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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, June 5, 1952
Volume 69, Number 12
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Tibbies Replaces
John Saager as
City Councilman
Dr. L. D. Tibbies was annolnteft
by Mayor J. O. Turner Monday
night to fill the unexpired term
of city councilman John Saager
who had submitted his resigna
tion.
Tibbies is not new to council
operation having previously ser
ved on the body for 10 years. Saa
ger, who is now employed in Her
miston, said his inability to be
present for the meetings was his
reason for resigning from the
position.
Councilman W. C- Collins
chairman of the park board, pre-
sented that group's plans for im
provements to the park area
which were accepted by the
council. It also approved pur
chase of pipe and equipment for
the installation of a sprinkler
system in the southern section of
the area. Collins reported the
board plans to level the section
and install the sprinklers this
summer and seed it to grass this
fall. The board intends to im
prove the area in stages as money
is provided in the city budget.
Street Oiling Due
The council accepted the bid
of Leslie Harris, Pendleton, for
the sealing of several city streets.
The bid called for double sealing
from curb to curb of the one
block of West Willow street, the
sealing of East Willow from Main
to Chase street and the sealing of
Riverside street from the city
limits to its junction with Gales
street near the Morrow county
Grain Growers elevator. Council
members pointed 'out that peri
odic sealing of all streets is neces.
sary to prevent their breakage
and present funds are to be ex
pended on streets now in the
worst condition. Harris's bid for
the wole job was $1,244.70. He ex
pects to start work about June 15.
Victor Groshens reported to the
council that A. A. Durand who is
drilling the new city well, had
reached a depth of about 22 feet
last weekend. Members urged
pushing of the project in the
hope the well can be brought in
before the exceptionally dry
weather starts.
Labhart Named New
Legion Commander
State policeman William Lab
hart was chosen new commander
of Heppner American Legion
Post number 87 Monday evening.
He takes over command from
Robert A. Corthell who has head
ed the group during the past
year.
Other officers elected included
Douglas Drake, first vice com
mander; Forrest Thornberg,
second vice commander; Don
Bellenbrock, adjutant; Don Fred
rickson, finance officer; Howard
Pettyjohn, sergeant at arms; and
Darl Hudson to a three year term
as executive committeeman. All
will be installed in their posts
within a month.
Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman volun
teered to serve as refreshment
chairman during the coming
month.
Many From Here Go
To Elks Convention
Among those attending the
state Elk's convention in Eugene
this weekend are Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Van Winkle, Mr. and Mrs.
Harry O'Donnell, Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Labhart, Jack Bailey, Con
ley Lanham, Mr. and Mrs. Milton
Morgan of lone, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Rauch, Mr. and Mrs. Al
Fetsch, Mr. and Mrs. William
Smethurst, and Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Wilson.
SCHOOL VOTE SET
The Boardman school district
has set Monday, June 16 as the
date for a special election to de
cide upon the issuance of $78,000
in bonds to be used for the con
struction of a new gymnasium.
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jepson of
lone are the parents of a daugh
ter, Susan Jane, born May 29 at
St. Anthony's hospital in Pendle
ton. Grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. Cecil "Buck" Lieuallen of
Pendleton and Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ter Jepson of lone. Great grand
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Hynd of Pendleton.
Hey Kids-Get Your
Swim Suits Ready
Dr. L. D. Tibbies, swimming
pool director, announced
Wednesday that if water and
weather conditions remained
satisfactory plans called for
the opening of the Heppner
pool on Sunday. June 15.
Tibbies stated that it is
planned to have the pool
cleaned and filled by about
Friday, June 13, and Hepp
ner kids will be allowed two
days of free swimming to get
the pool "broken in" for the
season.
Bob Deter has been em
ployed to serve as lifeguard
this year.
Plans Progressing
For County 4-H Camp
N. C. Anderson, county agent,
announced this week that plans
are progressing for the annual
county 4-H club camp to be held
June 27, 28 and 29 at Horren
creek.
The various committee mem
bers have been appointed and are
listed as: food committee, Mrs.
L. A. McCabe, lone, chairman;
Mrs. Jerry Brosnan and Mrs. El
mer Palmer. Reception commit
tee is headed by Mrs. E. M. Baker,
lone, Mrs. Walter Wright and N.
C. Anderson. The Crafts commit
tee is under the direction of Mrs.
Maud Casswell.
Bryce Keene, lone will head the
committee in charge of setting up
the camp and will be assisted by
Earl McKinney, Lloyd Howton,
and Ronald Baker, all of lone,
Bernard Doherty, Lexington and
Jerry Brosnan, John Graves and
George Currin of Heppner.
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Polio Equipment
Aid Aim of Legion
Fund Campaign
The Heppner post of the Ameri.
can Legion is sponsoring a group
of representatives of the Crowell-
Collier publishing company who
will be working in the Morrow
county area starting this week.
Legion officials announced that
proceeds received by the organi
zation from the magazine sales
will be used to purchase a new
portable type Vollrath polio-pack
heater for use in this area. The
equipment, used in the hot-pack
polio treatment, will be housed
in Heppner and will be available
without charge to any resident,
doctor, nurse or first aid unit
needing it.
Merle Becket New
La Grande Bank Head
The First National Bank of
Portland this week announced
the appointment of Merle Becket
to the post of manager of the
bank's La Grande branch. Becket
was manager of the Heppner
branch until last fall when he
was transferred to Portland where
he served in the loan examination
and lan production department.
Becket has had over 20 years
banking experience in Oregon,
serving as an officer in First Na
tional's Heppner and Enterprise
branches, assistant manager at
Lakeview and as manager at
Wallowa, Sherman county and
Heppner branches.
Becket succeeds A. K. Parker
who has been advanced to the
position of vice president at La
Grande.
Services Friday
For Sarah Harper
Funeral services will be held
Friday, June 6 at 3:00 p. m. at
the Phelps Funeral Home for Mrs.
Sarah Jeanette Harper who died
ot her home in Heppner Wednes
day, June 4. She was 82 years of
age.
Elder Knauft, pastor of the
Seventh Day Adventist church
will officiate at the services with
burial in the Heppner Masonic
cemetery.
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Mrs. Marvin Smith and child
ren left Sunday for an extended
visit in Mapleton, Oregon with
her sister.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Barger and
children were in Delake, Oregon
over the weekend. Barger was
bowling in a state tournament.
... Mr. and Mrs. Philip Cohn of
Buttercreek were dinner guests
Thursday evening at the Walter
Barger home.
Miss Betty Lou Moyer is in
Vancouver, Wash, for a two weeks
visit with relatives.
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EMERGENCY ROUTE
Following: any large-scale disaster, main highways will be used
by vehicles carrying emergency supplies and equipment. Koule signs
and vehicle placards have been distributed, and will not be used
until after a disaster. Joining Oregon civil defense officials In urging
motorists to remain at home following a disaster, a P'.ember of the
State Police department points out network of roads that will carry
much of the high-priority traffic.
Heppner Man to
Get Columbia Farm
Evan Rill, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Leonard Rill of Elghtmile last
week became the first Morrow
county veteran to win one of the
farm units being offered for sale
by the government In the Colum
bia Basin irrigation project near
Othello, Wash.
Rill, who has been operating
the Charles Beckett ranch at
Eightmile, was one of 32 names
drawn out of a list of 3,077 ap
plicants for the farms. The draw
ing was a part of the recent 11
day Columbia Basin water festi
val. Sherman Fair To
Pick Queen Sunday
MORO Wheatland pagentry
at its finest will be on display
this Sunday as the Sherman
County Fair crowns its queen for
1952 at the Miss Sherman County
contest and fair. The gala affair
is scheduled for the fairgrounds
here. -
Seven attractive S h r m a n
County misses vie for the honor
of reigning over the annual fair
on Sept. 12, 13, and 14. In addition
to selecting the queen, the three
'outside' judges also are to pick
two princesses.
A full -day program has been
arranged by the Sherman County
Fair board, Harold Eakin, presi
dent of the group announced. A
buckaroo breakfast starting at
9 a. m. and served until 11 o'clock
wilr get the day underway. The
outdoor meal is to be served
western style by the Sherman
County Riders.
Afternoon Session Listed
At 1::30 o'clock, the afternoon
session begins with the Miss
Sherman events, .horse racing and
riding exhibitions.
Fine horse flesh from Sherman
and Gilliam counties are to run
during the afternoon. High in
terest in the races has already
promised to bring out top turf
burners. Horses have been arriv
ing at Moro for the races during
the past month.
The Sherman County Riders
are slated to display various rid
ing drills and exercises as part
of the show.
Most impotrant, however, is
the Miss Sherman contest. Specu
lation as to the winner has
reached a feverish peak this week
as the seven entrants smooth
their horsemanship and talent
numbers for the show.
The contenders are Connie Wil
son, Sharon Coons ad Joann Ross,
all of Moro, Joan Fridley and
Betty Dormaier, both of Wasco,
Carolyn Lemley of Grass Valley,
and Donna Wilson of Rufus.
Rev Nelg Fast was in Salem last
week for a work week at the
Bethlem Gospel Park, getting it
in shape for the summer camp of
the Assembly of God church.
Mr. and Mrs. Nate Fen-ell and
daughter Helen of Rochester, New
York were visitors last week at
the home of the Hynds Brothers.
They were school mates and had
not seen each other since 1919,
History Awards
Given Two Youths
Two Heppner boys last week
received awards for outstanding
work in American history pre
sented by the Omaha Woodmen
lodge and the Boys of Woodcraft
Sportsmen's Club. The medals
were created with the idea of
recognizing those who have
shown proficiency in the study
and to promote a greater interest
in it.
James Monahan, son of Mr. and
Mrs. James Monahan, a member
of the 8th grade graduating class
at Heppner received - the first
awarded presented by Nell Beam-
er, commander of the Sportsmen's
club. Mickey Lanham, son of
Conley Lanham, was the out
standing member of the Heppner
senior class in the study of Ameri
can history. His medal was pre
sented by James Vanover, high
school principal and a member of
the local Woodmen lodge, at com
mencement exercises.
Mrs. John P. Hughes
Passes at Salem
Word was received Wednesday
bv Joe Huehes of Heppner of the1
death of his sister-in-law, Mrs.
John P. Hughes in Salem Tues
day. Funeral services are to be
held in Pendleton at 2:30 Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Hughes lived near
Hennner for many years before
they moved to Canada and then
to Salem.
Surviving besides her husband
is one son. George Zeuske, Salem,
and two grandchildren.
Former Heppner Man
In Radar Training
Glenn Arthur Bassett, Santa
Anna California, nephew of Mr.
and Mrs. Jos. Hughes has gradu
ated from James Connally Air
force Base, Texas as a second
Lieutenant In Radar Observer,
vation. His next assignment is
Tindel Airforce Base, Florida for
advanced interceptor training in
F. 94 jets.
. He was recently married to
Mary Ellen Gregory of Baylor
University, Dallas, Texas. The
ceremony took place in the First
Baptist Church in Bunne Level,
South Carolina. His bride was the
accompanist for the Cadet Glee
Club and Lt. Bassett was the fli
rector.
He was with the forest service
for three summers in Heppner
during the years 1948 to 1950.
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Mr. and Mrs. Albert Adkins.for
mer Heppnerites now residing in
Cottage Grove, spent the Memor
ial Day weekend here . with
friends. Mrs. Adklns works for
the weekly paper in Cottage
Grove and he is employed in a
hardware store.
Mrs. Ethel Ziements spent the
weekend holiday in Portland
where she was met by her daugh
ter, Audrey, who resides in Seat
tle. Mrs. Ziements accompanied
Miss Leta Humphreys to the city
Thursday.
Frank Andresen was in Salem
last Wednesday to take his
daughter Virginia there. She will
spend part of the summer visit
ing relatives.
Heppner Masons
Soon to Observe
75th Anniversary
Arrangements are nearly com
plete for the observance of the
75th anniversary of the founding
of the Heppner Masonic lodge to
be held here Tuesday, June 17,
Sam McMillan, general chairman
for the event announced today.
The celebration, which will be
open only to Masons, will start
with an anniversary banquet at
the hall at 6:30 served by the
Eastern Star. The closed meeting
will start at 8 o clock.
Main speaker for the evening
will be Clarence Kopp, La Grande.
Walter A. Ruggles will speak on
early lodge work in Oregon and
J. O. Turner will give the his
tory of the Heppner lodge. Also
on the program will be musical
numbers by the Harmony club.
U. C. Griffins, a member of the
local lodge, and now a resident
of Berkley, Calif., will make the
trip here to receive his 50 year
pin that night.
Worshipful Master of the local
lodge is Paul Jones. A large
delegation of visitors is expected
for the occasion.
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One Way Traffic
Now In Effect
On August Street
City crews last week installed
one-way traffic signs on August
street, the block long street con
necting south Court and Gilmore
streets one block south of the
courthouse.
The one-way traffic on the
street was ordered by the city
council last month in an effort to
eliminate traffic congestion on
the narrow street leading to the
hospital. Traffic on August street
is designated as downhill only;
Two new signs showing the route
to the hospital have been in
stalled, Cannon street at the cor
ner of Court and on Gilmore
streets.
Selective Service
Warns Medical
Grads to Register
Oregon state headquarters, Se
lective Service System, today cal
led the attention of all students
completing a year of collegiate
work and those graduating from
medical and dental schools of
veterinary medicine to certain re
quirements that must be met un
der the Universal Military Train
ing and Service act of 1951, as
amended.
"All young men graduating in
June from the various schools of
the healing arts, medicine, den
tistry and veterinary medicine,"
said Col Francis W. Mason, dep
uly state director, "are required
to register as special Registrants
within five days of their gradua
tion. Even though they may be
already registered, this is re
quired." Colonel Mason pointed out that
Oregon boards were permitting
these graduates to register during
the week beginning Monday June
9, as immediately following grad
uation there are so many who will
be leaving immediately for in
terneship in various locations
while others will be busy taking
stale board examinations.
"College students completing
an academic year", continued
Colonpl Mason, "who wish the
privilege of continuing their col
lege work through a deferment,
must specifically request their
respective local boards for this
classification and also make ar
rangements for the school they
have been attending to furnish
the local board with the required
certificate of class standing, SSS
Form No. 109."
Colonel Mason concluded with
the warning that students who
fail to request the deferment may
not expect consideration by their
Local Boards and the newly
graduated doctors must register
as Special Registrants or be con
sidered delinquent under the Uni
versal Military Training and Ser
vice Act of 1951, as amended.
'The law does provide", said
Colonel Mason at the end. "that
those doctors with reserve com
missions are not required to regis
ter", but he added, "They are
classified as special Registrants
In class I D and there may be a
time when it will be beneficial to
have registered even though not
required."
Town MeetingPlanned
To Explain Project
Tuesday, June 24 has been set
by the city council as the date
when Heppner residents will vote
at a special election to decide
upon a $300,000 bond issue to
provide funds for the construction
of the city's proposed sewer sys
tern and sewage disposal plant.
The necessary resolution call
ing for the election and setting
up the type of bonds was passed
unanimously by the council and
is printed in full elsewhere in
this paper as a legal notice of
election.
The group also set Friday, June
13 as the date for a special town
meeting to be held, probably at
the school, gymnasium, where
mayor J. O. Turner and members
Thursday Blaze
Destroys Auto
A fire shortly after 8 o'clock
Thursday morning at the Fulle-
ton Chevrolet company in Hepp
ner completely destroyed one car
and for a time threatened the
entire building before being con
trolled by firemen.
The blaze started when a weld
er's torch accident ly ignited the
gas tank of a car owned by Jack
Griffin, Lexington which was be
ing repaired in the shop. The car
was a total loss. Heavy smoke
from the burning gasoline and
tires made it impossible for the
firemen to get close to the blaze
and were forced to play heavy
streams of water in order to cool
lt down sufficiently to be able to
get inside the building. Little
other damage was done to the
building and contents aside from
smoke damage. Two other cars
parked alongside the burning car
received only superficial damage.
Royce Fulleton, owner of the
Chevrolet agency, could place no
definite estimate of the damage
immediately following the fire.
New Superintendent
Named For Boardman
The Boardman school board
Wednesday announced the ap
pointment of James R. Duren as
new superintendent of the Board
man schools. He and his family
will arrive about August 1 to
take over the position.
Duren will replace E. R. Forbes,
who resigned this spring to ac
cept a similar position at Fossil.
Duren received his BS degree in
1947 at the University of Oregon,
and his MA there in 1950 He
taught at Llnfleld college for two
years and last year was business
and economics Instructor at Cres
well, Oregon. He served for three
years as a sergeant in the Ma
rines. The Durens have two daugh
ters Kathlyn Sue 3V4 years and
Patricia Jane, Vk-
WRANGLERS HAY DAY ATTRACTS MANY
RIDERS; EVENT WINNERS LISTED
A large crowd attended the an-'
nual June Hay Day of the Wrang
lers, taking over the hillside and
attractive arena loaned for this
event by the Randall Martins.
Many riders met at the Kilkenny
ranch and rode through the pas
tures to the Martin corralls at
Lena. Picnic lunches with hot
coffee and beans were enjoyed
under the shade trees.
At 1:30 the grand entry parade
began the afternoon program,
followed by the Junior stake race.
Winners in the various events
were: 1st race, Connie Massy,
Alma Lou Evans. 2nd race, Ger
aldine Swaggart, Marvin Massey.
3rd race, Steve Green, Neil Beam-
er. 4th race, Ellse Bauernfiend,
Diane Steagle.
Ladies steak race: 1st race,
Bonnie Barratt, Colleen Greenup.
2nd race, Christina Swaggart, Al
tha Kirk. Junior potato race: 1st
heat, Connie Massey, Geraldlne
Swaggart. 2nd heat, Larry Fetch,
Neil Beamer. Junior bending
race: 1st heat, Jim Steagle, Alma
Lou Evans. 2nd heat, Geraldlne
Swaggart, Maureen Groves. 3rd
heat, Nell Beamer, Diana Steagle.
Ladies bending race: 1st race,
Bonnie Barratt, Colleen Greenup,
2nd race, Larrine Brun, Bonnie
Barratt. Package race, Christina
Swaggart, Nell Beamer. Junior
obstacle race. This was a large
class of young riders and gave
of the council will be present to
explain the entire program and
answer any questions raised con
cerning the project. It is ex
pected that a representative of
the enginering firm of Clark and
Groff will also be present to ans
wer technical questions that
might be raised.
The project as planned by the
council and the engineers will
provide a complete sewer col
lection system for the city and a
treatment plant to be built at the
lower end of town on property
already purchased for that pur
pose. During discussion of the pro
ject at the regular meeting Mon
day evening the council agreed a
general town meeting would be
the best way of acquainting the
public with the plan and how
It will effect and benefit them.
It was brought out that the equiv
alent of the present 10 mill tax
levy now being paid by residents
into a sewer sinking fund, and
the sewer use charge, which will
be Increased from the present
$1.00 per month to $1.50 will pro
bably be sufficient to retire the
bonds and operate the system.
The planned increase in the
sewer use charge would not be
made until the system was in
operation.
Plans call for the retirement
of the bonds over a 25 year period.
Engineer's preliminary draw
ings of the sewer collection sys
tem are available at the city hall
for anyone interested In studying
them.
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Range School Held
For Conservationists
The teehinque of making range
Inventories on ranches was
brought out in a range school for
Soil Conservation Service em
ployees held in Heppner last
Wednesday under the direction of
E. William Anderson, range con
servationist of Pendleton.
Others present were Tom Hel-
seth, district conservationist, and
Rudy Mayko, Pendleton; John
Douglas and George Ott, The
Dalles; Henry Grabenhorst,
Morro; Henry Olscn and Peter
Kirsch, Maupin; Louis Gilliam
and Burrell Lovell, Condon; Louis
Parton and Douglas Price, Her
mlston and Elmer Hill and Tom
Wilson, Heppner.
Scouts to Have Three-
Day Encampment
Members of Boy Scout troop Gl
of Heppner will leave Friday for
a three day camping trip into the
mountains in the vicinity of Par
ker's Mill. The boys will return
Sunday evening,
Accompanying the boys will be
Bradley Fancher, scout master
and Robert Corthell, who will
Join the group each evening.
each a chance to show their hor
ses and horsemanship. Neil
Beamer won best time for this
race with Connie Massey second.
Ladies musical rope race was
won by Larrine Brun. Junior
musical rope races winners were
Geraldine Swaggart, Larry Fetch
and Neil Beamer. Bareback res
cue race, 1st, Dimple Munkers,
Larrine Brun, Christina Swaggart.
2nd, Bill and Bobby Steagles and
Larry Fetch. Cow riding event
which would have done credit to
any rider showed Ed Doherty 1st,
with Charlie Daly 2nd.
Team calf roping was won by
Arch Murchlson, Don Evans and
Oscar George. The Ribbon ropig
and Jackpot calf roping was won
by Arch Murchlson.
This was the largest group of
young wranglers to attend any of
the play days and the program -was
made up for competative
events for these young riders. The v
youngest of these managing their i
pony like veterans, was three
year old Erna Lyn Winchester.
Running a close second was Shir
ley Erwln on her blue mount.
Little Tag Greenup had the mis
fortune to be thrown from her
horse, but later on was back in
the saddle.
Harold Erwin did a grand and
I entertaining job announcing
throughout the afteroon. Evonne
Gammell assisted by keeping
time and score.
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