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Jack Sumner Winner of
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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, April 24, 1952
Volume 69, Number 6
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Accidents
Injuries
J. W. Harrison
Dies Near Condon
John William Harrison, pioneer
resident of this area was instantly
Kinea in an auto accident last
Thursday near Condon, on the
eve of his 74th birthday. M. H.
Stoneman, another occupant of
the car was taken to the Veteran's
hospital in Portland with broken
ribs and Evelyn Harrison, his
granddaughter and driver es
caped with minor injuries.
The Accident involving the Har
rison car and a truck driven by
Walter Seale, occured on the
Lonerock road about two miles
east of Condon. The car over
turned throwing Harrison to the
pavement. It is believed that he
died instantly. A coroner's in
quest was held Friday under the
direction of Marvin Albee, Gil
liam county coroner.
funeral services were held at
the Community Congregational
church Monday with Rev. Bruno
Pueschel officiating. Burial was
in the Masonic cemetery, Hepp
ner. Mr. Harrison was born April 18,
1878 at Lincolnshire, England and
came to America in 1879. The
family lived in Portland for a
short time, then moved to Lone
rock. He lived in that area until
1918 when the family moved to
Heppner where they resided until
about 3 years ago. He was mar
ried to Emma Evelyn Boyer, April
26, 1899 and to this union three
daughters and one son were born.
They are Emma Lunora Myers
of The Dalles, William Lester
Harrison of Condon, Cora Mildred
Tucker of Heppner, and Elsie La
vena Caldera of Empire. Mrs. Har.
rison passed away May 29, 1913.
On June 20, 1915 he was mar
ried to Mrs. F. A. Ferguson Griggs.
She passed away April 3, 1948 and
was buried at Heppner.
Surviving are his four children,
and two step children,. Mrs. Jess
Orwick of Heppner and Robert
Griggs of Coos Bay; four sisters,
Mrs. Julia Thompson Miller of
Pendleton; Mrs. Maude Soule of
Hillsboro, Mrs. Cecile Palmer of
Harper, Mrs. Nellie Billingsley of
Lost Valley and three brothers,
Charles of Portland, Fred of Hepp.
ner, and Francis of Condon; and
one step-sister, Mrs. Mamie Der
rick of Burns. His oldest sister,
Mrs. Ethel Weise, preceeded him
in death. Also a brother, Ernest
died at 3 years of age.
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Early Copy Asked
By Gazette Times
The Gazette Times requests
that anyone having news
stories or advertising for the
paper call or bring their copy
to the office as early in the
week as possible for the next
several weeks,
Tom Allen, the paper's
printer-pressman is a patient
in the Pioneer Memorial hos
pital and will be lost to the
staff for a month. If meeting
notices, announcements etc.,
are to be included in the cur
rent week's paper, necessity
demands that they be re
ceived as early as "possible.
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RHEA CREEK GRANGE
The Rhea Creek grange will
hold a social evening Saturday
April 26, for members and in
vited guests. Old time dancing
will be enjoyed beginning at 8:00
p. m. Jello and cake will be
served after the dancing.
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Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rosewall
were in Walla Walla on Wednes
day..
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ONE PLAN for a new Heppner elementary school that is being considered by the school board and the recently appointed 12-person
building advisory committee which is trying to aid the board in finding the best solution to the crowded conditions now existing
in the Heppner school. Architects estimate of the cost of the building shown above is $288,000 without equipment Whether this
plan or any part of it will be used, is not yet known, though the the committee hopes to be able to offer the board a workable ex
pansion program within a few week.
Bring Death
to Three During Week
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DR. JAMES H. GILBERT, professor
emeritis of economics at the
University of Oregon will be
one of the speakers to be heard
May 1 by several Heppner
groups. Dr. Gilbert and four
others from the U of 0 will ap
pear before the Soroptimists,
the high school and the Jaycee
athletic banquet that day.
Dalles Chamber
Visitation
Plans Completed
Plans were nearing completion
this week for the annual chamber
of commerce dinner and special
visitation of about 70 members
of The Dalles chamber to be held
at the American Legion hall next
Monday evening.
The dinner meeting, which is
open to members and wives, is
scheduled to start at 5:45 with a
social hour for members., and
guests followed by the dinner at
6:45, according to Leslie Grant,
chairman for the event.
The visitation by The Dalles
group is one of a series of good
will tours planned by that organi
zation. They recently made a
visit to the Condon chamber of
commerce. The visitors are to put
on the main program for the
evening and according to word
received from W. S. Nelson, secre.
tary of The Dalles chamber, a full
evening of entertainment is
planned. The annual report of
the local chamber will be pre
sented by the president, Garnet
Barratt.
The Dalles visitors will arrive
by special buses and returning
that night.
County Wide Health
Meet Scheduled Here
There will be a county wide
meeting for planning a more in
clusive public health program,
announces Martha Tapanianen,
county health nurse.
The meeting is to be held on
Wednesday evening April 30 in
the court room of the court house
at 8:00 p. m. Miss Appollania
Olson, director of public health
nursing for the State Board of
Health will be a guest. A section
of the school band will play and
the Soroptimist club will serve
refreshments.
Everyone interested is urged to
attend.
Mrs. Jennie Lewis visited in
Hermiston over the weekend with
her daughter, Mrs. Francis Troed
son and Mr. Troedson.
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Motorcycle Collision
Sends Two Heppner
Men to Hospital
Two Heppner men were injured,
one seriously, last Thursday even
ing when one motorcycle went
out of control colliding with a
second machine just west of
Heppner.
Most seriously injured was Bob
Christian, who suffered a severe
ly crushed ankle, and Don Fred
rickson, who received head in
juries and extensive cuts and
bruises. Both men are employees
of Rosewall Motor company.
Both were taken immediately to
the Pioneer memorial hospital for
treatment, and Christian was
transferred to the Veterans hospi
tal in Portland Tuesday for fur
ther treatment.
According to reports, one motor
cycle started to pass the other
when it veered slightly knock
ing both men to the ground.
Christian became entangled in
his machine and was dragged
along the ground.
Lexington Youth Hurt
As Car Leaves Road
Ronald Peck, Lexington, was
taken to Pioneer Memorial hospi
tal Sunday morning for treatment
following an accident between
Heppner and Lexington. Peck's
car left the road and rolled over.
According to his physician,
Peck was treated for severe laca
rations and bruises and was re
leased from the hospital Wednes
day.
Peck is employed with the
Farm Air company, flying out of
the Lexington airport. The acci
dent happened about 4:30 in the
morning.
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Standard Time to
Remain for Oregon
Governor Douglas McKay Tues
day decided that Oregon shall re
main on Standard time, at least
for the present, according to an
nouncements from Salem Wed
nesday. The announcement said that
though there was a slightly high
er percentage of letters requesting
the change to daylight time, ac
cording to the present law he
could not justify the change,
which must be made statewide.
The statement did, however,
leave open the possibility that the
change might be made later,
should conditions justify it.
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Morrow Streams Get
Three Loads of Fish
Three truck loads of fish, most
of them legal size, were planted
in Rhea, Rock and Willow creeks
during the past week by the state
fish commission.
The fish, ranging in size from
4 to 10 inches, were released well
ahead of the opening of the trout
season to allow .time for them to
scatter throughout the streams.
Fishing season in this area
opens Saturday, May 3.
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CANCER FUND HIGH
Mrs. Richard Meador, county
chairman for the Cancer Drive,
announced this week that $743.60
had been raised so far in the cam
paign. She emphasized that the drive
continued through this , month
and that all additional contri
butions would be appreciated,
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Mrs. Harry O'Donnell left Wed
nesday for a three weeks visit in
California.
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Three Highway Bids
Awarded in County
The state highway commission
early this week awarded con
tracts for three separate road and
highway jobs in Morrow county
costing a total of nearly one half
million dollars.
The largest contract, calling for
17.56 miles of grading and 20.98
miles of oil mat surfacing of the
Lena-Nye Junction section of the
Heppner-Pilot Rock highway,
was awarded to O. C. Yokum Co.,
McMinnville on a bid of $429,005.
HEPPNER FLOOD RECOUNTED IN NEW
STEWART HOLBROOK BOOK 'FAR CORN ER'
NEW YORK. Apr. 22 "Disaster
in June", describing the flood
Which destroyed Heppner in 1903,
is one of the chapters in Stewart
H. Holbrook's "Far Corner: A Per
sonal View of the Pacific North
west" published Tuesday by The
Macmillan Company.
"Heppner's local history natur
ally divides into two periods; one
before, and one aiter the Flood,"
Mr. Holbrook says. "Still among
living survivors of that tragic day
is Leslie Matlock, now a patri
arch, pointed out to strangers, and
most properly so, as the Heppner
Paul Revere, the man who rode
out the flood on horseback. It
required some persuasion to get
him to tell me of the ride, about
which he was modest. When
walking the streets, however, the
old hero is likely to be carrying
a gold-headed cane, on the bright
ly burnished head of which is an
inscription, dim but still legible:
'Leslie Matlock, Presented by the
Need of New lone
School Building
Told By Board
Space needs and how the build
ing program will meet them were
the chief topics of a meeting of
the school board, building com
mittee and Mr. Hayslip of the
firm of Freeman, Hayslip and
Tuft, Portland architects held at
the lone school Monday.
The architects submitted eleva.
tion drawings showing the gene
ral appearance of the new build
ing and the design was accepted
as the preliminary form of the
structure from which working
drawings with final modifications
will be made.
The new band room will remove
noise from the classroom section
and provide storage space for in
struments and uniforms as well
as office space. The main band
room will have a fully equipped
stage. The cafetorium wiil serve
as dining space where the whole
school can dine at one time dur
ing school days and will be an
acoustically treated auditorium
seating 330 persons for programs
and public meetings.
The 73 by 96 foot physical edu
cation space will seat 660 persons
and provide two courts for phy
sical education and competitive
athletics. Individual dressing
rooms and showers and ample
storage space is also included.
The dressing rooms will also serve
for the swimming pool.
The design of the whole building
is for improved and convenient
auxiliary school and community
functions and all rooms are de
signed to do double duty for both
school and public functions.
Displays of the floor and ele
vation designs of the planned
structure can be seen at the
school and at several lone busi
ness firms.
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Work is to start on this road with
in a month and it is expected to
take a year to finish.
Other bids accepted included
that of K. C. Dock, Milton-Free-water
for grading and surfacing
of 2.31 miles of the Irrigon Ord
nance section of the Irrigon-Ord-
nance access road, $50,940; and to
Leslie Harris, Pendleton for grad
ing, surfacing and oiling .21 of a
mile of Spring street in lone,
$5,848.
People of lone in grateful remem
brance of Heroic Ride during
Flood at Heppner, June 14, 1903.'
(The late Bruce Kelly got a cane
too.)"
In "Far Corner: A Personal
View of the Pacific Northwest,"
Stewart II. Holbrook, author and
ex-lumberjack who has lived
there for some thirty years, de
scribes the discovery, founding,
and growth of his favorite part of
America and tells of the people
important in its past or outstand
ing today.
The chapter relating to Hepp.
ner lists the names of several old
time residents and also credits
several persons still living in the
area with assistance in obtaining
the information around which the
chapter is written.
The book will be on sale
Heppner shortly.
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Crow, Magpie and
Porcupine Contests
To Start Friday
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Officers of the Morrow county
Hunters and Anglers club an
nounced this week its annual crow
and magpie contest will be held
again with the opening date set
for Friday, April 25.
Club officers stated that defi
nite rules and a schedule of
points will be announced shortly,
but that in all probability they
will follow closely those in effect
during past years except for the
raven contest, in which more
points will be allowed.
The Hynd Brothers ranch at
Cecil has donated $25 for prize
money and Andresen's Sporting
Goods, $15 in merchandise. A
full list of prizes will be an
nounced later.
President L. D. Tibbies stated
he. hoped more persons in the
north end of the county would
participate in this year's hunt as
they have one of the best hunting
areas in the county. Another
contest is open to hunters this
year.
A new porcupine contest has
been added to the list this year,
and definite rules in this catagory
will also be announced later.
Count, however, will be by noses.
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Goods Still Needed
For Rummage Sale
Plans were nearing completion
this week for the Jaycee-Ette
rummage sale to be held at the
Pacific Power and Light office in
Heppner May 2 and 3.
Though a considerable amount
of Merchandise has already been
donated to the sponsoring group?
Mrs. L. E. Dick, chairman, asked
that anyone having good cloth
ing, toys, housewares, electrical
appliances, books or white ele
phants to donate call her.
The Heppner cleaners has also
offered to clean free of charge
any garment needing the service
that is donated for the sale. They
must be left at the shop by this
Saturday.
Heppner Musicians Take Honors
In La Grande Music Festival
Heppner high school and grade
school bands under the direction
of Robert Collins last weekend re
ceived division I (superior) rat
ings at the two-day Eastern Ore
gon Music Festival held at the
Eastern Oregon College of Educa
tion at La Grande.
The grade school band, which
Is identical to the high school
band except for two members
from the higher grades who are
dropped when the band is com
peting in the grade competition,
received many compliments from
the Judges. One Judge comment
ed on the complete band, "your
community should be proud of
you."
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JACK SUMNER, Heppner high school Junior who was chosen last
Friday by the Odd Fellows as the winner of a contest to deter
mine that organization's representative on a United Nations
Youth Pilgrimage, an expense paid three weeks trip to New York.
He was competing against three other high school students.
Ronald Currin, Marjorie Pierson and DianeV an Horn.
(GT Photo)
Friday night, judges chose Jack
Mimner, tne son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Sumner of Heppner. and
Heppner High School junior, as
tne nest or iour finalists In the
competition for the 21-day expense-paid
trip to New York this
summer under the sponsorship of
Willows Lodge No. 66, I. O. O. F.
For his public appearance, Sum
ner gave excerpts from his essay
on "What the United Nations
Means to Me."
Sumner will be one of 13 dele
gates from Oregon who will leave
July 5 on the third annual Odd
fellows "United Nations Pilgrim
age for Youth." The trip sche
dule calls for six days in New
lork for close studv of the United
Nations in action and interviews
with officials of various delega
ions of foreign member nations,
as well as educational and enter
tainment trips in the area.
The delegation will leave Spo-
JayCee Carnival
Opens Saturday
An eveninc of entertainment
for all members of the family was
assured today by officers of the
Heppner JayCees in announcing
completion of plans for the bene-
tit carnival to be held Saturday
evening in the JayCee hall in
Heppner.
A big group of regular carni
val type games and booths are
being readied for the event and
committee members said that
many Heppner merchants have
donated valuable merchandise to
be used for prizes during the
evening.
The doors will be open at 7
o'clock. There is no admission
charge.
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MEETING DATES SET
Meeting dates for the Boys of
Woodcraft Sportsmen's club have
been announced by Tilman Juett
as Thursday at 7:30 and Sunday
at 1:30 at the Legion hall. Initia
tion will be held during the Sun
day meeting. 8th grade parents
will meet Thursday at 7:30 at the
school.
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Mrs. Harold Hill and children,
Clayton and Creagh of Coos Bay
and her son, Dale, who is attend
ing Oregon State College, spent
Easter in Heppner with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Harris.
In addition to the division I
rating received by the bands
several individual ensembles re
ceived excellent ratings in the
competition. A I rating was won
by the clarinet quartet consisting
of Jay Sumner, Delores Easter,
Janet Wright and Jeanne Collins.
Jeanne is only in the fourth grade.
Also coming out with a I rating
was the saxophone quartet com
posed of Nancy Davis, Frances
Slocum, Peggy Wlghtman and
Jay Sumner.
The brass sextet received a II
rating, they are Eugene Ruhl.
Dave Cox, Jerry Dougherty, Dick
Ruhl, Victor Groshens and Ed.
Brosnan, The clarinet trio which
kane, Wash., July 5, and go
through Canada as far as Winni
peg, down through Duluth, then
back to Canada through Ottowa,
Montreal and New York. Spots of
historical interest and national
shrines will be visited on the
return trip including, Valley
Forge, Independence Hall, Mount
Vernon, Gettysburg and Washing
ton, D. C.
Runner-up was Ronald Currin,
also a Junior, who spoke on the
formation and need of the United
Nations. Other contestants were
Miss Marjorie Pierson who gave
some of the educational phases of
UNESCO and Miss Diane Van
Horn who brought forth the idea
that peace would be promoted
thrugh educating the world's
peoples to a better understanding
of each other and the problems
that confront each nation.
All four addresses were excel
lent and showed that a great deal
of thought and study had been
given to the preparation of the
essays. Many phases of the Uni
ted Nations, entirely new to the
listening audience, were ex
plained. Judges for this phase of the
contest were Mrs. Oliver Creswlck,
PTA President; Leslie Grant, Mor
row County School Superinten
dent: and John Ernsdorff, Super
intendent of the Pioneer Memor
ial Hospital. Mrs. Lucy E. Rod
gers, committee member, intro
duced the candidates.
Upon his return to Heppner,
Sumner will be available for pub.
lie appearances at club or lodge
meetings to tell of his trip and
experiences in New York.
Sumner's prize-winning essay
appears elsewhere in this issue
of the Gazette Times.
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Final Figures Show
Registration Gain
Final registration figures tabu
lated early this week by C. W.
Barlow, county clerk showed a
slight increase in total registra
tions over previous years and a
decided gain by the Democrats.
The complete count showed a
total of 2289 voters had placed
jthelr names on the lists. Of this
total 1441 were Republican, 826
Democrat and 22 non-partisan,
Independent etc.
Though the Republicans hold a
commanding lead in the county,
the democratic registration show
ed considerable gain Just prior
to the deadline April 15.
includes Linda Borman, Delores
Easter and Sandra Lanham re
ceived a II.
A broken oboe reed caused the
woodwind quartet to be rated
down to a III but still received
many compliments for effort as
this difficult instrument's player
had taken up the instrument only
a week before the festival. This
group included Marilyn Munkers,
Delores Easter, Linda Borman,
Darlene Connor and Diane Grant
The Hermiston high school
band won top honors in the class
A competition. Other Morrow
county schools and their ratings
were lone and Irrigon, II; and
Boardman, III. Umatilla received
a II rating.
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