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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.
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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.
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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
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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p. m. in the school caietena.
Chicken and noodles will be
prepared for those who wish it.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.