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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (June 12, 1952)
o or o EUGENE , PENNIES (?) FROM HEAVEN ORE Week of A series of thunder storms over the past week materially bright ened wheat crop prospects throughout Morrow county, and though much of the rainfall ar rived too late to bring maximum benefits, it was welcomed by far mers. Heppner again received the heaviest fall during the three storms to get a total of 1.47 inches. Thursday night's storm brought .40 inches, Monday night, .47 and Tuesday night .50. Single Copies 10 cents Town To Discuss Public Asked to Bring Questions The Heppner school gymnasium will be the scene of a town meet ing called by the city council for 8 o'clock Friday night, June 13 to discuss the $300,000 bond issue plan to build the city's proposed sewer 'system and sewage dis posal plant. Mayor J. O. Turner announced that he and all councilmen will be present to outline the details of the plan to the general public and to answer any quentions that may be raised. Also scheduled to be present are a representative from the firm of Clark and Groff, Salem engineers, who prepared the plans for the system, and Harold Merriman, representative from the State Sanitary authority. Turner stated he will give the general outline of the plan, and the history of the several at tempts made during recent years to get a sewer system built in the city. The meeting will then be opened to questions. The engi neers will have drawings and blue prints of the sewer system and will answer any technical questions that might be raised. Members of the council stated the meeting has been called for the purpose of giving the people all the facts concerning the pro gram prior to the election which will be held on Tuesday, June 24. All expressed the hope that a heavy turnout of residents would be present at the meeting. The $300,000 bond issue, upon which the voters will decide, along with the sewer use charge, will finance the entire cost of the sewer system and the treatment plant. Every home and business building within the city limits will be served by the system. The state sanitary authority has been pressing the city for several years to build the sewer and disposal plant to eliminate the heavy polution in Willow creek. Grand Champion Steers Are Shown At The Dalle's Kenneth Turner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Turner of Sand Hollow exhibited the grand champion pen of steers in the F. F. A. divis ion at The Dalles Fat Livestock Show. Ken also showed a single steer that was eighth in its class and graded choice. Ron Hague wood showed two individual Shorthorn steers. These animals placed second and third in their lass. In the beef showmansnip Ken Turner won a fifth place t ribbon. Eight members of the Future Farmers of America and their instructor spent the three days at The Dalles. The livestock judg ing composed of Ron Haguewood, Ken Turner and Stacey Lovgren placed fourth among twenty teams at the show. The team placed above all other Eastern Oregon teams competing. The first three places went to teams from the Willamette valley. In the hog division five boys exhibited their hogs. They were Jim Hayes, Neil Beamer, Peter Slocum, Jerry Haguewood and Oliver Devine. Beamer won third in swine showmanship, Devin was fourth, and Haguewood was fifth. The placing of the swine within their own market classes Devin's hog Was sixth, Slocum's seventh and Haguewood's also placed seventh. Mr. and Mrs. Kemp Dick and r.arv left Thursdayfor Helena Montana to visit his father Mr. and Mrs. L E. Dick, br. Rain Welcomed by County Wheat Ranchers The storms were general over the county and extended into Umatilla county as welj as across the river into the Horse Heaven hill area in Washington accord ing to reports. The Crum broth ers ranch, north of lone reported a total of .66 inches fell in three days, .10 Thursday, .23 Monday and .33 Tuesday. Further south in the Gooseberry and Eightmile area even a heavier fall was re corded with .31 inches falling on last Thursday. Actual measure Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, June 12, Meeting This ewer Farm Bureau Proposes County Tax Meeting; Favors Road Levy The Morrow County Farm Bu reau held its regular meeting at the Rhea Creek Grange Hall on May 28. Several resolutions, some of which originated in this county and some received from other counties, were approved at this meeting. They recommended a more liberal stand on R. E. A. and public power and recommended that the Federal Agricultural De partment be authorized to build and use a laboratory for research into Hoof and Mouth Disease. The increase in freight rates was discussed and it was urged that whatever measures possible should be taken to prevent these rates being made discriminatory to the people of the West Coast. A continuation of the 10 mill levy for roads was approved and it was decided to sponsor a county wide tax meeting and ask the granges and chamber of com merce to assist with this meeting. Representatives from the State Tax Commission and State High way Commission will be invited to attend this meeting. It hoped that when the date is set for this meeting that residents will set that time aside and plan to at tend the meeting as there will be plenty of opportunity for a clari fication- of many tax problems. The next meeting will be held on June 24. PVT. E2 Wayne R. Wilson, son of Mrs. Doris Wilson and Edwin Wilson ol Heppner has recently been transferred to Fort Bragg, N. C. where he has been as signed to Co. E, Airborne Bat talion for further training. He has been based at Fort Ben ning, Ga. He has been in the service about eight months. Flag Day Services Planned By Elks Public Flag Day services of the Heppner Elk's lodge will be held Sunday, June 15, at 2:30 p. m. at the Elk's lodge. The program will include musi cal selections by Mrs. Juanita Carmichael of Lexington, a his tory of the flag by La Verne Van Marter and Jess Turner and spec iol ceremonies by the officers of the lodge. The public is cordially invited to attend the Flag Day exercises, p o Mr. and Mrs. Verlin Mathews motored to Baker Saturday tak ing his daughter, Miss Verla Mathews that far en route to her home in New Meadows, Idaho after a fortnight's visit here at their home. Mr. and Mrs. C A. Ruggles and Connie left Thursday evening for Portland to attend the Rose Festi val. l "!. .jaw",: v- :' i AJ I " r ' V ' IT ' jy ' ments were unavailable from this area for the early part of this week, but it is known that con siderable rain fell. County agent, N. C. Anderson said Wednesday morning that the rainfall definitely assured a bet ter than average wheat yield for the county. Grain in most areas is quite short but that it is well filled. The present additional moisture, Anderson stated, will give a much heavier wheat kernel and prevent shrinkage. TO Friday Program Chamber Hears Talk on Sewers "In the 80 years of Heppner's existance as a city, the 450 acres of ground on which the city sets has had to absorb over 146 billion gallons of water and more than 2'2 million pounds of soap," Mayor J. O. Turner told the Hepp-ner-Morrow county chamber of commerce Monday noon in ex plaining the sewer program to be presented voters for their ap proval June 24. Mayor Turner and Harold Mer riman, Pendleton who is with the State Sanitary authority, gave a brief explanation of the plan and explained how it would be set up and what the cost would be to residents of Heppner. Both urged all chamber members and city residents to attend the special town meeting this Friday night where representatives of the en gineering firm, the state sanitary authority and members of the council will be present to explain the entire plan and to answer in dividual questions persons might raise. Turner pointed out that all per sons of legal voting age who have resided in Heppner over 30 days prior to the election and who are registered, are eligible to vote. Property ownership is not a re quisite for voting. o Mrs. Bergstrom Gets Merchandising Award Mrs. Ruth E. Bergstrom has been awarded the 1951 Citation of Merit from The Rexall Company in recognition of her exceptional ability in the field of drug store merchandising and unusual initi ative shown in the displaying and selling of Rexall products. Mrs. Bergstrom is the proud owner of the engraved certificate and a personal letter from C. E. Cooper, vice-president of the Rexall Com pany. Mrs. uergsrrom is me sec ond person in this district to re ceive this citation in the history of Humphreys Drug Company. The citation is awarded on the recommendation of drug sales men visiting this district. o Rangemen Schedule Canada Field Trip A visit to the Dominion Range Experimental station near Kam- Ioops, British Columbia, is in store for those who participate in the summer field trip June 24 and 25 sponsored by the northwest sec tion, American Society of Range Management, Chairman Floyd Iverson, Portland forest service employee, has announced. Visitors will see Cattalo, off' spring of a Buffalo and Hereford cross. The second day of the tour will be in the Nicola valley which the Canadians claim has the finest grassland range on the continent. June 23 is the date for the an nual British Columbia Hereford Breeders association field day and range management visitors have been invited to participate. It will be at Vinsula about 25 miles from Kamloopes. o DEALERSHIP ANNOUNCED James J. Farley, owner of Far ley Pontiac company, this week received his appointment as fran chised dealer for Morrow county for CMC trucks and pickups. He will operate this line in conjunc tion with the Pontiac dealership. o Mr. and Mrs. Pirl Howell re turned Sunday from Santa Bar bara, Calif, where they spent the past fortnight visiting meirincts in oDiaining a juhh cuimi daughter, Mrs. Bill Sowell. 'for the work. Bids were received He said wheat prospects in all sections of the county now ap peared good, and though the yield will not equal last year's bumper crop, It will be above average. In most areas the straw is quite short, but the wheat is expected to grade high. In parts of the northern section of the county, around Alpine he report ed exceptionally fine stands. He also reported that unless rains continue, harvesting will proba i 1952 Many Expected Here To Attend Masonic Anniversary Meeting A heavy influx of visitors is expected by the Heppner Maso nic lodge Tuesday, June 17 when the lodge celebrates its 75th anni versary. Arrangemnets are being made to care for 150 persons at the 6:30 banquet which will open the evening program. The meeting, starting at 8 o'clock will be open only to Masons. Main speaker will be Clarence Kopp, well-known Mason from La Grande. Others from here will present various phases of the lodge history. Hugh C. Githens, Berkeley, Calif., a member of the Heppner lodge will be present to receive his 50 year pin. Sam McMillan is general chair man for the event. o Pendleton Rifle Club Sponsoring Meeting Word has been received by the Morrow County Hunters and Ang lers that the Pendleton Rifle Club is sponsoring a meeting at which Major General Merrltt A. Edson, National Rifle Association leader will speak. The meeting is sche duled to begin at 7:30 p. m., June 17, at the junior high cafeteria in Pendleton. An invitation was extended to any interested per sons in Morrow County or any NRA members who might wish to attend this banquet and meeting. Mrs? Paul Brown, Secretary of the Hunters and Anglers will make reservations for those plan ning to attend. General Edson has a distin guished record as a military lead er. As head of the NRA he guides the activities of more than 500, 000 American civilian marksmen organized into more than 8000 affiliated clubs from coast to coast. Also under his guidance will be the basic small arms training schools now operating throughout the country and the junior program which annually teaches thousands of youngsters to handle guns safely. Although Heppner has no ac tive NRA club there are many members who have a keen appre-1 elation of the problems facing the organization today, and would find this meeting worth while at tending. o IONE COUNCIL WORRIED OVER WEED SPRAYING IONE The city council June 3 discussed weed spraying in lone. It is claimed the spray has been doing much damage to trees and flowers in town. A Mr. Wellington, Pendleton, met with the council to explain more about a sewer system for the town. INITIATED INTO HONORARY Ronald Baker of lone was initi ated into Phi Eta Sigma, fresh man honorary at Washington State College. It requires a 3.5 grade average to be eligible for this honorary. He is spending the summer at the home of his parents Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Baker of lone. Weather Research Continuation A continuation of the weather experimentation program carried on in Morrow, Gilliam and Sher man counties for the last two years was voted by members of the Tri -County Weather Research at the annual meeting of the or ganization held last Thursday at Igo grange near Condon. Ralph Crum, director of the Morrow county Weather Research a member of the Tri -County group, reported the nearly 150 persons attending the meeting were strongly in favor of contin ued experjmentation and of join ing with three other nearby dist bly start in about two weeks. Some of the earliest seeding was done on parts of the Lyle Woody estate ranches in the northeast section of the county. No hail was reported in the area from any of the storms, though the Thursday storm caused very heavy hail damage in the Redmond section. Meteor ologists reported a possibility of continued rain through Wednes day. Volume 69, Number 13 New Administrator Named at Pioneer Memorial Hospital Elvin Lee Gronemyer, Seattle, was appointed late last week as administrator of Pioneer Memor ial hospital to replace John Erns dorff who recently announced his recognition to accept another po sition in Spokane. Gronemyer, 27, has been em ployed by the Seattle Scientific Supply company and holds a BS degree in Biology. He is married and has three children. His wife Ann is a registered nurse and will be employed at the hos pital as laboratory and X-ray technician. Gronemyer will take over his new duties here July 1. Ernsdorff, who plans to leave Heppner about July 15 will make his home in Spokane where he will be field agent for Knights of Columbus Fraternal insurance. His district will include all of eastern Washington and northern Idaho. He will also assume part time duties as public relations director for the Spokane General hospital. Ernsdorff has been ad ministrator of the local hospital since January 1, 1951. Mrs. Erns dorff has also worked at the hos pital as surgical supervisor. Ernsdorff this week announced) the employment of three new reg. istered nurses to fill the hospital nursing staff. Mr. and Mrs. Her bert Meador, Portland, both regis tered nurses will arrive here late in June. Both have been em ployed at the Portland Sanitarium hospital. ' Also added to the staff is Mrs. I. G. Stimson, Salem, Missouri Mrs. Meador will as sume her duties this week. The new appointments bring the hos pital nursing staff up to full strength of six registered nurses and six nurses' aids. Picnic Set For Bible Schoolchildren The joint vacation Bible school sponsored by Heppner churches "liirlll Vinlrl n riirnir fnr tbp mem- bm Saturday noon at thc court pv flt T30 a special program win De pre sented by the children at the Christian church. Classes have been held for the past two weeks at both the Methodist and Christian churches with an enrollment of 115 child ren. o SCHOOL EMPLOYEE RETIRES Mrs. Jennie Lewis, who has been employed as janitress at the Heppner schools for the past seven years announced her retire ment from the school system this summer. Mrs. Lewis plans to visit rela tives throughout the middlewest for several weeks, and upon re turn will make her horne in Port land. o Mrs. Grace Nickerson and granddaughter Karen left on Thursday morning for Vallejo, Calif., where they will spend a week visiting relatives. from three companies desiring the contract for the experimenta tion, but the group left the final decision on the contractor up to the directors. One of the three bidders, Weather Resources De veloment corporation, holds the present contract which expires June 30. Bidders were Dr. Krick's organi zation, the present contractor, $73,750; North American Weather Consultants, Pasadena, $70,000 and Precipitation Engineers, of Shelby, Montana, $49,800. The first two stated they planned to use some aircraft cloud seeding in addition to ground generators and the Montana firm would use I "v" K V., - V If i A v w - WHOOPS Early last week this car belonging to C. A. Warren took it upon itself to go for a short trip and wound up on its rear bumper at the foot of the steep bank below the Warren home on south Main street Though it came to an abrupt stop, the dam age was only minor. Last fall another car took a similar trip down the bank from the adjoining house and stopped not SO feet from where the Warren car came to rest. Cut arrived too late for last week's paper. (GT Phtoo) RULES GIVEN FOR CROW, MAGPIE AND RAVEN CONTEST HUNTERS Chairman, Gar Swanson, has further outlined rules and regu lations of the Crow, Raven and Magpie Contest now in force. It has been decided by the Morrow County Hunters and An glers to extend the closing date of the contest to the end of phea sant season this fall. The organi zation will also purchase a .22 rifle to be used as first prize. Business houses in lone, Lexing ton and Heppne: will be called upon to donate prizes. The mer chants were generous with worth while prizes last year and a com plete list and display will be put in a prominent window in Hepp ner so that the contestants can Local Bull Tops At Livestock Show A bull raised and shown by Allen Hughes, local F. F. A. boy was grand champion of all breeds at The Eastern Oregon Livestock Show at Union last week, in the Future Farmers of America Dl vision. Four boys and their instructor spent three days at Union. They took with them two bulls owned and shown by Allen Hughes and three Hereford heifers. The three heifers were chain calves that had been donated to the local Future Farmer chapter. The first place Hereford heifer in the F. F. A. division was owned and shown by Ronald Currin. This animal was of Harshman breeding and is the Hardman Hereford Ranch chain. The second place animal was owned and shown by Jack Monigal, is from the Floyd Worden herd and spon sored by Sears and Roebuck. In fourth place was a heifer owned and shown by John Brosnan. This animal was of Cutsforth breeding and is the O. W. Cutsforth chain. Competition was very keen in this class, and a large number of animals were shown. The fact that all of the animals shown were in the upper four places re flects the superior type of ani mals bred in Morrow county. The livestock judging placed sixth in the judging contest. The team was made up of Ron Hague wood, Stacey Lovgren, and Ken Turner. Ron Haguewood was fifth high individual in the con test and received a banner for his achievement. o WRANGLERS PLAN OVERNIGHT RIDE The annual Wranglers over night ride to the Winchester Cab In will be held Saturday and Sun day June 21 and 22. The date previously set was June 28-29, this was changed because it con flicted with several other events. only ground equipment. All bids were based on a 12 months con tract and prices quoted were for the combined districts of Tri County, Horselleaven, Blue Moun tain and Big Bend districts. Try County's share of such a contract would be approximately $25,000. All bids were based on a flat fee contract, if a performance contract is desired the cost would be much higher, nearly $100,000. While a slight majority of per sons at the meeting preferred a performance type of contract the ultimate decision was left up to the directors. Ralph Crum pointed out that In 5 ... v " 1 " i 1 view what they are working so hard for. Hynd Brothers, Cecil, have offered the usual $25.00 cash donation and Andresen's Sporting Goods shop has offered $15.00 in trade. Counting stations are set up in lone, Gar Swanson in charge, Cecil, Jack Hynd, Lexington, El mer Peterson, and in Heppner both Floyd Tolleson and Irvin Anderson have volunteered to count eggs and legs. Points have been compiled in the following manner: 5 points for each pair of Magpie legs. 1 point for each egg. 10 points for each pair of crow feet, 1 point for each egg. 20 points for each pair of Raven feet and five points for each Raven egg. The contest has met with great success In 1950 and 1951 it is be lieved the nest robbing pests may be Just a little more difficult to ex terminate than before. However, the youngsters who have partici pated in pevlous contests and won prizes feel the work is well worth the effort. As before there will be no age limit for the con testants as long as they obey the rules and show courtesy to the land owners. A word of caution is suggested to those who plan to shoot the birds. It is advisable to have hunting licenses handy and any complaints of tresspass against any contestant will result In dis qualification. Contestants are therefore urged to seek permis sion from the landowner before entering his premises. When the contest ends this fall, 'the Morrow County Hunters and Anglers president, Dr. Tibbies has promised a free movie, refresh ments and the prizes. Members of the committee sponsoring the contest are Gar Swanson, Len Gilliam, Bill Lab hart and Mrs. Paul Brown and Floyd Tolleson. o Irrigon Man Dental School Graduate Robert H. Schmunk, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Schmunk of Irrigon, will become a doctor of dental medicine at the University of Oregon Dental school in Port land at graduation rites Thurs day night, June 12. Schmunk is one of a class of 68 men who are completing the four-year course at the state den tal school. He also is among the 58 who are World War II veter ans. Loyal Parker returned Monday from St. Anthony's hospital in Pendleton where he underwent surgery the last of the week. Mrs. Parker was in Pendleton with him. Approved case of a joint four district con tract is signed each district will be responsible only for raising its own share of the total cost. None will be obligated to make up de ficiencies from other districts. All Morrow county directors were reelected for another term. They are Ralph Crum, Delvin Nelson and Harry Duvall. Van Reitmann, Condon was elected to replace Lloyd Evans, with David Childs and Ralph Potter re-elected from Gilliam county. Sherman county chose Charles Barnett to replace Glen Miller. Others from there are George Wilson and Fritz Watklns.
