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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, October 6, 1 955
72nd Year, Number 30
City Receives
Bids for Building
New Footbridges
Bids for the construction of
two new footbridges across Wil
low creek were received by he
Heppner city council Monday
night but the awarding of a con
tract was delayed for a few days
until figures were checked by
the city engineer.
Apparent low bidder for the
building of two new concrete and
-steel tootbridges, one on Balti
more street leading to the school
grounds and the other at the site
known as lovers lane, was Geo
rge E. Beard of Beaverton. Hih bid
was $9,287 for the two. Other bid
ders were B. D. Richardson. Ar
lington, $11,980.41; Joe Swendig,
Ma up in, $13,363; Columbia
Builders Supply, $13,920.36; and
bimonton and Steele, Portland,
$18,352. . . .
The engineering firm of Clark
and Groff will examine the bids
within the next fow days and
make a recommendation to the
council.
Both bridges, which the coun
cil plans to replace with new
ones are old wooden bridges and
the lover's lane bridge was con
demned and closed to all traffic
early last summer.
In other business the council,
meeting in one of the shortest
regular sessions In recent years,
approved four building permits
asking for remodeling or repair
totaling $1150. Those requesting
permits were Rosewall Motor
Company, Dr. Wallace Wolff,
Wayne Hanson and Frank Parker.
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Funeral Services For
Homer Glenn Hayes
Held Here Wednesday
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at All
Saint's Episcopol church for Ho
mer Glenn Hayes, 69, who died
at Pioneer Memorial hospital
on October 2.
Born In Heppner April 21, 1886,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. James
Hayes, he spent his boyhood on
the family farm on Rhea creek.
He attended school in Heppner.
He had been in the grocery
business and was postmaster at
Lonerock for the last six years.
Mj Hayes was a member of
the Condon Elks lodge and the
Episcopal church.
Survivors include his wife Ver
na, Lonerock; three sons, Homer,
Portland, Clarence, Corvallis and
Richard, Condon. Two brothers,
William Anderson Hayes, Hood
River; James J. Hayes, Heppner
and three sisters, Mrs.Lola Rob
inette, La Grande; Mrs. Rose Mc
Conkie, Walla Walla and Mrs.
Inez Gentry, Rhea Creek. He had
seven grandchildren.
Rev. George R. S. Little of
officiated at the service and inter
ment was in the Heppner Masonic
cemetery. Creswick Mortuary was
in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Ann Avent v
Indicates Intention
ToAppeal Conviction
Bradley Fancher, Morrow cou
nty district attorney, received
word last week from circuit
judge William W. Wells that he
had received a letter from Mrs.
Ann Avent who was convicted
of second degree murder on Aug
ust 31 saying that she plans an
appeal..
According to the districe attor
ney Mrs. Avent was't represented
by an attorney and she was in
formed by judge Wells that the
form of her appeal was improper.
Mrs. Avent has 60 days from
the time of sentencing to file
notice of appeal.
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Heppner High paper
Wins Achievement
Award in Contest
Mrs. Joyce Wilkinson, Hehisch
advisor, announced that the Hep
pner high school paper received
an international second place
award achievement rating in the
1954-55 Quill and Scroll contest.
Ratings were given on a point
basis. The Hehisch totaled 819
points out of a possible 1000. The
paper was judged on the follow
ing points: "your paper as a news
medium to inform readers; lead
ership medium to influence read
ers; a feature medium to enter
tain readers and as a business
enterprise."
Co-editors last year were Sally
Palmer and Barbara Prock.
This was the first time the
Heppner high school entered their
paper for rating.
Heppner Boy Suffers
Minor Injuries
When struck By Car
Larry Smith, young son of Mr.
and Mrs. Marvin Smith of Hep
pner, received only minor in
juries Friday night when he was
struck by a car driven by Murray
Hopkins of the Condon Air Force
base.
The accident occured about 10
p. m., shortly after the Heppner
Burns football game, and ac
cording to police reports the boy
darted into the street from be
hind a parked car. Hopkins' car
was traveling at a slow rate of
speed, but he was unable to stop
the vehicle before striking the
boy. He did not run over him.
Larry's injuries were a bump
on the read and a cut cheek
which required several stitches
to close.
Hopkins was not held.
Mrs. Ida Grimes
Dies in Portland
Death claimed Mrs,. Ida Jose
phine Grimes, 77 years of age
Monday evening at Physicains
and Surgeons hospital in Port
land. She had undergone surgery
about a week prior to her passing.
Mrs. Grimes was well known to
many residents of this area, hav
ing come here in 1918 with her
husband John "Jack" Grimes to
operate the hotel at Parker's Mill.
They operated the establishment
until it burned down just 30
vears aso the first of this month.
They later operated a hotel in
Heppner for one year and then
moved to lone where- they ran
the lone hotel for several years.
After leaving lone Mr. and Mrs.
Grimes moved to Waldport-and
then to Yachats where they oper
ated a tavern for several years,
later moving to Portland where
they operated an auto court for
a period of years before retire-
ing.
Jack Grimes passed away
in 1947 and since her retirement,
"Maw" Grimes, as she was known
to many persons, had spent most
of her time in Heppner and Port
land. She was born February 22,
1878 at Mountain Grove, Mo..
Funeral services will be held
Saturday morning at 9 a.m. at
the Colonial Mortuary in Port
land with Rev. George R.S. Little,
rector of All Saints' Episcopal
church of Heppner, officiating.
Burial will be in Lincoln Mem
orial Park in Portland.
Survivors include one son,
Louis Pyle, Rockaway; two dau
ghters, Mrs. Allen Case of Hep
pner and Mrs Frances Leathers,
Portland; three step-children,
Effie Unruh, Salem; Dale Grimes
San Jose, Calif., and Kenneth
Grimes of Kentucky.
1.23 Inches of Rain
Here In September
September brought an assort
ment of weather to the county
with Heppner receiving a total
of 1.23 inches of rain for the
month.
The first part of the month the
county sweltered as the mercu
ry hit 99 degrees several days,
but toward the end of the month
it was much cooler with showers.
The first general storm, the
middle of the month, brought
nearly an inch of rainfall to Hep
pner and over the rest of the
county it varied from .77 to .25
inch.
Catholic Church
Has New Priest
The new rector of St. Patrick's
Catholic church, Father P. J.
Gaire, arrived in Heppner to as
sume his duties Sunday follow
ing his transfer from the Blessed
Sacrament church at Ontario.
He came from Ireland in 1939
and was at Lakeview and Klam
ath Falls before his assignment
at Ontario. Educated in Ireland,
he received his religious train
ing at Mount Mellary seminary,
Wateford and St Kierans college,
Kilkenny.
He is replacing Father Francis
MeCormack who left last month
to become pastor of the Ontario
church. Father Gaire has just
returned from a visit to his home
land. Masses will be held each Sun
day at 9 a.m. in Heppner and at
10:30 a.m. at St. Williams church
in lone.
FATHER PASSES AWAY
W. C. Collins returned to Hepp
ner on Thursday from Concordia,
Kansas where he was called by
the death of his father.
Council Accepts
Remonstrance On
Street Improvement
Any chance that the proposed
street improvement district on
the west side of Heppner could
be formed in the immediate fu-i
ture was killed Monday night
by the city council when it ac
cepted a remonstrance petition
against the plan and approved
a resolution which will prevent
any further action for at least
six months.
The council received the pe
tition at its September meeting,
but was unable to take any ac
tion 'on it until the signatures
had been checked by the city
recorder. A subsequent chsek
showed that the petition carried
the valid signatures of 74 per
cent of the property owners on
the effected streets. Only a ma
jority of two-thirds is required
to validate a remonstrance of this
type. '
The proposal to curb and pave
nearly 30 blocks of Heppner's
streets was made about one and
one-half years ago by petitions
signed by a big majority of the
residents of the area. The city
could take no Immediate action
on the plan at that time because
of the necessity of obtaining en
gineer's plans and estimates on
the cost of the wark. Cost figures
were received about two months
ago and within a short time pe
titions were in circulation asking
that tlffe plan be dropped. Mon
day night's action was a result
of the latest petition.
Though the entire project as
originally petitioned cannot be
considered by the council for at
least six months, smaller im
provement projects involving por
tions of the larger plan, such as
one or two blocks, could be ac
cepted. It is understood that such
a proposal is being considered by
some of the residents on the west
side of town.
Grid Game Nets
C of COver $350
The chamber of commerce field
lighting fund was richer by a
little more than $350 as a result
of the special non-conference
football game between Heppner
and Burns played here last Fri
day night. The game had been
sponsored by the C of C and the
money will be used to redeem
the lighting bonds.
One of the largest crowds ever
to watch a football game in Hep
pner attended the first nieht
game to be held under the new
lights and during the half-time
intermission heard R. G. "Nig"
Borleske, former Whitman col
lege coach, praise the chamber
and the people of Heppner for
taking the initiative to get the
lights installed. He said that
every improvement and, benefit
that can be gained for our youth
will pay big dividends.
Band Parents Club
Planning Second
Fund Raising Carnival
Members of the Heppner band
parents club met Monday eve
ning at the high school. The
group expressed satisfaction with
last year's procam to Durchase
uniforms and capes for the school
bands but found that there will
still be a need for additional
uniforms from time to time and
for accessories to compliment the
present ones.
The club decided to restage
its spring carnival which was
so successful last year as a fund
raising project.
The club voted to furnish plas
tic suit bags and cap covers for
the protection of the uniforms
and to buy black ties for the high
school members. To complete the
grade school uniform, write duck
pants and white dress shirts
with black shoes and socks for
both band groups were chosen.
A meeting of the club will be
held Monday evening, Oct. 21
at which time a constitution will
be discussed nd election of of
ficers will be held. All members
are urged to attend.
Hunting guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Vic Groshens over the weekend
were Harry and Ed Groshens,
William Rathbone, James De
Young, Maury Williams and son
and Dr. James all of Portland,
and Gil Groff of Salem.
Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Fancher
left last Thursday to visit her
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Shank. They returned Monday,
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EVERYBODY'S HAPPY as they watch 700 gallons per minute of good cold water pour from the new
lone city well. Gathered around to watch the completion of the 24 hour test are left to right El
don Tucker, Gus Jannsen. driller; Noel Dobyns, Oscar Lundell, Roy Lindstdom, Harry Yarnell.
Ed Bristow and mayor Omar Rietmann. (gt Photo)
Final Rites Held
For J. C. Owen
Funeral services for Joseph
Creed Owen, 87 years of age,
were held this morning (Thurs
day) at 10:30 at the Creswick
Mortuary chapel. He passed away
October 3 at Pioneer Memorial
hospital after a long illness.
Mr.Owen was born September
13, 1868 at Salem, Virginia, the
son of John and Mahalla Owen.
He came to Oregon in 1887 and
was married to Lena Glassford
in 1890. He moved to Morrow
county in 1897 and settled in
Hardman where heraised sheep.
Ill T315 he moved tolieppner and
had the stage line mail contract
between Hardman and Heppner
for many years. For the past 10
years he had made his home
with his daughter, Mrs. Scott Fur
long in Heppner.
Survivors include four daugh
ters, Mrs. Furlong; Mrs. Bessie
Harrington, Vancouver, Wash.;
Mrs. Retha Adkins, Dallesport,
Wash.; ami Mrs. Velton Stark,
Pilot Rock; 10 grandchildren,
16 great grandchildren and one
great- great grandchild. One
daughter, Mabel Winters and his
wife preceeded him in death.
Burial was in the Heppner Ma
sonic cemetery.
Not As Many Hunters
As Usual In Area
So Far This Season
Indications are that there were
not as many hunters here for
the opening of the deer season
as there were last year. Not as
many deer have been checked
into local locker plants this year,
but game commission checks
show that between 60 and 70
percent of all hunters checked
got their deer.
It is thought however that a
good many hunters are planning
to wait until the last week of the
season to take advantage of the
either sex season.
Rains the early part of this
week are expected to improve
hunting conditions.
According to the state report
hunting in Morrow and Wheeler
counties is the best in the state.
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Lexington P-TA
To Meet Tuesday
The Lexington P-TA will hold
the first meeting of the year
Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 8:00 p.m. in
the school auditorium.
The program for the evening
will be two shows, Ricky and the
Three R's and the Family Circle.
Miss Broom's third and fourth
graders will also have on dis
play a collection of antiques.
Refreshments will be served in
the lunch, room after the meeting.
HARRY TAMBLYN IMPROVING
Word was received here that
Harry Tamblyn, who was oper
ated on at the Veterans hospital
in Portland September 28, is get
ting along fine and should be
able to come home in about a
week.
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Mrs. Mary Van Stevens left
Sunday for Sun Valley, Idaho to
attend a florists' convention. She
will return today.
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Big New Well Brought
In by City of lone
Residents and city officials of
lone watched with pleasure last
Thursday and Friday as water
poured from a newly drilled city
well and flowed down Main
street in a generous stream.
The new well which was drill
ed by G. M. Jannsen, lone drill
er, only about 100 feet from the
old city well, completed its 24
hour test Friday morning and
checked out at over 700 gallons
per minute. And, to make things
even nicer, the 700 gallons was
the maximum capacity of the
test pump. The well appeared to
have an even greater capacity.
The city of lone has been bad
ly in need of additional water
for the past several years and
many lawns dried up during the
Patrick Joseph Carty
Dies Saturday At
Gilliam County Home
Wednesday morning at St.
Patrick's Catholic church, ser
vices were held for Patrick Jo
seph (Packy) Carty, aged 52
years.
He died Saturday at his home
in Gilliam county where he had
lived for many years.
Born in Juniper Canyon Oct.
olier 30, 1902, he had spent all
his life in Gilliam and Morrow
counties where he was a sheep I
rancher with his father, James
Carty, and after his father's death
he continued in the sheep bus
iness. He attended school in Pend
leton and later at Columbia Uni
versity in Portland. He was a
member of the Heppner Elks
lodge and the Condon parish of
the Catholic church.
Survivors are two sisters, Mrs.
Ross Smith, Burlingame, Calif.,
and Mrs. Frank Doherty, Butte
Montana.
Services were conducted by
Rev. William Rhoden of Condon
with interment in the Heppner
Masonic cemetery,
Carty's death was caused by
self-inflicted gunshot wounds.
Boy Scout Fund Drive
To Start Monday
Solicitors will start Monday
on the Boy Scout fund drive, ac
cording to Jeff Carter, chairman.
The day, will begin with a
kick-off breakfast with La Verne
Van Marter in charge and work
ers wiii cover the businesses and
homes during the day and eve
ning. It is hoped that everyone will
be contacted but if some are miss
ed and are interested in giving
to the Boy Scout drive they may
contact the chairman.
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Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Miller
and daughter Sharon and Bar
bara Heston of Pendleton were
hunting guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin Smith at the Lyle Van
Dusen ranch at Top over the week
end Others in the party and
house guests of the Smiths were
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Britton and
son Robert and Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd Abrams and son Pete, all
:of Portland.
11 m
past summer because there was
dropped this year until It was
insufficient water to allow need
ed irrigation. The old well had
putting out only about 60 gal
lons per minute, barely enough
to supply household needs In
town.
No mineral test had yet been
run on the water from the new
well, but it was thought that it
is comparatively soft, It has a
well temperature of 62 degrees.
The well was drilled to a depth
of 142 feet and during the test
pumping it had no effect on the
outpu t of the old well even
though the two are located close
together. ,
As soon as casing is completed
and a pump installed water from
the new hole will be pumped Into
the city's 120,000 gallon reser
voir. Heppner Elks Lodge
Salutes National
Newspaper Week
The Heppner Elks lodge will
observe National Newspaper
Week October 1-8, Milton Morgan
exalted ruler of the lodge, an
nounced today.
Special attention is to be given
the role of the hometown news
paper in defending American
freedoms, he said.
Slogan for the 1955 National
Newspaper Week is, "Your news
paper fights for your right to
know,' and exalted ruler Morgan
said that the Elks observance
would be built around that
theme.
National Newspaper Week is
sponsored annually by Newspa
per Association Managers, Inc.
and for several years the Order
of Elks throughout the country
has joined in honoring the press
during its "week." In a special
message to the order's 1,744 lodg
es, John L. Walker of Roanoke,
Va Grand Exalted Ruler of the
Elks, called the annual obser
vance of Newspaper Week "a
good tradition, because it enables
our order to demonstrate its un
qualified support of the free press
which is the surest guarantee of
the sarety of American freedom."
Patricia Wright
Gets OSC Scholarship
OREGON STATE COLLEGE,
Corvallis Patricia Ann Wright
of Heppner has been awarded a
partial tuition scholarship at
Oregon State college for 1955-56
by the OSC Dads club.
Miss Wright, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Wright, is plan
ning to major in home eco
nomics. The OSC Dads club awarded
six full-tuition scholarships this
year to old students and 36 $25
partial tuition study grants to
new freshmen. The $25 awards
are designed to "encourage out
standing high school students to
continue their education." Dan
W. Poling, dean of men at the
college, announced the names of
the winners, who represent every
section of the state.
County Fairs
Problems May be
Aired at Open Meet
The probability was seen this
week that a general meeting of
all interested boards, committees
and individuals will be caller in
the next few weeks in an attempt
to solve some of the many prob
lems conlronting the Morrow
county fair board and the North
Morrow county fair at Boardman.
The problems, largely finan
ces, arose late in August when it
was discovered by the fair board
that the state law prohibits the
use of state racing fund money
for the support of more than one
lair in a county. In past years
such money coming into this co
unty has been divided between
die Morrow county fair at Hep
pner and the Noith Morrow fair
;it Boardman.
At the time of the discovery
of the law the county fair board
immediately asked for the re
turn of funds which had already
been sent to Boardman for this
year's fair, and the county court,
in view of the fact that the
Boardman fair was to be held
only two weeks from the time
of the notice, indicated that it
would appropriate sufficient mo
ney, up to a maximum of $2,500
to enable the north fair to carry
on for this year. It again confir
med this intention Wednesday
to a delegation from the Board
man area.
The suggestion that a general
meeting be held to explain the
problems and attempt to find an
swers was agreed to by the mem
bers of the Boardman delegation
Wednesday and several possible
solutions were discussed. Among
the possibilities were the ap
propriation by the county of spec
ial money to the North county
fair from county funds, leaving
all the state money to the fair
at Heppner; or the holding of
one county fair at Heppner and
Boardman on alternate years.
The Boardman group Wednes
day questioned whether the fair
at Heppner was actually the of
ficially delegated county fair,
pointing out that the Boardman
fair had been in continuous ex
istance for a longer period than
had the Heppner fair. The court
pointed out however, that In 1947
the Morrow county fair board of
ficially designated the Heppner
event as the county fair and at
the same time approved a dis
tribution of funds to both fairs.
The present law was in effect
at that time, but it was not
known. The county receives ap
proximately $12,000 of state mo
ney a year.
If the Boardman fair were
to be continued as a regional "
fair and request support money
from the county, the court can
appropriate up to a maximum
of $5,000 for it, according to law,
however North Morrow fair com
mittee members felt that with
only that much to work with Its
fair would suffer In quality.
The court Indicated Wednes
day that it is considering calling
a general meeting in the near
future so that these, and other
fair problems could be explained
to the general public and an' equi
table solution found. The meet
ing date will be announced lated.
Heppner Student on
Conference Panel
Hehlsch's assistant editor, Mer
edith Thomson, will be a panel
speaker at the Oregon Scholas
tic Press conference in Eugene
October 7 and 8.
Other students going - from
Heppner high will be Louis Say
ers, Hehisch, Jay Sumner and
Sharon Bryant, Mustang.
These people will attend at
least two meetings. The meetings
will cover subjects pertaining to
yearbooks and high school pa
pers. Students will exchange
"Ideas that have worked for us."
Banquets and luncheons will
be held and each delegate will
receive a free ticket to the Colorado-Oregon
football game on
Saturday.
Mrs Joyce Wilkinson, Hehisch
advisor and Mrs James Thomson,
Meredith's mother, will accom
pany the delegates.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. William
Labhart over the weekend were
her father, Henry Tetz of Mon
mouth and Al Noble and son Ron
ald of Independence. They were
in Heppner for hunting.
Mr. and Mrs. K. P. Ferguson of
Oswego were visitors at the home
of their daughter and son-in-law
Mr. and Mrs. William Barratt for
several days.