as high as eight
feet.
State highway crews were at
work Wednesday clearing main
traveled roads throughout the
county and all were expected to
be passable by Wednesday even
ing. County road crews were
held in readiness should any calls
be made upon them for road
clearing operations on these
roads.
The county court at the same
time made public a notice that
all private bulldozer . owners in
the county are asked to keep their
equipment in readiness should
high winds cause serious drift
ing. Officials feared that even
though the snow was compara
tively wet, a heavy wind would
immediately close many roads
and isolate numerous families.
The court authorized any indi
vidual with proper equipment to
work at snow removal if it was
found necessary. County equip
ment will be used wherever pos
sible, but in case of serious drift
ing, additional help will be re
quired. A schedule of payment
for individual bulldozer owners
has been set up by the court.
School Bus Stopped
Heppner high school reported
that all school busses made their
routes Wednesday morning with
the exception of the Eightmile
route which was unable to make
it through the heavy fall. School
officials reported 13 students
absent Wednesday morning most
ly from the Eightmile area.
Ranchers throughout the area
expressed pleasure at the white
covering as the heavy water con
tent was expected to bring pre
cipitation up nearly to normal for
the month.
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GENERATORS WORKING
Officers of the Tri-County wea
ther research corporation an
nounced this week that records
show a total of 242 hours of oper
ation for rain generators- in the
tri -county area between January
1 and 14.
PARENT-TEACHERS TOLD OF VARIED
BOOKS AVAILABLE AT HEPPNER LIBRARY
Literature appreciation and
reading for enjoyment was the
program theme of the Parent
Teachers Association meeting at
the high school Wednesday even
ing. Mrs. Stephen Thompson was
program chairman. Mrs. Ethel
Lyngholm, instructor, and several
of her junior high school pupils
held a round table discussion on
the appreciation of literature,
books most liked and the parts
which had the most appeal to
each of them.
Richard Knight told of the liter
ature preferred by the English de
partment of the senior high
school and stressed the need for
parents to encourage children to
read. He made several sugges
tions f r parents to use in inter
esting children in reading.
To acquaint the group with the
work of the Heppner Public Li
brary, Mrs. Josephine Baker, li
brarian, told of the special shel
ves which are maintained by the
Union Missionary society; the
Bookworms Club, Woolgrowers'l
Heppner ,
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REELECTED as directors of the
its recent meeting in Pendleton
and Charles F. Litch, Enterprise.
FIRST DIMES DRIVE
$780 COLLECTED SO
First returns on the March of
Dimes drive in the county showed
a total of $780.35 has been re
ceived by the treasurer, Robert
Ferrell. Of this amount over $600
has been received by James Dris-
coll, Heppner postmaster and city
chairman. Only outside com
munity reporting so far has been
lone where $151.75 has been
turned in.
Mrs. Olive Hughes, county drive
head, said this week that eight
women living in various rural
areas will soon start telephone
solicitation in their sections. She
Big Smoke Comes
From Little Fire
Lots of smoke but little damage
resulted Monday afternoon when
Heppner firemen answered a call
from Cal's Tavern on Main street.
Workmen were repairing a roof
at the back of the building when
hot tar ignited on the roof. The
roof had been dried prior to the
applicaton and apparently some
spark remained that set off the
tar. The blaze was quickly con
trolled. o
Jayce-ettes Elect
New Officers
New officers elected by the
Jayce-ettes Wednesday evening
at their regular meeting were
president, Mrs. Harvey Wilhite;
vice-president, Mrs. Jack Loyd;
secretary, Mrs. Harold Huber;
treasurer, Mrs. Richard O'Shea;
directors, Mrs. M. L. Bonta, Mrs.
John Ernsdorff, Mrs. Richard Cal
vin. The immediate past presi
dent is Mrs. G. C. M. Smith.
Mrs. Bob Fletcher of Ukiah
spent Tuesday in Heppner visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Fred Parrish.
Mrs. Jerry Waters departed on
Tuesday for Astoria where she
will make her home. Her mother,
Mrs. Alvin Porterfield, took her
to the coast and will visit a few
days in The Dalles- on her way
home.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Rosewall
expect to leave Saturday for Seat
tle where they will attend the
preview showing of the new 1952
Ford. They plan to return to
Heppner Tuesday.
Mrs. Anna Heiny of Fairview,
Oregon is visiting at the Gene
Ferguson home in Heppner.
Auxiliary (a memorial to the late
Harriet K. Mahoney), the Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary, B. P. O.
Elks, Sigsbee Memorial, General
Memorial and the Morrow County
Health Association. She also ex
plained the rental division, the
adult fiction and non-fiction and
the mystery sections.
Magazines at the library in
clude Life, Readers' Digest, Con
sumers' Guide; Better Homes and
Gardens; Red Book; Good House
keeping, Ladies Home Journal,
Colliers, McCalls and the Heppner
Gazette Times.
There has been a great demand
by the juveniles in Heppner for
mystery stories so that the Nancy
Drew Mysteries were ordered and
there are some Hardy Boys on
hand which keep youngsters from
wanting to read "Blood on Her
Shoe," "Let's Kill George," and
others of that type. Besides the
intermediate juvenile section
there are special divisions for the
first, second,, third ana tourtn
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Oregon, Thursday, January 17, 1952
Production Credit association at
were Ralph Thompson, Heppner,
(Cut courtesy East Oregonian)
CHECK SHOWS
FAR IN COUNTY
emphasized that there will be no
house to house solicitation in the
rural areas.
Mrs. Hughes also urged all
residents belonging to granges
and living in the grange areas to
turn in their contributions to their
grange so that credit may be
given the individual organiza
tions. Several special drives are
planned for the next two weeks,
according to drive heads, which
will be announced later. Most
schools plan short intensive pro
grams later.
Leslie Grant, county school sup
erintendent has a new polio film
which will be available to the
schools or organizations wishing
to show it. He asks anyone de
siring it to schedule a date for
it with him.
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Pay Phone Calls To
Cost Dime Now
The charge for local calls on
all Pacific Company public and
semi-public coin box telephones
in Oregon will go from 5c to 10c
Monday, January 21, according to
D. A. Short, manager here.
The increase is the first in the
history of pay telephone service
in Oregon.
The new rate was requested by
the Company last year and was
authorized January 11 by Charles
H. Heltzel, Oregon Public Utilities
Commissioner. The 10c pay tele,
phone charge has been author
ized in Washington, California
and many other cities and states.
Details of monthly telephone
rates for other authorized increas
es, totalling some $500,000 an
nually and to be effective March
I, still are being worked out, Mr.
Short said.
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HOSPITAL NOTES
New Arrivals To Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth A. Brurres, Condon, a
girl born Jan. 12, weight 6 lbs. 10
ozs., jiamed Joyce LuAnne. To
Mr. and Mrs. John Edwards, lone
a baby girl born Jan. 13, weight
6 lbs. 14 ozs., named Karen
Louise. To Mr. and Mrs. Norman
Nelson, Lexington, a baby girl
born Jan. 15.
Medical Mrs. Onaway Leath-'
ers, Monument, Jim McClintock,
Heppner, dismissed; Mrs. Mar
garet Gaarsland, lone, dismis
sed; Joe Batlett, Walla Walla,
dismissed; Mrs. Alice Gentry,
Heppner; Bob Williamson, Hepp
ner; Edward Rice, Portland;
Johnnie Hatfield, Lexington.
Minor Surgery Mrs. Fern .Mc
Clintock, Cecil, dismissed; Step
hen Peck, Lexington, dismissed;
Mrs. Gene Case, Heppner, dismis
sed; Mrs. Beulah Ogletree, Hepp
ner, dismissed.
Labratory Mrs. Elizabeth Van
Schoiack, Heppner, dismissed.
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Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stark and
daughters, Loreta and Debro Jo,
were weekend guests at the home
of her brother-in-law and sister,
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Furlong. The
Starks were enroute to their home
in Hay, Washington from Arling
ton, "Va., where they spent the
past six weeks with their daugh
ter, Pfc Oween Stark, stationed at
Fort Myers with the WACS. The
Starks made the trip by car going
east on highway 30 and returning
by the Southern route. They visit
ed Washington, D. C. and other
points of interest on the east
coast. However, they report that
nowhere did they find a place
comparable to our own North
went except perhaps the north
ern, art of Texas.
Weather Group
Expresses Belief
In Local Program
"We're on the right track, but
time is needed to perfect the sys
tem", was the general opinion of
members of the board of directors
of the Morrow County Weather
Research, Inc., after it heard a
report by Ralph Crum, head of the
group, who had just returned
from a convention of the Na
tional Weather Improvement as
sociation in Denver, January 10
and 11.
Crum gave a complete report
of the many talks and reports
given at the convention and sta
ted that although many of them
were questioned by other speak
ers and the members, it was ac
knowledged that the so-called
"rainmaking" idea was still in
its infancy and much more ex
perimentation would be neces
sary before any definite answers
could be given to the many and
varied questions raised through
out the country. Board members
of the local group stated they
definitely felt last year's program
was well worth the expense and
said they had no intention of
dropping the plan as long as
sufficient funds could be raised
to continue it. j
Crum stated one of the most
convincing speakers at the Den
ver convention was Vincent J.
Scheafer, research scientist for
General Electric laboratories who
Is in no way connected with any
weather development group.
Schaefer's findings through in
dependent research appeared to
substantiate many of the theories
of Dr. Irving Krick's organization,
with which the Tri-County group
has a contract, and others inter
ested in weather .development.
Crum told the board members
that Schaefer stated it had defi
nitely been proven that rain
could be made to fall in certain
test areas.
Crum said all were agreed that
the fundamentals of "rainmak
ing" were sound and could be
demonstrated in laboratories. The
experimentation being carried
out in many areas throughout the
country is for the purpose of
learning to control the system
out in the open. That many mis
takes will be made, as with any
type of experiment, is clearly un
derstandable, he said.
Members of the board also an
nounced a Tri-County Weather
Research meeting to be held on
January 28 at the Vendome hotel
in Arlington. It is scheduled to
start at 1:30. Crum urged all
members of the Morrow county
organization and the general
public as well, to attend the meet
ing. A report on the Denver con
vention and general discussion
will be heard.
MORROW COUNTY FARM
BUREAU
The Morrow County Farm
Bureau will meet Tuesday, Janu
ary 22 at 8:00 p. m. in Lexington
at the Gene Majeske home.
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Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Carter and
children left Monday for Pendle
ton where Carter will attend a
district meeting of the J. C. Pen
ney stores. Mrs. Carter and the
children continued on to Walla
Walla to visit relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Osmin
have returned from an extended
visit to Salem where they were
guests of their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Merle
Plank and to Grants Pass where
they visited her daughter, Mrs.
Don Jones and Mr. Jones.
Jack Hynd of Pendleton was in
Heppner Monday to visit his bro
thers Will and David Hynd.
Here from lone Monday were
Mrs. Robert Despain, Mrs. Pete
Cannon, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hal
vorsen and Mrs. John Ransier.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rauch, Jr.
have moved into the small house
on N. Main street belonging to
Mrs. Clara B. Gertson. Mr. and
Mrs. James Lovgren, former oc
cupants, have moved into the
house on E. May street belonging
to Mrs. Glenn Farrens.
... Mr. and Mrs. Harley Anderson
are expected home from Portland
on Thursday.
Mrs. Hildred Zell of Wasco,
State President of Oregon Wo-,
mens' Clubs, will be speaker at
the Soroptimlst Club luncheon at
O'Donnell's Thursday.
Mrs. Neil Doherry is here from
Pendleton for a visit with relatives.
Volume 68, Number 44
WINTER
Red Cross Hon? 9
Nursing Classes To
Start Next Wetk
A last call was issued this week
for registrants who wish to take
the home nursing classes sche
duled to bo held at Heppner Leg
ion hall for seven days starting
January 22. Two classes daily
are planned, from 10 to 12 each
morning and 7 to 9 in the even
ings. For nearly half a century the
American Red Cross, sponsors,
have holed to meet community
health needs by offering instruc
tion in home nursing care that
does not require technical know
ledge necessary for professional
nursing. The program has been
constantly revised to conform
with the changing needs and in
creasing emphasis h a s been
placed upon home rather than
hospital care when experts at
tention or specialized equipment
is not needed.
Registration is still open and
local Red Cross heads urge any
one desiring instruction to enroll
immediately by contacting Mary
Van's Flower Shop, phone 2502.
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lone Students Hear
Of Time Capsules
lone school students Monday
heard Albert Stuart Otto, lecturer,
news correspondent and traveler
tell of time capsules being buried
in various parts of the world.
The speaker lold how they were
preserved in metal and plastics so
contents will remain Intact until
6940 A. D. Otto said many of
the items of our life are being
included in the capsules such as
tobacco, cosmetics, rayon, can
openers, glass, money, compass
es, seeds, coal, films, magazines,
art, music, microfilms of many
projects on earth and other items
to give the finder an idea of life
as it iyknown today.
Many books and plaques have
been written in all known langu
ages and kept in museums and
libraries all over the world tell
ing of the location of the capsules,
to guide the finders 5000 years
hence.
UNION PACIFIC AGRICULTURAL CAR FEATURES
With an all-new program,
the U. P. car will spend a
day in the area discussing
livestock problems with 4-1 1
and FFA members and
adult farmers.
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Full Program Scheduled for Monday at Heppner
Place for Nomad Alfalfa, a new
creeping variety, will be discus
sed by E. R. Jackman, Oregon
State College extension farm
crops specialist, Monday, January
21 while the Union Pacific Piail
roads' Agricultural Improvement
Car is in Heppner.
The car will be located at the
depot and the program will get
under way at 9:30 a. m., with an
afternoon program beginning at
1:30 p. m. announced N. C. An
derson, County Extesion Agent.
Program arrangements, headed
by George Penrose, Portland, rail
road agricultural representative,
call for the showing of two mo
County "Wide C of C
Planned By Group
A new name, to better describe
the expanding activities of the
Group, was voted Monday by
members of the chamber of com
merce. In the future it will be
known as the Heppner-Morrow
county chamber of commerce.
Considerable time was given
over to discussion of the pro
posed change with most members
feeling the activities of the or
ganization are in many respects
county-wide and that such ac
tiities could be handled and
understood much better if the
chamber had a membership that
included residents from other sec
tions of the county. It was felt
that the new name would help in
gaining membership from outside
Heppner itself.
President Garnet Barratt an
nounced a new schedule of dues
Regional Farm Bureau
Meet at Pendleton
The regional meeting of the
Farm Bureau will be held Tues
day January 22 in the new ban
quet room at the Pendleton Hotel
at 10:00 a. m,
Cliff Wright, Bill Davis of the
American Farm Bureau and Mrs.
Walter Harden, new chairman of
tho Oregon Farm Bureau of As
sociated women will be the
speakers. There will bea lunch
eon at noon and all Farm Bureau
members are urged to attend, es
pecially officers and committee
chairmen.
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Brother's Death Takes
Heppner Man East
C. H. (Bill) Trivett left Monday
evening from Pendleton, for Ava
Missouri, where he was called by
the death of his brother SSgt.
Henderson C. Privett, in an auto
mobile accident. lie had been
stationed at the Naval ammuni
tion depot at McAllster, Okla
homa since October 1, 1951 and
that is where the accident oc
curred. Sgt. Trivett was a veteran of
World War II and the Korean con
flict. He had received the purple
heart and several battle stars. He
was in the retreat from Changjin
Reservoir to Hamhand in Decem
ber 1950 and returned from
Korea on rotation in September
1951. Spending some time visit
ing his brother and other rela
tives in and near Heppner.
Full military riles will be ad
ministered with burial in the
family cemetery near Ava. He
is survived by his parents, two
brothers, three sisters and twelve
nieces and nephews.
LIVESTOCK INFORMATION
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Kenneth W.
Mgr., Pac. International
Livestock fciposltlon
Art. Mar.,
Chamber ol
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State College
Koht-rt W. Kvrry
Entomology Specialist
Oregon State College ,
tion pictures. They are "Cattle
Country", and "Western Sheep."
The Pacific Northwest grass
man of the year program spon
sored by the Portland Chamber
of Commerce will be discussed,
by Walter Holt, manager of the
Pacific International Livestock
Exposilion or Kenneth W. Sawyer,
the Portland Chamber of Com
merce's agricultural department
manager.
N. C. Anderson will appear on
the program discussing Morrow
County's forage improvement pro
gram. Nomad alfalfa is a new drouth
would be worked out by a com
mittee that would give outside
members a chance to belong to
the chamber as regular members,
but which would bo more in pro
portion to the number of meet
ings they might be able to attend.
Local membership includes meal
cost and it was acknowledged
that members living in other
areas could not attend regularly
as those living in Heppner.
COMMITTEES ANNOUNCED
Barratt also announced the ap
pointment of numerous commit
tees to head the chambers acti
vities for the coming year.
Listed are the chairman and vice
chairman with other members
to be picked later.
Merchant's committee, Harvey
Wilhite, Jeff Carter. Membership,
Frank Turner, C. J. D. Bauman.
Roads and highways, Ed Dick,
P. W. Mahoney. Agriculture and
resources, Nels Anderson, Loyal
Farker. Recreation and wildlife,
Dr. L. D. Tibbies, Wayne West.
Legislation and government, J. O.
Turner, Dr. Richard O'Shea. Youth
activities, John Ernsdorff, Mary
Van Stevens. Publicity, Jack Loyd.
and Robert Penland.
Optometrist To Open
Office Here Shortly
Dr. Edward K. Schaffitz, Opto
metrist, arrived in Heppner last
weekend to oversee completion
of his new offices in the Dr. C. M.
Wagnej clinic building on Gale
street.
Dr Schaffitz comes to Heppner
from North Bend, Oregon, where
he has practiced for several years.
He will move his family here as
soon as his office and living quar
ters are completed. He hopes to
have the office open within two
weeks.
While on the way here last
week, his car suffered consider
able damage when it hit a large
boulder on the highway below
Arlington. Schaffitz was not in
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Assistance Due
Federal Taxpayers
The Internal revenue depart
ment anounced this week that a
deputy collector will be in Hepp
ner on Monday, February 4 to as
sist taxpayers in preparing their
federal income tax returns for
1951. He will make his head-'
quarters at the court house.
Deputy collectors will also be
In Arlington at the Gilliam
county bank on February 5. and
at the court house in Condon on
February 6.
l.torfte L. Penrose
Agricultural Agent
Union Pacific RnilroaJ
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Sawyer
l)ald II. Brannon
Entomology Specialist
Washington State: College
Portland
Commerct
resistant, creeping variety which
is expected to establish a place
for itself as a range land legume,
county agent Anderson says. It
is a variety developed in Oregon
at Pendleton after its discovery
near Keno in Klamath County
about 10 years ago. Much inter
est is shown in Nomad in Mor
row County and seed has been
secured for several ranchers who
will make range plantings this
spring.
Jackman will also discuss some
of the new rangeland grasses,
pubecent, Intermediate and tall
wheatgrass.
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