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lit AIT u or EUGENE , ORE. itotte lRttl$ Single Copies 10 cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, March 20, 1952 Volume 69, Number 1 Hattie A. Wightman Funeral Services Held on Monday Funeral services were held Monday from All Saints Episco pal church for Mrs. John J. Wight, man who died early Saturday after an illness of nearly two years. She was 70 years of age. Hattie Alma Wightman was born February 23, 1882 in North Carolina and was married to John Wightman, November 4, 1906 in Kansas City, Missouri. They came immediately to Heppner where she has since resided at the fam ily home on Willow creek north west of Heppner. , Mrs. Wightman was widely known throughout Morrow county having been quite active in both Eastern Star and Rebekah lodges. She was past Worthy Matron of Ruth chapter number 32 of the Eastern Star and Grand Electa of that organization. She also served as Noble Grand of San Souci Rebekah lodge in Heppner and was a past Grand Chaplain of the Rebekahs. Surviving besides her husband are one son Marvin R. Wightman and one daughter Anna J. Gra ham, both of Heppner; six grand children, one brother, James M. Lynn, Clarksville, Texas; and one sister, Sarah Gilliland, Farming ton, Kansas. Services were conducted by Rev. E. L. Tull and were under the direction of Phelps Funeral Home. Graveside services were conduc ted by the Eastern Star. Inter ment was in the Masonic ceme tery in Heppner. o Heppner Choral Union To Give Concert The Heppner choral union will give a concert at the Lutheran Valby church in Gooseberry, April 6 at 2:30 p. m. The Women's Mis sionary Society of the church are the sponsors and will serve re freshments after the program. There will be a free will offering for the benefit of the society. o Mrs. Minnie Card. Portland, state organizer for the Degree of Honor Lodge, arrived Tuesday to spend a week in Heppner working for the organization. ' She was met in Boardman by Mrs. Clara B. Gertson. Floyd Lansdon of the Associ ated Press in Portland, was an overnight visitor in Heppner Thursday. LOOKS ARE DECE1VING- Calendar Says Spring To Arrive this Week Spring is practically here . it says on the calendar. Even though it is just around the corner, indications were that it might be a slippery corner as snow continued to fall on Hepp ner and much of the county Tues day evening and Wednesday giving the fields more the ap pearance of winter than the sea son of birds and budding flowers. The snowfall, though not too heavy and frequently disappear ing between falls, was welcomed by most farmers in the area who have been complaining about the lack of moisture during March, as it was heavy and contained a high percentage of moisture. Red Cross Fund Drive Lagging With more than half the month past, reports from the few work ers reporting show that the 1952 Red Cross drive is lagging, ac cording to Mrs. Tom Wilson, Mor row county chairman for the fund campaign. Mrs. Wilson stressed that there was still many communities to be heard from, but that only about S775 had been turned in to her by last Wednesday. Of this figure $275 was received from the business area in Heppner. lhe quota for the county is $2,228. During the past years Morrow has been one of the few counties in the state to consistently meet its quota in the drive. The cam paign will continue through the month of March. Howard Bryant, chairman for the Heppner business area this week listed the solicitor's as Elaine George, Virginia Rosewall, Oliver Creswick, James Farley, Jack Loyd and Bill Blake. His committee had already turned in $275 which was reported in the total. o FARM BUREAU MEETING A eountv-wide Farm Bureau meeting will be held Tuesday March 25 at 8 p. m. at the Newt O'Harra home in Lexington Topics to be discussed are re appraisal of county property, reapportionment in the legisla ture and universal military train ing. o Dr. Edward Schaf fitz was called to Portland, the last of the week, bv the death of his mother. Mrs. E. L. Vinton of Portland was here the last of the week to attend the funeral of her brother in-law, James R .Luper. PARTICIPATING STUDENTS GET RATINGS AT COUNTY SPEECH FESTIVAL AT IONE Power Interruption , Due Sunday Morning Early Sunday morning, crews of the Tacific Power and Light Co. will interrupt electric service to Lexington and Heppner, accord ing to J. R Huffman, local man ager for the company. The inter ruption of three hours will be be twen 4:00 a. m. and 7 a. m. During the past few weeks con struction crews of the company have been building a new 22,000 volt transmission line along the railroad right of way for a dist ance of one mile between lone and Lexington. The line as now located along Willow creek has been endangered during flood waters and is being relocated to eliminate this hazard. In order to place the new line in use, it is necessary that electric service be interrupted and a portion of the work will be done on Sunday and completed during a second interruption planned in the near future, Huffman said. o Weather Control Hearing Scheduled At Arlington Hotel A weather control hearing will be conducted at the Vendome hotel, Arlington, Saturday, March 22, starting.at 10 a. m. , Senator Ben Day of Gold Hill, chairman of the Oregon legis lative interim committe on wea ther control, states that all in terested individuals or represen tatives of farm groups or organi zations are invited to attend the hearing. The purpose, according to Day, is to hear complaints or to receive suggestions as to whe ther or not state legislation should be enacted for control or regulation of those who attempt interference with the weather. The legislative interim com mittee is considering the need for legislation in Oregon and the provisions of such legislation if l r, ft A I A Sewer Bond Vote ans Progressing REV. FRANCIS HAYASHI of the Japanese Methodist church In Portland who will be in Hepp ner to conduct special services next week at the Methodist Church. By Echo Palmateer The Morrow County speech fes tival was held in lone March 12 with the six schools taking part: Heppner, Lexington, Irrigon, Boardman, Hardman and lone. Henry Osibov, superintendent, and Mrs. Gladys Ely, 5th and 6th grade teacher had charge of the program. Those participating in the High school section and their rank were: Poetry reading, Lawrence Jones, lone 1.3; Nancy Graybeal, Irrigon, 1.7; Daroline Balser, Lex ington, 1.6; Rieta Graves, Hepp ner, 1.7 and Sharon Fussel, Board- man, 2.3. Impromptu speaking, Marjorie Pierson, Heppner, 1.4.. Radio speaking, Don Gillispie, Boardman, 1.9 and Monte Fast, Heppner, 1. Humorous reading, Pat Peck. Heppner, 1; Barbara Gurley, Irrigon, 1.1; Kay Crom well, lone, 1.1; and Joan Breed ing, Lexington, 1.8. Extemporaneous speaking Mariorie Pierson, Heppner, 1.2; and Beverly Nolan, Lexington 1.3. Panel discussion, Eleanor Rice, Heppned, 1; Donald Eppenbach, Irritron. 1.3; Mickey Lanham Heppner, 1.4; Peter Cassidy, Rniirtiman. 1.5: Leeta Linn, lone, 1.6; and Frank Kirk, Irrigon, 2.4 Kenneth Smouse was moderator, and the subject was CompetitiveH High School Extracurricular ac tivities. Those taking part and their rank in the grades were: 5th and 6th grades: Poetry reading, Carole Ann Anderson, Heppner, 1.3; Mar dene Baker, lone,' 2; Donna Fer guson, Boardman, 2.5; Nancy Headlv, Irrigon, 2.8; Betty Wil son, Hardman, 3.4 and Paul Win ters, Lexington, 3.4. ' Story telling, John Howton, lone, 1.4; Barbara Gantenbein, Boardman, 1.5; Diane Schwab, Lexington, 2.1; Edward Groshen, Heppner, 2.4 and Vinita Kieth, Irrigon, 3. Frose reading, Charles Winters Lexin trton, 2.2; Carolyn Mcuan- iel, Heppner, 2.3; Bonnie Crum, trmp 25: Michael Gaspers, Irri gon, 2.8; Walda Thompson Boardman, 3.4. Humorous memo rized. Billy Monohan, Heppner, 1.2; Ronnie McCabe, lone, Janet Henderson, Irrigon, 1.4; James Rhea Luper Buried Here Sunday The fuiral service of James Rhea Luper, 63, former state engi neer, was held Sunday at the Elks Temple in Ileppnei witli lodge officers conducting the ser vice. Luper, who lived in Portland for several years, died at Van couver, Washington, lie was a former resident of Heppner. Luper was a central figure in the 1930s in a case involving a shortage of state funds, and was freed of an indictment by a circuit court judgment at Salem in 1933. He was called a man who had given the state more than he was paid for. After Luper resigned from the state engineer's post in 1930 he worked in Oregon, Seattle, Alaska and Walla Walla for the army engineers. Surviving are his wife, Odile, two sons, Fred, Portland and Col. James Luper Jr., Omaha; - a daughter, Mrs. Karl Neupert, Portland; a sister, Leta Babb, Portland and nine grandchildren. Burial was in the Masonic cemetery here. o New Heppner Fire Truck Due Shortly According to word received early this week by fire chief C. A. Ruggles from the Nelson Equipment company of Portland, Heppner will receive delivery of its new fire pumper late this week. The truck, which has been owned by the city of Madras and larger trucK, was replaced by a aws are enacted. There are those wiii u0 reconditioned by the com who maintain that man should be allowed to experiment in the Heppner Takes Third in District Speech Contest Although Hermiston and Mac Hi of Milton Freewater came out winners in the district high school speech contest held last week in Walla Walla, three Heppner stu dents placed in the contests, ac cording to Richard Knight, Hepp ner teacher who accompanied the students. Heppner high school placed in third position. Monte Fast won first place in the radio speaking division for his talk on "Oregon mountains," Eleanor Rice placed second and Mickey Lanham third in the panel discussion division. Other Heppner students participating in the contest were Marjorie Pier son, Rita Graves, Tatricia Peck, Albeit Burkenbine and Sharon Beckttt. Both Monte Fast and Eleanor Rice are eligible to enter in the state meet April 4 and 5 at Eu gene. Knight, English instructor, pre sented Monte Fast, Eleanor Rice and Marilyn Munkers, who par ticipated in the county festival at lone to the chamber of commerce Monday noon, where each gave their winning talk. o New Power Rate Set at Monument The Columbia Power Co-op As sociation held their regular Board of Directors meeting at the office in Monument last Monday. The meeting was opened with the president, Ralph Farrow pre siding. The following board members were present Ed Krup ke, vice president of Mitchel, Clarence Holmes of Monument, Bill Chapman Jr., of Spray. Guests at the meeting were Robert Welty, Engineer of The Dalles, Tom Keating of Pendleton and Harry Baker of Bend, State Electrical Inspectors, Bob Ashmead of Mit chel, owner of the Mitchel Light and Tower, Bill Arbuckle of Ukiah, member of the board of the Ukiah Electrical Company; George Cory, Attorney of Pendle ton; Johnnie Younce of Spray, who applied for the job of clear ing the timber from the transmis sion line. The first business of the Board was to adopt a new electric rate for Monument, Spray and Ukiah. These rates will be used only un til the Bonneville Power is ac quired. The rates decided upon An application for priority for materials needed for the con struction of Heppner's planned sewer' system and sewage dis posal plant was completed this week by city attorney J. J, Nys and will soon be in the hands of the engineering firm of Clark and Groff, Salem who prepared the plans for the city. The engineers will file the ap plication with the proper govern ment agency so that materials will be available to a contractor field of weather modification to determine possible effects, but it Inez McFadden, Lexington, and Dennis Duncan, Boardman, 3.2. 7th and 8th grades poetry reading, Diane Grant, Heppner, 1.7; Loy Keene, lone, 2,5; Mau reen Groves, Lexington, 2.9; Marv Gaspers, Irrigort, 2.9; Billy Thorpe, Boardman, 3.3; and Tom Wilson, Hardman, 3.5. Story telling, Maxine becard, Boardman, 1.1; Nona Fast, Hepp ner, 1.6; Peggy Allen, lone, 2.4; Bobby Stevens, Hardman, 2.5; Dale Shingledecker, irrigon, 6X; and Patsy McDonald, Lexington, (no rating). Prose reading, James Monhan, Heppner, 1; Anna Marie Winters, Lexington,2; Marie Cunningham, Irrigon, 2.2; Julia Rietmann, lone, 2.6; and Jack Landers, Boardman, 2.7. Humorous memorized, Mar- lyn Munkers, Heppner, 1.1; Judy Howton, lone, 1.2; Lorna Shan non, Boardman, 2; Janet Step hens, Irrigon, 2.3; Rita McDaniel, Hardman, 2.4; and George Her mann, Lexington,3. In the. evening 5 one-act plays were presented to a crowd ot around 300 people. They were: No Greater Love, by the Lexing ton High school rank 1; Mama Goes to the Convention, by Irri !-8; t is generally conceded that laws should provide for some measure of responsibility and control. Other members of the commit tee in addition to Day are Senator Art Lindberg, Pendleton; Rep. Roger Loennig, Haines; Rep. Frank. Farmer, Rickerall; Rep. V. T. Jackson, Roseburg; Ralph Crum, lone, chairman of the Tri county weather control group; and E. M. Nelson, extension agent, The Dalles, secretary; and John Day, Corvallis, executive secretary. pany and brougnt to iieppner were: io cents ior me him ou where it will be tested by a mem-j kilowatt hours; 12 cents for the ber of the Insurance Underwriters next 40 kilowatt hours; 8 cents bureau of Portland before being for the next 130 kilowatt hours; accepted by the city. The new truck, a 500 gallon-per-minute pumper will give the city its first volume pump truck. County P-TA Council Talks Convention The Morrow county P-TA Coun icl was held in Boardman Thurs day evening March 13. Discussion of the State Convention to be held in Pendleton in April was the main "business.. Mrs. Blaine Isom of Echo is chairman of committee to ar range the convention. Several from each P-TA unit will be asked to act as hostesses and each unit is asked to contribute a small amount to help defray the expenses. Election of officers for the county council was held and the gon High, rank 1; Chislers Three, 'new officers are, president, Mrs. hv lone Hieh. rank 1.4; The Pearl; H. O. Callif, Irrigon; vice presi- by Boarr'man High, rank, 2.4; and dent, Mrs. Bob Davidson, Lexing The Talk of the Town, by Hepp-1 ton; secretary -treasurer, Mrs, ner High, rank 3. Those ranking Oliver Creswick, iieppner. highest in grades spoke between acts: they were Carole Ann An derson. John Howton, Charles! Those attending from Heppner were Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Cres wick and Mrs. L. E. Dick, Jr. They Winters, Billy Monohan, Maxine attended Boardman's regular P- Secard, James Monohan and j meeting after the council 8 cents from there on. These rales will take effect in about one month. . The next decision of the meet ing was that Spray would be civen until May 1st, 1952 to get their houses properly wired. Monument, Ukiah and Mitchel will have until June 1st 1952. Anyone not complying to the above rules will be cut off. Mr. Welty made the statement that contracts for the construction of the system will be let by May 1st. This system will be built in four pieces, Antelope to Service Creek and sub-station, Western half of the distribution line, Eastern half of the distribution, Pendleton to Ritter transmission line and sub station. Welty's estimate for the time of completion is November 1952. o HOSPITAL NOTES New Arrivals To Mr. and Mrs. William Cox, Camp 5 Kinzua, a baby boy born March 18, weight 7 lbs. 6 ozs. To Mr. and Mrs. James Kenny, Fossil, a baby girl born March 16, weight 6 lbs. 8'4 ozs. Major Surgery Mrs. Esther Wilson, Lexington; Irving J. White, Condon; Berdine Corbln, Monument; Mrs. Elizabeth Van Schoiack, Heppner; Mrs. Lee Fat Men Keep Title, Beat Slims 31-29 in P-TA Hoop Tussle Wednesday night's P-TA bas ketball game showed that the Fat Boys haven't lost their "stuff" when they defeated the Thin Men by the meager mar gin of two points in the annual Fat Men-Slim Men benefit bas ketball game on the high school floor. The score, accord ing to best available records, was 31 to 29. Hoyle had little to do with the rules set up for the contest, as theie was frequently an ex tra ball or two in play, and oc casionally a spare basket. Cos tumes played an important part in the contest with some of the get-ups worn by the Slims at tracting more attention than did the game itself. Notable among the "training suits" was the swallowtail coat and derby worn by Oliver "Digger" Cres wick who also carried a shovel, and grass skirt outfit of Tim Juett. Many others also had un usual outfits for such top-ranking hoop players. It is under stood that coaches for both teams had considerably diffi culty in keeping players from "overtraining" prior to the contest. A good crowd enjoyed the an tics. The gate receipts are to be used to provide a scholarship for some student planning to take teacher's training, o Warren Baby Leading Normal, Healthy Life Deborah Kaye Warren, Hepp, ner's "inside out" baby who was born February 7 with all her ab dominal organs outside her body, is progressing like any normal healthy child according to her Heppner physician who weighed her in early this week at over seven pounds. s$h weighed lbs., 13 ounces at birth. The physician reported all her incisions had healed completely and that there was no indication of any after-effects from her un usual birth and immediate rare operation to replace her organs inside her body. The child is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Warren of lone. ' o Students to Hear Wildlife Program if the project Is approved by the people. A special city council meeting will be called within the next few days, according to mayor J. O. Turner, to discuss the engi neers recommendations and to work out a definite plan for fi nancing the project. Turner stated he still hopes to be able to place the issue before the pub lic for vote at the time of the primary election on May 16. Although the council accepted the overall recommendations and plans presented by the engineers at the meeting early this month, there is still some disagreement on the various charges suggested In the report. The council also will have to decide on the amount that must be asked for in the bond issue vote. The bond Issue will not, however, have to be as high as the estimate of $318,614 as the cost of the entire project as the city already has some funds which can be used for the system. Once the necessary bonding figure Is decided upon the issue can be put to a vote of the people, o Marilyn Munkers. The judges were Miss Helen McCune, principal of the Junior High in Pendleton and Mrs. Liien Coffee, instructor in the Pendle ton schools. Miss Margaret Glavy, Heppner, and Hubert Thoreson, lone, were the time keepers. Movies were shown in the study hall" after the afternoon session. The ladies of the lone P-TA served a cafeteria lunch in the evening to around 100 persons. Mrs. Lewis Ball was chairman. meeting. Legion to Observe Anniversary Saturday The Heppner post of the Ameri can Legion and Auxiliary will ob serve its 31th birthday Saturday, March 22 with a potluck dinner, initiation and dance to be held at the local Legion hall. The dinner is scheduled to start at 7:30, the initiation at 8:30 and the dance at 10 o'clock. The initiation will be conferred by the 40 et 8 degree team from Umatilla county voiture number 412. Hot rolls, ice cream and cake will be furnished by the post for the dinner and music is to be supplied by the "Jolly Jaxs". The Legion and Auxiliary win also present three one-act plays, all with local talent, at the high school cvm Thursday and Friday nights, March 27 and 28. Casts include nearly 23 local people. They will be open to the public. K) New Books Added To The Public Library TInift.f Ilnnr.nr WSS Re'aders'Ke"! Surgery- Mrs. Betty Ck ; 11 fZ CeJSScn Puen. Lonerock, dismissed; Joe Sharp The Mudlark, Bonnet; The'Al en, lone dismissed; Mrs. Ethel Wayward Bus, Steinbeck; River of Zelmantz .Heppner l.y. c!, a ut Medical Leroy Knott, Fossil, i,"1J!" .lTZir:. n;. dismissed; John Asher, Spray, dis- rom-s.it- , u . .v, ,c. l. Craig, Fossil, . t mit'o' ti J dismissed; John Bird, Heppner; t'l , iieie in jvnv, i.ii.iv, ..... A wildlife conservation assem bly program will bo presented Thursday, March 27, in the Hepp ner high school by Game . Com mission Education Agent Austin llamer. Management of big game ani mals deer, elk and antelope will be Ha trior's topic. The twenty minute talk, illustrated "with large poster cartoons, points out recreational and economic values of big game. Necessity for balance between game numbers and their food supply and the need for an annual harvest of game surpluses by sportsmen will be stressed. Hamer's talk will be followed by a wildlife movie en titled 'Realm of The Wild." Last year Hamer presented a basic conservation assembly program in the Heppner high school and this year's program is the second in a sequence of three, o Mr. and Mrs. Omer McCaleb and daughters, Mary Elizabeth and Barbara, arrived Sunday from Reedsport to spend a week here with her mother, Mrs. Alex Green and his father, William McCaleb, Sr. Mr. McCaleb is a teacher in the Reedsport school and is having a weeks' spring vacation. Expected o Attend OSC Ag Conference Advance registration cards have now been provided 450 agri. cultural conference committee men and a card supply is avail able in each county extension of fice for others who expect to at tend the meetngs at Oregon State college March 27, 28 and 29, an- nounced John C. Campbell, exten sion specialist who heads the housing commltee. The conference is expected to attract the largest crowd of farm men and women and business men ever assembled on the state college campus. Campbell and his committee are planning for an attendance of at least 1,000. Receipt of advance registration cards is desired in order that the housing committee can make its plans. Motel and hotel space in Corvallis is about 350 rooms and the college will provide dormi tory space for 350 persons. An other 150 rooms will be provided in private homes. Tersons at tending from nereby counties will likely drive to and fro, Campbell says. Included on the advance regis tration card is a section regarding attendance at two group lunch eons and two banquets to be staged in the campus Memorial Union. Mrs. Azales Sager, state home economics extension lead er who heads the conference food committee, asks those who expect to attend any or all these organi sed dinners to indicate their in tentions. The principal banquet with ac commodations for 600 Thursday evening, March 27, will feature Oregon products. Cost will be $2.50 per person. Tickets for Thursday and Friday luncheons March 27 and 28 will cost 75 cents each. Friday's evening meal has been priced at $1.10. The pre-registration cards are self-addressed, but inquiries about the conference or requests for cards should be addressed: Agricultural conference, Snell hall, Oregon State College Corval lis. Program details and speak ers will be announced later. o Dr. and Mrs. A. D. McMurdo have received a communication from their son, Ted, stating that he is stationed in Germany with the U. S. Army. Mrs. McMurdo and the children are in Virginia with relatives during his absence. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Rice spent Friday in Walla Walla having taken their grand daughter, Elea nor, there to compete in the re gional speech contest. Miss Rice placed second in the contest. Eye is on the Sparrow, Waters & Samuels; This I Remember, Elea nor Roosevelt; Concert Compan ion, Eagar; The Mature Mind, Overstreet; Human Destiny, du Nouy, Le Comte; Rise Up and Walk (polio) Walker; Behind the Curtain, Gunther; The Peabodyi Sisters of Salem, Tharp; Blazac, Zweig, non-fiction. o O. E. Knudsen of Walla Walla was visiting friends in Heppner on Monday. Local Church Hears Canadian Visitor Mr. and Mrs. Edward Fast and son Donald of Saskatoon, Sask., Canada, a brother of Rev. Nels Fast of the Heppner Assembly of God church, arrived in Iieppner last week for a visit and spoke to a large group at the local church Sunday. He stressed the Importance of observing the Lord's day, re gardless of church affiliation and pointed out that in Canada all places of amusement were closed on Sunday, that country being ahead of the United States in this, In his opinion. Mr. and Mrs. Fast plan to spend several days here visiting. NEW FISHING REGULATIONS NOW AVAILABLE; TROUT BEING LIBERATED Mrs. Laura Gingrich, Dayville, dismissed; Mrs. Esther Bergstrom, lone. Out Patients Olger Knudson, Walla Walla; Don Overholser, Spray; Mrs. Elma Scott, Heppner o Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Chaffee had as their weekend guests Mr. and Mrs. C. Q. Routh and Ralph Mor ris of Pasco, Washington. Routh is Mrs. Chaffee's twin brother. Peter Sit v in ol Pendleton was a Heppner visitor on Tuesday. The game commission has an nounced that copies of the 1952 Oregon angling regulations are now available at all game license agencies. The commission also reminds anglers that the new salmon steelhead punch card Is now In effect; the old tag card expired March 16. When a salmon or steelhead 20 inches or more in length is caught the angler punches his card in the space provided and writes in the date and stream. Unlike the old cards, a tag does not have to be at t ached to the fish. The new punch cards expire on March 15, 1953 and must be re turned to the commission by May 15, 1953. The cards will aid in the determination of streams receiv ing the greatest angling pressure. Coastal waters are now closed to angling for trout, salmon, and steelhead and will remain closed until the opening of trout season, April 19. Winter fishing rules con tinue In effect in the other fishing zones. It was also announced that trout liberation was started by the commission In zone seven, which Includes Morrow county, on March 15. Progress will depend upon weather and road conditions.
