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U OF 0 EUGENE. ORE. Copies 10 Cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 1, 1955 72nd Year, Number 38 New Polio Case Reported; Vaccine Use is Urged William Zinter of lone was taken to Holliday Park hospital in Portland last Friday after being striken with polio. His case is the first to be reported in Morrow county for nearly two years. According to reports, physicians diagnosed his illness as polio late Thursday and immediately made arrangements to have him transferred to the Portland hos pital. Apparently only one leg has been effected by paralysis and he is reported to be respond Ing well to treatment. As a result of the new inci dence of the disease, Dr. Wallace H. Wolff, Heppner health officer Issued the following statement concerning Salk polio vaccine ana urged that more persons take advantage of the immuni vation shots which are now avail able from all local doctors. Dr. Wolff said: "Dr. Harold M. Erickson, state health officer, recently summar ized the present status and fu ture prospects of polio immuni zations in Oregon. His memo points out that increasing am ounts of commercial and free public vaccine will be made available during the next three months. It is estimated that the free public vaccine which is to be released is intended for the poor and needy and that local health departments will not be provided with vaccine for mass immunization clinics this year. It is further expected that no free public mass vaccine will be available for release between February and July, 1956, therefor the United States surgeon gene ral has designated only the 5-9 year age group as eligible for free vaccine. "Ample free vaccine is avail able to supply indigent children in the 5-9 year group and it is expected that sufficient commer cial vaccine will be available prior to June 30, 1956 to supply all children under the age of 20 as well as pregnant" women. "A fair amount of commercial vaccine is now in the hands of local physicians. No charge will be made for the free public vac cine, but physicians will charge for administering it. County Use Low "Data released by the state health department reveals that a smaller percentage of eligible persons have been immunized in Morrow county than any other in the state except for Gilliam. "Dr. Erickson said all local physicians advise prompt use of W y rnNQ Off- 1 f:t:w fk: l ' ) !" (' r 1 " '''' - ( ";( , ' ' ' .. O ' f CONSERVATIONISTS, both present and past, were honored last week at the annual chamber of com merce conservation banquet. Shown are left to right. Newt O'Harra, chamber committee chairman who presented Donald Peterson (center) the 1955 county Conservation Man of the Tear, his award. Also shown are Fred Mankin and Alvin Bunch, (second and third from the left) former conservation men; Frank Anderson, who was announced as the 1955 Cattleman of the Year, and (right) Glenn Way, another former Conserva-tion man. (Wilson Photo) November Rainfall Here Totals Nearly 3 Inches With a total of 2.73 inches of rain and snow moisture meas ured at the Heppner weather sta tion during the past 30 days, November became the wettest month to be seen here since June 1954, and the precipitation lacked only one-one hundredth of an inch of equalling that record month, local weather figures showed. Any rain that might have fal len between Wednesday noon and midnight, Nov. 30, is not includ ed in the figures. November's excellent moisture brings the total precipitation for the first 11 months of this year to 13.62 in Heppner, slightly over two inches more than fell here during the entire 12 months of 1954, and prospects are good that considerably more will fall be fore the year ends. The month's weather, which saw quite a bit of all kinds de cend on the area, varied from a few very mild days to sub-zero Athletic Banquet Set For Saturday All members of the football teams from Lexington lone and Heppner and their coaches and school officials will be guests of the Salk poliomyelitis vaccine." I the Heppner Elks lodge Saturday evening ai cui cumcuu uauquci Ray Jasper Rose Services Monday - Funeral services were held Monday afternoon, Nov. 28 at Creswick Mortuary for Ray Jas per Rose, 62 years of age, who died suddenly Nov. 25 at Pioneer Memorial hospital. He had been in ill health for some time. Mr .Rose was born January 10, 1893 in Wisconsin and had lived in Heppner only about two years. He was a veteran of World War 1. He is survived by his wife Ethel, one daughter, Elizabeth, both of Heppner, and his father Willard Rose of Wyoming. Services were conducted by Rev. Lester Boulden, pastor of the Heppner Methodist church and interment was in the Heppner Ma sonic cemetery. . o Bishop Barton to Confirm 26 Sunday The Rt. Rev. Lane W. Barton, Bishop of the missionary district of Eastern Oregon, will make his annual visitation to All Saints' Episcopal church this Sunday and divided into groups with the night at eight o'clock. At this purpose 0f developing thorough time he will administer the Apos-1 y workable thesis which will be tolic Rite of the Laying on of ' f practical application to the re Hands, which is the Sacrament j quirements ancj needs of the of Confirmation, to a class of pupilS( teaching staff and ad twenty six. ministration. It was the opinion This class will make a first1 of tne group that the development communion at the eleven o'clock J attrjbuted and behavior of each celebration of the Holy Commun- pupjj js influenced directly by ion this Sunday morning. The tne principals of education. It Rector's sermon will be directed was feit that such a program to the class. j should be carefully examined and St. Anne's circle of the Wo-'qUai;f;ed to meet the changing men's Auxiliary will meet this j patterns of the modern social Monday at :w p. m. i. change and to especially rosier to be held at the lone school cafetorium. Fathers of the play ers are also invited to attend, Milton Morgan, exalted ruler an nounced. Highlighting the program will be Dr. Paul Stagg, head football coach at Pacific University, For est Grove who is one of the top coaches among smaller schools on the coast. Dr. Stagg is expect ed to bring one or two members of the Pacific grid squad with him and will also show some special films, it was said. The banquet is to begin at 7 p. m. and will be prepared and served by members of the Maran atha club of lone. The public is invited to attend the dinner and tickets are now on sale. o School Philosophy Thesis is Planned By Local OEA Group The Heppner chapter of the Oregon Education association voted at its bi-monthly meeting November 27 for the compilation of a school philosophy which would be a formal presentation of the consistent, thoughtful edu cational policies of the school. A committee was appointed beth's Circle will meet Tuesday afternoon at 2:30, and St. Moni ca's Circle will meet Tuesday night at 8:00. All these meet ings will be in the Parish House. ( gallon the maximum capacities of every child. Hosts for the meeting were Mrs. James Sumner and James temperatures which dropped to -8 degrees here, and 20 below zero in several sections nearby There was a total of between six and eight inches of snow meas ured during the month, but the warm winds of the past week have, removed all of the fall ex cept in the mountains, where even recent storms brought rain rather than snow. The heavy rain brought mixed feeling to ranchers. All looked favorably on the moisture, but cattlemen in particular, didn't appreciate the snow cover and freezing temperatures which meant that cattle feeding had to start nearly two months ahead of normal. A good crop of grass is in prospect for next year how ever due to the moisture. Most wheat farmers had com pleted seeding onerations pri'Mf to me eariy iNovemoer storms,, ana those who still had work to do in the fiplds have been unable to get onto -them since" because of the mud. Last Saturday's storm brought nearly three-quarters of an inch of rain here, and 'though it fell gently a few instances of minor washing has been reported. An- other.12 fell here Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning, with the Eightmile area report ing .25 inch during the night. Rainfall reported by Leonard Carlson at Gooseberry totaled 2.41 for November and 11.87 so far this year. During the first 11 months of last year 9.00 inches was checked there. o Granges To Hold Joint Installation Sunday at Lexington All grangers are invited to at tend the installation of subordi nate and Pomona officers at Lex ington grange hall Sunday, De cember 4 at 2 o'clock. A potluck supper will be served followed by an officers confer ence led by Joe Guttridge, new state grange deputy for this dis trict. Mr. Guttridge will also be. the installing officer. Adult Welding Class Signup Started A planning meeting was held Monday night at the high school Ag building to form the nucleus for the start of an adult welding class. About 10 persons attended and it is anticipated that 20 will be interested in taking the course. The class will be started as soon as it is approved by the state department of vocational education and it is hoped the first me?ting can be held Tues day, Dec. 13. Plans call for two classes a week on Tuesday and Thursdays from 7:30 to 10:30. Instructors will be L. L. Robbins and Bill Weatherford. If there are under 15 persons signed up the cost will be $15 for the course, or if between 15 or 20, the fee will drop to $12.50. o Wagenblast New Lex Grange Master Alvin Wagenblast, Lexington was elected master of the Lexing ton grange at a recent meeting of the group. Assisting him will be Vernon Munkers, overseer; Mrs. Alfred Nelson, secretary and Mrs. Norman Nelson, treasurer. Other officers chosen include: ceres, Mrs. Wilbur Steagall; pomona, Mrs. Earl Evans; flora, Mrs. Ted McMillan; chaplain, Mrs. Walter Ruggles; lecturer, Mrs. Audrey Ansted; steward, Clement Stockard; gatekeeper, Earl Evans; assistant steward, Kenneth Smouse; lady assistant steward, Mrs. Alvin Wagenblast. On Dec. 4 at 2 p. m. installa tion will be held at the hall for the new officers and other county grange officers. The services will be followed by a potluck supper and in the evening there will be a school of instruction for all in terested grange members. Grange Elects x New Officers Rhea Creek Grange met Sun day night, November 20 to elect new officers as follows: Archie Bechdolt, master; Barbara Clark, overseer; Mrs. Orian Wright, secretary; Elmer Palmer, treas urer; Mrs. Alfred Lovgren, lec turer; Leonard Rill, steward; Walter Wright, assistant steward; Mrs. John Bergstrom, lady assist ant steward; Mrs. Barton Clark, chaplain; Mrs. Walter Wright, musician; Alvin Barlow, gate keeper; Mrs. Harold Wright, Ceres; Mrs. Ray Drake, Flora; Mrs. Leonard Rill, Pomona. The grange accepted an invi tation from the Lexington grange for joint installation of officers Sunday December 4 at 2 p. m. to be followed by a potluck din ner. Joe Guthridge, state grange deputy will hold a conference for officers in the evening. All county grange members and officers are Invited. The Rhea Creek grange has changed its meeting date for the next three months to Sunday afternoons, following the regular meeting date of Friday. The Home Economics Club will hold its Christmas party and re vealing of secret pals on Decem ber 15. '0 i Firemen's Boll Shows Profit of Over $100 The first Heppner firemen's ball to be held here in many years netted the Heppner fire depart ment about $110 it was revealed this week by members of the department. The dance was held Saturday night at the fair pavil ion with music furnished by Gene Rietmann's orchestra. The department extended its thanks to the general public for the fine support and announced that the money will be used to buy turnout coats for the de partment members. o County Receives Big Share of Forest Money Morrow county has received a check for $14,165.17 from the fed eral government as its share of accrued funds from national for est land. The amount is more than double the slightly over $4,000 received last year, The announcement of the pay ment of the funds was made by Umatilla forest supervisor Charles Rector, Pendleton and represents 25 percent of funds accrued from the sale of national forest timber, grazing lenses etc. The money must be used by the county for schools and roads with 75 percent of the total going into the road fund. Rector announced the state in come from forest lands would amount to $6,104,818.03 for 1955 which is considerably more than last year. It averaged about 43 cents, per acre on all national forest land and the money is di vided among the counties accord ing to forest acreage. County judge Garnet Barratt said Wednesday the check is the largest received by the county in many years with the figure having dropped as low as $3,000 previously. Neighboring counties also re ceived their share of the forest money with Umatilla county getting $31,541.95. o HHS Yearbook to Be Entered for Judging; Selling Drive Due The staff of the Heppner high school yearbook, the Mustang, is campaigning to sell more year books to students and members of the community this year, it was announced this week. The campaign starts Dec. 2 and will run through Dec. 14. The campaign will be a con test between classes and each class will strive to outsell the others on a percentage basis. The winning class will be given a party and a "slave day" by the Mustang staff. - s The larger campaign this year Is necessary to enable the staff to produce the highest quality yearbook. One of the-extras to be found in the custom book will be a color theme to be used throughout.. The 1955-56 book will be sub mitted for national judging. o Federal Funds Sure For Willow Road County road crews will finish work early next week on a throe mile section of upper Willow Creek and will move to Heppner where they will start straighten ing and widening the Willow Creek road east from Heppner Adverse weather conditions has forced the cessation of work in the mountains. in making the announcement Wednesday, the county court also revealed that the state highway commission has approved the al location of $55,000 for the sur facing and oiling of six miles of the Willow Creek road from the Heppner city limits east. It is this section on which county crews will start work within the next few days. The county will pre pare the roadbed for surfacing during the winter and the oiling will be done next summer it was said. The allocation was made by the highway department from the Federal-Aid secondary high way system and of the total amount, Morrow county will pay $11,000, the state $11,0000 and the remaining $33,000 will come from federal funds. The county has applied for sufficient money to oil the entire 12 mile section of the road from Heppner to the city wells at the forks of Willow creek, but only sufficient federal money Is available next year to do half the job. It is expected the re mainder can be done in 1957. The county crews will do con siderable widening, straighten ing and relocating of the road- Mrs. Henry Peterson Taken by Death bed, it was said. The contract calls for a full 30 foot roadway with a 2o feet of pavement and three-foot shoulders on each side. The court also said that the county crew will probably be split with part of the equipment being sent either north or west of lone. Work in this area was held up last fall when it became too dry to work the roads. Recent rains have made work there pos sible. There are about 20 miles of grading and graveling to do in the vicinity of Juniper canyon and another 15 miles in the Kin- caid section south-west of lone. It is hoped to have both jobs completed by July, the court said. o Early Christmas Mailing is Urged By Post Office Mrs. Henry Peterson, lone, 63 years of ago, died early Wednes day morning at Pioneer Memorial hospital followed a several months illness. She had been under care in a Portland hospi tal for about a week and was returned to the Heppner hospital November 23, Adina Othelia Peterson was born April 1, 1892 at McPherson, Kansas and came to Morrow county following her marriage to Henry Peterson in Kansas City 35 years ago. She and Mr. Peter son made their home on a ranch in the Eightmile area. She was an active member of the Valby Lutheran church where services will be held Sunday, December 4 at 2 p. m. with Rev. Merlin Zier officiating. Interment will be in the Valby cemetery. Mrs. Peterson is survived by her husband Henry, lone; three sons, Ted Peterson, The Dalles; Robert of lone; and Herbert of Heppner; one daughter, Mrs. Marjorie Skuzcski, Portland and five grandchildren. She also leaves four brothers, Gust, Lutfier and Karl Anderson, all of Mc Pherson, Kansas; and John An derson of Shatter, Calif; two sis ters, Lydia Anderson and Mrs. Oscar Engstrom, both of Mc Pherson, Kansas. She also had several nieces and nephews. Creswick Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. . o Local OSC Students In College Chorus OREGON STATE COLLEGE Shirley Wiese of Boardman and Ken Turner of Heppner will sing in the college chorus at its an- to work in the Gilliam and Bis-1 nual Christmas concert December bee dumbing department, has 11. Handel's "Messiah" will be Elks Lodge to Hold Memorial Service Milton Morgan, exalted ruler of the Heppner Elks lodge, said this week that the public is in vited to attend the Lodge's an nual memorial service which will be held in the Lodge room Sun day at 2 p. m; Jack C. Flug, county school superintendent, will deliver the address and musical selections will be provided by Mrs. J. O. Turner and Oliver Creswick. The service is held to honor the 15 lodge members who have died during the past year. Hotel Grill To Open Saturday Mrs. Ella Sargent, formerly operator of the Pines Hotel din ing room at Taft, Oregon and other restaurants on the Oregon coast, will open the former Eas ter's Grill in the Heppner hotel Saturday. It is to be operated under the name of Ella's Grill. Mrs. Sargent, whose husband moved here several months ago LEGION AUXILIARY TO MEET The American Legion auxiliary will hold their next regular meet ing December 6th at 8 p. m. at the home of Mrs. John Lane. Due to weather conditions, auxiliary meetings will be held in the homes during the next two or three months. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wilson spent the Thanksgiving holiday in Post Falls, Idaho with her mother, Mrs. Fisher. Mrs. Wilson re mained there due to the illness of her mother. Mrs. D. A. Wilson, Corvallis, former Heppner resident, was here to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Blake. renovated the restaurant and an nounces that she will offer a complete restaurant service in addition to offering facilities for small parties and dinners. Mrs. Sargent is a member of the Taft Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary and the Busi ness and Professional Womens club of that city. o Many Students Home For Holiday Weekend Among students who were home for the Thanksgiving holi day were from University of Ore gon, Larry Mollahan; Oregon State College, Dick Kononen, Jim Hayes, Kenneth Turner, Gerald Bergstrom, Patsy Wright and Sharon Rill; University of Port land, Jack Monagle; Eastern Oregon College, Al Parent, Neil Beamer, Ralph Marlatt, Connie Newman, Mary Ruth Green, June Privett, Adelia Anderson and Jean Marie Graham; Pacific University Lyle Jensen and Bill Hughes. presented this year. Nearly 250 music students will take part in the annual concert, which will be directed by Robert Walls, head of music. Last year's concert attracted a crowd of nearly 5000. The college chorus also pre sents a yearly concert on Good Friday and sings at commence ment exercises. Miss Wiese, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George R. Wiese, Board- man, is majoring in physical educaion at OSC. A freshman, Miss Wiese is a 1955 graduate of Boardman high school. Turner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Turner, Heppner, is a senior at OSC, majoring in agriculture. He is a 1952 graduate, of Heppner high school. 7 o WORK PARTY SCHEDULED A work day has been set for next Sunday for members of the Willow Creek Country club it was announced today. The party will get under way at 10 a. m. and all members are urged to help. Stressing the need for everyone. to cooperate on his 1955 "Mail Early for Christmas" campaign, postmaster James H. Driscoll says that by following these simple rules, you're certain to have your gifts delivered before Christmas day: wrap them securely, address them correctly, and mail them early. He went on to say, "Of course early mailing of all Christmas cards and gifts is a big factor in getting everything delivered be fore Christmas. Keep in mind that careful packing and correct addressing is equally important. Every year many poorly wrapped packages break open despite careful handling and we often have to puzzle over addresses which are incomplete or simply cannot be read at all." Advance care in preparing gift packages for the mails and making sure that aU addresses are legible and complete will prevent disappointment to sender and receiver alike. "If you have any articles of un usual size or bulk, better check with the post office before at tempting to mail them," the postmaster warns. "The limits on size and weight of packages varies, depending on where you mail your package from" Hepp ner accepts parcels up to 100 inches in combined length and girth and 70 pounds in weight. It is always better to use cor rugated cartons for shipping gifts especially where there are a number of various sized objects. Use. plenty of wadded tissue or newspaper in the cartons for ex tra protection against shock. Complete each package by wrap ping in heavy paper and tying it with strong cord. As extra precaution against loss, postmaster Driscoll advised placing both your return address and the recipient's address inside the carton or package before it is wrapped, Don't seal your parcel unless you include a notice reading "Contents merchandise may be opened for postal inspection" along with your return address and the recipient's address on the mailing label. If you use Christ mas stickers or seals put them on the back of your Christmas cards and packages so that they will not conflict with the address on the front. Before you release your packages be sure that pro per postage is firmly affixed to each and it's a good idea to place a piece of transparent cel lophane tape over the address portion of the label to prevent de facing it in transit. Make sure, or course, to include the recipient's full name, street address, city zone and state. o CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS TO GO UP SUNDAY Phil Blakney, chairman of the merchants committee of the chamber of commerce announced Monday that street decorations will be put up in Heppner next Sunday. He asks that all avail able chamber members aid in the work. A group of 'high school stu dents have been preparing the streamers and several new il luminated bells will be used this year. Work will start at 1 p. m., Blakney said. o Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Slyter and son of Seattle spent Thanks ginig with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Chapin. t
