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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1954)
1 1 HART tf or r;IUGENE. 0R epper Copies, 10 cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 16, 1954 71st Year, Number 40 Wednesday Vote To Decide Park Development Plan Voters of Heppner will go to the polls next Wednesday, De cember 22 to settle the problem of what to do with a piece of city-owned land commonly known as the city park, but in its present condition, hardly usable as such. The special election has been called by the council to seek authorization of a special one mill, five year tax levy to pro vide about $6,000 with which to remove all the old buildings, clean up the site and develop it into a useful and attractive area. The voting will be held at the city hall and the polls will be open from 8 a. m. until 5 p. m. The ballot measure calls for the removal of all buildings on the site which lies between Main street and Willow creek and north of Baltimore, including the old civic center building and all the other old structures on the north end of the area currently being used my Tunison and Wil son as truck repair shops. As funds become available from the levy, the area would be land scaped and seeded to grass. Should the special levy be ap proved, the tax would go on the 1955-56 tax rolls for the first time. The election was called follow ing a straw ballot which showed a heavy majority of persons favored developing the area Into a park, The vote at that time was 72 yes to 12 no. Freak Accident Injures Heppner Man Frank Hamlin, Heppner suf fered an extremely painful Injury to his left hand and arm Sunday in a freak auto accident in down town Heppner. Hamlin stopped quickly to avoid another' car and in doing so killed his engine. While at tempting to push the car into the curb, the motor started and the car jumped the curb striking a parking meter stand and pinning Hamlin's hands and arms in the car door which was wedged shut against the meter stand. A medical examination reveal ed no broken bones, but all liga ments to his left hand were pul led loose. He also caught his head in the door and suffered a severely bruised jaw in the ac cident. School Christmas Vacation to Start Thursday, Dec. 23 School classes in nearly all county schools will be dismissed next Thursday, afternoon for the Christmas and New Years vaca tions, it was revealed today. In most cases, students will complete their work early In the day, with the Heppner school buses scheduled to leave the school at 1:30 that afternoon. Schedules In other schools are similar. Collison New Veep Of Coop Association Edgar Collison, manager of the Columbia Basin Electric Coop re turned Tuesday from Portland where he had been attending a meeting of the Oregon State Co operatives association. Collison was chosen vice presi dent of the slate-wide organiza tion during its Tuesday sessions, and he will serve with Lee Woo den, Vernonia, the new president; and Ben Little, Corvallis, who was named secretary-treasurer of the group. DAYS'TIl n ti CHRISTMAS A Tri-County Area Has Perfect Record During S-D Day Morrow, Gilliam and Wheeler count drivers apparently took to heart the much publicized re quest for general observance of Safe-Driving day Wednesday. According to the state police oifice at Arlington, no one in the three counties reported even denting a fender during the na tionwide S-D Day campaign. u UN Pilgrimage Contest Planned Plans for the annual Pilgrimage of Youth to the United Nations, sponsored by the Odd Fellows lodges of Morrow and Umatilla counties, were revealed this week by T. B. Bomboy, Pendleton, the chairman of the arrangement committee.' High school sophomores and juniors 16 and 17 years of age will be eligible to compete by writing an essay on the subject, "My Community and World Af fairs." Schools are to select their final ist by the last week in March and one student from the two-county area will be sent to the UN, leav ing here july 8 or 9 and being gone about a month. The previous winners were. Jack Sumner, Heppner in 1952; Sally Palmer, Heppner and Roberta Co bain, Pendleton in 1953 and Al berta Dayhuff, Pendleton, last year. All high schools in the area are urged to compete. Social Security Benefits to Increase After January 1 You will be able to earn more money and still keep your social security checks under the liber alized retirement test beginning January 1, 1955. For the remainder of 1954, you will not receive your payments for any months in which you earn more than $75 in wages subject to social security, or average more than $75 a month in profits from the operation of your bust ness. After the first of the year, you will be able to earn as much as $1,200 during a year, either in wages or in net earnings from a business, without losing any benefit payments. If you make more than $1,200, you will lose a month's payment for each $80 over $1,200, but you will not lose a check for any month in which you earn less than $80 in wages or don't operate your business, the Social Security Administra tion reveals. Beginning in 1955, the retire ment test will apply to all wages or business earnings, whether subject to social security or not. In the past, the restriction on earnings took into account only those earnings which were sub ject to social security. Placing the retirement test on an annual basis will be particu larly helpful to seasonal.workers. If, for Instance, you were to work each year for the four months of June through September at $300 a month, you would have your social security benefits suspend ed for those months under the former restrictions, but under those coming into effect, you would not lose any monthly pay ments. A representative of the Social Security Administration will be in Heppner at the city hall on Thursday, December 23 from 9:00 a. m. to 12:0q noon to assist in dividuals who wish to file claims for benefits or who .have ques tions concerning social security. Band Parents See Sample Uniform The band parents met Mon day evening at the school with Mrs. J. R. Huffman, vice presi dent, presiding. Mr. Burreson of Pendleton, band uniform salesman was pre sent with a sample uniform and Freddy Lynch modeled it. It was decided to let the band members help pick out the trimmings, etc.. for the uniforms. There will be a concert by the high school band, grade school band and beginners band Mon day evening December 20 in the gym at 8:00 p. m. Afterwards there will be a short meeting of the band parents and it is very important that all parents be present. A report was matie on the candy sale held last Saturday and a little over $70 was made at the sale. Winners of 4-H ' ' fV; vv'. r ; 10 YEAR 4-H FINS are being awarded to Mrs. Edna Grimm, Irrigon, center, and Dean Graves, Heppner, right, by Jack Bedford, manager of the Heppner branch of the First National Bank of Portland. First National provides pins for 4-H achievment. The awards were made at a special 4-H leaders luncheon sponsored by Pacific Power and Light. PP&L officials who were present and gave short talks included J. H. Huffman, Heppner manager; Tom Keenan, district manager, Pendleton; and Cecil Root, assistant sales man ager, Albany. More than 40 leaders and guests were present at the luncheon. Veal Prices Hit New Top HERMISTON The highest price for veal this fall was paid at the Hermiston livestock auc tion Friday, Delbert Anson, man ager of the sale, reports. Jake Madder of Milton-Freewater was paid $21.25 cwt. for a 255 lb. whiteface veal, up $1.85 from the previous Friday. Increase was in line with other markets and due in part to a current scarcity of veal. Consigned by 113 consigners, mostly in small lots, were 568 cattle compared with 657 on the previous Friday, ,147 hogs com pared with 163, and 20 sheep com pared with 180. Quality was generally lower except for fed heifers. Heifer calves were up 90c cwt., at $17.80 and were in strong de mand among farmer buyers for eventual breeding. Both Oregon and Washington buyers were active in seeking stock and feed lot cattle. Oregon, Washington and Idaho packers, Oregon and Washington feeder buyers and the farmers contributed to an active sale with broad demand for all cattle. Hogs declined 20c cwt. to a $19.80 top, a smaller de cline than in other markets such as Portland's 50c drop, clue mainly lo oversupply. Other" price increases: feeder steers, $19.10 cwt. top, up 50c; fat heifers, $18.60 cwt., up 30c; dairy cows, $122.50 hd., up $10.00; stock cows, $152.50 hd., up $27.50, few registered to $185.00; canner ciitter, $9.2o cwt., up 10c; shells, $7.10 cwt., up 10c; sows, $18.00 cwt., up 10c. . Needed next Friday are feedlot heifers grading good to choice and grain fed cows grading high utility and commercial. There will be no sale Dec. 24. Others topping the market were R. R. Gray, Milton-Freewater I, iq m ' 1DS 313.i.Ul 8 feeder steers, 6060 cwt; Vlassenroot & Gilbert, Pilot Rock, 635 lb. whiteface heifer calf, $18.60; Howard Haley, Pilot Rock, 2 ewes, $12.25 hd'.; Verne Atkins, Fox, yearling Hereford registered bull, $200.00 hd; E. P. Snyder, Hermiston, 2 registered Hereford cows, $185.00 hd.; L. G. Matheney Echo, 9 whiteface heifers, 6100 lbs., $17.20 cwt, and a 650 lb. I steer calf, $19.60; Oscar McCarty Echo, 275 lb sow, $18.00; L. E. Pearson, Pendleton, 10 lambs, 1090 lbs., $16.50; C. L. Hunt, Stan field, 7 fat hogs, 1605 lbs., $19.80. Calves: Baby calves 12.50-16.00 hd.; weaner calves, 17.75-19.40 cwt., heifer calves 15.50-17.80 cwt; veal 18.75-21.25, new high for fall. Steers: Stocker steers 15.75-17.-10 cwt.; feeder steers 17.85-19.10; fat slaughter steers 19.20-20.60; fat heifers 16.10-18.60. - Cows: Dairy cows 87.50-122.50 hd.; dairy heifers 19.00-23.50 hd.; stock cows 95.00-152.50 hd.; few registered to 185.00 hd. Slaughter cows: Commercial 11.50-13.10 cwt.; utility 10.30-11.-50; canner cutter 7.50-9.20; shells 5.50-7.10. Bulls; 11.60-13.20 cwt. few light good quality breeding bulls to 14.40. Hogs: Weaner pigs 6.50-15.50 lid., feeder pigs 19.30-21.60 cwt.; fat hogs 18.90-19.80; sows 14.75 18.00; boars 6.50-11.50. Sheep: Feeder lambs 13.50-15.20 cwt.; fat lambs 15.70-16.60; ewes, 8.50-12.25 hd.; no bucks. Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Isom of Echo, former Heppner residents, wereweekend guests of Mr. and Mrs, Claude Graham. 10-Year Awards (GT Photo) ..J t mi t 1 10 YEAR LEADER Mrs. L. A. McCabe, lone, who was honored at last week's 4-H club leaders luncheon given by Pacific Power and Light Company. Mrs. McCabe has served as a club leader for 10 years, the first person to be so honoied in Mor row county. (GT Photo) Sfockgrowers Meeting Planned Arrangements are well under way for the annual meeting of the Morrow County Livestock growers to be held here January 13 and 11, it was announced this week. The first day of the meeting will include an educational pro gram consisting of a panel dis cussion on meat marketing prob lems and the presentation of a demonstration on meat cutting, wrapping, cooking and identifi cation. The meat marketing panel will include producers, con sumers, financiers, packers, sel lers, and retailers. The second day the annual business meeting will be held which will include commit- tee reports and the election of of- , ,..,, ficers. A banquet and dance will conclude tho two-day meeting. The entire program is open to the public. o- RETUHNS FROM KOREA Mrs. Clayton Shaw left Wed nesday for Seattle to meet her husband, Lt. Col. Clayton Shaw who returned today after 16 months service in Korea. - He expects to be stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington. f MJUI i( . i' - 1 5 , .IN A 9 fit "S- J, I iiain i . BUILDING CHANGES HANDS that the building occupied bv built by them in 1919. has been sold to Virdcn A. and Rosa J.' Heliums of Pendleton. The Therkclsen for Margaret Woodson Beere, former Heppner resident who now lives in Pasadena, Calif. According to reports the 26.500 square foot building, one of the bv the Pendleton couple as an liam and Bisbee, are one of the started business in 1877. Death Takes Lifetime ! Hardman Resident, 'James H. Knighten James Henry Knighten. 61, a lifetime resident of the Hardman area, passed away Wednesday morning at Pioneer Memorial hospital following an illness of about two weeks. He had been a rancher and laborer his entire life prior to his illness. Mr. Knighten was born Novem. ber 28, 1S93 near Hardman and was the son of Robert and Mar garet Knighten. He was a mem ber of the Hardman Oddfellows and Rebekah lodges. He was never married. Funeral services will be held at 2 p, m. Friday, December 17 at the Hardman I. O. O. F. hall with Rev. Lester Boulden officiating. Burial will be in the Hardman cemetery. Survivors include one sister, Mrs. Myrtle Imel, Redmond; two brothers. Wilbur, Hardman; and Elmer of Olex, two nieces and three nephews. Creswick and Seuell Mortuary are in charge of arrangements. 0 O'Harra, Carlson Return From Arizona Conservation Trip Newt O'Harra and Charles Carl son, two of 100 outstanding soil conservationists represe n t i n g every section of the U. S., returned Sunday after spending a week at Wigwam Inn on Goodyear Farms at Litchfield Park, Arizona as guests of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber company. The two winners of Goodyear's seventh annual soil conservation awards program, conducted In 50 competing units including every state in the country. The winning soil conservation district in each state was allowed to send one governing body member and the top cooperating farmer on the grand award trip. O'Harra ser ves as a board member and Carl son took the place of Kenneth Peck, county conservation man of the year, who was unable to make the trip. The men left here December 5. The trip is planned as a va cation award but the winners were given the opportunity to in spect numerous conservation, ir rigation, cultivation and harvest, ing operations in tho 14,000 acre ranch located in the heart of the Salt River valley which Is known as the vegetable bowl of the na tion. O'Harra gave a report on the trip at the Monday meeting of the chamber of commerce as that organization also takes an active interest in conservation practices and sponsors a conser vation banquet and program each year where the county conserva tion man receives his awards. . o Prizes Offered in Decorating Contest Three merchandise prizes which will be awarded to the winners of the Lions club spon sored Christmas home lighting contest, are now on display in the Pacific Power and Light company window. They will be awarded to the residents of the three best decorated homes in Heppner. The prizes, a picnic case, a set of outdoor Christmas lights, and an electric clock were donated by the Lions club. Judging will be done by a committee of Lins be tween Christmas and New Years. No entry is necessary, installa tion of outside decorations will automatically place the residence I in the competition. mm 31 Announcement was made last week Gilliam and Bisbee hardware, and transaction woi handled 6y cacnot largest in Heppner, was purchased investment. The occupants, Gil oldest firms in Heppner, having - Visit By Santa, Free Kids' Show Due Saturday Saturday will be a big day for Morrow county youngsters .with at least 500 of them expected to flock to Heppner to visit with Santa and to attend a free show in the afternoon. The Saturday visit of Santa Claus, the only one the popular gentleman will make this season (except for his Christmas eve trip, of course) has been planned by the merchants committee of the chamber of commerce, and chairman Phil Blakney said Mon day that he has received assur- Safflower Acres Are Contracted Seven county ranchers signed contracts Monday to grow Saf flower on 86 acres next year with Dr. Carl Classen, president of Pa cific Oilseads company, Wood land, Calif. Several other ranch ers have shown interest in plant ing an additional 500 plus acres, but are waiting to see what win ter moisture will be before sign ing contracts. Safflower will be grown in the Columbia basin and eastern Washington area this year for the first time in any quantity to de termine whether it is suitable and profitable here. Dr. Classen met with the grow ers Monday in the county agent's office to sign the contracts and answer questions concerning the crop. Those signing contracts were Don Peterson, Kenneth Smouse, and Pete Cannon, lone; Kenneth Peck, Roy Martin and Gar Leyva, Lexington; and Ted , Palmateer, Morgan. Dr. Classen will visit the county again before seeding time to as sist farmers with the seeding. Heppner Teacher Hurt in Highway 30 Wreck Saturday Mrs. C. M. lloberg, fourth grade teacher at the Heppner school, was injured early Saturday morn ing when her car went out of control on icy pavement on high way 30, struck a bank and rolled over. The accident occurred about seven miles east of Arlington at about 4 a. m. when Mrs. lloberg was on her way to Arlington to pick up her husband who was to arrive from Portland by bus. Physicians here reported she suffered from a slight concussion and exposure, but is recovering satisfactorily. She was brought to Pioneer Memorial hospital by the Arlington ambulance. According to reports, Mrs. Ho berg's car went out of control on icy pavement. After rolling over it caught fire, but occupanis of a passing car put out the blaze and removed her from the wreckage. The car was demolished. 1954 4-H CLUB YEAR SHOWING ONE OF BEST ON RECORD IN COUNTY With the completion of the 1954 4-H ciub year and the summary of 4-H record books and achieve ments of members, Morrow county boys and girls enrolled in this youth program made one of the best showings yet. Two bundled seventy boys and girls enrolled at the beginning of the year with 218 of this completing, which made a percent completion of 91.8. Of the 33 clubs, 21 had members completing 100. Projects carried by the boys and girls were many, composed of clothing, foods, food preparation, homemaking, livestock, poultry, flowers, electricity and junior leadership. In the Just So pro ject, 3G articles were completed. Those enrolled in ' Sew Its Fun, completed 21 articles, those in Charmingly Yours, 14 garments and 45 articles. The teen age group made 30 garments while Clothing III girls made 16 gar ments, Clothing V, 00 garments; Clothing V, 25 garments. In the food project, those carrying the Breakfast club prepared 828 dish es, serving 131 meals. In the Luncheon club, 81 meals were served with 508 dishes prepared. Those carrying the Dinner pro ject prepared 925 dishes, serving 410 meals. Six members in the food preser. vation club canned 367 quarts ances that the old fellow will have plenty of candy treats to give to every child who comes to talk with him. He is expected to arrive via the fire truck at about 1 o'clock in the afternoon and will spend nearly an hour renewing ac quaintances and filling in his list of children's Christmas wants. He also sent word that he will again bring his Santa Mail Box which he will leave In town so kids may deposit their letters to him. Free Show at 2 p. i. Following Santa's visit, all the children are invited to the Star theater for its annual free child ren's show which is scheduled to start' at 2 o'clock. At its con clusion, the youngsters are as sured of another treat when the Heppner Elks lodge will furnish another round of candy for all comers. Burglar Robs Local Home of Over $400 In Cash, Merchandise Burglars early Tuesday evening entered the L. L. Robbins home, two and one-half miles west of Heppner, and stole the contents of a large piggy bank, a nearly new $300 accordion and a 410 gauge shotgun, sheriff C. J. D. Bauman reported today. Bauman said the burglars ap parently entered the front door of the house sometime between 5:30 and 8:00 p. m. while the Robbins were absent, for on their return the door was found standing open and the articles missing. The contents of the bank had been dumped out on a. paper by the Robbins before they left the house about 5:30 and the Intruder merely gathered up tho paper and the money. Robbins is agriculture instruc tor at Heppner high school. o Circuit Court Gives Plaintiff Award A circuit court jury last week awarded tho plaintiffs $5,081.60 in a suit brought by Charles Hea ton and Merlon Bleak against M. M. Powell, Wasco. The suit arose over the cost of the con struction of a grain elevator built by Hcaton and Bleak for Powell. Scheduled in judge William W. Wells court next Monday, is the case of Loren J. Matteson vs. Pat rick Doherty in which Matteson is asking $15,000 general and $15, 102 special damages as a result of an automobile accident which oc. curred in Heppner in February, 1953. TURKEY SHOOT SET The Morrow county Gun Club has set another in its series of turkey and merchandise shoots for Sunday, December 19 at the club grounds south of Heppner. and froze 292 quarts for better farm and home nutrition. The homemaking project with 8 mem bers enrolled, completed 16 arti cles, improving 8 rooms. Those enrolled in - livestock, carrying the dairy project had 9 dairy animals; those in beef, 53 animals; those In sheep 105 ani mals; swine, 88 animals; rabbit 131 animals, and chickens 29. In these livestock projects, ani mals owned by these 4-H club members were valued at $19,669. 25. Of this $6,321.61 was prof lit. In the electric project, 28 articles were made by four boys. This year for thejirst time, nine girls were enrolled in the junior leadership project assisting with 4-lf club activities in their club and community. Through their activities, 63 ciub members were completed and they were given credit for seven of the clubs which had 100, completion. 4-H enrollment is well under way for 1955 club year with seve ral clubs yet to o rganize. In terest has been found in several new projects, Including forestry and entomology. Boys and girls between the ages of 9 and 21, are encouraged to join 4-H. Those wishing more information about this program should contact Miss Beverly Bradshaw, or N. C. An derson, at the county agent's office.
