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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, March 27, 1952
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.