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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (March 27, 1952)
LIIRART U OP 0 EUGENE, ORE iwtte REMEMBER-. Register To Vote Before April 15 THE RED CROSS Needs Your Help -Give! Volume 69, Number 2 Single Copies 10 cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, March 27, 1952 mmtm 300,000 SEWER BOND SOON No Additional Taxes Needed to Pay For Project Heppner residents will be asked to vote on a sewer bond issue of $300,000 in the near future, it was decided Friday by the city council at a special meeting called to decide upon the amount necessary for construction of the proposed sewer system and dis posal plant. The figure of $300,000 was de cided on by the group after con sidering the various methods of raising the necessary funds. The engineering firm of Clark and Groff, who prepared the plans and specifications for the system and estimated its cost at $318, G74, had suggested a bond issue of $250,000 with the additional funds to be raised by means of special charges against property holders. These charges would have taken the form of a property improvement charge and a hook up charge. The council, after lengthy dis cussion of all phases of the prob lem voted to include all the ex tra charges as a part of the over all cost of the project and asked for a bond issue sufficiently large to cover the total cost. Sev eral council members pointed out that the extra charges could in some cases work a hardship on property holders, whereas the overall bond issue would be re paid over a period of years through taxes, leaving only the cost of changing the plumbing within the individual's property as out-of-pocket expense. It was pointed out by council members that the proposed plan will provide sewer connections up to the property line of every lot. The council expressed hope that should the bond Issue be approved by the people, the act ual cost of construction will run below the engineers' estimates. The city also has some money available for sewer use, and the council members explained that only as many bonds would be sold as would be required to cover the cost of the project. It was also determined that the $300,000 bond issue could be re tired over 25 years an no increase in the present tax and with pro bably only a small increase in the present sewer charge. The bond issue vote is expected to be for a 10 mill levy to replace the present 10 mill levy which is now being put into a sinking fund for sewer purposes. For the city to be able to issue and sell bonds it is necessary for the voters to approve them, and the necessary tax levy to retire them. City attorney, J. J. Nys was instructed to prepare the bond plan to submit it to state bond ing attorney for approval. The council expressed hope it could put the plan up to a vote at least by the primary election, May 16. o District Boy Scout Meeting to Be Held The Covered Wagon Boy Scout District's annual meeting will be held in Heppner on Tuesday, April 15, with a family pot-luck dinner planned. The program will include movies on Scouting, plans for coming events, and the election of the district officers. These plans were made last week at the March meeting of the Covered Wagon District Commit tee which includes the Scout Units of Morrow, Gilliam, and Wheeler counties. H. M. Bull, District Chairman, Condon, appointed the district nominating committee with these men members of the committee: Rev. J. Palmer Sorlien, Heppner; Truman Messenger, Lexington; Peck Leathers, Arlington; George Dukek, Fossil; Roger Holloman, Kinzua, and Don Kyle, Spray. Plans were also made for . a Scout Circus to be held in May for both Cub Packs and Scout Troops, as well as the Troop's plans for summer camp. o Don Bennett returned Sunday from Portland where he spent several days last week taking his physical examinations for service in the Navy. He passed these successfully and expects to be stationed in Hawthorne, Ne vada at the Naval Supply Depot there. He plans to leave for duty the latter part of April. Bennett served in the Navy during the last war. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hall were visitors in Condon Sunday. TO BE PUT UP TO HEPPNER FUTURE FARMER GAINS STATE RECOGNITION FOR WORK Allen Hughes, Heppner high school student and son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hughes, Lena was chosen a State Farmer by the Future Farmers of America at its state convention held last week in Corvallis. The award is given to only the outstanding two per cent of the boys enrolled in FA in the state. The award is based largely on leadership, ability and farming activity and only 69 such awards are given out among the 3468 FFA members in Oregon. During the current year Allen was president of the local FFA chapter and was selected as the Blue Mountain district reporter Other activities included chair manship of the parent and son Morrow-Umatilla City Heads to Meet in Pendleton City officials, committee mem bers and department heads of the city government of Heppner have been invited to attend a regional meeting of the League of Oregon Cities in Pendleton on Friday evening, March 28. Mayor J. O. Turner has been asked to organ ize a delegation of city council - men, city employes and civic leaders closely identified with the city government to join with the representatives of other cities in the area to discuss common municipal problems. Local arrangements for the meeting, which will be one of twenty-three such meetings to be held throughout the state under League sponsorship, are being made by Mayor Morris Temple of Pendleton. The session will fea ture an address on "Current Mu nicipal Developments and League Activities" by Commissioner Will iam A. Bowes of Portland, League president, and this will be fol lowed by a discussion session for the exchange of ideas on city problems. In addition to Commissioner Bowes and city officials of Uma tilla and Morrow counties the meeting will be attended by the following members of the League and Bureau staff: Herman Kehrli, executive secretary, and Ray mond C. Coulter, field consultant. The following mayors in Uma tilla and Morrow counties have been asked to organize delega tions to the meeting: Mayor Frank Bryson, Adams; Mayor C. O. Hanlon.Athena; Mayor R. B. Rands, Boardman; Mayor C. II. Esselstyn, Echo; Mayor H. E. Eaton, Helix; Mayor John Lien hard, Hermiston; Mayor Omar Rietmann, lone; Mayor Marvin Leonard, Lexington; Mayor J. L. Yantis, Milton-Freewater; Mayor Ernest Arbogast, Pilot Rock; Mayor L. W. Dixson, Stanfield; Mayor A. W. Easton, Umatilla; and Mayor John F. Newman, Weston. Jaycee-Jaycee-Ette Carnival Dates Set The Jaycees and Jaycee-Ettes, at their joint meeting Wednes day evening tentatively set Fri day and Saturday, April 25 and 26 as the dates for their annual carnival. The affair is to be held in the Jaycee hall and funds derived from the project will be used to continue modernization of the building. Plans were also made for the Jaycee-Ette rummage sale to be held sometime in May with the exact date undecided. Dr. and Mrs. Richard O'Shea who are leaving soon for Texas, were presented with a gift from the membership. HOSPITAL NEWS New Arrivals To Mr. and Mrs. Bill Marquardt, Lexington, a baby boy born March 25, weight 10 lbs. To. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Healy, Heppner, a baby girl born March 23, weight 5 lbs. 10 ozs. To Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Anderson, Heppner, a baby girl born March 24, weight 8 lbs. IVz ozs. Medical Wesley Church, Kin zua, dismissed; Harold Cox, Lone Rock, dismissed; Mrs. Ariel John son, Kinzua, dismissed; Mrs. Alta Brown, Heppner, dismissed; Mal colm Crawford, Cecil; Mrs. Emily Miller, Monument, dismissed. Minor Surgery James J. Far ley, Heppner dismissed; Mrs. Faye Schoolcraft, Kinzua, dismissed. Major Surgery Mrs. Ina Jean Schoolcraft, Kinzua; Mrs. Lor raine Ball, lone; Mrs. Virginia Smith, lone. the FFA parliamentary team. Allen has one of the largest supervised farming programs in the chapter and is well started on becoming established In the reg istcred hereford beef business. At the present time he owns seven cows, four heifers and has three bulls on feed which he will con sign to sale later. All his ani mals are registered. He also leases 332 acres of range and has 68 acres of wheat Rainbow Girls Attend Grand Assembly A delegation of Rainbow Girls left Thursday for Lebanon to at tend the 26th annual Grand As sembly. Registration will be held on Thursday afternoon with a teen age mixer planned for that night Sessions will be held Friday and Saturday and there will be a grand ball Saturday evening fol lowing the installation ceremon ies. Mrs. Harley Anderson Is taking the following girls: Marianne Jensen, Worthy Advisor; Delores Keithley, Worthy Associate Ad visor; Meredith Ann Sorlien, Charity; Sharon Becket Grand Chorus; Connie Ruggles, Grand Representative and Ellse Bauren fiend, Past Worthy Advisor. o Special Services At Valby Lutheran Communion services and a confirmation class will be held Sunday, March 30 at the Valby Lutheran church in Gooseberry, Leonard Carlson announced this week. A class of six will be present for the confirmation. Both ser vices will be held at 11 o'clock and will be followed by a potluck dinner in the parish house. Ser vices will be conducted by Dr. Henry J. Hokenson, Portland, regional director of the Columbia conference. Public Concert Set By Heppner Band The 44 piece Heppner high school band will present its an nual spring concert Thursday, April 10 at the school gym, ac cording to band director Robert Collins. Collins states he plans to fea ture several smaller ensemble groups within the band at the concert and said he feels the group is performing better now than at any time in its history. The band has recently completed a series of exchange concerts with all other county schools. Collins also stated the band will go to La Grande April 18 and 19 to participate in the district band festival and he feels their chances for additional recogni tion are good. o Wranglers Hold First Ride of Season Though windy and blustery weather kept many away, more than 20 Wranglers enjoyed the first ride of the season Sunday at the Ralph Beamer ranch. Sev eral special events were held with Archie Murchison winning first place in the calf roping and Bob Gammell, second. Riders furnished their own lunches with the Beamers sup plying coffee. The regular meeting held the first Tuesday of the month found a good attendance at the club house, with the entertainment committee of Mrs. Harvey Smith and Mrs. Les Wyman providing pictures taken by the Tress Mc Clintocks of several of their trips. Mrs. John Hartman had charge of the refreshments. HEPPNER EXTENSION MEETING The Heppner Extension Unit will meet Tuesday April 1st at the home of Mrs. Ray Drake in the Sand Hollow District at 11 a. m. The aim of the project is to aid homemakers In cooking meats. vegetables, and fruits in the broiler. The discussions and demon strations will include broiling foods. Guests please bring a dessert or vegetable as meat and salad will be furnished. banquet and president of ISSUE VOTERS Heppner High School To Present Series Of Radio Programs Heppner high school students will present a series of programs over radio station KWRC Pendle ton, each Friday at 5:00 p. m., starting April 4 acocrding to Ro bert Collins and Richard Knight, Heppner teachers who will have charge of the programs. The series will open with three 15-minute programs presented by the high school band and will be followed by two or three radio plays presented by students and directed by Knight. The air time is donated by the radio station and the Heppner school will take over the pro gram sponsored for several months by the Pendleton high school. C. H. Kraft, Heppner Mill Stockholder, Taken by Death Word was received Wednesday by Orville Smith of the death on Tuesday of C. H. Kraft, an official of the Kraft Cheese company and a major stockholder in the Hepp ner Lumber company mill. His death followed a long illness. His home was In Chicago. Kraft, who is the father of Leonard Kraft, stockholder in the local mill and manager of the Bridal Veil Lumber and Box com pany at Bridal Veil, had been a visitor in Heppner on several oc casions prior to his illness. o Second Power Cutoff Due Sunday Morning The second of a series of two power interruptions is planned for next Sunday morning by the Pacific Power and Light com pany between 4:00 and 7:00 a. m. A construction crew has been working for several weeks build ing a section of new 22,000 volt transmission line between lone and Lexington and the power cut off is necessary to allow crews to place the new line in use, accord ing to J. R. Huffman, local mana ger for the company. The former line running along Willow creek has been rerouted to eliminate danger to poles to poles during flood periods. Southern Storm Causes Increase in Red Cross Quota The recent tornado disaster in the southern states which caused heavy added expense to the American Red Cross has made it necessary to increase the Morrow county quota for the current drive by $130, according to word re ceived this week by Mrs. Thomas Wilson, county drive head. Mrs. Wilson said national Red Cross headquarters informed her that it would spend at least five million dollars aiding the thous ands made homeless in the four sate area recently hit by the heavy storm. Returns from the present drive, scheduled to end on March 31 total only about $875, of a re vised quota of $2358, said Mrs. Wilson, but she emphasized that most outlying districts had not reported to her as yet. Hope was expressed, however, that the county would reach its goal. o Weekly News Column Promised by French Moro, Oregon Giles L. French, candidate for the Republican nomination for congress from the Second Oregon district says that if he Is elected he will make available through the news papers a weekly report on na tional affairs. As state representative for many years he has written a col umn about state matters that has been well received. He is editor of the Shrman County Journal, published here. o , TWO SENTENCED Justice of the Peace J. O. Hager Wednesday sentenced L. Duane Holliday to 60 days in jail and a fine of $150 when he pleaded guilty to a charge of leud co habitation. Frances Jane Nelson also pleaded guilty to the same charge and was paroled by the court when she agreed to leave town. The two were arrested Wednes day morning by sheriff C. J. D. Bauman and Heppner chief of police Charles Gomlllion. ate osvCus 4 It THIS week's statewide conference at Oregon State College promi ses to go along way toward answering the question: What's ahead for Oregon farmers? Holding the poster calling attention to the meeting is F. L. Ballard, associate director of the college agricultural extension service, who says a conference aim is to guide direction the state's long-time agricultural production should take. At least 1000 farmers and business men are ex pected to attend the meeting. Heppner FFA Wins Silver Award Six Heppner students and their advisor spent last week in Cor vallis attending the annual Fu ture Farmers of America conven tion March 18 to 21. All FFA chapters in the state are rated by state officials and awards are made at the conven tion and Heppner this year was given a silver award or second class, which is the highest yet won by the local chapter. Rating of the Individual chap ters is based on achievement in farming activities, community service, leadership, earnings and savings, conduct of meetings, scholarship, recreation and co operation. The main emphasis being placed on farming activi ties and leadership. The top 40 of the chapters re ceive an award known as "The Keystone Award" which is divid ed into classes which receive gold, silver and bronze awards. Only two FFA chapters in east ern Oregon have received the gold award, Milton-Freewater and The Dalles. Those attending the meetings were Allen Hughes, Ronald Cur rin, delegates, and Jim Wight man, Tom Crewdson, Peter Slo cum and John Brosnan alter nates. James Allen accompanied the group. o Cancer Fight Fund Drive to Open Here Mrs. Inez Meador, Heppner, who Is serving as Morrow county chairman for the American Can cer Society's annual campaign during April drew high praise to day from James G. Swindells, president of the society's Oregon division, for,"agreeing to accept the responsibility and hard work which such an undertaking de mands." Those of us who have been en gaged in the fight against can cer for many years know what a tremenduous task it is to di rect a county-wide campaign, Swindells, a Portland attorney, said. Mrs. Meador announced this week that she and her committee are preparing the campaign that will start April 1 and will be carried on by mail except for per sonal solicitation of Heppner business firms. Those working on the drive are Mrs. Thomas Wilson, Mrs. Elmer Hill, Mrs. Ed Collison, Mrs. Pete Lennon and Mrs. James Driscoll. James Driscoll, Heppner post master, is acting as treasurer for the champaign. o Mr. and Mrs. Ray Drake were in Corvallis for the play off bas ketball games Friday. They visited at the homes of their son and family Mr. and Mrs. Ray mond Drake, Jr., and their daugh ter and family Mr. and Mrs Paul Warren. They returned to Hejip ner Sunday, stopping in Portland to visit with their son Donald Drake. John Barber of Albers Milling Co. was a business visitor in town on Wednesday. 1 V.. r v fill iWHH3 Two Firms to Take Over New Building Two Heppner businesses will soon share the location on north Main street recently vacated by Andrcsen's Hardware following renovation of the building. Settles Electric, operated by E. R. Settles and an electric and gas appliance firm under the owner ship of James Healy expect to move into the location within the next few weeks. Settles plans to carry a large Mock of lighting fixtures and small appliances and Hoaly will handle the Hotpoint line of major appliances. He is now operator of the Northwest Liquified Gas Company and will also stock major gas appliances in the new location. No definite opening date has yot been set by the two firms. : o Dr. O'Shea Receives Call to Service Dr. Richard J. O'Shea, Heppner physician announced this week that he received his call for the armed forces and will close his practice here on April 5. Dr. O'Shea will enter the ser vice as a First Lieutenant and has been ordered to report at Fort Sam Huston, Texas on April 21. His family will accompany him. o Another 4-H Square -Dance Set for lone Another of those good-time square dances, sponsored by the 4 II clubs of South Morrow Coun ty, will be held Saturday evening April 5, announces Mrs. L. A Mc Cabe, lone, who is in charge of arrangements. The dance will be held at the Legion hall, lone, with dancing from 9:00 to 1:00. Refreshments will be served. No door admis sion will be charged, however do nations will be accepted. Proceeds from the series of square dances sponsored by the 411 clubs will be used In further ing club work in the county. o ARCHITECT HERE Charles B. Miller, Pendleton architect, was in Heppner last week conferring with the Heppner school board concerning build ing plans for a proposed new school building. HEPPNER TRACK ASPIRANTS START SPRING TRAINING WORKOUTS The Heppner high school track squad, anchored by Gary and Wendell Connor, who were state finalists last year, have begun calesthentlcs and cross-country conditioning for the series of spring track meets held during April and May and concluding with the state meet held in Cor vallis May 16 and 17. Coach Harold Whitbeck has lined up the following meets for his squad beginning with the Carnival of Speed at Milton-Freewater, April 4, Heppner invita tional, April 18; Helix invita tional, April 26, Umatilla county meet, May 3, district meet, La Grande, May 10 and the state meet. Registration Urged For All Eligible Voters The First National Bank of Portland will conduct a state wide non-partisan campaign throughout its 4G banking of fices and 15 affiliated banks dur ing this week to assist all of its eligible staff members to register for voting in the primary and general elections this year. The bank campaign, one of many undertaken by business or ganizations and political groups throughout the state and county, is urging every eligible voter, re gardless of party affiliation or preference to register before the deadline of April 15. C. W. Barlow, county clerk, this week announced a list of regis trars throughout the county where residents may register. They are Irrigon, Marguerite Houghton; Boardman, Lucille Walker; lone, George Ely; Lex ington, Emma Brashears and at the county clerk's office in Hopp ner. Barlow also stated that he would personally come to any one's residence who is unable to get to the court house due to Ill ness or physical difficulties if that person will advise him. Voting response in Oregon dur ing recent elections has averaged only slightly more than 50 per cent of eligible voters, and it is hoped that many of these names can be added to the rolls this year. Morrow county now has 1300 registered Republicans and. nearly 700 Democrats. o Eastern Oregon Range Problems To Be Discussed Possibilities for revegetatlng 31,000,000 acres of public and privately owned range land in eastern Oregon will be the theme for the eastern Oregon agricultu ral conference of the Oregon Bankers association at the Saea jawea hotel In La Grande Friday, April 4. J. R. Bock, assistant director of the Oregon State College exten sion service, says the one-day meeting In which the college Is cooperating will start at 10 a. m. Closing feature will be a ban quet' at Hoke hall on the Eastern Oregon college campus at which C. B. Stephenson, vice-president, ) First National Bank of Portland, will be featured speaker. Banquet toastmaster will be J. B. Rogers, Baker, president of the bankers association. Objective of the meeting, Beck says, is to discuss the problems of revegetatlng range lands with an eye toward improving the livestock feed supply. About 20, 000,000 acres in the eastern Ore gon area are classed as non -forested sagebrush type land, the vast bulk of it in need of im provement. Speakers who will appear dur ing the morning program In clude W. A. Sawyer, superinten dent, Squaw Butte-Harney ex periment station, Burns; E. R. Jackman, OSC farm crop special ist; Joe Pechanec, chief, division of range research, U. S. forest ser vice, Portland; and W. J. Ander son, assistant regional chief, bu reau of land management, Tort land. A panel composed of four out standing livestock operators and a seed man will highlight the af ternoon session. The panel will Include Herman Oliver, John Day cattleman and banker; Ira Staggs, Baker sheepman; Fred Lemcke, Seneca, Oregon's state cattleman of 1951; Henry Lazin ka, Uklah cattleman; and R. W. Schaad, La Grande, seed pro ducer. H. W. Dickson, manager, U. S. National Bank of Portland in Pen dleton, will discuss the agricul tural program of the Oregon Bankers association. Other meets scheduled but with still unconfirmed dates are dual meets with Condon, Pilot Rock and Hermiston. Heppner students turning out for track this spring are Gary Connor, Albert Burkenbine, Bud Wagner, Keith Connor, Jack Sum ner, Loyd Harshman, Roland Tay lor, Wendell Connor, Kenneth Easter, Mike Grant, Jimmy Gree i Bill Hughes, Al Parent, Russell Taylor, Pete Andresen, Jerry Haguewood, Jim Hayes, Lyle Jensen and Larry Mollohan. Sev eral elementary students are also working out with the high school squad. Team managers are Wayne Soward and Raymond Gonty.
