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In This Issue Heppner
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Gerald A. Settles
Reported Killed
In Korean Action
Mr. and Mrs. Emroy R. Settles
of Heppner, Monday received
word from the Army that their
son Pfc Gerald A. Settles, 19 was
killed in action in Korea on No
vember 18. The telegram gave
no details and stated that a letter
would follow. He is the first
Heppner boy to lose his life in
the Korean battle, and was serv
ing with the 25th Infantry divi
sion. Pfc. Settles entered the armed
forces on September 10, 1951
shortly after his graduation from
Heppner high school in June of
that year. He trained for the Air
borne and later transferred to the
Infantry. He was sent to the Pa
cific this spring and has been
serving front line duty since June
8.
Surviving, besides his parents,
are two brothers, Herbert Gene,
Heppner, who this fall returned
from two years of service with
the armed forces much of which
was spent in Korea; and Emery
Jay, a student at the Heppner
school; and one sister, Mrs. Jean
ette May Padberg of Milwaukie,
Oregon.
4-H Club Council
Elects New Officers
Election of officers was the
main order of business at the
regular monthly meeting of the
South Morrow 4-H Club Council,
which was held last Thursday
everting at the county agent's of
fice, i
Elected chairman for the new
club year was Harold Peck, wit';
Muriel Palmer, vice-chairman;
Donna Bergstrom, secretary and
Esther Anderson, treasurer.
A committee was appointed for
remodeling the kitchen at the
Club House at the fair grounds
with Dorris Graves, chairman,
Esther Anderson and Harold Peck.
Geese Thick, Hunting
Good Near Blalock
The state police report this
week that goose hunting has been
excellent in the Blalock area be
low Arlington with most hunters
reporting limit bags of the big
birds. They have been coming in
off the reserve along the river
and feeding on the grain fields
near the bluffs.
The Boardman area has also
been producing good hunting for
both ducks and geese according
to reports.
Export Program To Be
Talked at Wheat Meet
Gordon P. Boals, director of ex
port programs for the Millers Na
tional Federation, will be one of
the principal speakers at thwil
ver anniversary annual meeting
of the Oregon Wheatgrowers Lea
gue Dec. 4, 5, and 6 at the Mult
nomah hotel in Portland.
Boals, who returned recently
post early this year, is the former
head of the grain division of the
office of foreign agricultural re
lations, U. S. department of agri
culture. He was a speaker at last
year's annual League meeting.
Boals' subject Dec. 5 at the
meeting will be 'The Market Out
look in Southeast Asia."
Baols, who returned recently
from a trip through much of Asia
the Middle East and Europe, was
cautiously optimistic about the
possibility of increasing wheat
and flour exports to that area.
Must countries in Southeast
Asia are showing an increased
interest in wheat and flour im
ports into some European nations
are faced with policies of ex
clusion or restriction, he noted.
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Mrs. Benton Clark who has been
a patient for several weeks at St.
Mary's Hospital in Walla Walla
returned to her Rhea creek home
Saturday.
Mrs. M. R. Wightman left Sun
day for Seattle to attend market
week. She plans on returning
Wednesday evening.
Among those going to Portland
over the weekend for the football
game were Mr. and Mrs. Harry
O'Donnell, Jr.
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KILLED IN ACTION Pfc. Gerald
A. Settles who has been report
ed a casualty of the Korean
war. He is the son cf Mr. and
Mrs. E. R. Settles of Heppner.
Many From Morrow
Attend Baker Meet
At the Oregon Farm Bureau
Convention held at Baker Nov.
17-21, Morrow County captured
some of the awards which were
given. These awards were pre
sented at the annual banquet
held on Thursday evening. Mor
row County captured second
place for the number of miles
traveled by the delegates. Kla
math County received first place.
While they did not have as many
delegates present of course they
had a farther distance to travel.
The first place winners in the
4-H Club Essay Contest sponsored
last spring received Honorable
Mention in the State Contest.
These winners were Nancy Gray-
beal of Irrigon, and Mardine
Baker pi lone.
On tt.t; program during Ihe corV
vention there were many out
standing speakers among whom
were: R. E. Short, Vice-President
of the American Farm Bureau
Federation; Mrs. Paul Palmer,
Vice-President American Farm
Bureau Women; Ed Bell, Manager
Oregon Wheat Commission;
Robert Alton, First Vice-President
U. S. National Bank, Portland;
Thomas P. Guerin, Deputy Direc
tor for Oregon U. S. Treasury De
partment; and T. H. Lipscomb,
Colonel Corps of Engineers.
During the convention the Mor
row County delegation presented
Mrs. Markham Baker, Morrow
County Farm Bureau Secretary,
who is serving her fourth year
in that capacity, a lovely punch
bowl set in appreciation of her
services.
Those attending the convention
from Morrow County were: Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth Peck, Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Barratt, Mr. and Mrs.
Gene Majeske, Mr. and Mrs. Gene
Cutsforth, Mr. and Mrs. Orville
Cutsforth, Mr. and Mrs. Irven
Rauch, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hell
ker, Mr. Donald Heliker and Mr.
and Mrs. Markham Baker.
IONE MAN IN KOREA
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bergstrom of
lone have received word from
their son Sgt. Arthur C. Bergstrom
saying he had arrived safely in
Korea. He hopes to be back in the
United States by next Thanks
giving. o
Mr. and Mrs. John Saager and
son Monte were in town over the
weekend. They came to move
their furniture to St. Helenes
where they are now located.
Mrs. Leslie Pruitt left Friday
for her home in Springfield after
a week's visit in Heppner with her
aunt, Mrs. Frank Ayers and other
relatives. The Ayers took her to
the train at Hinkle.
DID YOU KNOW
By O. M. Veager
Heppner Gazet, Xtra:?? April
14, 1900.
Heppner Gazette only 4 bits for
3 months.
Go to Matlock & Hart's for your
vegetables, fruits, etc., always
fresh.
Good Heavy Overalls at 39 cents
per pair at The Fair.
Drop into the Heppner Candy
Factory and get free samples of
the fresh, home-made candies
now produced here.
If you want to buy some very
low priced ranches, see George
Wells, at Conser & Warren's drug
store.
Merchants
Heppner Gazette
Grain Growers
Call Special Meet,
Manager Named
Lloyd Howton, chairman of the
board of directors, announced
Tuesday that there will be a con
tinuation of the annual meeting
of the Morrow County Grain
Growers at 1:30 p. m., Monday,
December 1 at the American
Legion hall in Heppner.
At the first session of the an
nual meeting two weeks ago, the
members decided that to give
proper consideration to the im
portant business before them, a
second meeting at a later date
would be necessary.
Howton also announced that
this will be an opportunity for the
members to meet their new man
ager, Al Lamb of Puyallup, Wash
ington. Lamb, who was recom
mended to the directors as a very
capable choice for the position,
left vacant by the resignation of
Bill Richards. He was interviewed
by the board last Friday and took
over his duties the following Mon
day., At the present time Lamb is
staying at the Heppner Hotel, but
will move his family here from
Puyallup as soon as a residence
can be found.
Remodeling Started
On Heppner Bank
Work was started this week on
an extensive remodeling program
at the Heppner branch of the
First National Bank of Portland.
The entire interior of the build
ing will be remodeled and rear
ranged, moving the tellers win
dows to one side of the lobby and
p4acin the officials' offices In the
rear. The main entrance is being
moved closer to the corner of the
building to allow room for the
rearrangement.
The work is expected to take
several weeks to complete.
Saturday Meet To
Discuss Dam Project
' The Upper Columbia River De
velopment commission will hold a
meeting Saturday Nov. 29 at 1:00
p. m. in the school at Boardman.
This is a special meeting, open
to the public, prior to a
meeting scheduled for a later
date, with the army engineers.
The main purpose is to discuss
the present planned height of the
dam, which will drown out much
of the area.
Model Club Meeting
Set For December 2
There will be a meeting of the
Model club on Tuesday evening,
December 2 at Andresen's Sport
ing Goods, Frank Andresen, own
er stated this week. All members
and interested persons are invited
to aid in making arrangements
to organize the club.
Andresen said he plans to have
some special prizes for the mem
bers.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ruggles
had as their weekend guests her
brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs.
Serai Searcy of Spokane. They
hae just recently sold their hard
ware store there and are starting
on a vacation.
Nelson Bailey, Charles Beckett,
i Herbert Settles, Nate McBride and
Cy Walker drove over to Echo on
Monday evening where they were
given the Second Degree in the
Oddfellows Lodge. They were ac
companied by Jesse C. Payne.
Bishop has just received a full
line of tents, wagon covers and
stockmen's bed-sheets.
Mrs. L. J. Estes has secured the
services of Miss Clarke, an east
ern trimmer who came on last
night's train to Heppner.
Henry Heppner, the pioneer
founder of the town, returned on
Tuesday from his trip to Western
Oregon and California. Of all the
towns he visited, not one would
outshine this town of Heppner in
general business conditions. In
fact, in volume of actual business
handled, Heppner in proportion
to its population, is away ahead
of almost all of them.
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Times, Thursday, November 27, 1952
RETURN TRIPS SCHEDULED This picture taken last year during
one of his visits to Heppner, shows Santa greeting a big gathering
of Morrow county youngsters. According to reliable sources, Mr.
Claus is plcnning to make two visits to Heppner again this year,
the first one will probably be on Saturday, December 6.
Martin Reid Services
Held Here Tuesday
. Martin Reid - f. Ocean Lake,
Oregon, a former Heppner resi
dent, passed away Friday, No
vember 21 at the Emanuel hos
pital in Portland following a long
illness. He was 67 years of age.
Mr. Reid was born February 12,
1885 in Bradley, S. Dakota and
came to Oregon in 1901 with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Reid.
He was married to Myrtle Pickett
at Heppner May 28, 1908. They
had one daughter, Lois Winches
ter, a resident of Heppner.
Funeral services were held on
Tuesday at the Christian church
with Rev. Earl L Soward officiat
ing. Interment was in the Maso
nic cemetery.
Reid was associated with his
father in the Reid sawmill near
Black butte for several years,
then in a lumber yard in Hepp
ner. Selling this in 1927, he
moved to Portland where he op
erated a garage. In 1935 he moved
to Lincoln Beach, Lincoln county,
where he owned and operated a
motel and garage. They later
moved to Ocean Lake.
Surviving are his widow, Myr
tle, Ocean Lake; his daughter,
Lois Winchester, Heppner; two
grandchildren, Lowell Lee Turner,
and Erna Lynn Winchester, Hepp
ner; three brothers, Arthur, Eu
gene; Lon, Baker; Clarence, Her
miston; and one sister, Clara
Gertson of Heppner.
Among those in Heppner Tues
day for the services were Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond Reid and Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Reid, Eugene; Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Reid, Hermis
ton; Mrs. Ida Tumor, Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Clark and Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Pickett, Portland; Mr. and
Mrs. C. N. Anhorn, Central Point,
and Mr. and Mrs. Nolan Turner,
Bend.
IN NEW OFFICE
P. W. Mahoney, Heppner attor
ney has moved into his new office
on north Main street in the build
ing recently constructed by W. C.
Collins. The new large quarters
are finished in hardwood panel
ing and are completely modern in
every detail.
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Mr. and Mrs. John Bergstrom
will have as their guests at their
country home in Eightmile dur
ing the Thanksgiving weekend,
Mr. and Mrs. Don Jones of Baker;
Mr. and Mrs. Merle Plank of
Salem; Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Osmin; Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Wright and family; Mr. and Mrs.
R. D. Allstott, Jr., of Hermiston
and Gerald and Marilyn Berg
strom of Corvallis.
Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Scott of
Hermiston spent the weekend in
Heppner visiting relatives.
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Barratt Elected
County Assn. Veep
Morrow county judge Garnet
Barratt last Friday was elected
vice president of Association of
Oregon Counties at the closing
session of the organization's tlee
day meeting in Portland. Chosen
president was Judge E. G. Arnold
of Linn county.
Attending the meeting in addi
tion to judge and Mrs. Barratt
were county commissioner and
Mrs. Ralph I. Thompson of Hepp
ner. Oregon Veterans
Bonus Deadline Mon.
With the Oregon veterans'
bonus deadline less than one
week away, a decided upsurge in
claims filed has been noted in the
past several days, the Depart
ment of Veterans' Affairs reported
today. The last date to apply is
Monday, December 1.
H. C. Saalfeld, bonus supervisor
for the state veterans' depart
ment, said veterans and survivors
of deceased ex-service men have
been applying recently at the rate
of about 300 a day, or double the
previous volume. Some 10.000,
veterans have yet to apply.
The bonus supervisor said num
erous inquiries indicate that some
veterans think if they don't re
ceive their bonus checks by Dec.
1, they won't be paid.
"Such is not the case," Saalfeld
declared. "The date of December
Is the deadline for applying, not
for payment of the bonus. The Im
portant thing is that veterans, or, Pottor Condon, a 6 lb. 2 oz.
the surviving unremarried widow b born Nov 22, named David
children or parents of deceased ,warren
veterans get their applications in Mln0 surgery Joan Shannon,
tne man on or betore Monday,
December 1."
While certified copies of mili
tary discharge papers must be
submitted to support the bonus
application, veterans were ad-
vised that they should submit the
application alone if time prevents
them from obtaining the support
ing documents before the dead
line. Where this is done, the appli
cant should attach a note to his
application stating that the docu
ments will be submitted as soon
as available.
The bonus division is concen
trating on clearing up some 9,000
back-logged applications where
evidence of foreign duty, resi
dence, and other items are miss
ing. o
Mrs. LaVerne Van Marter was
in Portland the first of the week,
returning home on Teusday.
Top Gift Suggestions
Christmas Season to
Bring Santa Visits,
Free Children' s Shows
With the arrival of the Christ
mas season, arrangements are be
ing made by the Heppner-Morrow
county chamber of commerce and
other civic organizations for a
series of special Yule events
' planned for the month of Decern
, ber.
Topmost in the minds of the
younger residents especially, will
be the visits of the best known
of all Christmas guests, Santa
Claus. According to information
released last Monday at the
chamber of commerce meeting,
Santa is planning two excursions
to Morrow county, one on Satur
day, December 6 and again on the
20th. The time of his arrival in
town was not yet established but
it is reasonably certain that on
his first visit he will arrive at
Mercury Hits Low
Of 1 Tuesday A. M.
Heppner had its coldest night
of the current winter early this
week when the mercury in the of
ficial government thermometer
recorded a low of 7 degrees above
zero early Tuesday morning.
Sunday night was chilly too,
but the mercury got no further
down than 13 degrees that day.
Monday's high temperaVire was
only 25 as fog blew In from the
Columbia to cut off the sun's rays
during most of the day. -
Reports from the Hermjston
area tell of that section of the
state being blanketed by a con
tinual heavy freezing fog during
the past several days.
Roads in most areas were re
ported as free from ice, but the
fog layer kept traffic at a slower-than-usual
pace.
Missionaries Speak
At Assembly of God
Rev. and Mrs. Emil Schneider,
returned missionaries from Chile,
South America showed slides and
spoke at the Assembly of God
Church November 20. They told of
their work in Chile and of the
living conditions there.
In Chile, 80 of the people are
diseased, due to malnutrition, ex
posure, unsanltatlon, and crowded
homes' Most of them cannot af
ford stoves for heating, and use
charcoal burners for cooking.
Some are so poor they make their
homes beneath houses or bridges.
They are very appreciative to
ward the missionaries, and ex
tremely reverent in church.
Through the Gospel they found
health and better living habits,
they said.
Rev. and Mrs. Schnider were
formerly pastors at Irrigon.
On Wednesday evening a spe
cial musical program was pre
sented by the young people of the
church.
HOSPITAL NEWS
New Arrivals To Mr. and Mrs
Jeff Carter, Heppner, a 6 lb. 2 oz.
boy born Nov. 20, named Gregory
T pwIm. To Mr. and Mrs. Gar and
Kinzua dismissed: Timmy Carr,
Heppner, dismissed; Maralee Cro-
issant, Spray, dismissed; Joyce
Mangum, Kinzua, dismissed;
Ralph Barton, Heppner; Asa Way,
Lexington, dismissed; Floyd Say
ers, Heppner.
Major Surgery Charles Green
field, Condon; Milton Roy Boyce,
Condon; Mrs. Geraldine Hargaray,
Kinzua.
Medical Mrs. Alice Gentry,
Heppner; Edward Hays, Spray,
dismissed.
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Among those from out-of-town
in Heppner Saturday to attend
the funeral service for the late
John Brosnan were Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Moore of Pendleton; Mr.
and Mrs. E. Clark, Hermiston; Mr.
and Mrs. William Kilkenny and
John Kilkenny of Echo.
Mrs. Norah Ramus left for Seat
tie where she will attend buyers
market.
Volume 69, Number 37
about 1:30 in the afternoon.
Also on the schedule is the an
nual Star theater free kiddies
show on December 20, and if pos
sible, members of the chamber of
commerce committee are hoping
to have the bewhiskered gent
here in time to hand out the free
candy, always supplied by the
Elks lodge after the show.
Another free show for the child
ren has tentatively been set for
Saturday, December 13, but defi
nite announcement of this will
be made later.
New shiny street decorations
will soon take their place at city
street intersections, and green
Christmas trees will again be
placed along the curbs in the
downtown area. Due to the cur
rent northwest power shortage,
the usual strings of colored lights
will not be used this year, but
the new type decorations are ex
pected to give the town' plenty
of holiday color.
Also planned as part of the
many events of the month will be
the home decoration contest,
sponsored again this year by the
Jaycee-Ettes, and a new addition
will be a special contest among
business houses for the best deco
rated store front or show windows.
Numerous other special events
are planned during the season by
Heppner churches and the schools
however these dates have not yet
been set and will be announced
later.
Heppner Siren to Get
Daily Test Blows
With the advent of winter wea
ther and cold days, the Heppner
fire siren will get a daily noon
workout starting next Monday,
December 1, fire chief C. A. Rug
gles said this week.
The siren, which Is normally
given a test blow only on Monday
noons, has had a habit of freezing
up during the winter after several
days of inactivity, making it im
possible to summno firemen in
time of need.
The daily, except Sunday, test
is planned to keep the whistle
limbered up for action.
lone To Be Scene of
Square Dance Training
Another square dance training
meeting will be held at the lone
Legion hall, Thursday, December
4, Maud Casswell, county exten
sion agent said this week. The
class will be under the direction
of Miss Jessalee Mallalieu, recre
ation specialist from Oregon State
College.
The meeting is open to all per
sons interested in learning to call
the dances and will start at 8:00
p. m.
Rod Esselstyn To
Play For Elks Dance
Elks entertainment chairman,
Bill Labhart said this week that
his committee has obtained the
services of Rod Esselstyn's or
chestra to provide the music for
the annual Elks Thanksgiving
dance to be held Thursday night,
November 27.
The dance is open to all elks
and their ladles.
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