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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 24, 1955)
LIBRARY or o -EUGENE. ORE CHRISTMAS C EDm0N -li Copies 1 0 Cents Morse Predicts Victory in Hells . Canyon Dan Fight Senator Wayne morse predicted Friday in his talk at the Colum bia Basin Electric o-op meeting that, "The people can win at Hells Canyon as they won at Grand Coulee." . The Senator, speaking primar ily about the Hells Canyon fight and frequently berating the pre sent administration's partner ship program continued, "To the Idaho Power Company I say that they go into Hells Canyon at their own risk and the risk of their shareholders and customers. For the people of this region, who have guarded this resource against attempted seizure by the forces of monoply, are still stand ing guard. They will soon go to the Federal courts, all the way to the United States supreme court, if necessary, and the de cision of the loaded federal power commission may well be set aside." Morse said that he doesn't pro pose to give away 50 percent of the power of the Snake river, which he claimed would be the case if Idaho Power is allowed to build the three low. dams, rather than the high federal dam he is working for. He castigated what he called the "scheming private utilities" but said that he was for both private and public power developed to the maxi mum extent. Morse read a good share of his speech, saying that was some thing he seldom did, but because he had been misquoted or mis interpreted so many times in the 'reactionary Oregon press", he wanted his Heppner speech to be documented. He named both the Oregonian and Journal as papers which had misquoted his state ments. Preceding Morse, the group of well over 200 persons heard state representative Allen Tom of Ru fus speak on the varied tax pro grams which have a direct bear ing on electric cooperatives. Election Held Prior to the speeches by Tom and Morse, the co-op members reelected all present officers to another term. President is Ken neth Smouse, lone; Walter Jea ger, Condon was renamed vice president and Jack Hynd of Cecil as secretary-treasurer. Elected as directors for a three year term were Hynd, Raymond Lundell, lone and Wayne Ander son of Condon. Oscar Peterson was chosen for a one-year term on the board. Despite the extremely bad weather a good crowd was on hand for the annual meeting and luncheon was served to nearly 200 persons. The meeting was held at the fair pavilion. . o Thanksgiving Service Set at All Saints Thanksgiving services will be held at 10 a. m. at All Saints' Episcopal church, it was an nounced today. There will be a celebration of the Holy Commun ion and a brief address by the rector. Each person coming to this service will be asked to bring some kind of non-perishable food which after the service will be distributed to needy families The usual Wednesday morning service has been cancelled, but the Wednesday night communion followed by confirmation in struction will be held at 8 p. m. Next Sunday, the First Sunday in Advent, there will be a cor porate communion of the men and boys of the church at 11 a. m. Confirmation instruction for the children of the parish will be held after the administration of Holy baptism at 9:45 a. m. A nursery is provided for small children each Sunday during the morning service. 1 wf wmf I : I Lexington Power Lines Being Converted To Higher Voltage Power lines serving part of Lexington are being converted to higher voltages by Pacific Power & Light company to meet the area's steady growth in use of electricity, according to R. J. Huffman, local manager for the company. He said Lexingtons increase in use of electricity has placed a heavy demand on present distri bution facilities and the conver sion will greatly relieve .'..he con dition and provide for future load growth. Voltages will be raised from 2,400 to 12,000 volts. Theipreject will cover more than five blocks along Main street and will cost nearly $4,000. Completion is scheduled for the first of the year, Huffman said. o Cold Cause of Power Outage Heppner, Lexington and lone residents suffered two power out ages during the past week, the first one last Thursday night, be ing one of the longest in recent years. The Thursday blackout was caused by a pole tie-line snap ping due to the extremely cold weather, which kicked the cable into a 66,0000 volt line , several miles north of Lexington on the main feeder connecting Hermis- ton and Jordan. The entire area was without power from 7 p. m. to 8:20 when Pacific Power was able to pick up the line from its Fossil substation. Heppner how ever, was without lights until 9:30 because the additional load here was too great. Early Tuesday morning power was again off in all three towns for about 30 minutes when a fuse blew at P P & L's Jordan substa tion. o Mrs. R. B. Rice has returned after a visit of several weeks with her sister, Mrs. Madge Long, in Warrensburg, Missouri. En route home Mrs. Rice spent seve ral days visiting at the home of a cousin in Denver, Colorado. WEATHER CHANGEABLE THIS PAST WEEK IN MOST OF MORROW COUNTY The week long cold spell that brought temperatures down to -20 in this area, finally broke Friday morning and Heppner had snow. The weather this week has been changable with tempera tures fluctuating rapidly and from hour to hour no one knew whether it would be snowing, raining, hailing or freezing. The north end of the county and Umatilla county is still hav ing freezing temperatures witi very little thawing. The total moisture in Heppner, ft -Aa V4UU4 t LA ' JACK BAILEY, on the left, is being presented with the first First National Eank Christmas Club check by Jack Bedford. Heppner j Cub Scout pack No. 61 will hold bank manager. Eailey was the first person to sign up for the! their monthly pack meeting Tues Christmas Club last year, the first year the plan was offered in, day November 29 at 7:30 p. m. Heppner by the bank. Bailey has put In a small amount each j in the multipurpose room of the week and this Christmas received a check that will pay a big share 1 new grade school, of his Christmas bills. Being the first person to sign up, Bailey Cub Scouts and their parents received the first check distributed this Christmas season. I are urged to attend as there will (GT Photo) be a number of awards made. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, November 24, 1955 Mrs. Fred Sanders League President Named New Civic Mrs .Fred Sanders was named new president of the Heppner Civic League Monday night at the regular monthly meeting of the organization. She replaces Mrs. Bradley Fancher who has served as president for the past year. Other new officers elected to serve with Mrs. Sanders are Mrs. Larry Dowen, vice-president; Mrs. Ray Myrick, secretary; Mrs. Pat O'Brien, treasurer; and Mrs. Jack Van Winkle and Mrs. Jack Angel, members of the executive board. The group voted to transfer about $550 to the kindergarten board for the operation of the nursery school and approved the purchase and installation of per manent storage cabinets in the kindergarten room at the school. They also voted to donate to the city all the playground equip ment which the league had for the children when the kinder- garten was held in the old civic He was taken ill last weekend building. It will probably be in-, and was transferred to Pendle corporated in the new city park. ton Monday afternoon from Pio The club adopted a new con- neer Memorial hospital here. stitution at the Monday meeting and instructed the treasurer to prepare a budget for the coming year. A complete report on the rummage sale was given bf co chairman, Mrs. James Norene and the kindergarten board re ported that class attendance is remaining high and steady. Thirty-three children are now en rolled. The regular December meeting has been cancelled,- it was an nounced and a social meeting is being planned for January. o O. E. S. TO HAVE INITATION Ruth chapter No. 32 will meet Friday evening November 25 at the Masonic hall. Initiation will be held and this will be the last birthday "party of the year. o Mrs. W. E. Fisher of Walla Walla was a weekend guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wilson. during the last week and a half has been 1.55 inches, which in cludes the snow, rain and hail. Roads generally were in good condition, the only accident re ported was a minor one to a Heppner school bus, when it hit slippery road,, but no one wasjtion of the Christion church was injured. The temperature has warmed up but the weather man pre dicts more winter, due to a strong Pacific storm which will drop more rain or snow on Eastern Oregon. ? -it '7 4-H Club Leaders Training Meeting Scheduled December 2 4-H leaders who have enrolled clubs for the 1955-1956 club year will be getting leader's training at a county wide training meet ing to be held Friday, December 2. Burton Hutton, state 4-H club leader and Miss Rosalie Mueller, state 4-H agent from Oregon State College, will assist with the leader's training. The meeting will be held at the fair pavilion in Heppner, beginning at 10:00 a. m. During the day discussion will be held on problems of local leadership with leaders partici pating in the discussion. It is ex pected that approximately fifty leaders will attend the training meeting which is an annual af fair. , o Death Claims Myles Martin Myles Elroy Martin 68, died early Tuesday morning at St. Anthony's hospital in Pendleton. Death was caused by complica tions from a long-time illness. Mr. Martin was born February 26, 1887 at Moro, Oregon and had lived in the Heppner area for over 40 years. He was a rancher. He was a member of the Lexington grange, the Lexington Odd Fel lows lodge and the Heppner Elks lodge. Funeral services will be held Friday, November 25 at 10 a. m. at the Heppner Methodist church with Rev. Lester Boulden offi ciating. Survivors include his wife, Hor tense? four sons, Orlowe of Moro; Randall, Heppner; Willard, Port land; and Elroy of Lexington; one daughter,. Mrs. Berniece Healy of Heppner; and a sister Mrs. Lola Clelland of Tolavana Park, Oregon. He also leaves eight grand children, Robert and Dean Martin of Moro; Janice Martin, Heppner; Michael and Sheila Healy, Hepp ner;Tommy and Jimmy Martin, Lexington; and Patrick Martin of Portland. Burial will be in the Heppner Masonic cemetery with Creswick Mortuary in charge of arrange ments. o Regional Church Meeting Held Here The 9o and 9 men's organiza- nosi lor a legiuuai ujiinci nici- ing last Monday, evening with delegates coming from Pendle ton, Hermiston, Milton-Freewater, Baker and Lexington churches. About 40 were present. p'ollowing a business meeting and devotional service the group heard Melvin Derby, state direc tor of education for the Oregon Temperance League who gave a very intelligent approach to the problem with which his organi zation is concerned. Library Reading Hour Proves Popular The story hour held each Sat urday at 3:15 p. m. at the Library lor all youngsters from kinder garten age through the third grade, has proved very popular. The average attendance each week has been about 40 youngs ters. All interested are urged to attend. It helps to develop good reading habits and teaches the use of the library. PACK MEETING TUESDAY '4 h vJLr IT WAS COLD last week, and should anyone doubt it here is proof I Caught by the GT cameraman wearing his 20-year-old beaver coat was Dr. A. D. McMurdo who decided last Wednesday that it was chilly enough for furs and broke out ... this genuine "Beaver coat" that he has kept in moth balls for quite a few years. Doc had the coat made more than 20 years ago and he said thdt it used to come in "awful handy" in the years before cars had good heaters and draft-proof doors and windows. Keppner's ven erable doctor dug out the coat "just for laughs", as he put it, but it felt mighty good and Is in just as good condition as it was the day it was made. The temperature while it was being worn was only about 8 de grees below zero. Local Animals Bring Top Prices HERMISTON A Heppner and two Lexington consignors scored heavily at the Hermiston live stock auction Friday, sales mana ger Delbert Anson' eaid today. Robert Swope, Heppner, earned top money for two fat hogs of 430 pounds. Swope was paid $14.60 a hundredweight for the animals. Newt O'Harra, Lexington, re ceived top money in two cate gories at the sale. He was paid $11.50 a hundredweight for seven white face cows of 7095 pounds. and received $17.30 a hundred weight for nine steer calves weighing in at 5090 pounds. Mike Gray, also of Lexington, took top money in two depart ments, also. Gray sold a 165- pound ewe for 4.70 a hundred weight and earned 16.90 a hun dredweight for three fat lambs of 375 pounds. Anson called the sale a "typi cal storm market." There were few large lots of stock, he said, and the special calf sale origi nally scheduled was postponed until the day after Thanksgiving. A 16-cow dairy will be dispersed at that time, also. Although top prices were some what lower this week, Anson said the market was holding "in line with quality". He pointed out that much of the livestock was selling in the upper end of the sale bracket, close to the top. Others earning top prices at the sale included: E. C. Prussia, Touchet, Wash., 15 cents a pound for 10 feeder lambs of 805 pounds; Jess Mc Lure, Hermiston, 15 cents a pound for, two feeder pigs of 245 pounds; William Bmister, Pen dleton, 18 cents a pound for a 2S5-pound veal; James Rutter, Pendleton, 13.60 a hundredweight for a 1555-pound white face bull; Francis Troedson, Hermiston, 11.50 a hundredweight for a 515- pound sow; and George Patter-i son, Pendleton, 8.80 a hundred weight for a 1350-pound Holstein cow. Heppner Firemen's Ball To Be Event Of Saturday Night Ileppner's first firemen's ball in many years will be hold next Saturday night at the Heppner fair pavilion. It will feature the music of Gene Rietniann's orches tra and is to start at 9:30, it has been announced by members of the dance committee. The benefit dance is being sponsored by the Heppner fire department and proceeds will be used for the purchase of miscel laneous equipment needed by the department. Admission price is $1.00 per person and tickets are being sold by all 15 department members. Agriculture Head To Be Wheat League Speaker rendleton, November 23 At tention of the entire wheat Indus-, try in the Pacific Northwest will be focused on the 28th annual convention of the Oregon Wheat Growers League at Pendleton, December 8-9-10. Representing Oregon wheat producers for over a quarter century, the League has been Instrumental in obtain ing many benefits for growers throughout the state and region. High note of the meeting will be a speech on December 9 by E. L. Peterson, assistant secretary of agriculture, on "National Agri cultural Policy". League presi dent, Kenneth Smouse, of lone, notes that this is the most im portant topic for discussion at the meeting. The committee on federal agricultural programs, headed by Jack Smith, Condon, will determine next year's legis lative program for the League. Oregon's own Senator Wayne Morse will discuss the domestic parity plan for wheat as viewed by Congress, and reports will be given by H. C. Kreador of Ne hraska and John Stephenson of Washington on recent activities of their state wheat associations. Of special interest to the wo men will be the domestic .wheat utilization committee meeting, style show, and cake baking con test, under the championship of Mrs. Raphael Raymond of Helix. A diversion from wheat prob lems will he noted at the annual banquet when Dr. R. A. Hutchin son of Hood River will speak to the group on the topic "The World Through Irish Eyes". Other speakers on the program are: - Dr. D. D. Hill, head, farm crops department, Oregon State College, who will speak on wheat quality; and Richard Baum, the League secretary, who will re port on his second, two month, mission to the far east on wheat market development. . The Morrow county League Is host for the meeting. o-. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Nicker- son and family are here to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with his mother. Mrs. Grace Nlcker- son. Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Cox, of Portland are the parents of a girl born Nov, 15. She has been named Nancy Ann. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Cox of Heppner are the grandparents. Guess What? ONLY 26 Shopping Days Until Chistmas HEPPNER STORES ARE LOADED WITH GIFTS -r- i - k i. i n zna Tear. iNumDer Pacific University Coach to Speak At Athletic Dinner The Heppner Elks lodge will hold an athletic banquet for foot ball teams of Heppner, Lexington and lone high schools Saturday night, December 3 at . the lone school cafetorium. All members of the grid squads of the three schools, coaches and school officials and the fathers of the boys will be guests of the lodge, it was announced. A limit ed number of tickets will be available to the public, it was announced. This will be the first time a banquet has been held for the athletes of all three schools, but is being planned as an an nual affair, it was said. Main speaker for the banquet will he Dr. Paul Staca, head football coach at Pacific Univer sity, Forest Grove, the committee announced yesterday atternoon. Dr. Stacf?. who Is well known in coaching circles, will bring some special films and one or more members of the Pacific football team, possibly a local boy as there are several Heppner ana lone boys on the. squad. The banquet is to start at 7:00 p. m. and the turkey dinner will be put on by members of the Maranathas, the women's organi zation of the lone Community church. Early Morning Fire Damages Log Truck A Ford logging truck owned by Alvy E. Robb of Heppner was damaged to the extent of at least $500 early Wednesday morning when a gas line came loose and ignited from the truck exhaust. The hot fire completely burn ed out the cab of the truck and damaged all the vehicle's wiring. The fire started as Robb was pre paring to leave for work. He had just gassed the truck and had driven as far as the Morrow County Grain Growers elevator in Heppner when it caught fire. Heppner firemen answered the alarm at 5:45 a. m. Robb has been hauling for Black Mountain Lumber Co., but was starting this morning with Heppner Pine Mills. o Peterson Honored As Conservation Man Donald Peterson, lone, was nresented an award as the con servation man of the year, at the Heppner-Morrow county chamber of commerce annual conservation dinner, Monday evening at the Legion hall. Also honored were Harold Wright, Heppner, grassman and Frank Anderson, Heppner, cat tleman. Philip Blakney, vice president of the chamber, Intro duced Newt O'Harra, chairman of the agriculture committee, who made the award and gave a brief talk. About 10o attended the turkey, elk and beef dinner, which In past years has been held at the Cutsforth's cabin, but due to the weather the location was changed this year. o - Wayne West of Portland, for mer Heppner resident, was in Heppner the first of the week. -' -0 ff
