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1 n n ftfpter ORE. Copies 10 Cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, January 12, 1956 72nd Year, Number 44 lone Masons To Sponsor Blood Typing Program All residents of the lone area are urged to participate in a blood typing program being spon sored by the lone Masonic lodge. The typing is planned to give both residents and Pioneer Mem orial hospital a wider source of supply of blood for use in emer gencies. The typing will be held Wed nesday evenng, January 25 at the lone Masonic hall startng at 7 p. m., Charles O'Connor, Mas nic committee chairman in charge of the program, announ ced this week. The lodge inaugurated the pro gram with the idea of enlarging the "walking blood bank" avail able in the area. The hospital now has a list of persons, mostly in the Heppner area, who have been typed and are available to give blood in cases of emergency. It is hoped the Masonic program at lone will add well over 100 additional names to the list. The typing will be done by Bob DeLancy. laboratory techni cian at Pioneer Memorial hos pital, who has donated his ser vices for the typing. There will be no cost to the individual and each will receive a card showing the type blood he has which is useful in case the card holder should need blood at some fu ture time. O'Connor and his other com mittee members, Walter Dobyns and James Barnet, emphasized that the typing is being offered to everyone free of charge and the lodge is hqping for a good response to this attempt to build up the number of blood typing records at the hospital. o 4-H Club Leaders Meeting Planned "Understanding and world peace are the basis of the Inter national Farm Youth Exchange program", Miss Dorothy , Teel, county extension agent home eco nomics, La Grande, said in a talk at the fist annual Morrow county 4-H leaders banquet Wednesday night at the Lexington Grange hall. Over 60 persons attended the affair at which some 30 leaders were presented pins for serving as 4-H leaders from one through 11 years. Leaders with the long est service were Mrs. L. A. Mc- Cabe. lone. 11 vears, and Mrs. waiier vvi.Knt, iici.., years, juiuur icaueis icucivuig nins were Mardine Baker, Judy Howton, lone; Carlene Rhea, Lar ry Campbell, Echo; Marie Potts, Boardman and Patsy Wright of Heppner. Tom Keenan, Pendleton, dist rict managet of the Pacific Power and Light, company sponsor of the banquet, spoke briefly on the value of 4-H club work and Jim Huber, 4-H club agent, Union county, reported on the recent 4 H club congress which he attend ed in Chicago. J. R. Huffman, local manager of P. P. & L. greet ed the leaders and introduced Keenan and John Kohls, Pendle ton, commercial and industrial engineer of the company. Included on the program was a dance number by Sandra Eu banks, lone, the invocation by the Rev. Alfred Shirley, flag and 4-H pledges. Judy Howton was mistress of ceremonies and pins were presented by N. C. Ander- onn muntv asent. and Miss Beverly Bradshaw, home econo mics agent. Miss Teel. an IFYE student to Germany a year ago, illustrated her talk on her visit with colored slides and displayed memos of her trip. Everyone may contribute to the exchange program, which is fi nanced only by individual and group contributions, by offering financial aid, suggesting candi dates as exchange students and by having a foreign student live in ones farm home, Miss Teel pointed out. o Local Rockhounds Form Mineral Club Formal organization of the Morrow County Gem and Mineral club was completed at a meeting of the group December 28. Wal ter Edner was named presiaeni with John Newman serving as ident and Mrs. Harold Fvans secretary-treasurer. The club will meet at 8 p. m. at Hotel HeDDner on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month. There" are now 12 members and anyone Interested is Invited to attend the meetings. Frank Anderson Is Chosen County Cattleman of the Year r-1 , s&.,"Wf CATTLEMAN OF THE YEAR. Frank Anderson of of Heppner, who was recently named for the 1955 56 award by a committee from the Morrow County Livestock Growers Association. He is shown here with a few of his top beef animals at his ranch in the Eightmile area. He will receive recognition during the assocation's annual meeting this weekend. - (Photo by Irene Wilson) A continuous increase of qual itv in his nurebred Hereford herd has won for Frank Anderson, tr I Heppner, the Morrow county "cattleman of the year" award fnr mriS-fifi. it was announced this week by a selection commit- tee from the Morrow County Live stockgrowers association. Anderson, who runs about 75 head on his 7000 acre cattle and wheat ranch in the Eightmile district, bought his first pure bred cattle in 1936 and had con verted his operation to a complete-registered herd by 1945. With the addition of Royal, a bull purchased in January, 1949 at the Western National Livestock show in Denver, Anderson added quality that has continued to in crease through the years, accord ing to N. C. Anderson, secretary of the Livestockgrowers associa tion and county agent. One of the first cattlemen in the state to cooperate with Ore gon State college in using the profilometer, an instrument for measuring beef animal's heads, which have been found to carry . Anderson is Droducing a (dwarf free herd. He has paid a premium of $1000 each for two herd sires guaranteed dwarf free by their breeders. Dwarfism is increasing with the selection of short, blocky, thick herd sires which tend to carry more dwarf genes than the long, rangy, type, it was pointed out. Among outstanding herd sires purchased by Anderson are WHR On and On, 14th purchased at the Wvomine Hereford ranch last October and which will be re ceived by Anderson after being shown at the National Western Livestock show in Denver this January. The animal, witr dwarf free breeding, has five register of merit sires in three genera tions. Two years ago Anderson added Commander 46 with a dwarf free pedigree from Ful scher Herefords at Holyoke, Colo. Bulls from Commander will be a year old this spring An efficiency and production testing program was set up early by Anderson in cooperation with O. S. C. and he was one of the original consignors to the Gil liam County production testing program at Condon initiated by the Gilliam County Beef Im provement association in 1948. Anderson keeps a detailed set of books and records of rate and ef ficiency of gain measured by pounds of feed fed. In his feeding program Ander son uses baled alfalfa instead of cotton cake to supplement late fall and early spring grazing. Grain hay is cut before the ker nel forms in the head to utilize protein. One ton of roughage per cow is fed during the winter. Grain is added for registered bulls and heifers consigned to sales. For his foundation stock of TUl Ilia luuiiuauuii diw.i about 55 cows, Anderson is using th a tpamn rotir nui s wnicn are r keot in strone condition. Selec tive breeding is followed yearly for the improvement of effici ency and quality and a close culling and weighing program at weaning and at 18 months is followed in addition to cow cul ling. Improvements on 3000 acres of 11 I 'yf niw"'ti'1 range land include four stock water develoDments, 55 acres cleared and reseeded to grass, 150 acres of grass and alfalfa seeded on-cropland and a rotation pro gram based on the carrying ca pacity of the range. Pastures are separated by 50 miles of fencing. Equipment and buildings, which include open sheds for winter protection and shade in summer, are both economical and adequate. A complete vac cination and insect control pro gram is followed. Anderson's livestock ribbons include grand and reserve cham pion female and bull classes shown at, thj-MIrt Columbia sals at Moro over a period of three years; champion female in the 1955 Blue Tag Hereford sale in Pendleton; champion bulls and two reserve champions at the 4-H Club Leaders Get Recognition The South Morrow 4-H Club council will meet at the Andy Van Schoiack home in Heppner on Thursday evening, January 19. The meeting will be called to order at 7:30 p. m. Business for this regular monthly meeting consists of a re port from the International Farm Youth Exchange committee, plans for leader attendance at the an nual 4-H leaders conference at Corvallis on January 25, 26, and 27, and development of a pro gram for adult local leadership training. This year's annual 4-H leaders conference will be devoted to planning an adequate leaders' training program for the increasing number of 4-H lead ers. Each county has been asked to submit suggestions which will form a state leader training pro gram system. Approximately thirty 4-H lead ers from south Morrow county are expected to attend this month ly meeting. Parents interested in club work in this community are invited to attend. o Garland Swanson New President of lone TV Cooperative Garland Swanson was elected to a three year term as presi dent of the lone City Television Co-op at the first annual meet ing of the group held Monday afternoon at the lone Legion hall. Also elected to posts on the board of directors were Fredrick Martin and Gordon White. Thev will serve a two year term. Adon Hamlett, secretary of the co-op gave a financial report and Glenn Way, Heppner television technician gave a talk on the svitem. He also asked anyone wishing to join the system to Door prizes were given to mem bers present including Mrs. Wal ter Corley, first door prize of six months free TV service; Mrs. Joe Gaarsland, 4 months free service; and Mrs. Elmer Holtz, third prize of one month free service. Coffee and donuts were served to all present. Baker sale sponsored by the Ore gon caiueman s association; pre mier beef exhibitor and cham- oion and reserve bulls ana ie- males at the Morrow county fair shows and grand or reserve champion every year but one since the opening of the John Day range bull sale. ; Moving to the ranch with his mother, Mrs. Huma Anderson, at 14, Anderson assumed the oper ation soon afterwards. He attend ed the Heiner Grade and high schools and studied agriculture at Oregon State college. He is married and has three sons, Eric, 9, Steven, 7 and Charles, 4. Active in' comri2. :;tv r.ffairr. Anderson is oast president of the Morrow County Livestockgrowers association and the Morrow County Wheatgrowers associa tion, was an executive commit teeman of the Oregon Cattleman's association two years and was 'on the executive committee of the Oregon Hereford Breeders asso ciation.. He is a life member of the Oregon Wheat Growers Lea gue, a member ot the arm Bu reau, the Elks lodge and Episco pal church. He has cooperated with the county 4-H program by making livestock available to 4-H members. "Anderson is passing on top livestock and adding to the qual ity of the Hereford industry in Oregon", county agent Anderson stated. Selection committee members with Nels Anderson were John Graves and Raymond Fer guson. Anderson will be recognized at the seventh annual meeting of the County Livestockgrowers in Heppner this weekend, Jan. 13-14. o Local TV Cooperative NW Group Member The Hennner T. V. cooperative announced recently that it is now a member of the Northwest Com munity Television Association, a group of community television cable organizations in many communities in the northwest. Membership in the organization means that anyone in Heppner who belongs to the Heppner TV Inc.. can be connected to the cable system in any other mem ber community by paying only a hookup charge of $25 rather than having to pay a full mem bership charge. Membsrs in the Northwest Community TV Association In clude nearly every community TV co-op in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana. -o P-TA To Have Annual Chili Dinner Saturday The annual Heppner P-TA sponsored chili dinner will be held preceding the Ione-Heppner basketball game Saturday, Janu - nru id ninner will be served hotwAPn the hours of 5:30 to 7:30 uv -- p. m. in the school caietena. Chicken and noodles will be prepared for those who wish it. o Ted Smith, manager of Radio Station KUMA, Pendleton and H. H. Shoop, of the Empire Machi nery Company, Pendleton, were business visitors in Heppner last Friday. County March Of Dimes Drive Lagging Badly A total of only ?226 20 has been chockod iti during the first 11 days of the 1956 March of Dimes drive, Floyd Sayers, county drive chairman said today, in making an appeal for residents to heed the call for funds. A big share of the money re ported so far has come from Hennner. Clem Stockard, local chairman repotted, though $42.15 was received today from lone, the first outside community to re port. Heppner's returns to date amount to $184.05. In making the call for more attention to the drive, Sayers aid that returns are much slow er coming in this year than in past years. He emphasized that there is still a vital need for money to continue the nation wide drive against polio. The development of the Ralk polio vaccine has given a groat hope that the dreaded disease will eventually be conquered, but there is still much research to be done and millions of dollars must be spent to" care for those persons who contracted polio be fore the vaccine became avail able. Contributions may be sent to anv postmaster, who will for ward them on to the drive chair man, or they can be dropped in any of the many March of Dimes containers found in most stores in the area. 1955 Births and Deaths Show Drop The number of births and deaths in Morrow county during 1955 showed a slight drop from the previous year, figures com piled bv county registrar Miss Lulu Hager revealed. Dunne 1955 there were 161 births recorded and 44 deaths. This oor.in.'refl,..vith. ?79 births. and 53 deaths in 1954. A check of ficures at the county clerk's office showed an Increase in marriage licenses issued dur ing the year and a slight drop in the number of divorces grant ed. Last year 43 marriage licen se applications were granted ana seven divorce decrees . ordered. This compares with only 29 mar riage licenses and 10 divorces during 1954. o I County Court Makes Annual Appointments The county court this week announced a list of annual ap pointments made at the January court meeting. John Krebs, Cecil, was reap pointed t0 a five-year term on the board of directors of Pioneer Memorial hospital, and Dr. A. D. McMurdo was again named the county health officer for the coming year. The Heppner Gazette Times was named official county news paper for 1956 and the jury list for the coming year was drawn. 500 names were drawn on the list and election boards were also selected. The entire jury list will be published next Month in the county court proceedings. o Heppner Student Pledges Fraternity PACIFIC UNIVERSITY Lyle Jensen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Nash of Heppner has pledged Phi Beta Tau fraternity at Pacific university. Jensen s a freshman majoring in journalism and is a graduate of Heppner high school wnere ne belonged to the national nonor society and other activities, o Loren Piper Soon to Leave For Air Force Loren Piper, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Piper, is visiting his parents this week prior to report-inn- tn I.askland Air Force base, San Antonio, Texas, January il. Piper who graduated from Oregon State College last year, 1 completing four years of R.O.T.C. training, was commissioned a second lieutenant In July and . w has been working in Portland for the past several months awaiting orders. Mr. "and Mrs. Kenneth Carpen ter and children and Mrs. Emma Anderson spent the New Year's weekend In Payette, Idaho with Mrs. Anderson's son, Harry An derson. ivesfock Meet Op Everything is in readiness for the annual meeting of the Mor row County Livestock Growers association to be lu'ld here Fri day and Saturday, Raymond French, association president, said today. A program of gen eral interest is planned. Headlining the Friday meet ing program, which will be neiu at the fair pavilion, will be a panel discussion of marketing program problems, and a talk on livestock diseases. The panel discussion will" be held at 10:15 a. m. Friday with the following persons taking part: Jiggs Fisk, Wallowa county ran dier; Orval MeCormack, Umatil la county rancher; Ben Kilgore, Pendleton Grain Growers; and Ralph Beamer of Heppner. It had previously been announced that Bill Southworth, brant county rancher would be on the panel, but he will be unable to get here. William Fowler ot Oregon State college will be the moderator. Dr. A. G. Beagle of the bureau of animal industry will speak on livestock diseases; John Landers, OSC, on feeds and feeding; and Robert Every, OSC, on insect con trol. All will be on the Friday program. The Saturday program will in clude reports of committees on theft prevention, range and pas ture improvement, game laws, insect control, will also be electea at the Saturday sessions. One change in the Saturday program will be the location of the social hour to be held at 5:30 p. m. It will ne neia in me lauies ST REV. CHARLES KNOX, who took over his duties here January 1 as pastor of the Heppner Chris tian church. Rev. Knox came here from Colfax, Wash., where he has served for the past five years. He is a graduate of Northwest Christian College In Eugene. Portable Wheel Chair Result of Legion Fund Drive A portable wheel chair which will he available for use by any one in this area, was recently ad ded to the equipment at Pioneer Memorial hospital by the Hepp ner American Legion post, it was revealed this week. with funds received by the post from a Curtis Publishing com pany magazine subscription campaign held in this area last fall. This makes the third piece of medical emergency equipment donated to the people of this area by the post. The chair is being kept at the hospital, but anyone needing It should contact either Jack Angel at the hospital or Floyd Sayers, Legion commander. o Ordway Returns to Heppner Bank Robert Ordway. formerly with the Heppner branch of the First National Bank of Portland, re turned Monday of this week to join the Heppner staff as opera tions officer, replacing Harvey Wright wh ohas accepted a posi tion with the Morrow County Grain Growers and will leave on February 1st to assume his new duties. Merlin Wagoner, former oper ations officer has been promoted to I. C. L. officer and Mrs. James Green, is a recent addition to the hookkeeuing department.' Mrs. Ordway and young daugh ter will join Ordway here as soon as housing Is available, " I s ' Growers ens Friday .lounge of the Heppner Elks club ather than at the fair pavilion as announced last week Also there will be a dance at the fair pavilion following the banquet. The banquet program will in clude the presentation of the county Cattleman of the year and the Grassman of the year in addition to the certificate for county Brucellosis certification. An interesting program of enter tainment is also on the schedule. Kenneth Peck, Lexington, is chairman of the entertainment committee, John Graves, Hard- man, banquet chairman ana u. VV. Cutsforth, Lexington, heads the publicity committee. The public is invited to at tend any part of the meetings. o Chamber Officers Installed Monday Installation of new chamber of commerce officers was held Mon day noon placing Phil Blakney as head of the County-wide or ganization. Installing officer was Frank Turner. Other officers who took over their new duties are Jack Angel, first vice-president and JacK Bailey, second vice-president a- long with new directors James J. Farley, Jack Flug, Dick Brunner and Dr. Wallace H. Wolff. Blaknev said that he would announces the names of the ap pointive officers of secretary and treasurer and committee chair men at the next meeting. Blakney replaces Jack H. Bed ford, local bank manager, who has served as president during the past year. A short film on polio was shown to the group. o Bank Deposits and Loans Down Some, Statement Reveals Deposit Increases of more than $36 million during 1955 a year which saw no mergers or bank purchases by First National- marks the bank's greatest period of growth-from-within in its en tire 90 year history, C. B. Stephen son, president of the statewide branch banking system revealed Thursday, Year-end statement of condi tion figures for the Heppner branch of First National show that on December 31, 1955, de posits at the branch were $6,629,- 901 and loans were $2,610,745, ac cording to branch manager J. H. Beford. Released at the same time were comparable totals for the branch for December 31,1954. On that date deposits were $7,111,615 and loans totalled $5,398,727. Record high deposits for the 71 First National offices on Decem ber 31 were $821,125,576, loans were $420,674,522, and resources totalled $903,435,045, the bank president said. The deposit figure represents a gain of $10,517,020, over the October 5 bank call, and an In crease of $36,391,149 from the $784,731,426 reported at the 1954 year-end Loan volume, an Important In dicator of growth in Oregon com munities, continued at a record high with the December 31 figure revealing a gain of $52,429,439 during the past year. o Davenport Blaze Summons Firemen Heppner firemen, answering their first fire call of 1956 last Thursday evening, quickly ex tinguished a davenport fire In the Ivan McDanlel apartment at Clary's Cabins in West Heppner. Smoker's carelesness was blam ed for the blaze which caused between $200 and $250 damage to the furnishings and building. o GRANGE MEETING CHANGED The Lexington grange announ ced a change In its meeting from Saturday, Jan. 14 to 2 p. m. Sun day, Jan. 15. Orvilie cutsionn will show pictures of the Holy Land as part of the program. EXAMINER COMING A drivers license examiner will be on duty in Heppner at the court house on Tuesday, January 17 from 9:30 a. m. to 3:30 p. m.
