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HeppnerOregon, Thursday, June 16, 1955
72nd Year, Number 14
34 County 4-H
Members Leave
For Summer School
Thirty-four Morrow county boys
and girls left Tuesday morning
by Greyhound bus for Oregon
Slate college to attend the 1955
4-H summer school June 14 to 24.
The group were chaperoned by
Mrs. Dan Hill, Irrigon, 4-H club
leader and parent of three club
members.
Among the 34 club members at
tending was the largest delega
tion of boys ever to attend sum
mer school from Morrow county.
Eleven boys were with the grouD
this year, including Robert and
Larry Campbell, Douglas Terry,
and Jack Leiuallen, Echo; Dennis
Doherty, Russell Dolven, Karl
Beach and Billy Doherty, Lexing-ton-;
Mickey Van Schoiach, Hepp
ner; Darrell Hobbs and John Ka
lif, Irrigon. The girls attending
were Edna Hoffman, Barbara Gat
tenbein, Laura Lee Hamilton, and
Maxine Sicard, Boardman; Clara
Fay Coy, Connie Swearingen,
Janet Henderson, Viola Hill, Judy
Berger, Irrigon; Mickey Grey,
Barbara Steagall, Lexington; Con
nie Anderson, Carolyn McDaniel,
Meredith Thomson, Janet Wright,
Shirley Peck and Carol Anderson,
Heppner; Linda Heimbigner,
Grace McCabe and Judy Howton,
lone; Sandra Rhea, Carlene Rhea,
and Marcie May, Echo.
Scholarships were provided by
farm organisations, businesses,
civic organizations and interested
uiuiviuuais. acnoiarsmps con
sisted of $25.00 per club member
which will take care of, board,
room and incidentals during the
10 days at Corvallis. Club mem
bers provided the cost of trans
portation to and from Oregon
State College.
The 1800 club members from all
over Oregon, will attend classes
taught by commercial represen
tatives, state and government
employees, commodity group rep
resentatives, county agents, ex
tension specialists, college pro
fessors and volunteer leaders.
Speakers will come from as far
away as New York City, Seattle,
San Francisco and Sand Springs,
Oklahoma. Classes are in agri
culture, home economics, and
many different subjects related
to these major fields. Club mem
bers are exposed to subject mat
ter especially adapted to their
interest and keyed to their ages.
One of the highlights each year
is Sunday services completely
members, Iney have scheduled
it for Sunday, June 19th at 11:15
a. m. in the collesium on the
campus. Such programs as in
ternational night which gives
members an opportunity to learn
about foreign countries from for
eign students, talent night,
which will reveal the best talent
among club members, and the
annual radio review, which this
year will select "Share the Fun"
breakfast finalist will be held.
Special programs of the "Keep
Oregon Green association", the
Oregon State Elks Association,
Oregon State Fair and Pacific in
ternational Livestock Exposition
are also arranged for the week.
Two Local OSC Grads
Receive Commissions
OREGON STATE COLLEGE,
(Special) Loren Edward Piper
of Heppner and John Lawrence
Bristow of lone were among 52
seniors sworn in as second lieu
tenants in the air force at com
missioning ceremonies held at
Oregon State college.
They completed academic re
quirements in the OSC air force
reserve officers training corps
program and will report for
active duty within a year. Both
will report for flight training.
Both graduated at recent exer
cises. Piper is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Rufus Piper, 227 N. Main, Hepp
ner, and Bristow is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. E. W. Bristow, lone.
CLASSIFICATIONS LISTED BY LEX
GARDEN CLUB FOR FLOWER SHOW
The Lexington Garden club
will hold their flower show in the
dining room of the I. O. O. F.
hall in Lexington Tuesday June
21.
All flowers must be in by 12
o'clock of the day of the show,
and there will be a silver tea
from 2:Oo until 4:00 p. m., which
is open to the public.
1 The following sections and
classifications are given for any
one who wishes to enter.
Section I arrangements; class
1 all one color flower with same
color holder; class 3 arrange
Mrs. J. Troedson
Taken By Death
Funeral services will be held
Saturday, June 18 at 2:00 p. m
in the lone Community church.
for Thilda Nelson . Troedson, 80,
who passed away Tuesday at
Pioneer Memorial hospital after
an extended illness.
She was born November 17,
1874, in Ranarp, Forslofsholm
Sweden, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Nels Svenson. She came to Amer
ica in 1897, residing in California
until her marriage on February
23, 1901, to Johan Troedson. They
came to Oregon and settled in
the Ella district, north of lone,
on land which had been home-
steaded by Mr. Troedson. Later,
they moved to their adjoining
farm, located on the old Oregon
Trail, and this was their home
for over forty years. They retired
from farming in 1943 and moved
to lone to make their home.
Besides her husband she is sur
vived by three sons, Carl and Ver
ner of lone and Francis of Her
miston; one daughter, Mrs. Linea
Nottage of Portland; one brother,
Jack Nelson of San Jose, Califor
nia and three sisters living in
Sweden.
The services will be conducted
by the Rev. A. Shirley and Inter
ment will be in the lone cemetery,
with Creswick Mortuary in
charge.
MISS EILEEN PLVMB, regional
field advisor of Camp Fire Girls
will assist with Bluebird or
ganization here next week.
Camp Fire Advisor
To Visit Heppner
Miss Eileen Plumb, regional
field advisor for Camp Fire Girls,
Inc., Spokane, Wash. ' will visit
Heppner June 23, 24 to work on
organization of new Bluebird
groups, a leaders association ad
visory committee and assist ac
tive groups.
Miss Plumb, whose territory in
cludes the states of Idaho, Mon
tana, Oregon and Washington, ts
an alumna of Montana State Uni
versity, Missoula, Montana,
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Five Seek lone
School Board Jobs
The lone school district clerk
reports that five persons have
filed petitions for the three school
board positions on the lone board.
The election and annual meeting
will be held at the school house
Monday, June 20 with the polls
open from 2 to 8 p. m.
Those whose names will appear
on the ballot are Mrs. E. Mark
ham Baker and John Proudfoot
for the three-year term; Donald
McElligott for the four-year term
and Mrs. Wallace Matthews and
Berl Akers for the five-year term.
The Jone board, as will all the
others in the state, must be in
creased to a five-member board
as a result of recent legislation.
In the past they have had only
three members.
Mrs. John Brosnan visited Mrs.
Percy Hughes in Milton-Free-water
the first of the week.
ment with figurines; class 3 tall
arrangement for table; class 4
low arrangement for table;
class 5 miniature arrangement;
class 6 twin arrangement; class
7 all one variety.
Section II Specimen of any
flowers; Class 1 one specimen
bloom and one foliage must be
off plant
Section III class 1 house '
plants; class 2 planters; class 3
cacti.
Section IV class 1 corsage.
Section V class 1 ceramics;
class 2 china cups, etc.; class 3
antiques.
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RECEIVES MARCH OF DIMES AWARD Floyd Servers, left, Heppner
cnmrman ot tnis year's March
a certmcate ot appreciation for
state representative for the
Paralysis. Morrow county raised a total of $2,447.18 in the March
of Dimes for the 10th highest per capita average in the state.
(GT Photo)
Wranglers To Hold
Sandhollow Show
Another Heppner Wrangler rid-
in gand roping event, the Sand-
hollow Stampede, has been set
for next Sunday, June 19, it was
announced this week. It will be
held at the Don Evans ranch in
Sandhollow.
A series of 10 riding, roping and
race events are on the program
with the show to start at 1 p. m.
Entries will close at 12 noon, it
was said. Lunch will start at
noon. Only Wrangler members
are eligible to participate in the
events and the ride is to start
from the Cohn place.
Sponsors of the stampede are
Mr. and Mrs. Tad Miller, Mr. and
Mrs. Archie Munkers, Mr. and
Mrs. Al Fetsch, Mr. and Mrs. Don
Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Harold"
Johnston, Mr. and Mrs. Roice Ful-
leton, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Turner,
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Orwick, Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Barratt, Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Evans, Mr .and Mrs.
Orval Matheney, Mr. and Mrs.
Don Evans, Joyce Buschke, Altha
Kirk and Elvira McDonald.
SCHOOL CLEANING AND
PAINTING SLATED
- General cleaning, floor refin
ishing and cleaning of the pre
sent school building will be done
by regular janitors, it was de
cided at a meeting of the board of
Heppner school district No. 1
Friday night at the school house,
H. C. Reed, superintendent, re
ported. lone Girl Sets
Records in Junior
Olympics Broad Jump
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Heliker
and daughter, Sharon Cutsforth
of lone returned from Portland
Monday where Sharon broke city
and state records in the Junior
Olympics held in conjunction
with the rose festival.
Miss Cutsforth won first place
in the broad jump with a record
jump of 7 feet 3A inches. She
had previously won first in a
contest at lone and in a track
meet in Heppner.
NEW DENTIST HERE
Dr. Bob B. Bliss, dentist, an
nounced this week that he will
open his offices in the Heppner
Cliic building on June 27. He
and his family moved from Port
land this week and are now mov
ing into their home on Gilmore
street.
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Assembly of God
Names New Officers
Members of the Heppner As
sembly of God church conducted
their annual business meeting.
Friday evening, June 10th, direct
ed by the pastor, Rev. Willis
Geyer.
Ray Taylor was retained as
deacon and member of the board
of directors. Hubert Wilson was
elected Sunday school superin
tendent, replacing Magne Storro.
Joel Barnett will serve as Christ's
Ambassadors (young peoples)
leader, replacing Mrs. Magne
Storro. Mrs. Opal Pettyjohn will
replace Mrs. Ora Wyland as the
women's missionary council presi
dent. Mrs. Ray Barnett was
chosen to be publicity manager.
Mrs. Ellis Pettyjohn, Mrs. Erling
Storro and Mrs. Hubert Wilson
were asked to serve on the fel
lowship committee, and Paul Bar
nett to serve as church usher.
Reports indicated a growth in
every department during the past
year. Thirteen new members were
received into the church Sundav
June 5th. Last Sunday's Sunday
school record showed an attend
ance of 72, compared to 49 a
year ago.
A picnic at the court house park
was enjoyed Sunday after church.
of Dimes drive, is shown receiving
his services from Gene Maleckl,
National Foundation for Infantile
Better Farming
Practices Seen
On Monday lour
Better farming I practices on
ranches in the Heppner, Lexing
ton and lone areas were obser
ved by several perins attending
the annual conservation tour
sponsored by the Heppner Soil
Conservation district Monday.
Over 3o attended a noon dinner
given for those on the tour by
the Heppner chamber of com
merce at the Odd Fellows hall in
Lexington. j
The noon program included a
welcoming address by Jack Bed
ford, chamber president; response
by Don Peterson, vice chairman
of the Heppner district on behalf
of the board, and a report on
dust storms and erosion in Ne
braska and Wyoming by Ed Col
sison seen on his recent trip
through the area.
Special guests, introduced by N.
C. Anderson, district secretary,
were Howard Cushman, exten
sion soil conservationist, Oregon
State college, Corfjiifa; Dr. Char
les Rohde, plant breeder and Dr.
Cleveland Girard, assistant soil
specialist, both, of the Pendleton
experiment station. Refreshments
were served later in the afternoon
by Bedford through the courtesy
of the Heppner branch, First Na
tional bank.
During the tour Dr .Rhode dis
cussed wheat varieties and smut
and Dr. Gerard spoke on fertilizer
trials. Strip cropping, sodded
waterways, wildlife and wind
break plantings, range seeding,
farm ponds and stubble mulch
were among practices observed
on the tour.
Ranches visited included those .
of Vernon Munkers and Newt O'-1
Harra, Lexington; Paul Brown,
Al Bunch, Frank Anderson and
Fred Mankin, Heppner; Delbert
Emert, Herbert Ekstrom and Don- j
aid Peterson, lone. Grass and,
cereal nurseries were seen at the !
Anderson ranch.
Arrangements for the tour were
made by N. C. Anderson and Tom
Wilson, soil conservation service.
CIVIC LEAGUE TO MEET
The regular meeting of the
Heppner Civic League will be
held Monday June 20 at 8 p. m. at
the old civic center building.
Christian Church To
Have Bible School
The vacation Bible- school of
the Christian church will be held
from June 27 through July 1.
Any child not regularly enrol
led in the Sunday school but who
desire to attend are asked to
give their name and grade to Mrs.
Clem Stockard or Rev. Earl L. So
ward within the next few days.
Parents are urged not to send
children unless they will be old
enough to enter school next fall.
GT OFFICE TO BE.
.CLOSED THIS WEEK
The Gazette Times business of
fice will be closed Friday and
Saturday as the publishers, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Penland are leav
ing Thursday Morning for Rose
burg to attend the summer meet
ing of the Oregon Newspaper
Publishers Association. Penland
is vice-president of the state
group.
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AT OSTEOPATHIC MEET
Dr. L. D. Tibbies attended the
annual Northwest Osteopathic
Association conference held June
13 through 16 at Portland. More
than 350 osteopathic physicians
and their wives from Oregon and
Washington registered for the
four-day seminar.
Al Bunch Files
School Petition;
Election Monday
Al Bunch filed a petition for a
four-year term on the Heppner
school board with Mrs. Nona So-
well, clerk, Monday, the last day
for filing. Four petitions have
now been filed for the election
to be held Monday, June 20, from
2 to 8 u. m. at the school.
Other filings have been made
by Howard Cleveland for the five
yeor term; Harold Wright, four
year term and Raymond French
of the Butter Creek area, three
year term. Cleveland is present
ly a board member whose term
will expire this month.
Changes in the school law by
the recent legislature require all
districts to have a five-member
board. Under the new law petl
tions, bearing the names of at
least 10 voters in the district,
must be filed with the district
clerk at least 1 days prior to the
election.
Present members of the Hepp
ner board are Ed Dick, Cleveland,
and Ed Collison.
Other districts in the county
will hold elections to increase
their present three-member
boards to five beginning at 2 p.
m. at district school buildings.
All polls must be open for at
least one hour and other dis
tricts will set their own closing
hours.
TV Installation
Nearing Completion
Television installation in Hepp
ner is nearing completion with
the laying of nearly all trunk
lines, Clarence Rosewall, presi
dent of Heppner TV Inc., said
this week. Nearly 100 hookups
have been completed.
Work has started on bringing
Portland station in for local
reception, he added.
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REBEKAHS TO MEET
The regular meeting of Sans
oucl Rebekah lodge will be held
Friday June 17. There will be
initiation at this time.
Grain Hay Acreage
High in Columbia
Basin is Reported
Drought and diverted ' acres
have resulted in high acreages of
grain hay in the Columbia Basin,
says a circular released by Ore
gon State college. t
The publication, "Grain Hay
and Pastures in The Columbia
Basin', explains that grain hay
acreage in the days of horses
comprised about 15 percent of the
crop acreage in the Columbia
Basin. Now, with grain hay al
lowable on diverted wheat acres,
there is revived interest. High
acreages have also come in
drought years.
E. R. Jackman, OSC range crop
management specialist, and Mer
rill Oveson, superintendent of
the Pendleton branch experiment
station, authors of the circular,
say "fall wheat and rye normally
will outyield spring grains for
hay. And, in general, the grain
varieties that are the leafiest and
tend to lodge make the best hay."
Regarding time and rate of
seeding, they point out fall-seeded
wheat or rye will usually beat
spring-seeded grain of any kind.
If spring seeding is necessary it
should be done as early as pos
sible. If the crop is to be used for
hay, sowing 25 percent to 50 per
cent more seed than is used for
grain is recommended. .
Proper time of cutting is listed
as an important factor in using
cereals for hay. It should be cut
before the green coloring begins
to disappear as the color is as
sociated with the palatability
and nutrition value of the hay.
A recommended time is for the
bloom and before the grain starts
to form.
If the hay is to be fed to dairy
cows, fattening steers, or ewes,
the higher protein in the early
hay will offset the increased ton
nage. In other words, for those
uses, cut grain hay very early.
If it is for horses, or maintaining
weights on beef cattle, it Is better
to cut as the kernel is forming.
Bearded grains and rye should
be cut early.
Also, under "Cereals for Hay",
information is given on palata
bility, drying, haying machinery,
silage, and fertilizer. Another sec
tion concerns the use of cereals
for pasture.
Copies of the circular are avail
able from county extension offi
ces and OSC.
Grand Jury Call Set
For Friday in Shooting
Mercury Cars Added
To Dealer Line
Rosewall Motor company, for
many years Heppner Ford Dealer,
was this week named dealer for
Mercury cars, a product of the
Ford Motor company. Several
of the new models are now on
display in the company show
rooms. The Mercury line, which in
cludes three separate lines of
automobiles in the modern price
field, is being added to the com
pany's present line of Ford cars
and trucks, W. C. Rosewall an
nounced.
Hog Prices High
At Hermiston Sale
HERMISTON The Hermiston
livestock auction continued to
lead Portland and Chicago live-
stack yards in prices paid for fat
hogs at its weekly auction Fri
day, Delbert Anson, manager of
the sale, reports. The price
climbed another 10c to $20.80 cwt,
while Portland and Chicago tops
were both $20.50, which was the
highest in Chicago since last
September.
Haying cut consignments of
cattle to 348 head compared with
474 the previous week. Also con
signed were 171 hogs compared
with 121, and 45 sheep compared
with 32. There were many small
consigners. Buyers were active
and demand broad, with Oregon
and Washington packers, feeders,
and ranchers well represented.
Prices were generally fully
steady to somewhat higher in
spite of only fair quality.
Other price highlights Friday:
baby calves up $2 at $27 hd. top,
veal steady at $23 cwt.; fat
slaughter steers up $1.85 at $22.60
cwt.; dairy cows up $12.50 at
$167.50 hd.; dairy heifers up $1.10
at $14.70 cwt.; canner-cutter cows
up 20c at $11.10 cwt; bulls up
20c at $16.60 cwt.; weaner pigs,
up $2.50 at $16 hd.; feeder pigs up
10c at $19.40 cwt.; feeder lambs
up 10c at $16.10 cwt.
Fed heifers and steers grading
good and choice are needed next
Friday. ,
Those toping the market Fri
day were W. E. Ahalt, Hermiston,
eight fat hogs, 173o lbs., $20.80
cwt.; Gerry Mills, Hermiston, one
765 lb. Angus steer, $21.70 cwt.;
C. P. Resing, Hermiston, one 1370
lb. whiteface bull, $16.60 cwt.;
Duff Knight, Hermiston, one 765
lb. Holstein heifer $15.10 cwt.; R.
E. Lyons, Umatilla, one 360 lb.
white sow, $16.10 cwt.; Arvlne
Porter, Tilot Rock, two weaner
pigs, $16 hd.; W. C. Van Winkle,
Milton-Freewater, one 740 lb. An
gus heifer, $18 cwt; C. K. Peck,
Lexington, one 240 lb. veal, $23
cwt.; Guy Muller, Pendleton, 10
feeder steers, 6400 lbs., $20.60 cwt;
Billie Marie Wood, Olex, one 930
lb. whiteface steer, $22.60 cwt
Calves: Baby calves 7.50-27.00
hd.; weaner calves, steer calves
19.25-21.60 cwt.; heifer calves 16.-60-18.10
cwt.; veal 19.75-23.00 cwt.
Steers: Stocker steers 16.20-17.-
90 cwt., feeder steers 18.10-20.60;
fat slaughter steers 20.50-22.60
cwt.; fat heifers, grass only 15.75
18.00. Cows: Dairy cows 112.50-167.50
hd.; dairy heifers 11.50-14.70 cwt;
no stock cows.
Voters Reject
Fire District Plan
Efforts to form a rural fire pro
tection district in the Boardman
area went down to defeat at a
special election last week.
A tally of the votes showed a
heavy majority against the plan.
Out of 64 votes cast, only 9 favor
ed it with 55 against
Tom Tells CC of State's Problems
State representative C. A. Tom
spoke Monday noon at the cham
ber of commerce meeting telling
of the activities and numerous
problems which the recent legis
lature had to face. Tom was a
member of the education, tax
ation and commerce and utilities
committees.
Tom said that as was expected
at the start of the session, tax
ation was the weightiest problem
to be faced. He told the group
that the total income in Oregon
in a blennium is $2,000,250,000
and that one-third of that goes
for taxes of one form or another,
Mrs. Ann Avent was bound
over to the grand jury on a
charge of first degree murder in
the fatal shooting of Dellmore
Lessard, Portland attorney at O'
Donnell's Cafe June 4 at a pre
liminary hearing held in J. O.
Hager's justice court Monday
morning.
Tuesday circuit judge William
W. Wells announced in Pendle
ton that he has called the grand
Jury for 9:30 Friday to decide
whether there is sufficient evi
dence for a trial of Mrs. Avent
on the charges filed against her.
Mrs. Avent, who is now being
held in the Wasco county Jail at
The Dalles, was represented at
Monday's preliminary hearing by
attorneys Ralph Currin, Pendle
ton and John Bassett of Portland.
The attorneys were denied a plea
to reduce the charges against
Mrs. Avent, with judge Hager
stating that his court had no
jurisdiction in such a matter. The
hearing lasted two hours.
Judge Wells is expected to hear
the grand jury report sometime
Friday afternoon, it was said.
Mrs. Avent was arrested im
mediately after the shooting by
state and local police on evidence
reported by several witnesses to
the affair. Reportedly the dead
attorney had been discussing the
matter of the custody of Mrs.
Avent's 13 year old son, Kim,
with her just prior to the shoot
ing. Social Security Card
Needed Now For
Many Summer Jobs
If you plan to take a job this
summer you'll need a social se
curity account number card, Ver
non A. Welo, manager of the La
Grande social security office, re
minded high school students to
day. Your employed will ask to see
your card when you start on the
job because it is necessary for
him to copy the name and social
security account number into his
records exactly as shown on the
card. He needs this information
for the quarterly social security
report he is required to make of
your earnings.
If you already have a social
security card, be sure to take it
with you when you go on the Job
this summer. If you have lost
your card, you should go to the
social security office and get a
duplicate card before starting on
a Job this year. If you have never
had a card, you should get one
before you report for work in a
Job covered by the social security
law. Application blanks can be
obtained at any post office or
employment office as well as the
social security office in La
Grande.
Most jobs are covered by the
social security law, Welo said.
Farm workers who expect to be
paid wages of $100 or more by
any one farmer will be covered
by social security for the first
time according to the 1954 am
endments to the social security
law. Domestic workers in pri
vate homes who expect to be
paid cash wages of $50 or more
by one employer in any calendar
quarter during 1955 will be cover
ed also as well as all Jobs in
commerce or industry, he said.
If you work even a short time for
a business, you'll be asked for
your social security card.
Welo advises students who do
not plan to take a vacation Job
this year to defer getting a card
until they have a need for one.
LEAVE FOR EUROPEAN TOUR
Mrs. Edna Turner and Miss
Esther Bergstrom left Wednesday
for Montreal, Canada from where
they will sail on the S. S. France
for a Northern tour of Europe.
They expect to be gone about"
nine weeks.
yet the legislators faced the neea
to raise more money for state
needs. He said he felt the
tax
plan developed during the
ses-
sion was a fairlv eood Dlan.
He told of his bill to establish
a water resources commission in
the state and why he felt It was
so necessary to have proper con
trols over Oregon's diminishing
water supplies.
Tom gave a brief general re
port on the session and said that
he felt that the legislators did a
good job even though there were
a great many inexperienced men
In the two houses.