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Heppner Oregon, Thursday, June 2.3, 1955
72nd Year, Number 15
Outcome of Rural Board
Vote Still Undecided
All six school districts in the
county elected new directors at
annual meetings and election
last Monday, but one race, that
for one position on the rural
school board, remained undecid
ed today. '
The race in question is for the
rural board post from the Hepp
ner area, Zone No. 4 J. J. Nys, in
cumbent board member who was
running for reelection, received
a total of 36 votes. There were
however, 29 write-in votes cast
for Frank Anderson, Eightmile
rancher, and the local election
board threw out 10 votes, some
of which were for Anderson be
cause an X was not placed before
the write-in name.
An attorney general's opinion
in a similar case stated that the
law does not require an X to be
placed in front of a write-in
name inasmuch as the writing in
of the name gives evidence of the
voter's intention.
The question still remains at
the present time, but the - rural
school board will meet next
Tuesday to canvass the votes and
will determine the winner of the
race at that time. If a sufficient
number of the questioned bal
lots are found valid, Anderson
could be declared winner.
Results in the local elections
are:.
HEPPNER Alvin Bunch de
feated Harold Wright in the only
contest for the Heppner school
board. He received 39 votes to
Wright's 34. Oners elected were
Howard Cleveland, five-year
term; Raymond French, three
year term. Bunch won the 4-year
term on the board. Holdover mem
bers are L. E. Dick Jr. and Edgar
Collison. Cleveland was running
for reelection.
IONE There were two con
tests for positions on the lone
school board and one of them
was decided by the slim margin
of two votes. Berl Akers won out
over Mrs. Mike Matthews for the
5 year term by a vote of 43 to
41. In the other race John Proud
foot beat out Mrs. E. M. Baker
48 to 35 for the three year term.
Don McElligott won the vote for
the four year term with a total
of 68 votes. There were several
write-in votes for this post but
none received more than two
votes,
A total of 85 votes were cast in
a good turnout.
LEXINGTON A total of 34
votes were cast in Monday's
school election with A. F. Majes
ke elected for a five year term;
Millard Nolan for the four year
and Elmer E. Padberg to the
three year term. There was no op
position. Holdover members are E. E.
Peck, and Roy Martin.
BOARDMAN All three win
ners of the three open school
board positions in the Boardman
school board were filed for all
"WE WUZ ROBBED!"-HEPPNER HIGHWAY
ENTRANCE SIGN TURNS UP MISSING
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WHERE DID IT GO? That is the question state police and highway
department officials have been asking this week about Heppner!
west entrance sign. The big reflector sign was ripped from its
post by vand;ls sometime during the past two weeks. This pic
ture of the sign was taken shortly after it was installed a lew
months ago. Today only the post remains.
State police and highway de
partment officials would like to
know what has happened to
Heppner's city limits entrance
sign (pictured above) which was
newly installed only a few
months ago.
The big black and white re
flector sign which tells travelers
that they are entering Heppner
and gives population figures, was
apparently torn down from its
post at the west entrance to
town sometime within the past
two weeks, police report. The
sign cost $45 to build and install
positions, giving somewhat of a
mixup in tally. The final out
come revealed Willard Baker won
the five year term, Henry Gan
tenbine the four year term and
Harold Kress the three year term.
All received some votes for the
other positions.
Holdover board members are
Dewey West and Henry Zivney.
IRRIGON James B. Henderson
received 65 votes to win the five
year term; beating out James H.
Keith who received 25 votes. War
ren McCoy got 57 votes to win
over John Swearingen, 31 votes,
for the four year term; and Wil
liam Allen received 59 votes for
the three year term. His closest
contestant was Bessie Hobbs who
received 21 votes.
HARDMAN Four new board
members were elected for the
Hardman school district Monday.
They were Marion Cork, 5; A. M.
Ferguson, 8; H. C. Lesley, 8 and
Mrs. Blaine Chapel, 5. Holdover
member is Darold Hams.
Members of the rural school
board will be James B. Henders
on, Alonzo Henderson, Adrian
Bechdolt, Fredrick Martin and
either J. J. Nys or Frank Ander
son, which ever is declared win
ner of the race after the vote is
canvassed.
Second Degree
Murder Charged;
Guilt is Denied
A second degree murder in
dictment against Mrs. Ann Avent
was returned by the grand jury
last Friday in the shooting June
4 of Dellmore Lessard, Portland
attorney. Mrs. Avent immedi
ately appeared -before judge Wil
liam W. Wells and entered a plea
of not guilty.
Judge Wells announced during
the Friday court session that he
would set the trial date as soon
as it was convenient for all
parties concerned. He indicated
that might mean late July or
early August. Mrs. Avent is be
ing represented by attorneys
Ralph Currin, Pendleton and
John Bassett of Portland.
Mrs. Avent has been charged
with .the fatal shooting of Les
sard in a Heppner restaurant fol
lowing a discussion over the cus
tody of her son. The attorney
was representing Mrs. Avent's di
vorced husband.
COMMUNITY CHEST
DRIVE TOTAL GIVEN
This year's county Community
Chest drive raised a total of $1,
324.67 it was revealed this week
by Jack Flug, drive chairman.
One-third of the amount stays in
the county with the balance go
ing to aid the state program.
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and at the time it was put up the
highway department pointed to
its cost and asked that it not be
defaced or damaged.
Heppner's sign wasn't dam
aged. . . it just disappeared com
pletely! State police report that at
about the same time the big sign
was stolen, sevtral highway stop
and warning signs were also torn
down.
Anyone having information as
to the whereabouts of the signJ
is asked to contact .either the
state police, sheriff or state high
way officials.
Wednesday Storm
Brings Month's
First Rainfall
Wednesday afternoon's thun
derstorm which brought the first
measurable amount of rain to
fall in Morrow county during
June did much to brighten the
hopes of ranchers in the area.
Though the rainfall measured
only about .10 inch in Heppner
it brought relief from the hot
weather and drying winds of the
past several days.
The storm was fairly general
over most of the southern part of
the county but did not reach very
far to the north where only .02 to
.01 inch was measured. It did
however, lower temperatures 20
to 25 degrees within a few min
utes. The rain was preceeded by
a heavy wind which whipped up
clouds of dust so thick that visi
bility was cut to a few feet In
some of the worst places.
Temperatures during the past
several days had risen rapidly
with the highest official tempera
ture of the summer season, 91
degrees, being recorded in Hepp
ner Tuesday. The minimum tem
perature both Monday and Tues
day night was a warm 54 de
grees.
Most ranchers have reported
that the hot weather and drying
winds were causing damage to
wheat which has not had any
rain since the end of May. Wed
nesday's storm did not bring what
could be called a good rain, but it
did help and as far as could be
determined there was no hail
damage.
lone To Vote On
Special School Levy
A special election has been set
for Thursday, June 30 in the
lone school district to vote upon
a special one year tax levy need
ed to pay off a deficit in school
district operating funds. The
election will be held at the school
cafetorium from 2 to 4 p. m.
The deficit of $9,999.54 has been
carried on the school district
books since the formation of the
county rural school district, in
1948 and a recent auditor's re
port demanded that it be re
moved by means of funds raised
through a special levy which, ac
cording to reports would amount
to slightly over two mills for one
year.
The actual deficit carried on
the books is $2,115.21 larger than
the figure to be voted on, but the
rural school board has agreed
to allow the smaller amount to be
taken from the regular budget if
the special levy is approved.
It has been pointed out that
the money to be raised will re
main in the lone district and will
not go into equalization funds
which would be devided among
other districts. The shortage is in
the lone funds only and was on
the books when the district was
included in the rural school dis
trict at the time of its formation.
New Luthern Pastor
To Be Installed
The installation of Rev. Merlin
Zier as pastor of the Hope Luther
an church of Heppner, will be
held Sunday evening, June 26, at
7:30 p. m. at the Seventh-Day Ad
ventist church. Dr. S. C. Siefkes,
of Portland, president of the
northwestern district of the
American Lutheran church, will
conduct the installation, Rev.
Armin H. R. Reitz, pastor of Trin
ity Lutheran of Hermiston will
deliver the sermon, and Rev. C. H.
Eller, pastor of Peace Lutheran of
Pendleton, will be the liturgist.
The Trinity Lutheran choir of I
Hermiston will sing.
A reception will be held at the
Episcopal parish house after the
service. Everyone is invtted.
GT Publisher Heads
State Newspapers
Robert Peland, editor-publisher
of the Heppner Gazette Times
was named president of the Ore
gon Newspaper Publishers Asso
ciation last weekend at the an
nual meeting of the organization
at Roseburg. He replaces Lucian
P Arant, publisher of tbe Baker
Democrat-Herald, who has ser
ved for the past year.
Penland has been vice presi
dent of the group during the
past year and was a member of
the board of directors for two
years prior to being named to the
vice president's position.
Wheat Referendum Vote
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NEW HEPPNER GRADE SCHOOL
penters and brick layers have nearly completed the outside of the
10 classroom and multipurpose room building. This photo shows
the new plant from the vantage
an on the street side with the
of the building facing Hinton creek. Simonton and Steel, Portland
contractors are doing the construction.
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photo. Rooms are on two levels with all windows facing the north.
The multipurpose room is included in the wing at thai far end of
the building. Completion is hoped for by the start of school this
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County Savings Bond
Sales Take Big
Jump During May
During May Oregonians bought
$3,281,427 worth of series E and
H Savings bonds, according to
county chairman Jeff Carter who
today announced the U. S. treas
ury's monthly report on state
bond sales.
That the average Oregonian is
interested in building up his
u.oldinps in savings bonds K
shown by the fact that in May he
put aside 41.6 percent more of
his savings in bonds than in the
same month last year. And, for
the first five months of this year
he decided to buy $20,676,243
worth of savings bonds, 39 per
cent more than he saved during
the same period in 1954.
As a preferred investment, in
Morrow county alone, sales for
May of this year totaled $102,094,
more than 10 times the purchases
in May, 1954.
When savings bonds were first
introduced fifteen years ago to
help finance World War II, the
average Oregonian responded to
patriotic appeals and sales fig
ures rose to all-time highs. After
peace was declared, savings
bonds sales gradually declined
until the low spot was reached
in 1952.
Bond purchases in Morrow
county for the first five months
of this year total $225,728. This
compares with sales of only $76,
543 for the same period of 1954,
Carter revealed.
Tuberculin Testing
Program Considered
Members of the Morrow county
Tuberculosis and Health Associa
tion, and the Health Departent
met Thursday evening, June 16,
at the Oddfellows hall in Lexing
ton with representatives of Mor
row county Parent Teacher groups
to discuss the possibilities of a
tuberculin testing program In the
county.
The Tuberculosis and Health
Association voted to give their
full cooperation to the Parent
Teacher Association and the
health department in carrying
out the program which will be
brought up for discussion and ap
proval when their meetings begin
in the fall.
Mrs. Cyrene Barratt and Miss
Miller will leave Tuesday for St.
Louis, Missouri. Mrs. Barratt will
continue on to Pine Bluff, Arkan
sas to visit her sister, Mrs. Charles
James.
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point of hospital hill. Entrances
rooms opening out to the north side
Rev. Earl Soward
Resigns Pastorate
Rev. Earl L. Soward, pastor of
the Heppner Christian church for
nearly four years, announced to
day that he has resigned his pas
torate effective August 20 The
church elders received his resig
nation Sunday.
The congregation has not yet
had an opportunity to act on the
resignation, it was pointed out.
Rev. Soward came to Heppner
from Burns and has been very
active in civic work during his
tenure here. He has served on
the youth activities committee of
the chamber of commerce and
was secretary of the organization
for a year. He also served as presi
dent of the Heppner Parent
Teachers and wag a member of
Boy Scout and Cub Scout com
mittees. He helped to organize
the Heppner ministerial associa
tion and to promote closer har
mony among the churches of the
area.
Rev. Soward said he has not
yet decided on his future plans.
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New Modern Trailer
Court is Planned
Joe Bowden of Heppner reports
that he expects to construct, in
the very near future, the most
modern trailer court in Eastern
Oregon. It will bs situated on
the Balm Fork road, just outside
thecity limits and will have a
30 by 70 foot space for each trail
er, complete with patio, small
yard and parking space for car.
Mr. Bowden also plans a" laun
derette for the use of the trailer
park guests as well as for the
townspeople. The city council
has granted a license to Bowden
for the above construction which
he expects to have completed by
January of next year.
NO SERVICES SUNDAY AT
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Due to the fact that the rector,
John R. Reeves and the lay read
er, H. C. Reed will both be out
of town, there will be no services
Sunday June 26 at All Saints
Episcopal church, but there' will
be services on Sunday, July 3.
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Mr. end Mrs. Lester Doolittle
returned Monday from Portland
where they visited their son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Doolittle and their daughter
and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. C.
H. Parrett.
Water Use Restricted
During City Fires
Fire chief C. A. Ruggles today
reminded Heppner residents that
a city ordinance requires all
water use to be stopped when the
fire siren sounds. The ruling ap
plies mainly to sprinkling and
irrigation.
The requirement is called to
the attention of residents with
the coming of the fire season as
there are times when heavy
water use strains the capacity of
city water mains leaving some of
the higher elevations in very
short supply.
The chief also reminded resi
dents that fire permits are re
quired for all burning during the
fire season and urged extreme
care with all fires.
Death Claims
Harry L Duval!
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at the
Heppner Methodist church for
Harry L. Duvall, 65, prominent
Morrow county rancher who pas
sed away at his homo Sunday
evening.
Mr. Duvall was stricken with
a serious lung ailment about two
weeks ago but was showing im
provement until a short time be
fore his death. He had been in
failing health for several years.
Harry Lochel Duvall was born
December 4, 1889 at Gower, Mo.
He came to Oregon in 1909" and
started ranching in the North
Lexington and Blackhorse area of
Morrow county in 1916. During
the years he expanded his hold
ings into extensive wheat and
cattle operations throughout this
area. He was married to Aman
da Waid at Echo in 1910.
Mr. Duvall was a member of
the board of directors of Pioneer
Memorial hospital and in recent
years has made numerous contri
butions to the hospital including
a new home which is used by
hospital personnel. He and Mrs.
Duvall also donated a large out
door fireplace for the courthouse
park and last year gave a great
number of shrubs and flowers
and landscape work to the court
house yard and park.
He had served for some time
as county committeeman for the
democratic party and was a
member of the county infantile
paralysis and Red Cross boards.
He was a member of the Metho
dist church, the Masons, Eastern
Star, Shrine and the Farm Bu
reau. Officiating at Wednesday's
final rites was Rev. Lester D.
Boulden, Methodist pastor. Pall
bearers were Clarence Rosewall,
Elmer Hunt, Harry Dinges, Bur-
gan Ledbetter, Theron Adlard
and Eugene Wardwell,
Surviving are his widow; one
daughter, Mrs. Ralph Wicker
sham, two grandchildren, Lois
and Loren Wiekersham of Port
land; two brothers, Melvin J. Du
vall and Donald T. Duvall, both
of St. Joseph, Mo.
Burial was in the Heppner Ma
sonic cemetery with Creswick
Mortuary In charge of arrange
ments. Heppner Round-Up
Princess Visits
Miss Sharon Bryant, princess in
the Pendleton Round-Up royal
court, attended a Camp Fire Girls
convention breakfast in Pendle
ton last Wednesday and rode in
the Washington State Sheriff's
Posse convention in Walla Walla
Sunday with other members of
the court.
From Walla Walla Miss Bry
ant went to Potlatch, Idaho for
a visit at the home of her mother,
Mrs. Wallace Espy. A senior at
Heppner high school next year,
Miss Bryant has completed Camp
Fire work which she started in
Lewiston as a member of the St,
Stanislaus school group with her
mother as leader. She also is a
Rainbow girl.
ON ISLAND MANEUVERS
Lt. Norman M. Bergstrom, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Carl F. Berg
strom of lone, left Sunday from
Seattle aboard the USS Rombach,
for a months cruise and maneuv
ers in the Hawaiian Islands. Lt.
Bel-gstrom is the commanding
officer of the Pendleton Naval Re
serve unit.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Reed are
spending a few days visiting In
Spokane, Washington.
Saturday
Continuation of
Marketing Quotas
To Be Decided
Morrow county wheat growers
will join with those of the rest
of the nation Saturday in decid
ing whether wheat marketing
quotas will be continued for 1956.
The referendum vote fill be held
between 9 a. m. and 8 p. m. at
tfiree polling places in the
county.
Vernon Munkers, county ASC
chairman, reports that any wheat
producer, owner or tenant of land
in the county who will be sub
ject to marketing quotas in 1956
will be eligible to vote in the
referendum.
Balloting on the referendum
will be held at the following
places: lone Legion hall for the
communities of lone, Morgan and
part of Eightmile. Lexington
Grange hall for the communities
of Alpine, and Lexington, and at
the Heppner Legion hall for the
North Heppner,, South Heppner
and the remainder of the Eight
mile areas.
It was also pointed out that the
balloting may be done in person
or by absentee ballot.
The local ASC office also an
nounced that farmers on land on
which no wheat was seeded for
grain for any of the years 1953,54
or 55 may apply for 1956 wheat
acreage allotment. To be con
sidered for allotment on a farm
on which no wheat was seeded
for grain for any of those years,
the farmer must apply in writing
to his county ASC committee by
June 30.
Application forms are avail
able at the ASC office for usa in
filing for allotment requests.
Wheat price supports and mar
keting quotas are tied together
under the present law which re
quire the continuation of quotas
to hold the support price at its
present level. The U. S. depart
ment of agriculture reported
earlier this week that the wlieat
loan support price for Morrow
county has been set at $2.06. This
is about 20 cents lower than last
year. This rate is subject to later
adjustment if the party level ad
vances. lone Girl Named
4-H School Head
OREGON STATE COLLEGE
Judy Howton, lone, has been
elected girls president of the for-
tieth annual Oregon 4-H summer
school on the Oreeon Sate colleee
campus. She is the daughter of
Mr. ana Mrs. Lloyd Howton of
lone.
Judy has been active in 4-H
club work for eight years and
this is her third year at summer
school. She is here on a scholar
ship from the Morrow County
Oram Growers association.
In addition to her 4-H activities,
Judy has been active in school
and community affairs. She was
sophomore class president and
won the student body citizenship
award this last ytear.
Summer school will last
through Friday, June 24. The Sun
day morning service put on by
the students and the Internation
al Night program Sunday even
ing are among the highlights of
the summer school program. The
Sunday service will be broadcast
over radio station KOAC.
MRS. DOWEN ILL
IN WASHINGTON
Mrs. Larry Dowen was admit-
ted to the Everett General Hospi.
tal on June 13 as an emergency
patient. Complications had set
in after her recent surgery and
she will probably have to re
main there for a week or tiro.
Mr. and Mrs. Dowen and child
ren are in Washington for a two
weeks period while he attends
Aquatic School at oiympia and
Mrs. Dowen had planned to visit
friends and relatives in Everett
and Seattle.
ORVILLE SMITHS
MOVE TO WASHINGTON
Mr. and Mis. Orville Smith and
family left today for Orcaj Island,
Washington, in Puget Sound
where they will mf e their
home, smitn. wno wr i lormeri-
co-owner and man? r of
Heppner Lumber Cc any, g
his interest in the 1 to
rice Hitchcock and t and
sell the first of th' :r.