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LIBRARY T fF 0 tOG ENE , mtU tme$ ppner ORE it! mi , Copies 1 0 cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, October 27, 1955 72nd Year, Number 33 Wheat Growers Talk Problems at Lexington Meeting The fall meeting of the Morrow county Wheat Growers Associa tion, held Saturday at the Lexing ton Grange, though attendefl by only a small group of farmers, discussed a great number of pro blems facing wheat growers. The group elected new officers, nam ing Don Peterson, lone, president; Vernon Munkers, Lexington, vice president and N. C. Anderson, secretary. During the day many recom mendations were made which will be presented at the annual meeting of the Oregon Wheat Growers League for discussion at the committee meetings to be held Dec. 8. If approved in com mittee, these recommendations will make up the program for the league to concentrate on during the year. Sales Tax Supported The taxation and legislation committee, headed by Glenn Campbell, Echo, made a number o f recommendations among which was continued support for a state sales tax to offset local property tax, that the state tax commission develop standards for tax appraisers, maintaining a roster of persons qualified to do tax appraisal work and that county assessors be required by law to employ appraisal person nel from this roster. It was also suggested that the Wheat League make arrangements for a quali fied person to attend all sessions of the legislature to keep the league posted on bills that would effect members. In the youth activities commit tee, with D. O. Nelson as chair man, it was recommended that 4-H and F. F. A. compete at the OWGL fat stock show with only one grand champion selected in each class. ,They also asked that no horned steers be exhibited at the show. Diverted Land Considered The production and land use committee with Milton Morgan as chairman, considered a sug gestion made by E. R. Jackman whereby a part of the land di verted from wheat would be put into grass or legume. As A. S. C. payment of 50 cents per bushel for normal wheat yield on all di verted acres seeded to grass or legumes would be provided. In the second year, a maintenance payment as long as the program lasts. It was' felt that this would go along with the wheat acreage allotment, program of getting land that should be in grass and legumes established without any great loss to farmers. More Uses Needed The wheat disposal and trans portation committee asked that encouragement be given to both government and private industry in development of - industrial uses for wheat. It was suggested that awards be given to research ers developing new uses for in creasing the use of wheat as in dustrial raw material. The federal agricultural pro grams committee asked -that the federal crop insurance program be returned to county A. S. C. offices and that consideration be given to an insurance program for barley. Realizing that the modernized parity formula which will be put into effect on the 1956 crop does not reflect costs of wheat production and that it will reduce wheat prices 12 cents per year until the lower level of modernized parity is reached, they felt that a study should be made for revising the formula. The committee also asked that allotments be announced before Feb. 15 each year and that the league continue its work for a domestic parity plan for wheat The domestic wheat utiliza tion committee headed by Mrs. H. G. Campbell spent considerable time planning means of getting Ala, the new wheat food, before people of other states. Several plans were suggested. The group also favored continuing the spe cial cake contest sponsored by the league for the first time this year. Ala was the main course at the meeting luncheon put on by the Lexington HEC. Awards in the special cake con test were presented to Mrs. Paul Warren, Heppner, first place win ner; and Judy Howton, lone, se cond. Mrs. Theron Adlard won third. Mrs. Warren will com pete against nine other contest ants for the $10 state award at the special bake-off at the an nual league meeting in Pendleton. 1 NEW LEXINGTON CITY HALL is for E. C. Nelson, Hermiston contractor, are shown working on the nearly completed walls of the block structure. Room will be pro vided for the town's new fire truck, quarters for a future perma nent fireman, council chambers and water department storage, The new building is located on as the old fire hall building which was moved back to make room for the new, structure. (GT Photo) Kindergarten Benefit Rummage Sale Set Friday and Saturday An unusually large amount of rummage of excellent quality has been donated for the Hepp ner Civic League rummage sale to be held Friday and Saturday at Empire Machinery Co., com mittee heads said today. Such diverse items as baby furniture, popular records, a good deal of winter clothing and even a fur coat is on hand, and all woolen items have again been cleaned by the Heppner Cleaners. Mrs. James Norene and Mrs. Fred Sanders are handling the sale which is a semi-annual bene fit for the kindergarten. It was also announced that members again plan to sell coffee and cookies during the two days of the sale. , Committee chairmen include Mrs. Bill Labhart and Mrs. Ray Myrick, clerking; Mrs. Jack Van Winkle and Mrs. Robert Ferrell, coffee; Mrs. Marvin Smith, clean up; Mrs. Jack Angel and Mrs. Jack Loyd, pricing and arrang ing; Mrs. Bradjey Fancher, pub licity. Wranglers Enjoy Buckburger Feed The Wranglers met last Satur day evening at the fair pavilion for a potluck buckburger dinner. The program included giving of awards to members for all horseback events during the year. Winners for those twelve years of age and under were: Kit George, first, Marlene Fetsch, se cond, Bobby Fetsch, third; Age thirteen through seventeen, Carol Ann Wiglesworth, first, Larry Fetsch, second, Pat Steagall and Christine Swaggart, tied for third; Seniors, tied for first place; Mrs. William Healy and Ralph Beam er. Entertainment was furnished by a musical trio; Judy Cochell, Jean Collins "nd Carol Anderson and a tap dance by Judy Spauld ing and an acrobatic dance by Fern Albert. Local rodeo movies were shown by William Collins. Howard Bryant was master of ceremonies. John Williams New Golf Club President Recently elected directors of the Willow Creek Country Club early this week named John Wil liams of Heppner, president of the organization which is build ing a golf course near Heppner. The directors, from which group the president was chosen, were elected last week by the membership. They are Paul Koe nig, Bradley Fancher, Williams from Heppner; Don Hatfield, Lex ington; and A. A. Stefani of lone. The club has leased land from Thomas Wells for the new course and it was announced that there will be a work day held next Sunday at the grounds starting at 10 a. m. FHA GIRLS PLAN "HOBO DAY"; WILL TAKE ON ALL KINDS OF ODD JOBS Here's an opportunity for Hepp ner residents to get almost any kind of odd job done at a nomi nal fee, of course! To raise funds for the Hepp ner chapter of the Future Home makers of America, the members are planning a 'Hobo Day' on Sat urday, November 5. The girls are willing to work at various jobs throughout the day and early evening and will tackle such chores as washing windows, raking lawns, assist rapidly taking shape as workmen the highway in the same location C. H. Hams, 104, Old Time Farmer, Dies at Portland Charles Henry Hams, 104 years of age, who was one of Portland's oldest citizens and a well known former resident of Morrow county, died early last week at a rest home in Portland. His death was attributed to a hip fracture he suffered two weeks before his death. Mr. Hams was born January 20 1851 in Folkstone, England and came to Portland to live in 1870. He lived and farmed at Hardman for 30 years, then returned to Portland to make his home in a cottage near the home of his son-in-law, Dr. Ben Wade. He enjoyed excellent health in his last years, and until he fell he had never been bedridden. He wore glasses, but his family re ported that, "for some strange reason, he took them off to read." Mr Uanv'a 17ifp Vinlfl- ,whn died 'two years' ago at the a'ge of 97, were two of Portland's most celebrated golden-weds and they been married 74 years at the time of her passing. Mr. Hams worked at one time for the old Pennoyer's sawmill in Portland but came to this country in 1885 to farm, leaving that work in 1916. He had retired years ago. He was a 60 year mem ber of the Odd Fellows lodge. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Minnie Paul, Mrs. Myrtle Wade, Portland; and Frances Staysa, Pacific City; three sons, Charles, Gaston; James of Hard man and Roy, Portland. He also leaves seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held in Portland. Those from this area attending the' funeral were Mr. and Mrs. James Hams and Doc Babb of Hardman and Mr. and Mrs. Pete Hams and Susan of lone. o Missionary Society To Meet At Valby Church The Union Missionary Society will meet at the Valby Lutheran church at Gooseberry on Sunday, November 6 at 2:15 p. m. The speaker is to be Dr. Betty Mlsson, retired missionary doc ton who spent 40 years in India. She is one of the most outstand ing Lutheran missionaries in the world. RETURN FROM EAST Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Ledbetter of Lexington returned last week end from a trip to North Carolina where each visited relatives. Mrs. Ledbetter visited in Ruthfordton and he with a family in Ashville. Mrs. Ledbetter has been gone a month while Mr. Ledbetter spent two weeks in the east. He was accompanied by their daughter, Mrs. John Pickens and her son Tommy. ing with housework, help in stores, caring for children, or what have you. People who desire helpers on that Saturday are asked to con tact the Hobo Day chairman, Jo ann Brosnan or Mona Howard, or phone the Heppner school by Fri day, November 4. Finances from this project will be used to send delegates from the chapter to the state meeting at Oregon State College in February. Annual Hayride, Church Parties Set For Hallowe'en A full program of parties and special events for Heppner child ren of all ags is pfanned again this, year for. Hallowe'en, night, next Monday. Heading the list is the annual Hallowe'en hayride for teenagers sponsored by the lloppner borpptimist club. The hayride is for all Heppner students -from the seventh grade through high school and plans have been made for trucks to leave the school building at 5:30 and return to town by 10:30. As usual the hayride will take the youngsters to the Cutsforth cabin on upper Willow creek where they will be provided with sup per and an evening's entertain ment. Soroptimist officers an nounced that all youngsters must ride on the trucks provided and that no one will be allowed to make the trip in private cars. Should the weather turn bad, ar rangements have been made to hold the party elsewhere, it was said. Special Hallowe'en parties for the younger children have been scheduled for local churches with all children between kindergarten and third grade ages invited to the Christian church, and child ren in the 4th, 5th, and 6th grades are to go to the Methodist church. Games, entertainment and refreshments will be pro vided, it was announced. All local churches are cooperating in planning the two parties. o Pakistan Capital Visited by Local Residents on Tour A copy of the Karachi, Pakistan newspaper, Dawn, received Wed nesday by the Gazette Times, carried a news story telling of the arrival Wednesday, Oct. 19 in the Pakistan capital of a group of 28 Americans on a round-the world ,tour. Among those on the tour aie Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Cuts forth of Lexington and Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Lindstrom of lone. The story said the group has already visited eastern and south east Asian countries and will fly back home through the middle east and Europe. The two local couples left Los Angeles Septem ber 13 on a special chartered plane and plan to return home December 20. Heppner Department Announces Plans for Fireman's Ball Plans were revealed this week for a fireman's ball to be held Saturday, November 26 at the fair pavilion. It will be spon sored by the Heppner volunteer fire department. The dance, the first of its kind to be held here in many years, will be given as a benefit for the fire department and proceeds will be used to purchase additional department equipment. Heading the dance committee are Everett Keithley and Robert Penland who said that further details would be announced in the near future. Postal Clerk Applications Needed Postmaster James Driscoll an nounced today that applications for substitute postal transporta tion clerk positions in the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana will be accepted from men until October 31. Starting pay for the position is $1.82 per hour. Benefits such as insurance coverage, sick and an nual leave, retirement, or Social Security benefits make the posi tions veiy desirable, the Post master related. Applicants must be bona-fide residents of the state from which they apply, be U. S. citizens and have reached their 18th birthday. Interested persons should con tact Floyd Sayers at the Hepp ner post office immediately. o Miss Esther Bezgstrom and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Becket went to Portland last Saturday to attend the funeral of their cousin, Mrs. Florence Miller. Mrs. J. L. Jones of Portland is visiting at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Earle Blake. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hefner and Mrs. Beatrice Bedford of Port land were weekend guests at the Jack Bedford home. 75 Year Old Hunter Won't Give Up Finally Gets, Deer It took three tries, but Clarence Nichols, 75 year old Hermiston man who is a former resident of this area, finally got his deer. On Nichols' first trip out he spotted a buck but just seconds before he pulled the trigger, an other' hunter shot and killed the animal. On the second trip Nichols shot and knocked down a deer, but while he was climbing a fence to got to it, the buck got up and ran away only to fall dead some distance away and be tagged by some other hunters. Nichols is quite crippled and can't traverse rough ground easily. Finally near the end of the sea son Nichols made his last at tempt in the company of Max Schulz and he succeeded in kill ing a nice buck which he got to put his own tag on. Nichols lived here for many years, having herded sheep in this country at the time of the Heppner flood. School Problems Talked at Meeting A wide assortment of educa tional problems in Morrow county were discussed at a convention of all school board members in the county held last Saturday at the court house. All districts in the county were represented and all rural school board members were present. County school head, Jack Flug, conducted the meeting. All types of education prob lems were discussed, and from these discussions an agenda will be drawn up for a future con vention to be held prior to the deadline of July 1, 1956 for a final report to be sent in to the state committee considering Oregon's educational problems. The group found information from the state finance division, the report from the committee of county school superintendents, and local information from the county school office very valu able in outlining the problems considered. Among, the major problems discussed were: why the large turnover of teachers each year; teacher salaries; teacher housing; cost of living; transportation; increase from basic school fund; federal aid; new buildings in the future; organzation and adminis tration; district organization; coming budgets; sales tax as a source of revenue. Other problems were: cafeteria service; curriculum improvement; increased health service; special education supervision; reduction in capital outlay; Valuations and millage rates; wealth per capita for each district; standard schools. At the close of the session, re freshments were served by Mrs. Bernard Marshall and Mrs.' Jack C. Flug. o Big Buck Contest Winners Named George Steagall of Lexington won first prize of a rifle In the big buck contest sponsored by the Lexington V. F.W. post. His deer, the largest entered in the contest weighed in at 190 pounds. Winner of the prize for the smallest deer killed during the recent season was James Barnett of lone. His deer tipped the scales at just 70 pounds. The special committee hand ling the contest included George Irvin, Charlie Padberg and Bill Nichols. LEAVE FOR EAST Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Turner and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Turner left Wednesday night for an extend ed business and pleasure trip that will take them as far east as New York City and Washington, D. C. They plan to be gone for several weeks. o REEVES IN PENNSYLVANIA According to recent word re ceived here, Rev. and Mrs. John R. Reeves, former rector of All Saints Episcopal church, are now at home at St. James' church, Green Ridge, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, which is only about 15 miles from Philadelphia's city hall. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Smith have as their guests her sister, Mrs. Wayne Chase and niece and hus band, Mr. and Mrs. Arval Buck ner all of Redmond. Second Shift Starts At Heppner Mill A second shift went to work Monday in the sawmill of Hepp ner Piue Mills and manager Paul Koenig said Wednesday that lum ber production will be doubled the former cut within a short time when the crew gets used to the new operation plan. Added to the crew were nine men who handle the sawmill operation on the second shift which operates from 5 p. m. to 2 a. m. This brings to 90 the num ber of men now on the plant payroll. The second shift on the saw mill has been planned for some time to make a more efficient operation but it could not be started ntil the extensive re modeling job at the plant was completed. At the present time the planer section of the mill will be able to handle the additional cut from the local mill as well as the rough lumber that is hauled in from the North Fork Lumber Co. plant at Monument, but Koe nig indicated that it will proba bly be necessary to run the planer longer during the spring and summer months when more lum ber can be air dried. The dry kilns are now operating after be ing moved to a new location dur ing the summer and as soon as Local S-D Day Observance Planned The personnel and machinery of the Highway Lifesavers Com mittee of Oregon Citizens, Inc., will be used to get public par ticipation on Safe-Driving Day (S-D Day), December 1, it was announced by E. C. Sammons, President of the United States National Bank, 'Portland, who has been appointed by governor Paul L. Patterson ps Oregon di rector for Safe-Driving Day. Sammons is president also of the Highway Lifesavers Committee. Safe-Driving Day for the se cond year has been designated by President Eisenhower and the President's traffic safety commit tee, to demonstrate that traffic accidents can be greatly reduced when motorists and pedestrians concentrate on safe driving and walking, obey traffic regulations and proceed with caution and courtesy. S-D Day will be national, all 48 governors proclaiming the day. Governor Patterson has asked all mayors to proclaim the S-D Day locally and name a munici pal S-D Day Director. In keeping with the request of governor Patterson, Heppner's mayor, Mrs. Mary Van Stevens, early this week proclaimed De cember 1 as S-D day in Heppner and appointed city police officer Melvin Piper as S-D Day direc tor. The national goal of S-D day is to have no traffic deaths and a minimum of accidents. Last year fatal accidents in the na tion were reduced about one half of normal. o Junior Class Play Managers Named Stanley Holm, director of the Heppner high school junior class play this week announced mana gers for the production to be pre sented near the end of November. They are student director, Alice Faye Stewart;business manager, Alice Peterson; publicity mana ger, Janet Wright; property mistress, Francine Francis; makeup director, Shirley Kono nen; sound effects, Jesse Small- wood; stage technicians, Jerry Dougherty and Ed Olson. Two recent changes in the play cast of "The Secret Door" are Dean Connor as O'Brien and James Monahan as Jerry. o JUDGE SENTENCES TWO Robert Pechin, Heppner, was sentenced to 90 days in the county jail for his part in the stealing and butchering of a cow belonging to Jack Glavey. 60 days of the sentence was suspend ed and he was ordered to pay $50 restitution for the animal. John Myers, Boardman, was sentenced to six months In the county jail for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Both cases were heard Wednes day by circuit judge William W. Wells. final cleanup of the mill grounds is completed the plant will pre sent an entirely new appearance. The sawmill, when the two shifts are operating to full ca pacity, will turn out an average of 90,000 feet of lumber per day. The company logging crews are working at capacity in the upper Willow creek area and within a short time additional logs will begin coming into the company pond from the West Coast Timber Company logging operations in the Hardman area. The company is an independent concern from which Heppner Pine Mills is buy ing timber. Around 3,000,000 feet of logs are expected from this source. County Bond Sales Reach New High Sale of E and H United States savings bonds continued to climb in Morrow county during Septem ber, county chairman Jeff Carter reported this week. Sales for the month reached $32,789 compared with only $5,284 for the same month last year. The September total raised to $389,858 the bonds sold In the county since the first of the year and placed Morrow in a tie with Harney county for second place in the state for the greatest per centage of sales to its quota. Both counties have sold 134.9 per cent of their 1955 quota and run second to Sherman county which has achieved a 178.7 percent re cord. Bond sales in the county up to this time last year were only $134,870. An increase of $8 million in bonds have been purchased throughout the state this year, compared with 1954, but the state percentage of its quota is current ly only 77.9 percent. Oregon how ever, is continuing to lead the nation in sales increase. Heppner City Attorney Honored at Cities League Meet Recent developments and cur rent problems in city govern ment were discussed . by the city officials of Oregon at the League of Oregon Cities conven tion in Portland this week. There was a special session devoted to the problems of small cities. Marking its thirtieth anniver sary this year, the league planned special recognition for the found ers of the organization, for its past presidents and for city of ficials and employes in office since 1925 or before. Among those honored were Joseph J. Nys who has served as a city at torney of Heppner since 1918. The president of the League of California Cities, O. W. Camp bell, city manager of San Diego, spoke at the opening session on Monday. The president of the Association of Washington Cities, Mayor G. W. Burns of Yakima, and the president of the Union of British Columbia MunlcipaMties, Mayor E. G. Fletcher of Trail, B. C, will also be participants in the League's anniversary observance. The luncheon speaker on Mon- day was Mayor Allen C. Thompson of Jackson, Mississ ippi, president of the American Municipal Association, an organi zation representing leagues of cities in 40 states. The practical nature of the convention program Is pointed out by League president, Dia mond L. Flynn, former mayor of Medford. Most of the sessions were conducted on an informal basis so that the comparative ex perience of various cities in dealing with specific problems may be evaluated. Financial, legal and public works problems were among those discussed. The program at the small cities section dealt entirely with questions submitted by the of ficials of cities under 2,000 popu lation. Available to advise of local practice in dealing with the questions was a panel of ex perienced city officials. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. CampbelL daughter Mary Ann and Walter Wellington, all of The Dalles were in Heppner last weekend for hunting. They were guests of Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Gardner.
