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LI 1RARY U OF 0 EUGENE, ORE. alette ptet Copies 10 cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday May 5, 1955 72nd Year, Number 8 1 inrj ! OPEN HOUSE SET FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON Morrow county residents will have their first opportunity to inspect the facili ties in the new wing of Pioneer Memorial hospital next Sunday Open Hause Set Sunday at Hospital An open hoUse next ' Sunday, May 8, to be held in conjunction with National Hospital Week, will give the general public its first opportunity to view the re cently completed 2-bed addition to Pioneer Memorial hospital. The building will be open for in spection between 1:30 and 4 p. m., administrator Jack Angel an nounced this week. . The new wing which has been in operaion for nearly two months accommodates facilities for 20 beds for general hospital use, including a special 4-bed pedia tric ward. The addition, which was con structed and equipped at a cost of approximately $13,000, gives the county-owned and operated hos pital a total of 44 beds, 28 of which are for general hospital use and 16. beds on the lower level which serve as a nursing home. Also included in the new addi tion are offices and facilities for the county health nurse. Pioneer Memorial is now one of the most modern and complete ly equipped small hospitals in the state, boasting surgery and X-Ray equipment found only in larger institutions. Several do nations during the past year have resulted in the addition of a new, large 20o milliampere X Ray machine and a small chest X-Ray unit. A considerable amount of other equipment, in cluding air-lock, room furnish ings etc., have been donated -to the hospital by individuals and civic and fraternal organizations. Free Chest X-Ray Given One major event of the open house will be the giving of free chest X-Rays to all Sunday visi tors over 15 years of age who de sire it. They are being made possible through the courtesy of the Morrow County TB and Health Association and are paid for through purchases of Christ mas seals. A technician will be on duty throughout the after noon to give the X-Rays. The first unit of Pioneer Me morial hospital, which was open- PR Lumber Head Tells of Conservation As part of a week-long pro gram on Conservation Week, Al Moltke, general manager xt the Pilot Rock Lumber Company, spoke Monday noon before the chamber of commerce on the value of conservation and the steps his company have taken to conserve forest products. Moltke described in detail how Pilot Rock Lumber has installed equipment designed to get the most possible from every log, and every operation of the plant. He told how the new fibre board plant uses its water five times before turning it into a settling pond from which it is dumped onto grazing land where it grows ample grass for a large number of cattle. He explained how the com pany had developed the first port able chipper that can be taken into the woods to grind up small lodgepole pine and other species of trees, which previously had been regarded as worthless. Moltke also showed a sound motion picture of the logging operations of the Pilot Rock con ed in 1950, included surgery and maternity rooms, X-Ray rooms and laboratories and accommoda tions for 24 beds. The new wing includes only bedrooms as all heating and kitchen facilities were adequate to handle the ad ditional bed space. In all, the hospital has cost approximately one-half million dollars and was financed jointly through contri butions, tax levies and federal Hill-Burton funds which covered slightly less than one-half of the total cost. Thirty-five persons comprise the normal nursing and operating staff of the hospital which has a monthly payroll exceeding $7,000. The ' hospital is operated by a board of trustees who are ap pointed by the county court. The board includes P. W. Mahoney, president; Mrs. Mervin Leonard, vice president; Garland Swan son, secretary; Harry Duvall and John Krebs. The hospital medical staff is composed of six physicians and surgeons. They are Dr. C. M. Wagner, Drs. Stanley J. and Janet Kirk, Dr. A. D. McMurdo, Dr. L. D. Tibbies and Dr. Donald Sch wisow, Condon. The main building and the new adition were built by Mc Cormack Construction company of Pendleton. Sylvia McDaniel Named Treasurer The county court announced late yesterday that it has ap pointed Sylvia (Mrs. Carlt Mc Daniel as the new county treas urer. She will take office im mediately. Mrs. McDaniel will fill the un expired term of Mrs. Lucy Rod gers who recently announced that she planned to retire from the position on May 1 and move to Portland to live. Mrs. McDaniel is not inexper ienced in her new duties having served for the past two years as tax deputy in the sheriff's office. Mrs. Rodgers plans to remain for a few days to acquaint the new treasurer with her duties. o Darlene Connor Is Girls' State Choice Darlene Connor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. .Connor, has been seleced by the American Legion auxiliary to attend Girl's State at Willamette University June 13-19, officers reported this week. Lynda Borman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Borman, is the alternate. Both are high school juniors. Selection is based on scholar ship, leadership, character, phy sical fitness, cooperation and other points. Girl's State, spon sored by the Legion auxiliary, features a week on parliamentary procedure, government and a tour of the state house. GRANGERS INVITED Members of all county Granges are invited to attend the next regular meeting of the Lexington Grange on May 14 which will honor the Lexington Grange char ter members and all 25" yearj members. b n n a r s t afternoon from 1:30 to 4 p. m. end of the building, houses 20 hospital's total bed capacity to Pendleton C of C To Visit Monday Upwards of 35 members of the Pendleton Chamber of Commerce will arrive in Heppner next Mon day noon for a visitation with the Heppner-Morrow County Cham ber, it was announced at Mon day's meeting. The group plan to come by bus. Arrangements have been made to hold the luncheon meeting in the Heppner I. O. O. F. hall with the Rebekah's serving the meal. The organization usually meets at O'Donnell's Cafe, but facilities are not available for such a large crowd. Following the regular meeting and program which will be put on by the visiting group, the members of the Pendleton C of C will be taken on a tour of vari ous points of interest in this area including Pioneer Memorial hos pital, Heppner Pine Mills, the Newt O'Harra ranch at Lexing ton, the Lexington plant of the Morrow County Grain Growers, points of interest near lone and out Rhea Creek to the Frank Anderson ranch near Ruggs. The tour is under the direc tion of Jack Loyd, chairman who has arranged for local cars to take the visitors on the circuit. This is the first of a series of visits the Pendleton chamber has planned for this spring and sum mer. r RAY MYRICK, JR. New Welfare Head Named Ray Myrick Jr., of Pendleon was named Monday as Morrow county welfare administrator. He will replace George "Duke" War ner, who resigned recently to ac cept a position as youth counsel lor at Bend. Myrick, who was picked from six applicants by the county welfare commission, has been a welfare case worker in Umatilla county for several years. He and his wife and small son, Steven, plan to move to Heppner about May 16. Warner plans to leave for Bend in about a week to take over his new duties. o Crippled Children's Clinic Set May 17 The spring crippled children's will be held Tuesday, May 17 at 1:30 p. m. at the Umatilla county health department, S. W. 3rd and Frazier in Pendleton, it was an nounced this week by Mrs. Velma Glass, Morrow county health nurse. Applications are still available and any one wishing an appoint ment should contact the health department, Phone Heppner 6-9911. .k.JMt i I f . 4 - - - J The new addition on the right additional beds and brings the 44. Story below. Photo by Alex Thompson) New Law Requires 5-Man School Boards In All Districts Word was received today that Governor Patterson has signed Senate Bill 367 which makes mandatory the election of 5 man school boards in all second and third class districts. In the past these districts have had only 3-man boards. The measure effects all dis tricts in Morrow county as all are either second or third cless. The change in the law will mean that all districts will elect two additional members at the June 20 elections. The method of nominating is also changed. Candidates will be nominated by petition (rather than at the annual meeting) which must be signed by three percent of the voters voting at the last annual school election. There must however, be at least 10 signers. Farley Mote Co. Opens New Building An open house for the newly completed Farley Motor Com pany building on east May street has been announced for Saturday by James J. Farley, owner and operator of the Pontiac, Buick, GMC and Willys car and truck dealership. The new building 40 by 143 feet in size, was built adjacent to the former garage and service station building on property re cently purchased by Farley from the Forest . Service. It includes a largo showroom, stock depart ment and offices in the front and greatly enlarged shop facilities immediately behind. To the rear of the lot automobile storage space is provided in an adjoining building. The building will be open all day and free old time and mod ern dancing will bs provided in the evening hours, Farley said. Farley started in business in the service station and as Shell Oil distributor in 1946. He added the Pontiac dealership in 1948 and built two additions to the plant the same year. He took on the Willys line in 1949 and in July, 1952 added Buick and GMC. Farley plans to remodel the former showrooms and shop building into a modern super service station which will operate in conjunction to the car dealer ship and repair departments. BEDFORD STRICKEN BY MILD STROKE Jack Bedford, manager of the Heppner branch of the First Na tional Bank of Portland, and president of the chamber of com merce, was taken to the Pioneer Memorial hospital Monday morn ing after suffering a mild stroke while at work. He is still under physician's care, but is reported to be re covering rapidly. o BAND CONCERT PLANNED The Heppner high and grade school bands under the direction of James Wilson director, will present a free concert Sunday afternoon at 2 p. m. at the court house park. All band members, including grade school students, will be outfitted in their new uniforms, Wilson announced. WILL TEACH IN MONUMENT Mrs. Leo Flower, who has taught-in the Heppner school for the past three years, will teach next year in Monument, where she makes her home. Council Considers New Ordinance to Regulate Solicitors The Heppner city council Mon lay niht read and discussed a proposed ordinance which would require all persons desiring to solicit for donations, magazine or periodical subscriptions to ob tain a permit from the city re order. The purpose, of the ordi nance is to discourage illigite mae operations of that type. The proposed ordinance, which was sent back to the city attor ney for rewriting before being considered for passage by the council, would require all per sons wishing to do such soliciting to obtain a permit from the re corder. Each would have to state under oath what or who the so licitation was for. Permits would cost Sl-00 and a heavy penalty would be fixed for violation of any of the provisions of the ordi nance of for making false state ments in obtaining the permit. The petitioned proposal to curb and pave several west side streets came in for considerable discus sion when the city attorney told the council that an improvement district could not be set up until the necessary engineering work and estimates have been supplied. The paving and curbing work was asked for in petitions pre sented last year to the council, and signed by many of the resi dents of Gale, Center, Baltimore, Church, Water and Jones streets. The council has tried on seve ral occasions to take the neces sary steps to get the formation of an improvement district started, but city attorney J. J. Nys told the members Monday that the charter specifically states what the procedure must be and that it had not been followed. The group finally decided to call for the services of its engi neer in setting up the necessary plans and cost estimates and ex pressed the opinion that the large area included in the original pe titions might have to be divided into two or more districts to make the plan workable. The engineer is expected in town' within the next week or two. The council ordered Joe Dela meter, a resident of the lower end of town, to remove an outside toilet now on his property and to connect with the sewer system within 30 days or the council would take steps to have the pro perty condemned as a health haz ard. Delameter was present at the meeting and stated that he would try to have the work done in the month. The council announced that ap pointment of two new members to the budget committee. They are Mrs. Marvin Smith and E. E. Gonty. They will serve with the carryover members Howard Bry ant, Dr. L. D. Tibbies, Robert Penland and James J. Farley and the committee will meet to plan the 1955-56 budget on Monday, May 16. To Keep City Lot Mrs. Grace Nickerson told the council that she was interested in purchasing the city owned lot on West Willow street with the idea of erecting an office build ing there. The council finally re jected her request deciding that it should be retained by the city for possible future use as a loca tion for a new fire hall should expansion of the present de partment be necessary in years to come. More room in the present city hall would be impossible or very costly to get, it was felt. A building permit was issued to M. O. Storro to construct a $6,000 residence on K Street. Dance Students to Present Recital A dance recital by students of Etta Sheppard will be held Friday evening, May 6 at 8 p. m. at the Heppner high school gym with youngsters from Heppner, Lexington, lone and Hermiston taking part. ' There will be displays of tap, ballet, acrobatic and toe dance numbers by students in all age groups, said Miss Sheppard, who has been conducting dancing classes in this area for over a year. All proceeds from the recital will go into the band uniform fund. MEETING IS POSTPONED The Lilian C. Turner Founda tion annual meeting which is usually held on the Saturday night preceeding Mothers day, has been postponed until sometime in June. The date will be an nounced later, it was said. Polio Vaccine Arrives, Shots to Start Monday Dr. A. D. McMurdo, county health officer, announced today that he has received shipments of Salk polio vaccine and that he will start Monday giving the anti polio shots to all first and se cond grade students in the county. Dr. McMurdo said that he will administer the vaccine to Hepp- MRS. VELMA GLASS New County Health Nurse Arrives Mrs. Velma Glass, new county health nurse, -arrived in Heppner last weekend and this week has taken over her new duties in the post that has been vacant for over one and one-half years, Mrs. Glass came to Morrow county from Phoenix, Arizona where she was employed in hos pital work. She received her training in the middle west and served in various nursing and hospital capacities in that area before moving to Arizona. Mrs. Glass at present has her offices in the court house, but within a short time will move to new facilities in the new wing of Pioneer Memorial hospital. She has one son 12 years of age. OES To Observe 60th Anniversary On Saturday evening May 7 at 8:00 p. m., Ruth chapter No. 32, Order of the Eastern Star will celebrate its 60th anniversary and also friendship night. Many chapters in the surround ing area have been invited to the program, which is open to the public. The officers of Ruth chapter will be dressed as in the Gay 90's. The chapter was chartered in February 1895 and the pro gram will be centered around that time. The theme of the program is to be "Time Rolls On" and a barber shop quartet will be featured. Also Oliver Creswick will sing a solo. A fifty year member is to be honored and Mrs. Frank S. Par ker will give the history of the chapter. Bomb Range Road Graveling Starts The caunty rock crusher is be ing moved to a site about three miles north of the D. O. Nelson ranch and within a short time will start producing rock to be applied on the new bombing road, the county court said Wednesday. Grading on the new north south county road is practically completed and gravel has al ready been put on four and one half miles of the north end of the cutoff. It is expected to take about 45 days to complete the graveling. EXAMINER COMING A drivers license examiner will be on duty in Heppner Tuesday, May 10 from 9:30 a. m. to 3:30 p. m. His office is in the court house. in 'llll,BI"i',fiM 105 DAY 'NO FIRE' RECORD ENDS WITH FRIDAY EVENING BLAZE A ceneral fire alarm sounded shortly after 6 p. m. last Friday, Aoril 29 ended the longest "drv spell" enjoyed by Heppner fire men in many years, according to department records. The depart ment had gone 105 days without receiving a call the last to be answered was on January 16. The Friday evening fire de stroyed a storaee shed near the Clarence Moore home on Linden ner students Monday morning, to lone and Lexington children on Monday afternoon, and those at Boardman "and Irngon Tues day morning. Youngsters in the Hardman school will come to Heppner for their shots. Dr. McMurdo emphasized that the vaccine to be used is supplied by the Parke-Davis company and he said not one single case of polio or report of ill effects has been recorded with the use of the vaccine from this company. Only those children whose par ents have given permission will be given the shots. Mountain Water Reserve Better Than Month Ago A snow depth of 41.3 inches and a water content of 15.7 inches on the Arbuckle mountain snow course was measured April 28 by Tom Wilson of the Soil Conser vation service. The snow pack normally melts during April and snow moisture conditions are similar to those found the end of March, Wilson said. Measure ments taken March 30 this year showed 43 inches swon depth and 14 inches water content. Prospects are good for late ir rigation water. Streams, running good during most of April, were fed mainly by rainfall and melt ing snow on lower elevations with the mountain snow pack not coming off yet, Wilson said, o Clarence W. Roundy Buried Here Tuesday Funeral services were held on Tuesday, May 3 at the Heppner Christian church for Clarence Willis Roundy, 69, who passed away April 30 at Pioneer Memor ial hospital. He had been ill for nearly a year, but was confined to the hospital for only a few days before his death. Mr. Roundy was born July 20, 1885 in Iowa and had come to Heppner in 1935. He had worked throughout this area as a carpen ter and had made his home, dur ing recent years, with Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Morris. Surviving are one son, Leslie Roundy, Kennewick; one daugh ter, Mrs. Gertrude Rice, Seattle; two sisters living in the Dakotas, and six grandchildren. Rev. Earl L. Soward officiated at the final rites and interment was in the Heppner Masonic cemetery. Creswick Mortuary was in charge of arrangements. o Extension Units Set Projects For Year t The program planners of the Extension Units of Morrow county have selected three problems to work on during the coming year. These problems are: how to be well-dressed, how to make the home more attractive, and how to have better-fed families. Under the problem how o be well-dressed, the big event will be the tailoring workshop which has been requested for the fall. Other projects selected for this problem are care of the hair, care of the skin, accessories for your clothes, good taste In clothes, mending tips and a re modeling clinic. The project, touch-ups for wood furniture has been selected for the problem how to make the home more attractive. The prob lem of how to have better fed fam ilies will have the project meat in meals. The units will be meeting dur ing the month of May for the project rolls and bread from sweet dough. This will be their last meeting for the year. Next years program will begin in October. Way, just inside the west city limits. The building was nearly a mass of flames when firemen arrived, but the department kill ed the flames before they could spread and succeeded in saving a considerable amount of lumber stacked in an adjoining shed. The fire is believed to have started from spontaneous com bustion and caused between $500 and $1,000 damage.
