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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1955)
Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, August 25, 1955 Page 3 Accident Kills Husband of Former Monument Girl By Martha Matteson Mr. and Mrs. John Vestal and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Holmes left Saturday morning for the valley after receiving word that Mr. Holmes' youngest daughter's husband was killed in a car wreck near Dallas. Mrs. Vestal is the Holmes' oldest daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Kingman are taking care of the Vestal child ren while the parents are in Salem. Mr. and Mrs. Vern McCarty were in Lon Creek Thursday for binder parts. Mrs. Archie Cox has returned from Kansas where she has been visiting her parents. IONE School Notes Plans are being formulated to secure Mrs. Grace Schmidt of Heppner for a part time home making teacher. Mrs. Schmidt is a graduate of Washington State with a major in home economics and four years teaching experi ence in this particular field. lone school district feels that they will be very fortunate in being able to obtain Mrs. Schmidt's services. Students of the lone Public Schools will be encouraged to take advantage of a counseling and guidance service that has been set up for them this sum mer. Parents are urged to back this type of program. Those students who will be away on vacations during school registration days, August 29th and 30th, may register on their first day of school, although It Is suggested that if at all possible, students come for registration on one of the assigned days. Phil Newitt, superintendent, would again like to encourage parents to visit the school to dis cuss problems that they do not understand or Just to visit and see how their children are pro gressing. There are also plans for a weekly or .monthly bulletin of school events, which will be sent to the parents, so that one and all may make plans accordingly. word last week tha ther father had passed away. Mrs. Iffie Wedgeworth has been in Texas with her sister and sub mitted to an operation. Her fam ily doctor is there. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Farrow have moved into one of Mrs. Pages' houses. They will teach school and run a barber shop at Boyer's store. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kimmel have returned from Pennsylvania where they have been visiting his parents. Miss Jessie Matteson spent Sunday visiting at the Ray Ward home in Long Creek. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Kingman, the three Vestal children and Elmer Matteson spent Sunday at Deso lation Meadows huckleberrying. Two new pickups were bought in Sunday evening from John Day for the Columbia Power Co op. , Chuck" Vandett and Tony Hut chison returned from Portland where Chuck has rented a log ging truck. He will work at Ukiah. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Kingman have purchased a cow from John ny Stubblefield this week. They have been milking Vandetta's cow while the family was in Ukiah. They have now returned to send the children to school. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mellow spent Saturday night and Sunday in John Day on business and at Prairie City Visiting Mrs. Mellor's sister, Mrs. Donna Kimberling. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Hinton took the following to Anthony Lake, Aug. 12 for the Presbyterian church conference: Laura Lee Bleakman, Mirinda Musgrave, Carolyn Martin, Jerry Cupper, Sharon Hinton, Deanna Leathers and two others from Dayville. Mr. and Mrs. Hinton brought them back Sunday, Aug. 21 Laura Lee Shanks and Theo Mae Van detta went up with the Hintons. Mr. Wayne Leathers has been reported doing fine after a seri ous operation at John Day on the 18th. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Boyer and family and Mr. and Mrs. Bobj Neel and family spent Sunday at the Neel place on the mountain. The Keel's expect to move soon. Mrs. Roy Bowman has returned from Junction City where she has been visiting her parents, the Earl Sweeks. Ansel Martin visited at the home of his parents Mr. and Mrs. Henry Martin last week. He is employed by thr forestry at La Grande. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Settle were HERMISTON SALE HERMISTON Buyers from Ore gon and Washington plus a high volume of cattle, sheep and hogs added up to an unusually active market at the Hermiston live stock auction Friday, sale mana ger Delbert Anson said. Tallying the higher-than-usual price brackets were steer calves, veal, hogs, heifers, and feeder steers. Consigned were 404 cattle, 188 hogs and 152 sheep. This was an increase of 24 cattle, 87 hogs, and 25 sheep over the volume one week ago when 380 cattle, 101 hogs and 127 sheep were sold. Anson said unlimited numbers of 750 to 900-pound top quality feeder steers will be needed at the auction next Friday when buyers from Oregon, Washington and California will be on hand. Price increases Friday includ ed steer calves, $21.10 cwt, up $1.60; heifer calves $18.80 cwt., up 20c; veal $21.50 cwt., up 30c; stocker steers $17.90 cwt., up 30c; fat heifers $20.60 cwt., up $3.80; dairy cows $137.50 hd., up 50c; dairy heifers $13.10 cwt., up 40c; commercial cows $14.30 cwt., up 50c; utility $12.80, up 90c; canner cutter $10.40 cwt., up 60c; bulls $14.90, up 30c; fat hogs $19.50, up $1 in line with other markets; sows $14.70, up $1.60; feeder lambs $16.20, up 60c; ewes $4.40, up. 30c; and bucks $36 hd., up $13. Calves: Baby calves 7.50116.00 hd.; weaner calves, steer calves 19.20-21.10, heifer calves 17.30 18.80 cwt; veal 19.75-21.50 cwt. Steers: Stocker steers 16.75-17.-90 cwt.; feeder steers 17.90-19.00; fat slaughter steers, commercial only, to 19.60; fat heifers 16.10 20.60 cwt. Cows: Dairy cows 92.50-137.50 hd.; dairy heifers 10.25-13.10 cwt; no stock cows. 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