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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 11, 1952
Vol ume 69, Number 39
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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)
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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."
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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.
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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-
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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.
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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.
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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"
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.