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u or o EUGENE, ORE. Single Copies 10 cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 29, 1952 Volume 69, Nnmber 1 1 fop Scholastic Honors Awarded Smith and Rice At Graduation James Smith was presented the valedictorian award and Eleanor Rice the salutatorian award at High school commencement ex ereises-held Friday evening in the school auditorium. Walter J. Mead, Lewis and Clark College professor, spoke on the need of morality in personal public and political life. The school band played the proces sional and recessional and musi cal numbers included a piano solo by Nancy Adams and a num ber by the senior boys chorus. The invocation was given by James lone Graduation Held Last Friday Commencement exercises were held for the High school and the eighth grade graduating classes in the school gym Friday even ing May 23. Elise Bauernfiend gave the valedictory address, Leeta Linn gave the salutory ad dress, Dr. Errett Hummel, Admin istrative Assistant of the Oregon Extension Service, gave the com mencement address, "What You've Learned". The school band played the processional and re cessional and a special number. The invocation was given by Rev. W. W. Head and the bene diction by Rev. A. Shirley. Denny Swanson played a cornet solo, ac companied by Mrs. Cleo Drake. Henry Osibov, superintendent of the schools, presented the fol lowing awards to David Raskin, band instructor, for excellent rat ing at the band contest in La Grande. Mr. Raskin also received a gift from his pupils which was presented by Gary Brenner, and Denny Swanson. The freshmen class received the citizenship cup, Donald Eubanks and Leeta Linn the citizenship plaque, Denny Swanson the band award, Law rence Jones the dramatic award, Elise Bauernfiend the scholarship award, and Leeta Linn the Jour nalism award. Russell DeBondt, the coach presented Duane Baker with the coach's trophy. Mr. Osibov presented the class and Garland Swanson, chairman of the school board, presented the High diplomas to Clarence LeRoy Brenner, Elise Bauerfeind, Wilma Edna Dalzell, Donald Morgan Eu banks, Mary Martha Jepsen, Leeta Joy Linn and Martha Jean Raines. Leslie Grant, county school superintendent, presented the eighth grade diplomas to the fol lowing Jean Ann Swanson, Gerry White, Gary Brenner, Keith Rea, Anna Margaret Jepsen, Alvin Mc Cabe, Wayne Rietmann, Eunice Taft, Charles Lybecker, Bill Allen, Ernest Drake, Lindsay Kincaid and Clyde Ritchie. Ernest Drake and Anna Margaret Jepsen were complimented on their high ach ievements. The recessional was played by Mrs. Drake. A recep tion followed. NAME OF NANCY ADAMS OMITTED Last week the name of Nancy Adams was missed, due to a typographical error, in the listing of names under the picture of the graduating class of 1952 from the Heppner High school. o ; SMITHS FLY TO INDIANAPOLIS Mr. and Mrs. Orville Smith left Wednesday in their plane for a weeks trip to Indianapolis where they will attend the auto races. Accompanying them on the trip are Mr. an Mrs. Henry Ford of John Day, Mr. and Mrs. Galen Sanner of Pendleton and Lew Becker the pilot. o SERVICES HELD Funeral services were held at St. John's Catholic church in Ore gon City, last Saturday for John Edmund Sherman, 12, son of Mr. .and Mrs. Harry Sherman of Ore gon City. He died after being hit by a truck. He was born January 7, 1940 and had lived in Heppner until about a year ago. Besides his parents he is survived by three sisters, Nancy and Kathleen, Oregon City, and Mrs. Bill Hin ton of Heppner. o WSCW TO MEET , The WSCS of the Methodist church will meet Wednesday, June 4 at 8:00 p. m. at the home of Mrs. Walter Becket on Jones St. Mrs. Walter Becket and Mrs. Charles Becket are to be the hostesses. Smith and the benediction by Eleanor Rice. James Vanover, high school principal, presented the class and Barton Clark, chair man of the board of education, presented the diplomas. Other awards presented by L. L Pate, school superintendent, in cluded the Activities Award, to Rieta Graves; Citizenship Award Gary Connor: Athletic Award Gary Connor; Leadership Award, James Smith; Honor Plaque Eleanor Rice; American History Award, Michael Lanham. The Soroptimist Scholarship was pre sented to Dorothy Ellis by the club president, Mrs. Clara Gertson and Gary Connor was p-esented the P.T.A. Scholarship. Sandra Lanham and Darlene Connor, both sisters of graduat ing seniors, lighted the tapers for the candelight ceremony. A large crowd of friends and relatives greeted the class which formed a reception line outside following the exercises. Graduating seniors are Nancy Adams, Gayle Albert, Donald Blake, Elwayne Bergstrom, Mari lyn Bergstrom, Albert Burken bine, Gary Connor, Keith Connor, Afton Eberhardt, Dorothy Ellis, Rieta Graves, Floyd Green, Allen Hughes, Berneiee Huston, Michael Lanham, James Prock, Eleanor Rice, Lynn Rill, James Smith, Charles Stout, Jr., Roy Taylor, Kenneth Turner, John Wagner, Jack Yeager and Nancy Ferguson Zinter. Public Health Group To Meet June 1 1 The citizen's advisory commit tee to the Public Health Program will meet Wednesday, June 11, at the lone Legion Hall to plan and discuss the health progam for the coming year. Each community has been re quested to send their representa tives to meet with the executive council. Officers are Conley Lanham, chairman, Bob CortheU, vice chairman and Pat Davis, secretary. Miss Martha Tapanai- nen is the ex-offico member. o H.S. Graduates To Take European Tour Mickey Lanham and Jim Smith left Saturday morning by car for New York where they will sail June 3rd for Europe. They will arrive in Rotterdam and ex pect to see as many countries as possible before embarking for home August 19 at Oslo, Norway. They are planning to do some touring by bicycle. Warning Issued Against Fawnnapping If you're tempted to pick up a fawn this spring and haul it home as a playmate for the child ren, don't do it warns the game commission for by act of the last legislature it is unlawful to take the young of any game bird or animal from its natural habitat and hold it in captivity. Nearly all fawn cases investi gated by game agents amount to "fawnnapping," bambi really wasn't lost, just hiding until mom returned. A newborn fawn has no odor, and protective coloration and freezing are its best protec tion. An Astoria resident fined $27 in justice court this week for posses sing a fawn was the first Oregon ian convicted of "fawnnapping," and the justice warned that the price of fawns is going up. Until this year, game agents se- trieved fawns from their captors and took them to the state game farm. Now the fawns will appear in justice court with their captor before the trip to the game farm foster home. Fawns held in captivity soon shed their gentle innocense, and on many occa sions game agents have been called upon to dispatch a pet deer that turned on its owner. There are several records of fatal injuries from the slashing hoofs of a pet deer. If there is a reason to believe a mother deer has been killed or injured, a game agent or the state police should be notified, but the fawn should not be dis turbed. o STORES TO, CLOSE MAY 30 Heppner merchants will close their stores Friday, May 30, in observance of Memorial Day. No special services will be held this year, but a special American Legion committee has spent con siderable time cleaning up the cemetery. 8 - 8 M I'MT'Tirr iirn...iM. 11 mm ii rwi mm ittt ,,.1- CALISTA BUROKER. Queen of the Milton-Freewater, Oregon chapter of the Future Farmers of America, tells a future sheep named "Richard" how Future Farmers are growing corn on a 15-acre tract surrounding the American Can Company's warhouse in this pea-canning center of the Northwest. The can company donated the F. F. A. chapter use of the land, and the young farmers christ ened one of their lambs to honor their friend, Richard Ulstrup, local Canco custodian for setting in motion the novel contribution by industry to agricultural education. 4-H Scholarships Announced Today The time is fast approaching for 4-H Summer School, which will be held on the Oregon State College Campus June 17 27. In Morrow County delegates to at tend were selected by the North and South Club Councils. Basis of selections were (1) that the 4-H member be at least 13 years old (2) that they must have com pleted at least two years of 4-H club work and (3) that all pro jects enrolled in during the past year were completed. While these were minimum requirements, many of the selections were made from the older club members with many years of 4-H club experi ence. Those club members who have shown -special Interest in club work, taking part in demon strations, judging, showmanship, and who have attended meetings regularly, were given preference. While all members selected have not returned definite word to the County Agent's office that they will attend, those who were selected were: Nancy Graybeal, Irrigon Carla Hill, Irrigon Carman Wilson, Irrigon Norma Smith, Irrigon Sylvia Boylen, Irrigon Mary Gasper, Irrigon Sharlene Smith, Irrigon Sharon Fussell, Boardman Carol Hamilton, Boardman Duane Baker, lone Malcom McKinney, lone Eddie Brosnan, Heppner Ronald Currin, Heppner Deane Graves, Heppner Jimmy Hayes, Heppner Jack Monagle, Heppner Elise Banernfiend, Morgan Jean Marie Graham, Heppner Janet Howton, lone Judy Howton, lone ' Lavelle Speelman, lone Janet Kendall, Lexington Fatricia Reck, Heppner Shirley Peck, Heppner Sally Palmer, Heppner Patsy Wright, Heppner Carl Russel, Irrigon William Thorpe, Boardman Scholarships of $24.50 each are provided by individuals and or ganizations interested in 4-H Club work. Scholarship contributions have been given by the following this year: C. A. Ruggles, Sara Mc Namer, First National Bank, Heppner Branch, Lexington Grange, Rhea Creek Grange, Sor optimist Club, Elks Club, Lexing ton Oil Cooperative, First Nation al Bank of Hermiston, Heppner Gazette Times, lone P. T. A., Morow Cftunty ' Farm Bureau, Harry Dingcs, Padberg Tractor Repair, Paul Pettyjohn, Boardman Ladies Aid, Ed Bristow, Omar Reitmann, Klinger's Pastime, Van Horn Grocery and Orval Wright Garage. Other contributions have been offered but have not yet been turned in. DR. McMURDO WILL LEAVE FOR VIRGINIA Dr. A. D. McMurdo is leaving by plane for Virginia the morning of June 3. He will visit relatives and attend a class reunion at the university of Virginia. Two brothers Dr. P. F. McMurdo and Dr. H. B. McMurdo both of San Francisco will meet him in Vir ginia. Ida Lee Chapel spent last week end in Spray as a special guest of the Queen and Princesses of the Spray Rodeo. 1 n Nutrition Subject of County Women Group Talks on nutrition will be given in the county next week by Miss Chedwah Van Tign, nutrition con sultant of the maternal and child care section of the State Board of Health, Portland. County school cooks will meet with Miss Van Tign Tuesday af ternoon at the courthouse to hear a discussion on the "School Lunch Contribution to Nutrition and Health." Tuesday evening Miss Van Tign will discuss "Special Diets" with the hospital cooks. "Nutritional Problems of the Middle Aged Woman" will be Miss Van Tign's topic at a lunch eon meeting with the Soroptimist club in Heppner on Thursday. On Wednesday afternoon the Boardman Community Women will meet, at . '! 3 Boardman Grange hall with M"iss Van Tign and on Thursday afternoon the lone Grange Auxiliary will meet with her at the lone Grange hall. Open topics are slated for both meetings. lone Youth Picked By Honor Society OREGON STATE COLLEGE John Bristow of lone has been se lected for membership in next year's Thanes, sophomore men's service honorary society at Ore gon State college. Members are chosen on the basis of scholarship, leadership, co-operation and service from each of the 44 OSC men's living organizations. Activities include supervising the election system, assisting with registration for campus events, and enforcing rook traditions. Bristow, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund W. Bristow of lone ,is a freshman in lower division of lib eral arts. He represents Delta Chi, national social fraternity. WOMEN INVITED TO IONE Women of the Home Economics Club of the Willows grange are inviting all women in the county to a special meeting Thursday June 5, at 2 p. m. at lone to hear a talk by Miss Chedwah Van Tign, nutrition consultant of the maternal and child care section of the State Board of Health, Portland. Punch and coffee will be fur nished and women are asked to bring cookies for refreshments, o JO JEAN DIX TO GRADUATE Jo Jean Dix, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Dix will graduate next Monday from Holy Names Academy in Seattle. She will attend business college in Seattle this summer and plans to enroll at the University of Wash ington next fall. o RESTAURANT PEOPLE MEET Morrow County Restaurant peo ple met Monday night at the Elks Temple to discuss food handling with William E. Culham, sani tation expert from the State Board of Health. Mrs. Clara B. Gertson had as her guests over the weekend, Mr. and Mrs. Roger Thomas of Wen atchee, Washington. Mrs. Thomas while in Heppner was public health nurse and he was game warden. On Saturday, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Cherry of Portland, visited fo a short time with Mrs. Gertson. They were enroute from Fossil to Pendleton. RULES GIVEN FOR ENTRANTS IN LEXINGTON FLOWER SHOW JUNE 10 The Lexington Garden club this week announced the date of the June flower show as Tuesday, June 10 at the I. O. O. F. hall in Lexington. Rules governing the show are: Entries arc open to all who wish to exhibit: All flowers must be grown and arranged by the per son in whose name they are en tered, unless otherwise stated; No exhibit can compete in more than one class, but an exhibitor may compete in as many clesses as he may desire; No entries will Mrs. Swaggart, County Pioneer Dies Thursday Funeral services for Mrs. Ben jamin Franklin Swaggart, 93, Morrow County pioneer, were held Monday afternoon at the Phelps Funeral Home with Rev erend E. L. Tull officiating. Mrs Swaggart died in Pendleton, May 2, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. S. Wheeler where she had made her home the past four years. Born Olive Eleanor Bush, near Jacksonville, Mrs. Swaggart came to Athena in 1S72 with her par ents. In 1877 she was married to Mr. Swaggart in Pendleton and five years later they settled on a homestead at Swaggart Buttes near Lexington where they de veloped a 3000 acre stock and wheat ranch. Mrs. Swaggart, with her late husband, bred and raised the famous Swaggart palomino horses, known as creamolines After her husband died in 1935 she continued management of the ranch until three years ago. It is now operated by Mr .and Mrs. Raymand Dolven, the latter is a granddaughter of Mrs. Swaggart. In addition to being a skilled horsewoman, Mrs. Swaggart was also a painter and one of her paintings, "Battle of Willow Springs", hangs in the Umatilla county library. For this Mrs. Swaggart learned the details of the 1878 conflict from one or the survivors. Mrs. Swaggart was the daugh ter of William and Elizabeth Bush who came to Oregon from Missouri by ox team in 1825. Sur viving relatives are her daughter, Mrs. Wheeler; a son, Grover B. Swaggart, Woodburn; two grand children, Mrs. Dolven, Lexington, and Elsworth .Swaggart, Alaska; two great grandchildren, Els worth Swaggart Jr., and Russell R. Dolven. Mrs. Swaggart was a pioneer member of the Episcopal church and of the Grange. Mrs. E. L. Tull was organist and Mrs. Lucy Peterson was solo ist at the service. Active pall bear ers were Henry Rauch, Orville Cutsforth, Bert Peck, Carl Miller, Frank Turner and Harry Dinges. Honorary pall bearers were R. B. Rice, Dr. A. D. McMurdo, David Hynd, William Hynd, Frank E. Parker and J. J. Nys. Vault inter ment was at the Heppner Masonic cemetery. Folsom's of Pendleton were in charge of arrangements. o GRADE SCHOOL ANNUALS READY SATURDAY The grade school annuals are ready now and may be picked up at the Western Auto Store on Saturday afternoon any time after one o'clock, reports Tilman Juett. 130 SEE CONSERVATION PRACTICES ON RECENT COUNTY FARM TOUR About 130 persons attended the Conservation Tour and farmers Field Day held May 19 In the Heppner Soil Conservation Dis trict area. The program was ar ranged by Nelson Anderson, Mor row county agent, and Tom Wil son of the Soil Conservation Ser vice to show conservation and better farming practices through out the county. A noon luncheon was served to the group at noon by the Hepp ner chamber of commerce at the fair grounds with Leslie Grant in charge of the program. Tom Hel seth, district conservationist from Pendleton, commended the Hepp ner district progam and intro duced visiting SCS personnel from the Gilliam county, Sherman county and West Umatilla Soil Conservaton districts. Bill Barratt and Arthur Hackett of the Veter ans Agricultural program and Jim Allen, agricultural instructor at the high school, were also intro duced. Howard Cushman of the State Extension Service spoke briefly on farming practices. Leroy Warner, in charge of the fertilizer program for the Pendle be accepted later than 12:00 noon, June 10th; owners must be re sponsible for containers or other property. Containers should be marked with owner's name on adhesive tape placed on the bot ton of the containers. SECTIONS Section I, arrangements, class 1 All one color containers; 2 Ar rangement with figurines; 3 Tall table arrangements; 4 Low table arrangements; 5 Party table arrangement; 6 Miniature arrangements; 7 Twin arrange ments; 8 Coffee table arrange ments; 9 All one variety ar rangement, and 10 Mixed Va rieties. Section II, Specimen of Any Flower, class 1 One specimen bloom, and 2 Climbers, one stalk. Section III, Perennials, class 1 Peony, one stalk; 2 Carna tions, three blooms; 3 Pansies, three blooms; 4 Columbines, one stalk; 5 Lillies, one stalk; and & Any other perennials, a. Flow, ers, b. Shrubs. Section IV, Dish Gardens, class 1 and Cacti; class 2. Section V, Corsages, class 1; Flowering houseplants, class 2; and Foliane houseplants, class 3. Section VI, Hobbies, class 1; ceramics; 2 China cups etc., and 3 Antiques. There will be a silver tea from 2 p. m. to 4 p. m. o lone Churches Unite As Community Churcl, The three church groups of lone completed their unification pro ceedings into the lone Commun ity Church at a meeting held Sunday, May 25. The unification will take place at the end of the church year, August 31. Trustees of the new church were elected and a committee ap pointed to report on the charter and the covenant. The new plan will bring the Cooperative church into one unit. Members of the Community Church and the vari ous properties will be transferred to the one body. A pot luck din ner preceeded the meeting. o Thompsons Attending Targhee Sheep Meet Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Thomp son and children left Saturday for Livingston, Mont., where he is at tending the first annual meeting of the U. S. Targhee Sheep As sociation. Mr. Thompson, a breeder of Targhee sheep at Hep pner, is a director of the associa tion which was organized last year at the U. S. Sheep Experi ment Station at Dubois, Idaho. The Targhee is a white-faced sheep developed at the Experi ment station by crossing Ranbo ulllet, Lincoln and Corriedale combinations to produce a fine wool crossbred type adaptable for western ranges. o STREET PATCHNG STARTED Work was started this week patching streets throughout the city, Mayor J. O. Turner said to day. Vic Groshens, water super intendent, and Carl Barlow, street superintendent, are doing the oil ing work. VAN MARTERS TO FUNERAL Funeral services for Mrs. Char les Van Marter were held in Tigard last Saturday. LaVeme Van Marter, Sr. and La Verne Van Marter, Jr., son and grandson, drove down to attend the fune ral. Interment was at Lebanon. ton Grain Growers, showed the results of fertilizing on fertilizer plots at the Orville Cutsforth ranch, the Nelson Brothers ex plained the anhydrous amonia program on their ranch and New't O'Harra explained his pasture improvement program. Sodded waterways and alfalfa and grass seeding were examined on the Mankin-Bunch ranch; sweet clover green manure crops and stands of Intermediate wheat grass grown for seed were in spected at the John Hanna place and grass nursery and fertilizer trials were seen on the Frank Anderson ranch On the Elmer Palmer ranch the group saw Whitmar and Pube scent wheat grass seedings and on the Woodruff -Way ranch, which won last year's county conservation award, strip crop ping and other conservation practices were noted. ! Members of the Future Far mers of "America from the Hepp ner High School and students in the veterans agricultural classes accompanied the ranchers on the tour. Annual Meeting At Condon Set By Weather Group Robert Beaumont, O. S. C. Mete oroligist, will report results of a tyo year cloud seeding program in Gilliam, Morrow and Sherman Counties at the Igo Grange hall four miles west of Condon Thurs day, June 5. The meeting frets underway at 10:00 a. m. with a lunch being served at noon by the log Home Economics club. Beaumont has evaluated the project at the request of the Ore gon Wheat Growers League. His report will include an analysis of rain intensity to determine if raindrops are .smaller as a result of cloud seeding. He will also compare rainfall in the Tri County area with unseeded areas. Lewis O. Grant, Director of Re search for the Water Resources Development Corporation, will explain how cloud sc vUiij; was conducted in the Trl-(Vsmty aiea during Ihe paM j car. K e;-y ytrrm over the aie.i n. o jy-ptftniMT 1. 1951, luis b'Mi s'-ede.l v i; Silver Iodide by the v. K. i. (' will point out wh'te located am! v !vn Grant .runrs 'j were tired up. Ted Crosby (a i i.or to Bing) will hhow a movie on cloud seed ing pi'.Mkt.rd by the North Ameri can Weather Consultants of Pasa dena, California. Crosby will ex plain how their group has re nortedlv used a combination at ralrplane and ground generators to fill reservoirs in Southern Cali fornia. Directors of Tri County Weath er Research the farmer organi zation supporting the experi ments, met in Arlington last Fri day to make final plans for the annual meeting of the organisa tion. They interviewed four rain makers interested in seeding ihe clouds ovpr the area next year. These include C. S. Barnes, Ari zona; Cliff Olson, of the Precipi tation Engineers of Montana; Robert Elliott and Crosby of the North American Weather Consul tants; and Mr. Hazzard of ihe Water Resources Development Corporation of Denver, Colorado. A business meeting of Tvi County Weather Research will follow the speaking program. Farmers will elect nine directors and will discuss the desirability of continuing rain making experi ments. o City Water Supply On Par With Demand The well drilling equipment is nearly set up at the new location four miles above town and drill ing operations should be started soon, according to Mayor J. O. Turner. A. A. Durand and Son of Walla Walla are the contractors. The city is now using all the water available from the Willow Creek wells. Mayor Turner urged citizens not to waste water so that the situation niigth not become serious. o Soroptimists Sponsor Nations Dinner Tucs. The Soroptimist club is having a Nations progressive dinner and card party for the public, Tues- , day June 3. Dinner will be served between the hours of 0:30 p. m. and 8:00 p. m. It will start with the first course at the Pearl Devine home, which will have the Hawaiian theme. The second course will bo at the Grace Nlckerson home, the theme being Ireland; third course will be Mexican in theme and at the home of Leta Humphreys. The dessert course will be served at the Episcopal parish house, with cards following there. Tickets are available from any Soroptimist member or at the start of the dinner. Tickets also are available for children and for just the dessert and cards for anyone unable to attend the din ner. o HOSPITAL NEWS Medical Leroy Elliott, Hepp ner; Sherry Lynn O'Brian, Hepp ner, dismissed; Theresa Connell, Boardman; O. W. Derrick, Fossil, Dismissed; Carl Gilliam, Fossil; Raymond McNabb, Heppner; Iris Morley, Kinzua; Georgia Loomis, Fossil; Grant Chapman, Spray, dismissed. Minor Surgery Andrea Green, Kinzua, dismissed; Dean Robin son, Heppner, dismissed; Linda Chapman, Spray, dismissed; Ralph Sample, Kinzua, dismissed; Mrs. Faye Wilson, Heppner, dis missed. New Arrivals To Mr. and Mrs. Tilman Juett, Heppner, a 5 lb. 10 oz. girl born May 28, named Judith Carol. To Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Tye, lone a boy born May 29 named Randall Jeffery. i
