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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, August 6, 1953
70th Year, Number 21
Many Streets Soon
To Get Resurfacing
: More than 20 blocks of Hepp
Tier's streets will soon receive
either a resurfacing or a seal
coat, the city council decided at
its regular monthly meeting
. Monday night. Many of the
streets are ones where the lay
ing of the new city sewer system
has badly damaged or completely
obliterated the previous paving.
The council ordered a call for
bids for the job which will elimi
nate the bumps and holes from
about 21 or 22 blocks. Most of
the streets will receive one lift or
coat, of oil and gravel which will
act as a seal for the present pave
ment. In a few cases however, it
will be necessary to put down
two or three layers to make the
street serviceable again.
While much of the work has
iecome necessary due to the
sewer construction, it is not classi
fied as direct pavement replace
ment, as the sewer contractor
must do that work as part of his
contract. In most cases an en
tire block or feet ion will be
sealed to prevent breakup of the
pavement due to cracking under
heavy traffic or water seepage.
Princess
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Beth Ball to be Honored
At Second Princess Dance
Princess Beth Ball of Heppner,
representing the Rhea Creek
"urange, will be the principle fig
ure of the princess dance given in
her honor Saturday evening, Aug.
8.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Archie Ball, Princess Beth is a
recent graduate of the Heppner
high school. She is 18 years old,
stands 5' 2", and has light brown
hair and blue eyes.
Princess Beth's hobbies con
form to her roll as a 1953 Morrow
county Fair and Rodeo princess.
Farm work leads her list of inter
ests. Dancing and rodeos place a
close second. Cooking, consist
ing mainly in home baking to
help her mother, draws her es
tablished list of hobbies to a
close.
Princess Beth will appear in
the Rndeo on her dark sorrel
ne kouco on
horse named Rica. Like all of tnis,
,ill ha
. Zr all hhiP mwhovlWeston and Lewis of Hardman ;
dr!rt ti h loots ha ann?my 'hree sisters, Eva Robinson of Mt.
LW, i val Ion or. Vernon. Ethel Bleakman of Rich -
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Rhea Creek Grange.
College will .open this fall with
new student
Princess Beth as a
at the Eastern Oregon College of
Education at La Grande. Her
membership in the Future Home
Economics club during her first
four years of high school may
point to a home economics ma
jor. D.mcE Rpth is another claim-
f o cistor who
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was nreviouslv a princess in the
Rodeo Princess Eileen Ball-1
Stieger was a 1951 princess,
Sewer Nearinq Completion
The council members heard the riding on siaewaiKs, and no snoot
report that the laying of the sewer, ing of air rifles in the city limits,
lines was nearing completion' Kelley said there are city or-
with only a few blocks in scat-
tered sections of town still to be
laid. Plans were discussed about
how to "supervise resident's hook -
ups to the sewer when the system
is placed in operation. As pre -
viousiy announceu, eacn resiueni siaewaiKs win also ne irowneu 55 to pPrc0nt In nearly all
must obtain a permit from the upon. t.ayos budgets remained about
city recorder and have the in-1 Kelley said that kids who per- jtho same as last year,
stallation inspected by the city slst in sidewaik riding will suf- Hihost minase in the countv
before it will be OKd for use. Thefer tne loss of tneir bike for a' jev
council expects to announce the week, vvnile tnose caugnt shoot-;
date for the start of private hook- in ln town will be bm to a lax W1U 1)0 m,'"s' lunt
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the entire system including the
disposal plant must be tested be
fore it will be accepted by the
city.
A complete reorganization and
reclassification of all city ordi
nances has recently been com
pleted by the city recorder and
mayor J. v. Turner pointed out
that it will be necessary for the
council to pass several corrective
ordinances to hrin? the citv code
up to date, inese are now Deing
prepared, it was said.
Beth
side the present queen, Elise Bau
ernfeind.
Saturday nights dance will
again be held at the Fair pavil-
ion in Heppner. Dancing will be
from 10 p. m. until 2 a. m. to good
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old time music.
Admission Will
be $1.00 per person.
Raymond McDonald
Rites Held Tuesday
Services were held Tuesday at
2:00 p. m. for Raymond McDon
ald, 41, who died Aug. 1 at the
Veterans hospital in Portland.
McDonald was born on Dec.
31, 1912 in Hardman, Oregon, son
of John and Sadie McDonald. He
lived most of his "life in Morrow
county.
Survivors include his wife,
Elvira; two children, Patsy and
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Jonn McDonald.
Services were conducted by Rev.
Lester Boulden at the Methodist
church in Heppner. American
Legion Post 87 held military ser
vices at the Masonic cemetery.
Phelps funeral home was in
charge.
Ben Vinson has returned to
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Heppner after several months in
Portland where he received medi
be-leal treatment.
Police Warn Kids
Against Bike Riding,
Air Rifle Shooting
Heppner police chief, Roscoe
Kelley this week issued two
warnings to local kids no bike
dinances covering both subjects
'and that they will be enforced
in the future after youngsters
' have had warning not to con-j
tinue the practices,
1 parking of bikes on
Improper!
downtown
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County to Ask For
Hospital Money
Countv iudee Garnet Barratt
win he in Portland Fridav to nre-
sent the request of the county to
thn rroc, ctoto Kn,rH f v,Qith
of 544,000 in Federal Hill-Burton
funds to be used to. aid in the
construction of the new wing on
Pioneer Memorial hospital.
The county's application for the
federal match-money has been
nn filp with thp tnt hn.nrrl
over six monhs, but it was only
in the closing days of the recently
adjourned congress that the
money was appropriated. Now
that the funds have been voted,
Morrow county's application is
expected to be processed imme
diately as it carried a high pri
ority in the state.
The federal money, if granted,
will be used with the funds
raised by the special 5 mill levy
voted by the county last fall to
add a bedroom wing on the badly
crowded hospital.
Fair Premium Lists
Sent to Exhibitors
With less than a month before
the 1953 Morrow County Fair and
Rodeo, plnr. end arrangements
are beginning to" ' shape up.
Premium lists for fair exhibits
were sent out to all farm famil
ies, 4-H members and townspeo
ple exhibiting last vear during
the past week. Additional copies
are available at the county
agent's office for those who may
have been missed. From inqulr- mlks S0U,h of Heppner, was put
ies and reports, exhibits should out b-V a state fire crew. Two fires
exceed last year, says N. C. An- were startod Tuesday evening,
derson, secretary. one wm('h a crew from the Kin-
Admission to the fair will be zua rine mills I,llt oul ncnr f,amp
hv hnttnn tm inrinHna nil fnir.5 and another near Government
activities and Friday's Horse
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show. Buttons are on sale by
most Heppner businesses. Ad
vance sales are heing handled by
the Heppner-Morrow county
Chamber of Commerce with Les
Grant in charge.
Judges for the fair have been
engaged. Joe B. Johnson, Animal
Husbandryman, Oregon State col
lege, will judge all 4-H and open
class livestock, with .E. M. Nel
son, County Agent, The Dalles,
judging farm crops, horticulture,
wool, chickens and rabbits. Emil
Muller, Helix, will judge the
horse show.
Judging home economics ex
hibits will be Mrs. Eleanor Alkio
and Mrs. Russell McKennon, Pen
dleton, and Mrs. H. J. Campbell,
La Grande,
For the ladies, again this year,
are the Betty Crocker Chiffon
Cake, C and H Bonus sugar
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awara, ana iNauonai neeuiewoiK
Crochet Contests. Among the
awards for the contests are silver
plated cake plate, cake server,
Betty Crocker Picture Cook Book,
Cup, and 300 lbs. of C and H
sugar.
Just a Reminder
dtL nn.t.Tv8r nnfllllazar(l fuels are drying ut-
4th Quarter Taxes Uue)chances of small firps gettlng
The countv Sheriffs office Utarted and spreading rapidly are
dropped a gentle hint this
week the last quarter of
1952-53 taxes are due and
payable by August 15.
DRIVERS WARNED
Heppner police chief , Roscoe
Kelley, this week warned drivers
that registration slips for their
Icars muEst be displaced in plain
i sight in the driver's compartment
sue citations to persons not com
plying. Kelley said that he has found
many cars in Heppner without
the proper certificate.
Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Chapin
returned recently from a vaca
tion trip to Canada. En route
home they visited with their
daughter and son-in-law Mr. and
Mrs. Clayton Slyter of Seattle,
Washington.
Valuation Down,
Taxes Up Slightly
For Next Year
With the county assessor's of
fice this week completing tabu-
ation 0f figures for the next
year's taxes, a check showed a
slight increase in millage for all
districts brought on largely by a
)r .. in vaiuation and a redue-
tion in the assessment ratio from
snowed by ikWner with 79.4
and Lexington with 73.7 mills
'Heppner's millage last year was
,73 mills. y
j The assessor said that valua
tion of cities and lands showed
!an -increase over last year but
i drops were .noted in the personal
Property and public utilities
classifications. The greatest drop
was wltn ,lle u,ill,1PS whkh are
down $226,043.10 for a total of
The total valua-
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$mJnnt s yarS t0tal
iSPL 'O'0-380- ,
Tho Jwest mil age in the
w'V"iy' "i" U I",as oul-
cltles. be 561 for the coming
J'ear- Tlus compares with 48 b
for las 'J- Most of this is ac
counted for by the addition of the
special 5 mill levy for the con
struction of a new wing for Pio
neer Memorial hospital. Both
Heppner and Boardman also ad
ded a 3 mill tax for hospital
maintenance districts.
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Thunderstorms
Hit Heppner Area
Two thunderstorms raged over
I the Heppner Ranger district Mon-
,ia' aml Tuesday evenings start-
in; tnree toresl tires and slowing
fc e
harvest.
The cause of the fires is attri
buted to lightning. Rain total
ing .08 inches the first night and
.07 the second, fell during the
sorms
A fire which broke out Monday
on Mahogany butte, about 35
springs, 30 miles south of Hepp
ner, which was put out by a na
tional forest crew from Madison
butte.
The ranger office in Heppner
reports that there are no fires at
the present time.
The wheat harvest is not ex
pected to be hurt by the storms
and it is expected to swing back
into full harvest immediately.
Permits Available
To Enter Fire Areas
The permit closure is again in
effect in parts of Morrow, Wheel
er and Grant Counties by procla
mation of Governor Paul Patter
son; effective from July 24
through December 31, 1953. If it
is necessary for persons to enter i
the closed area on business, per-!
mits may be obtained at the fol-!
lowing places; Chapin Creek
Guard Station, Kinzua Guard Sta
tion, Kinzua Pine Mills Company
office, Camp 5 office, and Lone
rock Store. All roads entering
the closed area have been posted.
The grass and other high haz
ard fuels are very heavy in and
adjoining forested areas caused
by the wet spring. As these high
much greater. The people of this
area are to be commended on the
cooperation they have shown in
the past in helping to keep this
part of Oregon green.
Tax Levy Approved
In Special Election
The three mill tax levy for the
maintenance and operation of
the new Heppner cemetery main
tenance district was approved
last Saturday in the special elec
tion held in the council chambers
by a vote of 39 to 25.
Approval of the levy in this
election will allow the assessor
to place it on this year's tax roll,
giving the cemetery directors the
money to work with.
Mrs. Jack Loyd and son Timmy
have returned from a visit with
her parents in John Day,
NO REST FOR A BEAUTY QUEEN-
Heppner Visit by Miss Austria
Steady Round of Appearances
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Though she came for a rest
and a visit, 18 'ar old Miss Lore
Felger of Vienna, Austria, the
pen-pal of 13 year old Virginia
Gonty of Heppner, found her five
days here were filled with an
almost continual round of ap
pearances and parties that al
most completely consumed her
time. She left Tuesday evening
by plane from Pendleton well
loaded down with gifts bestowed
upon her by the people of Hepp
ner. Lore, who recently competed as
Miss Austria in the Miss Universe
contest at Long Beach, Calif., ar
rived in Heppner last Thursday
after a series of letters and phone
calls by the E. E. Gontys, the
Heppner-Morrow county Cham
ber of Commerce and other inter
ested persons bad cleared away
the red tape connected with get
ting her schedule extended to
allow time for her stopover here.
Lore's arrival here started her
on a swing of entertainments
that included appearances before
the Soroptimist club, the cham
ber of commerce, at the Princess
dance Saturday night at the
fair pavilion and several parties
and picnics. In addition she
spent all of one morning being
photographed in western attire
and on horseback.
In her appearances before the
Soroptimists and the chamber of
commerce she told of her life
and activities at her home in
Vienna and explained that she
had done small parts in the thea
ter for several years. It was there
that she was picked to compete
for the title of Miss Vienna,
which she won. This gave her a
chance to compete for Miss Aus
tria and winning that, the oppor
tunity to visit America as a Miss
Universe contestant. She ex
plained that she didn't think too
much of the Miss Universe con
test, but "it gave me a chance
to come to America." She said
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she wasn't interested in movie
contracts in this country, though
they were discussed while she
was in Long Beach.
The tall blond girl who speaks
English quite fluently, though
some of the American slang
caused her some difficulty, quick
ly became a well known and
popular person in Heppner and
by the time the day came for her
to leave for the east she had been
presented with a complete west
ern outfit of jeans, .shirt, hat and
tie given to tier by Wilson's Men's
Wear, cowboy boots from the
Gonty's, an engraved western
belt buckle and belt from the
chamber of commerce, clothing
from Claudien's and numerous
other gifts from local residents.
4-H Home Ec. Club
To Study Judging
On Thursday, August 13 at 1:30
all Home Economics 4-H club
members will meet at the club
house, Fair Grounds, Heppner, to
learn techniques in judging, ac
cording to Maud C. Casswell,
County Agent, Home Economics.
I Miss Anne Bergholz, acting state
club leader, will assist with the
judging session. New type score
cards will be used for judging so
that Morrow County 411 mem
i hers will be ready to take part in
'county and state fair contests.
I Classes that will be judged are:
Cookery, white bread, sponge
jcake, muffins, cup cakes and a
.days meal; Clothing, cotton
ishirts, cotton dresses, aprons, pot
I holders, and anklets; Canning,
canned peaches, cherries, pears,
string beans, chicken. . Articles
and food for the classes will be
furnished by 4-H club members.
All Home Economics leaders
and 4-H members of the South
Morrow district, will take part.
Parents are welcome to attend
and participate In the judging.
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MISS AUSTRIA is shown above
In a western optfit ot th Hepp.
ner rodeo field With Virginia
Gonty, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. E. E. Gonty, her pen-pal
for four years and Duke owned
by Mr. and Mrs. Oscar George
who was saddled up for her to
ride during her visit in Hepp
ner. Lore Felger (Miss Aus
tria) was a good horse
woman, though she had been .
on a horse only twice previous
ly. At left she is shown with
Morrow county Rodeo Queen
Elise Bauernfeind at the prin
cess dance Saturday night
where she appeared in native
Austrian attire. Miss Felger
left Tuesday for New York
after a five-day visit with the
Gonty family. (Upper photo by
Alex Thompson)
i The jeans seemed to please
Lore as much as any of her gifts,
I for she had tried to find some
jwhile she was in California, but
Iwas unable to get them. Mrs.
Gonty, who acted as her over
seer while here, said that the
western outfit was her favorite
land that she had quite a time
getting her out of it and into a
dress for some of her appear
ances. j The rush of Miss Austria's
.schedule in Heppner was best
emphasized by Virginia Gonty,
who said Wednesday after Lore
had taken the plane for New
York. "We sure didn't get much
time to visit."
Lore's short stopover in Hepp
ner was a side trip on her re-
iturn home. From New York she
will spend three days in the New
England states and will then
take the plane for Vienna. Her
public appearances will not all
be over then, however, for she
is scheduled to appear in the
Miss Europe contest at Istanbul,
Turkey the last of August and
possibly in the Miss World com
petition in London in September.
She hopes to continue her theater
work in Vienna after all of her
beauty contest appearances are
completed.
Polio Meeting Set
For Morrow County
Morrow county chapter of the
National Foundation for Infan
tile Paralysis will hold a meeting
at 8:00 p. m. on Friday, Aug. 7,
at the courthouse in Heppner ac
cording to James Driscoll, chap
ter president.
Interested people are urged to
attend in order that officers may
be elected for the. coming year.
City chairmen of all communi
ties in the county are asked to be
present and bring as many co
workers as possible.
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