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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (May 8, 1952)
LIBRARY U OF 0 EUGENE, ORE Single Copies 10 cents Homemakers Day Features Speakers, Exhibits, Music . "Bring your children up to fit into this world of laws and rules but don't worry too much about your job," Thomas Poffenberger, family life specialist from Oregon State College, told over 200 per sons attending the annual Mor row county Homemakers festival held at the Odd Fellows hall at Lexington Tuesday. He stressed the importance of understanding children and of taking them into the family counsel. Glenn Klein of Aumsvllle, Ore. who was an exchange 4-H stu dent to New Zealand compared the similarity of New Zealanders with Americans in regards to ideals, agricultural practices and recrea4ion. Miss Eleanor Trindle from Oregon State College Ex- New Contract For Well Drilling Asked By City . The Heppner city council voted Monday night to call for new bids for the drilling of another well at a site about four miles abovelLinks club of the Rebekah lodge town on the Frank wiiKinson property. A. A. Durand, Walla Walla, who had the contract to drill a well can continue drilling on the new site if operations are started immediately, council members stated. The first well drilled by Durand proved to be a "dry hole," but according to the contract he can be hired by the city to drill at another location if desired. The council felt the bid price was good, but Durand has been un able to start operations and the members felt there was need for speed in getting a new well into operation before the dry season if possible. The council accepted a con tract between the city and Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson for rights to drill on their property. City attorney Jos. J. Nys an nounced the bonding plan for the sewer system and disposal plant was in the hands of the bonding attorney in Portland awaiting his annroval. An election date win be set as soon as this approval is granted. The council announced plans to investigate Friday the pro posed plan to porvide water to the area north and east ot tne hospital with the view to open ing several building lots. Engi neers reported the plan reasibie. An ordiance setting up a $10 fee for filing any petition calling for the vacation of streets was read the first and second time The fee charged will be used for advertising and recording the vacation. Final reading will be given next meeting. The group also announced plans to buy wire and steel posts with which to fence the city dump property. o ' Father of Heppner Women Dies in Kansas Word was received here recent ly of the death of Frank X. Stein berger, 68, father of Mrs. Rita Worden and Mrs. Irene Ernsdorff of Heppner, at Circle Park, Kan sas. A retired rancher, Mr. Stein berger is survived by four daugh ters and two sons. Services were held from St. Mary's Catholic church in Parsons, Kansas. Mrs. Ernsdorff and Mrs.x Wor den flew back to attend the fune ral. . o Lorn a Jones Awarded Religious Ed Degree Miss Loma Mae Jones, daugh der of Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Jones, is a candidate for the degree of Master of Religious Education at Texas Christian University at Fort Worth, Texas, according to TCU's registrate, S. W. Hutton. Mr. and Mrs. Jones will go to Texas for the graduation cere monies on June 1 and will con tinue to North Carolina to visit before returning home. Miss Jones plans to spend the summer in Heppner. Where PRECINCT BOARDMAN HARDMAN NORTH HEPPNER SOUTH HEPPNER IONE ... - IRRIGON LEXINGTON ppet tension Service outlined the growth of the Extension units in the county since 19-14. Other events on the program included vocal solos by Mrs. Lucy Peterson, numbers by the Lexing ton school band under the di rection of Robert Hagerud, ballet dances by Marilyn Monagle of Heppner under the direction of Mrs. Clarence Johnson and style revues presented by Mrs. Ruth McCabe, lone; Mrs. Evelyn "Black, Boardman; Mrs. Viola Berger, Irrigon, and Mrs. Clyde Tannehill of Boardman. Mrs. Lester Cox or Lexington presided over the morning session and Mrs. Omar Reitmann oyer the afternoon program. Mrs. Norman Nelson, accompanied by Mrs. Juanita Carmichael, both of Lex ington, led the group singing. Exhibits included slipper chairs, draperies, cookies, child care, home accessories and hob bies. A nursery committee com posed' of Mrs. Louis Wetzel, Mrs. Earle Kendall and Mrs. Ken Pal mer were in charge of youngsters during, the meetings. - The Lexington Extension Unit was host to the gathering with Mrs. Doris Graves as chairman, assisted by Mrs. Faye Munkers and Mrs. Lester Cox. The Three at Lexington served the dinner. o Polling Places Open Friday Polling places for the State Primary elections will be open all day Friday, May 16, from 8 a. m. to 8 ociocK in me evening and all voters are urged to vote in these nominating elections. Sample ballots may be ob tained at the county clerks office in the courthouse or at the Ga zette Times for voters to study previous to voting. Following are the list of polling places in the seven Morrow county precincts: lone, at the lone City Hall; Hardman at the grade school; Lexington in the I. O. 0. F. Hall: North Heppner at the Empire Machinery Company; South Heppner at the courthouse; Irrigon at .the school and Board man at the Grange Hall. o Nels Justus Service Held Here Monday Funeral services for Nelson Henderson Justus were held at the Masonic Hall Monday, May 5, at 2 p. m., with Reverend J. Pal. mer Sorlien officiating A native and rancher in the Heppner area, Mr. Justus was born May 15, 1885, the son of David Oliver Justus and Margaret Devin. He passed away at tne Pioneer Memorial hospital May 3 following an extended illness. He was a member of the Elks Lodge, A. F. and A. M. No. 69 and Al Kader Temple in Portland Active pall bearers were John Hanna, Sr., John Hanna, Jr., Clive Huston. Clarence Bauman, Dick Borman and Thomas Marlatt. Honorary pall bearers were John Wightman, Claude Graham, Orve Rasman. Harlan Mccuray, Ben Cox and Dave Jlynd. Survivors are the widow and a brother, Ralph Justus of Heppner Interment was in the Masonic cemetery. o- ROY MINNICK KILLED WEDNESDAY ' Roy Minnick, .57, of Arlington was killed instantly Wednesday afternoon when his car was hit bv a freight train. The Minnicks had just moved to Arlington from Messner. He was section fore man for the Union Pacific rail' road. 0' BUDGET MEET CALLED Members of the city budget committee will meet with the council Friday, May 9 at the city hall. Members are L. E. Bisbee, Dr. L. D. Tibbies, Howard Bryant, James J. Farley and Robert Pen Kind. o Mrs. Esther Snider of Astoria is a guest this week at the home of her sister, Mrs. Zelpha Justus to Vote Grange Hall Grade School Empire Machinery Co. "urt House lone City Hall School House I- O. O. F. Hall Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 8, V '4 ($'- ' PART OF THE CROWD of over 200 that attended the Homemakers festival In Lexington Tuesday May 6, are shown in the picture at the top. The lower picture is from right to left, Glenn Klein, International 4-H exchange youtn; Eleanor irinaie. sxaie nome Extension Leader; Nels Anderson, Morrow county agent; Thomas Poffenberger, Family Life Specialist and Maude Casswell, Mor row county home extension agent. (G-T Photos) Conservation Day To Be Held May 19 The annual Conservation Field Dav in Morrow county will be held Monday, May 19, it was de cided at the monthly supervisor's meeting of the Heppner Soil Con servation District hpld this week at the bank building.' The Heppner Chamber of Com merce will furnish the lunch as in the past and .plans are being made to secure the Knea LreeK Grange for serving, Nels Ander son, SCD secretary, stated. Invi tations will be extended to tne ranchers in the Gilliam and Sherman county conservation districts who were well represent ed last year. A total of 26 acres of land were leveled in the Heppner district during the past month, the pro gress report indicated. Two new farm plans were signed, i'z miies of irrigation ditches were staKea; 7500 feet of diversion ditches were constructed; 2000 feet of stream channel were realigned, conser vation surveys were made on 9, 990 acres and 118 acres were seed ed to alfalfa and grass with dis trict drills. Visitors at the meeting includ ed Kenneth Peck and Newt O' Harra of Lexington, Marion Finch of Butter Creek and Tom Helseth, district conservationist, of Pen dleton. o - Fast Time Resolution Fails in C of C Vote Chamber of Commerce mem bers Monday, voted down a pro posal to send a resolution to Governor Douglas McKay urging that he proclaim Daylight Sav ing time for the state. The vote was close, however with 11 favor ing the motion and 15 against. The move brought considerable discussion prior to the vote. Guest speaker at the Monday luncheon was Lt. Robert Chest nut from Ordnance depot who spoke on Korea. o i Gun Shop Opened By R. L. Deeter R. L.Deeter, who recently grad uated from the Colorado School of Trades in Denver, has opened Bob's Gun Shop at the corner of May and Chase streets. Mr. and Mrs. Deeter have re cently moved here. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Barkla. -o MOTHER OF HEPPNER WOMAN DIES Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Collins have been called to Cottage Grove by the death of her mother, Mrs. Eleanor Zimmerly. o HEPPNER EXTENSION UNIT TO MEET The Heppner Extension Unit will meet at 1:30 p. m. Tuesday, May 13, at the home of Mrs. Lovd Burkenbine. Mrs. Maude Casswell will have charge of the meeting. The subject will deal with storage spaces in the home, All members are urged to be present. 1952 r.O o Awards Presented To H. S. Athletes Gary Connor was presented an award for "Who's Who" in High School Athletics at the annual Athletic Banquet for the Heppner Ilicrh School students held Thurs day night at the American Legion Hall under the sponsorship ot tne Heppner Jaycees Special guests at the event in eluded Edward Ebbighuasen, the physics instructor at the Univer sity of Oregon who spoke on atomic energy; George Hopkins of the music department who played piano selections; Wm. J Bowerman, track coach; Dr. James H. Gilbert, economics professor, and Les Anderson, alumni director at the University. Bill Barratt presided as master of ceremonies and athletic awards were presented by Coach Harold Whitbeck. Dinner, pre pared by the mothers of the boys, was served to over 125 men and boys. Three year letterman awards in football were presented to Elwavne Bergstiom, Gary Connor, and Jack Sumner. Two letter awards were presented to Al Bur. kenbine, Mickey Lanham, Jim Smith, Junior Stout, Roy Taylor, John Wagner, Wendell Connor Wesley Marlatt, John Mollahan, and Roland Taylor. First awards were received by Lvnn Rill. Roger Palmer, Bill Iluches. Russell Taylor, Lyle Jen sen and Ralph Marlatt. Football managers were Kennetn taster and Loyd Harsnman. Basketball awards were pre sented to Gary Connor for his third year award; to Keith Con nor, Jim Smith, Jim Prock, Jack Sumner and Roland Taylor for second year awards and to Wen dell Connor and Bill Hughes for first year. Basketball managers were Kenneth Easter and Ralph Marlatt. A fourth year track award went to Gary Connor, third year to Wendell Connor and second year to Bud Wagner, Loyd Harshman and Jack Sumner. First year awards were presented to Bill Hughes, Roland Taylor, Jim Green, Al Parent, Russell Taylor, Jerry Haguewood, Jim Hayes and Lyle Jensen. Raymond Gonty was Continued on rage o Two Men Plead Guilty To Assault, Robbery Jack Amason and Vernon West, both of Bakersfield, California nleaded euiltv to assault and robbery and being armed with dangerous weapons before Circuit Judge W. C. Perry of Pendleton Fridav. The two men admitted recently robbing and binding Buddy To dorovich, salesman, near Board man and escaping to Caldwell Idaho in his car. While Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman and Henry Tarn- blyn were returning the two men to Heppner they unsuccessfully attempted to overpower them for a second escape. 1 -Mf. Judge Perry deferred sentence until a later meeting of the court. Volume 69Number 8 Lanham To Head Health Committee; IB Unit Slated Conley Lanham was elected chairman of the Advisory Com mittee to the Public Health Nurse Program at a public health meet ing held Wednesday night at the Courthouse. Bob Corthell was elected vice chairman and Mrs. W. E. Davis, secretary. Purpose of the meeting, under the direction of Miss Martha Tap analnen, public health nurse, was to set up a health program more beneficial to the entire county and to plan future activities. The group voted to hold a TB chest X-ray survey this year as soon as the unit was available. All adults from 15- yeors on should take advantage of this im portant service, It was pointed out. A publicity committee ap pointed included Mrs. Echo Pal mateer, lone; Mrs. C. C. Jones, Lexincton; Mrs. Claude Coats, Boardman; Mrs, Ethel Mifford Irrigon; and Mrs. Robert Penland, Heppner, chairman. The pub licity committee will meet with the executive committee in plan ning the community programs. A well baby clinic was suggest ed for the north' portion of the county. Boardman and Irrigon were also noted as susceptible typhoid areas. Miss Tapanainen gave a re port of health department activi ties and pointed out that it in eluded direct service such as school and home service, immun izations, chronic and communic able diseases and education ser vices. Half of her time is spent in the public schools. Dr. A. D. McMurdo, the county health officer, gave a report of his activities. Leslie Grant county school superintendent, in troduced the speakers and -the program which included an in vocatioa by Rev. Leland Morse of Irrigon and three numbers by the Heppner high school French horn quartette under the direction of Robert Collins. State Board of Health officials present for the meeting were Miss Apollonia Olson, dierctor of pub lie nursing; Miss Margaret Simp son, nursing consultant ior cen tral Oregon and Miss Janice Westaby, health educator. Refreshments were served by the Soroptimist club to over 70 persons who attended from all sections of the county. o : Case Furniture Co. To Have Opening Sat. The grand opening of the en larged and remodeled Case Fur niture Company store will be held Saturday morning, May 10. The new section, formerly occupied by the Elkhorn restaurant, will fea ture appliances, chrome furniture and housewares. A rug and floor covering department will be -located in what was formerly the kitchen of the restaurant. Alterations include a large archway between both sections of the store, a new center stair way to the mezzanine and mod ern, diagonal window fronts with tilted glass to deflect the rays ot the sun. Nursery and bedroom furniture are featured in the mez zanine and living room and other items in the main section. Case' Furniture Company was originally started in 1908 by W. O. Dix and M. L. Case, was known as Case and Dix Furniture, and occupied the space in which the Modp O'Day and Mary Van's Flower Shop are now located. F. F. A. Picnic Held For Home Ec Girls The Heppner Chapter of Future Farmers of America held its an nual picnic for girls enrolled in Home Economics, Tuesday on Heron creek. Because of rain the party retreated to the fair pavil ion. Chili beans, sandwiches, po tato salad, ice cream and cookies werp served. Entertainment con sisting of dancing and baseball climaxed a successful party. o BACCALAUREATE DATE IS CHANGED IN LEXINGTON The date of the Baccalaureate service for the seniors of the Lex ington school, has been changed from May 18 to Sunday May 11, according to announcement by school officials. o AGATE HUNTER DIES HERE Ulysses S. Shaver, 88, of Kenne. wick. Wash., died of a heart at tack Sunday, May 4, after hunt ing agates in the Hardman area. He made his Home wth a daugh ter, Mrs. Poe, at Kennewick. His body was shipped to Coos Bay for burial In the Sunset cemetery. Rain Reports Requested by Weather Research Group All available intormation on Wednesday night's storm is need, ed as an aid mapping future op erations, Ralph Cruni, director of the Tri-County Weather Research asked Wednesday. The storm which is exported to bring at least an inch of rain to Eastern Oregon, and had already dropped close to that amount by this morning, has been watched by officers of the Water Resources Development corporation, the or ganization which has the weather experiment contract with the Tri- Oiling Slated On Streets, Roads Main street from the bridge to the bank coiner and May street from that corner to Court street are being prepared for an oil sealing job to be done by the State Highway Department, the latter part of the week, Mayor J. O. Turner said today. The State Highway is sealing the highway from Jordan through Main and May stretes in Heppner and from where the new work ends on Court street at the school corner to Lena. Work within the city limits will be financed by the State Highway Department, Mayor Turner explained. About 1W) men are connected with the oiling and sealing work with present headquarters at the lower end of town near the ele vators. From Lena to Nye Junction, about 17'A miles, the road will be surfaced and oiled, giving Hepp ner an oiled highway to Pendle ton by the Pilot Rock route. City bids for sealing the west half of Willow street should be in by June, Mayor Turner said. o Cancer Quota Doubled With Total of $938 Morrow county has doubled its cancer crusade quota of $468, with a total of $938.60 collected to date, Mrs. Richard Meador, county drive chairman, reported today. Morrow county is also tne second county in the state to reach its quota in Ihe current drive. The fund crusade will remain open for an additional week for those who have not yet sent their donations to James Drtscoll, Heppner postmaster. Of 1500 letters sent this year a 1otal of 208 have returned donations, Mrs. Meador said. Records of the drives are kept from year to year. HEPPNER FIRST CITY IN OREGON TO RECEIVE WOODCRAFT CHARTER Heppner became the first city in Oregon to receive a charter In the Boys of Woodcraft Sports men's Club, under the direction of Clarence W. Johnson and Til man L. Juett, on Sunday, April 27. The organization, sponsored by the Omaha Woodmen Life Insurance Society of Omaha, Neb. has other clubs In Oregon, but the Heppner club is the first to qualify for a charter. Several other clubs aro expected to be chartered throughout Eastern Oregon by fall. The club has an outstanding program for boys from eight to sixteen years of age. The pro gram places emphasis on con servation of natural resources, in cluding wild game and fishing; huntlmr. marksmanship and the proper safe use of firearms; citi zenship and the essentials oi good sportsmanship; water safe ty; first aid; accident prevention, including traffic rules; pedes trian, driving, and home and farm safety. Johnson will serve as club di rector and Instructor in marks manship training. He is highly qualified to serve in this capacity after many years experience in work with boys and as an officer in the U. S. army. He was on the North Dakota State Rifle Team for two years and qualified as ex pert marksman In all infantry woanons. He is at present a -4 if, b li jL : it - THE CHARTER MEMBERS of the Boys of Woodcraft are shown in the above picture. With them are Newton R. Lacey. head of the Boys of Woodcraft in Oregon; C. W. Johnson and Tilman Juett directors for the Heppner Club. This Is the first club In Oregon to receive their charter. County group, and the top men of the company are now in the area checking the results of their oper ations. Crum stated that Lou Grant, head of the experimental depart ment of Dr. Krick's organization, is now in Pendleton and wants By Thursday morning the current storm has dropped .65 inches cf rain on Morrow county wheat fields accord ing to a check by Leonard Carlson, weather observer at Gooseberry. Leonaid Gilliam, Heppner observer recorded .44 inches up to Thursday morning. reports on all storms and rainfall for the past month, in audition to information on the present one. Crum asked that all members of the Tri-County organization who are keeping records "blow the moth balls out of their rain gauges and make every effort to get accurate information." He urges all observers to mail their reports to htm at lone as soon as possible, that the information can be correlated. The present storm has been watched for several days and was reported as being of good size and intensity .Wednesday over the southern Oregon area. Indi cations were that it would last for about two days. o Construction Started On Grain Elevators Construction on two new Mor row County Grain Grower's ele vators was started last week by the Central Construction Com pany of Spokane, Wash., Bill Richard, manager, reported today. The elevator at Ruggs will han dle 215,000 bushels and the sec ond structure, located 10 miles north of Lexington, will hold 263, 000 bushels. Both are of cement construction. The elevators are scheduled to be completed July 1 In time for the new wheat crop, Richards said. o HOME ECONOMICS DEPT. TO GIVE STYLE SHOW About 40 girls of the Home Economics Department of the Heppner school will model 100 garments at a style show given at the regular P-TA meeting Wed nesday . May 14. The meeting will start at 8:00 p. m. in the School. All parents are especially in vited to attend. captain in the Army Reserve. Plans have been made to have rifles, ammunition and targets furnished. The following have been signed as charter members: Neil Beamer, Larry Mollahan, Delbert Piper, Jerry Haguewood, Jimmy Hayes, Lyle Jensen, Peter Mocum, jonn Brosnan, Bobby Grabill, Jerry Dougherty, Skip Ruhl, Leroy Hughes, Jay Dee Hudson, Michael Monahan, JoePrivett, Jerry Tobey, Michael Wilhite, Dick Ruhl, Gary Jones, Eddie Olson, Wayne So- ward, Richard Applegate, Louis Sayers, Laverne Kelthley, Dee Bailey, John Piper, Charles Baiiey, Jay Sumner, Freddie Lynch, Ed die Brosnan, Dickie Robinson- and Marvin Wightman. Officers selected to serve until September are Larry Mollahan, past commander; Nell Beamer, . commander; Jimmy Hayes, bank er; Jerry Haguewood, escort; Peter W. Slocum, guard; Jonn Brosnan, sentry; Delbert Piper, clerk; Lyle Jensen, advisor; Skip Ruhl, color guard; Bobby Grabill, captain of cadet company; Jerry Dougherty, first sergeant and C. W. Johnson, director. Newton R. Lacey, head of the Boys of Woodcraft In Oregon and president of the Oregon Fraternal Congress, and Harvey Moothart, club director in Condon, attended the meeting. 7 V ffc W .
