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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 24, 1952
Volume 69, Number 19
No Polio Reported
Here; Umatilla
Has 20 Cases
Dr. A. D. MeMurdo, county
health officer, said Wednesday
that there have been no cases of
polio yet reported to him from
Morrow county, though neighbor
ing Umatilla county now has 20
cases on record.
State officials have urged all
residents to take the simple pre
cautions against over exertion
and undue tiredness outlined by
the polio foundation in an effort
to prevent further serious out
break of the disease.
Of the 20 cases in Umatilla
county, a big majority have been
centered in the Milton-Freewater
area. Officials of the National
Foundation for Infantile Paraly
sis have assured Umatilla county
foundation officers that aid will
be provided the county if it Is
necessary.
Molheur county, and Ontario in
particular, has also had a serious
outbreak of the disease, though
not as concentrated as in the
Milton-Freewater area.
Last year three cases of Polio
were treated in Morrow county,
two coming from the Lexington
area and one near Heppner. There
were no deaths.
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Law Changes Now
Exempt Farm Workers
From Wage Control
The Morrow county P. M. A.
early this week received notice
from the Wage Stabilization Board
in Seattle, that agricultural wages
are now exempt from controls.
Congress, by its 1952 .amend
ments to the Defense Production
act, passed just prior to adjourn
ment, exempted from controls,
wages paid for agricultural labor
effective on July 1, 1952.
During recent months there had
been several attempts by agricul
tural employers to establish a
base wage rate for this area, but
without much success.
Several From Here
Attending Cove Camp
Several young people from the
Christian Church junior depart
ment are in Cove this week at
tending youth camp. Included in
the group are Joanne Keithley,
Sharon Bryant, Deloris Easter,
Carol Elliott, Karen Prock, Dianne
McNabb, Fred McNabb, Bobby
Bryant and Wayne Soward. Miss
Marie Soward, Rev. Earl Soward
and Robert Walker drove over
with the children Sunday. Rev.
Soward remained to assist with
classes during the week and will
return with the group on Satur
day afternoon. Three girls who
attended the first week's train
ing at the youth camp were Wil
ma Rothwell, Vickie Barger and
Margaret Hughes.
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Ex Morrow Woman
Dies At Tacoma
Mrs. Matilda King, wife of R. H.
King, passed away in Tacoma,
Washington July 11 at the age
of 74 years.
She was the daughter of the
late W. C. and Mary A. Brown.
She is survived by one son Leo
Nicholson of Ellensburg, Wash.,
three sisters Mrs. Dora Reed of
Spray, Mrs. R. A. Thompson and
Lennie Loudon of Heppner and
one brother Scott Brown of Port
land. She was born near Condon and
leaves many friends.
LOOK, GIRLS-A GOLDMINE!
Census Figures Show County
Overpopulated With Men
Morrow county should be a
good spot for single girls who are
looking for single men, the cen
sus bureau tells us in a recent
oulletin giving many of the facts
and figures correlated from the
1950 count of noses throughout
the country.
The bureau finally came up
with the figures that there are
174 unmarried men irr the county
,.ver 14 years of age. This is part
ly offset by a total of 386 un
married women in the same age
;roup, but there still remains a
woahie maioritv of eligible men.
n all age groups, the men also
outnumbered the women in the
r.mintv hv 411. The bureau to
;al also showed an average of
1.25 persons in every household
in Morrow county.
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draw their own conclusions thetogether, 1110 lived in their own
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NEWEST addition to the Morrow
county skyline is the new ele
vator of the Morrow county
Grain Growers located midway
between Lexington and the
Butter Creek junction. It re
ceived its first wheat Monday.
(GT Photo)
Reckless Driving
Charge Grows Out
Of Car Accident
Glenn Sulisky, 17 of Pendleton
was fined $50 and costs and had
his driver's license suspended for
six months by Justice of the peace
J. O. Hager Wednesday when he
pleaded guilty to a reckless driv
ing charge growing out of an auto
accident at the north end of Main
street in Heppner early Wednes
day morning. ,
Police reported the carwas
traveling at a high rate of speed
when it went out of control on the
Willow creek bridge on north
Main street. It travelled a con
siderable distance before striking
a power pole in front of the
Becket Equipment company and
overturned. The pole was broken
off at the ground causing a
power outage in Heppner.
With Sulisky at the time of the
accident were Melvin Picard and
John Stewart, both of Pendleton.
One of the three received a slight
injury to one arm, the others were
unhurt. The car was badly dam
aged. Power company workmen were
forced to cut off power later Wed
nesday morning while the broken
pole was replaced.
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County Republicans
Choose Turner Prexy
J. O. Turner, mayor of Heppner.
was chosen Monday a chairman
for the Morrow criunty Republi
can central committee at a meet-
ine held at the lone city hall.
Mrs. Bradly Fancher was elected
to the post of vice president, and
Mrs. L. E. Dick Jr. has accepted
the job of secretary.
George Ely, lone, has served as
county Republican chairman for
the past several years, but asked
to be relieved of his duties.
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4-H Club To Hold
Benefit Dance Soon
Members of a 4-11 cooking club
of Condon, the Four Leaf Clover
club, will hold a benefit harvest
dance at the Condon - Memorial
hall Saturday, August 9 for the
purpose of raising funds to char
ter a bus to take club members
to the state fair in Salem In
September.
Mrs. Lloyd Bottemiller, club
leader said the members have al
ready raised $77.76 of the $196.00
necessary for the trip by means
of an amateur show held in May
Club members have refused dona
tions. Dreferrine to earn the
money themselves.
complete report is printed.
"Males numbered 2597 and fe
males 2186 among the 4783 in
habitants of Morrow County, Ore
gon enumerated in the 1950 Cen
sus according to final figures an
nounced by the Bureau of the
Census.
The total population included
47fil whites. 13 Negroes, and G
persons of other races.
The median age of the popula
tion was 31.1 years, while 8.8 per
cent were 65 yeMs old and over.
The number of children under 5
years old was 537. The number
of persons 21 years old and over
was 3012.
Among the 1912 males 14 years
old and over. 1238 were married;
among the 1580 females of these
ages, 1194 were married. Among
the 1155 married couples living
WHEAT CONTINUES
ELEVATORS PLACED
Morrow county's 1952 wheat
crop continues to roll into the
various elevators with good wea
ther favoring harvesting opera
tions. The Morrow county Grain
Growers Monday started accept
ing wheat at its elevator north
of Lexington and manager Bill
Richards said Wednesday that it
was accepting between 25,000 and
30,000 bushels a day at the new
installation. He reported the ele
vator is not entirely completed
but that work had progressed to a
point where grain could be ac
cepted, materially shortening the
Heppner Grocery
Entered Wednesday
Another case of break add enter
was reported to police Wednesday
morning by James and Rod Thom
son, owners of Thomson Bros,
grocery in Heppner.
Thomson's reported they found
the back doors of the store forced
when they opened the business.
As far as could be ascertained no
money or merchandise was miss
ing. Three doors leading into the
rear of the store had been opened
giving the intruders access to the
building. An outer screen door
had been pulled loose and the
next door apparently pried open.
A third door leading into a store
room had been opened by force,
breaking the lock from the door
jamb.
Thomson surmised that the
burglars had been frightened
away before having time to raij
the establishment. He said there
was a small amount of money in
the cash register, which was un
touched, and as far as they could
tell there was no beer, cigarettes
or other merchandise missing.
This is the third Morrow county
grocery store broken into within
the past several weeks. Both lone
grocery stores suffered a similar
breakin, recently with the intru
ders taking cash or merchandise
from both stores. No arrests have
been made in these cases.
Chfef of police Charles Gomil
lion, again this week warned
residents and business men to
take particular care in seeing that
doors are locked and proper pre
cautions taken to prevent easy
entrance into a home or store. He
also asked citizens to report to
the police anyone acting suspici
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Pilgrimage Delegates
Are Homeward Bound
The United Nations pilgrimage,
of which Jack Sumner is a mem
ber, started home from New York
City on the afternoon of Friday
July IS
While there, besides visiting
the United Nations, they climbed
the Statue of Liberty, visited
Coney Island, Grant's Tomb, The
tavern where George Washington
bade farewell to his troops in
1783, the automat and had a
guided tour of Rockefeller Center.
They also had a three hour boat
trip around Manhattan Island, be
sides the many different places
they ate and other points of in
terest they visited.
Jack will be available to speak
before groups about his trip, upon
his return home.
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E. E. Gonty and Ray went to
Portland over the weekend to get
Mrs. Gonty, Virginia and Tommy.
They had been there while Vir
ginia was in the Good Samaritan
hospital for a two weeks check up.
households, while 45 were sharing
the households of others. The
total number of households was
1464 and the average population
per household was 3.25 persons.
Of persons 14 years old and
over, 2052 were in the labor force,
comprising 85.1 per cent of the
males and 26.8 per cent of the
females in this group age. Of em
ployed workers, 7.3 per cent were
engaged in manufacturing.
The median years of school
completed by persons 25 years old
and over was 10.6.
The median income in 1949 of
families and unrelated Individ
uals was $2821.
The data on education and in
come are based on inquiries made
of a sample of one in five of the
whole population, while the other
data are based upon complete
enumeration."
TO ROLL; NEW
IN OPERATION
haul for many farmers in
that
area.
The Lexington elevators of the
company are receiving around
40,000 bushels per day at the pre
sent, and Richards stated that1
harvest was in full swing in most,
sections of the county except in!
some of the higher ' elevations,
which are expected to start oper
ations next week.
The other new elevator built
this summer by the Grain Grow
ers at Ruggs will be In operation
by this weekend or next Monday
at the latest, according to Rich
ards. While indications are for a
smaller crop in the county( than
was harvested last year, some re
ports show an-even higher yield
than last year. Leonard Carlson,
Gooseberry rancher reported he
had finished a 100 acre fiel
last weekend with an average of
41 bushels to the acre. He claimed
several of his neighbors had
fields that show up equally well.
Up until Wednesday afternoon
there had been no reports of any
grain fires anywhere in the area
nor have ranchers yet had to
worry about inunaersiorms
hail.
New Lexington
Well Now in Use
The new Lexington city well
has now been completed and a
recent volume test showed it to
produce 150 gallons per minutH.
The city reservoir was thoro
ughly cleaned on Tuesday night,
of last week and refilled with new
water from the test pump. A new
city pump is expected very soon
and it is hoped by city officials
that in another week the city will
be using water from the new well
almost entirely.
Drilling was done by Mr. Jen
son, lone well driller.
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Local Soroptimists
At Washington Meet
The American Federation of
Soroptimist Clubs which is hold
ing its convention at the Statler
hotel in Washington, D. C, from
Sunday, July 20th, through July
25th, is the outgrowth of an or
ganization which was founded in
Oakland, California, in 1921 by a
group of civic-minded executive
women, interested in being of ser
vice to their community. The
organization has grown into the
largest, though youngest, inter
national association of classified
executive women in the world,
with three great federations:
American Federation, Federation
of Great Britian and Ireland and
the European Federation. These
are united in the Soroptimist In
ternational association
The northwestern region of the
American Federation, which in
cludes the Soroptimist Club in
Heppner, is comprised of Oregon,
Washington, Montana, Alaska
and the Idaho Panhandle. Mrs,
Lily Ijuarnberg of Vancouver,
Washington is the regional direc
tor. Attending the convention in
Washington from Heppner are
Mrs. Clara Gertson and Mrs
Pearl Devine. In addition to a
heavy schedule of business ses
sions each day, there will be
evening entertainment at the
various dinners by the Williams
burg players and other prominent
groups. Wednesday the dele
gates and visitors will be given a
play day and taken on a tour
of Washington, D. C. and histori
cal landmarks nearby.
More than 200 members of
clubs in the American Federation
of Soroptimist Clubs will leave,
following the Washington con
vention, for Copenhagen, Den
mark, to attend the convention of
the Soroptimist International As
sociation to be held there in
August. This will be attended by
members and delegates from So
roptimist Clubs throughout the
world. The theme of this con
vention is "Moulding the Future"
and will deal with the question
of juvenile delinquency, the
handicapped child and the illegi
timate child in legislation.
Mrs. Gertson and Mrs. Devine
will be among those coiUinuing
on to the Copenhagen Conven
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Mr. and Mrs. Dick Borman and
daughter Lynda and Darlene Con
nor spent last week in San Fran
cisco visiting Mrs. Borman's sis
ter, Rachel Cox, Airman 1c who
is stationed at Hamilton Field air
base near the bay city,
Mr. and Mrs. William Eucknum
have returned from a motor trip
which took them to various points
of interest in Canada. They visit
ed Calgary, Banff and Lake
Louise and returned by way of
Glacier Park,
Rodeo and Fair Activities to
Open With Saturday Dance
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QUEEN KATHRYN Campbell and her Royal Court will make their first appearance at the Heppner
fair pavilion Saturday night during the Klckoff dance. Surrounding Queen Kathryn In the pic
ture are left to right, princesses Wilma Daliell, lone; Rieta Graves, Lexington; Grace Miller,
Boardman and Shirley Myers, Lena.
Royal Court to
Make Initial
Public Appearance
A fair and rodeo Kickoff dance
this Saturday night at the fair
pavilion in Heppner will open a
series of dances and activities
leading up to the Morrow county
fair and rodeo September 5, 0 and
7.
The traditional klckoff dance
will present queen Kathryn
Campbell and her court to the
Accident Plague
Residents This Week
Minor accidents plagued resi
dents of the vicinity during the
past week. P. L. Winters, 11, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Winters was
badly cut on the leg when his
horse ran away with him and
through a barbed wire fence.
Thirteen stitches were taken to
close the wound.
Richard Morgan, 12, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ariel T. Morgan also ran
amuck of barbed wire, cutting
himself severely, when chasing
his bantam chicken at the farm.
Gayle Normoyle, 5, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Normyle fell
off "the daveno, cutting her head
above the right eye.
Larry Allen Basset t of Tigard
who is working for the summer
at the Marquardt ranch caught
his clothing in the combine in
such a manner that his foot was
run into the wheel. X-rays showed
no break but the foot was badly
bruised.
William Judd, working at the
Wilkinson ranch, smashed his
right hand while irrigating a
field.
All were treated at the office of
a local physician.
HOSPITAL NEWS
New Arrivals To Mr. and Mrs
Marvin Howell, Monument a 7 lb.
boy born July 23, named Jackie
Lee. To Mr. and Mrs. Jack Healy
Heppner a 8 lb. 4 oz. boy July 23.
To Mr. and Mrs. Ian Jamieson,
Conc'on a 6 lb. 12 oz. girl July 24,
named Mary Elizabeth.
Medical Robert Vogel, The
Dalles; Mrs. Neva Wells, Hepp
ner, transferred to Pendleton;
Gertrude Cullifer, Klamath Falls,
dismissed; Mrs. Jackie Wells,
Heppner, dismissed; Elmer Pal
mer, Heppner, dismissed; Moses
Duran, Heppner, dismissed; Phy
liss Murphy, Fossil, dismissed.
Major Surgery Mrs. Agatha O'
Brien, Spray.
Minor Surgery Mary Vander
Vorh, Kinzua, dismissed.
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Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Wilhite,
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Creswick, Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Quackenbush and
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Grant drove
over to Redmond Sunday to spend
the day picnicking at Peterson
Rock Gardens.
public for the first time. The girls
recently appeared at the Condon
rodeo but have made no public
appearances at home.
Jack Van Winkle, chairman for
the dance, announced arrange
ments have been made with Ken
Knott, Portland orchestra leader
to provide the music for the even
ing. Knott, a comparative new
comer to Portland and Oregon,
has had many years experience In
the radio and musical field. He
was formerly musical arranger
for several network radio shows
in New York. Prior to that lie
was music arranger at radio sta
tin WLW in Cincinnati. He has
also been pianist at several New
York theaters, He will bring his
"SKYWATCH" PROGRAM EFFECTIVE
MORE LOCAL WATCHERS REQUESTED
A report received this week by
county "Ojx'ration Skywatch"
directors from the air defense fil
ter center in Portland states that
aircraft reporting and tracking
activities during the first week of
21-hur duty have proven of value
to the nation's air defense sys
tem. TTiey reported hundreds of
tracks representing low-flying air
craft and not previously picked
up on ADC's radar net, have been
fed into the air detection system
from local filler centers.
Although operations reports
showed the ground observer
corps was o'rating with only 50
per cent of the required number
Special Speakers
To Appear Next Week
At Assembly of God
Two special missionary services
are planned at the Heppner As
sembly of God church this week
according to Rev. Nels Fast, pas
tor. On Sunday, July 27 at 7:45 p
m. Rev. and Mrs. Harry G. Downey
will be the guest speakers, and on
Thursday, July 31, the special
sneaker will be Rev. and Mrs.
Norman A. Webster. This service
will also start at 7:45 p. m.
The Downeys have recently re
turned from eight years of mis
sionary work in Belgian Congo,
Africa. They will describe their
work there and show pictures of
life among the African Pigmies.
The Websters who have spent
the past four years in missionary
work in Hawaii will describe the
work of the church there. They
witnessed the 1950 eruption of
Mauna Loa and have many col
ored pictures of the eruption as
well as other scenes from the
islands.
The public is welcome to both
services.
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Mrs. Robert Kelly of Portland is
visiting at the home of her par
ents Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ferguson.
Weekend houseguests of Mr.
and Mrs. Lester Doolittle were
their son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Doolittle and
son Dennis of Portland.
5-piece band here Saturday.
In addition to queen Kathryn,
her court of four princesses will
be present at the dance. They are
Princess Grace Miller, Boardman,
who will be, the honoree at her
own Princess dance to be held at
the pavilion Saturday, August 2;
Princess Shirley Myers, Lena;
Princess Rieta Graves of Lexing
ton and Princess Wllma Dalzell,
lone. The other princesses will be
honored at dances on successive
weekends prior to the fair and
rodeo.
Van Winkle announced that
dancing would be from 9 until 1
with admission of $1.50 per person
being charged.
of posts and that not all of these
were sufficiently manned to per
mit continuous 24-hour operation,
reporting activities were said to
lie better and more efficient than
at any previous time.
Heppner observers stated they
were still in need of many more
persons to adequately man the
post here. Several persons have
volunteered since last week, but
that many more were needed if
Morrow county was to provide a
necessary link in the overall ob
server plan. Anyone interested
in aiding is asked to contact
Ervln Anderson or Bradley Fan
cher. According to officials of the Air
Defense program, the reason for
instituting the 24-hour watch is
because the Russians could at
any time they choose, send over
a force of at least 400 heavy
bombers and strike at important
military and civilian installations
in this country. They point out
that radar is valuable, and is be
ing used, but that it cannot pick
up ground observer corps watch
ers. o
New Guard at Heppner
Pool, Hours Changed
Archie pad berg has been ap
pointed new lifeguard at the
Heppner municipal swimming
pool replacing Bob Deter, who re
cently resigned to give more time
to private business, according to
Dr. L. D. Tibbies, pool director.
Padberg announced that new
hours are now in effect with the
pool open every day of the week
from 1 to 5, and each evening ex
cept Saturday from 7 until 9
o'clock.
Padberg has had several years
of lifeguard experience and Red
Cross training He was previous
ly a swimming Instructor at Mil
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Mr. and Mrs. James Sumner
will occupy the Turner residence
on W. Church street during Mrs.
Turner's absence in Alaska. They
will remain until the beginning
of school at which time they ex
pect to move to Hood River where
Mrs. Sumner has a teaching contract.