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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1954)
LI BRAKY 0 OF 0 EUGENE, ORE itette Cm Copies 10 cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 23, 1954 71st Year, Number 41 PARK MEASURE APPROVED Voters OK One-Mill Special Tax Levy To Renovate Site Heppner voters gave their ap proval Wednesday to the council proposed plan to build a city park. The vote was close how ever.with 63 favoring the mea sure and 55 against it. The special election was cal led to find out the feelings of residents on the park question arrer the council had received an offer from a major oil company 10 purcnase part of the property The proposal voted on was to levy a one-mill tax for five years to unance removal of all buildings on the land, clean it up, and seed and landscape it. . The one-mill levy will bring in slightly over b,m) over the five-vear period The levy can not be placed on the tax rolls until 1955-56. Destined to be removed event ii . uauy irom tne park area are three or more old buildings, one Lexington Election Returns Incumbents The town of Lexington Tuesday re-eiecteci its entire slate of pub lie officials to another term of office at the first regularly sche duled election-by-ballot to be held in at least fiveyears. Men' in Leonard was returned to his post as mayor by a vote of 29. rwo write-in candidates, Adolphe Majeske and Wilbur Steagall received 10 and 4 votes respectively. For councilmen, Leonard Mun kers received 37 votes; Wilbur Steagall. 33; Elden Padberg, 35; Don Campbell 33. There were nearly 15 other writein votes for these positions. R. E. Lett won the recorder's position with 36 votes and was trailed by Delpha Jones who re ceived 6 write-in tallies. Don Hatfield polled 35 votes for treaJ surer with Ted McMillan receiv ing 8 votes. Tuesday's election had been postponed from December 7 be cause notices had not been posted as required by law. It was the first election by ballot held in Lexington for at least five years, city attorney J. J. Nys reported. Previous elections having been held during a town meeting or by oral vote. All terms are for one year only. o- of which is the former civic cen ter building which the Jay Cees had attempted to remodel over tne past four or five years. One end of the building has been re paired and renovated and has been used as a classroom for the Jay Cee-ette sponsored kinder garten. This area will be lost for this purpose when the build ing is removed, but plans are underway to make room for the kindergarten in a school room, upon completion of the new grade school. The other buildings have been used for storage at various times and one is currently occurred bv Tunnison and Wilson, logging contractors, as a shoo. Eventually all the buildings will be removed. ine area which will be made into a park and playground area is about two blocks lone and quite narrow at the north end. it ic iimi... - I - J Ma n street I Operations of the Tri-County Had the voters disapproved the ZZ C i "fl measure, the council members , 'T , a "." e- had indicated, unofficially, that i :ealta Tnis.w.eeK.Dy KaP11 JVm' the would probably sell the land 10ne'r ,01 "e l , J ! rmu rminlv Wnnfhnr DflnqTili a member of the Tri-County organi zation. Lack of funds, largely on A, f , ... . k ft. in Three Schools Are Entered, Robbed Over Weekend Jack Bedford Named New Chamber of Commerce President a Two Morrow county schools i . " 1 ' "u at rtiiuif;uMi writ- uroKt'n f . m I into sometime last Saturday ' ss v r tal of slightly more than S550. S - 1 chnriff r t n n...,n r It S The Boardman hidi school suf. I vW, 1 II ( i v . i DOOMED HeDDner's old civic ceni&r huilHina. the vontpr nf rnn b.mwaumac wuiiwvuisy wyw me ycuiai is one 01 ine ouuuings wnicn will eventually be torn down as a result of Wednesday's election which gave voter approval to a plan to remova all buildings on the north Main street property and make a public park out of the site. One end of the building has been remodeled in recent years and is being used to house the kindergarten classroom. (GT Photo) LACK OF FUNDS HALTS "RAINMAKERS NEED FOR CONTINUATION REVEALED fourth year the three ' counties cf8" box lying open which he had have contracted for weather 1 closed lhe niS"t be after re moving the receipts of a basket igh fered the greatest loss, as $496 taken there. At Lexington the intruders got away with $62.50, but at Arlington the loot was hardly worth the effort as the cash box in that school con tained only 17 cents. Entry into the Boardman i.i. sciioui was made by using a crowbar on the back door, h was found jimmied about 1 p. m on Sunday by Hay Anderson, school superintendent. He notified Wil liam Garner who called state po lice. The safe, which Anderson said weighed about 450 pounds, was found by state police officer Ralph Pope at 4 p. m. Sunday in the state highway park east of town on highway 730. It had been opened from the bottom. When Anderson found the jim mied door he went to the school office where he noticed a small rather than let it remain in its present unsightly state. o New Social Security Coverage to Effect arm Workers injuries Minor in Weekend Accidents Two accidents which occurred over the weekend were reported to the sheriffs office this week. Damage to both cars was listed as extensive but injuries were in curred in only one instance and they were minor. Robert W. Pechin, Heppner suf fered cuts and bruises when the car he was driving went out of control on icy roads near Ruggs Saturday and rolled over. The car. was registered to John W. Graves, Hardman. Early Saturday morning a car driven by Wayne R. Wilson was crowfled off the road in the vicin ity of Ruggs during a heavy fog. The driver was not injured but the car suffered considerable damage. According to the acci dent report, the second car did not stop at the scene of the accident. Not onlv are farmers thpmsel- ves be covered by social security beginning next year, but also many additional farm workers will then come under the pro gram. Starting January 1. 19555. one test only will determine whether an employee on a farm is tn be reported under social security. If a farm worker receives as much as $100 in cash Dav durin? the course of a year worklnff for a farmer, that farmer must report him as an employee under the amended social security program. Dunns the vears of 1951 thru 1954, only regular farm workers those who worked five months or more consecutively with earnings of at least $50 in a calendar quar ter for a farmer were reported under social security. The com plex time test for coverage has been dropoed and the simnle money test will become the only requirement lor social security coverage for farm employees. The farm owner should be cer- tain to record the social security account number of any employee who makes $100 during a year working for him. That social security number will be neces sary in reporting the earnings and the farmer will save himself a great deal of late bother by get ting the number as soon as he has paid the employee $100. The farm owner will deduct 2 from the earnings of each covered employee and will match that with an additional 2 in making his social security returns to the Director of Internal Revenue. In mformation on the making of these returns can be obtained from the office of the Director of Internal Revenue. For further information per taining to social security, con tact the social security district of fice in La Grande, Oregon. o Kenny Turner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Turner, is home from Oregon State College for the Christmas vacation. the part of the Morrow county group, was given as the primary reason for the discontinuance of the "rainmakin.;" operations. Crum reported that the direc tors of the Tri-County organiza tion met tiie first of the week in Condon to discos the problems Involved, and voted to suspend until such time as sufficient funds are raised in Morrow county to bring its contributions up equal to what farmers in Sherman and Gilliam counties have contributed. This is the Bobson Forecast To Appear in Gazette Times Next Week The Gazette Times will again publish Babson's Business and Financial Forecast for 1955. It will appear in the December 30 issue. A careful checking of the Bab son prcdictions'made in the Busi ness and Financial Forecast for 1951 upholds the remarkahlp average of the past years by be ing 86 percent correct Mr. Bab- son's score for the Dast several years holds the best and highest record for annual forecasts on U. S. future business. Below is the score for the past nine years: Forecast for 1954 1953 1952 1951 x950 1949 1948 1947 1946 Accuracy 86 84 88 86 81 80 91 93 95 Ex-Heppner Resident Dies in California Harrison Hale, 92 years of age, passed away December 6 in Santa Ana, California according to word received here from his daughter Mrs. Hazel Gowan. He was a native of Oreeon and came to Heppner at the age of eight years. The family moved from here about 1912 but he is remembered by many residents. navp contracted for weather modification services, the current and last year's contract is held by Weather Modification Inc., of Redlands, Calif. The company has been operating an area of fice at Condon. The office will be retained there temporarily, but will not be manned. Another major point discussed at the Monday meeting was the necessity of keeping some type of a program operating in this aica. It was pointed out that be cause of other rainmaking pro grams being carried on in ad jacent territories, farmers in this section are almost compelled to continue with one, to be assured of getting their share of normal moisture. It was pointed out also, that storms coming through this section of tht state are "robbed" of their moisture, for the benefit of the other areas. when no program is in operation here. Regardless of the need for con tinuation of the modification pro gram in the Tri-counties, the di rectors were forced to discontinue the work until sufficient money is obtained locally to finance it. No definite financing plan has yet been developed, it was re ported. JACK BEDFORD, First National Bank manager, who this week was cnosen president of the Heppner-Morrow County Cham ber of Commerce. Livestock Prices Continue Climb HERMISTON Albert Osmln nf Heppner topped the market at the Hermiston livestock auction Fri- ay with 10 fat hoes welahinfr 2200 lbs. that sold for $19.95 rwt.. nnH,n.t A ... ,n . i , , . . ivi-iuru rtii.vun, manager or tne ball game which had been put in ; sale, reports. the safe. Also discovered Sunday by the janitor was the breakin at the Lexington school where a north side door was found open. The safe, bolted to the top of a filing cabinet, had been pried loose and taken into a hall where $62.50 was removed. Forty-two cents in change was found on the floor of the hall. State police reported that the Arlington loss included lust the 17 cents and a tin money box in I which the money had been kept. I i ne snentf reported that at the j Throe new highs were set Fri day. Top quality veal, which sot a new high for the fall the previ ous Friday of $21.25 cwt, rose an other $1.95 to a $23.20 ton. con. tinuing its seasonal increase. The new record top was paid 0. C Hughes of Hermiston for a 275 pound veal. Steer calves rose (iOc to a $20.00 cwt top, highest in about two months, with farmers and feed lot buyers actively seeking the better quality steer calves. iroy uatiey ot Pendleton re --- t ' " ' v uiui i v uu. - - - 1 - j i num tun if" present time there are no leads reived highest prices paid for SERVICES POSTPONED Services scheduled for Sunday. Dec. 26 at Valby Lutheran church hae been postponed until January 2 at 11 a. m.. it was announced today. Following the services there will be a coffee hour and the annual church meeting at which time a vote will be taken, either in person or by proxy, on whether to loin the American Lutheran church in Heppner or to continue as in the past. o CHRISTMAS PROGRAM SET The Lutheran Sunday school of Heppner will sponsor a Christ mas program this coming Sunday evening, Dec. 26, at 7 p. m. The program will be held in the Hen- pner SDA church, and will feature a color filmstnp, "O Holy Night". All who attend will join in sing ing of Christmas carols, and the Sunday school children will pre sent special songs and recitations Teachers in charge are Mrs. Ed Collison, Mrs. Al Fetsch, and Mrs. John Hartman. The public is inyited to attend. 1 v 7 Ji . S v,iO i, as to the identity of the burg lars. Post Office Mail Handling Heaviest Here Last Monday The Heppner post office had its biggest jam-up of the Christmas season last Monday when over 80 sacks of incoming parcel post packages was handled here in addition to a heavy load of first class mail, Postmaster James Driscoil revealed. Driscoll stated that the heavy mail load has dropped off con siderably since that time feeling that the big rush is over for this year. While postal receipts at the local office are not yet complete, Driscoll said that indications are that this year's business will equal or slightly exceed last year. fcxtra postal clerks, hired to aid with the heavy mail work of the last two weeks, have now been released, he said. o Income Tax Deadlines Listed by Specialist Many farmers in Oregon arc still confused regarding dead lines for their final tax returns, reports Manning Becker, farm management speciailsf at Oregon State college. Becker says this is the sche dule: Farmers should file their return and pay the tax on or before January 31, 1955. Or, they should file an estimate and pay this amount by January 15 1955, then file their return and pay the balance due by April 15. If the farmer's business year doesn't start January 1. he mav flie his return and pay the tax on or before the last dav of the first month of the succeeding taxable year. As an alternative, he may file an estimate within 15 days and a return within 3'k months after the end of his busi ness year.. The revision of the law one of many passed by the last ses sion of Congress extending the old January 31 date to February 15, becomes effective for tax I years beginning after December 31, 1954, explains Becker. For further information regard, ing farmers' income tax, the specialist suggests checking with local internal revenue offices. bred ewes in some time, 35 Suf folk ewes selling for $18.75 head and 34 Hampshire ewes bring ing $16.50 hd. Consignments at the pre-holi-day cleanup sale declined from 568 cattle the previous Friday to 395 cattle. Also consigned were 175 hogs compared with 117 the previous Friday and 154 sheen compared with 20 head. Oregon. Washington and Idaho packers, Oregon and Washington feeders and an unusually large number of fanner buyers contributed to the broad, active demand. Dual ity was generally low aside from steer calves, veal and sheep. Far mers particularly sought stockers cattle, stock steers, heifers and steer calves. Other price increases Friday including dairy cows up $27.50 at $150 hd.; Bangs vaccinated dairy heifers up $19.50 at. $49 hd., com mercial cows up 0c at $13.80 cwt; utility up 90c at $12.40 cwt; weaner pigs up $1.50 at $17 hd.; feeder lambs up 55c at $15.75 cwt. fat lambs up $1 at $17.60 cwt., and ewes up $0.50 at $18.75. There will he no sale Dec. 21 due to the Christmas holidays and remodeling. Next sale, Dec. 31. Calves: Baby calves 2.50-16.00 hd.; weaner calves, steer salves, 17.85-20.00 cwt.;heifer calves 14. 90 17.30; veal 19.10-23.20. Steers: Stocker steers 14.75-16.40 cwt.; feeder steers 16.75 18.60; no fat slaughter steers; fat heifers 15.30-18.00. Cows. Dairy cow.s 85.00-150.00 hd.; dairy heifers, Bang's vacci nated, 21.00-49.00 hd; stock cows, 85.CO-180.00 hd. Slaughter cows: Commercial 12.-75-13.80 cwt.; utility 11.1012.40 cannor-cutter 7.50-8.90; shells 4.- 50-7.10. Bulls: 11.10-12.90 cwt. Hogs: Wearier pigs 9.50-17.00 hd.; feeder pigs 12 90-21.10 cwt.; fat hogs 18,75-19.50; sows 1190 17.30; no boars. Sheep: Feeder lambs 14.90-15.-75 cwt.; fat lambs 16.00-17.60 cwt; ewes 1250 18.75 hd.; 3 50-6.7 cwt. Gary Connor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Connor, is home from Ing below the freezing point due Mercury Drops to 12 Degrees Sunday The mercury dipped to 12 de grees in Heppner early Sunday to make it the coldest recorded so far this winter, Leonard Gilliam, local weather obserwr reported. All week the temperature has nmained in the 20s or below with daytime temperatures stay Jack H. Bedford, manager of the Heppner branch of the First National Bank of Portland, Tues day was named president of the Heppner-Morrow County Cham ber of Commerce for 1955. He will take over his duties Janu ary 1. Bedford will be assisted by Phil Blakney, first vicenresident : Jack Angel, second vice-piesi-dent; Bradlev Fancher. and George Warner, treasurer. The new officers werp nsmiri Tuesday by the members of the noard of directors of the organi zation, of which they are all members. The new board was elected Monday at the regular weekly chamber meeting. New Board Members At the annual election Monday, members named six new mem bers to the 10-man board. Thev are Jeff Carter, who snnpH himself in a board Dosition ami is the outgoing president; Edgar Collison; Al Lamb; Phil Blakney; Newt O'llarra, and Jack Angel. Holdover members are Mrs. Mary Van Stevens, Bradley Fancher, Jack Bedford and La Verne Van Marter Jr. Bedford will take over reiens of the organization from Jeff Car ter, local J. C. Pennev Comnanv manager who has served as presi dent during the current year. He came to Heppner nearlv twn years ago from Pendleton where he had been connected with the First National in that city for some time. He has served as a director during 1951. Bedford has announced that he will make known his committee chairmanship appointments soon after the first of the year. The Heppner-Morrow countv chamber, which now boasts a membership of well over 60, and represents all parts of Morrow county, is now completing one of its most avtive years. Included among its major projects this year was the raising of a $10,000 fund for lighting the Heppner rodeo field; support of county road development plans; fair and rodeo events included sponsorship of the main parade for which It provides prizes; city Christmas decorations and Santa visits handled by the local merchants committee; co-sponsorship of the annual county picnic during the rodeo and fair week and numer ous other activities. , 'Membership in the organiza tion is open to any resident of he county and the group meets every Monday noon at O'Don nell's cafe. o Knights Templar Hold Christmas Service Sunday afternoon at the Hepp ner Masonic hall the Knights Templar held their annual Christmas service which was con ducted by Eminent commander Enoch Friendly and past eminent commander Shirley Hevel. both of Commandery No. 7 of Pendle ton. The address of welcome was given by J. O. Turner, Rev. John Reeves gave the Invocation, the Christmas message was given by Rev. Earl Soward and the bene diction by Rev. Lester Boulden. The Rainbow girls sang carols directed by Oliver Creswick and accompanied by Mrs. Charles Ruggles. Mrs. Lucy Peterson and Oliver Creswick sang solos. Mrs. C. J. D. Bauman was in charge of the social hour, Mrs. Paul Jones and Mrs, L. D. Tib bies poured, and Mrs, Harold Becket served the cake. Harold Becket was master of ceremonies. AT COUNTY MEETING Six counties were represented at a meeting of the Association of Oregon Counties held in The Dal. les last Wednesday. Representing Morrow county were judge Gar net Banatt and commissioners Ralph Thompson and Russell Miller. Mrs. Barratt and Mrs. Thomp son accompanied their husbands to The Dalles. - SH0P?lfJ PAY TIL 1 OLD SANTA proved again last Saturday that he is the world's host SOME CANDY, YOUNG LADY, Santa asks one of Mr. and Mrs. lack drawmg card as a crowd of well over 500 children were on hand Angel', two young daughters who had waited patiently to get a to welcome him when he amved in downtown Heppner. Here be chance to talk to him. Along with a young brother. t gLu is shown taking time out from handing out bags of candy to find personally gave Santa some inside dope on what they wanted him out what one young fellow expected for Christmas to leave at their house tomorrow night (GT Photos) Pacific University for the holi days. Sharon Becket, who is attend ing school in Spokane, arrived home Saturday to spend Christ mas at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Becket. to a heavy layer of foe which blanketed the area much of the time. Except for a very light rainfall early in the month, there has been no precipitation so far in December. . m r