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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, September 29, 1955
72nd Year, Number 29
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Heppner, Burns Meet Friday
Opening Home Football Game
Game To Be First
Played Under Lights
At Rodeo Field
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FIRST FOOTBALL ACTION under these lights at the Heppner rodeo field will be seen Friday night
when Heppner gridders meet the Burns Hilandars. The lights were installed earlier this year by
the Chamber of Commerce and will be dedicatad at half-time ceremonies tomorrow night. This
photo was taken the first time the lights were tested.
Daughter of One
Of Heppner's
Founders Passes
Mrs. Pauline Smith Quaid, 97
years of age, the daughter of one
of the early pioneers in this area
who was one of the founders of
the town of Heppner, died Mon
day at a Portland hospital. She
had been hospitalized for four
years and had been confined to a
wheel chair for several years
longer.
Mrs. Quaid was the daughter
of Harvey Smith and was born
October 17, 1857 in the Willam
ette valley near Lebanon. She
and her parents moved to East
ern Oregon when she was 13
years old and according to family
history her father founded, or
was one of the founders of Hepp
ner. When she was 17, Pauline
Smith was married to Thomas
Quaid of Heppner on September
4, 1871, and the couple moved
to Quaid's log cabin on Balm
Fork where he had a cattle ranch.
In 1905 Mr. Quaid retired and
the family moved to Portland
where they purchased a home at
12th and Salmon streets. This
same home has been occupied
ever since its purchase by either
Mrs. Quaid or her only daughter,
Mrs. Katherine Hofen, who still
lives there.
According to the Oregon Pio
neer Association, Mrs. Quaid was
one of only three living authen
tic Oregon pioneers persons who
were either born or had lived in
Oregon before the end of the
year 1859, the year Oregon be
came a state. The other two, both
women, live in Portland.
Mrs. Quaid's grandfather and
grandmother, William and Eliza
beth Greenwood of Virginia
crossed the plains in 1848 with
the Warner wagon train and
settled on a donation land claim
near Lebanon.
In the years before Mrs. Quoid's
father, Harvey Smith, moved to
Eastern Oregon he served as
sheriff of Linn county and later
ran a sawmill at Waterloo, near
Lebanon. Mrs. Quaid attended
Santiam Academy at Lebanon,
one of the oldest schools in the
Willamette valley. It has been
defunct for about a half century.
Mr. Quaid died in 1916 and the
daughter is the only survivor.
Funeral services were held today
(Thursday) in Portland.
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Kinzua Area Fire
Closure Rescinded
Governor Paul Patterson lifted
the Kinzua fire closure effective
Setember 23, it was announced
this week. This action was made
possible by the recent rains which
reduced the fire hazard in all
local forest areas.
Ranger Wayne West of Hepp
ner pointed out that this will al
low an orderly harvest of the
deer crop on the Heppner ranger
district However, all hunters
and others using the forest area
are cautioned to be careful with
fire. In most areas fire will not
burn with the explosive force of
last summer, but will still burn
at a dangerous rate.
TONIGHT'S NOISE PARADE AND RALLY
DUE TO SET RECORD FOR VOLUME
noisemaking equipment
Residents of Heppner and the of
surroupding area are advised
not to get worried if it should
sound as though war had been
declared about 7 o'clock tonight
(Thursday). It will just be "a pep
rally and noise parade heralding
Friday night's Heppner-Burns
football game.
The rally and noise parade
promises to be one of the loudest
in Heppner's history if the word
of several chamber of commerce
members can be taken at face
value.
It seems the C of C, which is
sponsoring the Friday night game
decided to challenge the high
school students to a contest to
see who could make the most
noise at the rally. The challenge
was issued Monday and since
that time there has been a great
amount of activity on both sides
to collect as many unique pieces
New Officers Elected
By Pomona Grange
Lexington grange was host
Saturday September 21 to the Po
mona grange and new officers
elected for a two year term were
master, Alvin Wagenblast, Lex
ington; overseer, Clyde Ta'nnehill,
Greenfield; .lecturer, Alice Eatone,
Greenfield; steward, Wate Craw
ford, Willows; assistant steward,
Delbert Wright, Rhea Creek; lady
assistant steward, Mrs. Lee Wag
enblast, Lexington; chaplain Mrs.
Maud Brown, Greenfield; treasur
er, Ray Drake, Rhea Creek; sec
retary, Mrs. Dot Halvorsen, Wil
lows; gate keeper, Max Jones, Ir
rigon; Ceres, Mrs. Max Jones, Ir
rigon;Pomona, Fay Munkers, Lex
ington; Flora, Eva Briggs, Green
field; executive committee, Ken
neth Smouse and Norman Nelson,
Lexington and Oscar Peterson,
Rhea Creek.
lone Club Features
Library Week"
The lone Tobic club is holding
"Know Your Library Week" at
the lone public library this week.
One part of the program is for
members to explain to school
classes the use and function of a
library.
Those going to the lone school
Monday to tell of the library
were first grade, Mrs. Milton Mor
gan; second and third grade, Mrs.
John Proudfoot; fourth and fifth,
Mrs. Fannie Griffith; sixth and
seventh, Mrs. Noel Dobyns; the
eighth grade, Mrs. Roy Lindstrom;
and high school, Mrs. Roland
Bergstrom.
The school children will visit
the library every day this week
and it will be open from 2 to 5
daily.
A tea was held at the library
on Thursday.
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MOTHER PASSES AWAY
Oscar George has received work
of the death of his mother, Mrs.
Dan D. George on Monday in
London, Kentucky.
as
can be found. The results, it is
understood, have been nothing
short of remarkable.
The rally is to start at 7 o'clock
and will be held largely in down
town Heppner, however it has
been guaranteed that everyone
living within a couple of miles
of town will know that It's going
on. All residents are also urged
to take part In the whooping and
hollering.
Large Crowd Attends
P-TA Teachers'
Reception Tuesday
Mr. and Mrs. William Bar rat t,
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Blake, and
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wilson were in
Portland over the weekend to at
tend the football game.
A crowd of nearly 200 persons
attended the annual Heppner
P-TA teachers reception Tuesday
evening at the Heppner Legion
hall. It was held under the direc
tion of Lowell Gribble, new P-TA
president.
Speakers on the short but en
tertaining program were Mrs. N.
C. Anderson, outgoing president;
Gribble, who told of the activi
ties of the organization and out
lined plans for the coming year;
Mrs. Mary Van Stevens, mayor of
Heppner, who extended a wel
come to the new teachers; and
Phil Blakney, vice-president of
the chamber of commerce, who
urged the cooperation of all or
ganizations in aiding progress in
Heppner.
Members of the Heppner school
board were introduced and chair
man L. E. Dick expressed the
board's belief that the school
system had an excellent staff of
teachers.
Joe H. Stewart, new Heppner
superintendent, was introduced
by master of ceremonies Robert
Penland and he in turn intro
duced all the teachers and other
members of the school staff.
The dinner was a potluck af
fair put on by the members of the
WSCS of the Methodist church.
Chairman was Mrs. Faye Ruhl
and she was assisted by the P-TA
room mothers.
Boy Scout Fund
Drive Set October 10
Plans were laid this week for
the annual Boy Scout fund drive
which will start in Morrow
county October 10, it was reveal
ed this week by Bruce Lindsay,
Scout district finance officer.
Jeff Carter has been named
drive chairman for Heppner. Gar
Leyva will head the campaign
at Lexington and Gar Swanson
at lone.
No dollar goal has- been set for
the drive, Bradley Fancher, dis
trict Scout commissioner said, but
an increase over last year Is
needed as interest in scouting
has grown considerably during
the past year.
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House guests at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Case are her
cousins, Mrs. Paul Rutledge of
Tacoma and Mrs. Ted Brown and
children Sandra and Kenneth of
Portland.
Mrs. Velma Glass, Morrow
county health nurse, was In Ba
ker on Tuesday and Wednesday
to attend a health meeting.
The Heppner high school foot
ball team opens lis home sche
dule Friday night in a game that
is expected to draw one of the
largest crowds ever to watch a
game in Heppner.
The game will pirovide a lot of
"firsts" for both the team and
Morrow county fans as it will be
the first home game of the sea
son, the Iirst time the Mustangs
will have played an A school and
it will be the first time a football
game has been played under the
lights in Morrow County.
Friay night's game against the
Burns Hilanders, Is being spon
sored by the Heppner-Morrow
county Chamber of Commerce and
is to be a special non-conference
benefit game, the returns from
which will go into the chamber's
special field lighting fund to pay
off bonds against the lights.
The game promises to be one
of the top tussles of the season
for local fans. Heppner has a
season s record of one win and
one loss having dropped their
first game two weeks ago to Pilot
Rock but bouncing back last Fri
day to down their traditional
rivals, lone by a score of 19 to 6.
Though Burns is an A school
which boasts a considerably lar
ger enrollment, it has yet to win
a game this season so is pointing
to the Heppner game with an eye
for a victory. The Hilanders drop
ped their first game to Meridian,
Idaho, and then last weekend fell
before La Grande, one of the top
teams of Eastern Oregon.
Lights Dedication Due
A high point of the half-time
game actiiyities will be a special
program to dedicate the new
field lights which were pur
chased and installed through the
efforts of the chamber of com
merce which last fall carried on
a fund drive that netted over $8,-000.
Guest speaker at the dedica
tion ceremonies will be R. V.
'Nig" Borleske. former head coach
at Whitman College in Walla
Walla, former mayor of Walla
Walla and present manager of
the Marcus Whitman hotel in the
Washington city. Borleske is
well known in coaching circles
and he put out numerous top
teams prior to retiring from the
coaching profession. The pro
gram will be under the direction
of Jack Bedford, chamber presi
dent; Ed Collison, Jack Loyd and
Bradley Fancher, members of the
special activities committee of
the chamber under whose direc
tion numerous special fund
raising projects have been car
ried on.
The Heppner-Burns game is a
benefit game with all net profit
going to the C of C fund which
is to be used to redeem the non
interest bearing bonds which
were sold to pay for the lighting
installation. The Heppner team
offered to play the game for
nothing and the Burns squad is
coming for just expenses.
Though the Burns squad has
yet to win a 1955 game, it has
some of Eastern Oregon's finest
players on the team roster. Two
of their top threats are Phil 01
sen, a - lightning-fast 137 pound
back who really burns up the
turf and Scott Russell, a defen
sive linebacker. He is head of the
Burns tackling department and
moves with amazing speed.
The Mustang eleven showed
great improvement in its lone
game and the squad has been
undergoing heavy training ses
sions under the direction of their
coaches Jim Mallon, Larry Dowen
and John Snyder. The Heppner
starting lineup has not been an
nounced. Tickets for the tilt are on sale
from all chamber members or
may be purchased at the gate
with admission to be $1.00 for
adults and 5o cents for students.
Kickoff time is scheduled for 8
p. m.
Local Cherry Tree
Starts Year-'Round
Production Plan
That this year's growing sea
sons have been considerably
off their normal schedule Isn't
news to anyone, but Henry Hap
pold of Heppner has a cherry
tree that is really out of step
with things.
The tree, a pie cherry variety,
put forth a cop of fuit on about
half of its limbs at about the
usual time of the year July
and early August. Now, on
practically the first day of Oct
ber. the other part of the tree
is loaded with ripe cherries.
If things keep going as they
are. the Happolds may have
fresh cherry pie on Washing
ton's birthday.
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Irvin Rauch New
Farm Bureau Head
Irvin Rauch of Lexington was
named new president of the
Morrow county Farm Bureau on
Tuesday night at the monthly
meeting of the organization held
at Willows Grange at lone. He
succeeds Newt. O'Harra who has
served for the past two years.
Other officers who will serve
with Rauch are Gene Cutsforth,
first vice president; Harold Beach
second vice president; Mrs. Wal
ter Ruggles, secretary-treasurer;
and Henry Baker, voting dele
gate.
Past president O Harra reported
on the accomplishments of the
group during the past two years.
They included sending two or
more delegates each year to re
gional, state and county conven
tions; winning state awards for
being one of the first four coun
ties to surpass membership, goals
and others.
Present at the meeting was
Paul Jones of Pendleton who ex
plained a new hospital insurance
plan.
The group voted to give Mrs.
E. Markham Baker an award for
her two-year service as secre
tary. , She had never missed a
meeting until this one, and it
was caused by illness.
The meeting opened with a pot
luck dinner-under the direction of
Mrs. Lloyd Howton, chairman
who was assisted by Mrs. Don
Heliker, Mrs. Earl McKinney and
Mrs. O'Harra, About 30 were pre
sent.
Mrs. Arthur Hutchison of Pilot
Rock was a Heppner visitor Wed
nesday of last week.
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HEPPNER'S MUSTANGS who will meet the Burns Hilanders for the first time on the football field
Friday night. Shown front row, leff to right Nelson Connor, manager; Dick Robison, Dick Ruhl,
Jim Walker, Kim Avent, Duane Alderman, Bob Mc honey, Doug Gribble, Dean Connor, Bob Bry
ant, manager, Vic Groshens. Second row John Snyder, coach; Al Esch, Burke Gentry, Jim Mor
ris, Bob Laughlin, Bill Monahan, Ed Groshens, Len Schwarz, Ron McCabe, Tom Currin, Kay Cor
bin. Back row Larry Dowen, coach; Del Piper, Mike Monahan, John Piper, James Monahan, Steve
Green, Ed Brosnan, Skip Ruhl, Fred Lynch, Jerry Dougherty, Lance Tibbies, Jim Mallon, coach.
Not pictured are Mac Griffith, Bob Huffman.
(Wilson Photo)
Hunters Start
Annual Trek; Fire
Caution is Urged
Cooperation of the numerous
hunters in Oregon's woods in the
prevention of hunter-caused for
est fires is being asked by fede
ral, state, and other foest po-
tections, according to regionl
forester J. Herbert Stone.
A large proportion of the great
disastrous fires of history occur
red in the fall during periods of
exceptional dryness and heavy
winds," he said. "We welcome
the hunters. Their harvest of the
game crop is an essential part in
maintaining a plentiful, healthy
population of game animals in
balance with the amount of avail
able forage. But this harvest can
and should be clone without dam-
age to life or property. Although
mos thunters ae good sportemen,
national forest figures show that
roughly one-third of our man
caused fires have been started by
hunters."
In a statement issued by Ker
mit W. Linstedt, Forest Service
regional fire control chief, he
said: "The national forest hunter-fire
problem In Oregon last
year was centered mainly on
seven eastside forests. It ap
pears to be brought about large
ly by westsiders who do their
hunting east of the mountains
where they are caught off-guard
by the difference in fire danger
conditions there. Rainfall is us
ually lighter on the eastside
where sun and drying winds often
quickly lower the fuel moisture
and bring high fire danger fol
lowing the light rains or cold
dewy nights. We are not minimiz
ing fire danger elsewhere, but
are very anxious to better the re
cord in thee trouble spots."
Trek to Woods Started
Hunters began flocking
through Heppner today on their
way to the Blue mountains, one of
the top deer hunting areas of
the statt, and the big rush is
expected tomorrow. The season
opens Saturday.
The extremely dry condition in
the forests were alleviated con
siderably by the heavy rains
earlier this month and the
showers which fell over most of
the area Tuesday night and Wed
nesday. The forest service here
reported that .17 of an inch of
rain fell at Madison Butte" guard
station with the prospect that
more might fall between now and
Saturday.
Lots of Deer Seen
State game commission offi
cials here said this week that
the prospects for a good kill ap
peared excellent as commission
checks have shown there are more
doer in Morrow county mountains
than at any time since records
have been kept.
Glenn Ward, local commission
representative, said this week
that not only are there more deer
than in past years, but they are
in excellent condition and are
widely scattered.
Again this year much of the
privately owned foothill areas
are expected to be closed to all
hunting at least for the latter
part of the season during the
either sex deer hunt. For the
last two years well over 100,000
acres of privately owned land
has been posted and closed to all
hunting in an owner's protest
against the state game commis
sion's opening of this area to doe
killing. Approximately the same
areas will probably be posted
again-this year.
Vernon Nelson of Lebanon Is in
Heppner assisting at the First
National Bank this week.
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MEMBERS OF THE BURNS HILANDERS football squad who will
Invade Heppner Friday to meet the Mustangs in the season'
opening home arid game, It will be the first time that Hepp
ner and Burns have met on the gridiron and the game promises
to be one of the best of the season. The squad, is coached by
Don White and Tom Williams.