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MILL STRIKE THREAT
AGAIN SEEN IN
NOTICE BY UNION
The Ileppner Lumber company Wednesday received notification
from Local 6-312 IWA-CIO, that according to the union's agreement
with the mill, it was given two week's notice of a possible work stop
page due to a wage dispute between the union and northwest lum
ber operators. The notice was dated June 1, which would make the
effective deadline June 15.
Francis Doherty, secretary of the Heppner local, said Thursday
that he had received notice from the Klamath Basin District Council
of lhf llninn tn crivn iht mill n,,tif
agreement signed by the local and
tha L.;in nnH...l ..- (U.,f
..v. ainnv. umu iwi intii uaic tvaa JJU.-H jjui ll'U I-HIILUM; lUIUlfl
gotiations between the two parties. Doherty said that as far as
he knew, no definite strike date had been set by the union but that
there was a meeting of the CIO and the operator's negotiators being
held in Portland today and another scheduled for Klamath Falls on
Friday. Whether a strike date would be set unless an agreement is
reached at these meetings is not known, Doherty said, as the only in
formation he had was the instruction to file the two-week notifica
tion. The local mill management said they had no information on the
progress of the negotiations, though they did acknowledge receiving
the union notification.
The Union contract with the local mill expired just prior to the
previous May 3 strike deadline,
with the temporary working agreement since that time while ne
gotiations have been continuing on the union's industry-wide demands.
Pioneer Meeting
Attracts 125
Old Time Residents
More than 125 persons gathered
at the fair pavilion Sunday after
noon and formed the nucleus of a
pioneer's organization with plans
for annual meetings on Memorial
day.
At an informal business meeting
during the afternoon Mrs. Guy
Boyer of John Day, originator of
the idea of forming a pioneer's
group and holding a pot luck din
ner, was chosen to head the or
ganization and Mrs. Mabel
Hughes of Milton will act as sec
retary. They will be assisted by
directors of the recently formed
Hepprier cemetery maintenance
district inasmuch as most of the
oldtime residents come here on
Memorial day to decorate the
graves of relatives buried in the
Ileppner cemetery.
The business part of the get-together
was presided over by
Frank Turner of Ileppner who
helped organize the dinner. It
was originally planned to hold
the pot luck dinner at the court
house park, but threatening
weather on Sunday forced the
move to the fair pavilion.
Mrs. Boyer expressed her ap
preciation to the Heppner people
who aided with the planning of
the meeting and said that it was
indeed a pleasure to have the op
portunity to met old friends and
renew old acquaintances. )
Most of the visitors expressed!
approval of the improvements
which the cemetery district di
rectors have been able to make
to the grounds in the short time
the district has been organized.
The feeling was general that the
laying of a water line' to the
cemetery will make the greatest
improvement. New roads and
the opening of the new section of
the plot will greatly Improve faci
lities, it was felt.
Mr. and Mrs, P. W. Mahoney
and family spent the weekend
vacationing at Priest Lake, Idaho,
FLYING "SOMETHINGS" SEEN HERE
Three Local
The first authenticated and' sky almost directly over them at which he said seemed to be
verified report of the sighting by a speed they estimated at 1200 to slightly ribbed in some manner,
local residents of flying saucers, 1500 miles per hour. They were; The three men watched the
or unidentified flying objects, to flying in a V formation but somej nine objects cross the sky for
reach this newspaper in several' of the objects changed their posi- about a minute before they dis
years was made known this'tion in trie formation twice while; appeared from view in the dist
week when three Morrow countyj they watched their progress in aj ance and it was suggested by one
men revealed that they watched southeast to northwest direction.; of the men that they call some
nine of the objects in the sky on' Lovgren, who first noticed the one in Heppner to look, as they
Thursday, May 6. They did not objects, said that they were per-j were near the Haguewood ranch
report their observations to the fectly round in shape and ap- and a phone at the time they saw
ground observer corps watchers or peared to be slightly domed on the objects. They decided not to
to Air force personnel until more; top, resembling the shape of a -call, however, thinking that sure
than two weeks later which pre-! inverted saucer or dinner plate. i ly someone in town would notice
vented further check on the ob-lle said their motion was a slow,1 them as they . appeared to fly
jects by other observers in the1 lazy rolling movement which he right over Heppner.
northwest. I likened to a lazy goldfish swim-1 As clopely as their size and
At noon, May 6, while Al Lov- mini in bowl, and as thy! elevation could be determined by
gren, Robm Mirtck and Elnwf! would move the sun would oc-ithe men, the objects were about
Palmer were working an tl-i ckully flash on them as they: 125 feet across and were flying
phone
line aloni th Cowdw'
highway at the top of frnwemWu
the three men watched ni aluminum and appeared to have,
ail'ir-sh6 objects crojss th)adarker strip around the edge
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, June 3,
inatinn nc i.i ihn m",.., irx r,
the mill shortly after Mav 3, when
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but the mill has been operating
George Louis Crum
Passes Tuesday at
lone Ranch Home
Funeral services for George
Louis Crum, 79, will be held at
the Arlington Nazarene church at
2 o'clock Friday. He passed away
in his sleep Tuesday night. He
had been in poor health for the
past several years.
Mr. Crum was born in Shedd,
Oregon Sept. 28, 1874 and had
lived in this section of the state
most of his life coming to this
area in 1883 when his father built
a tiour mill at uiex.
Surviving are his widow, Grace;
four sons, Ralph and Byron of
lone; Jeremiah, Seattle; aid
Joseph of Washougal Wash.; four
daughters, Inez Kegley, Hood
River; Charlotte Shuey, Nogales,
Ariz.; Jessamine Cunningham,
Seattle and Maxine Lee Hinkes,
Woodburn; one sister, Mrs. Ora
Simmiatti, Lyle, Wash.; and a
brother, McKinley Crum of Olex.
In addition there are many
grandchildren and nieces and
nephews.
Burial will be in the Arlington
cemetery with Crcswick and Seu
ell Mortuary in charge of arrange
ments. Firday Fire Destroys
Home, Possessions
Of Hardman Family
Fire Friday completely destroy
ed the Perry Wilson home in
Hardman with a loss of practi
cally all of the family's posses
sions. There are nine children
in the family, though only four
are living at home.
Neighbors and friends in Hard
man and Heppner immediately
began a collection of clothing and
household goods for the Wilsons
and by the middle of the week
the family was again keeping
house in a vacant home in Hard
man owned by Bunny Steers. Ac
cording to reports furniture, dish
es, clothing and even an electric
washer had been collected for
them. The Heppner Seventh Day
Adventist church also aided in
getting the family reestablished.
Men Watch
trvd. Their color, Lovgren'
id, was slightly darker than.
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JOHN L. BRISTOW, right, of lone was named junior "demonstrat
ing the greatest potential leadership" at the Oregon State college
air force ROTC honors parade. Bristow received his award of
merit from Dr. Fred W. Decker,
ate of lone high school, he is
Bristow. At OSC. heis a junior
Jesse Hall, 81,
Taken By Death,
Services Monday
Funeral services for Jesse Hall,
81, who passed away May 29,
were held Monday, May 31 at the
Crcswick and Seuell Mortuary
chapel with Rev. Earl L. Soward
officiating.
Mr. Hall was born June 9, 1872
in Missouri and had lived in
Morrow county practically all of
his life. He and Mrs. Hall had
been married for 57 years.
Surviving him are his widow,
Jessie Hall of Heppner; a daugh
ter, Mrs. Loveta Goulder; one
granddaughter, Mrs. Rosalie Ran
ton,; a sister, MiS. Pelle Dunham,
all of Portland; two great grand
daughters and several nieces and
nephews.
Burial was in the Heppner Ma
sonic cemetery with Crcswick and
Seuell in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers were Leonard Sch
warz, Emile Grochens, Charles
Vaughan, James Peterson, Nor
man Florence and Al Troedson.
Attending the services from out
of town were Mrs. Hall's brother,
Leonard Russell of Spokane; a
sister, Mrs. Mary Therleen of Re
public, Wash.; Mrs. Harley Hall;
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Wilson; Mrs.
Viola Covvdry and Mrs. Grace
Rohrback all of Portland, In ad
dition to the immediate family.
County Streams to
Get Load of Fish
County streams will get their
first planting of fish this week
end, state patrolman Bill Lab
hait announced today. A truck
load of legal -sized trout will be
released in either Willow or Rhea
creek Friday.
According to a story released
by the state game commission De
fore the
epening of the fishing
season, Mav
1, county streams
are due for heavy plantings dur
ing the year, but this will be the
first load to be brought into the
area.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Quackenbush
had as their guests over the week
end her brother and wife, Mr. and
Mrs. R. E. Hughes of McMinn
ville and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Wilhite and family of Milton.
Unidentified
" u, ?w
parison with a 4-engine plane
flying at approximately the same
height, saying the objects were
1954
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OSC staff member. A 1951 gradu
the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. W.
in business and technology.
Weekend Rainfall
Adds Bushels to
County Wheat Crop
Though the rainfall over the
Memorial Day weekend was the
cause of several accidents, it
brought joy to the hearts of most
farmers and ranchers. The heavy
fall Saturday and the continuing
scattered storms Monday brought
the month's total in Ileppner to
1.02 inches, weather recorder
Leonard Gilliam reported.
The Saturday storm was fairly
general over most of this area,
though the rain wasn't as heavy
in the north end of the county.
Leonard Carlson, Gooseberry ob
server, recorded .75 inch over the
weekend with a total of .90 for the
month.
The rain, though it broke up
many planned picnics and out
door parties over the holidays,
was classified as a lifesaver for
the grain farmers., who had re
ported the dry conditions were
hurting the coming crop. It was
also welcomed by cattlemen who
were hopeful now of hotter graz
ing conditions.
The recent rain brought the to
tal for the year, as recorded in
Ileppner to only -1.29 inches, still
far below last year's 8.57 inches
for the same period.
Portland Fliers
Due Here Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Cutsforth
of Lexington will be hosts Sun-1
day to a group of Portland fliers ,
who will fly in to the Lexington
airport and be the guests of the.
I i- ,i f . i.Te i.ni .,;
at their nearby ranch.
The group, members of the
country flying club, a division of
the Portland chamber of com
merce, make the trip into East
ern Oregon as an annual event.
Last year more than 60 persons Miss Marie Soward arrived this
in 30 planes enjoyed the day at Thursday from San Pedro, Calif.,
the ranch. At least that many1 fo n(, tn0 hnm0 0f nor parents,
persons are expected this year, l;pv. and Mrs Ear) L. Soward un
Cutsforth said. 1 lil her wedding June 11.
Objects
Cross
larger than such a plane. There
was no sound and the objects left!
no smoke or vapor trail. The i
weather was clear and calm ex
cept for a very high, filmy over
cast weil above the altitude of
the objects.
The description given by Lov
gren was corroborated by the
other two men in nearly every in
stance. Lovgren told the Gazette Times
that be had often thought that if report to aircraft filter center and
he should ever see a flying saucer j to the Air Force Radar Base at
or what ever it. might be, he I Condon so that the flight path
would be able to identify the ob- can be followed. There have been
ject and possibly determine what i several instances, in othe. sec
made it "go", but, he said, after tions of the country, where it has
seeing them he doesn't know any
mor about the mysterious things
than he did before, except what
the ones looked likt tint he nd
the other men sa''. .
Ervin Anderson, local ground
observer corps head, aid tMt to,tlm, ,(KiiA4 ay.
71st Year, Number 12
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rormer lone mn
bives w,uuu uiit
lo Local HosDita!
llepnner's Pioneer Memorial
hospital last week was the re
cipient t if a $3,000 donation which
is to be used for new, more power -t
ii 1 X-lwiy equipment at the in
stitution. The gift was presented to the
hospital by Laxton McMurray, a
lormer lone rancher, who now
lises in Salem. It was made in
memory of his late wife. Jennie
McMurray, who died in Salem
several years ago.
The members of the hospital
hoard this week expressed their
appreciation to Mr. McMurrav for
5
gift and stated that the
planned to convert the hos
present . i;ay equipment to a
200 milliamp, rotating node ma
chine which will double the power
of the present equipment and
give Pioneer Memorial the finest
diagnostic X Ray facilities to be
found anywhere.
Mr. McMurray, who farmed a
large ranch just east of lone for
many years, came to Morrow
count' after the turn of the cen
tury. He sold his holdings seve
ral years ago and he and Mrs.
McMurray moved to Salem about
ten years ago.
Mr. McMurray has been gener
ous toward hospitals, for it has
been reported that he has made
several quite sizeable donations
to the Shrine hospital for crippled
children in Portland during recent
years.
Mr. McMurray was in Ileppner
over the weekend to attend the
pioneer meeting held here Me
morial dav.
Former Lexington
Woman Dies, Services
Held There Monday
Tern pa E. Johnson, a resident of
Corvallis for the past 11 years,
died Friday, May 28 following a
long illness. She had lived in
Lexington for many years.
The daughter of Lafayette and
Anna Crombely Hendrix, $he was
born April 9. 1S71 at Marionville,
Missouri. She was married to Bar
ett Rainey in 1891 in Missouri and
the couple had one daughter. She
later married James G. Johnson
in 1901 at Marionville and they
, moved to McKinnloy, Miss., where
llliey lived for four years before
I coming to Oregon in 1901, settling
nt Lexington where Mr. Johnson
! operated a farm.
, Mr. Johnson died in 1937 and
I Mrs. Johnson continued to live at
Lexington until 1913 when she
moved to Corvallis.
She is survived by one daugh
ter, Mrs. Mae Burchell, Salem, 4
1 grandchildren, 10 great grand
: eh ililren one sister Mrs .Tosie
Slr(1(.hfif,(1 Billings. Miss., and a
haf.m,thrr, Henry L. Hendrix,
c I i f jrnia.
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Services were held at the Lex-
ington Christian church May 31
with l!ev. Lewis Wetzel officiat
ing. Interment was in the Lex
ington cemetery. The Warner-Mc-
Henry Funeral Home of Corvallis
was in charge.
Ski
les
had received another report,
nearly two weeks after Its occur-
ance, of a Heppner woman sight
ing an object, but a further check
indicated that it could not have
been the same ones seen by Lov
gren, palmer and Minck.
Anderson asked, this week,
that anyone seeing what they be
lieve to be unidentifiable flying
objects, to please contact him as
quickly as possible that he may
been reported that radar scope
hae picked up uftn of un
known flying ob)ti. If tHy
are promptly riit t th lo
cal ground obwrrvrr hriuf
ters, it may m jiM t ttt
Delbert Botts, lone
Killed as Motorcycle
Leaves Road Saturday
Traffic accidents in Morrow Mr. and Mrs. Give Rasmus were
and Gilliam counties over t he j injured, Mrs. Rasmus seriously,
three day Memorial day holiday Saturday afternon when their car
weekend totaled up to six, bring- collided with a truck and trailer
ing death to one person and injur-' as they were entering the C'olum
ies to 10 others. It was the worst Ihia river highway at Heppner
record accident ever suffered bv!
the county for a single weekend,
according to reports.
Delbert Dewayne Botts. 26, of
lone died in Pioneer Memorial
hospital Sunday afternoon follow
ing a motorcycle accident about
one mile east of Lexington Sat
urday afternoon. Earl Miller, of
Lexington who was riding with
him on th machine suffered pain
ful but not serious injuries. He
was released from the hospital on
Tuesday.
Police who investigated the ac
cident, blamed wet pavement fori
the crash, as the motorcycle ap
parently slid off the highway and
crashed into a heavy fence post.
Both Bolts ami Miller were em
ployed at Kinua Pine mills.
Wranglers to Host
Sage Riders for
Sunday Hay-Day
The Ileppner Wranglers will be
hosts to the Umatilla Sage Riders
Sunday for the club's annual
Hay-Day, a roping and riding
eveiit to be held at the Ileppner
rodeo grounds. It is open to the
public though contestants must
be a member of either the Wrang
lers or the Sage Riders.
The two clubs will be working
to gain possession of a trophy
which is awarded to the organi
zation having the highest total
score for the events.
At least 12 events are scheduled
on the afternoon program includ
ing bending race, bareback relay,
eloverleaf race, ladies pleasure
class, junior calf roping, trailer
race, relay race, sack race, tail
race, saddle race, walk-trot and
lead, and senior calf roping, and
there may be one or two more
events for the youngsters.
Starting out the days' activi
ties will be a parade through the
down-town Heppner at 1:00 p. m.
which will start on lower Main
street. It has been announced:
that persons planning on enter
ing any of the day's events must
turn in their entry blank to the
Wrangler's secretary by 6 p. m.
Saturday lo be eligible to com
pete. Admission lo the grounds will
be 50 cents for adults and 25 cents
for children under 12, Roice Ful
leton, Wrangler president an
nounced. Bill Barrait will serve
as arena announcer.
Elks To Sponsor
Presentation of
Minstrel Show Here
The Emblem club of Hermiston
will present their concert troupe
in a Minstrel feature entitled
"Way Down South" at the high
school auditorium on Friday June
lSlh, at. S p. m.
This show is being brought to
Heppner by the local Elks lodge
for the benefit of Camp Columbia,
Boys Town of the West, at White
Salmon, Wash. The Elks will be
assisted by the ladies of the Re
bekahs and also the Soropptimist
club
Camp Columbia is a rehabilita-j
tion center for boys with a prob-;
lorn fashioned along the same
lines as the Nebraska Father
Flannigan "Boys Town". Boys of
any race or creed are accepted
and it is financed by public do
nation as no state aid is accept
ed so that the camp is free of
politics and pressure groups that
might interfere with its philo
sophy. The number of boys In
camp at present is 20 which in
cludes two local youngsters.
The cast of the Hermiston musi
cal group numbers forty five ar
tists and after their showing at
Hermiston is rated one of the best
amateur shows to be presented in
this part of the state for many
years. The show was produced
by Mrs. Frank Wells of the Her
miston Emblem Club and direct
ed by Major F. II. Blake of White
Salmon, Wash. It runs for two
hours and is crammed full of hi
larity as well as high powered
Instrumental, vocal and dance
acts. A full house is expected so
the public are advised to get their
tickets in advance.
Ut. end Mrs. Raymond teigm
mm rrturrnsl Thursday rvrnina
from ttiif wrrki trip to Ws!i
init ! wh they visit-!
rfc! dUu rul (ofi-in-Uw,
Junction. Mrs. Rasmus remained
unconscious until Tuesday, but
today her physician reported that
she has shown considerable im
provement though suffering from
a skull fracture.
Car Thrown Off Road
According to police reports the
Rasmus car was struck by a
truck driven by Arlen Dean Wil
liams, Odell, Ore., as it entered
the new highway at the junction.
The impact threw the car across
the traffic divider forcing the
right front door of the machine
open and throwing Mrs. Rasmus
out onto the highway, her head
and shoulder striking the cement
dividers. The car continued on
down the road for some distance
before plunging about 75 feet
down the the embankment. Both
Mr. and Mrs. Rasmus were
brought to Pioneer Memorial hos
pital by the Arlington ambulance.
Mr. Rasmus was released follow
ing treatment. Mrs. Rasmus oper
ates Norah's shop in Heppner.
Two mini from the Condon Air
Base were hospitalized here over
the weekend when their car left
the road just east of Condon in
Gilliam county. Johnson, the most
seriously injured, was uncon
scious for nearly 12 hours. He
suffered multiple lacerations and
bruises and is still in the hospital.
With him was Irvin Sykes who
was kept in the hospital over
night for treatment and obser
vation. Heppner Hill Scene
Saturday night a car driven by
Richard R. Brown of Condon went
out of control on the Ileppner hill
section (jf the Condon highway
ami crashed into a rock bluff,
Brown wasn't injured, but two
Ileppner girls, Laveme White and
Frances Marlatt, suffered bruises
and lacerations. Both were taken
to Pioneer Memorial hospital for
examination. According to the
accident report, wet pavement
was blamed for the accident.
Another accident which occur
red about noon Monday on high
way 730 near Irrigon sent two
persons to hospitals. The in- '
jured were Mrs. John Holmes, 28,
of Coeur d'Alene, Iraho, who suf
fered a concussion and Jimmy
Do Boer, 4 year old, of Boring,
Oregon. The two cars were
driven by John Holmes and Fred
De Boer.
Tuesday afternoon, Tom Huston
was brought to Pioneer Memorial
hospital suffering from bruises
and lacerations when he report- '
edly fell asleep at the wheel of
his pickup while driving toward
Heppner on the Condon highway.
The truck left the road and hit
a bank, throwing Huston out of
the machine. His condition was
not considered serious.
Another accident victim was
treated Saturday at the local
hospital, ihough his injuries were
not attributed to traffic. He was
Paul A. Ryder of Spray who suf
fered a leg cut when a saw came
loose and struck him.
Delbert Botts, who died here
Sunday afternoon following his
Saturday motorcycle accident was
the son of Mr. and Mrs. James C.
Botts of lone, He was born in
lone, January 17, 1028 and had
attended lone and Echo schools.
He is survived by his parents,
six brothers, James Jr. and Ken
neth of Irrigon; Richard who is
serving in the Army In Korea;
Charles, Irvin and Edward of lone.
He leaves three sisters, Mrs. Le
Roy (Doris) Ellis of Irrigon; Mrs.
Ronald (Betty) Fall and Peggy
Botts of lone.
Funeral services will be held
Saturday, June 5 at '2 o'clock at
the lone Christian church with
Rev. Alfred Shirley officiating.
Burial will be in the lone ceme
tery. Crcswick and Seuell mor
tuary are in charge of arrange
ments. New lone Swimming
Pool Open to Public
The new lone swimming pool is
now open to the public, it was
announced this week, and David
Raskin is acting as life guard,
assisted by Jerald Rea and Gary
Brenner. The pool will be open
from 1 to 5 p. m. and from 6 to
!) p. m. daily.
A swimming class is also sche
lu led to rx hrht xtarttng about
Junr lt from W t lt:30 4. m
it wai said.
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