Image provided by: Morrow County Museum; Heppner, OR
About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (July 10, 1952)
L! 1KASY U or 0 EUGENE, ORE Taft or Ike? The Battle Rages On! Single Copies 10 cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 10, 1952 Volume 69, Number 17 Stated S- - - " T UHJ.MU(W U I JIHW V w : -CI my - V wt-j STILL UNDECIDED is the question of whether Senator Robert A. Taft or General Dwight Eisenhower will be the Republican presi dential nominee. The CO? national convention, now well along in the fourth day, will probably start nominating speeches some time Thursday night Balloting could continue well into Friday, though most radio commentators predict a decision by at least the third vote. Ballots during previous days have shown an in creasing strength for the General but there is much talking to be done before the decision is made. THE DALLES HAD 106 ... . 7? Degrees Wednesday " Top Summer came to Eastern Ore gon in fact all of Oregon, with a bang this week with Wednesday's gigh of 97 setting a record maxi mum for this year according to Heppner weather observer, Leon ard Gilliam. Today (Thursday) promised to bp even hotter with a record of 82 being recorded at 7 o'clock in the morning. The Wednesday morning reading at the same hour was 75. Heppner fared much better than did many other parts of the state however, with The Dalles chalking up a torrid 106 on Wed nesday. Other points along the river also received temperatures HEPPNER WOMEN TO ATTEND TWO CONVENTIONS IN WASHINGTON, EUROPE Mrs. Clara Gertson and Mrs. Pearl Devlne have been elected to represent the Sorophimist club of Heppner as delegates to the 12th biennial convention of the Ameri can Federation of Soroptimist clubs which will be held at the Statler Hotel, Washington, D. C, during the week of July 20, through July 25. Theme of this Convention, which will be attended by more than 1,000 members and dele gates from Soroptimist club in the United States, Canada, Alas ka, Hawaii, Brazil and Cuba, will be "Stand Up and Be Counted". Miss L. Grace Nicholls of Toronto, Canada, president of the Ameri can Federation, will preside. Margaret Hickey, editor of pub lic affairs of the Ladies Home Journal will give the keynote ad dress at the opening session. Frieda S. Miller, Director of the Women's Bureau, U. S. Depart ment of Labor, will be principal speaker at the business session on Thursday morning, July 24. Madam S. Tiers, of Paris, France, President of the French National Union of Soroptimists, will be guest of the American Federation during the Convention. Dame Caroline Haslett, a prominent So roptimist of London, England, will give a message to the assem blage on Friday, the closing day of the convention. Business sessions of the con vention will be devoted to the discussion of work done during the past two years; plans for the Help Asked Finding Teacher Housing Leonard Pate, Heppner school superintendent, this week asked the help of Heppner residents in obtaining living quarters for new teachers due to arrive shortly. Pate stated that in many cases rentals were desired, but that one or two had expressed the desire to buy homes here but were un able to find satisfactory houses listed for sale. Pate asked that anyone know ing of either rentals or homes for sale contact him at the school. 1 2 Take Cross-Country Ride Over Holidays Twelve local residents spent the Fourth of July weekend on a trail ride to Ukiah and return. Mem bers of the party trucked their horses to the Winchester cabin on Ditch creek and started the ride from there. In Ukiah the group stayed at the Fletcher dude ranch. Those making the trip were Lee Beckner, Crystal Ober, Steve Walker, Cal Sumner and daugh ter and Jay Sumner, Katherine Monahan, Al Nance, Ernie, Lois and Erna Lyn Winchester and Janet Howton. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baker re turned Sunday evening from a weekend trip to Portland and Salem where they visited with Mr .Baker's father who is recuper ating from major surgery at a hospital there. For Summer above the 100 mark. On Tuesday when Ileppnor's was 92, Hermis ton reached 101. Throughout the entire state temperature records were being set and there was no definite in dication of cooler weather except the possibility of thunderstorms this weekend. The barometer was dropping slightly in Heppner Thursday, morning which could indicate approaching thunder storms. ' Even though Wednesday's of ficial high was 97, many down town merchants and shoppers would guarantee it fell at least 10 degrees hotter. coming biennium; forums on laws, publicity, classifications, legislation and international re lations and general Federation business. The concluding session will be devoted to International Relations, with a report of the work accomplished during the past four years by the American Federation on the program out lined at the last Convention of the Soroptimist International As sociation at Harrogate, England, and reports on projects to be pre sented at the coming Soroptimist International Convention which will be held in Copenhagen, Don mark, in August, 1952. Mrs. Gertson and Mrs. Devine will leave Heppner on July 17th. Following the Convention in Washington, they will have a week in New York before sailing on the Queen Mary for Europe. They will attend the Soroptimist International Convention in Copenhagen as well as visit Am sterdan, Brussels, Paris London and other points of interest. Report of UN Tour Received Here From Jack Sumner According to word received by Mr. and Mrs. Cal Sumner from their son Jack, who is on the Uni ted Nations tour sponsored by the Oddfellows lodge, on the first night out they saw a ball game in Spokane. The second night, which was July 5, they stayed in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. They were greeted there by a bag pipe reception and dinner by the IOOF and Rebekahs. He said, it took them over an hour at the customs station going into Canada and everyones lug gage was examined thoroughly. o lone 4th Celebration Attracts Good Crowd Ione's Fourth of July celebra tion was acclaimed as very suc cessful as good crowds attended all events. lone took the honors in the afternoon baseball game, defeat ing Wasco 4 to 1. A fine display of lireworks was shown later in the evening and a large crowd at tended the dance in the Legion hall. The Legion had their chuck wagon going during the after noon and evening and the auxil iary held a Bingo game during the afternoon. LEG BROKEN J. O. Hager, Heppner justice of the peace Monday received a broken leg when he was kicked by a cow while working at his dairy. The break, near the knee, was not serious, but it will be in a cast for some time. o STILL HOSPITALIZED II. O. Ely who was injured re cently in an accident on highway 30 is reported improving at a Pen dleton hospital. Mrs. Ely, who was also slightly injured is con valescing at the home of their son, Elvin Ely at Boardrnan. County Road Oiling Projects Nearly Completed Oiling of 8.2 miles of county roads in the lone-Gooseberry and the Lexington-Blackhorse areas will be completed by this Thurs day, the county court reported this week. Both sections were construction with the cooperative assistance of farmers of the areas, The Russell Olson construction Company, Pendleton, oiling con tractor completed the four and one-half miles of the Gooseberry road Tuesday and expects to have the Blackhorse road finished within the following two days. The court also announced the same contractor will oil the .2 of a mile of county road which is an extension of Riverside street in Heppner connecting with the highway. . This is similar to an extension of Main street in lone that was oiled two years ago. Members of the court made a complete inspection of all county oiling projects Tuesday including the Irrigon -Ordnance road which is being built through the use of defense access funds. This road will be ready for oiling shortly. The court also reported that the state highway commission has allocated $7,500 for reconstruc tion and oiling of the Paterson ferry county road connecting with the highway. Work on this pro ject has not yet started. Another six miles of oiling in the Irrigon area is planned for this summer, court officials stated, in sections where maintenance of school bus routes is difficult. County judge Garnet Barratt stated the court was very pleased with the progress of the summer road program for the county and that it was progressing according to schedule. Routine Problems Face Councilmen Routine business occupied the big share of Heppner council men's evening Monday with the city well and the swimming pool coming in for the most discussion. It was reported the new well being drilled on the Frank Wil kinson property has reached a depth of 62 feet but that trouble has been encountered with brok en casing and other drilling dif ficulties. The possibility of mov ing a short distance and starting over was discussed, but it wasi decided to watch the operation carefully for a short time before making any decision. Some water has been obtained in the present hole but the shallow depth indicated it probably was surface water. The council required applica tions for lifeguard at the swim ming pool, as Bob Deter, present guard has turned in his resigna tion effective July 15. An ordinance closing an alley between the Harold Hill and Frank E. Parker residences on south Main street was passed on the third reading. The alley, though dedicated many years ago has never been opened or used. Two building permits were granted, to Floyd Becket for the construction of a store room, $1000 and to Interior Warehouse for the erection of three steel grain bins at the cost of $G000. r e i. I i doctai security Man Again Due in Heppner "To file or not to file for Social Security benefits?" is a question being pondered by many persons 65 years of age or over. A new method for figuring soc ial security benefit payments be came effective for the first time at the middle of this year which in most cases will result in higher payments. To take advantage of this, however, many persons will have to delay filing their claims. Ben Kantner, field representa tive of the sociald security ad ministration in La Grande will be at the city hall in Heppner on Thursday, July 17 from 9 o'clock until noon to answer questions regarding social security benefits. Two Leave Monday for Air Force Service Jack Yeager, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Yeager and George Moore, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clar ence Moore left Monday to start a four-year enlistment in the Air Force Both men were senf to Oakland, Calif., for two months training after which they will be given a two-weeks furlough be fore being stationed. Moore is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Neill of Heppner. School Advisory Committee Proposes Six-Point Program MORROW GRAIN FIRST TO REACH PORTLAND, HARVEST WELL STARTED Four carloads of new crop wheat arrived at the Kerr-Gifford company in Portland Monday af ternoon which was shipped from the Morrow County Grain Grow ers Lexington elevator. It was the first to reach Portland. Kerr-Gifford rated it as an ex ceptionally good first shipment with weights running from 62.2 pounds to the bushel down to 59.7 pounds. Wheat weighing 60 pounds to the bushel is rated No. 1. Bill Richards, Grain Growers manager stated Wednesday that the crop was beginning to come into the Lexington elevators in increasing quantities. 30,000 bus hels a day is expected to be re ceived and it will increase to County Wheat Support Raised The Morrow county FMA an nounced Wednesday that the sup port price on wheat was raised three cents effective July 1 to re flect 90 percent of parity as of that date. This will bring the Support rate of wheat in the county to $2.24 a bushel. In 1952 warehouse charges are to be figured on a sliding scale with the rate on warehouse stored wheat to start at $2.13 in July, up to $2.14 and $2.15 de pending upo nthe date of deposit in the warehouse. Furnace Blast Does Damage to Church A furnace explosion at the Christian church sometime Sun day night did considerable dam age to the building according to Rev. Earl Soward, pastor who discovered the blast the next day. Considerable plaster was knocked from walls of both the basement and upstairs rooms with the dining room suffering the worst. Sunday school rooms in the basement and the choir loft adjoining the auditorium also suffered loss of plaster. Many rooms also received a generous deposit of soot. While the extent of the damage is not yet known, the oil furnace is known to have sustained con siderable damage and many of the heat pipes throughout the building were blown apart. There was no fire following the ex plosion. Artesian Well Hit Near Lexington A good flowing well was brought in last Saturday on the W. C. Van Winkle ranch in Clark canyon southwest of Lex ington. The well which is pro ducing about 60 gallons per min ute of clear soft water was drilled only about 50 feet from former dug well which had been In use for many years. The artesian! flow had no effect on the old well which had to be abandoned due to cave-in. A .M. Edwards was the driller, o Mr. and Mrs. Ted Pierson and daughters, Marjorie and Rose Marie, spent July 4th at the Bucknum cabin on Willow Creek.1 I I . ; . jf PICTURED above are Mrs. Clara B. Gertson, outgoing president of the Soroptimist club of Heppner; Mrs. Catherine Borsch, assist ant attorney general of Oregon, who was the installing officer at the Soroptimist installation dinner held June 28; and Mrs. Grace Nlckerion, the new president of about 50,000 bushels by this Saturday. Richards said the wheat appeared good and there were many reports of excellent yields from several fields. Richards' said that some grain was being received at the lone elevator of the company but that it would be next week before the rush would start there. Two New Teachers Sign Contracts For Coming Year Two new teachers for the Hepp ner schools returned their con tracts to the school board this week, Leonard Pate, superinten dent announced Wednesday. The two petitions filled are coach and science teachers for the high school. Stephen Trukositz, a graduate of the University of Idaho and a former football player there will handle the Heppner coaching for the coming year. He will also teach health and physical edu cation. Trukositz is married and has four small children. His wife is a registered nurse. Filling the position as vice principal for the high school and science teacher will be E. J. Dob- bie, who has been teaching for several years in Montana. He is at present attending summer ses sions at the University of Wash ington. He is married and has two children. Several other positions are still open in the Heppner school sys tem, though applications have been received for all vacancies. o All Lookouts and Guard Stations Now Manned in Forest Wayne West, forest service sup ervisor for the Heppner district announced this week that all lookouts and guard stations in the district are now manned and ready for the summer fire season. At Madison butte are Mr. and Mrs. William L. McCaleb Jr.; Tamarack lookout, Mr. and Mrs. Blain Thompson and at Wheeler point lookout are Mr. and Mrs. Don Cochran. West stated the man and wife combinations used this year on all lookouts is expected to work exceptionally well allowing the man to be used for smoke chas ing when necessary without leav ing the station unmanned. Fire suppression crew for the district is under the direction of Bert Bleakman and Includes Ed ward Grover, James Ware and James Phegley. The Tupper slash crew is composed of Charles Rey nolds, foreman, Mike Grant and Bill Frame who is a student at the University of Minnesota. West stated that though the past few days has brought dan gerous fire weather, the woods are not yet considered serious, however the forest service is pre pared for any emergensy. One lightning fire is the only blaze reported so far this season and it caused no damage. West stated that during the past five years there have been only two man-caused fires in the district. the club. New Grade School Major Point of Plan A six-point program designed to bring the Heppner schools up to standard and eliminate a seri ous classroom shortage was pre sented to the Heppner school board at its Monday night meet ing by the 12-member lay ad visory building committee ap pointmented three months ago by the board. Main points called for in the report were the construction of a nine-room grade school, expan sion of the present gymnasium building to provide adequate floor space and additional class rooms, a street relocation de signed to provide ground for the new building and a limited re modeling of the present school building to give larger classrooms and additional rest room facili ties. A self-amortizing plan for lighting the football field was also included in the program. Cost of the suggested plan was set by the committee at $300,000. Plans have been considered for several years by the school board for some form of a building pro gram, brought on by a steady In creasing student registration which in the coming year will probably necesltate the holding of one or more classes someplace outside the building. The advis ory committee was asked to in vestigate the overall problems in the school system and suggest a possible course for the board to follow. The committee report is in no way binding upon the board, but was designed merely as a guide or an Indication of what the general public felt was the most pressing needs In the schools. Members of the committee were selected from throughout the en tire district which includes a considerable area outside Hepp ner. They are: Robert Penland, chairman; Elmer Palmer, W. C. Rosewall, Jos. J. Nys, William Barratt, Robert Campbell, Paul Hisler, Howard Keithley, Mrs. Os car George, Mrs. Stephen Thomp son, Mrs. Paul Brown and Mrs. John Pfeiffer. The complete report of the committee follows: During recent weeks the advis ory building committee appointed by the school board to investigate the needs of the Heppner schools has made a careful study of the present plant and enrollment and has unanimously approved the following report which it feels is necessary to give the Heppner schools a plant which will meet required standards of education yet not be excessive in its de mands on taxpayers for construc tion and operation. The following six-point pro gram is recommended by the committee: 1 The construction of a nine room grade school on property now owned by the school district adjacent to and directly north of the present school building fol lowing the revised plans prepar ed by Charles B. Miller, Pendle ton architect. The building would be similar in plan to the original plans developed by the school board with the exception of the north wing housing a gymnas ium, stage and other activity rooms. This building will pro vide adequate classroom space for the elementary grades, the most pressing need in the school system. It will also remove the younger students from the same building as the older students, which the committee feels is ad visable. The present heating plant is adequate to care for the needs of the additional building, elim inating a major item of cost. 2 The closure of the present D street in Heppner, necessary if the new building is to be built on the presently available pro perty and the construction of a new street further north, roughly on the present site of Hinton creek which would have to be moved slightly to provide right-of-way, connecting Elder street and the Mghway east past the fair grounds. The committee feels the construction of such a street is necessary to provide access to the area and should be considered as a part of any expansion pro gram developed by the school board. a The extension of the present gymnasium to the west approx imately 46 feet which will pro vide a standard size basketball floor with ample seating and which can be used as two sep arate courts during physical ed ucation classes. This addition will also provide two floors be low the gymnasium addition which can be used for classroom space for such courses as shop, band etc., and probably can be used for cafeteria space. The ac tual classes using this area can better be worked out by school officials at a later date. 4 Purchase of necessary new equipment for the grade school building. 5 The installation of lights on the rodeo field so that games could be held at night rather than during the afternoons. It is suggested that the school dist rict obtain a satisfactory written agreement with the Morrow county Fair and Rodeo board so that the school will be in a legal position to undertake this pro ject. It is further suggested that at least 50 per cent of the receipts from football games and other school activities held at the field be set aside in a fund with which to amortize out the cost of in stalling such lights. The com mittee feels that the additional attendance which will be gained by holding football games at night will provide funds for re payment. 6 A limited remodeling pro- gram for the present building which will provide badly needed additional rest rooms, larger classrooms and space for some additional courses not now pro vided in the Heppner schools due to lack of space. Using architect's and engin eers estimates the approximate cost of the various projects Is outlined below. . The committee feels that it will be necessary for the school board to submit to the voters of the dis trict a proiwsal for a $300,000 bond issue to finance the sug gested progam. The cost to tax payers of such an issue, if set up on a 15-year retirement plan would be approximately five and one-half mills per year. The valuation of the Heppner school district is set up on tax rolls as $4,240,000 which would give a bonding capacity of $424,- 000. It is suggested that the district should not bond itself for any greater amount than the $300,000 leaving some bond ing capacity in reserve for emer gency. The distribution of the $300,- 000 over the various suggested projects is as follows: Grade school building, $159.- 600 (architect's estimate) Gymnasium addition, $59,000 (architect's estimate) Street construction, $20000 (best available estimate) Equipment for new building, $15,000, Football field lighting, $10,000 (engineer's figures) Remodeling of present building, , $36,400. This figure is a rough guess but it is suggested that it be used by the school board to the best advantage under a plan to be worked out by the board. With large classes of students coming in future years the com mittee feels the suggestions made herein will provide the minimum necessary facilities with which the district can provide a standard acceptable educational program for the children of the area. The new elementary school, in par ticular, will provide proper facil ities for the education of the smaller chlldren the ones the committee feels are most serious ly in need of better and larger classrooms..Such a plant will also aid materially in keeping, and getting in the future, teachers with high educational qualifi cations. The committee feels that carry ing out the above recommenda tions will most (adequately meet our present situation without indue burden upon the tax payers. League Championship Game Set For lone A playoff game to decide the championship of the Wheat-Timber baseball league will be played at the lone turf field on Sunday, July 13 starting at 2:30 according to lone Legion officials. lone and Condon are currently tied for top spot in the league, each with one defeat. .The game will decide the tiophy holder. Admission is 75 and 25 cents.
