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County Schools Set
Stage for Graduation
Exercises Next Week
71st Year, Number 10
Copies 10 cents
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 20, 1954
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Memorial was inspected by more
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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