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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1952)
LIBRARY U OF 0 EUGENE. ORE., Advisory Committee To Aid With School Building Problems The first meeting of the re cently appointed school advisory committee was held Monday night with the board of direc tors of School district No. 1. The 12-man board was chosen from throughout the area served by the Heppner school and has been asked to help the school board in reaching a solution to its current building problem, brought on by overcrowding in the pre sent building. Superintendent L. L. Pale and board chairman, Barton Clark ex plained the school's problems to the group and told of the crowd ed condition now existing, and due to get worse with coming years. Preliminary drawings and floor plans for a proposed 10 room elementary school were shown the committee and offi cials explained how the over crowded conditions were working a hardship on many students par ticularly in elementary grades. Pate told the group that inceas ingly large incoming classes next year will make necessary the Heppner Visit Planned by The Dalles C of C A special good will visit to Heppner by members of The Dal les chamber of commerce on Mon day, April 28, has been planned by the Ileppner-Morrow county chamber to coincide with the annual meeting of the local group. The Dalles chamber informed the Heppner organization that it will bring a delegation of from 60 to 70 members on the tour and plans are now being made for a special dinner meeting on Mon day evening for chamber mem bers and their wives. It will re place the regular Monday lunch eon meeting of the group. The Heppner visit is one of a series of good will trips planned by The Dalles chamber for the year. About a month ago the group met with the Condon cham ber of commerce for a similar meeting. The visiting members will pro vide the evening's program. o . Leslie Grant to Be Next P-TA Speaker Leslie Grant, county school superintendent will be speaker at the next regular Parent-Teachers meeting to be held at the high school Wednesday, April 16. Grant will speak on "The child as a person" which is in keeping with the P-TA theme for the year of "The citizen child, his needs in a free world." PLANS LAI D FOR COUNTY OBSERVANCE OF HOME DEMONSTRATION WEEK "Today's Home Builds Tomor row's World" is the slogan for National Home Demonstration Week, which will be observed through the Nation, April 27-May 3. Home agent, Maud Casswell points out that Morrow County women took a big step in build ing "tomorrow's" world during the past year. Their achieve ments include:clothing and tex tiles work making better dress es, tailoring suits and coats, and cotton dresses homemakers in 6 communities took part in this program with 528 homemakers, taking active part in the Clothing program and reporting practices used. The construction and selection of children's clothing and clean ing and adjusting of sewing ma chines was used by 235 families. Reports turned in by cooperations shew a saving of $2555 in the clothing project. Home furnishings project homemakers learned to improve family living through selecting and making economical home furnishings braide and hook rugs; making foot stools and re- upholstering chairs, selecting use of home accessories, and the se lection and construction of dra peries are the projects that the women enjoyed. 571 families took part in the house furnishings project. Freezing prepared and cooked foods, fresh vegetables, fruit, meat, preparing ready made mixes, and preparing oven meals were projects that 571 numbers of families taking part in these pro jects. 63 Morrow County homemakers took active part in leadership through the Adult Home Exten sion program and 19 homemakers were 4-H Club Leaders during the past year. Morrow County women will celebrate their sixth birthday on re You holding of at least one grade school class outside the present school building. The location of this class is not yet known. He also said that the large in coming high school freshman class will necessitate two divis ions of this group next year and that classroom space will be com pletely filled. This year, he stated, it has been necessary to hold certain classes during the noon hour to find available space for students. The new advisory committee, while having no official capacity, has been asked to investigate the school building problem from all possible angles and to ascertain if possible, what the general pub lic feels is the greatest need in the school system and make commendations to the board as to its suggestions for a building program for the district. It was pointed out that a bond ing program will undoubtedly be necessary to carry out any pro gram that might be decided upon by the committee and the board but that the district was now in excellent financial condition with no outstanding bonded indebted ness. Robert Penland was named chairman of the new committee which included Elmer Palmer, W. C. Rosewall, Barratt, Robert Hisler, Howard Oscar George, Jos. J. Nys, Bill Campbell, Paul Keithley, Mrs. Mrs. Stephen Paul Brown and Thompson, Mrs Mrs. John Pfieffer. Board members are Barton Clark, Glen Parsons and L. E. Dick. Week's Temperature Does Dipsy-Doodlc April didn't bring any showers to the Heppner area but it did provide residents with quite an array of spring weather during the past week. Leonard Gilliam, official wea ther observer recorded a spring high of 80 degrees Saturday af ternoon followed by a low of 26 early Tuesday morning. Many persons who thought summer was here reportedly changed their minds after looking at the later thermometer reading. Second Square Dance Training Meet Set Square dance callers wilj meet at the lone American Legion hall April 16 at 8 o'clock for another in the series of training meetings. Miss Jessalee Mallalieu, recre ation specialist from OSC will di rect the training program accord ing to county agents Maud C. Casswell and N. C. Anderson. This meeting is the final one scheduled for this spring, but plans are being made to start the program again in October. May 6, reports Maud C. Casswell. That's the date for the Annual Homemakers' Festival in which 250 homemakers will take part. The Extension Home Demon stration program was started in 1946 with Cecilia Van Winkle and Grace Gadekin acting as War Food Emergency assistants. The first Homemakers Festival was held at Lexington in 1946. The second festival was held at lone, Katherine Monahan ' was Home Agent. In 1949 the festival was held at Rhea Creek and in 1950 it was held at Boardman with Mable Flint Wilson as Home Agent. The 1951 festival was held at the Heppner Fair Grounds. Special Easter Observances Planned by Local Churches Special services in observance of the Easter season are schedu led (or this weekend in all Hepp ner churches with a cooperative Good Friday service to be held at the Christian church at 7:30 Fri day evening. J. Palmer Sorlien, Methodist pastor will be the speaker. Rev. Earl Soward announced the Christian church will be open on Friday from one to five o'clock for private devotion and prayer. Mrs. J. O. Turner, organist will be at the console during most of the period to present special Easter music. The primary and beginners de partments of the Christian church will have a program and tea for the mothers and an Easter egg hunt at 2 o'clock Saturday. Regu lar Sunday services are scheduled. Registered? Voter's Registration Closes Tues., April 15 Single Copies 10 cents Wafer Meters, Streets Talked By Councilmen Future water meter installa tions in Heppner will cost resi dents $45 instead of the present $20 it was decided Monday night by the council when it was dis closed that the cost of the meter and the installing was more than double what the city was now getting. A survey of other cities showed a wide variation of charges, some as high as $60 for the standard three-quarter inch meter, but it was" decided to charge just the cost which was established at the $15 figure. Cost of larger size commercial meters will also be based on the cost of the meter and the work. Streets came in for considerable discussion by the group when it was pointed out by the street superintendent Victor Groshens that some city ctreets will have to have an oil seal coat this summer if the streets are to be saved. He pointed out that many streets were in need of such work but that West Willow and Riverside streets were in the worst shape and needed immediate care. He explained that if they were left for another year that it was pro bable the two streets would have to be completely rebuilt at con siderable greater expense. The council had received an es timate from one concern for the sealing of the two streets and it was decided to advertise for bids for the project. Willow street will be sealed from curb to curb, while Riverside will be resurfaced with a 20 foot strip. It was called to the council's at tention that no recording had been made in the case of past street vacations, where the pro perty vacated reverts to the ad joining property owners, thereby making impossible title clarifi cation in the future. The council decided to require a fee of $2.50 to accompany any petition for street vacation, the sum to be used for recording the vacation, and ordered' an ordinance be writ ten to cover the change. City attorney, Jos. J. Nys could announce no progress on the sewer bond program, but an nounced that the legal details are being worked out with the bond ing attorneys and hopes to be able to have some announcement shortly. The council also took the oft appearing city dump problem in hand and started investigation into the cost of fencing the area with the idea of preventing pa pers and other trash from blow ing about the adjoining grounds and also to keep cattle and other animals out. A permanent type wire fence is planned. The council authorized pur chase from Buster Dodson of a piece of property just west of the city limits on which it is planned to build the city's proposed sew age disposal plant. o STATE P-TA CONVENTION The State P-TA convention was held in Pendleton April 7, 8 and 9. Heppner was well represented at the meetings, those attending were Mesdames L. E. Dick, L. E. Ruhl, Oliver Creswick, L. D. Tib bies, James Thomson, Carl Mc Daniels, Stephen Thompson and Claude Graham. Leslie Grant, Morrow county school superinten dent also attended some of the meetings. for 11 o'clock Sunday with recep Special Easter services are planned at the Methodist church STORED TO CLOSE 12 TO 3 FRIDAY The merchants committee of the chamber of commerce voted Monday to close Heppner stores from noon until 3 o'clock Friday in observance of Special Good Fri day church services during those hours. tion of members and baptism planned for that time. All Saint's Episcopal church is planning Good Friday services from 12 noon until 3 o'clock with meditations on the Words from the Cross. The service will con sist of sections separated by ap Heppner, Catherine Doherty Dies Here Monday Catherine Doherty, 80, pioneer resident of this area, died Mon day at Pioneer Memorial hospital here after a long illness. Born in Ireland in 1872, Mrs. Doherty came to the U. S. in 1888, married James G. Doherty in Pendleton In 1893 and moved to Morrow county where they homesteaded. She moved to Heppner in 1933 when Mr. Doh erty died. The funeral was held Wednes day at 10:30 a. m. in St. Patrick's church in Heppner with Father Francis McCormack officiating. Interment was in the Heppner Masonic cemetery. Rosary was recited Tuesday evening. Thelps Funeral Home had charge of ar rangements. o March Rainfall Holds Below Normal Official moisture measurements taken in Heppner and the Goose berry weather stations showed the city area came out the best in the matter of rainfall for March. Heppner recorded a total of .71 of an inch during the month while wheatlands in the high country received but .44 inches. Both, however, were con siderably short of last year's pre cipitation for the month. Total precipitation recorded by Leonard Carlson at the Goose berry station between September 1, 1951 and April 1, 1952 was 6.67 inches, only slightly more than one-half the amount fall ing on the area during the same seven -month period the previous year. Last year's figure was 11.68 inches. Social Security Representative to Make Regular Visits The residents of Heppner who have any questions about Social Security-Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, or anyone who would like more information about Social Security will now have an opportunity to meet a representative of the Social Secur ity Administration at a regularly scheduled time and place, an nounced, Vernon A. Welo, mana ger of the La Grande field office. Ben Kantner, field representa tive of the La Grande office, will be at the City Hall in Heppner from 9:00 a. m. until noon on Thursday following the third Tuesday of each month. Anyone in this area who has any ques tions about Social Security is urged to contact Mr. Kantner on his next visit which will be on April 17th. Mr. Welo stated that Social Scurity is very important to everyone. This importance has in creased with the changes brought about by the amendments of the Social Security Act in 1950. The benefits which are being paid to retired workers and their famil ies may be as little as $20 a month for one person, or $150 for a family. Benefits are paid to the survivors of a worker who was insured at the time of his death. Departing houseguests of Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Struthers of Butter Creek are Mr. and Mrs. Doc Coe, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Kenny, and Mr. and Mrs. Pat Daugherty of Walla Walla. Lt. Col. Broun, a Pendleton phy sician who has been in Korea for some time, stopped in Heppner last week on his way home. He was recently discharged from the service. propriate music to allow worship pers to stay for any part of the service desired. Holy Communion services will be held at 8 o'clock Sunday with the junior and aduit choirs appearing for the 11 o'clock service. There will also be a children's Easter Party at 3 .'clock Saturday for the Sunday School. At the Assembly of God Rev. Nels Fast announced a special Sunday school program to be held during the regular Sunday school hour and a special musical pro gram for the evening service. St. Patrick's church will observe Easter with the Blessing of the Baptismal Font and Pacel Candle Saturday at 7:00 a. m. followed bv Mass. On Easter Sunday High Mass will be celebrated at 9:30 with the Gregorian Mass of the Angles sung by the choir. Easter Mass at lone is set for 8:00 a. m. Oregon, Thursday, April Winner to be Chosen for I.O.O.F. United Nations Trip From the nine students enter ing the contest to be chosen dele gate to the I. O. O. F. sponsored "UN Pilgramage for Youth" trip to New York this summer, four finalists have emerged successful from the preliminary elimina tion at the high school this week. The entire faculty of the high school acted as judges and chose Marjorie Pierson, Jack Sumner, Diane Van Horn, and Ron Currln as the four students to compete County Budget Committee to Meet Here April 16 The meeting of the county bud get committee has been set for 9:00 a. m. Wednesday, April 16 at the court house according to judge Garnet Barratt. The com mittee will prepare the budget for the 1952-53 year. In additiop to members of the county court the committee in cludes Homer Hayes, Irrigon: Kenneth Smouse, lone; and John I. Hanna, Sr., Heppner. o Thelma Jones Funeral Services Held Today Thelma Amy Jones 36, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Jones of Heppner died at her home Sunday, April 6. She had been ill for 27 years. Services were held today (Thursday) at 2 o clock at the Phelps Funeral Home. Miss Jones was born July 18, 1915 at Great Falls, Montana and had lived in Heppner for 10 years. She is survived by her parents and one brother Dewitt Jr. o Fire Rainbow Girls Attend Assembly Five girls and their chaperon, Mrs. Harley Anderson, returned Sunday from Lebanon where they attended the 2fith annual Grand Assembly for Rainbow Girls. They report that everything was plan ned so that every minute was full with meetings and activities. The Lebanon paper commended the girls on being so well be haved, there being over 1000 at tending the convention. The girls from Heppner were Diane Van Horn, Sharon Becket, Meredith Ann Sorlien, Connie Ruggles and Elise Baurenf ienf of Morgan. o Delta Kappa Gamma Reelects Officers Iota Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma met in Milton-Free water Saturday, March 29, and guest speaker, Mrs. Annoula Fenk talked on life in Greece. She is a former exchange student from Salonika, Litohoro, Greece. Mrs. Penk contrasted life in the United States with the primitive, yet charming living conditions in her native country . Present officers were re-elected to serve a two year term. They are: President, Dorothy Elliot, Umatilla; first vice-president, Fannie McGrew, Milton-Free-water; second vice-president, Merle Best, Pendleton; corre sponding secretary, Joyce Smith, Irrigon; recording secretary, Wave Laughlin, Pendleton; treas urer, Galena Sandwick, Milton Freewanr Parliamentary. Lucy Rodgers, Keppner. Member-i auonding from Hepp ner were Ltnel Lyngholm and Velva Be.rhdoit o BUILDING PERMITS UP The city council granted four building permits at Its regular meeting Monday night totaling $14,800, all but $2,000 of that amount for residential construc tion or remodeling. Permits for construction of new homes were granted to Alta Cuts- forth, $6,000; Carl Thorpe, $6,000 and to H. C. Happold for remodel ing, $800. A permit for remodel ine of a business building was granted to Case Furniture com pany. The cost was set at $2,000. o Those from Ruth Chapter No. 32, Order of Eastern Star, attend ing the Friendship Night observ ance of the Condon chapter Fri day evening were Mesdames Frank Davidson, Worthy Matron; Harold Beckett, J. R. Huffman and C. C. Carmichael. Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Piper mot ored to Pullman, Wash., Friday after their son, Loren, and Nor man Ruhl, students at Washing ton State college who came over for the weekend. 10, 1952 for the place of honor. A point system was used in the elimina tion and the contest was so close that there was only a 14.2 vari ation between the high and the low among the four winners. An essay on "What the United Na tions Means to Me" was one of the features of the judging sys tern. Several other points were considered in choosing the four finalists. Final judging in the contest will be held at the Odd Fellows hall at 8:00 p. m. Friday, April 18. The judges will consist of a committee of disinterested per sons. Joe Loonoy. Portland, Oregon, chairman of the Youth Tilgram age committee will be present for the meeting. o OH SO CLOSE Red Cross Drive $23.89 Short The Red Cross drive is within $23.89 of its goal, Mrs. Thomas Wilson said Wednesday. Collec tions have totaled $2,334.11, against a county quota of $2,358. Mrs. Wilson asked that al though all workers have reported in, should there be any store or individual who was not contact ed, she would appreciate them calling her. If Morrow county goes over the top this year, it will make the 12th consecutive year it has met lis quota, one of the best county records in the state. o Smelly Problem Handed Council Complaints from many city residents brought the council face to face with a smelly prob lem Monday noght. The smell caused by burn ing of garbage and trash in back yards and on curbs caused the council to request residents to refrain from such action in the future. With dry weather coming the danger of fire was also stressed. The council considered re quiring all residents to have their garbage gathered by the city garbage collector but de cided to request voluntary ob servance first. ' o Library Sends Books To Veterans Hospital In an effort to assist with the establishment of a lending li brary in the Morrow County Ward at the Veterans Hospital in Walla Walla, the Heppner Public Li brary is sending considerable reading material for use there. This consists of gooo1 books which have been duplicated here througji gifts or donations, cur rent issues of the popular maga zines and paper hacked books of the "Whodunit" type. It is dif ficult to keep the Ward supplied with reading material and any one desiring to contribute books or magazines ror mis purpose may contact Mrs. Josephine Ma honey Baker, Librarian or Mrs. John Bergstrom, chairman of the Morrow County Committeee of the Blue Mountain Ward. HOSPITAL NOTES New Arrivals To Mr. and Mrs. David Raskins, lone a baby girl born April 3, weight 7 lbs. 1 oz., named Mary Beth. To Cpl. and Mrs. Jerry Delaney, Condon, a baby boy born April 4, weight 7 lbs 6'i ozs., named Michael Rich ard. To Mr. and Mrs. William Ramsey, Loncrock, a baby boy born April 6, weight 6 lbs. 12M ozs. To Mr. and Mrs. Everett Keithley, Heppner, a baby girl born April 7, weight 8 lbs. 10 ozs., named Patricia Ann. Medical Nels Justus, Heppner; Mrs. Opal Roop, Condon; Mrs. Delia Ward, Spray, dismissed; Shirley Adams, Kinzua, dismis sed; Richard Morgan, lone, dis missed; George Brown, Joseph, dismissed; Mrs. Rose Hams, Hard man; Henry Harala Cecil. Minor Surgery Billy Davis, Heppner, dismissed; Kathie Van over, Heppner; Edna Morris, Heppner. Major Surgery Harvey Vincent, Kimberly. Out-patients Mrs. Margaret Troedson, lone; Eino Peddola, Clackamas. o Mrs. Don Tones is here from Portland to visit with her mother, Mrs. Charles Osmin and sister Mrs. John Bergstrom. The Jones' formerly lived in Roseburg but have recently moved to Portland to make their home. Volume 69, Number 4 Republicans Hold Big Majority In Registration Republican registrations con tinued to lead the Democrats by nearly a two to one majority in Morrow county as the deadline for voter registration neared. County clerk, C. W. Barlow said that total registration in the county up to Wednesday showed 1318 Republicans and 718 Demo crats on the list. Mew registra tions since January 1 have totaled 93 Republicans and 61 Democrats. Tuesday, April 15 is the last day for voters to register for the Primary election and Barlow stated the county clerk's office will be open from 8:00 a. m. until 8:00 p. m. on Tuesday to handle last minute registrations. Regis trars are also located in Lexing ton, lone, Irrigon and Boardman. A check of registration figures showed the Irrigon precinct to be the only one in the county with a majority of Democrats registered. The total there showed 119 Demo crat to 112 Republican. Other precinct registrations figures are .North Heppner, R 310, D 150; South Heppner, R 292, D 161; Boardman, R 199, D 67; Hard man, R 30, D 14; Lexington, R 145, D 99; lone R 239, D 105. Two New Members Appointed For City Budget Committee Two new members were ap pointed to three year terms on the city of Heppner budget committee by the council Monday night to fill vacancies occuring in the committee this year. They are James J. Farley and Robert Pen land. The appointments are for three year terms. Holdover members of the bud getary group are L. E. Blsbee, Dr. L. D. Tibbies, R. B. Ferguson and Howard Bryant. The committee is to meet soon to plan the 1952-53 budget for the city. ' o Heppner Men Elected To Angus Association E. L. Groshens and Orville Smith of Heppner, Oregon have been elected to membership in the American Aberdeen-Angus Breed ers' Association at Chicago, an nounces Secretary Frank Rich ards. Messrs. Groshens and Smith were among the four purebred Aberdeen -Angus breeders elected from Oregon during the past month to membership in the or ganization. o Appliance Dealer Opens Showroom The Baker Plumbing and Heat ing company have opened a dis play room in the Dobbs Building on Main street. This space was formerly occupied by the Wight man Insurance Agency. A com plete line of Wcstinghouse and Apex electric appliances will be handled and shown there. Here Friday to assist with the opening were J- W. Copcland, owner of Vaughan's Electric and his assist ant, Joe Dennison of Pendleton. . o Long Time Monument Resident Passes Funeral services were held on Wednesday April 9, in Monu ment's gymnasium for Criss Hamilton, who passed away Saturday April 5 in the Veteran's Hospital in Portland. Death was due to a heart ailment, which he had suffered the past year. The final rites were conducted at 2 o'clock Wednesday by the Rev. Allen, pastor of the St. Tho mas Episcopal Church of Canyon City. The deceased was a mem ber of the Epicopal church. A World War II Veteran and a member of the American Legion Post No. 148 of Monument. Criss Hamilton was the only son of the late William and Ella Hamilton. His father, William Hamilton proceeded him in death December 19, 1932. Criss was born in Hamilton, Oregon May 30, 1897, where h'i grew to manhood. He moved wnh his parents to Monument where he spent the rest of his life, passing away at the Veterans Hospital in Portland, at the age of 54 years. He leaves his mother, Mrs. Ella Durst of Monument, Oregon, one daughter Mrs. Vivian Andrus, and one grandson, Dennis Andrus or Detroit .Michigan, besides many other relatives and a host of friends.
