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Residents to Vote
Friday on County
School Budget
. Voters will go to the polls to
morrow (Friday, May 14) to vote
on the budget for the operation
of all county schools for the com
ing school year. Polling places
will be the school in each dist
rict with the hours announced by
the local school boards. In Hepp
ner the polls will be open from
2 to 6 p. m., while in lone ami
probably in most of the other dis
tricts they will be open one hour
only, from 2 to 3 p. m.
The budget this year, while
showing a slight overall increase
in expenses of $9,625 over last
v year, actually will show a nei
reduction of $51,650 from the
current budget due to heavy
cash carryover from the current
year. The total budget figure
for operating all the county's
schools is $011,883, of which
$383,840 is outside the six per
cent limitation and on which the
voters must pass. , The county
school superintendents office an
nounced this week that the low
ered net figure will mean a re
duction in county school taxes of
approximately 3 and one-half
mills from the present tax. The
office had previously announced
the reduction would be at least
three mills.
Just Operating Budget
The budget which voters are
being asked to approve is for gen
eral operating expenses of the
schools in the county, and is in
no way connected with any build-
ing plan or bond issue. There
have been indications that some
persons, particularly in the Hepp
nor district, have confused the
Friday vote on the budget with a
proposal to issue bonds for the
construction of a new grade
school in Heppner, but school
officials have pointed gut that
such a bond issue must be pre
sented at an entirely separate
special election. The date for this
election has not yet been set, as
total cost and bond figures are
not yet compiled.
Mail Haul Contract
Up For Renewal
Heppner postmaster James
Driscoll announced today that
bids will be accepted at the post
master general's office in Wash
ington D. C. until May 27 for the
contract to haul mail from Ar
lington to Heppner. The contract
period will be for four years and
is to start July 1 of this year.
The contract is now held by
Orval W. Gentry of Heppner who
won it by bid earlier this year. It
had been held by Flatt's Truck
Service for several years prior to
that time.
The departure schedule will be
the same under the new contract
as is currently in effect, Driscoll
said. It calls for six-day service
and the elimination of holidays
with the truck to leave Arlington
at 5 a. m. and arrive in Heppner
at 8 a. m.; and to leave Heppner
at 6 p. m. and arrive in Arlington
at 8:30 p. m.
Bid forms may be obtained at
the Heppner post office, Driscoll
stated.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Floan
of Portland were dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Duvall Mon
day evening. The Floans were in
Heppner the first of this week
on business.
Radar Now
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nAJAK b i oiiivi-ihActh This mobile radar unit ce.ng used by ae weather Modification Company,
hcleUr of the present Tri-County Weather Research "rainmak.ng" contract to aid in following an4
seeding storms. This mobile unit is in use in one of the ccnipany'g southern California areas, but
U similar to the one in Condon which ha been installed on o permanent basis in the company
offices there. (See adjoining story).
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SHOW PLANS for the 1954 Oregon Wheat Growers League 4-H and FFA Fat Stock Show and Sale were
adopted by Officers of the Wheat League at a recent session at The Dalles June 7. 8 and 9. From
left, Elmar Lierman, The Dalles, General Manager; Morris Wilson, Condon, President; Kenneth Fid.
ley. Wasco, Second Vics-President; Earl Meeker, The Dalles, Chairman, Youth Activities committee;
ittpe. Exnected exhibits, about 500, a new
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high record.
MOST LOCAL CANDIDATES EXPRESS
VIEWS AT MONDAY NIGHTMEETING
About GO persons attended the
candidates meeting held Monday
evening at the court house under
the sponsorship of the Morrow
county Republican Central Com
mittee and heard 10 of the 12
candidates running for local ofti
ces explain their- programs and
stands on numerous issues. J. u
Turner acted as chairman for the
meeting.
Heading the list of speakers
were Garnet Barratt and Oscar
Peterson who are running for
county judge on the Republican
ballot. Barratt explained that he
has attempted during his term in
office to unify the county and
that he hopes to be abye to com
plete the. planned county road
and hospital expansion programs
in another term. He also ex
plained to the group where the
funds came from that were used
to surface the Lena-Nye Junc
tion road, and told that they were
primary road funds that could
not be shifted to other roads in
the county. If they had not boon
used where they were, they would
have been lost.
Peterson said he was running
on a platform of economy and
pledged all of his attention to the
business of running the county.
He also said that taxes must be
watched even closer during the
coming .years.
r a Tom. present state repre
sentative from this district said
that his record points to his con
legislator. He
said that he is opposed to any
new state taxes until some of the
duplication of state efforts are
eliminated. He also said that
he favors the federal plan of re
apportionment and is working on
enabling legislation for weather
modification districts or projects.
Mrs. Gladys Zell, Democrat of
Wasco, who will oppose Tom in
the general election told of her
interest in a safety program and
said that she strongly urged high
school driving instruction courses.
The three aspirants for the as
sessor's post each spoke briefly,
Mrs. Joseph Hughes explaining
the part she is taking in the cur
rent tax equalization and reap
praisal program and said that the
control of the program, though
it is being done in cooperation
with the state tax commission,
will remain in the county's hands.
Kenneth Blake, who also seeks
the office, said that he feels the
office should be non-partisan and
run for the best interests of all
county residents. The third can
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didate for the office, Harry Din
ges, was not present.
Harold Becket, Republican and
Bruce Lindsay, Democratic candi
date for the county clerk's posi
tion both spoke briefly with Bee
ket telling of his experience in
operating his own business and
said that he plans a further study
of bookkeeping.
Bradley D. Fancher, unopposed
for district attorney, and Ralph I.
Thompson, who is unopposed on
the ballot for county commission
er also gave brief talks.
Former County School
Teacher Dies at 84
Mrs. Anna Heiny of Fairview,
Oregon, near Gresham, passed
away at her home May 8. She
had taught school in Oregon for
nearly 30 years, and will be re
membered in Morrow county as a
teacher in the former Eight Mile,
Rhea Creek and Burton Valley
schools.
Mrs. Heiny was born in Fair
view. Oregon August 17, 18(!9 and
at the time of tier death was 81
vears of age. She had lived in
Oregon all of her life and her
parents had come to Oregon via
ox team in 1S50 settling on a
Dunbar donation land claim.
Surviving are two children,
Mrs. E. O. Ferguson, Heppner and
Warren N. Heiny of Chicago; two
sisters, Miss Calla Hcslen of
Fairview. and Mrs. Ethel Thomp
son of Tort land; one brother Ed
Hclsin of Fairview, three grand
children and five great grand
children. Funeral services were held on
Wednesday, May 12 at the chapel
of the Carroll Funeral Home in
Gresham with vault interment in
Forest Lawn cemetery in Gres
ham. lone Whitman Student
Named to Honorary
WHITMAN' COLLEGE. WAI.H
WLLA, Miss Shirlee McGreer of
lone today was tapped for mem
bership in the Dramatic Club,
Whitman theater honoi(iry, in
annual May fete tapping cere
monies on the campus.
Miss McGreer, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. V. E. Troedson of lone,
is a 1953 graduate of St. Helen'.;
Hall in Portland. Ore. She is ;
member of the Kappa Kappa
Gamma sorority.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Van Winkle
were in Pendleton Sunday night.
to Follow Local Storms and Increase
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday,
Heppner 8th Grade
To Graduate 26
Twenty-six members of the
eighth grade class of the Hepp
nor school will be eraduated into
high school at graduation cere
monies to be held Thursday, May
27 at 7:15 p. m. in the school gym
nasium, principal Clarence John
son announced this week.
He also announced the two top
honor students of the class, vale
dictorian and salutatorian to be
Joann Brosnan and Helen Gra
ham. Other members of the class in
clude Sharon Abern, Peggy Ap
plegate, Janice Beamer. Jerry
Brace, LeRoy Bright, Judy Col
lins, Tom Currin, Buelah Davis,
Larry Fetsch, Burke Gentry, Mar
lone Gever, Carole Groshens,
Eddie Groshens, Margaret
Hughes, Bob Laughlin, Conrad
Lesser. Billv Monahan, Jim Mor
ris, Phyllis Quackenbush, Len
Ray Schwarz, Paul Stout, jacKic
Strut hors, Judy Kessell and Bob
Bryant.
Following the graduation cere
mony there will be a farewell
party and dance.
Heppner Woman Hurt
In Friday Accident
Mrs. Keith Johnson of Heppner
suffered severe and painful,
though not critical injuries last
Friday afternoon when her car
went over a bank on highway 207
several miles north of Lexington,
when accarding to reports, a
front tire blew out.
Mrs. Johnson was brought to
Pioneer Memorial hospital by am
bulance where she was found to
have suffered a compound frac
ture of one leg, severe facial
lacerations and bruises. Her phy
sician reported this week that
she was resting as well as could
be expected.
She was on her way to Wash
ington at the time of the acci
dent. GRANDDAUGHTER TO
GRADUATE
Mrs. R. B. Rice and son Edward
have gone to Kansas City, Mis
souri to attend the graduation of
their daughter and granddaugh
ter Eleanor Rice, from Stephens
College at Columbia, Missouri.
They expect to return to Hepp
ner in June.
Mr. and Mrs. Garnet Barratt
left Tuesday afternoon to spend
a few days in Portland.
One of the most important ad
anies in the technique of wea
her modification, or as it is bet
ter known, "rain-making" is the
installation early this year of
radar equipment at the Condon
office of the Weather Modifica
tion Company, current holder of
the contract with Tri-County
Weather Research for weather
control and experimentation in
Morrow, Gilliam and Sherman
counties.
Information on the use of the
well known war-born device was
described at a meeting last week
end in Heppner of the directors
of Morrow County Weather Re
search, a unit of the Tri-County
organization, by John A. Battles,
head meteorologist for the com
pany and Bc-t O'Hanlon, Wea
ther" Modification president.
The radar unit, similar in oper
ation to the one pictured except
that it is permanently installed
in the company's offices in Con
don, was put into service in Janu
ary of this year, and Battles said
that it promises to be the greatest
May 13, 1954
Coon Urges House
Action on Two
Price Wheat Plan
WASHINGTON A two-price or
domestic paritv program for
wheat would not only help wheat
men by disposing of surpluses.
but would benefit cattle men and
feeders by giving them feed grain
at a nrice thev could pay, San
Coon declared this week.
In a statement submitted to the
House Agriculture committee
Rep. Coon urged the committee
to try to devise ways of meeting
objections to the program, in or
dor to put it into effect as soon
as possible.
The Eastern Oregon Congress
man also declared that cattlemen
in general do not want direct
price supports; stated that In
favors the administration pro
gram for wool, urged a self-hell
program for dairymen, "fair and
reasonable" protection from for
eign competition for fruit, voge
table, seed and livestock grow
ers, stimulation of foreign mar
kets for surplus, and research for
use of surplus crops and farm
lands.
Congressman Coon stated that
while many wool men would
favor a higher tariff as their first
choice, the program as proposed
by the administration would en
courage efficiency and insure
that a vital industry survives.
"It is generally agreed," ac
cording to Rep. Coon, "that cat
tle men do not want direct price
supports, or any other undue in
tcrference or control, but would
welcome a program making grain
available for feeding at a rea
sonable price, and approve of
measures designed to relieve sur
plus conditions, such as the pur
chasing of beef for the school
lunch program.
"Many fruit, vegetable and seed
crops, along with livestock, need
fair and reasonable protection
from overseas competition," Sam
Coon said, "if the farmers that
grow them are to survive as free
a n d independent operators.
America is powerful and strong,
and our farms are efficient and
productive, but we are not power
ful enough, or efficient enough,
to bring the standard of living of
the rest of the world up to the
level o four own."
"While some of our crops need
protection from foreign competi
tion," Rep Coon told the commit
tee, "other crops are in need of
faroign markets in order to dis
pose of their full production. This
involves some conflict of interest.
It may take years of effort to
wor kout a balanced arrangement
in this connection."
Congressman Coon stated that
he has been working with some
of the farmers of Oregon in an ef
fort to obtain closer cooperation I
between the State Department,
the Department of Agriculture
and the Foreign Operations Ad
minis;ration In stimulating for
eign markets, and asked that the
committee support stops further
to emphasize marketing in for
eign relations.
n
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Fergu
son left Monday morning for Flint
Michigan, from there they will go
to Washington D. C, where they
will visit with their daughter and
son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Kelly. They expect to be gone
about three weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Munchison
and Mel spent the weekend and
the first part of this week in La
Grande visiting relatives and
friends.
aid vet developed in the study of
weather research. He told how
the unit can pick up storms at a
distance of up to 80 miles from
the unit and follow their path
until they get out of range or
dissipate. He said that his com
pany has learned, through the
use of radar, that most storms
have numerous "cells" which
may vary in intensity so much
ih; i the seeding of some can act
ually cause a lessining of rain
fall instead of increasing it, as
is desired.
Battles told the group that
lho.-e is much yet to learn in the
u:.o of radar, especially in the
analyzing of the information ob
tained, but that in the short time
it has been in use in this area it
has proven very valuable. Bat
tles said that wiih a little more
knowledge of the area, it would
be possible to sit in the Condon
office and tell on exactly what
ranch it was raining and what the
intensity of the rainfall was.
Hail Program Proposed
The proposal that the Weather
twites
Resignation of Heppner
School Board Head to
Leave 2 Positions Open
Mrs. Stephen Thompson, chair
man of the Heppner school board,
announced this week that she
will tender her resignation from
the board at the next regular
meeting of the group early in
June. She gave as the reason
for her action, a planned change
of residence which would make
her ineligible to serve the re
mainder of her term.
Mrs. Thompson's resignation
will leave two of the three seats
on the board open, as Barton
Clark, another member, announ
ced last week that he will not
seek reelection at the conclusion
of his term in June. L. K. Dick Jr.
will be the only holdover mem
ber on the board.
In releasing the statement that
she would be unable to serve a
a director next year, Mrs. Thomp
son said that she and family will
move out of the Heppner district
during the summer, and that she
felt she should resign prior to the
tinmial meeting and election of
directors which will be hold on
June 21 so that voters of the dis
trict may choose a successor at
that time. She has one more year
to serve, having been elected to
the position in 1952 for a three-
year term. Had her resignation
not boon given prior to the regu
lar election, so that the voters
may choose a replacement, the
position would have to bo filled
bv appointment for the remainder
of the term by the county school
superintendent.
The terms of two members ot
the rural school board will also
expire this Juno, county school
upermtondent Leslie Crant an
nouncod this week, ihoso of Mil
ton Morgan, lone and Adrian
Free Chest X-Ray
Attracts Many to
Hospital Open House
Nearly 2."i0 persons took ad
vantage of Pioneer Memorial Hos
pital's observance of national
hospital day Wednesday to tour
Ih e modern institution in Hepp
ner. Over 1T)0 of the visitors
mailed themselves of the free
host X-rav which was given to
all those desiring it through the
cooperation of the hospital and
the Morrow County TB and Health
Association
All departments of the hospital
were open to the public for in
spection and refreshments were
rved by members of the staff.
Lillian Elde Wins
Girls' State Award
Lillian Elde, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. A. B. Elde, of Heppner,
was chosen this week as the win
ner of a trip to Girls' Stale which
will be held at Willamette Uni
ersity in Salem from June 11 to
20. The award is sponsored by
the Heppner American Legion
Auxiliary.
The selection of the Heppner
girl to attend this year's Girls'
State was made by teachers at
Heppner high school and they
based their decision on leadership
qualities, honesty, courage, scho
larship and several other joints.
The program at Girls' State is de
signed to give the girls training
in parliamentary procedures, gov
ernment operation etc.
Miss Elde is a high school
junior.
Rainfall
Modification company be en
gaged to carry on a hail disburse
ment program during the summer
months was discussed by the di
rectors, who were told that the
Gilliam and Wheeler county
groups were in favor of such a
plan, but the local directors felt
that, in view of the fact that this
county is still $1,000 short of
funds to meet its present con
tract with the company that it
would be unwise to lake on fur
ther obligations until the former
I bill is cleared. It was also point
ied out that only a small portion
of this county is in a dangerous
hail belt, whereas most of Gil
liam and Sherman counties have
suffered considerably heavier
hail losses in former years. Ar
rangements were also made to
make collections on signed con
tracts which are now in arrears.
Storm Followed
A report of the storm which
passed over this section of the
state on Sumlay and Monday,
May 9 and 1() was released to
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71st Year, Number 9
Bechdolt of Hardman, and neither
man has made any announce
ment yet as to whether he in
tends to run again for the posi
tion. Both were elected for a
three year term. The election for
these positions will also be held
on June 21 in the two county
zones in which the members re
side. Other rural board members are
Jos. J. Nys, Heppner. Henry Ziv
ney of Boardman and Alon. t
Henderson of Lexington. Morgan
has served as chairman during
the past year.
4-H Home Ec Judging
Training Day Set
Saturday at Heppner
Home Economics 1 11 judging
training day is scheduled Satur
day May i. at 1:.'10 p. m. at the
fair pavilion, at Heppner.
Mrs. Winnifred K. Gillen, 1-H
Agent, Oregon Stale College, will
assist members with judging
classes in canning, foods, and
clothing. The classes will in
clude three in food, throe in cloth
ing and two in canning.
The purpose of the training day
is to give all 4 H home economics
members an opportunity to know
a good product, and to determine
why, if they do, they are not a
good standard product.
Mrs. Gillen will assist 1 11
members with written reasons for
placing classes. The training day
will assist members in prepara
tion for county and state fairs.
Leaders and club members eli
gible to attend the training judg
ing day are as follows: Charm,
ingly Yours club of lone with
Mrs. Lewis Carlson as Leader and
members: Leann Padberg, Joyce
Casoboer, Karlen Lundell, Linda
lleitnbignor, Ann Baker and Judy
Morgan. Clothing club from
Heppner with Mrs. Waller Wright
and Patsy Wright as leaders and
members Lynda Horman, Helen
Graham, Diane Grant, Sally Pal
mer, Shirley Peck, Margie Peck,
Sharon Rill, Judy Thompson,
Meredith Thomson, Janet Wright
and Patsy Wright. Clothing II.
and III club of Heppner with Mrs.
Marion Brosnan and Mrs. Mario
Marlin as loaders and members
Rosea nn Avers, Erancine Fran
eisjaniee Marlin, Joann Brosnan,
Janice Beamer.
Clothing I club of Heppner with
Uuth Bergstrom as leader and
members Carole Anderson, Connie
Anderson, Janice Driscoll, Bonnie
Harmon, Nancy llarshman, Caro
lyn McDaniel and Janet Wight
man. Mrs. Jack Van Winkle's
Clothing I club of Heppner with
members Beverly Blake, Bernice
Thomson, Sheryl Harris, Shirley
Van Winkle, and Sharon Keith
ly. Mrs. Audrey Ansted's Cookery
111 club from Lexington with
members Dora Sue Davidson,
Helen Louise Bolts,' Barbara Stea
gall, Nancy Wright, and Charlene
Jones. The Cooking 111 club from
lone with Mrs. E. M. Baker as
leader and Mardine Baker, Ann
Belle Coleman, Janet llowton,
Judy Howton and Sue Coleman as
members. Cookery I club of
Heppner lead by Mrs. James Al
len w'ith members Sara Mae
Burnside, Karen Christain, Patty
DeRosia, Shirlee Gaines, Nancy
Kay Moyor, Rose Marie Nash,
Mary Shannon, Virginia Thomp
son, ami Rogena Mae Wagner.
Mrs. Earle Kendalls Cookery I
club of Heppner with Mary Eve
lyn Tucker, Shirley Van Winkle,
Carol Anderson, Connie Anderson,
Vicki Barger Sharon Keith ly, Bon
nie Hannah, Shirley Nash, Jeanne
Collins, and Wilma Bothwell as
members.
Cookery I club of Heppner led
by Mrs. Claude Graham, Mrs. P.
W. Mahoney, and Jean Mario
Graham as leaders and members
Mary Sloeum, Carolyn Sloeum,
Janet Thompson, Patty Barger,
Beberley Blake, Cheryle Hartmun,
Laura Lee Sumner, Shannon Ma
honey, Julie Pfoiffer, Bernice
Thomson, Judy Hamilton. Cook
ery I club ofl one with Mrs. Roland
Bergstrom and Mrs. Merle Baker
as leaders an the following mem
bers: Marilyn Morgan, Lona
White, Joann Turner, Linda
Hams, Marlene Griffin, Joan
MaKin and Leann Padberg.
The Cookery III chili from
llepi.ner w ith Mrs. Nels Anderson
at their leader anil members Bar
bra Warren, Virginia Andresen,
Virginia Goniy, Margaret Ken
dall, JoAnne Keithly, Sharon
Case, Diane Grant, and Ida Sue
Stratton. The Cookery II club
from Heppner with M.irie Martin
and Marian Brosnan as loaders
and Janice Martin, Francine
Francis. Roseann Ayers and Jo
ann Brosnan as members.