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LIIRARY 8 F 0 EUGENE, ORE lmmer Copies 10 Cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, November 3, 1955 72nd Year, Number 34 New Tricil Asked y Ann Attorneys for Mrs. Ann Avent, convicted of second degree mur der last August for the killing of Dellmore Lessard, Portland at torney, late, last week filed a motion with the county clerk asking for a new trial. About a month ago Mrs. Avent filed a notice of intent to appeal the life sentence and at that time she was not represented by any attorney. However, along with the motion for a new trial, an other motion was filed asking for the substitution of attorneys for Mrs. Avent. Attorneys John Bassett of Portland and Ralph ..a Currin of Pendleton defended her during the trial, but her new at torneys are Charles E. Raymond and an associate Donald E. Ket tleberg, both of Portland. The recent filings were made by Raymond and Kettleberg. Along with the request for a new trial were affidavits stating lone Community Church Organ to Be Dedicated Sunday The new memorial organ at the lone Community church will be dedicated during a special ser vice Sunday, Nov. 6. The organ, a Wurlitzer, has been made pos sible by memorial gifts and a special gift by Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Melena. Mrs. Jack Harris of Condor, will be the organist for the occasion and she has selected a fine pro gram of organ music for the ser vice. Preludes will include, Largo by Handel and When Thou Art Here, by Bach. The offertory number will be Nevin's Melodie. She will also play favorite selec tions including, Were You There, a negro spiritual; Sullivan's Lost Chord and Ave Maria. Another favorite will be Voix Seraphique. The postlude will be Finlandia by Sibelius. , The program will start at 11 a. m. and the public is invited. A coffee hour will follow the service. CASES OF INFECTIOUS HEPATiTIS BRING HEALTH DEPARTMENT WARNING There have been several cases of infectious hepatitis in Morrow county in recent weeks and a great number of questions ap pear present in the minds of the people. The following informa tion is being given by Dr. A. D. McMurdo, Morrow county health officer, in hopes that much anxi ety can be relieved and further spread of the disease can be pre vented. Infectious hepatitis, or acute catarrhal jaundice, is one of the common contagious diseases known today. Caused by a virus, infectious hepatitis is a great mimic. Its early symptoms resemble those of many other infectious diseases and there may not be the yellow skin and yellowed eye membrane known as a jaun dice. Also, there are many other diseases, both communicable and non-communicable, which may cause jaundice, so jaundice alone does not necessarily mean that the person has infectious hepa titis. A patient may go from an acute stage of hepatitis into a chronic one, or his disease may go unrecognized and he may be come an unknowing carrier. Infectious hepatitis is spread through the body discharges, chiefly the bowel discharges, of a person who has the disease or by a human carrier. It may also be transmitted through water, milk or food that has been con taminated by fecal material con taining the virus. This virus is potent. It will withstand heat a 133" F for an hour and freezing for years. The length of time between exposure to the disease and appearance of symptoms averages 20-40 days, although it may be as short as 15 days or as long as 85 days. Typical symptoms of infectious hepatitis are nausea and vomit ing, fever, total loss of appetite and pain in the right side. Some persons are inclined to think they have so called "stomach flu," with some or all of these symp toms. Self diagnosis can be a dangerous thing and any such symptoms should be a signal for consultation with the family physician. AvenJ that Mrs. Avent had a persecu tion obsession and that many of her ailments were of mental ori gin. The request asks for a new trial because the verdict was not sup plemented by evidence, but con trary to evidence; there was not sufficient evidence to support the verdict; there were errors of law at the trial; there as newly dis covered evidence material. No date has yet been set by judge William W. Wells for a hearing on the motions and should they be denied the ap peal will automatically go to the state supreme court. Morrow county sheriff C. J. D. Bauman left Wednesday morn ing for Salem to get Mrs. Avent who will be released by the war den of the state penitentiary into his custody. The law requires that when a notice of appeal is filed, the sentence is suspended and the convicted person be re turned to the custody of the sheriff of the county from which she was sentenced. It is not known where Mrs. Avent will be held inasmuch as Morrow county does not have facilities for jailing women pri soners. One possibility is the Grant county Jail at Canyon City. o Local OSC Students In Honor Society OREGON STATE COLLEGE Richard L. Kononen and James H. Hayes, Heppner freshmen at Oregon State College, have been selected for membership in the Order of Silver Wings, air force drill honor society at OSC. Sixty freshmen and eight soph omores were chosen for the honor ary, which was formed to develop a precision drill team and to pre pare its members to become bet ter officers. Kononen, son of Mrs. Kathleen T. Kononen, Heppner, is major ing in engineering at OSC. Hayes is enrolled in lower division of liberal arts and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hayes of Heppner. A frequent symptom is weak ness and fatigue "as though some one had stopped the motor". And the patient sometimes suf fers from a severe mental de pression. Jaundice is often pre sent. The generally accepted treat ment for infectious hepatitis so far is rest and special diet. The patient should rest in bed until his physician, after exami nation and laboratory tests, says he may get up. Getting up too soon may cause a relapse. He may have to remain in bed for weeks, and in some cases, for months; however, most patients recover promptly. Although patients usually do not die from infectious hepatitis, the disease has serious implica tions in certain groups. There is a high mortality among preg nant women who contract the di- j sease and a high incidence of, prolonged and severe hepatitis in older persons. If pregnant women or ailing old. people are known to be in contact with someone having the disease or epidemic threatens, a physician should be consulted about necessary precautions to be taken. In some instances, the physician may administer im mune globulin. According to the latest report from the Oregon state board of health, there is not sufficient im mune globulin available at this time for mass innoculation of the school population by the local health department. However, there is a moderate supply of im mune globulin available from the Oregon state board of health and each physician in Morrow county has received his allot ment. Commercial supplies of immune globulin are available to all physicians in adequate amounts. Prevention of further spread of infectious hepatitis can be ac complished to a considerable de: gree by maintaining a high stan dard of cleanliness, both by the patient and by the persons in con tact with him. Further information can be ob tained from your family physi cians or from the county health department MARCUS R. COOK, fireman ap prentice, USN, cuts the cake presented to him on his birth day October 7 while serving aboard the repair ship USS Hooper Island operating with the 7th Fleet in the Far East, Cook is the son of Mr. and Mrs, John M. Cook of Route 2. Irri gon... He reported aboard the Hooper Island in May, 19S5 from the Naval training center. San Diego. (Navy Photo) Northwest Education Meeting to Draw Local School Head Joe H. Stewart will attend the northwest regional conference on Administrative Leadership Serv ing Community Schools. The con ference will be held at the Daven port Hotel in Spokane, Washing' ton, Nov. Cj, 7. and 8. "Evaluation of the community educational program as a means for instructional improvement", will be the theme of the program. The conference will be sponsored by the National Educational As sociation and "American Associa tion of School Administrators. Idaho, Washington, Montana, and Oregon are the states par ticipating. Each state is to have one representative on the plan ning committee, and Mr. Stewart will be Oregon's representative. A number of Oregon superinten dents and principals are partici pating in the program. Among the speakers will be Edith Green, Oregon congress woman; Cecil Posey, executive secretary of Oregon Educational Association; and Margaret Perry, 5th grade teacher at Monmouth who was chosen as McCall's teacher of the year. o Conservation and . Grossmen Honored At Chamber Meet Donald Peterson, lone, county conservation man of the year, and Harold Wright, Ruggs, grassman of the year, were guests of honor at the chamber of commerce meeting Monday noon. The program included color slides of conservation practices in the county shown by Tom Wilson, Heppner conservationist, and piano selections by Phyllis Quackenbuch. The annual j:hamber dinner honoring the conservation man of the year was announced for Monday night, Nov. 21. It will be held at the Cutsforth cabin on Herren creek. Newt O'Harra, of Lexington, chairman of the agri- cultural committee, of the program. had charge 120 Youngsters Enjoy Hayride Nearly 12o youngsters from the seventh grade through high school enjoyed a wet but plea sant Hallowe'en hayride Monday night and ended up with a sup per and evening of entertainment at the fair pavilion. The ride was put on by the Heppner Soropti mist club. The annual hayride was sche duled to be held at Cutsforth's cabin on upper Willow creek, but because of the heavy rains and bad road the location was 1. .1 , , , , . . 4... "".uui u"eis;rnakers of America are ready to enjoyed a short ride around this area then after the supper, each class put on a skit for entertain ment and prizes. First place' was won by the 8th grade, the junior class taking second and James Mallon's 7th grade, third place. Dancing took up the remainder of the evening. 0 MAYOR ATTENDS MEETING Mrs. Mary Van Stevens, mayor of Heppner, was in Portland last week to attend the annual meet ing of the League of Oregon cities. She reports a very worth while meeting. First Snow Falls On County; October Rainfall High Morrow county, as well as most Eastern Oregon, got its first taste of winter Monday and Tuesday when a general storm dropped as much as seven inches of snow in the higher mountains. The ground was at least whitened in all areas down to an elevation of about 1000 feet. Some rain fell here over the weekend, but the main storm struck Monday afternoon and by Tuesday morning Heppner was covered with about two and one half inches of snow. A similar fall was recorded in the Goose berry area. Continuing cold and rainy weather through Wednes day had deposited nearly a foot of snow in the mountains driving out some elk hunters and entic ing others into the hills. Many roaas were Dareiy. passable as the heavy wet snow immediately froze in the higher elevations. The heavy rain and moisture laden snow was welcomed by nearly all farmers and an unof ficial .53 inch has fallen in Hepp ner during the week ending Wed nesday. October's rainfall was well ahead of the same month last year with an official 1.40 checked at Heppner. The weather station at Gooseberry had even more for the month, 1.52 inches. During October 1954 only .52 inch fell here and the total of 10.89 inches for the first 10 months of 1955 nearly equals the slightly over 11 inches to fall during the entire year of 1954. Long range weather forecasts call for a continuing series of storms for this area. 0 Many Local Teachers On Institute Program W. J. Popham was elected vice president of the regional institute for western section of the Eastern Oregon Educational ; conference, at the recent teachers institute held at Pendleton, Oregon Oct. 27 and 28. Noticeable on the conference program were other local per sons: acting as chairman of their roups were Jack Flug, county school superintendent; L- L. Rob- bins, vocational agriculture; Mrs. Irl Clary, library; and Mrs. Lester Boulden 5th grade arithmetic, Joe Stewart was recorder for the administrative department and Mrs. Homer Hager acted in the same capacity for the home economics department. Mrs. Harold Irwin was an as sistant to Mrs. Boulden. The theme of this conference was "Empathy" and Marcia Mills, Oregon Educational Asso ciation; Dr. Brownell, of the University of California; and Dr. Clement French, president, Wash ington State college, were speak ers at the general session Thurs day morning. After the general session, each teacher attended sectional meeting for all grades irf elementary school and for all secondary teachers under their subject fields. Thursday afternoon, Joe Chand ler, executive secretary of Wash ington Educational Association, addressed the teachers at the. general session. The teachers again attended the sectional meetings. Speakers at the Friday general session were Miss Elizabeth Yank, national president, department of classroom teachers; and Aly Wassil, lecturer and authority on eastern culture, who spoke on "Eastern Philosophy in Western Life". Friday afternoon each group chairman reported to the entire group on the happenings of his session. "Hobo" Girls Set Saturday Work Day The Hobos of the Future Home- work on Saturday, November 5. They will do jobs in morning, afternoon or evening such as raking lawns, washing windows, house work, caring for children, or assist in stores. If you want a helper on Satur day contact the Hobo chairman, Joann Brosnan, or phone the Heppner school by Friday, No vember 4. This money will be used to send two delegates from the Heppner school to the State F. H. A. conference at Oregon State college in Corvallis next February. River Commission to Meet With CC Monday The program of a meeting the Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce noon luncheon meeting at O'Donnell's Cafe, on November 7 will be fea tured by a report by members of the Upper Columbia River Basin Commission of Oregon on their activities in eastern Oregon in aiding local and area planning for water resource development. The commission report will in elude reviewing its efforts in col laboration with area interests toward resolving plans for con struction of John Day dam on a low level basis which will avoid confiscation and flooding of towns, industrial sites and agri cultural lands in Morrow and other counties in the reservoir area, and for appropriations for Hope Lutheran Acquires Property The home Lutheran church has purchased a house and consider able property which is intended for the erection of a new church, it was announced this week. The property is located on Alfalfa street in the southeast part of Heppner and formally belonged to Harold Sanders Sr. Hope Lutheran was organized on May 8 of this year and is af filiated with the American Luth eran church. It has 35 charter membeis and since its organiza tion has accepted seven addition al members including Mr. and Mrs. Jack Flug, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Holtz, Harold Holtz, and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Holtz. The Lutheran church has a total membership of between 8 and 9 mill. ion in this country and is the fourth largest protestant denomination. Since the Euro pean and Scandinavian countries were the seat of the beginnings of Lutheranism, the world popu lation of this group makes it the largest protestant denomination Rev. Merlin Zier is pastor here, 0 Special Elk Hunt Areas Open to Hunters November 1 1 Some twenty-one hundred elk hunters, those who obtained per mits in public drawings held earlier this fall, will participate in nine controlled elk hunts open ing on November 11 and closing on November 23. The nine areas, namely Chesni mnus, Wenaha, Walla Walla, Umatilla, Ukiah, Starkey, Minam, Desolation, and Heppner will be open to the shooting of either sex elk by permit holders only. Hunters holding a general elk hunting tag may hunt in the areas after that date but are limited to a bull elk with antlers. The controlled seasons are de signed to keep the elk herds in those areas in balance with the capacity of the range. Permit holders are not re quired to check in and out of the above-named areas. o Stock Growers Add Killing to Theft Reward Program The executive committee of the Morrow County Livestock Grow ers association Wednesday am ended their livestock theft re ward program to include the shooting of livestock as well as theft of animals. The association will pay a reward of up to $500 for information resulting in the conviction of anyone stealing or killing stock belonging to any rriember of the association. The change was made after there had been one or more in stances this year of members losing stock because of careless hunters. It was felt the loss was just as great whether the animal was stolen or killed. The program is in effect im mediately. 1 o Slides, Talk on Lex P-TA Program Norman Nelson will show slides of nis trip through Norway and Sweden at the Lexington P-TA meeting Tuesday, Nov 8 at 8 p. m. in the school auditorium. There will also be a short film on TB with narrations by Mrs. Velma Glass, county health nurse and a talk on polio by Dr. Stanley Kirk. Refreshments will be served after the meeting. of planning work now underway. Also included will be discus sion of small watershed develop ment irrigation, flood-control de velopment possibilities for the Willow Creek area under the new Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act of 1954, and both ground-water and surface, water irrigation development and poss bilities in the north end of Mor row county. Sponsorship of a water resour ces committee with representa tion from all eastern Oregon counties will also be discussed Such a committee would be in an advisory status in relation to the newly created Water Resources Board. Commissioners feel that such a grassroots committee would be of great value in advising the Water Resources Committee on water resource development needs of the area. Functions of the Upper Colum bia River Basin Commission were transferred to this new board by the 1955 legislature, effective January 1, 1956. Members of the commission who will be in Heppner for the meeting are Marion T. Weather- ford, Arlington, chairman; Gar net Barratt, vice-chairman; J. W. Forrester Jr., Pendleton; Ray C Baum, La Grande; R. J. Brown, The Dalles and Robert D. Lytle, Vale. The meeting is one of a series the commission has been holding in various Eastern Oregon com munities as a means of explain ing the activities of the group. o Crippled Children's Clinic November 16 The crippled children's clinic will be held in Pendleton on Nov. 16 for children from this area, it was announced this week. The crippled children's division of the University of Oregon medi cal school sponsors this clinic and supplies all clinic personnel. Dr. Donald Smith, orthopedist from Pendleton, is to be the examining physician for the cli nic and diagnostic and consultant services are available to all children under the age of 21 years. Medical and surgical ser vices are also available when needed. Some of the more common con ditions accepted for care are those crippling conditions affect ing bones and joints; the after effects of polio; cleft lip and pal ate cases; congenital heart con ditions and cerebral palsy. I he appointment times for Morrow county residents will be announced later but appoint ments may be obtained through any local physician or the county neaitn department. o Orvillc Smith Buys Big Seattle Plant Orville Smith, a former owner of the Heppner Lumber Company, has purchased the Stetson-Ross Machine Company in Seattle, it was announced last weekend. The Stetson-Ross plant is a pioneer Seattle industrial firm. The Smiths moved trom Hepp ner to Orcas Island in Puget Sound early this year, but will now make their home in Seattle. Terms of the sale were not an nounced, but it is understood the transaction involved $1,000,000 or more. The plant produces lum ber plaining mill equipment. o , Rummage Sale Nets Civic League $650 The Heppner Civic League grossed $650 from its semi-annual rummage sale held last weekend, the largest amount It has ever made, officers stated. Sales chairmen Mrs. Fred Sand ers and Mrs. James Norene ex pressed pleasure at the way the sale went and extended thanks to everyone who made it possible. The money will be used to fi nance the League's kindergarten. Left over rummage has been given to churches and charitable organizations, it was announced, o CORRECTION The date of the annual meet ing of the Morrow County Grain Growers is Monday, November 14, rather than Nov. 4 as stated in an advertisement elsewhere In today's paper. Education Week Observance Set By. Local Schools The Heppner public schools plan to participate in the 35th annual observance of American Education Week, which is an nounced by its national sponsors, the National Education, the American Legion, the U. S. Office of Education, and the National Congress of Parents and Teach ers. It is in accordance with the ' central theme "Schools Your In. vestment in America" that the city public schools extend a spe cial and cordial invitation to visit the classrooms to see these schools in action. The local sponsors are encour aging every parent and all friends to visit either Monday, Nov. 7; Tuesday, Nov. 8; or Wed nesday Nov. 9. The faculty states that their feeling is that a "back to school" night program does not give a true picture of the teaching pro cedures or activities. This view of the school will open all classes for inspection In their daily routine. It is particularly desided that parents of high school students make a special effort to visit. Reservations were made earlier in the week, by parents who sig nified their intentions to take advantage of the school lunch program. It was necessary to make ap pointments for lunch because of the limited facilities of this de partment. The services of high school speakers are available to local civic organizations. These stu dents have prepared topics per taining to Education Week. There are several agencies- of the town who are actively co operating with the national ob servance. The acting president of the ministerial assn., Rev. Lester Boulden reports that on Sunday, Nov. 6, the churches of the city will stress the recommended theme "Your Investment in Char acter Building" with significance being given to the premise that the responsibility of providing for religious instruction of their children is of utmost urgency. Others actively showing sup port are Mrs. Mary Stevens, the mayor and Mr. Oscar George, manager of the Star Theater, and the local Parent-Teacher Asso ciation. "Wishing for good schools is not enough," declares the spon soring committee. "Communities have good schools when the peo ple want them enough to take an interest in them, to work for them, and to cooperate with them." "Since our schools reflect the strength and weakness of the society of which they are a part, it is our hope that the school, home and church will work har moniously all year long in behalf of our children." o Mayor Proclaims Education Week Here In pointing to the value of local schools and urging wider parent knowledge of them, Hepp ner's mayor, Mrs. Mary Van Stev ens early ths week issued the following proclamation for Ameri can Education week, November 6 to 12: "Whereas, the responsibility of providing adequately for educa tion which must ever make ad justments and meet the challen ges of our modern times rests with the people of the commun ity, and, "Whereas, the schools are the guardians of a future potential the adult of tomorrow, and, "Whereas, the moral the physi cal strength of our nation has deep roots in those same schools, now, therefore, I, Mary Van Vactor Stevens, mayor of the city of Heppner, do hereby proclaim the week of November 6 through 12, 1955 as American Education Week for the city of Heppner. "I urge you, the people loyal to and proud of democracy and Its ideals to show evidence of inter est and responsibility to the ac complishments and needs of our schools by effective participa tion In the activities being pro moted for American Education Week." MARY STEVENS A varied program is planned in most county schools in observ ance of the week.