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Heppner, Oregon. Thursday, August 12, 1954
71st Year, Number 22
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SCHOOL
School District
Seeks Approval of
Prock-Devin Land
Voters of school district No. 1
will go to the polls again Satur
day to express their approval or
disapproval of the Prock-Devin
property as a location for Hepp
ner's much-needed, much-discussed
and much-defeated, proposed
new elementary school. The vot
ing will be held at the school
building and the polls will be
open from 4 until 9 p. m.
This election, the third to de
termine a site, and the fourth in
the series, wilr be to seek voter
approval of the area immediate
ly north of the present school
plant as a local ion for a grade
school. No bond issue measure
will appear on the ballot as that
issue must be decided at a sepa
rate election, and complete and
final cost estimates have not yet
been prepared for the board.
The site on which residents will
vote Saturday is the land lying
north of the present school
grounds and east of Elder street.
A major part of the land is al
ready owned by the district, but
a small amount of additional
property belonging to Kemp Dick
and V. O. George, which borders
the area on the north is included
in the proposal.
Tentative plans for use of this
area include the culverting of
much of the channel of Hinton
creek which flows through the
site, filling-and leveling parts of
the plat and the construction of
a lo or 12 classroom and multi
purpose room school.
While actual land purchase
and development costs and
building estimates have not yet
been received by the board, it
stated in a letter mailed Tues
day to voters that a preliminary
study indicated that a school can
he constructed at an overall cost
of approximately $35,000 less
than the previously defeated
bond issue of $325,000 which was
for purchase of land and con
struction on the Tum-A-Lum site.
Local voters have previously
voted twice on locations. They
turned down the Cason site and
then early this year approved the
Tum-A-Lum area, only to de
cisively reject a bond issue to
build there. Should the Prock
Devin site be approved; then an
other bond issue vote will be
called.
In stressing the urgency of get
ting some expansion program
started in the schools here, the
board pointed to the letter re
ceived from the state board of
education advising it that the
stale w a s withholding basic
school support funds from the
district until some plan is pre
sented and approved. If the state
money should be entirely lost to
the district, it would mean a
budget cut of over $50,000 for the
year or a special tax levy to make
up for the withheld funds.
F. C. Tolleson, U. P.
Agent Here, Transfers
To Portland Office
Floyd C. Tolleson, Union Pacific
depot agent at Heppner since
1942, loft here early last week for
Portland where he has transfer
red to the St. Johns district as the
agent. He is being replaced tem
porarily by Jack L. Pierson, of
Boardman who is filling in until
a new permanent agent is as
signed by the company.
Prior to coming to Heppner as
agent, Mr. Tolleson had spent
several years earlier here as a
telegraph man at the depot. He
was quite active in the Methodist
church, the chamber of commerce
and was president of the Morrow
County Hunters and Anglers.
TAX STATEMENT
DEADLINE MONDAY
Taxpayers are reminded by the
sheriff's office that Monday, Aug.
16 is the deadline for paying the
fourth quarter real and personal
property taxes. Normal readline
is Aug. 15, but as the date falls
on Sunday an extra day is al
lowed. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Parrish of
Portland were weekend visitors
at the home of his parents, Mr.
an! Mrs. Fred Parrish.
Mr. and Mrs. Harlan McCurdy
have as their guest their daugh
ter. Mrs. Len Gilman of Califor
nia. Mrs. Florence Dalzell of Con
don was a visitor in Heppner on
Friday.
HEPPNER VISITED BY HEPPNERS
RELATIVES OF TOWN'S FOUNDER
The city of Heppner was visited
Monday by a distant relative of
Henry Heppner, the man who
gave his name to the town when
it was founded.
The visitor, Karl P. Heppner, a
manufacturing jeweler and en
graver from Richmond Hill, New
York, and his wife were on a va
cation trip into the western part
of the United States, and extend
ed their trip here to look over the
town and obtain possible Infor
mation on relatives.
Harvest Now Over
Peak, Yields Up
Over Last Year
County elevators reported this
week that the peak of the wheat
and barley harvest has passed in
this section, though there are still
many farmers in the higher ele
vations around Ilardman, Hepp
ner and Eightmile who are just
getting started.
Hauling into the Lexington,
North Lexington and Ione-Mc-Nab
elevators of the Morrow
County Grain Growers has
slacked off considerably during
this week, but the Heppner and
Ruggs elevators of the coop are
beginning to receive the bulk of
the grain from the later fields.
Al Lamb, Grain Growers mana.
ger, said Wednesday that figures
currently available show that the
coop has. received over 1,700,000
bushels of wheat and barley and
that by the time harvest is fin
ished the company will have ac
cepted about 2,200,000 bushels,
or about 200,000 more than last
year. Lamb said that this indi
cates that Morrow county will
have one of its biggest crops this
year, as his figures cannot show
the considerable amount that has
been placed in new farm-storage
facilities built since last fall.
Average High ,
The receipts so far indicate that
the average yield to date has
been about 25 bushel per acre for
wheat and nearly 30 bushels for
barley, which is up considerably
from last year. It is expected
that the crop now coming in from
the higher elevations which us
ually yield heavier than much of
the lower lands will raise the
county average considerably.
Storage has been no problem,
though indications early in the
year brought much worry to local
ranchers. Lamb said that there
is ample terminal storage in Port
land and that the coop has had
no difficulty in handling every
thing it has received. There has
been some ground storage at the
North Lexington elevator, but
this was done intentionally and
will be reloaded and stored there.
More than 550,000 bushels of
grain were handled through the
North Lexington elevator, with
another 535, OOo at the Lexington
station. The heaviest shipments
in history were made from Mor
row county during July with the
Union Pacific railroad running
daily train service and supplying
all the cars necessary for ship
ping from all the elevator com
panies in the area, it was re
ported. The Morrow County
Grain Growers itself, shipped out
over 900,000 bushels during the
month.
Social Security
Repre
esentative Due
"Your social security card is
an important document deserv
ing good care', according to Ben
Kantner, field representative of
the La Grande social security of
fice.
"At the same time, it was de
signed to be used", Mr. Kantner
said. "For this reason, social se
curity cards are issued in two
sections: one td be kept in a safe
place; the other to be carried in a
purse or billfold .so that the work
er will have it handy to show his
boss."
Mr. Kanter will be in Heppner
on Thursday, August 19th at the
City hall during the hours of 9:00
a. m. and noon to assist anyone
in this area regarding social se
curity. ROYAL COURT GUESTS
Queen Grace Miller of the Mor
row county Fair and Rodeo and
her royal court were guests of the
chamber of commerce at their
Monday noon meeting. They were
accompanied by the queen's mo
ther, Mrs. Russell Miller of Board-
man.
Mr. and Mrs. Heppner were en
tertained for a short while by Mr.
and Mrs- Harold Cohn, who is
also related to Henry Heppner.
The Karl Heppners are the se
cond family of that name to visit
the city of Heppner in the past
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two weeks. Last week another
man of the same last name was
vacationing in this area from
California and noticed a highway
sign on highway 30 indicating
Heppier, so decided to see what
the town looked like. His first
name and home address is un
known, other than that he lives in
San Joaquin valley in California.
Whether the two men are re
lated is not known, but it is
thought probably that there could
be family ties.
Yakima Man New
Hospital Head
Jack N. Angel 37, of Yakima
was named Tuesday by the board
of directors of Pioneer Memorial
hospital as the new administrator
of the hospital. He succeeds John
B. Ernsdorff who recently re
signed to accept a similar posi
tion at Lewiston, Idaho.
Angel has previously served as
administrator of both the John
Day clinic and hospital and the
Yakima Osteopathic hospital and
has currently been employed with
the Yakima Fruit Association.
He is married and has three
children.
He will take over his duties on
September 1.
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TYPING ART Shown above are
the winning entries in a recent
typewriter art contest for high
school students. Two Heppner
high school students recently
received awards. Story below.
Two HHSltudents
Win Typing Awards
James Monahan, a typing stu
dent of Heppner high school, was
one of the twenty medalists (se
cond place) in the recent 16th
annual typewriter art contest
conducted by Julius Nelson of
Maryland. Charles Bailey -received
an honorable mention and
his prize will be a copy of the
new Typewriter Mystery Games.
First prize, an Underwood port
able, was awarded to Dale Brink
mann of Carlyle, Illinois.
There were a total of 1,140 en
tries representing 162 schools
from 30 states, Canada, British
Columbia, and New Brunswick.
Mr. Nelson in a letter to Mrs.
Joyce Wilkinson, typing instruc
tor, stated that "there were not
too many honorable mention
winners, entries really had to be
good to win."
James Monahan's "hunting
scene" was made with periods.
Charles Bailey drew, his "storm
and windmill" by striking many
different keys. Both were in
black and white. Mr. Nelson will
submit James' entry to the Jour
nal Of Business Education for
possible publication.
Other students entering from
Heppner were
Lynda Borman,
Diane Grant, Colleen Bailey, Dale
Osmin, Marilyn Munkers, and
Darlene Connor.
. Reproductions of both students'
work is reproduced above.
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Power Line Here,
Damage Only Minor
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alter naving nown nis plane into
a power line early Wednesday
morning and then taking the
crippled craft on to a nearby
wheat field for a landing.
The plane, owned by Farmers
Air Service of Klamath Falls, was
piloted by Hank Huxell of Arling
ton. He received only a couple
of minor scratches.
Huxell was spraying Balm Fork
for grasshopper control when he
ran into the Columbia Basin
Power line where It conies down
off the hill between Heppner and
the city dump grounds. The wires
caught the plane across the wind
shield, shattering it and denting
one wing strut and wing tip. It
also broke one blade off the spray
pump propellor which set up such
a vibration that the pilot thought
the main propellor had been
damaged and immediately set
the plane down on a field across
the canyon and just south of the
Heppner reservoir. Subsequent
investigation showed the main
propellor suffered only a slight
dent.
The collision tore out a section
of the REA power lines and re
sulted in an interruption of power
on the Balm Fork line of about
three and one-half hours. Custo
mers on other adjacent lines were
out of lights for about one hour,
it was reported.
The flying service has been
ng a big section of Morrow
grasshopper contol
s had two planes on the
about 3,400 acres
0f the week and the company
nopes to do ame to nnisn its 5,-.
000 acre contract by Friday.
The pilot indicated that he ex
pects to patch the plane, a Piper
Super Cub, and fly it to Pendleton
for repairs.
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Fair Buttons Go
On Sale This Week
A special chamber of commerce
committee this week placed Mor
row county Fair buttons on sale
to the general public through
chamber members and most of
the Heppner stores.
The red and white buttons
which cost $1.00 permit the
wearer to attend the fair as often
, as he wishes during its three day
run vany in sepiemner, ana in
addition will give admission to
the Friday horse show program.
Committee chairman John
Ernsdorff said Monday that the
button is good for all admissions
except to the Saturday or Sunday
rodeo performonce for which re
served seat tickets will go on
sale within the next week or 10
days. Rodeo general admission
tickets may be purchased at the
gate.
Heppner Rector
At Reception For
English Archbishop
The Rev. and Mrs. John R.
Reeves of All Saints church in
Heppner who are attending the
world-wide Anglican Congress at
Minneapolis, Minn., were, on in
vitation, presented to his Grace,
the Archbishop of Canterbury, the
Rt. Rev. Geoffrey Fisher and Mrs.
Fisher at a formal reception in
honor of the bishop and Mrs. Fis
her and theRt. Rev. Knox Sherrill
and Mrs. Sherrill last Thursday
evening, Aug. 5. Rev. Sherrill Is
presiding bishop of the American
Episcopal church.
While in Minneapolis Rev. and
Mrs. Reeves are the guests of Rev. ,
and Mrs. Jackson Gilliam who
is canon of St. Marks Cathedral
there.
In the opening session of the
Congress held in the Minneapolis uates though this Is not a re
municipal audiiorium, so many quirrment. However, all appli
delegates from all over the world i cants must make satisfactory
were present that the proces-1 scores on entrance examinations,
sional of the clergy took over 20'Sgt- Wilson further stated.
minutes to pass. The congrega
tion numbered nearly 20,000 per
sons. The Congress will continue on
through Aug. 13.
Mr. and Mrs. Cal Carson left dleton each Wednesday, at the
Monday for Hubbard to take their I Post Office In Hermiston each
niece Mickey Lucht. Accom-1 Thursday morning, and at the
panying them were Sharon Bee-( Post Office in Heppner each
ket, Who will visit in Salem and, Thursday afternoon to accept en
Carol Anne Anderson who will ; listments for the air force and ap
visit her grandmother, Mrs. j plications for aviation cadet pilot
Mabel Yackley in Hillsboro. and observer training.
Charles Marquardt
Dies Suddenly at
Portland Hospital
Funeral services for Mr. Mar
quardt were held this afternoon
at the Lexington Church of
Christ with Rev. Lewis Wetzel
officiating. A complete story
and obituary will appear next
week.
Charles A. Marquardt of Lexing
ton died Suddenly Sunday after
noon at Providence hospital, Port
land where he had been a patient
for nearly two weeks. He had
recently undergone surgery, but
was reported to be improving just
prior to his death.
Funeral arrangements have
not yet been completed, but Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Marquardt left im
mediately for Portland to be with
his mother, Mrs. Norma Mar
quardt who has been staying
with her husband.
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Emergency March
Of Dimes Drive
To Open Aug. 16
Failure to raise the estimated
amount of the 1954 budget dur
ing the regular January drive has
necessitated the National Foun
dation for Infantile Paralysjs to
conduct an emergency drive Aug
ust 16 to 31, James Driscoll, local
chapter president announced to
day.
The estimated need for 1954 na
tionally, was set at $2(5,500,000 for
polio prevention; 28,700,000 for
patient care; and $19,800,000 for
research, education, public health
information and administration.
While funds raised in January
totaled $55,000,000, the amount
fell $20,000,000 short of the mini
mum amount required to carry on
the functions of the foundation,
Driscoll revealed.
Information from national
headquarters of the foundation
reveals that for the first half of
1951, the incidence of polio cases
is 34 percent above the previous
five year average, and with Aug
ust being; the critical month, it is
felt that additional funds must
be raised. Great readway is be-4
ing made in the development of
a vaccine, but additional money
must be obtained to continue the
program.
Within the next few days every
patron of the post offices in the
county will receive an appeal for
a donation from the National
Foundation, Driscoll stated, and
emphasized that many Oregon
counties have had funds returned
to them from the foundation.
So far this year Benton county
has received $20,800; Columbia
S9.60O; Clackamas $12,500; Jose
phine $6,000; Marion $7,000;
Umatilla $7,800; Union $1,000;
Washington $6,750; and Yam
hill $5,900. The money was for
patient care in the various coun
ties. Realizing the situation, it is the
hope of the local chapter officials
that residents of Morrow county
will, as in the past, give Iheir
support to the emergency March
of Dimes drive, Driscoll said.
Air Force Recruiter
Opens Local Office
Unlimited numbers of qualified
young men and women are cur
rently being accepted for enlist
ment in the United States Air
Force it was announced today by
TSgt. John L. Wilson, air force
recruiter for this area.
To be qualified for enlistment
in the Air Force an applicant
must be 17 to 34 years of age (18
to 34 for women). Male appli
cants may be either married or
single but no more than one
dependent. Female applicants
must be single and have no de-
pendants under 18 -years of age.
The Air Force prefers men and
women who are high school grad-
The Air Force recruiting station
for this area is now located in the
Post Office building in Walla
Walla, Washington. An air force
representative will be at the U. S.
Armv Recruiting Station in Pen-
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Princess
Princess Patsys Dance
To Celebrate Birthday
Princess Patsy Wright, Rhea
Creek Grange's choice for Mor
row county Fair and Rodeo roy
alty, has a double reason to look
forward to her Princes dance this
Saturday night at the fair pavil
ion. Not only is the dance speci
fically in her honor, but it will
also be a birthday dance for her
as she is celebrating her 17th
birthday on Friday.
Attractive blond, blue eyed
princess Patsy, who is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wright,
was born in Heppner and has
lived all her life on her folks'
cattle ranch 18 miles south of
Heppner on McKinley creek. She
has. ridden since she was 4 years
old and enjoys helping her father
move cattle to and from the
mountains.
She attended the first six
grades at the Ilardman school
before coming to Heppner where
she will be a senior next year.
She has been active in school
functions, serving as class treas
urer last year, and being elected
School District
Buys 2 New Buses
Two new school buses were
purchased by the Heppner school
district Monday night when bids
were opened during the board's
regular monthly meeting.
Fullelon Chevrolet company
won the bid to provide a 36 pas
senger bus with a low price of
$4,503.87 and Farley Motor com
pany was awarded the contract
for a station wagon with a bid
of $2,225. The board also award
ed the school bus maintenance
contract to Rosewall Motor com
pany who submitted the low ser
vice bid.
Other business included the
awarding of the fuel oil contract
for the coming year to John Pfeif
fer, local Shell Oil company dis
tributor.. It was also announced the
Heppner schools will open on
Tuesday, September 7 with stu
dent registration planned during
the previous week. Exact regis
tration dates will be announced
later.
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Former lone Depot
Agent Dies Tuesday
Word was received Wednesday
of the death in Portland of Joseph
W. Howk, a farmer depot agent
at lone. At the time of his death
he was agent at Treutdale. Ser
vices were held today in Port
land. He is survived by his widow,
Claire, one son Alan, a daugh
ter Lois and one sister, Mrs. Loula
Jones.
Mrs. Fannie Griffith, a sister-in-law,
and T. J. Linn, his father-in-law,
both of lone, left Wednes
day for Portland to attend the
services.
Patsy Wright
student body secretary for next
year. She has also held other of
fices and her other activities In
clude band, in which she played
snare drum for five years, and
girls' volleyball. For the past
two years, the football team has
chosen Patsy one of their" home
coming princesses.
Her main hobbies are horse
back riding, sewing and cooking
with the latter two running a
close second to her riding. Her
sewing ability has paid off for
her too, as she makes most of her
own clothes.
4-H work has been one of Prin
cess Patsy's prime interest too,
and she Just recently completed
her 9lh year of work which in
cludes six years of sewing. Dur
ing that time she has taken two
or three different home economics
and agriculture projects a year
and has held various club offices.
She has attended 4-H summer
school three times as well as the
state fair and Pacific Internation
al. Last year she was on the
championship canning judging
team at the state fair and was
judged grand champion in the
4-H style revue at the fair here.
Both old time and modern
music will be available for the
dancers Saturday night. The
dance is under the auspices of
Princes Patsy's sponsor, the Rhea
Creek Grange.
National Forests
Still Free of Fires
The Heppner district ranger
station said this week that it has
had no forest fires reported so
far this season in any of the na
tional forest lands under the con
trol of the service here, but super
visor Wayne West urged travelers
and workers in the woods to take
extreme care during the next few
weeks.
Though little or no rain has
fallen during recent weeks, the
cool nights have prevented seri
ous drying, but the worst fire sea
son Is yet to come, he pointed out.
The only reported smoke ap
peared Tuesday In the Dry Swale
area but a check of the section
failed to reveal any fire, and it is
thought that probably a sheep
herder's fire was reported.
LEXINGTON GRANGE
MEETING CHANGED
The Lexington Grange will
meet Saturday night at the
Grange hall instead of for a pot
luck dinner as previously adver
tised. Following the meeting,
refreshments will be served on
the O.W. Cutsforth lawn.
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MEETING CALLED
There will be a meeting of the
Morrow county chapter of the
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis next Tuesday at 8 p. m.
at the court house.
The meeting is called to elect
new officers and reorganize the
chapter.
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