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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 15, 1952
Volume 69, Number 9
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,