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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1954)
w or o County Schools Set Stage for Graduation Exercises Next Week 71st Year, Number 10 Copies 10 cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 20, 1954 Cm Primary Small Turnout of Voters Expected In Most Areas Voters will go to the polls to-, morrow i Friday) to choose party nomineees for 13 congressional, state, district and county offices to be filled at the fall general election. Voting will be from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. in the seven county polling places. There is no competition for any office among the democrats, but republican voters will have two or more candidates to choose from for four offices. Those are for governor, commissioner of the bureau of labor, county judge, and county assessor. No mea sures appear on the Morrow county primary ballot. In the state-wide race, the onlv republicans doing any great j amount of campaigning during the recent weeks are Paul Patter son and Earl T. Newbry who both seek the governor's post.. S. Eu gent Allen of Multnomah county and II. E. Barker of Marion county are vicing for bureau of labor job. but their campaigning has not reached into this section of the state. Hottest local race is between Garnet Barratt, incumbent county judge who seeks reelection and Oscar Peterson, lone rancher. Three persons are seeking the assessor's job, Olive B. Hughes, incumbent; Harry Dinges and Kenneth K. Blake. For all other positions, republi can and democrat, there is not more than ole aspirant. Polling Places Listed Polling places in the county's wwii precincts are as follows: lone city hall. Lexington I. O. O. F. hall. Hardman Hardman school. Eoardman Grange hall, Irrigon Irrigon school. " N. Heppner Empire Machinery Co. S. Heppner Court house. Voter registration in the county, in common with nearly all other sections of the state, showed a slight drop from the last general election, and according to re ports from elsewhere in the state, lack of interest is expected to re sult in not over a 50 percent vote except in a few limited sectiiyis where hot local fights may bring out a higher percentage of regis trants. n Mercury Climbs to 88 Here Tuesday. Old Sol bore down on Morr.ow county this week, along with most of the rest of lju state, and temperatures here hit a new high of 88 degrees Tuesday, Len Gil liam, weather observer reported. Tuesday's high was only two degrees above Monday's 86 and an overcast Wednesday held the mercury down to around 80. It was the first hot weather of the year. Reports were that while in most sections of the county, little or no damage was caused to fall wheat though most ranchers were com plaining that the ground is very dry. Some worry was felt, how 'ever, for spring seeded barley. anil all grains will suffer damage unless rain falls within ten days or fo. i.0 rain nas ianen neie so iai during May and the total for the year is only about half of last year's precipitation. CAMP FIRE CEREMONIAL Tho m-n f'amn Firp Girls crotiDsl of Heppner will hold a ceremonial; house. He will tell of his exper Saturday evening May 22 at 8:00 iences in Alaska and will show p. m. at the Masonic hall. "' slides of the area. The public Everyone is invited to attend.' is invited. WILLOW CREEK DAM UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOT A HELLS CANYON DAM, BUT PLENTY BEING RAISED OVER WORK It finally happened but not in the way most people had hoped for. Work was started Monday on long hoped-for dam en Willow creek. The idea is fine, and at some time in the past, army engi neer had prepared tentative plans lo 9 dam Ccrass the tJveh c&w Eeppn, bat whea icmtrttHian torte ssmfftirne tfuri9 t& aigtit ttw location and tht contract i'tdsTX re ceive the approval t ertttte few of the residents of the at. The biggest complaint on the project came from the laot that it was being located about 309 Polls Open Friday Heppner Youngster Injured When Struck By Car Monday Tatricia Ann Keithly, 2 year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Keithly of Heppner, received a broked arm, rib and numerous cuts and bruises Monday evening when she was struck by a car driven by Kenneth W. Green. She is reported to be improving at the Pioneer Memorial hospital where she was taken for treatment. Patricia was struck as she was crossing Gale street to join her sister and other children who were playing near the Christian church. According to reports, Green said he did not see the girl until he heard her sister scream and felt the impact. He was not traveling at an excessive rate of speed and no blame has been placed for the accident. o Student Body Officers Named Students of lone, Lexington and Heppner high schools last week elected new student body officers for next year. lone students se lected Denny Swanson as their new president; Phyllis Nolan will head the Lexington group and Jack Monagle was chosen to head the student body at the. Heppner school. Other officers at lone are Jer aid Rea, vice president; Carolyn Crabtree, secretary treasurer; Judy Howton, assistant sec.-treas; Gerry White, athletic manager; Ernie Drake, editor of Ionian; Judy Mason, editor of the Cardi nal; and. Judy Howton, Sue Cole man and Jean Ann Swanson were chosen cheerleaders. Other officers at Lexington are Eugene Wardwell, vice president; Cherry Gray, secretary; and Larry Groves, treasurer. Serving under Monagle at the Heppner high school will be Dick Kononen, vice president; Patsy Wright, secretary; Lillian Elde, treasurer; and Eddie Brosnan, sgt. at arms. Class officers will be elected early next year. New Water Line Laid To Heppner Cemetery Directors of the Heppner ceme tery maintenance district an-1 nounced this week that they have completed installation of a pump and water line to the Heppner Masonic cemetery and that many other improvements are currently under way. Care and maintenance of the cemetery has always been ham pered by lack of water at the grounds, and until formation of the cemetery district no funds were available for such work. The board has graded most of the roads and laid out several other new roads in addition to doing a considerable amount of cleaning and maintainance. It was hoped to be able to get all the roads graveled before Memorial day, but difficulty in getting the gravel will probably delay its hauling until sometime in June, it was said. The new pump was installed in the new city reservoir near the base of cemetery hill, and a new pipe line has been laid to the cemetery grounds. o SPECIAL SPEAKER DUE Rev. John Martin of Hermiston will speak at the Episcopal Auxi- liarv Guild meeting Monday evening at 8 p. m. at the Parish yards upstream from the May street bridge in the middle of town, and also that a couple of (or more) beavers had the contract for its construction. Another complaint came from Fred Booker, whose property adjoins the damsite, and whose poplar trees the beavers were using for materials. After the animal's nocturnal work was discovered, Glenn Word ocf th state game com mission set out live traps in an effort to capture the dam build ers and move triers tittle far ther upstream where the? can build to tfcei hevts tOfttentU T date the animals bave abided eojJfcwe, lie Vote Stalls Re-Formation of Rural Fire District Five lone and Lexington men Tuesday were elected to what will probably be the softest jobs in the state. They were voted in as directors of the lone-Lexington rural fire protection district, but at the same election the forma tion of the district was voted down by a tie vote. A check of the ballots Wednes day morning, following the spe cial election held Tuesday to ap prove the formation of the dis trict and choose directors to oper ate it, showed the final count to be 10 to 10, which according to district attorney Bradley D. Fan cher, means the formation of the district was voted down, Fanchcr said that he was unable to find anything in the law governing a tie in such elections, to indicate whether another election will suf fice or whether the formation procedures will have to be started over from scratch. He planned to request a decision on the matter from the state fire marshall's of fice. The five men who were elected ti the "no work" positions were Franklin Lindstrom, Norman Nelson, Berl Akers, Orville Cuts fort h and Harold Evans. The rural fire district has had rough going ever since it was first formed, about two years ago. After it had been in semi-operation for nearly a year, and had levied a tax, it was found that the boundaries of the district had included the incorporated city of lone, which was Illegal. The voters of lone also were allowed to vote on the original measure, which also being illegal, further confused the issue. The county court subsequently ordered the district's funds held up and re quested re-formation proceedings be started. The Tuesday tie vote only confuses the issue siill more. Approximately $3,000 of the dis trict's funds are in the hands of the county treasurer, but they cannot be used until a legal dis trict is voted. Should the formation of a dis trict finally be voted down in a valid election, no one has yet been able to figure out for sure just what will be done with the money. o Police Warn Sidewalk Bicycle Riders Heppner police chief George Reed issued a warning today to Heppner youngsters that they are not to ride bicycles on the side walks, as it is prohibited by city ordinance, and emphasized a previous warning that bikes should not be left Iving on or parked in the middle of side walks, especially in the down town area. Reed reminded the youngsters that the sidewalks were for pe destrians, but that recently they had been nearly outnumbered by bikes. He did, also urge bike riders lo use particular care in observing traffic rules while rid ing in the streets. n Lex Juniors Honor Senior Students With Banquet Friday The Lexington high school juniors honored the members of the senior class with a banquet held Friday, May 14 in the school lunchroom. The theme of the banquet was Springtime, with floral decorations and an ocean view and lighthouse scene. In keeping with the theme, a short after-dinner talk on spring time was given by Leslie Grant, county school superintendent. Those attending were Jo An Breeding, Betty Messenger, Bob Steagall, Beverly Nolan, Asa Way, Bill .Steagall, Keith Gray, Larry Groves, Eugene Wardwell, Phyllis Nolan and Rodney Dick enson. Faculty and guests in cluded Mr. Grant, Mr. and Mrs. Bates, Lewis Wetzel, Miss Howe and Mr. and Mrs. Vanover. Mothers who helped with the planning and serving of the din ner were Mrs. Alex Hunt, Mrs. Millard Nolan, Mrs. Eugene Wardwell, Mrs. Nita Gray and Mrs. Art Hunt. After the banquet the students and faculty were treated to a movie et Heppner. The Junior class extended Its thank to 1I pe-mans who gave their time, flow, amfcfg etc. to fcelp make the banquet a READY FOR THE SHOT David White, technician and X-Ray man at Pioneer Memorial hospital, is preparing one of the more than 150 persons who had free chest X-Rays taken last week at the hospital during the institution's observance of national hos pital day, for his picture. The X-Ray program was offered Through the cooperation ot the hospital and the county TB and health association. r ' . . . ; . '- ' . ; ... . I :. .. : " jm ln It h MODERN SURGERY at Pioneer than 250 persons during the institutions open uuu nesday. Here a staff member checks some of the intricate equip ment used during surgery. 1 VMt' .at tit wo.r T.rtcriT ho cnni in hnsnitnl ally the proud paoas, is the glass enclosed nurssry which qt the time the picture was taken accommodated only four babies. Fhotographer was not allowed inside the room and had to take shot though the glass partition. The entire hospital was open to the public with staff members on hand to show visitors through. LOCAL SCOUT TROOP OPENS DRIVE FOR SALE OF FIRST AID KITS If you skin vour shins or burn a linger. neppiicr nnj .ni3 in.- just what you need and they'll be around to tell you tell vou about it within the next week or so. As a money -raising project the Scouts of the Heppner troop are selling first-aid kits and have high hopes of placing one of 1he units in every home, business and car in town. The boys are now making the rounds of Heppner taking orders for the well-known brand kits which will come complete with all the necessities for first aid treatment. Purchasers will be oiven a choice of several different size kits, and must make a small Lex School Schedules Closing Activities All Final examinations will be completed at the Lexington schools by Wednesday, May 20, and buses will run on that date about 1 p. m. School picnic and parties will be held on Thursday, May 27 and buses will run-one-hour later on that date. The schedule will he completed next Friday, May 28 when re port cards will be issued at 1 p. m. Buses wil run in time to de liver students at that hour and return at 2 p. m. wo siuuem should arrive at the school before 1 p. m. on the last day it was said. The school cafeteria will serve the last lunch on Tuesday, May 2o. o Mr. and Mri Don Bfcllsnbroeft hait.is thoir t'Ufits durini the weekend Mrs. Bfllenferrk' sisetj ifyle i4 trie area most frfufrit and fsmUy, Mr. ar,4 Mrs. Hurley I iy "t t0 hy 8m1 n' KMmen ftfv.1 Kftfn vf Portland.) plined h.w this hat . busiwn gen &ea of ttViand was a could be provided, by ' Heyvntr Heppner visitor Friday dare 1 0US 2" Memorial was inspected by more -3 amona regular visitors, especi deposit on their purchase. They will be delivered within a few weeks and the balance of the pur chase price collected at that time, scout officials said. The kits will be sold for the regular retail price, but the nor mal store profit will go to the troop and the scout to aid in send ing the boys to summer camp. The kits will be supplied through Phil's Pharmacy. Considerable selling competi tion is anticipated as members of the winning scout patrol will be treated to banana splits at the conclusion of the drive. o Cof C Invited To Swimming Party Members of the lone school board and superintendent Ches ter L. Ward attended the Monday meeting of the Ileppner Morrow 'ountv chamber of commerce to extend an imitation to members and their wives to be guests at a swimming party at lone Mon day evening. May 21, as a pre opening celebration of the new lone swimming pool. The party, set for 8 o'clock, will be for all chamber members and their wives or husbands, and the lone group said that women of the community will provide refreshments after the swim. The town's recently completed heated po,l will be opened to the public around June 1. Speaker at the Monday noon meeting was Robert I'enland publisher of the Gazette Times who spoke on "what attracts busi ns lo a town." He presented a list t-f ten items or services that Students in all county schools are Hearing the end of their school year and many senior students will receive their diplo mas ttiis weekend or early next week. All schools will close their doors for the summer vacation not later than Friday, May L'S. In the three interior county schools, commencement exercises are scheduled for Tuesday or Wednesday nights, May 25 and L'ti. Koardman will hold its exer cises May 21 and Irrigon on May 27. The' Hardman grade school will hold graduation Friday. May 21. Heppner Graduates 28 Heppner high school will hold its Baccalaureate services Sun day, evening at 8 p. m. at the Heppner Christian church with Rev. Francis McCormack as the speaker. Commencement exer cises for 28 seniors will be held Wednesday, May 2li at S p. m. at the school auditorium with Kip Taylor. Oregon State College coach as the main speaker. The graduating seniors (most of whom are pictured elsewhere in today's paper! include Russell Taylor, Adelia Anderson, Lynn Wright, June Privctt, Ivan Me Daniel, Rene Griffith, Don C.rif- Two County Schools Are Granted New Standard Ratings The county school superinten dent's office received word Wed nesday that two county elemen tary schools, Lexington and lone, have been given a "standard" rating by the state board of edu cation. Lexington was rated standard as of May 17, and lone the following day. Only one other grade school in the county, Hard man, already holds such a rat ing. In the advice received from the state department over the signa ture of Rex Putnam, state super intendent of public instruction, the ratings were granted follow ing a supervisory inspection made of the two schools late in April by Walter O. Shold, super visor of elementary education. He credited the schools with bringing their facilities, curricu lum, etc., up to recommended standards suggested by the state board that they may continue to receive their share of stale aid money. Both the Lexington and lone high schools had previous ly been given a standard rating. According to reports, all other county schools are rated as "conditionally-standard," but because of improvements made to the Boardman and Irrigon schools duing the year, another inspec tion will be made later with the prospects that these two plants will also receive standard ratings. Both the Heppner schools, high and grade, are classified as conditionally-standard, due largely to the crowded conditions and the temporary units in use here. Should a school district allow its facilities or program to fall below the conditional rating, it can be classified as substandard and state aid funds withheld. Locol Judging Team Places 4th in Contest The Heppner high school voca tional agriculture livestock judg ing team and their instructor. James Allen, went to Milton-Free-water Saturday to compete in a livestock judging contest. The local team placed 4th among the ten teams competing. The team composed of Jim Wightman, John Brosnan, Steven Green and alternate Roy Hughes, were in competition with teams from both Oregon and Washing ton. The top team was from Walla Walla with Mac Hi, Day ton, Heppner, Enterprise, Pendle ton, Prescott, Elgin, McKwan and Stanfield following in that order. Rev. J. Gilliam to Be Guest Preacher The Rev. Jackson Gilliam will All be the guest preacher in Saints Episcopal church at Mornnc Prayer at 11:(X) a the m. Sunday May 23. The Rev. Mr. Gilliam Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Gilliam and went into the Episcopal priesthood from All Saints church. A coffee hour and reception will follow in honor of Rev. and Mrs. Gilliam. o Mr. and Mrs. Jack Van Winkle and John were In Portland Wed- newly oi a business trip. Mi. ftfl Sta. 8e Bicfc 4 Mane ti Wdn4r Tuf mm ni arv1 id"ure trip to lftnd, thy were tntmpntal byrsifir4 vacahcio. Is to be heW Mrs. Il ftep &4 Kirftej, lo June. I'ith. Audine Bergstrom, Jerry Buschke. Colleen Bailey. Donna HudM.n. Larry Lovgreii. Pat Cuts lorth, Nancy Kherhardt, Jim Wight num. ferry Thomps.m. Jim Gieen. Lore! t a Siark, Delores Duran. Sharon l!tvk-l, Glenn Walker. Bob Buschke. Siacy Lov gren. Bill Hughes, Kdna Morris, Ron Currin. Hick Williamson, Albert Parent, lone Has 14 Graduates lone high school will hold its Baccalaureate services the school cal'etoiium Sunday, May 2,'i at (i p. m. and Commencement will be at S p. m. Wednesday. May 2ti. Rev. Robert A. Cpiiolf of Richland, Wash., will be the speaker. The seniors who will receive their diplomas are IVi.ino Baker, Kenneth Brenner, Jerry liristow, Janet Howton, Viiginia .lepsen, Arthur Lindstrom, Roy Liud stram, Darlene M.uld 'n, Lee Pal mer. Herbert Peterson, Jr. Rich ard Rea, Helen Sailer. Tom While and I.olah Wilson. Lex Graduation Tuesday Lexington high school will graduate six seniors at their com mencement activities to be held Tuesday, May 2.") at S p. in. in the school auditorium. Pr. A Kin Kaiser, professor of speech at LOCK in La ( hande, w ill deliver the address. ,Io An Breeding, Betty .Messenger, Bovorlv Nolan. Robert Steagall, Wilbur Steagall, and Asa Way will receive their diplomas. Baccalaureate services will be held Sunday evening at ,8 o'clock at the Christian-Congregational church with Rev. Lewis Wetzel in charge of the serv ice. Lexington eighth grade gradu ation will be held in conjunction with the exercises Tuesday even ing and the following eighth grade students will receive dip lomas: Louise Bolts, Hugo Leyva, I tie McFadden, Dexter Miles, Pa tricia Steagall and Nancy Wright. A list of the graduates at the two north-county schools was not available. llardman's grade school gradu ation w ill be held at li::tl, May 21 at the I. O. O. F. hall, it was an nounced. Final Rites Held For P. A.Wilson Funeral serv ices for Pete Austin Wilson, 1)7, who passed away at his home in Heppner. Sunday May 1(! were held Wednesday af ternoon at the Assembly of God church with Rev. S. I). Speiz of Stanfield officiating. Mr. Wilson was born December .'SI, ISSi; at Wilsoiiville, Nebr., and had lived in the Heppner area for the jiast 10 years. He was a mem ber of the Assembly of God church. Ho is survived by his widow, Cora Mae; two sons, Hubert and Harold Wilson; one daughter, Mrs. Mildred V. Morris all of Heppner; 12 grandchildren and one greal grandchild. Burial was in the Heppner Ma sonic cemetery with Creswick and Seuell Mortuary in charge of ar rangements. County Voters OK Rural School Budget County voters last Friday ap proved the rural school budget at a special election and authorized a special tax levy of $:iS3.KI0 outside the six percent limita tion. The total budget was Still. 883. The total vote was lu'l yes to 85 no with every distiict in the county except one giving the budget, approval. lone was the lone dissenter with a vote of 7 yes to 20 no. The district tally showed: Yes No Heppner 81 GO Irrigon 37 . 4 Lexington 23 1 Boardman 15 0 Hardman 1 0 lone 7 20 o Lex Student Nurse To Graduate Friday Thirty-three student nurses, including Miss Patricia Majeske of Lexington, will receive their diplomas and pins at the annual commencement exercises of the Good Samaritan hospital school of nursing, Portland, at Portland's Trinity Episcopal church Friday, May 21. Miss Majeske is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adolphe Majes ke of Lexington. HOWARD CLEVELAND TO BE SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE Howard Cleveland, Heppner rancher, Thursday announced hi candidacy for one of the two posi tion otaro on trW U-pmit whuul touanl diJrU'4 No. I. Thl elsrtwn. lo f!U thi twij 9
