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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, April 31952
Monument Has
High Wafer
By Mille Wilson
The North Fork of the John Day
river really went on the rampage
last Tuesday night. Several
ranches were flooded and fences
were washed out. Beardsley's
swinging bridge was turned up
side down. The approaches of
the Cottonwood Creek bridge
were washed out and Mrs. Mary
DuBosch was marooned at her
ranch home. Mrs. Earl Sweek
was forced to move her chickens
and car to higher ground. The
North Fork Lumber company's
mill was surrounded by water
and work was stopped until it
subsided.
Word was received by Mrs. Earl
Barnard that Mr, and Mrs. M. C.
Morrill had arrived home safely
in Eugene. While here and at
Heppner, Mrs. Merrill was quite
ill. She states she is better In
the lower altitude.
Mrs. Anna Lesley returned from
Pendleton last Monday. She
states that her son Bill Lesley,
has purchased a Service Station
in PnnHlntnn Mr nnrl Mrs T c.
ley will move this week.
Buddy Batty and friend Shorty
Baily came from Merrill last Wed
nesday. They were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Lewis Batty. Buddy
states he will raise potatoes this
year.
Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Throop of
Dayville, their daughter Dorothy
Swank and friend, Lola Craig of
The Dalles were dinner guests
last Thursday of Mr. and Mrs.
Boyd Hinton and daughters.
Pomona Grange has been post
poned from April 5th to April 12.
Mr. and Mrs. Via Throop of
Eureka, California were over
night guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Boyd Hinton last Friday. Mr.
Throop is Mrs. Hinton's brother.
Grade School girls of Monu
ment won the trophy for Volley
ball at the tournament held at
Long Creek last Saturday after
noon. The competing teams
were Long Creek, Spray, Monu
ment. The trophy was presented
by the Long Creek shool. -
Gilbert Batty spent Spring Va
cation at home with relatives
From here he went to Seattle to
attend the wedding of a friend
before returning to Corvallis.
Mr. and Mrs. Compton Moffit of
Hines were overnight guests of
Mrs. Boyd Hinton last Saturday.
Chuck Van Detta brought his
wife and infant son home last
Monday from the hospital at John
Day.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Batty and
daughter moved to their home at
Hardman last Sunday.
Mrs. Mary DuBosch and Mrs.
Mary Lee Lesley were attending
to matters of business in John
Day last Friday.
Mrs. Harry Capon and children
drove to Portland last Saturday
to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Releken.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Stirewalt and
children were dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Hinton and
(laughters last Monday.
Mrs. Lewis Noal and Mrs. Arlot
Fleming were attending to mat
ters of business in Heppner last
Monday. Mrs. Neal had an ap
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Mirinda Musgrave was out of
school last week on account of
Chicken Pox.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Flower
and Mrs. Clyde Jackson took Mr.
Jackson to Heppner to consult a
doctor last Thursday. Mr. Jack
son has been in ill health for
some time.
Dick Williams has been sicl;
for the past week. Melvin Round
took him to Prineville on Thurs
day to consult a doctor.
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Enright took
Mr. Enright's mother, Mrs. Chrys
tle Enright to Ontario for medi
cal aid last Saturday.
Miss Alone Hinton returned
from Portland by bus last Satur
day. She was met at Rock Creek
Junction by Vernon Peterman.
Miss Hinton says Criss Hamilton
is still a mighty sick man.
Mrs. Lois Bleakman and Mrs.
Edith Batty were hostesses for
the ladies of the H. E. C. last Wed
nesday at the Grange hall. Eight
ladies were present. Refreshments
of ice cream, cake, and coffee
were served.
Boyd Hinton came home from
Portland last Wednesday. He re
turned to Portland Thursday and
was accompanied by Henry Durst.
The high water has done much
damage to the farmers fences
and bridges along the river.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mc
Laughlin of Pendleton were call
ing on friends in Monument last
Saturday. They stayed over and
attended the Grange Play in the
evening. They were overnight
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Chance
Wilson. From here they expected
to go to John Day, Burns and
Ontario.
Mrs. Wave Jackson returned
from Heppner last Sunday. She
returned to Heppner the same day
as Mr. Jackson, who is a patient
In the. Heppner hospital, is in a
very critical condition.
The Grange play "Comin'
Round the Mountain" was en
joyed by one of the largest crowds
ever assembled in Monument's
gymnasium. Most everyone
stayed for the dance after the
play.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rickard
and children spent several days
in Portland attending to matters
of business and visiting relatives.
Major Victor DuBosch, of Fair
child Air Base in Washington,
spent the weekend with his wife,
Mary, at their ranch home south
of town. The DuBosch's are al
most marooned since the high
water took their bridges and fen
ces out. Major Du Bosch re
turned to Ills base on Sunday.
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EXAMINER COMING
A drivers license examiner will
be on duly in Hoppner Tuesday,
April 15, at the court house from
9:30 to 3:30 according to an an
nouncement from the secretary of
state's office.
Persons wishing licenses or
driving permits are asked to got
in touch with the examine; well
ahead of closing time to assuie
completion of applications.
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Mr .and Mrs. W. G. Bailey of
Vancouver, B. C. have returned
home after a visit here with his
uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs,
Frances Bailey. They plan to re
turn to Heppner to make their
home if business arrangements
can be made satisfactorily.
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Gilliam Cattlemen
To Meet April 10
Thursday, April 10 is the date
set for the second annual field
day of the Gilliam County Beef
Cattle Improvement Association,
which will be held at the fair
grounds in Condon. The event Is
scheduled to get underway at
10:30 a. m. with four demonstra
tions, which are a result of the
feed test project. The demon
strations, 1. efficiency, 2. rate of
gain, 3. grading; resulting in the
fourth demonstration, indexing,
will point out the value of the
Information gained from the
feed test in applying it to im
provement of beef herds.
Following a lunch at the Con
don Memorial Hall, starting at
12:15, several speakers will be
featured. Carl V. Roubieek, Regi
onal Coordinator, Beef Cattle Re
search, U. S. D. A., will explain
work relating to the Condon pro
gram being carried out in other
areas, as well as the value of ef
ficiency testing in improving beef
cattle quality. W. Ervie Williams,
president, Portland Union Stock
yards; Dr. Ralph Bogart, Geneti
cist, Oregon State College; Rich
ard Lowe, Condon, feeder and
C. K. Barker, president of the Im
provement Association, will have
remarks relating to the feed test
and its value.
Open house will be held at the
barns at 2:45. Livestockmen will
have the opportunity of compar
ing bulls that have varied as
much as one pound per day gain
with ten cents difference in cost
of gain per pound, between the
best and the poorest.
Bulls on feed in the Gilliam
County test this year come from
herds in Gilliam, Umatilla, Sher
man and Morrow Counties. Frank
Anderson, O. W. Cutsforth and
Harvey Smith are Morrow county
ranchers with bulls on test at the
Condon project.
All interested livestockmen are
invited to attend the field day.
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Mrs. Bernice Gunderson left on
Tuesday for her home in Seattle
after a few days' visit here with
Mrs. Fern Groves.
Hero from lone Tuseday were
Mrs. Echo Palmateer and daugh
ter, Mrs. Pete Cannon, Mrs. Art
Stephani, Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Ely
and Mrs. Roy Lindstrom.
Dr. and Mrs. Edward Schaffitz
made a trip to Portland 'on Mon
day, returning the same day.
Jeff Carter, J. C. Penney mana
ger, was in Pendleton this week
for a few days.
Mrs. Ralph Aldrich of Seattle
formerly of lone, is visiting at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Step
hens on Rhea Creek. Mrs. Aid
rich expects to return to Seattle
next week and will be accompan
iod by her mother, Mrs. Esther
Wilson, who has been a patient
at Pioneer Memorial Hospital for
the past several weeks.
Mrs. Joe Jewett of Baker was a
visitor in Heppner Thursday and
Friday.
Connie Ruggles, a student at
Whitman College in Walla Walla
is spending her spring vacation
with her parents Mr. and Mrs. C.
A. Ruggles.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Reid were
here from Ocean Lake the last of
a week for a brief visit at ihe
home of their daughter, Mrs. Er
nie Winchester. Erna Lynn Win
chester who had been spending a
fortnight at Ocean Lake accom
panied them home. The Reids
also visited in Lewiston, Idaho
where Mrs. Reid's sister is seri
ously ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis Chaffee en
tertained Mrs. Clara Gertson at
dinner Tuesday evening in honor
of their houseguest Mrs. H. S. De
Chonne of Spokane.
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FARM BUREAU OKs FEDERAL PLAN
OF REAPPORTIONMENT FOR STATE
The Morrow County Farm Bu
reau meeting was held at the
Newt O'Hara home in Lexington
on March 25. There was a good
attendance at this meeting and a
great deal of interest shown In
the subjects that came up for dis
cussion. ' A resolution favoring the? Fede
ral plan of reapportionment was
adopted. This calls for reappor
tionment of the legislature so
that each County would have one
senator and the representatives to
be apportioned according to popu
lation. There is a great deal of
agitation in some parts of the
state for Reapportionment ac
cording to population only. Ac
crding to the population plan the
number of legislators from East
ern Oregon would be cut by quite
a margin. According to the popu
lation plan Morrow county's rep
resentation would be cut in half
while they would gain slightly
according to the federal plan. The
interim committee oh reappor
tionment appointed by the last
legislature will hold a hearing in
The Dalles, April 18th at 10:30 a.
m. The County Farm Bureau at
this meeting and other members
are urged to attend.
The method of districting the
county and making voluntary re
appraisal of the farm lands as
carried out in Gilliam County was
explained by Orville Cutsforth. A
resolution was passed to request
the county assessor to divide Mor
row county into districts and that
a chairman be appointed in each
district to work towards voluntary
reappraisal of the agricultural
land in Morrow County.
Kenneth Peck outlined the pro
gram for the membership drive
which will be conducted May 5
10. He wants several two-man
teams to work during that week
to secure new members. A prize
of $100.00 to be used as expense
money to attend the American
Farm Bureau Convention in Seat
tle in December was authorized
to be paid to the winning team.
Anyone who is interested in
helping out during that week and
winning this prize should contact
Kenneth Peck or the center presi
dent. Following the membership
drive a victory meeting will be
held. The date and plans for this
meeting will be announced later
but there will be fun for everyone
George Dewey, Director of in
formation and commodities of
the Oregon Farm Bureau, was
present and gave a short talk on
some matters from the state level
of Farm Bureau. He announced
that the next regional meeting
will be held May 8 at Lexington,
Further announcements regard'
ing this meeting will be made
later but some of the State Of
ficers will be present as well as
members from Umatilla and Gil
liam counties.
The next meeting will be held
Tuesday April 22 in the Parish
house at the Valby Lutheran
Church in Gooseberry.
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By Eleanor Rice and Donald Blake
This year the Hehisch staff de
cided to elect officers for next
year, this spring instead of next
fall. This new staff will publish
the last paper of the semester. The
following officers were elected
Monday: Assistant Editor, Lynn
Wright; News Editor, Loree Sta
ger; Feature Editor, Mary Ann
Jensen; Sports, Terry Thompson;
Manager-Circulation, Mary Ruth
Green and Clarice Hastings. Mar
jorie Pierson, Assistant Editor this
fall, will automatically become
next year's editor.
Twenty-eight high school stu
dents have turned out for tennis
this spring. Mr. Peterson, the
seventh grade instructor, will
coach this year's team.
The annual spring band con
cert will be on Thursday evening,
April 10th. Mary Ann Jensen is
in charge of the sale of tickets.
The F. F. A. has recently set up
a letter-awarding system which
will include this year's members.
Only one-fourth of the clubs
members will be eligible for a
letter and they will be awarded
on scholarship, leadership, club
projects and other club activities.
SPECIAL SERVICES SET
A Union Good Friday service
has been scheduled for 7:30 p. m.
Friday, April 11, at the Christian
church. J. Palmer Sorlien, pastor
of the Methodist church will be
the speaker.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Pierson and
daughter, Marjorie, motored to
La Grande Sunday to spend the
day with their daughter, Rose
Marie, who is attending Eastern
Oregon College of Education.
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County Heolth Ass'n
Elects Officers
The Morrow County Tuberculo
sis and Health Association met
Wednesday evening April 2 at the
home of Mrs: Mervin Leonard in
Lexington.
The budget for the coming
year was discussed and drawn up
and officers were elected. They
are president, Mrs. Robert Pen
land; vice president, Mrs. Mervin
Leonard; secretary, Mrs. Don
Hatfield; treasurer, Mrs. C. C.
Carmichael; seal chairman, Mrs.
Howard Bryant.
Plans were formulated for the
year's work with the seal sale
being the big project.
HOSPITAL NEWS
New Arrivals To Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Wright, Hardman a baby
boy nborn March 28. weight 9 lbs.
2 ozs., named David William. To
Mr. and Mrs. James Edmondson,
Kinzua a baby boy born March
31, weight 8 lbs. 1 oz., named
Ricky Lee. To Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Bates, Condon, a baby
girl born April 2, weight 7 lbs.
11 Ms ozs., named Shirley Fay. To
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Tuck?r,
Heppner, a baby boy born April
2, weight 6 lbs. 13V2 ozs. To Mr.
and Mrs. Bud Peck, Heppner a
baby boy born April 2, weight 11
lbs. oz. named Robert Dean.
To Mr. and Mrs. David Raskin,
lone a baby girl born April 3,
weight 7 lbs. 1 oz., named Mary
Beth.
Medical Robert Ferrell, Kin
zua; Mrs. Mattie Green, Heppner,
dismissed; Nels Justus, Heppner,
dismissed; Mrs. Sarah Aldrich,
lone; Mrs. Katherine Doherty,
Heppner; Clyde Jackson, Monu
ment. Minor Surgery Taggie Green
up, Heppner, dismissed; Billy
Davis, Heppner.
Major Surgery Mrs. Matilda
Jepsen, lone; Miss Cecelia Carty,
Heppner.
Out-patient Miss Billie See
hafer, lone.
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FOUR BOYS WINNERS
Four Heppner boys were proud
owners of prizes this week be
cause they were good guesser?.
Terry Thompson, Deane Graves,
James Farra and Stephen Green
were winners in the BB guessing
contest held last month by Andre
sen's Sporting Goods store. First
prize was, logically, a BB gun.
Terry's first prize guess was
within 70 of the number of shot
in the jar.
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Norville Osborne of Astoria was
a weekend houseguest of Mr. and
Mrs. LaVerne Van Marter, Jr.
Mr. Osborne is employed by the
Forest Service on the coast.
Don Turner of Portland, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Turner was a
visitor in Heppner this week.
Mrs. Toby Minton of the Paci.
fic Telephone and Telegraph Co.
was in Portland last week to at
tend a chief operators meeting.
Mrs. W. B. Barratt of Salem Is
visiting at the home of her son
Garnet Barratt in Heppner. She
plans to stay for two weeks visit
ing old friends in the area.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Scrivner
and Diane of Portland are visit
ing at the home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Schrivner.
Mrs. John Williams and son
were Portland visitors Friday amfc
'Saturday.
Mrs. Wilbur Osterloh and sons
Walter and Ronnie of Baker were
guests Thursday and Friday at
the home of her brother and fam
ily Mr. and Mrs. Robert Penland.
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