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Page 2 Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, December 29, 1955 HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES MORROW COVNTT'S NEWSPAPER TlM Beppnr OtaMtte, established Marsh 30, 1883. The Heppnec Ttom, Mtobltehed November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912. N1WSPAMI PBllSHItS ASSOCIATION ROBERT PENLAND Editor and Publisher QRETCHEN PENLAND Associate Publisher NATIONAL fOIIOttlAL 5X t?'J'!;ftli''H.HiB Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter Subscription Rates: Morrow and Grant counties, j.uu xear; ncwune yi.w THIRTY YEARS AGO From Files of the Gazette Times December 31, 1925 Sigsbee who are attending school least at a local restaurant in Portland, arriver home to spend the holiday season with their par ents, Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Sigsbee. ton and Kathleen Duncan. The play was directed by Mrs. Freda Thayer, English teacher. Following the program Mrs. Thaver was hostess for a steak ents, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Ferguson and Mr .and Mrs. Arnin Hug. Other Christmas visitors at the Ferguson home were Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Zunker and son, Kenne- inayer was nosiess iui a --- - , v dinner for members of the play wick. Was h Mr a n Mrs. Jen School childcen all held parties in their rooms on Friday morning, after which school was dismissed until Jan. 3, 1956. Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Ball and children, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin We Finally Guessed One Right! Our top story last week about the poor pros pects for a white Christmas brought forth quite several snickers and comments when not 12 hours after the paper got in the mail the snow began to fall, but for once our prognostication proved right. By Christmas day there was hardly ar trace of the white stuff left which made us feel pretty proud of ourselves. We don't mean by that statement that we're going into the business of trying to foretell what the weather is going to be not on your life! We've tried on numerous occasions in the past and to the best of our recollection we've never before come out even close to being right, so we don't think we can be blamed too much if we sort of blow up a little after our latest attempt. The law of averages, though it doesn't seem to apply to Oregon weather, was bound to give us one good guess sometime if we kept trying long enough. Up to date,' we know of only one newspaper with a poores record of weather guessing than we have, and that's the Oregonian. They've been trying for years and again just a few months ago they got caught on a bad prognostication and vowed editorially that they were going to give up he whole idea which they probably won't do any more than we will. The only reason the Ore gonian's weather fortelling record is worse than ours Is because they've ,been at it longer, so con sequently have had more chances to be wrong. We say again, as we did a couple of years ago, w nnt nniv is it imDossible to outguess the weather in Oregon but about half the time its nearly impossible to believe it even auer we lt- r,r roaHr will have to suffer with us in the future, no doubt, because our one hit after so many misses is bound to give us strength to try our luck again one ot mese aays suing i on our laurels for a little while, though. The home of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Ponrro M7Ho the RPpnP Otl last evening of a very pleasant din- J Ball and daughter Barbara,-and ner pany given in nunui ui uku buu tan anu uauyiiw incicoa, uaugnier, ivnss l,uuio ocugc ail 01 wesuir, speiu me wccncnu a number of her young lady !t thp home of the Men's parents, friends. Those present were Miss-1 Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ball. Mr. and es Frances Parker, Helen Wells, I Mrs. Franklin Ball also visited Myra Wells, Gladys Benge, Velma at the home of Mrs. Ball's parents, Willis, Anna Wightman, Louise Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kress. They rnl Ifnait Dntinpnnn MaMT i a... 1 , II T tl - Ti i nrtA nif Thomson, Mary Patterson, Maryj Crawford and Luola Benge. Patterson and Son finished mov ing of the drug store to new quar ters in the Heppner building on Upper Main" street the last of the week and are getting nicely fixed up again. John H. Padberg. Heppner Flat resident, is hoping for a good fall of snow now. From The County Agent's Office By N. C. Anderson The last figures from Oregon State College and U. S. D. A. showl that the farmer has inherited an other drop in the parity ratio. A skid In farm prices received was accompanied only by a slight dip in costs. This pushed the ratio between what the farmer got and what he paid on Novem ber 15 down to 81, lowest since 1940. .In looking through some of the farm price reports, it Is easy to figure out why. Beef cat tle prices of eight major cattle markets average about five dol lars below a year ago. Cattle re rpltsn a week aeo were about 7 lower than the same week last year. Hog prices at the eight mow mid-western markets are nearly eight dollars below last year and the lowest in fourteen years. Hog receipts this week are 22 lower than the same week a year ago. Lamb prices irom ien hop eastward, ranee from fifty ronts tr a dollar and a half lower than last year, averaging about a dollar lower. This wccks mar keting of sheep and lambs is nearly 10 smaller than a year ago. The hog -corn ration the hushels of corn that a hundred pounds of hog would buy fell to 11.2. This is 17 less than November 1954. With one of the larger grain crops in history, In come to grain farmers has drop ped too. While at Oregon State College last week attending annual con fr-rence. some interesting re search work being done there was found. One of the projects was holne- donp with new tall Fescue nlants that grow in the winter, double top seed yields, double present feeding values, or yield twlre as much hay as present varieties. The Oregon State College "nursery" of 18,000 nlants Is workinn on several problems that must be yet work ed nut before varieties are re- loaspd. Promisins gentle lines must be brought together into a common plant and a quicK in expensive measure of forage quality must be found. Protein content up to 25 in some test ranees double Mat 01 present varieties. Some varieties begin regrowth within an hour after elioDine. others wait ten days hpfnre crowing. If these quali Hoa ran he combined into one plant there are many possibilities for our farmers. Morrow County Grange mem bers and those who have access to the December 1955 National Grange Monthly should not miss readint? the "Washington Kepon found on page 8. Fred Bailey has done an excellent job oi ouuin lng the present farm situation. Prospects for 1956 point to some further decline in net incomes for most farmers even though gavernment payments may be increased. Production expenses may be a little lower for some, but this decrease probably will not go very far toward offsetting the drop in gross farm income. Recent figures show Oregon net farm income in 1954 was at least one-third less' than the 1951 peak. Production expenses declined very little about 3. For farmers who might have announcement KIMA-KEPR TV PROGRAM, CHANNEL 19 Thursday. December 29 6:00 Rin Tin Tin 6:30 TV Newsroom 6 : 45 Weather Cartoon 7:00 Cisco Kid 7.30 Stories of the century 8:00 Godfrey & Friends 8:30 Climax 9:30 TV Newsroom Final 9:45 T. B. A. 10:00 Dr. Hudson Secret Journal 10:30 Millionaire 11:00 TV Theatre 12:30 Nltecap News Friday. December 30 1:15 Here's Music 1:30 On Your Account 2:00 News & Chapel 2:15 Homemaker Show 3:00 Studio A 3:15 Gary Moore 3:30 Search for Tomorrow 3:45 Love of Life 4:00 Brighter Day 4:154-11 Show 4:30 Lanf- of Fun Cartoon a.ak Mnllftnv Inn 5:15 Uncle Jimmy's Clubhouse 5:30 Bar 29 Kancn 6:00 Captain Zero 6 -30 TV Newsroom Early 6:45 Weather, Music Sampler 7:00 Cavalcade or &poris 8:00 Racket Squad 8:30 Phil Silvers Show 9:00 TV Newsroom Final 9:15 Powerland Story 9:30 T. B. A. 10:00 The Lineup 10:30 Dateline Europe 11:00 Hollywood Wrestling 12:00 Nltecap News Saturday. December 31 11:15 Blue-Gray football 1:30 Roy Rogers Show 2:00 PCC Basketball 3:.15We.stern Flayhouse 4:45 Industry on Parade 5:00 This Is the Life 5:30 Musical Harts 5:45 T. B. A. 6:00 Grand 01' Opry 7.30 T. B. A. 8:00 Great Glldersleeve 8:30 Jackie Gleason 9:00 Two For The Money 9:30 It's Always Jan 10:00 George Gobel 10:30 Hit Parade 11:00 TV Theatre 12:00 Nitecap News NOTE Next Week's TV Schedule Failed To Arrive. panded funds for removal of mar ket gluts of parishables; stepped up school lunch and armed ser vice use. Strengthen commodi ty nroerams easing up of con trols, such as exemption of wheat from marketing quotas wnen iea on farm; new programs for corn, cotton and other commodities to stop further accumulation of sur pluses and reduce carry-overs. New aDDroDriations for research request for important increase in funds to develop new markets, new crops, and new uses. Secre tary Benson's announcement came as the National Agricultu ral Advisory Commission was nearing the end of its current two-day quarterly meeting and also followed discussion with the president. Seven Oregon commodity groups and farm organizations held a preliminary meeting at rvprmn state Colleee a week ago to discuss the general princl- nleo of a soil bank. The maior point of discussion was whether or not grazing or seea narvesi would be allowed on soil bank arres. Roth cattle and seed grow ers felt that such use of surplus acres would pose a serious threat rn the r industries, since it wouia tend to increase production even beyond current price depressing levels. General agreement was reached that the major burden of production adjustments would not fall on any one commodity. t ast wpek the American Farm returned to Westfir Tuesday morning, accompanied by Pat Kress, who will visit fhem until New Years. T2c and Mrs. Gene Allen, of Port Townsend, Wash., arrived at the home of Allen's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Allen, last Thursday for the holidays. Christ mas Day Mrs. Allen was hostess for a family dinner at her home. Present were Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam McConnell, Mr. and Mrs. Warran McConnell and three children of Hermiston; Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Allen and children Cammy and Bobbie. The Dalles; Mrs. Laura Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Baker and daughter Connie, Roy Rordell and Arthur Allen. Mr. and Mrs Leonard Bedord are the parents of a son born on Dec. 19 at Good Shepherd hospi tal in Hermiston. He has been named Billie Bruce. Grandpar ents are Mr. and Mrs. Guy Fer- I guson, Boardman and Mrs. Hattie i Bedord, Missoula, Mont. The baby weighed eight pounds, 11 34 ounces. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Califf and sons, Estacada, visited last week at the home of Mrs. Califf's mo ther, Mrs. Louise Earwood. Leo Skoubo and Leonard Olm stead, students at O. S. C, Cor vallis, are spending Christmas vacation at their homes here. Carol Hamilton, student nurse at Providence hospital in Port land, is at the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Hamil ton, for the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Eades and son Larry left last week for Sunland, Calif., t0 spend Christ mas with their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Bobbie Eades. Mr. and Mrs. Sid Ferguson, -of Npwnort. are soendine the holi days at the homes of their par- m.io and three children, castle Rock, Wash., Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ferguson, Donna and Chuck Fer guson, and Janice and Nelson Cruthers, Ordnance. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Carpen ter, La Grande, were Christmas visitors at the home of Mrs. Carpenter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Zivney, Port land, were weekend visitors at the home of Zivney's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Zivney. Mrs. Keith Tannehill, Philo- mah, is spending the Christmas vacation at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clvde Tannehill. Christmas visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Fortner were Mrs. Fortner's father, Fred Lucas, North Bend, Wash., and their sons-in-law and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Driscon ana three children, Janice, Tommy and Tim, and Mr. and Mrs. Bruce T.indsav and children, fanerry, Jimmy and Johnny, Heppner, and Mrs. Clyde Davis ana aaugnters Louise and Ellen, Condon. Visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Thorpe are Mrs. Thorpe's brother, Lawrence Smith, Anchorage, Alaska, her na rpnts. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Smith of Union, and her brother-in-law' and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Meve Sullivan and son Grady, Lang lois. o- Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Springer of Hood River visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Nash on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Nash and two daughters were guests at the home of Mrs. Mildred Tucker on Monday evening. SPECIAL NEW YEAR'S DINNER SUNDAY 'AND MONDAY ELLA'S GRILL HOTEL HEPPNER NEW YEAR'S EVE OANC1 SATURDAY NIGHT, DEC. 31 lone Legion Hall MUSIC BY THE BLUENOTES SUPPER SERVED IlUooCU a iLLtiu iuiiiv..v iLaai vi- from the secretary of agriculture, 'Bureau Federation recommended in the Christmas rush, the Ore-against grazing or harvesting of ctatn viiincrp aorlcultural nnt ooiHa oprps A nnt hpr meetine uii fcjiaic v-v,.-fo.- r - - at, ttonv- m.w. - -j economics department point out at the college is planned for late that only recently the secretary of agriculture, lizra laii Benson has indicated several major new elements in the administrations attack on the nation's farm prob lems. The basic proposals form the newest stage of our dynamic farm program, the secretary said. They will bbe spelled out In de tail and augmented with addi tional and specific proposals when the administration submits its recommendations to congress next month. These, as highlighted by the secretary are; a soil bank, provid ing for payments for establishing grass and trees, as well as for contract to keep soil bank acre age out of production of surplus crops, thus combining Immedi ate aid for farmers wltn a long range conservation goal to bene fit all citizens. Protection for family farms liberalize credit for farmers who cannot ODiain loans through ordinary channels. Broaden surplus disposal In crease of grants and donations at home and abroad; expansion of foreicn market: enlarged and streamlined barter program; ex January to make a more detailed j study of sou bank proposals ana to reach more definite conclu sions. -r ! IF STAR THEATER, Heppner HmlBlon Prlcesi Adults 70c. Students 50c. cmiaren zuc inciuamg reu. .u. Show." ntiuous from 4 p. m. Other evening, .tart at 7:30. Boxolfic open until 9 p. m. Telephone 6-9278. Thursday-Frlday-Saturday. December 29-30-31 RAGE-AT DAWN Randoloh Scott, Forrest Tucker. Mala Powers, J. Carrol Naish, Edgar Buchanan. The Reno Brothers, Who set the pattern of banditry for many later gangs, are the mar auding force in this actlonful, Technlcolorful western. Plus THE LIVING SWAMP rinomaScope-Technicolor. A portrayal of nature in Georgia's great Okefenokee Swamp. Narrated by Dale Robertson, the picture explores with special emphasis on the animal life. HAPPY 1956! Sunday-Monday. January 1-2 WE'RE NO ANGELS IIumDhrev Boeart, Aldo Ray, Teter Ustinov, Joan Bennett, Basil Rathbone, Leo G. (SlM make vou look tb your New Year's Resolutions! A story that wan high in stars and spa'rkle-ifs one long laugh about the bad in the best of us! And especially, the good in the worst of us. Sunday shows at 4. 6:15 and 8:30 Tuesday-Wednesday. January 3-4 THE MAGNIFICIENT MATADOR n'Hara Anthonv Quinn. Thrill to the beauty, grace and daring of the ! &STS. Filmed in the grandeur of Mexico in Cinemascope and Color. Winds Cause Power, Break at Boardman By Mary Lee Marlow j No snow was on the ground f for Christmas, as a chinook; wind melted all of it on Thurs day of last week. Strong gusts of wind blew down several trees, one of them in the east end fall- i . j : - ing across a power une, anu ui-1 rupting service for over three hours. Service was restored at about 5 p. m. Monday morning there was some fog, but it was all gone before 10 a. m. Tuesday the sun was shining and tem perature was 42 above at 11 a. m. The f'hristmas proeram was presented by the school children , in the gymnasium on Thursday, Dec. 22 Program was as follows: i Christmas carolers, pupils of I grades 5-8 sang "Oh, Come All Ye Faithful," "Sweetly Sleeping In a Manger," "O Holy Night", "Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly," 'The Twelve Days of Christmas", "Christmas Caroling Song," "Ves per Hymn", "Christmas Tree," and "Silent Night." Dance by the fairies and the green elves, by grades 1-4. Nativity Pageant by the high school pupils and the school band. Rhythm band of the first four grades, directed by San dra Thorpe, 4th grade pupil. Saxo phone solo, "O Holy Night", Max ine Sicard. A one-act play, "A Quiet Christmas", was presented by the freshman and sohpomore classes. In the cast were Ger ald Anderson, Barbara Ganten bein, Jim Aardapple. Sidney Cloud, Jerry Peck, Edna Hoffman, Wanda Forthman, Lorelei Hamil- Loot DUtsnce Natlon-Widf Moving Service Mayflower Agents Padded Vans Penland Bros. TRANSFER CO. Pendleton, Oregon Phone 338 our YOU CAN BE "WIPED j3 "-y v. V, , V X TODAY TOMORROW ask us about the famous General of America's FARMER'S and RANCHER'S SPECIAL BLANKET LIABILITY POLICY r 2S Farming and ranching is a hazardous occu pation at best . . . facing crop failures, live stock diseases and destructive natural elements. 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