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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1952)
0 0 o O 0 O LllRAItr j u or o j EUGENE. ORE. Single Copies 10 cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 11, 1952 Vol ume 69, Number 39 '-fwnftior-" -"i -ininiirtir nnmniiM--- -- - - i iiriiirniii in i i SANTA CLAUS hcd plenty of admirers awaiting for him last Satur day when he visited Heppner, as this picture shows. The old fellow arrived in town on a city fire truck to greet the awaiting youngsters and hand out favors to all comers. (GT Photo) J ff v V' r x 3 1 HARD AT WORK finding out tha Christmas wants of the young folks and passing out candy canes to some of the nearly 500 children who were waiting to see him. He also brought his special "Santa Claus Mailbox" and left it in front of the hotel where Morrow county children can mail their personal letters to him. He will pick up the box and letters December 20 on his return visit. LIGHTS BANNED IN CONTEST, PUBLIC The Heppner Jaycee-Ettes this week announced their residential Christmas decoration contest and pointed out that the general pub lic will be asked to do the judg ing. The group asked that due to the power shortage, that lights be eli minated from any decoration that might be installed on the homes. They recognized that lights nor mally are the foundation for most decoration plans, but expressed Alice E. Gentry Services Held Here Funeral services were held on Sunday Nov. 30 at the Christian church for Mrs. Alice Gentry, a life long resident of Morrow county. Rev. Earl Soward offici ated at the service. She passed away at the Pioneer Memorial hospital on November 27 at the age of 78 years. A sister in Salem preceded her in death by just a few weeks. She is survived by one niece and five nephews. Interment was at the Masonic cemetery at Hepp ner. Vesper Services To Be Held Sunday The Womcns Choral and Men's Harmony Clubs will present a program of Christmas music at Vesper Sevice Sunday afternoon, December 14th, at 4:00 o'clock at the First Christian Church. This is open to the public and every one is invited to attend. The pro gram will include: "Beautiful Savior," "O Little Town of Beth lehem," "Christmas Eve", and "Thougli-Low-Now-A-Ro.se" by Ihe Women's Choral Club under the direction of Mrs. Mary Bates and accompanied by Mrs. Luolaltive) Benctson. The Men s Harmony Culh under the direction of Oliver Creswick accompanied ny Mrs. Ethel Lyngholm will sing "Here A Torch Jeanette Isabella , bil-1 ent Nicht." and "God Rest You Merry Gentlemen. The combined chorus will sing Joy 10 xne World." "First Noel," and "Hark The Herald Angles Sing." mmmm J 5f51 PL HOME DECORATION TO BE JUDGE the hope that their elimination this year might bring out some unique methods of brightening up the area for the holidays. A ballot box will be placed in the Pacific Power and Light office on Wednesday,. December 17 and wijl remain until the evening of Monday, December 22. Residents are asked to vote for first, second and third places and also are asked to register when they de posit their ballots. There will be no cash awards this year, just recognition, andi the winners' names will be an nounced in the December 25 issue of the Gazette Times. o Grade School Cagers Open Season Friday Against Condon Five The Heppner grade school pon ies travel to Condon for their opening basketball game Friday. Game time is called for 2:30. Coach Jim Peterson announced that his starting lineup will in clude co-captains Dean onnor and Dickie Applegate, forwards; Ed Olson, center; Jerry Dougherty and Vic Groshens or Louie Sayers as guards. To help bolster the starting five will be Roy Hughes, Dee Bailey, Jay Dee Hudson, Jack Eberhardt and Dick Ruhl. Plans are also in the making for games in which the B squad will parti cipate. Following the opener the sche dule will be: Dec. 20, Lexington there. Jan. 8, Trrigon here. Jan. 10, Echo here. Jan. 15, lone there. Jan. 17, Lexington here. Jan. 24, Echo there. Jan. 2!), lone here. Feb. 3, Condon here (tenta- Feb. 7, Irrigon there (tenta- tjve) n GRANGE PLANS ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY creek grange sajd this wpek that their annual Christmas tree will be held Sunday evening, December 14 with the usual exchange of gifts. It will be held at the grange hall at Ruggs. Mr. and Mrs. Frcnk Adkins had as their guests for Thanksgiving and the weekend her son andiHemmer. lone and Lexington, family, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Cris- mon of Grants Pass. Crismon, a graduate of the Heppner high school, is now area superinten dent for the Firestone Company at Grants Pass and supervises southern Oregon and northern California. Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Yeager have returned from an extended trip tojing in the final game as they de Vancouver, ..Washington where' fealed Irrigon 12-6. they visited their three children,. The Condon jamboree included the first time in 20 years that the! all members of the Big Wheat family had been together at one; league who are Condon, Rufus, time. Arlington, Fossil and Heppner. In Plans Now Being Prepared For New Hospital Addition At a joint meeting last week of the county court, the Pioneer Memorial hospital board and hos pital staff members plans for the new bedroom wing for the hos pital were discussed with the architects. Voters approved a special levy at the November election, for the construction. The court has employed Roald, Schmeer and Harrfngton, Port land architects to prepare the plans for the new wing, and the meeting was for the purpose of providing the architects with in formation on what was desired in the new unit. Preliminary plans call for the addition of six private rooms on the upper floor and five semi private or two-bed rooms on the lower level. Provision is also being made for a full-size hospi tal elevator to be installed in the wing. It was pointed out that the new rooms on the upper floor are being designed so that they can accommodate two beds in case of emergency. There have been several times during recent months when every available bed was occupied and persons were housed at the Heppner hotel wait ing admission. The lower level is designed primarily as a nursing home, but with the installation of the ele vator, the new rooms there can double as regular hospital rooms should the need arise. The county court has already applied for Hill-Burton fund as sistance, and if granted, about one-third of the total cost will be covered from this source. Indica tions are that the county has a high priority for such funds, and it is hoped to have the prelimi nary plans ready by January 1 tor approval by the government agency- Actual construction on the : wing, to be built on the south end of the present building, cannot start until after next July 1, as the voters approved only a special one year 5 mill levy and not a bond issue, however it Is probable that about six months will be re quired to get all plans prepared and approval through for the Hill-Burton money. o Charles Emil Carlson Passes at Portland Charles Emil Carlson, 73 for many years a resident of the Gooseberry area, passed away on Monday, December 8 at the Emanuel hospital in Portland where he had been since under going surgery there October 13. Funeral services were held at the Ringo Funeral Parlors in Woodburn at 2 o'clock Thursday, December 11. Mr. Carlson was a life-long far mer in the Gooseberry section un til the fall of 1946 when he sold his farm to his son, Charles and moved to Woodburn. He was a member of the Valby Lutheran church. He is survived by his wife, Ethel, Woodburn, a son, Charles, lone; and a daughter Janet Schoolcraft of Casper, Wyoming. He also leaves two brothers, Leon ard ard B. O. Carlson, lone; and two sisters, Mrs. Jess War field, lone and Mrs. Edith Hite of Portland. o Mr. and Mrs. Frank Anderson spent the weekend in Portland looking alter business matters. Mustangs Split Wins, Losses at Jamborees Heppner high school's Mus-ithis jamboree, each team played tangs-won all three quarters in wey oth,CT .w" , . . . .... , Jand the team winning the most the Jamboree at Umatilla, but quarters won the jamboree. Con- came through with only one win, don took the honors, with Bufus at the Condon Jamboree, both second, Arlington third and Hepp played Friday. The Mustang ner and Fossil tied (or fourth with sonar! was sDlit for thp two con- one win. The Mustangs lost to tests, with the juniors and sen- iors playing at Umatilla and the freshmen and sophomores goipg game In which no neiti goais to Condon. jwere made. They again lost to The Umatilla Jamboree pitted Rufus, 11-9 but won the final the south end of Morrow county,! game with Fossil 7-3. against Umatilla, Irrigon and Boardman of the north. The south won by a score of 106-76 with Heppner and lone winning all their games. The Mustangs won their first game with Uma tilla 10-8, then slipped by Board man in another close game 8-6. They finally got their offense roll Free Shows Await County Youngsters Next Two Saturdays All Morrow county youngsters are extended an invitation to see two free Kiddie's shows to be presented at the Stat Theater on the next two Saturday after noons. This Saturday, December 13, the show is spnsored by the Hepp ner Morrow county chamber of commerce and the Jay Cees and will start at 1:30. On December presented at the Star Theater will have its annual free show with candy for all children fur nished by the Heppner Elks lodge. Santa Claus will be back in town on the latter date and will pro bably help the Elks pass out the candy. o D. H. Jones Dies Suddenly Sunday Funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon at the Phelps chapel for D. II. Jones, 70, a long-time Heppner resident, who died at his home Sunday, December 7. For the past 15 years he has operated a blacksmith and ma chine shop at the Heppner Lum ber company, during recent years he was assisted by his son, D. II. Jones Jr. Immediate survivors are his wife Sara and his son. A daughter Thelma, passed away in April. Interment was In the Masonic cemetery. A complete obituary will be published lated. o Crop Insurance Meet Called for Dec. 17 There will be a meeting of all crop insurance policyholders to be held at the County Courthouse on Wednesday, December 17, starting at 10:00 a. m. This meeting will he to discuss premlum rates and area cover ages to go into effect for the 1951 crop year. Vernon Ingebretsen of the Spokane office of the Actual Aerial Department will be here to discuss the changes in prem ium rates in area coverages. In the afternoon Leroy Warner, Manager of the Soils Laboratory of the Pendleton Grain Growers, will discuss soil testing and the use of fertilizers. The County Committee urges every wheat farmer to attend this meeting as it will be of Interest to all. Army Takes Three From Tri-County The Tri county Selective Ser vise board at Condon announced today that three boys from this area left Monday, December 8 for Portland for induction into the army. They are Edward Earn Baker, 22, Heppner; Donald 'Eugene Poulson, 21, Irrigon and Gary Regus Couture, 20 Fossil. o Monument Legion Plans January Dance By Millie Wilson The American Legion and Aux iliary of Monument are begin ning to prepare for their annual Gay Ninety Dance to be held In Mid January, As usual there will be prizes for best whiskers, best dressed man and woman etc. They are going to try to make this dance bigger and better than any they have held and hope every one will cooperate to help imaKe u so. Arlington in their first encounter, 13-10, then to Condon 5-1 in a, The Heppner rooters deserve credit for the line iod tney uia ai Umatilla where they were voted, the second best organized yelling' 'section of the six schools partici- pating, losing only to the home school. Umatilla. Friday night the Mustangs will meet the Pilot Rock Rockets on the. Rockets' floor and Saturday they take on the Echo Cougars at Echo. Heppner coach Steve Truk ositz said the Cougars didn't lose a starter off last year's squad, which puts them In a favored position. Christmas Postal Rush Due, lips Given on Mailing To aid in handling the coming rush of Christmas mail Heppner postmaster James Driscoll an nounced this week that the post office will remain open all day the next two Saturdays, December 13 and 20. The office normally closes at noon on those days. . Driscoll said that the Christmas rush is just now getting started and offered the following sug gestions on how the public can aid the office during the rush hours and at the same time save considerable delay for themselves. Experience has shown that the hearty cooperation of the public with the postoffice department, in preparing and mail Christmas cards and parcels constitutes an important factor in facilitating their expeditious dispatch and delivery. This cooperation by: mailers is highly essential to avoid unnecessary delay and dis appointment. Time may be saved by purchas ing stamps in advance of the rush period. All mail matter must be plainly and completely ad dressed, preferably in ink, giving street address, including apart ment number if any, and rural box number whenever possible. Mail intended for delivery in the larger cities should be addressed to include the zone number when applicable. It is import the sender's return c in the upper left corner address side. Send holiday greeting cards as nrst ciass man 10 oouun ine ac- vantages wimu mis m-ivrc ai- wool clothing; and improving fords. Such greetings prepaid at sncpp projects, the first class rate may be sealed) winners are Sharon Lee Ochel and contain written messages; tree Myrtle Point. Gayle Bone. they are dispatched and deliver- brake iIood Rjver; Lester Mielke. VU 411.11, IUllll,U H munoa,,, s without additional charge, and if - undeliverable, returned at no fur- ther expense to the mailer pro- vided the sender's return address, is shown on the envelope. Unsealed Christmas greetings sent as third class mail without unauthorized writing enclosed are chargable with 2 cents postage. Pack articles carefully and tightly in strong durable contain crs. rarcols may weigh not more than 70 pounds, nor be more than 102 inches in length and girth combined. Do not enclose letters or messages, no matter how brief. In parcels, as doing so would subject the entire parcel to the letter rate. Articles likely to spoil within the time reasonably required for transportation and delivery are not acceptable for mailing. Par eels containing perishable arti cles must be endorsed by the postmaster with the word "Per ishable" directly above name of addressee. Registration or insurance of important or valuable parcels is advisable. Heppner School Xmas Program Set Dec. 18 The annual Christmas program presented by the students of the Heppner school has been sche duled for Thursday evening, De cember 18 in the high school gym school officials announced this week. Students from all grades take part in this annual event. 1 j? y ') "0 i 4 . neppner. CPL. MATTHEW HUGHES, son el Out-patients Mrs. Beryl Pate, Mrs. Grace Hughes, Heppner J Hoppnor; Mrs. Ruby Evans, Con who has been stationed in don; Guy R. Williams, Kinzua. Jcpan for over a year, is expect-1 Born Dec. 10 to Mr. and Mrs. ing to receive his discharge and Robert Kelly, Heppner a girl, de return home about January 8. cease(j. He will have completed two J ,, . years of service with Battery D, Dr. and Mrs. Edward Schaffitz 53rd AAA gun battalion. He plans to return to his former Job at Case Furniture company. Stocksrowers Program Includes Top Speakers if Ifc :.v. i ill iL v ! cultural Extension Service of OSC, who will be one of the Morrow county Livestock grow ers meeting here Saturday. lone 4-H Clubber Wins Wool Award Eleven 4-H c ub members have;lJnion Padfic.s nm S(,onic (. received rewards from the Oregon iniocr wnen . wool r.rowers' Auviliirv for , , ,. "i""- '"j. ortant that K', Sorts acc L to Cal h.eth," lv0sl0l'k ',ro,UuTr or n,)t' ard aonear1 1 1 " i "c)1'u"g t0,ln' Is invited to attend the meeting, aru appear M()nroP 4.n Ciub stat0 agont at!hnnnllpt ..,, rmu ci,rn7, rner of the Brecon State College. "f,l 1, 'LC y S1'Vmp: gon btaie college. Cash and merchandise nreni- lums were awarded for food pre- paration, serving lamb; makingl HalSOV '. bl BmillMn. OllP'Imn. lfto f,,- H. ...... ,.f .... Tmm'y Hansen, Dallas; Davld'unty ward 7 at the i waih Wal niiort N.irlh Pnwdor- inh pr Molalla ; ChaV e oUWay,1 rrincvllle; gharen Anderson, Jamieson; George Bulzer, Wamio; atl(, Lorotla Tnomas McMlnn- ville. Lexington Residents Elect New Officials Resiiients of Lexington elected, prcciated a slate of city officials Monday i ' night at a special town meeting.!. Mervln Leonard was reelected i TwO Local Men Start mayor and Leonard Munkors and, r . . Eldon Padbcrg were given an- PlaVy tnilSTmCnt other term on the council Th(? N rocruItlnB office at New officials chosen were Floyd p()ndleton announcP(1 (odav that Frank, recorder and Don Hatfield. two lo(.al mPn onllsl0(1 in hc u treasurer. Mrs. LaVerne Mender-, c m .t, fi-.t ,.,i. t son, who has been recorder for a number of years declined to run again. o Farm Youth Exchange Student To Visit Patricia Homing, Sherwood, who has just returned from The Netherlands as an International Farm Youth Exchange student is scheduled for several appearances here this weekend. She will ap pear at general assembly of two schools on Friday. Irrigon will be visited at 9:15 a. m.; lone at 2:30 p. m. She will tic the featured speaker at the Morrow County Livestockgrowers Association ney Company, nation wide de banquet Saturday evening. Her partment store organization, an talk will be illustrated by colored nounced today that its directors slides. have authorized a special year- Miss Horning, a senior at Ore- end payment for more than 50, gon State College, spent three 000 associates in the Company's months living with farm families 1,629 stores, offices and ware in The Netherlands. Farms were houses throughout the United dairy, diversified and crops. She States. was one of the two exchange stu The payment will lie an amount dents sent to visit farm families equal to two weekc' pay for all in foreign countries, sponsored by full time associates who have the 4-H Clubs of Oregon. been employed for the full year Miss Ingrid Hermann, lone Is chairman of the I F- Y E program in Morrow County. - o HOSPITAL NEWS Medical Earl Pryor, Condon; Mrs. Maggie Hunt, Heppner; George Mead, Heppner; Mrs. LaVerne McQueen, Kinzua, dis missed; Mrs. Fay Schoolcraft, Kinzua; Kathleen Griffith, Kin zua, dismissed; Mrs. Vivian Haguewood, Heppner; Mark Tul- lis lone, uismisseu; itoinu u. Davis, Kinzua. i Major Surgery Mrs. Nellie Zierenberg, Heppner; Wayne 4 Schmidt, Fossil; Darrell Playlor, Heppner; Lewis Batty, Kinberly. Minor Surgery William Robert Walker, Heppner, dismissed; Mrs. i Eva Kaufman. Kinzua; Ronnie 4 Jones. Heonner: Keith Lane. . .. had as overnight guests I hursday Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Briggs of; Carlton, Oregon. Two additional speakers have been added to the already full program for the annual meeting of the Morrow County Livestock growers Association. It will be held at the Elks lodge- room, in Heppner on Saturday December 13. The speakers, both recently re turned from abroad, will illus trate their talks with colored slides. Patricia Hominf. Interna. tional Farm Youth Exchange stu dent, just returned from The Netherlands, will be the banquet" speaker. Frank Von Borstel, Ore gon State College, recently re turned from New Zealand, where he spent two years studying the agriculture of that country, received-his Masters degree in the sheep and wool marketing while there. He will appear on the afternoon program. Other speakers are E. R. Jack man, veteran farm crop specialist, Oregon State College, who will discuss grass land farming and Jim Elings, livestock specialist, Oregon State College, whose sub ject is dwarfism in beef cattle. The program, which was mailed this week to all livestockgrowers includes a full schedule of com mittee reports and business of the association. The meeting discuss grass land farmin Northwest Empire". Everyone. Banquet tickets are on sale at Turner-Van Marter's, Heppner. o Gifts Asked For Hospitalized Vets Mrs. John Bergstrom Is again heading a drive to obtain Christ- years S D7escn Ward. Mrs.' Bergstrom stated she is not making a canvass this year but asked anyone wishing to do nate a gift to contact either her or Mrs. Ben Anderson. She said that playing cards, shave lotion and ' rrlfta rt linf d,'tif, ,ir,ttl,1 I, nt O. iltlV UUllllg IMC llI.Tl n I Xl 111 December. They were Roy Taylor, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Taylor of Heppner who is undergoing re cruit training at the Naval train ing station at San Diego, and Claude Pettyjohn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ptetyjohn of lone. Pet tyjohn re-enlisted as a radar man second class and Is now stationed at the receiving station at Seattle. J. C. Penney Plans Special Year-End Pay for Associates NEW YORK, DEC. 11 J. C. Pen- 1952, and proportionate amounts for extra and part-time associates and those employed less than a year. All Penney associates will share in the payment except management staff members whose earnings are determined largely by the Company's long standing profit-sharing plan. It will be made December 15 at each associate's December 15 rate of pay. In a letter to the firm's associ ates, A. W. Hughes, president, said the payment was based upon the Company's results for 1952. "We are particularly happy to be able to make this payment as a result of what has been accom plished In our 50th anniversary year he said. "The possibility of future payments of course will continue to depend upon year to year results". The payment is in addition to the regular Company provisions for associates' benefits, including Sick benefit, Gratuitous Death and Dismemberment benefit, Thrift and Profit-Sharing plans, discounts on Company purchases and others. It is the sixth to be made since the end of World War II.
