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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 8, 1955)
L I BRAKY u or o EUGENE . ORE tKmea Copies 10 Cents Census Shovs Business Increase Retail sales during 1954 of 83 stores in Morrow county totaled $5,886,000, acc6rding to prelimi nary 1954 census of business fig ures released this week by the bureau of census of the depart ment of commerce. The 1954 sales showed an in crease of 30.7 percent over sales in 1948, the last previous year the census was taken. The 1948 figure reflected the sales from only 69 stores where $4,502,000 worth of business was done. Wheat League Meeting Now on at Pendleton Key speaker at the 28th annual meeting of the Oregon Wheat Growers League n Pendleton, this weekend will be Ervin L. Peter son, assistant, secretary of agri culture whose subject will be "National Agricultural Policy", The Morrow county Wheat Lea gue is hosts for the meeting which is being held in Pendleton due to lack of facilities here. ' Peterson, who was a director of the Oregon state department of agriculture for 10 years, is well known in Oregon and his pre sent position involves agricul ture department work in the fields of federal-state relations, con servation, research and educa tional agencies. He will speak at 3 p. m. Friday following senator Wayne Morse who will talk on "Domestic Parity Plan as Viewed by Congress." Polio Vaccinations Show Big Increase The county polio vaccination campaign showed a marked in crease during the past week fol lowing the report of one case of polio in the area and the urging of local and state health officials that residents take advantage of the availability of the vaccine. Several local physicians report ed this week that two to three times as many vaccinations were given during the past week than had been given previously, but Dr. A. D, McMurdo, county health officer, said the number was still well below what it should be. He pointed out that the state is faced with the possibility that some of its quota of vaccine will be recalled unless more public interest is shown. He urged par ents to participate in the program to have their children innocu lated as soon as possible. No mass innoculation clinics are planned in county schools this year, Dr. McMurdo said, due to thp poor response to last year's He said that Morrow Ts" listed as of the tw0 low est counties in il.e state in per capita response to last year's pro gram. Vaccine being used here now is supplied by the Eli Lilly Co. William M. Perry Dies at Baker; Services Friday William Merrill Perry, 55, a former resident of Heppner, pas sed away Tuesday morning at St. Elizabeth hospital at Baker, Ore gon. Death was caused from nnpumnn ia. He was a brother of r i Mr. Perry was born July 7, 1900 at Lonerock, later moving to Heppner where he graduated from high school. Funeral services will be held from Burns Mortuary in Pendle ton on Friday, Dec. 9. The time had not yet been set. Surviving are his wife, Ruth, one son, Darrell of Baker, and three step-children. He also leaves two sisters, Mrs. May Gil liam, Heppner; Mrs. Linnie Clapp, Pendleton ; three brothers, George N. Perry, Pendleton; Law rence A. Perry, Zillah, Wash.; Leo C. Perry, Ellensburg, Wash.; two nieces and three nephews. r O. E. S. and Masons To Have Annual Dinner The annual Eastern Star and Masonic turkey dinner will be held at the Masonic hall Satur day, December 10 at 6:00 p. m. All members and members of other Eastern Star chapters and Masonic lodges living in this community are cordially invited. Following the dinner there will be joint installation of officers of the Eastern Star, Masons and the Royal Arch. There have been 14 new business es that filed reports, added to the merchandising group in the county in the five year period. Stores with payrolls in 1954 numbered 47 and had 151 paid employees in November 1954; the month the census was taken. They reported a payroll of $434, 000 and accounted for sales of $4,766,000. Proprietors of unin corporated businesses numbered 100. The census showed the number Other Friday speakers will be Kenneth Smouse, lone, president of the League; C. H. Kreadon, Dalton, Neb., president of the Nebraska association; Dr. D. D. Hill, farm crop specialist from OSC; Don McGinnis, Summer ville, on league activities. Word was received today that Rev. R. A. Hutchinson, Hood River, who was scheduled to speak at the main banquet Fri day evening, is ill and will be unable to be present. A special entertainment program prepared by J. G. Kepley, Pendleton show band leader, will be ottered in stead, it was announced. On the Saturday program, Richard K. Baum, executive sec retary of the league, who just returned from -a trip to Japan, will speak on "Wheat Market Promotion in Japan." Also sche duled is a report of the domestic wheat utilization committee, by state chairman, Mrs, Raphael Raymond Sr. of Helix, and John Stephenson, Benge, Wash, will give a report on the Washington league. A special state cake baking contest will be held at 1:30 Thursday for local winners of the leagues cake baking contest. The main events of the meet ing will be held at the Pendleton armory with the banquet to be served at the Hawthorne schooL The Morrow county League is host- to the meeting and many local persons are taking an ac tive part in the preparations for the meet. Chairman of the Mor row county organization is Frank Anderson and committee chair men who have worked on various parts of the program include: Mrs. Glenn Campbell, chair man of the domestic wheat utili zation committee, who has charge of a women's luncheon today noon at the Pendleton hotel; Mrs. Carl Miller, arrangements chair man for the luncheon; Mrs. Paul Brown is chairman of a style revue held today; Alvin Bunch, for a social mixer to be held Thursday evening at the Haw thorne school; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Peck are in charge of a snack bar which will operate during the meeting. Other Chairman Named Mrs. Fred Mankin, Heppner, is general chairman for the Friday night banquet, and Mary Van Stevens, Heppner mayor will be toastmistress at the affair. Char les Carlson, lone is chairman for the social hour which is spon sored by the Morrow County Grain Growers; and Oscar Peter son, lone, is head of the welcom ing committee.- Over 500 persons are expected to attend the meetings. o Rock Hounds Club To Be Formed Here All persons interested in the study of rocks, minerals and lapi dary work are invited to attend a meeting Friday night at 8 p. m. in the rear of the Heppner hotel lobby to organize a club it was announced today. Those inter ested in the study of geology are also invited. Anyone wanting to take up lapidary work are advised that they may have help free of charge from Harold Sanders Sr. o Lexington P-TA to Meet December 13 The Lexington P-TA will meet Tuesday, Dec. 13 at 8 p. m. in the school auditorium. On the program will be a short skit of how grandma celebrated Christ mas when she was a girl. There will also be a program of Christ mas songs. In charge of the program will be Rev.' Norman Northrup and Don Hatfield. Refreshments will be served in the lunch room by Mrs. Ray Dolven, Mrs. Cecil Jones, Mrs. George Steagall and Miss Jewell Boone. Heppner, of stores and their 1954 sales, grouped by major kinds of busi ness. The first figure shows the number of stores in the county, the second the dollar volume. Food stores, 20, $1,347,000. Eating, drinking, 20, $500,000. Apparel, accessories, 4, $201, 000. Service stations, 15, $610,000. Lumber, building materials, hardware, farm equipment stores, 9, $1,449,000. Other retail stores, 5 $273,000. Heppner Stores Set Friday Night Opening Hours A large number of Heppner stores are announcing this week that they will remain open three Friday nights before Christmas for the convenience of shoppers unable to shop during regular business hours. The stores will remain open until 9 p. m. on the nights of December 9, 16 and 23. All are displaying the largest selection of gift merchandse offered here in many years. REA Manager To lake New Position Edgar H. Collison, manager of the Columbia Basin Electric Co op for the past six years, will leave shortly after December 15 to take over new duties as mana ger of the Big Bend Electric Co-op with headquarters in Ritzville, Washington. Collison came to Heppner In October 1949 from Missouri and has served as manager of the local electric cooperative since that time. In making the move to Washington, he will head a like organization which is nearly twice as large as the Columbia Basin Co-op. The Big Bend co operative serves over 2,600 sub scribers in an area roughly bounded by Pasco, on the south and Davenport on the north. Othello and Ritzville are other major towns within the area Kenneth Smouse, president of Columbia Basin said this week that no replacement has been chosen for Collison who will spend part of the time here until a new man has been selected. Collison has been active in civic and community affairs while in Heppner. He is a member of the school board of district No. 1, and the. chamber of commerce and he played a big part in the chamber program to obtain lights for the rodeo field. He does not expect to move his family to Ritzville until after the first of the year. Beamer Named Wrangler Prexy Ralph Beamer of Heppner was named new president of the Wranglers riding club at Its an nual election meeting Tuesday night. He replaces Hoyard Bry and who has headed the organi zation for the past year. , Other officers who will assist Beamer during the coming year are Bruce Lindsay, secretary; and Barbara Jordan, treasurer. Three new directors were also selected. They are Walter Wiglesworth, Al Fetsch and Charlie Daly. The Tuesday meeting was also the annual Christmas party which included a Santa Claus and special treats for the child ren. Furnishings Needed For Teacher's Room The Heppner P-TA announces that it has undertaken the pro ject of furnishing the teachers room in the new grade school and will appreciate donations of a used daveno, chair, lamp and end table. Drapes for the room have already been donated, it was said. Anyone having any of the above items they would like to donate are asked to contact either Mrs. Kenneth Keeling, Ken neth Carpenter or Mrs. James Sumner. -o- EXTENSION UNIT TO MEET DECEMBER 13 The Heppner extension unjt will meet with Mrs. N. C. Ander son Tuesday, Dec. 13 at 1:30 it was announced this week. Mrs. flay Drake and Mrs. Sam Turner will be project leaders on "touch ing up wood furniture.' Oregon, Thursday, December 8, 1955 in County Several other groups such as drug, furniture, general mer chandise, automotive, etc., were also included In the total busi ness volume for the county, but were not broken down into indi vidual tabulations because of the small number reporting. A business census report of the state's 36 counties and towns of 2,500 or more population is avail able from the Bureau of Census, Washington 25, D. C. The cost is 10 cents per copy. County Continues Perfect S-D Day Traffic Record For the second year in a row, Morrow county joined with its neighboring counties of Gillam and Wheeler in posting a perfect Safe-Driving Day record, police reported this week. Not a single traffic accident has occurred in the three counties on S-D Day in the past two years. Nation-wide, there were more accidents on S-D Day this year than occurred in 1951, but throughout most of the country heavy snow and freezing weather contributed largely to the mis haps. The total figure was down however, from a normal day, it was announced. Since the observance, last Thursday, Morrow county has continued to hold a good traffic record with only one minor acci dent being reported. That was caused by icy roads and there were no injuries. Council to Check Parking Problem Parking of cars in two or more congested areas of Heppner will be investigated by the council's street committee and recommen dations will be mado to eliminate some of the diffculties, it was de cided Monday night at the monthly city council meeting. The congestion alongside ahd to the rear of the First National Bank building and on South Main street, south of May will be checked and the committee is expected to recommend that sev eral "no-Darking areas be post ed. The council also ordered the police to enforce the ordinance prohibiting overnight parking oi trucks on Main street. Citv superintendent Victor Groshens gave a report on the activities of the city crew during th is vear and revealed mat up wards of two dozen major pro jects had been started or com pleted. These included the con struction of several small build ings on city property, consider able water main replacement, street maintenance and other activities. The council also heard that it would soon receive a request from Mrs. Bert Kane and Mrs. Helen Cox that sections of their property be taken into the city limits. The property mentioned adjoins the city boundary to the south of town and lies along the Condon highway, The council voted to appropri ate $25 to the chamber of com merce to help defray the cost of newly purchased Christmas, street decorations. . o Annual Meeting Set By Episcopalians The 11 o'clock service at All Saints' Episcopal church will be the Litany and following its read ing the congregation will go to the parish house for the annual meeting. At that time the re ports of the various organizations will be given and the vestry and wardens for 1956 will be elected. The rector, the Rev. George R. S. Little, stated that the meeting will be confined to 45 minutes and will be adjourned at approxi mately 12 o'clock.- It was also announced that the women's auxiliary will meet on Monday at 8 p. m. when new of ficers will be elected. DIRECTOR RE-ELECTED Paul Jones was re-elected to a three year term as director of the Heppner cemetery maintenance district at a special election held here Monday. Other directors are Harold Becket and Mrs. Oscar George. o Mrs. Joe Hughes visited last week in Canby, Oregon. i : " . . s . L f f 4 v- ... I l-TJ"- - f A . I , ... , - .. " r;s . ' f "... w'.'.36NNv , .... ' ,: : L .,$- . , . lanmimnirt "Hi Mai mnimma w w raff W ' ituMi i iuimm CHRISTMAS STKEET CECOKATIONS were about ready to go into air as this picture was taken Sunday afternoon. A crew of over a dozen chamber of commerce members, merchants, power com pany and electric co-op workers labored In freezing weather to bring the "Christmcs Look" to Heppner. Here the streamers of fir boughs and strings of colored lights are laid out on the street preparatory to raising thorn. MIGHTY HANDY CONTRAPTIONS were these two fork-lift trucks donated by Heppner Pine Mills to aid in the Job of hanging street decorations. Riding on special platforms, workers were raised to the top of power and telephone poles where lights and fir stream ers were quickly fastened. Each downtown intersection was deco rated in about 30 minutes with the aid of the machines. Another similar type lift truck was supplied by Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co.. and as they have done for many years, Pacific Power and Light supplies free power for the lights. As usual, two days after the streamers were h.4ng, a heavy from the wire3, but many still season. SANTA CLAUS PLANS VISIT TO HEPPNER SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17 Phil Biakney, chairman of the merchants committee of the chamber of commerce, told the group at its Monday noon meet ing that he had received word from Santa Claus that the popu- Heppner, lone Post Offices to Remain Open Saturdays 'Mrs. Ruby Roberts, lone post mistress, and James Driscoll, Heppner postmaster, announced this week that both offices will remain open until 6 p. m. -on Saturday afternoons for the con venience of residents wishing to mail Christmas packages. Both post offices will remain open the next three Saturdays, December 10, 17 and 24, and the postal department urges that Christmas packages and cards be mailed as early as possible to facilitate handling by the de partment. o Hunters and Anglers To Meet Monday; Porky Winners Due The last Morrow County Hunt ers and Anglers club meeting of the year will be held Monday night, December 12 at 8 p. m. at the Heppner Legion hall, it was announced. Prizes will tie awarded to the winners of the club-sponsored porcupine killing contest and it was asked that all persons who still have porky noses to turn in, do so before December 10. The noses can be redeemed for 22 shells or cash at any of the fol lowing Heppner stores: Gilliam and Bisbee, Aikens, Western Auto or Anderson's Builders Supply. A film on fishing and hunting will be shown at the Monday night meeting. Reception to Honor George Allyns on 60th Anniversary The Lexington VFW auxiliary and the Lexington Christian church and Sunday schools will hold a reception at the I. O. O. F. hall Sunday, Dec. 18 from 2 to 4 p. m. honoring Mr. and Mrs. George Allyn on their 60th wed ding anniversary. A short musical program Is planned during the afternoon and the public is invited to at tend the reception. j vi"- fc wind whipped some oi the Dougns remain to remind of the Christmas (GT Photos) lar old gentleman will make a quick visit to Heppner on Sat urday afternoon, December 17 to check up on Morrow county youngsters and to pass out treats to them. The exact time of his arrival is not definiteiy known but it is expected that he will show up shortly after 1 p. m. that after noon so that he can talk to all kids before they go to the free children's show sponsored by the Star Theater which is to start at 2 o'clock. He guaranteed that he would bring along a big bag of candy for all youngsters, who will also get free treats at the show, fur nished by the Heppner Elks lodge. 4-H Leaders Hold Training. Meeting A 411 leaders training confer ence was held last Friday at the fair pavilion in Heppner with Burton Hutton, Corvallis, state 411 club leader as main speaker. Hutton outlined four goals in 411 club work which included the need to improve the percent age of re-enrollmenl of first year club members but pointed out that Morrow county had a 95 per cent re-enrollment figure com pared to 48 percent for the state. Another goal is to improve the leader training program and Hutton stated that handbooks are being published to aid the lead ers. He also said a state-wide 4 H leaders conference will be held in Corvallis January 25-27, A third goal is to expand the junior leader program which is now growing with over 400 at tending classes. Here a junior leaders club will be organized and older 4-II members are urged to become junior leaders. A fourth goal is to increase total enrollments. Hutton explained that a 4-H annual will be published next summer and each county is asked to contribute a page of 4-H acti vities and pictures, which the local group voted to do. Other business discussed at the meeting was the leaders banquet to be held In January for all county leaders and a county wide food sale to be held as a money-making project. A potluck luncheon was served at noon to the 20 members present. 72nd Year, Number 39 County Water Resources Group Formation Asked Letters wt'it out yesterday to nearly 150 interested persons calling a meeting to discuss and organize a county committee to conserve, protect and apply the water resources of the upper Col umbia river basin. The meeting is being sponsored by the Hepp-ner-Morrow county chamber of Commerce and will be held Mon day, Dec. 12. the formation of such a county committee, which would also be come a part of an area -wide or ganization, was suggested seve ral weeks ago by members of the Upper Columbia Basin Com mission, with the Idea that the area committee could continue the work the commission has been doing. The commission was ordered dissolved by the end of this year by an act of the last legislature, with some of its ac tivities to be taken over by a state water resources board, but members of the new board have admitted that many of the jobs of the former commission cannot be handled by the new board. Monday's meeting is scheduled for 2 p, m. at the court house in Heppner with the main purpose to organize a committee to In vestigate and promote, the de velopment of water resources in the area. It was pointed out that Governor Patterson and mem bers of the Water Resources Board are favorable to the formation of such a committee. It Is hoped the local committee can be formed at the first meet ing as there is to be an area meeting, composed of represen tatives of other county commit tees, In Fendleton on December 15. Need Seen The Upper Columbia River Ba sin Commission had intended during the current binnium to en courage the formation of such a voluntary area-wide water re-, sources committee for counsel and , collaboration on efforts throughout Eastern Oregon. With its abolishment on January 1 and absorbtion of its functions by the new state board, the commission feels that such a grass-roots com mittee will be just as valuable and necessary for area counsel and collaboration with the new state agency. FHA Livestock Loans Continued The special livestock loan pro gram, designed to help livestock producers continue their normal operations when other suitable credit is not available, has been extended for another two years, Farmer's Home Administration county supervisor, J. S. Cody, said this week. The lending program, which is handled bv the Farmer's Home Administration, was first set up in the summer of 1953. The con gress recently extended the au thority for another two years, or through July 14, 1957. During the two years the ori ginal authorization was in effect, the agency made 6,382 loans for more than $54 million to live stock producers throughout the country. About $35 million of this amount was loaned during the first year. Special livestock loans are made to established producers and feeders of cattle, sheep, and goats (except commercial feed lot operators) who are temporar ily unable to get from regular sources the credit needed to con tinue their normal operations. To be eligible, an applicant must have a good past record of livestock operations and have reasonable prospects for success with the help of the loan. The' loans are made to meet, the usual expenses of livestock operations such as the purchase or production of feed, and re placing or repairing of farm ma chinery. A borrower may also re stock his herd to normal size if he can carry his present herd, plus the additional livestock to be bought, without buying a sub stantial portion of his feed. Loans are not made to pay exist ing debts except current inciden tal bills. The loans are to be repaid as soon as possible within a maxi mum of three years. Other credi tors are not asked to subordinate their liens but are expected to execute standby agreements and agree that a reasonable part of the applicant's normal livestock income can be used in repaying the loan.
