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LIBRARY U OF 0 EUGENE . ORE Copies 10 cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, November 4, 1954 71st Year, Number 34 Local Vote Heaviest in anv i ears 4 V i If , fovV A,.. . ; NEW OWNER AND MANAGER were nere eany tms weeK looking over the plant and planning the future operation of the mill. Right is Maurice Hitchcock, who with Dant and Russell, Inc., are negotiating purchase of the plant from urvme sman, e. W. Mahoney and the Kraft family. Left is Paul Koenig, who will move here about December 1 and will serve as manager under the new ownership. (GT Photo) Grain Growers Annual Meeting Set For Monday The annual meeting of the Mor row County Grain Growers has been called for Monday, Nov, 10 at the Lexington Grange hall, it was announced this week by Al Lamb, manager. It Is scheduled to open at 10 a. m. and a free lunch will be served all members and visitors at noon, The election of three regular directors and seven associate di rectors for the coop is one of the major points of .business to be covered at the meeting. The nominating committee has named L. L. Howton, A. C. Lind say and Don Campbell for the three regular director's positions, and Paul Jones, Alonzo Hender son, Kenneth Batty, Jack Barak, Archie Munkers, Irvin Rauch and Don Peterson, for the seven posi tions as associate directors. The main speaker at the meet ing will be William G. Stacey, of Salem who is an authority of co operative law and accounting. He is a certified public accountant. Other business will include the annual auditor's report and the consideration of a by-law amend ment to make part of the mem bers accumulated earnings into paid-up life insurance. Several other matters of business are also on the agenda. A special door prize of a Thanksgiving turkey will be awarded at the opening of the meeting, Lamb announced, and an attendance prize is being of fered at a drawing at the close of the day session. Final Rites Held for Sadie E. McDonald Graveside rites were held Wed nesday, Nov. 3 at the Hardman I. O. O. F. cemetery for Mrs. Sadie E. McDonald, 72, who passed away October 31 at Pendleton following a long illness. Mrs. McDonald was born Janu ary 8, 1882 in Wisconsin and had lived in Morrow county for many years. . She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Rogers. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Eva Robinson, Mt. Vernon; Mrs. Ethel Bleakman, Richland, Wash.; Mrs. Hazel Saling, Pen dleton; two sons, Louis McDon ald, Hardman and Herbert Mc Donald, Kendrick, Idaho. She also leaves 15 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, two sisters and one brother. Rev. Lester Boulden officiated at the services and Creswick and Seuell Mortuary were In charge of arrangements. o Saving Bond Heads Meet Here Jeff Carter, Morrow county chairman for the U. S. savings bond drive and Jack Bedford, committee member met last Thursday evening with George Mimnaugh, state bond drive chairman and Charles Reynolds, manager of the U. S. National Bank, The Dalles who is district chairman, for a no host .dinner and business meeting. The purpose of the meeting was to plan bond sales for the balance of 1954 and to arrange for a concrete program for 1955. It is reported that Morrow county has fallen far below its quota and an intensive effort will be made to bring sales back to their for mer level. Mr. and Mrs. Loyal Parker had as their guests, their nephew, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Devin and two children of North Bend, Oregon. of the Heppner Lumber Company lone Voters Choose New Councilmen lone voters Tuesday reelected Omar Rietmann mayor, Doris Gollyhorn, city recorder, Echo Palmateer as treasurer; and also reelected two council members and chose one new member. The newly elected councilman is Noel Dobyns who beat out his opponent John Bryson who was running for reelecion and Walter Dobyns failed to get enough votes to get among the top three. Those reelected were Paul Petty john and Charles O'Connor. 121 persons voted in the city election. The results showed: Mayor Rietmann, 107 Recorder Gollyhorn, 103 Treasurer Palmateer, 113 Councilmen, three to elect Pettyjohn, 93 Noel Dobyns, 81 Chas. O'Connor, 71 John Bryson, 44 Walter Dobyns 40 o ' Forest Service Men Receive Transfers Transfe"r of three Umatilla Na-' tional Forest men effective No vember 21 was announced today by Forest Supervisor C. M. Rector. Ellis Gross, timber manage ment assistant, on the Heppner district with headquarters in Heppner is being promoted to the District Ranger position on the Bly ranger district of the Fre mont National Forest with head quarters at Bly, Oregon. Gross has been timber management as sistant on the Heppner district since June 1952, coming there from the Femont National Forest. His successor has not been named. Joe Gjprtson, District Ranger, on the Pendleton district of the Umatilla National Forest with headquarters at Pendleton, will be transferred to a like position of heavier responsibility on the Long Creek district of tfie Mal heur National Forest with head quarters at John Day. Gjertson has been District Ranger at Pen dleton since February 1949. His successor has not been named. Al Warren, timber management assistant, on the Ukiah district with headquarters at Ukiah, is being promoted to the timber management assistant position on the Soleduck ranger district of the Olympic National Forest with headquarters near Port Angeles, Washington. Warren has been timber management assistant at Ukiah since July 1952. His suc cessor has nof been named. o Hayride and Parties Attract Youngsters Hallowe'en Night Approximately 125 young peo ple went on the hayride spon sored by the Soroptimist club as sisted by the Lions club, on Sun day evening. Skits were given by all the classes and the first prize of $7.50 was won by the seventh graders; second prize, $5.00 was won by the sophomore class and the sen iors got third which was $2!50. The younger group celebrated Hallowe'en with parties at the various churches on Saturday. The Christian church and the Methodist church were hosts to two separate groups of young sters,,the Methodist church enter tained the junior group and the Christian church the primary grades. During the evening games were played, colored slides shown and prizes given for cos tumes. The Episcopal church had their party in the afternoon, featuring movies, games and refreshments for all the Sunday school. s Becket Defeated By Slim Margin Of 31 Voles Bruce Lindsay, Democratic as pirant for the office of county clerk, edged out his Republican opponent Harold Becket, in the closest race of Tuesday's election. Lindsay polled a total of 788 votes to Becket's 757. It was the only county position in which there was any contest, all others being decided at the primaries. As early returns came in Tues day night it was nip and tuck with the two Heppner precincts giving Becket a slim edge of only 15 votes. Lexington cast a seven vote majority for Lindsay to cut Becket s lead to a mere eight votes, but when the lone totals were reported Becket jumped out in front by nearly 120 votes. Lindsay, however picked up considerable strength in Board man where he received a major ity of 76 votes, and when the last precinct to report, Irrigon, sent in its figures, Lindsay came out with a slim margin of 31 votes. Hardman also favored the Demo cratic candidate, but, only by a three vote edge. The contest was one of the closest seen here in many years, with the final answer not being known until nearly 10:30 Wed nesday morning when the Irrigon figures were received at the county clerk's office. Lindsay is a graduate qf Hepp ner high school, having received part of his earlier education at the Pine City school which has since been consolidated with the Heppner district. Recently he has been -workirtg:oTr a ranch near here. Becket is also a native of Mor row county, who during recent years has operated a machine shop in Heppner. o SAM COON, won a sizeable ma jority over his Democratic op ponent Al TJHman, to keep his scat in the U. S. house oi Repre sentatives. Elmer A. Hayes Dies Here Sunday " Elmer Alton Hayes, 54, passed away suddenly October 30 at the Pioneer Memorial hospital fol lowing a short illness. His home was in Dayville, though he was well known in Morrow county, having lived in this area most of his life. Mr. Hayes was born March 16, 1900 at Lonerock, the son -of Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Hayes. Ser vices were held November 1, at the Creswick and Seuell Mortu ary chapel with , Rev. Earl L. Soward officiating. Burial was in the Heppner Masonic cemetery. He is survived by one brother, Walter Hayes, Boardman; a sister Vietta Rose, Portland; a daugh ter Barbara Ann, Montana and several nieces and nephews. His wife preceeded him In death-several years ago. o i Mrs. Letha Archer and her sister-Mrs. Ora Wyland have Just re turned from a visit with Mrs. Archer's daughter, Mrs. James Leach at Winlock, Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Thomp son and daughters Janet and Judy of Pendleton were weekend visitors in Heppner. Mrs. Mary Van Stevens and Mrs. Sara McNamer returned Sat urday from a few days spent In Portland. imo ! J i 1 J i 1 W V I I W S- v 1 I , ' I - St' WHS CHARLES A. TOM, Republican, who was reelected state repre sentative from the 22nd dis trict. Tom Returned as Representative Charles Allen Tom, Sherman and Morrow county rancher, and present state representative from the 22nd district, easily defeated his Democratic opponent for the position, Mrs. Gladys M. Zell of Wasco. The vote, complete except for three very small precincts in Wheeler county, was Tom 2619; Zell 1861. Tom, who has served one full term in the legislature, carried three of the four counties in his district and lagged behind by less than 20 votes in the fourth. Whee ler county gave Mrs. Zell a slight edge with 466 votes to Tom's 449. . The vote by counties was: Tom Zell Morrow , 947 611 Sherman 547 408 Wheeler 449 466 Allen Hughes Wins Top FFA Award Allen Hughes, Heppner was re cently awarded the American Farmer award at the Future Far mers of America national ronven-' tion held at Kansas City, it was revealed here last week. He is one of four Oregim FFA members to receive the award which is only given to one out of every thousand members. Hughes started his FFA pro gram when he was a freshman at Heppner high school in' 1948 with a fat beef project and in 1952, during his senior year, he was given the state farmer award at the state convention at Corval lis. It was won with purebred Hereford and wheat projects. While in school here he served as president, vice-president and treasurer of the local FFA chap ter. The American Farmer award, Hughes' latest, is based on ac tivities of the club member dur ing his entire period of member ship. During the past year he has run 20 head of purebred Here ford cows and calves and farmed 75 acres of wheat and nine of rye on rented land. His high school projects were similar. Hughes indicates that he in tends to continue building up his purebred cattle herd. He works for his father, W. E. Hughes of Lena and is married to the former Gail Coe of Milton Freewater. Others from here to attend the national meet were Ron Currin, who was named state farmer this year, John Brosnan and Mrs. Hughes. CALLED TO IDAHO BY DEATH OF MOTHER H. C. Reed, Heppner school superintendent, left Tuesday for Idaho where he was called by the death of his mother, Mrs. Laura Reed who passed away Sunday at her home in Orofino. Burial will be at Pullman, Wash, o RHEA CREEK GRANGE TO MEET The Rhea Creek grange election of officers for the coming year will be the main topic of Interest at the meeting Saturday Novem ber 6 at the grange hall. There will be a potluck supper at 6:30 p. m. CLERK'S NEUBERGER HOLDS 2,000 VOTE LEAD OVER GUY CORDON Lcte election returns in Ore gon have apparently changed the complexion of the U. S. Sen ate race in the state with the result that the repercussions are being felt clear to Wash ington. Associated Press figures re ported at 11 a. in. Thursday gave the lead in the hotly con tested race to Democrat candi date Richard Neuberger after Guy Cordon had held the edge through most of the counting. With six precincts still to re port at 11 o'clock this morning Neuberger held a 2,006 vote lead. The count was Neuber ger, 284,695; Cordon. 282,689. RECOUNT POSSIBILITY Whether the Cordon group will demand a recount of the more than half-million votes in the state is not yet known, but AP reported that Jess Gard, Republican national commit teeman has just told the Port land office of the news service that "the matter will be dis cussed." Nearly all the late-reporting precincts were in the Portland area, Neuberger's stronghold, and the still unreported pre cincts will probably swell Neu berger's lead still more, it was said. City To Warn Sewer Hookup Delinquents The Heppner city council took steps Monday night to get all re maining residences and business houses connected into the sewer system when it ordered the city recorder to advise the approxi mately 15 delinquents that they are now inviolation of the sewer ordinance and will be subject to penalty unless connections are made immediately. The council was advised that in most of the cases no apparent attempt has been made to con form with the city code which re quires connection to the sewer, and the ordinance levies a fine of up to $25 per day after a reasonable period of grace for failure to connect. Letters will be sent all delinquent parties. The group passed to the third reading an ordinance calling for a special election to establish, improve and maintain a city park. It was suggested that a one mill levy be asked for, but the exact amount will be decided later. The date for the special election has been tentatively set for Dec. 22. The council approved several renewal beer and liquor licenses and voted to change the license fee from 10 percent of the state fee or $5.00 minimum whichever is greater. New Program Planned, Officers Elected at Library Board Meet Members of the Heppner Pub lic Library board met last Mon day evening to elect officers and outline a program for this year. The following officers were elected, Mrs. - James Thomson, president; Mrs. Marie Clary, vice president; Mrs. ' Lucy Rodgers, secretary-treasurer; Mrs. Ted Smith, librarian; Miss Leta Hum phreys, Mrs. Harold Becket and J. O. Turner, trustees. A book committee was appoint ed to assist the librarian in the selection and purchasing of new books. This committee consists of five members: Mrs. Orville Smith, Mrs. P. W. Ma honey, Mrs. Bradley Fancher, Mrs. Marie Clary and Mrs. E. II. Schmidt. The State Library is sending a representative within the next few weeks to weed out old un desirable books. The speech class of Heppner high school will sponsor a story hour for children each Saturday afternoon. Details are yet to be worked out, and an announcement will be made later, as to age groups and time. A rental shelf of the latest fic tion will be an attraction for the adults. A fee of 10 cents a week will be charged for these books. 0SITI - I 1 RCHARD NEUBERGER, Democrat candidate for U. S. Senate, who has apparently defeated his Republican opponent, Senator Guy Cordon. Alan Case Wins Only Contested Council Seat Heppner voters elected a new mayor and four new council members Tuesday, but in only one instance, the two-year coun cilman term, was there any con test. For this position, Alan L. Case, outdistanced his opponent, Jack Bailey with a vote of 261 to 222. Mrs. Mary Van Stevens, Hepp ner florist, became the city's first woman mayor when she coasted to an unopposed win with 406 votes. She will replace Dr. L. D. Tibbies who did not seek reelec tion. In filling the other three coun cil positions (4 year terms) the voters relumed two former mem bers, W. C. Collins and Jack Van Winkle, and also approved Al Lamb, manager of the Morrow County Grain Growers, fur the fourth position. There are only two holdover members, W. C. Rose-wall and Jeff Carter. The two council members who did not seek reelection were J. O. Turner, former mayor, and Robert Grabill. Two other city positions were also filled at the Tuesday election but neither was contested. Ted Smith won the recorder's position, and La Verne Van Marter Jr., was returned as city treasurer. The final tally showed the fol lowing vote: Mary Van Stevens, 406 Case, 261 Bailey, 222 Collins, 415 Lamb, 400 Van Winkle, Smith, 164 Van Marter, 472 486 Value Days Event Set This Weekend Heppner merchants are again cooperating to put on another of their popular Heppner Value Days events this weekend. The third this year which is given under the sponsorship of the merchants committee of the chamber of commerce. The many special values being offered during the two days are announced in this issue of the Gazette Times. o Community Chest Plans Campaign The first meeting of the county Community Chest was held last week at the Lexington school and plans were made for the annual drive which is expected to start November 10. Quotas for each town were established. Present were Dewey West, and Ray Anderson, Boardman; Robert Ferrell, Heppner; Faye Ruhl, Blackhorse; and Mr. Shelton of Pendleton, Republicans Carry Most Races In County Voting Voters of Morrow county troop ed to the polls Tuesday in larger numbi'rs than in any recent elec tion, and when weary counting boards finally added up the last of the figures in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, found that in some cases the feeling here was opposite to that in the rest of the state. In the senatorial race, Cordon held tile edge over Neuberger, contrary to the state figures; Conn was favored over Ullman in nearly tlu same proportion that lie carried the second district for representative; Patterson was a strong favorite for governor; and here S. Eugene Allen held a slight lead over Norman Nilson for la bor commissioner, also opposite to statewide feeling. On tlu? list of measures, Mor row county voters went along with the rest of the state on six, but didn't agree with the ma jority on two, the subdividing of counties for the election of state legislators, and the state property tax. In both instances, Morrow voters favored the measures, but state totals showed the opposite trend. On the very controversial milk control repeal measure, local voters cast their closest vote. They favored the repeal, as did the rest of the state, but only by a majority of 8 votes, 6X0 yes to 672 no. According to reports, the majority favoring repeal of the law was much stronger else where. In the contested office posi tions, Morrow voters gave their widest majority to incumbent governor Paul Patterson who pol led 941 votes to Joseph Carson's 641. This percentage was in dicative of the state pattern that put Patterson back into office lor a full term. , The large number of voters who got to the polls here, about 53 percent of the total registra tion, was about the same as in other sections of the state and nation. Percentage figures for Oregon are not yet complete, but early indications were that t ho state vole would be about the same or a little higher. Figures Given U. S. Senator ('ordon,8ll Neuberger, 716 Representative in Congress- Coon, 874 Ullman, 732 Governor Patterson, 911 Carson, 641 Labor Commissioner Allen, 713 Nilson, 687 State Representative, 22nd. Dist. ' Tom, 917 Zell, 611 District Attorney Fancher, 13.'S5 County Judge Barralt, 1212 County Commissioner Thompson, 1211 County Assessor Dinges, 1202 County Clerk Lindsay, 788 Becket, 757 County Treasurer Rodgers, 1313 MEASURES Salaries of state legislators yes 810, no 814. Subdividing counties yes 517, no 676. Mental hospital in or near Port landyes 1111, no 265. Constitutional amendments, liow proposed yes 711, no 508. State property tax yes, 613, no 593. Establishing daylight saving time yes 244, no 1204. Prohibiting fishing on certain coast st reams yes 510, no 755. Repealing milk control law yes 6K0, no 672. UNION SERVICES SET The Methodist and Christian churches will hold union services during November, it was an noun'ced today. The first of these meetings will be held at the Christian church next Sunday at 7:30 p. m. The pastors will alter nate as speakers and the host church will furnish special music, o Mr. and Mrs. Al Litchgarn of Portland were in Heppner visit ing over the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. W. O. George. While here t hey did some Elk and bird hunting.