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ONLY A PORTION of the more than 600 youngsters who visited
Sunta last Saturday are shown in this picture. Somewhere in the
center of the crowd Saint Nick is busy passing out bags of candy
and talking to the boys and girls. This was one year when
Santa could have come by sleigh as there was ample snow, how
ever he arrived on a fire truck as he has in past years.
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EAGER YOUNGSTERS clambered all over Santa Saturday and for
about a half hour he was hard-pressed to keep up with the hun
dreds of outstretched hands waiting for the candy he brought for
every kid. After Santa went on his way for a visit to another town,
over S2S of the youngsters traipsed to the Star Theater to attend
its annual free children's show. (GT Photos)
Chamber Picks NewKXVX..
Board; President
To Be Named Soon
Seven new chamber of com
merce directors were chosen at
the annual election of the organi
zation Monday and the full board
will meet within the next two
weeks to name a new president
to serve during 1956.
Elected for two-year terms were
Jack Bailey, Jack Angel, Jack
Flug, James J. Farley and Brad
ley Fancher. Chosen for one
year terms were Dick Brunner
and Dr. Wallace H. Wolff. Carry
' over members of the board are
Phil Blakncy, Newt O'Harra and
Al Lamb.
According to the by-laws of the
chamber, the membership elects
the board of directors who name
the president from the member
ship of the board. Officers who
have served during the past year
include Jack Bedford, manager of
the First National Bank, presi
dent; Phil Blakney, vice-president;
Eradley Fancher, secretary
and J. H. Huffman, treasurer.
The chamber is completing a
very successful year having car
ried on numerous civic projects week, after speaking to the sen
including several programs to.iors of lone and Heppner high
raise money for repayment of the school on educational and living
rodeo field lighting bonds, the facilities available at Oregon in-
Durchase and installation of
Christmas decorations, sponsored
Santa's visit last Saturday; aided
with numerus projects during
the fair and rodeo and many
other activities.
The membership now totals
over 60 persons and it is open to
any resident of the county.
At Monday's meeting, Mrs. Vel
ma Glass, county health nurse,
explained the duties of her office
and told of many of the accom
plishments since she took over
the position early this year.
Meetings are held each Mon
day noon, but none will be held
until January 9 because of the
coming holidays.
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Al Lamb Named
State Co-op Head
Al Lamb.manager of the Mor
row Countv Grain Growers, was
elected president of the Agricul
tural Cooperative Council of Ore
gon at the organization s annual
meeting held last week in Port-j
land. Lamb replaces Harry Rohe,
Portland, manager of the Oregon
Poultry Producers Association.
Lamb has served as vice-president
of the council for the past
two years. It is composed of
about 95 percent of the agricul
tural co-ops of the state.
Other officers elected for the
coming year include Walter
Steele, manager of the Polk
county Farmers Co-op, Rickreall,
vice-president; Paul Carpenter,
Corvallis, reelected secretary;
and Mary Holthouse, Corvallis,
reelected treasurer.
Mr. and Mrs. Roice Fulleton
have as their guest, her mother,
Mrs. G. O. Baragar of Los Ange
les, California.
From World Trip
Two Morrow county couples,
Mr. and Mrs. Franklyn Lindstrom
of lone and Mr. and Mrs. O. W.
Cutsforth,' Lexington, i returned
during the past week from a
round-the-world trip during
which they covered over 40,000
miles.
Mr. and Mrs. Lindstrom arrived
in Pendleton last Thursday, and
the Cutsforths on Sunday.
The two couples were part of a
group of 28 persons who left Los
Angeles on September 10 on a
chartered plane which took them
to the near east, Asia, Africa,
across Europa and back home via
New York. They were gone 100
days and covered approximately
36,000 miles by air, 3,500 by car
and 2,000 by train. Included on
their itinerary were 27 days in
the Holy Land.
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Heppner and lone
Seniors Hear About
State Schools
Francis Nickerson, son of Mrs.
Grace Nickerson visited his mo
ther here on Thursday of last
.Simmons oi nigner learning.
Nickerson, executive secretary
of the state system of higher edu
cation, travels throughout the
state to acquaint prospective col
lege students with the programs
of study available at the various
schools.
RHEA CREEK TO HAVE DANCE
The Rhea Creek grange will
hold a dance Friday, December
30 at the grange hall.
The dance was originally sche
duled for December 17 but was
postponed due to weather conditions.
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CLUB TREASURY GROWS by $25 as Miss Shirley Kononen, president
of the Future Business Leaders of America, a Heppner high school
organization, accepts a check for $25 from Dr. E. K. Schaffitz, one
of the sponsors of the group. The check being presented by Dr.
Schaffitz is from the chamber of commerce for the Job done by
club members in tieing streamer boughs used for Heppner street
decorations. The group also packaged the Candy Santa Claus
gave to the youngsters during his visit here last Saturday. The
club has also undertaken many other projects since Its formation
a year ago. (GT Photo)
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Area Churches
Announce Special
Christmas Programs
Nearly all churches in Heppner,
Lexington anj lone have an
nounced plans for special Christ
mas services to be held during
the next two or three days. With
Christmas falling on Sunday,
most regular morning services
will be held according to sche
dule with special observances of
Christ's birth planned for that
time.
Many churches are also plan
ning special Christmas programs
for Sunday school classes with
some held Friday evening.
At the Heppner Methodist
church special Christmas music
will be presented at the regular
morning service which will also
include baptism and reception of
new members.
Hope Lutheran church will
have a special Christmas eve pro
gram at 7:30 and Christmas day
services are scheduled at 9:30.
Valby Lutheran will have a
Christmas program at 7:30 Fri
day evening and regular services
Sunday at 11:15.
The Assembly of God church
will hold its Christmas program
Friday at 7:30 which will include
special numbers by Sunday
school classes and a birthday
cake and refreshmens. The regu
lar Sunday morning and evening
services will feature special
music.
Christmas services at All
Saints' Episcopal church will be
gin Saturday at 11:45 p. m. with
a sung celebration of the Holy
Communion with the Rev. George
R. S. Little as the celebrating
priest. A low celebration of the
Holy Communion will be held at
11 oclock Christmas morning.
- Friday evening: the- children's
Christmas service will be held in
the church at 7:30 followed by a
party in the parish house. Church
school will not be held Christmas
day. Wednesday, Dec. 28 there
will be Holy Communion at 10 a.
m. and 8 p. m. This will be
Holy Innocent's day but the feasts
of St. Stephen and St. John the
Evangelist which fall on Monday
atid Tuesday will be transferred
to this date.
The church of the Nazarene,
the lone Community chuTch and
the Lexington Christian church
have already held their Sunday
school programs, but special ob
servances are planned at the
regular Sunday services.
St. Parick's Catholic church will
hold high mass at midnight Sat
urday with low mass scheduled
for 9:3o Sunday morning. Low
mass will be read at St. William's
in lone at 8 a. m. Sunday.
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Grade Students Send
Gifts to Pendleton
Students in Mrs. Harold Er-
win's 5th and 6th grade room at
the Heppner grade school last
week sent off 85 separate gift
packages for patients at the Pen
dleton state hospital and child
ren's organizations.
The youngsters brought the
numerous gifts themselves and
did all the wrapping and pack
aging of them. 50 gifts were for
hospital patients and 35 were for
children, Mrs. Erwin said.
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 22, 1955
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THE CHRISTMAS MAIL RUSH finally got under way at the Hepp
ner post office last weekend.
left, and Hubert Wilson starting
ages that came in Saturday morning. Had the picture been taken
Monday morning, the mountain of parcels would have been
nearly three times as high, postmaster James Driscoll said. The
heavy e;rly-week rush was caused largely by a lack of delivery
into Heppner on Sunday which caused a doubling up of shipments
which nearly buried the crew until closing time Monday evening.
(GT Photo)
Free Weekend
Parking Christmas
Gift From City
Heppner's mayor, Mary Van
Stevens and the members of the
city council will say Merry Christ
mas to all Heppner shoppers this
weekend by extending free park
ing privileges to everyone Friday
and Saturday.
The mayor announced today
that all downtown parking met
ers will be hooded during the two
days prior to Christmas and ex
tended an Invitation to all resi
dents of the county and to out
siders to park fre? while doing
last minute shopping at local
stores.
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Claude Cox Suffers
Concussion in Fall
Claude Cox, owner of the Mor
row county creamery, suffered a
severe brain concussion and frac
tured skull Monday morning
when he fell on the ice in down
town Heppner.
Cox was taken to Pioneer Me
morial hospital where his physi
cian reported today that he is
showing continual improvement.
He will be hospitalized for at
least a week.
He fell while crossing Main
street near the intersection of
Willow.
Christian Church
Names New Pastor
The Rev. Charles Knox, pre
sently pastor of the First Chris
tian church at Colfax, Washing
ton, will arrive in Heppner with
his family shortly before January
1 to take over new duties as the
pastor of the Heppner Christian
church. The church has been
without the services of a regular
Dastor since the resignation of
Rev. Earl Soward last summer
Rev. Knox, who is 30 years of
age, is a graduate of Northwest
Christian College at Eugene In
1950 and since that time has
been pastor at Colfax. He is mar
ried and has two small children.
The Knox family will make
their home on south Main street
pending completion of the new
church parsonage which is to be
! constructed on the site of the old
narsonace adjoining the church
on Gab street. Work is expected
to start on the new building In
30 to 60 days.
For the past several months
the church has been served by an
interim pastor, Rev. Ronald Ingle
of Hermiston.
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BROTHER VISITS SMITHS
Lt. Col. Dwight Miller, Mrs.
Miller and daughter Lynn were1
I guests Saturday and Sunday at
I the home of her brother and sis-
ter-ln iaw, Mr. ana Mrs. marvin
Smith.
Colonel Miller, formerly of
Heppner and Pendleton has Just
completed a two year tour of
duty with the army medical corps
in Anchorage, Alaska and plans
to resume his practice of dentist
ry in Pendleton in the near future.
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This photo shows Floyd Sayers,
In t0 sort the mountain of pack
This Week's Most
Useless Story
WINTER'S HERE!
Winter officially arrived at
10:22 this morning but it wasn't
any particular surprise to resi
dents of Morrow county who
have been receiving winter wea
ther for the past two months.
The county has received more
snow and cold weather already
this fall than it did during all of
last fall and winter combined,
according to records. What the
coming winter holds for this area
is uncertain (our 1956 Almanac
has't come yet), but if November
and early December weather can
be used as a guide, January and
February can be expected to be
stinkers.
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Driver Jumps As
Truck Leaves Road
Jerry Clinton, The Dalles, con
tract log hauler for Heppner Pine
Mills, escaped injury Tuesday
when he jumped from his loaded
truck and trailer just before it
left the road and crashed into the
canyon from the Shaw creek road
on upper Willow creek.
No accident report has yet been
filed, but according to reports the
truck failed to negotiate a turn
on the extremely slippery road
and went over the bank. The In
ternational truck was badly dam
aged and had not been removed
from the canyon by Wednesday.
Clinton was hauling to the
Heppner mill from the company's
logging operations on Buckaroo
Flats. The accident occurred
about half wav up Shaw creek
grade.
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Gerald Bergstrom
Inducted Into Navy
Gerald Bergstrom, 23, of Hepp
ner was inducted into the U. S
Navy at Portland on December 13
for two years active duty. Accord
ing to the local board headquar
ters at Condon, Bergstrom is the
first registrant to be drafted into
the Navy since the Wheeler, Gil
liam and Morrow board was or
ganized in 1948.
Ronald E. Gepner, a former
Heppner resident, ' was inducted
int the army in the December
quota.
The board also announced new
office hours of from 1 to 5 Mon
day through Friday.
1955 Basketball
Champs to Play
Here December 29
Local basketball fans will get
a chance to watch the state's 1955
basketball champions perform
on the local floor when Heppner
meets Knappa high school in a I
non-league encounter December
29. It will be the first trip here
for the Knappa squad.
The Loggers will be led by big
6 foot 6 inch Bob 'Pudgy" Hunt
and they will be slight favorites
over the Mustangs. They are un
defeated this season except for
one loss in the Astoria jamboree.
It will be the only game played
here during the holidays.
Week's Storms Bring
Variety Of Snow,
Ice And Warm Rain
Quick Thaw Causes
And Road Closures
Continued heavy rains and
warm winds Wednesday night
and Thursday morning brought
numerous reports today of
washouts and bad road con
ditions throughout the area.
Early this morning the Hepp-ncr-Condon
highway wa3 closed
due to high water In the Rock
creek canyon and more rains in
the mountains indicated that
the stream would probably con
tinue to rise.
The county court reported this
morning that nearly all grav
eled county roads are open but
many are muddy from field
wash. The Willow creek road
above Heppner was passable
but very sloppy due largely to
construction work and some
washing.
Fields were beginning to
show signs of wash as the rain
continued but there have been
no reports yet of serious soil
loss. Further rains could cause
trouble,, however.
Thursday's weather reports
called for more of the same
with Western Oregon bearing
the brunt of the storms which
will also be felt here.
The prospects that Heppner
will have a white Christmas ap
peared slim today as a warm
chinook wind which hit Morrow
county early Tuesday continued
to melt heavy snowpacks both
in the mountains and over the
lower lands. However, not even
government weathermen would
stick their necks out by saying
what might happen by the week
end.
The heaviest snow of the sea
son started falling over the en
tire northeast section of Oregon
and eastern Washington early
last Sunday morning depositing
up to six inches of new snow on
the county. The fall was accom
panied by a drop in temperature
which kept the mercury around
15 to 20 degrees Sunday, Monday
and Tuesday. The warm break
hit the Hardman and other high
er elevations Monday, but didn't
Monday Holidays
To Be Observed Here
All Heppner business houses,
county, state and federal offices
will be closed Monday, December
26 in observance of the Christ
mas holidays. The same will
hold true the following week as
January 2 is observed as a legal
holiday.
No mall will be dispatched be
tween Saturday night and Tues
day night and none will be re
ceived here on Sunday and Mon
day.
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Stockgrowers Set
January Meeting
Problems of marketing and the
control of livestock diseases will
be two major topics of discussion
during the annual meeting of the
Morrow county Livestock Grow
ers Association to be held Janu
ary 13 and 14 at the fair pavilion
in Heppner.
Plans are now being complet
ed for the two-day meeting, ac
cording to Raymond French, as
sociation president, who announ
ced that John Graves is chairman
for the banquet and Kenneth
Peck, head of the entertainment
committee. The women of Wil
lows grange at lone will serve
the banquet.
While the program is not yet
complete, it was announced that
there will be a varied program of
interest to every association
member.
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LEAVE FOR HOLIDAYS
Mr. and Mrs. Clem Stockard
and family will leave Saturday
nigh by train for Los Angeles to
spend the holidays with Mrs.
Stockard's mother. They will re
turn after the first of the year.
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CUB SCOUT PACK MEETING
Cub Scout pack No. 61 will
meet Tuesday evening, December
27 at 7:30 p. m. in the multi-purpose
room at the new grade
school.
72nd Year, Number 41
WistM
High Water
In Area
hit Heppner until Tuesday noon,
and it was Wednesday morning
before the chinook finally began
to break up the snow and ice
pack in the area around Morgan,
Cecil and Boardman.
Sunday's snow piled up to 4
and one-half inches at Heppner
and even deeper to the north. It
put a stop to many persons who
had planned trips to the moun
tains in quest of Christmas trees,
including a group of Boy Scouts
who annually hold a tree sale.
As a result, trees were at a prem
ium in town, many families still
on the lookout for extras.
Driving Hazardous
The snow and ice In the Hepp
ner, Lexington and lone area
made driving hazardous, but road
crews kept an major nignways
open. In some sections, especial
ly the lower Willow Creek road
and on highway 30 below Arling
ton, freezing rain Monday and
Tuesday made travel nearly im
possible, according to reports.
The Columbia river highway was
closed to all except essential
traffic at times Monday and
Tuesday with several persons re
porting that it took 12 hours to
make the trip from Portland to
Heppner. - One truck driver re
ported it took him 33 hours to
make a round trip from Heppner
to Portland. A silver thaw in the
Cascade Locks section caused the
greatest trouble, with strong east
winds adding to driver's difficul
ties. Moisture High
The Heppner weather station
recorded 4 and one-half inches
of snow on the ground after Sun
day's storm and checked in .38
inch of rain. Tuesday night and
early Wednesday morning, This
brings December's precipitation
to 2.2 inches (up to Wednesday
morning) and the year's total to
date to 15.82 inches which is
nearly four inches more than
fell during all of 1954.
Leonard Carlson, weather ob
server at Gooseberry, reported
an even one inch of mois
ture in the 24 hour period ending
Wednesday morning, one half of
it in the form of snow. He has
checked 2.9 inches during the
first 20 days of December and
14.7 inches for the year. Since
September 1, 7.80 inches has fal
len there. Twelve inches of rain
Is the 10 year average for that
station.
Fairly strong warm winds were
blowing in Heppner late Wednes
day and rain was continuing to
fall but so far there have been
reports of only minor cases of
washing or heavy runoff. The
upper end of Gale street in Hepp
ner received a small amount of
mud from the Wednesday night
rain and there were a few other
reports of slight washing in the
fields, but nothing serious. Most
land, however, is nearly satur
ated and any heavy continued
rainfall within the next few days
before the ground has had a
chance to dry out could cause
trouble. Willow creek came up
rapidly Tuesday night and Wed
nesday, but no flooding is ex
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Social Security
Representative Due
Agricultural workers are cov
ered by Social Security begin
ning in 1955 if they are paid at
least $100 cash wages in a year
by any one employer.
A representative of the La
Grande Social Security Adminis
tration will be in the city hall In
Heppner from 9:00 a. m. to noon
on Wednesday, December 28, 1955
to Interview Individuals who have
questions pertaining to Social
Security and to assist those who
wish to make application for
their benefits.
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ICY STREETS CAUSE
MONDAY COLLISION
Two cars driven by Pete Andre
sen and Skip Ruhl collided Mon
day evening about 10:30 p. m. at
the intersection of Center and
Gale streets.
The accident was caused by
the icy conditions of the streets
and considerable damage was
done to both cars.