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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, April 14, 1 955
72nd Year, Number 5
WEEKEND WRECKS
HOSPITALIZE TWO
A series of at least seven car.
accidents occurring between
Thursday and Sunday sent two
persons to the hospital for treat
ment, one of them, Miss Maxine
Sams, 30, of Heppner with seri
ous injuries.
Miss Sams sustained numerous
fractures, lacerations, bruises and
burns Sunday night when a car
owned and driven by John P.
Johnson, Heppner, left the Con
don highway near Eightmile and
turned over several times. Miss
Sams was thrown from the car
which then rolled on her pinning
her beneath it. In addition to her
other injuries, she received third
degree burns on her body as a
result of being pinned under the
car with the hot exhause pipe
resting on her. Johnson, who was
not seriously injured in the acci
dent, succeeded in jacking up the
vehicle and extracting her. She
was brought to Pioneer Memorial
hospital in the Heppner ambu
lance where she underwent more
Homcmakers Set
May 3 for Festival
At Boardman Gym
The county committee of the
county extension unit met at the
home of Mrs. William Garner in
Boardman last week to finish
plans for the annual Home
maker's Festival which is to be
held there in the new gymnasium
on May 3. Members of the Irri
gon unit who are in charge of the
decorations for the festival were
also present.
Members of the county com
mittee present were Mrs. W. A.
Euggles, Lexington; Mrs. Ray
Drake, Heppner; Mrs. Lloyd Ber
ger, Irrigon; Mrs. Ruth McCabe,
lone; Miss Beverly Bradshaw,
Heppner and Mrs. Garner, Board
man. The theme of the program for
the festival will be "Ten Years
of Progress", since it is the tenth
anniversary of the extension unit
in Morrow county. There will be
a style revue of clothes dating
from 1914, the year the unit was
started, in the state. Mr3. W. A.
Ruggles, Lexington, will be in
charge of the revue.
There will be nine exhibit
tables, and dresses rrfade in the
workshops the past year will be
modeled.
Alumni county committee
members will be in charge of
registration, which will be 9:30
10:00 a. m. The Home Economics
club of Greenfield grange will
serve lunch at noon.
Miss Merle Scales from O. S. C.
at Corvallis will be on the morn
ing program. Mrs. Garner will
preside during the morning and
Mrs. Margaret Blake, Lena, will
be in charge at the afternon ses
sion. There will be a nursery pro
vided for young children.
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David R. Settlemier
Dies Here Friday
Funeral services for David Ro
bert Settlemier, 75, who passed
,away April 8 at Pioneer Memor
ial hospital were held Wednes
day, April 13 at 10 a. m. at the
Creswick and Seuell chapel with
Rev. Lester D. Boulden, pastor of
'the First Methodist church of
ficiating. Mr. Settlehier was born in
Oregon January 20, 1880 and had
lived in Heppner' for the past 17
years. He is survived by two sis
ters, Mrs. Fay Scott, Gearhart,
and Mrs. Alice Ardrey, Portland.
Interment was in the Heppner
Masonic cemetery.
Graveside Services
Held For Kenny Baby
Graveside services were held
this afternon (Thursday) at the
Heppner Masonic cemetery for
Dennis William Kenny, infant
son of Mr. and Mrs. WUliam J.
Kenny, who passed away'Aprjl 14
at the Pioneer- Memorial hospital
Rev. Francis McCormack offi
ciated at the service.
CHARLES BARLOW ILL
Charles Barlow is in a critical
condition at Pioneer Memorial
hospital following a stroke suf
fered at his home last weekend.
He had suffered a mna shok
early last week but was thought
to be recovering when the se
cond attack struck him.
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County Commissioner and Mrs.
Ralph I. Thompson left Tuesday
to attend a state highway com
mission meeting at Salem. They
expect to return early next week.
than four and one-half hours of
surgery in treatment of her in
juries.
An attending physician report
ed Wednesday that Miss Sams
was showing improvement, but
was in severe pain.
The accident occurred about 11
p. m. Sunday, when according to
the accident report filed with the
police, Johnson apparently dozed
off while driving. The car, a new
1955 model, was a total wreck.
Two other weekend accidents
were also caused by the driver
dozing, according to accident re
ports. Ed Thorpe, Heppner, was
brought to Pioneer hospital early
Sunday morning when his car
left the road just north of Hard
man and upset. Thorpe was
knocked unconscious but his in
juries were not serious. He was
released from the hospital Mon
day. Ralph Marlatt also reported go
ing to sleep while driving Thurs
day night with the result that his
car went off the road just South
of Heppner. He was not injured
and the damage to his car was
slight.
Clarence Buchanan of lone was
uninjured when his car skidded
at the highway wye at Ruggs and
overturned in front of the Rhea
Creek grange hall. He was alone
in the car which was badly dam
aged. Two other accidents on Friday
caused only minor damage. One
occurred at Lexington when two
cars driven by Russell O'Donnell
and Earl Warner collided, and an
unidentified Pilot Rock man was
unhurt when his car left the road
on Jones hill east of Heppner.
The weekend's other accident
occurred Friday night near Spray
when a car driven by Stanley
Doe of Heppner left the road and
was badly damaged. Neither Mr.
or Mrs. Doe or their young son
suffered injuries in the wreck.
He is sawyer at Heppner Pine
Mills.
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Chamber Hears of
Fish, Game Problems
Glen Ward," local state game
commission representative, spoke
at the chamber of commerce
meeting Monday noon telling of
the game laws changes and of
the efforts of the 'commission to
provide wildlife for hunters and
anglers.
He said that a recent check
of last year's deer kill in this
area showed that 2,800 hunters
killed 1800 deer which is an in
crease of 80 percent in the num
ber of bucks taken over two
years ago. The deer herd in Mor
row county has increased 10 per
cent over last year, he said. He
said that there was little deer
over population problem in Mor
row county, but in certain areas
in Wheeler county the problem
was serious and that deer were
causing considerable damage to
farm lands and crops.
He also told the group that the
commission plans to plant 8,000
fish in county streams during the
coming fishing season. .
COUNTY MEN ATTEND HEARINGS ON
HELLS CANYON TESTIMONY GIVEN
Several persons from this area
attended the speial senate com
mittee hearings on Hells Canyon
dam held last week at Pasco and
a representative of the Morrow
county Farm Bureau testified in
favor of the high dam on the
Snake river.
Attending the hearing were O.
W. Cutsforth, who testified for
the Farm Bureau stand on the
controversial question; Oscar
Peterson, who represented both
the Grange and the Farm Bu
reau, Irvin Rauch and Newt O'
Harra, Farm Bureau president.
Cutsforth testimony before the
committee 'follows:
We wonder if too much atten
tion isn't being given to the pro
duction of electricity. Of course
there is a scarcity of it but other
means may be developed for its
production. The development of
our water sources and the con
servation of them is ,we believe,
the most important.
The Hells Canyon dam reser
voir with its 2100 ft. crest is the
onlv reservoir in the Columbia
- m ,n 0regon or Wash
' h t irri te o:
ington high enough to irrigate or
build the falling water tables in
the three dry counties of Oregon,
namplv. Umatilla. Morrow and
Gilliam, and when we say dry
we mean that. This year has
been the driest in 34 years, since
I have been farming here. Prac
Kindergarten in
School Plan Lost
By 202 to 90 Vote
Voters of school district No. 1
Tuesday gave a decided "No" to
the proposal to incorporate the
present privately operated kin
dergarten into the school system.
The vote was 202 against, to 90
in favor.
The more than two to one ma
jority against the plan which
would have called for a special
levy of one mill to finance the
operation, indicated to the spon
soring organization, the Heppner
Civic League, that residents pre
ferred to leave the operation of
the nursery school as it has been.
League officers said Wednesday
that they plan to continue the
operation of the kindergarten on
a tuition basis the same as it has
done for past years.
The League, which circulated
petitions asking the school board
to call the special election, re
mained neutral on the proposal
and made an effort to inform the
voters of the plan by means of a
special letter" which gave argu
ments both for and against the
inclusion of the class in the
school system.
In making the statement that
the organization will continue to
operate the class, it was pointed
out that it will probably be held
in a room in the present school
building which has been offered
for the kindergarten by the school
board. When the new grade
school building is completed this
fall, a large basement room will
be available, it was said. The
classes are now being held In the
civic center building.
The special tax millage levy
was not asked for in the Tues
day election, residents were
asked only whether they favored
having the kindergarten become
a part of the school system and
be administered by school offi
cials. Cub Scout Committee
Plans Month's Work
Seven Cub Scout den mothers
and pack committeemen met at
the home of cubmaster Ray Ayers
Tuesday night to make plans for
this months pack meeting and to
discuss a few plans for the future.
It was decided not to hold regu
lar meetings during the summer
months, although a few activi
ties will be planned. A group
picnic was discussed, but no
definite plans wre made.
The Christian church has
agreed to let the pack use their
basement again this month for
the meeting to be held Tuesday
April 26 at 7:00 p. m.
Den 4, with Mrs. Gardner and
Mrs. Smith as den mothers, are In
charge of the entertainment this
mohth. The theme is Conserva
tion and they will have some
films on the subject.
Those present at the meeting
were Ed Gonty and Lester Boul
den, committeemen; Mrs. LeRoy
Gardner, Mrs. Marvin Smith, Mrs.
Nels Anderson, Mrs. Ray Smith,
Mrs. George Terrell and Mrs. Ray
Ayers, den mothers.
tically all of the heavily pumped
wells in Morrow county are going
dry. In March of this year we
had the greatest dust storm that
this state has ever known.
While it is true there is no
irrigation planned out of Hells
Canyon reservoir, who among us
is brave enough to offer it to
California? What proportion of
that water falling 70 ft. over Hells
Canyon dam would the energy
generated there lift back up from
the Columbia to our elevation of
1700 ft. one quarter? We would
not need that much, and couldn't
it be done with off peak loads
too?
We are also afraid that with
out the high dam generation we
will never get cheaper fartilizer
from the phosphate beds in Ida
ho. Of course the fertilizer, in
terests in Tennessee and Florida
want to continue to sell their
product here, but with falling
farm prices and the increasing
necessity of it we must have a
cheaper product. The largest
cash expense item on my farm
last year was fertilizer. Then too
the continued development of the
Grand Coulee irrigation project
and other projects will increase
the demand for fertilizer many
times over.
Truly the two big things In the
future will be water and fertilizer
and the low dam will get us
neither,
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THE OLD AND THE NEW To be dedicated Friday morning at 11 a.
m. is the new Umatilla-Plymouth bridge across the Columbia
, which will replace the Umatilla ferry also shown here loading
ccrs for one of its last trips across the river. The governors of
both Oregon and Washington will take part in the ceremonies.
The imposing structure was built by Umatilla county.
(GT Photo)
Mrs. Cecelia Driscoll
Dies at Corvallis
After Long Illness
Mrs. Cecelia Driscoll, who was
formerly a resident of Hepp
ner for more than 3o years, died
Tuesday at Corvallis. She had
been in poor health for several
years and death followed surgery
performed last week at a Lor-
vallis hospital.
Mrs. Driscoll was born May 29,
1878 in Calumet, Michigan and
was married to William Driscoll
there in 1903. They moved to
Heppner in 1913 where they re
sided until 1945 when they moved
to Corvallis.
Rosary will be held Thursday
at 8 p. m. and final rites Friday
morning, April 15 at 10 a. m. at
St. Patrick's Catholic church with
Rev. Francis McCormack officiat
ing. Interment will be in the
Heppner Masonic cemetery.
Surviving are four sons, James
and Charles of Heppner; William
C, lone; Clifford J., Grants Pass;
three daughters, Mrs. Fred Poin
ter, Corvallis; Mrs. Blaine Carney,
San Gabriel, Calif.; and Mrs.
Howard Zimmerman,, Okanogan,
Washington.
Creswick and Seuell Mortuary
will be in charge of arrange
ments. Heppner High Paper
Wins State Award
The Heppner high school paper,
the Hehisch, last week received
third place award for general ex
cellence in the duplicated paper
classification, in a state wide
contest among high school pub
lications.
The local paper, though it has
been published for several pears,
has been expanded greatly dur
ing the past year and is now put
out twice a month. Sally Palmer
and Barbara Prock are co-editors
and Mrs. Joyce Wilkinson is the
advisor.
Darlene Connor Wins
Here In UN Contest
Darlene Connor, junior at Hepp
ner high school, was the winner
and Jay Sumner the alternate in
the United Nations pilgrimage
tour contest held last night at the
P-TA meeting.
She will compete in Pendleton
on April 22 where the contest will
be held for Morrow and Umatilla
counties. The winner of this
contest will be the one to win
the tour.
The contest is sponsored by the
Oddfellows lodge and is based on
a written essay, a speech and
character, citizenship and grades.
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Final Sale Plans To
Be Made By League
The Heppner Civic League will
meet Monday evening April 18 at
8:00 p. m. at the Civic Center.
Last minute arrangements will
be made for the rummage sale
which will be held April 22 and
23. Donations are still being
accepted and may be left at the
Civic Center building any week
day morning. Mrs. Larry Dowens
is urging everyone to get their
donations in as soon as possible
so they can be properly sorted.
BURGLARY LEADS SEEN
Heppner police and the county
sheriff said this week that they
have leads as to the identity of
the person who burglarized the
J. C. Permey store last week and
that they expect to make an ar
rest in the near future.
It was also revealed that fur
ther investigation showed that
the burglar broke into the store
from the outside and not locked
in the building at closing as was
previously thought.
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Recent Storms Add
Nearly One Inch
To Total Rainfall
Farmers rejoiced this week as
a continuing series of storms
drifted in over Morrow county
and dropped more than one-half
inch of rain at most points. Total
rainfall recorded at the Heppner
station since April 1 is now .80
inch it is reported.
The Saturday storm brought
the heaviest fall when .37 inch
was recorded here. An addition
al .16 fell here Tuesday afternoon
and night and there were reports
of even heavier precipitation in
other sections of the county.
The Tuesday storm appeared to
be quite general over most of this
section of the state with consider
able snow and rain falling in the
mountains and higher elevations
during the storm.
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Welfare Head to
Leave For Bend
George "Duke" Warner, county
welfare administrator here since
September, 1953 announced this
week that he has resigned his
post effective May 1 and will
move to Bend where he has ac
cepted the position as youth
counsellor. Warner said he is
supposed to be in Bend by May 1,
but will remain here if necessary
until a replacement is appointed.
During his tenure in Heppner
Warner has served as treasurer
of the chamber of commerce and
has conducted a dance band for
many local dances. Mrs. Warner
is currently secretary of the
Wranglers.
Soil District
Committees Named
Committee appointments for
the year were made by Newt O'
Harra, Lexington, chairman . of
the Heppner Soil Conservation
district at the regular monthly
meeting Wednesday night at the
county agent's office.
Committees include education
and publicity: Don Peterson, lone,
chairman, N. C. Anderson and
Robert Penland, Heppner; fi
nance: Raymond Lundell, lone,
chairman, John Wightman and
Orian Wright, Heppner; equip
ment: Raymond French, chair
man, W. E. Hughes and Tom Wil
son, all Heppner; program: O'
Harra, chairman, W. B. Gotts
chalk, Gene Cutsforth, both Lex
ington; special activities: Jack
Bedford, chairman, Jack Flug,
Bradley Fancher, all Heppner;
youth committee: L. A. Robbins,
Heppner, chairman, representing
the Future Farmers of America,
Dick Krebs, Cecil and Bernard
Doherty, Heppner, representing
4-H clubs.
A progress report for March
showed 2400 ft. of diversion ditch
completed and plans for 480 acres
of strip cropping started on the
Hazel Moon ranch in Eightmile
operated by Fred Mankin, 287
acres of grass and legumes seed
ed, 4,796 acres of conservation
surveys made and 16 acres of
engineering surveys for land
leveling completed.
Misrepresentation
Seen in Solicitation
Rev. Willis Geyer, pastor of the
Heppner Assembly of God church
said this week that he had been
advised that someone has been
working the Heppner area asking
for contributions supposedly for
the Assembly of God church, and
warned residents that the solici
tor is not from the Heppner or
iturrounding churches.
He also said that it is never the
policy of the church to ask the
nublic for contributions for Its
work.
Polio Vaccination to
Start Here
With the long-awaited an
nouncement Tuesday that the
Salk polio vaccine had been
proven 80 to 90 percent effective
in the prevention of paralytic
polio, arrangements were im
mediately taken here to vacci
nate all Morrow county first and
second grade school children as
soon as the vaccine arrives.
Dr. A. D. McMurdo, county
health officer, said Wednesday
that all first and second grade
children have been given letters
which ask their parent's permis
sion to give the polio vaccine, and
as soon as these letters are re
turned and a count of those ap
proving is made, he will order
the vaccine from the state health
department. It is hoped to be
able to give the first in the ser
ies of vaccinations some time
next week, Dr. McMurdo said, as
there must be a five-weeks period
between the first and the second
vaccinations and it is the desire
to complete the series before the
end of school.
Clarence Johnson, Heppner
grade school principal said Wed
nesday that about 90 percent of
the letters sent with the first and
second grade students have al
ready been returned so that a
check of the number here is ex-
Deposits and Loans
Show Big Increase
At First National
Quarterly statement of condi
tion figures released by the
Heppner branch of First National
Bank of Portland show that on
March 31, deposits at the branch
were $6,795,768 and loans were
$2,643,750, according to manager
J. H. Bedford.
Released at the same time were
comparable totals for the branch
for March 31, 1954. On that date,
deposits were $5,899,979 and
loans totaled $1,470,931.
Further figures show that on
March 31, 1955 deposits at the
First National Bank and its 70
statewide banking offices were
$755,133,833, loans were $372,221,-
722 and resources were $832,319,
336. In releasing the figures, C. B.
Stephenson, president of the
bank, reported that all three to
tals represented large increases
over a year ago, and are record
highs for the bank on March 31.
Over March 31, 1954, deposits at
First National have increased
$65,843,216, loans are up $18,434,
159 and resources increased $86,
435,919. Compared to December 31, 1954,
loans are up $3,976,639, and de
posits are off $29,597,593. Step
henson pointed out that this is
an established trend in the
state's economic activity, since
in mid-winter and early spring
First National normally is called
upon for maximum funds to be
used for building inventories, ex
panding production of manufac
tured items, planting of crops
and other agriculture needs.
Forest Service
Post Here Filled
Martin Lowther, project fores
ter on the Malheur national for
est since 1951, has been named
timber management assistant in
the Heppner ranger district of the
Umatilla national forest, Wayne
W. West, district ranger announ
ced this week.
Lowther Is a native Oregonian
and Is a graduate of Oregon
State College school of forestry.
While on the Malheur forest he
worked on timber sales and engi
neering. Lowther replaces Ellis
Gross who was transferred to the
Fremont national forest last No
vember. First Track Meet
At Pilot Rock
Jim Mallon's track squad is
hoping for clear weather this Sat
urday as the thinclads are travel
ing to Pilot Rock for their first
meet. Hermiston was planning
on an invitational meet last Tues
day but was rained out.
Going to the dual meet will be
the largest turnout of athletes in
recent years from Heppner. The
total of 14 boys includes: Lyle
Jensen, hundred yard dash, dis
cus; Pete slocum, hundred yard
dash; Jerry Haguewood, 220,
broad jump, javelin; Ed Olson,
440, low hurdles; Skip Ruhl, low
hurdles, 440; Mike Monahan and
Bob Hare, milers; Vic Groshens,
high jump, 220, pole vault; Dean
Connor, John Piper, shot, discus;
Neil Beamer, shot; Larry Molla
han, discus, shot
Next Week
pected shortly. The vaccine will
be given to first and second
grade students in all county
school free of charge as the vac
cine for this group is being sup
plied by the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis. Other
children or adults will soon be
able to get It from a physician,
it was said.
Three shots, the third at a
considerably later date, is the ap
proved method of immunizing
children against polio, according
to reports just released, but vac
cine for only two doses will be
supplied now so the available
supply can be stretched as far
as possible.
Band Benefit
Carnival Expected
Jo Draw Crowd
The Lions club and Heppner
Band Parents club benefit carni
val will open its doors to the pub
lic at 6 p. m. Saturday at the
Heppner fair pavilion, and com
mittee members today pronoun
ced everything in readiness to
handle a large crowd of visitors.
The carnival, which is being
put on to raise money for Hepp
ner high and grade school band
uniforms, will provide a full
evening's entertainment for all
members of the fomily, it was
said. Many special booths and
games are planned for the enter
tainment of visitors, and residents
are urged to come early to eat
there as special food concessions
will be in operation from the
start.
The members of the Lions club
will aid the Band Parents group
in the sponsorship and operation
of the carnival, running several
of the concessions. The uniforms,
for which the money Is being
raised, have been received and
were worn for the first time by
band members at the La Grande
festival.
New Type Generator
Now in Use by Local
Cloud Seeding Co.
Cloud seeding operations by the
Weather Modification Company
in the tri-counties area are being
conducted this spring from a
trailer three miles east of Con
don, it was announced by local
officials of the company.
The operational setup includes
the use of radar, radio and tele
type to follow the movement of
storms across the trl-county area.
Radar Is extremely useful In
maintaining an accurate check
on the storm developments and
movements and in addition,
shows visually the effects of
seeding, It is said.
Experiments with a new gene
rator conducted this winter have
proven highly successful and it is
being introduced Into this area
to effect certain storm types. An
operation using the new gener
atortermed Operation Silver
Ash for brevity was conducted
on a small scale during the weak
storm of April 9. Storm cells
were observed moving south-south-west
into the southern part
of the Trl-Countles where they
formed a belt of rain extending
west to east across that area.
These cells were seeded from po
sition south of Mayville, north
and south of Kent and near the
lone-Lexington area. The mast
positive effects were observed In
the area around Mayville which
had the greatest number of cells
to be affected. Generators in the
other areas were operated to af
fect any cells that strayed from
the observed pattern. Two of the
older type generators were oper
ated from Maupln and Friend to
supplement Operation Silver Ash.
The seeding operations con
ducted since March 15 and prior
to April 9 were of the type con
ducted last fall but with addi
tion of the much more sensitive
radar set. These operations took
place on March 24, 25, 28, 29 and
April 1, 2, and 3. The type of
operation to be used during fu
ture storms will depend on the
I many other weather factors pre
sent in addition to those Indicat
ed by radar.
DISTRICT GOVERNOR TO
VISIT LIONS CLUB
Farley J. Elliot of Bend, district
governor, will pay a visitation
to the Heppner Lions club at a
special meeting Monday evening
April 18 at 6:30 p. m. at O'Don-nell's.