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County 4-H Girls
Win Many Awards
At State Fair
Although it was only their first
experience at entering 4-H con
tests at the State Fair, Morrow
county Rirls made an excellent
showing for themselves with .sev
eral of them receiving awards for
their efforts.
The girls, enrolled in various
4-H home economics clubs in the
county, faced stiff competition
from club members from all over
the state at the Salem exposi
tion. Several received excellent
ratings for their demonstrations.
Among the winners were:
Sylvia Boylen, Irrigon who was
a top blue ribbon winner in the
miscellaneous demonstration di
vision where she gave a flower
arrangement demonstration. Her
work at the North Morrow county
fair at Boardman was rated as
excellent.
Other winners in the blue rib
bon group were Diane Grant,
lleppner, who rated excellent in
the apple pie demonstration; and
Sally Palmer in the wool sewing
contest sponsored by the Oregon.
Wool Growers Auxiliary.
Red ribbon awards were won
by Janice Martin, lleppner in the
clothing III group; Mardine
Baker, lone in the cake baking
contest; Jean Marie Graham,
lleppner in the 4-H bread baking
contest; and Janet Wright, llepp
ner in the style revue for her
cotton outfit for work or play.
All the girls entered at the
statefair had placed well either
at the recent Morrow county fair
at Heppner or at the North Mor
row fair at Boardman.
Accompanying the girls to
Salem, in addition to several of
ihe cirls' parents, was Mrs
Maud Casswell, county extension
agent who assisted in the bread
baking, canning and cake baking
contests, and helped with the
dollar dinner competition.
Also rating high at Salem,
were the two judging teams,
pictured on this page, whose win
nings were reported last week.
Heppner, Oregon, Thursdoy, September 17, 1953
Location Of
Heppner POW
Still Unknown
70th Year, Number 27
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Local Schools
Gain 23 Students
Mnppnw COUNTY'S 4-H canning judging team has a championship ribbon to take home from the
tafe !wi Sttiih thU was'the fLt'year the county had sent entries to Salem. The girls are
?fillv Palmer. Patsy Wright and Jean Mane Graham.
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Heppner F. F. A. Team
Places ar State Fair
The Heppner F. F. A. live
stock judging team composed of
Ronald Currin, Jim Wightman,
Eddie Brosnan and Stephen
Green didn't let the 4-H girls
walk off with all the honors at
the state fair they placed fifth
among the 37 teams entered in
the competition.
The Heppner team was high
for all eastern Oregon teams,
according to James Allen, local
advisor.
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Catholic Regional
Congress Set for
Pendleton This Week
Eastern Oregon has been se
lected for the Seventh Regional
Congress -of the Confraternity of
If ' 1 V'' ? ' "iiC a
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Smith
of Heppner are still waiting for
their son, Cpl. John L. Smith,
who was recently released as a
prisoner of war in Korea, to ar
rive home. He was due to arrive
,here Sunday, but at the present
'time his whereabouts is still un
certain.
According to a wire service
story appearing in daily papers
early this week, Cpl. Smith, then
in San Francisco when Inter
viewed by reporters, was to be
sent to Fort Lewis, Wash, for
hospital treatment, though ac
cording to the story, Smith said,
. . I don t know wnat is me
matter with me." Other state
ments in his story however, indi
cated that he had been wounded
in both legs and in the back,
nrior to his capture in 1950. He
arrived last week in San Fran
cisco, along with 376 ot.er ex-
POWs, aboard the transport Ma
rine Phoenix.
Cpl. Smith, according to re
ports, has never arrived at Fort
Lewis, and officers of the local
Red Cross chapter were attempt
ing Wednesday to contact army
officials at San Francisco to
learn where he was. There was
some speculation here that he
had been sent to a hospital in
the San Francisco area through a
change in Army orders
Cpl. Smith talked with nis
mother by telephone last week
shortly after he docked at San
Francisco, but since that time no
direct word has been heard from
him. The wire service story
quoting him at length, which
said that he expected to go to
Fort Lewis is the latest informa
tion received.
Public Hearing on
John Day Dam Set
For Arlington Wed.
A punnc iKMiuiy dm mi; jmu- .
posed John Day dam will be held f . ' Cr r4 Unol
at the Arlington grade school UUfiriQ I IfSl VVUcK
gymnasium by the Army Engl-1
neers, sponsors of the nearmg. A decidP(, gain , total stu.
I Main purpose of the Hearing is (lonts jn tno Heppner schools
to determine whether the resi -' showed up in a compilation of
dents in the affected areas along figures made Wednesday, a little
the Columbia prefer the high or more man a Wi aft,r the start
! the low dam, both of which have of school. The increase is 23
been considered by the engineers. i sUl(lents in j,o(n the grades and
According to maps, should thtajtIlP hiKh school to brinR the cur-
lurh ilnm he built, it would flood n(
Hill IVJll! iw -in..
. . 4 ..II nil ..f
The additional registrations
out most of Arlington, an oi,
: Boardman and Irrigon and some , . . k t.
of the lower sections ot Lmatilla.' . . th oltM11(,n,arv
The low dam would noi effect
them greatly.
Interested persons are
to attend the hearing.
urged
and high school grades, with
nearly every grade gaining one
or two students. The already
well filled three first grade clas
ses were Increased by three, to
a total of 63 starting youngsters,
and the single class second grade
gained one more student to bring
its total to 37. The high school
too, found more students this
week with every class gaining.
HKKMISTON-W R 1 Innell of The t0,al "ration in the high
Hr.KMlSlOIN Vv. u. unneu or lg m c()m.
Boardman topped the market at ,
the Ilcrmiston L ves ock AucUon I n
f"5V;, ".rCT.dont. as against 297 at the start
Hermiston Cattle
Market Strong
were Tom Houn, MUton-tree
water, 1 810 lb. htifer, $15.40 cwt
RED RIBBON in clothing judging was won by Morrow county's 4-H team at the state fair,
girl team includes Shirley Peck, Judy Thompson and Sharon Bill.
The three.
Christian Doctrine to be held the major topics
NEED FOR MORE SCHOOL BUILDINGS,
TEACHERS SHOWN AT LA GRANDE MEET
Schools, and the lack of them; high school graduates, or that
. , .l. ..u.,.. nf i miaiifipntinns for teachers will
teachers, ano me onunagc ; --- -
, enmo nf hnve to be lowered. It was said
mem aisu, ac omwhs : , a
discussed by I that there is need for 2,000 more
Sontember 19th 21st. Members
of the Catholic Hierarchy, Priests,
teaching and supervising Nuns,
and lay people will assemble at
Pendleton for the Regional Con
gress from the states of Oregon,
ine ma ur iuuiv. ui.uu.wu j ,
teachers and school administra-1 qualified teachers in Oregon than
tors at La Grande Monday ana;are now avandu,,. wvc.w.w.
Tuesday during the annual Tea-1 tire country there is a shortage
chers Institute held at EOCE of 70,000.
campus. I Members of the panel, in addi-
1 n tir,rT0 nf tinn tn Bennett, were Rex Put-
gress irom uie sicius vi uiun, uunng one oi uic 111111.1,0 , . ,
Washington, Idaho, Montana and administrators and school board nam, state superintendent 01
only Heppner but every Oregon
Alaska. The theme for the Con-' members, it was shown that not .schools; Mrs. wiimh, ""
crro this vear wi l be. "Every. nniv iinnnnpr hut every Oregon 01 me Ld uiume
Catholic an Apostle".
Father Francis McCormack of
Heppner is head of the reception
and James Adams, principal of
the Baker high school.
All Heppner teachers and ad
I community is facing the same
I problems of shortages of class-
. ..rrt nn tnarpilv nf tpach-
eommittee to meet the various' ers. During a panel discussion it ' ministrators were present at the
w-as pointed out by tranK ecu-1 tWo day meeung.
nett, president of EOCE that! n
kince 1933 there has been a 295; p f iiftr Inmb.
Barlow's Condition
Remains Serious
Delbert Anson, manager of the
of school. This is also well ahead
iger 01 tne. , , , ... am-
sale, reports. R. V. Patton also, "
toppod the market with 4 fat
11 ..... 1 Dfr ,.inl.i nl.n nnn rlnn QM
hogs weighing S.iO lbs., bringing' '- w,
$2(1,10 and also 9 lambs, weigh-' hor teacher to replace Mrs.
ng 903 lbs., liringing $13.70. Wallace wow. o n graae u-acn-
nthors tonnintr the market ; l1' v,lu 11 lu
company her husband who has
been assigned to army service at
Three Draftees to
Report Today For
Army Induction
Three draftees from this area,
David Dewey Rand, Irrigon; Rob
ert Alva Jones. Heppner and Don
aid Ray Hoag, Arlington will be
inducted in military service at
Fort Lewis this week, it has been
announced ty the tri-county local
board number 31.
The three registrants have been
called to report to the Condon of
fice today (Thursday) to fill the
September quota. All will no
assigned to the Army for a 24
months tour of duty.
A new Oregon directory just
issued by state Selective Service
headquarters lists the following
personnel for local board 31:
Board members. Jack F. Combs,
Fossil, chairman: Robert Eaton,
Condon; William F. Barratt, Hepp-
ner. Government appeal agents:
P. W. Mahoney, Heppner; Ltiwin
A. York, Condon; George L.
Dukek, Fossil. Medical advisors:
nr n Schwisow. Condon; Dr.
Tracy K. Johnson, Fossil; Dr. A. D.
McMurdo, Heppner. Clerk, Mrs.
Florence L. Morgan, Condon.
Registrars in the district are
Scott Sasser, county clerk's office,
Fossil; C. J. D. Bauman, snerui s
The Hanna Estate Hermiston, 22 -amP Mom-man,
' 1lfnf ...111 art lrtA until n
ewes, 12.75 hd., and 9 ewes, $3.25 m,lu W1U -'" c '"" "
cwt.; R. V. Jones. Irrigon, 205 lb. I replacement is found.
veal, $19.00 and 1 bull calf. 710, Added to the staff last week
iiw.. $in r0: W. E. McCutcheon. was Mrs. Mildred Hoberg who is
Hermiston, 1 1100 lb. bull, $13.70; teaching the combination 4th
H. G. Hassp, Umatilla, 1 685 lb. and 5th grade room. Mrs. Hoberg
Holstein heifer, $11.30. I is a graduate of Oregon C ollege
Cattle consignment was down as of Education at Monmouth and
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many regular consignors were nas raugni ai luquiue, t iuiu net-,
among the estimated 12.000 at Ada and Alsea, Oregon. She was
the Pendleton Round-Up Friday elementary principal of the
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afternon. Ihe 2zli cattle con- r.asisuie scuooi, near cuus oy,
signed compared with 279 the Oregon, for three years,
previous Friday. I The current breakdown by
The market was active and grades shows the following num-
strong, with buyers present in oer 01 siuuems.
usual numbers and active buV
ding. Most grades of cattle were
steady, as was veal. Bulls were
50c lower. Hogs were generally
20c to 30c, with fat hogs up $1.15.
The 02 hogs consigned com
pared with 133 the previous Fri
day. The semlweekly sheep sale
brought 25G sheep compared with
41 the previous week. Middle
aged ewes brought a very good
$12.50 to $12.75 per head, with old
ewes bringing $5.50 and all sheep
slightly higher.
Among buyers returning were
an Ellensburg packer coast pack -1 p.. J Dri'vp Her
ore an.l Kiimo fiPflir hilvprs. hilt runu IIITC IICIC
few feeder cattle were consigned.
Dairy cows were in demand by a
California buyer and others but
were generally lacking. Quality
was generally lower on all con
signments but prices were gen
erally steady.
1st 3
2nd 3(5
3rd 4S
4th 32
5th 41
6th 30
7th 32
8th 28
Freshman 38
Sophomore 43
Junior 33
Senior 24
Special 1
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Boy Scouts to Hold
Fund Drive Here
Starting Next Week
Plans were outlined this week
for a Boy Scout fund drive to be
held in Heppner September 24
and 25, La Verne Van Marter,
drive chairman announced Wed-
Latest word received on the
condition of Charles W. Barlow,
county clerk, who is in a Walla
Walla hospital, is tnat nis tn- offieei Heppner; Earl D. Goldan
flitinn is serious and remains , . ... . 0ui . c n r.ipI1
practically unchanged.
Irrigon High school; S. C. Russell,
shell service station, Boardman;
A. A. Williams, Spray; Mrs. Cella
Norton, Post office, Mitchell; and
George E. Van Winkle, Hulden
Motor company, Arlington.
A strong seasonal demand for;nesday. The campaign Is to raise
fat slaughter stock, feeder steers funds for the 1954 Boy Scout pro
and good quality fat grass steers gram in Heppner.
and heifers is reported by Anson. Assisting Van Marter will be
Calves Baby calves 5.50-22.75 : Howard Bryant, Jeff Carter, Del
hd.. weaner calves W.7515.10 Jordan, John Hartman and John
Williams.
The Blue Mountain Council of
the Boy Scouts withdrew from the
local ' Community Chest last
Hplpcates and Drovide accommo
elation for them. Tickets for the
i.mini tr, ho Viplrl Sunday after-
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norm at 5 d. m. are now on sale1 nprcpnt increase in the number
and can be had by contacting 0f students in schools and he said
Rarlow suffered serious injur-
lest to one leg last Thursday
morning when he was caught
against a stone wall when a
power lawn mower he was oper
ating on the court house grounds
f nnntr.l Up KllhsP.
Weill uui lul1""" " ' n II r I
quently suffered paralysis of one fa Baker Bull Sale
Slue 01 HIS uuuy aim ui
chords either as the result of a
stroke or from thrombosis re
sulting from the accident or the
Buyers Market Seen
Father McCormack. Members
and high school students are
urged to attend Sunday after
noon, he said.
Oneral sessions will be held
commencing Saturday afternoon,'
September 19th at 2:00 p. rn. at
Vert Hall with Most Rev. Francis
P. Leipzig, D. D., Bishop of Baker
presiding and Rev. William S.
Stone, CCD Director of Baker as
chairman.
Various subjects will be dis-
cussed during the three day ses
sion, with general sessions held
Saturday afternoon and evening,
Sunday morning and afternoon
and Monday morning.
One of the highlights of the re
trinnal coneress will be the Pon
tifical High Mass at St. Mary's
Church at 9:00 a. m., Sunday
September "20th with
Most Rev. Charles D. White, D. D.
Spokane giving the occasional
Uraed bv Growers
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that dodu ation anci census ug-
ure iXate that between 1950 ' Oregon lamb growers Thurs
and 1965 there will have to be day asked the state's consumers
1. " . ' .h.ls to wace a knife-and-fork war on
K..iit , v,-Jl o hPPn huilt durine a growing pile of surplus lamb.
the past 15 years. j "Lamb prices are lowest since
A buyers market is in pros
pect at the Oregon Cattlemen's
Association bull sale in Baker,
subsequent operations to repair' September 23rd according to ob-
Th ptiroblem of finding a suf
ficient number of qualified teach
ers was also discussed and it was
shown that either more teaching
majors must be found among
Canning Contest
Entry Time Set
The White Satin sugar contest
entries from members of the Mor
row county Pomona grange will
be judged duiing Pomona meet
ing at Willows Grange in lone on
the war," Harold Cohn of Hepp
ner. lamb promotion chairman of
the Oregon Wool Growers Asso
ciation, ?aid in announcing plans
for a fall lamb festival Septem
ber 20 to October 3.
Retailers and wholesalers
throughout the state will be fea
turing lamb during that period,
Cohn said. He urged consumers:
"Give yourselves a treat and do
us a favor at the same time.
Lamb not only is a good buy,
it's mighty good eating.
Cohn said live lamb prices
have dropped to 16M cents a
pound, lowest since 1946 and 33
his leg
Barlow was treated at Pioneer
Memorial hospital Immediately
after he was injured and was
then transferred to the Walla
Walla hospital for special treatment.
No Damage Results
From Two Blazes
September 2G, Grange officers
said earlv this week.
...1 oro ninnninir on ; ner cent ess than a year ago.
g.v.ng.the occasiona , , - y ipQ inthe Wholesale and retail prices also
sermon, me cnoir oi ai. b ' . u.. ,iir ,i.h
Academy, Pendleton, with Sister' comest are ai-u io . ....
n""""1'' .. ..!...:. ,i in l ot. at tho mpptinp-i I kp al fef
Marj' Feliciana,
render the music.
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director, will 'fruit and jellies at the meeting
James Healy and Mr. and Mrs.
Leroy Gardner and son spent the
weekend fishing at East Lake.
Like all festivals, this one is
hv i -no n. m. to be ludeed. complete with a pretty queen.
i. .. .... oi unnnnnnpri that dis-! she is Elaine Stanley, Salem, sen
.-i, l-,rrQ chairman Mrs Jose-i ior at Lewis and Clark college,
phine Holland of Mt. Vernon will j who has been named "Miss Lamb
be a guest at the meeting. I Chop" by tne lamp growers.
servers at the offices of the as
Hon In Prinevllle.
"Rpcent sale averages show a
favorable trend for buyers to top
range bulls," according to rranK
Beeson, secretary for the asso
ciation. "All animals will have
to be top quality", he continued,
'.for they will be rigidly sifted
and graded. The grading on
September 20, will be handled by
Charles Kyd, Washington State
College livestock extension spec
ialist and Kent Magruder, Clats
kanie." An evening banquet will be
held on September 20th for visi
tors nrnsneetive buyers and
cwt.; no feeder calves; veal 15.50
19.50 cwt.
Steers Stocker steers 11.5013.75
nwf fnoilnr clpprs 14 25-15 30- no
cood or choice crade steers; fat: spring following disagreement
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slaughter steers, commercial over tne amouni oi money wim.ii
grade,15.30-17.80 cwt.; fat heifers should be allocated to the Scout
11.50 15.40. (organization, scour oiuciais tam
Cows Dairy cows 102.50 152.50 that they were going to carry on
hd; dairy heifers 41.00-8C.00 hd; their own campaign this year,
no ftock cows. I but hoped to be back in the Chest
Slaughter cows Commercial again next year.
10.10-11.60 cwt ; utility 9.7010.10; Chest officers expressed the
canner-eutter 7.00-9.50; shells hope that the Scouts would be
G.oo-7.00. included in this fall's drive for
Bulls 12.00-13.70. I funds, but Scout officials indi-
HKs Weaner pigs 11.00-13.00 cated that is was necessary for
hd;feeder pigs 23.50-25.5o cwt.; them to get their own drive under
fat hogs 25.75-26.40; sows 19.50- council lime 10 prepare lis rauK
Local firemen were kept busy
again this week when they ans
wered two more alarms, one Fri
day and another Monday. Neither
caused any appreciable damage.
ine riiunv tan iw-.. , , .
u ,.r ncHirv,r,rP Ktrppt whpre mpmbers of the executive com-
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grass was blazing. Monday ; mittee of the uregon cauifim.-n
afternoon they made a run to the, Association meeting in Baker.
city dump to save a trucK wnicn; tins wiwe, un.a..u,
had become stuck and started , auctioneer with cattlemen in
. iko Hnrnn trrnimrl nrpnfin will call the Sale.
DUriUIlK Hum in. -
..... Consignors from the Morrow
" .. . ;area are: B. J. Doherty, Heppner;
ciiu u.nnnsr Thnra. ' Hprhprt Ekstrom lone; Everett
Jim onmu nfr" " , . aii
day for Stanford University Harshman, Hardman, Allen
where he is enrolled as a sopro-! Hughes, Heppner.
more. He was accompanied by j o
Roy Fowler of San Jose, Califor-1 M. Stephen Thompson and
nia who has been visiting Jim for, two daughters spen the first part
the last two weeks. of the week in Portland.
22.50; no hoars.
Sheefi Feeder lambs 11.20
13.70 cwt.; no fat lambs; ewes
12.50 12.75 hd; ewes by lb. 3.25
cw,t.; old ewes 5.50 hd; bucks,
whiteface, 15.00 17.50;. blackface
42.50 hd.
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Former lone Druggist
Dies in Portland
way immediately to
for 1954.
give the
Several Attend
Sunday School Meet
Attending an Assembly of God
sectional Sunday School conven
tion at Hermiston Tuesday after
noon and evening were Rev. and
Mrs. Willis Geyer and Mr. and
rpr oiupri hprp Wed.' Mrs. Rav Losli. They heard talks
nesday of the death In Portland on Sunday School work by Rev.
on Tuesday of Frank Christen
son, about 65, who for many
years was the owner of a drug
store in lone.
According to the sketchy report,
funeral services are to be held
in Portland at 1 p. m. Friday.
Where the services will be held
Is not known.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry O'Donnell.
Sr. had as their guests last week
Mr. and Mrs. D. Cameron of Wal
nut Creek, Calif., and Mr. and
Mrs. Al Carr of Morago, Calif.
They all attended the Round-Up
in Pendleton, the last of the
week,
r.eoree Davis, national represen
tative from Springfield, Mo. and
Robert Pirtle, Salem Oregon state
representative.
Rev. Geyer, local Assembly of
God pastor, took tape recordings
of the talks and will replay them
for the benefit of those who could
not attend the convention
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Connor
took their son Wendell, and Gary
Connor, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Connor to Forest . Grove
Sunday for the start of school at
Pacific University. Wendell will
be a freshman, Gary a sopho
i more.