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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, April 22, 1954
71st Year, Number 6
ing ins iirsi annual Lions ciud
tiniica nrrrl Uara hunt rhrtirmrm. Tnhtl Frncrtrtrff is aivinrf the
house oark. Here hunt chairman, Tohn Ernsdorff is qivincr the
cider group, in the background,
ren had a special area reserved
NUMBER ONE ihi3 litUe girl was, cne ol the first of ihe younger
group to find an egg. It quickly disappeared in the sack and :he
continued her search
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HOW MANY 'VE YOU GOT? These
their nnaings alter tne nrsi rusn
LE'ME LOOK! This boy carefully
..ic;tiira n-ri rhorkc nn sack
n.nho. hnri rMir.iHDtnhis tt,Mihl
(8
ll !' iv. .. . y
IVIllk w. i -J
enough to get their pictures, let alone find out their names, but
all 200 to 300 of the children thoroughly enjoyed the event spon
riiih. Snprinllv marked eaas brought
suicu -----
special cash prizes of 5, 10, 25
50 cozen eggs were niaaen on ine
"WINDSHIELD POX" EPIDEMIC HITS
LOCALLY, THREE CASES REPORTED
"Windshield pox'1
hit Morrow,
count v this week,
along wit hi
much of the jest of the west
coast, and one" case of the phe
nomena nearly two weeks old
turned up in police reports.
Two well substantiated cases of
the windshield damage were re
ported early this week, one to a
car parked in Heppner and an
other occuring while the car was
being driven here from Walla
Walla. Floyd Sayers reported the
first case of the damage to his
car which occured Sunday or
early Monday. He had been
watching his windshield and
Monrlav found nearly a dozen
cm n 11 holes in the class. In this
case there were small blobs of
hr,mn mud on the glass, which
when removed brought a small
segment of the glass with it.
Mrs. Roy Orwick reported the
damage to her car came while
returning to Heppner from Walla
Walla Sunday. She said tn
first appearance of damage came
when drops of liquid, which
i.,VoH liU-p rain hit tlie wind-
iU'-'Il''- !-. "
shield. While she watched, bub
bles appeared in the glass at the
cnot where tne drops naa mi
Some of the spots also took the
f,.rm of sma 1 Pits in tne glass.
similar to the thousands of others
reported during the past several
days.
Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman report
ed Wednesday that he had in-
.-otiipatod a reDort nearly two
weeks ago. from a resident of
Irrigon that the back glass of his
rar had been pock marked by
rrc nr something similar. Bau
man said the car, an older model
had not been driven for some
easier t?yy nuui neiu ui ie i-wun
instructions. The smaller child
tor them.
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two took time out to compare
was over.
guarded his findings as an in
of colored eaas. The GT nhoto
stoDDina the vounqsters long
1 - - 1
and 50 cents to lucky kids. Nearly
yiuuuus.
time, but was parked in the open
He said there were at least 25
small holes in the glass.
Rosewall Motor company in'
Heppner, while not reporting any
damaged windshields as yet,
have been taking precaution witn
new cars and trucks which must
be parked in the open by keeping
the glass covered with heavy
paper.
Reports continue to come in
from many new sections report
ing the windshield damage which
first started in northwest Wash
ington. Numerous ideas as to tne
cause of the trouble have been
advanced, but to date nothing
definite has been proven.
Cub Scout Carnival
Set For April 30
Plans are complete for the Cub
Scout carnival to be held Friday,
April 30 at the Fair pavilion in
Heppner, it was announced today
by members of the scout council.
The event will open at 7:30
d. m. and the persons in charge
say there will be games and fun
......
s and child- .
? will be the.
for everyone, parents
ren included. There
usual carnival attractions includ
ing a shooting gallery, hot rod
rides, fish pond, a refreshment
stand and many other attrac
tions.
Cubs from all five local dens
have been preparing prizes for'
the event and the boys will
handle the consessions during the
evening, it was announced. '
Additional Wheat
Allotment Cut
Predicted for '54
Morrow County Wheat Growth
holding thoir annual spring mvvi
i tUn I Avm,Thn 'r-a nun h ill
MIL' rtl II' Ll-AIIILlun vmnih
Saturday evening heard an up-
to-the minute farm program
ideas from Washington. D. ('.
Jack Smith. Chairman of the Fed
eral Agricultural Programs, Ore
gon Wheat Crowers League, who
had just returned from Washing
ton D. C. made a rep'.ri on ;!nn'-.
ings there.
The most startling to ihose pre
sent was the statement Mr. Smith
ep"i,"d from Washim-i-m fun
it was mst evident th;-t there ':
still too much, wheal with no
reduction i;i sight. II" s'a'eii
that the pmnosed acrc;'"e allot
ment for the next vo ir .tpMMr'M
likely to be l,'ir; less ihan ihe
195.1-51 iTreatre. This would nil'
Morrow County Wheal Growers in
a disas terous oredicamesir ot
leasing 15r; of their land cut of;
production. .
The meeting wit.i 11. (.. (amp-
bell, chairman, in charge, heard I
committee reports from all stand
ing committees. The Oregon
Wheat Growers League new film
'Give Us This Day" was shown
to those present.
Rose Sehmid, Home Economist,
Oregon Wheat Growers League,
distributed packages of Pilaf, the
new wheat food that is becoming
popular in Oregon. Interest is
beinL' shown in establishing a
manufacturing plant for this pro
duct in Eastern Oregon.
Dick Baum, Executive Secretary
introduced Oregon Wheat Com
mission administrator, Joe Spi
rilla, and Glen Purnell, who has
just been added tv the staff 01
the Oregon Wheat Growers Lea
gue. Eighty-five Morrow County
farmers attended the Saturday
meet.
Mrs. Russell O'Donnell
Taken by Death
Services Held Monday
Funeral services for Mrs. Maw
Elizabeth O'Donnell, 20. who
passed away Thursday, April 15
at Pioneer Memorial hospital fol
lowing a lincerinc illness, were
held al 10 a. m. Monday, April
19 at St. Patrick's church in
Heppner. Rosary was said Sun
day evening by Rev. Francis Me-
Cormaek.
Mary Elizabeth Kelley was
born August 20, 102S at John Day
and was a graduate of St. Francis
Academy at Baker. She came to
Heppner in 19-15 and was married
to Russell O'Donnell December 12,
19 IS.
Surviving besides her husband
are three small children, Dennis,
John and Maryanne; her mother,
Mrs. Ify Kelley of Lebanon; and
her grandmother, Mrs. Mary
Paine of Pendleton.
Pallbearers were Luke Bibby,
, L. Haguewood, .Bill Padberg,
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Jr.
Barney Udelhoffer, James
Healy and Bill Cohn. Interment
was in the Heppner Masonic
cemetery,
Creswick and Seuell Mortuary
were in charge of arrangements.
Court House Grounds
Get Landscape Gift
Work is under way this week
on the landscaping of the county
court house grounds, the entire
project being a gift from Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Duval I of Hep-iner.
Shrubs of a wide variety have
been planted around the base of
the building and several small
plots of evergreens will add to
the attractiveness of the entire
area. In addition the pump
house, located at the back corner
of the park area has received
a new coat of paint to complete
the refurbishing of the grounds.
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I. E. Madlock and Lee Hughes
of Winlock. Ore., were business
visitors in Heppner Monday
Hospital Cares for 1209
Pioneer Memorial hospital in,"
iiennner operated at an average :
of 90 percent of its total bed ca
pacity during 1953, and just one
half of the patients came from
Morrow county.
rrl fir,.-..,. mI mimr ,,1tior
nese UKUH.-1, tiuvi iiicin.
interpStjnfT facts carne to light
thia week with the completion of
this week with the completion of
a check of patient records for the
past year, and bore out the belief
of the county court (and the pub
lic who voted a special tax levy
for construction of a new hospital
wing) tnat aaamonai iacmues
are badly needed at the hospital
The figures show a total of 1209
patients were cared for during the
year with 606, or 50.3 percent of
train
ew River Facilities to be Built
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Homemakers to Hear
State Extension Aqent
At May 5 Festive!
Miss Viola Hansen, stale exten
sion agent in home economics,
will he campariog refugee life in
Europe today with conditions as
hi
saw thei:i m i:i.u, at hi,
I Mnrrow t -'i.Ti;-, Hoinei
ni;;
ers
Fi stival.
pavil.oii in !!oi
the Festival is
He Interested
Problem in Europe,"
Mis'- Hansen spent
the Stuttgart area in G
i!i;,0 ii.p-i , ii-witi-: (lis:
: nns for -he I.uthevan Wo
oration, one of the groups helping
t.iugi'cs buiid new live. Later
that summer she attended the
tiieunial conference of tlie Asso
ciated Country Women of the
World in Copenhagen, lienniark.
and visited Switzerland. Austria,
France and England.
That winter she held a l aine
gia fellowship at Harvard univer
sity, working for her masters de
gree, and rejoined the extension
service of Oregon State college in
July, 1951. Site had been Linn
county home agent from 1911 to
1950. '
Miss Hansen has been a favo
rite speaker in 15 oilier counties
in Oregon, according to Mrs.
Maud C. Casswell, county exten
sion agent, home economies.
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Services Held For
Mrs. Lorena Cole
At Christian Church
Services were held Monday,
April 19 at the Christian church
in Heppner for Mrs. Lorena Cole,
58, who passed away April 10 at
St. Anthony's hospital in Pendle
ton. Rev. F'arl L. Soward offi
ciated. She was born at Hardman April
2, S9ti. the daughter of Emery
and Frances Speny and she lived
most of her life in Morrow
county.
The remains were taken to the
Portland Memorial for cremation
There was a short service he! !
there for the immediate family
with Rev. Palmer Sorlien, offici
ating. She is survived by five sisters,
Mrs. Harvey Harshnian. Heppner;
Mrs. Walter Farrens. Heppner;
Mrs. Bert Ward, Townscnd, Mon
tana; Mrs. Blaine Chapel and
Mrs. Roy Thomas both of Hepp
ner. Five nephews, 5 nieces, 9
great nieces, -1 great nephews and
one great-great nephew.
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Local Students Win
Bookkeeping Awards
Thirteen lleppu.T high school
'students received certificates of
i achiewmont in the March 17th
a'inu;il international DooKKeep
ing contest sponsored by tlie
r.u' itiess Education World.
Superior rating was given to
Clarice Hastings. Joan Wright,
Sally Palmer, Jean Marie Gra
ham, David Cox, Lyle Jensen,
Dick Kotiorien, Pat Davis, and
Lillian E!de.
Acceptable rating was award
ed to Jim Green, Dolores Duran,
Marv Ruth Green, and Barbara
Prock.
The official contest problem
was the preparation of a trial
balance of differences after ad-
jut I ments had been made.
Students papers were graded
on accuracy, penmanship, atten
tion to instruction, neatness, and
correct spelling.
The complete returns will be
given in the June issue of the
Business Education World.
them, coming
county. Gilliam
from Morrow!
count v supplied i
103 or 13 9 percent; Wheeler 2o
or 23.7 percent; Umatilla 118 or
9.1 percent of the total. 32 pa
tients, or 2.7 percent of the total
resified in other areas.
A further breakdown of
the
residence of the hospital's
pa
tients showed the following:
Morrow county
Heppner 100; lone 111; Lexing
ton 51; Boardman and Irrigon 33;
Cecil 5; Hardman 3.
wuu. . -"""'.' . ...,
connon i.-,,, .v. . ...,
j ville 3 and others 12.
Umatilla county
Hermiston, Echo, StanHeld 86.
l.t. i!.-i- i .'I l - I t 4 !
wn- v;. Iv " i. u i i
in the ,:,fuv IV ? ' "r 1 '
toraae
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JOSEPH ALDEN, who will teach
next year, replacing Jamesi
the 7lh grade at Heppner srjhool
Feterson who has resigned ef
fective at the end of the present
school year. Alden is a native
of Kinzua, and taught there for
several years. He ccmes to
Heppner from Weston where he
has been teaching for the past
three years. He is a graduate
cl Eastern Oregon College of
Education.
Voter Registration
Shows Slight Drop
Practically complete registra
tion figures for Morrow county
were compiled today by Mrs.
Sadie Parrish, county clerk and
showed a slight drop in total
oter registration for the county,
but not as much of a decrease
as has been reported from some
other sections of the state.
As in the past, Republicans
hold nearly a 2 to 1 lead over the
Democrats according to the fig
ores which iii'dude all recent
tegistratioiis with the exception
of those from Boardman which
had not yel been received at the
clerk's office. Total registration
is 2.'i.'!5 which is a decrease of 171
irom the 1952 total of 2509. Of
these 1 12S are Republicans and
S07 Democrat. The 1952 division
wiis 1532 Republican and 932
Democrat.
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Daily Train Service
Due on Two Lines
Deilv train service will start "n
the Heppner and the Condon
branch lines of the Union Pacific
railroad as soon as volume ship
ping begins it was announced
this week.
Word of the plans for haul
ing the expected heavy shipment
of grain from early May througli
Hi'1 coming harvest was received
in a letter to Al Lamb, manager
of !!h Morrow County Grain
Growers from T. J. Dowd, general
freight agent for Union Pacific
in Portland.
Dowd further advised that the
railroad is now assembling equip
ment to protect the anticipated
heavy movement of grain to Hie
terminals for export and storage.
He reported that the company has
already stored a fair supply of
cars at county points for use
when needed.
Mr. ond Mrs. Earl Evans had
as their Sunday dinner guests
Ben Buschke, Mr. and Mrs. S. A.
Kari of Pendleton. Mrs. Minnie
Forbes, and Mrs. Anne Smouse.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Grotte and
children were weekend visitors
to Portland.
Patients in
L'm:y;ilh
other 3.
McNary, Ordnance 29;
Nursim Home Full
The above ligures applied only
to the 15 beds in the general hos
pital .'"ction of the plant and did
not include those patients being
i cared for in the nursing home
- section whieli lias a pen capacity
i of 10 and operated at 93 percent
of capacity, or an average bed
use of 9,3 per day.
Birth records show a total of
221 babies came into the world
at the local hospital with 113 of
them being boys and 108 girls.
Total Too High
The extremely high figure of
90 percent occupancy of total
!0 v."cks in1 I - 1
,. : ' t -A v t.NiJ
t-!d Fed. ' k ' V . :,..
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Problem
$175,000
Rise in
The grain si
the I',., '.i Noil
belter than it
oral J
n,.:,. .situation in Al Lamb, manager of Morrow
most looks much i Comity Grain Growers points out
lid three months that there is still Ihe problem of
ago, end it appeal
be more storase
needed, .-o rvr:
secret ;ity ol the
west Gram Deal
s thai 1
than
, IV'o
P.ieit!
ers, It
here will
w ill be
s'.iiv.ip
North-1
mi Spo
die 1 he MniTov. i
m will a1' i. I i' o
ill 1 1 ! ppib
.ed by Ih"
construct inn .'I new
sioiai'e taciiities a
Ol ICK
a lid
I soil
'err .
S:,i!lco ro;-i ricil that w i.h the
cas.ii niaihet for wheat running
several cents per piishel under
loan, il appears that practically
none of last year's wheal crop
will he redeemed from the loans.
However, due to Ihe ship storage
program and heavy construction
of elevators, it appears that the
new crop of wheat and barley
will all find adequate storage
space. The planned shipment of
over Hi million bushels of wheal
and 9110.01)0 bushels of barley to
Japan during May and June also;
helps to assure adequate storage:
for the area's grains. j
Stalleop reports thai til least j
17 million bushels of new com-.
mercial elevator space has been
constructed in the northwest
since last harvest. And. added to
the new commercial storage
available is the 30 million bush
els of storage in the surplus ships
which will begin loading in May
in Ihe Portland area. 15 of these
ships have already been loaded
at I'tlget Sound docks where a
total of 13 are available. The
ships already I mded have aver
aged 2:10,000 'bushels each.
P-TA Asks City To
uoiioic Park Property
For School Use
The Heppner Parent Teachers
association hist Wednesday night
passed a resolution asking the
city of Heppner to donate its park
property on Main street to the
school district as pari of a site
for a new elementary school. The
area, along with oilier lands, Is
part of the Turn A-Lum site re
cently approved by voters. The
council had previously set a price
of $13,l)lill on the plot.
During the meeting, at which
about 125 person.'; were in attend
ance, the group went on record as
favoring the necessary bond issue
to finance construction of the now
school.
Vord Received Of
Death of Doris Hayes
Word was received in Heppner
today of the death of Mrs. Homer
Haves of Portland. She was the
r,,rmei- Dnl'is CoX. daUL'htor of
Harold Gov of Heppner.
She was raised in Morrow
county and her husband was
chief of police in Heppner for a
number of years.
Details were not available as
to when or where the services
wotdd be held.
Farm Bureau To Have
Potluck and Meetinq
The Morrow county Farm Bu
reau will meet Tuesday evening
April 27 at Willows grange hall
in lone. There will be a lot
luck supper at (i:'15 p. m. followed
by a business meeting, committee
reports and special music,
All members are urged to be
present and especially the now
members.
1953; Profit
ho-.dial eaoaeiiv. which is a
daily average of 11.1 patients for
ihe 15 beds, far exceeding the
recommendation of the U. S. Pub
lic Health service. The Service
recommends that for efficient
patient care and operation, and
to e:-vo some margin for emer
gency, that a hospital should not
operate at over 05 percent of its
total bed capacity.
Profit and loss figures for 1953
show that the institution had an
operating income of $122,155.90
and operating expenses of $110, -507.70
which left a net profit of
$5,588.20. These figures do not
include such non-operating ex
penses as equipment purchases,
bases
Docks to
a a
nor row
moving a vast quantity of gram
,-.tpj(ll ciioit'h to insure ha Hill
ing of the 1951 crop of wheat and
luiilcy. e leels the determin
ing tai lor will be the a ailaliilily
, I' env ois. The railroads report,
however, that they will be able
to supply an adequate number of
rats, and if so, the Grain Grow-i-i
s manager sa'd he fell there
is n doubt thai all of Morrow
County's wheat and barley can
be taken care of.
New Dock Facilities Due
Lamb also announced that an
other factor which greatly im
ptiAcs the county's storage pros
pects is Ihe construction of a
new elevator and barge loading
facility near the Paterson ferry
landing on the Columbia river in
north Morrow county.
Actual construction of this 150.
imo bushel unit, which will cost
$175,000. will begin within a few
,ays and the contract calls for
completion in time for use during
this year's harvest.
The new Paterson terminal ele
vator will be constructed by the
Continental Grain Company,
wlreh has west coast offices in
Portland, and it will be leased
to the
Morrow County Grain
Growers for a period of five years.
I The cooperative also has an op-
Hon to purchase the facilities al
the end of the lease period.
! W. E. Melcna of lone is the
jeonstaetor and the dock is to be
I built so that it can handle ocean
j going barges when they can
! reach this section of the river.
Lamb pointed out that during
harvest it is always necessary to
move upwards of l.OtXl.OOO bush
els of grain out of Ihe area to
'eep up with harvesting and the
new Paterson facility will greatly
aid in handling this wheat. He
said thai most of the grain will
move through Arlington. Paterson
and by rail, with more than half
of the'total expected to go by rail.
The now' Columbia river docks
will be located adjacent to the
Paterson ferry landing.
Chamber Joins in
Requests For New
County Health Nurse
The Heppner Morrow county
Chamber of Commerce this week
joined with many other county
organizations in requesting the
county court to lake any action
necessary to fill the long-vacant
position of county health nurse.
The group passed a resolution,
which was sent to the court, ask
ing Dial il take all necessary
means to make the position as
attractive as possible in an at
tempt to find a replacement for
Miss Martha Tapanainen, who
re; igned last October. The office
has been vacant since that time.
The resolution pointed out that
county school and individual
family health programs were su:'
feting from the lack of a county
nurse and urged that every
means be taken to fill the post.
CHANGERS TO TOUR
McNARY DAM
Pomona Master Ray Drake an
nounced that Morrow county
grangers will meet with Umatilla
county grangers Sunday, April
25 at Columbia grange, 3 miles
N. E. of Hermiston at 12 o'clock
noon for a potluck dinner. Leav
ing there at 1:15 p. rn. for McNary
to tour the dam.
Shown
depreciation or a bad debt fund
j and some of these are made up
i from a special hospital mainten
ance fund set up by the county
fl 2.000 was budgeted for this
fund, but only $9,000 of the
amount was used and it is hoped
that when the new wing is com
pleted that additional income
from this source will make the
special maintenance fund un
necessary. As announced recently, plans
are now being completed for the
new bedroom addition to the
building and the county court
hopes to call for construction bids
within a short time.