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MRS. O. G. CRAWFORD who died
Sunday at Seaside, Oregon.
She was formerly associated
with her husband in publish
ing the Gazette Times.
Mrs. 0. G. Crawford
Taken By Death
Funeral services for Mrs. Viola
Dice Crawford, 66, who passed
away suddenly April 17 at the
Seaside, Oregon hospital, were
held Wednesday morning at Cal
vary Episcopal church in Seaside.
Rev. Clarence Abbott officiating.
Burial was in Seaside.
Mrs. Crawford was well known
in Heppner, having come here to
take her first teaching job and
she was married to O. G. Craw
ford here in 1913. From October
1942 until July 1951 she was as
sociated with her husband In
publishing the Heppner Gazette
Times. After the sale of the
paper they moved to Gearhart
where they have since lived.
' During Mrs. Crawford's most
recent residence in Heppner she
served as president of the Wo
men's Auxiliary of the Eastern
Oregon district of the Episcopal
church and following that term
took over the office of head of
the United Thank offering for the
same district, serving the third
year of her term after moving to
Gearhart.
Mrs. Crawford was born July 8,
1S88 at Van Meter, Iowa and was
educated in the schools at Des
Moines, Iowa. She was a gradu
ate of the Leander Clark college,
Toledo, Iowa and took a special
normal course in public school
music and mechanical drawing
at Thomas Normal Training
school in Detroit, Mich. As a
younger woman she was a talent
ed singer and during her years in
Heppner she directed a women's
choral group. Her last appear-
.nn. ,oo of thn Cm.
side Women's Club less than a
week before her death.
Mrc Praufnrd was a member
of the PEO since 1918, being one
of the early members of Chapter
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K at enterprise ana was eieLieu
cAm rxf rha QpaciHp PFIO
Chapter in March of this year.
She presided at only two meet
ings of the organization before
hoinCT stricken. Shp was a mem-
k.v-i.., w..
ber of Ruth Chapter OES of Hepp-
.nnanthr tn lpn. I
side; a member of Kinni Kinnic
temple No. 41 Pythian Sisters at
Seaside, the Seaside Women's
club and Calvary Episcopal
church there. She was also char
ter president of the Heppner So
roptimist club.
She is survived by her husband,
Otheo G. Crawford; one daughter,
Jean Crawford Dunham and a
granddaughter, Camela Mar
garet, all of Gearhart.
Several persons from here left
Tuesday to attend the final rites
including Mr. and Mrs. J. O.
Turner, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Fer
guson, Mr .and Mrs. Frank S.
Parker, Mrs. Leonard Schwarz,
Mrs.
W. O. George and 1-ranK
Turner.
Heppner Music
Instructor to Leave
James Wilson, band and music
instructor in the Heppner schools
f.ir thp nast two vears, announced
this week that he is resigning
his position here at the end 01
thP school vear. He will move
to Hood River where he has ac
cepted a position as instrumental
music instructor in the Hood
River senior and junior high
schools.
All other present teachers, with
the exception of Miss Donna se
hem. eirls physical education in
stru'etor, have returned their con-
trart for next vear. school om
cials report. Miss Sebern has an
nouneed clans to be married this
enmmpr and will teach next year
at Stanfield, where she will make
her home.
Delay in Shipment
Of Polio Vaccine
Stalls Plans Here
Previously announced plans to
give the first in the series of
polio vaccine shots to all first
and second grade students in the
county the first of this week have
been delaved. Dr. A. D. McMurdo.
county health officer said today,
by lack of the widely publicized
saw serum.
The anti-polio shots were to
be given to all first and second
grade children in the state, as
well as the rest of the nation,
early this week, but according to
numerous news stories appearing
recently, an undisclosed delay
has prevented shipment of the
serum from the east.
Dr. McMurdo said Wednesday
that the vaccine will be flown
in whenever it is obtained by the
state board of health and re
leased for use, but at the present
time there is no information as to
when that might be. He said the
vaccine will be administered to
the children as soon as it is re
ceived here and the schools can
be notified to make plans for the
shots.
It has been reported that a
small amount of the vaccine has
been received by physicians for
private use, but the shipping date
of the major amounts needed for
the free shots for the two grades
of school children remains un
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Death Claims
Charles W. Barlow
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Charles W. Barlow, 62, passed
awav last Friday morning, April
15, at Pioneer Memorial hospital
following sudden complications
earlier in the week from an in
jury and illness suffered over a
year ago. Funeral services were
held Sunday, April 17 at the
Heppner Christian church with
Rev. Earl L. Soward officiating.
Charles Wesley Barlow was
born Aueust 10, 1S92 at Mingo,
Kansas and came west with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. James
Franklin Barlow over 5n years
ago to settle on a ranch in the
Eightmile area. In his early
years he worked at the old Ford
garage in Heppner and for nearly
15 years was with the Morrow
County Creamery. In 1953 he
was appointed Morrow County
clerk, a position he held until his
accident and subsequent illness
in September 1953
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Ho u'9 an artivo member of
the Heppner Christian church, a
member of the Heppner Odd !Fel-
lows lodge and the Sans Souci
Rebekah lodge here. He
had
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association of county clerks and
recorders during his term as
itruuiueia uuim mo
POuntv official.
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He is survived bv his wife,
Blanche, Heppner; two daughters,
Mrs. Lucille Walker, Heppner;
and Mrs. Marie Warner, Eugene;
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Calif . and Ray Eugene
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two brothers, James, Riverside,
four
sisters, Mrs. Daisy Gillespie and
Mrs. Flossie Coats, both of Board -man
... Mrs. Goldie Cox, Seattle;
and Mrs. Leta Messenger, Mit
chell. One brother preceeded
him in death.
Interment was in the Heppner
Masonic cemetery with Creswick
Mortuary in charge.
Graveside Services
For John H. Miller
Held at lone
Graveside services for John Hi
ram Miller were held Tuesday at
the lone I. O. O. F. cemetery witn
members of the Morgan Odd Fel
lows lodge in charge. He passed
away April 14 at Pendleton.
Mr. Miller was born Marcn u,
1880 at Furnish, Nebraska and at
the time of his death was a
resident of Hermiston. He had
lived .In the lone community for
many years.
He is survived by two sisters,
Mrs. May Montague, Hood River;
and Mrs. Sarah Johnson, Kioge
field, Wash.; one brother, B. C.
Miller of Woodburn and several
nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were ha Buscnxe,
reii Thnrne. Wate Crawford, W.
T. Lowe, Martin Bauernfeind and
Carl Linn.
Relatives and friends who came
to attend the services included
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Anderson,
Kalama, Wash.; Mrs. Floyd Hog
gatt, Longview, Wash.; Mr. and
Mrs. George Armstrong, Seaview,
Wash.; Mrs. Delbert Potter and
Mrs. Johnson, Ridgefield, Wash.;
Mrs. Estele Wilson, Hood River,
and Oliver Loney, Hermiston.
Final Plans Made By
Civic League For
Kindergarten Benefit
The Heppner Civic League met
Mondav evening at the Civic
Center building and final plans
were made for the kindergarten
benefit rummage sale to be
held at the Empire Machinery Co.
on Friday and Saturday April 22
23. Mrs. Larrv Dowen. general
chairman, reported an unusually
large supply of rummage . has
been collected including house
wares, furniture, some antiques
and two fur coats. There is lots
of very nice clothing which has
been cleaned free of charge by
the Heppner Cleaners and also
some brand new merchandise
that has been donated by local
stores.
Mrs. William Labhart is in
charge of the sale, the hours of
which are 9:00 a. m. to 6:00 p. m.
and 7:30 to 9:00 p. m. on Friday
and 9:00 a. m. to 6:00 p. m. on
Saturday. Plans have been made
to serve coffee during the sale
with Mrs. Pat O'Brien in charge.
Mrs. Fred Sanders and Mrs.
Jack Loyd are in charge of the
sorting and pricing which will be
done Thursday afternoon and
evening. Mrs. Paul Koenig is re
sponsible for getting a loud
speaker and it is planned to have
music during the days of the
sale.
Mrs. James Norene, Mrs. Sal-
ing, Mrs. Fred Sanders, Mrs. Her
man Green and Mrs. Cal Sumner
were in charge of the cleaning of
the garments.
Mrs. Marvin Smith is chairman
of the cleanup committee.
The group discussed, the school
budcet election and it was de
cided to help get out the vote.
The kindergarten board is to
contact the school board to see
what arrangements must be
made to prepare a room for the
kindergarten classes this fall.
Coffee was served after the
meeting by Mrs. Marvin Smith
and Mrs. Fred Sanders.
Sports Car, Truck
Tangle Near lone,
One Person Hurt
Llovd L. Howton of lone suf
fered a broken shoulder when his
truck and a Chevrolet Corvet
sports car driven by Donald Mc-
Elligott collided Tuesday morn
ing on the lone-Eightmile road
just out of lone.
McElligott suffered only minor
iniuries in the accident, but the
car, which belonged to his bro
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ther, Jerry, now in the armed ser-
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vices, was badly wrecKea. He was
rt ViJo tiiQi, trt Hannnop flr tnp
rinAc time harlltr urppUprl Hp W3S
nn his wav to Heppner at the
lvriia'' J 4 &
timo nf thp accident to trade the
sports car in on another car.
BOUl MC&lllgOIl anu uuwiuii
wpro broueht to Pioneer Memor-
ial hospital for treatment.
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TO MOVE OFFICE
J. J. Nvs. Heppner attorney,
will move Mis offive about May 1
to the building formerly occupied
by the telephone company on
West Willow street.
Considerable remodeling is
now under way.
Mr. ond Mrs. A. B. Akers of
Aumsville, Oregon, parents of
Mrs. Charles Barlow, were Sat
urday and Sunday guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Lester Doolittle.
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NEW OFFICERS INSTALLED
special meeting of the lodge, snown are (ieii o ngni; jm j. rune,, Y,
Jack Bailey, secretary; J. O. Turner, acting grand exolted ruler; La Verne Van Marter, leading
knight; Everett Keithley. cllaplain; Jack Edmondson, tiler; Alton Yarnell. loyal knight; Milton
Morgan, exalted ruler; William Labhart, lecturing knight; Harlan McCurdy Jr.. treasurer; John
Hartman, esquire; Frank Turner, trustee; Delmar Jordan, inner guard; R. B. Ferguson and Jack
Van Winkle, trutteei. (Ton wllon Photo
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday April 21, 1955
E. R. JACKMAN
State Agricultural
Expert Due at
Farm Bureau Meet
Planned as a kickoff for the
observance of Conservation Week,
May 1 through 7, the Morrow
County Farm Bureau meeting
Tuesday evening, April 26, will
feature a talk bv one of the
state's top soils, erosion and con
servation experts, E. R. Jaekman,
of the Oregon State College agri
cultural extension service.
The meeting will open with a
ootluck dinner at 6:30 p. m. at
the lone Grange hall which will
be followed by the business meet
ing and program at 8 o clock,
Bureau president Newt O'Harra
has announced. Also scheduled
on the program is a group of
musical numbers by the lone
school band.
In pointing up the importance
of conservation in the county,
and in keeping with the coming
Conservation week observance,
it is planned to have all past
county grassmen, conservation
men and cattlemen of the year
present at the meeting which is
open to the public as well as the
farm bureau members.
Top lone Honor
Students Named
The lone high school early this
weeK namea us iwo iop nonoi
stn(1pnts of the graduating senior
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stuaems oi in
d an(J Jn contrast t0 most
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other schools in mis area, doui
are. boys.
Dennis Swanson, the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Garland Swanson has
hppn named valedictorian. He
completed his four years of high
cnhnnl with a cradp Point aver-
age of 1.3. i
place caintatorian is Lawrence
Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. Law-
rence Jones Sr., who attained a
four year high scnooi graue aver
age of 1.7 Both boys, in addition i
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to being top scholars, have been
quite active in most major sports
and music throughout tneir nign
school years.
Commencement exercises at
lone are set for Wednesday, May
25 at 8 p. m.
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Officers of Heppner Elks Lodge No.
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Robbery of lone
Post Office Safe
Nets Less Than V
State police, the county sheriff
and federal postal inspectors are
still investigating the Ionp post
office robbery this week, but
latest reports indicate that few
definite leads have been un
covered which would lead to the
identity of the person or persns
who broke into the office early
Friday morning and hauled off
the safe.
First report of the crime came
to police officers about 8 a. in.
Frid.iv when Mrs. Ruby Roberts,
postmistress, phoned the sheriff's
office that the post otiice nao
been entered and the safe was
missincr. At the time of her call,
Clarence Holtz of lone was in the
sheriff's office to report that Ids
pickup truck had been stolen
during the night. Suosequent
check showed the pickup naci
been used to haul the safe to the
lone cemetery where it was
broken open.
Police immediately contacted
Gar Leyva of Lexington who flew
over the lone area and immedi
ately spotted the safe and the
nickun adiacent to the lone
cemetery, a short distance north
of town.
Entrance to the building was
gained by jimmying a side win
dow and the burglars thorougniy
ransacked the office before haul
ing the safe away and breaking
it open. Ironically, the safe was
unlocked and could have been
opened easily but the intruders
wont to much work to knock off
its hinges, only to be rewarded
with less than seven dollars in
cash. Post office funds, stamps
and money orders have been kept
in a larger safe in another build
ing for several years, Mrs. Rob
erts told police. All drawers in
the post office had been searched
in an apparent effort to locate
any hidden money.
Police said Wednesday that
they had a few leads in the case
but pointed out that the robbery
followed a similar pattern to the
burglary of the Boardman post
office several months ago. The
Boardman safe was subsequently
found near Pasco. In that case,
u nickun truck had also been
stolen in Boardman, apparently
to transport the stolen sate.
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Mrs. J. P. Sorlien
Passes in Portland
Word was received here Wed
nesday of the death Tuesday
night, April 19 at St. Vincent's
hospital in Portland of Mrs, Lu
Cella Ann Sorlien, 50, following
a lingering illness. Her husband,
J. Palmer Sorlien, was pastor of
u tlM 'MnfVinHiat phllffh
for seven years.
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Funeral services will be held
n the Beech street Njvieinoaisi
hurch in Portland at 2:30 Friday
with interment to be in Sunset
Hills Memorial ParK in roruanu
Mrs. Sorlien taught jn the Lex-
ngton schools for several years
"'b'-"' "
prior to leaving here for Portland
about two vears ago,
A complete obituary is not
available, but Mrs. Sorlien is sur
vived by her husband and one
daughter Meredith Ann, Port
land. 358 were recently installed at
Echo Girl h Named
Fair, Rodeo Queen
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QUEEN CAROL ANN WIGLESWORTH
Miss Carol Ann Wiglesworth,
17 year old Echo high school sen
ior who was princess of the 1953
Morrow county fair and rodeo, has
been chosen queen of this year's
event the rodeo board revealed
last weekend.
Queen Carol Ann, 5 foot, 7 'A
Inch brown-eyed brunette, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
R. Wiglesworth, who ranch on
Butter Creek. She Is the second
member of her family to ride
as royalty in the Morrow county
fair her sister, Dorothy, vas
chosen princess in 1919.
Though riding is her favorite
pastime, as is befitting a rodeo
queen, all her talents are not
Taylor to Speak
At Wheat Meeting
What has been billed as one of
the most important recent meet
ings for farmers of this area, will
be the meeting of the Morrow
county Wheat Growers associa
tion to be held at the Lexington
Grange hall Friday, April 22 at
7:30.
Of major interest to most of
the ranchers will be the report
by Bob Taylor, administrator of
the Oregon Wheat Commission,
who will give a report on recent
farm legislation at the nation's
capitol. Numerous committee re
ports are scheduled and a de
monstration of the use of wheat
foods in the home will be given
by Miss Naida Whibark, Wheat
League home economist.
The meeting is open to all in
terested persons.
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Saturday Carnival
Nets Nearly $800
For Uniform Fund
The band uniform fund for the
Heppner schools was nearly $800
richer this week following a
tally of returns from the benefit
carnival held Saturday night
under the sponsorship of the
Band Parents club and the Hepp
1 ner Lions club.
A heavy turnout of residents
I resulted in a gross take of more
than $1,000, officers reported and
it Is believed that the net profit
will be nearly sufficient to pay
for all the required uniforms for
both the high and the grade
school band members.
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lone School Play
Set For Wednesday
A cast of 15 lone high school
students will present the three
act play, "The Perfect Idiot" at
the lone cafetorlum next Wed
nesday, April 27. It is under the
direction of Donald Springer.
Curtain time Is 8 p. m. and
tickets will go on sale shortly.
72nd Year, Number 6
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directed In this one direction, for
Morrow county's pretty 1955
queen-to-be was only recently
named valedictorian of her Echo
high school graduating class, the
highest scholastic honor her
school can award. She is a mem
ber of the Heppner Wranglers
and has been active in '4-H work
in past years.
Carol Ann's future plans in
clude a course in secondary edu
cation in which she plans to en
roll at Eastern Oregon College of
Education next fall.
Queen Carol Ann's family have
been residents of Morrow county
for over a half-century, her great
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R. F.
Wiglesworth having come to
Heppner in 1901 and settled on
Butter Creek. Her mother's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Schmidt, arrived here in 1904 to
take a homestead in Sand Hol
low. Only one member of Queen
Carol Ann's royal court has yet
been selected by the sponsoring
granges in the county. She Is
Miss Marilyn Munkers, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Munkers,
of Lexington. She will represent
the Lexington Grange. The other
members of her court will pro
bably be named within the next
few weeks.
Portland Company
Receives Boardman
Road Oiling Contract
The stale highway commission
announced the award of a con
tract to Babler Bros., Inc., of Port
land, for the stone base and oil
ing of 10.91 miles of county roads
in the Boardman project. The low
bid was $53,320.
The county has previously
done considerable pre-oiling
work in the area and the Port
land company will start work
when the weather turns more
favorable.
The oil will be placed on four
roads near Boardman.
First Test Given
New Field Lights
Nearly one hundred persons
were attracted by the glare Wed
nesday evening and drove to the
Rodeo field to watch as the
switches were closed and the new
field light were tried out for the
first time.
Members of the chamber of
commerce lighting committee
were present for the first test and
proclaimed the lighting job as
excellent. A representative of
the Westinghouse Company had
been in Heppner this week to
sight in the lights and make the
night test.
There are 96 lights located on
seven 85 foot poles around the
field which give ample light for
football, softball, trackmeets or
rodeo events.