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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, October 23, 1952
Volume 69, Number 32
Street Closure
For Heppner School
Expansion Talked
Members of the Heppner school
board met with the city council
Monday evening to urge passing
of an ordinance calling for the
closure of D street between Court
and Elder streets. The street is
immediately north of the present
Heppner school and the land is
needed for the construction of the
planned new elementary school
The school district has agreed to
build another street north of the
present location of D street ap
proximately paralleling the chan
nel of Hinton creek.
The request was made follow
ing publication of a notice of
street closure and the council ex
pressed willingness to agree to
the closure and substitute street,
but explained to the school board
members that an engineers' sur
vey of the location of the new
street was necessary so that ft
could be included in the ordi
nance. L. E. Dick, chairman of
the board, indicated the survey
would be made and the council
indicated it would have the ordi
nance prepared for reading at the
next meeting early in November.
The agreement to the street
closure is necessary before the
school board pan continue with
plans for school expansion as all
such plans must meet the ap
proval of the state board of edu
cation. When such approval is
granted, the board will present
the plan to the voters in asking
for a bond issue to finance the
building and remodeling pro
gram. The council also took action to:
apply for state highway funds
to be used for widening and
paving of South Court street from
the courthouse to the city limits
at Alfalfa street. The money for
this project is to come from a
special state highway fund set up
specifically to aid cities where
traffic requires better streets. The
state highway department's esti
mate the cost is around $19,000
and they will provide $15,000 of
the amount. The council autho
rized the highway department to
do the work, probably next spring.
An application for the special
money was filed previously.
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Junior Class Chooses
Cast For Annual Play
The Junior Class of Heppner
High School is planning to pre
sent "Act Your Age" a comedy in
three acts, the latter part of No
vember in the high school audi
torium. ,
Tihs is a story out of patriot
Ism, the story of two fourteen year
old kids passing themselves off as
young ladies to a pair of lone
some sailors. With that type of
a lead, it's a whirl of fun for
complications.
The following have been chosen
for the parts in the play: Jery and
Angy, two 14-year olds, June Pri
vett and Loree Stager; Cora, a
mean hand at cooking and
wrestling, Lorita Stark. Helga,
her wrestling partner, Nancy
Eberhardt (their practice bouts
play for howls). Aunt Sandra,
Sharon Becket, one minute of her
charming self and the next an
impish brat; lumbering Gadget,
Al Parent, with a weakness for
girls and food; Jim, James Mc
Clintock; quiet and good looking;
blustery Commander Stone, Dick
Williamson and a Western Union
Girl, Adelia Anderson who is also
assistant director.
For the number of laughs per
minute this is one of the funniest
plays of the season and is being
produced by special arrangement
with the Dramatic Publishing
Company of Chicago, 111. B. J.
Mickelsen is in charge of pro
duction. o
Episcopal Church To
Hold Confirmation
It was announced that Sunday,
November 9, confirmation services
will be held in All Saints Episco
pal Church with he Rt. Rev. Lane
W. Barton, Bishop of the Eastern
Oregon Diocese of Episcopal
chruches, present for the service
of the laying on of hands. This
will be held at 11:00 o'clock in
the morning. The Confirmation
Class will be presented by the
Rev. Elvon L. Tull, Vicar of All
Saints.
The Confirmation services will
be preceded by a pot luck dinner
on Saturday evening, November 8,
at 6:30 o'clock in the Parish house.
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Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Smead of
Portland were weekend house
guests of Dr. and Mrs. Archie D.
McMurdo. The gentlemen did
some hunting the last of
week.
Conservation Program
For Coming Year to
To Be Set Up Shortly
A new approach to conservation
of soil and water resources on
individual farms has been an
nounced by USDAfor the 1953
Agricultural Conservation Pro
gram. Farm conservation plans will
be drawn up by Morrow-county
farmers with their community
committemen starting December
1 according to H.G. Campbell, the
Chairman of the Morrow county
PMA Committee. The plans will
be made and recorded before
January 1st, 1953, instead of at
any time during the year as in the
past year. Assistance for conser
vation practices under the Agrl
cultural Conservation Program for
the coming year will be based on
these, farm plans.
Each farmer will be notified of
the date on which his committee
man expects to- call on him or
the date on which a planning
meeting will be held in his neigh
borhood.
A listing of the practices most
needed to restore or maintain fer
tility, prevent erosion, or conserve
water on his farm will be made
by each farmer with the aid of
his community committeeman.
A decision will be made by the
farmer as to which is the most
needed conservation practice to be
carried out during 1953 and for
which he needs financial assist
ance. The most needed practice
agreed on between the farmer and
his committeeman will be given
first priority;' when the county
committee reviews the farm plans
for all farms in the county. Pro
gram assistance funds will be ap
proved first for these "first pri
ority" practices for every farmer
in the county who files a request
for assistance. .Second, third and
fourth priority practices will be
approved in that order until all
county ACP funds are committed.
Farmers will be notified prior
to the beginning of the program
year of the practices approved
and the amount of assistance ap
proved for each.
In this way each farmer will
know before the beginning of his
farm year how much money has
been set aside to help him carry
out his most needed conserva
tion practice or practices in 1953.
This system will avoid running
out of assistance funds before the
end of the year thus leaving out
some farmers who badly need the
help, Mr. Campbell said.
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What Do You Know
. . Rain!
Maybe it wasn't much, but
at least it was rain I
Leonard Gilliam, Heppner
weather observer recorded .13
inches of rain Monday even
ing in the first shower to hit
Heppner or Morrow county in
over a month. Though it did
little more than settle the
dust, it was welcomed by
ranchers and city dwellers
alike.
Rainfall has been notice
ably missing since July first
with only 1.23 inches having
fallen in the three and one
half months.
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County Traffic
Accidents Decline
Only f Oregon counties
Lane, Morrow, Tillamook, Union
and Yamhill succeeded in reduc
ing traffic accidents, injuries and
deaths during the first six months
of this year, Secretary of State
harl I. Newbry reported Friday.
Hve other counties reduced ac
cidents alone, eight cut down on
injuries, and 10 racked up im
proved death counts, but the re
maining counties reported in
creasing traffic accidents and in
juries over the same period of
1951.
Morrow county had 59 acci-
as compared with 63 accidents, 23
injuries, and 4 deaths for the
same period last year.
Newbry said perhaps the most
notable record for the six months
period was made by Lane county
which, although heavily popu
lated and faced with tremend
ous traffic congestion problems,
cut accidents from 2,577 to 2,518
recorded 24 fewer injuries and
reduced traffic deaths from 21
to 13.
Only state-wide reduction dur
ing the entire period was in the
number of traffic deaths, 181 as
compared with 191 at the end of
June last year, but this slack
has since been taken-up by high
tolls during summer months. Ac
cidents and injuries resulting
from traffic smash-ups are con-
tinuing to enmo in Oregon as
elsewhere, Newbry concluded.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ayers
motored to Hermiston Tuesday to
thejspend the day visiting with his
j sister, Mrs. Roy Coxen and family J
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MORE TARGETS Pheasant hunters will have 300 more targets for
their shots since the release near
golian pheasants last week. Shown are Glen ward, Heppner em
ployee of the state game commission, Roy Dickinson, Hermiston
and state policeman Bill Labhart holding an armload of the
choice birds. The Mongolian pheasant Is similar to ths better
known Chinese pheasant but is slightly larger. The birds were
released at various points throughout the area. The pheasant
season opens at noon Friday, October 24. (GT Photo)
MUSTANGS LOSE TO MAUPIN 21-0;
MEET GRANT UNION THERE FRIDAY
The Heppner Mustangs suffered!
lilt 11 111 31 fMl UCHIY Jl II LC UWH
last Friday at the hands of the
Maupin high school eleven. It
was Heppner's first league en
counter. Heppner suffered a ser
ious weight disadvantage in the
game with Maupin averaging 10
pounds per man more than the
local squad.
Coach Steve Trukositz gave the
Maupin squad credit by saying
they played the cleanest football
of any team Heppner has met
this year.
Special praise was given to Bill
Hughes and Wesley Marlatt by
Chamber Hears Talks
On Ballot Measures
The first of a series of meet
ings devoted to discussion of the
many measures to appear on the
general election ballot was held
last Monday by the Heppner
Morrow county chamber of com
merce. Eight of the twenty measures
were discussed by various mem
bers of the organization who had
been assigned the task of pre
senting an impartial discussion
of the bills by J. O. Turner, the
chairman of the legislative com
mittee. The discussion will cover
the remainder of the measures
during the remaining meetings
prior to election.
C. A. Tom and Robert E. Smith,
both candidates for state repre
sentative were present at the
meeting and" gave short expla
notions of two of the measures
referred by the. last legislature,
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Fair Board Receives
Final Fund Payment
Morrow county fair board presi
dent, Steve Thompson, has re
ceived word from Howard G.
Smith, secretary of the Oregon
Fairs association, that this county;
this week is scheduled to receive,
a final 1952 payment of 4,155.55 in'
fair support money alloted by the
state from pari-mutuel racing
funds. A check for this amount
is to be mailed from the Secretary,
of Stale's officp Thursdav. '
Morrow county earlier this year
received a first payment of $8,
614.45. The final payment will
bring 4he year's total to $12,800.
This figure represents 'each
county's share of the $160,800 ap
portioned this year from pari
mutuel revenues. These funds
are ear-marked for fair premiums,
new . construction and mainten
ance. An additional $104,800 has gone
to 10 other major Oregon agricul
tural shows, to bring the 1952
payments from pari-mutuel reve
nues to $565,600. A total of $368,
094.88 has been retained in the
Oregon state general fund.
Smith pointed out that without
these funds most of the fairs this
year would have been unable to
operate satisfactorially because of
increased costs of material, labor
and other expenses.
"If the revenue is removed," he
said, "two courses are open. Either
each county must raise a com
parable amount by taxation or
we must revert to a sub-standard
fair for 4-H and future farmers
only, with reduced premiums."
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FATHER'S DEATH CALLS
LEONARD PATE
Leonard' L. Pate left Sunday
for Peru, Nebraska, following re
ceipt of word of the death of his
father, W. It. Pate.
Mr. i-aie, wno nas Deen a
teacher in Nebraska for 50 years
retired in 1916 on completion of
23 years as president of Peru
State Teachers College.
Leonard Pate plans to return to
Heppner early next week.
Iltl ,
Heppner of a truckload of Mon
their coach for both offensive and
defensive play. Two Mustangs
were injured in the game, Rus
sell Taylor suffering with a
shoulder separation and Bill
Hughes with a broken nose. It is
doubtful that either will see act
ion against Grant Union next
Friday.
The first quarter was evenly
played with neither team scoring.
The period that hurt Heppner
most was the second with Mau
pin's Mel Ambrose scoring twice
and making one conversion. In
this quarter Heppner penetrated
to the Maupin 9 yard line but
lost the ball on downs. Halftlme
score was 13-0. The third quarter
saw Heppner score once only to
have the play nullified. Maupin
scored 8 points in the final period
with Ambrose again carrying the
ball. The final tally was 21 to 0.
In first downs Maupin held a
slight edge with 13 to 10.
Next Friday Heppner will be
trying to get back into the win
column when they travel to John
Day for a night game with Grant
Union which is an A school. Pro
bable starting lineup for this
game is:
Jim Green QB
Jack Sumner FB
Lyle Jensen LH
Wendell Connor RII
Ron Currin E
Dick Kononen E
Jack Monagle T
Ralph Marlatt T
Wes Marlatt G
Roger Palmer G.
Larry Mollahan C
Jaycec-Ettes Set
Rummage Sale Date
The date for the annual Jaycee
E'tte rummage sale has been set
for November 7 and 8 according
to Mrs. Robert Ferrell, committee
chairman for the event. It will be
held at Fulleton Chevrolet com
pany. Proceeds from the sale go
to finance the organizations kin
dergarten. The committee said that it is
especially in need of toys, house
hold goods, good used clothinz
and white elephants and anyone
having any donations mav call
2902 to have them picked up.
Thev also said the Hennner
Cleaners has offered to clean the
clothing free of charge if it is
received before November 4. It
can either be taken to the cleaners I
or a phone call to 2902 serve to
provide the donor with pickup
service.
Other committee members for
the sale are Mrs. Harold Huber
and Mrs. Everett Keithley.
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F. F. A. Project Bull
SoldatMidco Sale
Allen Hughes exhibited and
sold a bull at the seventh annual
Midco beef cattle sale held Mon
day at Moro. The animal was
raised as part of his F. F. A. pro
ject. The bull graded II and was sold
to George Ward of Shaniko for
$600.
Three other F. F. A. members
attended the sale with their in
structor, James Allen. They were
John Brosnan who assisted
Hughes in showing his bull, Ron
ald Currin and Jim Hayes who
were interested in buying founda
tion females.
Allen also said Jim Wightman
this week received his check for
his three-eights blood wool fleece
which he exhibited and which
placed first in its class at the
Pacific International.
Mrs. Hairy O'Donnell, Sr., re
turned from Portland Monday
evening after spending several
days in the city on business and
pleasure.
DECISION ON AWARD OF
SEWER CONTRACT PENDS
Soroptimist Plan
Annual Hayride
For Hallowe'en
All Heppner school students
from the sevenjh grade through
high school will again be treat
ed to a Hayride Hallowe'en night,
Friday, October 31 under the
sponsorship of the Heppner So
roptimist club.
Trucks will be on hand at the
high school at 7:30 in the even
ing to transport the students to
the Cutsforth Willow creek lodge
park for the evening's entertain
ment according to club officers
n charge of the program. One
trcuk will remain to bring stu
dents and football players who
will return later from Moro where
the' Heppner taam is playing that
afternoon.
Club officers asked all boys and
girls to be present on time and
also said that all must ride on the
trucks as no private cars will be
allowed.
As in past years, the annual
event will provide an evening of
entertainment for the students
with the Soroptimists providing
leadership, transportation, re
freshments and chaperoning. The!
event has been held for several!
years.
To raise funds for the party the
Soroptimists will hold a card
party Monday, October 27 at 8
o'clock at the Episcopal parish
nouse. Tickets will be available
from any Soroptimist member.
Names Filed For
All City Positions,
Heppner voters will have at
least one name for every city of-
fice to vote for November 4 wful
the recent filing by present Mayor
J. O. Turner to succeed himself
for the position. He had previous
ly stated his desire to be relieved
of the duties as city head, but
agreed to serve another term.
As announced previously, five
persons have filed for the three
council positions now filled by
Dr. L. D. Tibbies, E. E. Gonty and
W .C. Rosewall. All three have
indicated their intention to run
again for the positions and two
others, Jeff Carter and Frank An
dresen have also filed.
All names will appear on a
special city ballot to be voted on
at the general election November
4. :
MORROW COUNTY FARM
BUREAU TO MEET
The Morrow county farm bu
reau will meet at the Oddfellows
hall in Lexington Tuesday, Octo
ber 28 at 8:00 p. m.
C. A. Tom and Robert E. Smith,
candidates for the legislature,
will discuss some of the measures
on the November ballot.
TO HOLD POTLUCK
The Heppner American Legion
and auxiliary will hold a joint
pot luck social October 27 at 6:30
p. m. at the Legion hall it was
announced today by officers. It is
to be followed by a scavenger
hunt. Members ars asked to bring
a gift for the Legion gift shop.
WAY OF LIFE IN GERMANY
DESCRIBED BY VISITING PREACHER
By Mrs. Ray Barnett
Rev. E. J. Maisch, field repre
sentative to Europe for the As
semblies of God spoke to a large
crowd Tursday evening, October
16, at the Assembly of God church
He recently returned from a six
month's preaching tour in Ger
many, Sweden, France, Switzer
land and Italy. Most of the time
was spent in Germany.
People nightly packed out what
ever tent or building was being
used long before a service began.
In Germany, the crowds ranged
from 700 to 2,000. In Sweden at
a week's convention, he spoke to
crowds of from 23,000 to 24,000.
They seemed eager to hear and
accept the Gospel.
Rev. Maisch personally -dls
tributed 4 tons of clothing, which
had been sent by him from the
Churches in Oregon, Washington,
Idaho, and Montana. He endeav
ored to better understand the peo
ple by living on their same level.
The menu was black bread, tea
and a little potato. He found it to
be barely sufficient. His bed was
a concrete basement floor with a
Car Strikes Boy in
Own Front Yard, Arm
Break Suffered
A six year old boy, Jackie Day
of Heppner suffered a broken arm
Saturday when struck in his own
front yard by a pickup in which
the hoys mother was a passen
ger.
The accident occurred at the
home of J. W. Sowards on Aiken
street when the brakes failed on
the car driven by George L. Baker
of Juntura, Oregon, as he drove
up in the front of the house. He
was bringing the child's mother,
Mrs. Annie Day to Heppner and
she was planning on taking the
boy to Juntura witli her. ,
According to the report by
sheriff C. J. D. Bauman the brakes
on the pickup failed just as Baker
attempted to stop in front of the
house, the car traveling on
through a fence and stopping
against the front porch of the
building. The boy was playing
in the yard. He was taken to the
Pioneer Memorial hospital for
treatment.
Chest Drive To
Start Monday
the community Chest drive
will start off with a kick-off
breakfast Monday morning at 7:30
a. m. at O'Donnell's for all work
ers on the campaign, announces
Heppner chairman James J. Far
ley.
An intensive campaign of the
business district will be held on
Monday and Tuesday, with hopes
that the residential district can
be covered within the week.
The county goal this year is
$4,000 with Heppner being as
signed 50 percent of that and lone,
Lexington, Boardman and Irrl
gon dividing the other 50 percent.
13toOWinFor
Ponies Over Condon
The Heppner grade school pon
ies toppled Condon grade school
at Condon last Friday by a score
of 13 to 0.
The Ponies encountered a fired
up Condon team and didn't begin
to score until the second half.
Condon received and began a
drive only to be halted on the
Ponies 15 yard line by a line play
by Kay Corbin, Jerry Dougherty
and Ed Olson.
The Ponies hit pay dirt early in
tho-third quarter when Jerry Dou
gherty slipped off tackle behind
some nice blocking to run 35
yards for a touchdown. Eddie Ol
son intercepted a Condon pass
giving the Ponies another touch
down, and Dougherty's pass to
Dick Ruhl for the extra point gave
the Ponies a 13 to 0 mrgin.
Coach Jim Peterson had praise
for the line blocking and tack
ling the boys did.
The Ponies wind up their season
Thursday with an inter squad
game at 4:00 p. m. between the
blues and the golds.
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EXAMINER DUE
The secretary of state's office
announces that a drivers license
examiner will be on duty in Hepp
ner Tuesday, October 28 at the
court house between 9:30 and
3:30.
single quilt. All of his personal
belongings were given to people
whom he considered needed them
more than himself.
The German people prepare liv
ing quarters by digging out rub
bish and debris from basements
of bombed buildings. After the
basements are cleaned a roof of
tin is added, and held in place
with bricks. (Bricks are plentiful.
Children use them for toys.) Ten
and twelve people live In each
room.
Picks, shovels, and wheel-bar-rows
are the tools used for this
work. All other machinery has
Deen destroyed or taken away.
Much of the debris will never
be cleared away. Some of the
ruins are rharked with crudely
painted crosses, indicating where
relatives died and the bodies
have never been found.
Thirty dollars per month is the
common wage, and living ex
penses are higher than in Amer
ica. A pound of coffee costs $4.00,
said Rev. Maisch.
He plans to return to Europe
next April for another preaching
tour.
City Receives
17 Bids For
Construction Job
Bids for the construction of
Heppner's new sewer system and
sewage treatment plant were
opened by the city council last
Thursday evening and as soon as
a compilation of the figures can
be completed by the engineers the
contracts will be awarded. The
council expressed satisfaction
with the bids in that most were
within the estimate prepared by
Uie engineers.
In all instances bids were made
separately for the sewer system
and the sewage disposal plant
and the amounts of the bids
varied widely. Nine were received
for the sewer system varying from
$121,t67.15 up to $198,423; and
eight firms bid on the treatment
plant with these figures varying
from $84,190 to $121,750.
Apparent low bidder for the
sewer system was the Charles
Schmiedeskamp company, Port
land with a base offer of $121,967-
15, and for the treatment plant
the Atlas Construction company,
Portland with a bid of $84,190.
The engineers and members of the
council pointed out however, that
there are many items of cost in
addition to the base contract bid,
which .require careful study and
consideration and a totaling of
these figures could very possibly
show one of the other firms as the
actual low bidder. The engineers,
Clark & Groff, Salem, are still
correlating the various additional
figures, so they are not yet avail
able, but the firm stated Wedens
day that they would be completed
within a few days and will be pre-
sented to the council for its de
cision by this weekend.
The council has many decisions
to make before any contract can
be signed such as the length of
time specified to complete the
projects, the order in which the
Jobs will be done in addition to
many other points. Most of the
companies bidding however,
stated their willingness to start
work as soon as possible.
Following is the complete list
of bidders on the two projects.
The figures shown are only the
base contract and do not give the
additional contingencies men
tioned previously. Where two fig
ures are shown, the first is for In
stallation of concrete sewer pipe,
the second is clay pipe.
Sewer system:
Everett Den Herder, Medford,
$198,324.50 and $212,229.50.
Coast Construction "Co., Junc
tion City, $134,847 and $149,331.
Charles Schmiedeskamp, Port
and, $121,967.15 and $132,901.85.
P. S. Lord Co., Portland, $139,-
627.50.
Empire Construction Co., Port
land, $176,892.50.
C. M. Corkum, Portland, $198,.
423.
Aflas Construction Co., Port
land, $148,605 and $164,212.
II. V. Carl and II. C. Werner,
Salem and Eugene, $169,606.50
and $198,477.
Treatment Plant. Figures do not
Include equipment which is esti
mated to cost about $20,000:
Everett L. Wiggins, Portland,
$105,421.
Atlas Construction Co., Port
land, $84,190.
Goldie Gentle, Portland, $96,.
590.
Charles Schmiedeskamp, Port
land, $107,879.
II. V. Carl, II. C. Werner, & II.
Den Herder, $110,400.
P. S. Lord Co., Portland, $91,
916. Empire Construction Co., $93,
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C. M. Corkum, $121,750.
Armed Forces Take
Two Men From Area
The selective service office In
Condon announced this week
that two men from this area, one
of them from Heppner, left Con
don October 22 for induction into
the armed services at Portland.
Eddie Martin Gunderson, Hepp.
ner and Scotty Grant Reed, Spray
were the two local residents. Two
other men who were former regis
trants with this board, Robert L.
Hollen and George Candido Gut
tlerrez completed the list of In
ductees through this board lor
October.
Mrs. Florence L. Morgan, clerk
of the board also advised all vet
erans entitled to combat pay or
mustering out pay that she now
has the necessary forms required
for such applications.