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LIBRARY U OF 0 EUGENE. ORE. VOTE! Tomorrow Is The Day! Don't Forget- ELECTION Day Friday! Single Copies 10 cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 15, 1952 Volume 69, Number 9 mmtt&t RAIN BOOSTS 6RAIN PROSPECTSlScfioo Bond Issue at lone Given Heppner Has 1.66 In.; Gooseberry Reports .91 In. Recent rains have raised the spirits of Mqrrow county ranch ers with Leonard Carlson of Gooseberry reporting a fall of .91 inches since the first of the month and Len Gilliam reporting a total of 1.66 inches since May 1. Of the total amount of May rainfall, 1.22 inches fell in Hepp ner since last Thursday and .26 inches in Gooseberry for the week. Rainfall for the entire month last year was 1 inch in the Gooseberry district and 1.09 in Heppner. The North end of the county got a good rain Saturday and about an inch fell in the Butter Creek area. A total of 1.18 inches has fallen on the Glen Way ranch in the Eigthmile district in May. Borings in the Blackhorse dist rict show as good a water con tent as any place in the countv Nelson Anderson, county agent, reported. Present survevs of the wheat area seem to indicate that thp crop should reach the average of :u bushels to the acre, Anderson said. Last year's average was about 32 bushels to the acre. Reports from below lone showed that area receiving the smallest amount of moisture dur ing the recent storms. No hail was reported in any part of the county, although several lightn ing stikes caused minor damage to phone lines and electrical equipment. o Weather Research Meetings Scheduled Ralph Crum, director of the Tri county weather research, an nounced today there will be three meetings of Importance in the next three weeks. They are the Morrow county research an nual meeting Thursday May 22 in the court house at 8:00 p. m. This is for all directors and members. There will be a Tri county di rectors meeting May 23 at the Vendome Hotel in Arlington at 1:30 p.m. The Annual Tri-county meeting will be held in Condon on June 5. Large Pit Excavated To Burn City Garbage A large pit for burning garbage and refuse, was excavated at the city dump grounds this weekend with the county bulldozer, Mayor J. O. Turner announced today. The pit is about six feet deep, 40 feet wide and 100 feet long. In order to help prevent the spread of fire, the city council hopes that the townspeople will patronize the garbage collector so that he can dump and burn the garbage in this pit. Easter Cafe Sold to Pilot Rock Couple Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bailey have sold the Easter Cafe to Mr. and Mrs. Norman Smith of Pilot Rock who took possession the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey who own a home in S. Heppner plan to remain here for the present The Smiths are liv ing in the Case apartments on Main stxeet. Better Farming Monday May 19, is the day se lected and arrangements made for the conservation and better farming practices tour in the Heppner Soil Conservation Dist rict which has become an annual event. Gathering at the fertilizer de monstratlon plots on the O. W. Cutsforth farm on the Lexington Pendleton highway at 9:30 a. m., the group will compare various applications of nitrogen fertiliz ers on fall seed wheat. During the day those on the tour will see annyarous ammonia on iau ana spring seeded wheat, weed con trol, trashy fallow, irrigated, fertilized-rotated pastures, sod waterways, dryland seedings of grasses and legumes, green man ure crops, grass-legume and wheat variety nursery strip crop ping, and grass seed production planting. The Woodruff-Way ranch at Eightmile, 1951 county winner of the Oregon Wheat Growers Lea gue sponsored "Conservation Man of the Year" contest will be visit ed. Other stops will be at the Mankin-Bunch, Nelson Bros., Newt O'Harra, Dallas Craber, Where PRECINCT BOARDMAN HARDMAN NORTH HEPPNER SOUTH HEPPNER IONE IRRIGON LEXINGTON RIETA GRAVES CHOSEN PRINCESS OF RODEO BY LEXINGTON GRANGE Miss Rieta Graves, 17, pert, red- haired daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Graves of Sand Hollow, was selected princess of the Morrow County Fair and Rodeo by the Lexington Grange this week. A senior in Heppner high school, Princess Rieta has been very active in school affairs. She is a member of the Letterettes, Pep Club, Girl's League, F. H. A. has been a cheer leader for three years and played in the band all through high school. This year, she is president of both the Letterettes and Pep Club and was secretary of the Letter ettes in her junior year. She has been active on the Annual and school paper four years, was busi ness manager of the paper in her junior and senior year and is class editor of the Annual this Lightning Strikes Hit Transformers-Fuses Lightning struck twice between Heppner and Lexington Monday night on the Al Bunch and Gene Majeske places, knocking out transformers, Pacific Power and Light officials reported. A fuse box was burned out at the Ever ett Keithly residence and there were reports of burned out radio tubes. The Bonneville power line hook-up at Pasco was struck Monday night- and Bonneville lines were hit at Grandview, Wash., Tuesday morning, o City Well Driller To ' Move To New Location Well drilling equipment is be ing moved this week to the new site four mile above town on the Frank Wilkinson property by A. A. Durand and Son of Walla Walla, Mayor J. O. Turner said today. Durand, who had a contract for the first well, which proved to be dry, has been urged by the city council to start new well drilling operations immediately, so that the new well could be in oper ation before the dry season sets in. BOARDMAN IN B TOURNAMENT The Boardman high school baseball team won their way in to the state B baseball tourna ment quarter finals by winning from Grant-Union, of John Day Satruday afternoon on the Board, man field 5-1. The Boardman team will now meet on their home field the win ners from district 8 (Union, Wal lowa and Baker Counties), .on Saturday afternoon at 2:00 p. m. May 17th. Batteries Palmer and Gillespie. Practices to John Hanna, Frank Anderson and Elmer Palmer ranches. For the noon lunch, the mem bers of the tour will be guests of the Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce. Lunch will be served at the Fair Pavilion at Heppner. The tour will begin on the Cuts forth farm at 9:30 and proceed to the Nelson Bros, farm at Base line road to see anhydrous am monia applied on summer fallow and compare early and late weed spraying. 10:30 a. m. Stop at Newt O' Hara irrigated pastures. See sys tem of rotations, sprinkler sys tem, hear about increased forage and earliness of grazing through use of nitrogen fertilizer. 11:00 a. m. See Intermediate wheatgass Sherman Big blue grass sod waterways. Compare Intermediate with big blue for adaptability to this rainfall. seeded in alternate rows with La dak alfalfa. 11:45 a. m. Arrive at the Fair Pavilion for free lunch served by Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce. 1:00 p. m. Go to Dallas Craber to Vote Grange Hall Grade School Empire Machinery Co. ' Court House lone City Hall School House I. O. O. F. Hall year. She is secretary of the stu dent council and student body, and plays tennis and volleyball. Princess Rieta has completed 17 projects during nine years of 4-H club work in sewing, cooking, livestock and child care. This year she is one of sixteen 4-H members in the state to receive the Raymond Gray college scho larship award presented by the Union Pacific railroad. o 1 Poppy Day Observance Friday and Saturday Poppy Day will be observed in Heppner next weekend, May 23 and 24, with a poppy sale under the auspices of the American Legion Auxiliary. Mrs. Russell O'Donnell is chairman of the event and Mrs. Alex Thompson is in charge of the window dis play which will be featured in the Pacific Power and Light Com. pany window. Girls from the Junior Auxiliary will sell from house to house. Thousands of disabled veter ans unable to perform other work have been given employment by the Legion Auxiliary in the poppy program. This year disabled vet erans in veteran's hospitals throughout the nation are mak ing 30 million poppies for the poppy weekend. The poppies which are worn in the U. S. are crepe paper repli cas of the wild European flowers blooming between the rows of crosses in World War I cemeter ies and were chosen as the mem orial flower for the heroes of that war. Everyone who wears the poppy will help our American veterans while honoring their fallen comrades. o Livestock Club Take Tour Through McNary About 45 members and parents of the South Heppner and the Butter Creek-Sandhollow Live-' stock clubs enjoyed a tour through the Pendleton Grain Grower's Feed Plant at Hermiston and a trip through McNary dam last Saturday. Harold Peck, leader of the South Heppner club and John Graves, assistant lead er of the Butter Creek club, were in charge. A picnic lunch was held in the Hermiston park at noon. o . OVER 300 AT CASE OPENING Mrs. Si Walker won the grand prize of $50 in merchandise at the opening of the enlarged Case Furniture Company store last Saturday. Punch and cookies were served to over 300 during the day. Bill Stevens of Pendleton and George Clough of Portland were in charge of the drawing. be Viewed ranch to see strip cropping. Wheat on green manure summer fallow. Sweet clover Noble blad ed in May - 1951 disked. See sweet clover ready for green ma nure. See alfalfa-grass strips. John Hanna Ranch. See Inter mediate wheatgjass seeding in rows which produced 375 pounds clean seed per acre In 1951. Being pasture now. CO acres sweet clo ver for green manure on hill. 2.00 p. m. Arrive at grass nur sery at Frank Anderson farm. Seeded March 25, 1952. Compare 40 different species grasses and legumes as to seedling vigor, em ergence, etc., for comparing again in 1953, when established. Wheat nursery variety plot compare 16 different varieties. Discuss fer tilizer program for wheat pro duction on this farm. Note strip cropping Mankin-Bunch Ranch. 2:30 p. m. Stop at grass strips, pubescent and whitmar beardless wheat-grasses. Seeded in 1951. In rows but being pastured. Discuss palatability of each. Elmer Pal mer ranch. 3:00 p. m. Glen Way ranch 1951 County winner, Oregon Wheat Growers League "Conser vation Man of the Year," Politicians Ending Campaigns, Verdict Up To Voters Oregon's politicians tjday are winding up a month or more of concentrated speech-making and hand shaking tours and will await the verdict tomorrow of the state's voters in Oregon's primary election. ; With one of the heaviest regis trations in years throughout the state, combined with the largest ballot ever presented voters, in dications point toward a heavy vote in most sections. Counting boards in many of the larger pre cincts are looking forward to a full night's work tabulating the results. No purely local contests are being waged in Morrow county though the four-way race for two) state representative seats is ex pected to draw considerable at tention. ' A total of 1,441 Republicans, 826 Democrats and 22 Non Parti san voters are registered in the county clerk's office. All county offices and the state liquor store will be closed during election hours of 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. Polling places are as follows: Boardman, Grange Hall; Hard man, Grade School; North Hepp ner, Empire Machinery Co.; South Heppner, Court House; lone, lone City Hall; Irrigon, School House and Lexington, I. O. O. F. hall. Bonus Checks Due Oregon Veterans During July Oregon bonus checks totaling some $27,170,000 will be paid to more than 65,000 World War II veterans or their next of kin dur ing the month of July, Bonus Supervisor H. C. Saalfeld of the state Department of Veterans' Affairs estanated today. That was the number and the amount of bonus claims which the veterans' department figures will be approved by July 1, the date when bonus payments will commence. Saalfeld said all vet erans whose applications have been approved by that date will receive their bonus payments in July. Veterans are not being noti fied that their claims have been approved. Only those veterans whose applications are disap proved will be so .informed. Less than 400 letters of disallowal have been issued so far. The bonus pays $10 for each monlh an Oregon veteran spent in stateside service and $15 for each month of foreign or sea duty during World War II, provided the veteran was a bona fide resi dent of the state for one year or more prior to his active duty. The maximum payment is $G00. Next of kin of Oregon men who died in service are entitled to the $G00 maximum. If a veteran died since his discharge, the eligible survivor is entitled to the amount the veteran would be paid had he lived. Eligible survivors include the unremarried wife, the surviving children, and the surviving par ents, in that order. 1) date slightly more than 80,- 000 veterans have applied for the bonus, but the department esti mates that another G0.00Q or so still may file before the December 1 deadline. Services Held For Bonnie Jean Krebs THE DALLES Funeral ser vices were held Saturday at the Smith Callaway chapel for Bon nie Jean Krebs, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Krebs of Cecil, who died May 8 at a local hospital. Survivors, besides her 'parents, are her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Krebs of Arling ton and Mr. and Mrs. John Mace of Medford. Burial was at The Dalles IOOF cemetery. o DATE CHANGED FOR BOARDMAN CLASS NIGHT The date for class night at the Boardman school has been changed from Monday May 19 until May 21. o GRACE WILSON IN AIR CORPS Miss Grace Wilson left today for San Antonio, Texas where she will be Inducted into the Air Corps. Miss Wilson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Wilson of Hardman, graduated from Hepp ner High School last spring. Approval William F. Barkla Dies Thursday William F. Barkla, 72, passed away Thursday morning at four o'clock at his home. He worked as an engineer at the Heppner Lumber Company for 12 years. He is survived by his wife Beu lah, one son, Lewis Jay of Baker and one step son R. L. Deeter of Heppner. Funeral services are pending word from his son. o Long Sentences Given To Two Men Jack Amason, 21 was senten ced to 16 years in the state peni tentiary and Vernon West 19, was sentenced to 15 years by Judge W. C. Perry of Pendleton in Circuit Court Monday morning at the county courthouse. The men, both of Bakersfield, Calif., recently pleaded guilty to robbing and assaulting Buddy Todorovich, a salesman, near Boardman and also to assaulting Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman and Harry Tamblyn when they were being returned to Heppner from Cald well, Idaho. Amason was given the longer sentence because of his previous police record. Sheriff Bauman left for Salem with the prisoners Immediately after the sentencing. o Baccalaureate Rites Held at Lexington Baccalaureate exercises for the Lexington school were held Sun day night at the Christian church in Lexington with the Rev. Lewis Wetzel in charge. The service included the pro cessional and recessional played by Betty Lou Messenger, scripture reading by Reverend Wetzel and prayer by Rev. Palmer Sorlien of Heppner, a selection by the girl's chorus and congregational sing ing. Earl Miller was the graduating senior and eighth grade gradu ates included Norman Miles and Larry Henderson. Ushers and receptionist were Shirley Hunt, Max Breeding, Denny McMillan, rranklin Miles and Eugene Saw yer. Faculty members are Mrs. Lu Cella Sorlien, Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Balser, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hagerud, Mrs. Winona Leonard and Carl Schwab, superintendent. o Funds Contributed t To Exchange Program The Jolly Stitchers, 4-H club at lone, have received recognition for contributing more money to the International Farm Youth Exchange than any of the other 4-H clubs In the crtlnty, Miss In grid Hermann, lone, county chairman, said today. The Jolly Stitchers, under the direction of their leader, Mrs. William See hafer, made their money with a cooked food sale. Members of the club are Bar bara Sanders, Virginia Griffin, Ann Belle Coleman, Mildred See hafer, Mardine Baker and Bonnie Crum. Clubs and organizations contri buting to the fund follow: 'Jolly Stitchers, $13.85; Sandhollow-But-ter Creek Livestock 4-H club, $3.00; South Heppner Livestock 4-H club, $2.00; lone Livestock 4-H club, $3.00; lone Trail Trot ters 4-H club, $1.25; Busy Stitch ers 4-H club, $2.00; The Stitcher ettcs, $.50; Lena Cookerette 4-H club, $1.20; Junior High 4-H Breakfast club, $4.55; Jolly Chefs 4-H club, $3.50; 4-H Cooking II, III, IV, $.70; Willow Creek Chefs 4-H club, $1.00; County Home Economics Festival, $16.45; and lone Legion Auxiliary $2.00. This money is sent to the 4-H department at Oregon State Col lege to be allocated to the IFYE program, Miss Hermann said, o Many On Wrangler Buttercreek Ride A large crowd enjoyed the Wranglers Buttercreek ride on Sunday May 11. The riders trucked their horses to the Kll keeny place and rode from there to the Randall Martin ranch where lunch was served and many events held. The sponsors for this ride were Mesdames and Messers Ed Hughes, Marion Finch, Walter Wigglesworth, Parman, Paul Hisler, Lewis LeTrace, Don Greenup, Les Wyman, Harry Dinges, P. Obrian, Ambrose Cha pin, Randall Martin, Harold Er wln, Harvey Smith, Gerald Swag gert, Bill Weatherford and George Currln. by Voters 125 to 88 Baccalaureate To Be ' Sunday Night Graduation Friday Baccalaureate services for the Heppner High School graduating seniors will be held Sunday even ing, May 18, at the high school gymnasium. Father Francis Mc- Cormaek will give the sermon. Processional and recessional music will be played by the school band under the direction of Robert Collins. A woodwind quintet will play "Salut d' Amour" and a French horn quar tet will play "Adagio Religioso". The Rev. E. L. Tull will give the invocation and the benediction. Professor Walter Mead from Lewis and Clark college in Port land will give the main address at commencement exercises which will be held Friday night, May 23, at 8 p. m. from the gym nasium. The valedictorian and saluta torian will be announced gradu ation night and special awards will be presented. Graduating seniors include El wayne Bergstrom, Donald Blake, Albert Burkenbine, Marvin Gary Connor, Keith Connor, Floyd Green, Allen Hughes, Mickey Lanham, Jimmie Prock, Lynn Rill, James Smith, Charles Stout, Roy Taylor, Kenneth Turner, John Wagner and Jack Yeager. Nancy Adams, Gayle Alberts, Marilyn Bergstrom, Afton Eber hardt, Dorothy Ellis, Nancy Zin ter, Rieta Graves, Bernlce Hus ton and Eleanor Rice. Eighth Grade To Graduate 47 On Tuesday Eighth grade graduation exer cises for the Heppner Grade school will be held Tuesday, May 20, in the school gymnasium with members of the class participat ing in the program. Special music will be played by the school band. Nona Fast is valedictorian and Nancy Anderson is salutatorian of the 1952 class of 47 members. Nancy Anderson will give the welcoming address and Dclbert Piper, first semester class presi dent will preside. James Peteson, class sponsor, will Introduce the guests and Tilman Juett, junior high school principal, will present the diplo mas and special awards. Two eighth grade graduates from Hardman, Thomas Wilson and Robert Lowell Stevens, will receive their diplomas with the jleppner group. Sandra Lanham, class grumb ler, will give a grumbler's talk; Marvin Wightman, class giftor ian, will pesent each member of the class with gifts; Darlene Con nor will read the class history; Donna Lovgren will give the class will and Virginia Andresen will read the class prophecy. Members of the eighth grade graduating class are Nancy Kay Anderson, Virginia C. Andresen, Charles Bailey, Lynda Borman, Margaret Sharon Bryant, Edward Brosnan,, Loretta Burnslde, Carol Sue Calvin, Geraldine Carter, Alma Darlene Connor, Nelson Connor, Donna Mae Elliott, Nona Fast, Diane Grant, Freddie Graves. Jerry Green, Stephen Green, Jo Anne Kelthley, LaVerne Kelthley, Sandra Lanham, Dona Lovgren, Freddie Lynch, Patsy Sue Mer rltt, Harvey Mobbs, Louise Mobbs, James Monahan,. Michael Mona han, Edith Morris, Marilyn Mun kers, Virginia Osmin, Shirley Peck, Delbert Piper, John L. Piper. Joe Privett, Karen Ann Prock, Eugene Rhul, Dale Stager, Hazel Smith, Wayne Soward, Judy Thompson, Lance Tibbies, Lowell Lee Turner, Raymond Walker, Marvin Wightman and Judith Ann Wright. This is the largest eighth grade class ever graduated from Heppner grade school, records show. The largest class previous ly was in 1950 when 37 were graduated. FORMER RESIDENTS HERE Mr. and Mrs. Del Ward, Port land, are visiting at the home of his sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Nys. Mr. and Mrs. Ward are former Heppner residents. Construction To Start In August The lone School District bond Issne of $235,000 for building improvements was passed at a special election held last Thurs day with 125 voting for the issue and 88 against. Working drawings of the new building and swimming pool will be completed in four or five weeks by Portland architects Freemen, Hayslip and Tuft. Bids will then be let out for contract immediately, school officials said. Construction is expected to start about August 1. The school board met this Wed nesday night to decide on type of bonds to be issued and put out for bids. Included in the new buildings will be a 73 by 96 foot physical education space which will seat 660 persons and provide two courts for P. E. and competitive athletics. Individual dressing rooms and showers and ample storage space Is also included. The dressing rooms will also serve the swimming pool. The main band room will have a fully equipped stage and the other band room will remove the noise from the classroom section and provide storage space for in struments and uniforms as well as office space. A cafetorium will serve as din ing space In which the entire school can dine at one time and as an acoustically treated audi torium seating 330 persons for programs and public meetings. The entire unit is designed for Improved and convenient auxil iary school and commutiny func tions, doing double duty for both school and the public. o Sewer Bond Election To Be Held Soon An election authorizing the city council to, issue bonds to the amount of $300,000 for a complete sewerage system and disposal plant will be called within the next 30 days, according to J. J. Nys city attorney. Notice of the election will be published in the near future. 6 Illegal To Sell Beer While Polls Open Sale of beer or wine for con sumption on the premises Is not legal during the hours the polls are open on any statewide elec tion day, the Oregon liquor con trol commission reminded licen sees this week. However, sale by authorized licensees of packaged beer or wine for consumption off premi ses on election day is permittd by Orgon law, which supercedes any local laws to the contrary, the commission reported in answer to inquiries from licensees and local officials. State retail liquor stores will be closed May 16 in. accordance with the Oregon liquor control act. Mrs. Ruth Barnett Dies At Hermiston Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth Barnett, 84, were held at the Fol som funeral home In Pendleton Monday and burial was in Walla Walla. Mrs. Barnett, who lived In this area for several years, was born March 5, 1869 and died May 3 at Hermiston. She was the daughter of W. T. L. Benge and Cynthia A. Sheffer who were the parents of 11 children. Mrs. Barnett Is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Claudie Windsor of Portland and a brother, Ralph L. Benge, of Heppner. o ' Social Security Representative Due A representative of the Social Security Administration will be at the City Hall In Heppner on Thursday, May 22nd from 9:00 a. m. until noon, announced Vernon A. Welo, manager of the La Grande social security office. Anyone who has any questions about social security and anyone who would like information about social security should make it a point to contact Ben Kanter, the represetative from La Grande. The Social Security Administra tion believes that the Old-Age and Survivors' Insurance Pro gram will be better understood If people will bring their prob lems to their nearest social secur ity officer or to a representative when he Is in their community,
