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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1953)
L 1 S K A rt I U OF 0 EUGENE, ORE ELECTION CALLED ON GRADE SCHOOL SITE Vote to be Only, Ask Residents of Heppner school nounced their decision to negoti distict No. 1 will be given the ate for the purchase of the 32 opportunity to express their opin-1 acre site in northwest Heppner ions on the choice of the location! known as the Cason property, for the new Heppner grade school, stating that they felt it offered Mrs. Stephen Thompson, school the best available location on board chairman said Wednesday,! which a new building could be at a special election to be held Tuesday, May 26 from 2 to 8 p. m. at the Heppner city hall. The school board recently an- Two Local Teachers Resign; Enrollment Increase Problem Heppner school principals, E. J. Dobbie and Clarence Johnson an nounced Wednesday that two teachers, Mrs. Loula Bengtson and James Kamprud. had turned in their resignations effective at the end of the school year. In addition to the two resignations, Mrs. Marie Clary indicated her intention to retire from full time teaching. She will however, re turn next year on a part-time dasis as librarian and visual aids instructor. Kamprud has been in the Heppner school system for one year as band and music instruc tor, and Mrs. Bengtson came to Heppner last year from Medford. She was high school English in structor. School officials and board mem bers met last Saturday with Howard C. Reed, new Heppner superintendent who will assume his full duties here July 1, to dis cuss replacement of teachers and make plans to handle next year's heavy increase in students. School census figures show that there will be from 28 to 30 more students in the first 8 grades next fall than have been registered this year which means that at least 13 rooms will be required to accommodate them. It was pointed out that there are only 10 rooms available for these grades. Plans were also made to departmentalize the 6th, 7th and 8th grades to increase efficiency and to give the elementary pnn- cipal more opportunity to handle1 administrative duties, Officials felt that one of the worst problems facing the school is the handling of the large num ber of incoming first graders there will be at least 60 next fall. Some or all of these students will probably have to be cared for in rooms located outside the school building, though instructors frown on such methods because the lack of facilities under such circumstances deprives the pupils of many normal school activities and returns them to kindergar ten level, it was pointed out. Pre sent plans are only in the tenta tive stage and may be altered before the opening of school next fall. The board filled one vacancy in the primary grades Saturday when they hired Joan Hisler Sum ner, a former Morrow county resi dent who has been teaching near Portland. Other vacancies may occur as many instructors have not yet returned their contracts for the coming year. TIME OF WEDNESDAY'S BLOODMOBILE VISIT TO HEPPNER IS CHANGED Everything is in readiness for the visit next Wednesday after noon of the Red Cross Bloodmo , bile, Jack Edmondson, chairman of the sponsoring Elks committee, said Wednesday. Nearly 100 per sons have already signed donor cards, but at least another 75 are needed to assure meeting the quota of 135 pints of blood. Edmondson announced also that the time for the visit had been changed to allow more per sons to give. The new hours are from 1 to 5 p. m. instead of from Sign Up Today TO GIVE YOUR Pint of Blood NEXT WEDNESDAY! Heppner Elks, American Red Cross BLOOD DONOR RECRUIT Fill Out and Return This Coupon to: Heppner Elks Lodge Heppner, Oregon Name - Address Phone - .. Time Convenient to Give (Bloodmobile will be in Heppner from 1 to 5 p. m. Wednesday, May 13) on Location No Bonds built at reasonable cost. At the. Monday night board meeting, the members decided to put the mat ter up to the people, to determine their opinion of the selected site The board pointed out that this' election will determine the choice' of a site only, and does not carry any bonding authority which to build a building. i i After tne site problem is settled, tnen architects will prepare plans and cost figures for a building, and residents of the district will vote at another special election on the bond issue. At the May 26 elec - tion. the vote will be only, "Yes, I vote ior tne cason sue , or ro, I vote against the Cason site", The decision to call the spe- cial election to determine pub - m: airmen ui u.soiuv u ui uiv.- requests for better lighting at the making plans to arrange for all location was made by the board April meeting, and appointed a patients admitt?,; 'o Pioneer Me because of the resignation, se,.jai rommittee to check all mm l hnsnitnl . Y i,.u rht v. nt-any a moimi ago oi ciiannidii sections of town where poor light L. E. Dick, Jr. due to disagree- ing nad bocn rCp0rted. The group ment with other board members Monday acted on the recommen over the choice of the location; dations of the committee, and also to forstall any possible! Th n(W j, h bp lnstalled future legal difficulties that of )nm hh 4m or Gm might arise because the public , h, wiU be , tpd at vote on the site issue alone. The board will again operate with three members after May 9 when Frank Anderson will take office to fill the vacancy created by Dick's resignation. For the past month Mrs. Thompson and Bradley Fancher have composed the panel. EOCE Man Speaks On United Nations A crowd mists and of about 40 Soropti visitors heard Dr. Joseph Gaiser, head of the de-l1"? Bmu? ii mui uie pm partment of economics at EOCE ility of installing mercury vapor speak on the United Nations at J1 ln ie business section, but a meeting held at the Episcopal parish house Thursday evening. ! The activities of the security!" "iiucaieu u.ai ji rf it,., itm t.ninn ctnitrtri by the Soroptimist club. rii- r'uicnT nvrilinod hnur tVm ttim io ot im onri cairi that -thmicrh it has failed ln many of its funcJ tions, it has accomplished a great building permits, one tor Jtduuu doH Ln the way -of iiicrea;nr to Garnet Barratt for the con world understanding. He indi- jstruction of a residence in the cated that the organization has new Heppner Heights addition, made a good start in attempting and to Pirl Howell for a $3,000 to solve some of the major world residence near Morgan street. problems, but showed where! The council accepted the bid of some changes in the working $100 submitted by Howard Keith rules governing the operation of ley for the purchase of a city the UN and its agencies could owned lot at the corner of Chase nossiblv be made to strengthen it. and Hill streets. He indicated he Missionary Couple To Speak Here ' Rev. and Mrs. Charles' Notson, former Heppner residents who re- cently returned from Missionary service in the Philippines, will speak at a special meeting next Tuesday night at Methodist church. 7:30 at the ilie meeting will be preceeded by a pot luck dinner at 6:30. the 1 On Wednesday at 3 p. m Notsons will speak before Union Missionary meeting to be held at the Christian church. 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. as previously announced. The unit will.be lo cated at the Methodist church and the facilities of the church basement will be used by the crew. Mrs. Mary Van Stevens is in charge of the local volunteer help and reports that her crew is pre pared to handle all donors with a minimum of delay. High school students will assist with the typ ing. All blood donated will be used for the armed forces or for civil ian defense if needed. Jffl mmwm Single Copies 10 cents New, Larger Street Lights Approved By City Council A considerable improvement in street lighting in Heppner was 1 given an OK by the city council Monday night when they ap- proved the installation of nine new lights in residential areas 'and the increase in size of 13 present lighting units. Four of tnesc are in residential sections jand nine in the downtown sec- tion. ! The Council considered several following intersections: D street and county road, Hager and Alfalfa streets, S. Court south of county road, Hill and Chase streets, West side of Main street between Center and Baltimore, Main and Church streets, Union Ave. near Ike Cole residence, Court and May streets, Gilmore and E. Willow streets. The four lights in the residen tial section to be enlarged will be increased from the present 2500 of the week in enjoying the first lumen tn r,non. anri alt the dwn.lrea' sPring weather of the year town lights will be raised from'as ,he mercury climbed to a high the present 4000 to 10,000 lumens. 'y1 ,,,ml K i T . u w?u ? 10ur lne pre- vapor ivpe ngms migni De in stalled in the future if deemed adVlSdDie. Other business of the meetinc included the granting of two pianneo to duuu a residence on the property. Budget Committee Named The group also appointed two new members to the city budget flnrnmitton tn tirnnapo llin KnHnrnt thfi comj f, j Th nompd Kcm t a one t an(, Con Lanhnm t0 ' . , imninver mem- bers of the committee are Howard pl,nrt Pnnhnrl RnvmnnI ..' anf, ,smp ', Par.ev. They hold their first meeting within the next week or so.' Wranglers Planning Butter Creek Ride At their regular monthly meet ing Tuesday evening, Wrangler president, Cornett Green an nounced the next group ride would be the "Butter Creek Am bush" to be held at the Ed Huphes ranch on Mav 17. Mem- 'bers will truck their horses to the Don Greenup ranch and start '"'P started Monday in prepara from there at 10 a. m. The show i tion for the season opener this will start at 1 p. m. A future Hobo party is being planned with Dimples Munkers heading the committee. The! purpose will be to cleanup the clubhouse grounds. It was also announced that Junior roping will be an added attraction at the fair and rodeo this fall. It was reported that the Rhea Creek riot, nearly two weeks ago at the Floyd Jones ranch on Rhea Creek was one of the most suc cessful rides yet held. Several special events were held and a large crowd attended. It was reported that there were 17 new members Interested in joining the Wranglers. Colored motion pictures were shown following the business meeting by Jim Hayes and Mrs. Bill Barratt. FIREMEN CALLED Heppner firemen answered an alarm at 7:30 Wednesday night to extinguish a blaze in a milk delivery truck owned by James ' Hager which had caught fire from a short circuit as he was 'covering his route on south Gil more street. Damage was small. The call was the first turned in with the city's new fire reporting 'and alarm system which filnc Jtioned perfectly. County TB Group Elects New Officers, Plans for X-Rays New officers were elected April 29 at a meeting of the Morrow county TB and Health associa tion at O'DonnU's cafe with Mrs. JImvarrt Rrvant .'aniert tn hp.nl the organization' for the coming year. Outgoing president is Mrs. Robert Penland. Other officers chosen were Mrs. Mervin Leonard, vice-pros., Mrs. Herman Green, Sec, Mrs. C. C. rn,mini,aoi twnsnrnr ai,,i m-o j Jat.k Bociford, seal sale chairman John Ernsdorff and county health nurse Miss Martha Tapan ainen spoke on X Rays and sur veys and the organization is now Rays taken. It is also hoped that about two days a year can be set adde for all county residents to have chest X-Rays taken at the hospital. This latter project is still in the planning stage, but if it can be arranged it will re place a trip into the county by the mobile X-Ray unit. in-.. Mercury Hits 86 Here Tuesday Morrow county residents joined with the rest of the state the first of 86 on Tuesday. Sunday and Monday were also warm, but Dave Bennett of Heppner top nearly 10 degrees below Tuesdays Pod the s,eer market at the IIer record high for the year. miston Livestock Auction Friday, Crops and gardens' profited according to Delbert Anson, man from the temperature which fol- aKpr of lhe sale- Bennett con lowed on the heels of an ex- signed a steer that went for $22.90 ceptionally wet April. The Hepp. cwt. Krebs Brothers of Cecil, Con ner weather station recorded 1.11 signed a veal for a top of the inches for the month nearly dou- "ay of $28.25. Webb Bennett and ble the .68 which fell during April Henry Kopacz of Hermiston top 1952. f .pod the hog market with Bennett Awards Given At Cub Scout Pack Meeting The first pack meeting of the recently organized Cub Scout pack No .61 was held April 28 at the Methodist church. Nearly 45 cubs and 60 parents were pre- aK. Also consigned Friday were sent to help the boys receive 178 hogs compared with 111 last awards won during the first Week, and 68 sheep, one more month of active operation of the than last week. Hog prices rose seven dens. up t0 25 cents for tops. Veal was Cub master McDon Bonta pre- down, with fat calves heavier sented the numerous awards, and due to longer feeding and favor training leader Leslie Grant told able growth in grazing areas as the parents of their responsibility a result of recent rains. Steers in seeing that their boy got the were 0f better quality and brot most out of the program. He n to $22.on cwt. stressed that the parents must take an active part in cub .Tout ing as the boys do, to make the program fully effective. He also explained that no cub may re ceive his earned awards at a pack meeting unless the parent is present to receive it for the boy. Games were played and re freshments were served to every one following the meeting. The next pack meeting is sche duled for May 26. o 'Grade Schoolers Start Baseball Baseball is the top topic with the grade school Ponies as prac- Friday. They play Irrigon on the local field. Coach Jim Teterson is working with 25 hopefuls on fundamen tals as this is the first year of baseball for any of the boys. Game time is 2:45 p. m. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Turner drove to Portland the first of the week. HOMEMAKERS EAT shown are r ? who attended the county Homemaker s Festival held Tuesday atments have until Friday, May 15 Willows grange hall in lone. All sections ol the county were! to get checks to the office to represented at the day-long meeting. (GT Photo) (escape penalty assessments. Heppner,Oregon, Thursday, May TWO HEPPH Ki MONDAY COMPLETELY WRECKED is this Hudson sedan in which two Hepp ner men met death Monday night when it struck a cement bridge abutment on the Condon highway near the Elwin Hughes home cne-half mile south oi Heppner. It was owned by Claude J. Tefft, Heppner. The bridge, and the immediately adjacent stretch of road has been the scene of 15 accidents within the past six years, police report. (GT Photo) Steers Up Slightly i At Hermiston Sale consigning a fat hog that went for $25.00 cwt. Kopacz consigned a sow going for $22.00. Good farming weather cut down volume at the Hermiston sale. Demand was broad and the nrp remained food. Volume ofi 286 cattle consigned compared with 443 last week and 306 a vear1 Also consigning from the Hepp ner area were Fred Rauch of Lex ington, 1 steer, anifBerl Akers of lone, 7 whiteface bulls. Calves Baby calves 9-33 hd; weaner calves 18.50-20.75 cwt.; veal 26.50-28.25. Bulls Light bulls 14.5016.20 cwt. Steers Stocker steers 16.60 1725 cwt.; feeder steers 17.25 18.90; fat slaughter steers 21.50 22.90. Cows Dairy cows 115.00-167.50 hd.;dairy heifers 755.00-92.50; fat heifers 18.75-20.10 cwt.; 4 sprin ger cows (very plain) 125.00 hd. Slaughter Cows Commercial 14.70-16.20 cwt.; utility 12.50-14.70; canner-cutter 10.30 12.60; shells 8.50-10.00. Hogs Weaner pigs 9.50-13.50 hd.; feeder pigs 19.50-21.50 cwt.; sows 18.75-22.00. Sheep Feeder lambs 15.00 15.75; old ewes 4.70; bucks 3.75 4.50. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Reed and son of Present t, Washington spent Saturday in Heppner. - - ?9 (yry but a (ew of the nearly 150 persons 7, 1953 CARIRASH Jaycees To Continue Bumper Stripping Robert Ferrell, chairman of the "Lite-A-Bumper" committee of the Heppner Jaycees, announced this week that the organization will continue its campaign of scotch-lite stripping car bumpers this next Saturday. Ferrell reported that 125 cars came to the stripping "station at the Columbia Basin Electric Coop last Saturday, and that the now was kept busy during the day, but said that there "are many more cars yet" to be stripped. There will be a crew at the station all day Saturday, ho said, and there will be a crew working the downtown parking area to apply the safety tape on ear.-; parked there. Over 150 Attend Homemakers Meet A very successful Homemaker's Festival was held Tuesday at the Willows grange hall in lone with nearly 150 persons attending the all-day meeting. Main speaker was Dr. Howard Hollands who spoke on "Women could make the difference." lie said that Russia and our com placency in this country is a ser ious threat to the free way of living and that we need to work with other countries to build a strong force to prevent Russian aggression and to obtain friend ships. He told of the serious plight of Europe and stated that the people there do not like us and do not understand us, also that they hate to- accept the United States as a leader of the free world. He also said that we need to put our own economic and political system in good order before we lead and remarked that there is a challenge to women to be better citizens in the free world, that women could build a strong citizenship. Other sections of the program included a short talk by Miss Eleanor Trindle of OSC, several musical selections and .short skits Exhibits included purses, good fw'd ami R.0(K) health, uphosltery, tcxnl PalnunK' a loreu sKiris. ouuioor cooKery, cnuus loys arm I A I !,..,.. k. ........ n l.difel ii'jum". units n'!ir.-rnn-u at the festival were Boardman, Lexington, Rhea Creek, Heppner, Irrigon, Pine City, Lena and lone. Mrs. Lester Cox and Mrs. Pau Slaughter were in charge of thejsam, Portland; and Orris, Myrtle program and Mrs. Earle Blake j Creek, Oregon; two sisters, Mrs. was toastmistress at the dinner: Buelah Parker, Rosebure and which was served by the H. E. C. of Willows grange. Mrs. Maud Casswell, county extension agent spoke at the dinner and was pre sented with an electric coffee maker by members of the county units. Personal and Property Taxes Due May 15 The sheriffs office dropped a gentle hint this week third quarter peronal and property tax payments are due next week. Persons making quarterly pay- 70th Year, Number 8 Charged With Negligence Following Inquest Two Heppner men died as a result of injuries received Mon day night when the car in which they were riding struck a bridge abutment on the Heppner-Con-don highway about one-half mile south of Heppner. Killed Instant ly in the crash was Price Greenup, 52, and Jack Hartman, 54, who died three hours after the acci dent. A third member of the party, and admitted driver of the car, was Claude J. Tefft, 32 who has lived in Heppner about two months. He suffered only super ficial injuries. The accident occurred shortly before 10 p. m. Monday night in an area where there have been 15 accidents during the past six years. The car slruck the cement bridge abutment completely strip ping the vehicle of doors and the front end parts on the right side. Greenup died from a broken neck and skull fracture and Hartman's injuries included multiple com pound fractures and internal in juries. He was taken immediate ly to Pioneer Memorial hospital where all efforts to save his life failed. Driver Charged At an inquest held Wednesday afternoon, a coroner's jury recom mended that Tefft, the alleged driver of the car, be held for the grand jury on a charge of negli gent homicide. A complaint has been filed against him in justice court. Funerals Set Price Robert Greenup was born November 2, 1900 at Hamilton, Montana, and lived in that city until 1939 when he moved to Top pen ish, Wash. A year later he moved to Heppner and has re sided here since that time. Funeral services were held on Thursday at 10 a. m. at Phelps Funeral home with Rev. Francis MeCormack officiating. Burial was in the Heppner Masonic cemetery. Mr. Greenup is survived by three sons, Don, Heppner; George Glide, Oregon; and Clarence of Creswell. One son, Everett Stan ley preceeded him in death. His mother, Mrs. Mae Greenup still resides in Hamilton, Montana, and seven brothers, Loyd, Fred, Stanley, Elmer, Leonard and Bud Greenup all reside -in that state, and Richard at Salmon City, Idaho. He also leaves three sis ters, Ida Brown, Hamilton, Mon tana; Zella Shook, Dailey, Mon tana and Grace Thurston of Mis soula; 20 nieces and nephews and 8 grand children. John Nelson Hartman was born in Vestaburg, Mich. July 13, 1898 and had spent most of his recent life in this section of Eastern Oregon. He had lived in or near Heppner for the past six years but prior to that time "had worked ln the Pendleton and Athena sec tions for several years. He was well known as a rodeo perform er, having ridden in the local show on several occasions. He had been married. He was a veteran of World War I having served with the marines, and had been severely Injured in the ser vice. Funeral services will be held Friday, May 8 at 10 a. m. at the Phelps Funeral home with J. Palmer Sorlien officiating. The Heppner American Legion post will assist. Interment will be in the Heppner Masonic cemetery. Surviving are two brothers, Mrs. Ada Reidifer, Curtin, Oregon. n EXTENSION UNIT TO MEET The Heppner Extension Unit will meet at the home of Mrs. James Thomson Tuesday May 12. Project will be outdoor meals and leaders will be Mrs. Kenneth Keeling and Mrs. Nels Anderson, o EXAMINER HERE A rtrivor luiPn PYflmlnpr frnm ' tho SePre,arv ()f state's office will be in Heppner at the court house Tuesday, May 12 from 9:30 to 3:30. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Thomas spent Thursday in Hermiston where they were guests of Mrs. Merle Kirk,
