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Three Year Old Youngster Saved
From Drowning by lone Rancher
Denward Bergevin
Rescues Boy From
Water-Filled Pit
Ricky Lantz, three year old son
of Mrs. Rpberta Lantz of lone, is
alive today because of the atten
. tativeness and quick action of
Denward Bergevin, lone rancher.
Ricky and his twin brother
Ronnie had been playing near a
water-filled borrow pit on the
Lana Padberg ranch a short dist
ance from their home last Thurs
day afternoon when Bergevin, on
his way to town, stopped to watch
the actions of one of the bovs and
wondered as to the whereabouts
of the other. Ronnie came run
ning to him and told him Ricky
had gone down in the water.
Bergevin ran to the pit, which
at its deepest point held nearly
40 feet of muddy water, and
found Ricky's cowboy hat float
ing on the surface a few feet from
the bank. Bergevin said he
threw a strand of loose barbed
wire fencing which surrounded
the pit over the side and jumped
in where the hat was floating.
On his first dive his foot struck
the boy who was lying on the
sloping bank about 12 feet be
low the surface.
Bergevin said he did not know
how long Ricky had been in the
pit but that his body was badly
bloated when he reached the sur
face with him. He immediately
applied artificial respiration and
in about 30 minutes the child re
gained consciousness. Bergevin
was forced to pry the boy's mouth
open with a splinter of wood so
tightly were his jaws clamped.
He took the boy to the ranch
home where he called a Heppner
doctor and then brought him to
Pioneer Memorial hospital. He
was released Saturday, appar
ently little the worse for the ex
perience. The boys' mother works for Ber.
gevin who with his father, Louis
Bergevin, operate the large wheat
ranch about eight miles south
west of lone.
Clinic Set For
County Children
A series of immunization clin
ics for both school and pre-school
children of the county has been
announced by Miss Martha Tap
anainen, county health nurse.
The first, for children of pre
school age, 6 years and 'under,
will be held Wednesday, Febru
ary 13, at the Heppner school
starting at 9 a. m. There is no
charge for the immunization. The
program is under the direction of
Dr. A. D. McMurdo, county health
officer and he will be assisted
by Miss Tapanainen, and P-TA
members.
The nurse recommends that all
children be immunized for diph
theria, tetanus, whooping cough
and smallpox before they are one
year old. A series of two to three
injections about a month apart is
necessary. Many can be com
bined in one shot. Booster shots
are necessary after one year -and
then followed by additional shots
about every three years. The
smallpox immunization lasts for
five years.
Clinic dates established .for
county schools are as follows,
and in all areas except Heppner
both pre-school and school age
clinics are combined.
Heppner pre school, February
13; School children, February 18;
Boardman and Irrigon, February
21; Lexington and lone, March 4.
Parents must accompany child
ren for the pre-school clinics,
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Auction to Close
Out Hardware Stock
A closeout auction sale of the
entire stock of Andresen's hard
ware on north Main street in
Heppner will be held Saturday,
February 9. Varner auction com
pany of Hermiston will handle
the sale.
Frank Andresen, owner of the
store, stated he had no definite
plans for the future but hoped to
stay m Heppner.
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HOME NURSING COURSE
AT LEXINGTON
Thosp interested in The Red
Cross home nursing course to be
given in Lexington, are urged to
meet at the home of Mrs. Meryin
Leonard, who is to be the in
structor. This meeting will be
Monday February 11 at her home
at 7:X) p. m. A calendar of
meetings is to be arranged.
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DRAINED OF WATER and little the worse for the experience, Ricky
.Lantz, left who was saved from drowning In a water-filled pit
1 near lone last Thursday is shown with his twin brother, Ronnie
and Denward Bergevin, lone rancher who found him in 12 feet of
muddy water. Ricky was sporting the remains of a black eye
when the picture was taken Saturday after his release from the
hospital but it wasn't caused by his fall into the pit his brother
had kicked him several weeks before. (GT photo)
POLITICS PERCOLATING
Tom and Steiwer After
State Representative Seat
Politics began to bring new
faces and names to the front as
two Eastern Oregonians early
this week made known their in
tentions to run for the representa
tive seat which may be vacated
by Giles French who last week
filed for Lowell Stockman's seat
in congress.
Charles Allen Tom, 39 year old
Morrow and Sherman county
rancher this week indicated he
Word was received Thurs
day from C. A. Tom that he
had definitely filed as a Re
publican candidate for Repre
sentative from the 22nd dis
trict intended to file for the represen
tative seat. Tom, a Republican,
is a native of Sherman county
and now lives at Rufus. He owns
two ranches in Morrow county, in
Sand Hollow and Clark Canyon,
and another in Sherman county.
He is a graduate of Oregon State
Boardman Farmers
Request Changes in
Duck Hunting Laws
Nearly a dozen Boardman resi
dents met with the county court,
state police and Federal Wildlife
officials Monday in an effort to
find a solution to the duck prob
lem along the Columbia.
The change in game refuge
boundaries, effective this past
season, brought a deluge of ducks
to the countryside surrounding
Boardman, farmers complained.
The present refuge extends from
Celilo falls to Messner. and one
suggestion was to open the sec
tion from Messner to Heppner
Junction to hunting.
It was also decided to petition
the government to allow longer
hunting hours which it was felt
would help keep the ducks off
fields. Present laws require hunt
ers to quit hunting one-half hour
before sunset which gives the
birds ample time to find feeding
grounds.
Wildlife officials stated they
had flares and guns available for
the farmers for scaring the ducks.
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Dance Raises $205
For Hospital Grounds
The old time dance sponsored
by the lone grange Saturday
night netted $205, to be used to
ward landscaping the Pioneer
Memorial hospital grounds. The
ladies of the grange served sup
per and the music was donated,
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ORGANIST TO PLAY
Members of the Christian Wo
men's Fellowship of the Heppner
Christian church announced this
week that John McDonald Lyon,
well known organist, will play
an organ program at the church
Tuesday, March 4. ,
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College and received his Masters
degree from Cornell university.
He is chairman of the agricultu
ral economics committee of Ore
gon, the agricultural planning
conference, Sherman county agri
cultural planning council and
chairman of the Rufus school
board. He has been actively en
gaged in promotion of the John
Day dam. He served 42 months
in the navy during World War
II.
His father is C. A. Tom, Sher
man county Judge.
First to file, though second to
indicate interest, was J. P. "Jack"
Steiwer, of Fossil. Steiwer, also
a Republican is a life long resi
dent of Wheeler county and is as
sociated with his father W. H.
Steiwer, and a brother in sheep
and cattle operations in Wheeler
county. He also operates a real
estate and insurance business in
Fossil.
He is a 1949 graduate of the
University of Oregon and a vet
eran of the last World War. Stei
wer is active in civic affairs in his
community being a member of
the city council, American Leg
ion, Wheeler-Gilliam stock grow
ers association and secretary of
the Fossil Community club,
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Rainfall Short for
Month, February Good
A total of .89 inches of rain
was recorded at the Heppner wea
ther station during January. This
is jusf a fraction under the 1.04
inches for the same month last
year.
February got off to a good
start however with showers the
first two days of the month drop
ping ,43 inches of rain on the
area.
Wednesday's sunshine though,
brought forth more indications of
spnng fever and thoughts of
fishing poles than it did winter
weather. The thermometer reach
ed the high 60s during the day.
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OPS Meeting to Aid
Equipment Dealers
Dealers of new and used farm
equipment and used industrial
equipment will have an oppor
tunity to hear an explanation of
OPS regulations CPR 100 and 105
covering these commodities.
Earl M. Gregg, Chief, Industrial
Materials, Portland district OPS,
will hold a meeting on Wednes
day, February 13 at 2:30 p. m. In
the balcony of the Pendleton.
Grain Growers Association in
Pendleton for that purpose.
DRIVE POSTPONED
Members of the Jaycee-Ette
paper drive committee announced
this week that the paper drive
planned by the group to be held
Sunday, February 17 has been
indefinitely postponed. The mar
ket price for waste paper is too
low at the present time to Justify
the necessary work.
Single Copies 1 0 cents
Runaway
17 Mile' Journey
Ends In Pileup
Two freight ears loaded with
about 60,000 feet of lumber took
a wild ride Wednesday afternoon
winding up on their sides and
badly damaged at lone after they
had broken loose from a train at
Heppner and were derailed 17
miles down the track.
The cars were part of a string
of loaded cars being made up
at the Heppner Lumber company
by a train crew and were being
shuttled onto the main line when
they started down the track on
their own. The engine and train
reportedly gave chase but were
unable to overtake the fugitive
cars.
Crew members contacted Hepp
ner station officials who called
both Lexington and lone agents,
but the cars had passed through
Lexington before they could take
any action. William Pering, the
agent at lone switched the cars
onto' a siding and derail in front
of the Morrow county Grain
Growers elevator at the lower end
of town where they piled up.
The entire track from Heppner
down Willow creek is down grade
giving the cars ample opportunity
to gain speed.' There is a drop
in elevation of 815 feet between
Heppner and lone, a good part
of it coming between here and
Lexington. A motorist on the
highway below Lexington re
ported the cars overtook him as
he was driving along the road
and he speeded up to 80 miles an
hour but was still unable to keep
up with them.
The train crew obtained a car
at the Heppner mill and drove
down the highway in an effort to
warn anyone who might be in the
path of the free cars.
Once previously, in 1941, two
passenger cars broke away from
the Heppner station and made a
fast trip down the line, they, how
ever, succeeded in making it clear
to Ray, seven miles above the
Junction before being derailed.
The accident happened about
2:30 Wednesday afternoon. Mem
bers of the train crew were a Mr.
Lewis, engineer and E. V. Stingle
of Heppner, conductor.
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Mrs. Juett Resigns
Teaching Position
Mrs. Tilman Juett has resigned
her position as home econom
ics teacher at the Heppner schools
and will be replaced by Miss
Katherine Monahan, who recent
ly returned here from Pendleton
where she was home demonstra
tion agent.
Miss Monahan returned to
Heppner due to the illness of
her parents.
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Taft to Speak in
Pendleton Thursday
Residents of this area will have
an opportunity to hear Senator
Robert H. Taft on Thursday, Feb
ruary 14 when he will speak at
the Vert auditorium in Pendle
ton at 9:30 a. m.
Taft is to appear under the
sponsorship of the Umatilla coun
ty Republican central committee.
SOIL GROUP DISCLOSES 420,000
ACRES UNDER CONSERVATION PLANS
Chas. Carlson, lone, was re-1
elected to serve as chairman of
the Heppner Soil Conservation
District for 1952 at a meeting of
the supervisors held at the County
Agents office, Tuesday evening.
Elected to serve as vice-chairman
was John Wightman, Hepp
ner; as treasurer, Orion Wright,
Heppner; and secretary, N..C.
Anderson, Heppner. Other sup
ervisors of the district are Orville
Cutsforth, Lexington and W. E.
Hughes, Heppner, who was re
elected at the recent annual
meeting to serve for a period of
three years.
At the Tuesday evening meet
ing a letter of thanks was read
from Dr. G. A. Woodruff, Portland
Doctor, for the desk pen set pre-
I sented to him from the Heppner
Soil Conservation District. Dr.
Woodruff was chosen county win
ner, "Conservation Man of the
Year" contest sponsored by the
Oregon Wheat Growers League.
The supervisors voted to Join the
National Association of State
Conservation Districts and issued
a check for membership dues.
Reviewing progress of the dis
trict for the past two months, Tom
Wilson, Work Unit Conservation
1st Soil Conservation Service, re
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, February 1 , 1
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DIMES AND MORE DIMES Leonard Pate, Heppner high school principal this week presented James
Drlscoll. city chairman for the March of Dimes with the high school's contribution to the drive. The
contributions from each class were taped to the 10 foot sheet of paper to show progress oi the classes.
The senior class won the race collecting $46 with the sophomore class close behind with $43. A total
$115.40 is stuck on the big sheet Robert Penland is shown holding up the right end ol the paper for
the photographer.
Schools Add $411 to Polio Fund
Incomplete returns for the
county in the recently concluded
March of Dimes drive showed a
total of $2,034.77 had been count
ed by the treasurer, Robert Fer-
rell. There was still a consider
able amount in his hands but
not recorded at press time.
School campaigns throughout
ihe county added $411.90 to the
fund drive with Heppner high and
grade school students contribut
ing $263.80. Boardman students
added $80.85, lone $39.60, Lex
ington $19.65, and Hardman $8.00.
Irrigon had not yet reported in.
Of Heppner school's total $115.
20 was raised by high school stu
dents in a special "Sheet of
Dimes" drive shown in the ac
companying picture. The other
eight grades contributed a total
of $158.60, with the eighth grade
New Owners Take
Over Sales Yard
The Heppner Sales Yard, oper
ated for the past several years
by Harold Erwin has been leased
by Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Wells,
Vale Oregon, and W. D. Wanzor
of Texas.
T,he new owners stated they ex
pect to open the yard about Feb
ruary 19 and plan to hold regular
weekly sales.
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Sweetheart Ball Set
For Saturday Night
The Sweetheart ball will be
held this Saturday night at the
Legion hall in Heppner. The
dance is sponsored by the Ameri
can Legion for the Pep Club and
FFA. ,It is open to the public and
will be formal.
A queen, to be crowned at the
dance, and four princesses are to
be chosen by the high school stu
dent body. Light refreshments
will be served by the eighth grade
girls. Dancing starts at 9 o clock.
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FIRE MEETING MONDAY
There will be a regular meet
ing of the Heppner fire depart
ment at the city hall Monday,
February 11 at 7 o'clock.
ported that conservation surveys
for this period had been made on
10,113 acres bringing the total
surveys completed to 510,303
acres; almost one-half the total
area of the district. Twenty-five
acres of land leveling, 3900 feet
of irrigation ditches staked, two
irrigation diversion dams com
pleted, eighteen acres of engi
neering surveys for land leveling
were completed in December. Two
conservation farm plans cancelled
from changes in land ownership,
with two new plans written,
brought the total active plans in
effect to 162 covering 420,468
acres.
The supervisors of the Heppner
Soil Conservation District hold
regular monthly meetings on the
second Tuesday evening of the
month. The March meeting, how
ever, has been changed to be
held Monday evening, March 3,
due to a 'conflict with the regu
lar meeting date. The meetings
are held at the County Agents
office beginning at 8:00 p. m.
Farmers and persons interested
in .saving Morrow Countys' soil
resources are invited to attend
these meetings, adds N. C. Ander
son, County Agent and Secretary
of the District.
the winner of the catagory with
$50.40. The senior class took top
honors in the high school with a
total of $56 contributed by mem
bers. Benefit Came Set
A special March of Dimes bene
fit basketball game has been
scheduled for Wednesday, Febru
ary 13 at the Heppner high school
gym when the Shamrocks, city
independent team, will play the
Hermiston Valley Builders. All
proceeds are to go to the drive.
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Barratt To Head
Chest Organization
Garnet Barratt was elected
president of the permanent Mor
row County Community Chest or
ganization Wednesday at a meet
ing of county workers and offi
cials of the campaign held in
Heppner. Barratt had been act
ing as head of the drive on a
temporary basis until permanent
officers could be elected.
The group j;oted to establish
a 15 man board of directors for
the coming year. 11 of the 15
were selected with those members
to select the additional four from
outlying areas at a meeting of
the board to be held next Mon
day evening at Lexington.
Other officers chosen were Mrs.
Joe Hughes, secretary, Robert
Ferrell, treasurer. Directors from
other communities were: lone,
Garland Swanson and Edwin
Brlstow; Lexington, Mrs. Robert
Davidson and Elwynne Peck;
Irrigon, Rev. M. J. Smith, and Karl
Golden. Boardman, Dewey West,
Jr. and E. R. Forbes.
The board was empowered to
set up by-laws for the organiza
tion and will make distribution of
funds to the various communities
in the near future.
The county drive, held in No
vember and December, raised
over $3,100, to exceed the quota
set for the county.
LaVerne Van Marter, who had
acted as treasurer during the
drive was extended a vote of
thanks.
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Taxes Talked at
Chamber Meeting
John Ernsdorff, Pioneer memor
ial hospital manager, presented
a graphic talk on "Taxes" to
members of the Heppner-Morrow
county chamber of commerce
Monday at the regular meeting.
The talk, a part of a series
made available by national or
ganization of the Junior chamber
of commerce pointed out the
growth of taxes in this county,
explained why they had in
creased and showed that the only
method of reducing them was to
reduce government operations
and services, These services have
grown by leaps and bounds dur
Ing recent years, according to
Ernsdorff.
The educational talk is a part
of a nation-wide program insti
tuted by the Jaycee group to show
the public the causes of high
taxes. Ernsdorff stated he would
be glad to give the talk to any
other Interested group.
Next Monday several Boy Scouts
and their leaders will be guests
of the chamber during the ob
servance of Boy Scout week, Feb
ruary 6 to 12.
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Miss Joyce Buschke is the new
assistant clerk In the tax depart
ment of the sheriff's office. Mrs.
Crockett Sprouls, former clerk,
has moved to Condon where her
husband is working with the
State Highway Department
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Street and Water
Problems Aired
At Council Meet
Water, both the presence and
the lack of it, and streets and
parking problems provided the
Heppner city council with a full
evening's agenda Monday.
Too much water, which has
caused consderable washing and
breaking up of several streets in
town and the closing of one
downtown block last Saturday
afternoon and Sunday, brought a
complaint against the action by
Merle Burkenblne and Gene
Wells, operators of Heppner Mar
ket on West Willow street.
The grocery operators ques
tioned the closure and stated the
attlon deprived customers . of
parking space within reasonable
distance of the store. Mayor J.
O. Turner explained the street
had become spongy due to sub
soil frost and excess water and
the closure order, made under
emergency powers granted in the
city charter, was given in an at
tempt to save the oil surface
from complete destruction. Seve
ral other streets had broken up
due to the same cause but were
were tod far gone to save before
they were noticed, it was ex
plained. The lack of water in the new
city well also came In the seri
ous discussion when it was re
ported that drillers were now at
the 480 foot level without having
found any appreciable flow. The
council decided to continue the
drilling for a short distance fur
ther before adandoning the hole
and looking for another site. The
fear was expressed that even if
sufficient water should be found
at a much greater depth the cost
of pumping It would be prohibi
tive. A. A. Durand, Walla Walla,
is the drilling contractor.
The group was advised the
2900 feet of steel pipe ordered for
use in connecting the planned
well had arrived The pipe had
been ordered last year when it
was feared steel pipe would be
impossible to obtain later. The
pipe is usable either for connect
ing a new well with the main line
or in.the city system.
State ' police officer William
Labhart asked the council to in
vestigate the traffic problem on
Court street in front of the court
house where parked cars are
causing a serious hazard. The
street and traffic committee was
ordered to investigate the prob
lem and suggest a possible so
lution. The council voted to reduce the
cost of a full time parking per
mit from $50 to $35 per year. The
fee for delivery and service
trucks was left at $5 a year.
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Leathers Purchase
Ruggs Store
Mr. and Mrs. Owen Leathers,
Sr., have purchased the store and
service station at Ruggs which is
the Junction of the Heppner,
Spray and Condon highways.
They will be moved to their new
location on Saturday.,
The Leathers moved from Hepp
ner 8 years ago and have worked
that time for Kinzua Pine Mills.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bailey the
former owners, will be in Hepp
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Will Hynd returned Tuesday
from Pendleton where he spent
the weekend visiting relatives.