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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, June 17, 1954
71st Year, Number 14
Two To Seek Three
Year Term on
Local School Board
Collison and John
Ernsdorff to Run
Interest in the coming election
to name one new director to the
board of Heppner school district
No. 1 heightened late this week
with the announcement Wednes
day bv Edgar Collison of Heppner
that he planned to seek the post.
John Ernsdorff, administrator of
Pioneer Memorial hospital, had
previously announced that he
would be a candidate.
The one position which can be
filled at next Monday's election
is for a three year term which
has been held by Barton Clark
who recently announced that he
would not be a candidate. One
other post on the three-person
board, soon to be vacant due to
the resignation of Mrs. Stephen
Thompson effective July 1, will
be filled after that date either, by
appointment by the county school
superintendent or at a special
election to be called by the board.
Howard Cleveland, local rancher
has indicated his desire to run
for the position which Is for a
one-year term.
In announcing his willingness
to accept the position, Collison
said Wednesday that he made
the decision after he had re
ceived numerous requests from
residents of the district that he
run. His policy toward school
operation and problems appears
similar to Ernsdorffs who said
that he "will do everything in my
power to get the most for the
money in any program to allevi
ate the crowded conditions exist
ing in the Heppner schools." Col
lison also expressed similar ideas
in pointing to the need for ad
ditional classroom space in the
school system. A special election
on a bond issue for the construc
tion of a new grade school has
been set for July 6, which, if ap
proved by the voters, will give the
board the go-ahead on a building
program.
The Monday election, which
will be held at the Heppner
school from 3 to 6 o'clock, Is the
annual school meeting and elec
tion of directors. The only hold
over member of the board, after
Mrs. Thompson's resignation be
comes effective, is L. E. Dick Jr.
who was elected last year.
Funeral Rites Held
For Naomi Smith
Funeral services for Miss Na
omi Jane Smith, 71, who died
at Pendleton June 10, were held
from the Creswick and Seuell
mortuary Monday afternoon,
June 14, with the Rev. Earl L.
Soward officiating.
Miss Smith was born December
21, 1S82 in Washington county,
Missouri, the daughter of Henry
and Emmazetta Smith. She came
with her parents to Oregon at the
age of 8. A former resident of
this area, she has lived in Pen
dleton the past 25 years.
Her only survivors are five
neices; Mrs. Maude Lutkins, lone;
Mrs. Flora Schunk, Heppner; Mrs.
Dolly Allstott, lone; Mrs. Cecile
Hoyt and Love Devore, Portland
and four nephews: Frank Barlow,
Martinez, Calif.; Alvin Barlow,
lone; Everett Barlow, Lexington
and Dale Royce, San Francisco.
Interment was in the Heppner
Masonic cemetery with Creswick
and Seuell in charge of arrange
ments. High School English
Teacher Signed Here
W. James Popham, Portland
last week accepted a position
with the Heppner schools to teach
high school enghsh, social sci
ence and speech, superintendent
H. C. Reed announced this week.
He will replace Harry C. Mitchell
who resigned at the end of last
school year.
Popham is a graduate of the
University of Portland and will
move here with his wife in the
near future.
AGRICULTURALISTS
ATTEND UNION SHOW .
Attending the Eastern Oregon
Livestock show at Union last
week N. C. Anderson, county
agent, James Allen, F. F. A. in
structor, and the F .F. A. judging
team composed of Stephen Green,
Jack Monagle and Roy Hughes.
Anderson judged 4-H contests,
demonstrations and showman
ship. o
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bedford have
returned from a week's vacation
to Wenatchee and Long Beach,
Wash.
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SHOWN is the concert troup of the
South" at the high school auditorium Friday, June 18, at 8 p. m.
Sponsored by the Elks lodge
. White Salmon, Wash., other organizations helping are the American Legion Auxiliary, Rebekah
lodge and the Soroptimists.
Tickets will be on sale at Turner, Van Marter and Bryant insurance office and will be available
from Mrs. Olive Hughes, Mrs. Don Bellenbrock, Mrs. Sara McNamer, Mrs. Phil Blakney, Mrs. E. E.
Gonty, Mrs. Ethel Adams and H. E. Warner at Lexington. Under the direction of Mrs. Robert
Davidson, Lexington the Girl Scouts in Lexington and Heppner will also sell tickets.
Camp Colubia is a rehabilitation center for boys with problems similar to those of the Ne
braska Father Flannigan "Boys Town" with any race or creed accepted.
Fair and Rodeo
Stock Contracted,
Events Slated
Members of the Morrow county
fair and rodeo royal court and
their parents met with rodeo of
ficials at the fair grounds Sunday
afternoon for breifing on royal
court activities and responsibili
ties for the county fair and rodeo
September 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Miss Martha Campbell is of
ficial chaperon for the royal court
this year. Publicity pictures were
taken of the court in their new
cowgirl outfits. Members of the
court are queen Grace Miller,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell
K. Miller, Boardman; and prin
cesses Deanna Steagall, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Steagall,
Lexington; Patsy Wright, Daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wright
Christine Swaggart, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Swaggart;
and Janet Howton, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Howton, lone.
Rodeo arrangements are nearly
completed with stock contracted
from Christensen Brothers, Eu
gene. Events will include saddle
bronc riding, bareback riding,
calf roping, steer wrestling, bull
riding and steer ribbon roping.
The latter event is new to the
Heppner show and replaces wild
cow milking. The rodeo show is
approved by the International
Rodea association and the Rodeo
Cowboy association. Harold Er
win is chairman of the rodeo com
mittee. Mel Lambert, Salem, will an
nounce the show this year. He
has announced at the State fair,
the Pacific International and
other big shows in the northwest.
The carnival attraction will be
the Inland Empire Shows from
Lewiston, Idaho.
Fair premium books are nearly
completed and should be ready
for the printers this week, N. C.
Anderson, secretary of the fair
and rodeo committee, said. Appli
cations for booths and exhibit
space will now. be accepted at the
county agent's office from clubs,
farm organizations, individuals
and commercial exhibitors.
New home economics and agri
culture fair superintendents in
the 4-H dicisioh this year are Mrs.
Claude Graham, and Mrs. Earle
Kendall, foods; Mrs. L. H. Rill,
food preservation; Delwin Nelson,
Lexington, and Phil Eraert, lone,
: hogs; and Bernard Doherty sheep
In open class exhibits a new
! class has been opened for textile
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exhibited under photography and
miscellaneous arts. Mrs. D,
O.
Nelson and Mrs. James -Lindsay Bradley D. Fancher of Heppner.
are new superintendents. Booths He will wind up his swing on Fri
for upholstery and county exhib- day by traveling to Moro to meet
its have been discontinued this . with district attorney T. Lester
year. I Johnson of Sherman county.
Kickoff dance of the fair and! The conferences with the dis
rodeo wi llbe held July 24 at the trict attorneys of the six eastern
fair pavilion. Other dances sche-i Oregon counties are part of a
riulpd are the Ixineton Grange ' nrocram hppun last vear to mppt
princess dance, July 31; Willows
grange princess dance August 7;
Rhea Creek Grange princess
dance, August 21 and the Queen s
dance, August 27. Fair dances
will be September 3 and 4. Jack
Van Winkle is chairman of the
dance committee.
Hermiston Emblem club who will
for the benefit of Camp Columbia, Boys Town of the West, at
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For 1955 Allotment
Paul W. Tews, office manager
of the local ASC (PMA) office to
day announced that farmers on
lond on which no wheat was
seeded for grain during all of the
years 1952, 1953 and 1954 may
apply for a 1955 wheat acreage
allotment.
Tews said that to be considered
for an allotment on a farm which
had no wheat seeded for grain for
any of those years, the farmer
must apply in writing to his
county ASO committee by June
30. Application forms are avail
able at the ASC office for use in
filing requests for the allotment
he said. t
It was also announced today
that the 1954 CCC wheat loan rate
for Morrow county would be $2.24
for No. 1 wheat which is stored
in approved storage facilities,
though complete information on
storage requirements have not
yet been received by the local
ASC office.
Location of Elks
Picnic Changed
The entertainment committee
of the Elks lodge announced
Wednesday that the location of
the annual Elks picnic, to be held
Sunday, June 20 has been
changed from the Blue Mountain
ranch to Battle Mountain state
park several miles south of Nye
Junction on highway 395.
Officers said that the change of
location was made necessary by
the heavy rains of the past two
weeks which have made the road
into the ranch picnic grounds
practically impassible. The pic
nic is scheduled to start at 11
o'clock.
Attorney General to
Visit Here on Tour
Of Eastern Oregon
Attorney General Robert Y.
Thornton will leave. Salem Sun
day, June u, io comer witn ais
trict attorneys and law enforce
ment officers of six eastern Ore
gon counties. On Monday
Thornton will visit both Burns
and Canyon City to confer with
district attorney James M. Burns
of Harney county and Michael
S. Mogan of Grant county. Tues
day Thornton will travel to Fos
sil and Condon to meet with dis
trict attorney, Robert B. Abrams
of Wheeler county and William
Bennett of Gilliam county. Thurs
day, June 24, the Attorney Gen-j
eral will come to Morrow county
to meet with district attorney
with local district attorneys and
j the law enforcement officials
throughout the state, Thornton1
said.
Mr. and Mrs. Merle Burkenbine
and family have returned from
a week's trip to California,
present a minstrel, "Way Down
Rhea Creek Road
Oiling Bids to be
Called Next Week
At its next regular meeting in
Portland on June 23, the state
highway commission will receive
bids for the improvement of 7.77
miles of the Rhea creek county
road from its junction with the
Heppner highway near Jordan to
its junction with the Keck Can
yon county road, the commission
announced this week.
Plans call for sUMlizing th
existing rock surfacing with ad
ditional rock base material and
the construction of an 18 foot oil
mat surfacing flanked by two
foot rock shoulders to provide a
more uniform and stable road
way. The project is to be financed
from federal, state and county
funds allocated to the improve-
ment of county roads not on the
state system of highways and is
scheduled to be completed by not
later than Sept. 15.
FARM BUREAU TO MEET
The Morrow County Farm bu -
reau will hold their regular meet -
ing and a potluck picnic supper
at the O. W. Cutsfortb cabin on
Herron creek Tuesday, June 22, at
6:30 p. m.
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Mr, and Mrs. John Williams
have returned from a week's trip
to Reno, Nevada. They also visit-
ed Mr. and Mrs. Jack O'Connor,
former J. C. Penney manager
here.
ROY HUGHES is shown with his
Oreaon Wheat Growers 4-H
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Chambers, local representative of Harvey Aluminum company, who purchased the 1,020 pound, of unusual interest will be pre
animal. Hughes, son of Mr. and Mrs Elwln Hughes, got his steer from the Howard Cleveland herd. I sented which will help answer
The FFA Judging team composed of Ronald Currin, Stephen Green and John Brosnan placed' many questions on the Bible, It
first in the beef Judging contest In the FFA division. ' is reported.
The Morrow county 4-H beef herd placed first in the show and the county 4-H sheep flock placed There will be no charge, but
jcond. (Cut courtesy ol The Dalles Optimist) ! an offering will be taken.
Bids for Hospital
Addition Called
For July 14
The county court announced
Wednesday that bids for the new
bedroom wing for Pioneer Memor
ial hospital will be opened on
Wednesday, July 14 and that It is"
badly needed addition can start
immediately thereafter.
The call for bids was issued
early this week by the firm of
Roald,!ehmoer and Harrington,
Portland architects for the con
struction of a new wing to adjoin
the present building on the south.
The addition will house 15 ad
ditional general hospital beds,
bringing the total to 30, and 6,
additional nursing home beds on
the lower floor of the building. i
Thic will a rtal nf 1
beds in the latter section of the
hospital.
In addition the plans call fori
the installation of a bed size
elevator in the new unit and a
public health center will be lo
cated on the lower floor which
is to include offices for a countyj
health nurse. The project is ex-
pocted to cost slightly in excess of
$120,000 and will be financed by
federal Hill-Burton funds and
money raised from a special tax
levy voted last year in the county.'
The need for the additional bed
facilities at the hospital has been Wednesday, July 6 has been set
quite apparent for the past two as the date for the special bond
years and during one recent election in school district No. 1,
month the institution has oper-jit was announced this week by
atcd at over 100 percent average school officials following corn
occupancy. On several occasions' pletion of the necessary legal ar
recently it has been necessary to rangements for the election,
place as many as five beds in the As was announced last week,
hospital halls to
care for the
patients,
Most of the rooms in the new,
wing are to be either private new elementary school on the
rooms or two-bed rooms, it was, Tum-A-Lum location previously
said. A new incinerator is also.OKd by the voters. The board
called for in the architect's plans, last week had set the amount of
(i (he needed bond issue but was
Legion Junior Team junkie to set the date of the
D . c , ' election until the necessary legal
near in Junaay uame
The Heppner American Legion
Junior baseball team lost to the
Miltoh-Freewater Junior Legion
team with a score of 3 to 1 in a
game played at Milton-Freewater
Sunday afternoon.
All scores were made in the
first inning. Battery for the Hepp
ner team were Ernie Drake, pit
cher and Larry Groves, catcher.
Scheduled Legion games for the
local team are with Baker at
Heppner, June 20; with Ilermis-
ton at Hermiston, June 27; with
Baker at Baker, July 4; with Her-
miston at Heppner, July 11, and
with Milton-Freewater at Hepp
ner July 18.
Winners of this district tourna
1 ment, which is district 6, will play
1 the winners of district 7 in a
game slated before July 20 for the
right to enter th estate play-offs.
' District 7 is composed of John
I Dav' Va,e Ontario and Nyssa.
The Heppner team, sponsored by
the local American Legion post,
i will also play a game with John
j Day.
Season tickets for games are
now on sale by members of Le-
j gion post number 87.
grand champion FFA shorthorn
and FFA fat stock show at The Dalles last week. With Hughes is Ed
Continuing Storms
Bring June Rainfall
Total to 2.63 Inches
Rain continued to fall inter
mittently over most of the county
during the past week, and there
were a few reports of some hail
early this week, but as far as
could be told no crop damage re
sulted from the storms. No local
insurance agent had received any
nai d e claims tQ Wed
nesday night a check ghoweL
The additional precipitation
during fihe week brought the
total for June recorded at the
Heppner weather station to 2.63
inches, nearly two inches of it
falling in two storms last week
The numerous thunder-storms
and showers during the past
week, though quite spotty, added
more than one-half inch to the
total here.
Most ranchers appear pretty
well satisfied with the month's
rainfall, in fact, most with down
hy looking forward to a few
I days of warm weather to give
them n f'h;mr'f tn irfi it nff thp
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According to reports, all sec
,ions of the (.oun(y n;u; received
ample rainfall to assure at least
an average wheat yield.
July 6 Date Set
For Bond Election
the voters of the district will be
asked to approve a $325,000 bond
issue for the construction of a
1 requirements were mot by the
i lytrlft'c ciinrnnir
School officials said that archi
tects are now preparing revised
plans for the proposed .building
and hope to have rough specifi
cations ready within the next few
days.
The election will be held at the
school building.
John Piper Injured
By Rifle Shot
John Piper, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Rufus Piper of Heppner, suffered
painful but not serious injury
Sunday when he was shot in the
lower right leg by the accidental
discharge of his own gun. Piper
and Vic Groshens were hunting
squirrels in the Butter creek
area at the time of the accident.
According to the physician who
attended him, the bullet entered
his lower leg just below the knee
and lodged Just above the ankle,
missing the bone.
Mrs. Jack Van Winkle . and
children are visiting with her
mother in northern Idaho this
week,
which sold for $1.10 a pound at the
City Clean-Up
Drive Set for
Week of June 21-27
The week of June 21 through 27
has been proclaimed Clean -Up
week in Heppner and all residents
of the city are urged to take part
in a program to clean up vacant
lots and rid back yards of un
wanted and unnecessary rubbish.
Arrangements have been made to
provide trucks for free pickup of
refuse during the week.
The clean-up week idea origi
nated about two weeks ago with
the Heppner-Morrow county
chamber of commerce who is
sponsoring the drive; and have
arranged for trucks to pick up the
refuse on three days during the
week. The chamber membership
has been divided into two teams
under the leadership of president
Jeff Carter and La Verne Van
Marter Jr. who have offered to
aid where needed in getting re
fuse collected and loaded. The
team captains made it clear that
they weren't going to do the act
ual cleaning up for residents, but
if help was needed in some cases
to move or load heavy objects,
they would be glad to assist.
Junk is to be piled on the curbs
and trucks will make pickups on
Wednesday and Saturday after
noons and again on Sunday, June
27. The chamber asked that any
One having refuse that they can
not handily pile at the curb where
it can be easily located, to call
either 6-9618 or 6-9C52 so that
truck drivers will know where to
come for such pickups. It was
pointed out that trucks have been
donated for the work.
Proclamation Released
Dr. L. D. Tibbies, Heppner
mayor, this week released the
following proclamation urging
residents to cooperate in cleaning
up the city.
"It isj with plcnsure that I
hereby proclaim the week of June
21 through 27 as Clean-Up week
in Heppner and urge the residents
of our city to join with the Heppner-Morrow
county chamber of
commerce in making Heppner a
cleaner and better place in which
to live.
"Trucks have. been obtained to
provide free pickup of trash
which should be neatly piled at
the curb, and I urge all residents
to take advantage of this special
service.
"It should be remembered that
by cleaning out unwanted trash
from vacant lots and around the
homes, each person is not only
helping to beautify our town, but
also reducing materially many
fire hazards which could easily
cause serious damage and per
sonal loss.
L. D. Tibbies,
Mayor of Heppner
The times the special trucks
will make the pickups should be
kept in mind and if special help
Is needed, calls should be made
early enough to allow time for
routing and obtaining assistance.
Richfield Station
Sold to Kemp Dick
Nelson Bailey, operator of
Bailey's Richfield Service In
Heppner announced this week
that he has sold his business to
Kemp Dick of Heppner. Dick took
over operation of the station the
first of the week.
Dick is well acquainted with
the service station business hav
ing worked for the past several
years for the local Standard Oil
distributor here.
Bailey said he had no definite
future plans except that he plans
to leave shortly for a trip to Mis
souri. Jewish-Arab Problem
Subject of Talk
"The Jewish-Arab controversy"
wil be discussed Wednesday,
June 23 by Rev. H. P. Scounce,
new pastor of the First Baptist
church in Hermiston, at the Hepp
ner Christian church. The talks
will start at 8 p. m. and are being
sponsored by Heppner ministers.
Rev. Scounce recently spent two
months In the Jewish-Arab coun
tries where he talked to hundreds
of persons on both sides of the
barbed wire. Carrying a press
card and other unusual creden
tials, he was permitted to go
many places the average Ameri
can would not be allowed, it Is
said. He also returned with
many pictures which will also be
shown.
Both sides of the controversy
will be presented and an exhibit
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